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Mr. and Mrs. Lino Canales, Jr. have been selected for the honor of serving as Parade Marshals of the 2018 Rio Grande City Greater Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade, set for Friday, December 7, at 7:00 p.m. Lino Canales, Jr. is the son of Lino and Claudina Canales, and Rebecca G. Canales is the daughter of Hernan and Hermenegilda (Hila) Garza. Lino and Becky were wed on April 14, 1968 and recently celebrated their Golden Anniversary. They met when he was managing Starr Grocery for Pedro “Pete” and Ramona Diaz and continued with the Valley Mart Stores for 27 years. Lino also helped Mr. Diaz put together the Diaz Subdivision and the Fort Ringgold Golf Course. They owned Plaza Fabrics, which was managed by Becky at Starr Plaza Shopping Center. Before that, at the age of 10, Lino’s first job was at Piggly Wiggly owned by Felipe V. and Edna Ramon. Lino spent three years in the early
1960’s in Germany while serving with the U.S. Army where he earned the rank of Sergeant. Becky grew up working alongside her parents at their theater (Teatro Mexico) and H&H Drive In theater, which kept the entire family busy. The hard working couple later opened their own chain of grocery stores called El Chaparral Supermarkets Inc., locally and throughout the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. In 1986 they started the Starr County Town Crier with the help of Cesar Leal. The Crier, printed its first edition on January 1, 1986. This weekly newspaper, with a circulation of 15,000 copies, was recognized with a proclamation by the State of Texas House of Representatives and signed by Representative Ryan Guillen on their twentyfifth anniversary in 2011. The Senate of the State of Texas made a proclamation honoring the Crier on its 30th anniversary in 2016, signed by Senator Judith Zaffirini. The Crier was initially located on Chaparral Blvd. near the location of El Chaparral Supermarket but is currently on South Norris Drive in the Diaz Subdivision. Their slogan, since its beginning, has been “For the Progress of Starr County,” since “…we intend to service the merchants and citizens of the county and print the good things that are happening around us every day.” In 1989, Lino received an award for Outstanding Businessman from the Rio Grande City Chamber
of Commerce for outstanding achievement as a business and for contribution to the local economy. Becky and Lino have had the support and assistance of their four children throughout their years of service to the community. Lino Canales III is an admission supervisor at South Texas Health System; daughter Maricela Canales is a teacher at Dr. Mario E. Ramirez Elementary; and sons Jorge and Javier work with their parents at the Town Crier. The Canales family is active in Immaculate Conception Church, and Becky is a member of Texas Delta Theta Master of Beta Sigma Phi, where she has earned the highest degree of that organization, the Torch Bearer degree. The Canales family and their businesses have received much recognition and appreciation for their involvement with the community from various entities, including the Starr County Fair Association, Starr Soil & Water Conservation District #332, Rio Grande City Parks and Recreation Basketball League, Starr County 4-H Program, Rio Grande City High School DECA, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Vaquero 4-H Kids Fishing Day, Rio Grande City CISD Adopt-a-School Program, Rio Grande City Public Works Dept. Clean Sweep Project, the Retired Teachers Association’s School Bell Award, and the District 1 Retired Teachers Association from Laredo to Brownsville for publicity and support of the local unit, Starr County Retired School Employees Association. Becky and Lino Canales have been exemplary business leaders in our community, and Rio Grande City is proud to honor them as parade marshals.
Marco Santistevan Selected as Texas All-State Musician Marco Santistevan, a member of the Roma High School Orchestra Program, was named as an AllState Musician and will perform with the Texas All-State Sinfonetta Orchestra in San Antonio on February 17, 2018 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as part of the 2018 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/ Convention. He was chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at district, region and area levels competitions. Marco is a student of Dr. Joel Pagan and plays at school under the direction of Eliud D Garcia, who is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, a 19,000+ member organization headquartered in Austin. This is Marco’s first time to perform as a member of a TMEA All-State organization. Marco is the son of Patricia Laurel.
Ringgold Middle School 7th Grade Girls “A” Basketball Team Win 1st Place!
The RMS Girls “A” Team competed at the La Grulla Basketball Tournament on Saturday, November 10th. The First game saw the girls defeating the Grulla Cranes by a score of 27 to 20. Leading scorers for game 1 were Moniq Lopez with 14 points and Viviana Corpus with 11 points. In the second game, the girls defeated Zapata by a score of 21 OPEN MON-SUN 7AM-7PM
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High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through auditions to qualify at the state level. AllState is the highest honor a Texas music student can achieve. 1,780 students are selected through a process that begins with over 68,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 15 ensembles (bands, orchestras, and choirs). SANTISTEVAN, page 6
to 17. Leading scorer for game 2 was Moniq Lopez with 14 points. In the Championship Game, the RMS Lady Rattlers defeated Roma by a score of 19-10. Leading scorers in the final game were Ava Cortinas with 6 points and Viviana Corpus with 10 points. Recognition goes out to Mariah Barrera and Amanda Garza for their outstanding defense. Congratulations!
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