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(Pct.2 and the City of Roma) to deposit flood waters into the Arroyo Moreno • the construction of a retention pond that will receive flood waters from the areas near Efren Ramirez Street My services and dedication to the community of Salineño have been equally strong. In
to serving our people. My office has always had an opened door to all who have been in need of our services. I thank all of the citizens for their input, recommendations, and support. I am proud of our many accomplishments. To ensure the continuation of improvements to the quality of our life, I humbly ask for your
response to their needs, plans have been finalized for the renovation and expansion of the Salineño Community Center. Improvements will include: • a nutrition center / event center • a state of the art interactive classroom • an interactive library for our children and elderly The communities of Roma and Fronton will soon have • new county offices • a new food pantry • a new nutrition center • a cafeteria for our elderly. My services have always been available to all. Since my resignation as a classroom teacher with the Roma School District to become your county commissioner, I have dedicated 100% of my time
support in my bid for re-election. My experience as your public servant will absolutely guarantee our continued success. I assure you that my commitment to the responsibilities of my office will be even stronger. You and I both recognize the problems and the continuing needs of our communities, you and I both live in this precinct, and, it is you and I who will be able to bring solutions and improvements. Let us continue to stand together, work together, and united in these efforts. I thank you for your support and respectfully ask that you continue to support me, once again, as I seek re-election to remain as your County Commissioner for Precinct 2. Thank you; may God bless you.
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I, Raul “Roy” Peña, proudly announce my candidacy for re-election as your County Commissioner for Precinct 2 for the 2022 election and humbly ask for your support. Having served as your Commissioner for the past 4 years has been the greatest and most rewarding experience of my life. During these years, I have successfully completed multiple projects that have responded to the needs voiced by the citizens of Precinct 2. Despite the challenges caused by the Pandemic, my office took all of the necessary safeguards for our employees as they continued to serve you and your community. Our commitment and focus on the needs of all citizens remained and continues to be strong. I am in constant contact with all citizens and the greater time of my work day is spent in the field with all employees. This has
made me become fully aware of what you need; this has made you fully aware of what I have done. My accomplishments have been many. I appreciate the gratitude expressed by those citizens whose everyday life has improved due to these services. Their compliments related to our service and success has made our work ethics and commitment even stronger. It is well known to all that citizens can feel free to visit, voice their needs, and make recommendations to matters pertaining to Precinct #2. I propose to continue with this transparency and assure you that I am ready for a second term as your County Commissioner. During my years of service, my accomplishments have included: • expansion to the current Starr County Cemetery • additional paving projects • construction of a new
maintenance yard • extended paving and covered parking lot for county trucks, machinery, and vehicles • continued maintenance of all county roads in our precinct • maintenance of facilities, recreational areas, community roadways • fiscal responsibility and excellent use of county funds • construction of drainage channels to divert flood waters I am well aware of the problems related to flooding in some of our neighborhoods. My office has already taken several measures to alleviate this problem. Key projects that are in the planning stage include: • flood control to avoid flooding within the City of Roma and the east side of Pct.2 • the construction of the interceptor-drainage channel
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Jelayna Barrera Earn Spot in TMEA Choir
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Congratulations to Roma High School Choir Program student Jelayna Barrera for earning a spot in the TMEA District Mixed Choir! Congratulations to the Roma High Mighty Gladiator Marching Band Jelayna advances to the 2021 Beau and Sweetheart! next round, which will happen on November 13, 2021. The Gladiator Nation is very proud of you and will be cheering you on all the way!! Thank you to the Choir Program and Jelayna’s parents for their support of her dreams.
Ghouls Night Out Trunk-or-Treat event Rio Grande City would like to present their first ever Ghouls Night Out Trunk-or-Treat event to be held October 27th from 6 PM-8 PM! Costumes are highly encouraged and all ages are welcomed. If you are a business or organization that would like to participate in setting up a trunk and giving out treats, please sign up for free by calling or texting 956-573-3900. For sanitary purposes, only prepackaged sweets and treats are allowed.
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Veterans Memorial Elementary VFW Post 8526 recognizes JROTC from Rio Grande School Principal Reads to Students City and Grulla High Schools with Scholarships
VFW Post 8526 presents the VFW JROTC Scholarships and Medals to Cadet LTC Chantal Barrera from Grulla High School and Cadet LTC Reyna Moreno from Rio Grande Veterans Memorial Elementary School Principal Oswaldo Garcia is so excited to be City High School. part of the VME Community, and working hard to get to know all his students and Also Cadet LTC Chantal Barrera receives an award from families. A student in Mrs. O. Martinez’s 1st Grade Class wrote a letter to Mr. Garcia her Grulla High JROTC instructors Capt. Sanchez and CSM asking him to read to his class. Thrilled by the invitation, and knowing he is building Clem. a great bond with the school’s students, Mr. Garcia made the student’s wish come true. He read to the class. Wonderful leadership in action Mr. Garcia!
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Las pruebas de COVID-19 siguen siendo críticas para controlar la pandemia
Servicio de noticias Pinkston La Casa Blanca anunció recientemente una nueva inversión de mil millones de dólares para aumentar el suministro de pruebas rápidas de COVID-19 en el hogar a más de 200 millones por mes en diciembre. Es una señal de la administración de Biden de que, aunque los casos en EE. UU.
Continúan disminuyendo, aún se deben implementar iniciativas agresivas de salud pública y medidas de mitigación, incluidas las pruebas. Los expertos en salud advierten que las pruebas pueden brindar una valiosa tranquilidad, especialmente para las personas que viajan para ver a familiares y amigos durante la próxima
temporada navideña. “Cuando se reúna durante las vacaciones, debe evaluar las circunstancias. Si tiene niños más pequeños que no están vacunados con parientes mayores que están vacunados, pero aún podrían ser vulnerables a una infección irruptiva, usar pruebas ... tiene mucho sentido”, Dijo recientemente el ex comisionado
Job Announcement For Part-time Crewmen Rio Grande City Public Works Department and the Parks & Recreation Department Job Title & Classification: Crewman, This position is a part-time position. Job Description: Manual labor and general maintenance work to include street repairs, painting, tree /brush trimming, brush pickup and grass mowing. Requirements: High School Diploma or GED. Applicant must pass a thorough background check (employment & criminal) and a pre-employment drug test. Salary & Compensation: $9.00 per hour Application Deadline: Until filled. Application may be picked up at City Hall 5332 E US HWY 83 Rio Grande City, TX 78582 Valerie Brown-Garza, Personnel Director 956-487-0672 www.cityofrgc.com City of Rio Grande City is an Equal Opportunity Employer. REQUEST FOR BID Falcon Rural Water Supply Corporation (Corporation) is soliciting sealed Request for Bids on the following contract: U-15630 - U.S. HIGHWAY 83 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WATERLINE RELOCATION PROJECT The project consists of the installation of approximately 13,695 linear feet of 6and 8-inch waterline. Bids will be received at the Corporation Office located at 2679 N. Highway 83, Los Arrieros, Texas 78545. Attendance by prospective Bidders is recommended for all general contractors submitting bids. BIDS will be received until 3:00 p.m. Central Time, on Monday November 15, 2021, shortly thereafter all submitted BIDS will be gathered and taken to the Corporation Board of Directors Room to be publicly opened and read aloud. Any BID received after the closing time will not be accepted and will be returned to the submitter unopened. The Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any formalities in the bidding or to accept the bid that is to the best and most advantageous to the Corporation. Bids may be held by the Corporation for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award. A Prebid meeting is scheduled for November 1, 2021, at 10 am at the Corporation Office address listed above. Attendance to the PreBid meeting is not mandatory. The request for competitive sealed bids including construction documents, project scope, BID schedule and other information that contractors may need in order to respond to the request may be obtained from: Camp Engineering, LLC P.O. Box 1623 Combes, Texas 78535 Ph: (956) 375-7655 Hardcopies of the Contract Documents and Specifications can be acquired by contacting Camp Engineering, LLC at (956) 375-7655 for a non-reimbursed fee of $75.00 per set. Hardcopies will be mailed upon official request via email to Campengineering2@gmail.com. Please make checks payable to Camp Engineering, LLC and allow a 2-day lead time for production. Because this project is partially funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, this project falls under the TxDOT Buy America Guidelines for Utility Accommodations. All product to be utilized in this project that are predominately of steel and/or iron and are to be incorporated into the permanent installation of the Corporation’s water facilities must be in compliance with the Buy America provisions of 23 CFR 635.410, as amended.
de la FDA, Scott Gottlieb. Pero a medida que aumentan las pruebas para satisfacer mejor la continua demanda, los estadounidenses todavía tendrán que navegar por un laberinto de opciones y protocolos de prueba. Para aquellos que se preguntan qué tipo de prueba es mejor para ellos, los expertos recomiendan enmarcar la búsqueda de una prueba en torno a una pregunta central: ¿por qué quiere hacerse la prueba? Las pruebas rápidas de antígenos, el tipo promovido por la administración de Biden, pueden ser particularmente efectivas para ayudar a alguien a determinar en cuestión de minutos si se está poniendo a sí mismo y a otros en riesgo. Estas pruebas accesibles “tienen una capacidad única para detectar lo que más importa para la salud pública, que es responder a la pregunta “¿Soy infeccioso?” dijo el Dr. Michael Mina de T.H. de Harvard. Chan School of Public Health en un foro en línea reciente de UC San Francisco. Como dijo el presidente del departamento de medicina de la UC San Francisco, Robert Wachter, al
Wall Street Journal, las pruebas rápidas le permiten “atrapar el virus temprano para que no tenga la oportunidad de replicarse y descender a sus pulmones”. En un ensayo reciente del New York Times en el que se pedía a Estados Unidos que priorizara las pruebas rápidas, Mina y el Dr. Stephen Phillips opinaron que “el uso regular de pruebas rápidas puede hacer que las escuelas y los lugares de trabajo sean más seguros” y “hacer que las actividades cotidianas, incluidas las de interior, como cenas, citas para jugar, bodas y visitas con los abuelos, menos riesgosos”. Las pruebas rápidas de antígenos a veces pueden ser insuficientes para las personas que viajan internacionalmente. Esto se debe a que muchas pruebas de venta libre no brindan los resultados verificados requeridos por los CDC para ingresar a la frontera. Para satisfacer esta necesidad de resultados de pruebas verificados, las nuevas empresas de telesalud como eMed (www.emed.com) ofrecen pruebas rápidas en el hogar con la conveniencia adicional de una guía de pruebas virtual que
puede proporcionar resultados certificados adecuados para los pasajeros que vuelven a ingresar a los EE. UU. Para las personas que tienen síntomas de COVID-19, el consenso general es que una prueba de PCR está en orden, independientemente del estado de vacunación. Las pruebas de PCR requieren que se analice una muestra en un entorno de laboratorio para determinar si hay algún material genético del virus presente. Si bien los resultados de la prueba de PCR generalmente demoran entre un par de horas y unos días en entregarse, son altamente confiables, según los CDC. Para las personas sin síntomas, aún podría ser necesaria una prueba de PCR para cumplir con los requisitos de ingreso a algunos conciertos, eventos deportivos y más. Incluso con los esfuerzos de la administración de Biden para aumentar la disponibilidad de las pruebas, las dificultades de la cadena de suministro o los picos en la demanda podrían limitar las opciones de prueba disponibles localmente.
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Rio Grande City Grulla ISD hosted their Grulla Homecoming Tailgate Party, on Friday, October 22, 2021. Members of the community enjoyed free food, and music where Gators played the Zapata Hawks. Our Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Adolfo Peña Jr., as well as some of our Board of Trustee members enjoyed talking to attendees and helped the central office staff and several campuses pass out food and drinks. We would like to thank the entire RGCGISD family for making this event such a success!
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City leaders, state leaders, current and former regulators met with ERCOT Rio Grande City Mayor and ERCOT TML Advisory board member Joel Villarreal along with other city leaders, state leaders, current and former regulators met with ERCOT to identify important improvements
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in the Texas electric grid. “Energy reliability is absolutely critical to the ever expanding needs of all Texans,” said Mayor Joel Villarreal in response to questions about energy grid developments. ERCOT interim President and CEO Brad Jones submitted a “Roadmap to Improving Grid
Reliability,” earlier this year, following several devastating weathering events taking place in Texas. This letter along with the roadmap procedures provides details of a variety of improvements to enhance the reliability and adequacy of the Texas power grid. In creating this Roadmap, recent legislation, such as Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3, have provided the committee direction. In collaboration with the Public Utility Commission, ERCOT plans to implement Governor Abbott’s directives to ensure the continued reliability of the Texas electric grid. GRACIAS SEÑOR
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS South Texas College (STC) is accepting Competitive Sealed Proposals (CSP) for the following project: PROJECT NAME:
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Re-Bid Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence Chiller Installation PROJECT No. 21-22-1015
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE TIME & LOCATION:
November 4, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. STC Purchasing Department 3200 W Pecan Blvd Bldg N Ste 142 McAllen, Texas 78501
PROPOSAL DEADLINE & SUBMITTAL LOCATION:
November 16, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m. STC Purchasing Department 3200 W Pecan Blvd Bldg N Ste 145 McAllen, Texas
CSP documents will be available beginning on October 27, 2021. The documents may be obtained from RGV Reprographics located 519 South Broadway, McAllen, Texas (Phone: 956-686-1525) upon the deposit of a refundable check in the amount of $100.00 payable to South Texas College. The deposit check will be returned if project plans are returned, in good condition, within ten (10) days after the proposal deadline. Proposals shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check or acceptable bidder’s bond, payable to South Texas College, in an amount not less than five (5%) percent of the proposed project amount. Proposals received after the specified time and date will not be considered and will be returned unopened. Facsimile responses will not be accepted. All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope. Responses need to be clearly marked on the envelope with the CSP number and name of the project. South Texas College is an equal education and equal employment opportunity/ affirmative action employer. As an equal opportunity employer, the College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
Padre mío pongo en tus manos mis ilusiones, mis problemas, mis necesidades. Tú sabes lo que es mejor para mí. Hágase tu voluntad ¡Amen! Gracias Dios mío por los momentos buenos y también por los difíciles. Por los que me quieren y también por los que no. Por todo lo bueno que tengo y por lo que está por venir. Por los errores cometidos te pido perdón, pero sobre todo te doy gracias por estar siempre a mi lado Señor. Jesús, cuando me falten fuerzas, fortaléceme. Cuando tenga dudas, aumenta mi fe. Cuando este triste, consuélame. Cuando me equivoque, guíame. Cuando te falle, perdóname. Cuando sienta soledad, abrázame. Cuando clame en ti, escúchame. Cuando sienta intranquilidad, dame paz. Cuando busque tu presencia, lléname con tu Espíritu Santo. Amen.
Roma ISD owes a big thank you to the many groups of people that worked as a team to make a 3rd shot Pfizer COVID-19 Clinic possible for district employees! Thank you to Lino’s Pharmacy, the City of Roma Police Department, the City of Roma Fire Department, Roma Middle School, the Roma ISD School Nurses, the Roma ISD Maintenance Department, the Roma ISD Police & Security Department, the Roma ISD Technology Department, the Roma ISD Custodial Department and the Roma High School Pharmacy Technicians Program students. Many of these individuals gave of their own time to provide the clinic for Roma ISD employees to keep them safe and protected during the pandemic. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE GLADIATOR NATION!!!! Let’s give a cheer for these heroes helping our community.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS South Texas College is accepting competitive proposals for the following: RFP Number 21-22-1024
Description Audio Visual Equipment for Classroom Upgrades
Date Due November 12, 2021
Time 3:00pm
Request for Proposals packages may be obtained at the Purchasing Department located at 3200 W. Pecan Blvd, Bldg N, Ste 145, McAllen, TX 78501 (Corner of Quince & 31st Street) or by email request at stcpurchasing@southtexascollege.edu. Responses received after the specified time and date will not be considered and will be returned unopened. Facsimile responses will not be accepted. All responses must be submitted in a sealed envelope. Responses need to be clearly marked on the envelope with the RFP number. The successful respondent will not be determined on opening date. Responses will be studied and be taken into consideration by the Board of Trustees. South Texas College reserves the right to reject any and all responses submitted and to request additional information if necessary, to waive any formalities or technicalities, and to accept the proposal considered to be the best and most advantageous to South Texas College. Questions regarding this RFP or requests for additional information should be addressed to Becky Cavazos, Director of Purchasing 956-872-4681 beckyc@southtexascollege.edu, or Billy Langley, Senior Buyer of Purchasing, 956-872-4682 welangle@southtexascollege.edu. Responses to the RFP must be submitted to South Texas College, 3200 W. Pecan Blvd, Bldg. N, Ste 145, McAllen, TX 78501. South Texas College is an equal education and equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. As an equal opportunity employer, the College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
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Ghouls Night Out Trunk-or-Treat
¡Rio Grande City desea presentar su primer evento Ghouls Night Out Trunk-or-Treat que se llevará a cabo el próximo 27 de octubre de 6 p.m. a 8 p.m.! Se recomienda disfraces y todas las edades son bienvenidas. Si usted es una empresa u organización que le gustaría participar decorando su cajuela y repartir golosinas, regístrese gratis llamando o enviando un mensaje de texto al 956-573-3900. Para fines sanitarios, solo se permiten dulces y golosinas empaquetadas.
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Starr County Republican Party (GOP) Chair announces filing dates for 2022 Primaries Starr County Republican Party Chair Claudia Alcazar was recently appointed to lead the county that gave President Donald Trump 8,000 plus votes. Born in Roma but raised in RGC, TX, Ms. Alcazar is a lifelong Starr County resident. Claudia is a RGC High School Class of 1986 and received her
Bachelor of Science from Texas A& M Kingsville. Ms. Alcazar has extensive experience in City and project management and as a graduate of Leadership McAllen’s XXXII class. She has worked in the Public Administration field over 25 years and is honored to be representing the Republican Party of
Starr Country. The Starr County GOP seeks Starr County residents to step up and seek local elected office and be placed on the Republican ballot. The following are local county wide positions open for March 2022: County Judge, County Treasurer, County Clerk, District Clerk, County
Commissioner Precinct 4, County Commissioner Precinct 2 and all the JP positions. Dates to sign up are between November 13 and December 13, 2021. If you are interested to sign up to run on the Republican ballot, contact Claudia at: 956-867-4222
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