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Your Community Newspaper, Serving the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley VOLUME 98 NUMBER 44
LFISD Teacher Shares His Passion TSTC Culinary Arts Graduate Instills Fundamentals in Teaching Career
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(HARLINGEN, Texas) - Diego Ramirez, of Harlingen, is a graduate of Texas State Technical College’s Culinary Arts program. When a job opportunity to teach Culinary Arts arose at La Feria High School, he applied for it. He is now in his fifth year of teaching. He recalled thinking in his first year there, “It’s time to get down to business because we are going to cook many dishes.” “I was ready to focus on different recipes, styles and cooking methods,” he said Ramirez realized that many of his students had never cooked a meal on their own. So he turned to fundamentals: chopping, mincing,
dicing and following a recipe. “One lesson was to have them bake cookies in the kitchen,” he said. “I took a step back because I realized many of them had never turned on an oven. I decided to slow it down -- break down the recipe and go step by step so they know what to do.” An important rule that he emphasizes is sanitation safety, especially regarding COVID-19 protocols. “How many of you sanitize your cell phone?” he routinely asks his students. Ramirez said SkillsUSA competitions are his students’ favorite events. He said it is amazing to see their transition from the beginning and not
knowing anything to advancing to the final round. “Parents actually thank me for introducing kitchen etiquette and cooking meals to their child,” he said. “I do have one (former) student who is attending the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Austin.” The yearly median salary in Texas for chefs and head cooks is over $56,000, with more than 7,700 chefs needed by 2028, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s CareerOneStop website. TSTC’s Culinary Arts program offers an Associate of Applied Science degree and several certificates of completion.
Diego Ramirez, a Culinary Arts teacher at La Feria High School, stands in the culinary kitchen, waiting for his next class to arrive.
La Feria News’ Boss Shaves "Covid Hair" Landon Jennings, Known for his Outlandish Hair, has Decided to go for a New Look Emilio Flores La Feria News
Many that know Landon Jennings, the owner of the La Feria Newspaper, will recognize him for his big curly hair and beard. Two weeks prior though, he was still rocking that long puffy hair and beard but that all changed because, on October 22nd, 2021, our boss at La Feria News decided it was time for a cut. He says he thinks it’s been just a little over a year now, and honestly, the look has seem to have grown on us all, pun intended. Like all decent things though,
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they must be shaved… and as he promised Miss Betsy at the Hair Center before, she would have the honor of cutting his hair, though later, Ryan Ortiz, a barber that has been working at the hair center for several months now, took over cleaning things up. Being the good family man he is, Mr. Jennings saved a bit of his hair for his daughters so they can remember that they loved playing with his hair and would be saddened to see it all gone. We love our boss with or without all that hair, and we’re not just saying that because he pays us.
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