La Feria News 12-7-22

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Ending the Month of November, the La Feria ISD held their Annual Community Diabetes Walk on Tuesday November 9 at the La Feria High School Stadium. They had high blood pressure

ISD Diabetes Awareness Walk

readings, nutrition & dietary education, free snacks and giveaways. For those who don’t know November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. According to the International Diabetes Federation, “Diabetes

is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces.” Making everyone aware is a way to let people know that

diabetes hits millions of people around the world and many aren’t aware of the many resources that are available so it’s best to get educated on the matter. If you're at risk of developing diabetes, it starts with a simple test.

There are 3 different types of diabetes which are Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational diabetes. So, it’s best to make sure that all those around us are aware and educated on the risks involved all year round.

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Noble Donates to AMI kids, A Check for $6,913

the outsides and also remodel whatever needs to be on the inside.”

So, What is AMI Kids

AMI Kids is an Organization that was founded in 1969 by Judge Frank Orlando Chief Juvenile Court Judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The organization basically is to help kids in need of support. Formerly, the location in Los Fresnos was a site for troubled kids as an alternative to Juvenile detention, now the location focusing solely on children in the foster care system. The students there attend the Los

Fresnos CISD and are supported with tutoring or any mentorship and guidance they may need. AMI Kids is a very large organization, but Director Ibarra explains that their location specializes in kids in the foster care system. These kids have housing there at the facility and the Program staff/mentors help kids in many different ways.

“They(Program staff), are not only staff but mentors, that create nurturing bonds with our young men, ensuring confidence and stability,”

Juan Delgado says that’s what Noble recognized right away,

and saw how it fell right in line with their values.

Noble's motto is “Inspire hope, Improve lives, and strengthen the community we live in.” Juan Delgado shares that they are there to "assist people who are in need and make our community a better one for everyone.” Juan Delagado continues by saying, “We’re from the Valley, we’re blessed to have a good job and be able to provide for our families, and therefore we want to be able to help others,” Delgado finishes with, “We want to make this a BETTER community!”

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On Monday, November 21, a meeting was held in Port Isabel by AMI kids. There, Noble, Texas Builders presented a check for $6,913 for the cost of materials to begin renovations at the AMI kids facility in Los Fresnos. Vice President at Noble, Juan Delgado shares that Rene Capistran, CEO of Noble met with AMI Kids Director, Javier Ibarra a couple of years ago and loved what AMI kids do for the youth in the area.

He further shared that

there was a need for renovations there at the AMI kids facility.

“And so what we did, is we teamed up with them,” Delgado says that Noble will be assisting AMI kids by giving $6,913 to them for the materials needed for some of the renovations of the first dorm. Noble has said they are working to help more in the next year by fundraising to help AMI Kids get the funds they need. Juan Delagado also mentions that Noble will be offering material prices at wholesale, making the cost less for any of the renovations they may need.

AMI kids’ Executive Director, Javier Ibarra states, “This contribution that Noble Texas Builders/Noble Texas Charities has provided to AMI Kids of the Rio Grande Valley is much appreciated and will be put to great use in renovating the exterior of one of our dorms.”

Glenn Lemke, the AMI kids RGV Chairman, shared that they are hoping to have that price matched by the AMI kids organization in order to do more repairs towards the first dorm. Lemke shares “We are looking at trying to completely redo

In accordance with the Order of the Office of the Governor issued March 16, 2020, the City of La Feria will conduct the meeting and provide audio/telephonic availability for the public using live stream in order to advance the public health goal of limiting face-to-face meetings (also called “social distancing”) to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (also known as Covid-19). To view the meeting via internet live streaming, please visit https://www.cityoflaferia.com/ boards-and-commissions/city-commission/agendas-2020/ where you will find the agenda for the next meeting. The pdf for the agenda will include a link, meeting ID and passcode for the Zoom meeting. More information is available by calling 346-248-7799.

Members of the public may sign up for public comment on an agenda item or for another item of public concern by submitting an email to amorales@cityoflaferia.com containing (1) the name of the individual wishing to comment; and (2) the item number or subject matter the individual wishes to comment on. Please submit requests for public comment no later than two hours before the meeting. Join the meeting at the time and login listed above and the Mayor will call on you when it is your turn to speak. A recording of the meeting will be made and will be available to the public in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. If during the course of the meeting, any discussion of any item on the agenda is permitted to be held in executive or closed session, whether such item is already so identified on this Agenda or not, the City Commission will convene in such executive or closed session in accordance with Texas Government Code Section 551.001551.146.

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Judge Bennie Ochoa III, AMI Kids RGV

Board

MemberJavier Ibarra, AMIkids Rio Grande Valley Executive DirectorJuan Delgado, Noble Texas Builders Vice-PresidentBarbara Creighton, AMI Kids RGV B

NobleTexas Builders Vice President, Juan Delgado;AMI Kids RGV Executive Director, Javier Ibarra;AMI Kidds RGV Chairman, Glenn Lemke;Noble Charities Foundation Executive Director, Christine

Friday 7 pm.

church of christ Minister Gene Head 536-9832

912 N. Parker Rd., La Feria, Wednesday 6:30 pm Bible Study, Sunday 9:30am Bible Study, 10:30am Service, 5pm Evening Service Los Domingos: 12:00 Medio Dia Los Jueves: 7:00 pm Estudio De Biblia

Faith church of christian & missionary Alliance church

Pastor Oscar Loredo 797-1739

125 W. First St., La Feria,Tx Bilingual Ministry Sunday 10am Sunday School, 11am Worship, Wednesday 7 pm Bible Study, Friday 7 pm Prayer.

First Baptist Church, La Feria

Recently, Linda and I saw the romantic comedy, “Tickets to Paradise”, starring Julia Roberts. Seeing Roberts reminded me of a story I heard about the relationship between Roberts’ family and the family of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Roberts family had a children’s theater school in Atlanta in the 1960s. Coretta Scott King could not find a theatre school in Atlanta that would take her children, until she met the Roberts family. A school in the deep South where black and white children studied together was not very popular. At least one car was blown up in front.

Neither was the school a financial success. When Julia was born, her parents could not pay for her delivery. That was where the King family helped. They paid for Julia Roberts’ birth. Just as the Roberts family helped the King children, so the King family helped the Roberts children.

Even among the small minded bigotry of those days, there were pockets of decency and goodness. Most of these acts are unknown, done for the benefit of people like you and me, not future celebrities.

This should inspire all of us to do good and practice kindness even when at times we seem surrounded by unkindness. Each time I cross the Progresso Bridge I read Sam Sparks’ favorite saying. “Practice random acts of kindness”. Jesus said it even better when he said, “Do unto others…”. But you know that already. Now go and do it.

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Ready for Soccer?

Lionettes Soccer just around the corner

By Ruben Rodriguez La Feria News

The La Feria Lionettes are set to kick off another season of soccer. After the successes of last season’s team, the Lionettes look to repeat the success.

Last season, La Feria finished off 12-4 overall

and 10-2 in District Play. After finishing second in 32-4A, La Feria captured a big win over Raymondville in the Bi-District round before falling to Calallen in the Area Round. So let’s see what lies ahead.

The Schedule for District play will begin January as the opponents

for the Lionettes will take on teams as Port Isabel, Harmony School of Innovation, IDEA Sports Park, IDEA Frontier and Brownsville Jubilee. Of Course Last season, the Lionettes look to repeat the success of Last season’s District campaign.

Big win for the Roll Pride

La Feria knocks off former District Foe

By Ruben Rodriguez La Feria News

The La Feria Lions took on the Rio Hondo Bobcats in another round of nondistrict hoops. A former district rival, La Feria and Rio Hondo have tangled in the past. Last season the Lions and Bobcats split the regular season series 1-1. La Feria won the first meeting 77-66, while Rio

Hondo returned the favor in the second meeting with a 59-47 win.

In a back and forth affair, La Feria and Rio Hondo constantly changed leads with both teams attempting to get the upper hand. Key offense by the Lions took control late in the game.

Efficient passing and shooting played a factor as La Feria was also able to hold off Rio Hondo to win

42-37.

For the Lions in District 32-4A, La Feria will open up District action against Rival Hidalgo on January 3rd 2023. Last season, the Lions went 1-7 in 32-4A, finishing fifth and missing the postseason. For this year, La Feria is set to go and punch their ticket to the playoffs.

What Lifts Us Up by James E. Arnold

Family is the THANKS in Thanksgiving.

the Light of Christmas.

SAMARITAN stopped to save risked death an early grave, For the dangers he did brave were the same as him he saved.

A WIDOW gave her all To heed the GOSPEL call, With RICHES greater far Than kings following a STAR. So…

The gift of loving giving Is…

The BLESSED gift of living.

‘Tis The Season To Prevent Holiday Decoration Fires

Most candle fires occur in homes during December

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 — This holiday season, the Texas Gulf Coast Region encourages everyone to follow simple steps to prevent home fires from holiday decorations. Most home fires involving candles happen in December, when one in five home decoration fires also occur.

“As more of us light candles to celebrate the holidays, we want to ensure everyone stays safe from home fires — the nation’s most frequent disaster,” said Brittney Rochell, Communications Director, for the Texas Gulf Coast region, Red Cross. “Help protect your family by using battery-operated candles, testing your smoke alarms monthly and practicing your two-minute escape plan with everyone in your household.”

HOLIDAY DECORATING

SAFETY TIPS Follow these safety tips and visit redcross.org/fire for more information, including an escape plan to practice with your family. You can also download the free Red Cross Emergency app by searching “American Red Cross” in app stores.

If you must use candles, keep them away from anything that could burn, and place them out of reach from pets and children. Never leave burning candles unattended.

• Check all holiday light cords to ensure they aren’t frayed or broken. Don’t string too many strands of lights together — no more than three per extension cord.

• Ensure outside decorations are for outdoor use and fasten lights securely to your

home or trees. If using hooks or nails outside, make sure they are insulated to avoid an electrocution or fire hazard.

If buying an artificial tree, look for the fireresistant label. When putting it up, keep it away from fireplaces, radiators and other sources of heat. Never use electric lights on metallic trees.

• If getting a live tree, make sure it’s fresh and keep it watered. To test if the tree is fresh, bend the needles up and down to make sure no needles fall off.

• Don’t light the fireplace if hanging stockings or other decorations on the mantel.

If you need a smoke alarms or are physically unable to install one, the Red Cross may be able to help. Contact your local

Red Cross for help at 713-313-5315 or you may fill out an application on our website, https://forms. office.com/r/yEBntpxW6a.

HOME FIRE CAMPAIGN SAVES

LIVES Since October 2014, the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign with community partners has saved at least 1,448 lives by educating families about fire safety, helping them create escape plans and installing more than 2.4 million free smoke alarms in high-risk neighborhoods across the country. Across the Texas Gulf Coast Region, Red Cross volunteers and partners have installed 762 alarms and helped make 254 households safer during 2022 fiscal year. To learn more about the campaign and how you can get involved, visit redcross.org/homefires.

The Art of Manliness Monthly Segment

The Biggest Trick to Reading More

spare moments!

Standing in line at the post office? Read a book. Cooling your heels at the dentist? Read a book. Poop ing? Read a book. Waiting to pick up your kid from school? Read. I’ll even read in between sets while I’m lifting weights. #barbell sandbooks

The easiest way to be ready to read when you find yourself with a little slice of time is to download the Kindle app on your phone. You almost always have your phone with you, and will thus almost always have a library at your fin gertips. (And on the cheap if you want; you can get thousands of classics for free.)

increases when you read an analog book compared to reading on digital devices. It’s probably because you simply focus more when using the former medium.

The other advantage of paper books is that I find it easier to highlight and make notes compared to e-readers.

While I try to do most of my reading with physical books, digital books still have a place in my reading schedule. I use the Kindle app for spare moment read ing and nothing more. A spare “moment” lasts about 5-15 minutes, or about the amount of time I can read on my phone before the itch to check another app arises.

read The Road, The Great Gatsby, Death of a Sales man, The Bhagavad Gita, and The Innovator’s Di lemma all on 2-hour trips. Next time you’re travel ing by plane, instead of loading your phone with apps and movies, stock it with books. Better yet, bring a physical book or two in your carry-on.

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When people ask me how I read so many books, they’re usually fishing for a speed reading technique that will allow their brains to swallow books whole.

Speed reading certainly plays a role in my reading technique (more on that later), but it’s not my killer secret.

Lean in. I’m going to whisper the secret to read ing a lot of books. Are you ready?

You need to spend more time reading. I spend a lot of time reading because it’s part of my job.

To prepare for my podcast, I read my guest’s book(s). When I write articles, I read books for re search. Reading is just part of my job description.

Being amazed at how many books I read in a year would be like being amazed at how many leaky

faucets a plumber fixed in a year. It’s not that impres sive when it’s what you do for work.

With that said, in ad dition to the books I read specifically for the Art of Manliness last year, I also managed to read 2-3 books every month for pleasure. That’s more than two dozen non-work related books in 12 months. It’s an amount that I think most men with even the busiest of sched ules can very viably knock off in a year too.

So the #1 secret to read ing more is to spend more time reading.

How can you find this time?

Schedule time for read ing. You can’t in fact find time for reading; you’ve got to make time for it. And the best way to make time for something is to put it on your daily schedule. You don’t need to set aside an hour straight for reading. If you’re just starting off with

making reading a priority, you probably don’t yet have the attention span for it, and trying to read that long in one sitting will likely set you up for frustration. In stead, block off 30 minutes in the morning and 30 min utes at night for reading. Heck, make those 20-min ute blocks if a half hour still seems too long. Instead of doing your typical timewasting smartphone scan at those times, you’ll read. You’ll be amazed at how many books you can knock off in a month by reading an hour a day.

Use spare moments for reading. Even though your daily schedule may seem packed, there are invari ably small pockets of time hidden in its interstices that you typically waste. A few minutes of downtime be tween activities or appoint ments may seem trivial, but they soon add up to hours, and to entire books read; there’s great possibilities in

Avoid reading on your smartphone. So I just recommended using the Kindle app on your smart phone to get more reading done. Now I’m going to completely contradict that advice by recommending you avoid reading on your smartphone as much as possible.

Let me explain.

I’ve found that when I read on my phone, I tend to get really distracted. I’ll read for 5 minutes, but then get the itch to check my email or scroll through Instagram. I’ll do a quick check of other apps and then get back to reading. Five minutes later the itch comes back, and I repeat the cycle. I never get in any good, focused reading when I read on my phone. Consequently, I try to do most of my reading with physical books. What’s more, studies suggest that reading comprehension

Of course, I read dif ferent books on my phone and in paperback; it would be a huge pain in the rear to try to switch back and forth between a digital and hard copy of the very same book. At any given time, I’ll be reading one book as a paperback, and a different book on my Kindle app, of ten picking a “lighter” book for the latter selection, since I won’t be engaging it with as much sustained attention.

Take advantage of travel time. If you com mute by subway or bus, use that travel time to read.

My favorite time to get reading done is when I’m on a plane. You’d be surprised how much read ing you can accomplish during a two-hour flight in the absence of Wi-Fidependent distractions. In fact, you can finish entire books from beginning to end in that amount of time. Short books, of course. I’ve

Listen to audiobooks. I don’t listen to too many audiobooks; it’s just not my preferred method of consuming literature. But if I’m going on a long road trip where I’ll be doing most of the driving, I’ll buy a few on Audible to pass the time. If you’re on the road a lot, your drive can be a golden opportunity to consume a big ol’ library of books.

Pro-tip: speed up the narration to 1.5x or 2x. You can still understand everything, but it will allow you to get through a book much faster.

Speed read strategi cally. As mentioned above, when people ask me how I read so many books, they often assume...

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Texas

College

Southmost

general studies

student Noe Gonzalez is breaking out as an impressive on-air host while interning for Space Channel. He reports about the blooming local space industry and how our area is at the center of the new push toward the stars.

The 40-year-old is not a typical student by any stretch of the imagination.

Yes, Gonzalez is a little older than most

of his TSC peers, but Gonzalez is fuller of life than anyone you will ever meet.

That’s because he knows he is lucky to be alive after a tough battle and close call.

Before his Space Channel debut and before he enrolled in school as a “non-traditional” student, he was waiting for a liver transplant.

He had constant pain, and he knew if time went

on without getting the life-saving procedure he was likely to pass away.

His time was running out and he knew dying was a stronger and stronger possibility.

But after nearly four years of grueling patience a match was found, and his life-saving surgery took place. Recovery was another process but when he got better, he wasn’t going to waste a single moment.

“I said you know what? I want to make my second chance count,” Gonzalez said. “I just have a different outlook on life. Being so close to death’s doorstep everything feels precious.”

Gonzalez’s first order of business after being hospital-bound? Catch up on some fishing with his dad. To this day he is a big part of The Bubba’s South Texas Sportsman. A popular online group that meets up to catch the big one. He also volunteers with RGV Fishing Area and Waterway Cleanups.

After rekindling his hobby and volunteer work, his next step was to further his education.

He stayed in the city he loves, Brownsville and started here at Texas Southmost College.

“I wanted to go back to school to better my life,” “I want to make Brownsville better too. I love my city; I love the Valley. My wife is also going to school, she’s in the Paralegal Studies program.”

Gonzalez said he has seen the quality of life

around TSC improve... for him that means more students, more events and multimedia to promote and highlight events. He and his wife are both enrolled as students and enjoying college life.

“This is my third semester at TSC, and I have really noticed a difference,” Gonzalez said. “From when I started right when classes started to be held in person to now...the parking lot is full. There is so much going on and a ton of energy on campus.”

Noe is a part of the transformation the college, the partnership with Space Channel presents a unique opportunity for students to learn skills, show off talents and have pride in Texas Southmost College.

“We’re showing the world what South Texas has to offer,” Gonzalez said. “Interning here with the Space Channel it’s just a perfect fit. I’m taking it in full stride and I’m just going to keep pushing forward. The sky is the limit if you keep a positive mindset.”

Gonzalez is a

man driven by his passions. Whether it’s fishing and waterway conversation, showing his talents reporting or diving headfirst into Scorpion pride, Noe puts everything into what he does.

“Going to school seems like the best decision I’ve ever made,” Gonzalez said. “I’m humbled to be part of the school and of the Space Channel program. It feels great to be in my hometown and get the college experience, the full college experience.”

To register for classes at TSC and get in on the excitement of being a Scorpion you can e-mail admissions@tsc.edu. For any questions regarding your application, please contact the Admissions and Records Office at 956-295-3615. You can also visit this link https:// www.tsc.edu/assets/ documents/departments/ admissions_and_records/ forms/Enrollment_ Checkist%20_Ferpa_ Statement%202_21_22. pdf for an enrollment checklist.

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