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Your Community Newspaper, Serving the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley VOLUME 98 NUMBER 4
Twenty-eighth Fiesta de La Feria cancelled BY BILLY WATSON LFN
Creating Music
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La Feria Tennis Champions
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The 28th annual Fiesta de La Feria has been canceled this year. The City of La Feria made a post of Facebook saying the celebration was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The annoucement adds to the list of canceled events put on by the city every year, including the Fourth of July celebrations at Veterans Memorial Park and Sports Complex and Christmas parade.
The Fiesta de La Feria attracts thousands of visitors every year with vendors lined up along Main Strett and East Commercial Avenue. Food vendors sold all sorts of food such as hamburgers, barbeque, lemondade, funnel cakes and many more. Other displays includes antique and show cars, live music, motorcycles and vehicle contests for prizes. The Los Fresnos Rodeo, which takes place around late Feburary every year, was also canceled this year,but the livestock show is still a good as of now.
Dancers at the Fiesta de La Feria in 2009 perform on Main Street in La Feria, Texas. Photo courtesy of City of La Feria.
School board approves purchase for utility tractor through grant BY NELDA BRIONES LFN
The Love Affair By: Nandy Ekle
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Students of the month
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During the January 18, 2021 school board meeting, the school board approved a $28,609.07 purchase of a Compact Utility Tractor for Construction Pathway. The tractor is being paid through the 2020-2021 CTE Perkins Reserve Grant which was awarded last year. The grant runs from July 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021. The purpose of the grant is to assist school districts in improving secondary and postsecondary-level career and technical education programs. The program promotes the development, implementation and adoption of programs of study or career pathways
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aligned with state identified high skill, high wage, in-demand occupations or industries. The school was awarded a total of $448,000 for the program. The Grant funds will support the first year of developing partnerships, purchasing equipment, paying for CTE certification tests, etc. However, after the initial year of funding, the district is willing to utilize local funds to support costs related to the program. This commitment of local funds provides validation that the district is committed to sustaining the grant funded costs and transforming to meet the better workforce needs of our region.
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