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Your Community Newspaper, Serving the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley VOLUME 98 NUMBER 8
14 year-old hero honored in Santa Rosa Improve the fit of your mask
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Good Citizenship Award presented to Bradley Garza by Cameron County Clerk. Photo: Nandy Ekle
Powerlifting Lions take first Bradley Garza poses for a picture with Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Dept behind his awards during a ceremony in his honor. Photo: Nandy Ekle
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The Love Affair Conclusion By: Nandy Ekle
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By Nandy Ekle Bradley Garza, 14-year-old eighth grade french horn player for the Marching Warrior Band in Santa Rosa, was honored at the Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Department on Thursday night, February 11. On January 11, 2021, at 4:45 A.M., Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Department received a 911 call reporting
a raging fire in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones who are Garza’s grandparents. According to the teen, his mother’s scream woke him and he realized the house was on fire. The young man, his siblings, his mother, and his grandfather escaped the building safely. However, Jones announced that his wife, Garza’s grandmother, was still locked inside
her room. Garza immediately ran to the back of the house. There he found a collapsed roof, trapping his grandmother. He pushed through the fiery wall and was able to guide his grandmother, Anna Maria Jones from the scene, thereby avoiding injury and saving her life. During the ceremony, arranged by the Santa Rosa Fire Department,
By Billy Watson La Feria, along with the rest of the Rio Grande Valley and Texas, felt the fury of the winter storm over the past week. Temperatures dipped below freezing with triggered power outages and water to be shut down. Outside of the Valley, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas were blanketed with snow for days, which forced schools to close. Highways and roads were also closed because of the threat of black ice and unsafe road conditions. According to AEP, up to 400,000 customers were without power, leaving many with power in the midst of a week-long cold front. The power outages
left many without electricity — and in some cases, water — for multiple days. No electrical power meant many other services were not available. No water or low water pressure. Gas stations could not pump gas. Internet and cell phone services were down. AEP waited for days for ERCOT to give the OK for crews to begin restoration. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers -- representing about 90 percent of the state’s electric load. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects more than 46,500
miles of transmission lines and 680+ generation units. It also performs financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers retail switching for 8 million premises in competitive choice areas. ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. Its members include consumers, cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities, transmission and distribution providers and municipally owned electric utilities.
Young Mr. Garza was presented with a Good Citizenship Award certificate by Cameron County Clerk, Sylvia Garza-Perez, in recognition of his bravery, his valiance, and his heroism in the rescue of his grandmother from the burning building. He was, likewise, presented with a wooden plaque sporting a fire fighting helmet by the Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Department. Jones stated his wife is bedridden and the boy saved her from the
fire. The family of eight now resides in a hotel room while looking for a new home. However, this has not been an easy task as a family of eight is considered a large family. He would like to see the children continue their educations in the Santa Rosa school system, but may have to look elsewhere for a suitable home. When asked about life goals, Garza answered he has not considered a future in fire fighting. However, he enjoys studying law.
La Feria hit by extreme cold and ice
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