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Your Community Newspaper, Serving the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley VOLUME 98 NUMBER 9
Local non-profit is a dream come true Work lies ahead for agriculture to recover from winter storm
By Nelda Briones
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New barber in La Feria
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Lionettes open season with win over Valley View
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Business Feature
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Doc Talk.....................pg. 3 Classified...................pg. 4 Sports ........................pg. 5 Activity Page..............pg. 6 Puzzles........................pg. 7
La Feria Resident Alejandro Paz’s dream became closer to reality this February. It all started with helping out people in the community. He was doing it all from home so he wanted to make a place where people could go for assistance. He started Project Pay It Forward just a few months ago and now has made his dream come true by making his non-profit a state certified organization. This month they also opened up a place where people could go for help. They are now located at 611 N. Main Street in La Feria. Project Pay It Forward accepts both monetary and non-monetary donations. From the donations they collect, they’re able to help people in need of food and clothing plus other items. The organization also helps with essential
bills if in dire need. With the donations he collects of clothing and other items he’s created a “thrift store” where sales of the items will go towards helping the less fortunate in the community. At their location they also help fill out paperwork, make copies and fax at no charge. It’s all monetary donations. Since the new location has been open, they helped with coats, blankets and heaters when the freezing weather came through. They also handed out meals to families in need of a warm meal. And recently they received some fruit in which they handed out to the community. Organizer Alejandro Paz says it’s a blessing to have so many people offer to donate and help. He hopes his Project Pay It Forward becomes larger so he could be able to help out other communities in the valley.
Residents of Texas are still feeling the effects of an intense winter storm that moved through the United States last week, which, The Associated Press reported, was responsible for at least 69 fatalities across the country -- and wildlife is suffering from the extreme cold as well, causing a turtle rescue to get underway in the state. A massive sea turtle rescue was underway in Texas after extreme weather in the state has led the sea creatures to become stunned by the cold. Sea turtles are ectothermic, or cold-blooded creatures, meaning they cannot regulate their own body heat. If the water they inhabit drops below 50 degrees Fahrenheit like it did during the extreme cold in Texas this week, the turtles
develop hypothermia and become lethargic and unable to swim, according to the U.S. National Park Service. When the turtles enter the cold-stunned state, they float to the top of the water, which puts them in jeopardy of being struck by boats or the potential of washing ashore and becoming stranded on land. It also puts them at heightened risk for being preyed upon by natural predators. Texas Game Wardens in Cameron County rescued 141 sea turtles that fell victim to the cold weather in the Brownsville Ship Channel and surrounding bays. Wendy Knight, the executive director of Sea Turtle, Inc. in South Padre Island, Texas, posted a video on Facebook on
Inside the store - Open 8am to 7pm Monday to Saturday. Photo courtesy Project Pay it Forward
Fruit being carried by volunteers. Photo courtesy Project Pay it Forward
Cold-stunned sea turtles, frozen alligators fight for their lives after unprecedented cold snap
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