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Your Community Newspaper, Serving the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley VOLUME 91 NUMBER 35
‘Let it Snow!’ Selected as Theme for 2014 City of La Feria Lighted Christmas Parade 16th Annual Parade Slated for 5:30 p.m., Saturday, December 13
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Valleyites might get to see freak snowstorm this winter because the La Feria Events Committee has selected the theme “Let it Snow!” for this year’s Christmas Parade. The selection is always made early to give float builders and participants time to put their thinking cap on and come up with fantastic ideas to wow the crowd and the judges. The parade is held down Main Street from the library and continues to the high school parking lot where the Winter Wonderland festival continues for evening entertainment. The festival hosts the Tiny/’Lil Mr. & Miss La Feria Winter Wonderland Competition, has tons of inflatable rides and pictures with Santa, plus a variety of festival foods. Float entries compete for cash prizes of $500 for first place, $200 for second place and $125 for third place. The committee is always proud to see the impressive floats, bands, Winter Texans and organizations that put so much effort into their entries. Before the parade, the committee is finalizing plans for Halloween in the Park which will be held Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the Veteran’s Memorial Park. There were more than 77 participants in the Costume Contest last year, so organizers will plan for even more ghosts and goblins and lots more candy. Vendors and business representatives are needed for this event to offer assorted game booths like ring toss, face painting or the very popular cake walk last year sponsored by a school group. A new train ride has been signed up for the Halloween festivities. As always, the committee appreciates the La Feria student volunteers at all the events that help to make these activities available to our community, most at no charge. Not long after that, it is time for Lighting of the Tree in La Feria on Thursday, November 13 at 5:30 p.m. Santa Claus shows up with goody bags for the kids at this event where the Community Christmas Tree at city hall is lit with music from area school bands and performances by local elementary students. Everyone is encouraged to bring a waterproof ornament for the city tree. Classroom teachers should call city hall to sign up their classes. ► CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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La Feria ISD Expands its Student Transfer Policy Do you work within the La Feria ISD boundaries and want to transfer your child to La Feria ISD? Have you moved away from the district, but you want to keep your child in the La Feria Independent School District? This year you have that choice.
La Feria Independent School District is accepting out-of-district transfer students based upon the following criteria: 1. Parent is an employee of the La Feria ISD. 2. Parent is an employee of a company or workplace within the La Feria School District boundar-
La Feria Breaks Ground on Domes Multi-Million dollar project gets underway
The City of La Feria held a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the La Feria Safe Rooms (Domes) on Friday, August 15. Two of the nine hurricane shelters to be built in the Valley will be in La Feria. The dome shelter to be built at 1700 S. Main Street will accommodate 850 people while the proposed dome shelter at 1001 Pancho Maples is projected to house an additional 600 people during a storm. To begin construction, a round concrete foundation will be poured and reinforced with steel rebar. Walls will be built up from the foundation and an airform – a fabric balloon – will form the roof. Attached to the foundation and base structure, it will be inflated. Polyurethane foam will then be applied to the airform as a base, and steel reinforcement attached to
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Officials turn the first dirt to begin construction of the Safe Domes hold its structure. Finally, a strong spray-on concrete will be applied to the dome’s surfaces. Funding for the proposed domes was originally awarded to the City of La Feria in September 2012 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Texas Depart-
ment of Emergency Management, a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. FEMA will cover 75% of the cost to build the shelters, with the city making up the other 25% of costs incurred. The city expressed excitement about the proposed
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domes as “an amazing opportunity” for the City of La Feria. Secondary use for the facility on Main St. will be a technology center, while the Pancho Maples shelter will function as a wellness center to compliment the recreational center next door to it.
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ies. 3. Child indicated in the application has attended school in the La Feria ISD for at least one school year and currently resides outside of the District. 4. Child indicated in the application has not attended school in the La Feria ISD for at least one school year, but the student’s sibling(s) did attend for at least one school year. The application for request for transfer can be located on the District website at www.laferiaisd.org, or the application can also be obtained at any campus in the district. The FDA (Local) exemption policy was adopted by the Board of Trustees in July 2014. By following the above guidelines, you can become a part of our La Feria ISD family. The La Feria ISD is proud of its efforts to expand our educational opportunities for its students. This year we our expanding our high school agriculture program as well as the certification opportunities for the medical professions. We have also added a choir program in 6th – 12th grade as well as opportunities for students to participate in a cosmetology program. If you have any questions concerning this policy, please contact a campus principal or central office at 797-8300. • Teeth
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