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Election Day polling locations, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Mission CISD • Bryan Elem. School, Precincts 9 & 103 • Castro Elem. School, Precincts 10, 63, 82 & 102 • Mission High School, Precincts 28 & 98 • Pearson Elem. School, Precincts 93, 94 & 204 • Alton Elem. School, Precincts 86, 88, 125, 183, 205, 218, 220, 243, 244, 247 & 248 Mission City Council • Bryan Elem. School, Precincts 9 & 103 • Castro Elem. School, Precincts 10, 82 & 102 • Mission High School, Precincts 28, 78, 98, 99, 210, 218 & 219 • Pearson Elem. School, Precincts 29, 93, 94, 128,145, 185 & 187 • Mission B&G Club @ Bannworth Gym, Precincts 38, 63, 83, 188, 203, 204, 215, 220, 236 & 248 Agua SUD • Multi Purpose Facility/Palmview Youth Center, Precincts 64, 78, 99, 100, 145, 170, 182, 185, 187 & 254 • Peñitas City Hall Annex, Precincts 11, 131, 195, 197, 198 & 257 • Sullivan Fire Station, Precinct 80 (Starr Co. Precinct 9) By Lea Victoria Juarez L ocals have three races to keep an eye on for this round of elections. Eight contenders are bat- tling it out four places on Mission CISD’s board of trustees; seven candidates are vying for the three open positions on the Agua Spe- cial Utility District board; five hopefuls are in the run- ning for places 2 and 4 for Mission City Council. Early voting ended May 3 and the candidates are gear- ing up for Election Day on May 7. Regarding early vote counts, a total of 3,201 votes were cast for the City of Mission, 3,487 ballots were counted for Mission CISD and 1,333 people voted in the Agua SUD election. Agua SUD The Agua Special Utili- ty District provides water to residents in western Hidalgo County. A seven-member board of directors governs the utility district – three at-large directors and four directors that represent Peñitas, Palmview, Sullivan City and Mission, which are elected by residents. Jerry Saenz and Esequiel “Zeke” Ortiz Jr. are running for director for city of Palm- view. Saenz is the manager of longtime family business in Palmview – Saenz Hard- ware. His intent is to provide transparency and be dedicat- ed to every customer that the water supplier serves. Saenz said he feels con- fident going into Election Day. He stressed that vot- ers become educated before casting their ballots. “They just need to make sure who they’re voting for. I want them to be informed and ask questions,” Saenz said. “Win or lose, every- thing we did, we did it with the best intention for the community.” The candidates for direc- tor for county place 2 are Homer Tijerina, Abel “Peco” Rodriguez and Adalberto Javier “AJ” Chapa. Tijerina is a Peñi- tas-Abram native and busi- ness owner. He already serves on six committees for Peñitas, La Joya ISD and Hi- dalgo County. He also wants to bring transparency to the board, in addition to better rates and better service. His strategies for bringing openness to the board con- sists of community updates via newsletter, social media or through the website. Director county place 3 candidates are Roger Her- nandez and Roberto “Rob- by” Ayala. Hernandez, a La Joya ISD coach, has served as a board member for the La Joya Credit Union for the last eight years, where he also served as vice president. He believes his advantage lies in his knowledge of finances and budgeting. Ayala said he and his teammate are “feeling good” as they head into the big day. “I would just like thank the community for believing in this new era of leader- ship,” Ayala said. Saenz, Tijerina and Her- nandez are running on the same slate. Ortiz, Chapa and Ayala are running on a sepa- rate slate. Mission CISD Place 2 candidates are Veronica “Betty” Mendo- za and Sonia “Dr.” Treviño. Mendoza replaced Treviño on the board in 2014 when Treviño’s sister applied for an administrative position. Before then, Treviño served on the board for seven years. Treviño is running again because she said the board needs someone like her, an individual that can handle an open debate, facilities or curriculum discussion and the decision making that is required of board members. Additionally, Treviño is a former teacher. Mendoza, said she is proud of the fact that she has fulfilled her duties as a board member, despite hav- ing to play catchup. If she is re-elected, one of her priori- ties is to make sure the stu- dents at risk of dropping out receive attention as a preven- tative measure. Place 3 candidates are Hector Gonzalez and Jerry Zamora. Gonzalez is a network services manager for city of McAllen and he currently serves on the facilities com- mittee for Mission CISD. He thinks his strengths lie in his technological experience, but is most concerned with boosting morale in the Mis- sion CISD community. Zamora has a total of 18 years of combined law enforcement and military experience. His reason for running for Mission CISD trustee is to bring more knowledge about security to the school district. The former Mission po- lice officer said he would like to see the implementa- tion of a district police de- partment, and having local and federal officers become more involved in educating the students on the drugs and crime. Place 4 candidates are incumbent Patricia “Patty” O’Caña-Olivarez and Mari- na Salinas. O’Caña-Olivarez is the sitting board president. The By Lea Victoria Juarez T he Mission High School construction and renovations proj- ect has been a long and drawn out process that began in 2008. It has been broken up into three phases and two bonds. At Mission CISD’s April 27 board meeting, Econ Construction was awarded the contract for phase three, which is the final part of the final phase. Construction will begin as soon as pos- sible, after classes let out June 1. Econ is not to exceed $33.2 million, based on the scope of work. The $33.2 million includes $2.2 million worth of alternates or pos- sible items in the scope of work. Phase three originally re- quired the renovation of sev- eral buildings and construc- tion of a new cafeteria and instructional building. The original budget for phase three was based on a certain scope of work, but the cost associated with the project increased because the scope of work steadily increased. “What happened is that when I first got here in 2013, nothing was decided on and we had to move forward,” Superintendent Ricardo Lo- pez said. “So, the scope of work was minimal. But then as we looked at five years passing, we noticed a lot more needs.” Due to the added scope of work, inflation rate and the adoption of a wage rate, Mission CISD is short from the original scope by any- where from $6.4 million to $8.3 million. Financial breakdown Phase one, which was funded with the 2006 bond, consisted of renovations to Neuhaus Gym; $3.7 mil- lion was used from the $57 million bond. When the $59 million bond passed in 2008, $18.4 million was earmarked for Mission High School. Phase two was funded most- ly by the 2006 bond, but some funds from the 2008 bond were used for the proj- ect. This phase consisted of the renovation of five build- ings. In 2012, $10 million from the 2008 bond was added from the allocation of an ele- mentary school that was nev- er built, bringing the MHS phase three project budget to about $28 million. The board approved a larger performing arts build- ing in September 2015, which was an additional $4 million. This will be an ex- pansion and renovation of the existing band hall to cre- ate a performing arts instruc- tional building to house all the arts programs. The approval of a new agricultural science building added $2 million to the total. New fire alarm codes are going into effect in Novem- ber. The alarms have a new voice system, which will be added to the entire cam- pus, including the swim- ming pool complex, the field house, stadium, baseball and softball complexes and the restrooms. That added $310,000 to the project. In addition, new compli- ance codes for the HVAC and lighting controls added $200,000 to the project. Administration expand- ed the dining and cafeteria to accommodate two lunch periods, adding 8,000 square feet for approximately $1.7 million additional costs. “We added a scope of work for the cafeteria be- cause having three to four lunch shifts wasn’t feasible to run a high school. Then we also added the ag. building and the fine arts complex,” Lopez said. “It would have been a costly project...but we were preparing for this be- cause if we wait, we can see where the projects are only going to get more expensive. This a perfect opportunity to touch all those buildings at one time rather than wait.” The inflation rate, as per the national average index, has been 4.5 percent per year. There is also an increase for soft costs and the archi- tect fees because the fee of 5.25 percent was based on original $18.4 million. The district also had to adopt a Davis-Bacon Wage Rate for this project. It’s a federal wage rate that re- quires contractors and sub- contractors to pay their work- ers no less than the locally Candidates prep for Election Day See CANDIDATES 10 Raising drug awareness Lady Diamondbacks sweep Porter Mud Volleyball Tournament INSIDE Catch up on the high- lights from Mission CISD’s United in Safe- ty conference, and learn about the new drug that teens are using. So makes this year’s Pioneer softball team different from last year? Coach Orlando Garcia has the answer Get in on the fun at the Mission Lions Club’s annual tourna- ment; complete with food, carnival rides a mobile pet adoption and more. See story page 5 See story page 7 See story page 9 See CONSTRUCTION 10 Pictured is a rendering of the new, two-story building at Mission High School. Courtesy of PBK Architects. Shop Walmart for your MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS 215 E. 3 Mile Rd. • Palmhurst • 519-8453 1705 Exp. 83 • Peñitas • 580-6840 The MHS construction project, financial history Friday, May 6, 2016 www.ptrgv.com | 50 Cents INDEX Entertainment | pg. 3 Lifestyle | pg. 2 Opinion | pg. 4 Sports | pg. 6 Fun Page | pg. 9 Classifieds | pg. 11 Three VMHS Athletes Compete at State Meet Undefeated Lady Diamondbacks Sweep Bi-district Playoffs See pg. 7 Three VMHS Athletes Compete at State Meet Undefeated Lady Diamondbacks Sweep Bi-district Playoffs See pg. 6 See pg. 7

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Election Day polling locations,7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Mission CISD• Bryan Elem. School, Precincts 9 & 103• Castro Elem. School, Precincts 10, 63, 82 & 102• Mission High School, Precincts 28 & 98• Pearson Elem. School, Precincts 93, 94 & 204• Alton Elem. School, Precincts 86, 88, 125, 183, 205, 218, 220, 243, 244, 247 & 248Mission City Council• Bryan Elem. School, Precincts 9 & 103• Castro Elem. School, Precincts 10, 82 & 102• Mission High School, Precincts 28, 78, 98, 99, 210, 218 & 219• Pearson Elem. School, Precincts 29, 93, 94, 128,145, 185 & 187• Mission B&G Club @ Bannworth Gym, Precincts 38, 63, 83, 188, 203, 204, 215, 220, 236 & 248 Agua SUD• Multi Purpose Facility/Palmview Youth Center, Precincts 64, 78, 99, 100, 145, 170, 182, 185, 187 & 254• Peñitas City Hall Annex, Precincts 11, 131, 195, 197, 198 & 257• Sullivan Fire Station, Precinct 80 (Starr Co. Precinct 9)

By Lea Victoria Juarez

Locals have three races to keep an eye on for this round of elections.

Eight contenders are bat-tling it out four places on Mission CISD’s board of trustees; seven candidates are vying for the three open positions on the Agua Spe-cial Utility District board; five hopefuls are in the run-ning for places 2 and 4 for Mission City Council.

Early voting ended May 3 and the candidates are gear-ing up for Election Day on May 7.

Regarding early vote counts, a total of 3,201 votes were cast for the City of Mission, 3,487 ballots were counted for Mission CISD and 1,333 people voted in the Agua SUD election.

Agua SUDThe Agua Special Utili-

ty District provides water to residents in western Hidalgo County. A seven-member board of directors governs the utility district – three at-large directors and four directors that represent Peñitas, Palmview, Sullivan City and Mission, which are elected by residents.

Jerry Saenz and Esequiel “Zeke” Ortiz Jr. are running for director for city of Palm-view. Saenz is the manager of longtime family business

in Palmview – Saenz Hard-ware. His intent is to provide transparency and be dedicat-ed to every customer that the water supplier serves.

Saenz said he feels con-fident going into Election Day. He stressed that vot-ers become educated before casting their ballots.

“They just need to make sure who they’re voting for. I want them to be informed and ask questions,” Saenz said. “Win or lose, every-thing we did, we did it with the best intention for the community.”

The candidates for direc-tor for county place 2 are Homer Tijerina, Abel “Peco” Rodriguez and Adalberto Javier “AJ” Chapa.

Tijerina is a Peñi-tas-Abram native and busi-ness owner. He already serves on six committees for Peñitas, La Joya ISD and Hi-dalgo County. He also wants to bring transparency to the board, in addition to better rates and better service.

His strategies for bringing openness to the board con-sists of community updates via newsletter, social media or through the website.

Director county place 3 candidates are Roger Her-nandez and Roberto “Rob-by” Ayala.

Hernandez, a La Joya ISD coach, has served as a board

member for the La Joya Credit Union for the last eight years, where he also served as vice president. He believes his advantage lies in his knowledge of finances and budgeting.

Ayala said he and his teammate are “feeling good” as they head into the big day.

“I would just like thank the community for believing in this new era of leader-ship,” Ayala said.

Saenz, Tijerina and Her-nandez are running on the same slate. Ortiz, Chapa and Ayala are running on a sepa-rate slate.

Mission CISDPlace 2 candidates are

Veronica “Betty” Mendo-za and Sonia “Dr.” Treviño. Mendoza replaced Treviño on the board in 2014 when Treviño’s sister applied for an administrative position. Before then, Treviño served on the board for seven years.

Treviño is running again because she said the board needs someone like her, an individual that can handle an open debate, facilities or curriculum discussion and the decision making that is required of board members. Additionally, Treviño is a former teacher.

Mendoza, said she is proud of the fact that she has fulfilled her duties as a board member, despite hav-

ing to play catchup. If she is re-elected, one of her priori-ties is to make sure the stu-dents at risk of dropping out receive attention as a preven-tative measure.

Place 3 candidates are Hector Gonzalez and Jerry Zamora.

Gonzalez is a network services manager for city of McAllen and he currently serves on the facilities com-mittee for Mission CISD. He thinks his strengths lie in his technological experience, but is most concerned with boosting morale in the Mis-sion CISD community.

Zamora has a total of 18 years of combined law enforcement and military experience. His reason for running for Mission CISD trustee is to bring more knowledge about security to the school district.

The former Mission po-lice officer said he would like to see the implementa-tion of a district police de-partment, and having local and federal officers become more involved in educating the students on the drugs and crime.

Place 4 candidates are incumbent Patricia “Patty” O’Caña-Olivarez and Mari-na Salinas.

O’Caña-Olivarez is the sitting board president. The

By Lea Victoria Juarez

The Mission High School construction and renovations proj-

ect has been a long and drawn out process that began in 2008. It has been broken up into three phases and two bonds.

At Mission CISD’s April 27 board meeting, Econ Construction was awarded the contract for phase three, which is the final part of the final phase. Construction will begin as soon as pos-sible, after classes let out June 1. Econ is not to exceed $33.2 million, based on the scope of work. The $33.2 million includes $2.2 million worth of alternates or pos-sible items in the scope of work.

Phase three originally re-quired the renovation of sev-eral buildings and construc-tion of a new cafeteria and instructional building. The original budget for phase three was based on a certain scope of work, but the cost associated with the project

increased because the scope of work steadily increased.

“What happened is that when I first got here in 2013, nothing was decided on and we had to move forward,” Superintendent Ricardo Lo-pez said. “So, the scope of work was minimal. But then as we looked at five years passing, we noticed a lot more needs.”

Due to the added scope of work, inflation rate and the adoption of a wage rate, Mission CISD is short from the original scope by any-where from $6.4 million to $8.3 million.

Financial breakdownPhase one, which was

funded with the 2006 bond, consisted of renovations to Neuhaus Gym; $3.7 mil-lion was used from the $57 million bond. When the $59 million bond passed in 2008, $18.4 million was earmarked for Mission High School. Phase two was funded most-ly by the 2006 bond, but some funds from the 2008 bond were used for the proj-ect. This phase consisted of

the renovation of five build-ings.

In 2012, $10 million from the 2008 bond was added from the allocation of an ele-mentary school that was nev-er built, bringing the MHS phase three project budget to about $28 million.

The board approved a larger performing arts build-ing in September 2015, which was an additional $4 million. This will be an ex-pansion and renovation of the existing band hall to cre-ate a performing arts instruc-tional building to house all the arts programs.

The approval of a new agricultural science building added $2 million to the total.

New fire alarm codes are going into effect in Novem-ber. The alarms have a new voice system, which will be added to the entire cam-pus, including the swim-ming pool complex, the field house, stadium, baseball and softball complexes and the restrooms. That added $310,000 to the project.

In addition, new compli-

ance codes for the HVAC and lighting controls added $200,000 to the project.

Administration expand-ed the dining and cafeteria to accommodate two lunch periods, adding 8,000 square feet for approximately $1.7 million additional costs.

“We added a scope of work for the cafeteria be-cause having three to four lunch shifts wasn’t feasible to run a high school. Then we

also added the ag. building and the fine arts complex,” Lopez said. “It would have been a costly project...but we were preparing for this be-cause if we wait, we can see where the projects are only going to get more expensive. This a perfect opportunity to touch all those buildings at one time rather than wait.”

The inflation rate, as per the national average index, has been 4.5 percent per year.

There is also an increase for soft costs and the archi-tect fees because the fee of 5.25 percent was based on original $18.4 million.

The district also had to adopt a Davis-Bacon Wage Rate for this project. It’s a federal wage rate that re-quires contractors and sub-contractors to pay their work-ers no less than the locally

Candidates prep for Election Day

See CANDIDATES 10

Raising drug awareness Lady Diamondbacks sweep Porter

Mud Volleyball Tournament

INSIDE

Catch up on the high-lights from Mission CISD’s United in Safe-ty conference, and learn about the new drug that teens are using.

So makes this year’s Pioneer softball team different from last year? Coach Orlando Garcia has the answer

Get in on the fun at the Mission Lions Club’s annual tourna-ment; complete with food, carnival rides a mobile pet adoption and more.

See story page 5 See story page 7 See story page 9

See CONSTRUCTION 10

Pictured is a rendering of the new, two-story building at Mission High School.Courtesy of PBK Architects.

Shop Walmart for your MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS

215 E. 3 Mile Rd. • Palmhurst • 519-8453 1705 Exp. 83 • Peñitas • 580-6840

The MHS construction project, financial history

Friday, May 6, 2016 www.ptrgv.com | 50 Cents

INDEX Entertainment | pg. 3Lifestyle | pg. 2 Opinion | pg. 4 Sports | pg. 6 Fun Page | pg. 9 Classifieds | pg. 11

Three VMHS AthletesCompete at State Meet

Undefeated Lady Diamondbacks

Sweep Bi-district PlayoffsSee pg. 7

Three VMHS AthletesCompete at State Meet

Undefeated Lady Diamondbacks

Sweep Bi-district PlayoffsSee pg. 6 See pg. 7

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The Mission CISD Board of Trustees, administration and staff extend sincere thanks to our teachers. We think that all of you are picture perfect.

Efrain CavazosAlton Elementary School

Matilde ReynaBryan Elementary School

Stephanie SalvatoreCantu Elementary School

Maria Del Jesus RamirezCastro Elementary School

Nancy RamirezCavazos Elementary School

Melissa GarciaEscobar/Rios Elementary School

Melinda Y. PerezLeal Elementary School

Sheila PeñaMarcell Elementary School

Illiana GomezMidki� Elementary School

Guadalupe Saenz Mims Elementary School

Karla GarzaNewcomers Academy

Imba RamseyO’Grady Elementary School

Sonia A. TreviñoPearson Elementary School

Samuel Tagle IIISalinas Elementary School

Corina AvilaWaitz Elementary School

Cecilia Villarreal-RodriguezAlton Memorial Jr. High School

Support provided by:

Richard ObligarK. White Jr. High School

Dawne Hill-VarlackMission Jr. High School

Manuel M. VillarrealR. Cantu Jr. High School

Imelda R. BechoMission High School

Alfredo BarreiroVeterans Memorial High School

Jesus H. MontemayorMission Collegiate High School

Armando SalasMission Options Academy

Mario PerezRoosevelt Alternative School

EVENTSCALENDAR

PARKSCALENDAR

REUNIONS&MEETINGS

May 7 – The Gladys Porter Zoo’s May Saturday Safaris start off with “Creature Feature” at 10 a.m. in the South Texas Discovery Education Center. The zoo is located at 500 Ring-gold in Brownsville. Learn why animals have their unique characteristics that allow birds to fly, fish to swim and how polar bears survive freezing temperatures. Classes are $15 per child or adult. Children must be age 4 or older. Pre-registration is required. Call 548-9453 to register or for more information or email [email protected].

May 8 – The Museum of South Texas History, 200 N. Clos-ner Blvd. in Edinburg, hosts Rossy Evelin Limas who will preview her forthcoming book, “The Everliving Mothers of America.” It is part of a program discussing the influence of past mothers and goddesses who helped shape maternal culture over the centuries. The artistic works of Corina Carmona, a Rio Grande Valley native, will be shown. Her works represent ma-ternal culture with striking paintings. The program begins at 2 p.m. in the Courtyard Gallery.

May 10 – The Rio Grande Valley Diabetes Association will host its monthly cooking classes at 420 S. Closner Blvd., Edinburg, at 5:30 pm. This month’s class will focus on “First Step to Diabetes Management” to show how people with diabe-tes through nutrition guidelines and diabetes meal plans. The classes are free to the public, but space is limited. For informa-tion, call 782-1900.

May 12 – The annual Dine on the Lawn fundraiser of the Frontera Audubon Society will be held featuring a meal pre-pared by the Rio Grande Valley Chefs Association. For more information, contact the Frontera Audubon Society at 968-3275 or go to fronteraaudubon.org. Frontera Audubon is located at 1101 S. Texas Blvd. in Weslaco. For info, call 968-3275.

May 13-14 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine and UTRGV Continuing Education are hosting the “Healthy Communities: Mental Health, Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Conference” from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the ballroom on the UTRGV Edinburg campus. Regis-tration through May 11 is $150. Onsite registration on May 13 is $200. Registration for UTRGV students is available through May 11 at $50 per person. Continuing medical education (CME) credits are available for physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners for an additional $50 per person. To register, visit utrgv.edu/ce. For special accommodations, call 665-2071 or email [email protected].

May 14 – Aglow International Spanish Lighthouse Chapter of Mission will meet at Emmanuel Adult Day Care, 1312 Ob-late Ave., Mission, at 9:30 a.m. for a continental breakfast. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. with Pastor Ruben Reyes Morales as the speaker. He pastors at La Iglesia Del Cuerpo de Cristo in McAllen. For more information, call Lisa Gomez at 776-8505; Sandy Rodriguez, 588-9313; or Gaby Rodriguez, 240-6607.

May 14 – Toddlers can learn more about nature and butter-flies at the next monthly Edinburg World Birding Center Tod-dler Play Date. For ages 1 to 4, it runs from 9 to 10:30 a.m. each month and may include interactive puppet shows, storytelling, crafts, free time and guided nature walks. Cost is $2 and free for one guardian. Space is limited; registration is required. To register, call 383-9922. The EWBIC is located at 714 S. Raul Longoria Rd.(To see the complete Coming Attractions calendar, go to ptrgv.)

Dora Banda (left), Mission Regional Medical Center Auxilia-ry board president, presents a check for $73,000 to Javier Iruegas, MRMC CEO, along with and Lilliam Santana-Barrera, MRMC director of Volunteer Services. The presentation was made at the annual banquet on April 12.

The Mission Region-al Medical Center (MRMC) Auxiliary

made a donation of $73,000 to the hospital at their annual banquet and officer installa-tion. Auxiliary Board Presi-dent Dora Banda presented the check to Javier Iruegas, CEO of Mission Regional Medical Center. The check presentation was made April 12 at The Club at Cimarron in Mission.

Funds donated are the proceeds from the hospital gift shop along with other fundraising activities held by the auxiliary.

The incoming board members for 2016-2017 are Dora Banda, president; Martha Harrison, senior vice-president; Federico Salinas, vice-president of membership; Gloria Ibarra, treasurer; Rosa Nea Garza,

assistant treasurer; Carmen Garza, recording secretary; and Nancy Martinez, parlia-mentarian.

Nancy Martinez stood out as an exemplary volun-teer this past year, contrib-uting 1,600 hours to the or-ganization. Approximately 115 volunteers donate their time each year, amounting to over 21,000 hours in volun-teer service.

Volunteers fill several roles at Mission Regional Medical Center, including escorting guests, helping be-hind the counter at the gift shop, and delivering flowers and mail all throughout the hospital.

For more information about volunteering at the hospital, contact Lilliam Santana-Barrera at 323-1104.

Volunteers donate $73,000 to MRMC

Spring Fling benefits RGV Diabetes Association

Getting ready for the May 14 RGV Diabetes Association Spring Fling are, front, left to right, Gaby Jones, Ruben Cavazos and Eugenio Uribe. Center row, same order, are Richard Gillett, event chair; Dr. R. Gillett, RGVDA board member; Laura Gillett; and Amir Elsayed, RGVDA board member/founder. In back, are Knox Jones, Luis Morales and Chef Larry Delgado.

MISSION – The Rio Grande Valley Di-abetes Association

(RGVDA) announces its fundraiser, “Spring Fling Bitsy Bites,” on Saturday, May 14, at Dr. Richard Gil-lett’s private ranch in Mis-sion. It will be held from 5 to 10 p.m.

Tickets are $20 per per-son for the food tasting event and more. Besides the food and beverage sampling from several area restaurants, guests can take a canoe ride, hike with exotic animals along the trail, participate in archery, bid during the silent auction and dance to two bands. Guests are encour-

aged to dress comfortably for the evening. There will be a variety of other vendors on hand, also.

Musical entertainment will be provided by Johnny Walker and The Blue Labels and Lauren Coezine and the Cozmic Cowboyz per-forming a variety of musical styles.

The RVGDA is a local and independent not-for-profit organization serving Hidalgo County. Programs and services are tailored spe-cifically for this area and lo-cal proceeds from this event and others are used for the residents of Hidalgo County.

McALLEN – Treat your mother to a day of fami-

ly-friendly activities at the

International Museum of Art & Science on Sunday, May 8, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Join the staff in the Bio-

IMAS program honors mothers

Zone to explore DNA and its impact on inherited traits while learning about mater-nal instincts during a special talk on the nature of animal mothers. Family members can stop to make an origami heart or tissue flower in the Art Studio to give to their

mothers. All activities are includ-

ed with general admission. For special accommodations, call 665-2071 or email [email protected]. IMAS is located at 1900 Nolana Ave., McAllen. Call 682-0123 for further information.

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May 6-7• The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ballet

Company will present its first annual concert, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex (PAC) on the Edinburg Campus.

Tickets will be available at the PAC Box Office one hour before the performances. General admission tickets are $5 for adults, seniors, students and children. For information, contact the Dance Program office at 665-2230 to request a reservation form.

May 7• The Mission Lions Club’s 4th Annual Mud Volley-

ball Tournament at 4-3/4 Mile N. Conway in Alton. Play begins at 9 a.m. There will be food, mobile pet adoption, Segway rides and Kids’ Fun Zone with carnival rides, moon jumps, rock walls and more. New this year is the Daniel Gerlach Texas Lions Camp Cook-off, an IBCA-sanctioned event, with music entertainment lined up throughout the day. Proceeds benefit the Texas Lions Camp for Handi-capped Children. Go to Mission Lions Club Mud Volleyball on Facebook to download for sign-up fees and application forms. Admission is free and open to the public to cheer on the teams and check out the vendor booths.

• The RGV Bandidas will meet shoulder to shoulder and elbow to arm in a roller derby bout at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Team Purple will face off Team Teal in a serious rematch of hard-hitting action at the De Leon Soccer Com-plex, 4238 N. 29th St. in McAllen.

Ticket prices are $10 for Suicide (front row), $8 at the door and $5 presale or $4 for kids. Tickets are available on-line at RGVBandidas2015.bpt.me or in-person at the gate.

• The Museum of South Texas History will host a dou-ble performance featuring 60 students with the Alvarez Elementary Folklórico Dance Academy and the Alvarez Elementary Drum Line at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 7.

The program is included in the regular museum admis-sion ranging from free for MOSTHistory members and chil-dren ages 3 and under to $7 for adults ages 18 and over. The museum is located at 200 N. Closner Blvd. in Edinburg.

May 12• Members of the McAllen Symphonic Band and the

South Texas College Music Department present “Cham-ber Music for Winds” at 7 p.m. at the South Texas Col-lege Cooper Center Black Box Theater, 3200 Pecan Blvd., McAllen. The program features music by Haydn, Danzi, Gounod and others. Admission is free.

May 14• The Upper Valley Art League hosts the opening re-

ception for Shirley M. Ingram’s art exhibit, “Boundless and Bold,” from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through June 4 at the Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, 921 E. 12th St. in Mission, through June 4. Ingram will be in attending, and some of the works will be available for sale. Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to the free event.

(To see the complete Coming Attractions calendar, go to ptrgv.com)

McALLEN – The staff at Quinta Mazatlan World

Birding Center will recre-ate the vibe of the Age of Aquarius and the original 1960s Quinta Mazatlan Cof-fee House on Thursday, May 12, at 6 p.m. for an evening of history, culture, and enter-tainment.

Texas Poet Laureate Jan Seale will recite her nature poetry, as well McAllen’s first Poet Laureate Olga Val-le-Herr. A few special guests will read parts of the short story, “The Bonus Tree” and talk about the history of the coffee house during the 1960s.

Seale, the 2012-13 Texas Poet Laureate, is a longtime

resident of McAllen. Her book, titled “Valley Ark,” composed of 50 poems with photos captured by her son on the flora and fauna of the Rio Grande Valley, is a fa-vorite among locals. Seale has written trail scripts and captions for Quinta Mazat-lan, as well as editing sever-al Valley Land Fund pictori-al volumes. She has taught writing at three universities and has held a National En-dowment for the Arts fellow-ship.

The $3 park admission includes the program; no advance reservation is re-quired. Quinta Mazatlan is located at 600 Sunset in McAllen. For information, call 681-3370.

Step back in time: 1960s Quinta Mazatlan LA JOYA – Art students

at La Joya High School have made it to the top

50 – out of 2,400 schools na-tionwide – in the 2016 Vans Custom Culture Art Com-petition. Using four pairs of blank, white Vans shoes as their canvas, contestants were asked to create their most artistic and inventive designs.

The general public can now help the students make it to the top five out of the 50, based on the most online votes received. Online votes can be cast at http://sites.vans.com/customculture for La Joya High School. Vot-

ing will remain open until Wednesday, May 11, at 5 p.m.

In case of advancement, the students will travel to California in June for the opportunity to win $50,000 dollars for the school’s art program. In addition, the winning school will poten-tially see one of its designs produced for sale at select Vans retail locations and Vans.com, plus several oth-er prizes such as a $25,000 partial scholarship to for one student to attend The College of Art and Design in Santa Monica, Calif.

La Joya students need public support in national contest

Shoes create a unique canvas for the artwork of La Joya High School students in a national contest.

Jan SealeOlga Valle-Her

McALLEN – The McAllen Arts Council (MAC)

has announced the seventh annual McAllen Arts Coun-cil Fine Arts Exhibit. The opening reception will be held at the McAllen Creative Arts Incubator, 601 N. Main Street, during the Art Walk event tonight, May 6.

This year, MAC and the Creative Incubator are col-laborating to recognize and showcase a visual exhibit by past and present Incuba-tor tenants as well as invited artists.

Creative Incubator is a venue that offers low cost studios for start-up artists to foster the creativity of the tenants and provide emerg-ing artists and organizations with managerial, legal, and technical support.

The pieces will remain on display through the end of May and are available for sale. The exhibition will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more informa-tion, contact Laura Robles at 687-2787 or by email at [email protected].

MAC plans 7th Annual Fine Art Exhibit

AUSTIN – In a “Long Live the Accordian” tribute, a concert

celebrating the 10th anni-versary of Texas Folklife’s Big Squeeze Accordion Contest will be held at the Bullock Texas State History

Museum on Saturday, May 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. The mu-seum is located at 1800 N. Congress Ave. in Austin.

The all-star line-up in-cludes former Big Squeeze Champs Juan Longoria, Los Morales Boyz featuring Na-

Big Squeeze Festival celebrates 10th anniversary

KINGSVILLE — Mil-lions of pounds of trash are discard-

ed around the world daily. “Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art” takes a small part of that trash and turns it into something special. The traveling exhibit will be on display at the John E. Conner Museum at Texas A&M University-Kingsville through May 25.

It features 35 unique se-lections from Landfillart, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that solicited art-ists from around the world to transform discarded hub-caps into fine art. Artists an-swered the call and the metal canvases serve to empow-er artists with a message to incite creative thinking and problem-solving for envi-ronmental issues.

The artists reclaimed rusted hubcaps and trans-formed them into their own statements. Not only are these metal scraps saved from the landfill, but they are repurposed to convey creative and political mes-sages about consumption in American culture. In turn, visitors are confronted with new perspectives of the ma-terial culture we live in.

The museum is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; and closed Sunday and uni-versity holidays. The muse-um closes to the public at 4 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Admission is free. For more information, call 361-593-2810.

Trash turns into art ‘Second Time Around’

chito Morales, Keyun Dick-son and the Zydeco Masters, the Dallas Street Ramblers featuring Elizabeth Kelley, and the All Around Czechs featuring Brandon Hodde and Garrett Neubauer.

The event is free and

open to the public and takes place outside on the Lone Star Plaza. Accordian fans should bring their folding chairs and dancing shoes.

For more information, call 512-441-9255 or visit TexasFolklife.org.

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STATECAPITAL

HIGHLIGHTS

By Ed SterlingTexas Press Association

Voter ID case sent back to Fifth Circuit

Texas’ voter identifica-tion law will remain in effect for now, but the

U.S. Supreme Court has in-structed a lower court to rule on its constitutionality before November’s election.

On April 29 the Supreme Court temporarily upheld a stay granted by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 14. The stay has allowed the Texas law to remain in ef-fect.

Justice Clarence Thomas, acting on behalf of the high court, ordered the New Or-leans-based appellate court to decide Veasey v. Abbott by July 20, well in advance of the November 8 General Election.

The plaintiffs allege the state law’s requirement — that in order to cast a ballot at an election poll a voter must present certain approved pho-tographic identification — places a discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional burden on blacks and Hispan-ics.

Earlier decisions in lower courts found that the law did violate Section 2 of the U.S. Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in one of certain language minority groups identified elsewhere in the act. Denial of a citizen’s right to vote and intentional dilu-tion of the voting strength of a community of common inter-est are common tests courts use in determining whether an election law is discrimina-tory.

The Fifth Circuit set May 24 as the hearing date, the exact date of the state run-off election. Also of concern is that poll workers must be trained in time to oversee and

assist voters in accordance with any court decisions come Election Day in No-vember.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton commented af-ter the Supreme Court issued the order: “Texas enacted a common-sense law to pro-vide simple protections to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process in our state. We appreciate the Supreme Court allowing the law to remain in effect at this time and look forward to de-fending the merits of our case in front of the entire Fifth Cir-cuit next month.”

Cascos reminds votersTexas Secretary of State

Carlos Cascos, the state’s chief elections officer, on April 21 reminded voters that the law does not allow them to cross parties between the primary and the primary run-off election.

“If you voted in a party’s primary or nominating con-vention, you must stick with that party for any runoff elec-tions,” Cascos said. However, he added, “Eligible Texans who did not vote in the pri-mary or participate in a nom-inating convention are free to vote in either primary runoff election.”

Early voting in runoff elections will begin May 16 and end on May 20. Election Day is May 24. Obama grants disaster aid

President Obama on April 25 granted Gov. Greg Ab-bott’s April 24 request for individual assistance to res-idents of the flood-stricken counties of Fayette, Grimes, Harris and Parker.

“I would like to thank the president and FEMA for quickly granting Texas’ request for individual assis-tance following last week’s severe weather,” Abbott said. “The State of Texas will con-

tinue to work with our local and federal partners to aid Texans recovering and re-building from flood damages and ensure all those affected receive the assistance they need.”

Citizens who reside in the affected counties now may apply for “individual assis-tance” grants of up to $33,000 and low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.Alcohol stings are planned

Last month, the Texas Al-coholic Beverage Commis-sion publicized its stepped-up effort to curb underage drink-ing during the prom and grad-uation season.

Undercover operations are being focused on TABC's North Texas region and will target premises that sell alco-hol for on- and off-premises consumption.

Undercover TABC agents will accompany minor-aged volunteers into selected retail establishments that sell alco-holic beverages. “The minor will attempt to purchase al-cohol from the retailer, who could face TABC administra-tive action if a sale is made. Retailers who sell alcohol to a minor could face TABC administrative action,” the agency stated in a news re-lease.

Motorcycle campaign begins

The Texas Department of Transportation on April 27 promoted its “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motor-cycles” campaign and May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

On average, according to TxDOT, a motorcyclist dies in a crash on Texas roads every day. Motorcyclists are nearly five times more likely than car or truck occupants to be injured in a crash and 26 times more likely to be killed.

Congressman Henry Cuellar congratulat-ed the students grad-

uating from the following colleges and universities in Starr and Hidalgo counties: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, South Texas College, University of Phoe-nix

“The past years of study you have invested in your fu-ture will pay off in innumer-able ways. Not only will they

open doors of opportunity for you in your career, but they will make your mind richer and strengthen your character.

“Although no one in my family had ever attended col-lege, I found support in my family, friends and educators to be the first generation in my family to get a college degree. I now have five ad-vanced degrees, which tre-mendously helped shape the

quality of life for both my-self and my family.

“Education is the great equalizer in our society, and I applaud you for your hard work and dedication.

“As you embark on the next stage of your life, take the lessons you have learned in the classroom and out, from professors and class-mates alike, as a foundation on which you can begin to build your life.”

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Playing in the mud – big kid styleMore fun than playing in the mud as a kid is getting to do it as an adult. It’s all for a good cause at the Mission Lions Club Annual Mud Volleyball Tournament which benefits the kids at the Texas Lions Camp for Handicapped Children. The public is invited to go out and cheer on the teams on May 7, at 4-3/4 Mile N. Conway in Alton. The action begins at 9 a.m., and admission is free. Along with the mud-splattered action in the volleyball pits, there will be food, mobile pet adoption, Segway rides and the Kids’ Fun Zone with carnival rides, moon jumps, rock walls and more. The new Daniel Gerlach Texas Lions Camp Cook-off, an IBCA-sanc-tioned event, has been added, along with a music entertainment line-up throughout the day.

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By Lea Victoria Juarez

By way of certificate of obligation, Mis-sion City Council

approved a resolution to au-thorize $25 million for the new event center project at special called meeting May 3. The council also approved the acquisition of property for the event center, which is about a 10-acre tract of land out of about a 30-acre tract of land from Lot 185 of the John H. Shary Subdivision.

Mission city staff was authorized to enter into negotiations and execute a contract with Javier Hi-nojosa Engineering for the project. Their services are to include, geotechnical en-gineering, surveying, proj-ect management, inspection and material testing, accord-ing to City Manager Martin Garza.

The $25 million will be used to purchase land for construction, the payment of contractual obligations in-

curred for construction and all related improvements and infrastructure necessary to access all public utility services. This includes off site infrastructure, right-of-ways, access ways, road ways and drainage improve-ments, parking spaces and other parking lot improve-ments, the renovation of as-sisting municipal buildings, the professional services in connection and the cost of issuance of the actual certif-icate of obligation.

City moves forward with new event center

Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia was presented with the

2016 Urban County Lead-ership Award at a luncheon on April 15 at South Padre Island.

The Urban County Leadership Award was established to honor the contributions and work of individuals who have pro-vided outstanding support to communities in the areas of economic and community development, advocacy and resources.

In addition to the Hidal-go County Urban County Program and representatives from all four commissioners

precincts, the membership includes the mayors and other city leaders from the City of Alamo, City of Al-ton, City of Donna, City of Edcouch, City of Elsa, City of Granjeno, City of Hidal-go, City of La Joya, City of La Villa, City of Mercedes, City of Palmview, City of Peñitas, City of Progresso, City of San Juan, City of Sullivan and City of Wesla-co.

Garcia was presented the award by past honoree Paco Valentin, Texas state direc-tor of rural development for the U.S. Department of Ag-riculture.

“This year’s conference

theme of Building Culture and Community, strikes to the very core of what we do as public servants,” Garcia said. “The Urban County Program, and all those who work to build communities, are shining examples of leaders.”

Garcia, who is serving his third term as Hidalgo County Judge, commended attendees for working to ef-fect the change they want to see happen.

As county judge, Gar-cia chairs Commissioners Court, the governing body that makes policy decisions that guide the direction of county operations.

County judge receives 2016 leadership award

Left to right: Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia, Hidalgo County Urban County Director Diana Serna, and Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Commissioner A.C. Cuellar Jr.

Urban County Leadership Award. Courtesy photo

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By Luciano Guerra

Three Veterans Memorial track athletes have

earned the right to compete on the big-gest stage the Uni-versity Interscho-lastic League (UIL)

has to offer. The UIL Track and Field State

Meet which will be taking place May 12-14 at Mike A.

Myers Stadium at the University of Texas Austin.The three athletes are Fabian Garcia,

Jesus Mata and Luis Trujillo. So what did these three talented ath-

letes have to do to qualify for the state meet? Let’s backtrack (pun intended) a bit to find the answer.

First they had to finish among the top two in their respective events at the District 31-5A Championship Track Meet to qualify for the regional meet. Mata took the regional championship in the 800m run, Trujillo placed second in the pole vault and Garcia took the district championship in the 3200m run and placed second in the 1600m run.

With that taken care of, the trio then

had to do what only a handful of Valley athletes do from year to year. That was to finish among the top two in their re-spective events at the regional meet.

Trujillo’s vault of 13’ 06” earned him a second place finish at regionals, Mata’s time of 1:55.46 earned him the regional championship in the 800m run and Garcia’s times of 4:24.13 and 9:30.36 in the 1600m and 3200m runs respectively earned him a second place finish and a regional championship to make him a state qualifier in two events!

Patriots’ head boys track coach Da-vid Longoria shared what it was about Garcia that allowed him to qualify for state in two events when he said, “Fa-bian came into this season with a big challenge ahead of him. Last year he was not around for our district meet so this year he made a big commitment to us with hard work and dedication and that put him where he is right now. A first place in the 3200m run and a sec-ond place in the 1600m run. That was quite an accomplishment for him but he worked hard and earned it.”

“Jesus Mata, our 800m qualifier was a champion at the regional meet as well,” added Longoria. “He struggled with events all year long. Last year he was very successful, coming in first in

most track meets, but this year I don’t think he won first in a single track meet. But he stepped up to the challenge at the regional meet. He went from fourth place with about 120 meters to go to second place and then he overtook the leader with about five meters to go.”

As for Trujillo, his disappointing fin-ish at the regional meet last year moti-vated him to do better this year.

“Luis was our district champion last year so he had the opportunity to expe-rience regionals but he was disappoint-ed about how he did there,” explained Longoria. “I remember him telling me that we would be there again next year and that he would do better. Lo and be-hold, there were five guys going into the final mark of 14 feet, one guy crossed it but none of the others did. Luis how-ever was the one with the least misses before that so that bumped him into the state meet.”

As proof of what an accomplish-ment it is for the Patriots’ boys to have three state qualifiers in four events, the only other state qualifiers from the Big 7 schools were Karen Guerra of Juarez-Lincoln High School who earned the regional championship in the discus and the Pioneer High boys’ 1600m relay team that placed second.

Veterans Memorial distance runner Fabian Garcia is among three Patriots’ athletes that qualified for the UIL State Meet. Here an exhausted Garcia raises his arms in celebration as he

wins the district championship in the 1600m run. Progress Times photo by Luciano Guerra

VMHS track athlete signs with division 1 universityVeterans Memorial High School (VMHS) senior, Jordan de Leon has signed a letter of intent, accepting a track scholarship with the University of New Orleans. De Leon is best known for his performance in the shot put and discus events at VMHS. De Leon is pictured with family members and VMHS staff, as he was about to sign his letter of intent, officially accepting the

scholarship. Courtesy Photo

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Lady Diamondbacks sweep PorterBy Luciano Guerra

For the second year in a row, the Pio-neer Lady Diamond-

backs are softball Bi-district champions. And for the second year in a row, it was the Brownsville Porter Lady Cowboys that they swept to earn that title.

While it was a case of deja vu all over again in the first round of the playoffs for

the Lady Diamondbacks, this season has by no means been a repeat of their 2015 inau-gural season. That’s because while last year’s 8-4 District 31-5A record did earn the Lady Diamondbacks a play-off berth, this year’s 12-0 record earned them their first ever district championship. So what is it about this year’s Lady Diamondbacks’ team that differs from last year’s? Pioneer head softball coach

Orlando Garcia has the an-swer.

“From last year when I took this position, I came in knowing that I was getting a special group of girls be-cause I had coached some of their older sisters,” Garcia said. “These girls have really grown together as a cohesive group. Last year was kind of a getting to know each other year and we did well. This year it’s been a matter

of working together and the girls have come through in seven innings of play in big games. And you can’t ask for anything more as a coach.”

The Lady Diamond-backs’ two wins over the Lady Cowboys were by al-most identical scores of 8-2 and 8-3. In the first game, which was played last Friday at Brownsville Porter, two players came through in a big way.

“We had a sophomore, Fabiola Gonzalez our No. 9 batter, hit a homerun in the first game,” shared Garcia. “It was her first of the sea-son. And Emily Michki did what she’s done all year long in that game by hitting two homeruns, one with two run-ners on base and the other a solo.

She just brings so much to the table offensively and when you compliment that with our defensive play and our pitching, it’s just a tre-mendous team.”

The pitching Garcia re-ferred to is pretty much ju-

nior Mariah Youngblood. She’s the ace of the staff and she pitched and won both games against Porter.

“We’ve got two pitch-ers, our freshman Madison Sparks who has pitched for us with no problems and Ma-riah who has the experience. Mariah has playoff experi-ence and she knows what it takes to win big games,” Garcia added.

In the fifth inning of Game No. 2 against Porter, Youngblood seemed to be on the ropes. She had already allowed one run to score, which made the score 4-3 Pioneer at the time, and she was facing a bases loaded with no outs situation. That was when her big game ex-perience paid off as she re-tired the next three batters to get out of the inning with-out giving up any additional runs.

“I knew that the score was 3-4 at the time and I just had to rely on my defense to make the plays because we couldn’t afford to give up

any more runs,” explained Youngblood.

Then in the bottom of the inning, Youngblood pretty much cinched the win when she drove in two big runs with a line double to center field.

“The infield was shifting to the left, the center fielder to the right and the left field-er was on the line so there was a big gap in left-center field,” Youngblood said. “So I said to myself, ‘If I don’t hit it there, these runs aren’t going to score.’ So I hit it ex-actly where I wanted to and I drove in both runs.”’

Next up for the Lady Dia-mondbacks is Corpus Christi Calallen in a best-of-three series. Game No. 1 is sched-uled to be played at Calallen tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. Game No. 2 is scheduled to be played tomorrow after-noon at Pioneer starting at 2. Game No. 3 (if necessary) will be played 30 minutes af-ter the completion of Game No. 2 also at Pioneer High.

Gabby Lerma Signs Letter of IntentVeterans Memorial High School student athlete, Gabby Lerma, has signed a letter of intent, accepting a scholarship to Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Lerma will be playing

volleyball for the university as she pursues her studies at the university. Progress Times photo

Pioneer’s Mariah Youngblood delivers a pitch during the first inning of the Lady Diamondbacks 8-3 bi-district round playoff game victory over the Lady Cowboys. Youngblood won both of the Lady Diamondbacks’ games over the Lady Cowboys this

past weekend. Progress Times photo by Luciano Guerra

Pioneer shortstop Emily Michki prepares to round third base on her way home as she scores the Lady Diamondbacks’ first

run during their 8-3 bi-district round playoff game victory over Brownsville Porter.

Progress Times photo by Luciano Guerra

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obituariesSee CONFERENCE 10

Ernesto Galaviz Sr.PENITAS – Ernesto

Galaviz Sr., 65, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016, at Rio Grande Regional Hospi-tal in McAllen.

Mr. Galaviz was born in Los Altos, Tamps., Mexico on April 20, 1951, to Santos Galaviz and Virginia Gonza-lez.

Survivors include his wife, Gloria Hilda Galaviz; children, Nilda Galaviz, Nancy Garcia, Melissa Gala-viz, Ernesto Galaviz Jr. and Gloria Hilda Galaviz; and several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral mass was held on May 4 at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in La Joya. Burial followed at Lord and I Cemetery in Palmview.

Lazaro HernandezMISSION – Lazaro “Lar-

ry” Hernandez, 51, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Mission Region-al Medical Center.

Survivors include his wife, Sonia Cantu; children, Samantha Marie Hernandez and Lazaro Hernandez Jr.; siblings, Eduardo Hernandez Jr., Emilio Hernandez, Eloy Hernandez, Sandra Marti-

nez, Diana Mendiola, Israel Hernandez, Elizabeth Alcos-er, Erica Garcia and Esmer-alda Solis.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Eduardo and Irene G. Hernandez, and brother, Ernesto Hernandez.

A funeral mass was held on May 2 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Lord & I Cemetery in Palmview.

Efren Chapa OlivarezMISSION – Efren Chapa

Olivarez, 75, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Paxvilla Hospice in McAl-len. He was born to Sotero Chapa and Idelfonsa Oliva-rez on July 9, 1940 in Vala-

deces, Mexico.Survivors include his

wife, Sara Chapa; children, Roel Chapa, Jorge Chapa, Efrain Chapa, Eleazar Cha-pa, Juan A. Chapa, Sotero Chapa, Artemio Chapa, Ma-rio Chapa, Hector Chapa and Sara Chapa; siblings, Sotero Chapa, Guadalupe Chapa, Oralia Solis, Paula Gar-cia and Elvira Chapa; and 32 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Sotero and Idelfonsa Chapa, and sib-lings, Telesforo Chapa, Si-mon Chapa, Ramona Ybarra, Jose Salome Chapa, Manuela Alafa and Leonila Vasquez.

A funeral mass was held

on May 2 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Lord & I Cemetery in Palmview.

Julia SanchezMISSION – Julia San-

chez, 87, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.

Mrs. Sanchez was a born in Raymondville and was raised in Mission. She was a homemaker and pastored with her husband at Primera Iglesia Bautista Church in Mission for 37 years.

Survivors include her husband of 71 years, Eleazar

Sanchez Sr.; children, Tony Sanchez, Eleazar Sanchez Jr., Joe Sanchez, David San-chez, Esther De La Garza, Ruth Mancias and Norma Sanchez; and 15 grandchil-dren and 15 great grandchil-dren

She was preceded in death by her sons, Rumaldo Sanchez and Noe Sanchez.

A funeral service was held on April 30 at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAllen.

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By Jamie Treviño

Mission CISD’s new task force, United in Safety, held a drug

symposium April 30, to edu-cate and warn district parents and students about the dan-gers of synthetic drugs.

This parent conference is the first of its kind. It fo-cused on synthetic marijuana (spice), bath salts and club drugs, such as ecstasy.

Cynthia Wilson, task force member and the dis-trict’s Executive Director for Secondary Education, said that United in Safety was created to bring awareness to parents.

“It [synthetic drugs] keeps changing and ev-er-evolving,” Wilson said. “It’s important that we con-tinue to keep parents abreast on what’s out there. It’s for awareness.”

Synthetic narcotics have led to a surplus in the poi-soning of youth all over the country. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, since January, there have been 1,070 reported expo-sures to synthetic marijuana alone.

“We’ve got to stay in-formed. So be proud that you’re here,” Superinten-dent Ricardo Lopez said to the attendees. “I want you to share the information you learn. Because this is about all kids.”

The symposium consist-ed of three different presen-tations. Speakers informed those in attendance of the signs they should look for to prevent their child from being influenced into using harmful substances.

The first session was giv-en by Mission PD’s Officer Adrian Alejandro. It offered a comprehensive look at the drugs young people have ac-cess to, the effects of those drugs and the legal ramifica-tions if caught in possession of them.

He told the parents that there was no exact definition for synthetic drugs, because they change all the time.

“It’s basically any man-made drug,” Alejandro said. “The term is used to describe a wide range of chemical products that are ever-chang-ing.”

Alejandro said that spice is often sold in smoke shops legally, and because manu-facturers keep changing the product, it is harder to make the drug illegal.

“They contain a wide range of chemical combina-tions not meant for human consumption,” Alejandro said. “Which is put on the packaging. The product is sold as potpourri but used as a drug.”

Alejandro, who has been with Mission PD for seven years, described an encoun-ter he had with a young per-son under the influence of

synthetic narcotics at a mov-ie theater.

“He didn’t know where he was, and you could end up with a high like that,” Ale-jandro said. “And it could really hurt you mentally be-cause you don’t know the ef-fects those chemicals have.”

The second session was presented by Carmen Ville-gas, the Program Director for Behavioral Health Solutions of South Texas. The infor-mation highlighted how par-ents could monitor and pre-vent the negative influence of synthetic drugs in their child’s life.

“The parent is the most important influence on their child’s life,” Villegas said. “And they’ll engage with other people in their life, but the parents are the biggest. Your role is important.”

During the presentation, Villegas selected volunteers from the audience to demon-strate a scene where a youth was at first surrounded by positive influences who pro-tected her from the negative ones.

As the exercise went on, Villegas slowly began tak-ing positive influences away, leaving the youth alone and therefore more susceptible to negative influences.

“The risk factors, the bad influences, were the ones sticking around,” Villegas said. “A lot of times life hap-pens, and we forget that we

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prevailing wages and fringe benefits for corresponding work on similar projects in the area. According to Econ, the rate approximated up to an additional $500,000 to the project.

However, $1.5 million is deducted from the total bud-get of $33.2 million for the Child Nutrition Program’s equipment because those funds come from federal sources.

Accrued interest With regards to the bond

interest money, all the mon-ey that has been generated through interest revenue on the bonds has been in-vested in projects for the school district, according to Rumalda Ruiz, the assistant superintendent of finance. This includes construction, furnishing and equipping the buildings for those projects.

But interest hasn’t been significant since the 2008 depression, Ruiz said. Reve-nue is not as high as admin-istration would like it to be.

“On the 2008 bond that was passed, the majority of those projects hadn’t even started by 2013. Technical-ly, you want those finished in four years,” Lopez ex-plained. “So when we start those projects in 2013, the cost has significantly in-creased no matter what proj-ect we were doing. So the money that we generated on interest, you lose because

you’re paying at a higher rate.

“We did generate some money,” Lopez continued, “but when you turn around and you’re paying for some-thing five years later, all of a sudden you’re paying a higher amount in wages, not only in steel and con-struction. We’ve lost a lot of money; that’s why it’s real important for us to get this off the ground.”

Rick Rivera, the assistant superintendent for opera-tions, said that every set of trustees and administrators that has been part of the pro-cess since the 2006 bond, has been “very fiscally re-sponsible.”

“On the 2006 $56 million bond, there were only 11 projects for those $56 mil-lion, an additional 24 proj-ects were done with the same amount of money,” Rivera explained. “With the 2008 bond for $59 million, there was 20 original projects for that money, an additional 43 projects had been done.”

The architectsThree architects have also

taken on the Mission High School renovation project since the process began, which has also been a reason for the delay.

The board of trustees ap-proved that the district enter into negotiation with Milnet Architectural Services on March 11, 2009, but on Feb.

3, 2010, it was discussed that the project be reassigned.

ERO Intl. Architects was selected as the architect for the MHS renovation project on Feb. 10, 2010.

On April 10, 2013, ad-ministration recommended approval for a new scope of work, but after a year of failing to produce a design that would meet the budget, ERO’s contract was termi-nated.

PBK Architects was se-lected to take over the ren-ovations project in October 2014.

The home stretchRivera said that admin-

istration is working on al-ternatives with Econ Con-struction on possible ways to lower the total cost, but still keep the structures at high caliber. Board president Pat-ty O’Caña-Olivarez made it clear she doesn’t want to sacrifice quality for cost.

“Do not bring cheaper material because then we’re going to wind up back here again with ‘Change order this, change order that.’ I don’t care what board I’ve served on, none of us have liked change orders,” O’Caña-Olivarez said. “If you want to change the structure of the roof make sure it’s comparable. We’re in it, we all made a commit-ment to finish it.”

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attorney served two terms as a trustee and was selected by teachers as the Texas Class-room Teachers Association School Board Member of the Year.

As a board member, a few of her priorities were to see the growth of the arts programs and the district’s reading initiative. From a fa-cilities standpoint, she is de-termined to see the comple-tion of Mission High School, which has had ongoing con-struction since 2008.

Salinas is a teacher in the Sharyland school district and is the daughter of Mayor Norbeto Salinas. She made a promise to the constitu-ents that if O’Caña-Olivarez didn’t have an opponent, she would run against the attor-ney.

Salinas said she feels that the district needs to have someone with first-hand teaching knowledge sitting on the board of trustees.

Place 5 candidates are incumbent J.C. Avila and Charlie Garcia III.

Avila is Mission’s project manager for public works. Past experience includes be-ing the director of the Mis-sion Boys & Girls club and volunteering with students for more than 15 years.

According to his cam-paign announcement, his goal is seeing the completion for the pending projects such as the agricultural farm, Mis-sion High School construc-tion and renovation and the new central office.

Garcia is an architect and comes from a family that is rooted in Mission. He be-lieves he’ll be able to offer his expertise when it comes

to construction projects, which has been a hot topic with the board given the var-ious construction and reno-vation projects.

Treviño, Zamora, O’Caña-Olivarez and Gar-cia are running on one slate. Mendoza, Gonzalez, Salinas and Avila are running on an-other slate.

Mission City CouncilFor council Place 2, the

candidates are Ruben Pla-ta, Oscar Martinez and Joe “Louie” Sanchez.

Plata has served two terms as a city councilman. The in-cumbent’s main goal for the city is to improve the quali-ty of life for families. Some of his ideas to accomplish this include providing more activities for families, fami-ly-friendly bike trails, a pet’s park and general improve-ments to the park system.

The incumbent stresses voter turnout for Election Day.

Martinez is a former Mission CISD school board member. He did not return calls from Progress Times before this article went to press.

Sanchez is a first-time candidate who seeks to un-seat Plata. The public rela-tions manager at Flores Fu-neral Home said his biggest concern is Mission’s eco-nomic development. While he sees the surrounding cit-ies grow, he thinks Mission is getting left behind, which is what inspired him to run for office.

“We need to sit down with people at the EDC to see what we can do to get people to invest here. Why were we not creating jobs? Why are

people not spending mon-ey here?” Sanchez said. “I chose to challenge the Place 2 incumbent because I feel he is out of touch with Mission and I believe this now more than ever after speaking to people during early voting.”

The candidates for Place 4 are Armando “Doc” O’Caña and Jaime Gutierrez.

O’Caña has sat on the council for more than nine years. He works for La Joya ISD as the emergency oper-ations coordinator and safety director, and is a former fire chief for Mission.

One of his reasons for run-ning again is to see the com-pletion of unfinished projects such as the expansion for the Anzalduas Bridge, construc-tion of a second bridge at Madero and the building of the rail bridge.

Gutierrez ran for mayor in the last election and lost to Norbeto Salinas. In his campaign announcement, he stated that he has served as a board member of Silver Ribbon Community, Zoning Board of Adjustments, OCN and is a member of Mission Historical Museum.

The skills that he’s honed from these positions include collaboration, policy devel-opment, being a good listen-er and an eclectic approach to problem solving.

Gutierrez said he un-derstands voters might get confused with the various elections that have occurred in the last few months, but emphasized the importance of casting a ballot.

“We invite the communi-ty to come out and vote and participate so they can have their voice heard,” he said.

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CITY OF MISSION’S GENERAL CITY ELECTION MAY 7, 2016

ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATION 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Precincts Poll Location Address Location

9 & 103 Bryan Elementary 1300 Elm Dr. Mission, TX

Cafeteria

10, 82 & 102 Castro Elementary 200 S. Mayberry

Mission, TX Cafeteria

28, 78, 98, 99, 210, 218 & 219

Mission High School 1802 W. 18th St.

Mission, TX Fine Arts Bldg.

29, 93, 94, 128, 145, 185 & 187

Pearson Elementary 315 Holland Ave.

Mission, TX Cafeteria

38, 63, 83, 188, 203, 204, 215, 220, 236 & 248

Boys & Girls Club at Bannworth Park

1822 N. Shary Rd. Mission, TX

Gym

 

CITY OF MISSION’S GENERAL CITY ELECTION MAY 7, 2016

ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATION 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Precincts Poll Location Address Location

9 & 103 Bryan Elementary 1300 Elm Dr. Mission, TX

Cafeteria

10, 82 & 102 Castro Elementary 200 S. Mayberry

Mission, TX Cafeteria

28, 78, 98, 99, 210, 218 & 219

Mission High School 1802 W. 18th St.

Mission, TX Fine Arts Bldg.

29, 93, 94, 128, 145, 185 & 187

Pearson Elementary 315 Holland Ave.

Mission, TX Cafeteria

38, 63, 83, 188, 203, 204, 215, 220, 236 & 248

Boys & Girls Club at Bannworth Park

1822 N. Shary Rd. Mission, TX

Gym

 

need to engage and maintain positive attitudes toward our youth.”

Villegas also talked about how students are still grow-ing and are therefore chang-ing. Parents, she explained, need to remember and be aware of that.

“They know what’s right and wrong,” she said. “But even as adults we like posi-tive reinforcement. And we forget to challenge these stu-dents.”

She informed the audi-ence that it is important to be there for children so they feel encouraged and more informed on the right deci-sions, as their brains are still developing. Villegas said that positivity and care needs to come from home, from the parents.

The last session was pre-sented by Miguel Lopez, a clinical social worker from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

He is part of a new clinic for children ages 12-18, the John Austin Peña Memorial

Center, which helps those dealing with mental health issues and addiction. Lopez discussed the medical effects that using spice creates in a body.

An example given was of a youth who was admitted to the hospital with severe hallucinations who had at-tempted to kill herself with a nail file. He said that the only thing she smoked was spice.

Lopez went on to say that any time a person talked about addiction, they were talking about the brain, and that the U.S. Government recognizes addiction as a disease of the brain, because when the body gets used to it chemically, the tolerance becomes a need, not just a want.

“You aren’t the best friend, you’re the parent,” Lopez said. “You have to break down the law from the very beginning and be honest. Teach them that it isn’t right. Teach them to be responsible, give them that opportunity.”

Each Mission CISD campus has made their selections for Teacher

of the Year at their school. These top educators were then entered into the Mission CISD Teacher of the year program. From this program, one elementary and one sec-ondary teacher will be se-lected to represent Mission CISD in the Regional Teach-er of the Year contest.

15 elementary Campus Teachers of the Year for this year are: Efrain Cavazos, Alton Elementary; Matilde Reyna, Bryan Elementary; Stephanie Salvatore, Cantu Elementary; Maria Del Jesus Ramirez, Castro Elementa-ry; Nancy Ramirez, Cavazos Elementary; Melissa Gar-cia, Escobar/Rios Elemen-tary; Melinda Y. Perez, Leal

Elementary; Sheila Peña, Marcell Elementary; Illiana Gomez, Midkiff Elementa-ry; Guadalupe Saenz, Mims Elementary; Karla Garza, Newcomers Academy; Imba Ramsey, O’Grady Elemen-tary; Sonia A. Treviño, Pear-son Elementary; Samuel Ta-gle III, Salinas Elementary; Corina Avila, Waitz Elemen-tary.

The nine secondary Cam-pus Teachers of the Year are: Cecilia Villarreal-Rodriguez, Alton Memorial Jr. High; Richard Obligar, K. White Jr. High; Dawne Hill-Var-lack, Mission Jr. High; Man-uel M. Villarreal, R. Cantu Jr. High; Imelda R. Becho, Mission High; Alfredo Bar-reiro, Veterans Memorial High; Jesus H. Montemay-or, Mission Collegiate High;

Armando Salas, Mission Op-tions Academy; Mario Perez, Roosevelt Alternative.

Each of these teachers filled out a questionnaire used in the Texas Teacher of the Year program. A pan-el of judges selected from the community reviewed the questionnaire. These judges make the final selection of the two teachers to represent MCISD in the regional com-petition.

The decision will be an-nounced at Teacher of the Year Luncheon on May 6, at Balli’s Social and Event Center. The district adminis-tration and Board of Trustees will also honor each campus Teacher of the Year during this special luncheon.

Campus teachers of the year announced

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