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Vol. 46 No. 16

Tom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium comes alive

Above is a photo of the north façade of Tom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium Friday, Nov. 17 as patrons line up for tickets prior to game time. Progress Times photo by Joe Hinton

By Joe Hinton For most of their adult lives attending Friday night football games at Mission High School was a family tradition for Joe and Maria Montemayor. Herself a Mission High graduate, Maria

said the couple’s four children are also MHS graduates and all three daughters, Marizol, Lauri and Melinda were cheerleaders.

But about three years ago Maria, 71, said her legs started giving out on her.

“She had her good days

and bad days,” said Joe, 78.

“If she was having a good day and it happened to be a Friday game day we would go. Otherwise,” Joe finished the sentence shaking his head, no.

The couple said Maria’s inability to climb into the

paring students for post-secondary education.

The ratings show the district exceeded target scores in each category but without receiving a distinction designation in any of the four categories. Besides “met standard, the TEA ratings can denote “distinction” or “improvement required.”

MCISD was rated as achieving an overall 76 percent of the state’s achievement

goals.

Next year the TEA begins a new A-F ratings system that is promised to be less complicated than the current system. Persons wishing to view the TEA report on Mission CISD or any other school district can access the TEA reports via: https://tea. texas.gov/2017accountability.aspx.

TEA passes Mission CISD, Auditor gives clean bill

By Joe Hinton

Good news on two fronts for the Mission Consolidated Independent School District.

On Nov. 14 the Texas Education Agency released its updated accountability reports for 2017. The report shows MCISD “met standard” in all four areas it rates: student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and pre-

bleachers meant they had to stay in their Perkins Street home within earshot of the games they couldn’t attend.

All that changed Friday night with the opening of the new Tom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium with wheel chair accessible ramps on each end

of the stadium and its entire first deck dedicated to persons with disabilities.

“So this is perfect,” Joe said Friday, Nov. 17 overlooking the field from his seat near the 50 yard line just prior to the first game in the stadium. The couple said from now on they’ll be attending most home games.

“Well, as long as our health allows,” Joe said.

Also enjoying last week’s game was 21-year-old Zoe J. Alaniz. Three years ago Alaniz was attending Veterans Memorial High School when he confided to his grandmother, Maria E. Salinas, his hopes of becoming a sports broadcaster were dimmed because being wheel-chair bound he couldn’t even make it into the press box at Mission High School. That prompted Salinas, herself a former star Mission CISD athlete, threatened to sue the school district unless something was done to bring the aging stadium, originally built in 1976, up to current Americans with Disabilities Act standards. Friday night’s opening of the Tom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium was the culmination of Salinas’ efforts on behalf of her grandson.

Now a South Texas College student, Alaniz enjoyed VIP status and a seat in the press box during the stadium’s first game.

“It’s amazing,” Alaniz said of the new stadium. “It’s two years in the making and

it’s a little bit late, obviously, but better late than never.”

Mission CISD Superintendent Dr. Ricardo López described the excitement in the air prior to the stadium’s first game as “palpable.”

Progress Times’ sports photographer Luciano Guerra arrived a half hour prior to the gate’s 6 p.m. opening so he could set up a camera atop the visitor’s side bleachers and capture in time-lapse photography of the stadium’s home side filling up with fans. His 90-minute effort has been reduced to 45 seconds and is available on the paper’s Facebook page.

At the Stadium’s front, a KRGV Channel 5 News producer was using a flashlight to illuminate the face of Tom Landry’s 12-foot tall statue.

Sportscaster Joel Villanueva was about to go live covering the stadium’s long-awaited opening.

Rick Rivera, the district’s assistant superintendent for operations was asked how he felt about the stadium’s grand opening as he dealt with getting a cleanup of an order of cheeze nachos that covered one of the stair landing decks leading to the stands after a woman and a young girl had collided with each other moments earlier.

“It’s great for the community and the district,” Rivera said. “It’s what brings the community together.”

Prior to the game’s start

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New property annexed into the city of Palmview

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Palmview City Commissioner Javier Ramirez (center) is sworn in as mayor pro-tem at the Tuesday Palmview City Council meeting. Progress Times photo by Jose De Leon III

By Jose De Leon III

Thank you for your service

Members of Mission’s Rotary Club spent Tuesday morning delivering 20 Thanksgiving meal bags including Turkeys with all the trimmings to veterans as thanks for their service to the nation. The meals were purchased with a donation from the local Texas Farm Bureau Insurance agency. Above, veteran Aaron J. Cruz, 60, shakes hands with Rotary member Laura Villareal as Rotary members visit his Briarwood Drive home. Accompanying Villareal were Rotary members, from left, Brett Polvado, Rotary Club President Lupita Ramirez and Deputy City Manager Aida Lerma.

The Palmview city council approved an ordinance at their Tuesday meeting annexing around 400 acres into the city. However, the city council voted to make the ordinance take effect next summer instead of the standard 15 days it normally takes for an ordinance to take effect.

The property is located

in the city’s center and has 1,600 residents and 17 commercial properties and will bring in around $240,000 in revenues to the city after expenditures, according to the city’s service plan. The United States Census Bureau states city’s current population is just under 6,000 residents.

“The advantage of waiting to enact the ordinance

is so the city does not have to provide the services until then,” interim City Manager Leonardo Olivares told the city council. “We don’t have the financial resources to immediately provide services such as police, fire protection and emergency medical services to those residents but by next July these residents will be able to vote and run

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INSIDE Patriots, Rattlers still standing

The Veterans Memorial High School Patriots and Sharyland High Rattlers move into second round of state football playoffs today.

Bryan Ramos recaps last week’s games with a preview of today’s games inside.

A Mission man accused of robbing two convenience stores at knifepoint is hoping to beat the odds and be placed in a program that could lead to dismissal of his charges.

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Preventing sexual harassment

Criminal diversion

With the intent of stopping sexual harassment before it starts La Joya ISD staff will soon begin taking mandatory awareness training. Jose De Leon III has the story.

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COMING SOON!

entertainment

VSO presents ‘A Chopin Affair’ McALLEN – On Dec. 5, the Valley Symphony Orchestra begins their Chamber Concert Series with A Chopin Affair, featuring pianist, Dzmitry Ulasiuk, at the Sky Tower Club. Located on the 17th floor of the Chase Neuhaus Tower in McAllen, the event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres reception followed by the evening’s performance starting promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Born and raised in the city of Minsk, Belarus, Ulasiuk began his professional piano studies at age 16. Within one year he made his solo debut with an all-Chopin program in his hometown. Since then, he has had considerable suc-

cess in competitions including Second Prize in the 2011 Chopin International Piano Competition USA and won first prize in the 25th Fryderyck Chopin International Piano Competition held in Corpus Christi last January.

He is currently a doctoral student at the University of North Texas in Denton, where he also holds a teaching fellowship.

The Valley Symphony Orchestra season holds two chamber concerts in addition to their six concert symphonic season. Tickets for the Chamber concert are currently on sale through valleyorchestra.org or by calling the VSO Box Office at 956-661-1615.

Mark the calendar for UTRGV holiday concerts EDINBURG/BROWNSVILLE – Ring in the holiday season with The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley School of Music. Performances will take place at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex in Edinburg and the TSC Arts Center in Brownsville throughout November and December.

The School of Music will kick off its holiday concerts with a performance by the Jazz Orchestra at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the TSC Arts Center in Brownsville Sing along to holiday tunes with the UTRGV Master Chorale at its “Home for the Holidays” concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the TSC Arts Center in Brownsville. Come early at 6:15 p.m. for a pre-concert performance by the Community Flute Choir, featuring middle and high school students, UTRGV students and flute lovers throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Then take in the performance of the Christmas portion of G.F. Handel’s Messiah at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, at the TSC Arts Center in Brownsville. The

UTRGV Master Chorale, Brownsville Festival Chorus and high school choirs from Brownsville, San Benito and Harlingen will perform with the UTRGV Symphony Orchestra and soloists Cathy Compton, Jasmin De la Cruz, David Sadlier and Daniel Hunter-Holly.

Take in all of the sounds and color of a traditional Mexican celebration with the UTRGV Ballet Folklórico and Mariachi Aztlán’s “A Mexican Christmas” performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Performing Arts Complex on the UTRGV Edinburg campus.

The UTRGV School of Music will close its 2017 holiday concert season with a performance by the UTRGV Flute Ensemble on Monday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg Campus.

For more information about these concerts or for special accommodations, email patron@utrgv.edu or call 956-665-3881. To purchase tickets, visit patron. utrgv.edu or tickets.vendini. com.

Opera Theater presents comic ‘The Ugly Princess’

EDINBURG – The UTRGV Patron of the Arts Series will present two performances of the one-act comic opera, ‘The Ugly Princess,’ by UTRGV faculty Dr. Leila Sadlier. The performances will be staged Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. at the Library Auditorium on the UTRGV Edinburg Campus.

“The Ugly Princess, Princess Altamira, has been told that she is the most gloriously beautiful woman in all the world, but the truth is that she is anything but!” said Dr. David Sadlier, assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Music. “Music and comic dialogue help make the points that, as suitors fall by the wayside, beauty is on the inside, and taking care of those in need is a precious attribute.”

Dr. Dahlia Guerra, assistant vice president of Public Art at UTRGV, said the mu-

sic is modern, “and beautiful with its many Spanish elements, both in melodic contour and rhythmic gesture.

Both the story and music are very accessible, as it was written with school outreach in mind. It is very family friendly, with a Shrek-like energy, and is equally entertaining for children and adults alike.”

The performers are members of the UTRGV Opera Theater class, and several students are singing different roles on different nights. The opera is double cast, allowing the students to learn multiple roles. The orchestra is a piano quintet with percussion, and the one-act opera is fully staged and costumed.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors, children, and UTRGV students and staff. Group rates are available for schools. Tickets are available at the door or at patron.utrgv.edu.

EDINBURG – UTRGV’s University Productions will present “The Get Out and Play Play: A Play about Playing.”

It runs Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 at 7 p.m., and Dec. 2 and 3 at 2 p.m. and will be staged in the Albert L. Jeffers Theatre, in the ELABS Building on the corner of University Drive and Sugar Road of the Edinburg Campus.

Glued to the small screen of a “cell phone-addicted” world, Jenny, Tammy and Kate are so in love with

their electronic devices that Dad and Mom finally decide enough is enough. With fun and creativity, the parents help the children understand the joys of life without living in the electronic jail cell of cyberspace.

The play is written for youth and family audiences.

General admission is $5.

For more information or special accommodations, call the University Productions Box Office at 956-6653581.

McALLEN – Head to Quinta Mazatlan, 600 Sunset in McAllen, on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. for a program about chocolate in its purest form – cacao – complete with tasting and recipe demonstrations.

Mozna chocolate is an artisan dark chocolate processed in Hidalgo. Owner

Anthony Matulewicz will discuss the origins of chocolate and its process from the cacao tree in the farm all the way to the chocolate bar in the factory. Demonstrations and samples of holiday chocolate recipes will be provided by chocolatiers Rosario Matulewicz and Denise Gonzalez.

As the purest form of chocolate, cacao means it is raw and much less processed.

It is thought to be the highest source of antioxidants of all foods with the highest source of magnesium. It has been used throughout many cultures for years for health purposes and used as a high trade commodity.

Admission is $3 per person. For more information, call 956-681-3370 or visit quintamazatlan.com.

‘Get Out and Play Play’ leaves cell phones behind

Learn origins of Mozna chocolate

City of Alton Clubs, Schools, and Organizations: You’re invited to join the

12th Annual

Christmas Parade & Festival

Saturday, Dec. 9th • Start Time: 11am • Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place floats We welcome floats, cars, bands, military, police, fire, bicycles, horses, motorcycles, RVs and trucks.

Register your parade entry at: Alton City Hall 509 S. Alton Blvd. or call 956-432-0760 samm.mercado@alton-tx.gov baudelia.rojas@alton-tx.gov

Join us for the festivities at 5:00pm at the Alton Recreation Center.

Brought to you by the

Greater Alton Chamber of Commerce & The City of Alton

Live Entertainment And Nativity Play For All To Enjoy!

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Coming Attractions

November 26 • The Parula Winds, a woodwind quintet, performs music from Mozart to Hindemith at 3 p.m. at the McAllen Main Library auditorium. Admission is free.

November 27 • The McAllen Wind Ensemble will perform at the City of McAllen’s Lighting of the Christmas Tree on the grounds of the McAllen Convention Center at 6 p.m. concert. Admission is free.

November 27-28 • Jan Kreut is the instructor for encaustic painting classes at the Upper Valley Art League annex. The Monday class is 6 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost to members is $50 and $60 for nonmembers. All supplies will be furnished. Classes must be paid at the time of registration. Register at the UVAL gallery at 921 E. 12th St. in Mission. Call 956-583-2787 for information.

November 28 & December 5 • Lon Caldwell is the instructor for a woodcarving workshop at the Upper Valley Art League from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to learn how to carve a feather or book. Cost is $25 per workshop for members and $35 for nonmembers. Payment is due at sign up.

All materials are provided. Participants should bring a sack lunch and wear work clothes. To register, to become a UVAL member, or for more information, call the UVAL gallery at 956583-2787. Classes are in the UVAL Art Link annex located in the Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, 921 E. 12th St. in Mission.

November 29 • The UTRGV Jazz Orchestra performs at 7 p.m. at the TSC Arts Center in Brownsville. This annual fall concert features works by Goodwin, Gershwin, Ellington and more, featuring vocalist Frank Morris and Alysabeth Longoria on flute. Admission is $5 per person available at tickets.vendini.com.

November 30 • The Texas A&M University-Kingsville 12th Annual Music Department Holiday Concert will be held at 7 p.m. at Jones Auditorium. Admission is free, but new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots will be accepted. Approximately 175 students will perform in four different musical ensembles including Mariachi Javelina, Concert Choir, Jazz Band I and the Wind Symphony.

Musical selections will include some traditional carols as well as new and clever arrangements of holiday favorites. There will also be an audience sing-along at the end of the program. For more information, call 361-593-2803.

November 30-December 2 • The UTRGV Department of Theatre fall season ends with the Theatre for Young Audiences production of “Get out and Play; A Play about Playing” by Marc Rodriguez. Performances will be Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on Dec. 3. School matinees will also be available. Performances are held in the Albert L. Jeffers Theatre and the Studio Theatre in the Edinburg Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS) at the corner of University Drive and Sugar Road. For subscription information or tickets, school matinees, groups and special accommodations, contact Elva Galvan, University Productions Box Office, at 956-665-3581, or email her at elva.galvan@utrgv.edu.

November 30, December 1-2, 7- 9 • The Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS) Harlequins present “Fiddler on the Roof” at 7 p.m. each night. Tickets - $5 for students and $10 for adults – can now be purchased at the VMHS front office weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or at the VMHS Theater door the night of the show.

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lifestyle

Santa is coming to town!

The public is invited to join in the “Holiday Lights & Delights” celebration as the City of Mission rings in the holiday season at the annual tree lighting ceremony.

The lights will be lit Nov. 30 at 6:10 p.m. at the Leo Peña Placita Park in downtown Mission and Santa’s grand arrival is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Families can take pictures with Santa, participate in the toy drawing, mill through the vendors around the Placita grounds and spend the evening listening and watching the live entertainment.

Become an Amigo volunteer DONNA – Since 1990, Amigos de Los Niños de Mexico (friends of the children of Mexico) has been organized to bring Christmas to children across the border in Mexico since so many already go without proper food, shelter and essential medical care, according to Carol Schnase, publicity chair.

Interested persons can join in the effort in a variety of ways: become an Amigo member, make a donation, help with the annual party with the children, gather needed items, or join the annual caravan.

This year’s meetings will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 28, Dec. 12 and finally on Jan. 9.

All meetings are held at the First Methodist Church, 228 S. Main St. in Donna at 1:30 p.m.

On Dec. 23, the group will caravan the collected items over to Progreso, and on Christmas day the party is held with the children.

The January meeting is a follow-up to elect new officers and board members.

Following is a list of the items that are needed: crayons – 24 to a box), ruled notebooks – one subject type, No. 2 pencils – not sharpened, stuffed toys not over 12 inches tall, and toys for boys and girls up to age 12. Donated items should be brought to the Nov. 28 or Dec. 12 meeting.

For more information, contact Schnase at 956-3328855.

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EVENTS

CALENDAR

November 28 – Law Enforcement and Fire Science programs at South Texas College will host the Fifth Annual Public Safety and First Responders Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at STC’s Business and Technology campus, 3700 W. Military Highway, McAllen. The expo is free and open to the public and is will have information booths sponsored by federal, state and local agencies.

November 28 – Amigos de Los Niños de Mexico will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church, 228 S. Main St. in Donna. The group will prepare for the Christmas day celebration to bring food and toys to the children of Progresso, Mexico. At the meeting, sign up for committees, drop off donated items and get general info. For information, contact Carol Schnase, publicity chairman, at 956-332-8855.

December December 1 – Staff at the Edinburg World Birding Center begins a Beginner Birder series on Fridays throughout December. This first adult session on raptors will be led by local raptor expert Roy Rodriguez, Bentsen State Park interpreter, from 2 to 3 p.m. The fee for the program is $2. Space is limited; call to reserve a spot. The EWBC is located at 714 Raul Longoria Rd. in Edinburg, TX (inside the Edinburg Municipal Park). For additional information, call 956-3819922.

December 2 – This session for the Gladys Porter Zoo Saturday Safari series focuses on “River Giants” at 10 a.m. Kids will be taught about the alligator gars, commonly found in fresh waters in the southern U.S. A zoo tour, arts & crafts, animal encounter and snacks are included in each class. Cost is $15 per child or adult with a $5 discount for Zoo members. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. For more information or to register, call 956-548- 9453 or e-mail educ@gpz.org.

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Members of the VMHS FFA Chapter are pictured at the recent Rio Grande Valley FFA District Leadership Development Event.

VMHS FFA students advance to area competition

Several competitive teams or individuals from the Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS) FFA Chapter are advancing to area level competitions after recently competing in the Rio Grande Valley FFA District Leadership Development. The event brings together about 25 schools and chapters.

The Agricultural Advo-

cacy Team placed first at the district competition and is advancing to the area level.

Team members are Brittany Sepulveda, Anna Vela, Samantha Wolter and Victoria Salinas.

The Junior Spanish FFA Creed Speaker area competition will include Fernanda Fanjon, first place; Greenhand FFA Creed Speaker,

J.R. Martinez, second place; and Junior Farm Radio Team – Lexy Garza, J.R. Martinez and Edanili Sanchez – second place. Other VMHS FFA Chapter members qualifying include the Senior Farm Radio Team of Maria Diaz, Klarissa Farias and Alyssa Vento, third place.

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Man accused of two armed robberies seeks diversion Crack cocaine addiction cited cause of robbery spree

al hearing defense attorney, Robert C. Steindel, told Hidalgo County District Court Judge Rodolfo Delgado he was filing an application with the office of Criminal District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. to have his client, David M. Solis, placed in a pretrial diversion program.

Solis is charged with two

By Joe Hinton The attorney for a 20-year-old man accused of using a knife to rob a pair of Mission convenience stores is seeking to have his client placed in a diversion program that could lead to dismissal of the charges against his client.

During a Nov. 14 pretri-

counts of aggravated robbery, both first degree felonies, both of which carry a potential prison term of not less than five years nor more than 99 years and up to a $10,000 fine for each count, according to state sentencing guidelines.

Deputy District Attorney Roxanna Salinas, the ADA assigned to the 93rd District

La Joya ISD taking “proactive” approach to sexual harassment against district employees, Garza said - will each receive a $5,000 stipend for teaching the course. This was a salary adjustment approved by the district’s board of trustees at their latest meeting Nov. 14.

Gonzalez said he wants the sexual harassment curriculum to focus on relationships between employees and between students and employees.

“We’re going to be more detailed in this training,” Gonzalez said. “When we do the orientation it’s typically saying ‘this is harassment, don’t do it.’ We want to go further and make people know where to draw the line to make this district a safe environment for everyone.”

Though he declined to say if the district had recently faced any allegations of sexual misconduct between staff members and students, Gonzalez alluded to several instances of sexual harassment that have recently dominated the headlines. These instances include celebrities such as Harvey Weinstein, George Takei and Kevin Spacey being accused of sexual misconduct according to The Hollywood Reporter and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore accused of assaulting several teenage girls, per published reports. Recently, the Alton police chief was fired after an employee accused him of sexual harassment.

“We’re staying on top of

By Jose De Leon III When La Joya ISD faculty and staff members return from their Thanksgiving break they will be put through an updated sexual harassment course. That’s according to school district Police Chief Raul Gonzalez who announced the changes to the district’s sexual harassment training policies last week.

The changes, Gonzalez said, include mandatory sexual harassment training for all district employees by members of the department’s internal affairs division.

Currently, the district’s 4,300 employees attend a one-hour training session consisting of a video and instructions on how to file a sexual harassment complaint. However, Gonzalez said the internal affairs division will work with the district’s human resources department on a new curriculum to train staff members on how to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

“We want to be proactive on what’s quickly become a hot topic right now,” Gonzalez said. “We’re strong believers in training and education. It costs us a lot less to prevent than to react and respond to any future claims of misconduct.”

The three officers in the internal affairs division which was created a decade ago to investigate claims

it and being responsible,” District Superintendent Alda Benavides said. “Normally when these issues pop up people say, ‘I didn’t know,’ so we’re just trying to be proactive and ensure we utilize our internal affairs division so we know how to prevent and handle these situations.”

In other business, the school board announced the district’s upcoming Sports and Learning Complex was substantially completed.

The two-and-a-half-acre complex, which consists of a natatorium, a water park, tennis courts and a planetarium, was set to be completed earlier this year. After the board meeting, La Joya ISD Facilities Manager Daniel Garza said a majority of the complex’s landscape such as the parking lot, tennis courts and a portion of the water park and natatorium were completed.

Though he could not provide a reason for the delay or an adjusted figure for the complex’s budget (which was previously reported to cost $16.4 million) Garza said the natatorium, water park and planetarium are expected to be completed by December.

The opening day of the complex, as well as other details such as hours of operations and entrance fee, will be discussed at a later board meeting, Garza said.

City of Mission Mayor and City Council Cordially invite you attend this year’s

Holiday Lights & Delights

Where: When:

Court, told the judge during an Oct. 31 hearing that defendants who use dangerous weapons in the commission of a crime are not typically offered diversion, prompting the judge to ask if that decision was based on state law or office policy. Salinas replied it was office policy.

Questioned by Delgado about the evidence against Solis, Salinas told the judge at the Nov. 14 hearing “he has robbed two Stripes stores and he said he was addicted to crack cocaine and needs money for drugs. He is a 20-year-old U.S. citizen and he has no prior [criminal] history.” Salinas said the knife allegedly used in the armed robberies was recovered from the back seat of Solis’ vehicle.

“So this is a straight up robbery,” Delgado said, adding “plus the clerks were scared out of their wits.”

The 6 foot, 250 pound Solis was booked into the Hidalgo County Jail on June 15 and ordered held in lieu of $400,000 bond after he

allegedly used a knife to rob the Stripes at 311 N. Conway Avenue on June 11. He is also accused of the June 14 armed robbery of the Stripes at 2107 W. Expressway 83.

Salinas told the judge both incidents were recorded by surveillance cameras.

According to Mission police, Solis also allegedly robbed the O’Riley’s Auto Parts store where he once worked but no charges resulted from that incident, according to court records.

Solis was released from jail in August after Delgado reduced his bond to $10,000.

According to court and jail records, Solis has only been arrested once and the two counts of aggravated robbery are the only two listed in Hidalgo County court records.

In Hidalgo County, pretrial diversion is available to first time, non-violent offenders, said First Assistant Criminal District Attorney Juan Villescas. Villescas said diversion allows defendants to undergo two years of supervision by the

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for city council. They’re essentially citizens of Palmview.”

Olivares recommended the city make the ordinance go into effect June 30, 2018 as the county appraisal district needs to know what properties are outside and inside the city limits by July 1, 2018.

Olivares said after the meeting the city is preparing for a second round of annexations for the south side of the city which will be voted on next month.

During the meeting, Olivares also announced that City Attorney Ricardo Perez turned in a letter of resignation Monday. According to Olivarez, Perez wrote in his letter that he was leaving because he felt “it was better to resign” but did not elaborate.

The council appointed Pharrbased attorney Gustavo Acevedo to replace Perez. “(Acevedo) has experience in municipal court and the public entity and knows about open records and meetings,” Olivares said. “His experience will make it easy to get the work done. I’m looking forward to working with him.”

Acevedo told the city council he exclusively rep-

resents school districts and cities and has been licensed as a lawyer for 29 years. He was not immediately available for an interview.

During the meeting Olivares also introduced Annette Villarreal, the city’s new secretary, to the council. Villarreal, who served as McAllen’s city secretary for 11 years, started working for Palmview on Monday, she said.

Villarreal replaces former City Secretary Bertha Garza, who was fired from her position during a September city council meeting.

“I’m hoping to bring my experience and knowledge of being in a big city into Palmview,” Villarreal said after the meeting. She added that she retired from the city of McAllen in 2015 to spend more time with family but had been wanting to get back to work for a while now.

Villarreal, who will have a salary of nearly $49,000, according to Olivares, said during the interview process she was made aware of a few problems the city has had including the lack of important documentation such as records of executive session discussions during the past four years. However,

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county’s Adult Probation Office during which time defendants would participate in community service, drug testing and are subject to residential or out patient drug treatment, if necessary.

If a defendant successfully completes the program their charges are dismissed, Villescas said.

Villescas said in most cases persons accused of a sexual assault or a violent offense involving a weapon are not eligible for pretrial diversion.

“That doesn’t mean defense attorney’s won’t ask us to consider waiving that policy,” Villescas said, adding that in general, a person charged with two counts of armed robbery would not be eligible for diversion.

“Well Mr. Steindel, if you got Mr. Rodriguez at least amenable to considering your request for pretrial diversion I’ll go along with that,” Delgado said Tuesday, before setting the next pretrial hearing on Dec. 12.

she said her experience with statutory aspects of the job such as open meetings and working with open records and public information will prevent those issues.

In other business, the city council unanimously approved allowing the city’s finance director, Rachel Chapa, to move forward with conducting an internal forensic audit. Chapa also provided the council an update on possible litigation against an accountant the city hired two years ago.

Chapa explained to the council how she wasn’t comfortable with the city spending money on hiring an external auditor to conduct the city’s forensic audit, which carries a price tag off $60,000 to $100,000. As a result, Chapa said she plans to take a look at the items in the audit to determine if an external auditor should be hired or see if she could do the audit herself.

“The burden on the city would be too much to pay for both the normal annual audit and the forensic audit.

I’m confident I can handle it,” she said, adding that a timeline for the forensic audit should be presented to the council by the next meeting.

Chapa also announced to the council she received a response from Frank Rodriguez, the accountant the city hired in 2015 to complete a list of the city’s fixed assets for nearly $16,000. Rodriguez never turned in the report, Chapa said.

Last month, Chapa wrote a letter to Rodriguez demanding a refund from the uncompleted project and threatened to pursue legal action against him if he didn’t respond within 10 days.

According to Chapa, Rodriguez personally delivered a letter to her office promising to deliver the report by Nov. 10, something Chapa said she’s not satisfied with as the fixed asset list was completed internally and the city wants its money back.

“If I don’t receive a check from him with the $15,500 within 30 days, we’re pursuing litigation against him,” Chapa said.

The city council also elected Javier Ramirez to serve as the city’s mayor pro-tem. He replaces Joselito “Hoss” Hernandez.

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The first round of the Texas football state playoffs is in the rear view and only two Big 7 teams are left standing--the Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots and the Sharyland Rattlers.

Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots (10-1) punched their ticket into the second-round for the fourth consecutive year with a homewin in a defensive slugfest against the Brownsville Lopez Lobos 25-17. Facing one of the Valley’s top defenses, the Patriots relied on the arm of junior quarterback Landry Gilpin to get the job done.

Gilpin, who leads the state of Texas in total yards with 4,430 yards to average 402.7 per game, finished with 303

passing yards and 28 rushing yards to go with two scores.

The Patriots third touchdown against Lopez came on a pick-six as junior linebacker Joey Garcia read the eyes of the Lobos quarterback and broke on a route, returning it 40-yards to the house. The Patriots, who are without four defensive starters due to injuries, played big and shut down a last second effort from the Lobos to advance to the round of 32 for the fourth year in a row.

Waiting in the wings for the Patriots is a familiar foe, the Flour Bluff Hornets.

Flour Bluff (9-1), like Mission Vets, has only tasted defeat once this year as they finished second in 30-5A. This will be the sixth postseason meeting between the

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The Hornets shut down San Antonio Southside 28-2 last Friday in the bi-district round to advance. In the team’s 2016 meeting in the area round, it was the Patriots who prevailed over the Bluff 28-14. This year, Mission Vets’ Head Coach David Gilpin will be looking to bring the head-to-head record to 3-3 and put the Patriots in the third round for a second-consecutive season.

“Two and three against Flour Bluff the last eight years,” Coach Gilpin said.

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thing as a bad Flour Bluff team, so the 9-1 team we’re meeting in the playoffs is pretty good.”

The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots and the Flour Bluff Hornets are set for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Hornet Stadium in Corpus Christi.

The other team left standing is the Sharyland Rattlers (9-2), who worked their way to the area-round with a shootout victory on the road over the Brownsville Pace Vikings, 59-43, but were never truly in danger. The Rattlers owned a 31-7 lead heading into the locker room at the break and were up 4521 entering the final quarter.

Junior quarterback Edgar Longoria led the Rattlers with 266 yards through the air and three touchdown passes to go with 117 yards on the ground and another score. Senior slot receiver Blake Klein was named Sharyland’s offensive player of the week as he racked up 152 rushing yards on nine carries and seven receptions for 103 yards, scoring one touchdown on the ground and hauling in one touchdown from Longoria. The offensive output was Sharyland’s highest of the year as they totaled 703 yards.

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as they travel to take on the Alice Coyotes (8-3) with kickoff at 4 p.m. in Memorial Stadium in Alice.

Alice knocked off Floresville 44-25 on their homefield in the bi-district round to win their third game in a row. This is Alice’s first postseason victory since 2013, when current players were 8th graders in junior high.

The Rattlers defensive unit will be tasked with stopping a dangerous offense that has averaged 37 points per game in its three game winstreak.

While the Rattlers and the Patriots are onto the second-round of the playoffs, two other Big 7 teams had solid showings in last week’s bi-district matchups.

The La Joya Coyotes and second-year Head Coach Reuben Farias qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2014, but dropped their bi-district matchup 14-7 on the road against the San Antonio Southwest Dragons, who earned a share of the District 29-6A title. The Coyote defense proved why they finished as the top defensive unit in 30-6A as they held the Dragons to a season-low 246 total offensive yards when they had been averaging 370 per game.

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nior quarterback Irving Garcia to senior receiver Mariano Resendez. Known for their run game, the Dragons were averaging 310 rushing yards per game, but the Coyote defense held them to a season-low 182.

The Pioneer Diamondbacks qualified for the playoffs back-to-back years for the first time in program history, but are still in search of their first playoff win after falling to the Mercedes Tigers 68-31 in the bi-district round. Playing in Mercedes, the Diamondbacks kept the contest competitive through the first three quarters, heading into the fourth down 3424. In the final quarter, the Tigers outscored Pioneer 34-7 to lock up the victory.

Junior quarterback Jacob Rosales finished with 319 yards through the air and 82 on the ground to go with four scores. Senior receiver William Proctor brought in eight catches for 103, while senior running back Logan Harris and junior receiver Roel Cajero were on the receiving end of Rosales’ touchdown passes.

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Sharyland High basketball programs begin new eras

By Luciano Guerra Job security is one thing that high school coaches can seldom count on. In what has become a, “What have you done for us lately?”, profession, the percentage of head coaches that keep their jobs long enough to see their athletes go through four years of high school seems to be dwindling each and every year.

It’s gotten to the point that some schools replace their head coaches so often, it’s not exactly front page news when they do it again. However, when Sharyland High School replaces not one, but both of their basketball head coaches, and they do it in the same year, it’s time to hold the presses! That’s because the two former head basketball coaches at Sharyland, David Keith and Dale Whitaker, had combined total of 30 years of coaching the Rattlers’ boys and girls teams respectively.

Whether Keith and Whitaker decided it was time to move-on on their own or not is not clear, however the fact that both teams are coming off losing seasons could have something to do with the fact that they both have new coaching positions this year; Keith at Edinburg Vela and Whitaker as first assistant with the Rattlers’ boys team.

Replacing Keith as the Rattlers boys head coach is his former first assistant, Danny Moran. A 2006 graduate of Sharyland High School, Moran bleeds red and white as much as anyone.

“I’ve been in Sharyland my whole life,” Moran said. “I attended Sharyland schools PK through high school. Coach Keith was actually my coach in high school. I got my first coaching job here in Sharyland when I coached the girls for three years. The past three years, I’ve coached the boys under Keith.”

Moran’s first year under Keith, 2014-2015, was the last year that the Rattlers made the playoffs. The fact that the 2017-2018 Rattlers are coming off a season in which they finished district play in a sixth place tie with Laredo Cigarroa at 6-10, would make one think that it’s time to turn things around. A turn-around however is not in Moran’s plans.

“I don’t really see a turnaround happening,” Moran said. “I think we’ve built something here at Sharyland and our tradition has been to have an expectation of winning. So it’s not a matter of coming in here and changing the entire culture. It’s more a matter of building off what we had before and the expectation of winning that I had as a player and getting the kids to understand what winning is and how to do that as a team and a family.”

Last year the top four teams in District 31-5A were Laredo Martin (16-0), Laredo Nixon (12-4), Pioneer (10-6) and Roma (8-8).

When asked if he expects the same four teams to be the favorites going into this season, Moran said, “I think our district is one of the toughest we have in the Valley. I think that every team is go-

ing to be pretty competitive.

Nixon and Martin of course are pretty good and after that we have Mission Vets that is always competitive, Pioneer has some good athletes over there, Rio has had some good things happening over there too and Roma is always competitive when we go over there.”

While success is a subjective concept, Moran has a pretty good idea of what it will take for the Rattlers to have a successful season.

“Of course we want to win and winning the district title is always our goal,” Moran said. “But we have a young group of players so our degree of success will be based off of these kids learning and gaining experience.

Just playing and learning a lot will hopefully lead to more success in the future.”

As for the Lady Rattlers, their new head coach is Whitaker’s former first assistant for the past two seasons, Julie Clinton. Clinton attended and played basketball at Kempner High School in Houston. She then attended and played at Blinn Junior College for a year before earning a basketball scholarship to play at UTPA in Edinburg which she did for two years. Upon graduating from UTPA, Clinton moved to the Beaumont area where she taught and coached for several years before returning to the Valley to teach and coach at Sharyland.

“I decided to come back to the Valley two years ago and I was blessed enough to get the job of being Whitaker’s first assistant,” Clinton said.

“This is my third year back

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New Rattlers Boys Head Coach Danny Moran (left) and New Lady Rattlers Head Coach Julie Clinton. in the Valley and again I feel very blessed and fortunate to have received the opportunity to be the head coach here.

I’m getting to do three things that I love; teaching, coaching and being with kids.”

During Clinton’s first year at Sharyland, the Lady Rattlers compiled a 10-2 District 31-5A record and earned the district championship. Her second year, the Lady Rattlers went 7-9 and missed out on the playoffs. When asked what went wrong last year, Clinton said, “We did lose several seniors two years ago – several experienced basketball players. I really can’t speak on the split (the opening of Sharyland Pioneer High School that split the students between both schools) because I wasn’t here before the split so I’m

not sure what type of athletes we did lose but I do know that our numbers did drop a little lower.”

“But we are very excited about the future,” added Clinton. “We’re not dwelling on the past or thinking about the split. We are extremely excited to do everything we can possibly do to represent Sharyland girls basketball in the most positive way we can.”

Last year the three Laredo teams took the top three spots in the district standings. A good indicator of whether or not the Lady Rattlers are going to make a run at the playoffs this season could very well be how they fare against Martin and Cigarroa in their second and fourth games of district play.

“We have a very tough

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schedule ahead of us,” Clinton said. “For the first several games we’ve had three top 10 teams in the Valley. So we’re going up against the level of competition we want to learn from. I’ve told the girls that we win or we learn and that as long as we’re competing we’re going to continue getting better.”

Whether Moran and Clinton have anywhere near the longevity at Sharyland that Keith and Whitaker had remains to be seen. But if they succeed in bringing their respective basketball programs back to the high standards set by their two predecessors, there is no reason why they shouldn’t.

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Laura Gomez was setting up a dessert table for her employer, “Let’s be Sweet,” in the VIP lounge. Asked what she thought of the new stadium she said, “It’s fancy. I like it.”

Veterans Memorial High School assistant freshmen football team coach Isaac Guerrero described the new stadium as “top notch.”

Guerrero, who was filming the game, said the stadium’s amenities rivaled those of Weslaco High School’s Bobby Lackey Stadium, which he said was considered one of the premier stadiums in the Rio Grande Valley.

Carla Benevides, 14, a Cantu Junior High School eighth grader who said she has attended every Patriots game this season said after seeing the stadium it was worth the wait.

“It’s really big and nice and new and beautiful and everything,” she said, smiling broadly, surrounded by

classmates and friends.

Ed Gilpin, father to Patriot’s coach David and grandfather to team quarterback, Landry, said it was an exciting night as he entered the stadium gates. And after taking his seat in the last row just under the press box he said he was even more impressed.

“The sound system, the music, the view: this is enjoyable,” he said raising his voice to speak over the stadium’s state of the art sound system that was, at the moment, blaring country music.

“This is wonderful.”

It was a bittersweet experience for Dale McNallen as he sat in the VIP Lounge adjoining the 70-foot high press box looking over the football field below him.

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Adding to his emotions was the knowledge it was his last project with Holchemont. McNallen said he has taken a new job and was leaving the Valley he’s called home since birth in McAllen and was moving to Tyler, Texas.

Prior to Friday’s game McNallen said he was both “excited and nervous” adding he just hoped “everything goes according to plan.”

Asked what could possibly go wrong McNallen replied, “Nothing,” with a smile.

Rain, school testing days, changes in plans and a hurricane pushed the opening day of the stadium back from its original completion date of Aug. 21. Friday’s playoff game between the VMHS Patriots and Brownsville Lobos was the first and only game in the stadium this year.

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to make U-turns in cramped quarters just in front of the stadium and exit east the way they’d come in. Some ticket holders entered the stadium thinking they had purchased a reserved seat, one of 700 with backs and arm rests.

Others arrived thinking it was general admission, first come, first served seating.

One woman having climbed the dozen stairs from the handicapped deck to the regular seating deck turned toward the press box and could be overhead to say, “Man, look at those chairs.

Forget the bleachers.” In the end there was no evidence of disputes over seating in the stadium but MCISD Athletic Director Leticia “Letty” Ibarra said there were a few details to iron out prior to next season.

Despite the stadium’s delayed opening Superintendent López and Board of Trustees President Patricia O’Caña-Olivarez both said it will soon be a distant memory.

“I’m just overjoyed to see fans smiling from ear to ear,” López said from the VIP Lounge during Friday’s game. “It just warms my heart to see the warmth that’s

here today and to know that for years to come it’s going to carry forward. And it doesn’t matter who built the building or when it was finished, it just matters that people come and understand that this is where we celebrate all the hard work from our coaches, our teachers down to our players.”

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By Jose De Leon III For the second time in the history of both schools, the marching bands for Sharyland and Pioneer High School have competed at the state level in the University Interscholastic League Marching Band Competition.

Held Nov. 6 - 8, both bands placed in the top 25 out of 250 schools competing at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. SHS placed 23rd and PHS placed 18th, according to results on the UIL website. They, along with Rio Grande City High School, Roma High School and Brownsville’s Lopez High School were the only local schools that competed at state, the website states.

According to the UIL website, state marching band competitions are held every other year so more bands can participate at area level competitions and school districts can save money by not transporting bands to both area and state competitions each year.

SHS Head Band Director Neil Nelson said the school had previously competed at the state level once before, in 2004.

This year the band performed “Then there was light,” which featured the music of James Horner and Cheryl Chambers and was a “visual heavy show,” he said.

“It’s different from what we’ve done in the past,” Nelson explained. “Every week we improved and agreed we’d have the best run every time we’d perform so the kids can top their previous performance every week. I couldn’t be more proud of everything they’ve worked for and accomplished.”

Nelson, who has served as the school’s head band director for the last 23 years, said this year’s marching band students were a continuation of the excellent students he’s taught in the past.

“I’ve been blessed to have good kids the entire time I’ve been at SHS and this year they did a marvelous job at state,” he said. “I’m happy with their performance and if they’re happy with their performance, then that’s all that matters.”

This sentiment was echoed by PHS Head Band Director Arnold Salinas whose band performed “World Market,” in the competition. Since PHS first opened in 2014, the school has competed at the state level in the two years in which it was eligible, 2015 and this year.

“We are incredibly grateful for the hard work the students have invested in our activity and the generous support of our administration and community,” Salinas said. “We are twofor-two in opportunities to advance to state since the school opened; a feat not easily accomplished, but one we are looking forward to continuing.”

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MISSION CISD And on Nov. 16 the MCISD audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 was given a clean bill of health by the auditing firm, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC of McAllen.

“We are rendering an unmodified opinion, which is a clean opinion,” said company partner and certified public accountant, Ruben Moreno, who reported the audit results to the district board of trustees. Moreno noted later the accounting term, “unmodified opinion,” replaced

Notices Victorio Abrego MISSION – Victorio Abrego, 87, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at Pax Villa Hospice in McAllen.

Ricardo Alaniz MISSION – Ricardo Alaniz, 83, passed away on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, at McAllen Medical Center.

Roberto Bourbois Sr. MISSION – Roberto “Beto” Agustin Bourbois Sr., 72, passed away on Sunday,

Mission’s Lopez joins CMU’s recruiter team

from pg 1 the former term, “unqualified opinion,” to describe a report which does not require material modifications to the financial statements or its disclosures.

Moreno reported the district’s total revenues for the General Fund were $156.3 million as of June 30 with total expenditures of $153.7 million and Other Uses of $175,283.

“So you will see the $2.4 million that is the increase in your fund balance. You have

obituaries Raul Garza Jr. PEÑITAS – Raul Garza Jr., 57, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Garza was born on June 10, 1960, in Camargo, Tamps., Mexico, to Raul and Maria Garza.

Survivors include his wife, Juanita Garza; children, Conrado Noyola, Raul Garza III and Janel Garza; his mother; siblings, Orlando Garza, Juan Jose Garza, Maria Elizabeth Garza and Alfonso Garza; and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father.

A funeral mass was held on Nov. 22 at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in La Joya. Burial followed at Lord and I Cemetery in Palmview.

Nov. 19, 2017, at his home in Mission.

Rolando De Leon MISSION – Rolando De Leon, 38, passed away on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at his home.

Victoria De Leon ALTON – Victoria De Leon (Gaza), 90, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at her home.

Jerome Fullmer MISSION – Jerome S. Fullmer, 77, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at his home.

Regina Fultz MISSION – Regina Carroll Fultz, 81, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Vicenta Garcia MISSION – Vicenta Garcia, 86, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at Doctor’s Hospital in Edinburg.

Itzel Hernandez MISSION – Itzel Hernandez, infant, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Jesus Lozano PALMVIEW – Jesus Lozano, 56, passed away on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at his home.

Irma Lucio MISSION – Irma Lucio, 62, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

more revenues than expenditures so you increased the fund balance by that amount for this particular year,” Moreno said.

Moreno noted the district received $618,000 less last year than the $156.9 million originally budgeted. He noted the district also spent $16.1 million less than the $169.8 million originally budgeted.

“Regardless, for the year you increased the fund balance for the year by $2.4 million,” Moreno said, noting the district’s overall fund balance at the end of the last fiscal year was $72.7 million.

Auditor and CPA Patsy Davila noted there were some discrepancies in the manner in which the district made payments into the Texas Teacher Retirement System noting those were mainly due to a change in the software system used by the district.

In the end, though, Davila said the district paid the proper amounts into the system after working out the software glitch.

Davila said the same could be said of three federal grant programs noting that though there had been some deficiencies earlier in the year they had been corrected by year’s end.

“What ends up happening is the adjustments were taken care of by management and because of those adjustments it basically followed the path to where at the end, which is especially in the federal program areas, it offset itself, I guess you’d say. It was taken care of,” Davila said.

The three federal grant programs where issues were found had to do with grants to local educational agencies, migrant education and teacher and principal education funding. Board President Patricia O’Caña-Olivarez asked if the deficiencies negatively impacted the audit results.

“You have an unmodified opinion…and that is the highest level that we can opine,” Davila said.

A Mission inductee into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame has been hired to head student recruitment in the Valley for Missouri’s Central Methodist University.

Ben Lopez has been named as the newest member of CMU’s admission’s team.

Lopez, who lives in and will recruit from the south Texas region, worked for new CMU Vice President for Enrollment Management Dr Joseph Parisi for two decades when both served Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. When Parisi joined CMU in July he immediately thought of Lopez, according to a CMU press release.

“We are excited to welcome Ben to CMU,” Parisi said in the release. “Given his extensive background in admissions and financial aid, Ben will be instrumental in guiding our enrollment efforts in Texas and continuing to promote Central Methodists to various constituencies.

“His presence in the RGV and the Texas community is unprecedented and we are delighted and proud to hire a wonderful person and regional counselor like Ben.” Lopez is quoted in the release as holding Parisi in similarly high regard.

“He’s been my only boss” in higher education, Lopez said, adding he was planning to retire when Parisi called and convinced him to consider joining the CMU team.

“I can hardly wait,” Lopez said, adding the change has breathed new energy into him. “I’m anxious to bring many good students to CMU. I’ll be moving fast.”

According to the press release, CMU “has likely never in its more than 160-year history had an admissions staffer based in Texas, or any state other than Missouri. Lopez knows there are many strong students who are ‘hungry’ for a college education but ‘fall

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through the cracks’ when it comes to student recruitment.

Those are the ones Lopez believes he can impact.”

The mission, Lopez said of prospective students, “Is that they understand the importance of an education.

Fifty percent of my conversation with them is about college itself, and 50 percent is about how life works – how much better it can be with a degree.”

Lopez acknowledges the cultural differences between south Texas and rural mid-Missouri.

“It’s not easy to draw [students] out” of Texas, he said, adding his approach is that when a student commits to CMU he commits to the student for all four years of their experience.

“I’ll come up in the fall for freshman orientation; I’ll check on them each time I visit campus,” Lopez said.

“And I’ll be here when they graduate.”

When he contacted Lopez about working for CMU, Pa-

risi asked that Lopez visit the campus to witness its “warm and positive environment” himself.

“I found so many good things there, friendly kind people who made me want to work there. I’ve found a lot of plusses and no minuses,” Lopez said.

Lopez said he’ll be recruiting students of all types, freshman, transfers, and students of all academic and co-curricular interests. He said one group he had a lot of success with at Lindenwood were student athletes. So much so that in 2012 he was inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame with a Distinguished Service Award for his efforts obtaining scholarships for dozens of local student athletes.

Since his appointment in October Lopez said he has been traveling a lot visiting schools, counselors and coaches. Fortunately, he said, his wife is very patient.

“I love what I do,” Lopez said.

Ben Lopez

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There were 35 students recently inaugurated into the Character Kid Club at La Joya Independent School District’s Emiliano Zapata Elementary School. Held Wednesday, Nov. 8, the third, fourth and fifth grade students joined a prestigious club that teaches the importance of responsibility, re-

spect, perseverance and obedience according, to a news release from the district.

The club, which was formed 11 years ago, is unique from other clubs because their own peers, the release states, elect members into it. Duties of officers in the club involve meeting periodically with the school

counselor and then taking the information gathered from the meetings to their classes to re-teach to their peers. The club was created to advocate student development that promotes social and emotional intelligence which impact academic achievement, the release states.

Pictured alongside members of the Emiliano Zapata Elementary School Character Kid Club is Celinda Olivarez-Polito, the campus counselor who created the club. Courtesy photo

Palmview High School establishes first RGV music honor society chapter

A high school with the La Joya Independent School district has become the first school in the Rio Grande Valley to establish a local student-run chapter for a prestigious music honor program.

Palmview High School was presented with an official charter designation certificate Wednesday, Nov. 8 according to a news release from the district.

The Tri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society and is a program of the National Association for Music Education, the release states.

The society is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical

achievements as young musicians. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a schoolteacher.

There are approximately 6,200 participating chapters in several countries, the release said.

PHS Principal Yvonne Ayala presented the official charter to the faculty chapter advisors, Jacob Banda and Esperanza Medina.

Twelve newly inducted students from the various music departments and disciplines were sworn in as the first official charter members of the organization. The student-run chapter will work towards providing leadership and service opportunities throughout the year through

service projects showcasing the student’s musical talents, the release said.

“It is an honor and a privilege to have this prestigious organization at Palmview High School,” Banda stated.

“Now our music students can share their love for music and talents and be recognized on a national level for their hard work and commitment towards their craft.”

To be eligible for membership, a student must maintain a B average in their music classes, a B average in all of their academic courses, be presently enrolled in a music course at their school, and be recommended for membership by their school’s music faculty.

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REVENUES: Local and Intermediate Sources State Program Revenues Federal Program Revenues Total Revenues

0011 0012 0013 0021 0023 0031 0032 0033 0034 0035 0036 0041 0051 0052 0053 0061 0071 072 0073 0081 0095 0095 0099 6030

EXPENDITURES: Current: Instruction Instructional Resources and Media Services Curriculum and Staff Development Instructional Leadership School Leadership Guidance, Counseling, & Evaluation Services Social Work Services Health Services Student Transportation Food Service Cocurricular/Extracurricular Activities General Administration Plant Maintenance and Operations Security and Monitoring Services Data Processing Services Community Services Principal on Long-term Debt Interest on Long-term Debt Bond Issuance Costs and Fees Capital Outlay Payments to Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs Other Intergovernmental Charges Total Expenditures

1100 1100

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues Over (Under) Expenditures

7901 7912 7914 7915 7916 8911 8940 8949 7080 1200

Other Financing Sources and (Uses): Refunding Bonds Issued Sale of Real or Personal Property Issuance of Non- Current Debt Transfers In Premium or Discount on Issuance of Bonds Transfers Out Payment to Bond Refunding Escrow Agent Other Uses Total Other Financing Sources and (Uses) Net Change in Fund Balances

0100 3000

Fund Balances - Beginning Fund Balances - Ending

EXHIBIT C-2

General Fund

60 Construction Fund 2008

Other Governmental Funds

98 Total Governmental Funds

$ 23,766,523 117,699,118 14,902,221 156,367,862

$ 44,502 44,502

$4,717,112 7,264,198 12,348,432 24,329,742

$28,528,137 124,963,316 27,250,653 180,742,106

77,762,736 2,678,965 3,124,799 1,861,471 8,445,389 4,938,754 375,078 1,427,120 3,527,070 12,426,423 6,492,708 4,511,989 16,915,487 2,169,172 1,874,552 237,854 129,543 4,583,964

14,697,060

7,655,989 19,661 1,408,966 228,511 109,215 2,743,938 327,683 5,398 1,061,614 5,030 965 2,317 863,353 3,765,223 4,530,746 713,659 3,257,002

85,418,725 2,698,626 4,533,765 2,089,982 8,554,604 7,682,692 375,078 1,754,803 3,532,468 12,426,423 7,554,322 4,517,019 16,916,452 2,171,489 1,874,552 1,101,207 3,765,223 4,660,289 713,659 22,538,026

26,699,270

2,580 255,216 195,137,200

2,580 255,216 153,740,870

14,697,060

2,626,992

(14,652,558)

(2,369,528)

(14,395,094)

17,645 18,957 (210,445) (1,440) (175,283) 2,451,709

(14,652,558)

46,500,000 9,615,000 90,771 5,370,617 (18,957) (50,767,791) 10,789,640 8,420,112

46,500,000 17,645 9,615,000 109,728 5,370,617 (229,402) (50,767,791) (1,440) 10,614,357 (3,780,737)

70,268,387 $72,720,096

24,099,820 $9,447,262

6,463,943 $14,884,055

100,832,150 $97,051,413

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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