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EL UVALDE TIMES
August 10, 1991
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By Olga M. Rodriquez
Good Luck students, teachers and administrators....
School starts on August 20. Are you ready? We wish all students the best of luck in another year of school. Teachers take good care of them and please remember what a difference you can make in their lives. Administrators, please give the students, the parents and the tax payers their money’s worth in the education our children will receive. We hear good things about the new principal at the Junior High School, Gayle Watkins and the new assistant principal, Maria Elena Martinez. We all know its going to take a lot of effort to turn the drop out rate around. Parents, make sure your students receive all the support they need at home to stay encouraged in school. Make every effort to make home a happy and secure place for your child to come home to. Keep close watch over your children and get to know their friends. Attend parent-teacher meetings and really become involved in school affairs. Attend school meetings. Be informed. Its your tax dollars being spent. Its your children’s education that is being determined at these meetings. Invite a friend and make this a new habit this year!
Condolences....
Our heartfelt condolences are sent to the family of the pilot from Finland that lost his life in the World Soaring event last week. A joyful event will now be more memorable because the sadness of the tragedy joined our community even more with our visitors. Beyond the economic boost that the event has brought to our city, the spirit of friendship and kindness that abounds during this event is also good for our souls. It is indeed a small world and we are all God’s children, regardless of how far away we come from!
The friends we meet....
Richard Flores and I really enjoy visiting around town with many of our friends in business and just friends we haven’t seen in a long time. When we visit people to offer advertising we come away with renewed spirits, not just because we may have sold an ad, but because we have renewed a friendship or made a new one. Oh, we have had a few rejections. Some people wished I would change zrzy attitude. Its a little late in my life to do that and if I didn't write about the things that have to discussed, there would be no point in this newspaper. If advertisers will determine what problem I will discuss and which I won't, then I might as well just publish a shopper and stop calling it a newspaper. My commitment is to provide a news reporting service and an advertising service. We will strive to provide both to the best of our ability. As for editorials, I encourage letters to the editor for opposing views. I guess I am a debater at heart, so whenever an opportunity arises to discuss an issue head-on I will, provided I am afforded the courtesy I of course, will also extend.
Thanks for saying you like our newspaper!
We are always glad to hear our readers like our newspaper, but when people complain that they have looked everywhere for it and can’t find one, we are concerned but delighted because it shows we have strong support. We would love to add additional personnel to improve our service so if any one out there has some time to spare, give us a call at 278-6007 or drop me a note at P. O. Box 691701, San Antonio, Tx 78269-1701.
Willie De Leon deserves greater honor
The debate over honoring Mr. Willie De Leon brought out many interesting opinions. The most outstanding one of course is that Mr. Lecho Quiroga and the other city council members who joined him in turning down the motion to name the gazebo at Memorial Park in the veteran's name, used the name of the American Legion Post 479 and some unnamed 12 or so veterans who, according to Quiroga didn’t think Mr. De Leon should be honored. How many other city council decisions are made on vague polls and on here say. Our intelligence is insulted. Furthermore, Mr. De Leon deserves better than a gazebo that has little significance as far as I am concerned.
By the way, since our story was published, Mr. De Leon has received numerous calls and has renewed old friendships. One of the men pictured with Mr. De Leon, Pole Cadena still resides in Pleasanton, Tx. His cousin is the mother of a friend of mine at work, Bertha Cortinas. When Bertha took a copy of the newspaper for her mother to read she recognized him.
Willie De Leon's story has brought numerous comments about the bravery of other Mexican-American soldiers. My dream is to put together all these memories in a book to preserve them forever. Anyone interested in writing your memoirs or about special people in our community or in their family, please write to me.
Keep Uvalde Beautiful
By Jerry Chavez
We wish to commend those families in Uvalde who keep their home, lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, fences, and driveway looking beautiful throughout the year.
Uvalde has a reputation as the city of shade trees. Along with this recognition, we should strive to be known as a clean and beautiful city. How can this be accomplished? First of all, every family should have pride and a sense of neighborhood and community spirit for a beautification effort. Next, it requires dedication and hard work to keep the house repaired and painted, lawns mowed, trees and shrubs pruned, to plant flowers to add color, keep the driveway free of biycles, toys and junk, keep the back alley free of weeds and grass and have a neat area for the garbage cans, bags and boxes
to be picked up by the trash collectors.
Since most families seem to accumulate bricks, boxes, lumber, wire, 50-gallon cans, old furniture, toys, old cars and other things in the front and or back yard, it might be a good idea to make one or more trips to the city dump. This periodic cleanup will certainly eliminate ugly areas one may see while driving throughout the city.
Neighborhood associations could establish home and grounds beautification as one of their objectives. If individual families join forces with city officials, the Chamber of Commerce, civic clubs, and other organizations, we can make Uvalde sparkle by keeping our homes and neighborhoods clean and beautiful.
Geronimo “Jerry Chavez’’ a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico acquired his B.S. in Agriculture from New Mexico State University and his Masters in Education from Michigan State University. He has vast experience in the field of 4-H Club programs and with his wife Jane lived in Brazil and El Salvador working in the Peace Corps programs. His position as Area 4-H and Youth Specialist brought him and his family to Uvalde in 1974. He has been intrusmental in organizing and supporting numerous community organizations.
Este Conciente: Reuse y Tire Menos Basura
“Reuse, reforme, recicle, restaure y redusca” son los temas que el centro “El Guarda de mi Hermano” (My Brother’s Keeper) tendrá como educación para todos.
El Sr. Manuel Castillo, principal fundador de esta organización nos dijo: “Cuento con la aprovación del estado y tengo el certificado de artículos de incorporación para tal organización. Gracias al abogado Philip Hughes que nos a alindado en esta tarea de incorporar.
“También deseo darles las gracias a el agente contador Roberto Reyes, que también nos esta dando de su tiempo y sabiduría en los formularios de impuestos federales para poder aplicar como una incorporación sin ganancia,” agrego Castillo.
Como ustedes sabran el Sr. Castillo cuenta con varios talentos y uno de ellos es el de diseno con cosas desperdiciables.
“Me interesa la ecología y el medio ambiente,” nos dijo el. “Todos debemos estar concien tes con lo que tiramos a la basura o tirar menos y reusar todo lo que sea posible.”
Si ustedes presenciaron el desfile del cuatro de Julio se dieron cuenta de el mensaje que Castillo nos daba con su camioneta cuvierta de puro papel periódico y un mundo arriva con
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El auto de Manuel Castillo durante el pasado 4 de Julio nos urge a cuidar nuestro ambiente.


basura. Segunda y tercera ves como estiércol para la tierra en su jardín, fue el uso de ese periódico.
El centro, “El Guardia de mi Hermano” tendrá como punto de partida el educar personas, grupos, escuelas, y otras organizaciones a que esten mas concientes con la basura que tiramos y lo que le están haciendo al medio ambiente de nuestra tierra.
Castillo agrego que, “El centro no es de ninguna persona. Es una alluda para la comunidad asi mismo como el centro va a necesitar alluda de todos ustedes en coleciónar todo lo que se pueda reusar otra ves. Papel periódico, carton, vidrio, metales, y plásticos. En retorno habra programas para los desabilitados, ancianos, y personas de escasos recursos. Nesecitaremos voluntarios también que tengan animo de alindar a otros. Podremos



hacerlo para mejorarmiento de la comunidad.”
El Uvalde Times se une a los esfuerzos del Sr. Castillo y a sus colaboradores y le urge a todos nuestros lectores le brinden apoyo en su obra. Es muy importante que todos tratemos de conservar limpio y sano nuestro ambiente. Se desperdicia mucha madera en la preparación del papel, lo cual reduce los arboles que protejen la atmosfera. Las químicas que se usan para producir el plástico están destruyendo nuestra atmosfera y el plástico no se desbarata como otros materiales cuando se entierran en los basureros. Cada uno de nosotros debe hacer una resolución para protejer nuestro mundo. Ademas, el intento de proporcionar trabajos a personas que tal vez de otra manera no pudiesen sentirse utiles es muy noble. Adelante, Manuel.
EL UVALDE TIMES
El Uvalde Times is published monthly on the second Saturday of each month at 231 S. Getty, Uvalde, Tx 78801. Deadline for news is a week before publication date.
El Uvalde Times se publica mensualmente en el segundo sabado de cada mes en 231 S. Getty, Uvalde, Tx 78801. El ultimo dio para recibir noticias es una semana antes del sabado de publicación.
PublisherÉditor: Olga Munoz Rodríguez	Business Manager: Maria Elena Gonzales
Photographer: Ricardo Flores
Contributing Writers:
Jane Chavez	Dr. Gloria Gutierrez	Ricardo Flores	Gracie Romo
Geronimo “Jerry” Chavez	Richard O. Gonzales, Attorney	Alejandro Perez	Alfredo R. Santos
The articles appearing in this newspaper are the property of El Uvalde Times and should not be reprinted without its consent.
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