EL UVALDE TIMES
JUNE 7. 1979
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This I Have
To Say
By Olga M. Rodriquez
Public Concern Is Important
The recent floods in our city stir up a lot of concern about the Leona Watershed Project by many local citizens but that concern must be kept alive even after the waters reside and the sun starts shining again. We must accept the fact that the flooding affects ALL the community -Uvalde could become a disaster area if enough rain falls in the danger areas. It could be a real tragedy if for lack of interest lives and property could be lost here.
As I rode around taking pictures of the flooded areas I wished that those individuals that are more directly involved with the project were there too and realized the importance of carrying the project along. I wonder if perhaps our U.S. Congressmen shouldn’t be here and witness the flooding so they could push for more federal aid for us. Perhaps our county Judge and Commissioners should demand more attention from the Governor of Texas and our federal legislators. The citizens united in this effort could also help by contacting our congressmen themselves. This generation would be very proud to take credit for the realization of such as important undertaking. The lives of coming generations and the future progress of Uvalde is in our hands.
We feel like glue!
I’ve arrived at the best description for El Uvalde Times....its like glue. And the more
gummier and stickier the better. Yes, with each new edition we put out we come in contact with one more group, one more individual we didn’t know before, and we help get his message across to the rest of the community. We bring people together and the closer we beóome, the more we help each other and learn about each other, the better for everyone. We are proud to help our city, especially in creating a better understanding among individuals. While our editorials sometimes venture into the previously unmentionable.... maybe they are a little strong... we want our readers to know we speak sincerely and will respect different opinions!
Esto Lo Tengo Que Decir
Por Olga M. Rodriquez
El Concierno del Publico Es Importante
Las recientes inundaciones en nuestra ciudad ha levantado el interes de muchos ciudadanos sobre el propuesto proyecto de presas conocido como el Leoha Watershed Proyect, pero este concierbi debe mantenerse vivo aun después de que las aguas se retiren y brille el sol de nuevo. Nosotros debemos aceptar la verdad de que las inundaciones afectaran a TODA la comunidad— que Uvalde podría llegar a ser una area de desastre si suficiente lluvia cayera en las areas* peligrosas. Seria una verdadera tragedia si por falta de interes se perdieran vidas y propiedades aquí.
de las areas inundadas, me imagine que seria muy bueno que hicieran lo mismo esos individuos que son mas directamente envueltos con el proyecto para que realizaran lo importante que es llevar acabo el proyecto con rapidez. Pienso que tal ves si nuestros congresistas nacionales deberían venir a presenciar estas inundaciones para que empujaran la ayuda para nosotros. Tal vez el Juez del Condado y los Comisionados deberían demandar mas atención del Governador de Texas y nuestros legisladores. Si los ciudadanos se unen en este ezfuerzo podrían ayudar poniéndose en contacto con los congresistas ellos mismos. Esta generación se enorgulleseria si pudiera llegar a lograr la realización de tan importante trabajo. Las vidas de las generaciones que vendrán y el futuro progreso de Uvalde esta en nuestras manos.
Somos Como Pegadura!
He llegado a la mejor descripción de El Uvalde Times...somos como pegadura. Y lo mas
pegaso que se pueda, mejor. Si, con cada edición que terminamos conocemos un grupo mas, un individuo mas que no conocíamos antes y llevamos el mensaje o la información que tinen para el resto de la comunidad. Unimos a la gente y entre mas unidos estemso, y entre mas nos lleguemos a conocer, lo mejor para todos. Aunque nuestros editoriales a veces aventuran a lo que antes era inmencion-able... y a veces un poco mas fuertes que la cuenta....nosotros queremos que nuestros lectores sepan que hablamos sinceramente y que siempre respetaremos las opiniones diferentes!
The Leona Floods Again
Continuing heavy rains in the area caused the Leona River and Cook Slough to overflow again last Tuesday, flooding several residences on Elizabeth Street on the west and threatening to flood many residences on the northeast of the city.
It was feared Tuesday morning that the river was carrying even more water than the last flood in August of last year.
Residents along the river began removing their belongings and moving to higher ground early Tuesday morning. The river was expected to crest by 11 a.m. but the clean-up job of the riverbed apparently helped move the water more rapidly through and the northeast was saved. The Charles Place Apts, near the high school had water within a foot of their doorways.
Mrs. Julia Guajardo of 229 Elizabeth Street (by Cook Slough) husband passed away last month found water entering her home at 6 a.m. and had to remove her furniture. The linoleum on her floor and a recently purchased water heater were some of her major losses.
The Guajardo resi -dence is in a line of houses purchased by the city of Uvalde
in preparation for the Leona Watershed.Project. An eighty foot wide channel along Cook Slough is planned which will extend from the Ft. Clark Rd. crossing to Highway 83.
According to Uvalde County Judge Jerry White the Leona Watershed Project is very much alive and moving.	Howard
Langford,	former
Uvalde Mayor is representing the county in the negotiating of the necessary leasemen ts in those areas where the U.S. Sail
Conservation engineers have determined are the best locations for the three proposed dam sites to the north of the city.
‘The landowners i have talked to so far have been very receptive to the project” said	Langford.
“There are several others we need to talk to and one in particular is a large property that would have a dam down the middle of productive farmland. We can understand the concern of the owner and have been working
to re-route that dam site. All this takes considerable time but the project is definitely moving along."
The City of Uvalde in the other hand, lacks about five lease-ments to complete their part of the initial project.
The Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 10 a.m. but the Leona Watershed Project is not on the agenda.
Howdy Coffee
Wednesday
All new Uvalde businessmen and women received invitations this week to attend a "Howdy Coffee” to be held at the Kincaid I x.otel. The “Howdy Coffee’ is scheduled for Wednesday, June 13, at 10a.m.
Sponsoring the coffee is the Roadrunner Club of the LJyalde Chamber of Commerce
The coffee is planned to be informal and “Howdy Coffee” man, Charles Raine urges all business people of Uvalde to drop by and meet Uvalde’s
newest business associates. Raine also emphasized that any new Uvalde Business owners or managers who did not receive an invitation to the “Howdy Coffee” to please contact the Chamber of Commerce office at 278-3361 as soon as possible.
Coffee and cookies for the event are being furnished by the Uvalde Leader News, and the entire Roadrunner Club and wives will serve as official hosts.
City, County, School and Chamber officials are also invited and expected to attend the festivities to extend a harty Uvalde welcome.
All new Uvalde business owners and managers are urged to brint their spouces to ithe coffee and R.S.V.
P. the invitation so that name tags and other proper arrangements may be made.
Also serving on the “Howdy Coffee” committee is Frank Kri-van and George Wentz.

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I received the Uvalde Times paper of May 24th. I loved seeing the picture of the kindergarden students from Sacred Heart School. You see, I attended that program since I was visiting Uvalde that week. A pupil, David Anthony Mata was in it and wore a Blue Bird Costume. He is my nephew. To Rev. David Zumaya and Sister Teresa Perez, my sincere congratulations on a job well done in directing it. I am sure that all the parents, relatives, and friends that saw the program must be as pleased and as greatful as I am. The Lord Bless Them.
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Dr. Elmer J. Ireton, a native of Rhea, Oklahoma was hired by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District last Tuesday as Assistant Superintendent and Curriculum Director.
Ireton who is currently a Professor in Education and Chairman of the Department of Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education at Hardin-Simmons University at Abiljne has been supertinténdent at Cheyen Wells, Colorado, Adams, Oklahoma and Maxwell, New Mexico.
He earned a doctor’s degree from Baylor University and holds a B. A. from South-
western Oklahoma State University. He also has a master’s degree in education from Colorado State University and a master of business administration from Hardin-Simmons University.
The forty-four year old educator is married and has five children.
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LA MIEL DE ABEJA PUEDE HABER CAUSADO, en años recientes, casi una tercera parte de los casos de botulismo en recién nacidos, advirtieron investigadores del Departamento de Salud Pública.
Indicaron que a los niños menores de un año no debe dárseles miel.
“Es la primera vez que esa información se publica, en su totalidad, en una revista médica”, dijo el médico Stephen Arnon, del Departamento de Salud Pública de California, uno de los autores del estudio que aparece en la edición de febrero de la “Revista Pediátrica”.
La enfermedad, provocada por una bacteria frecuentemente hallada en la miel y otros productos agrícolas no procesados, puede multiplicarse en los estómagos de los bebés, produciendo una toxina que causa estreñimiento, debilidad, y ocasionalmente la muerte.
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MUCHOS ESTUDIOS DEMUESTRAN QUE A MAYOR CONSUMO de bebidas alcohólicas serán mucho mayores las probabilidades de contraer cáncer en el esófago o la laringe, o ambos, dijo un experto de cáncer procedente de Lyons, Francia.
El experto dijo que los estudios científicos demuestran un enlace entre^ factores de estilo de vida - fumar y beber - y el cáncer.
LA DROGA INDERAL PROBO SER EFICAZ fiara prevenir la jaqueca, informó el doctor Seymur Diamond. Unos ocho de cada 12 norteamericanos sufren de ese mal en forma crónica.
Él doctor Diamond, dijo que el estudio hecho con 62 pacientes que sufrían de jaqueca en 1975 demostró el valor del “propranalol” en la prevención de la jaqueca.
El doctor Diamond es profesor de neurología en la Universidad de Chicago y director de la Clínica
Diamond para el dolor de cabeza.
Por El Hermano Pablo
ESCUELAS DE ESTE MUNDO
Sánchez pero es más Carlos”. Es
Un Mensaje A La Conciencia
Se llama Ilicht Ramírez conocido por el simple nombre de nacido en Venezuela y tiene ahora alrededor de 30 años. Es uno de los terroristas más conocidos del mundo, y más buscado por la policía. Se hizo famoso el año 1975, al dirigir una toma de rehenes entre asistentes a una reunión de la OPEP en Viena.
Según el diario Maroc Soir de Marruecos, ahora Carlos ha instalado en Argelia una “Escuela de Terrorismo” donde da lecciones, se supone, de como fabricar bombas, como secuestrar personas, como piratear aviones, etc..
Otro caso: En Nueva York funciona otra escuela curiosa: es una escuela de Mendigos, creada y dirigida por un joven muy emprendedor. Allí enseña a los mendigos como pararse, como vestir,
como preparar el gesto plañidero y como modular la voz, para sacar más limosna. Y hablando de escuelas raras, en Nueva Guinea, el propio gobierno ha creado una Escuela de Médicos Brujos donde se imparten lecciones de como practicar la hechicería y la medicina bruja, ya que los médicos brujos son mucho más abundantes y mejor aceptados por el pueblo, que los facultativos.
Y en fin, en Santiago de Chile, llegó a funcionar una Escuela de Carteristas, donde maestros expertos en la materia de meter la mano en los bolsillos ajenos, daban clase de mucha pericia a los jóvenes que querían iniciarse con éxito en la profesión.
Pero yo amigo, conozco otras dos grandes escuelas del mundo. Dos escuelas en las que están
enrolados todos los seres humanos, quieran o no, se den cuenta de ello, o no. Una es la Escuela del Erroro del mal. La dirige Satanás mismo, y tiene tantos alumnos como tiene maestros. Porque en esta escuela, cada ser humano es.maestro y es a la vez alumno.
La otra escuela es la de la Verdad y el Bien, y la dirige Jesucristo. En esta escuela los maestros son Cristo mismo, y el Espíritu Santo y la Biblia. Y sus alumnos, no tan numerosos, son todos aquellos que deciden, personal y voluntariamente, anotarse como discípulos de Jesús, el Maestro de Galileo, el Unico Señor y Salvador.
Y esta escuela es la única que prepara para la vida terrenal justa y digna, y para la vida eterna, dichosa y gloriosa.