Rogelio Perez Plans to Suit For Back Pay
AUSTIN: The former director of the Governor's Office of Migrant Affairs, Rogelio Perez, has been given a state job again, but has announced that he plans to file suit to recover the nine months’ back pay that he feels he is entitled. Attorney General John Hill has issued an opinion that he is not entitled to it.
Both Rogelio Perez and Joaquin Rodriguez were cleared of all charges of which they had been accused and Governor Briscoe has reinstated them with increased salaries and ordered that
they be paid for annual and sick leave for which they were entitled. The charges were dropped on October 18.
Perez said that Governor Briscoe did not suggest that he file suit for the back pay but had inidi-cated that both men are entitled to backpay for the time they were suspended while under indictment in South Texas.
Governor Briscoe asked for an opinion from the Attorney General’s Office on the matter, but the request forback pay was promptly turned
down by Hill’s office.
Perez had insisted all along that the indictments had been politically motivated since Judge Darrell Hester, who was the judge that charged the men with forgery, was a strong Hill supporter in the Democratic Primary.
First Perez and Rodriguez were charged with forgery but these charges were never pursued. The grand jury later indicted them with tampering with a witness, but on October 18 all charges were dropped on grounds that there
was not sufficient evidence.
“The assistant district attorney, Steve Brittain, said it was just a bunch of b.s.,” Perez said. “The judge had to have some-tiling, whatever he could get on us, because he wanted to discredit the governor’s office.”
Perez said he belives his indictment and the governor’s response in replacing him at GOMA with an Anglo from East Texas who put guards at the doors of the agency’s offices and banned use of Spanish played a role
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Its winter time in Uvalde and Nori Romo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Romo was well prepared on her way to Robb Elementary School A cold front that hit Uvalde last Wednesday	el	pasado
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El Uvalde Times
EL UNICO PERIODICO BILINGÜE EN EL WINTERGARDEN *	* THE ONLY BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER IN THE WINTERGARDEN AREA
No. 41
UVALDE,TEXAS
This I Have To Say
By Olga Rodriquez
VYe Had Our Party!
The staff of El Uvalde Times and our families were overjoyed at the large number of friends that came to celebrate the first anniversary of our newspaper. It was a beautiful, family type affair made possible with the help of a lot of people. Money cannot buy the love that went into all preparations. Thank you all so much.
My Hubby Deserves A Lot of Credit!
From tiie very first day I mentioned my desire to establish a newspaper to this very day, a year later, 1 receive all the support and assistance I need from my “Editor-In-Chief”, Richard Rodriquez. 1 don’t beleive there is another one like him in the world that would allow his wife to pursue a dream tiiat means so much work and so much worrying. But don’t misunderstand, we are in this business because we enjoy what we arc doing and the rewards are worth it all. Thank You So Much, Richard!
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VICTORY, VICTORY IS OUR CRY.... These lovely cheerleaders stole the show last Friday as the Junior High Powder Puff Football turned the boys into girls and the girls into boys. Some of the “cheerleaders” we see here are Douglas Hodges, David Cuellar, Raymond Mangum and Orlando Garza.
Ya estamos en invierno en Uvalde y Nori Romo, hija del Sr. y Sra. Ruben bien preparada cuando se dirigía a la Escuela Elementaria Robb. Una onda fria llego a Uvalde _ I pasado miércoles > lluvias y

Noviembre 19, 1978
Seguirá Adelante Proyecto de Presas
Then There’s One or Two Who Don’t......”
On the completion of our first year of business, I thought it was appropriate to request advertising from the local governing bodies. 1 sincerely beleive I will ,b,e providing a service to them. When I wrote the Uvalde Commissioners’ Court, however, I was very surprised to hear that the owner of the Uvalde Leader News, Mrs. Kathryn Hornby, would be the first one to object. My receiving the county's advertisement does not mean she will receive less, why should she be so upset?,.
Estas guapísimas “cheerleaders” son los hombrecitos de la Junior High, quienes cambiaron de lugar con las mujeres, dejándolas a ellas jugar fútbol mientras que ellos las animavan. El evento tuvo lugar el pasado viernes por la tarde.
U.H.S. Marching Band Sixth Straight
La Corte de Comisionados tuvo una junta muy serena al discutir varios temas de suma importancia para los ciudadanos del condado. Entre los mas interesantes estuvo la apro-vacion por mayoría de que el condado sigua adelante con el proyecto de prevención de inundaciones conocido como el Leona Watershed Project. Ademas los comisionados aprovaron continuar la limpieza de los lechos del Rio Leona, el Taylor Slough y Cook Slough en coperacion con la ciudad de Uvalde y como prevención de inundación inmediata. El proyecto de limpieza depende /ahora sobre la aprovacion de un pedido de dinero al Programa de Manpower Estatal que ha hecho la ciudad. El Condado supervisara el proyecto de limpieza.
Por ahora lo que detiene el 'Proyecto de construcción de presas que pre-
vengan las inundaciones es el requisito de adquirir los derechos ( o sea easements) de las tierras a los lados de los lugares señalados para las presas. Algunos ciudadanos no han dado su permiso.
La Corte también aprovo entrar en un contrato con el Departamento de Recursos Humanos para establcecer una Mesa de Bienestar de Ninos Para el Condado de Uvalde. Esta mesa dirigirá los servicios para los ñiños huérfanos o desamparados y proporcionara un método de pago para atención medica de niños desamparados.
El pedido del Sr. Jerry W. Jones para derechos a un camino del condado para la instalación de lineas de agua hasta que se estudio los requisitos necesarios.
Los Comisionados aprovaron la compra de aseguranza para los
miembros del EMS.
Varios miembros del Departamento de Bomberos se presentaron para pedir varios artíulos, pero los comisionados por ahora solamente aprovaron la compra de un tanque de acero de 900 gallones a un costo de $1,500. La corte declaro que los demas pedidos serian considerados cuando se prepare el presupuesto del año entrante.
El Uvalde Times apareció en la agenda pidiendo que se le permita publicar los mismos anuncios públicos que se publican en el otro periódico local. El Comisionado Foley parecía haber estudiado muy bien la situación y leyó inmediatamente una ley estatal que dice que un periódico se considera oficial cuando haya publicado semanalmente por un año. El Uvalde
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Police Department Seeks
ESTO LO TENGO QUE DECIR
por Olga Rodriquez
Y Celebramos Nuestra Fiesta!
El personal de El Uvalde Times y nuestros familiares estuvimos muy orgullosos y encatados con el gran mímero de amistades que asistieron a la celebración de nuestro primer aniversario. Fue una hermosa reunion estilo familiar, hecha posible por la ayuda de mucha gente. El dinero no puede comprar el cariño con que se hicieron todas las preparaciones. Gracias a todos!
Mi Esposo Merece Mucho Crédito!
Desde el primer dia que	mencione mi
deseo de establecer un periódico, hasta este mismo dia un año después, yo recibo todo el apoyo y asistencia que necesito de mi “Jefe Editor”, Richard Rodriquez. No creo que exista otro como el, que permita a su esposa seguir tras un sueño que significa tanto trabajo y tantas preocupaciones. Pero no entiendan mal, nosotros estamos en este negocio po'rque nos encanta hacerlo, y las recompensas valen todas las penas. Muchísimas Gracias, Richard!
Y A Veces Hay Uno Que Otro Que Se Porta Mal
Al cumplir un año de negocio, pense que era propio pedir a los diferentes cuerpos gobernan-
The Uvalde High School Marching Band received its sixth straight first division rating at U.l.L. Marching Contest this past Wednesday at Medina Valley Stadium. Weather conditions were not ideal for a marching contest, and the Uvalde Band marched in mud and pouring rain to acheive superior rating. The students returned home elated over their rating with mud from head to toe.
Some of the comments made by the judges were;
Mrs. Riciiard Crain from Belton, Texas: “I am sorry such a fine band has to perform under such adverse conditions... Super!”
Mr. Joe Wassel from Port Lavaca, Texas: “The band plays with such authority and control... Good Soloists............A
musically interesting performance.”
Mr. Mike Robinson from Odem, Texas:“ I can sum up your performance in one word...Fantastic!”
Mr. Richard Gibby, Uvalde High School Band Director, atated: “We the directors arc extremely proud of the job the students ¡have done this year. Players and marchers performed excellently; drum majors and twirlers and feature twirler were oustanding; and the flag corps were the	best.”
“All members of this organization	worked
iiard hours playing and marching. They really deserve this top rating,” he concluded.
Alcohol Control — Improved Lighting
Requisitos Para La N at uralizacion
Todo ciudadano de Estados Unidos o bien es un imigrante o desciende de imigrantes. Incluso* los indios norteamericanos llegaron a Norte Americ provenientes de Siberia, hace muchos miles de anos. Pero hasta el establecimento de nuestro pais como tal,
hace 200 anos, no se crearon requisitos para convertirse	en
ciudadano norteamericano.
Usted puede enterarse de cuales son estos requisitos .en un folleto en español	llamado
REQUISITOS PARA LA
NATURALIZACION, publicado por el Servicio de Emigración y Naturalización del Departamento de Justicia (Imigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice). Si desea un ejemplar continued on page 10
The possibility of banning the carrying of alcoholic beverages into the Civic Center and not allowing the lighting to be dimmed during dances was discussed during the last Tuesday's City Council meeting. Police Chief Vance Chisum addressed the Council and stating that alcoholic beverages and poor lighting accounted for most of the problems the policemen had when they woked the dances.
Chisum requested the council to make conditions safer for policemen by considering their suggestions. Once possibility, he suggested was that the city obtain a beer license and hire a man to sell the draft beer in paper cups. He stated that this practice had been used in Eagle Pass and Del Rio as well as Big Spring and that it had solved the problem.
Later, a resident of Eagle Pass that was in the audience advised the Council that the banning of alcohol from the Civic Center would ruin the dances in Uvalde. He said in Eagle Pass only as many as sixteen couples will attend the dances with the practice suggested by the Police Chief.
Another suggestion from Chisum was the lighting in and outside the Civic Center be improved. Discussion of locking the switch box abd installing fixtures that would eliminate the removal of light bulbs was discussed.
City Attorney Phil Hughes was instructed to investigate the possiblity of the city obtaining a beer license. Councilman Bill Mitchell suggested the council anothe Police Department form a committee to look into tiie situation and come
up vith the best solution to which Mayor Cain agreed.
The annexation of the Burns Addition was again urged by County Commissioner Gilbert Torres at Tuesday’s meeting. In answer to his inquiry, Mayor Cain pointed out to Commissioner	T ones
that the council had on its agenda for that night the approval of hiring a surveyor to develope the legal description of the annexation areas. Commissioner Torres stated that he felt the city was taking too long and that it looked like the progress on annexation was “back to zero”.
The Council later approved most of the areas it has had under consideration, including