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Teda N e ill celebrates 90th
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Presidio paving, levee repair;
residents w ill help decide, page 7
B ig Bend g irls ’ a ll star softball
team photos, page 9
July 25, 2002
Vol. 69 No. 18
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T e ja n o s in g e r -a c o r d e o n is ta
to h e a d lin e lig h ts f e s t c o n c e r t
MARFA - Tejano music sen­
sation David Lee Garza y Los
Musicales will headline the 16th
annual Marfa Lights Festival con­
cert, with country and western
rising performer Shelley Laine as
the opening act.
This year’s festival is Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, August 30,
31 and September 1. The con­
cert is the evening of Saturday,
August 31 at the Vizcaino Park
stage.
The good old-fashioned family
fair takes place on the Presidio
County Courthouse lawn with
food, games and vendor’s booths
opening at 6 p.m. Friday, August
30.
This year’s street dance fea­
tures three groups, the Mixed
Company Band o f Balmorhea,
Muela del Juicio ofPresidio and
the Mules of Presidio County.
The dance is from 7 p.m. to mid­
night on Friday, August 30.
An opening ceremony is set for
8 p.m. followed by a Light the
Night Parade at 9 p.m.
On Saturday, August 31, there’s
a five-kilometer fun run, begin­
ning at the courthouse and spon­
sored by the Marfa Boy Scouts,
as well as fun and entertainment
all day at the courthouse stage.
The day parade begins at 11 a.m.
Sunday’s festival finale dance,
from 8 p.m. to midnight at the
MAC building, features Sierra
Blanca favorite Wayne West y
Los Realisticos.
Garza’s unique brand of music
David Lee Garza
is spontaneous and rich with sen­
sitive tradition in the Tejano, or
Tex-Mex style. He and his mu- ‘
sic are about the goodness in life,
respect for one’s family, the shar­
ing of one’s self with others and
(C o n tin u ed on p a g e 12)
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
Tony Sanchez supporters traveled from El Paso to Fort Davis on Friday to rally fo r the Democratic
Party o f Texas candidate fo r governor. The event was held at the Hotel Limpia.
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By ROBERT HALPERN
FORT DAVIS - “Texas is a
fabulous state,” Democratic
Party ofTexas candidate for gov­
ernor Tony Sanchez said in Fort
Davis on Friday, but there are
some major problems that need
addressing, paramount the crisis
in the public education system.
“If we get education right, ev­
erything else will follow,” Sanchez
said.
The Laredo businessman turned
politician made a brief campaign
stop in Fort Davis last week, tak­
ing part in a small political rally
news
notes
Public hearing
this e v e n in g on
grant project
By STERRY BUTCHER
MARFA - How the city o f
Marfa will spend a community
block grant worth more than
$200,000 will be the topic of a
study session and public hearing
set for 6 p.m. today at City Hall.
The city has the chance to ap­
ply for the grant every other year,
and only certain projects are eli­
gible. “We can apply for parks
and recreation projects, for in­
stance,” said City Administrator
Curtis Schrader, who will lead the
session.,“Even though from the
state’s perspective parks and rec­
reation are lower priorities, those
projects are not penalized in our
region.”
In the past, the city has used the
money for water and sewer im­
provements, paving and housing
rehabilitation.
“One option is to do a parks and
recreation project this time instead
of water/sewer,” Schrader said.
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at the Hotel Limpia.
Sanchez isn’t very tall and as
the rally began, he took a couple
steps up the hotel’s stairs before
addressing his supporters who
came from Presidio, Marfa, Al­
pine, as well as El Paso, Fort
Stockton and Pecos.
“The biggest crisis is in educa­
tion,” Sanchez told the audience.
“We need a comprehensive plan
that no one will like and will be
painful on all sides, but it won’t
include a state income tax.” The
crowd applauded.
“We need to pay teachers a de­
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cent salary,” the candidate said,
and also offer educators a career
path and incentives for them to
stay in the profession. He noted
there’s a 44,000-teacher shortage
in the state.
Sanchez added that he is against
the voucher system, that is, giv­
ing public funds for students to
attend private and church
schools. The U.S. Supreme
C ourt recently upheld the
voucher system.
Vouchers aren’t the answer to
the education problem, Sanchez
(C ontinued on p a g e 2)
By DAN K E A N E "
ALPINE - A subdivision plat
submitted by SRS Properties,
owner of the Lajitas resort, re­
mains stalled by issues related to
the development’s supply of elec­
tricity and w ater, Brew ster
County Judge Val Beard told a
crowded courtroom during a
meeting of the Brewster County
Commissioners on Tuesday.
The county’s approval of a plat
submitted by Emily Scown for a
proposed subdivision north of Al­
pine has also been delayed by util­
ity questions, Beard said. Scown
has recently sued the city over
its refusal to provide her subdivi­
sion with water and sewer ser­
vice.
Before the county can approve
either plat, the developers must
adhere to “extremely strict” state
regulations regarding utility ser­
vice and infrastructure, the judge
said.
“Both of the plat applications
have problems related to those re­
quirements,” Beard said. She
stressed that Tuesday’s agenda
did not allow for the approval of
either plat, but merely discussion
of their delays. The county would
ratify neither subdivision plan until
its utility issues were resolved and
each plat was presented at an
official public hearing, Beard said.
At the close ofTuesday’s meet­
ing, the judge said that attorneys
representing the county and SRS
Properties would meet on Mon­
day to review the deficiencies in
the Lajitas resort’s plat applica­
tion for the 79-lot Mesa Vista II
subdivision, submitted in April of
this year. If approved, the plat
would redraw the lines of an 81lot subdivision laid out years ago
but never built by former Lajitas
owner Walter Mischer.
Despite the limited scope of their
agenda item, Lajitas employees
turned out in full force to show
their support for the resort’s new
subdivision. Inside the court­
house, the delegation included
SRS President Richard Hubble
and number of other resort offi­
cials, several of whom wore knit
polo shirts bearing the resort’s
signature red butte logo.
Outside the building, a few
dozen employees o f Decker’s
Farm Supply and Nursery, a
Lajitas subcontractor, milled
(C ontinued on p a g e II )
a c c i d e n t a l ly
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By DAN KEANE
FAR WEST TEXAS - While
flying a routine training mission
last Tuesday afternoon, the pilot
of an F-117A Stealth fighter ac­
cidentally dropped small practice
bombs into the bathroom o f a
Monahans home and in the front
yard of a house in Pecos, accord­
ing to Air Force officials.
During the same flight, the pilot
dropped a third dummy bomb on
the shoulder ofU.S. Highway 82
in the southern New Mexico
town of Maljamar. No one was
injured by any of the inert bombs.
“For us, this is not the way we
do business, and we’re very dis­
appointed it happened,” said
Brigadier General Marc ‘Buck’
Rogers during a press conference
last Thursday. Rogers is com­
mander of the 49th Fighter Wing
at Holloman Air Force Base in
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Air Force officials said the
fighter pilot did not know the 25pound dummy bombs had been
loaded onto his plane. The pilot
has been grounded while an in­
vestigation into the incident con­
tinues, officials said.
In Pecos and Maljamar, the
shells buried themselves harm­
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lessly in the ground, leaving only
round, softball-size holes on the
surface. In Monahans, however,
the dummy bomb tore through the
bathroom and bedroom closet of
Gloria Aker’s home before bury­
ing itself six feet in the ground.
Air Force crews responded to
each accident scene, carefully re­
moving the inert, 25-pound shells
and carting them away. Officials
said the Air Force would assume
the cost of all damages caused
by the bombs.
Local officials report a prompt,
professional and contrite re­
sponse from the Air Force. “The
brigadier general called me, bless
his heart, to make sure it was being
handled properly,” said Pecos
Mayor Dot Stafford. “They did a
fantastic job, and they were so
nice.”
On a routine training run, stealth
fighter pilots generally use only a
camera to practice aiming at tar­
gets on the ground. “They pick
out a target like a Dumpster, and
focus the camera on it,” said
Holloman AFB spokeswoman
Yvonne Lukson. “The problem
(last week) was that they dropped
a training munition. That wasn’t
( C ontinued on p a g e 7)
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
Mariachi Hermanos Milan performed for West Texas Press Association members at a dinner Friday
evening at the Hotel Paisano in Marfa. From left, brothers Johnny and Richard Milan, Lela Monclova
and Eva Milan, Johnny’s wife. Booking information: 915.837.3727/2466 and 556.2995.
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MARFA, PRESIDIO - The
Big Bend Sentinel and The
Presidio International newspa­
pers each earned two honors in
the
W est Texas
Press
Association’s better newspaper
contest.
The Sentinel won a second
place award in column writing
e a r n
and a third in editorials, while the
International received a first
place honor in news writing and
a third place in photography.
The 76-year-old press organiza­
tion met over the weekend at In­
dian Lodge and McDonald Ob­
servatory, and awards were pre­
sented during the Saturday
p r e s s
a w
a r d s
evening banquet.
Sentinel colum nist Sam
Richardson’s ‘Chili madness,’
about the two chili cookoff cham­
pionships held each year in
Terlingua, took second place.
“You captured the flavor of the
occasion well,” ajudge wrote. “It
(C o n tin u ed on p a g e 10)
(2) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. July 25. 2002
Bank deal falls through,
slows finalization of jail sale
By STERRY BUTCHER
PRESIDIO COUNTY - Diffi­
culties in finding an underwriter
have snagged the process to buy
the local jail, commissioners
learned Monday.
Until quite recently, the county
made payments on the jail in
Marfa as part of a lease-to-purchase deal with the shareholders
who actually owned the facility.
That deal was financially cumber­
some and draining, however, and
financial consultant Jack Brown
is among the people who have
been trying for months to com­
plete a new deal in which the
county would own thejail outright
Earlier this summer, the transfer
of ownership began when the
county was the sole bidder for the
facility at an auction presided over
by JP M organ Chase Bank,
which represents the sharehold­
ers.
Since that time, Brown has at­
tempted to arrange a buyer for
the $2,488 million in certificates
of obligation that will allow the
county to pay what it has bid for
thejail. Included in that figure is
$ 150,000 that will be used to en-
(staff photos, by R O B E R T H A LPER N )
Presidio County Commissioners Eloy Aranda, left and Felipe Cordero
| traveled to Fort Davis Friday to meet Tony Sanchez, center, the Democrat
1candidatefor governor. Pecos County Commissioner Paul Valenzuela,
[right, also came to the event.
Sofia Chavez is the Presidio County Chair of the Womenfor Sanchez
Network.
Pre\idio ISD Board President ( 'arlus \icto \huhc\ Sanchez's hand as State
Representative Pete
left, looks on.
Tony Sanchez and Frances Rojas, of Marfa.
large and improve the county’s
Annex Building in Presidio. The
first bank lined up to purchase the
certificates fell through though
and now arrangements ’with a
second bank also did not work out.
On Monday, Brown asked for
and received from commission­
ers a time extension that will al­
low him to finalize the deal in an­
other fashion. SAMCO, the in­
vestment banking firm for whom
Brown works, will purchase the
certificates. “We’re going to buy
the certificates at the August 12
meeting,” he explained this week.
“We’ve had some unfortunate
experience with this, but we think
we’ve got it worked out now. I
don’t think the rate will be much
over five percent, and that’s ex­
cellent.”
He also maintained that the in­
vestment firm is well prepared to
take on the purchase. “It’s a
pretty big outfit,” Brown said.
“They’ve got the capitol. We un­
derwrotejust under $ 10 million for
Pecos County a few months ago.
Everything’s okay,” he went on.
“We’re going to get the money
and we’re going to get the jail.”
Thanks Betty ^
for making
Marfa our home
away from
home, and
making the
Aguirre reunion
a success!
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South Texas. The bank company
is the nation’s largest minority
owned bank.
Presidio ISD Superintendent Ernesto Martinez and his wife Ester werepart
Healthcare and insurance also of a large delegation of Presidio residents to meet Sanchezare in crisis in the state, the can­
didate said, in particular, prescrip­
tion drugs for the elderly that are
too costly. “Texans have told me
some months they have to decide
whether to buy groceries or pur­ C i t y
chase the medicines.” His solu­ (Continuedfrom page I)
tion: the state could buy pharma­
“We could leave the water/sewer
ceuticals in bulk and distribute
projects for the a grant from the
them to those who qualify through
Border Environmental Coopera­
the state healthcare system.
tion Commission.”
‘Texas is last in the nation in child
A public hearing with public in­
immunizations,” he said, and “one
put and commentary is required
million kids don’t have health in­
surance.”
as a part of the grant application
Sanchez also touted the fact that
process and interested Marfa
he is a novice politician, and if residents are encouraged to at­
tend Thursday.
elected, will surround himself not
with bureaucrats but experts from
The council will discuss various
potential projects at the meeting
all aspects in the private sector.
“Texas needs fresh eyes, innova­ and decide which project to pur­
tive ideas, a business approach,
sue at their regular August meet­
ing. “That way we have a month
not more professional politicians.
and a half to put our application
My opponent is a professional
politician.”
together and get it submitted by
“And while your at it, surround the September 26 deadline,”
Schrader said.
yourself with teachers who send
their children to public schools
Since 1990, the city has received
and not bureaucrats who send
$2.2 million in community block
■
their children to private schools,” grants.
■
Marfa ISD Superintendent Gary
I
Hamilton commented from the
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audience.
No W o rk & No Kids! C o m e
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The candidate added he would
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enjoy our luxurious brand
take a business approach to run­
ning governm ent. “I t’s hard
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p W fO O IIi, p € f f l i g h t
enough to make a living without
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government red tape in Austin
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and Washington. I will run an ef­
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ficient government and take the
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waste out. Our tax burden is too
B e a t T h e H e a t & S l i d e th e Ice ! T h i s
heavy today.”
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Sanchez told his supporters the
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at M u s i c C it y M a ll fo r a d a y o f ic e
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points
behind.
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* branches in 30 com munities last poll has us two points back.
I throughout South Texas and the We’re essentially tied going into
Complimentary shuttle is available to Music City Mall.
I Texas Gulf Coast. It was founded - the Labor Day weekend.
“The
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Additional tickets for MCM Ice are available for $5 each.
[ small businessman and to pro- Sanchez said. “But more impor­
Q o u p o n a v a ila b le F rid a y , S a t u r d a y , o r S u n d a y . P r e s e n t c o u p o n at
!■mote economic development in tantly, we’re right about the is­
front
d e s k u p o n c h e c k in, B a s e d u p o n a va ila b ility, s o c a ll a n d m a k e y o u r
sues.”
| said. “Iffnere'h hometh mg wrong
£ with the system, let’s fix the syst tern.”
* Sanchez is challenging Repub| lican Texas Gov. Rick Perry in
5 the November general election.
» In introducing Sanchez to the
i audience, state Rep. Pete
jj Gallego, said, “A lot of the time,
the rural areas are left out. But
Tony is from the border area and
knows our concerns.”
The story of Sanchez is a ragsto-riches one. As a young man
in Laredo, Sanchez packed pine­
apples and melons in local pro­
duce houses after school, sold
coffee and breakfast from the
back of a truck outside local fac­
tory gates, and helped in his
' father’s small typewriter repair
shop.
He rose to become the first in
| his family to attend college. With
| the help of student loans and a
ISeries of part-time jobs, he earned
Ibusiness administration and law
gdegrees from St. Mary’s Univer­
s ity in San Antonio in 1965 and
£1969, respectively.
£ After graduation, he took a poi-sition as an aide to the Texas lieu­
te n a n t governor, while returning
on weekends to Laredo to help
I his father in their fledgling oil and
t gas brokerage business.
? In 1972, he married Maria
I Josefina ‘T ani’ Guajardo, a
5former schoolteacher. Together
t they have four children: Tony III,
I Ana Lee, Eduardo and Patricio.
'« Today, Sanchez is a multimillion£ aire whose businesses are in oil
■Iand gas, banking, ranching and
J real estate.
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Teda Neill Johnson celebrates
90th birthday on Saturday
Neill served as a volunteer for
FORT DAVIS - Family, friends
and former work colleagues will OFI for seven years, then formed
gather in Fort Davis Saturday to a separate board and organization,
celebrate the ninetieth birthday of of which she is president, solely
Teda Neill Johnson, well known dedicated to supporting Casa
,West Texan. The festivities, which Hogar.
It was that determination and
will be held at the Neill Doll Mu­
seum, will see visitors from sev­ commitment that led Neill to
eral states, many of whom are “adopt” the children o f Casa
family members and close friends. Hogar. Since 1993, her commit­
Others were former work asso­ ment to this struggling program
ciates and fellow volunteers. has resulted in expanded support
Among the many states repre­ and thus a better life for the chil­
sented are Texas, Arizona, New dren and youth, ranging in age
Mexico, Louisiana, and Washing­ from two to sixteen years. Her
advocacy has led numerous oth­
ton.
Neill is well known across Far ers, both organizations and indi­
West Texas and the Ojinaga area viduals, to assist with their dona­
of Northern Chihuahua for her tions.
After raising two children ofher
highly successful career as an ad­
own
and at the age of 54, Neill
vocate and activist for children.
graduated
with her bachelor’s de­
Her retirement from state employ­
gree
from
Sul
Ross State Univer­
ment at 69 years of age did not
end her career as a child activist, sity in Alpine. She worked as a
child welfare worker with the
however.
Her latest effort has been assist­ State of Texas for 12 years and
ing in the development of Casa then another three years with
Hogar, a very successful program aged and disabled persons. She
for street children in Ojinaga. Sev­ is an accomplished artist, work­
eral board members and children ing in pottery, ceramics, various
from the program in Ojinaga will needle crafts, oil and watercolor
travel to Fort Davis for the birth­ painting and doll house building.
She and her friend Juliette
day celebration.
“Teda has distinguished herself Rowley, also o f Fort Davis,
in many areas, but mostly as a started a kindergarten there for
caring woman who has gone on non-English speaking children.
the. line to make life better for Neill spent twelve years on the
children, both in Texas and across board of directors, helping raise
the border in Mexico. Possibly her the necessary funds for the
having polio and then living with program’s operations.
“At ninety years of age, Teda is
its residuals for most of her life
have been the source ofher con­ a vibrant activist working always
cern and sensitivity for children to benefit others. Her energy is
and youth,” stated Bill Winkley, a boundless, as evidenced by her
friend of over thirty years. “In the having traveled to several over­
sixties and seventies, I worked seas countries since her eightieth
with Teda who was the child wel­ birthday, her building many large
fare worker for the Far West dollhouses inclusing the one cur­
Texas area. As a rehabilitation rently under construction, and her
counselor for people with visual ever increasing commitment to
strengthen Casa Hogar and its fi­
disabilities, working out of El Paso,
nancial
base. Those of us who
I learned early on to lean on Teda
have
been
privileged to be a part
and her boundless energy to get
of
Mom’s
life have had a strOiig
services to people hxfieied. Often
I t ia would refera child to me, role model whosfe commitment to
one with an eye problem. Then do good is a true inspiration,”
she would go to work to make sure stated Shirley Vickers, N eill’s
the child was properly served and daughter.
Her son Johnny Neill of Carlsbad
had access to all necessary facili­
ties for his or her medical care New Mexico, also spoke of her
strong influence in his life, con­
and education. Working along side
cluding, “I am proud to be her son.
Teda, one becomes aware of the
tenacity and grit of this elegant Far West Texas and Northern
woman. Behind her gentle ap­ Mexico are better places to live
because of this strong and valu­
pearance stands a wall of steel
able woman in our community,”
and a determination to see that
Johnny Neill stated with obvious
children with needs are well cared
for. She dearly loves children and pride and admiration.
does all she can for those in need,” ; Persons wishing to honor Teda
are encouraged to donate to Casa
explained W inkley, who has
worked with Neill in several ca­ Hogar, by sending their checks
made out to Casa Hogar, C/O
pacities, the latest as an associ­
Teda Neill Johnson, Box 801, Ft.
ate with One Family International
Davis, Texas 79734.
(OFI), a Texas-based charity.
Retirement reception for SRSU
McCollum Friday in Alpine
Juda McCollum, library assistant
in the cataloging department of
Technical Services, Bryan
Wildenthal Memorial Library, re­
tires Aug. 31 after more than 20
years of service at Sul Ross State
University. McCollum will be hon­
ored at a retirement reception Fri­
day, July 26, 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the
University Center’s second floor
foyer.
Although the title of her j ob has
remained the same during those
20 years, McCollum says her job
today is not recognizable as the
one she began in 1983.
“When I first started, my job
consisted mainly of the upkeep of
the public card catalog and the
processing of books. Upkeep of
the card catalog meant a lot of fil­
ing, pulling and correcting, and
refiling. We shared one computer
in our department and its only
function was a connection to the
databa.se where we ordered cards
for the new books and updated
our holdings for interlibrary loans.
We had an old memory typewriter
that would not let you correct any
typiiig mistakes. You had to start
over and over.
“Now, in 2002, we all have com­
puters at our desks, and we do
almost everything there. We still
access the same database for our
cataloging records, and although
the maintenance of the automated
card catalog is not as physical as
it once was, but it still involves
many things.”
Being involved in the recent au­
tomation of the library has been
exciting, McCollum said.
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Lizette Cervantes and Javier
Cano of Marfa exchanged wed­
ding vows in a double-ring' cer­
emony held at 3 p.m., Saturday.
July 6,2002, at St. Mary’s Catho­
lic Church in M arfa. Father
Ricardo Ruiz officiated.
The bride is the daughter of
Armando and Celina Cervantes of
Marfa.
The groom is the son of Aida and
Aurelio Tarin, and Pete Cano Sr.,
and the grandson of Candelaria
Williams and the late Guadalupe
Williams, all ofMarfa.
The matron of honor was Diana
Pulido, sister of the groom. The
best man was D avid Cano,
brother of the groom.
Serving as bridesmaids were
Yvonne Montoya, Blanca Smith,
Corina Vasquez, Carla Marquez,
Marisol Cervantes, Michelle Ray,
Melinda Cano, daughter of the
groom, and Melissa Enriquez. Jun­
ior bridesm aid was Jennette
Garcia.
Flow er girls were Monique
Cervantes, daughter ofthe bride,
and Rebecca Lopez.
Groomsmen were Troy Williams,
Augustine Gonzales, Ricardo
Rodriguez, M anuel Alvarez,
Arturo Gutierrez, Luis Martinez,
Steven Cano, and Bruno
Cervantes, brother of the bride.
Junior groomsjjien was Kareem
( ervantes, brother.of the bride.
Ring bearer was Michael Cano,
son of the groom. The page was
Jason Cervantes, son of the bride.
A reception was held immedi­
ately following the ceremony at
the AmVets building where din­
ner was served, followed by wed­
ding cake and cookies.
The dance later that evening fea­
tured the music of Wayne West
of Sierra Blanca.
• After a honeymoon trip to South
Padre Island and San Antonio,
the couple is making their home
in Marfa. The groom is currently
helping build the Lajitas Resort.
The bride will be a senior at Sul
Ross State University in Alpine
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Editor:
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending a reception and
dinner for the West Texas Press Association (WTPA) at the Hotel
Paisano. While talking to a number of the WTPA attendees, who
were mostly from small cities, and were in Marfa for the first time, I
received many compliments about Marfa. These people were
comparing our community to theirs in several factors such as
appearance, facilities, services, and downtown, and were impressed
with our city. While I was the beneficiary of these compliments, I
need to publicly acknowledge those to whom the compliments truly
belong: the citizens ofMarfa, the Marfa City Council and the Marfa
city employees.
In particular, I would like to publicly offer a “Thank You” and “Job
Well Done” to our city employees. It is easy to take our employees
for granted as they perform theirjobs day in and day out, year in
and year out and are usually subject to complaints, not compliments.
Working for a city, or any public organization, is not an easy job as
you are always in the public eye. I am proud to have the privilege of
working with such a fine group of men and women.
Respectfully,
Curtis Schrader
Marfa City Administrator
PS: I would also like to thank our tri-county newspapers for cohostmg the WTPA and showing them so good old-fashioned tri
county hospitality!
Editor:
A visitor to the Marfa museum on a Saturday left a note of
complaint that the museum was not open. The museum is operated
by volunteers and we apologize for being unable to man the museum
,on Saturdays at this time.
This is an appeal to anyone interested in keeping the museum open
on Saturdays from 2-5 p.m., please give the museum a call, 7294140.
Thanks,
May Quick
Marfa-Presidio County Museum Board
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Editor:
Big Bend Regional Medical Center would like to announce the
appointment of Mr. Lee Roberts of Marathon to its Board of
Directors.
Roberts was elected at the last board meeting July 2,2002 to fill
the position that is required by the Development Agreement
between the Hospital District and Community Health Systems. Lee
was appointed by the Tax District board o f Directors at the June 24,
2002, meeting to fill the position and we at the Hospital feel
confident that he will bring new perspectives and ideas to assist in
the operation ofour local Hospital.
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I personally have worked with Lee on numerous issues- and feel
that he is a person who has only the welfare of the local community
at heart along with the long-term success o f our hospital.
Please join me in congratulating Lee on this appointment
Jimmy D. Stuart
BBRMC
Alpine
Editor:
On March 28, on my way to Carson City, Nevada and about six
miles from Hoover Dam, I had to stop at a checkpoint, which was
being staffed by U. S. Park Service Rangers. I was asked to pull
over to a parking area and was followed by one of the rangers. He
asked me what I had in the U-Haul trailer I was towing, and I told
him it was furniture. He then advised me that if he could not clearly
see everything in the trailer, I would have to “go back.” I pulled up
the trailer gate and he stated he could not see everything to his
satisfaction and that I would have to “go back.”
I couldn’t understand what was going on and began to get worried.
I offered to unload the trailer, since I only had about five pieces of
furniture, but he stated he didn’t have the time and again said “you
have to go back.”
I told him I didn’t understand why I had to go back to Texas. He
then explained that I had to go back to Kingman, Arizona (about 60
miles back from where we were) and take 1-40 West, then take
Highway 95 up to Las Vegas. All this was not making any sense, so
I asked him what difference it made whether I took Highway 95 or
drive on through.
He then explained that he didn’t know what all I had in the U-Haul.
He stated that I could be carrying explosives and detonate them on
top of Hoover Dam! Now it all became clear. It was all part of the
protectibn of the Motherland. I smiled at the ranger and told him I
understood. He apologized for the inconvenience and stated: “I hope
you understand.” I understood and began driving back 56 miles to
Kingaman. I then drove 39 miles west from Kingman to Laughlin,
Nevada and up Highway 95 to Las Vegas.
In terms of time lost, it was two and a half hours. In terms of
money spent, it was $15.40. Indeed a very small price to pay for our
freedom.
Joe V. Prieto
Carson City, Nevada and formerly of Alpine
Editor:
Last Friday’s T.G.I. Free Music in the Park event was a big
success, in spite of the torrential downpour of earlier in the
afternoon. Santiago Jiminez’ performance at Kokemot Park in
Alpine was made possible by major funding from Big Bend Regional
Medical Center. The event was sponsored by the City of Alpine and
the Alpine Chamber of Commerce. Additional funding was provided
by Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Folklife Resources and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
; KWES-9 television station out of Midland-Odessa came out earlier
in the afternoon to broadcast their 5 and 6 o’clock evening news
programs from Kokemot Park. As part of KWES-9’s broadcast
from Alpine, the Ugly Dog Contest brought out some very
interesting pets, with the first prize going to a rare Aztec breed
Whose owner drove up from Terlingua for the contest. Santiago
jiminez, Jr. and Alpine High School coach Brent Evans were
interviewed live on the 6 o’clock news, as the crowd continued to
grow for the evening concert, which immediately followed the live
broadcast.
I Santiago Jiminez, Jr. and his band took to the stage at 6:30 p.m.,
playing until after 9 p.m. The band’s Tex-Mex - Polka style
accordion based music was a real crowd pleaser. Concert goers
tvere slow to approach the dance area; but, as darkness
approached, the floor began to fill with revelers moved by the
music. An estimated 300 people came out to enjoy the concert, with
many driving in from the surrounding communities. A very special
thanks to Morrison True Value for the use o f their big tent where
the band played safe from the weather.
The Alpine Chamber of Commerce food booth was very popular
all evening. Burritos and frito chili pies were prepared by BJ
Gallego, his wife Linda and his sister, Lydia Leyva.
BJ provided all o f the cooking equipment, as well. Food and
beverages were donated by Baeza’s Thriftway and I.G.A.
Foodbasket. The food’booth raisM over .$450 for the chamber,.
The chamber began looking at optional locations due to weather
conditions, but, fortunately the weather broke and the concert
remained at the park.
The chamber wishes to express sincere gratitude to those who
offered their facilities and equipment as last minute options in case
the weather prevented having the event in the park: SRSU Rodeo
Arena, Alpine Recreation Center, Our Lady of Peace Catholic
Church, and Skelton Trucking. The chamber appreciates the
additional volunteers at the food booth: Chuck and Wendy Jividen,
Jim Glasscock, Tom Roberts, and Chris and Ellen Ruggia. We
greatly appreciate the volunteerism of all those in the community
who are involved in the activities of the chamber. Their support
promotes a cooperative community spirit in Alpine.
Bette Kelly and Keith Williams
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Editor
The Communities of our Beautiful River Road are in trouble, and I
would like to comment.
First, of course, is the issue ofthe children o f Redford, the
Elementary kids who face the impossible challenge of over 150
miles ofbussing each day to Marfa. What child is going to leam
anything after sitting in a bus for two hours before arriving in class?
These are five-ten-eleven year old kids! Do we seriously think that
we’re offering them an “education?” This is more than a matter of
simple county school system economics, it’s a matter of public
responsibility.
I was greatly excited by the offer of the Cowboy Church
organization last week to solve this problem. Frankly, without
knowing anything about this Church or its specific message, I was
impressed by two things; its desire to serve a desperately needed
service, and its spokesman (and believe me, I do not speak
politically or personally), Steve Spurgin. I think the community, our
Big Bend country, would be very ill advised if they do not seize upon
the offer this Church makes.
Second, our broken traditional connections with our immediate
Mexican neighbors across the Rio Grande. O f course our concerns
stemming as a result of 9/11 from potential undesirable immigrants
has made our border traffic much more suspect. This has struck
hard, however, at our long-time close border relations with those
who are familiar neighbors across the river.
Granted the possibility exists that some terrorist might use this
simple, unquestioned access to the US, because it is so terribly
remote. But if we let that thinking rule our judgement, then I will say
that the terrorist have won their point without ever having to destroy
a building or take a life.
This lovely little comer of the world is too simple, too wonderfully
remote, too warmly dependent on its neighbors, here and across the
river, to let the crude pressures of our modem political world destroy
its basic ease and equanimity.
Malcolm Tweedy
Fort Davis
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Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; 6 lb. 1.5 oz. 18 'A
in. His proud parents are former 1999 Marfa High School threeyear graduate Maria Teresa Espinoza Sheikh and Mohammed
Salman Sheikh ofHouston. Maternal grandmother is Lupe Espinoza,
maternal great-grandparents are Socorro and Elida Espinoza, all of
Marfa. Paternal grandparents are Shezhad and Tahera Sheikh of
Stockton, Calif.
Seth Thomas Weritekij^g, boy, bom Jply 1$, 2002, to Thomas
and Wendy Wemeking of Alpine; 6 lb. 15 oz. 20 m
Adaly Guadalupe Ramirez, girl, bom July 19 2002 to Luis and
Martha Ramirez ofPresidio; 9 lb. 2 oz. 21 in.
Destiny DanielleEddy, girl, bom July 20,2002, to Stephanie
Serrano of Alpine; 6 lb. 6oz. 19 3/4 in.
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By the Rev. PHILLIP McCRAW, Pastor
First Baptist Church Alpine
Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining ranches got
cross ways with each other. After forty years of living side by side,
sharing machinery and trading labor without a hitch, the relationship
came undone. What began as a molehill misunderstanding grew
into a mountain size argument with hurtful words followed by
weeks of mutual “cold shouldering.” Angry looks across the
pastures replaced the friendly waves. Acts of retribution and
sabotage were committed, and the rift grew deeper and wider.
Early one morning as Rusty, the older brother, heard a knock at his
front door. He opened it to see a man with a carpenter’s toolbox.
“Fm looking for a few days work,” he said. “Thought maybe you
might have something.”
“Yea! Now that you mention i t . . the bitter brother said. “I think
I just might have something you can do for me. Last week there
was a tank and a nice meadow there between me and that
neighbor over there, but he took my own bulldozer that he ain’t
returned and tore up the levee on the creek. Now there’s nothin’
but that skinny, little creek running between us. Well, I’ll go him one
better. See that pile of lumber curing over there by the bam? I want
you to build me a fence-an eight footer-so I don’t have to look at
his place no more or his ugly face, neither!”
The carpenter said, “Oh, I see. Show me where you got nails and
the post-hole digger, and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases.”
He helped the carpenter locate the materials. Then Rusty headed
off to town to load up on supplies and meet some appointments.
The carpenter worked hard all day measuring, sawing, nailing.
About sunset, the rancher returned, and the carpenter had just
finished the job.
The rancher’s eyes opened wide, and his jaw dropped, and his red
face got redder.
Instead of a fence, the carpenter had built a bridge-a bridge
stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of
work it was too-handrails and all. To add to it all, his younger
brother was headed right toward the bridge. Older brother charged
in that direction.
Brother met bfothei; St the foot of the bridge-on their separate ’
sides. They hesitated there.The younger brother Spoke across the gap, “You’re a big man to build this bridge after all I’ve said and
done.”
The two brothers met at the middle of the bridge, taking each
other’s hand. No other words were spoken between the two.
The carpenter was packing up his tools, ready to move on.
“No wait! Stay a few days. I’ve got lot’s of projects for you to
do,” said the older brother.
“I’d love to stay on,” said the carpenter “but I have so many more
bridges to build.”
The Carpenter from Nazareth said: “I f you forgive those who sin
against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But i f you
refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. ”
(Matthew 6:14-15, paraphrased)
You use the same amount o f material and energy to build a bridge
as you do a fence. When you can not forgive, you end up being the
victim again and again.
You must put up with each other’s faults and forgive the
person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so
you must forgive others. (Colossians 3:13, paraphrased)
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C a m aro n e C ow boys
heir ringleader was ’Cob the Chota. 'Cob was short for Jacob,
Chota slang for border patrolman. He was kind of spiritual
conquistador for a bunch I called the lost boys, an informal rat
pack that used to ramble along the border at night. One was a
cowboy, one a builder, one a barber, one had a liquor store. None
of them spent much time at home.
'Cob was a man of many colors: border patrolman, family man,
saloon keeper, all-out cowboy rounder. When he wasn't wearing
the uniform, he'd be decked out in boots and Levis, starched shirt,
big hat. A large shiny rodeo buckle held up his britches and
reflected neon bar signs like a headlight.
He had a lot of war stories about patrolling the Rio and could
usually give you a daily box score. At any given time, he could tell
you how many people he'd caught and sent back to Mexico,
people who'd crossed the stream without the benefit of customs.
Sometimes he'd admit to a little pharmaceutical assist he
occasionally took advantage of to stay awake and alert during
long shifts.
But popping uppers and chasing illegals wasn't exciting enough
for 'Cob, so he bought a beer joint in Del Rio, a place we called
The Shed. That's about all it was: An old house you could see
through. Stars shined through the roof, weeds grew through the
floor, but the wooden floor was danceable, and the jukebox was
current. Home away from home for the lost boys. And 'Cob was
his own biggest client, not exactly the best career move for a
federal enforcement officer.
Must've been about 20 years ago, during my Austin days, when
I would visit the border and run with 'Cob and the boys. We'd have
a few rounds at the Shed, then go over to Mexico and eat shrimp.
There was a little Mom and Pop restaurant in Ciudad Acuna we called the town "Coonya" - and they served huge shrimp
cocktails made with jumbo shrimp they got fresh off a train that
ran daily from the Gulf Coast. "Camarones" is Spanish for shrimp.
"Let's us go over to Coonya and eat some of them cameronees,"
'Cob would say, and off we'd go. But we always had to go by and
pick up Uncle. He had a small liquor store in Del Rio and would
close up and go with us. I never knew his last name or heard him
say much, but we couldn't go to Mexico without him.
"Howya doin', Uncle?"
"Fine, fine, doin' fine."
"We're not keepin' you up, are we?"
"Nope. Fine, ever'things fine."
Then we'd drive across the bridge, crowd into the little
restaurant, order cervezas and eat three or four shrimp cqgkt^ils,,
eacl^rpme squeezed over them with macho ehalknges)ef?hp^
sauce doused on the shrimp made them that much better. The place
had the old style metal bar tables with the brightly colored beer
logos enameled on them, and after each round, 'Cob would pound
on the table and say, "Mas, mas, Senor, mas."
It was like we were in some fantasy bacchanal and he was
saying,"Bring us more wine, more wenches, more of everything."
El Senor would smile and eagerly bring us more shrimp and beer,
limes and hot sauce.
Gringos having too much fun in Mexico. But El Senor was
always glad to see us because we spent a lot of money and never
tore anything up. Afterwards, Uncle became our designated driver
and drove us back across the river. We'd go back to The Shed and
relive the whole experience, talking about it like returning
conquerors.
"Man, I ate five or six of them cameronee cocktails tonight."
"That all? I ate seven."
"I done eight, must've been nine, and I tipped the Senor
five bucks."
"I tipped him ten."
El Senor, whoever he was, must miss us, not to mention the
money we left with him.
'Cob got a little too famous for all the fun he was having and
was eventually encouraged to take early retirement from the
guv'ment. His behavior made him a candidate for early retirement
from his marriage, too.
Then, shortly after he quit the border patrol, he died. He was
only in his forties, but they say something came on him real
sudden, cancer maybe, and he passed. I'm not sure that he didn’t
know he had it all along, which may have explained some of
his antics.
But word was that he took care of his business in the end: Made
sure he had plenty of life insurance and that his will was in order
so his family was left in good shape.
And he left us with some memories, 'Cob did. Us Camarone
Cowboys of the Rio Grande.
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By the Rev. D UNC AN PARISH
This story is given to you and me by Rusty Wofford o f Fort
Davis who, coincidentally, owns The Drug Store where I wait
tables. The author is unknown, and I have adapted the story
for this article.
One night in a church service, a young woman felt the tug of God
at her heart. She responded to God’s call and accepted Jesus as her
Lord and Savior. The young woman had a hard past, including
alcohol, drugs and prostitution. The change in her, however, was
evident. God’s Spirit had taken over well.
She became a faithful church member and eventually became
involved in ministry to young children as a teacher. It was not very
long until this faithful young woman caught the eye and heart of the
pastor’s son. Their relationship grew and they began to make
wedding plans.
Whoopee! said some church members.
Whoa! said others. Opinions quickly surfaced and began to divide
the church. Many in the church thought the match was good. Both
young people loved the Lord and loved each other.
Others, however, whispered things like, “Do you know what she
used to be?” In spite ofher present, her past held sway in their
minds.
The fracture needed attention, so a church meeting was called.
Anger was the underlying feeling and conduct. The atmosphere
seethed with resentment s the tensions increased.
The pastor’s son rose. He could take his wife-to-be’s pain no more.
As her tears flowed he said, “You have attempted to put my
fiancee’s past on trial here. In reality, you have put the blood of
Jesus on trial. You are questioning the ability of the blood of Jesus
to wash away sin. You are questioning the power of God and the
Holy Spirit. You have cast a very dark pall over everything you
have been raised to believe.
“Does the blood of Jesus wash away sin or not?” he concluded,
and sat down. Many in the church began to cry, others withdrew
into their thoughts of their own past and the cleansing they had
received by the blood of Jesus. All remembered their own
forgiveness shown them not only by God but by their church.
Yet here they were, Church, not willing to forgive a young woman
who had come to them as an outcast and stayed a forgiven sinner
Sam RichardsonTERUNGUA
in the eyes of God.
That ends the story. In my last article, I gave a small discussion
centered around Romans 8:12-30. Quoting from that aritcle,
“Scripture says we are saved for holiness, and holiness carries the
intimation that we will live our lives differently than we will if we
are only being our natural selves.
“Romans 8:12-13 reads, ‘So then, brothers and sisters, we have an
obligation - but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.
For if you live according to the flesh, the sinful nature, you will die.
But ifby the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will
live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.’”
When folks come to God asking in all humility for forgiveness and
cleansing, does it not happen? When folks come to God asking in all
humility for God’s Spirit to lead them, does it not happen?
A partiucular hymn sings, “What can wash away my sin? Nothing
but the blood of Jesus.” We can believe that, we can trust that and
we can live that. As one radio preacher said of God’s forgiveness,
“I have given you many gifts — and I mean them to go into
circulation. If I can forgive you, I expect you to forgive others.”
When God cleanses a person by the blood of Jesus, that person is
clean. What is possible for God should certainly be possible for us.
Rev. Duncan Parish, a retired minister, is a member o f Marfa’s
First Christian Church and makes his home in Alpine.
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By JACK D. M c N A M A R A
Jack McNamara
We really must apologize to our readers. We have failed to
understand a simple and obvious fact in our observations of the
Alpine City Council — which we have described as dysfunctional.
Only last Thursday did we begin to get a clue as to what was so
wrong about our reporting.
Last Thursday the Alpine Observer and the Alpine Avalanche
prominently reported on rumors that Alpine City Manager Bill
Lewis was applying for a job in Weimar, Texas. Most of the
Avalanche’s eight column inches were Lewis blather which denied
the rumor. For the Avalanche what a public official says is news,
whether it makes any sense or not. The Observer’s Caneel
Cardwell, on the other hand, actually called Weimar and got the
documents submitted by Lewis.
Cardwell went one step further however and contacted members
of the city council for comment about their senior administrator’s
possible departure. None of them knew anything, as usual. Only
Joe Portillo was mildly critical of Lewis, saying he thought the
council ought to have a clue.
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The other councilpersons contacted — Gerald Raun, Frank
Yakubanski, and Kachoo Valenzuela— all agreed, in Valenzuela’s
words, that “We’re not entitled to know about it.” Raun says “ ... it
is not the business of anyone in Alpine.”
Now, and only now, do we see the continuing and misleading error
of the Nimby News.
The city of Alpine has been privatized. The city council has been
changed into a corporate board of directors and City Manager Bill
Lewis is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Various parts of the
city are now “assets” which may be sold off, spun off or run off as
necessary.
The public has no “business” inquiring into the city manager or his
administration of our several million dollars. That is why they do not
answer questions.
Over the past year the council has approved Lewis’s actions in
shifting responsibility for numerous functions to other city staffers.
When the redistricting required by federal law was hopelessly
botched, Lewis laid the blame on City; Secretary
-M■
and ditched the redistricting^When critics ^4k© Mp. abouti f«fejted ;
autos, Lewis handed the job off to Finance Director Ricky Chavez.
When the recycling market declined, Lewis first undermined the
program, and then neglected it, and now he is trying to hand it off
to Duncan Disposal.
This is “Let’s Make a Deal” time at Greater Alpine Inc. Want to
buy a Water Works?
Now all of this is endorsed by the City Council, so it is unfair to
blame Lewis. He is, by Texas law, the senior administrator of the
city.
The councilpersons are like a board of directors. Indeed, in Alpine ;
they are like the Enron, WorldCom, Tyco etc. boards of directors. '<
Oversight of their senior management is none of their business. For that matter, it is none o f the business of any of the rest of us who
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pay several million dollars a year either, just as the employees and '
the stockholders and pensioners of many corporations were stiffed.
This has been coming for a long time. You see it in frequent
comments denigrating government at all levels. “If this were a
private business it would be broke!” In Alpine we are broke so we
must be a private business. We certainly hope it is not because of
the citizens’ carping and whining. It is not the business of the
citizens to do anything except send their money where they are
told. When you are broke, your company has to sell assets so we
are into the Greater Alpine Inc. Fire Sale.
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These privatization projects are well known here in the Big Bend. •
The hospital is privatized although we still pay taxes. In Presidio
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County you privatized the jail —:but now you have to buy it back. »
Indeed, if one looks closely at the privatization schemes you will
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see that the costs o f these activities are still subsidized
overwhelmingly by the public. Only the profit (particularly the profit !
in fees, commissions and boodle) is private.
Our belated discovery of the corporatizing of Greater Alpine
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explains finally the Alpine Attitude toward our neighbors. Nothing
personal, it is just business. We are in competition with our
neighbors; why should we cooperate? We might want to grab your
assets. You want to recycle? Pay us or Duncan Disposal — we
offer you a deal you can’t refuse.
We have been offered such a deal, something about keeping our .>
knees in working order. So we praise the works of Greater Alpine
Inc. now and in the future.
(JackD. McNamara is the Alpine publisher of The Nimby News since 1988,
now online at http://www.nimbynews.com. His opinions are his own and he
encourages your comments atjack@nimbynews.com and 915.837.5619.)
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(6) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. Julv 25. 2002
H u n t, B eeson c o lla b o r a tiv e
sculpture exhibition opens Friday
MARFA - American sculptor
Kate Hunt of Marfa and British
architect Simon Beeson will open
a collaborative sculpture and ar­
chitecture exhibition on Friday in
Marfa, which dialogues with
work by the architects Siah
Armajani, Erwin Heerich and Per
Kirkeby.
Hunt and Beeson collaborated in
Edinburgh, Scotland in 1998 on an
exhibition entitled “ARTIST’S
BUILD: Per K irkeby” in the
Matthew’s Architectural Gallery
at the University ofEdinburgh.
In addition, sculptor and metalist
B in d e r o p e n s P ie r c e e x h ib itio n
w ith r e c e p tio n F r id a y in M a r fa
Nicola Moss will host a carving
and casting workshop. Moss is the
recipient of the international J.
Sanford Saltus Award for Signal
Achievement in the Art of the ,
Medal, which is usually a lifetime
achievem ent award, but was
given to Moss in 1996 early in her
career for the spectacular design
ofher medals and coins. Moss’s
cast bronze sculptures have also
been exhibited internationally.
All events take place in the Brite
B uilding, H ighland Avenue,
Marfa. Contact Hunt at 729.4582.
Mad Chad gears up for
extreme comedy show in Alpine
ALPINE - “It’s amazing how
many people want to watch you
do something stupid,” says come­
dian Mad Chad as he juggles three
running chainsaws, lights his fin­
ger on fire, and catches a 15pound anvil with his head. It looks
like Chad is right because they
keep bringing him back to per­
form his hilarious one-man show
at colleges, comedy clubs, and
performing art centers around the
world - and now he will be
hammin’ it up at Sul Ross!
This skateboarding funnyman
has performed his uniquely “L.A.”
act on the The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno, NBC’s World’s Most
Dangerous Acts, America’s Fun­
niest People and television shows
in Japan, Germany and Spain.
As a juggler of careers as well
as really bizarre objects, Chad
Taylor has also acted on screen
appearing in Mr. Saturday Night,
Pacific Blue, Nightstand, and two
dozen national commercials. He’s
produced a new home video, The
Acts of Venice Beach, and per­
forms his wild ride of a show.
Crazy, dangerous and incredibly
funny, “Mad Chad’s Extreme
Comedy Show” will blow you
away. Sponsored by the Program
Council and produced by Bianca
Porras, this is sure to be a night
of fun for all! You can catch this
act at Sul Ross State University,
U niversity C enter Patio, on
Wednesday, July 31, 7:30 pm.
Admission is free for SRSU stu­
dents with current ID, and gen­
eral admission just $1.50.
Awatd winning medallic artist Nicola Moss, who created the above 1992
cast bronze and pewter work, will give a carving and casting workshop
Saturday at the Brite Building in Marfa.
MARFA - Eugene Binder will
open an exhibition ofpaintings and
works on paper by Monica Pierce
with a reception for the artist from
6-8 p.m. Friday at his Marfa gal­
lery. The public is cordially invited.
Monica Pierce’s paintings have
surprises that are the result of lay­
ers of paint applied to the wood
panels, scraped off and reapplied
again sometimes over a period of
years.
Her imagery comes from a va­
riety or sources. She is a fanatic
researcher studying textile de­
signs, architectural details, antique
hardware, Victorian wallpaper
samples, Italian Grotteschi and
hundreds of other sources famil­
iar and obscure.
She does not just appropriate
these patterns in a literal sense,
she internalizes them, committing
them to memory, letting them per­
colate inside, and returns them to
two-dimensional form as expres­
sive hand drawn cartoons - rub­
bery morphs of past and present
sensibility.
Although a single motif (or par­
tially obliterated fragment) typi­
cally holds center stage in a Pierce
painting, traces of brushed over
designs peek through the opaque
layers of oil, suggesting a rich pal­
impsest lying beneath. Only the
artist knows the panel’s entire hid­
den history, but an enjoyable time
can be had reconstructing the lay­
ers through a kind of archaeologi­
cal detective work. In the Pattern
Book, how ever-an ongoing
project running concurrently with
her paintings-one gets a glimpse
of what the veils might look like if
magically rendered transparent.
The Pattern Book is a compen­
dium o f drawings in ink, pencil,
gouache, and other media, made
on sheets o f tracing paper and
bound in a leather cover.
Comprising some 200 drawings,
it is a unique artist’s book; not a
sketchbook, not footnotes to the
paintings, but not wholly indepen­
dent o f them either. Each page
(front and sometimes back) fea­
tures a patterned honeycomb,
palmette, lozenge, rosette, spiral,
chevron, snow flake, trefoilfilling up the rectangular field or
covering a portion of it. As one
leafs through the book, the semi­
transparent pages create a series
of ever-changing overlays.
Monica Pierce is a native Texan
who now lives in New York City.
M O N I C A P IE R C E
New Paintings and W orks on Paper
th e p u b lic is c o rd ia lly in v ite d t o th e
o p e n in g r e c e p t io n F rid a y 2 6 July
6 - 8 p .m .
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915. 729. 3 9 0 0
Members of the Austin Commedia Society will give a 9 p.m. performance Friday at the Marfa Theatre and a 8
p.m. show the next night at the Starlight Lounge in Terlingua. Performances are $5. The players will present
“The Family Jewels: A Tragedy, ” a tale told through music, mask, dance and death.
M a rfa , T e x a s 7 9 8 4 3
b in d e r a r t( a ) e a r t h lin k .n e t
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P U B L IC N O T IC E
ARTIST’S BUILD: ARCHITECTURAL CONVERSATIONS
O F
N icola Moss, K ate H unt, Sim on B eeson
P U B L IC H E A R IN G
Friday,July 26
6 - 7:30pm, Exhibition Opening and Reception.
Collaborative work by Kate Hunt and Simon Beeson.
Medals installation by Nicola Moss.
7:30pm, Lecture “Three Ideas of Ground” by Simon Beeson, architect who teaches
architecture at the Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.This lecture is
supported by the Scottish Arts Council.
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, July 27
10am - 3pm, “ Land in the Hand” medal carving & casting workshop with
Nicola Moss, sculptor; awarded the international J. Sanford Saltus Award for
Signal Achievement in the Art of the Medal, 1996, New York.
Carve and cast your own medal. $4 5 per person,
7:30pm Lecture, “ Pleasure and-Perversity in Contemporary American Sculpture”
by Kate Hunt, sculptor and scholar, Marfa.
Free and open to the public.
All events take place in the Brite? Building, Highland Avenue, Marfa.
For further information: Kate Hunt 9 15 .7 2 9 .4 5 8 2
CITIZENS, YOUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD AND
YOUR OPINIONS WILL COUNT!!!!
Presidio County will hold a public hearing concerning the submission o f an application to the
Office ofRural Community Affairs for a Texas Community Development Block Grant in the
amount of$263,000.00. The purpose o f this meeting is to receive public input on the funding
implementation o f the grant. The two projects under consideration are (1)paving county/
citystreets in Presidio; or (2) a flood control project on the Cibolo Creek and Cibolo
Levee just upstream from Presidio. Public sentiment willbe the m a jo r factor in choosing
how to apply the grant funds. The Commissioners’Court willvote to endorse one ofthe
projects im m ediately after the hearing. Citizens unable to attend this meeting may submit their
views and proposals to the Presidio County Judge’s Office at 300 N. Highland Street, P. O. Box
606, in Marfa, Texas 79843. Persons with disabilities who wish to attend this meeting should
contact the County Judge at 915-729-4452 to arrange for assistance. Individuals who require
auxiliary aids or services for this meeting should contact the County Judge at least two days before
the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Date of Hearing:
Location :
August 5,2002
Franco Middle School Cafeteria in Presidio
6 p.m.
Time:
El publico en general esta invitado a asistir a la audiencia del Programa de Desarollo de la
Communidad del Estado de Tejas. La presentacion y discusiones sobre este programma se
haran en espanol para aquellas personas que asi lo deseen.
PC - Ju ly 25 & Aug 1
The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. July 25. 2002 (7)
County seeks input on paving, levee projects
(photo courtesy of THE PECOS ENTERPRISE)
An unidentified Air Force enlisted man carefully pulls a dummy bomb from the bucket o f a backhoe
in Pecos last week. Accidentally dropped by a stealth fighter pilot, the bomb had buried itself over
six feet deep in the front yard o f Pecos resident Evarista Mora’s home.
B o m b s
By STERRY BUTCHER
PRESIDIO - The county can
pave some Presidio streets or re­
hab the levee: these are the
projects that commissioners have
in mind for a $263,000 grant and
they want residents’ help in
choosing which project gets
funded.
Presidio’s dusty streets have
long been an annoyance and a
health hazard, but recent rains
have revealed that the integrity
of the Cibolo Creek levee is frail
and disintegrating. Both issues are
important, commissioners con­
tend, so they have set a public
hearing and a special meeting to
discuss which project to fol! /
for 6 p.m. Monday, August 5 at
the Franco Middle School library.
Public input will be critical to the
decision commissioners make
about the grant application.
Commissioners set the public
hearing date during their regular
meeting Monday in Marfa, at
which time they also got an up­
date as to the current status of
the levee. The Border Patrol, the
International Water and Bound­
ary Commission and the city of
Presidio have each pledged to help
with shoring up the levee. This
week County Judge Jerry Agan
sent a letter to the Texas Depart­
ment of Transportation request­
ing their emergency assistance
and commissioners Monday au­
thorized a 404 permit application,
a kind of permit that is required
from the Corps of Engineers re­
garding certain kinds of work in
a creek. “As soon as approval
comes io m TxDoT, that’s when
th/ large scale work on the levee
will begin,” Presidio County At­
torney Teresa Todd said.
Commissioners also authorized
a master plan to be drawn up by
grant writer Bill Dixon that would
detail a park in the south part of
the county. A five-person park
advisory panel and a master plan
are both necessary components
to apply for the Texas Parks and
Wildlife grants that Dixon believes
the county may be able to get.
Commissioners hope to appoint
five interested people to the panel
from the Presidio area at the
August 5 hearing on the paving
and levee projects.
The county’s ability to even ap­
ply for grants has been in ques­
tion recently, though. The county
was notified earlier this summer
that paperwork on a years-old
grant was incomplete at the state
level, and if it remained incom­
plete, the county would be ineli­
gible to apply for more funding.
G rant w riter Carlos ColinaVargas and county officials have
been pulling together some of the
missing records for the Office of
Rural Community Affairs and it
has been sent in to Austin, Todd
reported. “Judge Agan is in Aus­
tin this week and he’s making sure
that the programatic closeout is
complete,” she said.
Also in county business Monday,
commissioners adopted a resolu­
tion that requests the Big Bend
Regional Hospital District to pro­
vide reimbursement for emer­
gency medical services from in­
digent care funds.
L a s t weekend f o r "Barefoot ’ and 'South P a c ific ’
(Continuedfrom page 1)
(photo courtesy THE MONAHANS NEWS)
One o f the 25-pound dummy bombs accidentally dropped by a
stealth fighter last week tore through the bathroom o f Monahans
resident Gloria A ker’s home. No one was injured.
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supposed to happen.”
The dummy bombs did not find
their intended dumpsters and
other such targets because they
weigh much less than the actual
bombs the pilot was practicing to
use, and therefore travel along a
different trajectory once they
leave the plane, Lukson explained.
To find the wayward bombs, Air
Force crews started from the in­
tended target and spread out in a
sort of scientific Easter egg hunt.
“They found where the camera
target was, and then they did
some quick math and figured out
the trajectory where it should have
landed,” Lukson said.
In Pecos, a local mailman walk­
ing his daily route was the first to
discover the mini-crater left by
the practice bomb. M ayor
Stafford said she was called to
the scene, and stood watch in the
blazing sun for an hour and a half
while an Air Force crew dug the
bomb from its hole. Air Force of­
ficials told the mayor that cor­
recting for the weight difference,
the bomb had been on target.
Stafford said she had not been
aware that her town’s dumpsters
were on the 49th Fighter Wing’s
list of practice targets, but the rev­
elation does not trouble her.
“These fellows have got to prac­
tice somewhere in order to pro­
tect us later on,” she said.
“They’ve got to hit that target
where it counts, and when it
counts.
“I understand that this one would
have counted,” she laughed.
(The Pecos Enterprise contributed
to this report.)
The 37th season of the Sul Ross
State University Theatre of the
Big Bend continues this weekend
with alternating performances of
“B arefoot in the P ark” and
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s mu­
sical “South Pacific.”
The Neil Simon comedy “Bare­
foot in the Park,” directed by Greg
Schwab, w ill be perform ed
Thursday, July 25 and Saturday,
July 27. “South Pacific,” directed
by Dona Roman, plays Friday,
July 26 and Sunday, July 28 at the
Kokernot Outdoor Theatre. All
performances begin at 8:15 p.m.
General admission is $5 for
“South Pacific” and $4 for “Bare­
foot in the Park; $3 for high school
students and senior citizens and
$2 for children and Sul Ross stu­
dents with a current ID. Admis­
16th Annual Marfa Lights Festival
August 30, 31 & September 1
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6 p.m.
7 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
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www.swtmg.com
8 p.m.
9 p.m.
Midnight
Shelley Laine
and featuring
Southwest Texas Municipal Gas Corporation has a new website, www.swtmg.com.
General information about the company in both English and Spanish, can be viewed on
the internet using this web address.
SW T G C - Ju ly 3, I I , 1 8 ,2 5 & Aug 1
Opening Ceremony
Light the Night Parade
Booths close
opens with
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E-mail messages from customers or non-customers can be sent to Southwest Texas
Municipal Gas Corporation by using our e-mail address, swtmg@swtmg.com.
Booths open at courthouse lawn
Street dance sponsored by AEP/WTU featuring
S a tu rd a y . A u g u s t 31
Registration 5K Run (sponsored by the Boy Scouts)
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6-6:30 a.m.
5K Run starting at the courthouse
6:30 a.m.
Booths open
10 a.m.
Parade
11 a.m.
Tahitian Dancers - Sponsored by Lions Club
1 p.m.
Day time entertainment from 2-5 p.m., sponsored by the Marfa National Bank
Carey Headrick
2 p.m.
Presidio ISD Folkloric dancers
5 p.m.
Booths close
6 p.m.
Gates open for concert (no carry in beverages)
7 p.m.
Lights concert at Vizcaino Park
8 p.m .-m idnight
New Website
Passwords can be obtained in person or by telephone at 203 North Apple in Alpine,
915-837-3437, or 130 East Texas St., in Marfa, 915-729-4367. Customers in Fort
Davis will need to contact the Marfa office.
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A special feature of the website is the ability of an individual customer to view their
account history on line. Your account history is available after arranging for a password
at the company offices in Alpine or Marfa. Account information is not available
without a password, and only the password combined with your account number will
access this information.
sion is $1 off with a faculty/staff
activity card.
This season’s performances are
dedicated to Ellen Boyd, longtime
Sul Ross music faculty member ■
and vocal and orchestra director
for the Theatre of the Big Bend
musicals. She will retire Aug. 31
after nearly 40 years at the uni­
versity.
D a v id L e e G a rza y L o s M u s ic a le s
(children under 12 years free o f charge)
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noon
Booths open
Daytime entertainment at courthouse lawn
Daytime entertainment from 1-5 p.m., sponsored by the Marfa National B ank
6 p.m.
Booths close
7 p.m.
MAC Building opens (coolers allowed - no refunds)
8 p.m. - midnight
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Additional sponsors for Marfa Lights Festival:
Presidio County
Senator Frank Madia
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Chamber
seats four
new directors
MARFA - The Marfa Cham­
ber of Commerce board of di­
rectors meeting was held July 18
to welcome four new board
members and to discuss Marfa
Lights Festival details and the fin­
ishing touches to the chamber’s
new office in the Hotel Paisano.
The chamber board is proud to
welcome Ray Veselka, Kerr
Mitchell, Verena Zbinden and
Felipe Cordero to the board and
recognizes their attributes in pro­
moting commerce and tourism
for Marfa and the Big Bend re­
gion.
In other business, scholarships
from the chamber have been
awarded to Ernest Chavez Jr.,
who will attend Texas State
Technical
College
in
Brownwood, and to Garret Smith
who will attend Angelo State
University in San Angelo. Con­
gratulations to both.
Women
Democrats
to meet today
The Big Bend D em ocratic
Women will have its regular
m onthly m eeting at 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 25 in the Rio
Grande Room at the Holland Ho­
tel in Alpine.
Agenda items include planning
for August fund-raising and voter
registration drives.
Bechtel
board opens
book grant
applications
BREWSTER, JEFF DAVIS,
PRESIDIO counties - The
George Bechtel Fund now is tak­
ing applications for its book grants
to the fall 2002 semester at Sul
Ross State University.
The Bechtel Fund Book Grant
program provides money to quali­
fied Sul Ross students to help them
purchase textbooks.
Eight grants o f $300 each are
expected to be aw arded this
cycle.
Certain requirem ents apply.
Qualified students must have
graduated from a high school in
Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio
counties, have taken at least 24
semester credit hours of college
work, maintain a 2.7 grade point
average or better and be a fulltime
student in good standing at the
university. The student must be
making progress toward gradua­
tion, and a transcript must accom­
pany the application.
The application deadline is Mon­
day, August 12,2002.
Applications are available from
Bechtel directors Shaw Skinner
and Wayne Sheehan in Alpine,
Robert Halpem in Marfa, Justina
Tavarez in Presidio and Kimball
Miller in Fort Davis.
Information: Skinner, 837.5861;
Sheehan, 837.8147/2395; Tavarez,
The Hotel Paisano
W eddings, Parties, Retreats....or just drop by
fo r a cup o f coffee
Come Join the
Circle of
Fun this Summer -
Senior Circle
Hundreds ofAguirre family members packed into the stands at Martin Fieldfor theirfamily portrait. The
reunion was held in Marfa and Alpine on July 5-6.
Aguirre fam ily gets together by the
hundred for July weekend reunion in Marfa
MARFA-ALPINE- About 300
family members attended the
Aguirre family reunion which was
held July 5-6,2002, in Marfa and
Alpine.
It started out on Thursday with
a float in the 4th of July Parade in
Alpine, followed by a night trip to
the Marfa Lights viewing area
Our most sincere thanks to Mrs.
Lee Bennett and to Judge Jerry
Agan for the tour o f the Presidio
County Courthouse on Friday.
Registration was held at St.
Mary’s Parish Hall on Friday af­
ternoon with snacks and a pre­
sentation ofthe family genealogy
presented by Eliza A. Hernandez
o f San A ntonio. Eliza A.
Hernandez and Betty A.Nunez
were the main family members
who organized the reunion. A big
thanks to Sister Margie for the use
ofthe parish hall.
Saturday started with a Mass at
10 a.m, at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in memory of deceased
family members. MSR. David
Fierro of El Paso officiated the
Mass. Following the Mass, a fam­
ily picture was taken at Marfa
I.S.D football stadium followedby
lunch at the MAC Building and a
dance in the evening by Pole
Gonzales Y Su Leyenda. Many
door prizes were given away at
the dance.
Thanks to Johnny and Ramon
Santiago ofRoscoe for preparing
brisket and lunch, and also to
George and Carmen Herrera and
Carmen Brooks Coahoma for
Alpine Optical
Dr. N.W. Rook
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To all of those who made the West Texas Press
Association’s72nd Annual Convention such a huge
success last week, please accept our most sincere
Chon Aguirre Sr. is the only surviving member of the 10
children of Ramon and Juanita Almanza Aguirre.
B e tty A g u irre N u n e z a n d E liz a A g u irre
H e r n a n d e z w is h to th a n k th e fo llo w in g f o r
Agave
serving lunch. Josie Madrid of
Marfa served the drinks. Thanks
to all family members who con­
tributed in any way to make this
a very big and successful reunion.
Our thanks also to the Marfa
National Bank for donating the
door prizes.
And, congratulations to Chon
Aguirre Sr., the only surviving
member of the 10 children o f
Ram on A guirre and Juanita
Almanza Aguirre.
Y o u r S e n i o r C i r c l e B ig B e n d C h a p t e r is
m a k in g th e A g u irre R e u n io n a s u c c e s s :
Pre Reunion Help
Eleanor Aguirre Balmos
Elva Aguirre Jimenez
4,hof July Parade:
Lourdes Aguirre
Mary Frances Bleile
Diana Nunez Turner & family
Ramon De La O
Courthouse Tour:
Judge Jerry and Elvia Agan
Mrs. Lee Bennett
Registration & Family
Presentation
Consuelo Aguiire Hernandez
Rosario & Bette Hill
Adele & Elisa Hernandez
Peter & Caroline Hernandez
Eva Maria Hernandez
Jorge Luis Hernandez
Laura Vicarro
Memorial Mass
Sister Margie, St. Mary’s
Catholic Church
Monsignor David Fierro,
Darrillo Herrera
Luis ‘Tweeter” Herrera & family
Thomas, Zachary, & Jacob
Hernandez
Family Photo:
George B. Hernandez, Jr.
Luncheon:
Johnny Santiago
Ramon Santiago
Carmen Herrera
George Herrera
Carmen Brooks
Josie Madrid
Dance:
Lorina Tarango & family
Pole Gonzalez y Su Leyenda
DACIA
In-Kind Contributions:
Marfa National Bank
SBC
THANKS!
A special thanks to our seven convention sponsors:
Fort Davis Chamber of Commerce
Marfa Chamber of Commerce
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Fort Davis State Bank
Marfa National Bank
West Texas National Bank
Big Bend Telephone
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Four Big Bend girls ’ softball teams traveled last weekendfor the San Angelo All Star tournament. The 14 and
under team came home with a second place trophy. The team members are listed in no particular order in all the
photos.
14 and under: Daniela Valenzuela, Jackie Hernandez, Cariza Mendoza, Hannah Dodson, Emily Morrow,
Michaela Davis, Danny Salgado, DeeDee DelaO, Trisha Salgado, Cassie Fuller, Tora Ruiz, Alisandra
Dominguez. Coaches: Mo Morrow, George Salgado, Scotty Lewis.
10 and under, which placed 6th: Hannah Davis, Marisol Aguilar, Samantha Salgado, Kristin McGrow, Natalie
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volleyball practice begins at 8 a.m.
on August 5. The practices will
be held at the MAC building.
Incoming 9"’and 1l lhgraders are
required to have a physical exam
completed before they will be al­
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questionnaire and have a signed
acknowledgement of rules before
being allowed to participate.
Athletes or parents with ques­
tions may contact Coach Paula
Bell at 729-8125.
A conservative estimate of col­ will pay your child.
Many scholarships pay the en­
lege costs for a full-time student
tire
tuition; others can be applied
runs from $10,000-$30,000; high
towards
tuition, living expenses,
cost colleges can run from
and/or
other
fees. Most scholar­
$40,000-$ 100,000. Most parents
ships
can
be
used at junior col­
and students think that scholar­
leges,
career
and vocational
ships are only for the students
schools,
4
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colleges, gradu­
with excellent grades, low-inate
schools,
medical
and law
come families, or the athletically
MARFA - Marfa Shorthorn
schools.
All athletes will need their pa­
inclined. A small example of the
For information on obtaining
football practice will begin at 7:59 per work turned in to the appro­
numerous scholarships available
these scholarship list, send a selfa.m. on Monday, August 5.
priate coach prior to the first day
to students include: Handicapped
addressed, stamped, business
All incoming 7th, 9th and 11th of practice.
Student Scholarships, Members
size, #10, envelop to: The U.S.
grade athletes will need a physi­
Local physicals may be sched­
o f a Church Scholarships, Schol­
Commission for Scholastic Assis­
cal by either a physician, a licensed uled at the Marfa Rural Health
arships for “C” Students, Veteran
physician assistant, or a licensed Clinic.
tance, P.O. Box 668,0 ’Fallon IL,
Children’s Scholarships, Scholar­
nurse practitioner.
62269.
ships for Minorities and much,
much more.
Though the majority of scholar­
ships are from the Federal Gov­
D A V ID IU M E L E
ernment and are merit and/or
Marfa
need-based, billions of dollars are
1 L L U S T C A T I0 N S
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sector scholarships. Much of pri­
vate sector financial aid goes un­
used because the parents and stu­
dents do not know how or where
S P O R T S
C A L E N D A
to apply.
Them are organizations that
have spent hundreds of hours in
research locating scholarship
sources. The U.S. Commission
for Scholastic Assistance - Col­
lege Bound is such an organiza­
tion and supplies the public with
The funeral h om es o f
over 900 different private schol­
the Big Bend
arships sources. The scholarship
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MARFA - The M arfa High
School Band will start its summer
band program at 9 a.m. Monday,
July 29, All High School band
members must attend, as well as
all eighth grade band members.
The first meeting will be at the
football field by the press box.
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other forms will be handed out at
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struments will be handed out. If
you have any questions, please
feel free to call the band director
at either 729-4252, or at 7293910.
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hosted by the MHS cheerleaders
will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday at Coffield Park.
Registration will begin at 8:45
a.m. The $25 fee includes lunch
and a t-shirt. Boys and Girls in pre­
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Christy Rivera at 729.4796.
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made me hungry.”
Sentinel editor and publisher
Robert Halpem took a third place
award for his editorial on censor­
ship.
International reporters Dan
Keane and Rosario Salgado
Halpem shared first place hon­
ors in news writing for their work
on three stories: Keane’s report
of Lori Hernandez, a Presidio
High School senior who was
paralyzed in a one-vehicle traf­
fic accident at the beginning of
school last year and his report on
a non-fatal plane crash near Van
Horn. Halpem reported on the
imprisonment in Ojinaga, Mexico,
o f Presidio businessman Junie
Herrera, falsely accused in the
assassination-style shooting death
o f Ojinaga journalist Jose Luis
Ortega Mata.
“The International was the most
professionally written o f the
newspapers judged in (this) cat­
egory,” a judge wrote. “Leads
were short and clear, reporting
was thorough and direct quotes
were ample and plugged in all the
right places. The writing was
smooth and easy to follow.”
International photographer Rob-
ert Armendariz earned a third
place award for his page of pho­
tographs of the Presidio canta­
loupe harvest, which turned out
to be the last melon harvest in the
Presidio farming valley.
Thejoumalism faculty and stu­
dents at Midwestern State Uni­
versity in Wichita Falls judged
contest entries. The Sentinel
competed in the category o f
weeklies with circulation of 1,801
and more, and the International
with papers of weekly circulation
of 1,800 and less.
Bob Dillard, editor and publisher
of the Jeff Davis County Moun­
tain Dispatch, was named presi­
dent of the group for the coming
year. Dillard also owns and op­
erates the Martin County Mes­
senger in Stanton and the Green­
wood Ranger, which serves the
Midland suburd.
Guest speakers during the press
convention included Tony
Sanchez, the Democratic Party
ofTexas candidate for governor,
Joe Nick Patoski, senior editor at
Texas Monthly magazine and
Eric O’Keefe, editor of Cowboys
& Indians magazine and a former
Alpine resident.
O b itu a r ie s
Castillo
Reyes Castillo Sr., 81, ofTemple
and foimerly of Alpine, died Tues­
day, July 16,2002, at Manor Care
West Nursing Home in Temple.
Services were held at 10 a.m.
M onday at G eeslin Funeral
Home chapel, with burial follow­
ing at Holy Angels Cemetery in
Alpine.
He was bom January 6, 1921,
in Alpine. He married Gloria
Ramirez in 1940 in Alpine where
they both resided. He was a
World War II veteran and a re­
tired Alpine taxi cab driver for 16
years. He received a Purple
H eart, Com bat Infantrym an
Badge, Asiatic Pacific Campaign
Ribbon with One Bronze Service
Star, American Theater Ribbon,
and The World War II Victory
Medal. He was preceded in death
by a son, Roberto Castillo and a
grandson, James LaRue.
Survivors include his wife,
Gloria Castillo ofTemple; three
sons, Reyes C astillo Jr. o f
Balmorhea; Hubert Castillo of
Houston, and Jaime Castillo of
Lubbock; four daughters, Rita
LaRue o f H ouston, Dora
Gallardo ofUvalde, Mary Canava
of Temple and Annette Ybarra
o f Alpine; four brothers, Frank
Durant, Jose Castillo, Manuel
D urant all o f El Paso
andReym undo M arquez o f
Odessa; two sisters, Virginia
Durant Rodriguez, o f Kansas
City, Missouri, and Josephina
Castillo Sanchez o f Denton; 15
grandchildren; and four great­
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Mr. Castillo’s
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William J. Rice, 75, ofValinda,
Calif., died July 17, 2002 in
Valinda, Calif.
He was bom August 2,1926, in
Marfa, to Bill and Esther Jaime
Rice. He was a disabled World
War II veteran having served with
the 82ndABN Division as a para­
trooper. He was a member of St.
Christopher’s Catholic Church in
Covina, Calif. He was preceded
in death by his parents, Bill and
Esther Jaime Rice ofMarfa, two
brothers, Henry ‘Buddy’ Rice of
Laredo and Oscar Rice of Crys­
tal City, and a sister, Esther Rice
Gonzalez ofMarfa.
Survivors include his wife, Ida
Curtis Rice of Valinda, Calif.;
three daughters, Linda Estrada
and family of Victorville, Calif.,
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Chino, C alif., and Yvonne
Mercado and family of Ontario,
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P u b l i c
? NOTICE OF SALE
I THE STATE OF TEXAS
l BY VIRTUE O F AN O R ­
DER OF SALE
COUNTY OF PRESIDIO
DATED July 8,2002, and issued
%pursuant to a judgment decree of
i the District Court o f Presidio
County, Texas, by the Clerk of
; said Court on said date and to me
directed and delivered as sheriff
of said Court, I have on July 8,
2002, seized, levied upon and will
?n the first Tuesday in august,
’002, the same being the 6th day
'said month at the Courthouse
»or of said County, in the City
' Marfa, between the hours of
):00o’clock A.M. and 4:00
clock P.M. on said day, pro­
ved to sell for cash to the hight bidder all of the right, title, and
terest of the defendants in such
it in and to the following deribed real estate upon as the
operty of said defendants, the
me lying and being situated in
■i County of Presidio and the
ate ofTexas, to-wit:
:AUSE NUMBER
STYLIG AND PROPERTY. DE"R1PTION
578-A
4578-A City of
arfa, M arfa Independent
hool district and The County of
esidio Texas vs. The Unknown
'irs to the Estate o f Paula
rdera aka Pabla Cordero, deised.
ots 5 through 10, Block 2,
mphries Addition to the City
Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
ing that property more particu:ly described in Volume 69,
ige 42 o f the Deed Records,
esidio County, Texas,
1768-A
Marfa Indepen­
dent School District, city ofMarfa
id the County o f presidio
aunty, Texas vs. Esteban Jurado,
:Jaz Jurado, George Hernandez,
Sandra H ernandez, Danny
H ernandez Guzman, Larry
, -Guzman, Randy Lee Guzman and
Grace Guzman, all Defendants
being (In Rem Only)
• Lot 6, Block 65 of the Original
Townsite o f M arfa, Presidio
County, Texas
(Volume 165, Page 484 of the
eed Records, Presidio county,
exas)
^769-A
Marfa Indepen;nt School District, City of
arfa and The County of Predio, Texas vs. The Unknown
ieirs to the Estate o f Albino
aonzalesj, deceased, Elsa Valdez,
Estela V illarreal, A lfredo
Dominguez, Alvaro Alvarado, Jr.,
Linda A lvarado, aka Linda
Alvarado Terra, Tony Alvarado,
Aurora Mirabal, Amelia Powell,
Gonzalo Lafarel, Lorenzo Lafarel
and Isabel Lafarel, all Defendants
being cited, Individually and as an
Heir to the Estate if Albino
Gonzales, deceased (In Rem
Only)
Lot 8, Block 35, Original Town­
site to the City ofMarfa, Presidio
County, Texas, being that prop­
erty more particularly described
on the Map and Plat records of
Presidio County, Texas.
4807-A
Marfa Indepen­
dent School District, The County
of Presidio, Texas and city of
Marfa vs. The Unknown Heirs
to the Estate of Josefa V. Vasquez
aka Josefa Vasquez, deceased,
Benito Vizcaino aka Benito M.
Vizcaino, Jr., Agustin Vizcaino,
Roberto Diaz, Maria Helena Ar­
royos, Ralph Diaz, Ramiro Diaz,
Socorro Licon, Jerry Guevara,
Sandra Guevara, Joe Guevara,
Jacob Guevara, and Delma Hulce,
all defendants being cited, Indi­
vidually and as an Heir to the Es­
tate of Josefa V. Vasquez aka
Josefa Vasquez, deceased
Lots 15 and 16, block 66, Origi­
nal Townsite to the City ofMarfa,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
141, Page 43 o f the Deed
Records, Presidio County, Texas)
THE FOLLOW ING HAVE
BEEN BID IN TRUST AND
ARE FOR SALE
PARCEL NO. 1:
CAUSE NO. 4362-A
Lot 4, Block 70 Original Town­
site to the City ofMarfa, Presidio
County, Texas (Volume 270, Page
729 of the Deed Records, Presidio
County, Texas)
PARCEL NO. 2:
CAUSE NO. 4462-A
East 32 feet o f Lot 8, Block 41,
Original Townsite to the City of
Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
(Volume 45, Page 639, SAVE and
EXCEPT, Volume 71, Page 499
N
o t i c e s
o f the Deed Record, Presidio
County, Texas)
PARCEL NO. 3
CAUSE NO. 4474-A '
Lots 4 and 5, Block 130, Origi­
nal Townsite to the City ofMarfa,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
281, Page 360 o f the Deed
Records, Presidio County, Texas)
PARCEL NO.4
CAUSE NO. 4573-A
Lots 1 and 2, Block 76, Original
Townsite to the City of Marfa,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
107, Page 255 o f the Deed
Records, Presidio County, Texas)
PARCEL NO. 5
CAUSE NO. 4753-A
Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 18, East
Heights Addition to the City of
Marfa, Presidio County, Texas,
(Volume A, Page 41 of the Map
or Plat Records, Presidio County,
Texas)
PARCEL NO. 6
CAUSE NO. 4753-A
Lots 8,9, and 10, Block 18, East
Heights Addition to the City of
Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
(Volume A, Page 41 of the Map
or Plat Records Presidio County,
Texas)
PARCEL NO. 7
CAUSE NO. 4809-A
South h alf o f the southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter
and the South half of the Northeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter
of the Southeast quarter (S2 SE4
SE4 & S2 NW4 SE4 SE4) of
Section 815, Block G-5, Abstract
3629, C.C.S.D.R.G.N.G. Ry. Co.
Survey, Presidio County, Texas,
containing 25 acres, more or less
(Volume 151, Page 302 of the
Deed Records, Presidio County,
Texas)
PARCEL NO. 8
CAUSE NO, 4809-A
South h alf o f the N ortheast
quarter of the Southeast quarter
(S2 NE4 Se4) of Section 75, block
12, Abstract 8523, G.H> & S.A.
Ry. Co. Survey. Presidio County,
Texas containing 20 acres, more
or less (Volume 151, Page 302 of
the Deed R ecords, P residio
County, Texas)
Or upon the written request of
said defendants or their attorney,
a sufficient portion thereof to
satisfy said judgm ent for
delinquent property taxes and
accrued penalties and interest and
costs of suit and sale; subject,
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Presidio County Local
Emergency Planning Committee
will meet on July 29,2002, at4
p.m. in Marfa at the Presidio
N
o t i c e s
how ever, to the right o f
redemption, the defendants or any
person having an interest therein,
to redeem the said property, or
their interest therein, within the
period of time and in the manner
provided by law, and subject to any
other and further rights to which
the defendants or anyone
interested therein may be entitled,
under the provisions of law, Said
sale to the made by me to satisfy
the judgm ent for delinquent
property taxes and accrued
penalties and interest rendered in
the above styled and numbered
cause, together w ith interest
therein and costs of suit and sale,
and the proceeds of said sale to
be applied to the satisfaction
thereof, and the remainder, if any,
to be applied as the law directs.
DATED July 8, 2002, at Marfa,
Texas.
By Danny C. Dominguez, Sheriff
Presidio County, Texas, Deputy
McVBAJuly 11,18,25
SPECIAL NOTICE
FOR SALE
Tom ’s Appliances
F O R SALE - 1994 GMC
Sonoma truck with camper shell,
excellent condition. Call Tomas
at 915-729-3942.
Selling Amana & Fiigidaire
appliances
new and used
120 N. Highland Ave., M aria
915-729-3091
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County Courthouse, Room
102, and on July 30, 2002, at 4
p.m. in Presidio at the
Presidio County Annex. The
agenda will include plans for the
public education program, a dem­
onstration of an Emergency Man­
agement computer program, and
discussion of the training exercise
in Audust. Interested citizens are
welcome.
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PC - Ju ly 25
PUBLIC NOTICE
AUCTION A N D SALE OF AB A N D O N E D
M O T O R VEHICLES
Pursuant to the authority granted under the Texas Transportation
Code, Section 683.011, and/or Section 683.031; and after having
complied with the notification procedures required in Section
683.012 of this Article, the Sheriff, Presidio County, Marfa, Texas,
shall conduct an auction and sale of abandoned motor vehicles at
10 a.m.. Saturday. July 27.2 0 0 2 . at the following location:
Highland Wrecker Storage Yard, 702 F Street, Marfa, Presidio
County, Texas 79843.
Abandoned vehicles to be sold are:
(1) 1984 LINC 4D VIN: 1LNBP96FXEY612179;
(2) 1988 CHEVY LL VIN: 1GNER16K1JF171680;
(3) 1990 CHEVPK VIN: 2GCEC14HOL1146913;
(4) 1992 DODG DYN VIN: 1B3XC46RXND837441;
(5) 1986 DODG RAM PK VIN: 1B7HW14T3GS059196;
(6) 1988 NISS 2D VIN: JN1PB22S4JU524901;
(7) 1992 DODG PK VIN: 1B7FL26X2NS691691;
(8) 1991 CHEV PK VIN: 2GBFK29K3M1171828;
(9) 1988 CHEV CAPRICE VIN: 1G1BL51F9KR210580;
(10) 1989 HYUN 4D VIN: KMHLF22J8KU622141;
(11) 1985 LINC 4D VIN: 1LNBP96F8HY747288;
(12) 1980 TOYT SD VIN: AL10084717;
(13) 1969 PONT 4D VIN: 252699R139789
(14) 1969 PONT 4D VIN: 252698X115151:;
(15) 1986 OLDS 4D VIN: 2G3GR69A0G2346691:
(16) 1991 CHEV PK VIN: 2GCEK19K8M1161877:
(17) 1992 FORD 2D VIN: 1FAPP6046NH164836:
(18) 1983 DODG VN VIN: 2B7GB13T9DK300225:
(19) 1988 CHEV LL VIN: 1GNGV26K3JF187051:
(20) 1988 PONT SSE 2D VIN: 1G2JD11K4J7542231:
(21) 1989 FORD BRO LL VIN: 1FMEU15NOKLA86203;
(22) 1989 CHEV PK VIN: 2GCEC14K1K1126907;
(23) 1992 FORD PK VIN: 1FTDF15H8NKA93558;
(24) 1980 FORD SW VIN: OT12A146592;
(25) 1995 CHEV Z28 CV VIN: 2G1FP32P4S2211634;
Danny C. Dominguez, Sheriff, Presidio County Sheriffs Office,
P.O.Drawer V, Marfa, Texas, 915-729-4308
P C - J u ly 18 & 2 5
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Texas State Board o f Plumbing Examiners (TSBPE) has issued new plumbing regulations,
including the following:
“Effective January 1,2002: All plumbing work performed inside a city o f any population, and all
plumbing work that is connected to a public water system located inside or outside any city in the
state, must be performed by a licensed plumber (unless otherwise exempted by the LAW).”
“Effective March 1,2002: Any unlicensed individual who, as his or her principal occupation is
engaged in learning and assisting in the installation o f plumbing, must be registered with the board
(TSBPE) as a plumber’s apprentice.”
Additional information including forms for examinations and registrations, is available from the
TSBPE at their website: www.tsbpe.state.tx.us. or at their toll-free number: 1-800-845-6584 ext.
521.
As per State law and City Ordinance 95-06, “the City ofM arfa Water System is responsible for
protecting the drinking water supply from contamination or pollution which could result from
improper plumbing practices.” The purpose o f this notice is to notify our customers, contractors
and plumbers “ofthe plumbing restrictions which are in place to provide this protection.”
For further information regarding plumbing requirements o f the State ofTexas and/or the City o f
Marfa, including permits, service agreements, ordinances and laws, please contact City Hall.
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L a jita s
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about the courthouse lawn in
brand-new T-shirts bearing their
employer’s name and ‘Lajitas
Resort 2002’ printed on the front.
The workers, some o f whom
were Mexican citizens holding
seasonal work permits, had .been.
bused in for the morning to show
their support for continued devel­
Richard Hubble
opment at the resort, Hubble said.
Questions about how Mesa
In addition to its electricity
Vista II will receive its electricity
needs,
concerns over the resort’s
are one cause for the plat’s de­
water
supply
are also delaying
lay. Rio Grande Electric Coopera­
plat
approval.
According to the
tive, the member-owned utility
water
service
agreement
included
that serves rural areas through­
in
the
Mesa
Vista
II
plat
applica­
out the Big Bend, currently sup­
tion,
Lajitas
Utility
Company,
Inc.,
plies the resort’s power and has
will
provide
water
and
sewer
ser­
declared its intention to continue
vices
to
the
subdivision.
The
util­
to do so as the resort grows.
ity is a subsidiary of SRS Prop­
RGEC has also requested that the
erties,
as is Lajitas Real Estate,
resort take some measures to
Ltd.,
the
firm that will sell the lots
reduce its demand on the limited
in Mesa Vista II.
capacity of its distribution infra­
H ubble’s signature appears
structure in the area.
twice on the water service agree­
“We’ve written them a letter that ment, once as president of the
essentially says that we will serve Lajitas Utility Company and again
everyone in Mesa Vista without as president of Lajitas Real Es­
exception,” said RGEC General tate. Such a closely intertwined
Manager Dan Laws. “But in or­ business structure gives some
der for us to do that, we need to county officials pause.
reach an agreement on curtail­
“It’s not exactly an independent
ment of power usage in other ar­ contract,” Beard said. “It’s an
eas of Lajitas Resort.”
agreement between one wholly
Laws and Hubble were sched­ owned group and another wholly
uled to meet in Austin Wednes­ owned group. Whether or not
day afternoon to work out the that passes the smell test is an­
details of a power agreement for other question. Probably that can
the subdivision. Laws is confident be approved. But does it look
a deal will be struck. “It’s some­ strange? Yes.”
thing that should be able to be
Hubble claims that the utility’s
worked out easily,” he said.
close ties to resort would not com­
Another more difficult issue will promise its operation. “Lajitas
also be brought to the table. To Utility Company is very strictly
meet the growing demand for regulated by the Texas Natural
electricity in south Brewster Resources Conservation Com­
County, RGEC has examined the mission,” Hubble said. “If we
possibility ofbuilding a new $ 10 wanted to lie about how much
million transmission line through water there was, we’d have to
Presidio County. Since Lajitas’ be awful good liars.”
396 planned home sites represent
The water service agreement
a significant portion of the new does not specifically say where
demand on the area’s limited ca­ from where the utility would draw
pacity, RGEC has proposed that the water needed to provide the
the resort pick up a commensu­ subdivision’s estimated demand of
rate share of the new line’s cost.
69,000 gallons per day once fully
Currently, Lajitas appears hesi­ built. In the past, Lajitas officials
tant to help out, Laws said.
said that the resort would rely
“Somehow they imagine that the
largely on groundwater pumped
extraordinary growth that they’re from the Santa Elena Aquifer to
adding to our system is something cover the needs of its residents,
we should have anticipated,” he
businesses and golf courses.
said. “There’s nothing historically
Before beginning the expansion
that would cause us to anticipate
of the resort, SRS Properties
the growth they’re having.”
hired hydrogeologist Tony Fallin
In the last 18 m onths, the
to conduct a study of the aquifer
resort’s power consumption has
and determine just how much
almost doubled, Laws said. “If water it contained. He first con­
they are imposing the extra in­
cluded that the Santa Elena was
crease on our system, they need
fed by an annual recharge large
to pay for it. That’s true of every
enough that the resort could sat­
utility in the state,” he said.
isfy its demands without draw­
ing down the aquifer’s water
table. Shortly after completing the
resort-sponsored study, however,
Fallin repudiated his own num­
bers and claimed he had over­
stated the aquifer’s recharge rate
by a factor of ten, according to a
postcard the scientist mailed to
Hubble in May of this year.
The correction worries county
officials, who fee! Lajitas may be
basingr its:eljaims iqf.suslainable
development on inflated numbers.
Hubble argued Tuesday that
since the resort’s surface water
rights were more than sufficient
to handle the resort’s projected
residential needs, questions about
the groundwater estimates should
have no bearing on the Mesa
Vista plat’s approval. SRS Prop­
erties’ holdings in both Brewster
and Presidio counties guarantee
the resort the right to pump a to­
tal 1,004 acre-feet of water from
the Rio Grande each year. Judge
Beard said that the county had
no say over the resort’s claims
to the beleaguered Rio Grande,
which has been stretched to its
limits in recent years by thirsty
cities and farms on both sides of
the border.
“It’s a lot o f water for a golf
course from what lot of us re­
gard now as a dying river,” Beard
said. “But from the county stand­
point, we don’t have the ability
to say ‘no, you can’t rely on sur­
face water.”
Should Lajitas turn to the Rio
Grande for its water, the affects
would likely be noticed down­
stream in Big Bend National
Park. “If they’re going to use that
much water, it’s going to have
definite effect on water resources
in the park and down the river,”
said Vidal Davila, the park’s
Chief of Science and Resource
Management.
Leaving the courthouse after
Tuesday’s meeting, Hubble ex­
pressed frustration with the direc­
tion the approval process had
taken. “I think it’s a shame that
we can’t as adults work things'
out, that we have to go through
the 'attorneys on this.”
Hubble claims the delay in ap­
proving the plat has already cost
the resort some lost real estate
profits. Should the process take
much longer, he said, SRS Prop­
erties might seek legal action
against the county. A delayed
Mesa Vista II plat “ultimately
could cost a substantial amount
of money, which if we go to court
and win this we’d be looking to
the county for,” he said.
Judge Beard was not moved by
Hubble?s complaints, “We’re not
responsible for bad business plans.
We have bent over backwards to
help him” with the plat approval
process, Beard said.
(12) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. July 25, 2002
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transcripts (student copy accepted), and names and contact
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the a.m. and p.m. shifts. Must be
able to work weekends. Persons
interested must apply in person at
West Hwy 90 in Marfa. No phone
calls please. If you have applied
before, no need to re-apply. Ask
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Listen to the finesse and the
sweetness his accordion delivers,
and you’ll understand what the
overtones imply. It’s a traditional
sound that Garza has always
been able to deliver, and the roots
ofhis music are planted firmly in
his hometown of Poteet, a small
agricultural communityjust south
of San Antonio.
In 1998, Garza’s career took off
when he blend the sound o f
Tejano music and nortefto re­
gional. The hit single, “Te Quiero,
Te Amo,” reflects the music of
both cultures and creates a new
concept in the Tejano industry
and awakens both Mexican and
Mexican Americans tastes with
a unique contemporary sound.
Also the song, “No Hay
Manana,” sung by bajo sexto/
guitarist-vocalist Billy O’Rourke
stands as the new pathway for
country music and becomes the
greatest discovery route for the
alternative tejano fan.
“Nadie Como Yo,” Garza’s first
CD with the Sony Discos label,
features a selected group of in­
strumental polkas requested by
those faithful listeners, something
he calls “Strawberry Jam.” He
performs a compilation of these
polka tunes to comply with his
faithful followers who always
request these classics while on
tour.
Garza y Los M usicales re­
corded their second CD for Sony
Discos, “20/20.” That CD con-
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sists of a variety of music styles,
mixing up the “Classic Musicales
Sound” blended together with the
new vocals of Joey Martinez and
the contem porary sounds o f
today’s Tejano music.
The band recently recorded their
current album with Sony Discos
entitled, “Estamos Unidos.”
This year’s official 2002 Marfa
Lights Festival T-shirt has been
selected, and the winner is Daniel
Hernandez. He will receive four
concert tickets for his creative
and colorful entry.
“We received a wonderful vari­
ety of designs to choose from and
sincerely thank all who partici­
pated,” the chamber said.
Anyone interested in participat­
ing in the parades and daytime
entertainment for the weekend
festivities, please contact the
chamber office at (915) 7294942.
Volunteer help is needed in al­
most every element of the week­
end festivities. Please call or come
by the chamber offices and offer
your help to make this the best
Marfa Lights Festival ever. The
Marfa Lights Festival is a com­
munity event. We need your help
to host the many visitors who will
come to Marfa, the chamber
stated.
In any sport, the anticipation
of what might happen is almost
as im portant as w hat actually
happens.
—Bob Costas