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Over the Edge event to benefit VBEC. Contributed photo.

Over the edge Victoria at One O’Connor

On October 29, 2016, Victoria Business and Education Coali-tion (VBEC), Challenged Athletes Dream Complex and the Hispanic Council of Victoria will hosts the first-ever Over the Edge event to benefit the mission of these orga-nizations which is to build a better, stronger community. Fearless par-ticipants will experience an amaz-

ing view on top of Victoria’s tall-est building; One O’Connor Plaza that towers 12 stories high, to help raise support for three local non-profits that work tirelessly to im-prove the lives of those within our community. Over the Edge Victo-ria kicks off at 9 a.m. and contin-ues non-stop until 5 p.m.

Daredevils who desire to rap-

pel will ask for pledges to support their goal to raise $1000 which will benefit VBEC, Challenged Ath-letes Dream Complex and the His-panic Council of Victoria. Many ask, “Do you have to be an athlete or someone that knows something about ropes to rappel?” and the answer is “No!” Over the Edge is

Ernesto Leon: Photographs from Victoria and Beyond

On Saturday, September 17th, from 5 to 8 pm, Five Points Mu-seum of Contemporary Art will host an opening reception for the new exhibit, “Ernesto Leon: Street Photography from Victoria and Beyond.” Featuring multiple themes and covering still photography and video installations, this exhibit will showcase Ernesto Leon’s candid street photography and documentary work from the Texas-Mexico border, Victoria, Houston and New York.

Ernesto Leon is an internationally exhibited artist based in Hous-ton. Born in Venezuela and highly acclaimed in multiple media, this exhibition will primarily focus on his recent work as he has fol-lowed, documented and participated in cultural and political activ-ism in South Texas. His photographic aesthetic confronts current political discussions around immigration and social justice with an intimate connection to his subjects.

“Ernesto Leon: Street Photography from Victoria and Beyond”

September 17- December 11, 2016

Ernesto Leon street pics at 5 Points Museum. Contributed photo.

See PHOTOGRAPHS, pg. 14See EDGE, pg. 12

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UHV to ease space crunch by purchasing Town Plaza MallUHV will purchase a large por-

tion of Town Plaza Mall from Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. The UHV Small Business Devel-opment Center, Dalkey Archive Press and two labs will relocate to the mall in 2017.

The University of Houston-Vic-toria is closing in on acquiring a

large portion of Town Plaza Mall to house university offices, labs and storage.

UHV will purchase the mall, lo-cated in the 1500 block of Airline Road just east of Laurent Street, from Our Lady of Victory Catho-lic Church. The university will acquire 132,000 square feet on 10

acres of land located about a mile from campus.

On Thursday, the UH System Board of Regents gave authority to UH System Chancellor Renu Khator to purchase the property. UHV will use $1.9 million in capi-tal construction bonds for the pur-chase.

“Town Plaza Mall offers UHV access to a substantial amount of space at an attractive acquisition price,” UHV President Vic Mor-gan said. “In addition to fixing our immediate space shortages, this property offers excellent possibili-ties for future growth and develop-ment.”

The purchase should be com-pleted within three months. After UHV acquires the property, an ar-chitect will be hired, and repairs

and renovations will take place, said Brenda Svetlik, UHV capi-tal projects director. The building should be ready in 2017.

While UHV has plans to add a new science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics building; a Student Center/Learning Com-mons; and a new residence hall on campus in the next two to three years, Morgan said the university needs additional space sooner.

“We will not have any more classroom space until the STEM building opens in three years,” he said. “This was an opportunity to add classroom space, office areas, labs, storage and parking at a place that is convenient for the public to reach.”

Town Plaza Mall was built in 1969. J.C. Penney Co., Walgreens

and Luby’s Cafeteria were once among the tenants. Our Lady of Victory bought the mall in 2011. The seven remaining tenants had left by 2012.

The UHV Facilities Space Plan-ning Committee, made up of fac-ulty, staff, administrators and a Student Government Association representative, evaluated the prop-erty and recommended to Morgan that UHV purchase it.

“Our overall finding was that the property is in good condition, and it offers a good value,” said Wayne Beran, UHV vice president for ad-ministration and finance. “It’s the only property of its size located about a mile from campus, and the price is more than fair for property in the city limits.”

The church will keep the for-mer J.C. Penney location and has started a renovation project to turn it into a conference and reception center. A driveway will be created between the old J.C. Penney build-ing and the rest of mall. There will be covered entrances next to the driveway for both the UHV and Our Lady of Victory portions.

Relocating to Town Plaza will be:

• The UHV Small Business De-velopment Center. The SBDC also plans to start a business incubator there.

• Regional Center for Economic Development. The center partners with 11 counties in the Crossroads to create rural economic develop-ment opportunities.

• Dalkey Archive Press, an inter-nationally renowned nonprofit lit-erary organization housed at UHV.

See MALL, pg. 14

UHV prepares to purchase old mall for expansion. Contributed photo.

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Father Dan Morales’ love and grace rememberedby Dr. Gloria A. Gonzalez

When the oblate priests left our Lady of The Gulf Catholic Church in Port Lavaca, Texas, I never thought that anyone could replace them. And in comes father Dan Morales, a God send. Imme-diately, his homilies his charisma and his community outreach won everyone over.

My first encounter with Fr. Dan Morales was when we were plan-ning our mother’s, Lucia Ornelas, 70th birthday in 1996. He was a very young priest, but his knowl-edge, charisma and his aura of respect impressed me. He drew people to him like a magnet. You immediately knew that he was approachable and receptive. He helped us plan the birthday Mass for our mother and was impressed that we were celebrating her birth-day with a Mass. I remember him saying people only request Mass for their loved ones after they are gone, and he felt honored to cel-ebrate Mass for her.

This began a 20 year friendship with Fr. Dan. I then volunteered to help him set up Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic School and later worked part-time with him in pro-moting and acquiring finances for the school.

During that time I could see his radiant love for people and chil-

dren. I got to know him as a priest, and also as the wonderful man and human being that he was. Every-one who worked around him loved him. He’s love of God and his faith was contagious. He drew me clos-er to the church and to God.

In 2006, when he took a sabbati-cal to go to Guatemala the congre-gation was sad, and when he came back very sick, we were all very concerned and immediately gath-ered at the church to pray for him.

When he survived that episode and went back to the church, we all rejoiced. Unfortunately the following 10 years were a struggle for him. He was in and out of the hospital, but he did it with faith, grace, courage, and dignity while serving others and fulfilling his calling.

I have so many fond memories of Fr. Dan, like the conversations which we had at my mom’s kitchen table. He loved my mom’s cook-ing specially her flour tortillas, and he had such love and respect for her. During our conversations,

he always knew the right things to say and would put everything in perspective. He was a wise man beyond his age.

He was such a great friend, a brother in Christ and my spiritual guide. That is why it was so diffi-cult to see his suffering for so long. I could not help but admire him, in seeing the sacrifice that he was making every Sunday to attend Mass and seeing him sit there with such courage and stamina. There are very few heroes in this world, but Fr. Dan was definitely one of them. I once mentioned to him that

his illness was his stigmata and he agreed with such grace.

I was very fortunate to know Fr. Dan and to see him a few days before he died. Several of the sis-ters and I went to visit him and at the end of our visit he gave us his blessing.

Father Dan had an act for always renovating, creating, and construc-tion occurring wherever he went. And now God will utilize him as an angel to help him rebuild the lives of many in this world.

God takes good people because they make good Angels.

Father Dan with Cris and Dr. Gloria Gonza-lez. Contributed photo.


por Santos Raya

VATICAN – El Papa Francisco pide que recemos por todos los que han muerto y los que están sufriendo en Amatrice, Italia por

el sismo. Hay también heridos y otros que ya no tienen casa.

Papa Francisco ha visitado a los heridos.

ROME – Cuando el Papa firmo en instragram, el fundador de Facebook Mark Zuckerberg dijo,

“Estoy con ganas de seguir el Papa – y viendo que continúe compar-tiendo su mensaje de misericor-dia, la igualdad y la justicia en el mundo.”

En el 4 de Septiembre, el Papa va canonizar a la Madre Teresa. Ella trabajada con los más pobres de mas pobres en India. También ella se gano el Premio Nobel de-Paz.

ENGLAND – La Princesa Diana murió en Agosto 31, 1997, hace 19 años. Todo el mundo se quedo en shock. Era muy popular con muchos alrededor del mundo. Dejo a sus dos hijos William y Harry muy chicos en aquel tiempo.

La gente alrededor del mundo no la han olvidado.

NEW YORK – El New York Board of Parole le ha negado la libertad condicional a Mark Da-vid Chapman, quien mato al can-tante John Lennon.

Se le ha negado la libertad condicional 9 veces. Chapman ahora tiene 6l años de edad.

LOUISIANA, USA – Más de 60,000 casas están destruidas con las inundaciones. La gente de allí dice que la región ha cambiado para siempre.

Muchos dueños de sus casas no tenían seguros para inundaciones.

AMATRICE, ITALY – Más de 292 han muerto en el sismo. La mitad de la ciudad esta destruida. Mu-chas casas y edificios históricos también fueron destruidas.

ENGLAND – La mayor de la gente en England dicen que qui-eren a Prince William y Kate

como el Rey y Reina cuando la Reina Elizabeth ya no este. Pero el Prince Charles es el que sigue después de la Reina Elizabeth.

CALIFORNIA – Murió el ac-tor Gene Wilder Mucha gente lo conoció con las películas, “Young Frankenstein” y “Willy Wonka.”

El fue una persona muy privada. Tenía 83 años de edad.

Princesa Diana con sus hijos William y Harry. Contributed photo.


Improving our community one party at a time

by Officer John Turner

Yes, it’s that time again; time to start thinking about National night Out and seriously consider having a party.

Why, you ask?To encourage police/commu-

nity partnerships, promote crime prevention efforts, build neighbor-hood camaraderie and let criminals know that you’re taking a stand against crime; of course. Plus, it’s a lot of fun.

Introduced in 1984 as “Amer-ica’s Night Out against Crime”, National Night Out was created specifically to help reduce crime in our communities. Then, citizens were asked to show their support by turning on their porch lights and participate in a symbolic front porch watch. 2.5 million people in 400 communities across 23 states were involved in this first event.

Fast forward to today and Na-tional Night out has turned into a nationwide celebration involving events that include block parties, barbeques, parades, visits from first responders, youth events and safety demonstrations, all orga-nized by folks who are concerned about the safety and wellbeing of the communities in which they live.

National Night Out is now rec-ognized by almost 40 million peo-ple in over 16 thousand communi-ties throughout all 50 states, U.S. Territories, Canadian Cities and Military bases around the world.

Although for the rest of the world, National Night Out is cel-ebrated on the first Tuesday in August, Texas has its own date which is now looming on the ho-rizon. The first Tuesday in October

is recognized as Texas’s National Night Out. This year it’s October 4thth.

The Victoria Police Department Crime Prevention Unit is asking residents to participate in this great city wide event. Last year we had 44 registered parties within Victo-ria, this year we’d like to see even more. You can have as large or as small a party as you want to have. You can have a huge party, block off a street and invite the whole neighborhood or have a more inti-mate affair with just a few friends over, much like the original front porch watch. The choice is up to you and your imagination (within

reason, of course).The Crime Prevention Unit of

the Victoria Police Department will actually begin the festivities a week early with a Community Safety fair and National Night Out kickoff party at the Victoria Com-munity Center. First responders, military and local community or-ganizations will all be represented with displays and informational booths while local youth provide entertainment. This year the kick-off party is on Saturday Sept 24th between 11am and 3pm and prom-ises to be quite an event.

Take a stand against crime, meet your neighbors and make this year’s National Night Out better than before.

If nothing else, it’s a wonderful excuse to have a party on a Tues-day.

If you want to register your party (to have first responders pay you a visit) or would simply like more information on National Night Out or the kickoff party give the VPD Crime Prevention Unit a call at 485-3808.

John Turner is an officer with the Victoria Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit. He may be contacted at (361)485-3808.

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Hispanic American sailor follows dreams in U.S. Navyby Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandon Martin, Navy Recruiting Command

For as long as they have walked the Earth, people have dreamt of taking to the skies and gazing upon all the wonders that the world has to offer. In 1891, German engineer Otto Lilienthal capitalized on this dream when he created the first glider that could carry a person across the open skies. His inven-tion spawned a number of other in-ventors, such as the Wright Broth-ers, to create ways for dreamers to take to the sky.

One person who has followed this dream is Lt. Joel Peña, a U.S. Navy pilot and current operations officer at Navy Recruiting Com-mand (NRC).

“Being an aviator has been a childhood dream,” said Peña. “From a young age I knew I wanted to be in the Navy and even more so to be pilot. I went to a Blue Angels air show in Dayton, Ohio, when I was in middle school. I knew from that point on that flying was what I wanted to do.”

With his eyes on the prize, the Dayton native soon found out that journey to the sky would have many checkpoints along the way.

“I enlisted in the Navy as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate straight out of high school, which led to an opportunity for submitting a package for Officer Candidate School or OCS,” said Peña. “Af-ter completion of OCS, I attended Aviation Preflight Indoctrination in Pensacola, Fla., for my initial

training. Then I attended primary and advanced training in Corpus Christi, Texas.”

After becoming a fully qualified pilot, Peña received the opportu-nity to finally see what being an aviator in the United States Navy was all about.

“My experience flying in the Navy has been phenomenal,” said Peña. “I’ve been able to see so many incredible things and really make a difference. One that really sticks out to me was my deploy-ment to El Salvador. I was able to coordinate multiple humanitarian missions where we brought medi-cine, food and clothes to the poor

communities in El Salvador.”After following his dreams and

becoming a Navy pilot, Peña cur-rently works in NRC’s Diversity Department where he plays a vital role in facilitating that potential applicants from a variety of minor-ity communities can also follow their dreams.

“My department is an integral part of NRC,” said Peña. “Our main focuses are the strategy of re-cruiting, outreach and STEM. The best part about what we do here is being able to meet a wide range of diverse students from around the nation.”

As different as his two jobs

seem, Peña has found a way to apply lessons from the aviation world to his role at NRC.

“Being an aviator has taught me that I can overcome anything that I put my mind to,” said Peña. “Additionally, I’ve learned that nothing is accomplished without teamwork. These attributes have guided me to succeed in my cur-rent position.”

As his time at NRC dwindles down, Peña looks forward to mak-ing his return to the aviation com-munity as he is slated to become a “shooter” at his next duty station. A shooter verifies all the pre-flight checks have been completed and everyone on the flight deck is in position to commence flight op-erations.

With his dream of becoming a pilot fully accomplished, Peña now looks to follow in the foot-steps of Otto Lilienthal and inspire others to take to the open skies.

“I would encourage them to visualize flying as a career and ensure it’s what they want,” said Peña. “Once they can see them-selves as a pilot and they know for sure it’s what they want then they can overcome any obstacle along the way. Stay determined because it’s worth it, there is nothing else like it.”

Atlantic Ocean (April 30, 2006) - Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Joel Pena launches an F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the “Jolly Rogers” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VFA-103), off the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason Johnston (RELEASED)


Last Day to Register to Voteby George Matthews, Election Administra-tor, Victoria County, Texas

A great deal has been said on the topic of photo identification at the polls but before you can vote you must at least be a registered voter. For the next month you have an opportunity to update your current registration or make an application to become a registered voter. The deadline for registration for the November 8, 2016 General Elec-tion is Tuesday, October 11th at 5 pm.

Voting in Texas first requires, among other things, that you be a registered voter. The first step in becoming a registered voter is filing an application with the local county voter registrar. The Victoria County Elections Office at 2805 N. Navarro, Suite 500 is the place to file your application in person. Our primary responsibility is to register Victoria County residents but we can accept applications for registration in other counties.

To be eligible to register you must meet certain qualifications.

• Be 18 years of age or older

• Be a United States Citizen

• Not been determined to be

• Totally mentally incapacitated or

• Partially mentally incapacitat-ed without the right to vote

• Not finally convicted of a fel-ony or, if so convicted must have:

• Fully discharged the person’s sentence, including any term or in-carceration, parole, or supervision or completed a period of probation order by any court; or

• Been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabil-ity to vote

• Be a resident of the county in which the application for registra-tion is made

If you meet the above qualifi-cations and wish to register you must submit a written application, signed by the applicant. The appli-cation must include:

• Applicant’s first name, middle name, if any, last name and former name, if any

• The month, day and year of the applicant’s birth

• A statement that the applicant is a United States citizen

• A statement that the applica-tion is a resident of the county

• A statement that the applicant has not been determined to be

• Totally mentally incapacitated, or

• Partially mentally incapacitat-ed without the right to vote

• A statement that the applica-tion has not been finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon eligible for registration

• The applicant’s residence ad-dress or if the residence has no ad-dress

• The address at which the ap-plicant receives mail and

• A concise description of the lo-cation of the applicant’s residence

• One of the following identifi-cation items:

• Applicant’s Texas driver’s li-cense number or the number of a personal identification card is-sued by the Department of Public Safety

• If the applicant has not been

issued a number from the Depart-ment of Public Safety, the last four digits of their social security num-ber

• Or a statement the applicant has not been issued a number by Department of Public Safety or Social Security Administration.

Those who are currently regis-tered in Victoria County should make sure their registration re-flects their current residence. The same deadline applies to updating your registration.

Those who are currently regis-

tered in another county but have moved to Victoria County must file a new registration for Victoria County. The same deadline applies to the new registration.

You may check online to see if you are registered at VoteTexas.Gov. You will also find an applica-tion to register to vote if you need to register or need to update your registration information.

You may check to see if you are registered in Victoria County by contacting the Elections Office at 576-0124 or by visiting the office at 2805 N. Navarro, Suite 500.

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A TODAS LAS PERSONAS Y PARTES INTERESADAS:

Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas ha solicitado a la Comisión de Calidad Ambiental de Texas (TCEQ) para renovación de Permiso Núm. 19168 de Calidad de Aire, el cual autorizaría el funcionamiento continuado de una planta Formosa Point Comfort, ubicada en 201 Formosa Drive, en la cuidad de Point Comfort, en el Condado de Calhoun, Tex-as 77978. En la sección de avisos públicos de este periódico se encuentra información adicional sobre esta solicitud.

Ya todo el mundo sabe que mu-rió Juan Gabriel, un cantante muy famoso en México y otros países también. Bueno, se puede decir alrededor del mundo. Fe cantante muy talentoso y también fue un compositor de muchas canciones.

Juan Gabriel, en su último con-

cierto dijo, “Jamás se sientan so-los, jamás se sientan tristes.”

Los fans de Juan Gabriel están felices porque la ciudad Juárez va bautizar una plaza pública con el nombre de Juan Gabriel.

Se anuncio que los hijos de Juan Gabriel están en privado llorando

a su padre.Daniel Arenas va ser el papel de

guardaespaldas en la nueva tele-

novela, “Despertar Contigo” El papel de Daniel es de un hombre que quiere ser rico. El papel de la chica rica es Ella Velden.

¡Hace tiempo que no vemos a Daniel Arenas en una telenovela! ¡Este más guapo que nunca!

Salma Hayek celebra su cum-pleaños este mes y todavía anda en bikini y ¿porque no? si todavía esta joven.

Otra que celebra su cumplea-ños es Halle Berry que cumple 50 años. Dice ella, “¡Ahora los 50 son los 20!” ‘Que bien.

Murió Evita Muñoz “Chachita” a la edad de 83 años. Ella co-menzó trabajar en las películas en México desde muy chicha. Tra-bajo con Pedro Infante y muchos más actores y actrices famosos de la era de Oro de las películas y tra-bajo como actriz casi toda su vida.

Angélica María dijo reciente-

mente que está muy enamorada de su nieta y nieto y que no sabía que


See CHARLANDO, pg. 9

por Gloria Rivera

Joe Manganiello y Sofía Vergara. Contrib-uted photo.

Adamari López. Contributed photo.

se podían amar tanto.Angélica Rivera y su esposo,

el presidente de México, Enrique Peña Nieto tienen 6 años de casa-dos. Recientemente el presidente celebro 50 años de edad.

Adamari López de “Un Nuevo Día” en Telemundo, dijo esto re-cientemente, “Un hombre debe de

tener tres cosas: buen sentido del humor, que huela bien, y un lindo acento (de preferencia de Espa-ñol.)

Sofía Vergara le escribió a su esposa Joe Manganiello en in-stragram, “Te amo, no cambies nunca.”

Si, murió Juan Gabriel pero su música estará aquí con nosotros por mucho, mucho tiempo. La me-

jor amiga de él era Silvia Urquidi de Santa Mónica, California que dijo, “El ya presentaba su muerte. Se quedo dormido y ya no des-pertó.”

Que todos ustedes tengan mucho amor de familia y amigos como Juan Gabriel lo tuvo aquí.


CHARLANDO, from pg. 8

Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto y Angélica Rivera. Contributed photo.

Juan Gabriel. Contributed photo.


UHV diverse student body praised by U.S. News & World ReportThe University of Houston-

Victoria ranks second in diversity among regional Texas universities, according to the 2017 U.S. News

& World Report released Tuesday.UHV appears on the publica-

tion’s Best Ethnic Diversity list. In the category of regional universi-

ties in the West, UHV tied for 12th with California State-Monterey Bay. UHV is second among the five Texas schools that made the list. The rankings appear on the U.S. News website.

“Student and faculty diversity is a significant benefit of obtaining a UHV education,” UHV President Vic Morgan said. “We are a stu-dent-centered institution that pre-pares students to succeed in life. Having an environment where stu-dents are consistently communi-cating and interacting with people from different ethnic backgrounds is critical to preparing students to be world-ready.”

U.S. News put the list together to identify schools where students would most likely encounter un-dergraduates from different eth-nic groups than their own. The publication used a diversity in-dex formula to rank schools with 0.0 meaning least diverse and 1.0 meaning most diverse. UHV’s score was 0.69. The highest score was 0.78 by the University of Ha-

waii at Hilo.About 65 percent of all UHV

undergraduate students in fall 2015 were minorities. The largest category was Hispanic students with 1,293 students, which equates to about 36 percent of the under-graduate student body. UHV has been designated a Hispanic-Serv-ing Institution since 2013.

“UHV is here to serve the edu-cational needs of area commu-nities,” Morgan said. “We have made great strides in recruiting and graduating Hispanic students, and it will continue to be a high priority in the future.”

In fall 2015, UHV had 487 Af-

rican American undergraduate stu-dents, 205 Asian students and 64 multi-race students. International students are not part of the count for the U.S. News list. UHV’s final fall 2016 enrollment numbers will be out later this semester.

UHV has become more diverse in the last decade. Minority groups made up 35 percent of the under-graduate student body in fall 2005. In fall 2010, when UHV first added freshmen and sophomores, about 48 percent of undergraduates were minorities.

To view UHV’s U.S. News & World Report page, visit www.us-news.com.

UHV students diversity rank second in Texas. Contributed photo.


A brief history of Victoria

by Delfino Martinez

By the year 2024, the city of Victoria will have will have its two hundred year anniversary celebra-tion of existence. It would be most important that the people of Vic-toria, young and old, have some awareness of Victoria’s historical value. First of all, the name of Vic-toria derives from the Spanish lan-guage meaning victory in English. Victoria’s history is based on revo-lution, conquest, and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

What does the 16th of Septem-ber and the city of Victoria have in common? It is necessary to know the history that connects the two. It all started in 1811 when a priest by the name of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla summons his parishioners to the church of Dolores in Guana-juato, Mexico for the start of Mex-ico’s revolution against Spain for their independence. Father Miguel

Hidalgo rang the church bells that were heard across the land. Hidal-go then gave his “grito,” the yell for independence.

“¡Que viva la independencia! ¡Que viva La Virgen de Guada-lupe! Y ¡Que Viva Mexico!”

Then the revolution and the future destiny of Victoria had be-gun. Father Hidalgo earned the title of First Commanding Chief of the revolutionary forces of the Americas. On September 16, 1821, Mexico had won their in-dependence from Spain. Mexico then became a republic, with a new elected president, and a new constitution of 1824. Mexico was ready for progress. Mexico’s first task was to colonize the states of Coahuila, Tejas (Texas). Mexico’s first president Don Guadalupe Vic-toria ordered that a city and colony be built in honor of those men and women who fought and died for their independence.

The city of Victoria was founded under the direction and leadership of Don Martin De Leon. De Leon named the city after Mexico’s pa-tron saint Our Lady of Guadalupe, and in honor of Mexico’s first president Don Guadalupe Victo-ria. Mexico’s first independence celebration was held here in Vic-toria on September 16th 1824, and every year thereafter, until Texas obtained their independence from Mexico in 1836. Victoria was the first city in Texas to be gov-erned by a republic, the republic of Mexico. Victoria became the first capital of Texas, and the first inter-national city in Texas. All govern-ment transactions were adminis-tered in Victoria.

What contributions did early Mexican-Tejano pioneers of Mar-tin De Leon’s 41 families

(The forty one’s) give to the city of Victoria and Texas? They in-troduced western culture, govern-ment and city management, mili-tary operations, the first Calvary unit in Texas, merchant marine business and water ways opera-tions, construction and surveying operations, meat processing and packing plant operations, mail, a stage coach route, and the Catho-lic religion.

By 1836, Martin Deleon’s colony had achieved to the high-est potential accomplishment in Victoria. It is our god given right and responsibility to seek our his-torical values, in a truthful and re-spectable manner, for the sake of our future generations.

Railroad Depot, Victoria, Texas. Contributed photo.


AVISO DE RECIBO DE LA SOLICITUD YEL INTENTO DE OBTENER PERMISO PARA LA CALIDAD DEL AGUA RENOVACION

PERMISO NO. WQ0015071001

SOLICITUD. Halepaska Property Management, LLC, 1568 Refugio Highway, Victoria, Texas 77905, ha solicitado a la Comisión de Calidad Ambiental del Estado de Texas (TCEQ) para renovar el Permiso No. WQ0015071001 (EPA I.D. No. TX0133981 del Sistema de Eliminación de Descargas de Con-taminantes de Texas (TPDES) para autorizarla descarga de aguas residuales tratadas en un volumen que no sobrepasa un flujo promedio diario de 20,000 galones por día. La planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales domésticos está ubicada en el camino 1568 Refugio Highway, en la cuidad de Victoria en el Condado de Victoria, Texas 77905. La ruta de descarga es del sitio de la planta a 2,100 pies lineales de tubería de Dry Creek; de allí a una serie de peque-ños lagos; de allí a Pridham Lago; luego a Stubbs Lago; de allí a Mill Lake; de allí a Dry Creek; de allí a Río Nuevo; de allí al río Guadalupe por debajo del río San Marcos. La TCEQ recibió esta solicitud el día 1 de agosto del año 2016. La solicitud para el permiso está disponible para leerla y copiarla en la biblioteca pública de la cuidad de Victoria, por la calle 302 North Main Street, Victoria, Texas. Este enlace a un mapa electrónico de la ubicación general del sitio o de la instalación es proporcionado como una cortesía y no es parte de la solicitud o del aviso. Para la ubicación exacta, consulte la solicitud.

http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=28.757777&lng=-97.048333&zoom=13&type=r

AVISO ADICIONAL. El Director Ejecutivo de la TCEQ ha determinado que la solicitud es administrativamente completa y conducirá una revisión técnica de la solicitud. Después de completar la revisión técnica, el Director Ejecutivo puede preparar un borrador del permiso y emitirá una Decisión Preliminar sobre la solicitud. El aviso de la solicitud y la decisión preliminar serán publicados y enviado a los que están en la lista de correo de las personas a lo largo del condado que desean recibir los avisos y los que están en la lista de correo que desean recibir avisos de esta solicitud. El aviso dará la fecha límite para someter comentarios públicos.

COMENTARIO PUBLICO / REUNION PUBLICA. Usted puede presentar comentarios públicos o pedir una reunión pública sobre esta so-licitud. El propósito de una reunión pública es dar la oportunidad de presentar comentarios o hacer preguntas acerca de la solicitud. La TCEQ realiza una reunión pública si el Director Ejecutivo determina que hay un grado de interés público suficiente en la solicitud o si un legislador local lo pide. Una reunión pública no es una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso.

OPORTUNIDAD DE UNA AUDIENCIA ADMINISTRATIVA DE LO CONTENCIOSO. Después del plazo para presentar comentarios públicos, el Director Ejecutivo considerar á todos los comentarios apropiados y preparará una respuesta a todo los comentarios públicos esenciales, pertinentes, o significativos. A menos que la solicitud haya sido referida directamente a una audiencia administrativa de lo cotensia so, la respuesta a los comentarios y la decisión del Director Ejecutivo sobre la solicitud serán enviados por correo a todos los que presentaron un comentario público y a las personas que están en la lista para recibir avisos sobre esta solicitud. Si se reciben comentarios, el aviso también proveerá instrucciones para pedir una reconsideración de la decisión del Director Ejecutivo y para pedir una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso. Una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso es un procedimiento legal similar a un procedimiento legal civil en un tribunal de distrito del estado.

PARA PEDIR UNA AUDIENCIA ADMINISTRATIVA DE LO CONTENCIOSO, USTED DEBE INCLUIR EN SU PEDIDO LOS SIGUIEN-TES DATOS: su nombre; dirección; teléfono; nombre del solicitante y número del permiso; la ubicación y la distancia de su propiedad/actividad con respecto a la instalación; una descripción específica de la forma cómo usted sería afectado adversamente por el sitio de una manera no común al público en general; y la declaración “[Yo/nosotros] solicito/solicitamos un/a audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso”. Si presenta por parte de un grupo o asociación el pedido para una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso, debe identificar el nombre y la dirección de una persona que representa al grupo para recibir correspondencia en el futuro; debe identificar un miembro del grupo que sería afectado adversamente por la planta o la actividad propuesta; debe proveer la información y a indicada anteriormente con respecto a la ubicación del miembro afectado y la distancia de la planta o actividad propuesta; debe explicar cómo y porqué el miembro sería afectado y como los intereses que el grupo desea proteger son pertinentes al propósito del grupo.

Después del cierre de los períodos para los pedidos y comentarios, el Director Ejecutivo enviará la solicitud y los pedidos para reconsideración o por una audiencia administrativa de los contenciosos a los Comisionados de la TCEQ para su consideración en una reunión programada de la Comisión. La Comisión otorgará solamente un audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso sobre los hechos reales disputados del caso que son pertinentes y esencia-les para la decisión de la Comisión sobre la solicitud. Además, la Comisión sólo otorgará una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso sobre los asuntos que fueron presentados antes del plazo de vencimiento y que no fueron retirados posteriormente. Si ciertos criterios se cumplen, la TCEQ puede actuar sobre una solicitud para renovar un permiso para descargar aguas residuales sin proveer una oportunidad de una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso.

LISTA DE CORREO. Si somete comentarios públicos, un pedido para una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso o una reconsideración de la decisión del Director Ejecutivo, la Oficina del Secretario Principal enviará por correo los avisos públicos en relación con la solicitud. Además, puede pedir que la TCEQ ponga su nombre en una o más de las listas correos siguientes (1) la lista de correo permanente para recibir los avisos del solicitante indicado por nombre y número del permiso específico y/o (2) la lista de correo de todas las solicitudes en un condado especifico. Si desea que se agrega su nombre en una de las listas designe cual lista(s) y envía por correo su pedido a la Oficina del Secretario Principal de la TCEQ.

CONTACTOS E INFORMACIÓN DE LA TCEQ. Todos los comentarios escritos del público y los pedidos para una reunión deben ser presenta-dos a la Oficina del Secretario Principal, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 o por el internet al www.tceq.state.tx.us/about/comments.html. Si necesita más información en Español sobre esta solicitud para un permiso o el proceso del permiso, por favor llamea El Programa de Educación Pública de la TCEQ, sin cobro, al 1-800-687-4040. La información general sobre la TCEQ puede ser encontrada en nuestro sitio de la red: www.tceq.state.tx.us.

También se puede obtener información adicional del Halepaska Property Management, LLC a la dirección indicada arriba o llamando a Sra. JoAnna P. Weaver, G&W Engineers, Inc. al 361-552-4509.

Fecha de emisión: el día 15 de agosto del año 2016

designed for individuals that are 18 years or older and meeting the weight requirements. The thrill of a lifetime takes approximately ten minutes, but memories of this ex-perience are forever.

Each one of these nonprofit’s mission is to help improve the lives of those within the commu-nity. VBEC serves the youth by providing mentors to inspire stu-dents, provide character building activities, job readiness training and career exploration. Hispanic Council of Victoria promotes lead-ership by supporting economic de-velopment, growth, and education of our Victoria Council Hispanic Community. Challenged Athletes Dream Complex want to provide an integrated playground which will include cognitive games as well as adaptive equipment to ac-commodate wheelchairs so that children with physical and men-tal disabilities can play with those without these challenges

Over the Edge is a special events company that provides signature fundraising events for non-profit organizations all around the world. They have hosted 500 events helping non-profits for the past 10 years raise more than $50 million dollars. Every Over the Edge event is set up as an industri-al worksite and as a result, is com-pliant with all federal and state OSHA Fall Protection Standards and Laws. All Over the Edge sites have highly trained industrial rope specialists, who are IRATA or SPRAT certified.

Since this is the weekend before Halloween, we encourage those that have the desire to put on their favorite “Super Hero” or Hal-loween costume and rappel down in style! Spectators are invited to come out and cheer on all of the courageous participants. A live DJ along with food trucks will be present for entertainment and enjoyment for all. The Farmer’s Market will line the streets near-by in the morning and a Haunted House for the kids will be set up at the Junior League building later in the day. To wrap up the festivities, there will be a Street Dance at De-Leon Plaza in the evening.

Individuals who wish to sup-port Over the Edge Victoria by participating can visit www.over-theedgecommunity.com and regis-ter online.

EDGE, from pg. 1


Habits successful retirees have that are worth imitating

Americans are increasingly glum about the odds they will en-joy a secure retirement, and those concerns flow across generational lines.

New research by the nonprofit Transamerica Center for Retire-ment Studies reveals that 45 per-cent of Baby Boomers expect to experience a reduced standard of living in retirement. Meanwhile, 83 percent of Generation X work-ers anticipate they will have a harder time achieving financial security than their parents did and just 18 percent of Millennials fore-see a comfortable retirement, the research says.

“Sadly, those results aren’t sur-prising because we often hear from people who have real concerns about outliving their money,” says investment advisory representa-tive Joshua Mellberg, founder of J.D. Mellberg Financial (www.jd-mellbergfinancial.com).

“A lot of this is because so many aspects related to a traditional re-tirement have changed. For one,

people are living longer, which means they need either to save more money or find ways to make what they do save last.”

Other factors causing anguish are that pensions are a thing of the past for most Americans, and there are constant rumbles about whether Social Security faces a bleak future.

But instead of fretting, Mellberg says, those planning for retire-ment should concentrate on trying to control the things they can. He says successful retirees often dis-play three habits that are worth imitating.

• They live with some urgency. Instead of sitting idly by, success-ful retirees seize each and every day to stay healthy and happy. Mellberg says this can apply to all aspects of life, from what you do during retirement to the way you save money throughout your working life. “A sense of urgency can call you to action, so you’re more likely to prepare for a great retirement,” he says.

• They retire based on their fi-nancial assets, not age. Tradition-ally, when people think about retirement, they pick a target age rather than a target amount in their portfolio. But that may not be the right approach. “While you might have a certain age in mind, it can be more worthwhile to create a re-tirement plan that’s based on your finances,” Mellberg says. “That will give you a much better chance of having enough money to last you the rest of your life.”

• They aren’t afraid to take risks. In many cases, it is best to mini-mize risks – and that’s especially true with finances for those ap-proaching retirement, Mellberg says. “But you also don’t always want to live your life on the safe and boring side,” he says. One way some retirees minimize their financial risk is to use a portion of their savings to purchase an an-nuity, which provides them a set amount of income for life, much like a pension. “Once you know your retirement income is in or-der,” Mellberg says, “you can be free to take some risks in other areas of your life and pursue your lifestyle goals.”

“Retirement is supposed to be about enjoying yourself after a lifetime of work, not counting pennies as you try to survive,” Mellberg says. “People nearing retirement need to understand that there are steps they can take that will help put them in a more secure position financially so they can thrive and not just survive.”

Successful seniors have good habits. Contributed photo.


can be viewed from September 17th through December 11, 2016.

Five Points Museum of Contem-porary Art is located at 1201 North Moody in Victoria, Texas and is open to the public 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admis-sion to the museum is always free. For event information please con-tact: Maggie Kuykendall, Media Contact at 361-894-2153.

AVISO DE RECIBO DE SOLICITUD E INTENCIÓN DE OBTENER LA RENOVACIÓN DE PERMISO DE AIRE

PERMISO NÚMERO 19168

SOLICITUD Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas ha solicitado a la Comisión de Calidad Ambiental de Texas (TCEQ, por su siglas en inglés) para la renovación del Permiso Núm. 19168 de Calidad de Aire, el cual autorizaría el funcionamiento continuado de una planta Formosa Point Comfort, ubicado ubicada en 201 Formosa Drive, en la cuidad de Point Comfort, en el Condado de Calhoun, Texas 77978. Este enlace a un mapa electrónico de la ubicación general del sitio o de la instalación el cual es proporcionado como una cortesía pública y no forma parte de la solicitud o del aviso. Para la ubicación exacta, consulte la solicitud. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=28.6888&lng=-96.5472&zoom=13&type=r. La instalación existente y/o las instalaciones relacionadas están autorizadas para emitir los siguientes contaminantes atmosféricos: partículas incluidas las partículas con diámetros de 10 micras o menos y 2.5 micras o menos, monóxido de carbono, óxidos de nitrógeno, dióxido de azufre, compuestos orgánicos, ácido sulfúrico, y los contaminantes peligrosos del aire.

Esta solicitud se presentó a la TCEQ el día 11 de agosto del año 2016. La solicitud estará disponible para ser revisada y copiada en la oficina central de la TCEQ, en la oficina regional de la TCEQ en Corpus Christi, y la biblioteca del Condado de Calhoun, por el camino 200 West Mahan Street, Port Lavaca, Condado de Calhoun, Texas, comenzando el primer día de la publicación de este aviso. El expediente de cumplimiento normativo de la instalación, si alguno existe, está disponible para su revisión en la oficina regional de la TCEQ en Corpus Christi.

El director ejecutivo de la TCEQ ha determinado que la solicitud está completa administrativamente y llevará a cabo un examen técnico de la solicitud. Además de la renovación, esta acción con respecto al permiso incluye la incorporación de las siguientes autorizaciones o cambios a instalaciones autorizadas relacionadas a este permiso: alteraciones y permiso por regla. Las razones para cualquier cambio o incorporación, hasta el punto en que puedan ser incluidos en el permiso renovado, pueden incluir las mejoras de los controles operacionales en la planta o la manera de asegurar la aplicación de la ley para el permiso. Para más información sobre esta solicitud del permiso o el proceso de permisos, puede llamar al Programa de Educación del Público, sin cobro, al 1-800-687-4040. La TCEQ puede actuar sobre esta solicitud sin buscar comentarios públicos adicionales o dar una oportunidad para una audiencia de caso impugnado si se cumple con ciertos criterios.

COMENTARIO PÚBLICO Usted puede presentar comentarios públicos, o solicitar una audiencia de caso impugnado a la Oficina del Secretario Oficial al domicilio a continuación. La TCEQ tomará en cuenta todos los comentarios públicos en la decisión final de la solicitud. La fecha límite para presentar comentarios públicos es 15 días después de que se publique el aviso en el periódico. Después de la fecha límite para comentarios públicos, el director ejecutivo preparará una respu-esta para todos los comentarios públicos pertinentes y materiales o significativos. Cuestiones tales como valor de propiedad, ruido, seguridad del tráfico, y zonificación, o están dentro de la jurisdicción de la TCEQ para abordarse en el proceso del permiso.

Después de el examen técnico de la solicitud se completa, el director ejecutivo tomará en cuenta los comentarios y preparará una respuesta a todos los comentarios públi-cos pertinentes y materiales, o significativos. Si sólo se reciben comentarios, la respuesta a los comentarios, junto con la decisión del director ejecutivo con respecto a la solicitud, será enviada por correo a todas aquellas personas que presentaron comentarios públicos o quienes se encuentren en la lista de correo para esta solicitud, a menos que la solicitud será emitida directamente para una audiencia de caso impugnado.

OPORTUNIDAD PARA UNA AUDIENCIA DE CASO IMPUGNADO Usted puede solicitar una audiencia de caso impugnado. El solicitante o el director ejecutivo también pueden pedir que la solicitud se remita directamente a una audiencia de caso impugnado después del examen técnico de la solicitud. Una audiencia de caso impugnado es un proceso legal parecido a un juicio civil en un tribunal de distrito del estado. A menos que se presente una petición por escrito para una audiencia de caso impugnado dentro de 15 días de esta notificación, el director ejecutivo puede autorizar la solicitud. Si no se recibe una petición para audiencia dentro del plazo de 15 días, no se dará otra oportunidad para una audiencia. De acuerdo con la Ley de Aire Limpio de Texas, § 382.056(o), sólo se puede conceder una audiencia de caso impugnado si el historial de cumplimiento normativo del solicitante se encuentra en la clasificación más baja de acuerdo a los requisitos aplicables de historial de cumplimiento normativo y si la petición para audiencia está basada en cuestiones de hecho en disputa que son pertinentes y materiales para la decisión de la Comisión con respecto a la solicitud. Además, la Comisión solo concederá una audiencia sobre esas cuestiones que se presenta durante el período de comentarios públicos y no se retiren.

Una persona que puede estar afectada por contaminantes de emisiones atmosféricas de una planta tiene derecho a solicitar una audiencia. Si se solicita una audi-encia de caso impugnado, debe presentar lo siguiente:(1) su nombre (o para un grupo o asociación, un representante oficial), dirección, y número de teléfono; (2) el nombre del solicitante y número del permiso;(3) la declaración “[yo/nosotros] solicito/solicitamos una audiencia de un caso impugnado”; (4) una descripción específica de cómo se vería adversamente afectado por la solicitud y emisiones atmosféricas de la planta de manera que no es común para el público en general; (5) la ubicación y la distancia de su propiedad con relación a la planta; (6) una descripción de cómo usa la propiedad que pueda ser afectada por la planta; y (7) una lista de todas las cuestiones de hecho en disputa que usted presente durante el período de comentarios. Si la petición la hace un grupo o asociación, uno o más miembros que tienen derecho a solicitar una audiencia deben ser identificados por su nombre y dirección física. Los intereses que el grupo o la asociación busca proteger también se deben identificar. También puede presentar sus modificaciones propuestas a la solicitud/al permiso que satisfarían sus inquietudes. Las peticiones para una audiencia de caso impugnado deben presentarse por escrito dentro de 15 días después de este aviso, a la Oficina del Secretario Oficial a la dirección a continuación.

Si cualquier petición para una audiencia de caso impugnado se presenta a tiempo, el director ejecutivo enviará la solicitud y cualquier petición para una audiencia de caso impugnado a los Comisionados de la TCEQ para su consideración durante una reunión programada de la Comisión. A menos que la solicitud se remite directamente a una audiencia de caso impugnado, el director ejecutivo enviará por correo la respuesta a los comentarios junto con notificación de la reunión de la Comisión a todas personas que presentaron comentarios o que se encuentren en la lista de correos para esta solicitud. La Comisión sólo puede conceder una solicitud de una audiencia de caso im-pugnado sobre los temas que el solicitante haya presentado en sus comentarios oportunos que no fueron retirados posteriormente. Si se concede una audiencia, el tema de la audiencia estará limitado a cuestiones de hecho en disputa o cuestiones mixtas de hecho y de derecho relacionadas a intereses pertinentes y materiales de calidad atmosférica que se hayan planteado durante el período de comentarios. Cuestiones tales como valor de propiedad, ruido, seguridad de tráfico y zonificación no están dentro de la jurisdicción de la Comisión para abordarse en este proceso judicial.

LISTA DE CORREO Además de presentar comentarios públicos, puede solicitar que le incluyan en una lista de correo para esta solicitud al enviar una petición a la Oficina del Secretario Oficial de la TCEQ en la dirección a continuación. Los que están en la lista de correo recibirán copias de futuros avisos públicos (si hay) para esta solicitud, enviadas por la Oficina del Secretario Oficial.

CONTACTOS DE LA AGENCIA E INFORMACIÓN Comentarios públicos y peticiones se deben entregar por el Internet a www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html o se deben enviarse por escrito a la Oficina del Secretario Oficial, MC-105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Si se comunica con la TCEQ por vía electrónica, por favor tenga en cuenta que su dirección de correo, como su dirección actual, pasará a formar parte del registro público de la agencia. Para más información sobre esta solicitud de permiso o sobre el proceso de permisos, por favor llames in cobro al Programa de Educación del Público al 1 800 687 4040. Si desea información en español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Se puede obtener información adicional también de Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, P.O. Box 700, Point Comfort, Texas 77978-0700 o al llamar a Sra. Tammy G Lasater, Environmental and Health, Safety Department Staff al número (302) 836-2241.

Fecha de Expedición: día 19 de agosto del año 2016

PHOTOGRAPHS, from pg. 1

• A classroom, kinesiology lab and physics lab. The labs will move to the STEM building when it opens.

• Climate-controlled record stor-age.

• Book storage for Dalkey Ar-chive Press and the Victoria Col-lege/UHV Library.

Because the university is land-locked, UHV already has started using different sites in Victoria, Morgan said. The most notable example is the UHV Downtown Center for the Arts, which houses UHV’s art and design courses, a bookstore and a small event space. In addition, UHV Facilities and Dalkey Archive Press both use off-campus storage spaces. Those spaces will be eliminated when Town Plaza is ready.

“We also will see considerable savings by storing library books at Town Plaza,” Beran said. “By storing books off campus, we can cut about $5 million in construc-tion costs on the new Student Cen-ter/Learning Commons.”

Since a shuttle bus will run be-tween the UHV campus and Town Plaza, the former mall also even-tually could be used for additional parking for UHV students, a less expensive option than building a parking garage, Morgan said.

Town Plaza also will be a more convenient place for visitors at-tending business meetings. The UHV SBDC will have a front entrance facing Airline Road and plenty of parking for its clients.

“Without additional space, UHV will not be able to continue to grow in Victoria,” Morgan said. “Our priority remains becoming a comprehensive regional univer-sity. That, of course, takes room, and this property will help our ex-pansion plans greatly.”

MALL, from pg. 2


GOLD NUGGET BURGER1½ lbs. ground beef sirloin or chuck (10% fat) About ½ teaspoon salt About ¼ teaspoon pepper 8 slices (2”x 1” and ¼” thick) cheddar cheese 1 red onion (about 8 oz.) peeled and cut into ½” thick slices 4 Kaiser, onion or crusty round rolls (4” wide) split Sweet-and-Spicy Sauce 1½ cups shredded iceberg lettuce (4 oz.) 1 firm-ripe tomato (about 8 oz.), cored and thinly sliced Guacamole

1. In a bowl, gently mix ground beef, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ tea-spoon pepper.

2. Divide meat mixture into eight equal portions and shape each into a 4-inch round. Top each four rounds with 2 slices of cheese. Lay another patty on top of each and press edges together or seal.

3. Lay burgers and onion slices on an oiled barbecue grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 or 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook burgers, turning once, until browned on both ides and done to your liking (cut to test), about 7 minutes total for medium-rare. Cook onions, also turning once, until browned on both sides, 7 to 8 minutes total. Remove from grill.

4. Lay buns, cut inside down, on grill and cook until lightly toasted, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

5. Spread Sweet-and-Spicy Sauce on bun bottoms. Add let-tuce, tomato, burger, onion, and guacamole. Set bun tops in place.

Serve with remaining guacamole, sauce, and salt and pepper to taste.

RED RIVER BURGERS ½ cup chopped green onion or finely chopped white onion 2 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs 2 red Serrano peppers, seeded and finely chopped 3 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped ½ teaspoon salt 1 pound lean ground beef 4 whole wheat hamburger buns, split, or eight 1-inch-thick slices of bread Roasted red pepper catsup, roasted garlic catsup, or others purchased flavored catsup (optional) 4 tomato slices (optional) Sliced red onion (optional) Red Serrano peppers (optional)

1. Combine green onion or white onion, breadcrumbs, Serrano pep-pers, chipotle peppers, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add beef; mix well. Shape meat mixture into four ¾-inch-thick patties.

2. For a charcoal grill, place pat-ties on the grill rack directly over medium coals. Grill, uncovered, for 14 to 18 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the side of a patty registers 160ºF, turning once.

3. For gas grill, preheat grill.

Reduce heat to medium. Place patties on the grill rack; cover and grill as above.

4. Grill or toast buns or bread. Serve burgers on grilled or toasted buns or bread topped, if desired, with flavored catsup, tomato slic-es, red onion slices, and Serrano peppers. Makes 4 servings.

ROASTED ROSEMARY POTATO SALAD 2½ pounds tiny new red potatoes, halved or quartered 1 medium red onion cut in wedges ¼ cup olive oil, divided 2 tablespoons snipped fresh rosemary 2 cloves garlic, minced ½ teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 medium red sweet pepper, cut into bite-sized strips 3 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted

1. Preheat oven to 450ºF. In a large mixing bowl combine pota-toes, onion wedges, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, rosemary, garlic, salt, and black pepper. Toss po-tato mixture to coat well; arrange in a single layer in a greased shal-low roasting pan. Roast, uncov-ered, for 25 to 30 minutes or un-til potatoes are tender and lightly browned, stirring mixture twice.

Transfer roasted potato mix to a large bowl; set aside.

2. In a small bowl whisk togeth-er balsamic vinegar and remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Pour mix-ture over roasted potato mixture.

Add red pepper pieces; toss gently to coat.

3. Turn potato salad into serv-ing bowl. Sprinkle with pine nuts. Serve warm at room temperature. Makes 6 servings.

VICTORIA COUNTYTAX SALE

October 4, 2016 @ 10:00 A.M.

At the Front Door of the Victoria County Courthouse

For Tax Sale Information contactLINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP at:

(361) 573-9666 or www.publicans.com

Roasted rosemary potato salad. Contributed photo.


County roads

by Danny Garcia, Victoria County Commis-sioner

Counties maintain almost 50 percent of all Texas roads, yet a very small portion of the state gas tax goes towards county roads, approximately $7.3 million is di-vided among the 254 counties in Texas.

The county has to rely on tax revenues to maintain and build roads. A good maintenance pro-gram is vital to having good roads. With the recent oil boom, we have had more damage to our roads than ever before. So how is Victo-ria County managing the road and bridge tax?

With the 2017 budget workshop now behind us, how will this bud-get affect the Victoria County’s road and bridge (R&B) fund?

Let me try to explain. The 2017 tax rate for R&B is 6.6 cents per $100 of ad valorem tax evalua-

tion (based on the appraisal dis-trict’s values). If 100 percent of taxes were collected for every “tax penny” approximately $652,950 would go into the R&B budget.

Unfortunately, 100 percent is not collected, and approximately only 97 percent is collected. How-ever, the figures are calculated on a more conservative 96 percent collection rate which generates approximately $626,832 per one cent.

This amount is then multiplied by 6.6 cents which gives you the total R&B funds of $4,137,091. These funds are then divided be-tween the four precincts, which gives each precinct roughly $1,000,000 for their R&B budget.

Precinct One has over 150 roadway miles to maintain and in-cludes rural areas in parts of Wood Hi, Da Costa, Guadalupe, Crescent Valley, Bloomington, and Placedo. Our budget is very limited. So we have to be more conservative with how the monies are spent, while still providing a much needed ser-vice to the tax payers.

The cost of rebuilding a road-way is approximately $85,000-$90,000 per roadway mile. Out of the $1,000,000 each precinct has allocated to the R&B fund, there is roughly $350,000 that can be spent on construction.

Why only $350,000? Take into consideration that salaries, equip-ment, and fuel must be paid from this R&B fund as well. Based on the cost of $85,000 per mile, we

are able to do approximately 4-5 miles per year. We as commission-ers have to be incredibly resource-ful, as well as creative, when bud-geting funds to build roads.

Because of limited funds, un-fortunately we aren’t able to work on all 150 miles in one year. So how do we choose which roads to allocate these funds to? Road-ways are evaluated each year us-ing a calculation that considers the volume of traffic and condition of roads. From this evaluation we are able to create a priority list, which is how we determine which roads need the most attention.

Drainage is also a vital part of building and maintaining our road-ways.

Although we work on drainage throughout the year, the bulk of our drainage projects will begin in October and run through March. Drainage is just as important as our road construction projects; we understand that good drainage will help extend the life of the roads.

Maintaining 150 miles of road-way translates to having to main-tain approximately 300 miles of ditch cleaning. We work very closely with the drainage districts, and have recently began identify-ing areas that we can work on to-gether to help improve drainage to the larger out-falls within the county.

Installing the right size culvert, when building a driveway, is vital to having good drainage. When a new driveway is installed the property owner should contact the county at 361-575-8711to make arrangements for installation. The property owner is responsible for the cost of materials, i.e. corrugat-ed metal pipe and gravel and the county will provide the equipment and labor.

Mowing right-of-way in rural areas is also a service that is pro-vided by the county. We typically will mow four times a year, how-ever this past year, since we’ve had a pretty wet season, we began our fifth mowing cycle in August and because of the 14 or so inches of rain we will have to mow at least one more time before the end of the year.

Hopefully this is information is helpful, and when traveling through Precinct 1, drive safely and be courteous to our workers.

Victoria county commissioner Danny Gar-cia. Contributed photo.

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