Del Rio News-Herald (Newspaper) - July 9, 1984, Del Rio, Texas Del Rio d lit DH Hit AT Mitts f NW r MK I i High speed chase ends in death fU youth 87 KAREN OLE A champion boner from Del Rio WM and San Angeto youth was Injured following an 00 to 100 mph chase with Dti Rio early Safer day Dead li the Encarna cton Own Val Verde Park Injured was Johnny of ISM State San this morning wai transferred to Shannon Hospital in San Angelo from Val Verde Memorial Hospital here where he was reported in fair The occurred at abort n north of on SUM Highway Department of Safety troopers Troopers said the a was traveling north on when it ran off the left side of the hit a and careened back to the right side of the road and Police Charles Bruce said five police officers in three patrol cars were involved in the which reached speeds up to 100 miles per No shots were fired during the People CATHY PLYLER Meet Cathy Plyler By CYNTHIA GARZA Writer Several changes were made in Val Verde Memorial Hospitals dietary department in the last three One of those changes was hiring a registered dietician to manage the Cathy Plyler was hired as the hospitals dietician one month after graduation from the University of Texas at Austin in June Cathy was the only registered dietician in Del Rio when she began working for the Not many people are familiar with what a dietician does other than plan Cathy explains that the dietary field is a wide open Thats what I like so much about Dieticians are employed in schools and businesses and are the experts in the field of Nutrition is a science its a new she Cathy likes to parallel a dietician to experts in other she says individuals may study a subject briefly in but they are not qualified in that area like many of the self proclaimed experts in she I was educated in that Theres a lot of misinformation about Cathy She attributes this misinformation to people who write diet and nutrition books and slap a title like Doctor before their Anyone can be called a She says these individuals can be professors in psychology but not necessarily in nutrition and be call ed a While in school Cathy was enrolled in an internship program call ed the Coordinated Undergraduate Only 12 students are selected a year making this a very competitive program to Cathy interned in the dietary departments of the Breckenridge Hospital in the State Women and Infants and Children Pro the Austin School District and various community centers in The major advantage of the she is that students are eligible to take an examination to become registered students must earn a masters degree in nutrition and work for three years under a designed or enroll in a four year internship program before becoming registered Cathy says she took courses that some of the nursing students also The difficult course work and the prepared her with the experience for her work at the Her duties at the hospital at first were mainly She asses See Page tA On the inside Weather JA DEL 110 AND VICINITY Sunny and hot today and Tues day with low tonight in the midMa and highs today and in tht Winds from tht southeast at 15 to 10 par hour today 10 par hmr tonight High Sunday Brace saM tht car ran through the Port of Emr shortly a officials took down tht license cheeked It through their com puter and teamed the vehicle had been reported stolen hi San A police officer spotted the car at Broadway and South Main heading Bruce said the officer lost sight of the car as it traveled north on North Main A few minutes the car was spotted at the convenience store on Avenue F Principal notes and Ninth When the oc saw they fled north on said One patrol car attempted to stop the vehicle at Avenue F and Fifteenth but was as was another car which attempted to stop the cle at Chevrolet Drive and Avenue The car then headed north on Highway eluding a Border Patrol unit at Evans Creek 12 miles east of Com stock and a Val Verde County Sheriffs car about one mile east of Com Bruce said sheriffs deputies and Border Patrol agents had set up a major roadblock six miles south of Otona on Highway which the car never Bruce said one police depart ment vehicle was damaged In the but no officers were Several of the units also were low on fuel during the said He added that the incident re mains under Renteria was a champion amateur boxer whose overall record stood at said Mario the youths Del Rio See Page 2A RENTERIA Students scoring better in basic skills By KAREN Writer Ninth graders have been mak ing exceptional scoring gains on the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills a fact their Principal Roberto Fernandez at tributes mostly to concentration in the basic skills by their The ninth graders have shown exceptional gains I dont think parents and other people really realize just how much of a gain it the staff has really gotten down to do some basics type with heavy concentration in the three said Every teacher is working hard to teach the said pointing out that Del Rio ninth graders maintained an 80 percentile mastery level on the writing skills portion of the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills even though the state this year initiated tougher test grading In a dismal 41 percent of the ninth graders taking the TABS mastered the reading ob 49 percent the and 58 percent the writing Fernandez did not see the students scores as 41 percent but as 59 percent The next that score was boosted to 64 percent mastering the reading 70 percent the math goals and 83 percent the writing This scores on all three testing levels were pushed into the 80 percent mastery range 83 percent of the students taking the test mastered the mathematics and reading objec tives while 85 percent completed the writing While Fernandez attributes much of the progress made in the two years since the ninth grade was separated from the high school to the hard work and dedication of he also credits campus discipline and teacher This is a campus where we stress At the beginn See Page 2A Panel wants locks changed in new jail By KAREN GLEASON Writer The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has disapproved of the locks being used in the countys new County Commissioners Court learned this The court has decided to fight the which would cost and delay completion of the jail by five The commission informed jail architect Norris Fletcher that the locks were not in compliance while he was presenting plans for a planned new jail in Jim Hogg he The locks are the same as those used in Val Verde Countys new The commissions primary ob to the locks is the smaller size of the Fletcher Commissioners court voted to appeal the decision to the state commission rather than proceed with the and appointed County Attorney Victor Roberto Garcia to represent the court at the commissions July 24 meeting in Said one If we iet them make this change what will they decide to change next The objectionable said were not to be used in any of the jails security but in the kitchen and nurses The cost of complying with the commissions order lies not in switching but in modifying already installed door said The court made no plans to ap prove a new contract with the Marshals Service that calls for the construction at the new jail of an additional dor The Marshals Service had of the county if they built the new cell and estimated its construction cost at The balance of the federal funds would be used to help pay for the rest of the The Marshals Service also asked the county to reserve 124 spaces for federal prisoners on completion of the but guarantee payment for 60 Under the current con the county would guarantee 80 paid for if they are used or Architects today said the cell would cost to A motion by Commissioner Ricardo Padilla to apply for the and negotiate the con tract later died for lack of a In other the court ap proved a county seal presented by County Centennial Committee members Rosie Jones and Diana The seal depicts a a sheep and a railroad engine and will be used in con junction with centennial ac and on county stationery and Mexico seeks ways to handle deportations MEXICO CITY AP President Miguel de la Madrid has set up a Cabinet task force to plan how to handle the thousands of Mexicans expected to be deported from the United States once the new immigration is Government officials and business leaders fear the expected crackdown on illegal aliens will aggravate already severe unemployment and sharply reduce the billions of dollars those workers have been sending their A government statement said de la Madrid set up the seven man working team at a Cabinet meeting and ordered it to study the immigration bills impact on Mex ico and draw up a plan to deal with the problems it will Members of the committee are the secretaries of foreign budget and commerce and urban and the senate majority Different versions of the original immigration by Alan and Romano D have been approved by the House and A final version is now pending before a conference Few officials in Mexico doubt it will be approved and signed into law by President Reagan before the November presiden tial The establishes stiff penalties for American employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens and substantially strengthens the border It also allow aliens who can prove they have been living in the United States since before January 1980 to become legal Another provision would allow farmers to employ a number of Mexicans temporarily every year to work in but Mexican officials said this wll fall far short of for the bills damage to Mexicos battered Because of a severe recession that started in February 1982 when world oil prices Mexico is having trouble meeting payments on its billion foreign There are no reliable labor statistics but it is generally estimated that 40 percent of Mexicos work force is either unemployed or hold subsistance level Labor and business leaders expect that a majority of the Mexicans not eligible to stay in the United States estimates range from 3 million to 6 million will be rounded up The Local Scene Hearing set Tuesday A public hearing on the needs assessment for the elderly and the aging is planned Tuesday at 1 in Joe Ramos Community Edward Middle Rio Grande Development Council Board said the hearing is planned for the elderly and all interested persons of Kinney and Val Verde Information obtained will be to assist the Area Agency of Ag ing in establishing programs and priorities to be included in the an update of the Area Artist workshop A three day guest artist workshop is planned Wednesday through Friday from 9 to 3 in The 120 E Garfield The workshop will feature Joan Sumner and will focus on fiber o Mt a Her emphasis Is on working using no cutting very simple During the she plank to cover and framing your own original and will explain tht transparency technique and tht more traditional opaque Defensive driving Tht National Councils Defensive Driving course will be of at tht Dt Rio High School on Memorial Drive Wednesday and The coat of tht whith runs four hours each e to 10 it tht first night Additional information is available from Bob Young at Earn degrees Catherine Ann Willis of Brackettville was among students who received degrees this spring at Baylor She received a bachelor of in education Three students from Del Rio and one from Comstock received their degrees at Texas spring commencement Students from Del Rio receiving their bachelor degrees include Robert engineering technology Irma accoun and Christopher agricultural Karen Kelly of Comstock received a bachelor degree in agricultural Participates in course Benjamin Gallegos of Del Rio was a participant in a Summer Enrichment in Engineering program sponsored by the College of Engineering at Texas University During the weeklong minority high school students took courses in computer mathematics and engineering at Texas and worked with professors on Earns Marshall Franklin ia tht son of Franklin and Helen of Star Route Box Dti He is a of Morgantown High Marshall received 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