Del Rio News-Herald (Newspaper) - September 10, 1997, Del Rio, Texas SOUTHWEST 2627 PASO YANDELL TX 799033743 DEL TEXAS SEPTEMBER 1997 cents Library sexually oriented business top city council agenda Tuesday night Bricio celebrates anniversary ANGELICA ILTIS Staff Writer whose specialty is celebrat ed his first anniversary in Del Rio 26 with a short fete in his offices on Bedell Bricio was accompanied by his Cirina Bricio also taking part in the festivities were Don administrator of the Val Verde Regional Med ical Center Dava tor relations at the hospital and friends and Special guests were the first three patients Bricio attend ed when he Arrived in Del One of said he was very happy because Bricio saved hfs life one year another patient she was very pleased Bricio because he is and a very good She added that his employees are nice to her and to every She said that before his arrival they had to wait for a doctor to come from San Anto nio or they had to travel to another city to get a With Bricio in Del she feels more said that he is very excited and happy to serve this community adding that he and his wife Cirina love Del Rio and the people in the The couple hails from RANDALL REMALEY Staff Writer City council met in their chambers Tuesday evening and addressed a 19 item agenda that encompassed several locally con issues as well as sever al key taxpayer based Boy Scout Troop hon ored the council and those in attendance by leading the Pledge of after the call to roll call and Council then approved the min utes of the 26 regular coun cil William addressed council in the first agenda presenting a petition against the proposed busi ness at the corner of Kings Way and According to Press After just one week of col signatures on the peti we were able to collect over 382 con Those that did not want to sign were most that saw the petition signed Our problem was the limited time available and being unable to get the petition in the hands of more No action was taken on this item during the council Zina representing the Val Verde County Library Board of presented a request for funding of a project that would bring automation to the Worley described the situation at the library as Worley The July traffic count was up 14O over the same time period last Worley also explained to coun cil that automation was neces sary because all libraries in the state were expected to be auto mated in the near She We must automate in order to keep our cherished accredita Worley presented to council a wish in which cost esti See 3A business leaders sponsor NIE photos by Angelica In top photo from is his first three from left Myra Opal Reynolds and Fred celebrating his first anniversary in Del in bottom photo he is pictured with his DIANA GONZALES Staff Writer The Del Rio in partnership with local business and industry is proud to sponsor the Newspapers in Edu cation NIE The programs goal is to grad literate students who also are aware of what is going on in the world around Sponsors are Coors of Del Rio Del Rio Bank and Trust Del Rio Housing Authority Fiesta Pharmacy Plaza del Sol Mall mer chants San Felipe Del Rio Consoli dated Independent School Dis The Del Rio NIE supplies newspapers to the schools for the teachers to use in the giving stu dents the advantage of learning what is happening The NIE program began almost 40 years ago in the Unit ed States and has grown steadily ever Research has shown that people who participate in NiE show marked improvement in reading and know more about the world around them than those who do not use the newspaper as a learning NIE has proven to a great incentive in getting students to The is a com munity newspaper that also con tains news about the nation and the Students like to read about themselves and about peo ple they They also gain knowledge of history in the mak For as little as a you can help sponsor a Four dollars a month pays for one newspaper for one Regular price of one newspaper is a month NIE sponsors pay halfprice the pays the NIE sponsors in Del Rio sup ply students with newspapers throughout the school Cur about 200 newspapers are delivered to public and pri vate schools Monday through Friday and teachers are request ing more copies hence more NIE sponsors are will be edged in advertisements throughout the year and will be included in the list of sponsors printed at the end of each school Workshops with teachers whe participate in the NIE will place throughout the school year beginning in to help instructors plan lessons using the The worki shops will be conducted by NIE Coordinator Diana Gonzales managing editor who has a masters degree in sec Gonzales will schedule class See 3A Texas Department of Criminal Justice awards county probation office FIDEL GARCIA Staff Writer The Val Verde County Adult Probation Office has been award ed by the Texas of Criminal Justice for its operating budget during the new fiscal year that starts on The department makes the funds available for operation of programs ranging from victim restitution to job Manuel Limones chief proba tion officer for the 63rd Judicial said the funds are part PICKS CASKS of the local offices budget and are used to deal with individuals who may have a drug or alcohol The money is part of a million award in tice assistance grants by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to 82 local adult proba tion departments throughout Texas to fund more than 200 The purpose of the grant is to provide funds for pro to divert offenders from prison by channeling them into rehabilitation and productive pursuits in their according to Executive Director Wayne Some persons con misdemeanor and offenses are under the tion of local adult probation which are officially known as Community sion and Corrections Depart ments State assistance for the diver sion programs gives the local community an opportunity to design and operate those pro which the community feels are most beneficial beyond the basic said spokesman Susan Many community programs have been highly Many are unique and will serve as pilot projects and prototypes for new concepts in community criminal she In addition to the annual diversion provides another million a year to the local for basic super vision operations and other spe cial community corrections pro Basic supervision fund ing is allotted to all 122 local on a population but the diversion grants must compete for the available money appropriated by the Grant applications are evaluated by Community Justice Assistance Division in Recipients of the million were selected from requests totaling million from local probation counties and nonprofit Cran ford The most requested programs were for residential facilities such as substance abuse treat ment restitution cen ters and residen tial treatment These and other residential programs got a combined million of the total grant Cranford noted that in urban the jurisdiction is a single while in many rural areas the departments serve several county the nearest county to Del Rio that also received received The Val Verde County Proba tion Office serves Val Kin Edwards and Terrel coun The local office services 500 80 of which have drug or alcohol related photo by Abigail Torres Alex left and Armando fifth graders at Garfield Elementary keep up v the latest news in their hometown Newspapers in Education sponsors help sup copies of the Del Rio to students in local public and private Currer 200 newspapers are being delivered Teachers are requesting more copies more r sponsors are To find out about the NIE please call ALL WHEEL ALIGNMENT BRAKE SERVICE FUEL INJECTOR CLEANING I tin WMT ftn DEL RIO HOME AND AUTO Your Firestone Store Small Town Big City Savings 600 Ave F 7758473 656 Main 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH on Firestone payment plan Minimum monthly All refunded paid as agree Open an account today
