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Laredo Morning Times (Newspaper) - February 21, 2007, Laredo, Texas Pay raises Mexican army gets 46 percent jump mtn Laredo teams play post season games tonight SHUTS I u Sahara run cross desert FEBRUARY 212007 LAREDO COUNCIL Public gets no access Mayor urges police fire to resolve problem By SCOTT SHAFFER LAREDO MORNING TIMES Mayor Raul Salinas asked the City of Laredo Fire and Police chiefs to meet with the media and Find a way to resolve the debate over access to city scanner com at Mondays City Council meeting Were all oh the same side Salinas reminded the two chiefs who had spoken and me dia representatives who had spo ken for access to encrypted digi tal scanner communications of fire and police during Tuesdays city council meeting The mayor asked the two sides to get together hi the very near future and pardon the pun get on the same frequency and solve this issue Juan Chavez who cosponsored council scanner discussion with EDUCATION I BOND ISSUE CHAVEZ SALINAS Salinas spoke of constituents liv ing in warehouse districts who needed timely information In the event of industrial accidents Who better to inform them than the media Chavez asked Police Chief Agustin Dovalina TEL understood and agreed diat the public needed timely information during emergencies Im all for open government and media has access to our PIOs Dovalina said See CITY I PAGE 10 A NUEVO LAREDO VIOLENCE better Congressman shot Monday is in Mexico City hospital NUEVO LAREDO Mexican Congressman Horacio Garza Garza who was shot Monday night is doing better in an undis closed location in Mexico City of said Tuesday The wounds of Congressman Horacio Emigdio Garza Garza are not and his re covery could take three to four weeks said a Nuevo Laredo doc tor who was among those attend ing the congressman after the am bush Monday night Garza Garza was on his way to the airport when unknown gun men opened fire on his bright red Suburban killing his chauffeur Hector Morales and in GARZA the The Nuevo Laredo cian who asked not to be Bed said local medical per worked on the con gressman for about two hours af ter he arrived at the hospital He was shot three times in the left once in the neck once in the arm and once in the leg Garza Garzas neck wound ap to be mostly on the sur face although it did affect his vo cal chords causing a mild hoarseness officials said Nearly Vote could come May 12 for funds to handle growth LAREDO taxpayers will be asked to approve a nearly million bond issue on May 12 to handle the districts continuous growth in the construction of four new ninth grade campuses The idea of asking for a little more mon GARZA PAGE SANTOS ey to build two new high schools was shot down at the United Independent School Districts Blue Rib bon Committees last meet ing on Tuesday night The committee is com prised of nearly three dozen community mem bers that have been meeting since December Tuesday night with their final vote the committee voted with the exception of one to recommend that the board of trustees approve a bond election seeking The board is expected to take a vote next Tuesday Feb 27 See PAGE Methodists celebrate Shrove Tuesday Pancake supper raises funds for Habitat and orphanages fete by Cute Sates ABOVE Joe Covington enjoys his first serving of pancakes at the Shrove Tuesday dinner at the Unit ed Methodist Church ABOVE LEFT Traditionally cooks used up the last of the flour butter and sugar before Lent in cooking the Fat Tuesday meal such as pancakes LAREDO A mountain of pancakes were devoured Tuesday when hungry turned out for First United Methodist Churchs annual fundraiser The mens group toiled in the churchs kitchen long before diners started arriving The pancake supper took place on Shrove Tuesday the day before the Lent season begins The menu kept it traditional with nothing but pancakes with butter and syrup plus bacon sausage orange juice and coffee The supper reminded Juan Lopez who said he was a new member of the church of dinners held at his old church Every year is different hopefully well have enough pancakes for everybody that comes in Lopez said Pastor Peter M Aguilar said more than 100 people were expected to attend That was how many came last year when the church ran out of food he said Shrove Tuesday corresponds with Mardi Gras and the Methodist version traces its roots to Mid dle Ages Europe Back then Christians would make fatty foods to get rid of their rich foodstuffs like butter sug ar and flour before the onset of Lent supper where many kids enjoyed dripping goopy syrup on their stacks of flap jacks was a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity and two Nuevo Laredo orphanages The church suppers date back to at least 20 years ago said member Dennis P Kriewald They originally raised money to buy food and Christ mas presents for the orphanages See PANCAKES PAGE WEBB COUNTY AGRICULTURE night at tht himRancher of the tar LIFE honors Mayers Rancher of the Year Award comes at kickoff reception LIFE Board of Directors junior directors and a packed room at International Bank of Com merce honored this years Rancher of the Year 69 yearold John Mayers with a standing ovation and a special plaque he called something big and very special Ive been a rancher and agriculturist all my life the former Martin High School in a kickoff reception for the 44th Annual Laredo International Fair and Exposition which will begin next week I really enjoy what I do and I love what I am doing he said I remember the LIFE organiza tion when it first started and I still think it is the most beautiful thing Not only for the economy of Laredo but for our youth he dont to be the Rancher of the Year to support the LIFE organization I love the outdoors I love the peo ple Mayers a former science and agricultural teacher is also the former vocational director for the Laredo Independent School District Im semiretired right now he said adding that he is still somewhat involved in the cattle business and though he already feels old he will continue to be involved for years to come Claudia Williams executive director of LIFE said Mayers was selected and honored as Ranch er of the Year because of his participation in LIKE activities and for having supported Laredos youth and promoting agriculture He is a strong LIFE supporter involved in Fu ture Farmers of America and has been a rancher I Il Jji kf b J f tl ii

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