Quiz returns to Del Rio board duties after recovery
Dr. Fernando Quiz, elected trustee in May, returned to Del Rio July 1 after emergency brain surgery for internal hemorrhaging from an Easter weekend fall. He plans full or partial teaching at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College in spring and will attend a school board meeting later this month to discuss budget and funding amid state cuts.
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Fernando Quiz
Quiz
del Rio
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio
Sul Ross State University
Rio Grande College
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School
Miriam Mufitz-Quiz
News-Herald
Del Rio Marine Lance Cpl Ramos Returns From Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl Jose Tomas Ramos Jr 20 returned to Del Rio after serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. A Del Rio High School graduate he enlisted in 2001 and joined the 3rd Battalion 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune. He describes Baghdad combat and Iraqis’ warm welcomes and notes heat as a familiar challenge.
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News-Herald
Karen Gleason
Jose Tomas Ramos Jr
Jessica
Iraq
Ramos
U.S
Lance Cpl
del Rio
U.S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
10Th Marines
2Nd Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N.C
The
Gulf and War
Jessica Levine
Gulf
George Bush
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
Saddam
Val Verde EMT class graduates seven lifesavers
Val Verde Regional Medical Center marks the graduation of seven new paramedics led by coordinator Susie Jechow after 680 hours of training plus 330 hours in hospital clinics and EMS activities. The cohort follows 248 previous graduates, with certification pending through the National Registry.
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Val Verde Regional Medical Center
Susie Jechow
Jechow
Val Verde Regional Center
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
VVRMC_ education office
Pncoio
Allen Enroe
Danny Patifio
Drew Flores
Abel Mendez
Cesar Garcia
Clark Gridley
Wayne Ramsey
del Rio
House approves GOP redistricting map in Texas
The Texas House, by an 83-62 vote, approved a Republican redistricting plan that would tilt congressional seats toward GOP. The measure moves to the Senate where Democrats may block debate, while the DOJ must decide if the map complies with the Voting Rights Act. Democrats call it a power grab and a minority voting rights concern.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Jim Dunnam
Waco
U.S
Tom DeLay
Sugar Land
Congress
Phil King
Weatherford
King
U.S. Department of Justice
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Janelle Garcia
Joe Ramos
VVRMC
Ramon Garcia
Laurie Clements
Michelle Hollingsworth
Vvrmc Women’s Center
John Sheedy
del Rio Fire & Rescue Department
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