Miss Amistad crown winner and TNT film extras call
Lorre Elizabeth Stokes crowned Miss Amistad in the 4 6 category at Plaza del Sol Mall on June 4. TNT film Good Old Boys seeks extras of all ages in Del Rio and Brackettville with open calls June 30 and July 1 2 at designated venues.
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Lorre
Elizabeth Stokes
Jackie
Polly Stokes
Plaza del Sol Mall
Turner Network Television
TNT
del Rio
Brackettville
Kinney County Civic Center
Classified Ads Help Line and Contact Numbers
Message urges readers to call 775-1551 to report something and inform about ad deadlines before 7 p.m. weekdays and 10:30 a.m. weekends. It promotes selling with classified ads and provides numbers 774-7355, 774-2610 with a 6 p.m. deadline and fax option.
Customs seizes traveling menagerie at Amistad Dam Port
U S Customs at Amistad Dam stopped a south bound stock trailer carrying three brown bears two jaguars and one leopard headed for Mexico. The driver lacked export and import papers and the animals were housed in a plywood screened trailer awaiting placement. Fish and Wildlife officials were contacted for care and relocation. The driver was released and an investigation into the exporter ongoing. Unauthorized export of exotic animals violates the Lacy Act and Endangered Species Act. This is described as a major seizure by officials.
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Amistad Dam
Mexico
U.S
Judy Turner
Turner
Water park faces uncertain completion in Del Rio
City Manager Florencio Saucedo faced tough questions from the council about Del Rio's water park as officials warned the July Fourth opening may not happen. Mayor Alfredo Gutierrez pressed for a firm completion date while Sauceda cited ongoing construction and cost uncertainties. The $124,000 water slide sits idle as council members demand cost and admission details and bond-related context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florencio Saucedo
Alfredo Gutierrez
Sauceda
Kathy Nelson
Lee Weathersbee
Citizens discuss retiring from driving needs and plans
A group of residents debated safe driving retirement and alternatives to preserve mobility. They urged public transport awareness, voluntary driving cessation, and study of county transportation with reliable schedules for doctor visits and essential trips. Dorothy Weddle cited a heat risk example. Eldon Stewart urged a dependable county plan.
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Grant Money
Eldon Stewart
Citizens Advocate
Groups petition for county grant funds
Ten local groups spoke at a public meeting on how to best spend a county development grant of 447000 dollars. Val Verde County plans to apply in September and receive the money in July 1995. Dora Phelps urged 200000 for a new six bedroom battered women facility while United Medical Centers sought expansion for 4000 annual patients. Del Rio Council for the Arts asked 15 percent for outreach and Ann Stool urged broader services targeting at risk residents.
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Val Verde County
Dora Phelps
Amistad Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center
John Cody
Phelps
United Medical Centers
del Rio Council For the Arts
Ann Stool
Farmer's Market Brings Quinta Warmer Produce to Del Rio
Four farmers from Quemado bring wares to the Del Rio area to supplement the WIC market held in the parking lot by the 200 Bridge Street clinic. The four sellers Apo Hernandez Javier Mancha Marcelino Perez and Homero Hidalgo offer watermelons melons apples cucumbers chili serrano peaches and squash. Open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. daily the market serves WIC participants and the general public.
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Farmer’s Market
WIC
Bridge St
Farmer’s Market Consortium
Quemado
del Rio
Apo Hernandez
Javier Mancha
Marcelino Perez
Homero Hidalgo
Perez
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News-Herald
Theresa Aberle
Weathersbee
Florencio Sauceda
Dorothy Weddle
Justice of the Peace
Precinct 2
Weddle
San Felipe
iSee County
Aracely Flores
Miguel
Bridge Street
Kina Mancha
Firestone
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