22 Mar 2001
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 2001
Page
1
The piece observes strong turnout for Ram Stadium during football season with parents and fans praising players in San Antonio and beyond. It notes a sharp drop in athletic support after the season ends, leaving Del Rio High School athletics largely under supported.
Rep Patricia Gray of Al veston aims to repeal a 1999 law she sponsored that blocked public access to hospital complaints at the Texas Department of Health saying the measure produced unintended consequences. The AP reports a shift toward openness in state records access.
Dennis Green is sworn in as the U.S. Magistrate for the Western District of Texas in a ceremony that also bids farewell to Durwood Edwards who will take the Alpine post. Speakers praise Edwards’s work in Del Rio and present plaques and a brick in his honor while tributes emphasize the court family’s loss.
Del Rio City Landfill fire erupted in a newly opened cell around 11 45 p m Friday. DRFR and VVCRVFD crews battled the blaze with Texas TNRCC guidance, receiving praise for rapid, professional action and use of thermal imaging. Conference attendees credited all agencies and city staff for a coordinated effort and plan to keep the site wet until all hotspots vanish, likely another week.
TxDOT engineers heard a public briefing on a proposed Del Rio Loop to move heavy truck traffic away from downtown. The plan ties Avenue F and Bedell Avenue with U S 90 sections and Highways 277 and 377 to create smaller connecting roadways in the 2002 2004 TIP meeting. Rachel Beavan of the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce spoke at the session.
Committee chairman with support from Del Rio Mayor Dora Alcala and County Judge Mike Fernandez pitches the loop to TxDOT officials. Beavan shows a map of route options and distributes project handbooks as plans for a new port facility opens in 2004. The Ports to Plains Initiative under review this summer, truck traffic expected to rise, and Del Rio growth pushes more vehicles onto the Loop for local travel.
John Compton and his brother Adrian in Del Rio are raising funds to build an orphanage in El Salvador. The project, a 501c3 with 17 acres donated and a volunteer architect, aims to house 100 children with future clinics staffed by physicians. Donations are collected locally at Laing’s Furniture Hot Pit Barbecue and Buddy’s Music.
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