Three San Benito teens have been arrested after they allegedly broke into a meat market and restaurant in town.
Police say earlier this week the three juveniles broke in through the roof of Salome’s Meat Market on Hidalgo Street and stole cigarettes, a cash register, lottery tickets and several other miscellaneous items.
The trio is also accused of breaking into Cazuelas Restaurant on Rowson Street earlier this week.
Because the three are juveniles their names and ages have not been released.
BY Vicky Brito
EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s American Marketing Association Collegiate Chapter has been named one of 10 finalists in the AMA Collegiate Case Competition.
The AMA Collegiate Case Competition is an annual, international Collegiate Case competition open to undergraduate teams at schools that have an affiliated AMA Collegiate Chapter.
The purpose of the Case Competition is to provide AMA Collegiate members the opportunity to work together on a problem that illustrates a real marketing situation, and to provide Case Competition sponsors direct contact with marketing students who have possible real-world solutions to their marketing problem.
Reto Felix, UTRGV’s AMA Chapter advisor and assistant professor of marketing, said schools are issued a “case” from the sponsor company – this year, The Hershey Company. The “case” this year is for the teams to develop a marketing solution for a new mint chewing product.
“It’s a real case situation with a real company’s product,” Felix said. “They want a marketing plan and directions to market this product. This is real case, real product, from a real company, and they want a solution on how to improve it.”
The UTRGV team is made up of:
Oscar Ramos, a senior from Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
Daniel Warner, a senior from Harlingen.
Gloria Ensinia, a senior from McAllen.
Fuad Chagollan, a freshman from Mission.
David Perez, a senior from Pharr.
And Julio Salinas, a junior from McAllen.
The other nine Collegiate Chapter finalists are British Colombia Institute of Technology; Chatham University in Pittsburgh; Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich.; Temple University in Philadelphia; Texas State University in San Marcos; University of Nevada-Las Vegas; University of Pennsylvania; University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
“It is an incredible achievement to get into this exclusive list of finalists,” Felix said.
The case went out in early September 2015 with a deadline of Dec. 5 for submission, allowing the chapters two and a half months to complete the task. Each team worked on a solution, then sent their solutions to a panel of judges, who selected the 10 finalists.
The UTRGV AMA Collegiate Chapter will present its case solution at the AMA Collegiate Case Competition, March 17-19 in New Orleans. A panel of judges will then choose first-, second- and third-place winners.
Groups cannot disclose their solutions until the proposal is presented at the conference in New Orleans.
Oscar Ramos, UTRGV AMA vice president and team leader, said making the top 10 is a thrill and a wonderful accomplishment. He has been on the team for four years, and last year the team got an honorable mention.
“It feels good,” Ramos said. “It is very rewarding, after some struggles and bumps and ups and downs. We finally made it. I’m really excited to represent UTRGV.”
We are taught in the Christian philosophy that we are to help those who are poor.
Children who are orphans. The sick. And the elderly.
Nowhere in the message does it say we are suppose to help everybody that gets in line.
This Christmas season I noticed a lot of groups were falling over each other to give toys to the kids. There were lines somewhere every day until Christmas. I also noticed that the people that were getting in line were not really the poor, the sick, the orphans, or the elderly.
They came in new model cars. Some kids I will bet already had 20 toys at home but they wanted more. Nobody appeared sick. I don’t think any of them were orphans and I don’t see any old people.
I can only guess the poor couldn’t get to the line because they don’t have a vehicle. The sick were in the hospital or in bed at home. The orphans were being taking care by some state agency and the elderly probably couldn’t make it to the line. They are too old.
So it got me to think. If people want to feel good about helping others maybe they should do some homework.
The poor are probably somewhere where it’s hard to reach.
The sick are in the hospital or in bed at their homes.
The orphans more than likely are in a state agency awaiting emancipation.
The elderly are probably at their homes awaiting something interesting to happen in their lives. That’s where those that want to give should go.
The alternative is to look for organizations like the Shriners who help the disabled without the one hundred questions of who they are. They always need money to help more kids.
Giving for the sake of making you feel good is not right. You really are not helping anyone but yourself. Because giving to those who just line up; line after line was never met to be. Throwing toys and money because you want to satisfy your conscience is wrong. For several reasons it does more harm than good. The devil is proud of us by amplifying greed and all the vices it supports.
So do your homework and give to the real needy. Stop making “gimmie-gimmie” lines because you want to feel good.
One person told me, “If it helps one kid out of 50 it makes me feel good”. How about finding that one kid and 49 others who really need the help.
Every time I see an organization making “gimmie-gimmie” lines, I see it as an event for the media.
Be responsible to your faith.
Santiago Perez San Benito
SAN BENITO — School officials say students and staff are safe while officers investigate a bomb threat at Riverside Middle School.
The district says someone called in to the bomb threat this morning.
San Benito CISD school and police personnel evacuated the campus prior to the start of school to allow school police officers and law enforcement to conduct an investigation.
The building was declared safe at approximately 8:45 a.m. School administrators say the students and staffs are safe at this time and classes have resumed back to normal.
Officers will continue to investigate.
District officials encourage anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers at (956) 361-2125.
Students will be sent home with a letter for parents explaining the situation and parents have also been notified by the district automated messaging system of the situation.
BY Carol Lutsinger is a NASA/JPL Solar System educator and ambassador Texas Space Grant Consortium collaborator and American Astronomical Society resource agent [email protected] Newspaper in Education
The on-again, off-again cloudy skies of the past week curtailed our stargazing, didn’t they? Perhaps this next week will be better. Just in case, here is a sample of what to look for each night. These constellations will be visible between nine and midnight this month. Watch their progression appearing to rise from east, cross the south, and set in the west or, in the northern sky, rotate about the North Star throughout the night.
Looking towards the western horizon the Great Square of Pegasus, also known in our times as the baseball diamond asterism, is slowly dropping out of sight. Andromeda’s crooked V-shape stretched off first base lingers above the horizon after the square is too low to see. Auriga, the Charioteer is directly overhead. Shaped like a pentagon, this constellation is marked by brilliant ivory-hued Capella as the figure’s left shoulder. To the left of Auriga is familiar Taurus, which takes us to the southern sky almost to the zenith where Orion boldly strides forth in his star-studded splendor to battle the bull to rescue those Seven Sisters, the Pleiades asterism. In this area is the Winter Triangle asterism comprised of Sirius, Betelgeuse, and Pollux, the right shoulder of the Gemini Twins. The left shoulder, facing the viewer on Earth, is Castor, which is actually a double star. A bit of research on your part will disclose many interesting secrets about this double star system; it is too long and detailed to share here. If you are wondering “what’s an asterism” by now, it is a secondary pattern of stars within a mathematically designated larger star pattern known as a constellation.
Looking towards the eastern horizon reveals massive Leo rising out of the darkness. Regulus, a beautiful blue-white star that is visible for most of the year throughout the United States, lies at the base of the sickle that outlines the Lion’s head. The triangle that follows the sickle marks Leo’s hindquarters.
Once again facing north, the familiar panorama includes the Big Dipper to the right of Polaris, the North Star, and will also include Cassiopeia to the left of Polaris. Remember that Polaris is ALWAYS at this same point in the sky, as many degrees above the horizon as the viewer is above the equator.
The predawn sky will delight early risers with a view of five, yes five, planets. Beginning close to the horizon is tiny elusive Mercury. The brightest point of light in the string is Venus. Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter complete the parade of “stars.” You might be ready to use one of those composition notebooks scattered around the house to record what you see each morning. Keeping a notebook of our thoughts and observations is a timehonored practice and one encouraged by most teachers these days. Thanks to people who protected ancient manuscripts and the Internet we have access to Galileo’s notebooks and manuscripts. They are a surprising tool for science teachers to use in their science lessons. And the same motions of those moons are occurring nightly.
A student asked me this week if Venus is the North Star. These misconceptions abound. This is one reason I write this column. I sincerely hope it is of value and use to you and that it helps you understand and appreciate the beauties of the night sky.
Until next week, KLU!
HARLINGEN — While the Harlingen Cardinals saw their big fourth-quarter lead over the Brownsville Veterans Chargers slip through their fingers, the overall game did not thanks to a pair of big plays from Ernie Martinez and Elijah Rhodes in the waning seconds.
After Ramirez sank a pair of free throws to regain the lead with 8.5 seconds to play, Rhodes stole the ball away from Chargers guard Martin Martinez on the ensuing possession and sank a free throw of his own, wrapping up a 63-61 Cardinals win Tuesday night in Harlingen.
“We just had to keep our heads and our mindset to keep playing through whatever we were going through,” Rhodes said.
Rhodes finished the game with 22 points to lead all scorers.
Full story at RGVSports.com
HARLINGEN — It didn’t need overtime, but that didn’t make it any less suspenseful.
On Tuesday evening, the Harlingen Lady Cardinals and Brownsville Veterans Lady Chargers played the second installment of their District 32-6A schedule, and it didn’t disappoint.
After the Lady Cardinals defeated the Lady Chargers 42-41 in OT in their first meeting, it was Harlingen again that found a way to win 57-50 and clinch a share of the district title. With two games left to play in the regular season, the Lady Red Birds can clinch the league crown outright with a win on Friday or a Veterans loss.
“It was a close game, but people that needed to step up, stepped up tonight,” said Harlingen head coach Ashley Moncivaiz. “With other personnel being out, when we lose one (player) another has to be ready to come in, and tonight it was Nadia (Flores).
“This was a huge game for Nadia because this was something she needed for herself to see how good of a player she is, and for her to see how big this was for the team so she can continue to be successful.”
Flores, who is a sophomore, put away 29 points for the Lady Cardinals with 10 coming in the fourth quarter alone.
Full story at RGVSports.com
HARLINGEN — The Harlingen school district often purchases property which then lays dormant for years.
The plots are almost like sleeper cells, waiting for the day when they’re called into service, providing space for a school or other facility.
Such was the case for the Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy at 1701 Lozano St. The district purchased the property about 20 years ago, but the school opened in August 2013.
So how did the district know the property would be so useful some day?
“We’re always looking at long term,” said Oscar Tapia, assistant superintendent for operations. “One of the things the district’s done over the years is looked at our student enrollment growth patterns, to see what parts of the city are growing and when we can project future schools in the future five, 10, 15 years out.”
Tapia said these concerns prompted the district to purchase the Cano property as well as so many others.
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HARLINGEN — The traffic moves with rapid starts and stops, rushing toward workplaces, post offices, restaurants throughout the city.
People move in and out of IBC bank on U.S. Business 77 near Harrison Avenue, perhaps cashing or depositing checks or opening new accounts. Walgreens and Whataburger also do a brisk business, and a flag waves in front of the Harlingen school district’s Board of Education on Harrison Avenue.
And then there’s the Exxon station at the corner, which the school district purchased in November for $220,000. How it will be used still is under discussion.
Perhaps it will be extra parking spaces for the new tennis courts or Boggus Stadium, or for the administration facilities nearby. Maybe it will become new office space.
Some may question why the district would purchase the property without a specific plan for its purpose, but the reality is these purchases do have a purpose. The purpose just needs some explanation to understand.
The empty Exxon has served for years as a bit of an eyesore, with the blue pumps sitting idle where people once rolled in to gas up their cars. One couldn’t help but wonder why the station had shut down in such a prime location.
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RAYMONDVILLE — Loaves and Fishes will begin serving hot meals here as layoffs push more residents into hard times.
The Harlingen-based organization will serve meals from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Primera Iglesia Cristiana, 589 W. Rodriguez Ave.
Bill Reagan, the organization’s executive director, said Loaves and Fishes has earmarked $7,000 to fund the program that will serve 50 meals per day.
Reagan said the organization will determine whether it will expand later to offer more meals.
“We’re just taking a baby step,” Reagan said yesterday. “If it works, maybe we’ll add more.”
Mayor Gilbert Gonzales said he became involved in the program before Walmart announced it would close its Raymondville store.
“It’s something we are in need of,” Gonzales said. “It’s a big need. There are a lot of people.”
Minerva Simpson, a Raymondville native who serves as Loaves and Fishes’ president, said she pushed for the program.
“I always prayed God would bring me a solution to bring to Raymondville,” Simpson said. “It’s happening.”
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