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16th Annual Parade Slated for 5:30 p.m., Saturday, December 13

ies. 3. Child indicated in the application has attended school in the La Feria ISD for at least one school year and currently resides out-side of the District. 4. Child indicated in the application has not attended school in the La Feria ISD for at least one school year, but the student’s sibling(s) did attend for at least one school year.

The application for re-quest for transfer can be lo-cated on the District website at www.laferiaisd.org, or the application can also be obtained at any campus in the district.

The FDa (Local) exemp-tion policy was adopted by the Board of Trustees in July 2014. By following the above guidelines, you can become a part of our La Feria ISD family.

The La Feria ISD is proud of its efforts to expand our educational opportunities for its students. This year we our expanding our high school agriculture program as well as the certification opportunities for the medi-cal professions. We have also added a choir program in 6th – 12th grade as well as opportunities for students to participate in a cosmetol-ogy program.

If you have any ques-tions concerning this policy, please contact a campus principal or central office at 797-8300.

Valleyites might get to see freak snowstorm this winter because the La Feria events Committee has selected the theme “Let it Snow!” for this year’s Christmas Parade. The selection is always made early to give float builders and participants time to put their thinking cap on and come up with fantastic ideas to wow the crowd and the judges.

The parade is held down Main Street from the library and continues to the high school parking lot where the Winter Wonderland festival continues for evening entertainment. The festival hosts the Tiny/’Lil Mr. & Miss La Feria Winter Wonderland Competition, has tons of inflatable rides and pictures with Santa, plus a variety of festival foods.

Float entries compete for cash prizes of $500 for first place, $200 for second place and $125 for third place. The committee is always proud to see the impressive floats, bands, Winter Texans and organizations that put so much effort into their entries.

Before the parade, the committee is finalizing plans for Halloween in the Park which will be held Saturday, Oc-tober 25, 2014 at the Veteran’s Memorial Park. There were more than 77 participants in the Costume Contest last year, so organizers will plan for even more ghosts and goblins and lots more candy. Vendors and business representatives are needed for this event to offer assorted game booths like ring toss, face painting or the very popular cake walk last year sponsored by a school group. a new train ride has been signed up for the Halloween festivities. as always, the committee appreciates the La Feria student volunteers at all the events that help to make these activities available to our community, most at no charge.

not long after that, it is time for Lighting of the Tree in La Feria on Thursday, november 13 at 5:30 p.m. Santa Claus shows up with goody bags for the kids at this event where the Community Christmas Tree at city hall is lit with music from area school bands and performances by local elementary students. everyone is encouraged to bring a waterproof ornament for the city tree. Classroom teachers should call city hall to sign up their classes.

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Multi-Million dollar project gets underway

La Feria Breaks Ground on Domes

Do you work within the La Feria ISD boundaries and want to transfer your child to La Feria ISD? Have you moved away from the district, but you want to keep your child in the La Feria Independent School District? This year you have that choice.

La Feria Independent School District is accept-ing out-of-district transfer students based upon the following criteria: 1. Parent is an employee of the La Feria ISD. 2. Parent is an employee of a company or workplace within the La Fe-ria School District boundar-

La Feria ISD Expands its Student Transfer Policy

The City of La Feria held a Ground Breaking Cer-emony for the La Feria Safe Rooms (Domes) on Friday, august 15. Two of the nine hurricane shelters to be built in the Valley will be in La Feria.

The dome shelter to be built at 1700 S. Main Street will accommodate 850 people while the proposed dome shelter at 1001 Pancho Maples is projected to house an additional 600 people during a storm.

To begin construction, a round concrete founda-tion will be poured and reinforced with steel re-bar. Walls will be built up from the foundation and an airform – a fabric bal-loon – will form the roof. attached to the foundation and base structure, it will be inflated. Polyurethane foam will then be applied to the airform as a base, and steel reinforcement attached to

hold its structure. Finally, a strong spray-on concrete will be applied to the dome’s surfaces.

Funding for the proposed domes was originally award-ed to the City of La Feria in September 2012 by the Federal emergency Man-agement agency (FeMa) through the Texas Depart-

ment of emergency Man-agement, a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. FeMa will cover 75% of the cost to build the shelters, with the city making up the other 25% of costs incurred. The city expressed excite-ment about the proposed

project, describing the domes as “an amazing op-portunity” for the City of La Feria. Secondary use for the facility on Main St. will be a technology center, while the Pancho Maples shelter will function as a wellness center to compliment the recreational center next door to it.

Officials turn the first dirt to begin construction of the Safe Domes

‘Let it Snow!’ Selected as Theme for 2014 City of La Feria Lighted Christmas Parade

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of La Feria who helped us to be named TRVA Medium Park of the Year for 2014 at the annual convention of TRVA August 15-17 which was held in San Antonio. The La Feria News as well as City Officers and others in the area were very helpful with the letters of recommendation and com-mendation. We truly appreciate the La Feria News for cover-ing events held at VIP La Feria RV Park in the newspaper and for the publicity included in your newspaper.

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Letter to the Editor

Julian Trevi-ño, representing La Feria Track Club, Compet-ed in the 2014 Texas Amateur Athletic Federa-tion Games of Texas, held in Bryan-College Station Texas A&M University on July 30, 2014 thru August 3, 2014. He competed in the 14 and under boys’ divi-sion and placed 2nd in the triple jump and 3rd in the long jump. This is the second year that Julian had medaled in the long jump. He will be compet-ing in Nationals next summer in Nebraska.Congratulations on your accomplishments.

Julian TreviñoJoaquin Treviño, represent-ing La Feria Track Club, Competed in the 2014 Texas Ama-teur Athletic Federation Games of Texas, held in Bryan-Col-lege Station Texas A&M University on July 30, 2014 thru August 3, 2014. He competed in the 8 and under boys’ division and placed 7th in the long jump.Congratulations on your accomplishments.

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La Feria Schools Recognized for Reaching State Standards

Principals at all La Feria campuses were recognized for their school’s designation above state standards at a recent meeting of the La Feria ISD School Board. From left to right bottom row: La Feria ISD Board member Alan

Moore, Superintendent Rey Villarreal, and campus principals Umberto Flores, Nora De Los Santos, Dr. Miriam Guerra, Jane Castillo, Carlos Verduzco. Top row left to right Michael Torres, Isaac Rodriguez, Dr. Dennis Amstutz.

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Domingo (Espanol) 11am, Miercoles 7pm

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Sunday Services 9:30am Bible Study, 10:30am Morning

Worship, 7pm Wednesday Evening

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Apostolic Faith Tabernacle

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Sunday Worship 4pm, Wed. Evening 7:30pm.

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Sunday 10am & 6pm, Monday 7 pm Prayer Service,

Wednesday 7 pm, Friday 7 pm.

Church of ChristMinister Gene Head

797-9890912 N. Parker Rd., La Feria,

Wednesday 6pm Bible Study, Sunday 9:30am Bible Study,

10:30am Service, 6pm Evening Service Los Domingos: 12:00

Medio Dia y 7:00pm Los Jueves: 7:00 pm Estudio De Biblia

Faith Church of Christian & Mission-ary Alliance Church

Pastor Oscar Loredo 797-1739

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Pastor: Samuel W. Thomas797-1214

Main St. & Magnolia, La Feria Wednesday 6:30pm Youth Bible

Study & Mission Friends, 7 pm Eve-ning Bible Study & Prayer Service,

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Feria Sunday Service 10am Bible Study, 11am Worship Service,

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Christ In Our Midst Missionary ChurchPastor: Rev. Daniel Carrizalez

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Dates for Class of 2015HARLINGEN – The Valley Baptist Medical

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Graduates will receive a certificate of completion and are fully prepared to take the National Licensing Examination for Practical Nursing (NCLEX-PN). Historically and repeatedly, the licensing exam pass rate for the Valley Baptist program usually exceeds the state and national average.

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Obituary

Donald E. (Don) King, 62, went to join his Heavenly Father on Monday, August 18, 2014, with his loving family by his side.

He is preceded in death by his parents Leonard and Lorraine King of Mercedes, TX, and stepmother Francis King.

Don is survived by his loving bride of 38 years, Nancy King; cherished sons and daughters, Weston and Brianna King of San Marcos, TX, and Jeffrey and Sara King of Corpus Christi, TX; brother David King of Mercedes, TX; treasured grandchildren Eli, Hailey and Kristopher; several beloved nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles; and countless friends whom he considered family. He graduated from Mercedes High School and served 4 years in the United States Navy where he discov-ered his passion for aviation. After returning from the Navy, Don earned his Aviation Maintenance certifica-tions and began his rewarding, life-long career in the field he loved.

We will all miss his sense of humor, his sagacious advice and his generous goodwill. He was a giving man who willingly shared his life with everyone. He never knew a stranger. We love and miss you but know you are at peace.

A Celebration of His Life will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 6:00 PM, at Heavenly Grace Cha-pel. In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation in Don’s honor to the American Heart Association or the charity of your choice.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Heavenly Grace Funeral Home and Crematory.

Donald E. (Don) King

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La Feria Independent School DistrictPublic Notice

President

La Feria I.S.D.School Board

Juan Briones

La Feria Independent School District P.O. Box 1159 • 203 E. Oleander • La Feria, Texas 78559 • (956) 797-8300 • FAX (956) 797-3737

Mr. Raymundo Villarreal Jr., Superintendent

Gloria Casas

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City of La Feria Advertisement and Invitation for Bids GLO Contract #12-211-000-5511/DRS210089

The City of La Feria will receive sealed bids for Unit 3 C: Drainage Improve-ments for the AN 47 Drainage Canal at the Evans and Wilson Canal Crossings until Monday, September 15, 2014, 2:00 PM at 115 E. Commercial Ave., La Feria, Texas (City Hall). The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 PM on Monday, September 15, 2014 at City Hall.

Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are on file at 611 Bill Summers Intl., Blvd., Weslaco, TX 78596, (956) 968-2194. Cop-ies of the Bid/Contract Documents may be obtained by depositing $100.00 with SWG Engineering, LLC, for each set of documents obtained. The deposit will be refunded if the documents and drawings are returned in good condition with 10 days following the bid opening. Bidders must be registered with the Engineer of record to obtain any addenda which may be issued for these plans.

A bid bond in the amount of 5 percent (5%) of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid. A certified check or bank draft payable to the City of La Feria or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.

The City of La Feria strongly recommends bidders attend the pre-bid conference scheduled for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at La Feria City Hall.

The City of La Feria Section 3 Policy seeks to ensure that to the greatest extent feasible, training, employment and contracting opportunities created by the City ‘s receipt of federal housing and community development funds are made available to “Section 3 Residents” and “Section 3 Businesses”. The awarded construction contractor will be responsible for meeting the requirements of this policy. The City’s Section 3 Policy is included in the bid documents.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than, the federally determined prevail-ing wage rate (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts), as issued by the U.S. Department of Labor and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex age or national origin. The City of La Feria is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

The City of La Feria reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informality in the bidding. Bids may be held by the City of La Feria for sixty (60) days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidders’ qualifications prior to the contract award.

Approved 8/20/2014 Sunny K. Philip, City Manager

All contractors/subcontractors that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation on federal assistance programs may not under-take any activity in part or in full under this project.

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IMPROVEMENT PROJECT” GLO Contract # 12-211-000-5511/DRS210089

Sealed proposals addressed to City Manager Sunny K. Philip, City of La Feria (City), TX will be received at City Hall, 115 E. Commercial Ave., La Feria, TX for: Unit 5B - Tio Cano Watershed Improve-ment Project, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by Dos Logistics, Inc., 1002 E Expressway 83, Weslaco, Texas 78596. Bids will be publicly opened promptly at 2:00 P.M., September 4, 2014 at City Hall and any bids received after 2:00 P.M. will not be considered.

Specifications and bidding documents may be viewed and obtained from SWG Engineering, LLC, 611 Bill Summers Intl. Blvd., Weslaco, Texas 78596 Phone: (956) 968-2194 on or after August 20, 2014 on deposit of One Hundred ($100.00) per set, which sum will be refundable, provided: (1) All documents are returned in good condition not later than 48 hours prior to the time for receiving bids; or (2) The Contractor submits a bid and all documents are returned in good condition not later than five days after bids are received.

All proposals shall be accompanied by a cashier’s or certified check upon a national or state bank in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total maximum bid price, payable without recourse to City of La Feria or a bid bond in the same amount from a reliable surety company, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract within ten days after notice of award of contract. The bid security must be enclosed in the same envelope with the bid. Bids without check or bid bond will not be considered.

The City of La Feria reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to waive any informalities in the bidding. Bids may be held by the City for ninety (90) days from Bid Date for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigation of the Bidders’ qualifications. Bid documents may be examined at La Feria City Hall.

Bidders may modify and/or withdraw their bid any time prior to the bid opening, as long as all other requirements of the bid documents have been followed.

A pre-bid conference and project site visit will be held at 2:00 P.M., August 28, 2014, at La Feria City Hall.

The City of La Feria Section 3 Policy seeks to ensure that to the greatest extent feasible, training, em-ployment and contracting opportunities created by the City’s receipt of federal housing and community development funds are made available to “Section 3 Residents” and “Section 3 Businesses”. The awarded construction contractor will be responsible for meeting the requirements of this policy. The City’s Sec-tion 3 Policy is included in the bid documents.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than, the federally determined prevailing wage rate (Davis- Bacon and Related Acts) contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin. The City of La Feria is an Equal Op-portunity Provider and Employer.

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Hardcore pet lovers be-lieve our cuddly, little fam-ily members deserve a nice vacation or a “safe haven” in a storm just like their owners.

That is the consensus of patrons of TEXAS PET RESORT in Harlingen ac-cording to owners Kam-ron and Vicky Fultz. They have made sure that their canine and feline guests are pampered and provided with extra personal services during their short-term or longer stay.

“We love animals and want to make them comfort-able,” said Kamron. “Some of our guests stay overnight, others are boarded for lon-ger periods by their owners for various reasons. But, we really fill up when there is a hurricane watch an-nounced,” he added.

First of all, what unique services does a pet resort have to offer to their fuzzy little guests that they might

not get elsewhere—even during a storm? That was the question we put to Kam-ron.

“Our pet resort has 12 acres and plenty of free-run space which includes a supervised, doggie swim-ming pool,” he said, add-ing, “We just don’t put our

guests in cramped, smelly cages. Here we have 130 kennels at our disposal with air/conditioned suites and gourmet food, unless the owner brings their own food. No matter how large or small, we don’t do ‘crate-boarding.’”

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with other animals unless the owner so chooses, Kam-ron stressed. “Our guests get walks everyday. Our staff can provide grooming, baths, dental care and beauty treatments if the owner or-ders it.” he added.

History shows that late August and September are

the months of special alert-ness because most tropical storms make landfall along the Lower Texas Coast dur-ing those months.

With that in mind, we asked about the best options for pet owners: “First of all, decide if you are going to stay or leave,” he said. “If you are going to leave, have a place in mind that will accept pets—best to make a reservation.” “Make sure you have sufficient food, water and medicine for sev-eral days. Not all motels and hotels will accept animals.” He cautioned.

If you stay in your home or a shelter, make sure you have everything your pet will need in addition to your own needs. Include in your plans to have your own survival kit. It will include sufficient canned food, water, any necessary medicine, flashlights and a battery operated radio, a generator with 10 gallons

of gasoline, and a full tank in your car. You also have to think about after the storm and the flood waters—with probably no electricity.

If you decide to evacuate and leave your pet, Kamron said his facility will stay open and accept pets. “You can bring me your pets as long as they are currently vaccinated against

Rabies, Distemper and Bordatella (for dogs),” he stressed. “You must bring paperwork on their vaccina-tion record.”

Kamron added that he has survived several hurricanes and stays with the pets. “I will always have room for animals even if they sleep in my bedroom,” he said passionately.

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Continued hot, dry weather is all that’s needed to help Rio Grande Valley cotton grow-ers forget last year’s disappointing crop and harvest a bountiful, successful crop for 2014, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

“It was a tough year for Valley cotton growers last year,” said Brad Cowan, AgriLife Extension agent for Hidalgo County. “Between prevented planting we had on many ir-rigated acres due to a shortage of irrigation water and a lack of rainfall that caused most of our dryland cotton acres to fail, it was pretty dismal around here.”

While a few lucky growers got the moisture they needed to produce high yields of four bales per acre, most did not, he said.

“Overall, only a little over 60,000 bales were produced in 2013,” Cowan said. “That’s a very low figure for this production area, and the lowest since 1995.”

But this year is shaping up to be a big turnaround.“We had rains that started last year during harvest and into September, then more in the

wintertime and spring,” he said. “Because of all the rain, it was a challenge to harvest last year’s crop, but that rain helped replenish deep soil moisture that we desperately needed. It’s one reason our current crop is looking really good and has a lot of potential.”

Yields are especially encouraging.“The dryland crop is already pretty much harvested. A lot of that is up to two bales per

acre, which is above average, and there’s a potential for the irrigated crop to be three to three and a half bales per acre.”

Rain-free days through August, though, would help keep harvesters moving to get the area’s 145,000 acre crop safely into cotton gins, Cowan said.

“The irrigated cotton crop is still out in the field, and we don’t count our chickens before they hatch, but with good harvest weather, we’re hoping for an excellent irrigated crop

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All Photos Special to La Feria News by Karen Taubert

When asked if the La Feria News could use a few of her nice photos Karen Taubert replied, “I would be honored if you would share the love! We have something special down here in the Valley. Amidst all the negative press and drama over the border wars, drug trafficking, and human smuggling; harvest season is a reminder that there is beauty all around us and a power at work that is bigger than all our worldly problems”.

These photos were taken at Taubert Farms located in the Rio Hondo area.

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here in the Rio Grande Valley.”Danielle Sekula-Ortiz, an AgriLife Extension integrated

pest management agent in Weslaco, said insects were not a major problem this season.

“This year we had a late start getting cotton planted due to the moisture we received in rainfall early on,” she said. “We had some pest problems early in the season, like fleahoppers during squaring, but other than that, it was a pretty light pest season. That was good because many growers were having to spray for sugarcane aphids in grain sorghum to protect their crops.”

Cowan said the lack of boll weevils in Valley cotton fields is a blessing.

“The Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation has done a tremendous job of ridding Valley cotton crops of its major pest,” he said. “This cotton crop is not being affected by the boll weevil. In fact, it’s been unusual to see boll weevils in our cotton fields for the last couple of years. We’re now learning how to grow cotton without the pressure of the boll weevils.”

Possible concerns for growers this year, Cowan said, were the lack of what’s called a bottom crop and the downward trend of world cotton market prices.

“We’re seeing on both dryland and irrigated cottona lack of cotton bolls on the lower branches of the plants, the bot-tom crop,” he said. “This could be due to early pest infesta-tions and/or cool weather early in the season. Sometimes the loss of bolls on the bottom branches will be made up for with heavier loads on the upper branches, but we’ll just have to see the end figures after harvest.”

Lower market prices, though, are evident right now, Cowan said.

“Prices are terrible. They’re weakening. Futures prices are at about 64 to 65 cents per pound of lint, which is way off last year’s average of 75 cents. There are a whole host of reasons for lower prices, including market pressures, crop outlook, demand, and of course, the fact that China still sits on lots of cotton in storage.”

Because growers planted later than usual, many may have to scramble to destroy their stalks after harvest by Sept. 1 as mandated by state law, Sekula-Ortiz said. Destroy-ing stalks, either mechanically or chemically, keeps boll weevils from surviving and multiplying in regrowth and volunteer cotton.

“It’s important to practice timely and effective stalk destruction,” she said. “It has been proven that stalk de-struction is key to controlling boll weevil populations by disrupting their life cycles to avoid overwintering.”

Two generations of the Taubert Farm Family

The work continues at all hours to get the cotton to market

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