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correction policyAlthough the La Feria News Staff strives for excellence in all stories and advertising, spelling or typographical errors can occur. If you find any confirmed factual or other type of error, please call 956-233-9928 during business hours or leave a message.

weekly columns printed in the la Feria news contain the opinions of the Authors. They may or may not be the opinion of the newspaper.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE: 1 year subscription delivered by U.S. Postal Service…$27.95 or can be purchased at several convenient locations throughout the cities of La Feria, Santa Rosa, Santa Maria & Blue Town for 50¢.

The La Feria News is mailed and delivered Monday, March 24, 2014

and published weekly by Wright Ventures, Inc., President Donald R. Wright, Secretary Mary Elizabeth Wright. Periodical Postage Ratespaid at La Feria, TX., Post Office. Advertising deadline is noon Thursday at the office at 102 S. Main St., La Feria, TX 78559. (POSTMASTER send address changes to La Feria, P.O. Box 999, La Feria, TX 78559.)

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-Janet

Think about this:“Kindness is the oil that takes the

friction out of life.”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is …kindness.”Galatians 5:22

Encouragement for the Week

By Pastor Samuel ThomasFirst Baptist Church, La Feria

Queen City Services

546 South Illinois ♦ Mercedes, Texas 78570

Quality Linens & Uniform Rental

Quality Linens & Uniforms

1-888-955-0666 956-565-0666 Fax:956-565-6865

1st United Methodist Church

Pastor Harold Dailey, 797-1393

331 S. Main St., La Feria, Sunday School 10am,

Traditional Worship Service 9am, Contemporary Service 11am,

UM Youth 5pm

International Worship Center

Bishop Ronaldo Ortiz 956-797-1204

116 W. Seventh St., La FeriaServices Sunday (English) 9:30am

Domingo (Espanol) 11am, Miercoles 7pm

Interdenominational Worship Extreme Youth Sat. 6 pm

First Baptist Church of Santa RosaPastor Harold Parker

956-636-1603 118 Jesus R. Cruz, Santa Rosa

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

Worship, 7pm Wednesday Evening

Worship.

Apostolic Faith Tabernacle

Pastor Ramon Zarate 357-6384

621 South Main, La Feria Sunday School 10am

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

All services are bilingual.

Iglesia Oracion en Su Presencia

Missionary Church,Inc.

Pastors Frank & Janie Gonzalez 797-0044 4th Street, La Feria,TX

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

125 W. First St., La Feria,Tx Bilingual Ministry Sunday 10am Sunday School, 11am Worship, Wednesday 7 pm Bible Study,

Friday 7 pm Prayer.

Santa Rosa United Methodist Church

408 Main Street (Hwy. 107/506)Santa Rosa, across from High

School Sunday Coffee and Fellowship 9:30 AM Worship10

AM (Communion fi rst Sunday)Wednesday Prayer Service

9:00 AMPastor: Carole Lahti

(956) 279-3407

Casa de Esperanza Apos-

tolic Church416 W. Spruce La Feria

965-639-4301 Bilingual Services Sunday at 1:00pm

Daniel Martinez - Pastor

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

FR. Edouard Atangana, 956-636-1211

101 San Antonio Ave., Santa Rosa Saturday Mass 5pm Bilingual, Sunday Mass 8am Spanish,

10am English.

First Baptist Church of La Feria

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,

Sunday 9:45am Sunday School, 11am Morning Worship Service, 6

pm Evening Worship Service.

St. Albans Episcopal Church

Reverend Scott Brown 956-428-2305,

1417 E. Austin, Harlingen,TX Holy Communion 8am, Sunday

School 9:15, Holy Eucharist 10:30am.

Hope in the Word Church

Pastors Jose & Bertha Belmares797-3621,

28354 S. Bixby Rd., La FeriaServices Friday 6pm, Sunday

10am. All services are Bilingual, English & Spanish.

Primera IglesiaBautista956-797-1740

519 N. Main, La Feria Bilingual Services: Sunday

9:45am Sunday School, 10:45am Worship Service, 5:00pm WMU,

6:00 pm Evening Worship Service,

Iglesia Generacion En Conquista

Pastor Samuel y Magda Cer-vantes, Phone (956) 536-2215 2803 W. Exp. 83 Suite A. La

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

7pm Wednesday Family Service.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Fr. Rodolfo Franco797-2666, offi ce: 502 S. Canal

church: 500 South Canal St., La Feria, Saturday Mass 5:30pm,

Sunday Mass 8am Spanish, 10am English, 11:30pm English.

Christ In Our Midst Missionary ChurchPastor: Rev. Daniel Carrizalez

956-742-6311 1 mile N. of FM 506, La Feria Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.,

Sunday Worship - 11:00 a.m., Wednesday Service - 7:00 p.m.,

Monday Prayer - 7:00 p.m.

New HopePresbyterian Church

Mary Breden, Interim Pastor208 West Central Ave, La Feria,TX, 423-0348 Sunday Services 10 amCommunion 1st Sunday

Cowboy Church11235 Swift Ln. Santa Rosa, Tex.

Service at 11:00am Sunday6:30pm pm Monday

956-975-6144 www.westernoutreach.org

St. Paul Lutheran Church

Pastor Nathan WendorfSundays 8:00AM (Traditional)

HC fi rst, third & fi fth10:30AM (Contemporary)HC second, fourth & fi fth

(956) 423-3924602 Morgan Blvd.

Harlingen, TX 78550church@saintpaulharlingen.

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Templo GetsemaniPastor Julio y Claudia Mendoza

Phone (956) 589-501611418 Fifth St. La Feria

Servicios: Tuesday & Thursday 7pm

Friday Pray at 7pm Sunday Bible Study at 10am

& 6pm

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NEW “BI-PLANE LAB”FOR HEART & STROKE PATIENTS OPENS AT VALLEY BAPTIST

IN HARLINGENHARLINGEN – A new “bi-plane” Cardiac Catheterization

Laboratory to treat Valley heart and stroke patients has opened at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen.

T h e n e w “G.E. Innova IGS 630” bi-plane lab, com-bined with Val-ley Baptist’s o r ig ina l b i -plane lab from 2012, will give the Valley in-creased capacity to treat heart patients, including those needing “electrophysiology studies” for problems with their heartbeat. The two bi-plane cath labs also enhance treatment for stroke patients; including through“3D road mapping”of the brain.

With the addition of the second bi-plane suite, the growing Harlingen-San Benito-La Feria area now has the ability to treat two heart or two stroke patients at the same time using advanced dual-camera technology (Valley Baptist has a total of four cath labs, and two of those labs are now “bi-plane” suites).

Dr. Frank Mazzola and Dr. Luis Eguia, Cardiologists, will be conducting specialized electrophysiology studies – to help determine how to treat problems with the rhythm of the heart -- in Valley Baptist’s first bi-plane lab. During these proce-dures, electrodes on the end of a flexible tube are threaded into the heart, to gather information on the electrical activity of the heart.

Valley patients will benefit from the new bi-plane lab through more precise treatment, as the technology allows physicians to see inside the blood vessels in a level of detail not before possible, through state-of-the-art, three-dimensional imaging. Unlike other cath labs, the new lab is equipped with two cam-era arms instead of one, allowing physicians to see tiny blood vessels from two angles or “planes”. This gives doctors more options to treat blockages and other problems in the blood ves-sels. For the patient, it means less radiation and less “contrast dye” has to be used during the procedure.

For stroke treatment, the Valley’s only two Endovascular Neurologists, Dr. Ameer Hassan and Dr. Wondwossen Tekle, have used Valley Baptist’s bi-plane lab to perform the Valley’s first and only treatments of stroke and brain aneurysm patients with stroke-reversing medications and tiny medical devices delivered through a catheter (thin tube inserted through blood vessels going to patient’s brain).

For more information on heart and stroke treatment, consult your physician and visit www.ValleyBaptist.net.

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City of La FeriaREQUEST FOR BIDS

GLO 12-211-000-5512/ DRS210089

The City of La Feria will be accepting proposals until 2:00 pm, April 3, 2014 for

“SOUTHWEST DRAIN EXTENSION PROJECT”Sealed proposals addressed to City Manager Sunny K. Philip, City of La Feria (City), TX will be received at 2:00 P.M., April 3, 2014 at City Hall, 115 E. Commercial Ave., La Feria, TX for: SOUTHWEST DRAIN EXTENSION PROJECT, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by Ferris & Flinn, LLC., 1405 N. Stuart Place Rd, Harlingen Texas 78552. Bids will be publicly opened promptly at 2:00 P.M., April 3, 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 March 14, 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 sixty (60) days from Bid Date for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigation of the Bidders’ qualifications. The notice of award of contract shall be given by the City within 60 days following the opening of bids.

Bid documents may be examined at the City Hall of La Feria.

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 2:00 P.M., March 26, 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 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 Opportunity Provider and Employer.

The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible, qualified Bidder who submitted a complete Bid Proposal on or before the time and date, and at the place stated in the Advertisement for Bids.

Sunny K. PhilipCity Manager

City of La Feria

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PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Combes

FAIR HOUSING STATEMENT

The Town of Combes, Texas, hereby declares its support of fair housing practices. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the locality to bring about, through fair, orderly, and lawful procedures, the opportunity of each person to obtain housing without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental handicap, marital status, parenthood, or age.

It is further declared that such policy is established upon the recognition of the inalienable rights of each individual to obtain housing and further, that denial of such rights is detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the locality and constitutes an unjust denial or deprivation of such inalienable rights which is within the power and the proper responsibility of government to prevent.

The locality has a Fair Housing Policy that may e examined and copied by interested groups or individuals during office hours. The month of April has been proclaimed “Fair Housing Month”; copies of the official proclamation are available at the Combes municipal offices between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday.

POLICY STATEMENT ESTABLISHING NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAPPED CONDITIONS

The Town of Combes announces that it has adopted a policy of nondiscrimination based on handicapped conditions concerning access, participation, and benefit of programs and activities operated or conducted by the locality. This policy is in compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 24 CFR, Part 8, “Non-discrimination Based on Handicap in Federally-Assisted Programs and Activities of HUD,” dated June 2, 1988. Interested individuals or groups may obtain copies of this policy statement by calling the Town Administrator, who has been assigned to coordinate compliance with this policy and may be contacted at (956) 425-7131.

POLICY STATEMENT ON PROHIBITING THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

The Town of Combes announces that it has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of excessive force by law enforcement personnel within its jurisdiction against an individual engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations. This policy is in compliance with Section 519 of Public Law 101-44, 1990, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act. Copies of this policy statement may be obtained by calling the Town Administrator at (956) 425-7131.

COMPLAINT AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

In order to comply with the requirements of the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program (TxCDBG) and of 10 T.A.C. Section 178.1 and Section 178.2, the locality has citizen complaint procedures intended to provide a timely written response to all complaints made against its proposed or completed TxCDBG efforts. Responses to complaints will be made within no more than ten (10) working days. A copy of the complaint procedures can be obtained upon request at (956) 425-7131. The established complaint procedures are an element of the local Citizen Participation Plan, and meet the requirements of USHUD Section 504 (24 CFR) concerning nondiscrimination based on handicapped conditions.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT

The Town of Combes, Texas, is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Marco Sanchez, MayorDate published: March 26, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Rosa

FAIR HOUSING STATEMENT

The City of Santa Rosa hereby declares its support of fair housing practices. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the locality to bring about, through fair, orderly, and lawful procedures, the opportunity of each person to obtain housing without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental handicap, marital status, parenthood, or age.

It is further declared that such policy is established upon the recognition of the inalienable rights of each individual to obtain housing and further, that denial of such rights is detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the locality and constitutes an unjust denial or deprivation of such inalienable rights which is within the power and the proper responsibility of government to prevent.

The locality has a Fair Housing Policy that may be examined and copied by interested groups or individuals during office hours. The month of April has been proclaimed “Fair Housing Month”; copies of the official proclamation are available at the Santa Rosa City Hall between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday.

POLICY STATEMENT ESTABLISHING NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAPPED CONDITIONS

The City of Santa Rosa announces that it has adopted a policy of nondiscrimination based on handicapped conditions concerning access, participation, and benefit of programs and activities operated or conducted by the locality. This policy is in compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 24 CFR, Part 8, “Non-discrimination Based on Handicap in Federally-Assisted Programs and Activities of HUD,” dated June 2, 1988. Interested individuals or groups may obtain copies of this policy statement by calling the City Administrator, who has been assigned to coordinate compliance with this policy and may be contacted at (956) 636-1113.

POLICY STATEMENT ON PROHIBITING THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

The City of Santa Rosa announces that it has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of excessive force by law enforcement personnel within its jurisdiction against an individual engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations. This policy is in compliance with Section 519 of Public Law 101-44, 1990, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act. Copies of this policy statement may be obtained by calling the municipal offices at (956) 425-7131.

COMPLAINT AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

In order to comply with the requirements of the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program (TxCDBG) and of 10 T.A.C. Section 178.1 and Section 178.2, the locality has citizen complaint procedures intended to provide a timely written response to all complaints made against its proposed or completed TxCDBG efforts. Responses to complaints will be made within no more than ten (10) working days. A copy of the complaint procedures can be obtained upon request at (956) 636-11131. The established complaint procedures are an element of the local Citizen Participation Plan, and meet the requirements of USHUD Section 504 (24 CFR) concerning nondiscrimination based on handicapped conditions.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT

The City of Santa Rosa, Texas, is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Ruben Ochoa, Jr., MayorDate published: March 26, 2014

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