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2 • OCTOBER 3, 2012 • LA FERIA NEWS

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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, October 1, 2012 and published weekly by Wright Ventures, Inc., President Donald R. Wright, Secretary Mary Elizabeth Wright. Periodical Postage Rates paid 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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2012 5:15 PM Utilities Board MeetingCommission Meeting Room at 115 E. Commercial Avenue La Feria, TX.

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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.

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

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

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.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Fr. Gabriel I. Ezeh797-2666, 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.

First Baptist Church of La Feria

Pastor: Samuel W. Thomas797-1214

Magnolia & Main St., La Feria Wednesday 7pm Evening Bible Study

& Prayer Service, Sunday 9:45am Sunday School, 11am

Morning Worship Service, 6 pm Evening Worship Service.

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.

Casa de Esperanza Apostolic Church

416 W. Spruce La Feria965-639-4301 Bilingual Services

Sunday at 1:00pm Daniel Martinez - Pastor

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

Christ In Our Midst Missionary ChurchPastor: Rev. Daniel Carrizalez

956-200-4504 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.

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.

1st Presbyterian Church

Loris-Elaine Lindberg CTL Minister

208 West Central Ave, La Feria,TX, 797-2280 Sunday Services 10 am

Communion 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.com

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.

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 Santa RosaPastor Harold Parker

956-636-1603 118 Jesus R. Cruz, Santa Rosa Sun-day Services 9:30am Bible Study,

10:30am Morning Worship, 7pm Wednesday Evening Worship.

Iglesia Generacion En Conquista

Pastor Samuel y Magda Cervantes, Phone (956) 536-2215

2803 W. Exp. 83 Suite A. La Feria Sunday Service 10am Bible Study,

11am Worship Service, 7pm Wednesday Family Service.

Apostolic Faith TabernaclePastor Ramon Zarate

357-6384 621 South Main, La Feria

Sunday School 10am Sunday Worship 4pm, Wed.

Evening 7:30pm. All services are bilingual.

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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,

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Electric Wheelchair $300, Standard Wheelchair $100,

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The La Feria News has been getting requests for lawn care, rental homes, homes for sale, notary publics, color copies,

baby sitting, and others we have forgotten. If

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Deadlines are Thursday noon before the next

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BIKE: ALL IN LIKE NEW CONDITION

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FOR SALE: 2002 Chevy Z-71 4x4 extended cab, bed liner, tonneau cover, leather

interior, single CD player, tow package, champagne beige, one-owner, 127,000 miles. Clean, few paint scratches,

no rust. $7500 OBO More info: call 956-330-6830

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American LegionPost 439Available for

Quinceañeras, Weddings, Parties and other social or

business occasions

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797-3701Open To The Public

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“Mark your calendar! The Lighting of the Tree will be on

November 8, 2012 (New Date-was originally set for November 15) at 5:30 p.m. As in the past, we invite all children to bring an ornament to complete decorating the tree. This will be the official start to our holiday festivities, so plan

to be there.”

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

TO DISCUSSSANTA ROSA ISD

State FinancialAccountability Rating

Santa Rosa Independent School District will hold a public meeting at

6:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2012

at Santa Rosa High School Library102 S. Main St.- Hwy 107, Santa Rosa, Texas 78593.

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss

Santa Rosa Independent School District’s rating on the state’s

fi nancial accountability system.

LAS PALMASAPARTMENTS

27745 S. Kansas City RoadLa Feria, TX 78559M-F 9:00 AM - 1:00PM

797-1795

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and employer”

1 & 2 Bedrooms Rates Based upon Income

CENTRAL HEAT & AIRALL ELECTRICLAUNDRY ROOM

WATER, SEWER & GARBAGE PAIDCOMMUNITY BUILDINGHANDICAP ACCESSIBLE UNITS

Rental Assistance for qualifi ed applicants “62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled, regardless of age.”

BUENA VIDAAPARTMENTS407 N. Kansas City Rd

La Feria, TX 78559M-F 8AM-12PM & 1PM-5PM

797-3900

CENTRAL HEAT & AIRALL ELECTRICLAUNDRY ROOM

1 & 2 Bedrooms Rates Based upon IncomeRental Assistance for qualifi ed applicants “62 years of

age or older, handicap.disabled, regardless of age.”

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and employer”

WATER, SEWER & GARBAGE PAIDCOMMUNITY BUILDINGHANDICAP ACCESSIBLE UNITS

Sat. Oct. 13 9am - 6pmSun. Oct. 14 9am - 5pm

El Centro Mall500 N. Jackson Rd.

Pharr, Tx.

PUBLIC AUCTION(Pursuant to Chapter 59, Texas Property Code)

OCTOBER 20, 2012 10 A.M. - V.B.S. VALLEY BEST STORAGE, LLC 2601 W. ROOSEVELT RD., HARLINGEN, TX. 78552 is liquidating property to satisfy a landlord’s lien against the following tenants: KEN BUZIT (A loaded 1994- 38’ Bounder Motor Home w/ (2) AC’s, Onan Mar-quis 7000 Generator, W/D, bike, also pots/pans, silverware, dishes + small appliances/accesso-ries + 2 sets bagged Golf Clubs), ELIZABETH LEONARD (old furniture), AURELIO MARTINEZ (LG white matching W/D - LOOKS NEW, electric stove / clean oven & 5 pc. wood bedroom suite), EVA MUNIZ (misc.) JOHN GONZALES (10x10 loaded, many good household itmes, washer, nice steel laminating machine).

Property sells to highest bidder – CASH! A Bidder set of rules/sign up sheet & obtain a bid-der # - yellow house / patio - so come early. A REFUNDABLE deposit for clean up & timely re-moval required @ the time of payment. Failure to make full payment & remove all purchases within 48 hrs. results in abandonment, loss of deposit & becomes the property of V.B.S. Valley Best Stor-age, LLC. Property may be sold item by item, batches, or by the entire space. VBS reserves right to withdraw property from sale at any time, for any reason. Located on N77, Left @ Prim-era Rd Exit, quick left on Frontage Rd., going S., Right @ corner of FEDEX/ formerly Carter For-eign Car Salvage Now Harlingen U PULL Auto Parts. THE ONE BLK WEST [ACROSS N77 FROM ALAMO CEMENT/JOHN DEERE] RAIN DATE OCTOBER 27TH. #956-412-6200.

CITY OF LA FERIAADVERTISEMENT AND INVITATION FOR BIDS

The City of La Feria will receive sealed bids for the construc-tion of eight homes under the City of La Feria NSP Contract No. 77090000194 until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 8, 2012, at City Hall, 115 E. Commercial Ave., La Feria, Texas 78559, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids should be addressed to City Manager Sunny K. Philip, at the above address and should include the notation “Sealed Bid” as well as the date and time of the bid opening.

Bids are invited upon the several items and quantities of work as follows:

Construction of eight houses as described in the plans and specs to be built on separate lots within the City. The size of the building is approximately 1,139 sq. ft. living area.

Bidders are instructed to bid the cost of each house, keeping in mind that they may be awarded the construction of all eight houses or at the minimum two houses each. Demolition of one house on a lot will be completed by the City.

Contract Documents, including drawings and technical specifi ca-tions are on fi le at City Hall (address listed above). Copies of the contract documents and instructions for bidding may be obtained from City Hall as well. Please contact Olga Oberwetter at the City (956) 797-2261 to obtain a bid packet.

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 a period not to ex-ceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of the Bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifi cation of bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.

Sunny K. Philip, City ManagerDate: 9-20-2012

FOR WILLACY COUNTYROAD AND BRIDGE SECRETARY

PRECINCT'S # 1 & # 4Notice is hereby given that the Willacy County Commissioner's Court is searching for qualifi ed individual to work as a Secretary for the Road and Bridge Department Precinct's #1 and #4. The individual may pick up a job application at the offi ce of the County Commissioner's located at 546 West Hidalgo, Raymondville, Texas 78580. Anyone interested in applying for this job should contact Cynthia Concha, Secretary - Willacy County Commissioner's Offi ce at 956-689-4214. Willacy County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA FERIA, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 14, EXHIBIT A, OF THE LA FERIA CODE OF ORDINANCES (THE ZONING ORDINANCE), AMENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE R-1 AND R-3 DISTRICTS ON THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LA FERIA, AMENDING THE LA FERIA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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City MarketHas Returned

New Management We Welcome Back

all our Customers Old & New

Grand Re-Opening Specials$2.99 Breakfast Special (includes 2 eggs, homemade hashbrown, ham, bacon or sausage, and toast.)$5.99 Lunch Special w/Tea (all lunch plates come with chips, salsa,

appetizer, main course and dessert.)Super Lunch Buffet Monday - Friday 11am - 2pm

$7.99 (with Tea)(Lunch Buffets will be different every day)Breakfast Buffet on Sunday 9am - 12pm

$6.99 with Tea or CoffeeDiscounts for Senior Citizens

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New Expanded HoursMon. - Thurs. 8am - 8pm

Fri. 8am - 5pmSat 8am - 12pm

Starting October 1st

We accept school insurances and other major private insurances

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