Helping Hands
Painter takes time out for Boys & Girls Club
Yolanda Begum could paint forever or at least until she drops from exhaustion. She carves out eight hours of every day just so she can paint. She gets so enthused about her passion that she never wanted to commit to anything that might cut into her...
Resaca Elementary Hero
As a young boy, Ramon Garcia, used to tell his seven brothers and sisters that he would some day fly a plane. “We didn’t think he would do it, but he did,” said Dr. Lino Garcia, Ramon Garcia’s older brother. For this reason and others, Ramon...
Summer Learning
When 8-year-old Ronaldo Troncoso dances to the sounds of the award-winning Disney movie “High School Musical,” he may not realize how true the lyrics “we’re all in this together” really are at Proyecto Digna. Troncoso, along with a few other children,...
‘Service Learning’
The phrase “learning by doing” may have been around since the early 1900s, but in May Kathy Bussert-Webb, an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, put it to the test. Bussert-Webb...
Help where its needed
LA FERIA — Cathy Moniaci went back to her roots. As a certified nurse, Moniaci spent two days working with other health care officials from the Shriners Hospital in Houston at the Shrine Hospital Children’s Clinic held at the Rio Grande Valley Shrine...
Palmview man will accept national honor for community service
PALMVIEW — Jaime Chapa has no idea why he is getting an award. But nevertheless, Chapa, a 57-year-old retired teacher and pastor, was to fly to Washington, D.C., today to accept a prestigious Jefferson Award for Public Service on Tuesday. His...
Hudson among Freddy Fender/Humanitarian Award winners
SAN BENITO — The first recipients of the Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award were announced in a ceremony Saturday. The 2007 winners are William P.C. Hudson, Yolanda and Ramon De Leon, and Glenna and David Heavin. The award is presented by the...
St. Joe’s students coordinate school supply drive
When school begins in the fall, the students in Evelia Garcia’s fourth-grade class at Vermillion Elementary will reap the benefits of her former students’ kind gesture. One of Garcia’s previous classes donated toys to the pediatric patients at Valley...
Birdhouses in big demand at Episcopal Day School
The Episcopal Day School is in a birdhouse frenzy. What started as a kind gesture has developed into an advantageous way to bring prospective students to the school. Joel Olvera, the custodian at Episcopal Day School for more than 23 years, has built...
Understanding Autism
Andres Aaron Carr is a big fan of Pizza Hut, watching Blues Clues and spending hours in his favorite chair. As an infant Andres was outgoing, loved to pose for the camera and uttered his first words, “mommy, daddy and ball” with sweet resonance. Just...
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