CORPUS CHRISTI - The city of Corpus Christi donated a fire truck to the San Diego Volunteer Fire Department March 31. As part of the Helping Hands Program, managed by the Texas A&M Forest Service, Mayor Paulette Guajardo, City Manager Peter Zanoni and Fire Chief Robert Rocha handed over the keys to San Diego Fire Chief Juan Soliz.
Alice High School's freshmen and junior varsity tennis teams recently competed in the District 31-4A tournament at Tuloso-Midway High School. Some highlights included freshman Anna Teixeira winning a third-place medal and Anthony Torres placing 8th out of 20 JV tennis players. Freshman Nico Hinojosa placed 9th and freshman Robert Rodriguez was 10th. The doubles team of Benjamin Espinoza and Anthony Torres placed 8th as well. The girls doubles team of Deborah Canales and Jaclyn Fox also medaled.
Senior Celeste Torres was the winner of the Alice Rotary Club's 4-way Speech Contest Wednesday, March 30. Torres' topic was on fine arts within the school district and it's importance.
State-ranked Alice Lady Coyotes Softball team fell to Calallen in a hardfought battle Tuesday evening at Calallen High School. Alice has another outing this week when they square off against Tuloso-Midway Friday night.
Ben Bolt - Palito Blanco tennis team participated in the recent District Tennis Meet in Premont. JV Boys Doubles District champions • Isaiah Asevedo and Christopher Goodman Varsity.
TECOLOTE COMMUNITY - Herminia J. Rangel – 55 years of age passed away on March 23, 2022, peacefully at her home, with her family by her bedside. Herminia was born on July 14, 1966, in Shelby Michigan to Pablo and Ercila F. Juarez Jr. She enjoyed Crafting, sewing, painting, cooking, baking especially during the holidays. Other past times she loved was playing Chalupa, cards, and crocheting blankets, and gathering with her friends and neighbors.
ALICE - Salvador R. Gonzalez “Angel” passed away at the age of 67 years old on March 28, 2022, in a Corpus Christi hospital. He was born on September 15, 1954, in Mexico to Luz and Genoveva Ramirez Gonzalez. Angel worked in the surrounding areas as a grave digger and cemetery laborer for many years. His work history in this area starts with working for Walker-Mora Funeral Home, Roberson Funeral Home, Mauro P. Garcia Funeral Home and lastly at Rosas Funeral Home. He was a hard-working man with strong ethics and was always putting everyone’s needs before his. He attended the Adult Day Care Center in Alice for numerous years. He will be remembered as a jokester and always with a great sense of humor and a great fisherman. He will be missed by his family and many friends.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog and posted it on Facebook. It was about my binge eating disorder and how something was bothering me but that I couldn’t figure out what it was, hence, the binges. It boils down to the core belief that I don't deserve to be happy, that I’m unworthy. That’s a working theory.
One small step backward for man, one giant leap backward for kind men. Inverting the famous words Neil Armstrong uttered after walking on the moon a half century ago feels appropriate in the aftermath of the Will Smith slap heard ‘round the world.
Domestic Violence Support Groups • Domestic Violence Support Groups are now forming. For information call the Women’s Shelter — The Purple Door, outreach office in Alice, Texas at 664-8598.