August 2022

TAMU-CC partners with Coastal Bend Blood Center to launch Collegiate Hero Program

CORPUS CHRISTI – Every two seconds, someone in the United States requires life-saving donated blood or platelets. To meet this need, the Coastal Bend Blood Center (CBBC) has partnered with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to turn Islanders into Collegiate Heroes. The program was launched on Aug. 29 with an on-campus blood drive.

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David Berry Hale

David Berry Hale, 82, resident of Alice, TX and Greenwood, SC, husband of Julie Sheldon Hale, passed away Monday, August 29, 2022, at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born February 20, 1940, in Arp, TX, he was a son of the late Jewell Lawrence “Jude” Hale and Thelma Odessa Covington Hale Glass.

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Consuelo G. Benavides

Consuelo G. Benavides, 78, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at an Alice Nursing home surrounded by her family. Consuelo, better known by her family as “Maestra” (Teacher), was born on June 11, 1944 in Palito Blanco, Texas to Paulino V. Gonzalez and Estela Ruiz Gonzalez. Consuelo enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She loved dancing, scratching her lottery tickets, watching novelas, and talking on the phone. Most of all, she loved caring for her grandchildren. She will be remembered by her family and friends as a loving person and always full of happiness. She was a small structure woman build, but with a big heart. She will be deeply missed by family and friends as she walks through the pearly gates and arrives at her mansion in heaven. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pablo and Estela Gonzalez; the father of her children, Teofilo Benavides Sr.; a great-grandchild, Ismael Alvarez Jr. and a nephew, David Andrew Villagran. She is survived by her children: one son, Teo (Prissy) Benavides of Alice; four daughters, Rosa Linda (Sal) Arredondo of Alice, Irene (Israel) Garza of Alice, Irma (Rene) Gomez of Alice, and Cynthia (Joe) Ramirez of San Antonio; five brothers, Valdemar R. Gonzalez (Diana) of Austin, Ruben R. Gonzalez (Margie) of Alice, Conrado R. Gonzalez (Blanca) of Alice, Ricardo R. Gonzalez (Eliza) of Alice, and Arturo R. Gonzalez (Selma) of Kingsville; nine sisters, Englandtina (†Ramon) Margain of Austin, Ernestina (Ralph) Garcia of Alice, Guadalupe (†Steve) Dunham of San Antonio, Idolina “Dolly” (Ovidio) Gonzalez of Alice, Juanita “Jane” Gonzalez of Alice, Diana (†Fred) Quinones of Green Acres, Sylvia (Juan) Pruneda of Alice, Dalia (†Robert) Mata of Alice, and Norma (Julian) Vasquez of Alice; 12 grandchildren, Ashly Arredondo of Alice, Joseph Michael Perez of Austin, Tracy Nicole Garza of Alice, Susan Renee Gomez of Alice, Michelle Rae Gomez of Alice, Bianca Jo Ramirez of San Antonio, Gonzalo Gonzalez J

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Constitutional Minute #17

Does the federal government need a budget? Not if we elected folks who would abide by the Constitution! The federal government does not provide for a budget because the enumerated powers are the budget! It’s all so simple. Only the government can muck up such simplicity.

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