Water slowly fills Irrigation Canal; Will take time to reach capacity
Friday, 03 August 2012 00:00 Published in August 2012
Water slowly fills Irrigation Canal;
Will take time to reach capacity
A.D. Ibarra
-Quemado
he Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District has announced that the repair job which was carried out to repair the retaining wall which collapsed July 5th has been completed while the time frame which was set in order for the concrete to cure has come and gone, and the irrigation canal is now receiving water from the Rio Grande in calculated intervals in order to gauge its resistance and to not put too much pressure on the new structure.
A fitting tribute to a fallen leader Hundreds gather to bid farewell to former Mayor Chad Foster Family, friends & colleagues celebrate his life
Friday, 03 August 2012 00:00 Published in August 2012
A fitting tribute to a fallen leader
Hundreds gather to bid farewell to former Mayor Chad Foster
Family, friends & colleagues celebrate his life
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Hundreds gathered at both the vigil and the funeral services of Former Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster who recently succumbed to cancer in a Houston Hospital this past Saturday. Funeral services were held for Foster on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Eagle Pass as a huge gathering of local and area dignitaries, public officials, businessmen and people of all walks of life gathered to celebrate his life in a fitting tribute to a man who all considered to be a leader's leader and a man's man.