Victor Perry Director of the Maverick County Appraisal District, informed The News Gram that the appraisal district has certified the property values after having heard all protests and after having heard all of these cases over a two-month period. "The totals have been certified by the Appraisal Review Board and have been forwarded to local taxing entities on July 12th," stated Perry, "This is done at this time in order for them to be able to set their tax rates as most if not all of these entities are in the midst of the budget process at this time."

A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

he 2013 Eagle Pass Health Fair was a resounding success with many local entities coming together to provide services to the community at large in many different ways as employees and volunteers registered citizens for the different services. According to Diana Sanchez of South Texas Rural Health Services informed The News Gram that 2,100 people signed up this year and benefitted from agencies such as Dr. Esquivel and the Smile Factory providing dental screenings, Texas Eye Care Associates doing glaucoma screenings, Nix Hospital and Laurel ridge from SA offering information on their services, Border Federal Credit Union were signing up new accounts and giving prizes such as lunch boxes and backpacks, the EPISD Health Department were handing out schedules for immunizations, the Southwest Business and technical Career center were offering free haircuts, home health agencies were recruiting providers, and even Sparky the Fire Dog (EPFD) and McGruff the Crime Dog (US Customs) were on hand to entertain the many who attended. Senator Carlos Uresti graciously donated 2,000 backpacks to be given away on Thursday.

A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

The Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino is announcing the lucky winner in the $100,000.00 Star-Spangled Summer Giveaway as Ernesto Gonzalez of San Antonio drove away in his brand new white Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Oresmo Anico, Assistant General Manager was on hand to give over the keys to the lucky winner who was the fourth name drawn from the hopper after Austin's Natalie Soto, Felix Campos of Floresville and Phyllis Wasson of Kerrville were all called and were not present when their names were called.

The winner stated that he had a lot of entries in the hopper as he and his wife come to Eagle Pass every eight days!

The casino is also announcing a series of events which will be taking place as the opening of the new Lucky Eagle Hotel that is looming in the very near future.  A series of concerts beginning with Moonlight Social who will be performing on August 2nd, Sam Riggs and The Night People on the 9th, Shelly Fairchild on the 16th, Suite 709 on the 23rd and Dave Scher on August 30th.

Remember that the winning is bigger in Texas at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino!