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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Yolanda Perales Ramon, newly elected City Councilwoman, was sworn in on Wednesday where she replaces William Davis.
A good amount of friends, family and followers were on hand to witness the proceedings before a full quorum.
"I'm here to work with every single department head of the City of Eagle Pass. I really, really look forward to working really hard and moving forward as we have been doing and I will enjoy, I'm sure you will enjoy working with me, too. Thank you very much," stated Ramon before the crowd erupted in applause.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Former City Councilman William Davis delivered an emotional speech after seeing his successor Yolanda Ramon sworn in on Wednesday's Special Meeting of city council.
"I've always tried to represent the best interest of our citizens, to make sure our city continues to move in a positive direction. That we utilize our funds and be completely fiscally responsible and make sure we provide the service that each and every one of our citizens deserves," said the councilman, who also serves as President of the Chamber of Commerce, "If we don't have a secure environment, then a lot of the things we desire should not exist. That's why I'm real happy to say that I look forward to the ground breaking of our new Municipal Safety Complex and new Fire Department which is something that is greatly needed."
He also made mention of the new public library, the paving of miles and miles of city streets and countless projects that went on during his tenure that were too many to list.
"But it's not just me, it's our wonderful staff. Together we sgared a vision, a vision I still feel very passionate about. I may not be seated in the seat behind me, but it doesn't mean my drive and my passion for my city will ever go away."
The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Police Department, Maverick County Sheriff’s deputies and Emergency Medical technicians reported to the scene of a strange accident where the driver of a black Mustang and his female companion fell into what Sheriff Tom Schmerber described as a sink hole which suddenly appeared engulfing at least half of the vehicle. An ambulance was called in to take the driver of the car to be evaluated medically.
A.D. Ibarra
-Cozel Foster Veterans Memorial Stadium
There’s nothing quite like the look in the eyes of a child. Filled with wonder and the willingness and urgency to compete, a child is our most precious resource for the future, and the special education students of the Eagle Pass Independent School District are no different from their classmates and the Special Education Department under the caring watchful eye of Directress Delia Gonzalez are looking out for our children, especially in terms of giving them a quality head start to life which includes the opportunity to feel success in the field of play.
“We are celebrating the Special Olympics for this school year. Because of inclement weather we could not have the event outside, but we did have our ceremonies at our arena,” sated Gilbert Gonzalez, EPISD Superintendent, “We have a lot of participants from Eagle Pass and from surrounding school districts like La Pryor, Carrizo Springs and Crystal City so despite the weather I think we’ll have a really, really good showing here with the athletes.”
Gonzalez thanked his students, their teachers and parents for all their efforts and commitment to organizing an activity as large as the EPISD Special Olympics.
A.D. Ibarra
-EPISD
In an Executive Session which went well on into the night, the Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees culminated their search for a replacement to Chief Eduardo Esquivel by approving Jose Ramos as the new Chief of Police of the EPISD.
According to sources, a total of three applicants met the qualifications and were interviewed by the committee before Ramos’ name was given to the school board at the May 12th regular meeting.
Ramos has been with the police force for approximately five years and was previously in charge of reporting to the various elementary campuses across the district before receiving the highest law enforcement position within the EPISD.
EPISD contrata a nuevo Jefe de Policía
Adrián Ibarra
-EPISD
En una reunión ejecutiva, que se fue hasta eso de las 11:00 de la noche, la Mesa Directiva del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Eagle Pass culminó su búsqueda de un reemplazo para Jefe Eduardo Esquivel aprobando a José Ramos como nuevo Jefe de Policía de la EPISD.
Según las fuentes, un total de tres candidatos cumplieron con los requisitos y fueron entrevistados por el comité antes del nombre de Ramos se le dio a la junta escolar en el 12 de mayo reunión ordinaria.
Ramos ha estado con la policía durante unos cinco años, y que antes era el encargado de la presentación de informes a las distintas escuelas primarias de todo el distrito antes de recibir la posición más alta de aplicación de la ley dentro del EPISD.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Sgt. Orlando Escareño informed the News Gram of the fact that the Emergency Communication System team met this morning after another round of heavy rains assaulted our fair city in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
Escareño said that while several streets were being monitored on the south side of Eagle Pass in the lower lying areas such as Roosevelt Street, most of the water had already receded and more rain was expected over the course of the week and into next.
Public Works crews could also be seen monitoring reservoirs such as the one on Cherry Leaf which is being worked on now in order to have a better flow of drainage when they do in fact complete the 1,400 linear feet of drainage to this area, followed by another 1,500 feet which will take water through Memorial Junior High and across Elk Indio Highway.
“We met as departments and we have been monitoring the entire county for flooding, to see if streets need to be closed. To open a shelter in case people need a dry place to go. Up to now all streets are re-opened, we are monitoring El Indio Highway, Hidalgo, Roosevelt, Colorado and Trinity Streets are all being monitored.”
“We received notifications of severe thunderstorms in the area of Eagle Pass and Maverick County,” sated Fire Marshall Rudy Cardona, “Chief Mello was on both sides of town monitoring water over bridges. 277 in Quemado was closed for a period of time on Tuesday. We are also monitoring the Elm Creek area in north Maverick County as well as Memo Robinson, Las Quintas and Las Brisas and we used two separate warnings on our mass communication system.”
Cardona as well as Emergency Management Coordinator Polo Vielma urge citizens to go to the City of Eagle Pass website to register on the city’s new mass communication system.
A.D. Ibarra
-Maverick County
New County Auditor Sandy Watkins was on hand Monday attending her first Commissioner’s Court meeting and giving her Monthly auditor’s report which was unanimously approved by the court.
We took the opportunity to introduce ourselves and to extend a welcome to the former auditor for Kinney County who said she hails from Carrizo Springs. When asked if this in fact was her first assignment as new auditor, Watkins had the following to say, “I’m very excited to be here. As part of the statute, I did my part to give a recap of receipts and disbursements. The report is prepared by the auditor’s office,” stated Watkins in reference to the report as Assistant Auditors Karla Mazuka and Luis Rodriguez accompanied her on this night, “There were no adjustments made, it wasn’t a financial presentation, it’s just basically a printout of what’s in our books at the end of April.
A.D. Ibarra
-USPS
Postmaster Ernesto Saucedo informed The News Gram of the fact that he and his staff picked up 3,200 ponds of food which will be taken directly to the OLOR Food Pantry.
Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation.
Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with help from rural letter carriers, other postal employees and other volunteers, the drive has delivered more than one billion pounds of food the past 22 years.
Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved.
The United States Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, AFL-CIO, Feeding America, United Way, Valassis and Valpak Direct Marketing Systems are all supporting this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
All around the country on Saturday, the United States Postal Service had mail carriers collecting non-perishable food donations as part of this campaign.
Mail carriers all picked up bags containing food as they make mail deliveries on Saturday. To contribute, people simply left a bag of non-perishable food items near their mailbox and the postal service took care of the rest!
Eagle Pass, TX -
Need a passport, but can’t make it to the post office during normal office hours? To ensure U.S. citizens are prepared to travel abroad this summer, the U.S. Postal Service will be hosting a passport fair at the Eagle Pass Post Office, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturday, May 23, 2015. Appointments are not required on this day, so customers are encouraged to show up early, as applicants will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
EAGLE PASS POST OFFICE
410 S BIBB AVE
EAGLE PASS TX 78852-9998
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
To obtain a passport applicants need to:
Bring proper proof of American citizenship. This must be either a certified birth certificate issued by the city, county or state; a previous U.S. passport; a certificate of citizenship; or a naturalization certificate. (Please note: a hospital-issued birth certificate alone is not acceptable.)
Bring proof of identity. This must be either: a recently issued U.S. passport; a recently issued naturalization certificate; a recently issued certificate of citizenship; or a current valid driver’s license, government ID or military photo ID.
Bring a photocopy of your proof of identity. Each applicant must bring a front and back photocopy of the ID that will be presented at the time of passport acceptance.
A.D. Ibarra
-Maverick County
After a GMC Acadia was stolen from the parking lot at Mall de las Aguilas, Maverick County Sheriff, Tom Schmerber announced that they are working on obtaining a grant from the State of Texas for the sheriff's department to work together on the rising incidents of auto theft.
Although no specific amounts were known, the sheriff said these resources are provided by the state for the city of Eagle Pass and Maverick County to specifically address this type of crime.
While in the county have not seen as many car thefts as they did earlier this year, they are in the best position to attack the issue and solve cases that do occur.
Schmerber concluded that for the moment the city of Eagle Pass, has not asked their support in location of the GMC Acadia but they are in a position to provide assistance as they have in the past. The Texas Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority general fund was established in 1991 by legislation that required the collection of a $1 premium once per year for each insured vehicle in Texas. That fee was increased to $2 in 2013. The fee is assessed of all agencies insuring vehicles in Texas, and is collected for ABTPA by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Funds are distributed through the grant process to eligible organizations and agencies which make application for funding to ABTPA. For fiscal year 2015, 29 grants have been awarded. Project categories eligible for funding include enforcement/apprehension, prosecution/adjudication, public education, prevention of stolen vehicle/auto parts sales, and reduction of stolen vehicles moved across the Mexican border.
