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-Eagle Pass

     HEB gave a check totaling $25,000.00 to the Eagle Pass Boys and Girls Club on Friday.

     The check was delivered by Victor Garcia and Andy Perales, directors of the local grocery store, and the check was given to Alfonso Mallen, Director of the Boys and Girls Club.

Newly elected US Congressman Pete Gallego is sworn in by Speaker of the House John Boehner on January 3rd in Washington D.C.  Gallego is accompanied by family and colleagues.  Gallego and son Nicolas sat together in the aisles of congress where they were able to shake hands with the leaders of the House as they arrived. 

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-Eagle Pass

     Border Patrol officers rescued a 17 year-old woman who was trapped in the middle of the Rio Grande hanging on for life from an island in the middle of the river adjacent to International Bridge II.

     Dennis Smith, spokesman for the US Border Patrol, informed The News Gram that the woman was at risk of being carried away by the current and with the cold weather she was in serious danger.

     According to the report, the woman had used an inner tube to cross but she lost hold of the device and was able to hold on to some foliage which kept her from being swept away.

     She was taken from the river and transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center.

     Border patrol agents stated that she is of Honduran descent and she recovered from her injuries.

     They are in the process of contacting the Honduran Consulate to be able to deport her.

     According to the border patrol they have conducted seven such rescues of illegal immigrants in danger.