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EDCOUCH, RGV – The commu-nities of Edcouch, Elsa, La Villa and Monte Alto are planning a big party to celebrate the passage of legisla-tion to cement South Texas College’s presence in the Delta area.House Bill 382, authored by state Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, re-quires the STC leadership to create a plan to expand courses leading to associate degrees in Edcouch or Elsa by the Fall of 2019.“For the Delta area this bill is big, really big, so we want to celebrate in style. We are aiming for July 25, a Saturday. We are going to have a parade, music, marching school

bands, speeches, food, beverages, everything. We are even going to invite Governor Abbott and Sec-retary of State Carlos Cascos,” said Eddy Gonzalez, mayor pro-tem of Edcouch.Gonzalez said the Rio Grande Valley legislative delegation would be in-vited and in particular Canales, state Rep. Oscar Longoria, D-La Joya, and state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Browns-ville, because these three worked so hard to get HB 382 passed.“We would also like the South Texas College board of trustees and Presi-dent Reed to attend. Now the legis-lation is law I am hoping the attitude of the board and the president will change and be more positive. Up until now, I do not think you can

Two School board members from Raymondville I.S.D opened up Wing Champs, a brilliant family oriented restaurant, featuring wings, burgers, salads and alcohol beverag-es at 100 N exp. 77 suite P in Ray-mondville TX.Lupe Ruiz was born and raised in Raymondville , and graduated at Lyford High school in 1994. His in-volvement in the community started back in 2006 as he became the pres-ident of the Raymondville sports foundation. As he got more involved in the foundation, his concern with community issues grew. In 2013, he won his race for school board run-ning with his party, Raymondville United. After a couple of years mak-ing choices for the best interest of Raymondville ISD, he felt he wanted to do more. He wanted to be part of the economic growth in Raymond-ville. Soon he envisioned a family oriented restaurant in the com-munity. To complete his dream he convinced longtime friend Ramiro Ramirez to jump on board.Ramiro Ramirez, Raymondville Alumni, class of 1991, also started

his political involvement with Lupe Ruiz, running in Raymondville Unit-ed slate in 2013. He has over 20 years of food service experience working with Furs Cafeteria, Golden Corral and the MTC federal prison kitchen. He has taken many management titles during his food service career and has managed a 3 million dollar kitchen budget.These business partners are well rooted to their faith and have decided to close on Sundays so their employ-ees can go to a house for worship, to rest and be with their families. Ram and Lupe are members of Life Line Church in Harlingen. Their priori-ties are God, Family then work.The dream of Wing Champs took two years in the making. This entre-preneurship was not as easy as it may seem. They first went out looking for a franchise to start up and got turned down various times. But of course this didn’t stop these two dreamers so they decided to come up with their own brand of restaurant and looked for a name that can be mar-ketable to franchise. Wing Champs started construction in January of

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The Skill You’ve Always Wanted: How to Instantly Read PeopleThe ability to “read” people is by far one of your most valuable skills in business. The people you interact with each day send you signals, and if you learn what to look and listen for, each person will tell you exactly how to effectively work with him.Everyone experiences the same basic human needs—results, recognition, regimentation and relationships—with some hold-ing more dominance than oth-ers. Depending on the weight placed on each need, people dif-fer in personality.

So what is there to read?Dozens of signals—verbal, vocal and visuals—tell you when to speed up or slow down, when to focus on the details or when to work on building the relation-ship. But, because people are different, the same technique won’t always work.

Human Behavior Has Two Di-mensionsWhen people act and react—with verbal, vocal and visual ac-tions—in social situations, they exhibit clues to their behavioral style. Identifying that is possible by classifying a person’s behav-ior on two dimensions: open-ness and directness.Open vs. Guarded: Openness is the readiness and willingness with which a person outwardly shows emotions or feelings and develops interpersonal relation-ships.Others commonly describe open people as being relaxed, warm, responsive, informal and personable. They tend to be relationship-oriented, and in conversations with others, they share personal feelings and tell stories and anecdotes. They tend to be flexible about time and base their decisions more on intuition and opinion than on hard facts and data. They also are likely to behave dramatically and to give you immediate non-verbal feedback in conversation.

Guarded individuals, on the other hand, commonly are seen as formal and proper. They tend to be more aloof in their inter-personal relationships. They are more likely to follow the letter of the law and try to base their decisions on cold, hard facts. Guarded people are usually very task-oriented and disciplined about time. As opposed to open people, they hide their personal feelings in the presence of oth-ers.Direct vs. Indirect: Now con-sider the second dimension—directness. This refers to the amount of control and forceful-ness that a person attempts to

exercise over situations or other people.Direct people tend to “come on strong,” take the social initiative and create a powerful first im-pression. They are fast-paced people, making swift decisions and taking risks. They easily become impatient with others who cannot keep up with their fast pace. They are active people who do a lot of talking and ap-pear confident and dominant. Direct people express their opinions readily and make em-phatic statements.On the opposite end of that spectrum, indirect people give the impression of being quiet and reserved. They seem to be supportive and easy-going, and they tend to be security-con-scious—moving slowly, med-itating on their decisions and avoiding risks. They ask ques-tions and listen more than they talk. They reserve their opinions and make tentative statements when they must take a stand.When directness is combined with openness, it forms four dif-ferent, recognizable and habitu-al behavioral styles: the socializ-er, the director, the thinker and the relater.

Socializer: Open and DirectThe socializer exhibits such characteristics as animation, intuitiveness and liveliness. He is an idea person—a dreamer—but can be viewed as manipu-lative, impetuous and excitable when displaying behavior inap-propriate to a particular situa-tion.

The socializer is a fast-paced person with spontaneous ac-tions and decisions. He is not concerned about facts and de-tails, and tries to avoid them as much as possible. This may prompt him at times to exagger-ate and generalize facts and fig-ures. He thrives on involvement with people and usually works quickly and enthusiastically with others.The socializer always seems to be chasing dreams, but he has the uncanny ability to catch others up in his dreams because of his good persuasive skills. He always seems to be seeking approval and pats on the back for his accomplishments and achievements. The socializer is a very creative person who has that dynamic ability to think quickly on his feet.

Director: Direct and GuardedThe director exhibits firmness in his relationships with others, is oriented toward productivi-ty and goals and is concerned with bottom-line results. Close-

ly allied to these positive traits, however, are the negative ones of stubbornness, impatience, toughness and even domineer-ingness.A director tends to take control of other people and situations and is decisive in both his ac-tions and decisions. He likes to move at an extremely fast pace and is very impatient with de-lays. When other people can’t keep up with his speed, he views them as incompetent. The di-rector’s motto: “I want it done right, and l want it done now.”The director is typically a high achiever who exhibits very good administrative skills. He likes to do many things at the same time. He keeps adding on un-til the pressure builds to such a point that he turns his back and lets everything drop. Then he turns right around and starts the whole process over again.

Thinker: Indirect and GuardedThe thinker is a persistent, sys-tematic problem-solver. But he also can be seen as aloof, picky and critical. A thinker is very security-conscious and has a strong need to be right. This leads him to an over-reliance on data collection. In his quest for data he tends to ask many ques-tions about specific details.The thinker works slowly and precisely by himself and pre-fers an intellectual work envi-ronment that is organized and structured. He tends to be skep-tical and likes to see things in writing.Although he is a great prob-lem-solver, the thinker is a poor decision-maker; he may keep collecting data even beyond the time when a decision is due.Relater: Open and IndirectThe relater is unassertive, warm, supportive and reliable. How-ever, the relater sometimes is seen by others as compliant, soft-hearted and acquiescent. The relater seeks security and belongingness and, like the thinker, is slow at taking action and making decisions. This pro-crastination stems from his de-sire to avoid risky and unknown situations. Before he takes ac-tion or makes a decision, he has to know how other people feel about it.The relater is the most peo-ple-oriented of all four styles. Having close, friendly, person-al and first-name relationships with others is one of the most important objectives of the re-later’s style.The relater dislikes interper-sonal conflicts so much that he sometimes says what he thinks other people want to hear rather than what is really on his mind.

The relater has tremendous counseling skills and is extreme-ly supportive of other people. He also is an incredibly active listener. Because a relater listens so well to other people, when it comes his turn to talk, people usually listen. This gives him an excellent ability to gain support from others.Learning to identify these four distinct personality types by their behavior takes time, but evaluating peo-ple’s behavior within this framework can help you better un-derstand others and yourself.

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Staff & ContributorsNewly Elected

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Mayor Gonzales offering words of encour-agement and inspiration to local students of Valley Grande Institute here at the Ray-mondville Rural Technology Building. Thank you Mayor for being proactive and setting a positive tone for our young peo-ple.

Cardenas Ford Grand Opening in Raymondville

Welcome to Willacy County!! The Office of Representative Ryan Guillen presented a flag flown over the Capitol in honor of this new enterprise!

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Coach Sanchez and staff would like to congratulate our “Future Phenoms” for completing the Basketball Skills Academy last week. It was a plea-sure working with the young athletes in the Rio Grande Valley. Be on the lookout for upcoming basketball trainings in your area.

(Special thanks to Aileen Sanchez-Clock Operator and Justice Martinez-Photographer)

EDCOUCH-ELSA CLASS OF 1985 REUNIONIf you are a member of Edcouch Elsa’s High School Class of 1985, we are look-ing for you. We are celebrating our 30th Reunion with a dinner and dance on July 25th. It’s been thirty years since we graduat-ed from High School. During this time we’ve had laughter and tears, challenges and successes. Through it all, one thing hasn’t changed, that we grew up togeth-er developing friendships that stood the

test of time. We sit down and catch up with one another and it’s like we’ve never been apart. We pick up right where we left off; Encouraging each other, laughing to-gether and supporting one another. Let’s make time to celebrate who we are, The Mighty Maquina Amarilla! If you are planning on attending, the cost is 25.00 per person. There is a limited amount of space so you want to purchase yours now.

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La Feria Assembly Hall to Host Summer Conventions

Hidalgo County will transition to an integrated, online courts

and justice system By Julia Benitez Sullivan

EDINBURG – Hidalgo County asks residents with court-related busi-ness to be patient as offices transi-tion from the county’s current case management system to an integrat-ed courts and justice system called Odyssey.Tyler Technologies’ Odyssey court management system – which will go live at 8 a.m. on Monday, August 3 – will modernize court processes and optimize resources. Odyssey will help move Hidalgo County to a paperless court system and is fully integrated with the state’s mandated e-filing platform for civil cases. It will also eliminate redundant data entry, improve access to informa-tion across county departments,

and simplify maintenance and sup-port, said Hidalgo County Chief In-formation Officer Renan Ramirez.The change will be completed from July 27 through July 31 and may cause delays in the process during the transition period.“We’re asking our internal and external customers to be patient during this transition, which we expect to take no longer than one week,” said Ramirez.During the transition period, com-munity members will not be able to make payments at Justices of the Peace offices. Payments will contin-ue to be accepted online at http://pay.hidalgocounty.us.The Texas e-file portal will not be affected during the transition to Odyssey.

Jehovah’s Witnesses extend open invitation for all to attend

Entrance gate to the Assembly Hall is located at 1701 South Park-er Road. Photo: Gabriel Tovar. Jehovah’s Witnesses extend an invitation to all in the commu-nity to attend a three-day, Bible-based convention at the Assem-bly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1701 South Parker Road. The convention starts August 7th and ends August 10th, and will be presented in Spanish. This year there are a total of nine conven-tions programed for La Feria, TX. The theme of this year’s convention program is “Imitate Je-sus.” The Friday, Saturday, and Sunday program will include Bible-based talks, demonstrations, and video presentations de-signed to appeal to all age groups.

The entire program will highlight the life of Christ Jesus, the founder of Christianity. He is widely considered as one of the most influential and significant men who ever lived. As Chris-tians, a core belief of Jehovah’s Witnesses is that Jesus lived his life as a model for us to follow. The “Imitate Jesus” conventions will examine Jesus’ life, as outlined in the Bible, and emphasize how all—regardless of their background, lifestyle, or religion— can benefit in practical ways from his example and teachings. A highlight of the program will be the keynote address on Friday morning entitled, “Concealed in Him Are All the Treasures of Wisdom.” These conventions this summer in La Feria are part of 456 simi-lar assemblies that will be presented in 29 languages by Jehovah’s Witnesses around the globe. Worldwide, there are over eight mil-lion Witnesses in more than 115,000 congregations. Admission is free. Collections are never taken at these conventions.This convention will be held in SpanishFor additional information please call Gabriel Tovar (956) 472-9639 .

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Disaster Recovery Center Opens in Hidalgo Countyfor Texas Flood Survivors

AUSTIN, Texas – A State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in Hidalgo County for homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage as a result of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding from May 4 to June 19.Specialists from the State of Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), nongov-ernmental organizations and the local community are on hand to answer questions and provide information on the types of assistance available to survivors. Services are provided in English and Spanish.The recovery center serves survivors from any of the 30 counties designat-ed for Individual Assistance who need one-on-one help. State and federal professionals will be available to assist eligible survivors get help as quickly as possible.

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DRC Opens in Hidalgo County-P. 2People who had storm damage can register for FEMA assistance online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or call 800-621-3362 toll free from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily until further notice. Multilingual operators are available. Disaster assistance applicants who have a speech disability or hearing loss and use TTY should call 800-462-7585 directly; for those who use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS), call 800-621-3362. The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (local time) seven days a week until further notice.Visiting with a recovery specialist is not a requirement for survivors who want disaster assistance, but the centers are an excellent way for people to get answers to their questions about disaster aid and help applying for it. Some of the services may include:• Guidance regarding disaster recovery• Clarification of any written correspondence received• Housing Assistance and Rental Resources information

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Edcouch-Elsa Rotary ClubCelebrates New Rotary Year!

The Edcouch-Elsa Rotary Club will celebrate a new Rotary year begin-ning July 1, 2015.As we begin, a new Rotary year we are pleased to enter the new year with three new members. The new members are Rina Castillo, Anna Flores, and Rick Flores.Arturo Livas was installed as Presi-dent for his third year. Rina Castillo, Anna Flores were installed as new members to Rotary. Rina Castillo is the editor of The Community Press and also a commissioner for the City of Edcouch.Anna Flores is a professional Be-havioral Rehab Counselor and Rick Flores is a professional supervisor for the Donna Fabrication Compa-ny in Donna,Tx.

Left to Right: Arturo Livas, Mireya Mata-Rotarian, Rina Castillo –new member, Anna Flores-new member, and Asst. Rotary Governor –Armando Chapa. Not pictured(Rick Flores)

Hidalgo County DA creates a Special Crimes Division

EDINBURG – A new division created by Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. will focus on prosecuting crimes against the county’s most vulnerable victims.The Special Crimes Division will prosecute cases involving the physical abuse of children as well as all sexual assault cases. Other crimes that will be pros-ecuted in the Division include white collar crimes and public integrity cases.Two Assistant District Attorneys, an investigator and an administrative assis-tant will focus on child abuse and sexual assaults. The ADAs and staff work-ing on the cases have had special and ongoing training to better understand the complex nature of working with these vulnerable victims, Rodriguez said. “There are no more heinous crimes than those against children. Their trust-ing natures and naiveté make them vulnerable to perpetrators,” Rodriguez said. “Handling these cases are highly skilled, specially trained attorneys and victim’s advocates who will work to foster relationships of trust with victims and their families while aggressively prosecuting perpetrators.” He assigned a four-member team to focus on sexual assault, failure to reg-ister as a sex offender, online solicitation of a minor, injury to a child, and capital murder of a child under the age of 10. They are:• Hope Palacios, an Assistant District Attorney for Hidalgo County for more than 10 years, has been appointed Chief Assistant of the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit. Palacios has investigated and prosecuted hundreds of sexual assault and child abuse cases. • Joining Palacios is ADA Savannah Gonzalez, who has worked in the DA’s office for more than three years. Gonzalez began her work in the Child Welfare Unit working closely with Child Protective Services to prosecute cases of child abuse and neglect. • Linda Greenwood, an Investigator with the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office, will serve as a Special Investigator in the unit. Greenwood has more than 17 years of law enforcement experience. She has a decade of experience working as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst specializing in Nar-cotics and Violent Crime cases and over seven years working as a patrol offi-cer and investigator. • Rounding out the team is Administrative Assistant Jessica Maye West who has more than 10 years experience in the DA’s office working on cases involving sexual assaults, murder and aggravated robbery. The team will seek to better serve the crime victims by working collabora-tively with the DA’s Victim Assistance Coordinator Rosie Martinez, area law enforcement, Child Protective Services, The Children’s Advocacy Center and local medical experts to ensure effective and successful prosecutions, Rodri-guez said. Martinez, who joined the DA’s staff as the Victim Assistance Coordinator in April, is also a part of the Special Crimes Division. She is working to build a team of victim advocates to serve as liaisons between prosecutors and indi-vidual victims and to assist victims during trials.

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say that. We are opening the door, holding up our hands and saying, come on, let’s unite, it’s a new day, let’s try it, let us get it going, let us do it for the kids,” Gonzalez said.HB 382 was one of the most controversial bills authored by a Valley law-maker this session. The STC board of trustees and STC President Shirley Reed did not like it because they felt it set a bad precedent – the Legislature telling a higher education institution where to place its resources.“It revolutionizes the way school districts and community colleges are now governed. They are free and autonomous except to the extent they are con-trolled by the higher education committee,” said STC trustee Gary Gurwitz. “The decision as to where, when, and to what extent to build campuses, extension or high schools, should belong to the local trustees – if the Leg-islature takes that away, it will put the entire public school and community college system in jeopardy. It is an unnecessary intrusion of the legislature into the local governance matters.”STC leaders also argued that as STC has a campus in Weslaco, Delta area students do not have that far to travel. In a written letter to a Senate panel in May, Gurwitz wrote: “The issue is not whether Edcouch or Elsa needs an ‘extension facility’ – they do not. They are approximately ten miles north of Weslaco, connected by a U.S. highway, with free bus transportation to our Weslaco campus and to all of our other campuses in Hidalgo County.”Gurwitz said that from the beginning, STC’s master plan designated Wesla-co as the most convenient and efficient location for a campus to serve east-ern Hidalgo County, including Edcouch/Elsa, Mercedes, Pharr, San Juan, Alamo, and Donna. “We have invested approximately $35 million in the campus and are in the process of spending an additional $34 million, as per our master plan. We have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on our recent master plan which proposes enhancing our present campuses and not expanding construction to other localities,” Gurwitz wrote.Canales told the McAllen Monitor that he would trade all his other pieces of legislation for HB 382 because it is so big. Canales said he was relieved Gov. Abbott did not veto HB 382, as had been rumored. The bill became law without Abbott’s signature. Canales said he believes the legislation was not vetoed because of widespread support from elected officials across the Valley.

2015. They picked up 21 employees and have focused on the importance of customer service. “Ram and I both know how it feels to be unappreci-ated so we will give our employees a family care environment, also we will start everyone at $10 an hour pay”. “Our dream is to expand as a franchise, to develop people into hard working leaders and establish relationships in communities” says Lupe. Wing Champs has 11 TVs, 16 security cameras as well as a conference room.On Wednesday, July 23 a soft opening was held and it was a huge success. So many community members filled the building and the customer service was top notch. “I was fascinated by the great customer service, the waiter was catering to my friend and I and it was a full house” said Leion Cavazos. Maribel Ramirez wife of Ramiro and Lupe’s wife, Virginia Ruiz has sup-ported this new venture along the way. They have been very instrumental to the business. “ Our wifes are the backbone of our families and have been very supportive, we even took a risk and quite our full time jobs to commit full time into our business.”The Ramirez and Ruiz family--- on behalf of The Community Press, we wish you good luck on your new venture, wishing you success and thank you for your hard work and dedication in the Raymondville community.

• Answers to questions, resolutions to problems and referrals to agen-cies that may provide further assistance• Status of applications being processed by FEMAAssistance for eligible survivors can include grants for temporary hous-ing and home repairs, and for other serious disaster-related needs, such as medical and dental expenses or funeral and burial costs. Low-inter-est disaster loans from SBA may be available to cover losses not fullycompensated by insurance or other resources and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations.Eligible survivors should register with FEMA even if they have insur-ance. FEMA cannot duplicate insurance payments, but under-insured applicants may receive help after their insurance claims have been set-tled.

New Angel in HeavenEdcouch…Antonia V. Fonseca, 86, entered eternal rest Saturday, June 20, 2015 at San Juan Nursing Home in San Juan, Texas. An-tonia was born on November 26, 1928, to Fe-lix Villanueva and Luisa Burrciaga Villanue-va. She is preceded in death by her husband Trinidad Fonseca, parents, daughters Maria de los Santos Villegas, Valentina Fonseca, a grandchild Tomas Fonseca Jr., sisters Elivo-ria Villanueva and Ignacia V. Lopez. She is survived by her sons Juan (Socorro) Villegas and Tomas (Kristy) Fonseca, Grandchildren; Gilbert Villegas, Aida Villegas, Juan Villegas Jr., Jesse Villegas, Ruben Villegas, Rosa Vil-legas, Yolanda Villegas, Rigoberto Villegas, Juan Francisco Villegas, David Villegas, Le-ticia Villegas, Laura Fonseca, Sandy Fonseca, Clara Yvette Fonseca, Tanya Fonseca, Owen Tomas Fonseca and Olivia Grace Fonseca , 17

Great-Grandchildren and 9 Great Great-Grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers were Tomas Fonseca, Juan Villegas, Rigoberto Correa, David Villegas, Juan Francisco Ville-gas and Marcos Montalvo. Visitation was held on Sunday, June 21, 2015 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Funeral service was held Monday, June 22, 2015, Chapel Service at Guerra Funeral Home ”The Chapel of Angels” at 1:00 P.M. Interment followed to Val Verde Memorial Gardens of Donna, TX. Arrangements were under the direction of Guerra Funeral Home 304 E. Edinburg Ave. Elsa, TX 78543 PH: 956-262-2971.

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