In an effort to reach hot spots across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide free COVID-19 testing in Edinburg.
Diminishing members of the PSJA Bears Class of 1957 will continue monthly reunions during 2020, alternating between breakfast and dinner, on the second Saturday of every month.
Berries bring summer memories and all have their favorite fresh berry recipes including Berry Salad, Berry Salsa and Berry Cheese Boards. Birds and other wildlife have their favorite summer berries too. The Granjeno (gran-hen-oh) is an extremely popular native wildlife fruit also known as “spiny hackberry” or “desert hackberry” and found in our southern region.
The Century Plant only blooms once in a lifetime every 10 to 25, years so the century thing is an exaggeration, but a quarter of a century is still a long time. The plant is monocarpic in that it flowers, sets seed for pups and then dies. But it leaves plenty of pups or small plantlets at its base to begin a new life cycle.
City Commissioner Dr. Ramiro Caballero read a proclamation by Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez, M.D. declaring the month of July 2020 as Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month in Pharr. This month brings awareness to orofacial clefts, which are the most frequently occurring birth defects in the United States, affecting approximately 7,000 babies annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In attendance at the meeting and to accept the proclamation were members of the Driscoll Children's Craniofacial and Cleft Center. Mayor Hernandez recognized the members, thanking them for the work they do to provide comprehensive care, information, support, and access to interdisciplinary teams for children and families affected by craniofacial differences.
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