“It is such an honor and a tremendous accomplishment to be a qualifying All-Region Band Member,” said Manuel A. Rodriguez, M.Ed., Director of Fine Arts/UIL Academics at Valley View ISD.
I’m too old to get into a physical altercation. Why I carry a gun. Shoot them before they land the first blow if someone is really coming at me. Don’t kill them. Just shoot ‘em in the crotch so they’ll wish they were dead by the time they get out of the hospital.
It’s clear that Hidalgo County needs more COVID-19 vaccines. The locations where the vaccines have been administered so far have been swamped with people looking for hope. People have stood in line at midnight at a few locations, hoping to get vaccinated the next morning.
Optimism. Hope. That’s what you hear these days in the voice of Ivan Melendez, M.D., who not only still runs his own private internal medicine practice, but works as the medical director (Health Authority) for Hidalgo County, and has done so since 2011 when life was much simpler and more pleasant for the public at large.
This hard year is almost over. Now it’s time to look to our future and imagine what’s possible. Texas has six key challenges that we could overcome if our state leaders seek to tackle them.
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