This is one of those nature columns that even kind of grosses me out, so stand warned. I mean, after all, it’s not easy reading up on maggots. Mainly, because they’re such disgusting, slimy little creatures. Why else is it considered such an insult to say to someone: “You’re nothing but a little maggot?”
On October 1, Monica’s Angels released a Special Edition Cristina love & light bracelet for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The organization originally formed in 1998 to help McAllen Memorial High School senior Monica Montanaro and her family while Monica was being treated for osteosarcoma, In May of 2000, at the age of 19, Monica succumbed to the disease. For several years following her passing, McAllen jewelry designer Rosemary Trevino continued to design an annual “Monica” angel pin. Profits from the pin’s sale were used to help other families in the Rio Grande Valley whose children were undergoing treatment for cancer. This was done to fulfill Monica’s wish.
So, how has this lethal global pandemic changed Hidalgo County’s criminal justice system, you might ask? Or maybe you don’t want to ask, ignore the reality of today, and instead binge watch The Golden Girls or Friends. You know, something fun, light, and happy as opposed to the stark, dark reality of today. Tune in the Hallmark cable channel, and tune out COVID?
If one listens to President Trump, mail-in ballots are a total mess. In fact, after last week’s debate with Joe Biden, the president tweeted: “Cancel Ballots and go out and VOTE, just like in past decades, when there were no problems.”
PHARR — Working together with private sector, higher education partners, the South Texas Assets Consortium (STAC) and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), U.S. Customs and Border Protection is gaining up to 10 paid agriculture interns that learn valuable work skills while assisting CBP to process commercial produce shipments at Rio Grande Valley ports of entry.
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