Dr. David Heflin named General Practitioner of the Year
‘This is a reflection of our clinic with our staff’
By Edwina P. Garza
MISSION — Dr. David Heflin still remembers the first calf he helped bring to life.
It was Christmas morning in College Station where he was attending Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine. With his professor out celebrating Christmas, Heflin assisted birth a calf on a dairy farm.
“I remember it was cold, but it was great,” he said in his office at Mission Veterinary Hospital aong Business 83.
Almost 30 years later, Heflin said he still gets the same rush helping deliver a calf or bring a dog that’s been hit by a car back to health.
Heflin was recently honored for his service by the Texas Veterinary Medical Association and was named the 2010 Texas Veterinary Medical Association’s General Practitioner of the Year.
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RGV Livestock Show starts Friday
By Kathy Olivarez
The 71st annual Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show starts Friday, Mar. 12 and runs through Sunday, Mar. 21 at the Livestock Show Grounds in Mercedes. Admission is $10 for adults and parking is $3.
The stock show will be filled with all sorts of fun events, including judging of many different breeds of cattle, goats, pigs, chickens and rabbits. A variety of entertainment, from rodeos to strolling acts to antique farm equipment shows, will be provided over the course of the fair, which is now one of the biggest livestock shows in the country.
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Candidates file for mayor, Place 1 and Place 3
MISSION — Mayor Norberto “Beto” Salinas, in seeking his fifth term, faces two challengers in the May 8 election.
Voters here will also cast their ballots on one other contested election for City Council Place 1. City Council Place 3 seat incumbent Norie Gonzalez Garza doesn’t have any challengers.
Salinas’ challengers are Armando O’Caña Sr., an administrator at La Joya Independent School District, and Baldemar Flores, the former police chief of the Alton Police Department and owner of a private security business.
O’Caña is a former City Council Place 3 member and fire chief. He currently serves as Dropout Prevention and School Safety Director under Student Services with the La Joya Independent School District
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Candidates file for Mission, Sharyland school board elections
MISSION — School districts here will hold board trustee elections in May with nearly half a dozen in both Mission and Sharyland districts.
La Joya Independent School District is not holding school board elections this spring; their next election cycle is in November, district officials said this week.
Election day is May 8.
The Mission Consolidated Independent School District board has three seats up for election, with one of those uncontested.
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Voters to shape councils in Alton, Palmhurst, and La Joya
Residents across the Rio Grande Valley will head back to the polls in May, this time to elect members of their city’s councils.
In Alton, the position of mayor is up, with incumbent Salvador Vela seeking re-election. Vela has a single challenger named Jose C. Picasso. The only other seat up for election is Commissioner Place 1, currently held by Arturo R. Galvan Jr., who is seeking re-election. His challenger is Vidal Farias.
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Gicela Salinas announces La Joya candidacy
Gicela Salinas, a longtime resident of the City of La Joya, has filed her intent to be a candidate for the alderman vacancy on the city commission of the City of La Joya.
The city will hold a special election to fill this vacancy on May 8.
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UVAL celebrates 75th anniversary
The Upper Valley Art League is celebrating their 75th anniversary with a “Denim & Diamonds” event that is free and open to the public, according to Maxilou Link, UVAL president. It will be held Saturday, March 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Kika De La Garza Fine Arts Center, 921 E. 12th Street in Mission, next to Speer Memorial Library.
The evening begins with a Mission Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting and the re-dedication of the Kika De La Garza building with a plaque marker in his honor. He is expected to attend.
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Read these stories and more in this week's Progress Times
MCISD HS students behind on credits have new options
MCISD seniors participate in Operation College Bound
Mission Paving gets bid for major street improvements
IRS issues winter 2010 statisticsc of income bulletin
Sharyland takes down state's No. 1 team
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‘Our hearts were moved to go’ Local doctor, nurse offer aid in Haiti
 MISSION — Under a blue tarp, which was a makeshift triage center in a hospital courtyard, Dr. Matthew J. Johnson showed a young mother and her toddler photographs of his adopted children.
Will you adopt my son, the woman asked Johnson.
Confused, Johnson recalled asking the woman why she would want a stranger to take her son.
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The Real behind the Skinny
By Mary Nichols
We have all seen them, read about or heard about them, and maybe even tried them. Fad diets, miracle exercise machines, weight-loss pills and supplements. Consumers spend money on anything that offers the lure of getting fit fast. But the truth is, there is no fast and easy way to get healthy. It’s a committed process that takes time, devotion and hard work to get rewarding results.
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