A lot more sensible than giraffes
I recently took the survey that the city of Cotulla published with its contracted consultants, a project aimed at developing a new strategic plan for the community’s growth. Surveys are annoying. They have been annoying since the telephone started ringing during dinner, maybe even before that. Surveys feel impersonal yet irritatingly probing: “Would you consider…
Read MoreAdopting the 2023-24 city budget
Greetings citizens, your city officials have been busy preparing and adopting the budget for the City of Pearsall for 2023-24. Our calendar year is October 1 to September 30. We are required to have a balanced budget approved by the council before October 1, which has been done. Council members and city staff met numerous…
Read More22 jailed in La Salle, September 18 – October 1
Twenty-two individuals were arrested in La Salle County over the past two weeks on a range of felony and misdemeanor charges and on warrants issued locally and in other jurisdictions. In addition to those serving commitment by order of the courts (details previously published), those taken into custody between Monday, September 18, and Sunday, October…
Read MorePISD PROGRESS
Pearsall ISD officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently to celebrate the completion of the renovation project at the Ted Flores Elementary Pre-K and kindergarten wing and new classroom construction and the grand opening of the new gymnasium at the campus. Present for the event was PISD School Board President Marco Reyes, Vice-President Matthew Aguilar, Secretary…
Read MoreOccasionally piddling on our picnic sandwiches
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE There are green blobs on the weather forecast picture for Texas this week and, in the middle of the green blobs, yellow and red blobs. Everybody watches the blobs as they march across the state map, jerkily jumping from one village to the next as each hour on the little…
Read MoreAnother special session slated for October
CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special session, this time about school choice, for next month. He is promising retribution for lawmakers who oppose his move to enact school vouchers in Texas, the Texas Tribune reported. “There’s an easy way to get it done, and there’s a hard way,” Abbott said on…
Read More71 jailed in Frio, August 1 – September 10
COUNTY ARRESTS Seventy-one individuals were arrested in Frio County between Tuesday, August 1, and Sunday, September 10, on a range of felony and misdemeanor charges. Arrests were made by deputies of the Frio County Sheriff’s Office, troopers of the Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol, and officers of the Pearsall Police Department. In addition to…
Read MoreNATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OCT. 3
Communities in Frio and La Salle counties will mark National Night Out with street parties on Tuesday evening, October 3, with celebrations involving law enforcement and emergency responders. Pearsal’s event hosted by the Volunteer Fire Department will be held at Fireman’s Park from 6 to 9 p.m. and includes Pearsall JROTC with colors, free food…
Read MoreAdriane V. Elizondo
Adriane V. Elizondo, 73, of Pearsall died on September 16, 2023. She was born on July 22, 1950 in Pearsall to Cresencio Vinton and Gloria Gibson. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Timoteo Elizondo, brothers Cresensio Jr., Jacobo, Joe and Jimmy, great-granddaughter Ariana Aguiñaga. Adriane is survived by her children Juan Ernesto…
Read MoreRuth “Ruthie” Mina Schulte
Ruth “Ruthie” Mina Schulte, 80, died on Thursday, September 21, 2023. She was born on September 13, 1943 in Medina County, the seventh child and third daughter of Alfred H. and Louisa Hartman Schulte. She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers Alfred, Leroy, and David and her sisters Mary “Mitzi” and Carolyn. Ruthie…
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