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      Submit your own photos for posting to epawebmaster@yahoo.com    Class of '65 to Reunite         The City wants to know what you think The City of Eagle Pass has been making major improvements in their use of the internet and one feature that can currently be found is a link for comments or suggestions about anything. We urge you to make use of this feature. COMMENT BOX.    |
Will He or Won't He Web Posted: 02/06/2010 08:00 AM CST By Robert Castillo - EPalumni.Com The speculation persists as to whether current Mayor Chad Foster will register for the position of city Mayor, a position he has held for six years. Registration for city elections will open this Monday, February 8th at city hall and Mary Jane Salgado is the first to declare her intention to file with the official event to take place on Friday, February 12 at city offices. Aside from the position for City Mayor, two city council positions will also be on the ballot. Councilman Luis Sifuentes and Ramsey Cantu currently hold those positions. Cantu has also expressed an interest in running for Mayor but no official date for his registration has been made public at this time. Councilman Sifuentes has made no announcement whether he plans to seek another term. Voters will also get to vote on a city charter amendment seeking to extend term limits from 2 to 4 years for these positions. Registration for all positions closes in 30 days. Young mariachi bands battle Web Posted: 01/24/2010 12:00 CST By Ariel Barkhurst - Express-News Yara Reyes, a senior from Port Isabel High School, doesn't play in the school marching band. But, she wonders, why would she, when she can play in the school mariachi band? “Growing up, the Spanish music is everywhere,” Reyes said. “In the morning, you wake up, and your mom is cleaning the house to it. It's part of our lives. So playing it comes naturally.” Reyes was one of more than 100 high school musicians from around the region who gathered Saturday at Edgewood Independent School District's Theatre for the Performing Arts for the first Best High School Mariachi in Texas competition. The event was hosted by the Mexican-American School Board Association. The nine bands present, hand-selected by a panel of MASBA judges, donned their trajes de charro, the traditional uniform of the mariachi, and took up violins, trumpets, guitars, violas, harps and guitarrones to play for 15 minutes per group.MORE See Competition Slideshow. Downtown
Trash-Bash
8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A. M. Saturday, February 6, 2010   Join us for tacos and juice in the parking lot of
IBC Bank downtown, then lend a hand and participate in the special
litter control and spruce-up the downtown area.
Many volunteers will make work lighter as we beautify Main Street and
the surrounding area for the Upcoming visit by our Texas first lady,
Annita Perry, to commemorate Eagle Pass' designation as a Main Street
Community. Downtown merchants are urged to participate in this drive as well as clean-up their respective store front to make the area cleaner and more attractive. For more information and/or to register individually or as a group, please call the Eagle Pass Chamber fo Commerce at 830-773-3224.   Jerardo & Javier Oh my goodness, how can this be? Our amazing twins are becoming teens! So many good things come in pairs, like ears and socks and panda bears. But, best of all are set of twins, with extra laughter, double grins. There’s so much fun in having two…twice as many points of view. So much alike, forever linked, and yet they’re also quite distinct. They share a birthday and a name, but moods and tempers aren’t the same. Although at times they may dispute, their loyalty is absolute. Jerardo & Javier Tapia will be become teenagers on January 20, 2010. They currently attend Liberty Elementary. They will celebrate their birthday with family & friends. Best wishes to them on this special day from parents Jorge & Cristina Tapia ( Class of ’93) sibling Jorge & Joel Jaaziel Tapia.  BREAKING NEWS
Appellate court overturns
Kickapoo conviction The Associated Press Jan. 6, 2010, 10:14AM SAN ANTONIO — A federal appellate court has overturned the conviction of a former tribal leader and his family for allegedly stealing from a tribal casino near the Texas-Mexico border. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned the embezzlement convictions of Isidro Garza Jr., his wife and one of his sons. The trio had been among so-called the "Kickapoo Seven" — a group of tribal and casino employees from the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas accused of stealing from the tribe's small casino near Eagle Pass. The appellate court overturned the convictions because it said that U.S. District Judge Alia Ludlum erred in transferring the case to Waco, about 300 miles from where the defendants, attorneys and witnesses lived. _________ Other Related News Stories Appeals court overturns Kickapoo casino conviction Moving Kickapoo trial to Waco clearly unfair 
 San Antonio Doctor Joins Race for Texas Governor(Born in Eagle Pass)
dallas.dbusinessnews.com SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dr. Alma Aguado, M.D., has announced that she will vie for the Governor of Texas' seat in 2010. Dr. Aguado would be the first Hispanic woman physician to hold the position. Dr. Aguado (D), a San Antonio internist, believes that Texas is in critical need of a leader who understands our unique demographic. With a large Baby Boomer generation retiring and leaving the labor force in the near future, Dr. Aguado sees that Millennials have a critical role in Texas' future. "The Hispanic labor force is expected to be more than one-half by the year 2040," says Dr. Aguado. "In order for Texas' economy to be sustainable, our youth must regain education and skills. As a state, we must hold them to a higher standard." MORE  DIRECTORY UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2009   Published in San Antonio, Texas (210)347-5907 |
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RELEASE CONTACT: Ignacio Madera, Jr. 512-554-8508 IMADJR@aol.com EAGLE PASS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1980 MEETS TO DISCUSS 30TH YEAR REUNION PLANS Ignacio Madera, Jr., Class President for the EPHS Class of 1980 invites classmates to a planning meeting for the upcoming 30th year class reunion in Eagle Pass. The goals of the meeting are to elect reunion officers and select a date and to discuss survey results and fundraising efforts. I look forward to seeing as many of you as can come to this second meeting. “Let’s build on the previous successful reunions; to make this one better”, he said. Our last meeting was held atr 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Danny’s restaurant, located at 2647 North Veterans Boulevard in Eagle Pass. For more
information visit the class website at www.ephsclassof1980.com
 
Class of 1984
held their Reunion The
Class of 1984 held their Class Reunion on Sept 4-6 in Eagle
Pass and we are still waiting for their reunion photos. We will be
posting some of the reunion photos on our Flickr
account as soon as they arrived.
These
were the reunion events.
Sept 4,
2009 - at Carlos & Linda Segura's House Sept 5, 2009 - Dinner and Dance at Los Espejos. Sept 6, 2009......Pending Their contact person was Rosie Garibay (Willars) , email at ephsclassof1984@hotmail.com, jcs2hs@yahoo.com or rwillars1@stx.rr.com or call 830-776-5404. message on the Class of 1984 Guestbook .  The Class of 1979 held their 30th Year reunion in Eagle Pass on July 31st thru August 2 in Eagle Pass. Their contact person was Norma Dena, who can still be reached at Cell: 830-752-0394. A class guestbook is still available if you wishs to leave a message.  Class of 1964 Class of 1966 Class of 1965 Class of 1970 Class of 1973 Class of 1974 Class of 1976 Class of 1978 Class of 1983 Class of 1984 Class of 1985 Class of 1986 Class of 1987 Class of 1988 Class of 1989 Class of 1997 Class of 1998 Class of 2000 |