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BIGFOOT BAKE SALEBigfoot Wallace Museum, Bake Sale, Saturday, No-vember 9, 9 a.m. Museum will be selling T-shirts, caps, cookbooks, and post-cards. All donations are to maintain and improve the museum on F.M. 472 and F.M. 462.

INDUSTRIAL HEMP SEMINAR

Atascosa County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Office Industrial Hemp Seminar, Wednesday November 20, 3:30 p.m., Leming, $20 per person, RSVP by noon Tuesday, November 19 to Atascosa County Extension Office, (830) 569-0034, or email atascosa-tx@tamu.edu or Wilson County Agrilife office, (830) 393-7357,

email wilson-tx@tamu.edu.

DILLEY VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST

City of Dilley annual Veterans’ Day Breakfast, Saturday November 9, 7:30 a.m., Convention Center at 116 E. Miller.

PISD VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION

Pearsall ISD Veterans

Day ceremony, Friday, November 8, 9 a.m., Ted Flores Elementary; 9:40 a.m., Pearsall Junior High; 10:15 a.m.; Pearsall Intermediate; 11:10 a.m.; Pearsall High School (lunch included). A bus will be available to transport veterans between campuses. Call Katheryn Burnett, (830) 334-8011.

CISD VETERANS DAY PROGRAM

Cotulla ISD annual Veterans Day Program, Monday, November 11, 10 a.m., Newman Middle School Gym. All veterans and their families invited. Lunch provided to veterans after the ceremony.

EDC BURGER SALEExquisite Dance Company burger sale fundraiser, Saturday, November 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., burger, chips, drink $7. Baked goods available for purchase. Proceeds to offset competition fees.

PHS REPORT CARD NIGHT

Pearsall High School Report Card Night, Thursday, November 7, 5:30-7 p.m., PHS cafeterian and gym, light refreshments and drinks, student work from Hispanic Heritage Month on display.

CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

MEETINGPearsall Cemetery Association meeting, Thursday, November 7, Security State Bank Community Room, 5 p.m. Members invited to revise by-laws and hear proposed projects for coming year.

PISD SUBSTITUTE TRAINING

Pearsall ISD Substitute training, Tuesday, Novem-ber 12, 8:30 a.m.-noon, PISD Administration Building. Two forms of ID needed and photo ID. Bring transcripts if you have col-

lege hours. Apply online: www.pearsallisd.org, before training. Applicants must be fingerprinted before substituting. PISD will offer reimbursment for finger-printing fee after substitu-ting three days.

DILLEY COURT RELOCATES

City of Dilley Municipal Court relocating and open for regular business at 231 West FM Hwy 117 on November 4, at old public library location. Court to close October 28-November 1. Office hours 9 a.m.-1 p.m. & 1:30-3:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday, closed Fridays. Number to remain 965-1733. Dilley residents and Precinct 4 voters for Box 10 will still vote here.

MEDICARE ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE

AACOG Certified Benefits Counselor available, Frio County Courthouse, 500 E. San Antonio, Pearsall, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, October 15-December 7. Call (830) 334-8766 for appointment.

AML FINES DUEAlexander Memorial Library is asking all patrons who have outstanding fines or have found lost books to stop by or call 879-2601 to take care of the matter.

Frio Regional Hospital offers the only OB services in the area – right here in your neighborhood, and is now partnered with Methodist Healthcare, the largest health care provider in South Texas.

Delivering OB Services. Where you live.

Obstetrics Services:

• Private, high-tech labor rooms

• Highly qualified nurses and physicians

• Outpatient care, with a variety of services that include

antibiotics, blood transfusions, injections and shots,

IV infusions, OB sonograms and non-stress testing

You can trust your OB care to

Frio Regional Hospital — just off

Interstate 35 South at Exit 101.

200 IH 35 South, Pearsall, TX 78061 830-334-3617 | www.FrioRegionalHospital.com

Serving our community since 1963

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Camino Real Community Services

24-Hr. Crisis Line: 1-800-543-5750

We provide comprehensive services to: persons with psychiatric needs, individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and infants/toddlers

with developmental delays and disabilities.Call Toll Free (800) 491-5201 for additional information

Website: www.caminorealcs.org

The Pearsall Police Department’s K9 Xena has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.

The vest was sponsored by a fundraiser hosted by Ryan Ushijima of ULR Laboratories LLC and embroidered with the sentiment ‘’Born to Love, Trained to Serve, Loyal

Always’’. Vested Interest in K9s,

Inc. is a 501c(3) charity located in East Taunton, MA whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the United States. The non-profit was established in 2009 to assist law enforcement agencies with this potentially life-saving

body armor for their four-legged K9 officers. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s has provided over 3,500 US made, custom-fitted, NIJ certified protective vests in 50 states, through private and corporate donations, totaling $6.9 million dollars.

The program is open to dogs actively employed in the US with law enforcement or related

agencies who are certified and at least 20 months of age. New K9 graduates, as well as K9s with expired vests, are eligible to participate.

The donation to provide one protective vest for a law enforcement K9 is $950. Each vest has a value between $1,744-$2,283 with a five-year warranty and an average weight of 4-5 lbs. There is an estimated 30,000

law enforcement K9s throughout the United States.

Additional information or to learn about volunteer opportunities, call (508) 824-6978. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provides information, lists events, and accepts tax-deductible donations of any denomination at www.vik9s.org or mailed to P.O. Box 9, East Taunton, MA 02718.

By Manuel Azocar IIIErica Salinas has been named the

new Home Health Administrator of Frio Hospital Home Health.

As administrator, Salinas is charged with ensuring the quality and safe delivery of home health care services for patients in Frio, Medina, and La Salle county while coordinating the Agency’s philosophy and standards of care by planning, developing, implementing and evaluating Agency programs and activities that reflect its goals for the present day and into the future.

She has 14 years of RN experience and

was the RN Case Manager in Home Health for the last six years.

“Over the last six years as a home health case manager, I have been responsible for direct patient care, forming, updating, and implementing patient care plans while working in close communications with patient’s health care providers, implementing physician orders and performing various nursing

procedures,” she said. “And providing patients and their families with instruction on how to better manage their chronic medical conditions with the goal of preventing frequent ER visits and hospitalizations.”

She has worked with Frio Hospital Home Health since September of 2018.

“Growing up in Pearsall, I knew that it was important to be a positive example to those who may

follow in my footsteps,” she says of the reponsibility of her new position. “My ultimate goal has always been to serve my hometown with the best health care that I can possibly provide.

“I am thankful for the opportunity the hospital has given me to continue to work towards the success of Frio Home Health and the outcome improvement of all of our patients. My goal for this agency is to be the leading home health agency of choice within our community.”

Salinas received her Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing from San Antonio College in 2005.

“My goal for this agency is to be the leading home health agency of choice within our community,”

Salinas named new Home Health Administrator

Pearsall PD K9 Xena receives body armor donation