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Real Name: Rubi Reyes Member Since: June 16, 2008 Last Signed In: November 28, 2008 Profile Views: 164 Blog Views: 438 Thankful for the Garcia Family Visit to the Valley Possible expansion Still adjusting Lights out in the valley New Contract Awarded Everything New A new chapter June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08
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I'm from the Rio Grande Valley a small place called Edcouch-Elsa. Even though I don't live there anymore yesterday I felt like I was there for Hurricane Dolly and her path of destruction because my mom and sister kept me up to date. Luckily my mother’s house did not receive any damage but the yard now looks like a lake and a tree in the back yard fell over. There was much more damage in the Brownsville, South Padre Island and Port Isabel area. My family and many others in the valley went without power from about 7 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. July 24 and many are still without power. My mom had a radio so they were able to hear all the emergency updates while the power was out. At about 10 p.m. July 23 listeners were informed that power crews would get to work on the outage as soon as it was safe and since Dolly wouldn't leave most everyone went the night without power. Now that most of the storm has passed residents are left with the aftermath. They now look at the damage and say Goodbye Dolly!
Victoria school district awarded another contract Tuesday, July 8 at a Board of Trustees special meeting. Don Krueger construction in Victoria was awarded the contract for the west site high school and the middle school for $61.4 million. Ron Leach, Chief Operations Officer is still negotiating prices and deductions with Prime Contractors, Inc. of Houston, one of two companies who made a proposal for the east site high school. The bid proposal should be ready for the July 17 school board meeting 6 p.m. None of the new five schools have been given names.
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