by L Villarreal In my lifetime of traveling, there is nothing that sings to me like waking up to a cool fall morning in South Texas. At least, that was a memory held dear in the recesses of my mind…until I moved back home last Fall. To put a finer…
DEAR LIONS, The time has come to start the La Feria Lions Football Season. I hope that you had a great summer break and have continued to work out throughout the summer. Remember, WE ARE LA FERIA LIONS and the community expects the very best of us on the field…
In 1951 Bill Edgar (a senior) was getting a hair cut on his lunch hour from school. He was in a hurry to get back to school and didn’t notice any thing in the back seat of his car. While he was getting his hair cut some of his high…
I recently found out that Mr. Rey Villarreal, the Superintendent of LFISD, is in the process of trying to convince the LFISD voters to pass a multi-million dollar school bond in May 2016. I was rather surprised considering that the Facilities Steering Committee rejected his proposal to burden the taxpayers…
Dear Ms. Wright: In recent years, America’s obsession with standardized testing has substantially increased, giving rise to a “testing culture” beginning to surround the nation. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002, standardized testing has been a policy mandated in all 50 states. As a result,…
Dear Mr. Keltner, As secretary of our ladies club, we wanted to sincerely thank you so very much for your visit to our Ground Hogs Day Luncheon and hope you enjoyed the food served. What a beautiful article and photos! We are amazed you got everything so accurate even with…
With the two arrests made by the La Feria police department recently, the questionable and poor decisions made by the school board and administration really come to light. In my opinion, as well as those of other taxpayers, this current administration has created a culture where negligence, bullying and lack…
I would like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to all of those who participated in the Lion Basketball “Maroon Out” vs. Hidalgo. It was truly awesome to look into the stands and see so many people wearing maroon in support of our team. Although we lost the game, you…
Please forgive me, but the dates on some of your LF centennial photos can’t be right. The shot on p. 2 of LFN V92 #1 had to be taken around 1925; probably nearer 1930. You say the picture is from 1912, but I don’t think that’s possible. The car in…
Dear Cricket, This will be my last letter to you. Tomorrow I am going to be with my friends Tom and Muffin. My human mom and dad are sad I am leaving, but it has to be. I have lived in the Valley most of my life . I came…
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