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Memorial day services planned for McAllen and Mission

20130524 MEMORIAL DAY Service featureMISSION—With Memorial Day just around the corner on Monday, members of the Mission and McAllen communities are making plans to pay respects and remember the area’s fallen soldiers.

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Felipe Valencia strikes gold at state meet

2013-Track-State-Championships-Shotput-Felipe-Valencia IMG 0084 featureForty five years ago La Joya High junior Noe Hernandez became the first track and field state champion in La Joya Independent School District (LJISD) history when he ran the 880-yard dash in a time of 1:55.9 to finish just milliseconds ahead of the second place finisher. This past Saturday, La Joya Palmview High junior Felipe Valencia became the second member of LJISD’s exclusive state champions club when he threw the shot put 60 feet 5 1/4 inches to take the gold medal at the state track and field meet in Austin.

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LJISD, emergency responders conduct drill

20130502 Shooter Drill La Joya lg-03 featurePALMVIEW – Last Thursday, law enforcement and first responders reacted to a simulation of two men shooting at a school at a La Joya Independent School District elementary. The two men went into the school carrying semi-automatic training rifles and handguns and acted out firing at students. A campus officer was taken down in the simulated gunfire as the two men went through the campus, sparing no one in their path.

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