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The Monitor from McAllen, Texas • 49

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The Monitori
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McAllen, Texas
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49
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the victim saying touch my friend Then keep the aggressive child by your side for a transition period him going to keep you with me until I feel safe that did little campaigning she said she won It took another incident to ignite real political ambition in Rangel At an Austin conference on women politics Rangel noticed no Mexican American women were introduced or asked to speak She and other members of the Mexican American Caucus congregated outside decided I was going to have to run for state she said the Political Caucus approached me and said they would support me how I got During her first session Rangel spon sored a bill to provide training and educa tion to help women get off welfare Then Gov Bill Clements later vetoed funding and the program went down the drain Rangel said During her second session Rangel co sponsored a bill providing funds for shel ters for battered women in 1979 she helped pass a bill that led to establishing food banks Last year after reflecting on her seniori ty and her election as chairperson of the Mexican American Caucus Rangel gave up her private law practice If she was to benefit from the situation she decided she would need more free time now working at being able to go back and get additional funding from the appropriations committee of the House to continue the advanced degree programs in South Rangel said Aspirations Rangel and attorney Hector Garcia opened a law office together in 1973 vow ing not to get involved in politics but to build up a successful business riends en listed her to run for Kleberg County Dem ocratic Chairperson in 1974 Although she 542 6734 Southwinds Shopping Center Close to SAS Shoe Store Southeast Corner of Road 1924 (3 Mile Line) Taylor Road between Mission McAllen Open Mon Sat 8:30 am 5:30 pm 682 2980 CLOSED SUNDAY REELMONTH RENT (WITH IRST MONTH PAID ONE PROMOTION VALID PER LEASE ONLY) 969 0187 505 Texas Blvd Weslaco 618 2019 1908 10th St McAllen (located Next to International 1 House of Pancakes) he was told Remember to separate the child from his behavior Be positive not punitive sing or hum a song and talk in the first person singular saying putting on my socks now That programs the toddler to do it on his own Mosier said Parents should allow children who cry easily to express their feelings If the child comes to you and wants physical comfort hold him Wait until the child has calmed down before offering verbal comfort Mosier said you want him to learn from his mistake you run over and resh Citrus Picked or Pick Gift ruit Shipped Dried ruits Nuts Honey (Bulk Packaged) Jams Jellies Homemade Pie Texas Souvenirs Gift Items resh Orange Grapefruit Juice Try Our Tasty Navel Oranges Modem Clean Security System Lighting and she works hard When she got on a cause she let list of accomplishments is long but she is most proud of her role in the mergers of Pan American University into the University of Texas System and of her alma mater Texas University into the Texas University system "We got a lot of money this last session for South Texas for more and doctorate she said Alex Moreno of Edinburg another former House member who worked with Rangel called her a who gets along with everybody Rangel supported the Pan Am UT merger effort in the 1970s but it was derailed due to lack of popular support Still he said she demonstrated forward thinking and did not get flustered when she was attacked over that support And longevity in the House has allowed her to get a eir father English Rangel describes her parents as self made people Her mother eventually owned a successful dress shop on the site now occupied by law oftices Her father worked first as a barber and then as a farmer who continued to buy land He later opened an appliance store and was involved in politics People often called him with their problems she recalls helped those who Had not been as lucky as Rangel said Presciliano Rangel died in 1981 and Herminia died in 1983 The oldest of the three Rangel daughters Olga Lumley now suffers from and lives in a nursing home Henderson said Lumley was the first 2 Mexican American woman named Athlete of the at Little sister Irmd followed suit earning the title when she went to college Lumley once joined Rangel in answering an ad for a bilingual teacher in South America Rangel wound up in Venezuela where she taught the children of oil company employees Later Rangel wanted to serve people the way her parents did After seven years of teaching she decided she could achieve more as an attorney An added inspiration was a friend of her San Antonio attorney Gus Garcia went to the US Supreme Court with the argument in the Hernandez case a case involving automatic exclusion of Mexican Americans from serving on Rangel said was only 13 or 14 but I thought he was wonderful He 5 EUREKA EUREKA EUREKAWB eureka! eureka! 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friend was one of my favorite people when I was with her in the he said almost drove me crazy promoting South Texas higher education It got to where every time I saw her in the hall I would turn around to run but she was he said She was steady 1 McALLEN Once they were called brain kids Now they are known as deficit children Whatever term is used to describe them children who suffer from this disorder need special attention from their parents Attention deficit disorder children are more aggressive restless active impulsive and easily distracted than other children A child with the disorder bounces his legs even when sitting still is not your fault said Dr Will Mosier a child development specialist from Weslaco Mosier spoke recently at a conference sponsored by the Hidalgo County Head Start Program and Texas Tech University of Lubbock One of 10 people have attention deficit disorder a trait connected to certain chromosomes Mosier said Many with the disorder seem predisposed to becoming drug addicts or alcoholics Others respond to the method of correction A national study shows one in five attention deficit disorder children are female But Mosier believes that females are under diagnosed According to his study of 300 patients as many as one in three are female When an embryo forms in the uterus the right side of the brain begins lorming 10 days before the left side The right side of the brain controls activity and in nine out of 10 embryos the right side of the brain slows development to allow the left side to catch up or those with attention deficit disorder however the development of the right side slow down and that side remains more advanced than the left side Mosier said Children with the disorder arc in turn affectionate and angry Their moods quickly change because the emotional and motor activity are controlled by the right side of the brain On the left side which is more closely tied to academic issues the temporal lobe is underdeveloped Language skills also are underdeveloped has nothing to do with intelligence but related to difficulty in utilizing things we need tb sit down pay attention and listen in the Mosier said That does not mean attention deficit disorder children cannot properly develop They just need a different kind of parenting to teach self control have to let your kids fend for themselves so you have to learn not to keep telling them what to Mosier said If a parent tells a young child to do something get dressed for example' and he refuses the parent should not argue Do not give the resistance your attention Mosier said Instead physically make the child do what Lined Wind Breaker ackets $999 GROVE Wrinkle free cottons Beltloop Expand matic you bite her Mosier said The child will argue but the parent should ignore him Let the child talk but do not respond verbally or you condition him to continue Children also have the inalienable right of freedom of speech he pointed out The child has not forgotten that the parent said so do not repeat yourself and be angry Medications also can increase attention decrease distractibility and stimulate receptor activity in the left temporal lobe They include ritalin cylert and clonidine I i i woman ever elected to the Rangel Kingsville said Just last year Rangel learned at a i National Hispanic Law Conference in San i rancisco that in 1969 she was only the sixth Mexican American woman in the nation to become licensed to practice law The pattern of being first or among the first began before Rangel was elected to the House and continues today Recently Gov Ann Richards selected her for induction into the Texas Hall of ame only thing I wish I could change in my life is that my parents here It i brings sadness that I share this with she said The Hall of ame established in 1984 by the Commission for Women honors women for outstanding achievements in the arts civic and volunteer leadership education business and professional leadership health the environment and athletics 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