Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Bedeau Reminisces About Her Time at UTPA
Sarah Burton
Captions
#1 megan waits for a volley as she competes in a doubles match
#2 Megan, her two older sisters and her mom pose for a pictures in downtown Toronto, Canada
#3 Bedeau catches her breath as she listens to assistant coach, Oliver Steil
#4 Megan and her sisters stand with their father at a Christmas celebration
#5 The girls gather for a Bronc cheer before they head out on court
#10-13 Megan competes in singles matches during the spring of 2010
A Day in the life of a Coca Cola driver
Nora Hernandez
1. Two forty-five in the morning, this is the time David Hernandez gets up to start his workday.
2. Always by 3:15 in the morning, he is out the door and heading to work...
3...as a driver for the McAllen Valley Coca-Cola.
4. David Hernandez is reporting and punching in at 4 o'clock on the company time clock.
5. Part of the daily equipment David Hernandez uses out on the route is an electric pallet jack.
6. A Coca-Cola trailer half loaded and being prepared for David Hernandez to deliver at a retail store.
7. David Hernandez gets his hand-held computer and find out his assigned route for the day.
8. The Coca-Cola product at the company warehouse is packaged, wrapped, palletized, and ready for loading into the trailer.
9. Checker Mario Rodriguez makes sure each pallet of product is counted and accounted for before it leaves the warehouse.
10. David Hernandez loads his pallet jack unto the trailer and gets ready to head out and deliver the product.
11. David Hernandez driving into the dawn of day and heading to his first delivery stop.
12. A site to see, Sam's Club parking lot early in the morning before the huge crowd of customers hit the store.
13.Sam's grocery receiver Danny Cardoza verifies the load of product David Hernandez is delivering to the store.
14. At the end of the day, Coca-Cola checker Julio Marquez verifies and checks the driver's trucks making sure all product was delivered and received at the stores.
15. David Hernandez doing the final end-of-the-day report.
16. David Hernandez taking a rest from his 10 hour shift day. He calls this a short work day.
17. David Hernandez is checking the time he is heading home after being at work since 3:45 a.m.
18. "And we come back and we do it all over again," says David Hernandez as he walks out of the place were he has worked for the past 25 years.
McAllen Memorial High School Book Fair 2010
By Mauricio Cuellar
COMM 3327 - 02 - Reporting
Donna Pazdera
The University of Texas-Pan American
Photo 1: Audience waiting for the poetry reading to begin
Photo 2: Audience still waiting
Photo 3: Carrie Zavaleta is one of the co-librarians for McAllen Memorial High School
Photo 4: The attendants continue to wait
Photo 5: The audience continues to grow
Photo 6: Erica Garza reads "Poem to Britney Spears"
Photo 7: Octavio Quintanilla's poems talk a lot about sex
Photo 8: Virginia Torres breaks the ice with a poem about abortion
Photo 9: Zavaleta introduces Katherine Hoerth
Photo 10: Hoerth has a published chapbook called "Among the Mariposas"
Photo 11: The chapbook's front cover
Photo 12: Zavaleta passes the floor to Hoerth
Photo 13: Hoerth first reads her poem "The Common Denominator"
Photo 14: Hoerth's mother blushes as Hoerth dedicates the poem to her
Photo 15: Hoerth explains that "The Common Denominator" talks about how sometimes people feel uncomfortable
Photo 16: Hoerth reads
Photo 17: The audience listens intently
Photo 18: Hoerth's facial expressions reflect her poem's tone
Photo 19: The audience seems impressed by Hoerth's eloquent poetry
Photo 20: Hoerth changes her voice to mimic the manicurist's
Photo 21: Hoerth concludes "The Common Denominator"
Photo 22: The audience waits for the resolution of the poem
Photo 23: Hoerth gives the punchline
Photo 22: The audience applauds Hoerth
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-- Donna
Mother's Day
By: Irma Argil
Picture 1: This is a picture of my grandmother who passed away two years ago. We have her ashes in our home and celebrate Mother’s day with her, even though she is not with us.
Picture 2: This is another close up picture of my grandmother. This frame was made at her funeral and we have it up in a very special place.
Picture 3: This is a picture of my other grandma who has Alzheimer and lives with my mom.
Picture 4: This is a picture of some of my uncle and grandma showing their love for one another.3
Picture 5: This is a picture of my grandmother and an actor imitating the famous Mexican hero, Pancho Villa. My grandma has always been a big fan of his.
Picture 6:: This is a picture of my grandmother doing what she enjoys the most, sewing. She can spent hours sewing and it wouldn’t bore her for a second.
Picture 7: This is a picture of her piece of art. She enjoys using different colors on her thread to make it very colorful.
Picture 8. This is a picture of her colorful thread. Sometimes she will use a color of thread that doesn’t go with the piece, but it still looks cute.
Picture 9: This is a picture of the yummy food we eat during this holiday. Hamburger patties and corn on a cob are some of our favorite finger food.
Picture 10: This is a picture of some of the yummy dessert my aunt brings every year.
Picture 11: This is another picture of the fresh lettuce, onion, and tomatoes.
Picture 12: This is a picture of some of my cousins playing the accordion and singing to all the wonderful mothers in the family. My little nephew Ivan is trying to play the accordion too.
Picture 13 : This is a picture of my nephew, Ivan, kissing his grandmother and wishing her a happy mother’s day.
Picture 14: This is a picture of the cake we use to celebrate all the mothers in our family. My cousin is a baker so she always brings the cake
Picture 15: This is a picture of some of my family celebrating mothers day at Olive Garden at noon.
Picture 16: This is a picture of all the mothers in the family getting ready to eat at Olive Garden.
Picture 17: This is a picture of us surrounding my grandmother outside my house.
Picture 18: This is a picture of the different generations we have in our family. Celebrating mother’s day is very beautiful to our family because the kids get to spend time with their mothers.
Silly Boy
By: Raquel Sepulveda
1. Starting it out with his rock-n-roll
2. At the live stock show with his cowboy outfit
3. OOOOOOOooooooo. I am a big boy
4. Peak a Boo... Can you see me, I see you
5. I like my big car seat, I get all the room to myself
6. My mommy is beautiful
7. Congrats to my daddy, i love him
8. Big Mom and baby Sam laying down together
9. Hello Becky
10. Hello Rachael
11. Baby Chunkey Monkey eating like always
12. Brother LOOOVvvvvvEEeeee
13. Hello Everyone
14. Eating my favorite meal in the whole world
15. Shamu is my best friend
16. And i love to swim all day
17. I sleep with Bekah's teddy bear
18. I want to be big like my daddy
19. I love him to much, I cant wait to be like him
20. CowBoy SAMMY!!!
21. Alligators and Elephants o my
22. I got a chicken for the store
23. Bambi let me pet him
24. Silly pig
25. I love animals
26. Bunny's are cute like me
27. TaDAAHHHH!!!
Thanks for watching, have a good day!
Jump Rope for Heart
by: Rachel Garza
Photo 1: Angie Garza has been the head P.E. coach at J.R.G. Early Childhood in Edcouch for the past three years.
Photo 2: Garza often reminds her students that "it's fun to be fit!"
Photo 3: J.R.G. had their first ever "Jump Rope for Heart" fundraiser late last month, which allowed the community to donate and raise money for children with heart problems.
Photo 4: Students were able to play with friends and their jump ropes.
Photo 5: Students who helped raise money for the cause pose with their jump rope.
Photo 6: Students who raised at least $15 were allowed to be a coach for the day on different days of the week.
Photo 7: Kindergarten students raise their hand when asked who cares about the kids who need help.
Photo 8: Garza talks with four of her students about the importance of being a "Heart Hero."
Photo 9: Anyssa Galvan, a kindergarten student at J.R.G. enjoys the benefits of being coach for the day.
Photo 10: Andrew Zepeda and Assistant Coach Mary Castillo pose with the Jump Rope for Heart hand sign.
Photo 11: Students enjoyed five moon jumps during their fun day reward.
Photo 12: Students played outside as a reward for donating more than $15 to the fundraiser.
Photo 13: Garza speaks to her kids about the importance of eating healthy and staying fit.
Photo 14: J.R.G. students listen attentively to their P.E. coach. According to Garza, the students were very excited about helping to raise money for the sick children.
Photo 15: Garza poses with two students during their P.E. class period.
Photo 16: The coaches at J.R.G. set up hula hoops for the kids to play with.
Photo 17: Huddles were also put up so the kids could jump over them and get their heart pumping.
Photo 18, 19: Students jumped over huddles and learned that exercising could be fun.
Photo 20, 21: The students who contributed to the fundraiser were allowed to jump rope for as long as they could.
Photo 22: Garza feels it's important to instill good values in each of her students.
Photo 23-27: Students who donated at least $15 were able to play outside during their fun day reward.
Photo 28: J.R.G. Early Childhood raised more than $2,700 during their Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser.
Shirley Rickett, La Poeta
Jose E. Salinas
1. Shirley Rickett presenting her book, Dinner in Olso
2. Rickett talking about her experience in Berlin
3. Rickett shaking hands with fellow poet Daniel Garcia
4. Rickett talking about her inspiration
5. Rickett about to start reading
6. "Riding the trains, Berlin 2002"
7. Rickett continues to read "Riding trains, Berlin 2002"
8. Rickett expressing how she felt when she went to Berlin
9. Rickett mentioning how the kids of Natzi felt
10. Reckett continues to read from her chapbook
11. Rickett reading
12. All she
13. Is Doing
14. Is Reading
15. From her
16. Chapbook
17. So It
18. Gets Kinda
19. Boring
20. and so
21. Do my
22.Cutlines
23. These get better!
24. Rickett reading "Blues"
25. Rickett reading from her manuscript
26. Any questions?
P.S. Sorry...the cutlines are all lame, but I'm out of it!
Relay For Life
By: Jose E. Salinas
1. Relay for life poster
2. Wal-Mart poster for Relay for Life
3. J.D. Contreras finishes hanging up the Wal-Mart poster
4. Amanda Cordova waving at one of her co-workers
5. Group shot of the Wal-Mart associates who attended
6. Amanda and J.D. stopping for a quick photo after running a lap
7. J.D. happily poses before going off to run
8. Mayra, Felix and Jorge about to head of to run
9. Miguel shoots a peace sign for life
10. Miguel, Mario and Andres
11. Jorge, Mayra, Felix, Miguel, Andres and Anai -- some of our front end associates
12. Joe, Sandra, Amanda, J.D. and Mario -- some of the back end associates
13. "Act silly guys!"
14. "Carry me Amanda!" -- Anai
15. Some of the guys chilling and playing some ball!
16. "Felix! You throw like a girl!" -- Andres
17. Tim, Jorge, J.D., Iddy and Amanda taking a small break before continuing to run
18. It's karaoke time!
19. Some of the girls singing to "Wanna Be" by the Spice Girls
20. Girls singing to Jennifer Lopez
21. Girls
22. Girls
23. Girls
24. Girls
25. Amrican Cancer Society Relay For Life -- CELEBRATE. REMEMBER. FIGHT BACK
P.S. Sorry about the Girls, Girls and Girls...ran out of ideas :(
Thursday, May 6, 2010
paintball
By:Denyss Guerrero
Cutline:
Picture 1: Paintball field with players hidden.
Picture 2: A player shooting the enemy.
Picture 3: Players protecting their teammate while he runs to a safe spot.
Picture 4: Player running.
Picture 5: Communicating during the game.
Picture 6:Francisco Manuel Dias the man I interviewed.
Picture 7: Picture of a team of men.
Picture 8: A truck fully loaded with packages of paint balls.
Picture 9: Men during their break.
Picture 10: Paintball field
Picture 11: Plastic bunks
Picture 12 : Air bunks
Picture 13: The paint ball flag they use during the game.
Picture 14: Trying to get to home base.
Picture 15: A player aiming the enemy.
Picture 16: Players defending their home base.
Picture 17: Close up of Daniel Guerrero’s face, a paintball player who I interviewed who’s paintball team won in the paintball tournament.
Picture 18: Discussing what their positions will be for the game.
Picture 19: A player hiding.
Picture 20: A player kneeling down making sure he doesn’t get shot.
Picture 21: During the game.
Picture 22: Different color paintballs on the floor.
Picture 23: Ref playing a game with his team.
Picture 24: A player shooting.
Picture 25: The winning team along with their prices.
McAllen Dog Park
Monday, May 3, 2010
RGV Livestock Show
by: Donna Pazdera
photo 1: Dozens of Valley-ites gathered outside the ticket window to enter the RGV Livestock Show