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Youths spend summer building robots

July 18, 2018 ClaraGrace Pavelka 0 Comments

Races, other challenges part of summer camp As Henry Stanley and Teddy Trevino watched their robot car approach the finish

Danielle Garza colors Jane Vickers' hair June 27 in the Flato Building on West Campus. Students in the Cosmetology Program offer services for community members and students, even over summer.

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Look good, feel good this summer

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 ClaraGrace Pavelka 0 Comments

Cosmetology students offer services for community When it comes to planning his future, one Miller High School student is a

Nueces County is home to dozens of colonias, which often lack basic services such as clean water

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Colonia residents struggle for essentials

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 Dolores Garza 3 Comments

Unsanitary conditions lead to safety, health concerns Located down county roads is a collection of homes in what seems like

Lionel Lopez goes through old documents from his work with the colonias. He and his wife, Juanita, run the South Texas Colonia Initiative, which has been helping residents of the colonias for over 40 years.

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Fighters for the forgotten

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 Julieta Hernandez 4 Comments

Couple dedicate lives to helping colonia residents Lionel Lopez remembers the night in 1974 that would put him on a

Rosemary Jimenez, 56, has lived on the Cindy Park Colonia for over three decades. She suffers from heart problems and seizures due to multiple strokes, all of which she blames on the drinking water, which has high levels of arsenic.

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Life on a colonia takes its toll

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 Mark Young 3 Comments

Residents often deal with bad water, frequent flooding Rosemary Jimenez has lived in the Cindy Park Colonia for more than

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