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2B Thursday, March 2, 2017 Caller-Times Selena Stripes cups quickly sell out NATALIA E CONTRERAS The cups were sold out at Stripes we are seeing an overwhelming amount noon a report on how many stores were CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES stores on Water Street, Third Street of support and the cups are going very sold out wasn’t available but there’s still near Morgan Avenue and South Padre quickly.” a chance to get a cup this week. Commemorative cups in honor of the Island Drive and Morgan Avenue. On The cup designs were created by Su- “We’ll be having giveaways on our Queen of Tejano went on sale Wednes- the city’s Southside, the cups were also zette Quintanilla Arriaga and Stripes Stores Facebook page this day and quickly were selling out in Cor- sold out at Stripes stores at the intersec- Q-Productions graphic designers. week,” Molina said. “And those who pus Christi. tions of Everhart Road and Yorktown The commemorative cups went on didn’t get a cup can also get it at the La- Stripes Stores and Corpus Christi Boulevard, Everhart and Snowgoose sale in Corpus Christi and at Stripes redo Taco Company food truck at Fiesta Convention and Vistors Bureauofficials roads and Staples Street and Lipes Bou- stores in the Rio Grande Valley, de La Flor.” announced Feb. 20 the two commemora- levard. Laredo, San Antonio, Houston and se- Fiesta de La Flor will be March 24-25. tive cups would be sold at Stripes stores “We know how important Selena is to lect stores in Midland and Odessa for A portion of the proceeds from the and after less than 24 hours most cups our guests,” Jeamy Molina, Stripes $2.99 each. cup sales will go to the Selena were gone in the city. Stores spokeswoman said. “That’s why Molina said as of Wednesday after- Foundation, officials said. Teachers Texas Rangers seeking tips Continued from Page 1B on 1994 Falfurrias homicide some teacher.” Forty finalists throughout the state FARES SABAWI ties were never able to are up for the chance to win cash prizes CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES identify any suspects in ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. State the case. winners will be announced in May. This Texas Rangers are pushing to solve a While DeLeon’s case is year, H-E-B is awarding up to $95,000. nearly 23-year-old homicide cold case in one of the Rangers’ fea- Teaching International Baccalaure- Falfurrias. tured cold cases, the ate history lessons has emboldened Per- Mike DeLeon, 20, was killed in a Mike DeLeon agency is offering up to kins’ passion, he said. It’s exciting for GABE HERNANDEZ/CALLER-TIMES house fire on West 12th Street on April $6,000 for any informa- him to be the one to deliver upper-divi- Students cheer as Walker Perkins is named a 10, 1994. He was the only one in the home tion that leads to an arrest. sion, college-level course work to high finalist in the Rising Star Secondary category at the time of the fire. Individuals can submit information school students in the public education during the 2017 H-E-B Excellence in Fire investigators determined the by calling 1-800-346-3246 or online at system. The program offers interna- Education Awards on Wednesday at Ray fire was intentionally set, but authori- www.dps.texas.gov. tional education curriculum that aims to High School. advance intellectual, personal, emotion- al and social skills. “These are some kids who are going equal to the task that’s been set before Briefs to change the world,” Perkins said of his me, these kids are going to do something students. “If I give them this, if I’m big.” rankings to the senators, Prichard said. Judge “For whatever reason, after it left the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, Continued from Page 1B things stalled,” Prichard said. Politics likely factored in. Both at- tempts were made while Democrat Ba- Jack took senior status, a form of semi- rack Obama was president and both retirement. It’s remained vacant longer Texas senators were Republican. than any other seat in Texas. “I would say it is a more arms-length The committee is hoping its third at- process when you have a Democratic tempt is successful. The bipartisan administration and Republican sena- committee, made up of 35 lawyers from tors,” Prichard said. across the state, twice previously sent CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jessica Vance (from left), Diego Diaz, Katlyn Perez, Allison Dibble, Carolina Munoz and Lucky tunities out there for those who are Silverman will spend two weeks abroad as part of the Corpus Christi Sister City Student Lighthouse blind. A company has to consciously Exchange Program. make an effort to offer a job to someone Continued from Page 1B who is blind and that’s why we’re here,” Ooi said. “Once you provide someone Six Corpus Christi students have announced their in- who can’t see with a job, you give them chosen in exchange program tent to run: attorney Mark and packaged other items for sale, ac- an opportunity for a better quality of A. Di Carlo; Jonathan Ga- cording to the organization’s website. life, not just for them but for their fam- Six Corpus Christi high school stu- rison, assistant principal; Lighthouse later moved to a location on ilies, too.” dents will broaden their horizons by tak- James Hernandez, owner Leopard Street where it took on produc- The Lighthouse manufactures prod- ing a trip abroad this summer. of the Landmark Electric ing sea-dye markers, helmet pads, port- ucts for the U.S. Government, including The Corpus Christi Sister City Pro- Joe McComb Co.; Ray Madrigal, a pre- folio cases, postal trays, three-ring three-ring binders, computer mouse gram recently introduced the six stu- vious at-large councilman binders, mouse pads and candles. pads and wrist pads, index tabs, candles, dents who will be traveling across the candidate; former C ity C In 1999, it opened a second manufac- mail trays for the U.S. Postal Service world to learn more about other cultures. ouncilman Mark Scott turing facility in Victoria. And in 2002, and flyers gloves for the military. Flour Bluff student Lucy Silverman and Larry White, an engi- with more than 100 employees, the The Lighthouse also operates service and Ray High School student Jessica neer. Lighthouse moved to a larger facility on stores at the military bases in Corpus Vance will travel to Keelung, Taiwan. Ca- The filing period ends Agnes Street. Christi, Kingsville, Mississippi and lallen student Diego Diaz and Carroll at 5 p.m. March 27. “There are just not that many oppor- California. student Katlyn Perez will go to Yokosu- Nelda The last day to register ka, Japan. Veterans Memorial student Martinez to vote in the special elec- Allison Dibble and Incarnate Word tion is April 6. Academy student Carolina Munoz will travel to Agen, France. Man sentenced The students will spend two weeks to prison for fraud with a host student overseas, before the host students visit Corpus Christi for two A Corpus Christi man was ordered to weeks to learn more about South Texas. spend time in federal prison for counter- feiting U.S. currency, credit card fraud Four sentenced for drug, and aggravated identity theft, according money laundering scheme to a news release from the Department of Justice. Four South Texas residents were sen- Arturo Garcia, 43, was sentenced to tenced to federal prison Wednesday for two years in prison Wednesday by U.S. their role in a drug trafficking and mon- District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos. ey laundering scheme. In 2015, Corpus Christi apartment McAllen residents Efrian Cisneros- complexes reported mail theft. Resi- Reyes, 37, Mayra Alejandra Cervantes, dents of those complexes also notified 27, and Norma Argelia Ramirez, 43, and authorities that checks and credit cards RACHEL DENNY CLOW/CALLER-TIMES Misson resident Gabriela Martinez, 34, were stolen from their mail. A woman prays during an Ash Wednesday mass at the Corpus Christi Cathedral on all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pos- When investigators looked into the Wednesday. sess with the intent to distributed more thefts, they observed Garcia breaking than 11 pounds of cocaine in January. Cis- into an apartment mailbox on April 17, neros-Reyes, Cervantes and Ramires 2015, according to the release.Garcia He said many Catholics and a small also pleaded guilty to a money launder- fled the scene that day, but authorities ar- Ashes number of Baptists have stopped by. ing charge and Cisneros-Reyes also was rested him when executing a warrant at “The world is changing and it’s faster convicted of being a felon in possession his residence. They found stolen mail Continued from Page 1B and more complicated,” he said. “The of a firearm. and counterfeit money in his home. scripture said Jesus came so that you U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Investigators believe Garcia victim- may have life and have it abundantly. Ramos sentenced Cisneros-Reyes to 13 ized at least 128 people with his scheme. It’s not “slapping ashes on people’s This is life, good or bad, and people are years and one month in prison. Ramirez Restitution will be de- foreheads,” he said about the car-side having it abundantly.” was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in termined at a later date, service. “A lot of people who feel they Ashes to Go were also delivered at prison. Cervantes was sentenced to 6 according to the release. have been burned by the church, but All Saints’ Episcopal Church and St.