Eddie Hoch just informed me that the concert ("A Tribute to
Mrs. Gertrude Staggs and a Celebration of Mirando City") scheduled for March
14th at Texas A&M International has been cancelled. The economic down
turn has made it difficult to get sponsors for such an event. He
promised that he would try to reschedule at a later date.
Posted 12/22/08--
I have created another site on the new Myfamily.com The
new site will not be limited to Mirando City only, but will hopefully be of
interest to anyone that lives or ever has lived in this part of Texas
(specifically eastern Webb County). It will be open to the general public
so it should be easier to access.
If you would like to check out the site, click on the link below:
We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. May your holiday season be blessed with many happy
times with friends and family.
Our other Mirando City site called the Mirando City
Gathering Place has been suffering from a lack of interest. It is a
site that requires annual fees to keep it going and if interest continues to
be low in the site, I may not renew it in 2009. Myfamily.com that
hosts the site has started another series of sites that for the time being
will be free and it has many of the same features as the original site,
except it will be open to the public and not password protected like the
original site. I have set up a temporary site there to see if there is
enough interest to keep that site going. Check it out at
https://www.myfamily.com/site/49910337/ If you like
the site, post information, discussions, pictures, etc. on the site.
Also, let me know what you think at
webmaster@mirandocity.com
Posted 10/18/08
There has been many problems recently with our guestbook.
In order to give everyone a chance to connect with others who view this
site, I am trying out a new feature. It can be used as a guestbook or
a way to communicate and make your opinions known. It is the
Mirandocity forum
There is a link to the forum under the special links on the right side of
this page. Go to the forum and post your views, news, or just your
name and email address to keep in touch. Hope everyone enjoys the
forum and puts it to good use. Address for the forum is
http://mirandocity.myfreeforum.org/index.php
I have not updated this site for some time, but have news
that needs to be shared. As most of you know by now, our gym has been
torn down and the high school building may be next. Below is a copy of
a post from the MirandoCity.com guest book by Eddie Hoch and it describes
the efforts that are underway to save our old high school building.
Mirando High School graduates, Jake Sheeran, Eddie
Hoch, Robbie Black, and Jose Trevino, have formed a non-profit
corporation. The purpose of the corporation is to save our old high school
building from being torn down. We currently are meeting with the Bruni
School Board trying to persuade them to lease the old Mirando High School
building to us. Our plans are to make the high school into a museum. The
non-profit corporation has been certified by the State and is named the
"Mirando High School Museum, Inc."
A fund raising concert for the restoring of
the high school is planned for March 14, 2009 - so mark your calendars.
The concert will be at the Fine Arts Center of Texas A&M International
University in Laredo, Texas. The title of this event is, "A Tribute to
Mrs. Gertrude Staggs and a Celebration of Mirando City." The concert will
feature former piano students of Mrs. Staggs, artists from Texas A&M
International, and South Texas piano teachers.
There will be a large variety of music including
Tejano, semi-classical, religious, patriotic, etc. Cost of the concert is
$50 per ticket, but tickets cannot be purchased. Tickets must be obtained
from local, Laredo businesses that are sponsoring the concert. A list of
businesses sponsoring this concert will be available at a later date.
During this event, we will present awards to former Mirando High School
students who have made significant achievements during their lifetime. If
you would like to nominate someone (even yourself) for one of these
awards, please contact Eddie Hoch at edgarh@suddenlink.net or 316 Fairway
Drive – Bryan, TX 77801 or 979-822-1797.
Please share this information with all of your Mirando City friends. We
have an 800 seat auditorium that we need to fill. It's time for all former
Mirando High School students to come and support our school and community.
If you would like more information on this project or any of the
fundraisers, please feel free to contact me at
rlblack@granderiver.net
The "Meet the Candidates" event is set for Friday, February
15th. See the official announcement
here. Spanish version
is here.
Posted 1/31/08
A "Meet the Candidates" event has been scheduled for Friday,
February 15th at the Quad City Community Center. Event is set to begin
at 7:00 p.m. A copy of the invitation that has been sent to the
candidates can be viewed here.
For more information about the event, contact Martha Sanchez at mms78369@yahoo.com
Posted 1/27/08
Added 5 years to the Pantherlog page
(1955, 1957, 1959, `960, 1963). I need to locate copies of the 1973,
1979, 1980, 1983, and 1991 Pantherlogs to complete the set. If you own
any of those years, please contact me at
webmaster@mirandocity.com and
make arrangements to get them scanned. Thanks to all those who have
helped in the past by loaning their copies to this site. Check out the
new years added by going to the
Pantherlog Page.
To view older entries for the current news column,
click on the News Archive
links at the bottom of the site index (left side of
this page).
Our other Mirando City page is the Mirando City Gathering
Place. If you would like an invitation to join that site, just click here
and send the email.
In order to make this a better and more
interesting website, please send in pictures, comments, announcements, etc. that
would be of interest to current and past residents of Mirando City.
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