{"id":14920,"date":"2023-05-18T11:52:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=14920"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:52:24","slug":"city-recognizes-those-involved-in-earth-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=14920","title":{"rendered":"City Recognizes Those Involved in Earth Day Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/345627246_705895671540997_234065358622981453_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Emilio Flores<br>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Fresnos, Texas \u2014 On Tuesday, May 9th, The City Council recognized members from the Earth Day Committee for their, &#8220;extraordinary service and dedication to the 2023 Earth Day Celebration.&#8221; The City says, &#8220;Thank you all!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cI really enjoyed it,\u201d Council member of Place 1, Jose Macias says. Macias says they did a phenomenal job of putting the event together. He also says that he himself has started composting at his house, he says, \u201cgathering tips from you guys,\u201d Macias says the event is only going to get better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Council Member of Place 3, Gabriela Fernandez, posts, &#8220;Coming together is the beginning, Keeping together is the progress, Working together is the SUCCESS.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mrs. Fernandez congratulated the team on making the Earth Day Celebration a great success. Pointing out that the Library, too, did \u201cAn amazing job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The City recognized the \u201ccommunity member who made our Earth Day 2023 event successful.\u201d Some of the standing-out members were Priscilla Rosas, Los Fresnos Nature Park Committee member; Raul Garcia, Public Work Manager; Iris Garcia, head of the Children&#8217;s Department; and Angie Lugo, head of the Library Department; and Bianca Martinez. Other members that were mentioned but unable to attend include, Bill Luban, Carlos Salazar, Judy Lumen, Norma Cruz, and Barbara Rodriguez. Here are a few words from some of them concerning the event and its turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-algori-image-video-slider-block-algori-image-video-slider dots-style-1-off-slide arrows-style-1-off-slide\" data-slick=\"{&quot;dots&quot;:true,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;pauseOnFocus&quot;:false,&quot;rtl&quot;:false,&quot;vertical&quot;:false,&quot;fade&quot;:false,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:false,&quot;centerMode&quot;:false,&quot;infinite&quot;:true,&quot;adaptiveHeight&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:3000,&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1,&quot;rows&quot;:1,&quot;slidesPerRow&quot;:1}\"><div><figure class=\"algori-image-video-slider-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Angie-Lugo.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div><figure class=\"algori-image-video-slider-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iris-Garcia.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div><figure class=\"algori-image-video-slider-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bianca-Martinez.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div><figure class=\"algori-image-video-slider-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Priscilla-Rosas.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div><figure class=\"algori-image-video-slider-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Raul-Garcia.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Priscilla Rosas says she was amazed by the turnout and thanks all of the businesses who donated raffle prizes for the Earth Day event. Rosas says, \u201cIt was great seeing the community come together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Iris Garcia says, \u201cIt was so awesome to had have the opportunity of being part of the committee this year.\u201d \u201cI look forward to working towards the next earth day celebration!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Ms. Angie Lugo says, \u201cWe enjoyed being part of the Earth Day community event.\u201d and she says the Library looks forward to collaborating with various organizations in Los Fresnos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mayor Alex (Alejandro) Flores shared on Tuesday, May 9, &#8220;Today myself and our Mayor Pro Term Luis Gonzalez had the pleasure of recognizing those community members who made our Earth Day 2023 event successful. Some were not present but as a city, we are proud of them all! We look forward to next year&#8217;s Earth Day event!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emilio FloresLFN Los Fresnos, Texas \u2014 On Tuesday, May 9th, The City Council recognized members from the Earth Day Committee for their, &#8220;extraordinary service and dedication to the 2023 Earth Day Celebration.&#8221; The City says, &#8220;Thank you all!&#8221; \u201cI really enjoyed it,\u201d Council member of Place 1, Jose Macias says. Macias says they did a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10,1],"tags":[67,9],"class_list":["post-14920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-local","category-news","tag-featured","tag-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14927,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14920\/revisions\/14927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}