Septic Services by R & R

05/20/2026

La Feria Veterans Memorial Monument Project

There is very little that Josephine Baker didn’t know about resistance. After leaving her native Louisiana to star in a French cabaret on the Champs Elysee she became famous in France. During her rise to fame in Paris, she became an iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, and becoming the richest Black woman of the time. She was nicknamed The Creole Goddess of France.

Her life in Paris made her particularly interesting to Jacques Abtey, the head of French counter-military intelligence. Her fame and her job allowed her to travel during the war without suspicion. Baker used her celebrity to gain access to high-ranking Axis officials and attended diplomatic parties to gain secret knowledge on German intelligence and troop movements in Paris. Abtey asked Baker to engage in espionage missions for the French after it fell to N**i occupation, to which she said yes.

Baker smuggled hundreds of classified documents and visas for other spies and resistance workers who hid in her Chateau. When the Chateau was raided by German troops, she fled to England, with visas and secret information all written on her sheet music in invisible ink. Discovery of such information or any evidence of illicit activities at the Chateau would have meant certain death for Baker, yet she never stopped seeking out and gathering information.

By the time she left for England, she was basically public enemy number one of the N**is. She was a successful Black woman in an in*******al marriage with a Jewish man. She returned after the war was over to raise money for the starving French people of Paris.

Josephine was awarded with the Croix de Guerre and the Rosette de la Résistance. She was also named a Chevalier de Légion d’honneur, the highest order of merit for military and civil action in France. This hero passed away on April 12, 1975.

To learn more about our brave WWII Spies please check out the book, Spy, Lie, and Defy: The Untold True Stories of World War II's Bravest Women

Amazon Book. link: https://a.co/d/0faeTzFl

05/20/2026

Sometimes the best campsite is the one with no Wi-Fi, no drama, and no people asking questions. 😂🌲

05/20/2026

fyi

We still have Vendor Spots available!!🎆
📆Saturday, July 4, 2026
📍Veterans Memorial Park

05/20/2026

fyi

🚧 Join us as we celebrate the groundbreaking for Cameron County Drainage District #5! We look forward to seeing this exciting project begin and its impact on our community. 🎉

📍 Thursday, May 21, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM
📌 22193 Breedlove Street, Harlingen, TX

05/20/2026

La Feria Veterans Memorial Monument Project

Rest In Peace...
Bobby Mullins lived a full life until his long term health complications caused by Agent Orange finally caught up with him on May 1, 2019. He like many of our vets were exposed to these chemicals while serving in Vietnam

Mullins entered the US Army in 1967 and spent a year in Vietnam with the First Infantry Division. After returning home he took a break in service prior to enlisting in the 160th ARFGP, Ohio Air National Guard, later transferring to the 123rd Tac Recon Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard as editor of the base newspaper. He enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard, becoming NCOIC of the Adjutant Generals’ Public Affairs Office.

He was then promoted to Master Sergeant and assumed the duties as Chief of the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment for the final 2 years of his 26 year military career that took him to 17 countries. Aside from his family, memories and accomplishments from those travels were his greatest treasures. His awards include two Bronze Stars, Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal, 5 Army Achievement Medals and numerous federal and state ribbons.

He explored many careers in various capacities, but spent the final 13 years before civilian retirement at the Defense Logistics Agency, Land & Maritime Supply Chains. An innovative thinker of many talents, Bobby was also a photographer, skilled carpenter, inventor, a published author and avid outdoorsman.

05/20/2026

La Feria Veterans Memorial Monument Project

Rest In Peace...
Matthew Raible was born and raised in Ridgewood, New York. After graduating High School in June 1966 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp. Besides his military training, he was taught and became fluent in Vietnamese. Subsequently he was shipped off to Vietnam where he was severely injured in combat in May 1968, eleven days after his twentieth birthday.

He spent ten years recuperating at the Bronx Veterans Hospital where he learned to drive and live independently. He went on to find an apartment in Flushing, Queens, where he lived until he died. He lived a full life as a quadriplegic graduating from St. John's University cm laude and then obtaining a position with the Social Security Administration where he worked as a Benefits Authorizer for eighteen years.

He retired after his twenty years of combined military service and government employment. He, unfortunately, spent his retirement years fighting multiple myeloma which eventually took his life. He was, as he liked to say, "never bored." He was a deeply religious man who found great comfort in his faith. He loved and cared for his three service dogs, Agatha, Tenny and Jason. Always up for a challenge he participated in handicapped events like downhill skiing and scuba diving. Not many people knew he was also a gifted artist.

This hero passed away on October 21, 2019. He was stubborn, strong-willed and fought until his last dying breath to live life his way. Semper Fidelis.

05/20/2026

fyi vendors

A new, first-ever indoor-outdoor market is coming to La Feria in June, and businesses are getting ready to participate. "Decorating cookies is a lot of wor

05/20/2026

05/20/2026

La Feria Veterans Memorial Monument Project

Rest In Peace another victim of Agent Orange...
John Stefan Price was born on May 18, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland and joined the Army in 1966. He served with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam from 1966-1968. After leaving the Army, John worked for General Motors Company, self employed and owner of CAL Enterprises Inc, joined the Army Corp of Engineers in 2003.

He enjoyed working alongside his colleagues on the US Customs & Border Advanced Training Center, The Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed Medical Center and other notable projects. John had a witty sense of humor and was passionate about American and World History. He enjoyed working on projects in his work shed and tending to the lawn and gardens at his home.

John passed away on June 19, 2017 after suffering a massive cerebral stroke due to complications of exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam. John will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

05/08/2026

La Feria Veterans Memorial Monument

Lest We Forget...
Lieutenant Colonel Jaimie Leonard was a US Army intelligence officer and one of the highest-ranking women to die in combat during the Global War on Terrorism.

Over her 16-year career, Leonard deployed four times overseas, including to Bosnia in 1999, Iraq in 2005, and twice to Afghanistan. On June 8, 2013, while serving as an intelligence officer with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, she was killed in an insider attack by insurgents disguised in Afghan uniforms near Zarghun Shahr. She was 39.

Posthumously promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, she became the highest-ranking female service member killed in action during the conflicts at that time. Her awards included three Bronze Stars (one with “V” device). She was laid to rest with full military honors at West Point Cemetery. A dedicated leader and patriot, Leonard once wrote in a Memorial Day column urging Americans not just to remember the fallen, but to honor their sacrifice through greater personal commitment to the nation.