1.   Two rivers border the city.

2.   City leaders, Sparks contends, have lost sight of the fragile natural beauty that attracted so many to this border city.

3.   Salt Lake City has a dry climate, shielded from moist air masses by the mountains that border the city on three sides.

4.   The San Antonio Area Christian Medical and Dental Society sponsors eight of these trips a year to northern Mexico border cities.

5.   One prisoner was killed and another committed suicide during a disturbance at a state prison in this border city.