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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Windstorm Bill One Vote ShortSeriously The Texas Senate was in fine form this month and voted to require

anyone who applies for unemployment to be subject to drug testing while putting off another bill requiring drug testing for themselves They also managed to affirm that it will be hereafter legal to say merry Christmas

While they were being so productive they came one vote short of fixing the states windstorm insurance system That bill would have given the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association the ability to raise billions of dollars to pay claims in the event of a major storm but the insurance industry was against it and they have money for lobbyists while unemployed workers do not

It kinda makes you miss the days they used to drink during session

Jack St Malo

This monster came through the channel at Port A the other day and the Port of CC reports it will begin exporting wind turbine parts to Japan Meanwhile the seamless pipe factory has started its first phase of operations and a steel foundry is planned to move in next door This is all good news and perhaps our little bay will return to the booming center of commerce it once was

Missing SpringA dear friend who grew up in CC asked me the other day in all seriousness

why do people live where itrsquos cold I grew up in the deserts of the west so I often wondered the same thing until I was 22 years old and I experienced spring for the first time It was like the whole world was having an orgasm and I was part of it The desert has its own kind of beauty but in the temperate zones where there are actual seasons I can only say it just seemed to me like this is where people are meant to live Therersquos grass not just lawns but actual soft grass that you can walk across barefoot without anything trying to kill you There are trees that bear fruit You feel the rhythm of seasons changing and all the old holidays make sense But living here has its own kind of rhythm the coming and going of Winter Texans and Summer Tourists the hurricane season and the other three months mosquito season and sargassum season- but after a few minutes at the beach it all works out fine

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Sports Bar

08Rangers Arrest John King Fisher

In addition to operating his ranch Fisher was evidently engaged in cattle rustling in Texas and Mexico and his escapades led more than once to violence He was arrested at various times by the famous Texas Ranger captain Leander McNelly and his successor Lee Hall Charged with murder and horse and cattle theft he managed to avoid conviction but his legal ordeals took their toll and Fisher decided to live a quieter life probably as the result of a rather strong warning given to him by Leander McNelly

12Legacy Fighting Championship 20

Mixed Martial Arts returns to Corpus Christi on May 31st under the brand of Legacy Fighting Championship The American Bank Center will host the six sided cage where a top class card of seasoned veterans and professional debut fighters will put their bodies and reputations on the line for local fans and national viewers via AXS TV

15CISPAFrom the grave it rises again like a

legislative zombie The politicians want it the public hates it They have finally figured out how to pass this unpopular legislation though rename it I often wonder how many tax dollars are spent to think up handy little acronyms to market these bills The bill didnrsquot pass last time it got renamed but they are heavily banking on the publicrsquos goldfish-like attention span Shortly before the writing of this article it appears that the bill has been stopped dead in its tracks by a presidential veto threat and the Senate Donrsquot rest easy though the political winds change fast

13 Sports History

14 Art Scene

16 Dining Guide

19 The Lenz

22 The Canvas

Jeff Craft

He had tattoos up and down his arms an angelic glow surrounded him as he stood on the Harbor Playhouse main stage Granted there were a ton of spotlights pointed at him sohellip He is a man so handsome that every time Irsquove seen him perform people (girls AND guys) ask ldquohey whorsquos that hot comicrdquo Without missing a beat someone matter-of-factly blurts out ldquoOh thatrsquos Jacob Rodriguezrdquo

L Gwapo

12

08

06

15

ldquoFor Real BrordquoI recently met with Jacob to discuss his real-life

brand of comedy He is naturally funny so I anticipated being in stitches the whole time And I was I did not however expect the level of honesty and intimacy he brought to the table Jacob was candid and honest with no trace of a fake persona I learned that the incredibly good-looking guy who makes fun of his life (including his wife and kids) on the stage is the same down-to-earth-madly-in-love-with-his-super-cool-lady-and-three-beautiful-children man you meet on the street He proved that the guy you see on the stage is the real Jacob Rodriguez

He always wanted to do comedy but thought ldquoOh I canrsquot get on stagerdquo He always made people laugh and those family barbecues ldquoThey were the lsquoJacob Showrsquordquo But when it came to getting started he ldquojust didnrsquot know how When yoursquore 19 or so you look at comedians on the stage and think they are just talking not planning anything Obviously you have to plan Even the natural moments are planned You can write (word censored by publisher) and be funny but I was worried what people would think of me I felt like I had waited so long to really go and do it that I started to believe this stereotype about people keeping you downrdquo The stereotype Turns out it is more of a ldquoworry that the people you know who are used to seeing you one wayhellip for years seeing what you do naturally now doing it now on a stage makes you wonder if you will look stupidrdquo He worried about what he could or couldnrsquot say on stage He worried if the rips and jokes he made about his family and friends to their faces in a private setting that were easy to do and made everyone laugh would now be insulting when put out to the public He decided during Christmas 2011 to go for it and with the support of his loving wife Jennifer he started practicing His method was to tape himself but when he tried to watch it he didnrsquot like what he saw ldquoSo I kept practicing until I saw myselfrdquo On February 7th 2012 Jacob performed at an Open Mic at Talonrsquos Sports Bar It was the moment when he broke through the ldquocanrsquot dordquo mentality

His comedy resonates with his audience because he speaks to them specifically ldquoMy comedy is real Irsquom married with kids I talk about being married with kids Thatrsquos my audience They have the same things going on that I dordquo No subject or person seems to be off limits Especially his wife and kids

He met his wife when they were both young 06

Jacob ldquoThe Mighty L Gwapordquo RodriguezBy Aletha Eyerman-Craft

ldquoOh thatrsquos Jacob Rodriguezrdquo In November 2012 my eyes had the pleasure

of feasting on a man of dazzling beauty He had tattoos up and down his arms an angelic glow surrounded him as he stood on the Harbor Playhouse main stage Granted there were a ton of spotlights pointed at him sohellip Later that month and in April of this year I would see him on the stage at Comics Live Comedy Club He is a man so handsome that every time Irsquove seen him perform people (girls AND guys) ask ldquohey whorsquos that hot comicrdquo Without missing a beat someone matter-of-factly blurts out ldquoOh thatrsquos Jacob Rodriguezrdquo (If I had a buck every time I heard this QampA exchange)

The Legend of ldquoL Gwapordquo beginshellip (not much of a legend just me not being able to

pronounce ldquoel guapordquo to save my life)

At a comedy show with my husband and some friends I may or may not have been one of the people who asked about the hot comic Since there is something about a wifersquos voice that makes her husbandrsquos ears go deaf (lsquom talking to you Jeff) our dear friend John McKenna (and man-who-ALWAYS-listens-to-me Jeff) immediately answered me in a way that indicated hersquos heard the question so much that he answers it as a matter of reflex Just so happened that McKenna knew Jacob introduced us all and someone (McKenna probably) got me to say ldquoel guapordquo in the special way only I can manage My pronunciation stuck and now Jacob is known as L Gwapo And his wife makes fun of him for it so Irsquove done my job Youre welcome Jacob

Making lsquoem laugh since 1980The olden days April 11th 1980 a son was born

to an ordinary Corpus Christi couple This child was destined to be in a league outside of the other 7298 children born in Nueces County that year He appeared to grow up like everyone else went to school made friends fell in love with the ladieshellip and baseball In 1998 his bad ass athletic ability would catapult him up to Dallas with a full scholarship to play college baseball in hand His lifelong dream was coming to fruition and he was set to become one of the greatest professional baseball players of all time a legend A year before reaching his killer shortstop potential he took on the serious task of polishing his party talents perfecting his flunky skills and lost his scholarship (An older and wiser man chalks this up to immaturity and not realizing the opportunity he had at the time)

This boy now a man joined the United States Army in November 2000 He was shipped off to Korea served at Fort Bragg and was deployed to Iraq before his service was over Eventually he would end up back in Corpus where he would finally convince the love of his life - a girl his heart had hopes for since they were young - to marry him and begin a family

But from infancy the boy was a natural performer He claims he was ldquomaking lsquoem laugh since 1980rdquo Family barbecues provided the venue to develop his funny bone The front yard was his stage ndash according to his routine thatrsquos where he barbecues now so he mustrsquove learned it somewhere

children She lived two houses down the street from his cousin (or vice versa I honestly canrsquot remember because he had me laughing so much) Somehow she never seemed to be interested in him or the time just wasnrsquot right While in Iraq he and his buddies were taking about life back home and he remembers the conversation turning to ldquothe one girl you would want to be with if you were back homerdquo and for him it was always Jennifer Fast forward to civilian life he remembers when he finally got her attention ldquoCat calls They never ever work But one night I was at Murdockrsquos with friends and I saw her walk by I did it [cat called] I said lsquoDamn girlrsquo and she stoppedrdquo

One son (Jacob Jr) two daughters (Marley and Gwen) and seven years of marriage going strong he ultimately got the girl but claims ldquoShe hit the lotto with merdquo

Comedians who share their life make the best comics Theyrsquore real authentic They have the best material He performs his own material at different venues around the city and also works with Javi Luna another local comedian as Los Vatos Locos (CC Magazine will be catching up with Javi in a future issue FYI We also would like to express our condolences to the friends and family of the late David Cifuentes a totally awesome guy who performed with Jacob and Javi in Los Vatos Locos)

In closing I would like to share how my interview with the evil L Gwapo began in hopes that it illustrates the type of afternoon I suffered through and garners me a bit of sympathy

Me So L Gwapo how does it feel to be so beautiful

L Gwapo Well itrsquos something Irsquom used to at this point I was actually voted one of People Magazinersquos most beautiful people inhellipumhellipI canrsquot really remember the year It was not big thing for me really

(Authorrsquos note I spent the next five minutes searching for ldquoJacob Rodriguezrdquo and ldquoPeople Magazinerdquo and ldquoMost Beautifulrdquo on my phone before Jacob the big fat liarpants finally told me he was joking In my defense he looked sooooooo serious when he said it)

Irsquom definitely a Jacob Rodriguez fan Hersquos good at working the stage and isnrsquot bad to look at either He also didnrsquot make fun of me for drinking Arbor Mist (he brought me a bottle instead) so he will always have my full support Make sure you check out his Facebook page to find out where he will be performing next facebookcomjacobrodriguezcomedy You can also contact him to schedule a performance or discuss his supreme beauty at jacobrodriquezcomedygmailcom

Vital statistic courtesy of the authorrsquos imagination Tough times (the internet was down) call for making things up

Arbor Mist did not pay me to give them a shout out nor are they a sponsor of CC Magazine However if anyone knows Mr Arbor or Mr Mist please have them contact the magazine immediately so we can work something out And by ldquowork something outrdquo I mean I will drop their name for free Arbor Mist











08

CC History

JOHN KING FISHERBy Dale Rankin

Editors note This is the latest in the saga of Texas Ranger Geroge Durham who rode with Texas Ranger Captain LH McNelly as they tried to round up the bandits that had been raiding across the Rio Grande all the way into downtown Corpus Christi When we left the Rangers in the last issue they had just killed more than 50 bandits in a raid into Las Cueves Mexico where the bandits were based and forced them to return cattle that has recently been stolen and crossed into Mexico

The second AlamoIt turned out that the man who had been manning

the telegraph line from the scene of the fighting along the river was quite the storyteller His name was Lieutenant Guy Carleton and he had been hacking out harrowing dispatches over the singing wire that called the fight at Las Cueves as the Second Alamo with all the Rangers dead on the Mexican side of the river So when the Rangers came riding into the King Ranch there were viewed as ghosts by the natives Now that they were alive they had become Larger Than Life men who were the only thing between the ranchers and chaos on the border They had tamed the border where the vigilantes and the US Army had failed

They had done it with a few simple rules of engagement First travel as fast and light as the bandits Second dont take prisoners Taking prisoners simply meant going through legal proceedings which would eventually set them free to steal again And third peace through superior firepower The Sharps 50 caliber rifles that McNelly had been given by Sol Lichtenstein back in Corpus Christi had a range much greater than the repeater rifles carried by the bandits That tactical advantage combined with the good horses provided by Captain King had allowed the Rangers to clear the Nueces Strip from the Nueces River to the Rio Grande of bandits

In spite of their success word of their demise had spread all the way to the east coast through the papers and the relatives of Durham and the others now sent word to Austin and on to the King Ranch that they would pay to have the remains of the Rangers retrieved from Mexico and brought back east for burial McNellys response was to tell his Rangers to write them and tell them not to pay attention to lurid stories they heard off the telegraph lines

A month after the battle at Las Cueves McNelly who was not big on paperwork had still not sent a report back to Austin about what had really happened Austin demanded to know if Brownsville Consul Tom Wilson had handled his surrender and under what terms McNelly finally sat down to write the report he should have written a month before While McNellys exploits had made him a folk hero in the Nueces strip his reluctance to write reports had made him virtually unknown to the outside world His response to the Governors office was right to the point Do you think Id make a dicker with outlaws Why would a Texas peace officer ever have to beg peace terms from bandits

We want dead banditsWe want dead bandits not prisoners was about

all McNelly had to say to his Rangers about their mission statement He wasnt sent to the Nueces Strip to write reports but to bring law to a lawless country and prove Texas was bigger than any gang or gangs of bandits The military made lots of reports but they didnt get rid of the bandits Reports arent what bandits need McNelly said They need bullets from Sharps

When word got back to Austin of what the Rangers had really done Austin and the Mexican government officials for that matter took a different outlook Austin sent shiny new badges one for each Ranger The Rangers pinned them on and now wherever they went they were known and they still lived by the admonition given by McNelly in the beginning

If citizens were trying to mind their own business and obey the law we had strict orders to treat them as our bosses We never kicked their dogs much less shot one that might be nibbling at our horsesrsquo heels We never went into even the humblest house unless the man himself asked us in

The Rangers were camped on the King Ranch The bandits had gotten the message and things were peaceful A few raiding parties were rustling cattle in small bands near San Diego in Duval County but because the raiding parties were now so small the stockmen could take care of them themselves The Rangers job was done

Death to the FrenchmanSouth of the River Portirio Diaz was heading a

revolution that was sweeping through the North of Mexico and Diaz was working to quell any border trouble that would bring the US or the Rangers across the border For the first time in a long time ranchers in the Nueces Strip were sleeping comfortably in their beds at night Word spread among them that in fact it had been McNelly who had won the Battle of San Jacinto

Diaz soon left his house in Brownsville and as soon as he set foot in Matamoros the former bandit Juan Cortinas surrendered the city to him and Diaz took the former outlawfolk hero with him to Mexico City where the new president set Cortinez up with a pension on a big hacienda below Mexico City to keep him from stirring up trouble with the Americans along the border

The Rangers heard that the Frenchman who McNelly had gone across the river to kill after his doublecross of the Rangers had not been at Las Cueves but instead had had been killed before the fight by Old Blas who had ridden with the Rangers earlier Blas action wasnt so much because the Frenchman had betrayed the Rangers but because he had much gold in his saddlebags and a good saddle Blas disappeared into the border brush until nearly forty years later he rode up to the El Sauz section of the King Ranch where Durham was the foreman He asked for protection as the Rangers were chasing him and Durham obliged since McNelly had given standing orders that Old Blas was not to be

harmed by his men Blas made it back across the river where he was killed by Black Jack Pershings men

McNelly to DCWhile McNelly was resting on the King Ranch he got

word that the Sergeant who had fired the Gatling gun at the charging Mexicans during the Las Cueves fight had been busted to private and that charges were about to be filed on Army Captain Stone who had stripped off his uniform to swim the river to help the Rangers fight the Mexicans This was more than McNelly could bear He caught a boat to Washington at his own expense and personally told Secretary Belknap to Go to hell The Sergeant got his stripes back and Captain Stone went on to become a General who served in the Spanish-American War

With peace in the Nueces Strip cattle drives north to the railheads began in earnest Money from the cattle drives was making its way back home and towns began to spring up Captain King sent his thanks in the forms of a wagonload of brand new 44-40 Winchester repeater rifles along with several thousand shells The Rangers turned in their Sharps and decided they would do most of their fighting close in from now on

Then one day the Frenchman Parrott rode into camp He was the out of work circus performer and itinerant photographer that McNelly had sent north on a scouting mission some months before He had two saddlebags full of photos that he dumped out in front of the Captain The Rangers set out north immediately and they knew where they were going King Fisher country

The Rangers Catch a KingThe Rangers set off north from the King Ranch in

May of 1876 - thirteen months after they had riding out of Corpus Christi But it had been an eventful time with several brush fights with marauding bandits and finally a showdown in Las Cueves Mexico where about eighty of the bandits were surprised and killed That fight largely put an end to large scale banditry in the Nueces Strip The bandits were beaten by Texas Rangers who traveled light and quickly as quickly as the bandits and the Rangers like the bandits took no prisoners

As McNelly put it We dont do dogfalls We fight until one side is done

All told McNelly had a grand total of forty fighting men under his command Now about half that many were camped out just outside Laredo preparing to ride into King Fisher Country You knew you had arrived there when you came to the sign at a fork in the road that read This is King Fishers road Take the other one

The troop was following the guidance of a Frenchman named Parrott who was known as an out of work circus performer and sometimes picture taker Parrott had ridden into the country some months before at the direction of McNelly to scout the area and see what was going on As an itinerate photographer Parrott could easily slip in and out of a town without attracting attention He could even get photos of suspected horse and cattle thieves to help

McNelly and his Rangers Make Their First Arrest

King Fisher was an imposing figure once

described by Texas Ranger N A Jennings as wearing an ornamented

Mexican sombrero a black Mexican jacket

embroidered with gold a crimson sash and

boots with two silver-plated ivory-handled

revolvers swinging from his belt In the section where he reigned Fisher

was feared and respected

JOHN KING FISHERidentify them when the Rangers showed up

Now he was at the head of the Rangers as they rode north out of Laredo He had previously prepared a report for Austin describing what he had seen in the country

You can hardly realize true conditions of the country It is under a reign of terror from the men who infest this region This county (Dimmit) is unorganized and attached to Maverick County for judicial purposes The white citizens are all friends of King Fisher There is a regularly organized band of desperadoes from Goliad to the headwaters of the Nueces This band is made up of men who have committed crimes in other states and fled for refuge here where they go to robbing for a living They are organized into parties of twenty five to forty men each and form camps in counties in touch with each other They pass stolen horses along this line and sell them up north

So even as the the Rangers had rid the southern tip of Texas of bandits coming over from Mexico and new brand of settler had come to the area around Carrizo Springs and they were quite different than their southern counterparts While many of the northern men had a history of law breaking elsewhere they operated with semi-legitimacy here And they had brought behind them an Anglo-Saxon court system which gave them certain rights and required evidence to ensure their incarceration As McNelly was about to find out the Take No Prisoners actions he had used on the southern bandits would be tough to apply to these men

King FisherAbout ten miles from the town of

Carrizo Springs was the settlement of Pendencia located just west of Lake Espantoso The west end of the lake was the old channel of the Nueces and was about half a mile wide and ten miles long The lake was named Espantoso (Ghost) because it was full of alligator gar that were said to eat the bodies of men or animals that ended up there The lake was on the wagon trail between San Antonio and Chihuahua Mexico and many travelers were said to have vanished in the lake and their ghosts kept vigil around Lake Espantoso It was at this settlement along Lake Espantoso that King Fisher lived with his wife of only one month

John King Fisher was born in Central Texas in 1854 and in 1869 fled his hometown after borrowing a horse without asking He ended up in Goliad where he was arrested for breaking and entering After a pardon he migrated to the Nueces Strip with a group of Goliad citizens who established a ranch there They settled in Dimmit Country and the banks of Pendencia Creek and Fisher soon established himself as a natural leader and rancher He could ride shoot and work cattle better than any of his peers and soon had his own ranch It was arguable whether he or Captain McNelly was the best pistol fighter in Texas but it was one or the other He was known to not ask questions about a mans past as long as the man did as he was told and worked cattle Soon word went out that if those who had run afoul of the law wanted to start over King Fishers ranch was the place to do it Cattle rustling in the area was a big industry and McNelly was convinced that Fisher was running it

King Fishers roadWhen McNellys Rangers rode into Carrizo Springs

they spoke to Levy English whos general store had

been the target of several raids by men from Fishers ranch They also gathered up a young man named Drew Taylor who knew the best route to Fishers ranch and its layout He had once worked for the Frenchman Parrott without knowing who Parrott was Taylor told the Rangers he had heard that Fisher was at his ranch that day with a crew McNelly left a small group to guard the Ranger camp and set out with about twenty-five to Fishers ranch They crossed Pendencia Creek and crossed to the west side into open country They turned north and rode onto the Pendencia where they found heavy brush McNelly told them they were close

There may be women present he said so dont shoot till they open fire Well give them a chance to surrender

They formed into a skirmish formation and started for the house which was nestled in under a cottonwood grove with brush growing right up to the house There was the usual saddle shed and picket line for horses out front A dozen or so men sat in the shed playing cards The Rangers formed a circle and approached the house They encountered a rock and rail fence which their horses cleared easily As they came out of the brush they had their new Winchesters unlimbered and they dismounted

As Parrott came darting around the corner of the house he came face to face with a man named Frank Porter who said You are that $ picture man and lifted his rifle to fire

Drop it Parrott ordered Were McNelly Rangers There ensued a near comical ballet as

both men raised and lowered their rifles three times before Porter threw down his gun and surrendered something he said

hed never do His nerve had failed him since Parrott was under orders not to fire the first shot and the men were face to face He knew that even if he shot Parrott that Parrott would have hit him too and he flinched It was in sight of his outlaw buddies and he was through It turned out his real name was Burd Obenchain from Kansas and had fought with Quantrills guerillas in the Civil War and ridden with Frank and Jesse James He had come to Texas to kill a man who had come from Jackson County Missouri He had finally caught up with the man one night at Espantoso while the man was cooking his supper He slipped out of the brush with his gun drawn

Reckon you know who I am he said

Yeah Burd the man answered I know What are you aiming to do

You know (amp well what Im going to do Burd said

You going to give me a chance the man asked

Nary a chance Set the food down I aint eaten

That man set down the plate and BurdPorter shot him dead He ate his dinner and stayed around to join the hands at the Fisher Ranch

Arresting the KingThe story made the rounds that Frank James was

with the Rangers that day and recognized Burd and saved his life but Durham says that story was made up years later by a Ranger clerk trying to sell a book BurdPorter later claimed he surrendered because he

09

John King Fisher

was outnumbered but Durham also called that false When one of the McNellys matched man-to-man like that it was his fight to win or lose Durham later asked Parrott how his kept his nerve during a close-in lethal encounter like that

Catch the eye of the other fella and hold it Parrott said No gunman could shoot if he was facing the officer and you had his eye

The Rangers rounded up nine men at the house without firing a shot The Captain approached the main house and King Fisher stepped into the open door Neither man had his pistol out Im Ranger Lee McNelly Lock your hands behind your head and come out Fisher obeyed as McNelly removed two huge pistols with gold plated handles from Fishers holsters Why did you give up so easy McNelly asked but just at that time Fishers wife came onto the porch What are you doing to my husband she asked

Hes under arrest Were Texas Rangers

What are you arresting him for

Fisher spoke up Let me handle this Sarah then in an easy drawl he said to McNelly Shucks Captain I knew who you were the minute I saw you and you told me to give up Thats why I did Im a law abiding man

It was the first prisoner any of the Rangers had ever seen McNelly take and he seemed off balance Shut up he said Youre going to jail

On what charges What have I done

McNelly was lost King Fishers name wasnt even in The Book which listed the names of all the men wanted in Texas He had no court record - pardoned - no convictions not even any indictments His father was killed in a gunfight with Reconstruction Police in Fort Worth and aside from doing ranch work said he killed Republicans for revenge but had never been charged In fact King Fisher was a marshal to the local Justice of the Peace and had been responsible for running off the rustlers and thieves that had been stealing local stock By this time Fisher had kept the peace all the way from the upper Nueces River to San Antonio Stories claimed he had killed twenty six men but he had never been charged as it was deemed they all had it coming - Republican or not He was a teetotaler and was the best genuine two-pistol killer in Texas as Durham put it he killed clean with either hand

Now whatNow McNelly had ten men in custody one of whom

was a man named Bill Templeton who had been with the Rangers but left the troop in Brownsville

It was said that he still killed White Republicans but otherwise

was a law abiding citizen

the law in other states

McNelly now had nine prisoners eight of Fisherrsquos men whose names were in The Book and Fisher whose name was not The Rangers rode all night and arrived with their prisoners at the sheriffrsquos office in Eagle Pass where Fisherrsquos attorney was waiting for them

ldquoMy namersquos McNellyrdquo the Captain told the sheriff ldquoI got nine prisoners I want to deliverrdquo

ldquoMy namersquos Valerdquo said the man with the badge ldquoIrsquom Chief Deputy of Maverick County Irsquom happy to know you Captain You are Captain McNelly of the Rangersrdquo

ldquoThatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoAll right Captain You have some prisoners you want me to hold for yourdquo

ldquoThatrsquos right nine of themrdquo

ldquoWell Captain I see yoursquove got Mr Fisherrdquo

ldquoIrsquove got King Fisher yesrdquo

ldquoWhat charge Captainrdquo

ldquoHersquos no stranger to you Hersquos a d--- bandit and killerrdquo

The lawyer spoke up Thatrsquos an opinion Captain - not a charge under Texas law You must name his bandit victims and produce them as witnesses You must produce the bodies of his homicide victims with proper witnessesrdquo

Civilization The civilization that McNelly had been working to

bring to the Nueces Strip had caught up with him In the south end of the strip there was nothing in the way of a legal system for him to contend with He had cleaned out the South end of the strip without taking a single prisoner Taking prisoners was what the US Army and other law enforcement did and it didnrsquot work There was no support system for prosecutors and bandits arrested were soon free to keep up their work

But in the North end of the strip the law had made its way west from San Antonio and due process was the now the law of the frontier McNelly was out of his element

ldquoUp hererdquo the lawyer said ldquowe go according to Texas law as it comes down from the courts not jungle law some Ranger Captainrdquo

It was more than Durham could take He let go with an open-handed blow that sent the lawyer sprawling The Captain sent Durham out the door

ldquoGet out and never do that againrdquo

The lawyer got up and ran his tongue around his mouth and spit blood

ldquoThese d--- killers of yoursrdquo he said

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo McNelly said ldquoIt wonrsquot happen again unless you keep up that sot of jawing and beg for it Wersquore peace officers Rangers We know the lawrdquo

He turned to the deputy ldquoKansas has felony warrants for two of these prisoners Missourirsquos got felony warrants for threerdquo

ldquoYou got the warrants Captainrdquo

McNelly produced The Book ldquoTheir names are in hererdquo he said ldquoand this book is a blanket warrantrdquo

ldquoDo you have the court decisions backing that Captainrdquo

You remember me Captain he asked

Certainly McNelly said I never forget a coward

What are you going to do with us

Make a break for that brush and Ill show you Then he turned to Fisher Call your wife out I want to talk to her

Sarah Fisher came to the door again She was a young Irish woman with long black hair pulled up high her clothes were neat and ironed

Lady McNelly said Im taking these men to Eagle Pass Theyre under arrest I want to leave this warning for you to pass along - if any rescue is tried they all die

Thats your law she said and her eyes flashed Weve heard you make your own law but let me tell you - if you kill my husband

Thats enough Sarah Fisher said Do as he says If you happen to see any of my friends get the word to them Let the Rangers have their own way right now

Six Rangers started moving the men to Eagle Pass McNelly would follow the next day

By the time Captain McNelly arrested King Fisher at his ranch near Eagle Pass the Fisher was in his early twenties and had killed twenty-six men He had begun as a deputy to a local Constable who needed someone to help him bring law to the border area west of San Antonio By the time McNelly found him he had become the largest ranch owner in the northern end of the Nueces Strip and controlled the land between the border and San Antonio He was the head of a band of about forty men who had found their way to his ranch often one step ahead of the law and hired on as cowboys He had a reputation for not asking questions about where the cattle came from that he bought cheap from the men who brought them for sale

As you entered his neck of the woods you came across the first road sign in that part of Texas which read This Road is King Fisherrsquos Road Take the Other One

After the Civil War he and his father came to Fort Worth from Kentucky where his father had run afoul of the Reconstruction Police who enforced the law of the post-war Republican government His father killed three of the policeman in a gunfight before he was killed King Fisher made his way south to Goliad where he met Doc White who eventually moved to Eagle Pass and took up ranching It wasnrsquot long before all his cattle were in the hands of raiding bandits and he needed a deputy to protect his interests King Fisher fit the bill

Killed twenty-six men mostly White Republicans

He already had a reputation for being quick with a gun and cool under fire Like Wild Bill Hickok his belief was that is was not important who got off the first shot in a gunfight it was who got off the first accurate shot

In two short years he owed his own ranch and had married and started a family It was said that he still killed White Republicans out of revenge but otherwise was a law abiding citizen But he still had a reputation for buying and selling cattle showing the brands of ranches other than his own It was that reputation that had brought McNelly calling He was armed with a copy of The Book which contained the names off men all over Texas who were wanted by

ldquoNordquo

ldquoIf I hold these men under that blanket warrant Captain can you guarantee Kansas and other states will send for them in the regular manner and pay for their keep and expensesrdquo

ldquoNordquo McNelly said then turned to his Lieutenant and said ldquoGive these men back their guns and release themrdquo then walked out the front door It was a telling moment McNellyrsquos tactics had cleaned the rustlers out of the Nueces Strip but now with them gone the need for Frontier Justice was gone and with it the need for those who enforced it It was a theme later picked up by director John Ford in his movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with the real life McNelly in place of John Wayne

Fisher picked up his two gold-inlaid pistols and walked to McNelly ldquoMuch obliged Captainrdquo

ldquoYoursquove won Kingrdquo McNelly said ldquoIrsquom licked Yoursquore a young man King Yoursquove won every bout with the law up to now You just might be lucky and win some more but finally yoursquoll lose to the Rangers We donrsquot fight draws or dogfalls When we lose we lose When we win we win And when we win once thatrsquos enough The law might lose now and then We just did But the law always wins the last round Wersquoll win We represent lawrdquo

ldquoIrsquom a law abiding manrdquo Fisher said ldquoLike I told yourdquo

The Captain cut in ldquoMake d--- sure you stay law abiding King Yoursquove got a nice wife You could make a good citizen Yoursquod also make a nice corpse All outlaws look good deadrdquo

ldquoBut Irsquom not an outlaw Captain Nobody can proverdquo

ldquoMeaning I didnrsquot prove it this time which is correctrdquo McNelly said ldquobut put it this way anything that walks like a duck looks like a duck and runs with ducks is might near always a duck I only aimed to tell you to get out of this outlaw business The next time the Rangers come after you we just might leave you where we overhaul you - and you could make a better life for yourself But itrsquos up to yourdquo

That night there was a celebration in Carrizo Springs King Fisher showed up riding a deep chested dapple gray gelding ldquothat would heft twelve hundred poundsrdquoand was the product of Kentucky breeding He was carrying Fisherrsquos 7-D brand The saddle was made of flank leather and about ten pounds of beat silver He was wearing the brown beaver hat he would later die under and his gold inlaid pistols

But it was all topped by his leggings They were made of genuine Bengal tiger skins and had been given to him by his friend Ben Thompson who took a liking to the skin when it was still on the tiger at a circus in North Texas When the owner refused to sell Thompson shot the tiger in his cage and took the skin which he made into chaps and gave to Fisher Thompson went on to become the Sheriff in Austin and he and Fisherrsquos fates wound up fatally intertwined

Whether it was the talk from McNelly or some inner voice Fisher left the outlaw life behind He banned saloons in his town of Carrizo Springs and went on to become the sheriff in Uvalde before his untimely death

Next time The end of the frontier in the Nueces Strip

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For those unfamiliar with Mixed Martial Arts or MMA it is a full contact combat sport that combines fighting disciplines including everything from Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to Greco-Roman wrestling and boxing To the untrained eye it may appear to be nothing more than a brutal ldquoblood-sportrdquo but to the educated fan it is an art form a mixture of combat styles and strategy ldquoThat being said a good knock-down-drag-out never gets oldrdquo says Mick Maynard President of LFC In each of the ten scheduled matches two fighters protected only by groin cups and mouth guards will battle through three five minute rounds where they will be scored by judges for a final decision granted neither contender is knocked out or submitted before the end

Native to College Station Texas LFC has grown to be one of the top three brands of MMA in the nation Maynard began the brand back in 2006 under the name Lone Star Beat down As their following expanded it was time for a rebirth Now Legacy Fighting Championship Maynardrsquos LFC is home to top fighters from around the world

In this monthrsquos event LFC will kick off the evening with a preliminary card of four scheduled bouts showcasing talent young in their professional careers though not to be shadowed by the main card ldquoThis card is stacked from top to bottomrdquo states Maynard ldquoAny of these fights are main event worthyrdquo

One notable preliminary match will be between Maria Lopez (debut) and Paulina Granados (1-0) two female contenders who are sure to display a professional grade fight LFC proudly schedules female fighters as often as possible ldquoItrsquos definitely not unique to Legacy but I wouldnrsquot say everyone does itrdquo says Maynard ldquoIf we can put on a female bout we do it and more and more lately that has been the caserdquo

Granados a Corpus Christi local finished her amateur career last December with a five round title victory and went on to win her professional debut in a unanimous decision She hopes to keep her record unblemished as she faces Lopez who is disciplined in boxing and Jiu Jitsu in this atomweight bout

Other preliminary matchups include Gerald Gagnon (debut) vs Kirk Hubble (1-2) Marcelo Lumakang (2-8) vs Corey Bellino (6-2) and David Siller (debut) vs Jared Perez (debut)

Taking to the Cage in the First fight of the main card is a battle between two undefeated contenders Elias ldquoSmashrdquo Garcia (3-0) of Corpus Christi and MTVrsquos ldquoCagedrdquo star Matt ldquoDangerrdquo Schnell (2-0) Aside from reality TV fame ldquoDangerrdquo is outfitted with a purple belt in Jiu Jitsu as well as his background in wrestling and boxing

After serving in the Coast Guard Garcia settled down in Corpus to begin his fighting career ldquoCorpus is awesome Irsquove been here seven or eight years so it feels like home to me and the crowd really pumps me uprdquo Garcia says In his professional career Garcia has proven to be unpredictable obtaining each win differently His record boasts one TKO one submission and one win by referee stoppage Garcia says he is ready for any situation in this fight ldquoif it goes to the ground Irsquom comfortable there and when it comes to standing up Irsquom ready for that too I love standing up and tradingrdquo Either way Garcia is ready to put on a show for his home crowd and says he is up to the challenges of a local fight ldquoMy first [professional] fight was here and it was very differentrdquo says Garcia ldquoWhen yoursquore on the road yoursquore in a hotel with no distractions and constantly in fight mode When you fight at home you have your family and kids around so it is important to remember to stay focused and prepared for the fightrdquo

Leading up to the main event are Damacio Page (15-8) a veteran of WEC and UFC vs Patrick Ybarra (5-0) Ybarra has won all five of his fights in the first round David Douglas (8-5) vs Hector Munoz (10-4) 145 ndash Adam Schindler (10-5) vs Chris Pecero (8-5) Alp Ozkilic (7-1) vs Jimmy Flick (6-1)

To top off the nights action Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Carlo Prater (31-13-1) takes on undefeated Carlos Diego Ferreira (6-0) Of Praterrsquos 31 wins 17 resulted from submission making him a dangerous man in a grappling situation Since leaving UFC Prater has added one loss and one win to his record submitting his last opponent in January of this year

Ferreira though less professionally experienced should be a formidable opponent for Prater Five of his six victories have been finished by submissions

When asked about this matching Maynard stated that there is no real story behind it ldquoTheyrsquore both just very goodrdquo he said Blunt as it is true they are ldquovery goodrdquo Fans anticipate a fierce battle between these two contenders as both are well versed in wrestling leading to expectations of a full three round fight giving fans and newcomers an education in all technical aspects of a great MMA fight

Legacy plans to make an encore appearance this September preceded by events throughout Texas For more information on LFC or to purchase tickets log into Legacyfightstv or visit americanbankcentercom

LFC20

Legacy Fighting Championship May 31At American Bank Center

By Evan Strates

Newcomer Maria Lopez will face CC Local Paulina Granados in her first professional fight Granados made national headlines in February for saying

shed like to punch pop singer Keisha in the face

Lopez Granados

CC Local Paulina Granados v Maria Lopez

13





LFC20



Some guys are just born into their profession this fellow appears to be a natural Smart tenacious seasoned but still humble ldquoBuckrdquo Showalter is one of the reasons I love baseball so much Hersquos a fine man who has spent his life showing up early and staying late and playing learning and teaching this great game in between He continues to earn the respect of the players owners and fans while managing from the dugouts of some of the greatest cathedrals built in professional sports Along the way this two-time Manager of the Year has won over a 1000 games influenced and made better some of the best-of-the-best this game has to offer One of Buckrsquos favorite things to say is ldquoTrust Merdquo and there is no doubt there are a lot of people who do The names of superstars like Derek Jeter Andy Pettitte Bernie Williams Randy Johnson Alex Rodriquez ldquoPudgerdquo Rodriquez Juan Gonzalez Adam Jones and Matt Weiters are just a few of the players who have all benefited under Buckrsquos tutelage Guys like Buck Showalter make me proud to be a baseball fan

Baltimore Oriolesrsquo Manager Buck Showalter took time out of his busy schedule to spend 25 minutes on the air with his long-time friend and my radio partner Dennis Quinn and myself Our show known as the Q amp A Session is aired on ESPN 1440 KEYS in Corpus Christi Texas Through Dennisrsquos friendship I have had a chance to meet Buck and interview him several times during the ldquooff seasonrdquo which Buck thinks is the worst word in the English language ldquoItrsquos a very busy time if you want to have success during the season thatrsquos for surerdquo remarked Buck After our greetings Dennis and I did what we do best we pay tribute to our fallen sports heroes and help educate our listeners

When Dennis asked about former Baltimore Hall-of-Fame Manager Earl Weaver who had just past away Buck responded ldquoHersquos special to all of us in this organization Wersquove had him in camp the last two years and the more yoursquore around him the more you realize why he had so much success I remember his love for the Baltimore Orioles and the satisfaction of our improvement last year It took me four or five years before I could call him Earl hersquos always been Mr Weaver to me He was a good man and wersquore going to miss him We will pay homage to him this summer in a lot of ways So Irsquom looking forward to thatrdquo said Showalter ldquoI think what a lot of people are going to miss is the way Earl went about being successful Earl would say lsquoWe missed the cut-off man botched some run-down plays We did some things that werenrsquot perfect but we didnrsquot repeat themrsquordquo said Buck ldquoWe had Earl at Spring Training the last couple of seasons After he had a couple of cups of coffee in him it was beautifulrdquo continued Buck ldquoHe was engaged taking questions the guys were a little nervous They had so much respect for him As Irsquom riding around in a golf cart with him taking in different drills Earl would say lsquoEverybody tries to reinvent the wheel Itrsquos all about being brilliant at the basicsrsquo and trust me it didnrsquot hurt having Jim Palmer Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson and some of those guys but they caught the baseball If the ball stays in the ballpark in the American League East you had better get a glove on it yoursquore not going to get many chancesrdquo said Showalter

I mentioned that my two sons and I had traveled to Baltimore two of the last three years to see the

Orioles and Yankees play and witnessed the Brooks Robinson statue I asked him about the centerfield section now known as The Garden of the Greats and if they were saving a spot for Buck Showalter ldquoNo trust me the timing was great with the club being improved and it was about paying homage to our six Hall-of-Famerrsquos Earl and in no special order Cal Ripken Jr Eddie Murray Frank Robinson Brooks Robinson and Jim Palmer about one per month It was specialrdquo said Buck ldquoWe got lucky with the weather and these guys talked and came into our clubhouse and it was a great celebration of our history Our ownership paid for all that and those statues will be a lasting tribute to our great Hall-of-Famersrdquo

Dennis pointed out that Earl Weaver had been run 91 or 92 times by the umpires during his career and asked Buck how many times he had been tossed ldquoOh I donrsquot knowrdquo said Buck ldquoI donrsquot keep up with that I do know the fines are a lot different now than they were then and that it is part of my job descriptionrdquo When Dennis asked Showalter if he might turn his hat around to get closer to ldquoBluerdquo as a tribute to Earl during his next disagreement with an umpire Buckrsquos response was ldquoThat would almost be disrespectful to Earl to place myself in his categoryrdquo Buck continued ldquoI would never do anything to embarrass them (umpires) They are professional and trying hard Their experiences allow them to make educated guesses because the ball moves too fast The only thing that gets under my skin is when they donrsquot show up for work or when they become vindictive or lazyrdquo Buck continued ldquoI think everybody is hoping for more replay including the guys on the field Irsquom sure the guys on the field (umpires) will take as much replay as they will put in thererdquo

It is no secret that the American League East Division got better this off-season especially in Toronto When I suggested that 85-90 wins might be enough to win the division Buck countered ldquoWe had the number 90 on the board last year Listenrdquo said Buck ldquothe game has changed a lot We now hit the ball where the grass doesnrsquot grow Strikeouts have gone up One year I had close to 700 plate appearances or 650 and only struck out twenty-something times Nowadays they strike out 20 times in a week If you follow the money trail you know where it goesrdquo said Buck ldquoI was very fortunate to play we are all the best at some level and then we are weeded out Trust me when I saw Don Mattingly I knew I wasnrsquot going to be the first baseman for the New York Yankeesrdquo

Dennis insisted that Buck had done the best managing job last year he had seen since Dick Williams of the 1967 Red Sox who took that team from worst to first ldquoHow do you grade yourselfrdquo asked Dennis ldquoDennis I donrsquot get involved with thatrdquo said Buck ldquoWe are at the mercy of the players and really to the mothers and fathers of the world By the time I get them at my level they have pretty much formulated the way they are going to go about

life and about competition So shame on you if you donrsquot do your homework and donrsquot know what yoursquore getting Wersquove got some really good people that are easy to trust I probably had as much fun this season as I have had at any time It was a club that after awhile I knew I could trust and late in Spring Training I knew I had something special going on with the players and what they had bought into It will be a challenge this year to hold onto thatrdquo said Showalter

ldquoAs far as grades and all that stuff itrsquos about the players We are just passing ships in the nightrdquo said Buck ldquoThere are a lot of people that can do this job as well if not better than me and Irsquom just honored I have been able to do it this long Baltimore is my last stop my last rodeo They know it and I know it and when they get tired of me trust me they will not have to talk much Irsquoll just say thanks tip my hat shake their hands and head on out the doorrdquo exclaimed Buck Neither Dennis nor I believed that

As the interview wound down Buck mentioned he would not be attending the Super Bowl but stated he was a big Ravens fan I congratulated him on 93 wins for the season his contract extension and the over two million fans that tripped the turnstiles at Camden Yards this past season ldquoThatrsquos why they love you in Baltimorerdquo I said ldquoWell I donrsquot know if we can get back to 3 million but we did have close to 20000 at Fan Festrdquo stated Buck

Itrsquos quite refreshing to find small-town values still exist Buck remains unspoiled by the distractions of big league baseball So itrsquos safe to say that Dennis and I will be pulling for the Orioles this year in the highly contested AL East ldquoGood pitching carries overrdquo said Buck ldquoTrust merdquo

Andy Purvis is a local author His books In the Company of Greatness and Remembered Greatness are on the shelves at the local Barnes and Noble at Beamers Sports Grill 5922 S Staples and online at many different sites including Amazon bncom booksamillion Google Books etc They are also available in e-reader format Contact him at wwwpurvisbookscom or andypurvisgrandecomnet

Trust MeBy Andy Purvis

Mary H F ChrissExhibition runs through June 20th

Mary is the fi rst artist in our lsquoComing Home Seriesrsquo A native of Corpus Christi she is currently living in Austin TX where she is a mixed media artist and a part of Austinrsquos UP Collective

The Independents Show 2013Award Ceremony amp Reception

Friday June 7th 5 ndash 7pm

The Independent artists who belong to the Art Center but are not affi liated with any specifi c group put on their annual juried exhibition ndash always a show of great variety and creativity Juror Lynda Jones Artist activist writer and former art educator

Studio C Art and Fine Gift GalleryStudio C Partnership announce the May 31 2013 opening of Studio C Art and Fine Gift Gallery located at 100 Shoreline Blvd Corpus Christi TX within the Art Center of Corpus Christi (wwwartcenterccorg) next to Citrus Bistro

Hours Monday through Friday 1000 am to 400 pm

The newest Corpus Christi Bayfront destination for community members and tourists to experience shopping for beautiful and varied art and fi ne gifts Studio C will focus on the continuous exhibit display and sales of high quality jewelry sculpture pottery unique gift items and 2-D art created by accomplished Texas Artists

Treehouse Art Collective LLC

A collective of artists exhibiting and selling artwork in a variety of media

First Friday ArtWALKMay 31st 530 ndash 9pm Featured Artist Dixie Lee

Former landscape architect turned digital photographer Dixie brings a romantic clarity to naturersquos simple splendor

Art Museum of South Texas

Free Admission every First Friday in honor of ArtWALK

Canvas Cocktails and ConversationMay 31st 2013 from 6-8pm

Paint a vibrant Texas wildfl ower landscape to kick-off the summer Work alongside artist Diana Carter as she demonstrates basic to intermediate painting techniques and guide participants through the creation of a daytime or nighttime landscape using acrylic paint A glass of wine and an appetizer plate are included with your class fee Bring a friend to work with you or just enjoy the ambiance of a fun and relaxing evening at the Museum $35 Members $45 Nonmembers ndash Make your reservation today Call Mary Johnson at 825-3504 or email at maryjohnsontamuccedu Check the museum website calendar for lots of fun family and adult events throughout the month

14

A Few Items Of NoteArtArtArtArtArtArt SceneT

HE

K Space Contemporary 415 D Starr StreetCorpus Christi TX 78401 3618876834KSpaceContemporaryorgHours Wed-Sat 11a ndash 5pFree Admission

First Friday ArtWALKMay 31st 530pm to 9pmMain Gallery Texas Atomic Iron CommissionArtStar amp Hot Spot Galleries Sebastian Stoddart

ART CAMPS ndash ages 11-17 Monday ndash Friday 9 am to 4 pmSession 1 July 8-12 ndash Session 1 Photography amp WeavingSession 2 July 15-19 ndash Session 2 Altered Books amp AnimeSession 3 July 22-26 ndash Session 3 Printmaking amp PaintingSession 4 July 29-Aug 2 ndash Session 4 Drawing amp Bookbinding

K Space Summer Art Camps offer fun-fi lled creative learning experiences for students ages 11-17 Immersed in ART for the entire week campers gain an understanding of the creative process in the visual arts through practice Students improve their artistic skills while learning problem solving skills that can be applied to all areas of study This is seriously fun creativity

Camps begin at 9 am and end at 4 pm Healthy snacks are provided however students will need to bring a snack lunch We use art materials that can stain clothing so dress accordingly or bring an apron All art supplies are provided Wersquoll also have brief yoga sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Art Center of Corpus Christi

ACCC has an ongoing series of art programs for children and adults ndash check out the ldquoeducationrdquo links on their websites for lots of exciting things to choose from for you and the little ones

First Friday ArtWALKMay 31st 530-9pm

Tables of artists and artisan vendors in and around the Courtyard Check out the new dining hot spot Citrus Bayfront Bistro Now open Monday through Friday for LUNCH 11a-2p and TEA TIME 2-5pm

A Noble Pastime from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Exhibit runs through August 25th 2013

The hunt comes to life with representations of hunting expeditions displays of game and portrait of animals and the hunters

Rockport Center for the Arts

ArtLink for Kids 2013Registration Is Now Open - Fostering creative youth for 16

years

bull Free to students attending school in Aransas County bull $60 per week ($120 for both weeks) for students attending school out of countybull Students may sign up for one session onlybull Spaces are fi lled on a fi rst-come fi rst-served basisSession 1 June 17-27 930 am - NoonSession 2 June 17-27 130 - 4 pmSession 3 July 22 - Aug 1 930 am - NoonSession 4 July 22 - Aug 1 130 - 4 pmTo register go to wwwrockportartcentercom

Start Planning NOWArt Auction amp Party Friday July 5

The Biggest Big Tent Party in South Texas

Rockport is the place to be July 4th weekend and the big tent is the place to be in Rockport Every year Rockport Center for the Arts hosts the Art Auction amp Party in the air-conditioned tent prior to the annual Art Festival

The 44th Annual Rockport Art FestivalJuly 4th Weekend

July 6th and 7th on the Festival Grounds next to Rockport Beach Park and the Art Center

Since 1969 this Annual Art Festival has made Rockport the best place to be on July 4th weekend Located right on Aransas Bay and showcasing high-quality artists live music a kids activity tent and more the Rockport Art Festival is always great summer fun on the Texas Coast

Creative Connections GalleryGloria Hunterrsquos incredible photography exhibit ldquoCoastal Magicrdquo will be shown in the gallery throughout the month of May

Tango Tea Room

First Friday ArtWALKMay 31st 2013 530 ndash 9pm

Junes featured artist will be Larry Running Turtle First Friday Drum Circle starts at 6 pm Art music poetry fabulous food and shopping all in one

Also donrsquot forget they hold the Downtown Farmerrsquos Market every Wednesday at 530pm

100 Shoreline BlvdCorpus Christi TX 78401Tel 3618846406Fax 3618848836ArtCenterCCorg

Hours 10a ndash 4pEveryday except MondayMonday CLOSEDAdmission is always FREE

Robes from the 2013 Coronation of Las Dontildeas de la Corte ldquoThe Court of Triumphant Dynastiesrdquo will be on display

through June 4th with a small throne for your little kings and queens to have their regal photos taken

309 North Water Street Suite DCorpus Christi TX 784013618824822TreehouseArtCCcom

HoursTue-Sat 11a ndash 8pSunday Noon to 6pFree Admission Always

1902 N Shoreline BlvdCorpus Christi TX 78401 Tel 3618253500Fax 3618253520artmuseumofsouthtexasorgHoursTues - Sat 10a to 5pSundays 1p to 5pClosed Mondays amp Holidays

AdmissionAdults $8Seniors (60 and older) $6Active Military $6Students (13+) $4Free- All members- Children 12 and under- Texas AampM-CC students

The Merriman-Bobys Housein Heritage Park1521 North Chaparral StreetCorpus Christi Texas 78401Always Free Admission

CreativeConnectionsCCorgWednesday ndash Saturday 11a ndash 3pOr by appointment

902 Navigation CircleRockport Texas 78382Tel 3617295519RockportArtCentercom

Hours Tues ndash Sat 10a ndash 4pSundays 1p ndash 4pClosed MondaysAlways Free Admission

505 S Water Street Suite 545Corpus Christi TX 78401 Tel 3618839123

Hours Mon - Thurs 10a - 7pFri amp Sat 10a - 9pSunday Noon - 6p

15

by Kyle Hoelscher

From the grave it rises again like a legislative zombie The politicians want it the public hates it They have finally figured out how to pass this unpopular legislation though rename it I often wonder how many tax dollars are spent to think up handy little acronyms to market these bills The bill didnrsquot pass last time it got renamed but they are heavily banking on the publicrsquos goldfish-like attention span Shortly before the writing of this article it appears that the bill has been stopped dead in its tracks by a presidential veto threat and the Senate Donrsquot rest easy though the political winds change fast

So first letrsquos go over a bit of history for those that donrsquot know the dangers of these bills that keep showing up at the doorstep of congress The language in CISPA is substantially the same as PIPPA last time and SOPA the time before that It has probably been lingering in the background of congress for years before that

If you have a political bone in your body you will recall all fuss over SOPA SOPArsquos defeat was not so long ago but it was ages ago in politics SOPA was a move to give sweeping powers to block internet access for people who infringe copyrights It also gave the government powers to block website access to users These powers came with little oversight and even allowed private companies to dictate who could access the web and what they could see Well after people found out that the Federal Government was attempting to take these sweeping powers the people got angry and online companies banded together to defeat it And they did defeat it That defeat was so hard that the next bill PIPPA died in the womb And last year CISPA was introduced and thrown out by both parties for fear of the internetrsquos wrath Unfortunately this yearrsquos incarnation of CISPA has some serious backing by recording artist lobbyists and has also become a useful political tool for the Republican Party

It would be wrong to say that the Republican Party is entirely at fault here CISPA passed the House

of Representatives on April 18th with bipartisan support The recording industry internet security firms and major cellular carriers all hope to gain if CISPA passes Why Because they would enjoy the fringe benefits of the law So much so that they

bought the required number of votes this year for a cool $86 million Fortunately for justice the Senate cannot be swayed so easily In the end this is not a leftright issue but the Republicans are mostly for it (even though prominent conservative groups have denounced it) and Democrats are mostly against it

The victory over SOPA for a free internet seems to be a hollow one today because governmentrsquos desire to control the internet has reared its ugly head again This time instead under the veil of ldquoCyber Securityrdquo This is a term which remains undefined in the bill and in the act that itrsquos designed to amend And therein lies to biggest danger the bill labels copyright infringement as a threat to cyber security

and therefore national security That is a dangerous departure from other bills to regulate the internet in some way or another including SOPA SOPA made for some criminal penalties and some civil liabilities for copyright infringement but nothing as dramatic as labeling someone who downloads a copy of a pop song as a national security threat

Another serious problem with this bill is that it furthers the governmentrsquos ability to spy on you The government has the power right now to tap your emails given probable cause They can ask a judge and get a warrant to tap your phone lines They can do a number of things to spy on you but the government is not content with the right to spy on you They want the spying to be easy CISPA would drastically increase the flow of information from the private sector directly to government agencies It would create backdoors into companiesrsquo security infrastructures so that the government can snoop around without having to wait for a judge to approve a warrant Worse yet all of these changes are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act So we canrsquot even know how the government spies on us unless the government decides to allow us to know So never

And one final point this bill actually does nothing to increase internet security in any meaningful way Prominent hacker groups and cyber security firms have released examinations of the CISPA legislation that shows if we give the government this ability it actually creates backdoors for anyone to enter secured systems inside America It essentially breaks the firewalls and ensures that there is always a way

to access sensitive data This is data about you This is data that corporations keep in order to profit through legal channels CISPA would open the floodgates to people who want to profit by other means

CISPA is just another great reminder that our freedoms are never safe from the appetites of government power We need to remember that the internet is not that old It is still a fragile place The government wants to get in on the ground floor before the internet permeates our lives the way the telephone once did The FBI probably kicks itself everyday as it wishes that it had passed wiretap laws the day after Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone Then every telephone would have an FBI chip that could be accessed at all times and the FBI wouldnrsquot have to muck around with these wiretapping courts and gathering evidence This is what the federal government wants to do now They want to put a tap on the entire internet in order to look into your private life for criminal activity piracy or whatever The problem is that they donrsquot care about the cost to freedom privacy or actual security Please inform yourself on this issue Letrsquos make sure the Senate does not pass CISPA and letrsquos leave it dead on the floor of the house where it should be

Congress Votes Yea to Internet Censorship Warrantless Spying

Meet the New Law Same as the Old LawCISPA is the new PIPPA (formerly known as SOPA)

Corpus Christi Congressman Blake Farenthold voted for CISPA (HR 624)

Why

Members of congress require feedback from their constituents in order to know theyre representing the people of their district If you feel that your congressman didnt represent your best interests by voting for this bill let him know Im calling just to ask why hed vote this way He claims to be a small-government conservative so why vote to expand governments power to intrude into the privacy of citizens and create another layer of regulations for business

~Jeff Craft

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Located on Padre Island Island Italian has been serving the community since 1987 A family friendly restaurant Island Italian also serves beer and wine and is available for private parties of up to 53 people Flat screen TV and DVD VHS for meetings Delivery on Padre Island after 5pmDaily Lunch and Dinner Specials

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Redfi sh Wars a battle over commercial fi shing rights in Texas Ernie Buttler realized the Redfi sh Wars signaled the beginning of the end of the commercial fi shing industry in Texas So Ernie decided to give up trying to catch fi sh and shrimp and start cooking them instead In August 1980 Ernie and his wife Corliss purchased a small bait stand and burger joint with a fi shing pier on the Intracoastal Waterway Over time the place was transformed with a lot of hard work and patience into a family-friendly seafood restaurant Special attention is given to providing local harvested quality seafood at affordable prices

Scoopyrsquos was opened by Erniersquos wife and features home made soups salads and sandwiches using only Texas products Scoopyrsquos is proud of their shrimp salad known by locals as the best in town They also have great house made desserts and ice cream by the scoop

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Town amp Country Cafe has great breakfast and lunch specials every day offering great food at a fair price Town amp Country Cafe is a great location for business meetings and client luncheons and there is no charge for the use of the meeting room

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The Tango Tea Room brings a taste of Austin to Downtown Corpus Tango serves a variety of Mediterranean and world cuisine including some of the best vegetarian and vegan fare you can fi nd in Corpus Christi We also specialize in vegan and gluten-free desserts cupcakes and muffi ns Dont be scared we serve a lot of great non-vegetarian food too Our Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Salad Is incredible

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Exposing Local ArtistshellipBy Georgia Griffi n

Sazoacuten is Dancing with the Craneshellip

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episode of PBSrsquo Texas Country Reporter That show is still drawing people to Sazoacutenrsquos studio including a couple that stopped in as I interviewed him A groundswell of interest grew from the event and the show resulting in many sales and a growing interest in his work and the plight of the Whooping Cranes He was fl ying highhellip only to crash with that heart attack

To meet Sazoacuten now you both would and would not know he had come so close to death Looking healthy and tan these days Sazoacuten is all the more focused on his dedication to the Whooping Cranes ldquoIrsquove had this good fortune connected to the cranes and people love my ring and the crane design That was my paying homage to the crane It turned out to be incredible what happened after that People connected to the sound of the Native American fl ute

ldquoItrsquos been that kind of unique thing that connects people Irsquove had this uncanny thing where theyrsquove led certain people to come through my door that inspire me to go on The artistrsquos struggle is like a

Whooping Crane in the middle of a drought looking for a blue crab but last year I had a really awesome year I had the most incredible year of my life Early in January I had the Texas Country Reporter come here and I got emails from all around the world and itrsquos just been amazing you know People keep coming here and they keep asking about the fl ute music When I started doing the fl ute to the cranes well that has been another magic thing thatrsquos happened

ldquoPeople are moved by that Native American sound but what comes out through my fl ute itrsquos a combination of Native American sound and a little Western and Blues Irsquove been a blues harmonica player I play by feel I donrsquot read scores and I donrsquot play numbers I play by feel when Irsquom playing and to play that soundhellip When I fi rst started playing the fl ute and I heard the sounds coming from this simple wooden tube man When I fi rst started playing in November 2011 I couldnrsquot believe the sound that was coming Itrsquoll hit you right there and Irsquove seen how it affects people It does something Irsquove never felt like or had anything like that

ldquoIt hits a nerve like I learned and I didnrsquot realize about that Irsquove had so many people whorsquove come here who have a strong spiritual connection with the sound It has also this healing sound and a melancholy-ness Oh my goodness itrsquos just moves people When this doctor came

by here and he told me I have to go play to her memorial Sadako and I had already been talking about her for years since 2007 about this girl thatrsquos in books and everythingrdquo

In fact Sazoacuten is working hard to earn enough money to get himself to Hiroshima Japan to play his

TThomas R Meinhausenrsquos article in the February 2013 issue of Texas NOW Magazine closes

with the following ldquoOn June 29th Sazon suffered a major heart attackrdquo

Now thatrsquos a stunning way to close an article to say the least Last June Ruben ldquoSazoacutenrdquo Aiken seemed to have the world by the tail the Whooping Crane had become a creative lifersquos focus for him and it was beginning to pay off The Whooping Crane is the Egyptian hieroglyph for ldquosoulrdquo and their graceful courtship dances culminate in a lifelong mating bond They have touched him deeply and the fact that they are so gravely endangered drew him to celebrate them to promote their preservation and resurgence in numbers through his work Sazoacuten created his ldquoSoul Materdquo ring and variations thereof in precious metals and gemstones as well as many vibrant Whooping Crane paintings

After much dreaming and planning in December 2011 he was to stage a ldquoCelebration for the Return of the Cranerdquo on board the Wharf Cat While preparing for the event a broken fl ute came into his possession and during that celebration Sazoacuten played the fl ute to the cranes across the water and the cranes sang back

In January of 2012 Bob Phillips and his crew fi lmed Sazoacuten for a February

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fl ute to the cranes at the August 6th annual Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony to pray for world peace and specifi cally at the Childrenrsquos Peace Memorial in honor of Sadako Sasak (see inset) and the cranes

As Sazoacuten and I talk about Sadako and his own healing process through the peace he fi nds focusing on cranes his voice changes from the strong patter of a man who knows how to sell his works of art to the halting manner of someone who has defi nitely been hit hard He sorrowfully told me of a young man in his 20s who turned out to be a cancer survivor His father had been to the studio before and told him about the fl ute music so the young man wanted to hear Sazoacuten play He told Sazoacuten he wished hersquod had his music to help him through the painful bouts of chemo and recovery Having heard his music especially the sample of the composition Sazoacuten is working on for Hiroshima I know there is a gently wistful tone that can help to calm and center one Just the right music to focus on when yoursquore coming out of something painful I am certain

ldquoIt hits something deep It hits a nerve Irsquom no virtuoso OK Irsquom no fl utist I play by the feel like the blues American blues I do call myself a little blues man I knew when I played harmonica how that made people feel you know A lot





of people love that sound but when I play that fl ute Irsquove gotten reactions from that fl ute that just blow me a way Irsquove seen people react to it in a way that just is heartfelt and sincere and when you hear someone react to it who has gone through real pain thatrsquos where it has really hit merdquo

Let the music and the majesty of the Whooping Crane hit you too Check out Sazoacutenrsquos work via his website Sazonandthewhoopingcranescom or stop in at his studio ndash 114 North Austin Street Rockport TX Itrsquos a journey worth taking and you just may fi nd yourself fl oating away with the cranes

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