WEDNESDAYAPRIL 23, 2014

FREE

DELIVERED EVERY SATURDAY

A HEARST PUBLICATION ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

TO 4,000 HOMES

POPOVICH HONOREDSPURS LEADER NAMED NBA’S COACH OF THE YEAR, 6A

Zapata County Chamber ofCommerce will be hosting theBass Champs Fishing tourna-ment this weekend.

Organized by Bass Champs,the event will take place at Za-pata County public boat rampin Falcon Lake. The event isset to run Saturday from 7a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We encourage locals to par-ticipate and attend the eventas a spectator. It is very niceand it’s always good to have agood crowd at Falcon Lake,”said Paco Mendoza, ZapataCounty Chamber of Commerceexecutive director.

ZAPATA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Fishing to win

Anglers take a moment for the National Anthem in Zapata on Friday morning as they prepare to check in for thesecond day of the FLW-Stern Series Fishing Tournament at Falcon Lake in 2009.

File photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

Tourneyset for

SaturdayBy JUDITH RAYO

ZAPATA TIMES

See FISHING PAGE 6A

Two women arrested near Zapata inMay were sentenced Wednesday in fed-eral court in Laredo for their involve-ment in a conspiracy to distribute mari-juana on behalf of a drug trafficking or-ganization based in Rio Grande Cityand Roma.

San Juana Flores, 33, and VanessaBarrera, 26, were arrested May 21 andcharged with conspiracy and possessionwith intent to distribute 100 kilogramsof marijuana.

As part of their plea agreements,Flores will serve five years in prisonand Barrera will serve two years.

Barrera confessed to U.S. DistrictCourt Judge George P. Kazen before hersentencing that she wasn’t very in-volved in the operation, saying she didit mostly for the money.

Barrera was to be paid $1,500 to actas a “jumper,” responsible for deliver-ing the vehicle that was to be loadedwith pot, the criminal complaint states.

Flores allegedly took on more respon-sibilities.

On May 19, U.S. Border Patrol agentsnoticed four vehicles driving in tandemeast on Highway 16 from Zapata.

One vehicle was a gray GMC/Chevro-let pickup, the second was a gray jeepCherokee and a third was a silver Chev-rolet Malibu.

As agents drove up behind the rearvehicle, the Malibu, the jeep swerved offthe road and its occupants fled into thebrush.

The jeep was loaded with 109.89 kilo-grams of marijuana, the complaintstates.

Agents pulled over the Malibu andidentified the occupants as Flores andBarrera.

The two were detained and taken tothe Border Patrol Zapata station forprocessing.

In a short interview with Drug En-forcement Administration specialagents, Barrera initially began answer-ing questions and then asked to speakto a lawyer, the complaint states.

In an interview with Flores, she toldthem she was responsible for communi-cation between the load vehicle, thejeep and the scout vehicles, identifyinglaw enforcement threats and the vari-ous routes the drug trafficking organi-zation would use to deliver the marijua-na to Houston, according to the com-plaint.

Flores was to be paid $2,000 for herservices.

She also stated that she and Barrerawere hired by the same drug traffickingorganization and that this was the sec-ond time the two worked together on amarijuana run to Houston.

(Philip Balli may be reached at 728-2528 or pballi@lmtonline.com)

FEDERAL COURT

2 womensentencedon drugcharges

By PHILIP BALLITHE ZAPATA TIMES

As part of National PublicSafety TelecommunicationsWeek, the 911 Regional Ad-ministration for South Texas,which includes Zapata, re-cently held an appreciationevent to recognize the oper-ators who respond to emer-gency calls during times ofcrisis.

Horacio De Leon Jr., Cityof Laredo assistant city man-ager, said the event providedan opportunity to recognizethe work by the groups thatmake up the southern region.

“I’m going to quote the for-mer governor of California,Arnold Schwarzeneggerwhen he said, ‘The first dutyof government and its high-est obligation is public safe-ty.’

“He said it because if thereis no security there is noquality of life. We must rec-ognize the honest and ethicalwork done by first respon-ders.”

The South Texas region ismade up of 911 departments

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK

911 OPERATORS RECOGNIZED

Damaris R. Chapa, center, is joined by Mayor Raul Salinas and Webb County Sherrif’s Office Chief Federico Garzaas she is presented with the 2014 911 Telecommunicator of the Year award on Thursday morning during the 911Telecommunicators Appreciation Luncheon at the Embassy Suites.

Photo by Victor Strife | The Zapata Times

By MALENA CHARURTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See 911 PAGE 6A

WASHINGTON — Tens of thou-sands of immigrants who are inthe U.S. illegally but don’t have se-rious criminal records could beshielded from deportation under apolicy change being weighed bysenior American officials.

The change, if adopted follow-ing a review ordered by PresidentBarack Obama, could limit remov-als of people who have little or nocriminal record but have commit-ted repeat immigration violationssuch as re-entering the country il-

legally after having been deported,or failing to comply with a depor-tation order.

The possible move, confirmedby two people with knowledge ofthe review, would fall short of thesweeping changes sought by activ-ists. They want Obama to expanda two-year-old program thatgrants work permits to certainimmigrants brought here illegallyas children to include othergroups, such as the parents of anychildren born in the U.S.

John Sandweg, who until Feb-ruary served as acting director ofU.S. Immigration and Customs

Enforcement, said he had promot-ed the policy change for immi-grants without serious criminalrecords before his departure andsaid it was being weighed byHomeland Security Secretary JehJohnson. An immigration advo-cate who has discussed the reviewwith the administration also con-firmed the change was under con-sideration. The advocate spoke oncondition of anonymity becausethe proceedings are confidential.

“Any report of specific consider-ations at this time would be pre-mature,” Clark Stevens, a spokes-man for the Homeland Security

Department, said Monday. Stevenssaid Johnson “has undergone avery rigorous and inclusive pro-cess to best inform the review,” in-cluding seeking input from peoplewithin DHS as well as lawmakersof both parties and other stake-holders.

The approach outlined by Sand-weg and the immigration advocatewould change the existing prioritycategories that now include immi-grants who have re-entered thecountry after having been deport-ed previously, and those who arefugitives from immigration pro-ceedings. Such people would be

taken off the priority list.The remaining priority catego-

ries focus on recent border-cross-ers and immigrants who pose adanger to national security orpublic safety or who have beenconvicted of crimes. Some of thosecategories might also be refined orchanged, and others could be add-ed.

“The time had come to focusICE’s efforts exclusively on publicsafety and national security,”Sandweg said in explaining whyhe pushed for the change. He esti-

US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

Removal of illegal immigrants could be limited

See DEPORTATION PAGE 6A

Individuals who meet certain criteria could be safe from deportations under a possible policy changeBy ERICA WERNERASSOCIATED PRESS

PAGE 2A Zin brief WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014

Wednesday, April 23STAAR testing at Zapata County

ISD schools.Volunteer Services Council for

the Border Region Behavioral HealthCenter presents 22nd annual Adminis-trative Professional Day Luncheon andFashion Show. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Laredo Country Club. For tickets callLaura Kim at 794-3130.

Meeting of board of trustees forZapata County ISD. 6 p.m. ProfessionalDevelopment Center, 702 E. 17th Ave.

Thursday, April 24STAAR testing at Zapata County

ISD schools.Villa San Agustin de Laredo Ge-

nealogical Society meeting. 3 p.m. to 5p.m. St. John Newmann CatholicChurch. Guest speaker is Dr. GabrielaMendoza Garcia with “Jarabe Tapatio:Race and Nation in 20th Century Mexi-co and 21st Century United States” astopic. New members welcome. CallSanjuanita Martinez-Hunter at 722-3497.

IBC Keynote Speaker Series pre-sentation, “Mexico Under the ‘New’PRI: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,”by Dr. Denise Dresser, professor of po-litical science at Instituto TecnológicoAutónomo de México. 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m. TAMIU Student Center Ballroom,SC 203. Free and open to public.Translation services will be available.Contact 326-2820 or cswht@ta-miu.edu.

Friday, April 25Bass Champs Fishing Tourna-

ment. 8 a.m. Zapata County PublicBoat Ramp.

STAAR testing at Zapata CountyISD schools.

TAMIU Planetarium shows. “Se-crets of the Sun” 6 p.m. and “Destina-tion Saturn” 7 p.m. General admission$4 children and $5 adults. Premiumshows $1 more. Call 326-3663.

Saturday, April 26Bass Champs Fishing Tourna-

ment. 8 a.m. Zapata County PublicBoat Ramp.

Monday, April 28Zapata County Commissioners

Court meeting. 9 a.m. Zapata CountyCourthouse. Call Roxy Elizondo at 765-9920.

Saturday, May 3Villa San Agustin de Laredo Ge-

nealogical Society fundraiser. 8:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. Picnic tour to San Ygna-cio, Texas. New members welcome. CallSanjuanita Martinez-Hunter at 722-3497.

Viva Laredo Festival. LIFEGrounds. 11 a.m. trail ride registration,at La Sita Rose VIP Trailriders rest areaon Hwy 59. Ride out at noon, ends atLIFE Grounds. $20 per rider, with allproceeds benefiting local and area stu-dents’ scholarship fund. Free meal fortrail riders. Door prizes. Special prizeto best Mexican dressed trail ridingteam. Other activities include charrea-da; mutton bustin (ages 3 to 8, $20entry fee); tamales tasting cook-off;salsa cook-off; grito contest; Li’l MissViva Laredo contest (ages 10 and un-der); and dance music. Contact Rosyat 744-7505, Alicia at 286-5398, Lillyat 237-2208, or Letty at 763-1299.

Wednesday, May 7New parent orientation for those

interested in fostering. 6:30 p.m. to 8p.m. 102 E. Calton Road, Suite No. 4,in Laredo. English. Provides detailsabout the process of becoming a fosterparent. Contact Linda Mendiola at 791-4909 or linda.mendiola@lsss.org.

Monday, May 12Zapata County Commissioners

Court meeting. 9 a.m. Zapata CountyCourthouse. Call Roxy Elizondo at 765-9920.

Monday, May 26Zapata County Commissioners

Court meeting. 9 a.m. Zapata CountyCourthouse. Call Roxy Elizondo at 765-9920.

Sunday, June 8Mexico Lindo 2014. 3 p.m. Laredo

Little Theatre. Gabriela Mendoza-GarciaBallet Folklorico to perform folkloricdances of Mexico. Children and adultcompany members to perform fromstates of Nuevo Leon, Jalisco, Veracruzand Sinaloa. $10 admission adults and$5 children 12 and under. Tickets pur-chased at door or by calling 725-1832.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Wednesday, April23, the 113th day of 2014. Thereare 252 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On April 23, 1914, Chicago’sWrigley Field, then calledWeeghman Park, hosted itsfirst major league game as theChicago Federals defeated theKansas City Packers 9-1.

On this date:In 1014, the Battle of Clon-

tarf took place near Dublin asforces loyal to Brian Boru,High King of the Irish, defeat-ed an army led by the King ofLeinster with heavy losses onboth sides, including Brian,who was killed.

In 1616, English poet anddramatist William Shakes-peare, 52, died on what hasbeen traditionally regarded asthe anniversary of his birth in1564.

In 1789, President-electGeorge Washington and hiswife, Martha, moved into thefirst executive mansion, theFranklin House, in New York.

In 1910, former PresidentTheodore Roosevelt deliveredhis famous “Man in the Are-na” speech at the Sorbonne inParis.

In 1940, about 200 peopledied in the Rhythm NightClub Fire in Natchez, Miss.

In 1943, U.S. Navy Lt. (jg)John F. Kennedy assumedcommand of PT-109, a motortorpedo boat, in the SolomonIslands during World War II.(On Aug. 2, 1943, PT-109 wasrammed and sunk by a Japa-nese destroyer, killing twocrew members; Kennedy and10 others survived.)

In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan wassentenced to death for assassi-nating New York Sen. RobertF. Kennedy. (The sentence waslater reduced to life imprison-ment.)

In 1988, a federal ban onsmoking during domestic air-line flights of two hours orless went into effect.

In 1993, labor leader CesarChavez died in San Luis, Ariz.,at age 66.

In 2007, Boris Yeltsin, thefirst freely elected Russianpresident, died in Moscow atage 76.

Ten years ago: PresidentGeorge W. Bush eased Reagan-era sanctions against Libya inreturn for Moammar Gadha-fi’s giving up weapons of massdestruction.

Five years ago: PresidentBarack Obama met privatelywith leading executives ofcredit-card issuing companies;afterward, the president saidhe was determined to get acredit-card law passed thateliminated the tricky fineprint, sudden rate increasesand late fees.

One year ago: France le-galized same-sex marriage af-ter a wrenching national de-bate that exposed deep conser-vatism in the nation’sheartland and triggered hugedemonstrations.

Today’s Birthdays: ActorAlan Oppenheimer is 84. Ac-tor David Birney is 75. ActorLee Majors is 75. Hockey Hallof Famer Tony Esposito is 71.Irish nationalist BernadetteDevlin McAliskey is 67. Ac-tress Blair Brown is 66. Writ-er-director Paul Brickman is65. Actress Joyce DeWitt is 65.Actor James Russo is 61. Film-maker-author Michael Mooreis 60. Actress Judy Davis is 59.Actress Jan Hooks is 57. Ac-tress Valerie Bertinelli is 54.Actor Craig Sheffer is 54.

Thought for Today: “Curi-osity is insubordination in itspurest form.” — Vladimir Na-bokov, Russian-born author(1899-1977).

TODAY IN HISTORY

JINDO, South Korea — For a momentthere is silence in the tent where bodiesfrom the ferry disaster are brought for iden-tification. Then the anguished cries begin.

The families who line up here to view thedecomposing bodies have not known fornearly a week whether they should grieve ornot. Now that they know, they sound likethey’re being torn apart.

“How do I live without you? How will yourmother live without you?” a woman criedout Tuesday.

The confirmed death toll from the April 16disaster off South Korea’s southern coastreached 113 on Tuesday, officials said, andabout 190 people were still missing. Fourcrew members accused of abandoning theship and failing to protect the passengers

were arrested, three days after warrantswere issued for the captain and two othercrew.

The victims are overwhelmingly studentsof a single high school in Ansan, near Seoul.More than three-quarters of the 323 studentsare dead or missing, while nearly two-thirdsof the other 153 people on board the ferry Se-wol survived.

The number of corpses recovered has ris-en sharply since the weekend, when diversbattling currents and low visibility were fi-nally able to enter the submerged vessel.

Emergency task force spokesman Koh My-ung-seok said bodies have mostly been foundon the third and fourth floors of the ferry,where many passengers seemed to havegathered. Many students were housed in cab-ins on the fourth floor, near the stern of theship, Koh said.

AROUND THE WORLD

A weeping relative of a passenger aboard the sunken Sewol ferry prays as she awaits news on her missing loved one at aport in Jindo, South Korea, on Tuesday. As divers continue to search the interior of the sunken ferry, the number of con-firmed deaths has risen.

Photo by Ahn Young-joon | AP

SKorea ferry toll tops 100By GILLIAN WONG AND HYUNG-JIN KIM

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ukraine orders new‘anti-terror’ operationKIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s

acting president ordered securityforces to resume “anti-terror” op-erations in the country’s eastTuesday after the bodies of twopeople allegedly abducted by pro-Russia insurgents were foundand a military aircraft was re-ported to be hit by gunfire.

The twin developments —which came just hours after U.S.Vice President Joe Biden leftKiev, the Ukrainian capital —raised fears that last week’s in-ternational agreement on easingUkraine’s crisis was failing.

The agreement calls for allsides to refrain from violenceand for demonstrators to vacatepublic buildings. It does not spe-cifically prohibit security oper-ations, but Ukraine suspendedits so-called “anti-terrorist oper-ation” after the accord.

Pro-Russia insurgents whohave seized police stations andother public buildings in easternUkraine are defying the call to

vacate, saying they were not par-ty to the agreement by Ukraine,Russia, the United States and theEuropean Union.

In a statement, acting Presi-dent Oleksandr Turchynov saidthe two bodies found Tuesday inSlovyansk bore signs of torture.One of them was a member ofthe city council and a member ofTurchynov’s party, he said.

Terrorists “are beginning totorture and kill Ukrainian patri-ots. They are impudently reject-ing the calls of not only ourcountry but of all the world’s so-ciety when they demonstrativelymock the decisions taken in Ge-neva,” he said.

“These crimes are being donewith the full support and conniv-ance of Russia,” Turchynov add-ed.

46 criminals posing asvigilantes arrested

MORELIA, Mexico — Mexi-can authorities said Tuesdaythey have arrested 46 people whoworked for criminal gangs butposed as members of vigilante

“self-defense” groups.The vigilante movement

sprang up last year in the west-ern state of Michoacan to fightthe Knights Templar drug cartel.The heavily armed vigilanteswear white T-shirts with slogansdemanding freedom for theirhome towns, or the slogan “SelfDefense Group.”

The federal envoy to Michoa-can, Alfredo Castillo, said the ar-rested gang members were wear-ing similar, but fake, T-shirts.They were arrested Monday inthe town of Huetamo, near theneighboring state of Guerrero,after they opened fire on federalforces.

The suspects were found with23 guns, three grenades and agrenade launcher. Castillo didnot specify which gang the sus-pects belonged to, but there havebeen reports that drug gangsfrom Guerrero are seeking to ex-pand their territory in Michoa-can. Authorities arrested fiveother people last week who aresuspected of having passed them-selves off as vigilantes in anoth-er Michoacan town.

— Compiled from AP reports

Fire sends up plume ofsmoke near airport

PHOENIX — A fire at an oilrecycling business near Sky Har-bor International Airport criti-cally burned two men and sent atall plume of black smoke overcentral Phoenix on Tuesday.

Fire Department officials saidthe fire occurred as used auto-motive oil was being transferredfrom a rail tanker to a truck.

One of the men being treatedhad burns over 50 to 60 percentof his body, and the other hadburns on 15 percent, officialssaid.

About 20 fire engines and lad-der trucks were sent to the blaze.

Stowaway teen is restingat Honolulu hospital

HONOLULU — A teenagerwho stowed away in the wheelwell of an airplane for a five-hour flight from California toHawaii is resting at a Honolulu

hospital. Hawaii’s Department of Hu-

man Services said in a statementTuesday that child welfare ser-vices officials are continuing towork to ensure his safe returnhome.

The department didn’t indi-

cate when the 15-year-old wouldbe going back to California.

American Medical Responseair and ground ambulances flewhim from Maui to Oahu anddrove him to a Honolulu hospitalSunday evening.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Juan Cedeño, 32, of Miami, holds a handful of plastic fishing line he recovered inrocks along the beach, while volunteering to pick up trash on Earth Day, on Tues-day, in Miami Beach, Fla.

Photo by Lynne Sladky | AP

Publisher, William B. Green........................728-2501Account Executive, Dora Martinez ...... (956) 765-5113General Manager, Adriana Devally ...............728-2510Adv. Billing Inquiries ................................. 728-2531Circulation Director ................................. 728-2559MIS Director, Michael Castillo.................... 728-2505Managing Editor, Nick Georgiou ................. 728-2565Sports Editor, Zach Davis ..........................728-2578Spanish Editor, Melva Lavin-Castillo............ 728-2569

SUBSCRIPTIONS/DELIVERY(956) 728-2555

The Zapata Times is distributed on Saturdays to 4,000households in Zapata County. For subscribers of the LaredoMorning Times and for those who buy the Laredo MorningTimes at newsstands, the Zapata Times is inserted.

The Zapata Times is free.The Zapata Times is published by the Laredo Morning

Times, a division of The Hearst Corporation, P.O. Box 2129,Laredo, Texas 78044. Phone (956) 728-2500.

The Zapata office is at 1309 N. U.S. Hwy. 83 at 14th Ave-nue, Suite 2, Zapata, TX 78076. Call (956) 765-5113 or e-mailthezapatatimes.net

CONTACT US

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 Local THE ZAPATA TIMES 3A

Gloria Rodriguez has been involvedwith Relay for Life ever since she beatcolon cancer in 2004.

She started in Zapata then movedto Laredo, consequently, working withthe Webb County Relay for Life.

A decade later she still has a cleanbill of health and still is involved withRelay for Life.

“You never think you will be theone diagnosed with cancer. But I lostmy father to cancer recently,” shesaid.

“All my siblings’ but two had pol-yps that can turn into cancer.”

According to the Mayo Clinic web-site, colon cancer is a cancer of thelarge intestine and most cases beginas small, non-cancerous benignclumps of cells called adenomatouspolyps.

“You may have regular pap tests orbreast exams but there are otherparts that need to be looked at aswell,” Rodriguez said. “Also, peoplewill say that they have acid reflux andjust get some over-the-counter medi-

cine.“But in retrospect, maybe when I

was having these symptoms I couldhave been developing colon cancer.”

According to cancer.org, althoughyounger adults can develop colorectalcancer, chances increase markedly af-ter the age of 50. Also, most colorectalcancers happen in people with a fam-ily history of it, according to the web-site.

Rodriguez was 50 when she was di-agnosed with stage-three colon cancer.

Stage four is the last and worststage, so she was given an aggressivetreatment for it.

“What made me go was that I washaving unusual pain below my abdo-men and the doctor immediately sentme for a colonoscopy,” she said.

The Mayo Clinic suggests thatsince polyps can be small, producingfew, if any, symptoms, doctors conse-quently recommend regular screen-ing tests to help prevent colon cancerby identifying polyps before they be-come cancerous.

Rodriguez sights her faith in Godto be what mainly got her throughher battle with cancer.

“God will never give us more thanwhat we can handle,” she said. “I be-lieve that and that is how I handledmy cancer.”

She also cites her doctor as a largecontributing factor to her recoveryfrom colon cancer.

“My doctor was Dr. (Eduardo) Mi-randa,” she said. “He was a wonder-ful doctor and I recommend him toanybody. I still see him.”

Cancer survivor recalls journeyGloria Rodriguez credits faith, doctor in helping her during battle with cancer

By YASMIN SHARIFFTHE ZAPATA TIMES

RODRIGUEZ

The third annual Never BackDown Trailride and Hayride is sched-uled for May 3 to honor the memoryof Immigration and Customs Enforce-ment Special Agent Jaime Zapataand to raise scholarship funds.

It’s part of the Viva Laredo Festival2014 that will include a charreada,mutton busting, tamales tasting cook-off, salsa cook-off, grito contest andLi’l Miss Viva Laredo Contest forgirls 10 and under.

Organizer Rosy Gregory said theevent sends a positive message in ap-preciation to all those who serve thecountry and to honor Zapata’s mem-ory.

“It’s a positive message to honorJaime Zapata’s life, and a reminder toappreciate the officers who work andrisk their lives for our country,” Gre-

gory said.Zapata lost his life in an ambush

in Mexico on Feb. 15, 2011.Gregory said the funds raised from

the trail ride and rodeo will be used

to award scholarships to local highschool students.

“The scholarships will providesupport and education to those stu-dents who wish to become teachers,nurses or law officers,” she said.

The trail ride will begin at La SitaRose VIP Trailriders’ rest area onHighway 59 and end at the Laredo In-ternational Fair and Exhibition,where the rodeo will take place withfood, prizes and a live band.

“The trail ride and rodeo has beengrowing every year.

“The first year had about 225 rid-ers, and this year we expect manymore,” Gregory said.

Entry fee is $20 per rider.For more information contact Gre-

gory at 744-7505.(Contact Malena Charur at 728-

2583, or at mcharur@lmtonline.com.Translated by Mark Webber of theTimes staff.)

Trailride, hayride set for May 3Third annual event in memory of ICE Special Agent Jaime ZapataBy MALENA CHARUR

THE ZAPATA TIMES

ZAPATA

For the last 10 years,Laredo Community Col-lege said its South Cam-pus has worked to meetthe educational needs ofSouth Laredo and Zapataresidents, and now theLCC South family wouldlike to extend a little ofthat love to the communi-ty during its 10th Anni-versary Celebration onSaturday.

LCC’s Fort McIntoshand South campusesserve a three-county areacomposed of Webb, JimHogg and Zapata counties.

Saturday’s celebrationkicks off at 10 a.m. withan opening ceremony ledby Fred Solis, associatevice president for instruc-tion.

The event also will fea-ture an invocation by Sis-ter Rosemary Welsh andSister Maria Luisa Veraof Mercy Ministries, andthe performance of theNational Anthem by thenew Campus Orchestra

under the direction of mu-sic instructor AndrewUhe.

LCC President Juan L.Maldonado and LCCBoard of Trustees Presi-dent Cynthia Mares willshare some words of re-flection with guests at-tending the formal cere-mony. U.S. CongressmanHenry Cuellar, an alum-nus of LCC, will be thekeynote speaker.

At the end of the cere-mony, LCC staff and stu-dents will officially unveila Palomino statue donat-ed by longtime LCC sup-porters Steve and LindaLaMantia.

The festivities do notstop there, however. Afterthe ceremony, students,families and the publicare invited to share in anafternoon of fun, food andgames.

For more informationabout the LCC South 10thanniversary ceremonyand celebration, contactthe LCC South Dean’s Of-fice at 956-794-4002.

A view of LCC South shows children and parents flying kites dur-ing the LCC South Kite Flying Fest held Thursday. A 10th anni-versary celebration of the South campus is set for Saturday.

Photo by Danny Zaragoza | The Zapata Times

Turning 10LCC invites community to celebration

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

PAGE 4A Zopinion WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SEND YOUR SIGNED LETTER TO EDITORIAL@LMTONLINE.COM

Fifteen months ago, Car-dinal Jorge Mario Bergo-glio had chosen his roomin a home for elderly Ar-gentine priests. Like otherRoman Catholic bishopswho turn 75, he had sub-mitted his retirement let-ter to the Vatican. Thenanother abdication upend-ed his plans: Benedict XVI,his stamina fading, wasthe first pope in 598 yearsto leave by resignation, notdeath. On March 13, 2013,Bergoglio’s peers electedhim pope on their fifth bal-lot.

He took the papal nameFrancis to evoke Francisof Assisi, a 13th-centurysaint whose time with Ro-man beggars at St. Peter’sBasilica had converted thesilk merchant’s son to alife of poverty. The newpope, an accountant’s son,opened with a subdued,servile request to thethrong in St. Peter’sSquare, and to the world’s1.2 billion Catholics: “Be-fore the bishop blesses hispeople, I ask you to pray tothe Lord that he will blessme.”

The world noted his hu-mility, that rarest of leader-ship traits. In the succeed-ing year, his warmth, in-formality and spokentolerance have made him aliving oxymoron: a reli-gious celebrity, even tomany nonbelievers andother non-Catholics. As ofhis second Easter as pope,Francis has achieved abreakthrough that each ofus can evaluate but noneof us can deny: Some ofthose who have dislikedthe Roman CatholicChurch now find them-selves liking this first manfrom the Americas to leadit.

The sheer global heft ofhis church — if it were anation, only China and In-dia would be more pop-ulous — makes it, and itsleaders, objects of spiritualbut also secular inquiry:In the United States andmany other lands, Catho-lics and their institutionsare the biggest private pro-viders of education, healthcare and charity. What’smore, if only for lack ofcompetition, a pope is theclosest thing Earth has toa globally recognized voiceon social issues — a head-turning distinction guar-anteed to make his officialpronouncements tumultu-ously controversial. Fran-cis has the power to pro-voke planetary conversa-tion, as with his oft-quotedstatement last summerthat “... if a homosexualperson is of good will andis in search of God, I amno one to judge.”

More than his immedi-ate predecessors, Francishas used that limelight tolobby for service to themillions of impoverishedpeople marginalized fromthriving economies. Theformer cardinal who rou-tinely trod miserable anddangerous alleys of Bue-nos Aires, communingwith the least of his flock,today demands more thangenerous donations andnoble sentiments. Hewants gritty, hands-on ac-tion. Whether you’re of theCatholic or any other per-suasion, or of none at all,Pope Francis hopes tochange how you spendyour weekends. “I prefer aChurch which is bruised,hurting and dirty becauseit has been out on thestreets,” he wrote in a No-vember mission statement,“rather than a Churchwhich is unhealthy frombeing confined and fromclinging to its own securi-ty.”

The companion to thisemphasis on helping thepoor is his evidently heart-felt outreach to those hurtor angered by agents of hischurch. He has apologizedand welcomed those es-tranged from Catholicismwithout changing churchpolicies that critics con-demn as rigid and restric-tive. His compromise, es-sentially, is to stick tochurch teachings on con-troversial issues but tostress, by word and deed,Gospel messages of kind-ness and compassion. Ear-lier this month, the para-dox showed vividly:

Francis made headlineswith unscripted and une-quivocal words, taking per-sonal responsibility andasking forgiveness for the“evil” committed by clericswho molested children. Heacknowledged the “person-al, moral damage carriedout by men of the church”and pledged stronger (ifunspecified) punishments.

Two days later, he usedequally unequivocal wordsto reaffirm that he is notrewriting Catholic doc-trine: “It is horrific even tothink that there are chil-dren, victims of abortion,who will never see thelight of day.” And while hislove for gays as children ofGod is a recurring theme,so is inflexibility on same-sex marriage (“anthropo-logical regression”).

These complexities —the welcoming pastor, therigorous shepherd — stillare settling in ways thatliberal and conservativeCatholics struggle to parse;it can be tricky to squareFrancis’ humane sensitivi-ties with his enduring im-peratives. In naming himits Person of the Year,Time magazine synthe-sized the conundrums in apassage worth airing atlength:

The papacy is myste-rious and magical: It turnsa septuagenarian into asuperstar while revealingalmost nothing about theman himself. And it raiseshopes in every corner ofthe world — hopes thatcan never be fulfilled, forthey are irreconcilable.The elderly traditionalistwho pines for the old LatinMass and the devoutyoung woman who wishesshe could be a priest bothhave hopes. The ambitiousmonsignor in the VaticanCuria and the evangelizingdeacon in a remote Filipi-no village both have hopes.No pope can make themall happy at once.

This pope signals no in-tent to aggravate, or to ap-pease. Francis, after all,says he joined the Jesuits— aka “God’s Marines” —because that order was on“the front lines of theChurch, grounded in obe-dience and discipline.” Ifyou follow not only newscoverage of him but alsohis words, you sense aman aware that while heis pope, he is but the 266thpope — the fleeting guardi-an, we’ve written, of multi-millennial values in a cul-ture prone to preach thatwhat’s new is thereforegood.

Pope Francis relentless-ly prods all of us to thinkbeyond our privilegedFirst World concerns. Onthis feast of Christendom,it will be an Easter sur-prise if he doesn’t remindus anew of our obligationto our fellow humans whosuffer in Third World pov-erty. Whether each of uschecks the box for Catho-lic, for another faith or fornone, Francis appeals toour better angels. And hedoes so in ways that manypeople find, well, appeal-ing.

EDITORIAL

Pope Francisis winning

hearts, mindsCHICAGO TRIBUNE

OTHER VIEWS

The Zapata Times doesnot publish anonymousletters.

To be published, lettersmust include the writer’sfirst and last names aswell as a phone numberto verify identity. The

phone number IS NOTpublished; it is used sole-ly to verify identity andto clarify content, if nec-essary. Identity of the let-ter writer must be veri-fied before publication.

We want to assure our

readers that a letter iswritten by the person whosigns the letter. The Zapa-ta Times does not allowthe use of pseudonyms.

Letters are edited forstyle, grammar, lengthand civility. No name-call-

ing or gratuitous abuse isallowed.

Via e-mail, send lettersto editorial@lmton-line.com or mail them toLetters to the Editor, 111Esperanza Drive, Laredo,TX 78041.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY

DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

AUSTIN — Take onelongtime governor/potentialpresidential candidate. Addequal quantities, to taste, ofwords including grand juryand special prosecutor andbribery and official oppres-sion and abuse of official ca-pacity.

Stir until newsworthy.What you have is a recipefor high-stakes speculation.

And, thanks to a TravisCounty grand jury impa-neled last week, we’re aboutto find out if we also have arecipe for criminal chargesagainst Gov. Rick Perry.

At the heart of it all is aJune 2013 Perry promise,one he made good on, to ve-to state funding for the Pub-lic Integrity Unit of the Tra-vis County district attor-ney’s office if local DARosemary Lehmberg didnot resign in the wake ofher April DWI guilty plea.

She didn’t quit and Perrydid veto, marking the start-ing point for the currentcriminal investigation ofour governor.

At issue is whether thelegal use of a gubernatorialveto becomes a crime if agovernor announces in ad-vance an intent to use it if acertain thing (Lehmberg’sresignation in this case)doesn’t happen. Isn’t a gov-ernor supposed to use theveto as a way to threatenfolks, including other elect-ed officials, into doing some-thing? Don’t governors dothat all the time with legis-lators?

So how does using a legalveto become a crime? Asthey say in rural Texas, wemay be fixing to find out.

”The veto was made inaccordance with the vetopower afforded to every gov-

ernor under the Texas Con-stitution,” Perry spokeswo-man Lucy Nashed said lastweek. ”As we have from thebeginning, we remain readyand willing to assist withthis inquiry.”

The beginning was inJune 2013 when Texans forPublic Justice, which does agood job of tracking moneyand corporate influence inTexas politics, filed a crimi-nal complaint alleging badstuff, seriously bad stuffabout the governor. Statelaw, director Craig McDo-nald says, bars public offi-cials from using official ac-tions to coerce other publicofficials into doing some-thing.

You and I know that thiskind of thing goes on all thetime, including when a gov-ernor privately threatens aveto in order to coerce law-makers to vote a certainway.

In the complaint, McDo-nald told local prosecutors(including Lehmberg, whoproperly had it farmed outto a special prosecutor) thathe had “good reason to be-lieve ... that (Perry) commit-ted one or more offenses ...against the peace and digni-ty of the state.”

Though it might seemotherwise, it’s been sometime since we’ve had an in-dicted Texas governor. InJuly 1917, Gov. James E.“Pa” Ferguson was indictedin Travis County on chargesof misapplication of publicfunds, embezzlement and di-verting a special fund. Allwere related to what theTexas State Historical Asso-ciation’s Handbook of Texascalls “a serious quarrel withthe University of Texas.”Sound familiar? Impeach-ment proceedings based onthose charges led to convic-tion in the Texas Senate,though Ferguson resigned aday prior to the announce-ment of the decision.

I asked McDonald to ex-

plain how it’s possible thatthe legal use of a veto couldbe a criminal offense. Hewalked me through the fourlaws cited in his complaint(which does not limit whatlaws the grand jury canlook at).

We started with the lawconcerning “coercion of apublic servant,” the sectionof which says somebodybreaks that law if “bymeans of coercion he ... in-fluences or attempts to in-fluence a public servant in aspecific exercise of his offi-cial power or a specific per-formance of his official du-ty.”

McDonald’s take: Perryused the veto threat to at-tempt to influence publicservant Lehmberg to quit,which could be construed asa “specific exercise of (her)official power.” This one’s amisdemeanor but becomes afelony if the “coercion is athreat to commit a felony.”

Next is the state lawfrowning on “abuse of offi-cial capacity,” the portion ofwhich says ”a public ser-vant commits an offense if,with intent to obtain a bene-fit or with intent to harm ordefraud another, he inten-tionally or knowingly (1) vi-olates a law relating to thepublic servant’s office oremployment, or (2) misusesgovernmental property, ser-vices, personnel, or any oth-er thing of value belongingto the government that hascome into the public ser-vant’s custody or possessionby virtue of the public ser-vant’s office or employ-ment.”

McDonald’s take: Publicservant Perry misused hisoffice to obtain a benefit bytrying to induce Lehmbergto quit. This one can be a fe-lony or a misdemeanor, de-pending on “the value of theuse of the thing misused.”

The Public Integrity Unitlong has been targeted bythe Texas GOP. Though not

in its current platform OK’din 2012, the previous oneurged lawmakers “to securethe impartiality and probityof the Travis County PublicIntegrity Unit, by transfer-ring its powers and fundingto an impartial statewideelected judicial entity.”

The next law McDonaldaccuses Perry of violatingdeals with the onerous-sounding “official oppres-sion.” The potentially rele-vant section of this one says“a public servant acting un-der color of his office or em-ployment commits an of-fense if he ... intentionallydenies or impedes anotherin the exercise or enjoymentof any right, privilege, pow-er or immunity, knowinghis conduct is unlawful.”

McDonald’s take: Thisone is related to and kind of“piling on” the previoustwo, having to do with Per-ry illegally using his guber-natorial powers to try toforce from office somebodyhe has no authority to forcefrom office. This one’s amisdemeanor.

The next and final lawraised by McDonald is thefelony of “bribery.” The lawsays “a person commits anoffense if he intentionally orknowingly offers, confers, oragrees to confer on another,or solicits, accepts, oragrees to accept from anoth-er ... any benefit as consid-eration for the recipient’sdecision, opinion, recom-mendation, vote, or otherexercise of discretion as apublic servant, party offi-cial, or voter.”

McDonald’s take on thisone is a bit tricky, but I canget from here to there. Per-ry, he says, used state mon-ey (or the withholding ofsame) to try to bribe Lehm-berg into a decision to re-sign.

Ken Herman is a column-ist for the Austin American-Statesman. E-mail: kher-man(at)statesman.com.

COLUMN

When a veto becomes a crime

“KEN HERMAN

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 State THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

DALLAS — The fertiliz-er plant explosion thatkilled 15 people last yearin a tiny Texas town couldhave been prevented, evenif it’s still not clear whatstarted an initial fire thattriggered the blast, federalofficials said Tuesday.

The U.S. Chemical Safe-ty Board announced itsfindings after a year of in-vestigating the blast inWest, Texas, that also in-jured 200 and decimatedparts of the town.

The safety board saidthe owners of West Fertil-izer Co. failed to safelystore hazardous chemicalsor prepare for a potentialdisaster. The board alsosaid several levels of feder-al, state and local govern-ment missed opportuni-ties to prevent the tragedy.

“It should never haveoccurred,” said RafaelMoure-Eraso, the chair-man of the safety board,which does not have anyregulatory authority.

Despite investigationsthat have yielded informa-tion about safety deficien-cies at the plant and vol-untary safety steps takenby the nation’s fertilizerindustry, not a single stateor federal law requiringchange has been passedsince April 17, 2013.

As many as 34 tons ofammonium nitrate deto-nated inside West Fertiliz-er Co. It’s a chemical com-monly used in fertilizerand as an industrial explo-sive, but it is dangerousunder certain conditionsor in the wrong hands.

The plant in West had40 to 60 tons of ammoniumnitrate stored in woodencontainers inside a wood-en building with no sprin-kler system, investigatorssaid Tuesday. There wasmore ammonium nitratein a rail car outside thebuilding.

A separate, ongoing in-vestigation by federal andstate officials has nar-rowed the possible causesof the fire to three things:a golf cart battery, an elec-trical system or a crimi-nal act. No one has beencharged in connectionwith the blast.

Daniel Horowitz, thechemical safety board’smanaging director, toldThe Associated Press onMonday that even if somequestions remain unan-swered, “we know morethan enough to keep thisfrom happening again.”

Moure-Eraso said feder-al, state and local agenciescould all do more. He saidhe believes the U.S. Envi-ronmental ProtectionAgency has enough au-thority already to requirecompanies to follow strict-er safety guidelines.

In Texas, companiescan still store hazardouschemicals in flammablewooden containers inbuildings without sprin-klers, and volunteer fire-fighters like the dozenwho rushed into the Westplant still aren’t requiredto train how to fight suchfires.

Moure-Eraso suggestedthat Texas could pass a

state fire code or changestate law to allow smallcounties to enact theirown, and said officials inMcLennan County, whereWest is located, could havedone more to prepare anemergency response planfor the plant.

But he laid the ultimateresponsibility for prevent-ing the disaster on WestFertilizer Co.

“What the regulators dois basically monitor whatis happening, but the pri-mary responsibility has tobe for whoever is puttingthis chemical in com-merce,” Moure-Eraso said.“The regulators them-selves are not the onesthat caused this thing.”

A spokesman for theowners of the plant didnot immediately respondto a message. The plant’sowners have denied the al-legations of dozens of resi-dents and companies su-ing them in civil court,saying the plant was negli-gent in how it handledand stored ammonium ni-trate.

The safety board willhold a meeting Tuesdaynight in West to discussits findings and recom-mendations with residentsand town officials.

Findings on West blastFederal officials: Fertilizer plant explosion could

have been prevented; new laws, oversight neededBy NOMAAN MERCHANT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The aftermath of an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West is shown,on Thursday, April 18, 2013.

File photo by Tony Gutierrez | AP

6A THE ZAPATA TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014

mated that some 20,000 de-ported immigrants fell intothe categories in questionlast year.

The potential changescome as Johnson proceedswith a review ordered byObama on how to make de-portation policy more hu-mane. With comprehensiveimmigration legislationstalled in the Republican-ledHouse after passing the Sen-ate last year, Obama hascome under intense elec-tion-year pressure to stemdeportations, which haveneared 2 million on hiswatch, and allow more ofthe 11.5 million immigrantsliving in the country illegal-ly to stay.

Many activists wantsweeping action by Obamato give legal certainty andwork permits to millionsmore immigrants, like hedid for those who arrived il-legally as children and at-tended school or served inthe military.

It’s not clear whether the

administration ultimatelywill take such steps. Obamahas said repeatedly his op-tions are limited without ac-tion by Congress.

“The only way to truly fixit is through congressionalaction. We have alreadytried to take as many ad-ministrative steps as wecould,” Obama said lastweek at a news conference.“We’re going to review itone more time to see ifthere’s more that we cando.”

For now, administration

officials appear focused onmore limited, near-termsteps that could still make adifference for the immi-grant population, accordingto lawmakers and activistswho’ve met with adminis-tration officials.

Adjusting the depart-ment’s priorities for depor-tation is one such approach.Depending on how it’s done,it could have a significantimpact by providing newguidance to ICE agents onthe front lines. Activistswant more wholesale chang-

es; some say ICE agentsdon’t always follow the pri-orities set by the adminis-tration.

At the same time, Obamawould likely face wrathfrom the Republican Partyfor taking even the smalleststeps toward providing re-lief to people in this countryillegally. Republicans al-ready accuse Obama’s ad-ministration of subvertingthe law through previousmoves to give “prosecutorialdiscretion” to immigrationagents.

DEPORTATION Continued from Page 1A

The change could limit removals of peoplewho have little or no criminal record but havecommitted repeat immigration violations suchas re-entering the country illegally afterhaving been deported, or failing to complywith a deportation order.

Contestants should register inteams with no more than two an-glers, must have a valid fishing li-cense, be 18 years of age and not beconsidered a professional angler.

Registration will be held the eve-ning prior to the event from 6 p.m.to 8 p.m. or onsite registration be-ginning at 5 a.m.

Cash prizes will be awarded andfirst place will win a Ford-150.

Winners will be selected by thehighest weight combination of threefish.

On Feb. 15, 170 teams participatedin the event with a total of 175 fishcaught.

For information on the event orregistration information, visit bass-champs.com.

According to the Texas Parks andWildlife Department, the anglingopportunities for Largemouth Bassand Catfish are excellent anglingopportunities, for Crappie and

White Bass are poor. “Largemouth bass anglers are

more successful during the spring,fall and winter months,” the depart-ment’s website states. “Popularbaits include spinner baits, crankbaits and Texas and Carolina riggedworms. These are used aroundflooded brush points, and offshorestructure which includes humps,rock piles, inundated buildings androad beds.

“Summer fishing at Falcon canbe tough, partially because of theSouth Texas heat. The same luresalong with top-water and buzz baits(fished early and late) are success-ful. Catfish can be caught almostany time during the year. Stinkbaits or natural baits such as shad,shrimp or sunfish are effective forcatching catfish throughout thelake.”

(Judith Rayo may be reached at728-2567 or jrayo@mtonline.com)

FISHING Continued from Page 1A

in Webb, Jim Hogg, Zapataand Starr counties as well asthe cities of Hebbronville, RioGrande City, Roma and Lare-do, the latter of which admin-isters the region.

Twelve people fromthroughout the region werenominated to receive the 911Telecommunicator Award2014 for outstanding perform-ance in handling emergencycalls.

Damaris Chapa, who worksin the Webb County Sheriff ’sOffice, was chosen to receivethe award.

“I did not expect it. It’s justpart of my obligation and du-ty. The safety of people is firstand foremost, and my duty isto help them,” Chapa said.

Chapa recalled receiving acall from a home where a dis-traught mother said her 2-

month-old son was drowning.She said she was able to pro-vide information that helpedthe woman keep her childalive until an ambulance ar-rived.

Special recognition wasawarded to a group of fourdispatchers who assisted 22people, including two chil-dren, held against their willin an operation that lastedabout six hours.

The four were Joann Rodrí-guez, Eduardo Herrera, LuisRamírez and Francisco More-no.

In addition, one specialaward, that of 911 Heroine ofthe Day, was given to 9-year-old Delecia Mueller, fourthgrader at Oilton ElementarySchool.

Mueller called 911 whenher father suffered a stroke.

“I called because my dadwas having a stroke. I toldhim, ‘Don’t go to sleep,’” shesaid.

Mueller, who was accompa-nied by her parents andbrother at the ceremony, saidshe was pleased by the recog-nition.

Consuelo “Connie” Chavar-ria, 911 program specialist,said the event was importantbecause not only does thestaff respond to emergencycalls but also work at educat-ing the public and managingthe system’s database.

“It’s about everybody work-ing together when a crisishits,” she said.

(Contact Malena Charur at728-2583 or at mcha-rur@lmtonline.com. Translat-ed by Mark Webber of theTimes staff.)

911 Continued from Page 1A

OSO, Wash. — Swooping overa terrain of great sadness anddeath, President Barack Obamatook an aerial tour Tuesday ofthe place where more than threedozen people perished in a mud-slide last month, then mournedprivately with those who lostloved ones in the destruction.

Evidence of the mudslide’spower was everywhere: treesripped from the ground, a high-way paved with mud and debris,a river’s course altered. And inthe midst of the awful tableau, anAmerican flag flying at half-staff.

Even as the president flewoverhead, the search for bodiescontinued below. Two people arestill listed as missing.

Back on the ground, the presi-dent gathered at a communitychapel in the small town of Oso,about an hour northeast of Seat-tle, with families of the victims.The March 22 mudslide killed atleast 41 people and buried dozensof homes.

Obama was meeting separatelywith emergency responders andplanned a public appearance atthe local firehouse to talk aboutwhat he had witnessed and expe-rienced on a clear, sunny after-noon. On his drive to the fire-

house, a sign outside one busi-ness read “Oso strong.”

Brande Taylor, whose boy-friend volunteered to work on themudslide debris field, was appre-ciative that the president madethe effort to visit this rural out-post.

“It is a small community. It’slittle. It’s not huge on the map.

But there’s still people here whoneed help, that need the support,”said Taylor, who stood near thefirehouse. “And they need toknow the president is here tosupport and to help them rebuildtheir lives.”

Kellie Perkins, who lives inOso, said Obama’s visit wouldhelp families who have lost so

much begin to heal.“They don’t now have houses

any more, they don’t have any-thing they own, their friends orrelatives are dead,” she said. “Ithink they need this.”

At the request of WashingtonGov. Jay Inslee, Obama earlierthis month declared that a majordisaster had occurred in the

state, making it and affected resi-dents eligible for various formsof financial aid, including helpcovering the costs of temporaryhousing, home repairs and theloss of uninsured property. TheHomeland Security Department,the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency and the ArmyCorps of Engineers also are help-ing.

The president repeatedly hasstepped into the role of nationalconsoler in times of mourning.Just two weeks ago, he met withfamilies and comrades of thosekilled in a shooting rampage atFort Hood in Texas. Three sol-diers died and 16 others werewounded in the rampage by an-other soldier, who killed himself.

Obama also has mourned withthe grieving after carnage inTucson, Ariz., Aurora, Colo.,Newtown, Conn., Boston, theWashington Navy Yard — andonce before at Fort Hood.

Tuesday’s stop in Washingtoncame as Obama headed for To-kyo, the first stop on a four-coun-try visit to the Asia-Pacific re-gion. The president is scheduledto spend the rest of this week andpart of next week conferring withthe leaders of Japan, South Ko-rea, Malaysia and the Philip-pines.

Obama views Washington mudslide sceneBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brande Taylor, left, and her partner Matt Ingison wave flags and take photos as President Barack Obama’s motorcade drivespast Tuesday, in Oso, Wash. Obama was visiting the area to survey damage from a recent mudslide.

Photo by Elaine Thompson |AP

ZAPATA04/25— Torneo de

Campeonato de Pesca deLubina, inicia a las 8 a.m. yconcluirá el sábado a las 5p.m., en el Public BoatRamp del Condado de Zapa-ta.

LAREDO04/23— Chamber Sin-

gers de TAMIU se presenta-rán a las 7:30 p.m. en el Sa-lón de Recitales del Centerfor the Fine and PerformingArts. Evento gratuito.

04/24— Denise Dresser,profesora de ciencia políticaen el ITAM en la Ciudad deMéxico, disertará el tema“México bajo el ‘nuevo’ PRI:Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo”,a las 7 p.m. en el aula 203del Student Center Ballroomde TAMIU. Evento gratuito.

04/24— La recepcióndel Student Senior Show serealizará en la Galería delCenter for the Fine and Per-forming de TAMIU, de 6 p.m.a 7:30 p.m. Evento gratuito.

04/24— Osvaldo IbarraJr. estará en concierto den-tro del Salón de Recitalesdel Center for the Fine andPerforming a las 7:30 p.m.Evento gratuito.

04/25— La organizaciónStrength Within Me estaráasesorando a las personascon discapacidades físicasentre 14 y 35, de 2 p.m. a 4p.m. en Ruthe B. Cowl Reha-bilitation, ubicado en 1220de avenida Malinche.

04/25— Planetario La-mar Bruni Vergara de TAMIUpresenta: “Secrets of theSun” a las 6 p.m.; y “Desti-nation Saturn” a las 7 p.m.Costo: 4 dólares, niños; y 5dólares, adultos.

04/25— Se presentaráel Concierto de Primaveradel Ballet Folklórico en elteatro del Center for the Fi-ne and Performing Arts a las7 p.m. Evento gratuito.

04/25— Gilberto Sotopresentará un Concierto In-ternacional de Guitarra en elSalón de Recitales del Cen-ter for the Fine and Perfor-ming Arts, a las 7:30 p.m.Evento gratuito.

04/26— Se realizaráuna recaudación de medica-mentos recetados para evitarlas adicciones a los mismosde 10 a.m. a 2 p.m. en elEdificio Administrativo delDepartamento de Bomberosde Laredo, ubicado en 616de Del Mar Blvd. y en M.S.Ryan Elementary School, en2401 de Clark Blvd.

04/26— Concierto delBallet Folclórico Primavera2014 a las 7 p.m. en el Tea-tro del Center for the Fineand Performing Arts de TA-MIU. Evento gratuito.

NUEVO LAREDO, MX04/23— Día del Libro

con Homenaje a OctavioPaz. “Reinventando a OctavioPaz” en Paralibros de PaseoReforma, de 5 p.m. a 6:30p.m. Entrada libre.

04/23— Cine Club pre-senta “Dorothy” a las 6 p.m.en el Auditorio de EstaciónPalabra. Entrada libre.

04/24— Grupo de tea-tro Primer Sol presentará laobra teatral “La Madre Paso-ta” de Dario Fo, en el teatroLucio Blanco, a las 7 p.m.Entrada libre.

04/24— Conmemora-ción del centenario del in-cendio de la ciudad, a las 7p.m. en el Centro Cívico.Plática a cargo de José Ma-ría Zertuche. Entrada libre.

04/25— Inauguraciónde la exposición de escultu-ras y pintura “Experimenta-ciones de Gloria Becerra”, alas 6 p.m. en Estación Pala-bra. Entrada libre.

04/26— Estación Pala-bra invita a “Bazar de Arte”a las 12 p.m.; Festival delDía del Niño” a las 2 p.m.;“Homenaje a William Sha-kespeare”, a las 3 p.m. Todoslos eventos tienen entradagratuita.

Agendaen Breve

LAREDO — Autoridades estata-les han identificado a las dos per-sonas que fallecieran después deuna volcadura cerca del Punto deRevisión de la Patrulla Fronterizade EU sobre la Interestatal 35, elDomingo de Pascua.

Las personas fueron identifica-das como Raúl Torres Gloria y Pe-tra Torres, dio a conocer la OficialMaría Madrigal, vocera para elDepartamento de Seguridad Públi-ca de Texas. Torres Gloria era elvocalista principal del grupo me-xicano Vagón Chicano. El sitio deinternet del grupo y su página enFacebook confirmaron su muerte.

Un camión de la empresa LosGarcía se volcó alrededor de las7:40 a.m. del domingo en la milla29 de la I-35. Oficiales del DPS con-tabilizaron un conductor y 33 pa-sajeros. Treinta y un pasajerosfueron trasladados al Laredo Me-

dical Center y a Doctors Hospital,en tanto que otros fueron trans-portados vía aérea a San Antonio,dijo Madrigal.

Oficiales están tratando de de-terminar la causa de la volcadura.Ellos se encuentran inspeccionan-do el autobús para determinar si

algo estaba mal antes de que ocu-rriera el percance, dijo Madrigal.

No se pudo confirmar si las víc-timas son familiares. No hubo in-formación disponible acerca dePetra Torres al cierre de esta edi-ción.

Mientras continúa la investiga-ción, varios aficionados de la mú-sica comentaron en la página deFacebook de Vagón Chicano, la-mentando la pérdida de TorresGarcía.

“Él era una persona con granoptimismo y un hombre de fami-lia”, dijo Guadalupe Reyes, voceropara Vagón Chicano. “Había escri-to en los medios sociales que iríaa recoger a sus hijos a la escuela.Amaba estar con sus hijos”.

Torres Gloria, de San Luis Poto-sí, México, creció en una familiaque apreciaba la música. De algu-na forma, él sabía la importanciaque tenían los seguidores. TorresGloria siempre tuvo tiempo paratomarse una fotografía con sus se-

guidores y para firmar autógra-fos, dijo Reyes.

“Él era una persona con grancarisma. Era fiel con sus seguido-res”, agregó. Además de la músi-ca, a Torres Gloria le gustaba ju-gar softból, fútbol soccer y volibólcon sus hermanos.

Vagón Chicano recientementehabía realizado una gira por Caro-lina del Norte y Georgia abriendolos conciertos al grupo Los Tigresdel Norte. En México, la agrupa-ción tuvo sus últimas presentacio-nes en Guanajuato y Puebla.

Reyes dijo que Torres Gloriahabía tomado el autobús para visi-tar a sus familiar en Katy, cercade Houston. Su esposa se encon-traba allá, esperándolo.

“Recuérdenlo como la gran per-sona que era. Su música vive parasiempre”, dijo Reyes, entre lágri-mas.

(Localice a César G. Rodriguezen el (956) 728-2568 o en ce-sar@lmtonline.com)

UNA VÍCTIMA ERA VOCALISTA DE GRUPO ‘VAGÓN CHICANO’

Mueren dos en volcaduraPOR CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

RAÚL TORRES GLORIA

Zfrontera PÁGINA 7AMIÉRCOLES 23 DE ABRIL DE 2014

Dos hermanos quienes fueran arres-tados la semana pasada por cargos denarcotráfico fallecieron después de unatrifulca adentro de la prisión de NuevoLaredo, México, anuncia-ron autoridades de Ta-maulipas el viernes.

La Secretaría de Segu-ridad Pública y la Oficinadel Procurador Generalde Tamaulipas confirma-ron que ocurrió una riñaa las 7:50 p.m. del juevesdentro del Centro de Eje-cución de Sanciones oCEDES.

Autoridades estatalesidentificaron a los her-manos como Oscar Gar-cía Dueñas, de 29 años deedad, y Rogelio GarcíaDueñas, de 21, ambos deReynosa. Oficiales de Ta-maulipas se encuentran investigando elincidente. Autoridades reportaron quelos hermanos habían sido arrestados elmiércoles 16 de abril por cargos de nar-cotráfico.

Ernesto Alonso García, de 30 años deedad, y Valentín Morales Soto, de 24,han sido identificados como los sospe-chosos. García y Morales Soto sostuvie-ron que los hermanos García Dueñasdeseaban pelear desde que llegaron alCEDES, indican los reportes.

Durante las primeras horas del 16 deabril, oficiales de la policía estatal acre-ditable en un patrullaje de rutina, nota-ron una camioneta pick up Toyota, co-lor gris, cerca del crucero de avenidaReforma y Bulevar Pedro Pérez Ibarra,por el hotel Cesar Palace.

La Toyota aceleró pero oficiales lo-graron alcanzarla poco después, deacuerdo a reportes. Una inspección delvehículo les llevó a encontrar un ladri-llo de marihuana con cinta. Autorida-des identificaron a los ocupantes comoOscar García Dueñas y Rogelio GarcíaDueñas.

(Localice a César G. Rodriguez en el(956) 728-2568 o en cesar@lmtonline.com)

NUEVO LAREDO, MX

Abaten ahermanosdentro de

cárcelPOR CÉSAR G. RODRÍGUEZ

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

OSCAR GARCÍA

ROGELIO GARCÍA

Duros comienzos en lafarándula vive Pedro In-fante y acepta una pro-puesta de trabajo que lohace pisar suelo tamauli-peco. Va de Sur a Norte,recorriéndolo completo.La suerte empieza a son-reírle entonces y vientospropicios van sucedién-dose.

Cobra 20 pesos diarios.Iban a cubrirle asimismolos gastos de comida yhospedaje. Pedro Infante

marcha a Tampico y ofre-ce “actuaciones por unmes”, informa MarianoSánchez Ayala. Las sedesde sus conciertos –amplíaJesús Gabriel González—resultan insuficientes,“quedando gente en la ca-lle sin poder entrar”.

Requerido por empre-sarios del propio ramo, elmazatleco se interna enTamaulipas. El Mante loaplaude. Continúa a Ma-tamoros y Reynosa, limí-trofes con EUA. Sin aban-donar la zona fronteriza,viaja después hasta Nue-

vo Laredo, población enque funcionan la XEFE,la XEBK y la XEDF.

Toca por último Ciu-dad Victoria, capital de laentidad. Acude “invitadoa la recién inaugurada[frecuencia de AmplitudModulada] XEBJ”, deta-lla Infante Quintanilla,bien al tanto del pariente.“La Cotorra”, hoy conoci-da así, le habría ofrecidoel pequeño auditorio enla calle Matamoros, entrelas calles 10 y 11, actualsede de Radio Universi-dad.

COLUMNA

Pedro Infante visitó TamaulipasPOR RAÚL SINENCIO CHÁVEZ

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

MÉXICO — Flores, maripo-sas, música y miles de lectoresy admiradores.

Así fue como México despi-dió y rindió el lunes homenajeal Nobel de Literatura colom-biano Gabriel García Márquez,cuyas cenizas reposaron porhoras en el Palacio de BellasArtes de la capital mexicana.

Y como una manera de resal-tar el vínculo de García Már-quez con su natal Colombia ysu adoptivo México, los presi-dentes de ambos países se unie-ron por la noche en una cere-monia en la que aseguraronque el escritor perdurará porgeneraciones a través de unaobra que logró llevar Latinoa-mérica al mundo entero.

“Gabriel García Márquez, elmás colombiano de los colom-bianos sigue vivo, seguirá vivoen sus libros y en sus textos”,dijo el presidente de Colombia,Juan Manuel Santos. “Gloriaeterna a quien más gloria nos

ha dado”.“Sus palabras y sus libros so-

brevivirán los límites de la efí-mera vida humana”, aseguró elmandatario mexicano EnriquePeña Nieto.

Ambos presidentes culmina-ron su participación con unaguardia de honor junto a la ur-na con las cenizas de GarcíaMárquez, mientras algunas ma-riposas amarillas de papel eranlanzadas sobre ellos.

Poco después, miles de mari-posas amarillas de papel másvolaron por los aires fuera delPalacio de Bellas Artes.

El amarillo era el color pre-dilecto del escritor, y las mari-posas evocan una célebre esce-na de su obra maestra, “Cienaños de soledad”.

Llevados por su familia des-de su casa en el sur de la Ciu-dad de México, los restos delescritor fueron recibidos en Be-llas Artes con una lluvia deaplausos, mientras la urna consus cenizas era colocada sobreun pedestal rodeado de rosasamarillas.

Su esposa Mercedes y sus hi-jos Gonzalo y Rodrigo hicieronla primera guardia de honor yde inmediato comenzó a tocarun cuarteto de cuerdas que in-tercaló con una orquesta parainterpretar algunos fragmentosde piezas clásicas que le gusta-ban al escritor, del húngaro Bé-la Bartók al italiano GiovanniBottesini.

Un trio musical se detuvofrente a la urna e interpretó unvallenato, la música de la costacaribeña colombiana de dondeera originario y que tanto gus-taba a Gabo, como cariñosa-mente se le decía al escritorque falleció el jueves a los 87años en su casa en México. Al-gunos asistentes siguieron conaplausos el ritmo.

García Márquez dijo en al-gún momento que su obra cum-bre, “Cien años de soledad”,era un vallenato de 400 pági-nas.

Los restos del autor de “Elamor en los tiempos del cólera”fueron cremados, aunque sudestino final aún no es claro.

MÉXICO

ADIÓS A GABO

Un ejemplar de “Cien años de soledad” fue colocado junto a la urna con las cenizas del Nobel de Literatura colombianoGabriel García Márquez durante un homenaje en el Palacio de Bellas Artes, en la Ciudad de México, el lunes.

Foto por Eduardo Verdugo | Associated Press

Rinden homenaje a Gabriel García MárquezPOR E. EDUARDO CASTILLO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

TENDRÁN SU DÍA

Foto de cortesía

El Condado de Zapata aprobó una proclamación en la cual se declaró al4 de mayo del 2014 como el Día del Club de Leones del Condado de Za-pata. El Club de Leones tendrá oficialmente 60 años de existencia enesa fecha, informaron sus oficiales.

Sports&OutdoorsWEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

The San Antonio Spurs, themodel for stability and sustainedsuccess in the modern NBA,were still a shaken team whenthey showed up for trainingcamp in October, less than fourmonths after a devastating lossto Miami in the NBA Finals.

Some coaches would try tobrush off the disappointment ofletting a title slip through theirfingers and refuse to acknowl-edge the elephant in the room.

Gregg Popovich took it headon, embraced the heartache, andin a career full of masterfulcoaching performances, deliver-ed perhaps his finest effort inseason No. 18.

“The way we lost in the finalswasn’t an ordinary loss, it waspretty devastating,” Popovichsaid on Tuesday after beingnamed NBA coach of the year.“We decided that we needed tojust face that right off the bat atthe beginning of the season andget it out of the way. Don’t blameit on the basketball gods or badfortune or anything like that,the Miami Heat beat us and wonthe championship and that’sthat.”

Popovich joined Don Nelsonand Pat Riley as the only coach-es in league history to takehome the Red Auerbach trophythree times in their career.

“They’re on the hood of mycar,” Popovich cracked. “One,two, three, right on the car, theway players do license plates. ...I’ve got three of those right onthe hood.”

He’s never liked the attention,never bought into the proclama-tions of his genius. When the ac-colades come his way, Popovichis quick to deflect them, givingthe credit to his players, his as-sistant coaches, owner Peter

Holt and general manager R.C.Buford. The humility in hisvoice on Tuesday was genuine,the challenge of putting the piec-es back together after last sea-son’s finish as daunting as ever.

They showed up to trainingcamp still stinging from that de-feat, and Popovich had to get toknow a new-look coaching staffafter losing longtime assistantsBrett Brown and Mike Buden-holzer to head coaching jobs inPhiladelphia and Atlanta.

Then he led the Spurs to aleague-best 62-20 record, whichgives them home-court advan-tage throughout the playoffs.And he did it while deftly navi-

gating a season filled with nag-ging injuries to several key play-ers. Tim Duncan was the onlystarter to play in at least 70games. No Spur averaged 30minutes per game and TonyParker led the team with a mod-est 16.7 points per game.

Despite all of that, the Spurswon at least 50 games for the15th straight season and topped60 for the fourth time in thatspan.

“Day after day, year after year,the energy that Pop providesour organization is trulyunique,” Buford said.

The Spurs lead the Dallas Ma-vericks 1-0 in their best-of-seven

series, with Game 2 on Wednes-day night in San Antonio.

“He’s a gentleman,” Spursswingman Marco Belinelli said.“Everybody knows that he’s thebest coach in the league. So tosay that is not really important.But maybe some people, theydon’t know he’s really a greatguy, a great gentleman. He reallyhelps guys, helps each other. Hewants to help everybody. Greatperson.”

When Miami topped San An-tonio in that classic seven-gameseries, Popovich’s reaction reso-nated deeply within some mem-bers of the Heat organization.

Instead of showing his disap-

pointment at the final buzzer,Popovich lingered on the courtfor a few minutes, sharing heart-felt embraces and words withErik Spoelstra, Dwyane Wadeand LeBron James, among oth-ers — even smiling as he chat-ted with them and congratulatedthem on winning the title. Andwhen told of Popovich’s awardTuesday, James offered highpraise to the Spurs’ coach.

“Not surprised,” James said.“It’s well-awarded. I have the ut-most respect for GreggPopovich, man. Not only whathe’s been able to do for thatteam, but him just being able toalways keep those guys motiva-ted and always keep their bestinterests. ... From the outsidelooking in, it seems that he hastheir best interests and all hecares about is the team’s successand nothing else matters. That’sbig-time.”

Behind all his press confer-ence bluster and the ornerinesshe directs toward the officials,there is a softer side that en-dears Popovich to those aroundhim. That much was revealedduring Game 1 against the Ma-vericks when he was inter-viewed by Craig Sager Jr., whowas filling in for his father, alongtime sideline reporter whois being treated for leukemia.Popovich’s curt demeanor andone-word answers to the elderSager’s questions have becomeappointment viewing, but thistime the coach stopped in themiddle of tense game, staredright into the camera and deliv-ered a heart-felt message.

“We miss you. You’ve been animportant part of all of us for along time, doing a great job,” hesaid. “We want your fanny backon the court, and I promise I’llbe nice.”

Popovich garnered 59 first-place votes and 380 total pointsin voting conducted by a panelof media members. Phoenix’sJeff Hornacek (37 first-placevotes) finished second and Chi-cago’s Tom Thibodeau (12) fin-ished third in the voting, withCharlotte’s Steve Clifford andToronto’s Dwane Casey round-ing out the top five in a seasonso strong that Spoelstra did notmake the top 10.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Spurs’ Popovich honored

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich sits with the Red Auerbach trophy during a news conference after he was namedthe NBA coach of the year on Tuesday for the third time.

Photo by Eric Gay | AP

Popovichwins coachof the year

By JON KRAWCZYNSKIASSOCIATED PRESS

Dirk Nowitzki missed fromseveral of his usual spots as Dal-las blew a lead in the fourthquarter of its playoff-opening lossto San Antonio.

The Mavericks star evenflubbed a glorified layup, themost surprising of all the misseswhen Dallas went without a mea-ningful basket for the final 8minutes of the 90-85 loss to theSpurs.

Now Nowitzki has to bounceback from one of the worst play-off games of his 16-year careerwhen the Mavericks play at SanAntonio in Game 2 on Wednes-day night.

It’s hard to imagine Dallasknocking off the team with theNBA’s best record as long as No-witzki has 11 points on 4-of-14shooting. It was his lowest pointtotal in the playoffs in sevenyears.

The Mavericks aren’t imagin-ing it.

“Dirk is our least concern,”said backup guard Devin Harris,who led Dallas with 19 points inthe opener. “He is going to gethis shots and we know he’s goingto make them.”

The Spurs tend to make itharder on the pure-shooting 7-footer, crowding him at the 3-

point line and bumping himwhen he gets closer to the bas-ket.

When Nowitzki had plans totake over in the fourth quarterwith post-up moves, the Spursblindsided him with a second de-fender and forced a turnover.That sequence came during a14-0 San Antonio run that wipedout an 81-71 Dallas lead.

“We basically stayed with hima lot of times and we didn’thelp,” said Spurs center TiagoSplitter, who shares most of thedefensive load on Nowitzki withBoris Diaw. “That makes the oth-er guys have to work a little bitmore. So it wasn’t just me andBoris.”

This is how it’s always beenthe six times the Mavericks andSpurs have met in the playoffssince Nowitzki came to Dallas.The Spurs find a way to take No-witzki out of the game. The Ma-vericks look for a way to makehim a factor again, knowing itwon’t be easy.

“I don’t think they’re going toleave me much on pick-and-rollcoverage all series,” Nowitzkisaid. “I can’t just sit out thereand measure the wind andshoot.”

The last time Nowitzki scored11 points in a playoff game, hecame back with 50 against Phoe-nix in 2006, when the Mavericks

topped the Suns in the WesternConference finals before Miamibeat them for the title.

That’s unlikely to happenagain because the 35-year-old No-witzki no longer carries thatkind of offensive load. Instead,he shares it with a variety of op-tions led by guard Monta Ellis.

He rarely shoots 26 times agame as he did back then — andcoming off a bad game isn’t go-ing to tempt him.

“You don’t want to overthinkit,” said Nowitzki, who has hadseveral clunkers during Dallas’current 10-game losing streak tothe Spurs. “You don’t want to gocompletely crazy and just hoisteverything you see because someof those shots are contested.They’ve got to be within the flowand within the rhythm of thegame.”

Dallas coach Rick Carlisle issure those shots will be.

“The thing about all-timegreat players is that it’s notabout one day coming in andsaying, ’Hey, I’m going to goharder today’ or ’I’m going to bemore aggressive today,”’ Carlislesaid. “He’s had the same ap-proach every day for 16 years.”

And the Spurs have had thesame game plan.

The Mavericks are hoping itdoes. Otherwise it figures to be ashort series.

NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: MAVERICKS VS. SPURS

Mavs look to Dirk vs. Spurs

Dallas’ Monta Ellis and the Mavericks are hoping to rebound after blowing a late10-point lead in Game 1 against San Antonio in the first round of the WesternConference playoffs.

Photo by Eric Gay | AP

By SCHUYLER DIXONASSOCIATED PRESS

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTERESTYTD

Name Ex Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgYTD

Name Ex Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc NY 1.84 5.1 11 36.29 +.23 +3.2

AMD NY ... ... 86 4.30 +.18 +11.1

AEP NY 2.00 3.9 17 51.67 +.02 +10.5

BkofAm NY .20 1.2 21 16.29 +.20 +4.6

Caterpillar NY 2.40 2.3 19 103.69 +1.05 +14.2

CCFemsa NY 2.17 2.0 ... 110.33 -1.56 -9.4

Comcast Nasd .90 1.8 20 50.83 +.95 -2.2

CmtyHlt NY ... ... 24 36.64 +.51 -6.7

ConocoPhil NY 2.76 3.7 12 74.17 -.43 +5.0

Dillards NY .24 .3 14 95.89 +4.84 -1.4

EmpIca NY ... ... ... 6.60 -.04 -21.9

ExxonMbl NY 2.52 2.5 11 100.37 -.56 -.8

Facebook Nasd ... ... ... 63.03 +1.79 +15.3

FordM NY .50 3.1 9 16.10 +.12 +4.3

GenElec NY .88 3.3 20 26.58 -.01 -5.2

HewlettP NY .64 2.0 12 31.77 -.17 +13.5

HomeDp NY 1.88 2.4 21 79.67 +1.71 -3.2

iShEMkts NY .86 2.1 ... 41.64 -.11 -.4

iShR2K NY 1.45 1.3 ... 114.62 +1.17 -.6

Intel Nasd .90 3.4 14 26.84 -.11 +3.4

IntlBcsh Nasd .50 2.1 15 23.90 +.60 -9.3

IBM NY 3.80 2.0 13 192.15 -.12 +2.4

Lowes NY .72 1.5 22 47.54 +.86 -4.1

Lubys NY ... ... ... 5.93 +.27 -23.2

MetLife NY 1.40 2.7 15 51.90 +.75 -3.7

MexicoFd NY 3.13 ... ... 26.41 +.19 -9.9

MicronT Nasd ... ... 11 26.18 +.86 +20.4

Microsoft Nasd 1.12 2.8 15 39.99 +.05 +6.9

Modine NY ... ... 83 15.78 +1.32 +23.1

Penney NY ... ... ... 8.09 -.10 -11.6

RadioShk NY ... ... ... 1.34 -.11 -48.5

S&P500ETF NY 3.48 1.9 ... 187.89 +.85 +1.7

Schlmbrg NY 1.60 1.6 19 102.03 +.23 +13.2

SearsHldgs Nasd ... ... ... 40.76 +1.16 +2.6

SiriusXM Nasd ... ... 54 3.22 +.03 -7.7

SonyCp NY .25 1.3 ... 18.68 -.32 +8.0

UnionPac NY 3.64 1.9 20 192.05 +.51 +14.3

USSteel NY .20 .7 ... 26.85 +.23 -9.0

UnivHlthS NY .20 .3 16 75.72 +.23 -6.8

WalMart NY 1.92 2.5 16 77.56 -.04 -1.4

WellsFargo NY 1.20 2.4 12 49.23 +.11 +8.4

Zynga Nasd ... ... ... 4.56 +.09 +20.0

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MONEY RATES CURRENCIES

MUTUAL FUNDS

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Prime Rate

Discount Rate

Federal Funds Rate

Treasuries

3-month

6-month

5-year

10-year

30-year

DAILY DOW JONES

16,631.63 14,457.60 Dow Industrials 16,514.37 +65.12 +.40 -.38 +12.19

7,715.91 5,952.18 Dow Transportation 7,734.90 +48.71 +.63 +4.52 +27.46

550.08 462.66 Dow Utilities 542.82 +.04 +.01 +10.65 +2.45

11,334.65 8,814.76 NYSE Composite 10,599.02 +39.67 +.38 +1.91 +16.30

4,371.71 3,198.74 Nasdaq Composite 4,161.46 +39.91 +.97 -.36 +27.29

838.47 698.14 S&P MidCap 831.79 +2.64 +.32 +.97 +16.84

1,897.28 1,548.19 S&P 500 1,879.55 +7.66 +.41 +1.69 +19.05

1,398.91 1,109.81 S&P MidCap 1,365.16 +9.99 +.74 +1.69 +20.06

20,257.19 16,308.50 Wilshire 5000 20,020.55 +112.06 +.56 +1.60 +20.29

1,212.82 899.92 Russell 2000 1,155.61 +13.30 +1.16 -.69 +24.34

52-Week YTD 12-moHigh Low Name Last Chgg %Chg %Chg %Chg

3.25 3.25

0.75 0.75

.00-.25 .00-.25

0.03 0.04

0.06 0.05

1.74 1.62

2.71 2.63

3.50 3.46

Last PvsWeek

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

Alliance Bernstein GlTmtcGA m WS 596 82.75 +0.8 +25.2/A +13.2/E 4.25 2,500

Columbia ComInfoA m ST 2,498 52.76 -1.5 +28.4/E +15.6/E 5.75 2,000

Eaton Vance WldwHealA m SH 909 11.83 -3.2 +29.8/B +19.8/E 5.75 1,000

Fidelity Select Biotech d SH 9,388 186.40 -9.7 +29.5/B +30.1/A NL 2,500

Fidelity Select BrokInv d SF 728 70.57 -2.4 +27.5/A +18.0/B NL 2,500

Fidelity Select CommEq d ST 297 31.46 +1.1 +36.5/B +17.9/D NL 2,500

Fidelity Select Computer d ST 681 75.78 -1.2 +31.9/C +22.7/A NL 2,500

Fidelity Select ConsFin d SF 233 15.14 -2.2 +21.6/C +18.3/B NL 2,500

Fidelity Select Electron d ST 1,353 70.70 +0.5 +49.2/A +21.7/B NL 2,500

Fidelity Select FinSvc d SF 934 81.14 -2.0 +24.3/B +15.2/D NL 2,500

Fidelity Select SoftwCom d ST 3,748 114.10 -4.3 +40.5/A +26.1/A NL 2,500

Fidelity Select Tech d ST 2,345 113.13 -4.1 +32.0/C +23.0/A NL 2,500

T Rowe Price SciTech ST 3,024 39.81 -1.8 +39.5/B +20.5/C NL 2,500

Vanguard HlthCare SH 10,515 191.38 -1.7 +30.0/B +22.9/C NL 3,000

Waddell & Reed Adv SciTechA m ST 3,600 16.00 -2.8 +39.5/B +23.0/A 5.75 750

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min InitName Obj ($Mlns)NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -ForeignLargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng inNAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%.Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

NYSE10,599.02 +39.67

NASDAQ4,161.46 +39.91

Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgFacebook 581157 63.03 +1.79

MicronT 450803 26.18 +.86

SiriusXM 405569 3.22 +.03

Comcast 337061 50.83 +.95

Zynga 336775 4.56 +.09

Intel 285123 26.84 -.11

PlugPowr h 281057 6.70 -.31

Cisco 279342 23.52 +.12

PwShs QQQ 279112 87.53 +.69

Microsoft 261562 39.99 +.05

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg%ChgIntriCon 6.66 +2.01 +43.2

GW Phm n 60.86+14.82 +32.2

Revance n 35.99 +7.37 +25.8

EvokePh n 9.29 +1.43 +18.2

IderaPhm 3.32 +.48 +16.9

InterceptP 282.77+40.66 +16.8

AgiosPh n 47.54 +6.33 +15.4

EgaletCp n 12.30 +1.58 +14.7

GeronCp 2.19 +.28 +14.7

SareptaTh 38.79 +4.81 +14.2

Name Last Chg%ChgMedidata s 40.71 -11.98 -22.7

Arotech 3.71 -.75 -16.8

Edgewater 7.52 -1.15 -13.3

Unilife 3.19 -.39 -10.9

UBIC n 8.64 -.97 -10.1

BebeStrs 5.80 -.64 -9.9

Abraxas 5.02 -.46 -8.4

IntrCloud n 4.62 -.42 -8.3

CelatorPh 2.58 -.19 -6.9

ProUShBio 17.47 -1.28 -6.8

DIARYAdvanced 1,898

Declined 720

Unchanged 134

Total issues 2,752

New Highs 70

New Lows 13

1,825,417,577

Name Vol (00) Last ChgBkofAm 750004 16.29 +.20

S&P500ETF 622628 187.89 +.85

AMD 521147 4.30 +.18

iShEMkts 376837 41.64 -.11

iShR2K 347576 114.62 +1.17

SunEdison 315342 20.06 +2.13

Petrobras 284037 13.60 -.37

AT&T Inc 282108 36.29 +.23

Allergan 280732 163.65+21.65

GenElec 269935 26.58 -.01

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg%ChgOpower n 25.23 +3.34 +15.3

Allergan 163.65+21.65 +15.2

Centene 64.29 +7.00 +12.2

SunEdison 20.06 +2.13 +11.9

RubiconP n 22.24 +2.03 +10.0

Circor 80.23 +7.15 +9.8

PumaBiotc 83.78 +7.40 +9.7

Care.com n 13.65 +1.20 +9.6

Modine 15.78 +1.32 +9.1

DaqoNEn 42.72 +3.45 +8.8

Name Last Chg%ChgLexmark 41.52 -5.25 -11.2

ArchCoal 4.55 -.42 -8.5

DirGMBear 25.21 -2.01 -7.4

Castlight n 16.74 -1.32 -7.3

Pentair 74.95 -5.53 -6.9

PhilipsNV 32.66 -1.93 -5.6

CSVLgCrde 34.48 -1.84 -5.1

Wipro 12.50 -.65 -4.9

Danaos 5.90 -.30 -4.8

CallonPet 9.13 -.44 -4.6

DIARYAdvanced 2,289

Declined 820

Unchanged 109

Total issues 3,218

New Highs 130

New Lows 4

3,130,530,284Volume

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

Stock Footnotes: g=Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars .h= Doe not meet continued- listings tandards lf = Late filingwith SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent with-in the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un= Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes:b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (salescharges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during theweek. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left.Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unof-ficial.

Australia 1.0680 1.0717

Britain 1.6822 1.6801

Canada 1.1029 1.1017

Euro .7245 .7249

Japan 102.64 102.63

Mexico 13.0537 13.0255

Switzerlnd .8850 .8846

Last Pvs Day

British pound expressed in U.S. dollars. Allothers show dollar in foreign currency.

uu uu

15,200

15,600

16,000

16,400

16,800

O AN D J F M

16,000

16,300

16,600Dow Jones industrialsClose: 16,514.37Change: 65.12 (0.4%)

10 DAYS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 THE ZAPATA TIMES 9A

Anita J. Gaytan, 57,passed away Tuesday, April15, 2014, at her residence inZapata.

Mrs. Gaytan is precededin death by her father, JoeRodriguez Gaytan; broth-ers, Bernal Ignacio, NoahIgnacio; and by a nephewand a niece.

Mrs. Gaytan is survivedby her mother, DeyettaGaytan; brothers, AlonzoGaytan, Jerry (Carrie) Gay-tan, Carlos Guzman; sis-ters, Lorrine Martinez,Henrietta Gaytan (RobertoOrdoñez); and by numer-ous nephews, nieces andfriends.

Visitation hours wereTuesday, April 22, 2014, at 8a.m. with a rosary at 9:30a.m. and a chapel service at10:30 a.m. at Rose GardenFuneral Home.

Committal services fol-lowed at Zapata CountyCemetery.

Funeral arrangementsare under the direction ofRose Garden FuneralHome, Daniel A. Gonzalez,funeral director, 2102 N.U.S. Hwy. 83, Zapata.

ANITA J.GAYTAN

JAN. 1, 1957 —APRIL 15, 2014

DETROIT — General MotorsCo. and a battalion of trial law-yers are preparing for an epiccourt fight over whether GM isliable for the sins of its corporatepast.

The company is asking a U.S.bankruptcy court to shield itfrom legal claims for actions thattook place before the company’s2009 bankruptcy.

But lawyers who are suing GMsay it shouldn’t get the usual ben-efits of bankruptcy protection be-cause it concealed a deadly igni-tion switch problem when thecourt was making bankruptcy de-cisions.

They also say the company’smotion is part of a broader strat-egy to force settlements in dozensof lawsuits alleging the ignitionswitches caused deaths and inju-ries.

Late Monday, GM filed a mo-

tion in New York asking thecourt to bar claims that GMsmall cars lost value because ofthe ignition switch problem,which has led to the recall of 2.6million older small cars world-wide. The company has admittedknowing about the problem formore than a decade, yet it failedto start recalling the cars untilFebruary to replace the defectiveswitches.

The faulty switches, which GMsays have caused at least 13deaths, can move unexpectedlyfrom the “run” position to “ac-cessory” or “off,” shutting downthe engine and knocking outpower-assisted steering and

brakes. If that happens, steeringcan become difficult and sur-prised drivers can lose control oftheir cars and crash. If the en-gine is off, the air bags won’t in-flate.

GM’s behavior has brought al-legations of a cover-up frommembers of Congress, who earli-er this month held hearings onthe recall. The National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration,the government’s road safetywatchdog, and the Justice De-partment also are investigatingGM’s delayed recall.

The Detroit automaker con-tends in its motion that underthe bankruptcy, which ended on

July 10, 2009, assets and liabilitiesof the old General Motors Inc.were split in two, with good as-sets sold under court order to“New GM” and bad ones andmost liabilities going to the “OldGM,” which was left behind. Therecalled cars were made and soldby the old company.

The new GM, the motion as-serts, took on only three catego-ries of liabilities after bankrupt-cy: Those for post-bankruptcycrashes involving cars made by“Old GM” that caused injuries,deaths or property damage; andwarranty and lemon law claims.

“Plaintiffs assert claims for lia-bilities that, under the sale order

and injunction, were retained byOld GM,” the motion states. Itasks the court to dismiss about50 class action lawsuits seekingdamage for lost car values, andfor an order stopping similar newclaims.

But Robert Hilliard, a lawyerwho has several wrongful deathlawsuits pending against GM,says the motion is an impliedthreat to those who have filedsuch lawsuits against GM: Eithersettle or risk getting nothing be-cause the company will arguethat claims should go against theOld GM, which has few assets.

GM has hired Kenneth Fein-berg — who handled the fund forthe victims of the Sept. 11, 2001terrorist attacks, the Boston Mar-athon bombing and the BP oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico — toexplore ways to compensate vic-tims. No decision has been madeyet on just what GM will do.

“It’s completely strategic,” saidHilliard, of Corpus Christi, Tex-as.

GM, lawyers fight over bankruptcy protectionsBy TOM KRISHER AND

DEE-ANN DURBINASSOCIATED PRESS The Detroit automaker contends in its motion that under

the bankruptcy, which ended on July 10, 2009, assets andliabilities of the old General Motors Inc. were split in two.

WASHINGTON — Withcollege commencementceremonies nearing, thegovernment is offering amodest dose of good newsfor graduating seniors: Thejob market is brighteningfor new grads — a bit.

But finding work — es-pecially a dream job — re-mains tough for those justgraduating. Many are set-tling for jobs outside theirfields of study or for lesspay than they’d expectedor hoped for.

The Labor Departmenton Tuesday said the unem-ployment rate for 2013 col-lege graduates — definedas those ages 20 to 29 whoearned a four-year or ad-vanced degree — was 10.9percent. That was downfrom 13.3 percent in 2012and was the lowest since7.7 percent in 2007. Thedrop reflects the steady re-covery in overall U.S. eco-nomic growth and hiring.

But unemployment forrecent grads was still high-er than the 9.6 percent ratefor all Americans ages 20to 29 last October, whenthe government collectedthe numbers.

“I’m finding that allthese entry-level jobs arerequiring experience Idon’t have or degrees thatare just unattainable rightout of college,” says How-ard Rudnick, 23, who grad-uated last year in politicalscience from Florida At-lantic University andwound up earning $25,000

a year working for an on-line shoe company.

“The worst part is thatI’m afraid at some point Imay have to go back toschool to better myself andtake on more debt just so Ican get a better-payingjob.”

Over time, though,Americans who have col-lege degrees are still farmore likely to find employ-ment and to earn morethan those who don’t. Andwhile opportunities fornew college grads remaintoo few, they’re increasing.

“It really is getting bet-ter,” says Jean Manning-Clark, director of the ca-reer center at the ColoradoSchool of Mines in Golden,Colo. She says more auto-motive and steel compa-nies are now looking at theschool’s graduates, joiningenergy and technologycompanies that have beenactively recruiting for sev-eral years.

Last year’s female grad-

uates fared better thanmen: 9 percent were unem-ployed as of October lastyear, compared with 13.7percent of men. Analystsnote that the economy hasbeen generating jobs inmany low-wage fields —such as retail and hotels —that disproportionately em-ploy women

“It seems like the jobsthat are growing fastestare jobs that are low-wagejobs, service jobs,” saysAnne Johnson, executivedirector of Generation Pro-gress, an arm of the liberalCenter for American Pro-gress that studies youth is-sues.

Other fields that attractwomen — including healthcare — weren’t hit as hardby the recession.

Philip Gardner, directorof Michigan State Universi-ty’s Collegiate Employ-ment Research Institute,says women also “haveskill sets that employerswant... They have better

communications skills.They have better interper-sonal skills. They are morewilling to work in teams.”

Alexa Staudt’s jobsearch lasted just threeweeks. Before graduatingfrom the University of Tex-as last spring, Staudt, 23,had landed an administra-tive position at an onlinesecurity company in Aus-tin.

“I had marketable skillsfrom my internships” inevent planning, marketingand copy-editing and expe-rience working as a recep-tionist for a real-estatefirm, Staudt says.

She’s happy with the joband the chance to stay inAustin.

Yet the McKinsey &Company consultancy lastyear found that 41 percentof graduates from top uni-versities and 48 percent ofthose from other schoolscould not land jobs in theirchosen field after gradua-tion.

Even in good times,many college graduatesneed time to find a goodjob. But researchers at theFederal Reserve Bank ofNew York concluded earli-er this year that “it has be-come more common forunderemployed collegegraduates to find them-selves in low-wage jobs orto be working part time.”

The Labor Departmentreports that 260,000 collegegraduates were stuck lastyear working at or belowthe federal minimum wageof $7.25 an hour. That’sdown from a peak of327,000 in 2010. But it’smore than double the127,000 in 2007, the year therecession began.

“Every way you cut it,young college grads arereally having trouble —much more trouble thanthey used to have,” saysHeidi Shierholz, an econo-mist at the liberal Econom-ic Policy Institute. “The la-bor market is not produc-ing decent jobs.”

In a study last year,economists at the Universi-ty of British Columbia andYork University in Canadafound that college gradu-ates were more likely to beworking in routine andmanual work than weregraduates in 2000; technol-ogy was eliminating somemid-level jobs that gradu-ates used to take. The re-sult is that many have hadto compete for jobs thatdon’t require much educa-tion.

Their sobering conclu-sion:

“Having a B.A. is lessabout obtaining access tohigh-paying managerialand technology jobs andmore about beating less-educated workers for thebarista or clerical job.”

Job market for grads better but weak

Graduates pose for photographs during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., onMonday, May 20, 2013. The job market for new college graduates is brightening but remains weaker.

File photo by Jessica Hill | AP

College graduatesfinding work notrelated to degree

By PAUL WISEMANASSOCIATED PRESS

10A THE ZAPATA TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014