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HIGHER EDUCATION

LCC eyes outreach

into county

SCHOOLS

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata TimesZapata County ISD personnel were putting the fin-ishing touches Thursday on the new Arturo L. Bena-vides Elementary School in San Ygnacio.

College prep is next goal

By JOE RUTLANDTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Laredo Community College’s Light Man-ufacturing Institute is looking to expand itsoutreach into Zapata County.

“Zapata County is one of our NAAMREIconsortium members and simply by that,yes, we will have a presence in Zapata,” saidSaul Gonzalez Jr., LMI manufacturing train-ing instructor, Thursday. “Maybe not rightnow, but when we launch our full programwe will have classes available in Zapata.”

Gonzalez said the LMI, part of LCC’s Eco-nomic Development Center, is looking for-ward to a full launch of its instructional pro-gram in 2010. He added a major part ofworking in Zapata will involve taking advan-tage of a new technology center openingthere next week.

In time, “We also will be able to hold class-es in Hebbronville and Jim Hogg County,too,” Gonzalez said.

So how do you rebuild a workforce in need?Gonzalez points toward training, teachingand re-training a current workforce.

“We are on a three-year timeline,” hesaid, “and we just started our second year.”

Gonzalez said the first year was devoted tooutreach, finding and identifying manufac-turers in the Laredo and Nuevo Laredo area.

“We surveyed their immediate needs,” he said.Some of those Los Dos Laredos region

manufacturing companies currently in-volved in LMI’s efforts include Rheem,Emerson and Branson.

“Laredo’s manufacturing base is lessthan two percent,” Gonzalez said. “In theRio Grande Valley, between 16-18 percent of

By NICK GEORGIOUTHE ZAPATA TIMES

This year’s ZCISD theme is “cultivatinghearts and minds” and ensuring studentsare prepared for college, said Superinten-dent Romeo Rodriguez.

According to the Texas EducationAgency, 22 percent of Zapata County Inde-pendent School District’s class of 2007 wasconsidered college-ready. That’s 5 percent-age points below the region average and 15percentage points below the state average.

To help improve college readiness, part ofthe school district’s initiative this year in-cludes a dual-credit program with LaredoCommunity College, where qualified ZCISDstudents will be bussed twice a week to takebasic courses.

“We want students to graduate with a min-imum of 18 college credit hours,” Rodriguezsaid Friday. “Ultimately, by 2013, that’s the

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COUNTY

Zoning awaits next moveBy JULIE DAFFERNTHE ZAPATA TIMES

The Falcon Lake PlanningCommission has turned its rec-ommendation for zoning regula-tions over to the Zapata Commis-sioners Court, and the courtmust now make the next move.

Commissioners Court firstformed the commission in 2007,to conduct a study on the needfor regulations in Zapata County,and the county was recentlygranted the power to create zon-ing ordinances.

“I think the Falcon Lake Plan-

ning commissioners knew thatthere was a need for zoning, butthe commissioners wanted to besure that they lent their ear tothe community,” said HectorUribe, attorney contracted towork with the commission.

The planning commissionconducted public hearings, helda workshop and considered the2008 Vision Plan for ZapataCounty, which was coordinatedby the Zapata County EconomicDevelopment Center, in develop-ing its report.

County Commissioner JoseEmilio Vela said the commis-

sion’s recommendations willhelp the court define “thingsthat we need to do to make itmore attractive and businessready for the Zapata area.

“I feel that it’s something that’simportant to our community, ourcounty,” Vela said. “Other coun-ties are lucky because they haveincorporated cities within thecounty — we don’t.”

A report submitted to theCommissioners Court at its Au-gust meeting recommended zon-ing regulations as described inthe vision plan. However, thecommission recommended that

the U.S. 83 hazardous truck by-pass detailed in the plan mergesouth of the bridge crossing theFalcon Lake Reservoir.

Also, the commission recom-mended streets that intersect themajor arterial routes — U.S. 83 andTexas 16 — within the town core beextended or linked to permit vehic-ular access to local residential ar-eas within the town of Zapata.

Another recommendation wasthat the county link the down-town area to Falcon Lake withwalking, biking and jogging

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata TimesBorder Patrol agent and EMT A. de Luna, left, talks about the emergency equipment he carries in his vehicle with Zapata residents, from left, Josie Perez, Pepetorres, Fire Chief Juan J. Meza and Roel Perez on Thursday morning following the ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the expansion of the Zapata Station.

New BP station addition will support 130 agentsBy NICK GEORGIOUTHE ZAPATA TIMES

When Ramiro Cerrillo was re-located to the Border Patrol’sZapata Station about two anda half years ago, he joined a

team consisting of about 15 agents, amission support assistant and a couplesupervisors.

The team’s job was to cover 939 squaremiles of land and 61 square miles of wa-ter. Also, its operational boundaries ex-tended along the border for a distance ofabout 75 miles.

In all, the Zapata Station’s expansivearea of responsibility proved tough tocover for a team of 15 agents.

But because of the nationwidebuildup of 6,000 additional Border Patrolagents, the number assigned to the Zapa-ta Station has increased to more than130.

And not only has the number ofagents increased, but the station contin-ued to expand.

Wednesday morning, the station,105 Kennedy St., held a ribbon-cuttingceremony signifying the completionof a 5,200-square-foot trailer, whichcontains office space, a large meetingroom, lockers rooms and a much-needed gym, said Cerrillo, agent incharge.

Joining Cerrillo at the event was Dis-trict Attorney Isidro “Chilo” Alaniz, Za-pata County Commissioner Jose EmilioVela, Sheriff Sigifredo “Sigi” Gonzalezand members of the Chamber of Com-merce.

William Jenkins, Laredo Sector acting

deputy chief patrol agent, also attendedand addressed the crowd.

“This highlights another milestone insecuring borders,” Jenkins said. “I al-ways enjoy coming to Zapata.

“Sometimes we don’t do it enough.”The $1.4 million structure, completed

on time and within budget, was neededto facilitate the station’s growing rosterof employees and agents.

“It’s a critical need for us,” Cerrillosaid.

When Jenkins first came to Laredo in

1985 as a Border Patrol trainee at theSouth Station off U.S. 83., a Zapata Sta-tion did not exist.

So, agents stationed in Laredo had toextend themselves outside their jurisdic-tion to cover places like San Ygnacio,Jenkins said.

That ended on Oct. 1, 1990, when theZapata Station opened at 2785 U.S. 83. OnApril 1, 2005, the station relocated to 105Kennedy St.

(Nick Georgiou may be reached at 728-2582 or nickg@lmtonline.com)

EXPANDING THE SPACE

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata TimesZapata Chamber of Commerce representatives Celia Balderas and Sylvia Dodier look on as Bill Jenkins,acting deputy chief patrol agent for the Laredo Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, cuts the ribbon Thursdaymornign for the expansion of the Zapata Station. Also in the photo are Webb/Zapata counties District At-torney Isidro “Chilo” Alaniz and Rick Mendez, deputy chief for the district attorney.

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TODAY IN HISTORYCALENDAR

Former US soldier apologizes for Vietnam massacre

Schools families sparover service dogs

CHICAGO — Like seeing-eyedogs for the blind, trained dogsare now being used to help autis-tic children. But some schoolswant to keep the animals out, andfamilies are fighting back.

Two autistic elementary schoolstudents recently won court or-ders in Illinois allowing theirdogs to accompany them toschool.

At issue is whether the dogsare “service dogs” or companions.

Bill threatens U.S.coast, Bermuda

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Theskies darkened ominously overBermuda as Hurricane Bill ap-proached Friday on a path tobrush the Atlantic island withhigh surf and gusty winds whilespreading dangerous waves andriptides along the eastern U.S.shore.

The Category 2 storm’s maxi-mum sustained winds lost a littlestrength Friday to near 110 mphfrom 125 mph late Thursday.

Grasshoppers affecting ranchers

WASTA, S.D. — Grasshoppersare eating grass and other foragegrown for livestock in such pro-portions that some U.S. ranchersare selling cattle because theywon’t have feed for the animalsthis winter.

Rancher Mark Tubbs plans tosell about a third of his cows thisfall after putting up a sixth of thehay he usually does. He had been ex-pecting a decent cutting — until thegrasshoppers started chomping.

— Compiled from AP reports

Fans crowd stadiumfor first game

ARLINGTON — Nearly twohours before kickoff of the DallasCowboys’ first game in their newnearly $1.2 billion stadium, JonThompson and his wife stoodalong the rail with an unobstruct-ed view of the field.

The lifelong Cowboys fan andhis wife, Brittany, were on one ofthe plaza decks where they pur-chased $29 party passes. And theyhad no plans to give up their spotsFriday night.

Jimmy Larson and his bud-dies, who paid $60 to park about amile away, stood nearby. Theypondered whether to stay thereinstead of going way up to theirseats in one of the stadium’shighest sections while sendingpictures on their cell phones forothers to see.

Dallas police usingnew photo lineups

DALLAS — Frustrated with astring of wrongful convictions,the Dallas police department isnow the nation’s largest force touse sequential blind photo line-ups — a widely praised tech-nique designed to reduce mis-takes made by witnesses tryingto identify suspects.

Experts hope that by using itin the county that leads the na-tion in exonerating wronglyconvicted inmates, Dallas willinspire other departments tofollow suit.

In sequential blind lineups, mugshots are shown one at a time. De-tectives displaying the photos alsodon’t know who the suspect is.

Kennel owners facecruelty charges

KAUFMAN — An East Texascouple has been charged with mis-demeanor animal cruelty after araid 10 days ago in which morethan 500 puppies and about 12 catswere seized.

Kaufman County sheriff ’sdeputies arrested Margaret andJames Boyd on Friday. That’s af-ter investigators and Humane So-ciety representatives raided theKlassie Kennel on Aug. 11. Investi-gators say some of the puppiesfrom the kennel near Mabankwere ill or dying.

A Kaufman County Jail offi-cer said James Boyd is free onbond, but Margaret Boyd re-mains in custody. If convicted,the Boyds could each be sen-tenced to up to a year in jail andfined up to $4,000.

Southwest Airlines to expand Wi-Fi

DALLAS — Southwest AirlinesCo. says it’s finished testing Wi-FiInternet access on four aircraft andplans to expand the service to all itsplanes beginning early next year.

The airline said Friday that thetest has generated raves among pas-sengers. Southwest said it wouldcontinue testing prices for the serv-ice through the end of the year.

Dave Ridley, the discount carri-er’s senior vice president of mar-keting, said the company is happywith the technical performance ofthe in-flight service and the re-sponse of customers.

During the test, passengershave used the service for e-mail,streaming video and other con-tent using laptop computers andsmart phones.

— Compiled from AP reports

SATURDAY,AUG. 29The Laredo Food for Thought

Foundation, along with health stu-dents, will be conducting a food drivefor local food banks from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. at the H-E-B plus! parking lot,1911 Bob Bullock Loop. Five donatednonperishable food items will getyou a voucher that partially quali-fies you to receive a ticket to listen toSonia Nazario at the Laredo CivicCenter on Sept. 24. Blood pressureand other health-related tests willbe available free.We will also be dis-tributing information on health, ed-ucation, and the One City, One Bookinitiative. This year’s book is “En-rique’s Journey,” by Sonia Nazario.Nazario visited Laredo when she waswriting the Pulitzer Prize-winningnonfiction book. At the same time,we are asking that you rememberthe hungry of Laredo and donatefood.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15The Aztec District of Boy

Scouts of America invites the publicto participate in their first-ever DonMurphy Memorial Pinewood DerbyInvitational. Registration and in-spection of cars will take place on Fri-day, Aug. 14, at the Imaginarium.Limited spaces are available. For acomplete schedule of events, con-tact the BSA Aztec Office at 744-4499 or Toni Ruiz at 763-9325 forapplications and further informa-tion.

Texas A&M International Uni-versity and the Laredo Public Librarywill be hosting the first book discus-sion for Sonia Nazario’s book, “En-rique’s Journey,” from 3 to 5 p.m. to-day in the TAMIU Great Room, thirdfloor of the Killam Library. Nazario isthis year’s One City, One Book au-thor, and she will be visiting the cityon Sept. 24. To get a ticket, to beheld at the Laredo Civic Center, onemust attend at least one book dis-cussion or film screening and do-nate at least five nonperishable fooditems for local food banks.

For more information, contactPam Burrell at the Laredo Public Li-brary at 795-2400, extension 2268.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabili-

tation Center will be hosting a Pedi-atric Orthopedic Clinic for patientsneeding to consult with a specialisttoday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. If youare interested in consulting with Dr.Earl Stanley, call Maribel Cruz at(956) 722-2431.

The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabili-tation Center will be hosting aWheelchair Clinic today from 8 a.mto 1 p.m. If you are interested in con-sulting with Ken Healy, call AuroraSanchez at 1-866-832-9770.

SATURDAY,AUG. 22There will be an American Red

Cross First Aid/CPR/AED class todayat9 a.m.at 1200 Washington St.Call (956)726-4778 to register. The class costs$55.The deadline to pay is Aug.19.

THURSDAY, AUG. 27Members of the J.W. Nixon

Class of 1989 are invited to attendthe Nixon-Martin game at the Stu-dent Activity Center, Loop 20 andTexas 359, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6and can be purchased through theLaredo Independent School Districtathletic department. For more infor-mation, e-mail Teri H. Ramos atjwnixon1989@yahoo.com. n TheMonte Carlo, 6415 McPherson Road,will host a comedy show and dinnerfrom 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. benefitingCasa de Misericordia. ComedianAnand Chulani, who has written for“The Simpsons”and performs regu-larly at the Hollywood Comedy Store,will perform with his Laugh Out LoudImprov Troupe. Tickets are $75 andavailable at Talk Time and four IBC lo-cations, including the mall. For moreinformation, call 722-4690.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2The USS Missouri (BB-63) As-

sociation is a nonprofit organizationmade up of sailors, marines, officersand midshipman that have servedaboard this famous battleship. Ship-mates that served aboard the battle-ship USS Missouri (BB63) will holdtheir annual reunion in Norfolk, Va.starting today, and lasting until Sept.8.All veterans and interested parties,along with their family and friends areinvited. For more information, call BillMorton,vice president of the associa-tion,at (803) 469-3579 or e-mail himat Mo63@ftc-i.net.

Members of the J.W. NixonClass of 1989 are invited to attenda reunion planning event at 6:30p.m. today at Laredo Salsa’s, 9902McPherson Road. For more infor-mation, e-mail Teri H. Ramos atjwnixon1989@yahoo.com. Also,prepayment for Nixon reunionevents may be made out tojwnixon1989 and sent via check ormoney order to PO Box 430274,Laredo, TX 78043-274.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Aug. 22nd, the234th day of 2009. There are 131 daysleft in the year.

TTooddaayy’’ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiissttoorryy:: On Aug. 22, 1485, England’s King

Richard III was killed in the Battleof Bosworth Field, effectively end-ing the War of the Roses. Henry Tu-dor succeeded Richard to becomeKing Henry VII.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee:: In 1787, inventor John Fitch

demonstrated his steamboat on theDelaware River to delegates from theConstitutional Convention inPhiladelphia.

In 1910, Japan annexed Korea,which remained under Japanesecolonial rule until 1945.

In 1922, Irish revolutionaryMichael Collins was shot to death,apparently by Irish RepublicanArmy members who were opposedto the Anglo-Irish Treaty thatCollins had co-signed.

In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisen-hower and Vice President RichardNixon were nominated for secondterms in office by the Republican na-tional convention in San Francisco.

In 1959, the New York Philhar-monic orchestra, led by conductorLeonard Bernstein, opened a con-cert tour of the Soviet Union with aprogram in Moscow featuringworks by Samuel Barber, Mozartand Shostakovich.

In 1968, Pope Paul VI arrived inBogota, Colombia, for the start of thefirst papal visit to South America.

In 1978, President Jomo Kenyat-ta, a leading figure in Kenya’s strug-gle for independence, died; VicePresident Daniel arap Moi wassworn in as acting president.

In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot todeath in Oakland, Calif. (GunmanTyrone Robinson was later sen-tenced to 32 years to life in prison.)

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Hurricane Bretrumbled ashore on the Texas GulfCoast with winds of over 100miles-an-hour. A China Airlinesjet landing in stormy weather atHong Kong’s new airport flippedover and burst into flames, killingthree people and injuring morethan 200.

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: As shocked spec-tators watched, armed thieves stoleone of four versions of the EdvardMunch masterpiece “The Scream”and a second Munch painting,“Madonna,” from the Munch muse-um in Oslo, Norway.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: The U.S. carriedout airstrikes in western Heratprovince in Afghanistan; accordingto a later U.S. estimate, the raid re-sulted in the deaths of 33 civiliansand 22 militants. Usain Bolt helpedJamaica win the 400-meter relay fi-nal in 37.10 seconds for his thirdgold medal and third world recordof the Beijing Olympics.

TTooddaayy’’ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: Author RayBradbury is 89. Heart surgeon Dr.Denton Cooley is 89. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 70.Actress Valerie Harper is 69. Foot-ball coach Bill Parcells is 68. CBSnewsman Steve Kroft is 64. Base-ball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is53. Country singer Holly Dunn is52. Country singer Collin Raye is49.Singer Tori Amos is 46. Countrysinger Mila Mason is 46. R&B mu-sician James DeBarge is 46. Inter-national Tennis Hall of FamerMats Wilander is 45. Rapper GZA is43. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Ag-baje is 42. Rap-reggae singer Bee-nie Man is 36. Singer Howie Dor-ough (Backstreet Boys) is 36.Comedian-actress Kristen Wiig is36. Actress Jenna Leigh Green is35. Rock musician Jeff Stinco(Simple Plan) is 31. Actress AyaSumika (TV: “Numb3rs”) is 29.

TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: “Works of artmake rules; rules do not make worksof art.” — Claude Debussy, Frenchcomposer (born this date in 1862,died 1918).

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COLUMBUS, Georgia — Speaking in a soft,sometimes labored voice, the only U.S. Army of-ficer convicted in the 1968 slayings of Vietnamesecivilians at My Lai made an extraordinary pub-lic apology while speaking to a small group nearthe military base where he went on trial.

William L. Calley has long shied awayfrom publicity and routinely turned downjournalists’ requests for interviews aboutMy Lai. But he broke his long silenceWednesday after accepting a longtimefriend’s invitation to speak at a meeting of alocal community club.

“There is not a day that goes by that I donot feel remorse for what happened that dayin My Lai,” Calley told members of the Ki-wanis Club of Greater Columbus, the Colum-bus Ledger-Enquirer reported Friday. “I feelremorse for the Vietnamese who were killed,for their families, for the American soldiers

involved and their families. I am very sorry.”Calley, 66, was a young Army lieutenant

when a court-martial, a military trial, atnearby Fort Benning convicted him of mur-der in 1971 for killing 22 civilians during theinfamous massacre of 500 men, women andchildren in Vietnam.

Frustrated U.S. troops came to My Lai ona “search and destroy” mission, looking forelusive Vietcong guerrillas. Although therewere no reports of enemy fire, the U.S. troopsbegan mowing down villagers and settingfire to their homes.

The incident shocked Americans and un-dermined support for the war.

Though sentenced to life in prison, Calleyended up serving three years under housearrest after President Richard Nixon later re-duced his sentence. After his release, Calleystayed in Columbus and settled into a job ata jewelry store owned by his father-in-law be-fore he moved to Atlanta a few years ago.

Photo by Donna McWilliam | APDallas Cowboys cheerleader Carey DePasquale, center, dances on the sideline atCowboys Stadium during a preseason NFL football game between the Cowboys and Ten-nessee Titans, on Friday, in Arlington, Texas.

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Photo by The Ledger-Enquirer | APFormer Army Lt.William Calley poses for a photo Wednesday at the Kiwanis Club in Columbus, Ga. where he spoke publicly for thefirst time about the infamous My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1968.

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Food bank board notesZapatans’ assistance

By SALO OTEROSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Zapata residents got a paton the back from the SouthTexas Food Bank board ofdirectors.

The recognition came atthe monthly meeting of theSouth Texas Food Bankboard, held at the Laredo En-tertainment Center, one daybefore the food bank’s Emp-ty Bowls fundraiser at theLEC.

“Zapata came through bigtime,” food bank Board Pres-ident Erasmo Villarrealsaid.

Villarreal was referringto Zapatans who purchasedtickets for table seats. Theyincluded the Joe Rathmellfamily, International Bankof Commerce-Zapata, Zapa-ta National Bank and Adri-an Martinez.

Romeo Salinas, ZapataCounty treasurer and mem-ber of the South Texas FoodBank board, was instrumen-tal in getting Zapata in-volved in Empty Bowls.

The event featured a din-ner honoring Laredo busi-nessman and philanthropistArturo N. Benavides Sr. forhis contribution to the foodbank’s Kids Cafés and a con-cert by 1970s and ‘80s Gram-my Award-winning rockgroup America.

There also was a silentauction of autographed andartwork bowls, includingone signed by Zapata Tejanomusic group Intocable.

Empty Bowls attracted al-most 4,000 attendees, includ-ing 3,000-plus for the con-cert.

The reason for thefundraiser was evident inthe service figures present-ed at the August monthlymeeting of the board.

Alfredo Castillo, execu-tive director of the SouthTexas Food Bank, reportedthat the food bank distrib-uted 780,978 pounds of prod-uct in July, bringing the 2009total to 4,832,688 pounds, a 20percent increase over lastyear.

“We’re on target to exceed8 million pounds for theyear. The need is greaterthan ever, and because ofthe farm bill and FeedingAmerica, we’re getting morefood, which, in turn, helps alot more people,” Castillosaid.

The food bank served20,921 families in June, in-cluding 20,069 children,33,328 adults and 53,972meals.

The programs include 785families served in Adopt-A-Family, but with 705 on thewaiting list; 6,336 in theCommodity SupplementalFood Program (elderly),with 918 on the waiting list;and 15,926 meals served at 12Kids Cafés.

Also, the food bank signedup 551 families via foodstamp outreach in July. Itbrings the 2009 food stampoutreach to 2,418 applica-tions this year, assisting3,306 adults and 3,147 chil-

dren. “That’s $2 million worth

of food product bought inthe community,” Castillonoted.

The South Texas FoodBank serves Zapata at fivepantries. They are:

Helping Hands, 8th andDel Mar Boulevard, 765-9327.

Boys and Girls Club,6th and Lincoln, 765-3892.

Concilio el Buen Pastor,Hawk Street and FalconMeza, 765-1300.

Iglesia Pentecostes Em-manuel, 302 East Highway16, 765-5440.

Shepherd’s Pantry, 305Hawk St., 765-0123.

“We’re hoping Zapatanscontinue to support thefood bank’s mission offeeding the hungry. Laredoand Zapata have alwayshad close ties and this cru-cial issue of hunger bringsus even closer together. It’speople helping people andfeeling good about it,”Castillo said.

The food bank can bereached at (956) 726-3120, onthe Web site www.southtex-asfoodbank.org or by mail,PO Box 2007, Laredo, 78044.

(Salo Otero is director ofdevelopment for the SouthTexas Food Bank)

“The need is greater than ever,and because of the farm bill and Feeding America, we’re getting more food, which, in turn,helps a lot more people.”EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH TEXAS FOOD BANKALFREDO CASTILLO

BURGLARY OF HABITATIONUnknown subjects gained

entry to a complainant’s residencethrough the restroom windowWednesday between 11:23 p.m. andThursday around midnight. Sub-jects stole a wristwatch from com-plainant’s room. Complainant sus-pects her juvenile son of being theperson responsible.

SEXUAL ASSAULT CHILD Wednesday around 10:36

p.m., a female made an outcry toher mother about an incident thathappened eight months ago.

THEFTA man reported Wednesday

around 11:12 a.m. his trash can wasstolen from his residence by un-known subjects .

An employee of Pepe’s Exxonon U.S. 83 in San Ygnacio reporteda trash trailer was missing from the

back of the store Wednesdayaround 9:35 a.m.

A man reported two bicyclesstolen from his home Sundayaround 8:35 a.m.

A woman left her wallet in ashopping cart of Super S Foods andan unknown individual took it. Theincident occurred Monday between12:10 p.m. and 1:06 p.m. on U.S. 83and 10th Street.

ASSAULT BY THREATOsiel Peña Sanchez, 42,

was arrested for threatening acomplainant Tuesday around 10p.m. in the 2000 block of Red-wood Street. Peña Sanchez wascharged with assault by threatand transported to the Zapata Re-gional Jail.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEFUnknown subjects attempt-

ed to break into two vehicles Mon-

day around 6 p.m. Subjects causeddamage to the driver-side door keyholes.

The incident occurred outsidethe Border Patrol station, 1st Av-enue and Kennedy Street.

DISODERLY CONDUCT/ASSAULT

Alice Medina, 21, and IreneSonia Sanchez, 23, were arrestedon charges of disorderly con-duct/assault in the 1600 block ofKennedy Street on Aug. 15 around2:52 a.m. Both were charged withdisorderly conduct and transportedto the Zapata County Jail.

ACCIDENTA vehicle was reversing and

hit another vehicle in the parking lotof a Stripes convenience store lo-cated on the 100 block of U.S. 83.The incident occurred Aug. 15around 11:32 p.m.

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Two arrested on conduct charges

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Two Zapata men were ar-rested and charged with dis-orderly conduct Mondaymorning.

According to the Sher-iff ’s Department, Jose Car-los Ramirez, 19, and RobertoNuñez, 19, dragged twotrashcans around a Zapataneighborhood and droppedthem off close to the 25thAvenue and Hidalgo Boule-vard intersection at around2 a.m. Monday.

They were transported tothe Zapata Regional Jail, ac-cording to Sheriff ’s Depart-ment Captain AaronSanchez.

The Sheriff ’s Depart-ment received a call aboutunknown subjects draggingtrashcans from homes anddropping them a block awayearlier in the night.

Sanchez said Ramirezand Nuñez were probablytrying to confuse residents.

A deputy was patrollingthe area on 25th Avenue andHidalgo Boulevard when he

saw a truck in the 2300 blockof Hidalgo Boulevard thatwas dragging a trashcan,Sanchez said.

Nuñez was driving thetruck while Ramirez draggeda trashcan from the passen-ger side, Sanchez said.

Asked about the incident,Nuñez and Ramirez re-sponded they were trying todrag the trashcan for afriend who lived a blockaway, Sanchez said.

(César G. Rodriguez maybe reached at 728-2568 or ce-sar@lmtonlime.com)

Gun incident under investigation

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

The Zapata County Sher-iff ’s Department is still in-vestigating an incidentwhere two men pulled agun on another man Aug.10 around 1 p.m. The sus-pects are 17 years old.

According to Sheriff ’sDepartment Capt. AaronSanchez, a 2004 blackJaguar drove to the vic-tim’s residence while thevictim was sitting insidehis truck, parked outsidehis residence.

He said one of the men triedto pick a fight with the victim,

who kept ignoring them.The victim told the of-

fender he did not want prob-lems and told him to leave,according to Sanchez.

A second offender got outof the Jaguar and suddenlypulled a silver black revolverat victim, Sanchez said.

“They verbally threatenhis life and left the area,”Sanchez said.

The two men are at large.Warrants have been issuedfor deadly conduct and ter-roristic threat for two sus-pects, Sanchez said.

The Zapata Sheriff ’sDepartment is investi-gating.

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Vick must show sincerity

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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS

Michael Vick did histime. Havingserved a 20-month

sentence for a federal dog-fighting conviction, he paidhis debt to society.

Now he’s just like every-one else, his supporterswill be tempted to say. Hedeserves the second chancethe Philadelphia Eagleshave given to him.

Yes, Vick does deserve asecond chance. But no, he’snot just like everyone else.

As a high-profile and high-ly compensated player in whatmay be the most lucrative pro-fessional sports league in theworld, Vick is more than apublic figure. He’s also a rolemodel, whether he chooses tobe or not.

What the Pro Bowl quar-terback says and does hasan impact on millions offans — young, impression-able fans. The horrific de-tails of his dogfightingdays can’t simply be dis-missed as a closed chapter.To his credit, Vick does notseem to be treating it that

way.In a mea culpa on CBS’

“60 Minutes,” Vick ap-peared sincere in acceptingblame and expressing dis-gust for his own actions.More than that, he haspledged to use his celebritystatus to work with the Hu-mane Society of the UnitedStates to reach young, im-pressionable fans with amessage about the evils ofdogfighting.

Vick grew up steeped inthe dogfighting culture.Now he’s in a position tohelp end it.

Vick’s rehabilitation is awork in progress. Until hispledge is translated into ac-tion, there’s ample reasonto be skeptical. NFL Com-missioner Roger Goodelland Eagle’s owner JeffLurie ought to be the chiefskeptics.

There’s also reason tohope, however, that Vickcan redeem himself to askeptical public. Thatwould be good for him andgood for the dogs thatwould be saved from theabuse of dogfighting.

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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

At a time when weAmericans may aban-don health care re-

form because it supposedly is“too expensive,” how is it thatwe can afford to imprisonpeople like Curtis Wilkerson?

Wilkerson is serving alife sentence in California— for stealing a $2.50 pair ofsocks. As The Economistnoted recently, he alreadyhad two offenses on hisrecord (both for abettingrobbery at age 19), and sothe “three strikes” law re-sulted in a life sentence.

This is unjust, of course.But considering that Cali-fornia spends almost$49,000 annually per prisoninmate, it’s also an extraor-dinary waste of money.

Astonishingly, manypoliticians seem to thinkthat we should lead theworld in prisons, not inhealth care or education.

The United States isanomalous among industri-alized countries in the highproportion of people we in-carcerate; likewise, westand out in the high pro-portion of people who haveno medical care — and part-ly as a result, our healthcare outcomes such as lifeexpectancy and infant mor-tality are unusually poor.

It’s time for a fundamen-tal re-evaluation of thecriminal justice system, aslegislation sponsored bySen. Jim Webb has calledfor, so that we’re no longersquandering money thatwould be far better spent oneducation or health.

Consider a few facts: The United States in-

carcerates people at nearlyfive times the world average.Of those sentenced to stateprisons, 82 percent were con-victed of nonviolent crimes,according to one study.

California spends$216,000 annually on eachinmate in the juvenile jus-tice system. In contrast, itspends only $8,000 on eachchild attending the troubledOakland public school sys-tem, according to the UrbanStrategies Council.

For most of Americanhistory, we had incarcera-tion rates similar to thosein other countries. Thenwith the “war on drugs”and the focus on law and or-der in the 1970s, incarcera-tion rates soared.

One in 10 black menages 25 to 29 were impris-oned last year, partly be-cause possession of crackcocaine (disproportionately

used in black communities)draws sentences equivalentto having 100 times as muchpowder cocaine. Black menin the United States have a 32percent chance of servingtime in prison at some pointin their lives, according tothe Sentencing Project.

Look, there’s no doubtthat many people in prisonare cold-blooded monsterswho deserve to be there. Butoverall, in a time of limitedresources, we’re overinvest-ing in prisons and underin-vesting in schools.

Indeed, education spend-ing may reduce the need forincarceration. The evi-dence on this isn’t conclu-sive, but it’s noteworthythat graduates of the PerryPreschool program inMichigan, an intensive ef-fort for disadvantaged chil-dren in the 1960s, weresome 40 percent less likelyto be arrested than those ina control group.

Above all, it’s time for arethink of our drug policy.The point is not to surrenderto narcotics, but to learnfrom our approach to bothtobacco and alcohol. Overtime, we have developed pub-lic health strategies thathave been quite successful inreducing the harm fromsmoking and drinking.

If we want to try a publichealth approach to drugs,we could learn from Portu-gal. In 2001, it decriminal-ized the possession of alldrugs for personal use. Or-dinary drug users can stillbe required to participatein a treatment program, butthey are no longer dis-patched to jail.

“Decriminalization hashad no adverse effect on drugusage rates in Portugal,”notes a report this year fromthe Cato Institute. It notesthat drug use appears to belower in Portugal than inmost other European coun-tries, and that Portuguesepublic opinion is strongly be-hind this approach.

A new U.N. study, WorldDrug Report 2009, com-mends the Portuguese ex-periment and urges coun-tries to continue to pursuetraffickers while largelyavoiding imprisoningusers. Instead, it suggeststhat users, particularly ad-dicts, should get treatment.

Webb has introduced legis-lation that would create a na-tional commission to investi-gate criminal justice issues —for such a commission maybe the best way to depoliticizethe issue and give fecklesspoliticians the cover theyneed to institute changes.

Country needs to take better care of troops

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‘Dancing’ next stop for politicians

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS

The suicide rate amongArmy personnel is ris-ing at an alarming

pace. According to Lt. Gen.(Dr.) Eric B. Schoomaker, theArmy’s surgeon general, thesuicide rate has nearly dou-bled in the last five or sixyears, the Express-News re-ported.

Through the first sevenmonths of 2009, 141 active-duty and reserve soldiershad committed suicide. Dur-ing all of 2008, there were 140confirmed suicides.

Why are Army suicides ris-ing? No one yet knows withcertainty. The Army and theNational Institute of MentalHealth have launched a five-year study of the problem.

It doesn’t require a scien-tific study, however, to knowthat repeated deployments toAfghanistan and Iraq overnearly eight years are takinga high toll on military per-sonnel and their families.

Most Americans have car-ried on since 2001 as thoughthe nation were not at war. Butthe community of active-dutyand reserve military person-nel that constitutes about 1percent of the U.S. populationhas been engaged in two wars.

The stress and horrors ofwar are always terrible. Manysoldiers have served five andsix tours in the war zone, someas long as 15 months. The con-stant interruptions of normallife damage relationships andsqueeze finances, adding tothe stress.

The Army recognizes theproblem and has taken stepsto address it — more post-de-ployment screenings, morecounseling and transitionprograms, more emphasis onreducing strain when sol-diers are at their home sta-tion. And it has partneredwith civilian organizationssuch as United Way and theNational Suicide PreventionLifeline to provide servicesfor military personnel andtheir families.

Those measures addresssymptoms. The underlyingproblem is too few men andwomen being asked to do toomuch.

The Obama administrationrequested that Congress re-program $1 billion from thecurrent military appropria-

tion to recruit and train an ad-ditional 15,000 soldiers. That’spart of a two-year plan of De-fense Secretary Robert Gatesto increase troop strength.That increase is long overdue.

A nation cannot fight warson the cheap. That means cre-ating defense budgets that buythe equipment and weaponsour personnel need instead ofwasting it on frivolous mili-tary pork-barrel spending.

More fundamentally, itmeans an obligation to investin those personnel and en-sure that their patriotic com-mitment to serve doesn’t be-come an intolerable burden.It shouldn’t require a suicidecrisis in the Army to makeour nation’s civilian politicalleaders aware of that obliga-tion.

By GAIL COLLINSNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

Although this has cer-tainly been a toughAugust on many

counts, it is important to re-member the little moments ofpure joy. One of which washearing the news that TomDeLay is going to be a con-testant on “Dancing With theStars.”

I know. It takes very littleto make some people happy.

Reality TV plus politics —this could be the start ofsomething big. Right now inCongress we have six sena-tors who are supposed to becoming up with a health careplan, and all we’ve got is con-ference calls and gridlock.

What if we locked them in ahouse together and madethem compete every day forvaluable prizes? Don’t missthe final episode, where thewinner gets to decide whetheror not there’s a public option.

DeLay’s entry into the worldof competitive TV dancing isalso the answer to two criticalproblems facing the Americaneconomy. One is a seriouscelebrity shortage. This issomething I really didn’t seecoming. But the proliferationof low-cost reality shows on tel-evision has drained the na-tion’s hitherto-robust supply of

slightly famous people to thepoint that last year’s “CelebrityApprentice” featured a womanwhose claim to fame was open-ing briefcases on “Deal or NoDeal.”

It’s understandable thatthe producers of, say,“Celebrity Rehab With Dr.Drew” might have to makecertain compromises in theirquest to find people who arewilling to go on camera dur-ing cocaine withdrawal. Butunder normal circum-stances, when I hear the word“celebrity” on television, Iam expecting to see at mini-mum the co-star of a can-celed situation comedy or alesser Baldwin brother.

Yet on the new lineup for“Dancing With the Stars,” thealleged stars include a profes-sional snowboarder and theson of George Hamilton. En-tertainment industry, you cando better. Eliot Spitzer seemsto have time on his hands, andI’m sure Mark Sanford will beavailable soon.

Then we’ll be ready for“The Boys of Prayer House,”in which the philanderingcongressmen who used tohold Bible study classes inthat C Street row house holda reunion, and vie to see whocan achieve spiritual rebirthwhile hanging from a pole ina backyard endurance test.

Turn enough disgracedpoliticians into reality showcontestants and you also solvethe looming crisis over what todo with the nation’s large sup-ply of repudiated elected offi-cials. This is a serious matter.

Within the next year I’llbet you that in New Yorkalone, we will have enoughstate senators under indict-ment to fill a small stadium,and none of them have anymarketable job skills whatso-ever. As I see it, it’s going tobe “Wipeout” or food stamps.

DeLay, you may remember,had to quit his job as majori-ty leader when he wascharged with conspiring toviolate campaign financelaws. He does not seem inter-ested in returning to his for-mer career as a bug extermi-nator, and he refers tohimself as “president of astrategic political consultingfirm,” a Washington syn-onym for semi-employed.

But I understand he is a re-ally nifty dancer.

DeLay first entered the“Dancing With the Stars”culture back in 2006, when heurged fans to wipe out theevil that was a fox-trottingJerry Springer and vote forthe country singer SaraEvans as a representative of“good American values.”

This was shortly before

Evans quit the show in order todevote more time to her new di-vorce suit against her husband,a former Republican congres-sional candidate who sheclaimed cheated on her, drankexcessively and watched pornin the family home.

Evans has since foundhappiness with a former Uni-versity of Alabama quarter-back. But this does bring usto an important tip: When cit-ing someone as a potentialrole model, always keep yourcommendations narrow.

“Sara Evans’s last albumis an example of good Ameri-can values.”

“John Edwards’ commentabout poverty on Dec. 10,2005, is an example of goodAmerican values.”

“Rod Blagojevich’s hair isan example of good Ameri-can barbering.”

We are bringing up the for-mer governor of Illinois be-cause of his pioneering role inthe melding of disgraced politi-cians and reality television.

Unfortunately, Blagoje-vich’s attempt to compete on“I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Outof Here” was quashed by anunsympathetic judge who ap-parently did not appreciatethe fact that the man wasonly a half-step away frommaking a living as an Elvisimpersonator.

Flamenco a dueling danceBy KIRSTEN CROW

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

Apotent mix of powerand sensuality, coor-dination and asser-

tion, dueling and dancing,flamenco in the hands of LaJuerga is a complex, emotiveexperience.

As the music of the guitarand cajón builds from the firsttentative, clear notes and palmthumps to a more confident,rapid wash of audio-fencing,the dancers contribute theirown percussion with theirhands and feet before taking tothe floor with sharp-hippedand serpentine arm move-ments, punctuated by twirlsand hard-striking heels intheir precise maneuvers.

The musicians’ hands andbody language, as much asthe music they produce, is aslarge a part of the perform-ance as the dancers’ move-ments — as is the traditionalsinging that accompanies itsartistic counterparts.

While the dancers andmusicians perform in theambiance of Gallery 201, thelights from above cast shad-ows, obscurely reflecting themovements of the dancersagainst the stone walls andfloor.

It’s a tribute to an ancientart. And for the dancers,Bianca Aker-Rodriguez andIlleana Gomez, who recentlyperformed for the first timein the Gateway City, it’s atribute to their hometownand heritage.

A moment in timeFor Rodriguez and

Gomez, both born and raisedin Laredo but now living andtraining in Albuquerque,N.M., flamenco really hasmore in common with im-

provisational jazz than withother popular Spanish danceforms as, say, salsa or thetango. It’s a common miscon-ception, explained Ro-driguez.

“They say less rehearsalmakes a better show,” shemused. “It’s a lot of collabo-ration. …there’s a relation-ship between the dancersand musicians and the audi-ence.”

Indeed, as the musicians— this week, it’s AlejandroPais Iriart on guitar and Car-los “Curly” Castillo on thecajón — begin their own flowof rhythm, the dancers doappear to be tacitly commu-nicating with them.

The old-world art combin-ing the gypsy, Moroccan,Jewish and Spanish culturesin a spectacular collision,said Illeana Gomez, refer-ring to the improvisation asits “purest form.”

“That moment in timewill never happen again,”she said. “It can’t be dupli-cated.”

Gomez, who has beenstudying dance since shewas child, is drawn to thecomplexity of flamenco, shenoted.

“I feel very connected toit,” she said. “It calls me to it.… there’s always somethingto learn — the music, therhythm, it builds and builds,and then there’s a release.”

As for Rodriguez, she isparticularly attracted to theoutpouring of emotion dur-ing the dance.

“Since there are severaltypes of dances, it can beperformed happy or joyful,while others are more inter-nal or convey some kind ofstruggle,” she said. “I defi-nitely love the fun ones. Theothers — it’s sometimesharder to go there.”

A difficult danceBoth women started train-

ing in Laredo with some ofthe city’s best known danceinstructors — Rodriguezwith Mina Gutierrez, andlater Cristina Greco, andGomez with Alta GraciaAzios Garcia, and later withMina Gutierrez.

They both moved on to Al-buquerque to continue theirstudies.

Learning its form requiresintense training — a bulk ofwhich involves harnessingrhythm, Rodriguez said.

“That’s what dancersstruggle with,” she said. “Incase they don’t have musi-cians — sometimes it’s justpeople clapping and dancing.They try to sing as well … Itcan be very formal or veryspontaneous.”

A graduate of the Univer-sity of New Mexico with adegree in flamenco, Ro-driguez is continuing hertraining at the National In-stitute of Flamenco Conser-vatory under the tutelage ofJoaquin Ensinias, while alsoperforming with Yjastros, aflamenco repertory.

In the meantime, she’shoping to one day travel tostudy in Spain. She is alsopursuing a certification inteaching yoga, another oldart that she says enables herto dance flamenco better.

“Flamenco is very harsh,”she said. “There’s a lot ofstomping and twisting yourbody … (learning yoga is)cross-training.”

As for Gomez, following asix-month sojourn to Spainto learn from the teachingsof flamenco artists such asMaria Juncal and CarmelaGreco and absorb the “aire,”she is now pursuing a mas-ter’s degree at the Universi-

ty of New Mexico — and likeRodriguez, she also danceswith Yjastros, giving thewomen a link from boththeir pasts and their present.

And for now, that alsomeans coming home and giv-ing Laredo a taste of whatthey’ve absorbed in theirtravel and training, bestow-ing their artistic gifts on thecommunity that raised them.

(Kirsten Crow may bereached at 728-2543 or by e-mailat kirsten@lmtonline.com)

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ADVICE

DEAR MISS MANNERS— I have been friends witha fellow for several years,even before he was mar-ried. My husband and Ihave recently divorced, andI now find myself in need ofguy help on occasion.

Is it proper for me to con-tact him directly to ask hishelp, or do I need to contacthis wife? We have not beenreally close since his mar-riage, and so I do not knowthe wife very well.

GENTLE READER —Nor are you likely to usingthe tactics you suggest.

Miss Manners has al-ways considered it outra-geous that divorcees are of-ten automatically assumedto be predators. And she isnot suspicious of everyfriendship between ladiesand gentlemen.

But do you seriouslyimagine that the followingis a reasonable scenario?

Husband: I’ll be out thisafternoon — an old friendneeds my help.

Wife: Really, dear, who’sthat?

Husband: PrudencePriestly. You don’t knowher — I haven’t really seenher since we were married.

Wife: And she’s invitingus over?

Husband: No, just me.She just got divorced andwants me to go over occa-sionally. She didn’t exactlysay what for, but she saidguy things.

Wife: Oh, sure. Have fun. Miss Manners rather

doubts it. If you want to re-sume your friendship withthe husband, you makefriends with the wife. But ithas to become a very warm

and reciprocal friendshipbefore you ask anyone to doyour chores when heshould probably be doinghis own.

DEAR MISS MANNERS— My friend and I scoredsome tickets off eBay forthe Michael JacksonMemorial Concert. It cost alot of money, but we heardit was THE place to be. Twoetiquette issues came up,and we hope you’ll resolvethem.

We liked the first per-formance a lot, and startedclapping. Then my friendstarted yelling, “Encore!”Now personally, I didn’tthink it was proper to dothis at a memorial service.Who knows if the singereven had time to prepare asecond song?

But later, a guy came outwho was obviously justphoning it in. I wouldn’t besurprised if this guy waslip-syncing. So I startedboo-ing. I paid good moneyfor this and felt I deservedbetter. Now my friendshushed me, saying it was-n’t polite to boo at a memo-rial service. I think she wasjust trying to get even withme for earlier.

GENTLE READER —Some manners debate thatwas. You shushed her foryelling for an encore,which you think she resent-ed, and then you yelledboos and resented hershushing you.

“JUDITH MARTINMiss Manners

Tread carefullyasking married

man for help

OLD-WORLD ARTPhoto by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

Flamenco dancers and musicians include, from left, Illeana Gomez, Alejandro Pais Iriart, Carlos “Curly” Castillo and Bianca Rodriguez-Aker.

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A big brawlerBy JOE RUTLAND

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

Hernandez knowswrestling … at leastwhen it comes to

sticking up for fans in SouthTexas and Mexico.

And he’ll be there, proudlydefending his fans as part ofTNA Wrestling’s big card atthe Laredo EntertainmentCenter, starting at 7:30 p.m.tonight. Other Total NonstopAction wrestlers scheduled toappear include “The Phenom-enal” A.J. Styles, Scott Stein-er, Samoa Joe and Booker T.

A dreamHernandez spent a few

years wrestling in NuevoLaredo, Monterrey andReynosa, so he brings a

proud His-panic her-

itage andb a c k -g r o u n dinto hismatches.

As ayoung

kid growing up near Hous-ton, Shawn Hernandez reallywanted to be a pro wrestler.He was influenced by seeingmatches in person or on TVrun by longtime Houstonpromoter Paul Boesch.

But his father, a careermilitary man, didn’t feel thesame way.

“Up until 6 years old, Iwanted to convince my par-ents that I wanted to go intopro wrestling,” Hernandezsaid. “Dad joined the Armywhen he was 15 and did 30years in there, so his dealwas that he wanted his kidsto get an education first.”

Hernandez followed Dad’sorders. He attended King-wood High School, then wenton to Kilgore Junior Collegeand played football at TexasA&I-Kingsville, now TexasA&M-Kingsville. From there,Hernandez, who currentlylives in Spring north of Hous-ton, went into the Arena Foot-ball League and played as an of-fensive and defensive linemanfor the Texas Thunder (basedin Houston) in 1995-96. But afterhis AFL career ended, Hernan-

dez felt he still had some-thing athletically to of-

fer people.

Into the ringHello, pro

w r e s t l i n g .H e r n a n d e z

first trained inHouston, then officially

entered the business in1999.

One of the more interest-ing parts of Hernandez’s ca-reer has been his sixwrestling tours in Japan.

“It’s a very different expe-rience because you go intothe arena and they (fans)are dead silent,” he said.“They treat it like a sport,like they are actually

studying it. It’s way differentfrom the American style ofpro wrestling.”

Between 2003-05, Hernan-dez wrestled in Mexico in thelucha-style which is belovedin the country.

In 2006, he joined Orlando,Fla.-based TNA. At first, Her-nandez was part of “TheLatin American Exchange”made up of three wrestlers.

Recently, he’s been out ofaction because of neck sur-gery performed last April 30.Hernandez was supposed tobe out of action 6-8 months;he rejoined TNA in July.

Hernandez hasn’t lost touchwith his Texas roots at all. He’spart-owner of Reinagel Cham-pionship Wrestling (formerlyRiver City Wrestling), a smallpromotion in San Antonio thatputs on cards twice a month.Hernandez said he’s been apart of it since 2005.

“I’m getting a chance to bea role model and hero for His-panic kids,” he said. “There’snever been a Hispanic worldheavyweight champion.”

A nonstop careerWhat’s the life of a pro

wrestler like? Consider Her-nandez’s story about last week-end.

“So I wrestled Saturdaynight in San Antonio for Riv-er City. I took a quick shower,hopped in a car, drove toHouston and caught a flightback to Orlando for Sundaynight’s pay-per-view,” he said.

Hernandez scored a quickvictory Sunday. Now he’s set-ting his sights on Laredo andhis match with Eric Young,who represents Canada andspends most of his time run-ning down the United States.

Hernandez said he’s notputting up with any of it Sat-urday night.

“I’m pretty sure he won’thave many nice things to sayabout Mexican-Americansdown in Laredo,” Hernandezsaid, “so this Mexican-Amer-ican is coming down there toset him straight.”

TNA’s Hernandez represents hisLatino roots in wrestling

‘Man of La Mancha’auditions continue

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Laredo Theater Guild is excited to an-nounce upcoming auditions for “Man of LaMancha,” the thrilling Broadway musical de-picting the iconic Spanish characters DonQuixote and Sancho Panza, and featuring thebeloved song classic, “The Impossible Dream.”

This debut production of Laredo TheaterGuild’s launch season at Texas A&M Inter-national University will formally inaugu-rate TAMIU’s newly completed 500-seat the-ater within its Center for the Fine andPerforming Arts with a gala premiere onWednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, and will continuesits run through Sunday, Oct. 18.

The production will feature AmericanAcademy of Dramatic Arts alumni, JoeArciniega, in the dual role of Don Miguel deCervantes and Don Quixote, and Raul C.Staggs in the role of Sancho Panza, hisfaithful sidekick, reuniting in roles theyplayed together prior to leaving for Los An-geles in the late 1970s.

Staggs has since repeated his role in aproduction in Hollywood, where he current-ly resides and is an actor and casting direc-tor. All other roles for this very special re-union revival are open for auditioners atthe TAMIU Center for the Fine and Per-forming Arts Band Hall on Thursday andFriday, Aug. 27 and 28, also from 7 to 10 p.m.

‘500 Days of Summer’ a cleverspin on classic boy-meets-girl

By CHRISTY LEMIREASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Boymeets girl, boy loses girl, boytries to win girl back: It’s a taleyou’ve heard a million timesbefore. But it’s told in such arelatable, inventive way in“500 Days of Summer,” it al-most feels like the first time.

It is the first time for direc-tor Marc Webb, who puts hismusic video and commercialbackground to good use withstylish tactics that are lively— a cheeky dance sequence,perfect song choices, a cleveruse of split screen — but nev-er feel gratuitous.

And the script from ScottNeustadter and Michael H.Weber keeps things movingby jumping back and forth intime between Day 500, Day 1and everywhere in between;the structure also creates afeeling of curiosity through-out, because we know this re-lationship is doomed, we justdon’t know how it falls apart.

We watch it all unfoldwith bemusement and dreadthrough the lovelorn eyes ofJoseph Gordon-Levitt’s TomHansen, a would-be architect

toiling away at a greetingcard company. (So maybe it’sa bit convenient that Tom,who has immature, idealisticnotions about love, shouldmake his living writingfacile platitudes on the sub-ject. Surely an education isin store for him.)

Tom thinks he’s found theperfect woman in SummerFinn (Zooey Deschanel), hisboss’ beautiful new assistant

who’s just arrived in Los An-geles. One look at those big,blue eyes and he’s instantlysmitten; this is the lovely De-schanel, after all, so whocould blame him? Her allur-ing, mysterious presence isjust the right fit here.

“500 Days of Summer,” aFox Searchlight release, israted PG-13 for sexual materi-al and language. It is playingat Cinemark Mall Del Norte.

Photos by Chuck Zlotnick/Fox Searchlight | APIn this film publicity still released by Fox Searchlight, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left, and Zooey Deschanel are shown in a scene from “500 Daysof Summer.”

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Photo by Francois Duhamel/The Weinstein Co. | APIn this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Co., Brad Pitt, right and Eli Roth are shown in a scene from“Inglourious Basterds.”

‘Inglourious Basterds’has its glorious moments

By CHRISTY LEMIREASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — If onlyQuentin Tarantino the direc-tor weren’t so completely inlove with Quentin Tarantinothe writer, “Inglourious Bas-terds” might have been agreat movie rather than justa good movie with momentsof greatness.

Everything that’s thrillingand maddening about hisfilms co-exists and co-min-gles here: the visual dexteri-ty and the interminable dia-logue, the homage to cinemaand the self-glorifying driveto redefine it, the compellingbursts of energy and thenumbingly draggy sections.

And then there is the vio-lence, of course: violence asa source of humor, as sport,violence merely because itlooks cool on camera, and be-cause the 46-year-old Taranti-no still has the sensibilitiesof a 12-year-old boy.

“Inglourious Basterds”also reflects the discipline, orlack thereof, of an adolescent— one who’s never been told“no.” Certain scenes of hiswildly revisionist World WarII saga have a wonderfully pal-

pable tension, but then he un-dermines them by allowingthem to go on too long. You ex-pect talkiness in a Tarantinofilm, but rather than whiskingyou away in waves of poetry,as he did with the Oscar-win-ning “Pulp Fiction” screen-play he co-wrote, too oftenhere his talk lacks snap.

As for the plot ... well, itmight be in there somewhereamong the many meanderingthreads. In one of them, “In-glourious Basterds” follows aband of Jewish American sol-diers, led by twangy Ten-nessean Lt. Aldo Raine (BradPitt), who hunt Nazis with thegoal of not just killing thembut scalping them and some-times carving swastikas intotheir foreheads.

Pitt is a hoot, by the way,in the tradition of his bestcomic supporting work infilms like “Snatch” and“Burn After Reading.” He’spretty much doing a bad im-pression of George W. Bush— campy but irresistible —and it is always such a joy towatch him let go and goof off.

Among his “Dirty Dozen”-style crew are “Hostel” direc-tor Eli Roth as a Boston na-tive who likes to take a

baseball bat to the enemy’sskull as if he were TedWilliams facing a fastball.

But Pitt isn’t the star, de-spite being the biggest nameand marketing focal point.“Inglourious Basterds” alsointertwines the stories ofShosanna Dreyfus (MelanieLaurent in a subtle and in-tense performance), a youngJewish woman who fled toParis and opened a movietheater after Nazis killed herfamily; Hans Landa (a com-manding Christoph Waltz),the cool but cruelly conniv-ing Nazi colonel who orches-trated that attack; Germanmovie star Bridget von Ham-mersmark (Diane Kruger,oozing old-school glamour),who’s an undercover agentfor the Brits; and Nazi warhero Fredrick Zoller (DanielBruhl), who’s about to be-come a star by playing him-self in a propaganda flickabout his exploits.

“Inglourious Basterds,” aWeinstein Co. and UniversalPictures release, is rated Rfor strong graphic violence,language and brief sexuality.It is playing at CinemarkMall Del Norte and Holly-wood Theaters.

Johnson to displayhis ‘Views’ at LCC

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

As a professional photogra-pher, Mark Johnson has aspecial talent for makingthe ordinary into somethingunordinary.

Johnson, who teaches artat Laredo Community Col-lege, will present a collectionof recent photographs as partof a new art exhibition open-ing Monday, Aug. 24 at 10:30a.m. at the Yeary Library onLCC’s Fort McIntosh Campus.

The reception, which willinclude refreshments andan opportunity to meet theartist and view his work, isfree and open to the campusbody and the public.

The exhibit will featuresix to eight photographs,ranging in size from 16-by-20inches to 12-by-18 inches.The photos were producedby Johnson within the lastthree years.

Johnson said that his pho-tographs highlight his “par-ticular vision of a time andplace that is part of an al-ways changing landscape.”

“I like my photographs toprovoke a sense of wonderand give the feeling of look-ing at a view that has notbeen seen before,” he added.

Johnson, whose workshave been featured in artshows and exhibitions since1989, began his career inphotography with black andwhite film and the tradition-al tools — lenses, light andpaper selections — to pro-duce the final print.

As the digital revolutionemerged and began makingan impact on the field of pho-tography, Johnson joined inby exploring its unlimitedwonders through the use ofdigital cameras and AdobePhotoshop software to digi-tally distort images and cre-ated photographic collages.

After spending some timecreating images throughthis modern-day process,Johnson has returned toproducing traditional non-altered photographs with atechnological twist.

“With the use of a digitalcamera, the technology haschanged,” Johnson said.“But with the careful selec-tion of light, angles andplacement, I capture com-mon objects and landscapesin my unique perspective.”

At LCC, Johnson is an in-structor of photography, dig-ital photography and digitalart. He has taught at OhioState University in Colum-bus, Ohio, and at Texas TechUniversity in Lubbock.

His experience as a pho-tographer includes stintsworking in the sports infor-mation departments of theUniversity of California atSanta Barbara and the Uni-versity of Texas at Arling-ton. He also has served as a

photographer for the U.S.Army Corps of Engineersin Fort Worth.

Johnson’s photographshave been featured in manyexhibitions throughout thecountry, including Texas,Florida, Ohio, Rhode Island,Massachusetts, California,New Mexico and Louisiana,as well as internationally inCuba and England.

The “Views” exhibit at theLCC library will be on dis-play through Sunday, Sept. 10.It may be viewed Mondaythrough Thursday from 7:30a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and week-ends from 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information,contact LCC librarian BillWisner at 721-5281.

Courtesy photo“Cactus Flower” will be among the selection of photographs by

LCC art instructor and professional artist Mark Johnson that willbe on display at Laredo Community College’s Yeary Library, be-ginning on Monday, Aug. 24.

SÁBADO 22 DE AGOSTO DE 2009PÁG. 8A ZfronteraEntreganlibros de

texto gratuitos

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CIUDAD VICTORIA,Tamaulipas.- El Gobiernodel Estado de Tamaulipas, através de la Secretaría de Ed-ucación en Tamaulipas, dis-tribuyó más de 8 millones deejemplares de libros de tex-tos gratuitos para el próxi-mo ciclo escolar 2009-2010. Elúltimo día de entrega fue elviernes, informó JoséManuel Assad Montelongo,Secretario de Educación.

Expresó que el objetivodel programa de distribu-ción es entregar los libros detexto que se requieren cadazona escolar de los niveleseducativos de inicial, espe-cial, preescolar, primaria ytelesecundaria en el domi-cilio oficial del área urbana.

Así mismo, también se en-tregarán libros de texto a loscentros escolares de edu-cación primaria en las co-munidades rurales partici-pantes del programa“Escuela por Escuela” y alas secundarias oficiales,esto antes del inicio del cicloescolar.

“El objetivo central delprograma es garantizar laentrega oportuna y sufi-ciente de libros de textogratuitos, de tal forma queel gobierno del Ing. Euge-nio Hernández Flores,cumple su compromisopara con la sociedadtamaulipeca mejorando losprogramas que favorecenla equidad y justicia entrelos sectores apoyando ladistribución de libros detexto gratuitos”.

Destacó que uno de losprogramas estatales más im-portantes, es el Programa deInglés en la Escuela Pri-maria, en el cual se imparteesta asignatura para losalumnos de primero a sextogrado por lo que se les entre-gará libro y cuaderno de tra-bajo junto a su paquete de li-bros de texto el primer díade clases, contribuyendofundamentalmente en su de-sarrollo y formación.

Reparten agua en coloniasESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

NUEVO LAREDO -Tresmil litros de agua purifica-da fueron distribuidos aresidentes del frac-cionamiento ITAVU y lascolonias Primavera, Pal-mares, Capulín, GranjasRegina, Valles Elizondo,Vamos Tamaulipas, asícomo asentamientos en loskilómetros 14 y 15.

La remesa es resultado dela campaña de recolecciónde agua “Vive un veranoDIFerente” que el DIF NuevoLaredo inició el 3 de agosto yen la que obtuvieron 17,000litros para el jueves 20 deagosto.

La presidenta del patrona-to, Rebeca Canales de Garzainformó que la colecta se ex-tenderá tres semana más,pues se unirá a esta noblecausa el sector educativouna vez iniciado el ciclo es-colar 2009-2010.

“Agradezco de antemanoa toda la gente que ha colab-orado en esta noble causa ylos invito nuevamente a quevayan a los diferentes cen-tros de acopio, ya que exten-demos esta campaña hasta el11 de septiembre”, agregóRebeca Canales.

La próxima entrega deagua se hará en el ejidoMiguel Alemán.

Centros deacopio del DIF:

Oficinas del DIF NuevoLaredo, Maclovio Herrera2244, Sector

Centro.Albergue MECED,

Maclovio Herrera y JesúsCarranza.

Casa Hogar “Mi CasaDIF”, Maclovio Herrera yJesús Carranza.

Pérez: Se trabajó por la región ribereñaPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

MIGUEL ALEMÁN. TAMPS- Elo-dia Pérez Moreno, diputada federalsuplente, gestora en el 1er. DistritoElectoral y representante deldiputado del PRI Horacio GarzaGarza, dijo que hay mucho que hac-er por la región.

A unos días de concluir el periodoconstitucional legislativo, muestrasu satisfacción de haber cumplidocon el encargo oficial.

Garza Garza dejó de viajar a estaregión después del atentado perpe-trado el 18 de febrero de 2007. Elatentado ocurrió sobre el kilómetro10 de la carretera hacia el aeropuer-

to internacional ‘Quetzalcóatl’, deNuevo Laredo.

El diputado federal fue traslada-do de emergencia al Hospital de Es-pecialidades en Nuevo Laredo yaque presentaba tres impactos debala en el cuello, pierna y brazoizquierdos.

En el lugar murió el chofer deldiputado federal Héctor MoralesJuárez, ex policía municipal que vi-ajaban en una camioneta con placasde Tamaulipas.

Desde ésa fecha Garza Garza, quefue dos veces presidente municipalde Nuevo Laredo, dejó de represen-tar el distrito electoral.

De tal manera que la profesoraElodia Pérez Moreno, asumió la rep-

resentación en laregión.

“Estoy agradeci-da por la oportu-nidad de representaral Diputdo Garza enlos cinco municip-ios”, dijo PérezMoreno. “Ser parte

de este gran equipo de trabajo delGobernador Eugenio HernándezFlores. El desempeño que asumícomo diputada federal suplente fueen la gestoría de los temas, buscarfondo para los municipios”.

Dijo que ser enlace con el diputa-do federal que daba trámite en lasdiferentes instancias del gobierno.

“También fuimos el enlace para

los grupos de nuestra región paratener acercamiento con el DiputadoGarza”, dijo Pérez Moreno. “Se lo-graron buenos resultados, se ba-jaron recursos y se atendió a milesde personas”.

Después de este trabajo legislati-vo de campo, dijo estar bien.

En cuanto la situación queprevalece en el Municipio deMiguel Alemán, dijo que se trabajaintensamente con el presidentemunicipal Servando LópezMoreno, es cierto que existentemas donde una sola adminis-tración no podrá resolverlo, perosiempre existe un buen sentido deresponsabilidad para responder alas demandas ciudadanas.

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Aplicanfiltros

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CIUDAD VICTORIATamaulipas.- Para el próximolunes, cuando inicie el perío-do educativo, se retomará lainstalación de los filtros esco-lares, por lo que se recomien-da que desde el hogar se es-tablezca un filtro para checarque el alumno no presente

ningún síntoma de la enfer-medad de influenza para queevite asistir a clase.

En conferencia de prensalos Secretarios de Salud yEducación, Juan GuillermoMansur Arzola y JoséManuel Assad Montelongo,determinaron los detallespara restablecer los filtrospara este regreso a clases, deigual manera durante la re-unión del Consejo Generalde Salud llevada a cabo min-utos antes, se presentó lasituación actual de influen-za humana y lo más impor-tante, el plan integral deprotección a la salud que seaplicará en los próximosmeses.

El Secretario de Edu-cación refirió que el person-al docente y administrativoesta preparado para recibira los más de 900,000 alumnosque iniciarán el ciclo esco-lar el próximo lunes y queen coordinación con lospadres de familia se estable-cerán los filtros escolares, alo que subrayó que en casode que algún alumno tengala necesidad de faltar porpresentar algún síntoma deinfluenza ó se tenga que re-gresar a su casa, esto noafectará en su actividad es-colar, debido a que lo princi-pal es proteger la salud delalumno y la de sus com-pañeros.

Por su parte el Secretariode Salud, destacó que loprincipal es enfrentar lasituación que se registra enel estado y que se esta traba-jando para la protección detoda la población sin bajar laguardia, como lo ha instrui-do el gobernador del estadoEugenio Hernández Flores ylo que se pretende es mitigarel riesgo que pude provocareste padecimiento a lostamaulipecos.

JOSE M. ASSAD: Secretario de Eduación deTamaulipas.

Dramático panorama en Tamaulipas, pero no sucumbiránPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE LAREDO

NUEVO LAREDO –Lacrisis financiera, recortepresupuestal, el índice dedesempleo sincronizadocon la sequía, fue elpanorama dramático quepresentó el gobernador deTamaulipas EugenioHernández Flores el miér-coles por la mañana enconferencia de prensa.

El comportamiento de larecesión económica contin-uará por un año y mediomás, sin embargo, se bus-cará el flujo financiero parainfraestructura y crear em-pleos.

“Tenemos un plan de in-fraestructura bien diseñadoque permitirá crecimiento yabatir el desempleo”, dijoHernández Flores. “Elrecorte presupuestal de2.500 millones de pesos paraTamaulipas, nos obligará aeficientizar nuestro entornoen el gobierno y anular in-versiones y programas no

prioritarios”.No obstante, continuarán

las gestiones ante el Secre-tario de Hacienda del gob-ierno federal para enfrentarla crisis.

“Estamos en conversa-ciones con Banobras y otrosorganismos financierospara mantener el ritmo deinversiones en infraestruc-tura”, dijo el GobernadorHernández. “Nuestro estadoha logrado más recursos delfondo nacional de in-fraestructura que otras enti-dades en el país”.

SequíaEl gobernador habló ac-

erca de los efectos que hadejado la sequía en áreasrurales y otras entidades.

“Los efectos se estánpresentando en el sector

agropecuario, donde estánreportadas mas de 1,000cabezas de ganado perdi-das”, dijo el gobernador.“Las más de 3,000 hec-táreas que estaban desti-nadas a la producción semantienen erosionadas”.

El gobierno quiere ase-gurar que el abasto deagua para los municipiosdel estado no enfrenteproblemas.

“Es un esfuerzo conjun-to con los presidentes mu-nicipales de los 43 munici-pios, estamosgarantizando el sumin-istro de agua”, dijo el Gob-ernador Hernández.“Nosotros quisimos garan-tizar que pudiera resar-cirse los daños de la sequíacontratando el seguroagropecuario del estado”.

Este recurso podrá ayu-dar en parte a los efectosde esta crisis de agua en elestado.

El 2008 fue un año dondelas presas captaron agua asu capacidad, lo cual ha

permitido seguir satisfa-ciendo la demanda del ser-vicio en los municipios dela entidad.

El gobernador fue entre-vistado después de la inau-guración del Instituto Re-gional Catastral de NuevoLaredo.

OficinaEl miércoles por la

mañana fue inaugurado elInstituto Regional Cata-stral de Nuevo Laredo.Éste centro evitaró en elfuturo que trámites refer-entes a las propiedades deesta ciudad no demorenmas de dos días en suprocesamiento.

En cuanto a los efectosde la crisis, el secretariode Finanzas Oscar Al-maraz Smer, avaló lo de-clarado por el gobernadorrespecto a que el recortepresupuestal a los gobier-nos estatales y munici-pales obedece al desplomeen la captación de recur-

sos petrolíferos quepuede afectar a Tamauli-pas al finalizar este añocon una reducción del or-den de los 2.500 millonesde pesos.

“En este momento, elrecorte presupuestal rep-resenta el 23 por cientomenos, unos 1.500 millonesde pesos, y para los mu-nicipios, este descuento esdel orden del 21 por cientode sus presupuestos”.

En consecuencia losefectos se ven como supeor caída desde lapostguerra y el volumen decomercio internacional,por primera vez en 27 años,registrará una disminu-ción.

A su vez, los precios delas materias primas, in-cluído el petróleo y otroshidrocarburos, registrandisminuciones significati-vas respecto a su nivelmáximo observado haciamediados del año pasado,antes del agravamiento dela crisis global.

EUGENIO HERNÁNDEZ: “Estamos en conver-saciones conBanobras y otros ...”.

Foto Cortesía | Universidad Politécnica La universidad es de nueva creación, dará fuerte impulso a la región evitando que la juventud deba emigrar a otras ciudades a cursar una car-rera profesional. Es la maqueta presentada a las autoridades.

U. Politécnica es opción regional

POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOVTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CIUDAD MIGUELALEMÁN, TAMPS-La Universidad

Politécnica de la RegiónRibereña inició ofrecien-do dos carreras en Inge-niería Industrial y Tec-nologías de laInformación.

Desde el pasado 10 deagosto abrió sus puertasoficialmente en esta ciu-dad, dijo el directorGuadalupe Acosta.

Mientras que se con-struye el edificio oficial deUP, operan en unapropiedad aportada por elgobierno local, informóAcosta.

“Tenemos el total apoyodel Presidente MunicipalServando López Moreno”.

En el proyecto se inver-tirán 30 millones de pesos,donde el jefe de gobiernoLópez Moreno, destacó que

este proyecto de educaciónsuperior “es el parteaguas deun gran futuro que transfor-mará el rostro de la regiónribereña en una tierra deoportunidades para todos.

“El esfuerzo, el trabajo yla preparación serán premi-ados por el éxito”, dijo LópezMoreno. “Hemos dado unimportante paso en la vidaeducativa de esta región”.

Maestros, alumnos ypadres de familia de toda laregión ribereña hanmostrado su apoyo a la Uni-versidad Polititenica y

brinda a sus hijos la opor-tunidad de estudiar car-reras que reclama el sectorproductivo.

El subsecretario de Edu-cación Media Superior ySuperior, VladimirMartínez Ruíz, le dio unvalor agregado a la comu-nidad ribereña.

Dijo que después de unestudio de factibilidad, laCiudad de Miguel Alemáncumplía con esquemas deinstalación de UP.

La universidad per-manecerán en instala-

ciones temporales mien-tras se concluye la primeretapa de esta universidadesperando que para el sigu-iente ciclo escolar 2011-2012, los alumnos esténtomando sus clases en elnuevo edificio.

Martínez Ruiz, destacóque la UniversidadPolitécnica de la RegiónRibereña es producto de lagestión en conjunto en-cabezada por el Gober-nador de Tamaulipas, Eu-genio Hernández Flores, yaprovechó la oportunidadde este momento históricopara anunciar a losjóvenes y padres de famil-ia presentes que por in-strucciones del man-datario estatal todos losalumnos que se inscribanpodrán contar con becaPRONABE para sustentarsus estudios, al igual quelo hiciera con los alumnosdel recién creado Tec-nológico de Ciudad Mante.

El 10 de agosto abrió sus puertas en Cd. Miguel Alemán

“El esfuerzo, el trabajo y la preparación serán premiados por el éxito”.PRESIDENTE MUNICIPAL SERVANDO LÓPEZ MORENO

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Vote could force boat firm outPilot pleaded to evacuate stranded passengers

By JOAN LOWYASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The pi-lot of an airliner strandedovernight on an airport tar-mac in Minnesota pleadedunsuccessfully for her 47 pas-sengers to be allowed to getoff and go inside a terminal.

“We just need to work outsome way to get them off ...We can’t keep them here anylonger,” she said.

The Transportation De-partment on Friday releasedrecordings of the repeatedappeals by the pilot and herairline’s dispatchers earlierthis month while passengerswere kept waiting for aboutsix hours in the crampedplane amid crying babies anda smelly toilet before theywere allowed to deplane.

Transportation SecretaryRay LaHood said a prelimi-nary investigation by his de-

partment found that Express-Jet, the regional carrierwhich operated ContinentalExpress Flight 2816 for Conti-nental Airlines, wasn’t at faultin the tarmac stranding.

Instead, blame for the in-cident, which has revivedcalls for greater consumerprotections for airline pas-sengers, belongs with Mesa-ba Airlines, whose repre-sentative incorrectly toldExpressJet that the passen-gers couldn’t be allowed in-side the terminal becauseTransportation SecurityAdministration personnelhad left for the day, LaHoodsaid.

Actually, security regula-tions allow for deplaning pas-sengers to be kept in a sepa-rate “sterile” area until theyare ready to board, he said.

“We have determined thatthe Express Jet crew was notat fault. In fact, the flight crew

repeatedly tried to get permis-sion to deplane the passengersat the airport or obtain a busfor them,” LaHood said Fri-day in a statement.

“There was a completelack of common sense here,”the secretary said. “It’s nowonder the flying public is soangry and frustrated.”

Mesaba was the only air-line with staff still at theRochester, Minn., airportthat Friday night.

The plane left Houston at9:23 p.m. local time on Aug. 7,but was diverted by thunder-storms to Rochester. Passen-gers were kept waiting on thetarmac only 50 yards from aterminal. In the morning,they were allowed to deplane.They spent about 2½ hoursinside the terminal before re-boarding the same plane.They arrived in Minneapolis,their destination, at 9:15 a.m.CDT.

By ROBERT IMRIEASSOCIATED PRESS

WAUSAU, Wis. — The la-bor union representing 850workers at Mercury Marinein Fond du Lac votes Sun-day on a package of wageand benefit concessions thatthe boat engine maker saysit needs or the jobs will bemoved to a nonunion plantin Oklahoma.

Everyone in town will bewatching.

“There is immense inter-est in this. It affects virtual-

ly every person in the city ofFond du Lac,” City ManagerThomas Herre said. “Theworkers have a difficult de-cision to make.”

Mercury Marine, thecity’s largest employer andthe world’s largest manufac-turer of boat and recre-ational marine engines,wants changes in a four-year contract it signed ayear ago. The company saysthat under its proposal,workers would see no wagedecreases, but the unionsays workers would give up

2 percent pay raises in eachof the last two years of thecontract.

The average hourly wagenow is about $20, the unionsaid.

Scott Swick, a real estateagent and homebuilder intown, called the vote “one ofthe most critical cross-roads” in the city’s history.He urged thousands of com-munity members to showup at the high school wherethe union meets Sunday andshow their support for keep-ing Marine Mercury.

Attention Landowners –Ranchers - Hunters

USDA-APHIS-VSZapata County Fever Tick

Eradication Program

will be holding a meeting onWednesday, September 2, 2009

6:00 p.m.at the Zapata County Pavilion

Discussions on the deer populations and possibilityof a deer survey in the area from

Tigre Grande to Burro Creek along the RioGrande River.

Strategies to eradicate fever ticks onwildlife.

Local Texas Parks & Wildlife Biologistwill be available to discuss voluntary

TPWD deer management pro-grams available to landowners.

For more information call765-4911 – office

763-2666 Teofilo Vela III

BurroCreek

Tigre Creek

10A | THE ZAPATA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009

goal. It may sound lofty, but it’s at-tainable.”

Also this year, Benavides Ele-mentary School students will re-turn to a brand new campus in SanYgnacio.

The old school was demolishedabout a year and half ago. In itsplace is a building that cost about$4.2 million to construct.

“Right now that is our pride andjoy,” Rodriguez said.

ZCISD has other construction

projects underway as well, includ-ing the remodeling of Zapata Coun-ty Middle School.

“We’ll be in remodeling/demol-ishing mode for the next two orthree years,” Rodriguez said. “Andwe’re doing all this without passinga bond.”

The construction and facilitiesmoney is coming from the school dis-trict’s general operations fund, whichhas a healthy fund balance, he said.

This year’s proposed budget

stands at $42 million and will be vot-ed on by the school board at itsmeeting Tuesday.

Other focuses for ZCISD admin-istration and staff this school yearwill be on the special education andLimited English Proficiency stu-dents, who are struggling with theTexas Assessment of Knowledgeand Skills.

Of particular focus will be Zapa-ta County Middle School, whichwill undergo Stage 2 sanctions be-

cause its LEP students did not meetrequired improvement on theTAKS math exam for the third con-secutive year.

Administration will be keeping aclose eye on Zapata County High aswell.

Though the school made re-quired improvement on the mathportion of the 2009 TAKS, the cam-pus will remain under Stage 1 Ade-quate Yearly Progress sanctions be-cause “it takes two years to get in,

two years to get out.”Rodriguez said earlier this

month that to improve state testscores and get out of the sanctions,administration and teachers willhave to “differentiate the instruc-tion and do a better job of monitor-ing students.”

The district will also have to en-sure teachers have the support andtraining they need.

(Nick Georgiou may be reached at728-2582 or nickg@lmtonline.com)

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its economy is manufactur-ing based. There’s very littlehere in Laredo for people toassemble.”

Gonzalez emphasized it is im-portant to have high-tech manu-facturers here in Laredo andNuevo Laredo to fill job roles.

Key needsThis region’s key needs

fall into two categories, ac-cording to Gonzalez’s re-search: one, workplace liter-acy and two, high-tech skills.

“What good is it to trainpeople when they don’t un-derstand English?” he asked.“They need to have a contex-tual meaning on the keyterms which are used inhigh-tech manufacturing.

“As for high-tech skills, theyneed to know how to operate aCNC (computer numericalcontrol) or PCC (programma-ble logic control) machine.”

Gonzalez said as far aswhat’s happening right nowwith the LMI, he said in-structors have taught incum-bent employees (those al-ready in the workforce)skills like welding, forkliftoperation and safety.

“We’ve enhanced the cur-rent workforce serving ourmanufacturing industry,” hesaid. “Also, we’ve taught lead-ership skills along with moreadvanced production plan-ning systems, quality controland NIMS (National Instituteof Metal-forming Skills).”

Finding supportThe LMI has been going to

the manufacturers them-selves and asking them whatthey need.

“Classes and courses arecurrently offered only for the

manufacturing industry,”Gonzalez said. “The econom-ic collapse put the brakes on200 workers taking classeslast February.”

Gonzalez said the LMI isreally about establishing apipeline for workers to pro-vide solid work service tomanufacturers. In the fu-ture, “We want to bringeveryone together,” he said.“That includes Laredo andUnited independent schooldistricts, which we’vereached out to for this work.”

Gonzalez said the LMIwants people to know thereare two academic optionsavailable at LCC.

“One is earning an associ-ates degree, which takes twoyears, and receiving a certifi-cation, which takes oneyear,” he said.

For an example on how theLMI helps students and peoplealready working, Sanchez saidconsider a forklift operator.

“This person might becurrently making $8 anhour,” he said. “After train-ing here and producing a cer-tificate, that hourly rate goesbetween $10-$14 an hour.”

Gonzalez it costs $90 forthe LMI forklift instructionprogram, which takes up twoweekends.

Manufacturers have beenvery receptive to Gonzalez’sefforts.

“If not for the economy,you’d hear about the LMIevery day,” he said. “We arebecoming more committedin our partnerships with theschool districts. LMI hasidentified both industrialand commercial needs. Weare bringing them togetherto increase prosperity forboth the industry and work-force.”

LCC | Continued from Page 1A

trails. The commission added the down-town area should be “developed as anarts, theater, entertainment, shopping,lodging and marina district.”

Vela said the court’s next stepshould be giving the commission’s rec-ommendations some priority.

Commissioner Gabriel Villarrealsaid the regulations, particularly forbuilding codes, would improve hous-ing standards.

“If somebody’s going to build ahouse and you bring a certifiedelectrician or anybody that wouldhave the credentials to do the job, Ithink they would do a better job ifthey were certified,” Villarrealsaid.

Uribe said the regulations would

“help developers determine appropri-ate places for commercial, retail or res-idential structures.

“It would avoid what we now have inparts of Zapata, and that is people put-ting in commercial and retail estab-lishments in what are primarily resi-dential areas,” he added.

The regulations would redefinewhere downtown Zapata should be lo-cated in the future, Uribe said.

“Also, it would help confirm the richlegacy that we have here in San Ygna-cio, by establishing San Ygnacio as ahistoric district, worthy of preserva-tion,” he added.

While Uribe has drafted a 70-page“skeletal” document to get started onthe zoning regulations, he said, “we

still haven’t gotten to the specifics ofland use.

“All we’ve come up with is somevery broad zones that are geographi-cally zoned,” Uribe said.

Now, he said, the commissionerswill hold hearings to determine if theyshould adopt some or all of the recom-mendations suggested by the commis-sion.

Vela said the court’s next stepshould be giving the commission’s rec-ommendations some priority.

Members of the planning commis-sion could be named to a future Plan-ning and Zoning Commission or Boardof Adjustments, Uribe said.

(Julie Daffern may be reached at728-2565 or jdaffern@lmtonline.com)

ZONING | Continued from Page 1A

CHECK PRESENTATIONCongressman HenryCuellar announced re-cently $1,429,192 incombined federal fund-ing for law enforcementin Zapata County. TheZapata County Sheriff’sDepartment will receive$1,413,737 million fromthe Department ofHomeland Security’sOperation Stonegardenand $15,455 from theEdward Byrnes JAGProgram. Pictured atleft at the check pres-entation: County Attor-ney Said AlfonsoFigueroa, Commission-er Joe Rathmell, Coun-ty Judge Rosalva Guer-ra, Cuellar, SheriffSigifredo Gonzalez andCommissioner JoseEmilio Vela.

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The Zapata TimesON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COMSATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009

Cross country season opensBy CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Hawks will officially openthe season this morning as hosts ofthe South Texas Stampede.

The team looks like a well-oiledmachine that is ready to display alltheir hard work.

“The cross-country team looksgood. I could have not asked for abetter commitment from the boys,”Zapata boys cross-country coachLuis Escamilla said.

“They have put in the work andwe are ready to redefine new stan-dards. Seniors Omar Hernandez

and Albert Chapa have transitionedvery well into the program. Theywere in the chase pack for most ofour training but they have emergedto be part of the varsity division.”

On Thursday, Escamilla had ameeting with the team to outline allthe expectations for today’s meet.

“I told them that in our sport, aslong as you give your best on raceday the outcome will motivate you toget up the next day to become a bet-ter individual and athlete,” he said.

“Just go out there and leaveevery footprint on the course. It’sour season opener, not the statemeet. We have all season to learn

from our mistakes to be error freewhen it counts the most.”

The Hawks have trained intriple digit weather but the teamreminds true to itself.

“We had a great session onWednesday, and I’m very excited torun down some teams and get upthe next day, no matter the out-come,” Escamilla said.

Escamilla has the luxury of hav-ing a self-driven team that leads inmany ways.

“I have a couple of seniors buteveryone is a leader out there. Someled by example, others are vocalwho put a jump-start on you if

you’re have a sluggish day,” he said.“Everyone is an essential vari-

able to our Hawk formula. I’ll nev-er miss a day of practice. I’ve beenhere for two complete summerswithout a vacation because I be-lieve in commitment, dedicationand perseverance.”

The Hawks will test and pushtheir bodies to the limit butthrough their daily training havebeen able to handle more than theaverage person.

“Getting into the specifics ofour training could probably make

Courtesy photoJunior Kristina Garcia was a varsity runnerin 2008 but missed running the regionaland state meets due to injury.

Coach to get feel for

summer training

By CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Lady Hawks cross-countryteam is eager to display all theirhard work from the summer.

Zapata will host The SouthTexas Stampede this morning atthe high school.

Twelve teams that include Tu-loso-Midway, La Joya Palmview,Rio Grande City, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North, Falfurrias, SanDiego, Hebbronville, St. August,Martin, Eagle Pass, Eagle Pass C.C.Winn and Edinburg along with Za-pata will compete in the boys orgirls divisions.

“Many teams like to competeearly simply to get a feel for how ef-fective their summer training wasand to evaluate young talent,” Zap-ata girls cross-country coach MikeVillarreal said. “Also, it allowsteams to take a week off from timeto time to take a rest from too muchracing.”

Zapata’s varsity team for todaywill consist of seniors Maritza Gar-cia and Melissa Martinez and jun-iors Marlena Garcia, Alba Jasso,Gloria Jauregui and Kristy Garcia.

Today the Lady Hawks will bewithout the services of last year’stop cross-country runner MichelleGarcia, who is nursing an injury.

Villarreal will hold Garcia soshe will not aggravate her injury.

“I believe our girls will still runwell enough to compete for one of thetop spots,” Villarreal said, despite nothaving Garcia in the line up.

On a positive note, Villarrealwelcomes back Kristy and Melissaback who battled injuries through-out the season.

“Kristina Garcia missed run-ning the regional and state meetdue to injury and Melissa whomissed the 2008 season with an in-jury, will be a key runner for us toreturn to state,” Villarreal said.“Its good to have both these girlsback running again.”

The Lady Hawks will utilize to-day’s meet as a stepping stone to-wards their goal of the season —state champions.

“We don’t focus on pre-seasonmeets. We focus on three meets:district, regionals and state,”Villarreal said. “These earlymeets are tune-ups and aretreated more as workouts. Yes, itis nice to win one here or there,but we have other things we fo-cus on during these competi-tions.”

The Lady Hawks are ahead oftheir training schedule in com-parison to last year’s pace,thanks to Villarreal’s meticu-lous record keeping of lastyear’s workouts.

Teams ready to host today’s South Texas Stampede

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata TimesThe Zapata Hawks’ offense lines up against the United South Panthers’ defense during their scrimmage on Friday at the United South practice field.

GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON

Coach likes what he sees as Friday’s first game loomsBy JOY LINDSAY

THE ZAPATA TIMES

The Zapata Hawks got their final warm-up for the 2009 season when theyscrimmaged the United South Pan-

thers on Friday morning in Laredo.With their non-district opener against

District 30-5A La Joya-Palmview just a weekaway, the 32-3A Hawks were looking to im-prove on their faults and get an idea of whatthey’ll need to be prepared for when the sea-son begins.

The District 29-5A Panthers proved to be aperfect test for Zapata, giving the Hawks a

chance to fine-tune their starting lineup andlook ahead to what they hope will be a strongcampaign.

Friday’s showing“We still need to work on a few things, but

we saw some very, very good things, espe-cially on the offensive side,” head coachMario Arce said. “We were able to move theball, not easily, but we were able to do thethings that we do well against a very quickUnited South defense.

“We were able to convert on third down,we were able to convert on fourth down

once… we just need to work on throwing theball a little bit.”

Zapata scored twice during the series ex-change portion of the scrimmage and onceduring the game-type running clock portionwhile allowing South to score three times ineach.

“We went out there and played with ourhearts, played as hard as we could,” seniorguard Marco Regalado said. “This was onlyour second scrimmage. We have a lot of up-and-coming people who don’t have the varsi-ty experience, but they’re going to gain it.

Volleyball team falls to United SouthBy CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

After a great showing at the Zap-ata tournament last weekend —where the Lady Hawks capturedsecond place — coach Rosie Villar-real was confident they were onthe right track.

They had a great practice onMonday and Villarreal felt the teamwas ready to take on United South.

Despite having home court ad-vantage Zapata let the Lady Pan-thers jump out to a big lead as theyfell to United South 25-21, 25-23, 15-25, 25-17 Tuesday night.

“I do not believe that the girlsplayed to my expectations. Afterthis past weekend I set a highergoal for them and maybe I expecttoo much right now,” Villarrealsaid.

“I just believe that we have agreat team and if I do not pushpass their limits they will neverachieve their potential. I need topush them so that they can peak bydistrict,”

The Lady Hawks defense wasvisibly missing as the defensivespecialists were having a hard

time passing the ball to the setters.Villarreal noted the defense

needs to instill more trust in theirteammates in order to come out ofthe slump.

“Our defense still needs a lot ofwork. I don’t think that my defenseis confident enough to believe ineach other and to trust each other,”she said.

“They expect the other personto pick up the dig or the pass. Mydefense is a work in progress. Myteam just needs to believe in them-selves as well as with each other sothat their defense can come togeth-er.”

United South jumped out to a 16-1 after a few side-outs but juniorBrandi King, who has been the of-fensive force for the Lady Hawks,scored four points to close the gapat 18-18.

“We were moving in slow mo-tion, reacting to the ball late,” Vil-larreal said. “My passers were hav-

ing a hard time passing the ball tothe setter so it was hard to set theball to the hitters.”

South was up 22-21 when Rho-dale Covington (five kills, fourblocks) finished the set by addingthe three points needed to win thefirst set.

The Lady Hawks had 15 passingerrors in the first game.

Zapata was unable to recoverand the second was a continuationof the first game. The scoring wentback and forth at the beginning ofthe set then tied at nine.

United South’s Lillie Lopezscored four points due to Zapata’spassing errors to put the Lady Pan-thers in a 13-9 advantage and didn’tlook back as they stayed ahead therest of the set, winning 25-23.

“Again our passing did not helpas we had 16 bad passes,” Villar-real said.

In the third game the LadyHawks finally woke up and ledright from the beginning of thematch to win 25-15.

“The passing was more preciseso the setter was able to set the ballto the hitters,” Villarreal said

“The team looked like the team

from the tournament and were do-ing everything they needed to winthe set. They were getting after theball and picking up everything(United) South sent to them.”

The Lady Hawks ran out ofsteam during the fourth game asUnited South stretched its lead.

“South jump on a lead from thebeginning and we just froze,” Vil-larreal said.

“The setter was chasing afterthe ball to try to set the hitters be-cause our passes again were notthere. We were not moving to theball. There was no communicationon the floor and the girls were get-ting frustrated with themselvesand it carried to the rest of theteam.”

Villarreal noted the play of Kingand Selina Mata who carried theteam throughout the game.

“Brandi and Selina were the twoplayers that stood out in thismatch,” she said. “What can I sayabout Brandi? She is a heck of aplayer and continues to dominateon the court. Selina is also doing agreat job for us.”

BRANDI KING: Last season’s 32-3A New-comer of the Year continuesto dominate on offense.

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See SEASON | PAGE 2B

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Zscores SATURDAY,AUGUST 22, 2009PAGE 2B

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WW LL PPcctt.. GGBBSan Angelo 45 24 .652 —Edinburg 39 30 .565 6Amarillo 38 30 .559 6 ½Harlingen 34 35 .493 11 ½Coastal Bend 30 38 .441 14 ½Laredo 21 48 .304 24

TTuueessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessSan Angelo 3, Amarillo 2Edinburg 2, Coastal Bend 1Harlingen 2, Laredo 1

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessAmarillo 2, San Angelo 1Edinburg 10, Coastal Bend 4Harlingen 12, Laredo 1

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessEdinburg 5, Laredo 3Harlingen 7, Coastal Bend 6Amarillo 8, San Angelo 7

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessCoastal Bend at Harlingen, 8:05

p.m.San Angelo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m.Laredo at Edinburg, 8:05 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessCoastal Bend at Harlingen, 8:05

p.m.San Angelo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m.Laredo at Edinburg, 8:05 p.m.

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WW LL PPcctt GGBBNew York 76 45 .628 —Boston 69 51 .575 6½Tampa Bay 65 55 .542 10 ½Toronto 55 64 .462 20Baltimore 49 72 .405 27

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Detroit 64 56 .533 —Chicago 62 59 .512 2½Minnesota 58 63 .479 6 ½Cleveland 52 68 .433 12Kansas City 47 73 .392 17

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Los Angeles 73 46 .613 —Texas 68 52 .567 5 ½Seattle 62 59 .512 12Oakland 53 67 .442 20 ½

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessChicago White Sox 4, Kansas City 2L.A. Angels 3, Cleveland 0Seattle 3, Detroit 1Boston 6, Toronto 1Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1Minnesota 5, Texas 4N.Y. Yankees 3, Oakland 2

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessDetroit 7, Seattle 6Cleveland 11, L.A. Angels 3Boston 8, Toronto 1Baltimore 8, Tampa Bay 7Texas 11, Minnesota 1

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(D.Huff 7-6), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (O’Sullivan 3-1) at

Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-3), 7:07 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-6) at

Boston (Penny 7-7), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Nippert 4-1) at Tampa Bay

(Kazmir 7-7), 7:38 p.m.Minnesota (Blackburn 8-8) at

Kansas City (Hochevar 6-6), 8:10 p.m.Baltimore (Guthrie 7-12) at Chicago

White Sox (G.Floyd 10-7), 8:11 p.m.Detroit (E.Jackson 9-5) at Oakland

(G.Gonzalez 4-3), 10:05 p.m.SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 10-6) atBoston (Tazawa 1-2), 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 4-5) atChicago White Sox (Danks 10-8), 7:05p.m.

Seattle (Fister 1-0) at Cleveland(Laffey 7-3), 7:05 p.m.

Texas (Tom.Hunter 6-2) at TampaBay (Garza 7-8), 7:08 p.m.

Minnesota (Duensing 0-1) at KansasCity (Davies 4-8), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Galarraga 6-10) at Oakland(Cahill 6-12), 9:05 p.m.

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2:05 p.m.Minnesota at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.Detroit at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

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WW LL PPcctt GGBBPhiladelphia 69 49 .585 —Florida 64 57 .529 6 ½Atlanta 64 57 .529 6½New York 56 65 .463 14½Washington 43 78 .355 27½

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St. Louis 70 53 .569 —Chicago 61 58 .513 5Houston 59 62 .488 10Milwaukee 58 62 .483 10 ½Cincinnati 51 69 .425 17 ½Pittsburgh 49 70 .412 19

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ningsPhiladelphia 12, Arizona 3Colorado 4, Washington 1Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2Houston 4, Florida 1St. Louis 5, San Diego 1L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 2

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burgh (Morton 2-6), 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Looper 10-6) at Wash-

ington (J.Martin 2-2), 7:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7) at N.Y.

Mets (Pelfrey 8-8), 7:10 p.m.Florida (A.Sanchez 1-4) at Atlanta

(J.Vazquez 10-8), 7:35 p.m.Arizona (Y.Petit 2-7) at Houston

(Oswalt 6-4), 8:05 p.m.San Francisco (J.Sanchez 5-10) at

Colorado (Cook 10-5), 9:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lohse 5-7) at San Diego

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Arizona (Scherzer 7-7) at Houston(Moehler 7-9), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lehr 2-0) at Pittsburgh(Duke 9-11), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Burns 3-4) at Washing-ton (Lannan 8-9), 7:05 p.m.

Florida (Volstad 9-9) at Atlanta(Hanson 8-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Happ 9-2) at N.Y.Mets (Redding 1-4), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Martinez 3-1) atColorado (De La Rosa 11-8), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 13-3) at SanDiego (Correia 8-9), 10:05 p.m.

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p.m.Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.Florida at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.Milwaukee at Washington, 1:35

p.m.Arizona at Houston, 2:05 p.m.San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10

p.m.St. Louis at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10

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CChhiiccaaggooRHP Bartolo Colon, July 25INF Chris Getz, Aug. 12RHP Jake Peavy, June 9ClevelandLHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26

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KKaannssaass CCiittyySS Mike Aviles-x, May 24OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13RHP Juan Cruz, Aug. 8RHP Kyle Farnsworth, June 25OF Jose Guillen, July 23RHP Doug Waechter, Aug. 12

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SSaann DDiieeggooRHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19OF Brian Giles-x, June 19INF Edgar Gonzalez, July 19RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26RHP Jake Peavy, June 9RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1RHP Chris Young-x, June 15

SSaann FFrraanncciissccooINF Rich Aurilia, July 21LHP Randy Johnson-x, July 6LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28RHP Henry Sosa-x, Aug. 5OF Andres Torres, July 31

WWaasshhiinnggttoonnCF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19C Jesus Flores, May 10OF Austin Kearns, Aug. 4LHP Scott Olsen, July 111B Dmitri Young, April 1RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27RHP Jordan Zimmermann, July 19

NNFFLLPPrreesseeaassoonn GGllaannccee

AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTTAAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EEaassttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Miami 1 0 0 1.000 12 9Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 41New England 1 1 0 .500 33 32N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 20 23

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Tennessee 2 0 0 1.000 48 38Houston 1 0 0 1.000 16 10Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 26 28Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 12

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 0Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 20 10

Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 14 23Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 0 17

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 31 10Denver 0 1 0 .000 16 17Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 10 16San Diego 0 1 0 .000 14 20

NNAATTIIOONNAALL CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEEEaasstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAAN.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 24 17Dallas 0 1 0 .000 10 31Washington 0 1 0 .000 0 23Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 40 50

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 7Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 26 27Carolina 0 1 0 .000 17 24Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 20 27

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 27 26Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 17 0Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 13 3Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 27

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

St. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 23 20San Francisco1 0 0 1.000 17 16Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 20 14Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 20

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessCincinnati 7, New England 6Indianapolis 23, Philadelphia 15

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessTennessee at Dallas, 8 p.m.Atlanta at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Kansas City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessCarolina at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30

p.m.Buffalo at Green Bay, 8 p.m.New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 8 p.m.Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15

p.m.San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.Denver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammeeN.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2277Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.Miami at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

FFrriiddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2288New England at Washington, 8 p.m.Green Bay at Arizona, 10 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2299Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Oakland, 4 p.m.Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Tennessee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.San Diego at Atlanta, 8 p.m.Baltimore at Carolina, 8 p.m.N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.San Francisco at Dallas, 8 p.m.Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 3300Chicago at Denver, 8 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 3311Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m.

FFiinnaall 22000088 GGllaanncceeAAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EEaassttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-Miami 11 5 0 .688 345 317New England11 5 0 .688 410 309N.Y. Jets 9 7 0 .563 405 356Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 336 342

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

z-Tennessee 13 3 0 .813 375 234y-Indianapolis124 0 .750 377 298Houston 8 8 0 .500 366 394Jacksonville 511 0 .313 302 367

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 347 223y-Baltimore 11 5 0 .688 385 244Cincinnati 411 1 .281 204 364Cleveland 412 0 .250 232 350

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-San Diego 8 8 0 .500 439 347Denver 8 8 0 .500 370 448Oakland 511 0 .313 263 388Kansas City 214 0 .125 291 440

NNAATTIIOONNAALL CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEEEaasstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAAz-N.Y. Giants12 4 0 .750 427 294y-Philadelphia9 6 1 .594 416 289Dallas 9 7 0 .563 362 365Washington 8 8 0 .500 265 296

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-Carolina 12 4 0 .750 414 329y-Atlanta 11 5 0 .688 391 325Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 361 323New Orleans 8 8 0 .500 463 393

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 379 333Chicago 9 7 0 .563 375 350Green Bay 610 0 .375 419 380Detroit 016 0 .000 268 517

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-Arizona 9 7 0 .563 427 426San Francisco7 9 0 .438 339 381Seattle 412 0 .250 294 392St. Louis 214 0 .125 232 465

x-clinched divisiony-clinched playoff spotz-clinched conference

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeessAtlanta 31, St. Louis 27Houston 31, Chicago 24Green Bay 31, Detroit 21Minnesota 20, N.Y. Giants 19Carolina 33, New Orleans 31Pittsburgh 31, Cleveland 0New England 13, Buffalo 0Oakland 31, Tampa Bay 24Indianapolis 23, Tennessee 0

Cincinnati 16, Kansas City 6Miami 24, N.Y. Jets 17Philadelphia 44, Dallas 6Baltimore 27, Jacksonville 7Arizona 34, Seattle 21San Francisco 27, Washington 24San Diego 52, Denver 21

MMLLSSAAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT

EEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEWW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Columbus 10 3 9 39 34 24Chicago 9 5 8 35 30 25Toronto FC 8 7 6 30 30 31D.C. 6 510 28 34 34New England 6 7 6 24 20 25Kansas City 5 8 6 21 20 27New York 216 4 10 16 39

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEWW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Houston 11 6 6 39 30 20Seattle 9 5 8 35 29 21Los Angeles 8 410 34 27 23Colorado 8 6 6 30 32 24Chivas USA 9 7 3 30 21 19Real Salt Lake 7 8 6 27 29 24FC Dallas 610 5 23 29 32San Jose 411 5 17 25 38

NOTE: Three points for victory,one point for tie.

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessLos Angeles 2, Chicago 0

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessSeattle FC 1, New England 0

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessLos Angeles at D.C. United, 7:30

p.m.Kansas City at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Toronto FC at Chivas USA, 10:30

p.m.SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

FC Dallas at New York, 3 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 6 p.m.Real Salt Lake at New England, 6

p.m.Seattle FC at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugguusstt 2266Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake, 9

p.m.SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugguusstt 2299

Toronto FC at Seattle FC, 4 p.m.San Jose at New England, 7:30 p.m.D.C. United at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Real Salt Lake at Kansas City, 8:30

p.m.Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy,, AAuugguusstt 3300Houston at Colorado, 3 p.m.Columbus at New York, 6 p.m.

WWoorrlldd CCuupp 22001100 QQuuaalliiffyyiinngg GGllaannccee

AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTTNNOORRTTHH AANNDD CCEENNTTRRAALL AAMMEERRIICCAA

AANNDD CCAARRIIBBBBEEAANNFFIINNAALLSS

TToopp tthhrreeee qquuaalliiffyyFFoouurrtthh--ppllaaccee tteeaamm aaddvvaanncceess ttoo ppllaayy--

ooffff vvss.. SSoouutthh AAmmeerriiccaa ffiifftthh--ppllaacceetteeaamm

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttssCosta Rica 6 4 0 2 9 9 12Honduras 6 3 1 2 11 7 10United States 6 3 1 2 11 8 10Mexico 6 3 0 3 8 9 9El Salvador 6 1 2 3 7 9 5Trinidad 6 1 2 3 7 11 5

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessAAtt MMeexxiiccoo CCiittyy

Mexico 2, United States 1AAtt PPoorrtt--ooff--SSppaaiinn,, TTrriinniiddaadd

Trinidad and Tobago 1, El Salvador0

AAtt SSaann PPeeddrroo SSuullaa,, HHoonndduurraassHonduras 4, Costa Rica 0

SSaattuurrddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 55AAtt SSaannddyy,, UUttaahh

United States vs. El Salvador, 7:57p.m.

AAtt TTeegguucciiggaallppaa,, HHoonndduurraassHonduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago,

9:30 p.m.AAtt SSaann JJoossee,, CCoossttaa RRiiccaa

Costa Rica vs. Mexico, 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 99

AAtt SSaann SSaallvvaaddoorr,, EEll SSaallvvaaddoorrEl Salvador vs. Costa Rica, 9 p.m.

AAtt MMeexxiiccoo CCiittyyMexico vs. Honduras, 9 p.m.

AAtt TTBBAATrinidad and Tobago vs. United

StatesEEUURROOPPEE

WWiinnnneerrss qquuaalliiffyyTToopp eeiigghhtt sseeccoonndd--ppllaaccee tteeaammss aadd--

vvaannccee ttoo EEuurrooppeeaann ppllaayyooffffssGGRROOUUPP TTHHRREEEEGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

Slovakia 6 5 0 1 17 6 15N. Ireland 7 4 1 2 12 6 13Slovenia 7 3 2 2 10 4 11Poland 6 3 1 2 18 7 10Czech Rep. 6 2 2 2 6 4 8San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 37 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt MMaarriibboorr,, SSlloovveenniiaa

Slovenia 5, San Marino 0GGRROOUUPP FFOOUURRGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

Germany 7 6 1 0 20 4 19Russia 6 5 0 1 12 3 15Finland 6 3 1 2 8 10 10Wales 7 3 0 4 5 7 9Azerbaijan 6 0 1 5 0 7 1Liechtenstein 6 0 1 5 1 15 1

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt BBaakkuu,, AAzzeerrbbaaiijjaann

Azerbaijan 0, Germany 2GGRROOUUPP SSIIXX

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttssEngland 7 7 0 0 27 5 21Croatia 7 4 2 1 15 7 14Ukraine 6 3 2 1 9 6 11Belarus 6 3 0 3 15 10 9Kazakhstan 7 1 0 6 7 22 3Andorra 7 0 0 7 2 25 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt MMiinnsskk,, BBeellaarruuss

Croatia 3, Belarus 1

GGRROOUUPP SSEEVVEENNGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

Serbia 7 6 0 1 15 5 18France 6 4 1 1 8 6 13Lithuania 7 3 0 4 6 6 9Austria 6 2 1 3 7 8 7Romania 6 2 1 3 7 10 7Faeroe Islands60 1 5 1 8 1

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt TToorrsshhaavvnn,, FFaaeerrooee IIssllaannddss

France 1, Faeroe Islands 0GGRROOUUPP NNIINNEEGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

q-Netherlands7 7 0 0 16 2 21Macedonia 6 2 1 3 4 7 7Scotland 6 2 1 3 4 10 7Norway 6 1 3 2 6 5 6Iceland 7 1 1 5 6 12 4

q-qualifiedWWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammee

AAtt OOssllooNorway 4, Scotland 0

CCOONNCCAACCAAFF CChhaammppiioonnss LLeeaagguuee GGllaannccee

AAllll TTiimmee EEDDTTPPRREELLIIMMIINNAARRYY RROOUUNNDD

FFiirrsstt LLeeggTTuueessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2288

D.C. United (United States) 1, Firpo(El Salvador) 1

Pachuca (Mexico) 3, Jalapa(Guatemala) 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2299Toronto FC (Canada) 0, Puerto Rico

Islanders 1San Francisco (Panama) 2, San

Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0Liberia (Costa Rica) 3, Real Espana

(Honduras) 0TThhuurrssddaayy,, JJuullyy 3300

W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-go) 2, New York Red Bulls (UnitedStates) 2, tie

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 6, Herediano(Costa Rica) 2

Olimpia (Honduras) 2, Arabe Unido(Panama) 1

SSeeccoonndd LLeeggTTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 44

Puerto Rico Islanders 0, Toronto(Canada) 0, Islanders advanced on 1-0aggregate

Jalapa (Guatemala) 1, Pachuca(Mexico) 7, Pachuca advanced on 10-1aggregate

Firpo (El Salvador) 1, D.C. United(United States) 1, OT; 2-2 aggregate;D.C. United advanced 5-4 on penaltykicks

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 55W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) 2, New York Red Bulls (UnitedStates) 1, W Connection advanced on 4-3 aggregate

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 0, Herdiano(Costa Rica) 0, Cruz Azul advanced on6-2 aggregate

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 66Arabe Unido (Panama) 1, Olimpia

(Honduras) 0, Arabe Unido advancedon 1-0 away goals

San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and To-bago) 3, San Francisco (Panama) 0,San Juan Jabloteh advanced on 3-2 ag-gregate

Real Espana (Honduras) 6, Liberia(Costa Rica) 0, Real Espana advancedon 6-3 aggregate

FFIIRRSSTT RROOUUNNDDGGRROOUUPP AA

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSSArabe Unido 1 0 0 0 4 0 3Houston 1 1 0 0 1 0 3Metapan 1 0 0 1 0 1 0Pachuca 1 0 0 1 1 4 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1199Houston Dynamo (United States) 1,

Metapan (El Salvador) 0Arabe Unido (Panama) 4, Pachuca

(Mexico) 1TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2255

Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Metapan (ElSalvador), 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2266Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Houston

Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. ArabeUnido (Panama), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Houston Dy-

namo (United States), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2222

Houston Dynamo (United States)vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), 10 p.m.

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Pachu-ca (Mexico), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2299Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Meta-

pan (El Salvador), 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 3300

Houston Dynamo (United States)vs. Pachuca (Mexico), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2211Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Arabe Unido

(Panama), 8 p.m.Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Houston

Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m.GGRROOUUPP BB

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSSMarathon 1 1 0 0 3 1 3Toluca 1 1 0 0 1 0 3San Juan 1 0 0 1 0 1 0D.C. United 1 0 0 1 1 3 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1188Marathon (Honduras) 3, D.C. Unit-

ed (United States) 1TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2200

Toluca (Mexico) 1, San JuanJabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2266D.C. United (United States) vs.

Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2277

Marathon (Honduras) vs. San JuanJabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and To-

bago) vs. D.C. United (United States),8 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1177Toluca (Mexico) vs. Marathon

(Honduras), 8 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2233

Toluca (Mexico) vs. San JuanJabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2244D.C. United (United States) vs.

Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 3300

D.C. United (United States) vs. SanJuan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 8p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 11Marathon (Honduras) vs. Toluca

(Mexico), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2200

Toluca (Mexico) vs. D.C. United(United States), 8 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2222San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and

Tobago) vs. Marathon (Honduras), 8p.m.

GGRROOUUPP CCGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS

Columbus 1 1 0 0 2 0 3Cruz Azul 1 1 0 0 2 0 3P.R. Islanders1 0 0 1 0 2 0Saprissa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1188Columbus Crew (United States) 2,

Puerto Rico Islanders 0WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1199

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 2, Saprissa (Cos-ta Rica) 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2255Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Puerto

Rico Islanders, 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2266

Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. ColumbusCrew (United States), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Cruz Azul

(Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) win-ner, 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Columbus

Crew (United States), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2222

Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Saprissa(Costa Rica), 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2233Columbus Crew (United States) vs.

Cruz Azul (Mexico)-Herediano (CostaRica) winner, 8 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2299Columbus Crew (United States) vs.

Saprissa (Costa Rica), 8 p.m.Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Puerto Rico

Islanders, 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2200

Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Colum-bus Crew (United States), 8 p.m.

Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Cruz Azul(Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) win-ner, 10 p.m.

GGRROOUUPP DDGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS

UNAM 1 1 0 0 1 0 3R Espana 1 1 0 0 1 0 3Com 1 0 0 1 0 1 0W Conn 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1188Pumas UNAM (Mexico) 1, Comuni-

caciones (Guatemala) 0TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2200

Real Espana (Honduras) 1, W Con-nection (Trinidad and Tobago) 0

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2277W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala), 8p.m.

Real Espana (Honduras) vs.Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) vs. Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 8 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1177

Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs.Real Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2233Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. W

Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2244Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Real

Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 3300

Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. W Con-nection (Trinidad and Tobago), 8 p.m.

Real Espana (Honduras) vs. Comu-nicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2211W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) vs. Real Espana (Honduras), 8 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2222

Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs.Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.

FFiigghhtt SScchheedduulleeAAuugg.. 2222

At Toyota Center, Houston (HBO),Malcolm Klassen, South Africa, vs.Robert Guerrero, Gilroy, Calif., 12, forKlassen’s IBF super featherweight ti-tle; Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Paul Ma-lignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, light wel-terweights; Daniel Jacobs, Brooklyn,N.Y., vs. Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, 10, forthe NABO middleweight title.

AAuugg.. 2288At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and

Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (ESPN2), JuanUrango, Cooper City, Fla., vs. RandallBailey, Miami, 12, for Urango’s IBFlight welterweight title; Tavoris Cloud,Tallahassee, Fla., vs. Clinton Woods,Britain, 12, for the vacant IBF lightheavyweight title.

AAuugg.. 2299At Halle, Germany, Victor Emil-

iano Ramirez, Argentina, vs. MarcoHuck, Germany, 12, for Ramirez’sWBO cruiserweight title; Karo Murat,Germany, vs. Lorenzo Di Giacomo,Italy, 12.

At Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, BrianViloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs. JesusIribe, Mexico, 12, for Viloria’s IBF light

flyweight title.At Quik Trip Park, Grande Prairie,

Texas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs.Edvan Dos Barrios, Miami, 10, welter-weights; Mikey Garcia, Oxnard, Calif.,vs. Carlos Rivera, Oldsmar, Fla., 10,featherweights.

SSeepptt.. 55At Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (PPV),

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico, vs. Ja-son LeHoullier, Portland, Maine, 10,super welterweights; Manuel Vargas,Mexico, vs. Donnie Nietes, Philippines,12, for Vargas’ WBO mini flyweight ti-tle.

SSeepptt.. 1122At MCH Messecenter, Herning,

Denmark (SHO), Mikkel Kessler, Den-mark, vs. Gusmyl Perdomo,Venezuela, 12, for Kessler’s WBA supermiddleweight title.

At Pechanga Resort and Casino,Temecula, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward,Oakland, Calif., vs. Shelby Pudwill,Mandan, N.D., 10, super mid-dleweights.

At San Juan, Puerto Rico (PPV),Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rico, vs. RodelMayol, Philippines, for Calderon’s WBOand Ring Magazine titles; Roman Mar-tinez, Puerto Rico, vs. Michael Lozada,Mexico, 12, for Martinez’s WBO juniorlightweight title.

SSeepptt.. 1199At MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Floyd

Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. JuanManuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif., 12,welterweights; Chris John, Indonesia,vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, forJohn’s WBA featherweight title; Vi-cente Escobedo, Woodland, Calif. vs.Michael Katsidis, Thailand, 12, for va-cant interim WBO lightweight title;Zab Judah, Las Vegas, vs. AntonioDiaz, Coachella, Calif., 10, welter-weights.

At Neubrandenburg, Germany, Gio-vanni Lorenzo, New York, vs. Sebast-ian Sylvester, Germany, 12, for va-cant IBF middleweight title.

SSeepptt.. 2266At Staples Center, Los Angeles, Vi-

tali Klitschko, Los Angeles, vs. ChrisArreola, Riverside, Calif., 12, for Kl-itschko’s WBC heavyweight title.

At UIC Pavilion, Chicago, DavidDiaz, Chicago, vs. Jesus Chavez,Austin, Texas, 10, lightweights.

SSeepptt.. 33At Tokyo, Nobuo Nashiro, Japan,

vs. Hugo Cazares, Mexico, 12, forNashiro’s WBA junior bantamweighttitle.

OOcctt.. 1100At Madison Square Garden, New

York (PPV), Yuriorkis Gamboa, Mia-mi, vs. Whyber Garcia, Panama, 12,for Gamboa’s WBA featherweight ti-tle; Odlanier Solis, Miami, vs. KevinJohnson, Atlanta, 12, heavyweights.

At Tokyo, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan,vs. Ivan Hernandez, Mexico, 12, forNishioka’s WBC junior featherweighttile; Jorge Linares, Tokyo, vs. JuanCarlos Salgado, Mexico, 12, for Linares’WBA junior lightweight title.

TTrraannssaaccttiioonnssBBAASSEEBBAALLLL

MLB—Suspended New Yor MetsRHP Santiago Valdez (Gulf Coast) for50 games testing positive for a per-formance-enhancing substance.

AAmmeerriiccaann LLeeaagguueeBOSTON RED SOX—Recalled RHP

Michael Bowden from Pawtucket (IL).Activated OF Rocco Baldelli from the15-day DL. Optioned OF Brian Ander-son to Pawtucket. Designated RHPFernando Cabrera for assignment.

AAmmeerriiccaann AAssssoocciiaattiioonnEL PASO DIABLOS—Signed RHP

Max Limonick. Released RHP YurySantana.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Signed INF Joseph Spiers.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—AcquiredOF Argelis Nunez and RHP GregorioMartinez from Laredo (United) for cashand two players to be named.

PENSACOLA PELICANS—SignedRHP Kieran Mattison.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Ac-quired OF Norm Hutchins from Lincolnfor a player to be named.

WICHITA WINGNUTS—Signed CJohn C. Martin.

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NFL—Fined Carolina RB MikeGoodson $7,500 for making a throatslash gesture after scoring a touchdownin a Aug. 17 game against the NewYork Giants.

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed DEAaron Maybin to a five-year contract.

NEW YORK JETS—Re-signed QBChris Pizzotti.

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Marcel Goc to a one-year con-tract.

CCOOLLLLEEGGEEGANNON—Named Dave Patronik

men’s golf coach and Jason Willowwomen’s golf coach.

JACKSONVILLE STATE—Sus-pended QB Ryan Perrilloux for onegame for violating team rules.

SHENANDOAH—Named ReneeSummerson and Emily Wheelock wom-ens assistant soccer coaches.

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you feel sorry for the runners but Inever feel sorry for them,” Escamil-la said.

“Why? Because the human bodycan do anything that you want it togo through and the main reasonwhy I do not feel sorry for them isbecause when it’s time to put the

body to test, it will prevail.” Escamilla implement a smart

program rather than hard program. “A lot of coaches preach to prac-

tice hard, I implement smart train-ing. Our strength has improved dra-matically. We have only done two ofmy staple sessions,” he said

“We follow a simple programthat consists of 5-6 differentworkouts. We do not get on thetrack until we approach the postseason, but we do get our workdone on specific terrain to simu-late races.”

The Hawks have a secret trail

that is found around Zapata, that noone knows around.

“We run on a ranch that hassome nice dirt trails. We have asecret trail that no one knowsabout but champions are madewhen no one is watching,” Es-camilla said.

Escamilla also noted that thecommunity plays a big part in theteams success.

“The Zapata cross-country teamswould like to thank the communityfor supporting the program bysponsoring our annual cross-coun-try meet,” he said.

“All runners are slightly ahead oftheir progress from a year ago atthis time,” he said. “Marlena had agreat track season and hopes to re-peat the feat in cross-country. Glo-ria and Alba are leaps and boundsahead of last year’s practice times.

The Lady Hawks are the defend-ing district champions, and have a

big target on their backs every timethey get on the course.

“The team that most wants to de-throne the Lady Hawks is La Feria.They were the perennial districtchampions of that district until wecame along and claimed that spotlast year,” Villarreal said.

La Feria just hired a new coach

and is working hard to make theLady Lions better.

The Lady Hawks’ success canalso be attributed to the strongparental support that is displayedat every meet.

It is not unusual to find LadyHawk cross-country parents, hit-ting the road on a Saturday morn-

ing to show support for their daugh-ter at the meet.

“When a parent is 100 percent be-hind the program, like in anythingelse it is very beneficial. Havingparental support and backing upthe coach’s efforts can go a longway,” Villarreal said.

“I am truly thankful for the

parents that have supported ZHScross-country during my tenurehere. It has been an honor and aprivilege to coach their children.It is a great feeling at the end ofthe season to have parents saythank you for all you have doneto make their child the best theycan be.”

The Lady Hawks are playing at the ValleyView Tournament. They went 3-3 and splitwith Lyford, lost two to Valley View and de-feated Santa Rosa in two.

The Lady Hawks will be playing in the sil-ver division bracket Saturday and do not

know who their opponent is because pool C &D played Friday.

NNOOTTEE:: Seventh and eighth graders interest-ed in playing volleyball should attend a meet-ing Monday after school in the gymnasium

UUNNIITTEEDD SSOOUUTTHH SSTTAATTSS:: Samantha De La

Cruz (six kills), Lesli Campos (nine kills),Rhodel Convington (five kills, four blocks),Mariana Gallegos (eight assists), MelinaSanchez (20 assists, nine points), JessicaContreras (nine digs) and Linda Resendez(two kills, four digs, 12 assists, six points).

ZZAAPPAATTAA SSTTAATTSS:: Brandi King (19 kills, twoblocks, eight aces, 10 digs), Kat Garcia (fivekills, one block, eight digs), Selina Mata (eightkills, six aces, eight digs), Adriana Peña (threekills, two aces, 10 digs), Lexi Garza (20 assists)and Lauren Mendoza (16 assists).

“We’re going to have a hard practice week,and I think by next week when we have ourfirst game we’ll be ready.”

Securing a QBAs of Friday, Arce was fairly confident his

search for a starting quarterback had beennarrowed down to one candidate: junior LuisGonzalez. The other two candidates for the job,junior Andrew Magee and sophomore ManuelSalinas, are expected to start at other positions.

“Manuel can play anywhere,” Arce said.“He’s a sophomore, and he’ll get his chanceout there. He’s going to be our starting corner,and he can also play as one of our slot backs.

“In our offense, the quarterback has to knowevery single position in case of injury or if

something else happens. If someone else has togo in there, it’s going to be a quarterback.”

Steady improvementThough Friday’s game was technically the

Hawks’ second scrimmage loss, Arce noticeda lot of improvement since last week’s clashwith Class 4A Tuloso-Midway.

“Moving the ball on the ground, of course,that’s our forte, but moving the ball on theground with our quarterback, I think we did alot better than last week,” Arce said. “Defensive-ly, other than a few big plays by their good ath-letes, it would have been a lot closer. The secondgroup looked good when they got in there, so weknow we have some good backups.”

One area that Arce said could still use

work is defensive assignments, but he be-lieves that is to be expected for such a young,inexperienced team.

“We’re almost there, you can see it, butevery once in a while, we’ll blow an assign-ment,” he said. “It’s a lot of things that arecorrectable.”

Added Regalado, “Every week, everyone’simproving. They’re learning to play, adjust-ing to the speed of varsity. It’s just a wholenew level.”

Tough opponentsRegalado noted being a 3A school against a

5A made things a bit harder on his team, some-thing Arce hopes will benefit his players.

“It’s really hard when you go up against a 5A

school because they’re ready to go right away,and we kind of have to slow it down a little bitbecause a lot of our kids play on both sides ofthe ball,” Arce said. “We always try to goagainst good competition so we can be readyand prepared to go when we start district.

“Our district in the Valley is, in my opin-ion, one of the toughest in the whole statejust because of the competition. Theseschools are big-time football, and we’d like tobe included in that. I think by playing these5A schools and 4A schools maybe helps us.

“We’re not going to shy away from anyone;we’re going to come up, line up and do thebest we can to beat you.”

The Hawks open their non-district seasonFriday against Palmview in Zapata at 7:30p.m.

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