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WATERTOWN, Mass. —A 19-year-old college stu-dent wanted in the BostonMarathon bombings wastaken into custody Fridayevening after a manhuntthat left the city virtuallyparalyzed and his olderbrother and accomplicedead.

Police announced viaTwitter that DzhokharTsarnaev was in custody.They later wrote, “CAP-TURED!!! The hunt is over.The search is done. Theterror is over. And justicehas won. Suspect in custo-dy.”

Tsarnaev’s brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, waskilled Friday in a furiousattempt to escape police.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hadbeen holed up in a boat ina Watertown neighborhood.The crowd gathered nearthe scene let out a cheerwhen spectators saw offi-cers clapping.

“Everyone wants himalive,” said Kathleen Paolil-lo, a 27-year-old teacherwho lives in Watertown.

Boston Mayor Tom Me-nino tweeted “We got him,”along with a photo of thepolice commissioner speak-ing to him.

During a long night ofviolence Thursday into Fri-

day, the brothers killed anMIT police officer, severelywounded another lawmanand hurled explosives at po-lice in a car chase and gunbattle, authorities said.

The suspects were iden-tified by law enforcementofficials and family mem-bers as Dzhokhar and Ta-merlan Tsarnaev, ethnicChechen brothers who hadlived in Dagestan, whichneighbors Chechnya insouthern Russia. They hadbeen in the U.S. for about adecade, an uncle said, andwere believed to be livingin Cambridge, Mass.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a 26-year-old who had beenknown to the FBI as Sus-pect No. 1 and was seen insurveillance footage of themarathon in a black base-ball cap, was killed over-night, officials said. Hisyounger brother, who hadbeen dubbed Suspect No. 2and was seen wearing awhite, backward baseballcap in the images fromMonday’s deadly bombingescaped and was on therun.

Their uncle in Mary-land, Ruslan Tsarni, plead-ed on live television:“Dzhokhar, if you are alive,turn yourself in and askfor forgiveness.”

Authorities in Bostonsuspended all mass transit

BOSTON

A man points towards the upper floors of a store as police go doorto door while searching for a suspect, on Friday.

Photo by Charles Krupa | AP

Police nabsuspect inbombing

College student found hiding in a smallboat; residents cheer after arrest

By JAY LINDSAYAND EILEEN SULLIVAN

ASSOCIATED PRESS

See BOMBER PAGE 10A

LAREDO — “Dispatch-ers are the backbone ofour department,” said Za-pata County Sheriff ’s Of-fice 9-1-1 Supervisor TonyElizondo while talkingabout the critical role adispatcher plays in keep-

ing deputies safe.As part of National Tele-

communicators Week, Cityof Laredo 9-1-1 RegionalAdministration, togetherwith representatives fromJim Hogg, Webb, Starr andZapata counties gatheredWednesday at La PosadaHotel in Laredo to recog-nize their 9-1-1 dispatch-

ers.9-1-1 National Public

Safety Telecommunica-tions Week is a time whencitizens thank public safe-ty men and women whorespond to emergencycalls and dispatch emer-gency professionals, a City

SHERIFF’S OFFICE

9-1-1 Supervisor Tony Elizondo, Chief Raymundo del Bosque Jr. and Capt. Hector Garcia were in Laredoon Wednesday at La Posada Hotel/Inn for a luncheon honoring dispatchers.

Courtesy photo

Dispatchers gettheir recognition

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See DISPATCHERS PAGE 11A

Narcotic detection insearching buildings, carsand trailers was part ofthe training held duringthe weeklong NationalNarcotic Detector Dog As-sociation National Confer-ence in Laredo.

K-9s from around thecountry and abroad honedtheir skills at differenttraining sites. Two siteswere Mercy Hospital andthe Cigarroa Medical offic-es in Central Laredo,where the dogs searchedfor contraband inside of-fices or cars. Zapata Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Office had itsrepresentative in DeputyRicky Garza, the office’sK-9 handler.

Garza became Zapata’sfirst K-9 handler in yearswhen he agreed to workalongside his partner,Jack, a Malinois or Bel-gian shepherd. Zapata’sK-9 unit also came downto the Gateway City totrain.

“I love working withdogs,” Garza said and add-ed he has five huntingdogs. When he was offeredthe K-9 position in Febru-ary, he didn’t hesitate tosay yes.

Garza and Jack assistin narcotics investiga-tions. They can be seen as-sisting in executing searchwarrants at homes andother locations.

On occasion, U.S. Bor-der Patrol agents and Tex-as Department of Public

SHERIFF’S OFFICE

HUNTING FOR DRUGS

Zapata sheriff’s Deputy Ricky Garza and his dog Jack participate in a narcotic detection exercise atthe Laredo Energy Arena on Friday. Garza is Zapata’s only K-9 handler.

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata Times

Handlertakes partin contests


See K-9 JACK PAGE 11A

EL PASO — FalconLake is expected to slowlyfill up, with the watereventually to be releasedto meet irrigation and mu-nicipal water demand in

the Lower Rio Grande Val-ley.

The releases are in re-sponse to water needs inboth the United States andMexico and do not impactMexico’s deficit in deliver-ies to the United States

under a water treatysigned in 1944.

“For me it’s very hardto see that there’s no wa-ter in the lake, especiallywhen we bring in the fish-ing tournaments. So I trynot to look at the dry bed

when I drive over thebridge, but I did two daysago and it bothered me. Ididn’t realize how low thewater was,” said Celia Bal-deras, Zapata County

NATURAL RESOURCES

Filling the lakeFalcon to get filled up by upstream water

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

See LAKE PAGE 11A

PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

SATURDAY, APRIL 20Voz de Niños – Court Appointed

Special Advocates (CASA) for Children,hosts an informational session on theCASA program, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.,at 902 E. Calton Road. Volunteers ad-vocate in the best interest of fosteryouth. No training or experience isnecessary, and volunteers must be 21years or older. Contact Alexis Herreraat [email protected] or 956-727-8691.

The Laredo Farmers Market willcelebrate “going green” at this month’smarket, from 9 a.m. to noon, at JarvisPlaza in downtown Laredo. There willbe live music, free parking at El Metro(with market purchase), and Lone StarCards are accepted. Contact the orga-nizers at 956-523-8817 or [email protected].

TAMIU’s Spring Carnival andPlanetarium’s 8th Anniversary is fromnoon to 8 p.m. at the Lamar BruniVergara Planetarium. The event willfeature food, carnival rides and otheractivities — and will also feature thepremiere of the new Planetarium show,“The Zula Patrol: Down to Earth.” Call956-326-3663.

MONDAY, APRIL 22The exit-level ELA retest will be

given at Zapata schools.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23STAAR/TAKS exams will be giv-

en at Zapata schools.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25A conference of the Network of

Trade Professionals will host a free lun-cheon at 11:30 a.m. through 2 p.m. atEmbassy Suites.

The “Managing Cash — theSmall Business Owner’s Guide to Fi-nancial Control” workshop is set for5:30-8:30 p.m. at the TAMIU WesternHemispheric Trade Center, room 126.Fee is $20.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26The Texas A&M International

University Lamar Bruni Vergara Plane-tarium will show “Star Signs” at 6p.m. and “Secrets of the Sun” at 7p.m. General admission is $4 for chil-dren and $5 for adults. Premiumshows are $1 more.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27The Texas A&M International

University Lamar Bruni Vergara Plane-tarium will show: “The Zula Patrol:Down to Earth” at 3 p.m.; “Lamps ofAtlantis” at 4 p.m.; and “Pink Floyd’sThe Wall” at 5 p.m. Matinee show is$4. General admission is $4 for chil-dren and $5 for adults. Premiumshows are $1 more.

The Laredo Detachment of theMarine Corps League will hold a steakplate sale to raise funds for collegescholarships, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at1306 Malinche Ave. Tickets are $5each and can be obtained at the Ma-linche address on the day of the platesale or by calling 722-5614 or 744-6039.

SUNDAY, MAY 5Doors open at 3 p.m. for The

Miss Jr. Zapata Texas Pageant and theMiss Zapata Texas Pageant at the Za-pata High School auditorium. The pag-eants start at 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 7The UISD Family Leadership In-

stitute Training class is from 5:30-8p.m. in Room 2 of the Bill JohnsonStudent Activity Complex, 5802 SantaClaudia Lane. The objective of the in-stitute is to teach parents and caregiv-ers the art and skill of family leader-ship. Dinner and daycare will be pro-vided. For more information and toregister for the classes, call 473-6471or 473-6470.

SUNDAY, MAY 19Zapata High School will compete

at state One Act Play and academicsin Austin through Wednesday.

SATURDAY, MAY 25The 10th Annual Juvencio de

Anda Memorial Golf Tournament will beheld at the Laredo Country Club. Teetime is 8 a.m. The tournament willhonor the late Alfonso “Lefty” Valls.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1The Bass Champs South Region

Fishing Tournament is set for 7 a.m.through 4 p.m. at the Zapata CountyPublic Boat Ramp. The race starts atthe Zapata County Courthouse.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, April 20,the 110th day of 2013. Thereare 255 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On April 20, 1863, PresidentAbraham Lincoln signed aproclamation admitting WestVirginia to the Union, effectivein 60 days (June 20, 1863).

On this date:In 1861, Col. Robert E. Lee

resigned his commission inthe United States Army. (Leeeventually became general-in-chief of the Confederateforces.)

In 1889, Adolf Hitler wasborn in Braunau am Inn, Aus-tria.

In 1912, Boston’s FenwayPark hosted its first profes-sional baseball game while Na-vin Field (Tiger Stadium)opened in Detroit. (The RedSox defeated the New YorkHighlanders 7-6 in 11 innings;the Tigers beat the ClevelandNaps 6-5 in 11 innings.)

In 1968, Pierre Elliott Tru-deau was sworn in as primeminister of Canada.

In 1972, the manned lunarmodule from Apollo 16 landedon the moon.

In 1978, a Korean Air LinesBoeing 707 crash-landed innorthwestern Russia after be-ing fired on by a Soviet inter-ceptor after entering Sovietairspace. Two passengers werekilled.

In 1988, gunmen who’d hi-jacked a Kuwait Airways jum-bo jet were allowed safe pas-sage out of Algeria under anagreement that freed the re-maining 31 hostages and end-ed a 15-day siege in which twopassengers were slain.

In 1993, Mexican comedianCantinflas (Mario Moreno)died in Mexico City at age 81.

In 1999, the Columbine HighSchool massacre took place inColorado as two students, EricHarris and Dylan Klebold,shot and killed 12 classmatesand one teacher before takingtheir own lives.

In 2010, an explosion on theDeepwater Horizon oil plat-form, leased by BP, killed 11workers and began spewingan estimated 200 million gal-lons of crude into the Gulf ofMexico for nearly threemonths.

Ten years ago: U.S. Armyforces took control of Baghdadfrom the Marines in a chang-ing of the guard that thinnedthe military presence in thecapital. Celebrating Easter, theRev. Emmanuel Delly, a long-time Iraqi bishop, pleaded forsafeguards against the perse-cution of Christians in thenew Iraq. A landslide in south-ern Kyrgyzstan (KEHR’-gih-stahn) killed some three dozenpeople.

Today’s Birthdays: Re-tired Supreme Court JusticeJohn Paul Stevens is 93. ActorGeorge Takei is 76. SingerJohnny Tillotson is 74. ActorRyan O’Neal is 72. Bluegrasssinger-musician Doyle Lawson(Quicksilver) is 69. Rock musi-cian Craig Frost (Grand Funk;Bob Seger’s Silver BulletBand) is 65. Actress JessicaLange is 64. Actress VeronicaCartwright is 64. Actor Cris-pin Glover is 49. Olympic sil-ver medal figure skater Rosa-lynn Sumners is 49. ActressCarmen Electra is 41.

Thought for Today: “Ifanyone tells you somethingstrange about the world, some-thing you had never heard be-fore, do not laugh but listen at-tentively; make him repeat it,make him explain it; no doubtthere is something thereworth taking hold of.” —Georges Duhamel, French au-thor (1884-1966).

TODAY IN HISTORY

WEST — Buck Uptmor didn’t have to go toWest Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. Hewasn’t a firefighter like his brother and cou-sin, who raced toward the plant. But a ranchof horses next to the flames needed to bemoved to safety.

“He went to help a friend,” said Joyce Ma-rek, Uptmor’s aunt. “And then it blew.”

Two days after the fertilizer facility ex-ploded in a blinding fireball, authorities an-nounced Friday that they had recovered 14bodies.

Ten of the dead were first-responders —including five from the West Volunteer FireDepartment and four emergency medics,West Mayor Tommy Muska said.

The dead included Uptmor and Joey Pus-tejovsky, the city secretary who doubled as a

member of the West Volunteer Fire Depart-ment. A captain of the Dallas Fire Depart-ment who was off-duty at the time but re-sponded to the fire to help also died.

Officials offered reassurances for thoseconcerned about the 60 or so persons listedas unaccounted for.

McLennan County Judge Scott Felton saidFriday that many persons on the list arelikely those who have lost their homes.

Muska says he was living in a hotel be-cause his home was destroyed.

Donald Adair, owner of Adair Grain Inc.,said Friday

“I want to take this opportunity to expressmy heartfelt sympathy for those affected andmy appreciation for those who responded,”including an employee who responded to theexplosion as a volunteer firefighter and whodied in the blast..

AROUND TEXAS

Mourners attend a service at St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption on Thursday, a day after an explosion at a fertilizer plantin West. The massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. Wednesday night killed as many as 14 people and injured morethan 160.

Photo by Charlie Riedel | AP

West grieves for deadBy NOMAAN MERCHANT AND PAUL J. WEBER

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Sheriff: Storage unit ledto arrests in DA deathsKAUFMAN — A tip pointing

to a cache of guns and a vehiclehidden at a storage unit helpedinvestigators to unravel a re-venge plot that culminated in thekillings of three people, includ-ing two North Texas prosecutors,a sheriff said.

Former justice of the peace Er-ic Lyle Williams and his wife,Kim Williams, are charged withcapital murder in the fatal shoot-ings of District Attorney MikeMcLelland, wife, Cynthia, and as-sistant prosecutor Mark Hasse.

Texas unemployment rateremains unchanged

AUSTIN — State officials saythe Texas unemployment rate forMarch was unchanged from theprior month, remaining at 6.4percent.

The Texas Workforce Commis-sion said Friday the rate is downfrom the 7 percent unemploy-ment figure from a year ago.

Decision expected onMorton prosecutor

GEORGETOWN — The prose-cutor who sent an innocent man,Michael Morton, to prison forthe murder of the man’s wife isset to face an inquiry into hishandling of the case.

A decision is expected Fridayafternoon on accusations againstformer Williamson County Dis-trict Attorney Ken Anderson.

Morton spent 25 in prisonHewas exonerated in 2011. Now Dis-trict Judge Louis Sturns mustdecide the fate of the prosecutor.

2nd passenger in fatalbus wreck files lawsuitFORT WORTH — A woman

who was among the last passen-gers to be released from a hospi-tal following a deadly bus acci-dent in North Texas has filed alawsuit against the bus company.

Patricia Ruth Markham isseeking damages from CardinalCoach Line Inc. of Mansfield fornegligence.

GOP, Dems clash onredistricting

AUSTIN — Texas Republicansproposed legislation on Thurs-day that would adopt the currentpolitical maps, but Democratspromised to fight the effort.

Amarillo Sen. Kel Seliger of-fered a redistricting bill to theSenate State Affairs Committeethat would formally adopt inter-im maps drawn by a federalcourt in San Antonio last year.

House removes limits ongreenhouse gases

AUSTIN — The Texas Com-mission on Environmental Qual-ity will no longer have the au-thority to limit greenhouse gasemissions under a proposal theTexas House of Representativespassed on Thursday.

Lawmakers voted on a newprovision that would instead re-quire the agency to issue green-house gas emission permits un-der federal regulations.

— Compiled from AP reports

Judge sides with sonsover Thorpe remains

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A feder-al ruling is clearing the way forsports great Jim Thorpe’s sonsto have his remains removedfrom the Pennsylvania town thatbears his name and reinterredon American Indian land in Ok-lahoma.

U.S. District Judge RichardCaputo ruled Friday that JimThorpe borough in northeasternPennsylvania amounts to a mu-seum under the Native Ameri-can Graves Protection and Repa-triation Act.

A lawyer for Bill and RichardThorpe says the men will pursuethe legal process to have their fa-ther returned to Sac and Foxland in central Oklahoma.

The brothers and the tribesued the borough and local gov-ernment officials. Calls seekingcomment from attorneys for thedefendants weren’t immediatelyreturned late Friday.

Alabama governorpardons Scottsboro boys

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Alaba-ma Gov. Robert Bentley hassigned a bill posthumously par-

doning a group of black youthswho were wrongfully convictedof raping two white women morethan 80 years ago.

House Joint Resolution 20 for-mally exonerated the ScottsboroBoys.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, left, signed a state law pardoning the ScottsboroBoys, the nine black youths wrongfully convicted of raping two white womenmore than 80 years ago, in Scottsboro, Ala.

Photo by Bob Gathany/al.com | AP

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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 Local THE ZAPATA TIMES 3A

LIONS CLUB HELPS CHILDREN

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Shown are Dr. Ronald Newton, Lions Club President Jaime A Gonzalez, Zapata North Elementary stu-dent Juan Angeles Pizano, member Daniel Gonzalez and Secretary/Treasurer Aurelio Villarreal.

A 5K Run/1-Mile Walkand a children’s race set forSaturday, July 20 will honora Zapatan who was killed inthe line of duty in Afghani-stan.

The runs and the walkwill start at the ZapataCounty Courthouse andwill follow a route throughZapata.

Early registration for theadult race and walk willcontinue through Sunday,and will cost $8.

Regular registration be-gins Monday and continues

through July 19 and willcost $10.

Registration on the dayof the race will cost $15.

Registration for the 200-meter Kids Fun Run, for ag-es 4-12, will take placethrough race day and willcost $5.

The races will commemo-rate Pfc. Ira B. “Ben” La-ningham IV, a Zapata nativeand a 2006 graduate of Zapa-ta High School.

Laningham, 22, was sta-tioned in Afghanistan onJan. 7, 2011 when he waskilled by an improvised ex-plosive device in Logar

Province.Potential participants

can register at Zapata Boys& Girls Club, 302 6th St.; Za-pata County Chamber ofCommerce, 601 N. U.S. 83;and Momentum RunningCo., 1202 E. Del Mar Blvd.,Laredo.

Online registration is athttp://www.eventbrite.com/event/5820121139#.

For more information,contact Armando Canalesat [email protected] or Jorge Nazarinat [email protected] or 956-740-0815.

Race to honor local manSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Two Texas A&M-Corpus Christi re-searchers are attempting to trace a poisonthroughout the aquatic food webs of Texasgame fish to improve the management ofthe pollutant in the Texas coastal zone.

Dr. James Simons and Dr. Kim Withers,both of the Center for Coastal Studies at theuniversity, are focusing on methyl mercury,the most toxic form of mercury.

Humans are most commonly exposed tothe toxin through consumption of marineand estuarine game fish. The fetuses ofpregnant women who eat large amounts offish and seafood are most at risk of methylmercury exposure.

“We will examine the tissues and majordiet components of popular Texas coastalgame fishes to determine how much methylmercury actually exists in the food webs ofour bay waters,” said Simons in a press re-

lease issued by the university. “Once wehave the results, we will construct a modelof likely pathways of mercury accumulationin the food webs.”

The researchers will study food webs inLavaca, San Antonio and Nueces bays. Theywill concentrate on gathering informationabout the presence of the toxin in the foodwebs of red drum, black drum and spottedseatrout, as well as shrimps, crabs andworms.

The Gulf of Mexico has some of the high-est levels of mercury in its seafood, accord-ing to the release from the university. Spe-cies such as mackerel, tuna and sharks havesome of the highest levels, though it is un-certain how they accumulate the mercury.

The research project will be funded by a$79,850 grant from the Texas General LandOffice Coastal Management Program and$6,000 from the Coastal Bend Bays and Estu-aries Program.

Mercury is under studySPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Zapata Hawks Inau-gural Cross Country tour-nament for elementaryschool students is set forSaturday, May 11.

Registration is set for7:30 a.m. The first race ofthe day begins at 8:30 a.m.The fee is $2. The coursewill be the dirt and grasscourse at Zapata HighSchool.

Each race will be co-ed,though boys and girls will

compete for awards onlywithin their genders. Thetop 10 finishers will receivea medal, while all runnerswill receive an award.

Water will be availableat both the start and thefinish lines.

Divisions and approxi-mate start times are as fol-lows:

8:30 a.m. — Kindergar-ten and younger, 1K.

8:45 a.m. — 1st grade, 1K.9 a.m. — 2nd grade, 1K.9:15 a.m. — 3rd grade,

1K.9:30 a.m. — 4th grade, 1

mile.9:45 a.m. — 5th grade, 1

mile.10 a.m. — 6th grade, 1

mile.Registration contact peo-

ple include Mike Villarreal,956-500-4451; Rick Garza,956-765-8177; and Roel Iba-nez, [email protected] forms alsoare available at the officesof the Zapata CountyChamber of Commerce.

Kids’ race will be May 11SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

PAGE 4A Zopinion SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SEND YOUR SIGNED LETTER TO [email protected]

WEST — Mid-April —which sadly has becomea peak season for Ameri-can mayhem — hit hardat the roadside stop inWest that is a happy tra-dition for many Austi-nites making the drive toor from Dallas.

For years, the CzechStop has been a welcomeoasis of kolaches andkitsch (need a T-shirtthat says in Czech ”Rain,rain, frog has no ears”?)along what’s got to be oneof the nation’s dullestdrives.

To many Austinites,West is a baked goodsand bathroom break in atown where nothing everhappens. Something hap-pened Wednesday night,and Beverley Nunley, aCzech Stop manager,knew as soon as sheheard the explosion abouta mile from her homethat she’d be needed atwork early on Thursday.

She came in around4:30 a.m. and helped asthe store made water andother provisions availablefor folks in need.

”It’s just a disaster. Ihave employees that havelost their homes, and it’sjust ...,” she said, under-standably unable to quitepinpoint what it’s justlike.

Her home, best shecould tell early on, onlylost a few windows. Nun-ley moved here fromHouston two years ago. Iasked her why.

”Hurricanes, youknow,” she said, immedi-ately picking up on theirony, or whatever it is, ofwinding up a mile from amore unpredictable peril.She’s pretty sure aboutthe life lesson in that.

”You never know,”Nunley said.

Next door at the LittleCzech Bakery, where ”De-licious is Our Business,”Beatrice Nors was chat-ting with some customerswho had made their se-lections and were ex-pressing sympathy andsupport for the locals. Ev-erybody — includingfolks who called from oth-er countries — were do-ing that, said Nors, who’sworked at the bakery for25 years and lived in thearea for 50.

What happened hereWednesday night is thekind of thing that’s notsupposed to happen here,she said. Nors lives abouta mile and a half fromthe fertilizer plant, or,more accurately, what’sleft of the fertilizer plantand the school and thehomes that were near it.

”We’re not sure,” shesaid when I asked aboutdamage to her home. ”Wehaven’t had time to checkbecause I had to be herebefore daylight.”

Nors is deeply movedby the outpouring of sup-port from surrounding

communities. A look inthe bakery’s parking lotand around downtownWest (there is one, don’tlaugh) shows the supporthas come from fartheraway than that. Emergen-cy vehicles convergedhere from around thestate.

Around town, therewere conflicting visuals,some left over from be-fore West became Break-ing News and suddenlywas on the mind of apresident of the UnitedStates who probably hadnever heard of it beforeWednesday night.

At City Hall, a sign re-minded folks about thisSunday’s Spring Awaken-ing Dance at the Knightsof Columbus Hall andSaturday’s child safetyseat check-up (to some-body’s credit, it’s notspelled Czech-up) at thefire station.

But there also weremany reminders of life af-ter Wednesday night. It’sgenerally not good whenout-of-town TV trucks areall over the place, TexasCommission on Environ-mental Quality and RedCross vehicles show up,and a vacant parking lotoff the interstate is filledwith trucks from BelforProperty Restoration(”The worldwide leaderin disaster recovery andproperty restoration”).

Someday we’ll figureout what the deal is withmid-April. The siege atthe Branch Davidiancompound in nearby Wa-co ended April 19, 1993.Two years later, to theday, the Oklahoma Citybombing jolted the na-tion. The ColumbineHigh School shootings inColorado happened onApril 20, 1999. The Virgin-ia Tech shootings wereon April 16, 2007. The BPoil spill in the Gulf ofMexico happened onApril 20. 2010. And onApril 15, 2013, three peo-ple died in a blast at theBoston Marathon finishline.

West, Texas, (whichAmerica now knows isnot in West Texas) nowjoins that list.

At the Czech Stop, Iasked Nunley, busy withcustomers, how this townwill get over this disaster.

”I haven’t a clue, sir,”she said.

(Ken Herman is a col-umnist for the AustinAmerican-Statesman. E-mail: [email protected].)

Peacefultown sufferstragic losses

By KEN HERMANCOX NEWSPAPERS “I have

employeesthat have losttheir homes.”BEVERLEY NUNLEY,STORE MANAGER

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

This incremental ap-proach to restricting wom-en’s access to abortion is atime-honored traditionthat, I’m guessing, goesback 40 years or so to Roevs. Wade and the awaken-ing of that quaint notionthat women have a right tomake their own legal, med-ical decisions.

But we need only dialthe wayback machine amere nine years to under-stand the reason for one ofthe latest manifestations inTexas — Senate Bill 537 bySen. Bob Deuell, R-Green-ville. It requires abortionclinics to upgrade to ambu-latory surgical centers ifthey want to continue op-erating, a costly undertak-ing.

The measure mightcome up short — barely —of the two-thirds of theSenate needed to bring themeasure to the floor.

But this type of bill and

others of its type have arich history in Texas andelsewhere. Back in 2003,there was Texas’ Woman’sRight to Know Act, whichtook effect in 2004. It re-quired women receive in-formation about abortionand wait at least 24 hoursbefore the procedure. Thepurpose was to get womento change their minds. Thefiction was that these wom-en didn’t already know thebiology of pregnancy.

Another lesser knownfeature was that all non-hospital abortions occur-ring 16 weeks or more intothe pregnancy had to beperformed in ambulatorysurgical centers.

Afterward, abortions at16 weeks or after declinednearly 70 percent in Texas.The number of out-of-stateabortions for Texas womenincreased four-fold butmost women in these cir-cumstances stayed put —an estimated 6,631 unin-tended births resultingthat first year, most of

which undoubtedly werepaid for by taxpayers.

This is all in a report —”Regulating Abortion: Im-pact on Patients and Pro-viders in Texas” — pub-lished in 2011 in the Jour-nal of Policy Analysis andManagement. I first wroteabout it in March last year.

There is little reason tobelieve that requiring allabortions be performed inambulatory surgical cen-ters would have a differentoutcome. It’s no accidentthat anti-abortion legisla-tors in other states are alsoimposing such standards.

You see, only five of 400ambulatory surgical cen-ters in Texas perform abor-tions. And of the state’s 44licensed abortion clinics,only six meet these stan-dards. But Deuell tells methat this is really aboutgiving women quality care.

He said his experienceas a physician makes himdisbelieve that complica-tion rates — the ostensiblereason for requiring these

standards — are as low asreported; less than 0.5 per-cent of all medical and as-piration abortions before13 weeks, when most abor-tions occur.

I have no doubt that as amedical practitioner Deuellwants safety. I also have nodoubt that he is a smartman who can figure effect.

This bill and others likeit elsewhere aren’t evenmedically necessary. Stillaround as bills are thoserequiring nearby hospitalprivileges for abortion doc-tors and making abortionsafter 20 weeks illegal. Thefirst one is, again, medical-ly unnecessary given thelow complication rates forabortions, and the latter isbased on the disputed no-tion that fetuses feel painat that point.

But what’s clear here isthat what women and theirphysicians want or need isirrelevant to a majority ofthe Texas Legislature,made up, by the way, of 143men and 37 women.

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Women’s needs are ignoredBy O. RICARDO PIMENTEL

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

All of us are understan-dably disturbed by the hor-rible bombings at the Bos-ton Marathon earlier thisweek. Our hearts go out tothe victims who have beeninjured, permanentlymaimed and even killed.Let us remember thosewho have died in ourprayers, that the Lord maygrant them eternal rest.We pray, too, for healing —physical, mental and spiri-tual — for the survivors ofthis terrible tragedy. Let usalso ask God to grant con-solation and strength tothe families and the lovedones of those who havebeen killed or injured.

The impact of this trage-dy really hits home whenwe realize that a Laredoresident who was runningthe marathon, MaribelGarcia, very narrowly es-

caped injury when one ofthe bombs exploded onlyabout 100 feet away fromher. We thank God that shewas not physically harmedand is now in the lovingembrace of her family andour community.

Many victims’ liveswere very likely spared be-cause of the generous ac-tions of bystanders andfirst responders who ad-ministered emergency firstaid. There have been manymoving stories of bystan-ders who rushed to the aidof the wounded in spite ofthe great danger, usingbelts and clothes to slow

down or stop the heavybleeding of victims andeven carrying them to am-bulances. We are also in-spired by the reports of ex-hausted runners who, in-stead of resting from themarathon, found thestrength to go immediatelyto local hospitals to giveblood for the many wound-ed. These stories remindus that even in times ofgreatest darkness, we arecalled by God to let Hislight shine through us inproviding assistance tothose who are in need.

Blessed Pope John PaulII said that in many wayswe are living in a “Cultureof Death,” when many peo-ple have embraced vio-lence and killing as accept-able ways to further theirobjectives. Violence andkilling are a kind of dark-

ness which denies the in-comparable dignity of thehuman person, treating usas if we were no more thanexpendable objects. Andthis denial of our dignityattacks the very founda-tions of the human com-munity which must bebuilt on mutual kindnessand respect. But when wemake sacrifices to helpothers, we become as lightsin the darkness, re-affirm-ing both our own great dig-nity and that of those weassist. When we give ofourselves for the sake ofothers, we in fact become astronger and more caringcommunity.

May we respond to thistragedy and to all otheracts of darkness with greatfaith, hope and charity aswe reach out to help thosein need. Todo con Amor!

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Be positive in face of tragedy

“JAMES TAMAYO

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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

PUBLIC NOTICEAmerican Towers LLC (ATC) is proposing to modify the lighting on a313’ guyed-wire telecommunications tower located at 118 N CR 20, SanYqnacio, Zapata County, TX. The proposed modification will involve achange in lighting from 24-hour medium intensity white flashing strobesto dual red/medium intensity white flashing strobes with steady-burningred side markers. ATC seeks comments from all interested persons on anypotential significant impact the proposed action could have on the qualityof the human environment pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1307. Interested persons may review the project application pending with the FederalCommunications Commission (FCC) at www.fcc.gov/asr/applications byentering Form 854 File No. A0831435. Interested persons may commentor raise environmental impact concerns about the proposed action byfiling a Request for Environmental Review with the FCC. The FCC stronglyencourages all interested parties to make such filings online, following theinstructions found at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest. Paper filingscan be sent to: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: RamonWilliams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. All comments orfilings regarding environmental impact concerns must be receivedon or before 05/20/13. Re: 21340060

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Federal agents arresteda man accused of smug-gling more than 200 poundsof marijuana Tuesday af-ternoon.

Cristian Alejandro Enri-quez is being charged withpossession with intent todistribute a controlled sub-stance.

At 3 p.m. Tuesday, U.S.Border Patrol agents as-signed to the San Ygnacioarea were alerted to anony-mous tips regarding vehi-cles involved in smugglingoperations. A blue PontiacG6 and a gold PontiacGrand Prix were seenheading north on U.S. 83.

Agents identified thedriver of the Pontiac GrandPrix as Enriquez, a personknown for scouting duringsmuggling operations.Once close enough to thecar, agents attempted topull over Enriquez but thevehicle drove off the high-

way. A complaint allegesthe vehicle had reached La-redo. An unidentified manand Enriquez bailed out ofthe car near Laredo Com-munity College’s SouthCampus.

Agents detained Enri-quez but the unidentifiedman escaped. Federal offi-cials observed several large

cellophane-wrapped bun-dles believed to be marijua-na in the backseat of thevehicle. In total, agentsseized 213.9 pounds with anestimated street value of$171,120. Enriquez remainsin federal custody.

(César G. Rodriguez maybe reached at 728-2568 or [email protected])

Man with pot arrestedBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Federal agents seized 213.9 pounds with an estimated street valueof $171,120, and arrested one man in connection with the incident.

Courtesy photo

A man arrested inMarch and later identifiedas a foot guide leading 13immigrants was indictedthis week in federal court.

On Tuesday, AntonioCastro Rangel was formal-ly charged with twocounts of transportingpeople who had enteredthe country illegally. Eachcount has a maximumpunishment of 10 years inprison, states an indict-ment filed Tuesday.

Castro Rangel has ar-

raignment set Thursdayin U.S. Magistrate JudgeDiana Song Quiroga’scourtroom. He remainedin federal custody as ofFriday evening.

On March 21, U.S. Bor-der Patrol agents detained14 people traveling east inthe Twin Lakes area.Agents followed foot signsand discovered severalpeople “lying under highbrush,” according to courtdocuments.

Federal officials said allthe people had entered thecountry illegally. Whileprocessing them at the Za-

pata Border Patrol station,several detainees identi-fied Castro-Rangel as thefoot guide, a complaintstates.

He eventually admittedhe had smuggled 13 peopleinto the United States inexchange for $200 per per-son, court documentsstate. Two illegal immi-grants held as witnessessaid Castro-Rangel wasthe man deciding whenthe group would stop andrest, a complaint states.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568or [email protected])

Alleged guide isindicted by feds


AUSTIN — Travis County District Attor-ney Rosemary Lehmberg became belliger-ent after her drunken-driving arrest lastweekend and deputies had to place her inrestraints, according to documents releasedFriday after a judge sentenced her to 45days in jail for driving while intoxicated.

After Lehmberg entered a guilty plea,deputies placed her in handcuffs and tookher from the courtroom. Lehmberg, 63, wasarrested last weekend and later issued aformal apology and said she would pleadguilty to whatever charge the county prose-cutor thought appropriate.

The prosecutor with 38 years of experi-ence did not ask for a plea deal or any spe-cial treatment. She was also fined $4,000and her driver’s license was suspended for180 days. Based on sentencing standards, itwas not immediately clear how long shewould actually spend in jail.

Arrest documents released Friday after-noon detail how a 911 caller reported herdangerous driving and how deputies imme-diately realized her identity, even thoughshe didn’t have her driver’s license. Once atthe jail, she refused a breath test and resist-ed deputies when they tried to search her.

“Inmate Lehmberg refused pat search.Inmate Lehmberg refused several directivesto stop kicking the cell,” an Isolation CellRecord said. “In an attempt to protect In-mate Lehmberg from harming herself, dep-uties placed Lehmberg in the EmergencyRestraint Chair.”

Deputies kept her restrained for almosttwo hours while they obtained a searchwarrant to draw her blood. A separate testresult also released Friday showed herblood alcohol level was .239, almost fourtimes the legal limit.

At Friday’s hearing, she did not makeany comment, but in a letter to the prosecu-tor and court on Sunday she wrote: “I amguilty of DWI and of acting unreasonablyand the fault is all my own. I am deeplysorry for my actions.”

Lehmberg has said she hoped to put thematter behind her and continue in officeuntil her planned retirement in 2016, butthere have been calls for her resignation.The Austin American-Statesman releasedan editorial on Friday urging her to stepdown and one resident has petitioned forher removal.

“She knew better and did it anyway. As aresult, Lehmberg’s ability to perform herofficial duties is profoundly impeded,” theeditorial said. “The tragedy is that she end-ed a good career, but end it must.”

Texas law provides for the removal of adistrict attorney for drunkenness. Austinattorney Kerry O’Brien filed a suit on Tues-day seeking a court order to suspend herpending a hearing.

“Lehmberg violated the public trust, de-meaned her office and created a substantialrisk of injury to others,” O’Brien’s suit says.

Politics do complicate the case; TravisCounty is heavily Democratic and if Lehm-berg steps down or is removed, RepublicanGov. Rick Perry would appoint a replace-ment pending the next election.

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg is handcuffed after pleading guilty to drunken driv-ing on Friday, in court in Austin. Lehmberg was sentenced to 45 days in jail.

Photo by Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman | AP

DWI gets DA jail timeBy CHRIS TOMLINSON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

KAUFMAN — A tippointing to a cache of gunsand a vehicle hidden at astorage unit helped inves-tigators to unravel a me-ticulous revenge plot thathad culminated in the kill-ings of three people, in-cluding two North Texasprosecutors, a sheriff said.

Former justice of thepeace, Eric Lyle Williams,and his wife, Kim Wil-liams, are charged withcapital murder in the fatalshootings of District Attor-ney Mike McLelland andhis wife, Cynthia, and as-sistant prosecutor MarkHasse.

Investigators say theprosecutors had been con-cerned that Williamsmight be a threat to themafter they successfullyprosecuted him for theftlast year, even going to theextent of carrying hand-guns following Williams’conviction. Williams wassentenced to two years’probation, lost his law li-cense and his elected posi-tion as justice of the peace— a judge who handlesmostly administrative du-ties.

Hasse was shot by amasked gunman in Janu-ary as he made his way tohis courthouse office. TheMcLellands were gunneddown two months later attheir rural home.

Sheriff David Byrnestold reporters Thursdaythat while Williams “hasalways been on the radar”— investigators ques-tioned him after Hasse’sslaying and again after theMcLellands’ deaths — au-thorities did not have theevidence to tie everythingtogether until they foundthe storage unit. Author-ities say a friend of Wil-liams’ told them about theweapons.

“The discovery of the

storage locker probablywas the watershed eventthat put us on to this,” By-rnes said.

Authorities allege EricWilliams, 46, was the gun-man in all of the slayings.They say his wife, who isalso 46, was the getawaydriver when her husbandshot Hasse. They contendshe was a passenger whenher husband drove to theMcLellands’ home to car-ry out those killings earlyon the morning of March30.

“Basically, this was acollaborative effort be-tween Eric Williams andhis wife,” Byrnes said.

Eric Williams is beingheld on $23 million bail,and his wife is being heldon $3 million bail. Onlinejail records do not indicateattorneys representing thecouple.

Criminal defense attor-neys Toby Shook and BillWirskey, both former Dal-las County prosecutors,have been appointed asspecial prosecutors.

According to an arrestwarrant, a friend of Wil-liams’ contacted author-ities last week and toldthem the former justice ofthe peace had told him heneeded to rent a storageunit to hide some itemsbecause of his ongoing le-gal problems.

Investigators searchedthe unit in Seagoville onSaturday and found aCrown Victoria matchingsecurity video of a car inthe McLellands’ neighbor-hood the day they werekilled, according to thewarrant. Williams used afalse name to purchase theCrown Victoria in Febru-ary, the affidavit said.

They also found guns,including eight .223-caliberweapons, authorities said.Investigators believe a.223-caliber firearm wasused in the killings of theMcLellands. Ammunition

consistent with that usedboth in Hasse’s and theMcLellands’ slayings wasalso found in the storagelocker, according to thewarrant.

Investigators also tracedemails to a computer inWilliams’ home in whichthe author confessed to allthree slayings and threat-ened more violenceagainst county officials,the warrant says. Williamswas arrested Saturday andcharged with making aterroristic threat in con-nection with that email.

Kim Williams was ar-rested Wednesday. An ar-rest affidavit contends sheconfessed to the killingsand told investigators herhusband was the gunman.

Williams was elected tohis judicial post in 2010 af-ter practicing law in thecounty east of Dallas for adecade. He previouslyserved as a peace officerin five North Texas citiesand two counties, includ-ing Kaufman, according torecords obtained by TheAssociated Press from theTexas Commission on LawEnforcement Officer Stan-dards and Education. Asrecently as December 2010,he was a reserve officer inthe Kaufman County Sher-iff ’s Office.

During his theft trial,McLelland and Hasse por-trayed Williams as a dis-honest public official witha dangerous streak.

Williams has appealedthe conviction, and onMarch 29 — a day beforethe McLellands’ bodieswere found — a state ap-peals court in Dallasagreed to hear oral argu-ments in the case.

Sheriff David Byrnes speaks as local, state and federal law enforcement officers hold a news con-ference in Kaufman, on Thursday.

Photo by Rodger Mallison/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram | AP

Tips lead to two arrestsBy DANNY ROBBINSASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — The TexasCommission on Environ-mental Quality will nolonger have the authorityto limit greenhouse gasemissions under a proposalthe House of Representa-tives passed on Thursday.

Lawmakers voted on anew provision that wouldinstead require the agencybetter known as TCEQ toissue greenhouse gas emis-sion permits under federalregulations. The federal En-vironmental ProtectionAgency currently has that

responsibility in Texas.Rep. Wayne Smith, R-

Baytown said the EPA cur-rently has a backlog of per-mit requests in Washingtonand the bill would helpTexas industries. The mea-sure would also remove theright of citizens to contestpermits granted by TCEQthrough an administrativehearings process.

“The EPA and TCEQhave been in conversation,they agree the permittingprocess should come toTexas, so this is an agreed-to thing,” Smith said. “Ifthe EPA is forced to stopregulating greenhouse gas-

es, the TCEQ will too.”Environmentalists,

though, oppose the bill be-cause they say it could leadto more climate changingpollution.

Rep. Chris Turner, D-Ar-lington, tried to restore lan-guage that would have al-lowed TCEQ to regulategreenhouse gases, but hisamendment was defeatedby the Republican majority.

Proposal nixes gas limitsBy CHRIS TOMLINSON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SÁBADO 20 DE ABRILLAREDO — Mercado

Agrícola El Centro de Laredoserá de 9 a.m. a 12 p.m. enPlaza Jarvis, y celebrará elDía de la Tierra con ventade vegetales, hierbas, plan-tas, jabones hechos a ma-nos, panes, jamones, sazo-nadores, comida preparada ysalsas. Estacionamiento gra-tuito en El Metro. Música envivo.

LAREDO — OctavoFestival y Carnaval Anual dePrimavera de Texas A&M In-ternational University, de 12p.m. a 8 p.m. en el Planeta-rio Lamar Bruni Vergara. Elevento incluye comida, jue-gos, paseos en carnaval, al-pinismo, entretenimiento yactividades educativas infan-tiles. Además se estrenará“The Zula Patrol: Down toEarth”. Los niños podrán co-nocer y tomarse fotos conlos personajes. La entradaes gratuita, pero los paseoscuestan 1 dólar, y las pre-sentaciones en el planetariotendrán costo de 4 dólares,general.

LAREDO — Voz de Ni-ños (Defensores EspecialesDesignados para la Corte In-fantil) tendrá sesión informa-tiva de 3 p.m. a 5 p.m. en902 E. Calton Road. Visítelospara obtener más informa-ción sobre las oportunidadespara ser voluntario de CASA.

NUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-co — Primer Aniversario dela Compañía de Danza Nue-vo Laredo, con presentacio-nes a las 12 p.m. y 5 p.m.en el Teatro del Centro Cul-tural. Entrada libre.

NUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-co — Estación Palabra pre-senta el Festejo del Día In-ternacional del Libro, a partirde las 12 p.m con el “Bazardel Libro”; a las 2 p.m. conun “Encuentro de fans de li-teratura juvenil”; a las 2p.m. con el “Festival Infantil:Los niños y los libros”; y, alas 3 p.m. el Taller de crea-ción literaria con Jacobo Mi-na en el Aula Telmex.

NUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-co — Museo para Niños “Ta-ller de Pintura” a las 4 p.m.en la Sala de Servicios Edu-cativos del Museo Reyes Me-za. Entrada libre.

DOMINGO 21 DE ABRILLAREDO — Como par-

te del concierto Celebrandola Década del Maestro, laOrquesta Filarmónica de La-redo presentará a CarlosMorales, ganador de la Cuar-ta Competencia Anual deConcierto de Laredo, a las 3p.m. en el teatro del Guada-lupe and Lilia Martinez FineArts Center en Laredo Com-munity College del CampusFort McIntosh.

NUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-co — “El duende metalillo”con el grupo de teatro Ex-presión, a las 12 p.m. en elTeatro del IMSS. Costo: 20pesos.

NUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-co — “Soltero, casado, viudoy divorciado” con el GrupoUteatro, a las 5 p.m. en elTeatro Lucio Blanco en Casade la Cultura.

NUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-co — Primer Aniversario dela Compañía de Danza Nue-vo Laredo, con presentacióna las 5 p.m. en el Teatro delCentro Cultural.

LUNES 22 DE ABRILNUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-

co — Taller de Estrategias deDesarrollo Conceptual y dePromoción en las Artes Vi-suales”, del 22 al 26 deabril, en horario de 5 p.m. a9 p.m. en Museo Reyes Me-za.

MARTES 23 DE ABRILNUEVO LAREDO, Méxi-

co — Colectivo MoviendoConciencia presenta la expo-sición artística “Esencia denostalgia” de 6 p.m. a 9p.m. en el lobby del teatrodel IMSS, Belden y Reynosa.

Agendaen Breve

WEST, Texas — Los ca-dáveres de doce personashan sido extraídos de los es-combros de una planta defertilizantes de Texas dondese produjo una intensa ex-plosión que demolió los ve-cindarios circundantes ydejó unos 200 heridos, dije-ron el viernes las autorida-des.

El sargento Jason Reyes,del Departamento de SaludPública de Texas, dijo que“penosamente” confirmaba

la extracción de 12 cadáve-res del área de la explosiónde la planta en West, a unos32 kilómetros (20 millas) alnorte de Waco.

Aun antes de que los in-vestigadores dieran a cono-cer el número de víctimasfatales, los nombres de losmuertos ya eran conocidosen el pequeño pueblo de2.800 habitantes.

Reyes dijo que no podíaconfirmar el viernes cuán-tos de los muertos eranquienes habían respondidoprimero —entre bomberosy socorristas— para sofocarun incendio en la planta

que precedió a la explosión.Los socorristas pasaron

gran parte del día despuésdel estallido del miércolespor la noche en busca de so-brevivientes, y Reyes dijoque el esfuerzo continuaba.Agregó que las autoridadeshabían inspeccionado 150edificios el viernes por lamañana y les faltaban otros25.

Una víctima a quien Ro-darte conocía era KennyHarris, de 52 años, capitándel departamento de bom-beros de Dallas que vivía alsur de West. Estaba fuerade servicio en ese momento

pero se movilizó inmediata-mente para ayudar, segúnuna declaración de la ciu-dad de Dallas.

Mientras proseguía la ta-rea de búsqueda y rescate,estaba claro que el paisajedel pueblo había cambiadopara siempre por la des-trucción que arrasó con unradio de cuatro a cincomanzanas.

Al parecer la explosiónfue desencadenada por unincendio, pero no está claroqué provocó las llamas. Unequipo de la Oficina de Al-cohol, Tabaco, Armas deFuego y Explosivos todavía

no había iniciado su inves-tigación el jueves debido aque la situación aún era pe-ligrosa, dijo Franceska Pe-rot, vocera de la agencia.

La instalación de la fir-ma West Fertilizer Co. al-macena y distribuye amo-niaco anhidro, un fertilizan-te.

Registros revisados porThe Associated Press mues-tran que la Administraciónde Seguridad de Ductos yMateriales Peligrosos multóa West Fertilizer con 10.000dólares a mediados del añopasado por violaciones a laseguridad.

EXTRAEN 12 CADÁVERES TRAS EXPLOSIÓN EN TEXAS

Accidente fatalEscombrosde la plantade fertili-zantes sonvistos en es-ta imagendel jueves,horas des-pués de queocurrierauna explo-sión enWest, Texas.

Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times | Associated Press

POR CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN YNOMAAN MERCHANT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Zfrontera PÁGINA 7ASÁBADO 20 DE ABRIL DE 2013

Impulsar una agenda común entreTexas y Tamaulipas fue el punto deacuerdo alcanzado entre el Gobiernode Tamaulipas y congresistas tejanos.

Al tener una agenda común se pre-tende fortalecer las relaciones econó-micas, culturales y de cooperación entodos los ámbitos que beneficien a laspoblaciones de ambas entidades fronte-rizas.

Texas y Tamaulipas comparten 350kilómetros de frontera. Tamaulipascuenta con 433 kilómetros de litoralmarítimo en el Golfo de México; alre-dedor de dos millones de habitantes enla región fronteriza; más de un terciodel comercio exterior de México transi-ta por los cruces fronterizos y puertosmarítimos de Tamaulipas y el estadoes la novena economía del país, contri-buyendo con el 3.2% del PIB nacional.

Tamaulipas es el corredor económi-co con Texas; cuenta con 17 cruces in-ternacionales; 14 puentes vehiculares;2 puentes ferroviarios y un transborda-dor.

Además cuenta con cinco aeropuer-tos internacionales: Nuevo Laredo,Reynosa, Matamoros, Ciudad Victoriay Tampico; dos puertos marítimos de

altura.Mónica González Gar-

cía, Secretaria de Desa-rrollo Económico y Tu-rismo, resaltó que la reu-nión, con funcionariosde Texas y el mandata-rio estatal fue muy pun-tual en el avance que ha

tenido Tamaulipas en los últimos años.“De hecho estoy hablando de una

agenda en común, lo cual es muy im-portante, Tamaulipas y Texas tienenque trabajar juntos porque coincidi-mos”, dijo González. “Tenemos unafrontera que nos une que ha sido muyimportante para el comercio exterior ymuchos otros aspectos de la economíade ambos estados”.

Ella precisó que además de toda lamercancía que fluye entre ambas fron-teras, hay un vínculo bicultural “endonde existen familias que viven en Te-xas y tienen familiares en Tamaulipas,así como también, gente de Tamauli-pas que tiene gente muy cercana a Te-xas”.

González aseguró que por tanto esfundamental que ambas entidadesmantengan una relación cercana. “quele permitan crecer y mejorar su econo-mía”.

ECONOMÍA

Unirán Frontera conagencia en común

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GONZÁLEZ

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Méxi-co — La Delegación Tamauli-pas participará en la Olimpia-da Nacional 2013 que se desa-rrollará en Baja California el24 de abril, así también en Ja-lisco, Querétaro y Aguasca-lientes, señala Sofía Velazco,maestra de Gimnasia Rítmica.

Comenta que en la discipli-na de la Gimnasia Rítmica lasniñas y jovencitas tamaulipe-cas son amplias favoritas paraadjudicarse, una vez más, elcetro y corona.

Sofía Velazco expresa su op-timismo en torno a este mag-no evento deportivo “es mu-cho compromiso ya que somossiete veces consecutivas, cam-peonas nacionales. En lo par-ticular, trabajé muchísimo eneste año (2013), metí a 26 ni-ñas en la Selección Tamauli-pas, y las 26 clasificaron alCampeonato Nacional que esla próxima semana, esperandoque las 26 niñas vayan a laOlimpiada Nacional y estaría-mos hablando de algo históri-co como escuela que somos

para representar a Tamauli-pas en la Olimpiada Nacio-nal”.

Las alumnas de Sofía Velaz-co representan el 85% de laSelección Tamaulipas.

“Las veo muy bien a mis ni-ñas. Aunque hay que tener unpoco de cuidado en sus curvasde entrenamientos porque yaestamos en la fase de compe-tencia ya que es de mucha re-petición y de mucho cansan-cio. Son niñas y han dadomuy buenos resultados, sobretodo en Canadá en un eventode mucha jerarquía”, agregó.

Las alumnas de Sofía Velaz-co, arrasaron en el rankeo na-cional en la Copa Tampicodesde la Infantil a la Juvenilcon Cindy Gallegos a plenitud.

“Vamos muy fuertes a laOlimpiada Nacional 2013, sinduda alguna. Yucatán seránuestro rival a vencer ya quees una potencia en GimnasiaRítmica, al igual que Tamauli-pas. También, siento que Ja-lisco será difícil de vencer conCinthia Valdez, todavía en ac-tivo”, enfatizó la maestra SofíaVelazco.

TAMAULIPAS

Participarán enOlimpiadas

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WATERTOWN, Mass. — La pol-icía ordenó paralizar el tránsitoen Boston y sus alrededores elviernes, en busca de uno de lossospechosos de los atentados delmaratón, luego de que el otro mu-rió baleado en un enfrentamientocon la fuerza pública.

Horas antes los dos sospechososhabían matado a un policía y lan-zaron explosivos a una patrulladurante su fuga en una larganoche de violencia tras la cualuno quedó muerto y el otro huyó.

Decenas de agentes del FBI acu-dieron el viernes a la casa en Nue-va Jersey de la hermana de lossospechosos, que son hermanos.

El director de la policía de WestNew York, Nueva Jersey, dijo quela mujer ha dicho que ella no haestado mucho en contacto con sushermanos y que está muy moles-ta.

La policía no divulgó el nombrede la mujer.

La mujer, hablando desde aden-tro de la casa, le dijo al diario TheStar-Ledger de Newark que sushermanos son chicos inteligentesy buenos, y que ella no sabe quées lo que les pasó. Dijo tambiénque lamenta “que tanta gente fuelastimada”.

Los sospechosos fueron identif-

icados por las autoridades y porfamiliares como los hermanos Ta-merlán y Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, dela región rusa de Chechenia.

Tamerlán Tsarnaev, un joven de26 años conocido por el FBI comosospechoso número 1 y que fuevisto en imágenes de seguridad lu-ciendo una gorra negra en la esce-na de las explosiones, murió en unencuentro con las autoridades porla madrugada. Su hermanoDzhokhar, de 19 años, llamado sos-pechoso número 2 y visto con una

gorra blanca, se escapó.Luego el tío de los sospechosos

le exhortó a su sobrino prófugo aentregarse a la policía y pedir per-dón a las víctimas.

Las autoridades en Boston sus-pendieron todo el transporte pú-blico y llamaron a alrededor de unmillón de personas en la ciudad yalgunos de sus suburbios a perma-necer resguardados, mientras pro-seguía la búsqueda del sospechosonúmero 2. Se pidió además a losnegocios que permaneciesen cer-

rados. Personas que esperaban enestaciones del metro y paradas deautobuses recibieron instruc-ciones de regresar a sus casas.

Desde Watertown hasta Cam-bridge, equipos especiales de lapolicía, francotiradores y agentesdel FBI con vehículos blindadosrodearon varios edificios, mien-tras helicópteros de la policía so-brevolaban.

“Consideramos a este hombre(Dzhokhar) un terrorista”, dijo elcomisionado de policía de BostonEd Davis. “Pensamos que es al-guien que vino al país a matar”.

El final para el sospechosonúmero 1 se produjo apenas horasdespués de que el FBI diese a co-nocer fotos y video de los dos jó-venes junto a la línea de meta delmaratón y pidieron al público ayu-da para identificarles y capturar-les. La información comenzó a lle-gar al FBI de inmediato, pero ex-actamente cómo las autoridadeslograron acercarse a los dos no es-taba claro.

El tío de los jóvenes, RuslánTsarni, de Montgomery Village,Maryland, le dijo a The AssociatedPress que los hermanos viajaronjuntos al país desde Chechenia.

El padre, Anzor Tsarnaev, dijoen una entrevista telefónica conThe Associated Press desde la ciu-dad rusa de Majachkala que su hi-jo menor, Dzhokhar, es “un ver-dadero ángel”.

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INMOVILIZAN BOSTON, CAZAN SOSPECHOSO

Equipos tácticos conducen a través de un vecindario mientras buscan a un sos-pechoso de las explosiones de la Maratón de Boston, en Watertown, Mass., elviernes.

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and warned close to 1 mil-lion people in the entirecity and some of its sub-urbs to stay indoors as thehunt for Suspect No. 2 wenton. Businesses were askednot to open. People waitingat bus and subway stopswere told to go home. TheRed Sox and Bruins post-poned their games.

From Watertown to Cam-bridge, police SWAT teams,sharpshooters and FBIagents surrounded variousbuildings as police helicop-ters buzzed overhead andarmored vehicles rumbledthrough the streets. Au-thorities also searchedtrains.

“We believe this man tobe a terrorist,” said BostonPolice Commissioner EdDavis. “We believe this tobe a man who’s come hereto kill people.”

The bombings on Mon-day killed three people andwounded more than 180others, tearing off limbs ina spray of shrapnel and in-stantly raising the specterof another terrorist attackon U.S. soil.

Chechnya was the sceneof two wars between Rus-sian forces and separatistssince 1994, in which tens ofthousands were killed inheavy Russian bombing.That spawned an Islamicinsurgency that has car-ried out deadly bombingsin Russia and the region,although not in the West.

Investigators in the Bos-ton case have shed no lighton the motive for the bomb-ing and have said it is un-clear whether it was thework of domestic or inter-national terrorists or some-one else entirely with anunknown agenda.

The endgame — at leastfor Suspect No. 1 — camejust hours after the FBI re-leased photos and video ofthe two young men at themarathon’s finish line andappealed to the public forhelp in identifying and cap-turing them.

State Police spokesmanDave Procopio said policerealized they were dealingwith the bombing suspectsbased on what the two mentold a carjacking victim

during their getaway at-tempt overnight.

The search for Bostonbomb suspects

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BOSTON — Key mo-ments related to the searchfor the Boston Marathonbombing suspects, based onreports from the Massachu-setts governor, the Middle-sex County district attor-ney, Massachusetts StatePolice and Boston police.

At 5:10 p.m. Thursday,investigators of the bomb-ings release photographsand video of two suspects.They ask for the public’shelp in identifying themen.

Around 10:20 p.m.,shots are fired on the cam-pus of the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology inCambridge, just outsideBoston.

At 10:30 p.m., an MITcampus police officer whowas responding to a dis-turbance is found shot mul-tiple times in his vehicle,apparently in a confronta-tion with the Boston Mara-thon bombing suspects. Heis later pronounced dead.

Shortly afterward, twoarmed men reportedly car-

jack a Mercedes SUV inCambridge. A man whowas in the vehicle is heldfor about a half hour andthen released unharmed ata gas station on MemorialDrive in Cambridge.

Police soon pursue thecarjacked vehicle in Water-town, just west of Cam-bridge.

Some kind of explosivedevices are thrown fromthe vehicle in an apparentattempt to stop police. Thecarjackers and police ex-change gunfire. A transitpolice officer is seriouslyinjured. One suspect, lateridentified as Suspect No. 1in the marathon bombings,is critically injured and lat-er pronounced dead.

Authorities launch amanhunt for the other sus-pect.

Around 1 a.m. Friday,gunshots and explosionsare heard in Watertown.Dozens of police officersand FBI agents convergeon a Watertown neighbor-hood. A helicopter circlesoverhead.

Around 4:30 a.m., Mas-sachusetts state and Bostonpolice tell people living inthat section of eastern Wa-tertown to stay in theirhomes. They identify thecarjackers as the same mensuspected in the marathon

bombings. Overnight, po-lice also release a photo-graph of a man believed tobe Suspect No. 2 wearing agray hoodie-style sweat-shirt. The image apparent-ly is from surveillance vid-eo taken at a gas station.

Around 5:50 a.m. au-thorities urge residents inWatertown, Newton, Walth-am, Belmont, Cambridge,Arlington and the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods ofBoston to stay indoors. Allmass transit is shut down.

Around 6:35 a.m., TheAssociated Press reportsthat the bomb suspects arefrom a Russian region nearChechnya and lived in theUnited States for at least ayear.

Around 6:45 a.m., TheAssociated Press identifiesthe surviving Boston bombsuspect as Dzhokhar A.Tsarnaev, 19, who has beenliving in Cambridge.

Around 8 a.m., Bos-ton’s police commissionersays all of Boston must stayin their homes as thesearch for the survivingsuspect in the bombingscontinues.

Around 8:40 a.m., aU.S. law enforcement offi-cial and uncle of the sus-pects confirms the name of

the slain suspect is Tamer-lan Tsarnaev, DzhokharTsarnaev’s older brother.

Around 10:20 a.m.,Connecticut State Policesay a car believed to belinked to Dzhokhar Tsar-naev has been recovered inBoston. They initially callit a Honda CRV, but author-ities later say it was a Hon-da Civic.

Around 10:35 a.m., theUniversity of Massachu-setts Dartmouth says itclosed its campus and or-dered an evacuation afterconfirming that DzhokharTsarnaev is registeredthere. The school says itclosed the campus “out ofan abundance of caution”as the search continued.

Around 11:30 a.m.,Massachusetts State Policeexplain that the brotherssuspected in the bombingswere in the Honda whenthey carjacked the Mer-cedes SUV. For a while,each drove one of the twovehicles, but then ditchedthe Honda and reunited inthe Mercedes.

Around 12:35 p.m.,state police in Watertownsay officers are searchingdoor-to-door but still havenot found the bombing sus-pect.

Around 6:30 p.m., Mas-sachusetts Gov. Patrick De-val announces that masstransit is resuming and the“stay indoors” order is be-ing lifted even though onesuspect remains on thelam. State police say thatsuspect, Dzhokhar Tsar-naev, fled on foot and thereis indication he has a vehi-cle. They believe he is stillin the state because of histies to the area.

Around the time theorder is lifted, a flurry ofgunfire breaks out in thesame community that wasbeing searched. Law en-forcement officials locateDzhokhar Tsarnaev in aboat parked behind a home.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev istaken into custody by po-lice at approximately 8:45p.m.

Mom-in-law sickenedby attack

NORTH KINGSTOWN,R.I. — The mother-in-law ofthe bombing suspect killedduring a gunbattle with po-lice said Friday her familyis sickened by the horrorinflicted by the deadly at-tack.

Judith Russell was dis-traught as she made thecomments Friday eveningthrough a crack in herfront door in a large houseon a cul-de-sac in a quiet,wooded suburban neigh-borhood. She spoke shortlyafter Department of Home-land Security agents escort-ed a car containing twowomen, one of whom wasshielding her face, to thehome, where it drove intothe garage. Neighbors saidthey saw state troopers andblack SUVs in the neigh-borhood Friday morning.

Russell’s oldest daughter,Katherine, was married toTamerlan Tsarnaev, an eth-nic Chechen who came tothe U.S. from Russia andwas believed to be SuspectNo. 1 in the Boston Mara-thon bombings, the one insunglasses and a dark base-ball cap in surveillancecamera pictures.

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Bridal couple Sarah and Neil Sands, of Dublin, Ireland, right, laugh with their bridal party as they posefor pictures outside an empty Fenway Park in Boston, on Friday.

Photo by Elise Amendola | AP

A barefooted woman runs for cover as police surround a home while searching for a suspect in theBoston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Mass., on Friday.

Photo by Charles Krupa | AP

Police in tactical gear conduct a search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, on Friday, in Watertown, Mass. The bombs thatblew up seconds apart near the finish line of the Boston Marathon left gaping questions of who chose to attack and why.

Photo by Matt Rourke | AP


Chamber of Commercemembership services coor-dinator.

“This morning, therewasn’t very much, butthere was water. My hus-band knows I get upsetwhen there’s no water inthe lake and he teases meabout it. He says, ‘Did yousee the water level? It’sreally low.’ He works forthe county maintenancedepartment. I joked withhim when I noticed the lev-el had risen and asked himif he had put a water hosein the lake,” she said.

She added that she feltjoy at seeing the level riseand was hoping to see itget higher.

The water will eventual-ly be released to meet irri-gation and municipal wa-ter demand in the LowerRio Grande Valley. The re-leases are in response towater needs in both theUnited States and Mexicoand do not impact Mexico’sdeficit in deliveries to theUnited States under thetreaty..

Water releases fromAmistad Dam, located on

the Rio Grande at Del Rio-Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila,are now increasing thismonth, bringing high flowto the river and rapidly-de-clining lake levels ap-proaching the record low.

At Del Rio, the NationalWeather Service expectsthe Rio Grande to approachand remain near floodstage over the period of re-lease.

The river is forecast toreach action stage at Col-ombia International Bridgejust upstream from Laredo-Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipasbeginning on Sunday. Ac-tion stage is a predeter-mined level at which fore-casts are issued to increaseawareness for people, com-panies, and governmentagencies with interestsnear rivers.

While flood conditionsmay not appear to occur ataction stage, in many casesactions might be needed toavoid negative impacts asthe river flow increases.

At midnight Thursday,releases increased to nearly8,000 cubic feet per second,including about 5,300 cubic

feet per second of Mexicanwater and 2,600 cubic feetper second of U.S. water.Sunday morning there willbe an additional increase,for a total release rate ofnearly 9,000 cubic feet persecond, including approxi-mately 5,300 cubic feet persecond for Mexico and3,500 cubic feet per secondfor the United States.

The new release rate isexpected to cause the levelof Amistad Lake to drop byas much as several feet be-fore the end of the month,approaching the record lowelevation of 1,058 feet thatoccurred in August 1998.

Amistad Dam is operatedby the InternationalBoundary and Water Com-mission, United States andMexico. During normaland low reservoir condi-tions, the rate of U.S. re-leases is determined by theTexas Commission on En-vironmental Quality RioGrande Watermaster basedon the need to deliver wa-ter to Texas users.

(The Zapata Times staffwriter Ricardo Villarrealcontributed to this story.)

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Safety troopers will re-quire his assistance. Gar-za is solely dedicated tofull time highway inter-diction, monitoring trafficfor people with contra-band.

Garza and Jack played arole in discovering a re-cent 5,000-pound marijua-

na stash in Ramireño, oneof the office’s largest sei-zures.

Another deputy hadstopped a tanker truck fora traffic violation but thedriver denied consent tosearch. But since thetruck had been pulledover for a traffic violation,

Garza ran the narcoticsdog and Jack alerted tocontraband inside thetank.

“From there, we openedit and we saw all the bun-dles,” Garza recalled.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568or [email protected])

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of Laredo news releasestates. Elizondo and Zapa-ta County Sheriff ’s OfficeChief Raymundo Del Bos-que Jr. and Capt. HectorGarcia attended the event.

Asked about the impor-tant role a dispatcherplays for the sheriff ’s of-fice, Del Bosque said dis-patchers are the eyes andears for deputies. Whenofficials respond to a ru-ral area, dispatchers arethe ones gathering asmuch information as pos-sible on the location forofficer safety.

Del Bosque said if the

office receives a suspi-cious activity call comingfrom Los Lobos Road,deputies could be certainthat the call may relate tonarcotics smuggling. Thesame could be for callscoming out of San Ygna-cio and areas borderingthe Webb and Zapatacounty lines, according tosheriff ’s officials.

Currently, the sheriff ’soffice has six dispatchersdivided in various shiftsto cover the county 24-7.Elizondo said it takes acertain type of person towork as a dispatcher in

Zapata. Dispatchers in Za-pata are unique becauseaside from tending toemergencies, they alsoundertake administrativecalls, Elizondo said.

Regardless of the work-load, dispatchers do theirjobs to better protect thedeputy out on the fieldand do it well, Elizondosaid.

“(Dispatchers) are thelifeline to our deputies,”he added.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568 or [email protected])

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EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — At 97,retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole can still flyand land a vintage B-25 with a wide grinand a wave out the cockpit window toamazed onlookers.

David Thatcher, 91, charms admiringWorld War II history buffs with detailed ac-counts of his part in the 1942 Doolittle Raidon Tokyo, in which he earned a Silver Star.

Retired Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, 93, stillgets loud laughs from crowds for his oneliners about the historic bombing raid 71years ago Thursday that helped to boost awounded nation’s morale in the aftermathof Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

Cole, Thatcher and Saylor — three of thefour surviving crew members from the his-tory-making bombing run — are at EglinAir Force Base in the Florida Panhandlefor a final public reunion of the DoolittleRaiders. They decided to meet at Eglin be-cause it is where they trained for their top-secret mission in the winter of 1942, justweeks after the Japanese devastated theAmerican fleet at Pearl Harbor.

The fourth surviving raider, 93-year-oldRobert Hite, could not make the event.

“At the time of the raid, you know thewar was on and it was just a mission wewent on, we were lucky enough to surviveit but it didn’t seem like that big of a dealat the time. I spent the rest of the war inEurope and with the guys in Normandyand taking bodies out of airplanes and stuffand I didn’t feel like a hero,” Saylor saidWednesday following a ceremony in whichan F-35 Joint Strike Fighter maintenancehangar at the base was named in his honor.

Saylor joked with the audience of youngairmen and local dignitaries.

“My reaction when I found out we werebombing Japan from an aircraft carrierwas that it was too far to swim back homeso we might as well go ahead with it,” hesaid.

The 16 planes, loaded with one-tonbombs, took off from the aircraft carrier onless than 500 feet of runway. They had onlyenough fuel to drop their bombs and try toland in China with the hope that the Chi-

nese would help them to safety.“We were all pretty upbeat about it, we

didn’t have any bad thoughts about whatwas going to happen. We just did what wehad to do,” said Cole, who was Doolittle’sco-pilot.

Wednesday’s event at the base is part ofa weeklong series of activities planned bythe military and community leaders to hon-or the men.

Thomas Casey, business manager for theRaiders and a longtime fan of the men, saidthe four survivors have decided they can nolonger keep up with the demands of grouppublic appearances.

“The mission ends here in Fort Walton

Beach on Saturday night, but their legacystarts then,” he said.

Casey said he hopes everyone who hashad a chance to interact with the men willkeep their legacy alive. “I want them to tellthe story to their children, their grandchil-dren, their neighbors and keep their storygoing because their story is worthwhiletelling.”

At each reunion is a case containing 80silver goblets with the name of each raiderinscribed right-side up and upside down ona single goblet. The men toast their fallencomrades each year and turn their gobletsupside down in their honor.

They have also saved a bottle of Hennes-

sy cognac from 1896, the year mission com-mander James Doolittle was born. TheRaiders had said the final two survivorswould open the bottle, but they have sincedecided that the four survivors will meet inprivate later this year for the toast.

At Wednesday’s dedication of the SaylorHangar, the three men posed for picturesbeneath a vintage B-25 bomber and an F-35Joint Strike Fighter that sat beside it.

Col. Andrew Toth, commander of theF-35 squadron at Eglin, told the men, “Youboosted the morale of this nation just fourmonths after Pearl Harbor. Thank you foryour dedication and service.”

Young airmen and women obtained theold veterans’ autographs and thanked themfor their service.

“I’ve seen the movies — you know, ‘Thir-ty Seconds Over Tokyo,’” said Air Force Lt.Col. Mike Matesick. “I think this is awe-some because they actually trained here atEglin and they did the ceremony to actual-ly name a hangar after one of the guys. It’spretty cool.”

Larry Kelley owns the vintage B-25 air-craft that Cole flew a day earlier during ademonstration of four restored B-25s fromthe World War II era.

Kelley choked up when trying to explainwhat it has meant to him to meet Cole andthe other raiders over the past severalyears and to have the men fly in his air-craft.

“Here are some of the most famous avia-tors that came out of World War II andthey’ve never put a nickel in their pocket”as a result of their fame, he said. Instead,he said, any money from book signings andappearances has always gone to the JamesH. Doolittle Scholarship Fund for aviationstudents.

Kelley said sitting beside Cole while Coletook the controls of the B-25 and landed theaircraft was a highlight of his life as aWorld War II and aviation buff.

“Oh yeah, he did most of the flying today.He did the landing. He’s dead on. I keptlooking over the altimeter. I told him tohold 1,500 feet and I kept looking at the al-timeter and it was dead on: not 1,499 feet,not 1,501 feet. He had the altimeter peggedat 1,500 feet,” he said.

Famed aviators hold final reunionBy MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doolittle Raiders, in caps, left to right, Edward J. Saylor, David J. Thatcher and Richard E. Cole view thenew Doolittle Raiders exhibit with facilities coordinator Mia Checkley, far right, on Wednesday.

Photo by Mark Kulaw/Northwest Florida Daily News | AP


Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

The Hawks doubles teamof Trey Alvarez and AlexReyes made tennis history,advancing to the semifinalsof the region IV-3A tourna-ment at the HEB TennisCenter in Corpus Christi onWednesday and Thursday.

Alvarez and Reyes, bothjuniors, were not seeded in

the tournament, drawingthe district champions from28-3A’s Pleasanton in thefirst round.

The duo bolted out of thegate with strong serves andnet play to dismantle theEagles team, 6-0 and 6-0,moving to the next round.

Next, the Hawks took onthe third seeded team fromBellville in a close matchwith both teams playing to

great points. The first setstood at 6-all, forcing a tie-breaker. Alvarez and Reyescame up with clutch shotafter clutch shot to pull out8-6.

The second set was alsoclose, and Bellville gotahead, 4-3, but the Hawksrallied to pull the set 6-4.

“When we were down 4-3,I went to talk to the boysand told them that they

were three games awayfrom making history andneeded to find another gear.I was so happy when theydid,” Alvarez said.

The boys next took onthe second seeds from Fre-dricksburg.

“In 4A and 5A they playonly two matches on thefirst day and play the semis

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: ZAPATA HAWKS

Alex Reyes, left, and Trey Alvarez made tennis history, advancing tothe semifinals of the region IV-3A tournament at the HEB TennisCenter in Corpus Christi on Wednesday and Thursday.

Courtesy photo

Hitting historyHawks doubles team inches away from state

By CLARA SANDOVALTHE ZAPATA TIMES

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CHICAGO — Until the ninthinning Tuesday, when the gamegot as wacky as a Chicago elec-tion, there was one clear storyabout the Rangers. It was DerekHolland.

Truth be told, he has been thestory of the starting rotation tothis point.

Yes, Matt Harrison was theopening day starter. Yes, Yu Dar-vish nearly pitched a perfectgame. Yes, Nick Tepesch madeone of the best debuts in Rangershistory.

Those all were one-start stories.Holland’s is more about his workin general.

Tuesday night was only anoth-

MLB: TEXAS RANGERS

Texas’ Derek Holland is a power pitch-er, averaging a 92.9 mph fastball.

Photo by Tony Gutierrez | AP

Hollandstarts

hottestBy EVAN GRANT

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

See RANGERS PAGE 2B

DALLAS — There is a dis-connect over at Valley Ranchthat’s troublesome.

It exists between the person-nel department and the coach-ing staff. There’s no better wayof explaining it than the plightof David Arkin.

The fourth round of anydraft is still a value round.Quality players, starting-cali-ber players, can be found there.

The talent evaluators at ValleyRanch determined that Arkin,a guard from Missouri State,was worthy of a fourth-roundselection in 2011, the 110thoverall choice. Two years intohis career, Arkin is still await-ing his chance to play for theCowboys.

Arkin has been healthy forall 32 games of his career buthas been deactivated for 27 ofthem. In the five games he has

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: DRAFT

The following is a roundup of soccerstories from U.K. newspapers, with click-able Internet links.

FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT

Chelsea is close to signing Bayer Lever-kusen striker Andre Schurrle on a five-year contract for 20 million pounds ($30.5million), the Daily Telegraph reported.

Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voll-

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER

Chelsea is close to signing Bayer Leverkusen striker Andre Schurrle on a five-year contract for 20 mil-lion pounds ($30.5 million), the Daily Telegraph reported.

Photo by Frank Augstein | AP

Kicking up new rumorsBy DAN BAYNES

BLOOMBERG

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PARIS — Kiss goodbye to soccer as weknow it.

In getting machines to help men spotwhen goals are scored, soccer is makinga mistake. This pact with the devil ofgoal-line technology will come at a cost tothe sport’s soul.

Policed solely by humans, soccer canoffer lessons on life for those prepared tolisten.

Referees who fail to spot when the ballhas crossed the goal line, or who award agoal when it hasn’t, remind us that no-body will ever be perfect and that makingmistakes is part of the human condition.

Accepting the golden rule that the ref-eree’s word is final, even when he or sheis wrong, also teaches respect for author-ity — something our societies are hardlyover-stocked with.

An incorrectly awarded or disallowedgoal can feel grossly unfair, just as lifedoes sometimes, too. Again, soccer canteach us to shrug a shoulder at that, tomove on and trust that justice will bedone next time.

Do we accept flaws, even cherish them,or kick, scream and demand they be ex-

Soccer sells itssoul to technology

Goal-line aides may ruin global gameBy JOHN LEICESTERASSOCIATED PRESS

See TECHNOLOGY PAGE 2B

COMMENTARY

NEW YORK — Areyou ready for some Pey-ton Manning?

This year’s NFLschedule is filled withreturn visits and intri-guing matchups, andsome of the best involvethe Denver Broncos’quarterback.

The former Colts starwill make his first tripback to Indianapolis,will play younger broth-er Eli in another Man-ning Bowl, and will facethe defending SuperBowl champions in theseason opener.

The Baltimore Ravenstravel to Denver for thenow-traditional Thurs-day night opener onSept. 5. The Orioles arehome that night andMajor League Baseballcould not move theirgame.

So $121 million quar-terback Joe Flacco andhis fellow champs weresent to Denver — to faceManning and the team

Looking for a reason notto pick the Miami Heat towin another NBA title?

Don’t check the odds,where the Heat are such anoverwhelming favorite thatit might as well be TigerWoods against a weekendhacker.

Definitely don’t botherwith the Heat’s results,which show exactly threelosses since the start of Feb-ruary.

And certainly don’t lookon the court, where LeBronJames sent season-long re-minders that he’s betterthan ever and already thebest in the world.

The only people whomight really believe in cau-tion are the Heat them-selves.

“There’s going to betrials and tribulations nomatter what, no matter howgood of a team you are,”Dwyane Wade said.“There’s going to be a mo-

NBA

Cananyone

stopMiami?Hoops playoffs tip

off tonightBy BRIAN MAHONEYASSOCIATED PRESS

See PLAYOFFS PAGE 2B

DALLASDISCONNECT

Valley Ranch determined that Arkin, a guard from Missouri State, was worthyof a fourth-round selection in 2011, the 110th overall choice, but Arkin has yetto step on the field.

Photo by Michael Conroy | AP

Valley Ranch avoids youthBy RICK GOSSELIN

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

See COWBOYS PAGE 2B

NFL slatepacked

withdrama

Return meetings,rivalries shine

By BARRY WILNERASSOCIATED PRESS

See NFL SCHEDULE PAGE 2B

they beat in double overtime ontheir way to the Super Bowl.

New York Jets coach Rex Ryan,who spent 10 years as an assistantin Baltimore, seemed most interest-ed in — and annoyed by — the Rav-ens being forced to kick off the sea-son on the road.

“I think that the world champscan open up at home and that’swhere I think they should open, athome,” Ryan said. “I think it iscommon courtesy. I don’t knowwhat gets involved in that. I am not

in charge of it, but if I would havebeen, the Ravens would be openingat home.

“If baseball had only 16 games, Imight understand it. But just ascommon courtesy maybe (theOrioles) say, ‘I’ll play this one onthe road.” Just from a fan perspec-tive of sports.”

The Sunday night season openeris the Giants at the Cowboys, andthe Monday night doubleheaderhas Philadelphia at Washington,then Houston at San Diego.

NFL SCHEDULE Continued from Page 1B

PAGE 2B Zscores SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

er traveled to London yesterday to conclude negotiations over adeal for Schurrle, for whom Chelsea unsuccessfully bid 16 mil-lion pounds and 18 million pounds last year, the newspaper add-ed.

PELLEGRINI STAYING PUTMalaga coach Manuel Pellegrini said he isnt interested in be-

coming Chelseas new manager even though his current club isbehind with his wages, the Sun reported.

Im not looking to change club, the Sun cited Pellegrini, 59, assaying. My main objective is to finish my contract with Malagaand continue the work we have started.

MORRISON MOVEManchester City is considering a move former Manchester

United midfielder Ravel Morrison, whos currently on loan atBirmingham City from West Ham, the Daily Mirror reported.

City has made discreet inquiries about the 20-year-old mid-fielder once rated by United manager Alex Ferguson as one ofthe best young players hes ever worked with, the Mirror added.

TRANSFERS Continued from Page 1B

cised like an unsightly mole?The cameras of Hawk-Eye and GoalControl — the

first chosen by the English Premier League, the sec-ond by FIFA for the 2014 World Cup — could havetold us whether Soviet linesman Tofik Bakhramovcorrectly called Geoff Hurst’s goal in the 101st min-ute for England against Germany in the 1966 WorldCup final. How sad. Because that would have de-prived soccer of a call so infamously controversialthat it has endured as a story through the decadessince.

Which also shows that such incidents are remem-bered not because they happen every week but be-cause they don’t. Even fewer of the goals wronglygiven or not are actually decisive.

The Premier League calculates that the technol-ogy, if installed this season, could have proved use-ful in around 20 of some 320 matches played thus

far. In many of those, the ball was either clearly overthe line or clearly not, few were difficult calls, andofficials mostly got them right. Perhaps the mostglaring error was referee Mike Jones not awarding agoal when Victor Anichebe’s header for Evertoncrossed Newcastle’s goal-line in September.

GoalControl costs $260,000-$330,000 per stadium toinstall. There are also small running costs of $3,900-$5,200 per match. Hawk-Eye and the Premier Leaguewon’t say how much their system will cost for theEnglish clubs who’ll need the cameras perhaps justonce per season. But with the money going on goal-line technology in England and at 12 World Cup sta-diums in Brazil , you could have rebuilt the bombed-out soccer stadium in Gaza, laid the first turf pitchin Bangladesh and paid for the first artificial grassfield in Greenland and still have come out with per-haps a couple of million dollars in change.

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suited up, Arkin has yet to stepon the field.

League-wide, NFL teamsstarted rookies in a record 1,000games last season. The Cow-boys contributed just 17 ofthose starts.

Either the scouts are doing apoor job evaluating talent orthe coaches are doing a poorjob developing that talent. LikeI mentioned earlier, there’s adisconnect somewhere.

Two years in, we still have no

clue whether or not David Ar-kin can play. If you’re going touse a draft pick on a player,then play him. Find out abouthim. If he can’t play, get rid ofhim. If he can play, he may sur-prise you how good he can be-come.

This looms as a crucial draftfor the Cowboys. With all oftheir needs, the Cowboys coulduse four walk-in starters intheir six picks. But will thecoaches play them?

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on the next day, but in3A we play three the firstday, so I was hoping ourconditioning would holdup because it was hot,humid and windy inCorpus Christi onWednesday,” Alvarezsaid. “Fredricksburgcame out and really tookit to us in the first set,6-1, but we adjusted andwent to more of a finessegame with lobs, andtried to take some paceoff the ball. With the Fre-dricksburg teams, itseemed the harder youhit at them the morethey liked it.”

The strategy workedas Fredricksburg beganto miss shots and theHawks used that to theiradvantage to win the sec-ond set, 6-2.

The third set saw theFredricksburg duo alsomaking adjustments. Atough and gritty set wasplayed with every pointbattled out. With thescore 4-4, Fredricksburggot the break it neededand closed out thematch.

“Then boys were real-ly disappointed and ex-hausted, but we knew wewere still not out of it, aswe would take on thefourth seeds, our districtrivals from Kingsville forthird place,” Alvarezsaid. “Kingsville had lostin the semis to the No. 1seeds from Fredricks-burg. If we were to winand the team from Fre-dricksburg that beat uswon in the finals wewould get another shotin a true second play-back.”

The Hawks and theBrahmas were set to playthe rubber match of theseason.

Alvarez and Reyesstarted hot and took thefirst set 6-2. But as newscame from the adjacentcourt that the team fromFredricksburg was win-ning it seemed to fire upKingsville.

The Brahmas won thenext set 6-3 and raced outto a 5-2 lead in the third.At that point, Alvarezand Reyes won threegames in a row, includ-ing two breaks of serveto even the score at 5.The Brahma duo brokeserve and held to win thethird set, 7-5. The Kings-ville team won its play-back in a three-set matchto win a trip to state.

“I am proud of theboys. We did not fold; wekept fighting and justneeded to come throughwith a few more bigshots,” Alvarez said. “Wewere the only team inthe semifinals that willbe back next season, asthe rest were seniors, sowe have to continueworking hard in the off-season and make anoth-er run at state nextyear.”

The Hawk mixed dou-bles team of Gaby Alva-rez and Carlos Poblanodid not fare as well. Theylost to the 26-3A districtchampions from Smith-ville, 6-1. 6-3.

“We did not play verywell. The team was verynervous and got off to avery slow start,” Alvarezsaid. “By the time theyfinally settled down andstarted to play, it was toolate. They are also ju-niors and I know withthis experience they willbe a tougher team nextyear.”

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ment in the playoffs where ourback is going to be against the wall.And I think everything we’ve donethis season will prepare us for thatmoment. We have a goal, just likeevery other team that gets into theplayoffs, to win a championship.But we understand the process thatit takes.”

It starts Saturday, when the play-offs start with four first-roundgames. The Heat will open Sundayagainst Milwaukee in what’s ex-pected to be a quick series.

Then it will be up to someonelike the Knicks, Thunder, Spurs, orsome other contender, to prove thatthe next two months aren’t just aformality.

New York, which won three outof four from Miami, hosts Bostonon Saturday in the playoff opener.The Nets welcome Chicago for thefirst postseason game in Brooklyn,while the Western Conference hasGolden State visiting Denver, andthe Clippers and Memphis Grizzliessquaring off in a first-round re-match.

On Sunday, the Lakers go to SanAntonio without Kobe Bryant, anddefending West champ OklahomaCity faces former Thunder starJames Harden and Houston. Indi-ana and Atlanta meet in the otherEast game.

Miami went 66-16 and has beenso dominant since Super Bowl Sun-day that the betting site Bovadagave the Heat opening odds to winthe championship that it said were“unheard of in recent years” — andthen already had to lower themwhen most of the action was com-ing in on the Heat, anyway.

That dropped Miami to a 2-to-3 fa-vorite, meaning a $3 bet only won$2 more. The Heat were 2-to-9 favor-ites to win the East, where Indianaand Chicago also beat them multi-ple times during the regular sea-son.

Knicks center Tyson Chandlersaid the other contenders shouldn’tfeel slighted by all the experts thatare picking the Heat.

“No, not at all. They should pickthe Heat,” he said. “They’re the de-fending champions and they shouldget that respect. But that’s not whatwe believe. We haven’t believed inthat throughout the year. But theyshould get that respect becausethey’ve earned it.”

Miami faced plenty of adversity

during last season’s championshiprun. They were down 2-1 to Indianain the second round, with Wadestruggling and Chris Bosh injured.The Celtics took a 3-2 lead in theconference finals back to Boston be-fore James fought off eliminationwith a 45-point performance inGame 6, and the Thunder took theopener of the NBA Finals and near-ly rallied two nights later to put theHeat in a 2-0 hole.

But this version of the Heat ismuch better, and certainly milesabove the team that lost in the 2011finals in the first season with itsBig Three. With Ray Allen, ChrisAndersen and Rashard Lewis, theHeat have added players who wereable to win games for them evenwhen they chose to rest their super-stars down the stretch.

There is much more intrigue outWest, especially in the two seriesinvolving Los Angeles teams. TheClippers and Grizzlies went sevengames last year before the Clippersadvanced, and this time they havethe home-court advantage. The Lak-ers didn’t even clinch a playoff spotuntil Wednesday, but they wontheir final five games and look dan-gerous even without Bryant thanksto the inside play of Dwight How-ard and Pau Gasol.

The Lakers and Spurs had one ofthe NBA’s best postseason rivalriesin the last decade, and this onecould join their list of memorableseries.

“We’re happy that we’re in theplayoffs but we’re not done yet,”Howard said.

The highlight in the East couldbe in the Boston-New York series.The Knicks ended the Celtics’ five-year reign as Atlantic Divisionchampions with their first divisiontitle since 1994, with Carmelo An-thony leading the NBA with 28.7points per game. New York willhave to fight off a No. 7 seed hopingit still has a run left with PaulPierce and Kevin Garnett and try-ing to give a lift to a hurting city af-ter the Boston Marathon bombings.

The winner could emerge as thebest hope in the East to beat theHeat — if there is such a thing.Count former NBA coach andESPN analyst Flip Saunders amongthose who doubt there is, sayingWednesday on a conference callthat he doesn’t “see anyone chal-lenging them.”

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EASTERN CONFERENCENO. 1 MIAMI HEAT (66-16)

vs. NO. 8 MILWAUKEE BUCKS (38-44)Season series: Heat, 3-1. Milwaukee took Miami to over-time in the first meeting this season before losing 113-106, then won a wild game in December where the Bucksled by 12 at halftime, trailed by two entering the fourth,then outscored Miami 35-14 in the final 12 minutes for a104-85 romp. After that, it was all Miami, with the Heatwinning 107-94 on the road in March and then 94-83 athome last week.Story line: The road toward what the Heat hope is a re-peat championship finally gets underway, after a regularseason that included a 27-game winning streak and thebest record in the NBA. LeBron James and Dwyane Wadecombined to average 48 points and both had their best-shooting seasons. The Bucks haven’t won a playoff se-ries since 2001, and lost 12 of their final 16 games.Key Matchup I: James vs. Everybody. The Bucks will haveto send a bunch of different bodies and looks toward thereigning MVP in an effort to keep him guessing, and toget the Heat offense out of sorts. Milwaukee’s only winagainst Miami this season was a game where the Buckshad a 25-2 edge in points off turnovers. They’ll needmassive efforts like that again in this series.Key Matchup II: Mario Chalmers vs. Brandon Jennings.Chalmers has been a huge threat from 3-point range thisseason and is far more consistent now than he was evena couple years ago. But Jennings always seems to find away against the Heat, averaging 23.8 points against Mia-mi this season on 46 percent shooting.X-Factor: Larry Sanders, only because he averaged onetechnical foul every 24 minutes against Miami this sea-son, and he’ll need to be on the floor if Milwaukee willsucceed in its quest to at least slow Chris Bosh.Prediction: Heat in 5.

NO. 2 NEW YORK KNICKS (54-28)vs. NO. 7 BOSTON CELTICS (41-40)

Season series: Knicks, 3-1. New York won the season se-ries for the first time since 2003-04, also the last time itwon twice in Boston. Carmelo Anthony averaged 25.3points but made his biggest news off the court, when heconfronted Kevin Garnett outside Boston’s team bus af-ter the two exchanged words during the Celtics’ 102-96victory in New York on Jan. 7. The Knicks then won thelast three meetings.Story line: After ending the Celtics’ five-year reign as At-lantic Division champions with their first division titlesince 1994, the Knicks will try to win a playoff series forthe first time since 2000. Boston has never lost in thefirst round with Garnett and Paul Pierce.Key matchup I: Tyson Chandler vs. Garnett. Neither cen-ter, both former Defensive Players of the Year, appearedin the final two meetings, and Garnett’s absence wasparticularly noticed when the Knicks scored 100 or morein both games. Chandler missed most of the final weekswith a bulging disk but is set to play.Key matchup II: J.R. Smith vs. Jason Terry. Terry averagedonly 5.5 points and shot poorly against the Knicks duringa somewhat disappointing season for the former SixthMan award winner. Smith made himself a strong candi-date for this season’s honor with his second-half play, in-cluding a 32-point performance in Boston on March 26.X-factor: Chris Copeland. The former pro player in Eu-rope has become a surprising contributor in his rookieNBA season for the Knicks and seems to have found aplace in the rotation. He scored 22 in the last meetingagainst Boston and had a pair of 30-point games to endthe regular season.Prediction: Knicks in 7.

NO. 3 INDIANA PACERS (49-32)vs. NO. 6 ATLANTA HAWKS (44-38)

Season series: Tied, 2-2. Both teams went 2-0 at home.Here’s how even the season series was — the Pacers out-scored the Hawks 400-395 in the four games, while theHawks held tiny edges in rebounding (164-163), points inthe paint (160-154) and fast-break points (51-48).Story line: Neither team is exactly hitting the postseasonin high gear, with the Pacers having lost five of their finalsix games and the Hawks going 11-15 since the start ofMarch — then looking downright awful for the final twogames, losses that at least got them out of the Miamiside of the East bracket. If there is a series that will windup being a grind-it-out, low-scoring one in the openinground of these playoffs, this one could be the most likelycandidate. Key Matchup I: David West vs. Josh Smith. Simply put,whichever guy plays better will probably see his teamwin the series. West has been relatively consistent allyear and his 54-percent field-goal shooting since the All-Star break suggests he’s in the type of form the Pacerswould want. Smith could be playing his final games withthe Hawks, with free agency looming for him this sum-mer. His approach to this series might give some hintsas to whether his bags are already packed.Key Matchup II: Roy Hibbert vs. Al Horford. Hibbert is ob-viously a matchup nightmare for everyone because ofhis size, but Horford tends to control the paint using ath-leticism, so this one would look to be one of those clas-sic-clash-of-styles situations. Horford averaged 16points against Indiana in the regular season, Hibbert av-eraged only 9.5 against Atlanta.X-Factor: Frank Vogel. The Indiana coach turned into amaster motivator last season when Indiana ended upbowing to Miami in six games, though it was a serieswhere the Pacers had the eventual champions down 2-1.Even with no hope for Danny Granger’s return this sea-son, if Vogel can get the “gold swagger” mode back, In-diana could be dangerous.Prediction: Pacers in 6.

NO. 4 BROOKLYN NETS (49-33)vs. NO. 5 CHICAGO BULLS (45-37)

Season series: Bulls, 3-1. Chicago had an 11-point victo-ry, while the other three games were decided by fourpoints, two and one. The Bulls, never fully healthy, werewithout Carlos Boozer, Joakim Noah and Kirk Hinrich intheir lone loss, a 93-89 defeat in Brooklyn on Feb. 1. Story line: Ending a successful first season in Brooklynwith the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 2007,the Nets open against the resilient Bulls, who made it tothe middle of the Eastern Conference playoff standingseven while playing all season without Derrick Rose.Key matchup I: Deron Williams vs. Hinrich and Nate Rob-inson — or Rose? Williams had a terrific second half ofthe season after treatment for his ankles around the All-Star break, though one of his poor performances duringthat span was a 4-for-12 night in a 96-85 loss at Chicagoon March 2. Rose could still play, unlikely as it seems, af-ter sitting out all season following major knee surgery.But the Bulls have gotten by without him thanks in partto Robinson, who had three 12-point games againstBrooklyn.Key matchup II: Brook Lopez vs. Noah. Noah had 21points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the lone blowout,but he missed two games and was limited down thestretch by a foot injury even when he did play. The Bullswill need his defense against fellow All-Star center Lo-pez, who averaged 22 points against Chicago. X-factor: Reggie Evans. Evans had some decent scoringnights in the second half to go with his usual strong re-bounding, but didn’t manage a basket in three of the fourgames against Chicago. He shot 4 of 5 in the one Netsvictory, and Brooklyn will need some offense along withhis defense on Carlos Boozer. Prediction: Nets in 7.

WESTERN CONFERENCENO. 1 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER (60-22)

vs. NO. 8 HOUSTON ROCKETS (45-37)Season series: Thunder, 2-1. Oklahoma City won a pairof blowouts before the Rockets pulled out a 122-119home victory on Feb. 20 behind 46 points from JamesHarden. The Thunder gave Harden a rude welcome backon Nov. 28 when they held him to 3-of-16 shooting in a120-98 victory, and they followed that a month later byrolling to a 124-94 win.Story line: After combining for a blockbuster trade in thepreseason that dealt Harden to the Rockets, the teamsmeet in the first round as Oklahoma City tries to begin asecond straight trip to the NBA Finals.Key matchup I: Thabo Sefolosha and Kevin Martin vs.Harden. Harden will try to outduel the player he used toreplace in the lineup and the one who ultimately re-placed him via trade. Martin has taken over as Harden’ssixth man role and averaged 17 points against his formerteam, while defensive ace Sefolosha provided some un-expected offense in the series with a 28-point game.Key matchup II: Russell Westbrook vs. Jeremy Lin. Linhelped his team reach the playoffs in his first full seasonas a starter and had a terrific performance in Houston’svictory over Oklahoma City, finishing with 29 points,eight assists and six rebounds. But his first playoff ap-pearance comes against a dominant point guard inWestbrook, who twice scored 28 points against theRockets.X-factor: Patrick Beverley. The Rockets aren’t afraid togive the backup point guard big minutes, and mightneed to use him if Westbrook’s quickness is too muchfor Lin.Prediction: Thunder in 5.

NO. 2 SAN ANTONIO SPURS (58-24)vs. NO. 7 LOS ANGELES LAKERS (45-37)

Season series: Spurs, 2-1. Los Angeles prevented asweep with a 91-86 victory on Sunday in its first gameafter losing Kobe Bryant to a season-ending injury. TheSpurs took the other two by a combined five points, pull-ing out an 84-82 victory in Los Angeles on Nov. 13 duringthe Lakers’ stormy start to the season and winning 108-105 at home on Jan. 9.Story line: A top Western Conference rivalry in the lastdecade, this meeting comes without Bryant, who torehis Achilles’ tendon last week. The Lakers managed tomake the postseason without him, winning their finalfive games to finish seventh and ending up opposite theSpurs, who battled injuries down the stretch andcouldn’t hold off Oklahoma City for the No. 1 seed. Key matchup I: Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter vs. PauGasol and Dwight Howard. With Bryant gone and SteveNash sidelined down the stretch, the Lakers reinventedthemselves as an inside team, looking little like the usu-al Mike D’Antoni offense. Duncan, still near the top of hisgame as he turns 37 next week, and Splitter will have tocontrol them while scoring themselves. Key matchup II: Tony Parker vs. Nash. Parker wasbanged-up late in the season and had just four points on1-of-10 shooting last Sunday in Los Angeles. But he wasstill healthier than Nash, who missed the final sevengames with a strained right hamstring. Parker averaged21.5 points in the Spurs’ two victories and should be ableto blow through the Lakers’ defense if he’s healthy. Nashplayed only once against San Antonio, finishing with 14points and nine assists in the Jan. 9 loss. X-factor: Steve Blake. He started in Nash’s place downthe stretch and was particularly good after Bryant waslost, scoring 23 and 24 points in his final two games. Prediction: Spurs in 6.

NO. 3 DENVER NUGGETS (57-25)vs. NO. 6 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (47-35)

Season series: Nuggets, 3-1. The teams met three timesin November and Denver nearly won them all, taking adouble-overtime affair on the road in the first meeting,then winning at home and falling 106-105 on the road —all those games coming in a three-week span. Theyhaven’t played since Jan. 13, a 116-105 home win for theNuggets.Story line: It’s just the second trip to the playoffs for theWarriors in 19 years, which means Mark Jackson’s teamwill have to guard against the just-happy-to-be-herepratfall that tends to affect clubs in that situation.Meanwhile, Denver was an in-vogue pick by many peo-ple to emerge from the loaded West before the season,and even without Danilo Gallinari the Nuggets have tothink they can make a deep run, given their 23-gamehome win streak.Key Matchup I: Ty Lawson vs. Stephen Curry. Lawsonwon’t have to do it alone, but the safest way for Denverto grab control of this series would be to not allow Curry— the league’s newly crowned single-season 3-point re-cord-holder — to shoot the Warriors into the secondround. It’ll be interesting to see how keeping at least oneeye on Curry on one end will affect Lawson’s scoring.Key Matchup II: Andre Iguodala vs. Klay Thompson. Bothare capable of big numbers at any time, but Thompsonand Curry form what plenty of people in the NBA say isthe league’s best-shooting backcourt, probably in sometime. Iguodala hasn’t been great in the playoffs of late,shooting a combined 80 for 203 in his last two postsea-sons in Philadelphia. The Nuggets will need more thanthat.X-Factor: David Lee. He’s a two-time All-Star, an eight-year veteran and not only is this his first time in the NBAplayoffs, but it’s his first time playing for a team thatwon more than 36 games. That’s right — his most recentpostseason game was against Villanova.Prediction: Nuggets in 7.

NO. 4 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (56-26)vs. NO. 5 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (56-26)

Season series: Clippers, 3-1. One of the Los Angeles winswas a blowout, a 99-73 road romp that came at the per-fect time for the Clippers, since they were smarting fromhaving just lost at home to Orlando and Memphis wasmired in what became a six-game stretch where itcouldn’t break the 85-point mark. The Clippers won bothgames in Memphis, the Grizzlies split two in L.A.Story line: A pair of 56-win teams, both playing well andmeeting a year after the Clippers went into Memphisand won a Game 7 to reach the second round of the play-offs — this has all the ingredients for a classic series.The Clippers are clearly the more high-octane of the twoclubs, while the Grizzlies play with a defensive rugged-ness probably not found anywhere else in the West.Key Matchup I: Blake Griffin vs. Zach Randolph. Griffinwas bothered by back spasms in the season finale, andRandolph — who Heat forward Shane Battier affectional-ly compared to an ox earlier this season — will probablycreate a new bruise or two for the Clippers’ star to dealwith in this series. Neither will shy away from the other,for certain.Key Matchup II: Chris Paul vs. Mike Conley. Paul is an ab-solute superstar, and the Clippers will probably go as faras he takes them. But Conley isn’t far off from joiningthat elite level of player in this league. The head-to-headedge in the regular season clearly went to Paul, as Con-ley shot just 30 percent in the four games and Paul post-ed a nearly 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.X-Factor: Marc Gasol. A strong defensive player of theyear candidate, he shot 52 percent in the series againstthe Clippers last season. If he matches that, there will bean “upset” alert, though one 56-win club topping anoth-er would hardly be considered an upset.Prediction: Grizzlies in 7.

The Miami Heat’s LeBron James (6), Mike Miller (13), Mario Chalmers, center, andDwyane Wade (3) will certainly be the team to beat in the playoffs.

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er chapter. He pitched seven shut-out innings, allowed three hits andworked quickly. It was very similarto his other two starts this seasonin that he went at least seven in-nings, allowed two or fewer runsand six or fewer hits.

He did not allow a homer for the

second straight start. Oh, and twoproblems that surfaced over andover again last year — his ability tofinish off batters with two strikesand innings with two outs — havebeen non-events in the short sam-pling thus far. Holland allowed hit-ters a .159 average with two strikes

last year; it is .083 through threestarts. He allowed hitters a .258 bat-ting average after two strikes lastyear; it is .148 this season.

Through three starts, he’s throw-ing both the slider and changeupslightly more than 19 percent of thetime. That’s brought the reliance on

his fastball down just a bit, whichallows him to reach back for morevelocity when he might need it. Heis still a power pitcher, averaging92.9 mph with the fastball, but he’salso a more well-developed pitcherwho keeps batters uncomfortablewith a quicker-paced delivery.

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