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Texas Council on Alcohol andDrug Abuse, which needs morefunding and seeks increasedcooperation with other agencies.

While it has a $3.4 millionbudget, STCADA has numerousresponsibilities and operates 12programs. It’s working at a defi-

Romeo Rodriguez appears tobe a man who relishes a chal-lenge. Whether in the classroomor out in public, this veteraneducator has always seemed towelcome tough situations as op-portunities to excel.

It’s with that same spirit thathe’s taken on his new role as ex-ecutive director with the South

cit, Rodriguez said. “It’s harder and harder to get

funding for organizations likeours,” the new executive directorsaid. “The majority of our fund-ing comes from the federal andstate level. Some funding comesfrom foundations.”

To help raise money from thecommunity, STCADA is having a“Casino Night” on Friday, June

See CHALLENGE PAGE 9A

COMMUNITY AWARENESS

Educator takes new challengeBy JOE RUTLAND

THE ZAPATA TIMESROMEO RODRIGUEZ JR:STCADA’s newexecutive directorknows Zapata.

A traffic stop violation led of-ficials to a seizure of more than3,500 rounds of high-caliber am-munition that could have en-tered Laredo then crossed intoMexico, officials said.

Tuesday afternoon, ZapataCounty Sheriff ’s Office deputiesspotted a 2006 four-door Cadillacheading north on U.S. 83 at ahigh rate of speed at 12:15 p.m.

Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr.said the vehicle was comingfrom a subdivision in south Za-pata, but the exact location wasnot released due to the ongoinginvestigation.

Deputies conducted a trafficstop at the intersection of U.S. 83and Michigan Street. Upon ap-proaching the occupants, thedeputy noticed a wooden crate,Gonzalez said.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Zapata County Sheriff’s deputies recently seized 3,580 rounds of ammunition,along with night vision gear and netting after a traffic stop Tuesday.

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Traffic stop yieldsammo, more

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES

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More Zapata residents areseeking help from South TexasFood Bank pantries here, and theneed is expected to grow throughthe summer months.

“There has been a 15 percentincrease in families seeking foodassistance from the Zapata pan-tries,” said Elia Solis, agency co-ordinator for the South TexasFood Bank. “The demand is ex-pected to further increase duringthe summer months when thechildren are out of school.”

Solis is originally from SanYgnacio and graduated from Za-pata High School.

Local pantriesThere are five food bank pan-

tries in Zapata County. HelpingHands is the largest and is openMonday through Friday, 8 a.m. to5 p.m. Norma Mendoza is incharge and the telephone num-ber is (956) 765-9327.

The other four pantries, their

contact person and phone num-bers are:

Shepherd’s Pantry, Mary Pu-lido (956) 765-0123.

Concilio El Buen Pastor, Gil-berto Hernandez, (956) 765-1300.

Boys and Girls Club, ViolaTorres, (956) 765-3892.

Iglesia Pentecostes Emma-nuel, Enedina Morales, (956) 750-0182.

To get information about aspecific pantry’s hours of oper-ation, call the person in charge.

Distribution in Zapata in Maywas 1,446 families, including2,213 adults and 1,318 children.

“ Esta peor que nunca (It isworse than ever),” Mendoza said.“People are coming in to sign upfor the various programs. Theeconomy is bad.”

Helping Hands also has distri-bution sites in San Ygnacio, Lo-peño, Falcon and Chihuahua (a

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Food bank:Increase seenin applications

By SALO OTEROSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

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Romeo Salinas, Zapa-ta County treasurer,is on the South TexasFood Bank board.

Each summer with the com-bined efforts of Texas militaryforces, a multitude of agenciesand civilian personal, OperationLone Star brings free medicalcare to the under- and uninsuredof South Texas.

The Texas Department ofState Health Services is now

looking for volunteers to facili-tate Operation Lone Star ZapataCounty.

“I certainly encourage every-one to assist in everyway possi-ble. Operation Lone Star offersfree critical services for those

that need it most, brining an im-pressive array of volunteersfrom across the state,” said StateSen. Judith Zaffirini, emphasiz-ing Operation Lone Star’s under-lying mission.

Zaffirini, a strong proponentof the program, has been in-volved since its inception 12years ago.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Lone Star seeks volunteersBy STEPHANIE M. IBARRA

THE ZAPATA TIMES

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Sen. Judith Zaffiriniurges residents toassist Operation LoneStar Zapata County.

A landowner looking forhis ranch hand to arrange fordelivery of some items insteadfound the man dead in a chairoutdoors at the ranch Fridaymorning.

He had been shot severaltimes.

The man, believed to be inhis mid 20s, is from Mexico.His name was not releasedFriday, pending notification ofnext of kin. An autopsy wasordered and scheduled forMonday by the Webb County

Medical Examiner’s office,said Sheriff Sigifredo Gonza-lez Jr.

Deputies responded to acall at about 11:30 a.m. at LosPotreritos Ranch located onLos Potreritos Roads, 2.5 miles

CRIME

Violent death

This is the scene of the second homicide of 2010 in Zapata County. A ranch hand was found dead, shot severaltimes. The orange cones mark where evidence was found, including spent shells. The body was found slumped ina chair outside, to the right of the building.

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Landowner finds helper shot at ranchBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

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PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010

SATURDAY, JUNE 12Marine Corp League hosts a BBQ

Platc Sale today from noon onward atthe Marine Corp Building. Plates in-clude fajitas/sausage, macaroni salad,charro beans, jalapeno and a drink. Adonation of $6 is greatly appreciated.

Remuda San Jose invites thepublic to the Share the Remuda Quar-ter Horse Sale today at 1 p.m. at theLaredo International Fair groups on USHwy 59. The sale includes both regis-tered and grade young riding pros-pects, brookmares and “Eddie HancockMan” offspring with popular ranchhorse genetics. For more information,call Donato Ramos or Sylvia Ramos at(956) 763-9099.

From 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. aWomen’s Self defense/Anti-rape work-shop geared to teach simple, effectivetechniques, awareness and tactics toevade or be released and gain distancefrom an attacker will be offered todayat the Laredo Masonic Lodge. Proceedsfrom the $10 donation will benefit theShiners Children’s Hospital .

MONDAY, JUNE 14The Olga V. Fugueroa Zapata

County Public Library continues itsMonday through Thursday summerreading program this week from 10a.m. to noon. Along with exploring newbooks, children are provided with artsand crafts activities. For more informa-tion, call (956) 765-5351.

The Boy Scouts of AmericaSouth Texas Council, Aztec District, in-vites all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts andveterans to their first annual Flag Pro-tocol Workshop and Flag RetirementCeremony today from 8 a.m. to noonat Camp Huisache. Breakfast will beprovided. For more information or toRSVP, call Randy Blair at (956) 473-9350 Bill Swisher at (956) 206-5610or Abe Reyna at (956) 744-4499.

City of Laredo Parks & LeisureDepartment will host Summer ChessCamp II at the Northeast Hillside RecCenter located at McPherson Ave andWyoming St. The camp runs for fivedays, Monday. June 14 thru Friday.June 18 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Itis for students ages 8-14 who alreadyknow the rules of chess. Registration is$40. For more information, contact in-structor Dan Navarro at (956) 722-4600.

THURSDAY, JUNE 17AARP chapter #1308 joins today

at 12:30 p.m. for a pot luck lunch, fol-lowed by a meeting at 1 p.m. at theMasonic Lodge on 12th Street andHighway 16. A lunch will be served bythe Zapata chapter #1106 Order of theEastern Star.

SATURDAY, JUNE 19American Legion Post 59, in con-

junction with Buena Onda Social Club,presents Pre-Father’s Day Noche Bohe-mia, a concert. The event is todayfrom 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. at 809 ZaragozaSt. The cost is $15 per person. Formore information, call the post at(956) 717-8769 or (956) 763-7373.

MONDAY, JUNE 28This week is the last week to at-

tend the Olga V. Fugueroa ZapataCounty Public Library summer readingprogram from 10 a.m. to noon.Themed 2010 Texas Reading ClubCatch of the Reading Express the lastday is Wednesday, June 30. Along withexploring books, children are providedwith arts and crafts. For more informa-tion, call (956) 765-5351.

THURSDAY, JULY 1Today is the last day to RSVP for

the Texas AgriLife Extension Service &Zapata County ANR Program AreaCommittee “Pasture to Plate” BeefMarketing Seminar to take place Friday,July 16 at the Oswoldo & Juanita Ra-mirez Exhibit Hall. Speakers include Dr.Joe Paschal, Extension Beef Specialist,Omar Montemayor (CEA-ANR) andRonnie Zamora (EA-CEP), and MikeRisica of Rio Beef Feedyard. For moreinformation, contact Caleb Eaton at(956) 765-9967.

SUNDAY, JULY 4Today marks the annual ’4th of

July’ Webb County Trailride. Ride starts4.8 miles east on Del Mar Blvd. (at theold Detention Center) Registration is at7 a.m. with the ride out at 8 a.m.Don’t forget your coggins. For more in-formation, call the Webb County Trail-riders at (956) 744-2146.

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CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, June 12,the 163rd day of 2010. Thereare 202 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in Histo-ry:

On June 12, 1963, civilrights leader Medgar Evers,37, was fatally shot in front ofhis home in Jackson, Miss. (In1994, Byron De La Beckwithwas convicted of murderingEvers and sentenced to life inprison; he died in 2001.)

On this date: In 1665, England installed a

municipal government in NewYork, formerly the Dutch set-tlement of New Amsterdam.

In 1776, Virginia’s coloniallegislature became the first toadopt a Bill of Rights.

In 1898, Philippine national-ists declared independencefrom Spain.

In 1920, the Republican na-tional convention, meeting inChicago, nominated Warren G.Harding for president on thetenth ballot. Calvin Coolidgewas nominated for vice presi-dent.

In 1929, Holocaust diaristAnne Frank was born inFrankfurt, Germany.

In 1939, the National Base-ball Hall of Fame and Museumwas dedicated in Cooperstown,N.Y.

In 1967, the Supreme Court,in Loving v. Virginia, struckdown state laws prohibitinginterracial marriages.

In 1979, 26-year-old cyclistBryan Allen flew the man-powered Gossamer Albatrossacross the English Channel.

In 1987, President RonaldReagan, during a visit to thedivided German city of Berlin,publicly challenged Sovietleader Mikhail S. Gorbachevto “tear down this wall.”

In 1994, Nicole Brown Simp-son and Ronald Goldman wereslashed to death outside herLos Angeles home. (O.J. Simp-son was later acquitted of thekillings in a criminal trial, butwas eventually held liable in acivil action.)

Ten years ago: The Su-preme Court, in a unanimousruling, said patients cannotuse a federal law to sue HMOsfor giving doctors a financialincentive to cut costs.

Five years ago: Vice Presi-dent Dick Cheney, reacting tocalls to close the U.S. prison atGuantanamo Bay, told FoxNews Channel there were noplans to do so.

Today’s Birthdays: Banker/philanthropist David Rocke-feller is 95. Former PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush is 86. SingerVic Damone is 82. SongwriterRichard Sherman is 82. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 80. Jazzmusician Chick Corea is 69.Sportscaster Marv Albert is69. Singer Roy Harper is 69.Rock singer Reg Presley (TheTroggs) is 69. Pop singer LenBarry is 68. Rock singer-musi-cian John Wetton (Asia, KingCrimson) is 61. Rock musicianBun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) is59. Country singer-musicianJunior Brown is 58. Singer-songwriter Rocky Burnette is57. Actor Timothy Busfield is53. Singer Meredith Brooks is52. Actress Jenilee Harrison is52. Rock musician John Lin-nell (They Might Be Giants) is51. Rapper Grandmaster Dee(Whodini) is 48.

Thought for Today: “A manwithout ambition is dead. Aman with ambition but nolove is dead. A man with am-bition and love for his bless-ings here on earth is ever soalive.” — Pearl Bailey, Ameri-can entertainer (1918-1990).

TODAY IN HISTORY

EL PASO, Texas — Mexico condemned theshooting of a 15-year-old boy by a U.S. BorderPatrol agent Thursday through diplomaticcorrespondence and an angry phone call tothe Homeland Security secretary. Some Mex-ican politicians called for the agent’s extradi-tion to face Mexican justice.

Anger over Monday’s shooting across amuddy riverbed on the international borderwas fueled by a cell-phone video that showedkey moments in the shooting, as debate be-gan over which country has jurisdiction inthe case.

A still-unidentified Border Patrol agenttrying to arrest illegal immigrants runninginto the United States fired his weapon fromthe U.S. side into Mexico, killing 15-year-oldSergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka while

people on the Mexican side threw rocks atthe Border Patrol agents on the scene.

What is still unclear is whether Hernan-dez was one of the rock-throwers and wheth-er the agent or the victim crossed the inter-national border. Shortly after the shooting,Mexican federal police chased Border Patrolagents out of the riverbed with rifles trainedon them while a crowd on the Mexican sidetaunted the U.S. officials and threw rocksand firecrackers.

“We are worried by this surge of violenceagainst Mexicans, which comes along with asurge of other anti-immigrant and anti-Mex-ican occurrences in the United States,” Mex-ican President Felipe Calderon said in a newstatement, apparently referring to Arizona’snew immigration law, which the Mexicanleader has previously condemned as discrim-inatory.

AROUND TEXAS

Friends and relatives of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka, 15, carry his coffin before his burial in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, onThursday. A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot Hernandez Monday after a group trying to illegally enter Texas threw rocksat officers near downtown El Paso, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Photo by the Associated Press

Mexico hits shootingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND ALEXANDRA OLSON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

US rig count increases by21; Texas gains 16

HOUSTON — The number ofrigs actively exploring for oil andnatural gas in the U.S. increasedby 21 this week to 1,527.

Houston-based Baker HughesInc. said Friday 954 rigs were ex-ploring for natural gas and 561for oil. Twelve were listed asmiscellaneous. A year ago thisweek, the rig count stood at 876.

Of the major oil- and gas-pro-ducing states, Texas gained 16and Oklahoma gained seven.

FBI opens civil rightsprobe into shooting

EL PASO, Texas — A federalofficial said the FBI has opened acivil rights probe as part of theinvestigation into the shooting ofa 15-year-old Mexican boy by aU.S. Border Patrol agent at theboundary with Ciudad Juarez.

The FBI formally added thecivil rights portion to its broaderinvestigation into the alleged as-sault on the Border Patrol agent.

Alligator wrangled frompond now relocated

DALLAS — Got the gator. The Texas Parks and Wildlife

Department says a 51/2-foot alli-gator spotted in a Dallas pondhas been captured and moved toa farm.

Game warden David Boseckersays it took about two hours towrangle the large reptile beforeit was trapped Thursday night.The alligator, which was first no-ticed Wednesday, was taken to afarm in Van Zandt County.

Prado, Meadows museumsannounce partnershipDALLAS — Southern Metho-

dist University’s Meadows Mu-seum and Spain’s Prado Museumhave announced a partnership tosend works by El Greco, Velaz-quez and Ribera to Dallas.

The partnership, announcedFriday, will also include interdis-ciplinary research at SMU, an in-ternship exchange and publicprograms.

Gov. Perry endorsed bySen. Hutchinson

DALLAS — U.S. Sen. Kay Bai-ley Hutchison is publicly patch-ing things up with her former ri-val, calling Gov. Rick Perry the“personification of Texas” andurging voters to re-elect him.

The two duked it out in abruising GOP primary that end-ed with a Perry victory inMarch. At the state party con-vention in Dallas Friday, Hutchi-son endorsed her former foe.

Harris County deputy diestrying to rescue his dogBAYTOWN — A Harris Coun-

ty sheriff ’s deputy died trying tosave the family dog from a canal.

The dog also perished. The body of 51-year-old patrol

Deputy Eddie Wotipka was reco-vered Friday at 5 a.m.

Wotipka was still on duty butdriving home late Thursdaywhen he learned the dog hadjumped into the water.

-- Compiled from AP reports

Feds mull ban on servingpeanuts on planes

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Federalregulators are considering re-strictions or even a ban servingpeanuts on commercial flights.

Advocates say the move wouldease fears and potential harm toan estimated 1.8 million Ameri-cans who suffer from peanut al-lergies. Peanut farmers and foodpackagers, however, see it asoverreaching and unfair.

Smart kidnapping manseeks venue change

SALT LAKE CITY — Attor-neys for the man charged in the2002 Elizabeth Smart abductionsay he can’t get a fair trial.

Brian David Mitchell is sched-uled for a November trial in SaltLake City’s U.S. District Court.

Attorneys say Mitchell has aconstitutional right to trial by ju-rors not influenced by prejudice.

1,000 NYC students walkout to save free rides

NEW YORK — About 1,000chanting New York City highschool students left classes and

marched across the BrooklynBridge to protest elimination offree transit passes.

The students left classrooms atnoon and met at City Hall Parkfor a rally with elected officialsand transit union members.

-- Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

A convenience store flooded by the Caddo River is seen in Glenwood, Ark., on Fri-day after flash floods swamped campgrounds along a pair of southwestern Ar-kansas rivers early Friday.

Photo by Michael G. Fox/Glenwood Herald | AP

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SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010 Zlocal PAGE 3A

pata Regional Jail and held in lieuof a combined bond of $20,000.

BURGLARYA 41-year-old man reported

at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 1400block of Kennedy Street someonebroke into a Ford pickup and aNissan Armada. Deputies sayitems stolen included a stereo sys-tem.

A 55-year-old woman report-ed around 7:45 a.m. June 8 in the600 block of Falcon Drive thatsomeone burglarized her Toyotasport utility vehicle.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEFAt about 7:30 a.m. June 4,

a 42-year-old man reported a Fordutility van parked in the 1700block of Carla Street was spray-painted with graffiti. The estimat-ed damage was $1,000.

INDECENT EXPOSUREJose Soto III, 44, was arrest-

ed on charges of indecent expo-sure at 7:45 p.m. June 3 in the1000 block of Lincoln Street. Dep-uties say Soto exposed himselfwhile urinating in a public place.After booking, the man was takento the Zapata Regional Jail, and

ASSAULTJose Angel Paredes, 42, was

arrested on charges of assault at12:45 p.m. June 3 in the 700block of FM 496. He was bookedand later released, pending courtappearance.

Henry Gonzalez, 19, was ar-rested on charges of assault caus-ing bodily injury at 10 p.m. June 3in the vicinity of Avenue A andFirst Street in Lopeño. The manwas booked and taken to the Za-pata Regional Jail, and held in lieuof a $10,000 bond.

Atilano Flores Jr., 20, wasarrested and charged with assault- family violence at 1:45 a.m. June4 in the 1000 block of PeñaStreet in Lopeño. He was bookedand later released, pending courtappearance.

Eric Piña, 24, was arrestedon charges of assault and criminalmischief at 1 a.m. June 6 in the1900 block of Del Mar Street. Af-ter booking, he was taken to Za-pata Regional Jail, where he washeld in lieu of a combined bond of$15,000.

Santiago Jose Araiza, 22,was arrested on charges of assault- family violence and endangeringa child at 4 a.m. June 7 in the400 block of Bravo Avenue. Depu-ties say Araiza assaulted a womanwhile she was holding a baby. Af-ter booking, he was taken to Za-

held in lieu of a $10,000 bond.

RESISTING ARRESTBaldemar Montes Jr., 28,

was arrested on charges of resist-ing arrest, terroristic threat - fam-ily violence and criminal mischiefat 8:45 a.m. June 5 in the 5200block of Cuellar Lane. He wasbooked and transported to ZapataRegional Jail, and held in lieu of a$12,500 bond.

THEFTA woman reported around

noon June 4 at the Zapata CountySheriff’s Office that several sub-jects forced her 60-year-old fatherout of his 2004 Toyota Tundra andtook him away. The incident hap-pened in Ciudad Guerrero, Tamau-lipas.

A 31-year-old woman report-ed at 9 a.m. Wednesday someonestole her 2003 Cadillac from the5100 block of Laredo Lane.

THE BLOTTER

Zapata U.S. Border Patrolagents are hailing their firstScholarship Night at El Rin-con De Los Angeles Restau-rant last weekend as a suc-cess after raising more than$1,000.

“We were there from 5 to10 (p.m.) with a total of ninevolunteers, all agents,” saidNarcizo Ramos, supervisoryBorder Patrol agent, aboutthe June 4 event.

“It was a great turnout,so much better than whatwas expected,” he said. “Alot were big donations bypeople who just came byand just dropped off mon-ey.”

In addition to co-hostingthe event, Border Patrolagents waited tablesthroughout the night, donat-ing all tips to the Youth ofthe Month/Year Program at

Zapata High School. “Every month a student

is nominated by an educa-tor to be Youth of theMonth. At the end of theyear, one is chosen andthat’s who the scholarshipis going to go to,” Ramossaid. The fundraiser was aneffort between Rosalva Gon-zalez, restaurant owner, andZapata U.S. Border Patrolagents, originating at therestaurant.

“Even when we closed in-side at 10, everyone moved

out to the patio, really justenjoying themselves,” saidSaul Trejo, restaurant em-ployee. “It was a success, avery good experience forBorder Patrol and ourselves.College is getting more ex-pensive and we want to giveback to the community.Hopefully this is somethingwe can continue or do again– work with the Border Pa-trol.”

(Stephanie M. Ibarra maybe contacted at 728-2567 [email protected])

Luis Calderon, Field Operations supervisor for the U.S. Border Patrol in Zapata, waits for customerswith Rosalva M. Gonzalez, owner of El Rincon de Los Angeles Restaurant last Friday, at the first Schol-arship Night fundraiser to benefit the Border Patrol’s Youth of the Month/Year program.

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BP agents, eatery raise$1,000 for youth program

By STEPHANIE M. IBARRATHE ZAPATA TIMES The fundraiser was an effort

between Rosalva Gonzalez, ownerof El Rincon De Los Angeles, andZapata U.S. Border Patrol agents,originating at Gonzalez’srestaurant.

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

AUSTIN — Trimcarpenter MichaelRiester woke up

one morning this weekwith an idea on how tofix the oil leak ruiningLouisiana and beyond.

And why not? BPcouldn’t unclog a toilet ifyou spotted them theplunger.

“If the Russkies canplug up Chernobyl withconcrete, why can’t wedo it?” said Riester, 54.His plan is for BP tobuild a huge steel box,put a stovepipe hole ontop, and blow concretedown a tube running in-to the stovepipe, whichwould force out theocean water inside thesteel box and plug up theleaking pipe.

That’s his theory, andhe’s sticking to it. “Thehot dog engineers willsay it’s not feasible,” Mi-chael said. “That’s thefirst thing they’re goingto say. They’re going tosay it’s archaic. Butthey’ve got to do any-thing to get this thingdone. Hey, this mightwork.”

Michael even drewsome crude plan sketcheson a legal pad. You’ve gotyour steel box, your frontview, your top view, ca-bles, sludge, stovepipe,your fins to hold the boxin place in the ocean cur-rents, rebar, and yourships on top of the waterfor artistic affect. Most ofthese items are availableat Home Depot, right?

“I just threw somecheap-ass ships in there,”Michael said. Still, hethinks his plan justmight get the job done.“I’ve got a lot of commonsense, and I’m a goodcarpenter, and all of asudden I thought, bingo,”he said.

I asked Michael howhis steel box differs fromthe containment domeBP tried earlier, thedome that didn’t work.“They did that? I didn’tknow,” Michael said.“Maybe it wasn’t heavyenough.”

Still, he remains opti-

mistic. “I think this’llwork if we can get to theright people,” he said. “Iwas getting tired ofwatching this on TV, andthey’re not doing any-thing.”

Besides, “I drank toomuch coffee,” he admit-ted.

Michael’s not the firstconcerned American tocome up with a plan, andwhat’s the harm? Noth-ing the so-called expertshave tried has fixed theproblem. We still see pel-icans cooking in oil onthe evening news andhear fishermen whoselives have been de-stroyed.

And what’s BP doing?Spending money on a PRcampaign. Here’s onethey haven’t tried: “Oil— It’s the New Sun-screen.” So whyshouldn’t people be com-ing up with their ownschemes to try to getsome action?

There was the videoswapped around on theInternet that showed theol’ boy in overalls put-ting hay in a bowl withoil and water, and, pres-to, the hay sucked up theoil.

Even James Cameron,the “Avatar” director,held a brainstorming ses-sion with 20 scientistsand engineers. That’sright, the director of“Avatar.” We’re all think-ing about the solutionuntil we’re blue in theface.

Me? I’ve been thinkingwe could do somethingwith the nachos at ScholzGarten.

So we keep coming upwith ideas like big steelboxes because nothingelse has worked. It’s likeRiester said, quoting hisbrother: “’Can’t’ nevergot nothin’ done.”

“With the technologywe’ve got, the resourcesthis country has availa-ble, this could be done ina week or a week and ahalf,” Riester said. Anyplumbers out there witha better idea?

John Kelso writes forthe Austin American-Statesman. E-mail: [email protected].

COLUMN

New idea toplug leak

By JOHN KELSOCOX NEWSPAPERS

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DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

Sixteen months ago,Congress passed astimulus package that

will end up costing each av-erage taxpayer $7,798. Econ-omists were divided thenabout whether this spend-ing was worth it, and theyare just as divided now.

The president’s econo-mists ran the numbersthrough their model andpredicted that the stimuluspackage would create orsave at least three millionjobs. John F. Cogan andJohn B. Taylor of Stanfordand Tobias Cwik and VolkerWieland of the Goethe-Uni-versity of Frankfurt arguethat the White House meth-odology is archaic. Theirmodel suggests the stimuluswill create about a half-mil-lion jobs.

Edward L. Glaeser ofHarvard University com-pared the change in employ-ment in each state to theamount of stimulus moneyit has received. He found aslight relationship betweenstimulus dollars and job cre-ation, but none at all if youset aside three states: Alas-ka and the Dakotas.

Overall, most economistsseem to think the stimuluswas a good idea, but there’sa general acknowledgmentthat we know relatively lit-tle about the relationshipbetween fiscal policy andjob creation. We are left, asGlaeser put it on The NewYork Times’ Economix blog,“wading in ignorance.”

If the economists are di-vided about what just hap-

pened, the rest of the worldis not divided about whatshould come next. Voters,business leaders and politi-cal leaders do not seem tothink that the stimulus wassuch a smashing successthat we should do it again,even with today’s high un-employment.

They seem to see the fis-cal floodgates wide open andthat the private sector stillonly created a measly 41,000jobs last month. Thatdoesn’t inspire confidence.Furthermore, they under-stand something that ishard to quantify: Deficitspending in the middle of adebt crisis has different psy-chological effects than defi-cit spending at other times.

In times like these, deficitspending to pump up theeconomy doesn’t make con-sumers feel more confident;it makes them feel more in-secure because they see apolitical system out of con-trol. Deficit spending doesn’tinduce small businesspeopleto hire and expand. It scaresthem because they concludethe growth isn’t real andthey know big tax increasesare on the horizon. Itdoesn’t make political lead-ers feel better either. Lack-ing faith that they can wise-ly cut the debt in some mag-ically virtuous future, they

see their nations careeningto fiscal ruin.

So we are exiting a periodof fiscal stimulus and enter-ing a period of fiscal consoli-dation. Last year, the fi-nance ministers of the G-20were all for pumping up eco-nomic activity. This year,they called on their mem-bers to reduce debt. Here,deficits are the top concern.

Some theorists will tellyou that if governmentsshift their emphasis to defi-cit cutting, they risk send-ing the world back into re-cession. There are some rea-sons to think this is so, butevents say otherwise.

Alberto Alesina of Har-vard has surveyed the histo-ry of debt reduction. He’sfound that, in many cases,large and decisive deficit re-duction policies were fol-lowed by increases ingrowth, not recessions.Countries that reduced debtviewed the future with moreconfidence. The politicalleaders who ordered thepainful cuts were often re-turned to office. As Alesinaput it in a recent paper, “inseveral episodes, spendingcuts adopted to reduce defi-cits have been associatedwith economic expansionsrather than recessions.”

This was true in Europeand the U.S. in the 1990s,and in many other cases be-fore. Italian economistsFrancesco Giavazzi andMarco Pagano looked at theway Ireland and Denmarksharply cut debt in the1980s. Once again, lower def-

icits led to higher growth. So the challenge for the

U.S. in the years ahead is toconsolidate intelligently.That means reducing defi-cits while at the same timemaking the welfare statemore efficient, boosting in-novation in areas like ener-gy, and spending more mon-ey on growth-enhancing sec-tors like infrastructure.

A tough balancing act. The biggest task will be

to reduce middle-class enti-tlement spending. Alesinafound spending cuts are amore effective way to stabi-lize debt than tax increases.

The second biggest taskis to consolidate while ad-dressing another problem:labor market polarization.According to a HamiltonProject/Center for Ameri-can Progress study, high-skill sectors saw no net lossof jobs during the recession.Middle-skill sectors likesales saw an 8 percent em-ployment decline. Blue-col-lar jobs fell by 16 percent.

In other words, the reces-sion exacerbated the in-equalities we’ve been seeingfor decades. Somehow gov-ernment has to cut totalspending while directingmore money to address thetrends that threaten to hol-low out the middle class.

During the period of con-solidation, in other words,the government will have tospend less, but target better.That will require enormousdexterity and intelligencefrom a political system thathas recently shown neither.

COLUMN

Numbers vary for stimulus“DAVID BROOKS

After the WorldTrade Center at-tacks on Sept. 11,

2001, thousands of peopleworked heroically,searching for remainsand clearing the rubble.Too many later paid aprice for not having ade-quate respirators or oth-er equipment. They grewsick, many with respira-tory illnesses. Or theygrew increasingly anx-ious about how the stewof noxious chemicalswould affect their healthin the years to come.

Finally, New York Cityhas reached an effectivesettlement to help someof these valiant people.As Judge Alvin Heller-stein of U.S. DistrictCourt in Manhattan toldthe courtroom on Thurs-day: “This is a very gooddeal.”

Hellerstein’s enthusi-asm was in stark con-trast to his reaction inMarch to an earlier dealto settle claims againstthe city’s insurers fromabout 10,000 people. He

was alarmed that work-ers were getting too littleof the proposed $658 mil-lion in awards, while theplaintiffs’ lawyers weretaking too much at 33percent.

The new deal increas-es the amount going toplaintiffs to $712.5 mil-lion. The lawyers aredown to a still-exorbitant25 percent.

To be valid, at least 95percent of the plaintiffsmust approve the agree-ment by Sept. 30. Ken-neth Feinberg, the for-mer special master of thefederal compensationfund for families of 9/11victims, promised to en-courage workers toagree.

He made the case incourt this week that thepayout is not perfect, butit is better than moretime in court.

Feinberg and Heller-stein are right, bearingin mind in that it’s im-possible to fully compen-sate people who wereharmed in their selflessefforts to help out after9/11.

EDITORIAL

Respondersneed our care

NEW YORK TIMES

State Sen. Judith Zaffi-rini has received the “Ex-tension in the CityAward” in a ceremony atTexas A&M University.

The honor, created in2006 to recognize urbanleaders who support Agri-Life Extension programs,cited Zaffirini’s “passionto improve life for familiesand youth (and her) longrecord of purpose-drivenpublic service, especiallyto improve public educa-tion, higher education,and health and humanservices.”

The award signifies thehighest regard and grati-tude of AgriLife Extensioneducators, particularly in21 counties organized un-der the agency’s UrbanProgram.

“Receiving the 2010 Ex-tension in the City Awardis especially meaningful,because I appreciate theTexas AgriLife ExtensionService so much and be-

lieve strongly in its mis-sion to serve Texasthrough community-basededucation,” Zaffirini said.

“I am delighted tochampion important Agri-Life Extension programsthat promote healthy fam-ilies, environmental stew-ardship and voluntee-rism.”

Zaffirini, D-Laredo, isthe second highest-rank-ing Texas state senator,the highest-ranking wom-an and Hispanic senator,serving more than 15counties in the South Tex-as region, including Zapa-ta County.

“Sen. Zaffirini has pro-vided more opportunitiesfor early childhood educa-

tion and strengthened theprevention of developmen-tal disabilities throughgood nutrition and healthcare,” said Ed Smith,Ph.D., AgriLife Extensiondirector, in presenting theaward.

“As a statewide agency,we follow her leadershipin our mission to improvethe lives of people, busi-nesses and communitiesacross Texas and beyondthrough high-quality, rele-vant education.”

(Kathleen Phillips maybe reached at 979-845-2872or [email protected])

AgriLife program notessenator’s aid with award

By KATHLEEN PHILLIPSSPECIAL TO THE TIMES The award signifies the highest

regard and gratitude of AgriLifeExtension educators, particularlyin 21 counties organized under theagency’s Urban Program.

SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010 THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

The Zapata County Inde-pendent School DistrictBoard of Trustees mayhave to make some toughbudget decisions because ofan anticipated decrease inthe tax base value of asmuch as 30 percent.

Board members willmeet for a budget work-shop Tuesday at 6 p.m. atthe Professional Develop-ment Center, 17th and Car-la Street.

“We have this meeting todevelop a budget for thecoming year and to see

where we’re allocatingmoney,” board member Ri-cardo X. Ramirez said.

Board members Jose M.Ramirez III, Diego Gonza-lez Jr. and Ramirez will beattending the meeting, butother likely will be on handto get an early look at thenumbers.

“The meeting usuallycalls for three board mem-bers but all the board mem-bers usually show up,” Ra-mirez said.

The subjects being visit-ed will be the UIL extradays and stipend plan, Bi-lingual and ESL, math, sci-ence, and Special Educa-

tion stipends. Also beingaddressed are the bus driv-ers’ plan and transporta-tion for Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4students.

The ZCISD regularschool board meeting,which is usually held thesecond week of the month,was postponed to June 22because the district wantedto wait for TAKS scores.

The scores have nowbeen received, but since themeeting already had beenmoved, the date was kept atJune 22.

(Lorraine L. Rodriguezmay be reached at (956) 728-2557.)

Trustees face decreasein district’s tax base

By LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

More than 50 childrenhave been pouring into theOlga V. Figueroa ZapataCounty Public Librarydaily to participate in the2010 Texas Summer Read-ing Club Program.

“We’ve had 50 to 60 stu-dents and it’s not a verybig place, the room wherewe have the program,”said Aida Garcia, directorof the Olga V. Figueroa Za-pata County Public Li-brary. “We’re always get-ting students but the num-ber varies because oneweek they’ll be here and

then the next they may begoing out of town.”

The program, whichruns through June 30, in-cludes hands-on projectsas well as reading.

“We do a lot of activ-ities. We start with read-ing a book, then goingover the stories and thenwe do arts and crafts, cut-ting, pasting projects,”said Amalia Narvarro, li-brary employee.

After reading “Sunflow-ers,” for example, partici-pants planted seeds.

“We also had a local au-thor, Claudia Villarreal.The title of her book is“The Alphabet Thief.” She

came by and read to thestudents. We had a hugeturn out,” said Garciasaid. “NHS students arevery helpful.”

National Honor Societystudents from Zapata HighSchool make up a majori-ty of the reading programvolunteers.

Monday will see thestart of Father’s Day pro-jects.

For more informationon the reading program,call the public library at795-4901.

(Stephanie M. Ibarramay be reached at (956) 728-2567 or [email protected])

Scores of children readingat public library sessions

By STEPHANIE M. IBARRATHE ZAPATA TIMES

KINGS OF THE DIAMOND

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The Bad Boyz won first place at the Zapata County Sheriff’s Department softball tournament June 5.Left to right, first row, are Joe Perez, Wencho Martinez, Marcos Gonzalez, Jimmy Lee Mendoza,Adrian Lopez, Juan Gonzalez, Mario Martinez and Rigo Sendejo; kneeling, left to right, are Jerry Gar-cia, Danny Guerra, Carlos Ramirez, Ramiro Garcia and Pancho Davila.

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Susan Marie WoodrowLarsen, of Columbia,S.C., daughter of the lateJarrett and Olivia Wood-row of Zapata and step-daughter of Yolanda M.Woodrow of Zapata, re-ceived a bachelor of arts

degree in religion fromColumbia College on Sat-urday, May 8.

Columbia Collegeawarded more than 200bachelor’s degrees in un-dergraduate commence-ment ceremonies at theTownship Auditorium. Ofthe 226, 195 were bache-

lor of arts degrees; 39graduated with honors.

Columbia College is aprivate liberal arts wom-en’s college related to theUnited MethodistChurch. It’s also home tothe Leadership Instituteand the Alliance forWomen.

Former Zapata woman earns degreeSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Master Magician MickeyMouse and the always-dazzlingMinnie will join forces withprofessional illusionists for amagical production at the La-redo Energy Arena in De-cember.

Disney Live! will presentMickey’s Magic Show, fea-turing illusions and favoriteDisney characters, including:Donald and Goofy; Cinderel-la and her Fairy God-mother; Alice inWonderland andthe Mad Hatter;and Disney prin-cesses Jasmine,Belle and Snow White.

Mickey’s Magic Show willvisit Laredo on Dec. 29, for 2performances.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday,June 22, at 10 a.m. at all Tick-etmaster locations includingthe LEA box office and Ticket-master.com

Mickey’s Magic Showcoming to LEA

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

PAGE 6A Zentertainment SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010

The Laredo Energy Arenaannounced yet another con-cert for the summer.

Jenni Rivera will performat the arena on Friday, July23. The 8 p.m. show will alsofeature Iman.

Dubbed “El Evento MásGrande del Año,” the concertwill be presented by 3:AMMusic Group.

Rivera has always recordednorteño and banda music,but her newest album, “LaGran Señora,” is her firstcompletely mariachi album.

A press release from theLEA says her first musical

love was mariachi. Rivera was born and grew

up in the United States, buther parents influenced herwith their roots and culture.She’s the sister of popularsinger Lupillo Rivera.

“Her concert will entertainall fans of norteño, banda andmariachi music,” said RoyMedina, General Manager ofLaredo Energy Arena. “Sheis without a doubt the femaleleader of the regional Mexi-can genre.”

Tickets are $42-$97, plus fa-cility fees, and are availableat all Ticketmaster locationsincluding the LEA box officeand Ticketmaster.com.

Arena announces Rivera showSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Popular norteño and banda singer Jenni Rivera will be in Laredo in July.

Courtesy photo

Eleven girls are competing to be the nextMiss Laredo this weekend, while 18 teens arecontending for the title of Miss Teen Laredo2011.

The Laredo Civic Center Auditorium isplaying host to the Miss Laredo pageants to-night.

Roel Gonzalez, the Miss Laredo PageantProduction executive director, said tonight’sevents will include competitions for the fol-lowing categories:

Miss Laredo Teen, ages 15 to 19. Judgingbased on interview, swimsuit and eveninggown competition; scholarship awarded; notalent performance required. (18 girls com-peting)

Miss Laredo, ages 18 to 27. Judgingbased on interview, swimsuit and eveninggown competition; scholarship awarded; notalent required. (11 girls competing)

Tonight’s events are being hosted by AnaRodriguez, who was runner up at last year’sMiss Texas USA pageant, and Brooke Da-niels, the 2009 Miss Texas USA titleholder.

Doors open at 5 p.m. and the pageants be-gin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $15 and willbe available at the door.

BackgroundThis is the official preliminary pageant

for Miss Teen Texas USA and the Miss TexasUSA pageants, and Donald Trump’s andNBC’s Miss Universe.

Besides crowning winners, awards will begiven throughout the competition. For exam-ple, there will be a “People’s Choice” catego-ry. Audience members can vote for their fa-vorite contestant for just $1. Proceeds benefitWINGS Laredo, a local non-profit organiza-tion that helps breast cancer patients.

For information, call Gonzalez at 286-3695or 722-Roel; or Assistant Director Saul Gon-zalez at 286-3683; or visit www.misslaredo-.com.

(Reach Emilio Rábago III at 728-2564 or [email protected])

Miss Laredopageant

is tonightBy EMILIO RABAGO III

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

SÁBADO 12 DE JUNIOLAREDO — El Centro y Mu-

seo Wall of Tolerance presenta hoysu segunda lección a partir de la 1p.m. en el Salón Usos MúltiplesHEB de la Biblioteca Pública de La-redo (1120 E. Calton Road). Las cla-ses son gratuitas y abiertas a todaslas edades. Más información en el(956) 795-2400, x2268.

LAREDO — Los Testigos deJehová invitan a escuchar el discur-so donde se responderá la pregunta“¿Cómo puede Usted acercarse aDios?” que se ofrecerá hoy de ma-nera gratuita en el Laredo EnergyArena de 9:20 a.m. a 4:55 p.m.

NUEVO LAREDO — El ComitéMunicipal de Participación Ciudada-na en Seguridad Pública invita a la“Jornada de Prevención del Cáncerde Próstata”, donde se realizaránexámenes de sangre gratuitos porlos Laboratorios Asofarma a hom-bres mayores de 35 años a partirde las 9 a.m. en las oficinas deMaclovio Herrera No. 2032.

NUEVO LAREDO — Hoy sepresenta la obra de teatro infantil“El Secreto de Guiti” a las 10 a.m.y 7 p.m. en Estación Palabra.

DOMINGO 13 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Los Testigos de

Jehová invitan a escuchar el discurodonde se responderá la pregunta“¿Cómo puede Usted acercarse aDios?” que se ofrecerá hoy de ma-nera gratuita en el Laredo EnergyArena de 9:20 a.m. a 3:40 p.m.

NUEVO LAREDO — Hoy sepresenta la obra de teatro infantil“El Secreto de Guiti” a las 10 a.m.y 7 p.m. en La Plaza de la Mujer.

MIÉRCOLES 16 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Pase la tarde en

el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergarade TAMIU y explore “The GreatSpace Race” a las 3 p.m. y “Se-crets of the Sun” a las 4 p.m. Laentrada general es de 5 dólares.Más información en tamiu.edu/pla-netarium.

NUEVO LAREDO — La Funda-ción Colosio y el PRI invitan a parti-cipar en los Diálogos Ciudadanos alas 4 p.m. en el Hotel Camino Real(Municipio Libre y Reforma). La me-sa de trabajo de hoy es “Adminis-tración Eficiente e Incluyente”. Con-firmar asistencia en el 714-2477.

JUEVES 17 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Pase la tarde en

el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergarade TAMIU y explore “Planet Quest”a las 4 p.m. y “Extreme Planets” alas 5 p.m. La entrada general es de5 dólares. NUEVO LAREDO — Elgrupo de teatro TIP se presenta hoyen el programa municipal “Juevesde Teatro”, con la divertida comedia"Cupido hizo Casa en Bravo" a las8 p.m. en la Casa de la Cultura.

VIERNES 18 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Aprenda cómo

ser un líder asistiendo al curso“Communicating Leadership” de laA.R. Sanchez Jr. School of Businessde TAMIU y que será impartido porPaul E. Madlock. Más informaciónescribiendo a [email protected] ó llamando al (956) 326-2527.

LAREDO — El Laredo Heatrecibe al equipo de El Paso en lascanchas de TAMIU a las 8 p.m.

SÁBADO 19 DE JUNIOLAREDO — El Consulado de

México en Laredo anuncia que suPrograma de Jornadas Sabatinasserá hoy de 9 a.m. a 2 p.m., dondese brinda servicio al público que re-quiera documentación consular ade-más de orientación en el ámbito deprotección. Más información en el723-0990.

LAREDO — Pase la tarde enel Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergarade TAMIU y explore “Kaluoka’hina:The Enchanted Reef” a las 6 p.m.,“Violent Universe: Catastrophes ofthe Cosmos” a las 7 p.m., y “Rockon Demand” a las 8 p.m. La entra-da general es de 5 dólares. NUEVO LAREDO — Hoy se presentala obra de teatro infantil “El Secretode Guiti” a las 10 a.m. y 7 p.m. enla Casa de la Cultura.

SAN ANTONIO — Con motivodel Día del Padre se presenta el“Mariachi Sangre Mexicana” hoy alas 7 p.m. en el Instituto Culturalde México (600 Hemisfair Park). Sesugiere donación de 20 dólares. Re-servar al: (210) 227-0123.

— Tiempo de Zapata

Agendaen Breve

Zfrontera PÁGINA 7ASÁBADO 12 DE JUNIO DE 2010

CIUDAD VICTORIA — Fueclausurada la trigésima novenareunión ordinaria de la CONA-GO, que se llevó a cabo el ocho ynueve de junio en el Polyforumde esta ciudad, capital de Tamau-lipas.

En su calidad de Presidente dela CONAGO Eugenio HernándezFlores destacó que durante 8años, este organismo ha sido vozy expresión de todas las enti-dades federativas del país.

Dentro de los temas de la agen-da, destacó el tema de la ley anti-inmigrante SB1070 del estado deArizona, toda vez que es una leyque atenta contra los tratados in-ternacionales y contra los dere-chos más elementales de los mex-icanos y la que expresó su másprofundo rechazo.

También dijeron que preocupael derrame de petróleo prove-niente de una plataforma de ex-ploración marina ubicada en lascostas de Louisiana y los posiblesdaños ambientales que una con-tingencia de esta dimensión pu-diera provocar en el Golfo deMéxico.

Hernández tras hablar de lafortaleza de los estados, dijo queen contra parte se encuentrantres grandes desafíos, como son

el desequilibrio entre el intensointercambio comercial a raíz delTratado de Libre Comercio y undébil desarrollo de infraestructu-ra carretera, vialidades y crucesinternacionales.

En segundo lugar, las ciudadesfronterizas han tenido un creci-miento demográfico acelerado,como consecuencia de su ofertalaboral y una creciente poblaciónflotante que provocan los flujosmigratorios al vecino país.

ConsecuenciasEn ciudades como Nuevo Lare-

do y Reynosa, por señalar dos ca-sos, el 56 por ciento de su pobla-ción actual proviene de otros es-tados de la República, lo cual seve agravado por el aumento en larepatriación de connacionales aconsecuencia del endurecimientode los controles de seguridad enla frontera norteamericana.

En tercer lugar, la condiciónfronteriza de estas ciudades conlos Estados Unidos, el cual es elpaís de más alto consumo de dro-gas, le ha dado históricamenteuna dinámica particular a la de-lincuencia y al crimen organiza-do, cuyos costos son elevados.

Hernández propuso la crea-ción de una comisión de goberna-

dores que lleve una propuesta alGobierno Federal y a la Cámarade Diputados, para la implemen-tación de un programa específi-co, con recursos que haga unanueva política de atención espe-cial a las ciudades fronterizas.

En el 2009, las cifras oficialesdel Instituto Nacional de Migra-ción revelaron que México reci-bió a más de 590 mil repatriadosy las proyecciones para este año,pueden ser críticas, porque elcongreso de los Estados Unidosha autorizado una partida de milmillones de dólares para reforzareste tipo de actividades.

Cifras actualesSolo en los primeros cuatro

meses de este 2010, ya se han reg-istrado casi 200 mil casos y se es-pera que al cerrar este año, estacifra alcance más de 700 mil.

“Es decir, el número de repa-triados equivale al total de la po-blación existente de ciudades co-mo Veracruz, Morelia, Chihua-hua o la zona metropolitana deReynosa/Río Bravo”, dijo Her-nández.

Se propuso un punto de acuer-do para constituir una comisiónde gobernadores que gestioneante el Gobierno Federal y la

Cámara de Diputados, la adquis-ición de recursos para la instru-mentación de un programa deatención integral y urgente paralos migrantes repatriados.

Un programa que permita surecepción y transportación encondiciones de pleno respeto a sudignidad y sus derechos huma-nos, destacó.

En relación a la reunión deGobernadores Fronterizos Méxi-co-EUA, que estaba prevista real-izarse en agosto en Arizona, losgobernadores de Baja California,Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo Le-ón, Sonora y Tamaulipas, adopt-aron la determinación de impul-sar un cambio de sede para pod-er llevar a cabo este encuentrocon los gobernadores de Califor-nia, Arizona, Nuevo México yTexas.

Finalmente, Hernández cedióla batuta a su homólogo de Vera-cruz Fidel Herrera Beltrán quiénserá anfitrión y presidente de lapróxima reunión ordinaria de laConferencia Nacional de Gober-nadores.

El evento contó con la presen-cia del Secretario de Goberna-ción, Fernando Gómez Mont ydel Presidente de la Junta de Co-ordinación Política de la Cámarade Diputados, Francisco RojasGutiérrez.

CONFERENCIA NACIONAL DE GOBERNADORES

Luciendo la típica cuera tamaulipeca, los Gobernadores de México se tomaron la foto del recuerdo con motivo de la clausura de la Reunión de la CONAGO, el miércolesen Ciudad Victoria, México.

Foto de cortesía | CONAGO

Destacan temas fronterizos y migratorios en reuniónTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CIUDAD MIER — Hasta elpróximo 25 de junio, represen-tantes del Instituto Nacional pa-ra Estadística y Geografía (IN-EGI) estarán visitando los mun-icipios para aplicar la encuestadel CENSO 2010.

“El Censo nos permite saber¿cuántos somos los mexicanos?,¿En dónde estamos?, ¿Cómo so-mos?, ¿Cómo vivimos?”, dijo elDelegado Municipal del INEGI,Natanael Antonio Partida.

EncuestadoresEn el conteo de Mier partici-

pan más de 15 encuestadoresquienes portan chaleco, gorra ymochila con los logotipos delCenso y del INEGI. Se identifi-can con credencial que incluyeholograma, fotografía, nombrey Clave Única de Registro Po-blacional (CURP).

“Los encuestadores son ser-vidores públicos que están com-prometidos a conducirse conrespeto y amabilidad y sólo es-tán autorizados a plantear laspreguntas contenidas en loscuestionarios”, dijo Partida.“Exhorto a la ciudadanía paraque coopere y abran las puertasde sus hogares para atender aestas personas que con gran es-fuerzo caminan en todo el mun-icipio”.

Por primera vez en la histo-ria del CENSO, se tendrá infor-mación sobre el entorno urba-no de cada una de las manza-nas de cada localidad mayor acinco mil habitantes.

“También por primera vez seconocerá la infraestructura conque cuenta cada una de las lo-calidades con cinco mil habi-tantes o menos”, dijo Partida.

Los encuestadores realizanpreguntas como: cuántas per-

sonas viven en su domicilio; sise tiene refrigerador, televisor,lavadora, y hasta computadorae Internet, si cuenta con segu-ro; religión que se practica; si-tuación laboral e ingreso, entreotras.

“Una vez que la encuesta sehaya aplicado, el entrevistadorcolocará una calcomanía en lafachada de su domicilio paraindicar que ya fue censado”, ex-plicó Partida. “Todos los datosque Usted brinde serán consid-erados confidenciales”.

El banderazo de arranquedel CENSO estuvo a cargo delJefe de Gobierno José IvánMancias Hinojosa, quien dijoque espera una buena respues-ta de la ciudadanía porque deeste conteo dependen las obraspara el futuro de Mier.

Para conocer más detallesdel CENSO y el INEGI puedellamar al 01 800-111-4634.

Siguen visitas acasas por Censo

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

“Exhorto a laciudadanía paraque coopere yabran las puertasde sus hogarespara atender aestas personasque con granesfuerzo caminanen todo elmunicipio”.DELEGADO MUNICIPAL DEL INEGI, NATANAEL ANTONIO PARTIDA

CIUDAD MIER — La UnidadMóvil Clínica de Detección deCáncer de la Mujer estuvo la se-mana pasada frente al Centro deSalud a fin de promover la cul-tura del autocuidado.

El Director del centro ÁlvaroBarrera dijo que el objetivo lo-grado fue brindar atención méd-ico-preventiva con la unidad en-viada por el Gobierno del Esta-do.

“Así buscamos prevenir cual-quier enfermedad que ponga enriesgo su vida”, dijo Barrera.

La Unidad brinda un serviciomédico especializado en padeci-

mientos propios de la mujer,tales como examen de Papanico-laou, hibridus, virus papilomahumano y exploración de ma-ma.

La Presidenta del Sistema pa-ra el Desarrollo Integral de laFamilia (DIF) Isabel CristinaTreviño de Mancias dijo queeste tipo de eventos son un ejem-plo de la asistencia social que seespera la población aproveche.

“Son importantes los cheque-os médicos del cáncer de la muj-er que debemos realizarnos ca-da determinado tiempo”, dijoTreviño. “Estas enfermedadesson la primera causa de muerteen las mujeres”.

La Unidad Móvil Clínica para Detección de Cáncer en la Mujer estuvo apostadafrente al Centro de Salud de Ciudad Mier ofreciendo servicios gratuitos.

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Aprovechan clínicaTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

PLACAS CONMEMORATIVAS

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Baldomero García Vela, Enlace de los festejos del Centenario de la Revolución yBicentenario de la Independencia en Ciudad Mier, muestra una de las más de 100placas colocadas conmemorando a los héroes nacionales en diferentes casas delmunicipio que cumplen los mismos años de haberse construido.

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ranch community).Mendoza said 372 are

served through CommoditySupplemental Food (CSFP)for the elderly, 42 throughadopt a family and 833through Zapata County FE-MA funds. All food comesfrom the South Texas FoodBank.

Severe problemThe recent Feeding Amer-

ica hunger study revealedthat Texas is No. 1 in child-hood hunger at almost 22percent. Childhood hungerin Zapata is right at 50 per-cent, noted South TexasFood Bank executive direc-tor Alfredo Castillo.

As proof, Mendoza noted,“We submitted names of 443families with kids 18 andunder for the summer fam-ily nutrition program.”

Castillo said the foodbank is exploring options tostart a Kids Café in Zapata.The Kids Café programserves an after school meal.Laredo has 12 Kids Cafésthat serve almost 600 mealsper day.

“A Kids Café like at theBoys and Girls Club woulddefinitely work,” Solis said.“All we have to do is comeup with a sponsor.” A Kids

Café costs $25,000 per year.Grace Garcia Villarreal,

an outreach worker withthe South Texas Food Bankfor the last 11 months, seesthe need daily. She fills outapplications for SNAP (for-merly food stamps), CHIPS,Medicaid, women’s healthplan, Lite Up Texas and oth-ers.

FundingVillarreal, who works

closely with Helping Hands,has sign-up sites at STCA-DA, WIC, Texas Workforceand Riverview Family Cen-ter.

“We work closely withDHS (Department of Healthand Human Services),” shesaid. “They’re coming hereinstead of DHS. We screenthe applications and do thepackets. We are getting goodresponse.”

She also does outreach inHebbronville once per week.

Romeo Salinas, ZapataCounty treasurer, is a val-ued member of the SouthTexas Food Bank board.

“The need is there. Lookat the monthly reports,“ Sa-linas said.

Salinas joined the foodbank board three years ago.

“Pantries are a vital part

of the county,” he said. “Weare very appreciative of theCommissioners Court (fortheir funding). It’s hard todo it with volunteers. Weneed to keep county employ-ees there.

“The goal is always tofind money and every op-portunity I have I’m lookingfor money (from differentsources). I now staff does atremendous job preparingbags and distribution. It’s alot of manpower hours.”

How to helpThe food bank is a non-

profit 501c-3 organizationthat serves 21,000 familiesper month in its multi-coun-ty service area. Tax deducti-ble donations can be sent toPO Box 2007, Laredo, 78044.Phone number is (956) 726-3120 and website iswww.southtexasfoodban-k.org It is also on Facebookand Twitter at www.twit-ter.com/SoTxFoodBank

The main office of thefood bank is at 1907 Freightand Riverside in west Lare-do. It’s open Mondaythrough Friday, 8 a.m. tonoon and 1 to 5 p.m.

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

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Zapata County Commis-sioners will once again beaddressing the land contro-versy between the countyand San Ygnacio residentJoel Ruiz, among other legalissues in connection withimprovement projects andthe River Pierce Founda-tion, at the CommissionersCourt regular meeting nextweek.

During the past severalmonths, Zapata County andRuiz have been going backand forth debating on whoowns a 7-foot piece of prop-erty in Lot 18, Block 5 inSan Ygnacio, also known as401 Trevino St.

Citing its survey, thecounty claims the property,saying Ruiz encroached oncounty land to build a fenceon it. But Ruiz has his ownsurvey showing that theproperty is his, not thecounty’s.

Ruiz has ignored countynotices to vacate the prem-ises, claiming that the prop-erty belongs to him. He saysthat if the county wants it,the county should compen-sate him for the property.

The subject will be dis-cussed in executive sessiondue to possible legal actionas a result of the stalemate.

“He wants to make atrade with the county,”Commissioner Jose E. Velasaid. “He insists it’s his

land.”In other business, Vela

has requested that a Zapataresident be heard on the ap-praisal of his homestead.

According to Vela, theresident is not from his pre-cinct and the Commission-ers Court has no authorityto determine any type ofcompensation for overagecharges in previous years toresidents, if any.

But Vela said the resi-dent, who insists he needsto be compensated becausehe was charged for moresquare footage and a brickhome instead of a stuccohome, deserves the opportu-nity to be heard.

“I want to give him achance to explain himself,”

Vela said.Also in the meeting, Sher-

iff Sigifredo Gonzalez hasrequested to contract withCameron County for thehousing of inmates at theZapata County Jail.

According to Gonzalez,the contract is to determinethe daily charge to hold in-mates for the CameronCounty.

“We have inmates for U.S.Marshals, Kleberg County,Webb County, and now Cam-eron County,” Gonzalez said.

Other items on the agen-da include proposals to:

award the Linda VistaProject

hire Amparo Montes-Gutirrez as the Museum Cu-rator for the Zapata CountyMuseum of History at a sal-

ary of $30,000 per year, plusfringe benefits, effective Ju-ly 1.

approve a waste waterordinance for Zapata Coun-ty

Zapata County Commis-sioners Court meets Mon-day, June 14, at 9 a.m. at theCounty Courthouse.

(Lorraine L. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2557.)

County to revisit San Ygnacio land disputeBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Carmen Ramirez - Rathmell, D.D.S.“Let your smile be

a sign of happiness& good health”

1520 Corpus Christi StreetTelephone (956) 726-0160

SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010 LAREDO MORNING TIMES 9A

Medical services offeredby Operation Lone Star in-clude everything from im-munizations and diabeticscreening to dental treat-ments and sports physicals.

According to HumbertoZamarripa, public healthtechnician at Department ofState Health Services whois also responsible for gar-nering local aid, OperationLone Star is searching fortwo types of volunteers forthe Zapata County area.

“We want people to dis-tribute information from anorganization that providestheir own service, agenciesthat have a service to thecommunity and want tomake themselves available.We’ll have a special area setup for them,” Zamarripasaid.

“The other half is helpingmedical stations, providingmedial services for clients.Volunteers will be runnersdoing different jobs withinthe clinic. They’ll be direct-ly working with profession-als.”

While no specific trainingis required, volunteers willreceive an orientation pro-vided by the Department ofState Health Services.

Operation Lone Star alsoserves as a way for stateand local officials to trainfor a medical emergency.Setting up the multi-siteclinics become real-time ex-ercises on how to respondto a public health crisis.

“It’s important to preparefor response in the case of anatural disaster. It’s not on-ly an exercise for militarypersonnel, but for healthcare professionals to collab-orate with local leaders andproviders to offer wide ar-ray of medical services. Ineffect, they’re saving lives,”continued Zaffirini.

“Volunteers, they’re theones that are going to gainthe most experience.There’s a need to learn. Ifwe ever have an emergencyin the community, we’re go-ing to need civilian help,”Zamarripa added.

Volunteers are asked topledge a minimum of fourhours per day, within thehours of operations, Aug. 2through 6, Monday throughThursday from 8 a.m. to 4p.m. and Friday from 8 to 2p.m.

Applications are availableat the Zapata Civic Centerand may be returned inperson, via fax, email ormail to the Zapata CivicCenter.

Although not indicatedon the application, Zamarri-pa is asking that applicantsinclude their t-shirt size intheir application.

T-shirts will be providedfor all floor volunteers.

For more information,contact Humberto Zamarri-pa at (956) 765-4851.

(Stephanie M. Ibarra maybe reached at (956) 728-2567or [email protected])

HELPContinued from Page 1A 25, at 8 p.m. at Embassy

Suites.For more information,

call (956) 284-2150 or visitwww.stcada.org.

Rodriguez, the formerZapata County Independ-ent School District super-intendent, has been withSTCADA for five weeks.

The agency, designed torebuild families and indi-viduals affected by alcoholand drug abuse, serves anaverage of 12,000 peopleannually in four counties:Jim Hogg, Starr, Webband Zapata. There areSTCADA offices in Zapata,Hebbronville and RioGrande City in addition tothe headquarters in Lare-do.

The agency isn’t shyabout taking its messagewhere it needs to beheard.

“We have people that goalong San Bernardo Ave-nue, into Xoticas and thegay bars in town (Laredo)and encourage people toget tested for HIV,” Rodri-guez said earlier thisweek during a speech atthe Kiwanis Club.

Prevention is key, Rodri-guez said, and that mess-age has to start at home.

“When you talk aboutsubstance abuse, it’s just asymptom of bigger is-sues,” he said. “We have

lost control of the good,old standards of living.”

Rodriguez pointed to-ward thousands of dollarsspent for children in treat-ment facilities comparedto very little on preven-tion.

“STCADA needs to keepworking at the preventionmessage, starting at pre-kindergarten levels,” hesaid.

Rodriguez spoke aboutfacing real-life issues fromhis pre-Zapata educationdays, including one schoolyear where four studentsdied from heroin overdos-es.

“Right now, there’s acertain type of heroin thatcan be ingested throughan eye dropper,” Rodri-guez said. “It’s not just allabout using needles any-more.”

Rodriguez said therehaven’t been many oppor-tunities for STCADA tocooperate with SCAN(Serving Children andAdolescents in Need).

“We are not in a compe-tition mode,” he said.“We’re trying to changethat mindset around com-petition. We’re trying tocreate awareness thatwe’re (STCADA) here.”

(Joe Rutland may bereached at 728-2529 or [email protected])

CHALLENGE Continued from Page 1A

“When he determinedto search, he saw the bigbullets and some can-teens,” the sheriff said.

Officials said a searchof the vehicle revealed3,580 rounds of ammuni-tion of different calibersincluding 320 rounds of .50caliber; 1,260 AK-47rounds and 2,000 AR-15rounds.

Other items seized in-cluded three packages ofcamouflage netting, fivecanteens with belt kits,one night vision spottingscope and two night vi-sion goggles.

Deputies detained twomen and a woman in their20s or 30s. Their nameswere not released.

Gonzalez said officialswere “pretty certain” theitems were going intoMexico.

As to who was destinedto receive the ammuni-tion, officials said it wasnot yet known.

“Who uses a .50-cali-ber?” Gonzalez asked. “It’svery large ammunition.”

The U.S. Bureau of Alco-hol, Tobacco, Firearmsand Explosives is investi-gating.

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

BUSTContinued from Page 1Aeast of U.S. 83. after the

owner of the ranch dis-covered the body.

Justice of the PeaceAna M. Guerra pro-nounced the man dead.Authorities believed theincident might have hap-pened overnight.

“(The body) was notfound during the stage ofdecomposition,” Gonzalezsaid.

A photograph releasedby the Sheriff ’s Depart-ment shows the manslumped in a chair nextto a makeshift table, out-side a modest block homeat the ranch. He wasdressed in a brown shirtand denim shorts, withankle-high brown work-ing shoes and whitesocks. Orange conesmark where evidencewas found, such as cas-ings.

Gonzalez said investi-gators questioned peoplefrom neighboring ranch-es and discovered that an-other ranch hand from anearby property was mis-sing, but officials couldnot say for how long. Hewas considered a personof interest and deputiessaid they were lookingfor him to talk to him.

A truck used by the de-ceased was found aban-doned north of Rio Bravo,

to one side of U.S. 83.Gonzalez said there wasblood inside the pickup.

The Sheriff ’s Depart-ment has requested theassistance of the TexasRangers to process thevehicle for evidence.

Friday’s death marksZapata County’s secondhomicide of the year. Thefirst one occurred inMarch, when deputiessaid a man confessed tokilling his 6-month-oldnephew.

Gabriel AlvarezBriones, 34, was arrestedand charged with capitalmurder in the baby’sdeath. He remains in jail,pending trial.

The infant, identifiedas Carlos Eduardo Gonza-lez, died of multiple frac-tures to the head, offi-cials said.

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

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Authoritiesbelieve theincidentmight havehappenedovernight.

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Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

RUSTENBURG, SouthAfrica — The anxious out-bursts by England coach Fa-bio Capello and his starstriker Wayne Rooney thisweek are a fair indicationthat a U.S. victory todaywouldn’t be considered theWorld Cup upset that it was60 years ago.

England’s form and con-fidence has slumped follow-ing a stunning qualificationcampaign, and Capello andRooney have let it show in

the lead-up to their SouthAfrica 2010 opener againstthe Americans.

“Usually the first game ishard because the expecta-tions are really big, thepressure is big,” Capellosaid Friday. “I was not hap-py about the first game weplayed here in South Africa(against the Platinum Starson Monday) and I spokewith the players after it.”

The players have beenhailed as being part of a“Golden Generation” of tal-ent but have failed to ad-vance past the quarterfinals

in their previous two at-tempts to capture England’sfirst World Cup title since1966.

“We feel as if we’ve un-derachieved over the yearswith the players we have,”England captain StevenGerrard said. “We mustprove to people that we area good side. At every majortournament, people alwaystalk about us as one of thefavorites. Now it is time todeliver.”

Rooney’s determination

U.S. ready for Englandin opening match

By ROB HARRISASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. national soccer team midfielder Landon Donovan, right, speaks as coach Bob Bradley, left, lookson during a news conference in Irene, South Africa, Wednesday.

Photo by Elise Amendola | AP

See U.S. PAGE 2B

JOHANNESBURG —South Africa nearly madea perfect start to the WorldCup on Friday, scoringearly in the second half be-fore conceding a late goalin a 1-1 draw with Mexicoin the opening match ofthe tournament.

Rafael Marquez provid-ed the heart-breakingequalizer after AndresGuardado floated in a left-footed cross from the left.The unmarked Marquezcontrolled the ball andside-footed it into the netin the 79th minute.

Siphiwe Tshabalala had

given the host nation adream start, finishing off awell-worked move in the55th to set off wild celebra-tions at Soccer City amongthe more than 90,000 horn-blowing fans.

The hosts strung togeth-er a fine series of passesfrom inside their own halfand Kagisho Dikgacoifound Tshabalala clear ofthe Mexican defense. Withno one in support, the win-ger let fly with a powerfulleft-footed angled shotwhich flew past the goal-keeper into the far corner.

“It was a great goal, ve-ry special for me,” Tshaba-

WORLD CUP

AN EQUAL MATCH

South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune reacts to Siphiwe Tshabalala’s goal, during the World Cup group A soccer match betweenSouth Africa and Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday.

Photo by Matt Dunham | AP

Mexico, South Africa tie 1-1 in Cup opener

Mexico’s Rafael Marquez, second from right at top, scores a goalagainst South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, left, during theWorld Cup group A soccer match between South Africa and Mex-ico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday.

Photo by Tom Curley | AP

By ROBERT MILLWARDASSOCIATED PRESS

See MEXICO PAGE 2B

CAPE TOWN, SouthAfrica — A match betweenformer World Cup cham-pions produced an openingday dud, with France andUruguay playing out a 0-0draw Friday.

France winger FranckRibery and Uruguaystriker Diego Forlanshowed flashes of their po-tential, but the fear of los-ing the opening game sti-fled offensive tactics formuch of the match.

The low point camewhen Uruguay substituteNicolas Lodeiro, who cameon in the 63rd, was sent offwith two yellow cards af-ter a wild challenge onBacary Sagna in the 81stminute.

In the end, an earlygoalmouth miss fromFrance forward Sidney Go-

vou and excellent savefrom Uruguay goalkeeperFernando Muslera leftGroup A as wide open aspossible.

“We lacked that last bit,the last pass,” Francecoach Raymond Domenechsaid.

The sellout match at the64,100-seat Green PointStadium had little of thethrills and drama of the1-1 opener between SouthAfrica and Mexico at Soc-cer City, but the result leftall four teams tied withone point. But Domenechstill saw a difference sincethe two other teams hadscored.

“The other two have theadvantage,” Domenechsaid.

South Africa plays Uru-guay next on Wednesday,one day before France

Uruguay’s Diego Lugano, left, competes for the ball with France’sNicolas Anelka, right, as Uruguay’s Mauricio Victorino, center, getsin the middle during the World Cup group A soccer match betweenUruguay and France in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday.

Photo by Roberto Candia | AP

France,Uruguay

play out dudBy RAF CASERT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

See FRANCE PAGE 2B

Javy Zapata and TreyAlvarez became the firstZapata tennis players toplay in a United StatesTennis Association majortennis tournament at theHEB Tennis Center in

Corpus Christi on June5-6.

The preliminary roundsof the 14 singles in whichAlvarez competed in washeld at Callalen HighSchool, while Zapata andthe 18 singles playerswhere Alvarez competedin was held at Gregory

Portland High School. Allsemifinal and finals for alldivisions were held at theHEB Center.

The tournament fea-tured approximately 300athletes; boys and girls inage divisions 10-and-un-der, 12-and-under,14-and-under, 16-and-under and

18-and-under.Zapata, an incoming se-

nior, played in the 17-18year old division and Al-varez, an incoming fresh-man, played in the 13-14year old division.

Alvarez won his first

TENNIS

MAKING HISTORYAlvarez, Zapata first Zapatans to play USTA

By CLARA SANDOVALTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Zapata’sTrey Alva-rez com-petes in aUSTAevent inCorpusChristi lastweekend.

Courtesy PhotoSee TENNIS PAGE 2B

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to end England’s trophydrought was clear as heflew into a rage in the war-mup match on Monday,earning a yellow card forreportedly cursing at thereferee.

This is the ManchesterUnited striker’s chance toemerge as a truly worldclass player in a global tour-nament, and Capello doesn’texpect it to end in disgraceas it did in 2006 when hewas sent off for stampingon an opponent.

“He’s spontaneous, notuneducated,” Capello said.“He’s instinctive and whenhe goes out onto the pitchhe goes out to win. He’s

someone who gets angrywhen he’s treated to some-thing unfair. But he’ll befine for the World Cup, justas he was for the entirequalifying period ... the ag-gression of him is reallystrong.”

The tension is also get-ting to Capello with the Ital-ian angrily berating newsphotographers he believedwere prying into the play-ers’ facilities at their Rus-tenburg complex.

Capello knows his lineup,but won’t be letting hisplayers know until twohours before kickoff on Sat-urday in Rustenburg. Mid-fielder Gareth Barry is fit

enough to feature on thebench despite still recover-ing from ankle ligamentdamage.

“Always, I decide at thelast moment to speak withthe players,” Capello said.“All the players are readythen to play. They’re readyphysically and mentally andthey’re focused, waiting tosee which player will play.That’s why I only tell themtwo hours before kickoff.”

The Americans — almosthalf of whom have EnglishPremier League experience— are considered to be anemerging force in worldfootball, but have defensivefrailties England will hope

to exploit. “The USA are very hard

working — very fit andphysical,” Gerrard said.“They will be trying to de-ny us time and space on theball. They know we havequality on the ball. We areexpecting to be pressed real-ly quickly. I’m sure it willbe a good physical battle.”

And with memories oftheir surprise run to theConfederations Cup finallast June still fresh, theAmericans feel capable ofrepeating the 1-0 victoryover a star-studded Englandin the 1950 tournament —the last World Cup meetingbetween the teams.

U.S. midfielder LandonDonovan is sensing achange in the mindsetamong England supporters,saying some who wouldhave once considered aWorld Cup match againstthe United States a certainthree points no longer havethat confidence.

“When you think of thehistory of the World Cup,England is historically ateam that has done relative-ly well, who have alwaysgotten out of group and acountry like the U.S., tothem, is a guaranteed victo-ry,” he said. “There (are)some (English) people thatyou can tell that there is a

sense of nerves about themthat, ’Uh oh. Maybe wecould lose this game.”’

Spain can testify to that,having lost to the Ameri-cans in the ConfederationCup semifinals last year.And Brazil experienced afright in the final, fallingbehind 2-0 before strikingback to lift the trophy.

“Last year was helpful inthat it gives us the beliefthat we can do somethingspecial here,” Donovan said.

As they prepare for theirsixth straight finals, theAmericans have come along way from the 2006World Cup squad whichfailed to win a game.

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lala said. “It was somethingof a present because I wascelebrating my 50th appear-ance.”

The South Africans cameclose to scoring a winnerin the 90th when KatlegoMphela got clear of twomarkers but his shot hitthe near post.

“That could have beenthe killer goal,” Tshabalalasaid. “It would have been agreat goal. There’s nothingwe can do about it.”

South Africa coach Car-los Alberto Parreira wascontent with the one point.

“We could easily havewon the game,” the Brazi-lian coach said. “All in allat the end a draw is a fairresult. We are still in thecompetition. This group isvery tough.”

The first World Cupmatch to be staged on thecontinent followed a day ofcelebration throughout allof Africa — though the ex-citement was tempered bythe death of Nelson Mande-la’s great-granddaughter ina car accident on the eve of

the tournament. Beyond the personal

heartbreak, the tragedystole a moment of triumphfrom the 91-year-old anti-apartheid leader, who cam-paigned to bring the WorldCup to his nation despiteskepticism it could bepulled off. Mandelamourned with his familyand opted not to attend thematch or the colorful open-ing ceremony that preced-ed it.

Early in the match, Mex-ico coach Javier Aguirrekept his word as the Mex-icans attacked in forcefrom the kickoff. The hostscould have been a goaldown inside the first twominutes when goalkeeperItumeleng Khune fumbleda low cross. Giovani DosSantos was presented withan easy shot at goal butSouth Africa captain AaronMokoena rescued his teamwith a well-timed block.

The attack-minded Mexi-cans continued to createchances but lacked accura-cy and, when Carlos Vela

had the ball in the net froma flicked-on corner, it wasdisallowed for offside.

“We weren’t able to fin-ish,” Aguirre said. “I thinkthe team missed a couple ofreally good opportunitiesand things got really com-plicated when they scoredthe opening goal. We thenbecame chaotic.”

Forced to defend for mostof the time, the South Afri-cans posed few threats butwent close just before half-time. Tshabalala’s crossfrom the left found Mphelaunmarked in front of goalbut he failed to reach itwith only the goalkeeper tobeat.

“We could have won, wecould have lost,” Aguirresaid. “Let’s see what hap-pens with France and Uru-guay and then we can see ifthis result is good or bad. Ithink both teams are goingaway with a bitter taste.But that’s what we’ve got.We now have to beatFrance.”

Later Friday, France andUruguay faced each other

in the other Group Amatch.

“The team that makesfour points will qualify.”Parreira said. “Whateverhappens against Uruguay,this group will be decidedin the last game againstFrance.”

Lineups:South Africa: Itumeleng

Khune, Siboniso Gaxa,Bongani Khumalo, AaronMokoena, Lucas Thwala(Tsepo Masilela, 45), TekoModise, Reneilwe Letsholo-nyane, Kagisho Dikgacoi,Siphiwe Tshabalala, StevenPienaar (Bernard Parker,83), Katlego Mphela.

Mexico: Oscar Perez, Fran-cisco Rodriguez, Carlos Sal-cido, Rafael Marquez, Ri-cardo Osorio, Gerardo Tor-rado, Guillermo Franco(Javier Hernandez, 73),Carlos Vela (CuauhtemocBlanco, 68), Paul Aguilar(Andres Guardado, 56),Efrain Juarez, Giovani DosSantos.

MEXICO Continued from Page 1B

This summer’s youthathletic camps and clinicsin the Gateway City areunder way. Upcomingevents include:

PONY All-Stars clinicThe Laredo PONY

League’s nine-year-old All-Star Team will be con-ducting a T-ball clinic forplayers ages 4-6 today. Feeis $20. Funds collectedwill help pay the expensesfor the All-Star Team totravel to McAllen. Coach-es and players will assistthe kids. Proper battingstance and swing, fieldingtechniques, correct throw-ing techniques and properbase running will be cov-ered. Registration will beheld at the T-ball field onDel Mar opposite of Rang-el Field. There will be ses-sions from 9-11 a.m. andnoon – 2 p.m. If you haveany questions, call MartinTorres at 635-8679.

S. Texas InstructionalBaseball Camp

The South Texas In-structional Baseball Sum-mer Camp 2010 will beheld Monday – Thursdayfrom 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.every week from nextMonday through July 15.Registration is under wayand will continue throughJune 14. The camp is opento players ages 9-18. Fun-damentals of fielding, bat-ting, baserunning andconditioning will betaught. Registration fee is$60 per week. For more in-formation, contact coachHernandez at 324-0019.

Alexander Crossingscamp

Alexander CrossingsGolf Centre will host twojunior camps this sum-mer, one next Monday –Friday and another June21-25. Laredo’s newest golfpractice facility, featuringa “Water Range,” willhelp young golfers beatthe heat with morningcamp hours from 8 a.m.-noon, Monday-Friday. Thecamps are open to boysand girls ages 6-17 of allskill levels. Golfers will betaught in small groupswith low student/teacherratio by professional in-structors with over 35years of experience. Fee is$100 per camper, plus $60for add-ons, and includesfive days (20 hours) of in-struction, T-shirts, snacksand drinks provided daily,skills competition andlunch festivities on the fi-nal day of camp. Therewill be full-time supervi-sion for all golfers, limit25 per camp, and longestdrive and closest-to-the-pin contests. To reserve aspot or have any ques-tions answered, contactcamp instructor Carlos J.Flores at 337-4646 or [email protected],

or Roberto Gonzalez at724-2551 or [email protected].

Heat soccer campsThe Laredo Heat will

host two soccer camp ses-sions this summer, givingkids the opportunity toimprove skills, developnew techniques, makenew friends and meetHeat players. The campsessions will run fromnext Monday – Thursdayand July 5-8. Both ses-sions will run from 8-11:30a.m. Both sessions willtake place at the St. Pa-trick’s Church soccer fieldand covered gym area. St.Patrick’s Church is locat-ed at 555 East Del MarBlvd. The cost for eachsession is $75 per camper,and it will include soccertraining sessions, a waterbottle, a soccer ball and acamp T-shirt. Camperscan be registered at theLaredo Heat Office locat-ed at 7220-A Bob BullockLoop, in the building nextthe La Quinta Inn andSuites. The soccer campwill be available to boysand girls who havereached the age of five pri-or to the start of thecamps and not older than12 years of age at the timeof registration.

LCC baseball campKids ages 7-12 can score

a hit by learning the finerpoints of baseball at theLCC Summer BaseballCamp, set to swing awaynext Monday – Thursday,from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thecamp will be led by Palo-mino baseball coach EricGonzalez, who is a formerinfield coach for the sum-mer baseball camps of-fered by Texas A&M Uni-versity at College Stationand the University of Tex-as at Austin. The camp feeis $55. Enrollment is atthe LCC Athletics office,located in the MaravilloGymnasium, Room 152.For more information,call 721-5326.

LCC indoor campsKinder, elementary and

middle school childrencan stay cool in the con-fines of Laredo Communi-ty College’s air-condi-tioned Maravillo Gymna-sium by participating inthe popular indoor basket-ball and soccer daycamps. Enrollment is un-der way for the next ses-sion to meet Mondaythrough Thursday, June14-24. Soccer day campersmeet from 9 a.m. to 12p.m., while basketball daycampers meet from 1 to 4p.m. LCC Kinesiology De-partment chair Dr. SaraCarrasco is the camp co-ordinator. The camp fee is$60 per child. Parents cansign up their children atthe LCC Kinesiology De-partment. Call 721-5858 formore details.

Campsoffered in

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meets Mexico. Down to 10 men for the

last nine minutes of regu-lation and three minutesof injury time, Uruguayconcentrating on kickingthe ball out of defense. Buteven with a man advan-tage, France failed to makethe difference.

“We had to guardagainst an unlucky coun-ter,” Domenech said.

After the final whistle,the Uruguayans embracedeach other, happy to haveescaped with a point,while most of the Frenchplayers were wiping theirfaces with the disappoint-ment of a lost opportunity.

Domenech looked un-happy at the final whistle,swiping his hand in frus-tration and then digginghis hands deep in hispockets before goingacross to shake counter-part Oscar Tabarez’s hand.

“It is almost a beautiful0-0,” Domenech said. “Butthe result is what it is.”

Almost throughout thematch, both teams weretroubled by the slipperyfield which made deep pas-ses next to impossible toplay and left Japanese ref-eree Yuichi Nishimura un-sure of his footing at onestage.

France may have dom-inated the first half, but itslack of finishing laid barethe crisis of confidencethat has long affected thetroubled 1998 champions.

Great work from AbouDiaby set up Ribery on theleft and his pinpoint lowcross found Govou perfect-ly in the center. But in-stead of blasting the ballhome, the Lyon forwardfudged a tough sidewaysglance that sent the ballwide. It was finishing un-worthy of a World Cup.

Some of France’s bestchances came from setpieces, usually taken byYoann Gourcuff. From atight angle on the far left,the Bordeaux midfieldercurled a free kick to thenear corner, forcing Musle-ra into an excellent save.

Uruguay, which won thetitle in 1930 and 1950, didits part to contain theFrench, showing no shamein hiding behind its defen-sive reputation and some-times having more thansix players in its penaltyarea to contain a loneFrenchman.

“They were good, solidin defense,” Domenechsaid.

In the 72nd, Forlan hadan open shot from 15 me-ters (yards) which justwent wide. Moments later,ineffective strike partnerLuis Suarez was replaced.

Any intention to look for

victory went out the win-dow when Lodeiro wassent off and even Forlanplied back in defense.

Lineups:Uruguay: Fernando Musle-

ra, Diego Godin, Diego Lu-gano, Maximiliano Perei-ra, Mauricio Victorino,Egidio Arevalo Rios, Igna-cio Gonzalez (NicolasLodeiro, 63), Alvaro Perei-ra, Diego Perez (SebastianEguren, 87) , Diego Forlan,Luis Suarez (SebastianAbreu, 74).

France: Hugo Lloris, EricAbidal, Patrice Evra, Wil-liam Gallas, Bacary Sagna,Abou Diaby, Yoann Gour-cuff (Florent Malouda, 75),Jeremy Toulalan, NicolasAnelka (Thierry Henry,72), Sidney Govou (Andre-Pierre Gignac, 85), FranckRibery.

FRANCE Continued from Page 1B

match before falling toeventual tournamentchampion Dario Bello,while Zapata lost his open-ing match but advanced tothe consolation quarterfi-nals, where he lost.

Alvarez’s first opponentwas Harman J. Dopson,whose older brother Coywas the 4A state boys sin-gles’ semifinalist this pastyear.

Despite Dopson’s familyties, Alvarez won thematch, 6-2,6-2.

“He played very well …he served big and con-trolled the points with hisforehand, which is hisbest stroke,” Zapata tenniscoach Robert Alvarezsaid.

Alvarez lost to Bello inthe next round, 6-3,6-1.Bello was very consistentand had solid groundstrokes.

They engaged in somegreat rallies, but Bello al-ways seemed to outlast Al-varez.

Zapata’s opening roundopponent was CoreyLynch, who captured thegame at 6-3 and 6-2.

The loss put Zapata inthe consolation bracket

for the rest of the tourna-ment.

Zapata advanced to theconsolation quarterfinals,where he lost to LorenzoGarcia, 6-3,6-1.

“There was a stretch inthe first set that Javierplayed the best tennis thatI have ever seen him play,but he seemed to tire inthe heat and humidity inthe second set,” Alvarezsaid.

Alvarez was excitedwith the way his two ten-nis players fared at thetournament, and hopesthat this will help his ten-nis program evolve in thefuture.

“This tournament was agreat learning experiencefor the boys,” he said.“They learned they canplay with these guys, butthey need to be more con-sistent with their groundstrokes and serve and im-prove their conditioning,”Alvarez said. “These arethe first players from Za-pata to play in a USTAevent. I hope that, as ourprogram evolves, more ofour players and their par-ents will be making tripsto USTA events.”

TENNIS Continued from Page 1B

Zapata’s Javy Zapata competes in a USTA event in Corpus Christilast weekend.

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4B THE ZAPATA TIMES Sports SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010

BOSTON — Lakerscoach Phil Jackson doesnot have “any expecta-tions” for injured centerAndrew Bynum.

However, there is onething Jackson is countingon.

“We’re going to try andestablish the fact thatwe’re going back to L.A.with a 3-2 lead,” Jacksonsaid Friday. “We believewe can do it.

“We felt we let one getaway last night.”

More like the rougherand tougher Celtics tookit.

With Bynum limited toonly 12 minutes and onthe bench for nearly theentire second half becauseof his sore right knee,Boston pounded Los An-geles inside in a 96-89 vic-tory that evened the seriesat two games apiece.

The Celtics had a 54-34advantage in points in thepaint, with Glen Davisand Boston’s bigs findingroom in the areas that By-num often controls.

“They miss him,” Bos-ton coach Doc Rivers said.“I mean, he has great sizeand length, and we at-tacked the paint yesterday,and Andrew wasn’t there.

“So I mean, obviouslywhen he’s not on the floor,there’s a big difference.”

Neither team practicedFriday, the first of twodays off before Game 5 onSunday night.

The break comes at agood time for the Lakers,with Jackson saying hethought Kobe Bryantlooked tired late in Thurs-day’s game.

Jackson hadn’t spokento Bynum, who planned tosee a doctor and get treat-ment.

He has a torn meniscusand recently had fluiddrained from the knee,but the swelling has re-turned.

He said Thursday hav-ing it drained again couldbe another option.

He was optimistic hecan play Sunday andJackson will give him thechance if he’s “availableand able.”

However, Bynum won’tbe used if it would hurthimself or the Lakers.

“If he can’t get back indefense transition-wise,and that’s one of thethings they’re trying to at-tack with our first unitobviously, when Andrewis out there is try andrun, then obviously he’sgoing to hurt the team,”Jackson said.

The Lakers may nothave any better options.

Sixth man Lamar

Odom gets the bulk of theminutes in Bynum’s ab-sence, but he’s been large-ly ineffective in the seriesand at 230 pounds, heweighs about 55 less thanthe 7-foot Bynum and ismore easily shovedaround by the Celtics for-wards.

That’s what happenedin the 2008 finals, and itwas repeated Thursday.

“Lamar struggled twoyears ago in this series inthis matchup, and he hasto break through kind ofthat mental gap that hehad from that experienceto move forward,” Jack-son said.

Jackson still hopefulwithout Bynum

The absence of Lakers center Andrew Bynum (17) has been keyfor Boston and a sore point for Los Angeles.

Photo by Michael Dwyer | AP

By BRIAN MAHONEYASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — With the fu-ture of the Big 12 at stake,University of Texas regentshave scheduled a meetingfor next week to decidewhether the Longhornswill remain in the fast-dis-integrating league orswitch to another confer-ence.

Texas is considered thelynchpin to the Big 12’ssurvival, particularly afterthe league lost Nebraska(Big Ten) and Colorado(Pac-10) in a matter of twodays this week. The re-gents said they will hold ameeting in Austin on Tues-day for “discussion and ap-propriate action regardingathletic conference mem-bership.”

The Pac-10 is reportedlyinterested in inviting Tex-as, Texas A&M, Oklahoma,Oklahoma State and TexasTech to form a 16-teamleague.

Texas Tech officials alsoscheduled a Tuesday meet-

ing. Big 12 commissioner

Dan Beebe said Friday heis still working to convincethe remaining 10 membersto stay put.

“We’re working with allthose members. We’ve hada lot of positive feedbackabout the desire of those in-stitutions to (stay) togeth-er,” Beebe said. “There’sbeen a lot of speculationabout people going west ...I’m going all the way to thefinal whistle.”

Still, Texas A&M presi-dent R. Bowen Loftin toldThe Associated Press thatthe rapid changes are forc-ing the school to considerother options.

“We’re still workingthrough the issues,” Loftinsaid. “We’re also waiting tosee what happens with oth-er schools. We were veryhappy to stay in the Big 12,the way it was. It’s chang-ing now, and we need to fig-ure out what that means.

“The Big 12 is not whatit was, and we have tothink about its future, and

ours.” Longhorns athletic di-

rector DeLoss Dodds hassaid he wants to keep theBig 12 together.

It was not immediatelyclear if scheduling the re-gents meeting meant thoseefforts have failed.

Texas A&M, which is re-ported to be considering amove to the SoutheasternConference, has not sched-uled a regents meeting.

Loftin would not com-ment on speculation thatA&M is considering movesto the SEC or the Pac-10, orsay if the school was lean-ing toward one league overanother.

“We have not made anydecisions at this point intime,” he said. “I can saythat the first considerationin any decision involvingconference realignment isthe athletes’ well-being. Ge-ography has to be a part ofthe equation, and then,maintaining a strong aca-demic program and keep-ing that in place will beparamount.”

UT holds key to Big 12By JIM VERTUNO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

IRVING — Dez Bryantwas back where he wantedto be Friday afternoon.The rookie receiver wascatching passes in prac-tice for the Dallas Cow-boys instead of workingon the side with a trainer.

After missing most ofthe last three days of vol-untary workouts becauseof left hamstring tight-ness, Bryant worked onthe side for the morningworkout that opened theteam’s weekend mandato-ry minicamp. He fully par-ticipated in the secondpractice.

“It felt unfair. My team-mates get to go back outthere and practice, catchfootballs. I’m 100 percent,”Bryant said between thetwo practices. “I just feellike it’s all part of football.Everybody gets injured.It’s just been my time.Look at my past, I’ve bare-ly been injured. “

Coach Wade Phillipssaid Bryant had wanted toget back on the field thenext day after being pulledout of a workout earlyTuesday because of hishamstring.

Veteran linebackerKeith Brooking was on the

field after missing the lastfour weeks of voluntaryworkouts while recoveringfrom arthroscopic surgeryon his left knee. Brookingsaid he wanted to takepart in both practices, butthat team trainers werelimiting to him to only theFriday morning session.

Phillips said Bryantwill take part in the restof the practice sessionsthis weekend. The coachsaid Brooking would belimited to one of the twoworkouts today, when thesecond session will beheld at Cowboys Stadium.

Pro Bowl receiver MilesAustin has signed his$3.168 million contract ten-

der Friday. Cowboys owner Jerry

Jones has said the Cow-boys want to do a long-term deal for Austin, whowent from relative un-known to Pro Bowl picklast season, when hecaught 81 passes for 1,320yards and 11 touchdowns.

Bryant was Dallas’ first-round draft pick in April,when he was the 24thoverall pick.

Executive vice presi-dent Stephen Jones, whohandles the team’s con-tract negotiations, hassaid he expects things towork out smoothly withcontract negotiations forBryant.

All is right for ’BoysBy STEPHEN HAWKINS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Cowboys take a break during camp on Friday afternoon.

AP Photo