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At a scheduled arraign-ment Tuesday, a Zapataman pleaded not guilty tokilling his 6-month-oldcousin.

Gabriel AlvarezBriones was indicted forcapital murder in June,accused of striking his in-fant second cousin, Carlos

Eduardo Gonzalez, in thehead, causing his death.

“We want the state toannounce if they’re goingto seek the death penalty,”said Eduardo J. Peña, at-torney for AlvarezBriones. “We reserve theright to know.”

After being transportedto Laredo Medical Centeron March 28, the babywas airlifted to Methodist

Children’s Hospital inSan Antonio in seriouscondition, where he waslater pronounced dead.

An autopsy performedby Webb County MedicalExaminer Dr. CorinneStern ruled the death ahomicide.

After becoming frus-trated with the infant’scrying, Alvarez Brionesadmitted to hitting the ba-

by, according to ZapataSheriff Sigifredo Gonza-lez.

Alvarez Briones is be-ing held at the ZapataCounty Jail under a $1million cash bond.

An evidence exchangeis scheduled in court forSept. 9.

(Denise Blaz may bereached at 728-2547 [email protected])

CAPITAL MURDER CASE

Man pleads not guiltyBy DENISE BLAZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Zapata County is facing an even deeper hole in nextyear’s budget after Chief Appraiser Amada Gonzalezdiscovered an error in her calculations, CommissionerJose E. Vela and County Treasurer Romeo Salinas saidFriday.

“We’ve been having a lot of bad news,” Vela said. The result of the error is that instead of being $3 mil-

lion short, the county is actually about $6 million shortcompared to last year, the two officials said.

Gonzalez was not available for comment Friday; sheis expected to return to her office Tuesday.

On Friday, July 30, County Judge Rosalva Guerrasubmitted her proposed budget based on property valu-ation information given to her by Gonzalez. In the bud-get, Guerra had to deal with an expected shortfall of $3million in the general fund.

Gonzalez notified Guerra on Monday, Aug. 2, of anerror in her calculations, Vela said, which resulted inthe shortfall becoming $6 million for the next fiscalyear. The specifics of the error were unclear Friday.

Last year, the county’s budget was about $29 million.Guerra’s budget presented in late July cut that to $26million. The county will now have to make do with $23million under the revised appraisal figures.

COUNTY BUDGET

$6Mshort

Appraiser’s errormeans more cuts

By LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See BUDGET PAGE 9A

Zapata County ISD is officially a recognized district andthree of the district’s five schools also received recognizedstatus when the Texas Education Agency released its final2010 school accountability ratings late last month.

“The other two acceptable schools missed the recognizedstatus barely,” said Interim Superintendent Norma Garcia,Ph.D. “All schools showed much improvement, and theZCISD recognized rating was the result of the synergy pre-sent in all schools.”

The district and the three recognized schools met thatstatus either with the help of the controversial Texas Pro-jection Measure, which allows districts to gain higher rat-ings if its students are expected to improve in the future,and/or Required Improvement standards.

“Our expectation has always been to be recognizedthrough meeting absolute standards and will continue todo so,” Garcia added.

Zapata High School, Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Ele-mentary and A.L. Benavides were among the hundreds ofschools in Texas with a recognized status. The high schooland Villarreal earned recognized status for the first time

EDUCATION

ZCISD, threeschools getrecognition


See SCHOOLS PAGE 8A

Each summer with the combinedefforts of Texas military forces, amultitude of agencies and civilianpersonal, Operation Lone Starbrings free medical care to the un-der- and uninsured for South Texas,Zapata County included.

More than 600 Zapata residentswere served at this year’s week-longevent at the Zapata Community Cen-ter.

“We provided all the medical ser-vices to the extent possible,” said Dr.Robert McBroom, deputy incidentcommander. “Obviously for fieldmissions like these there are limitedthings we can do, but basic healthmaintenance, diagnosis and treat-ment is provided.”

The most common servicessought after by attendees are dentalhealth and immunizations, Oper-ation Lone Star officials said.

“We service areas that do nothave local health departments. (Peo-ple) from less than a year old to peo-ple bordering 90 – and everything inbetween, we saw them. It was anawesome turnout,” said Mary LouCortines, immunization staff mem-

ber and Department of State HealthService employee.

“We see everybody for every rea-son, and we do what we can. I thinkprobably one of the best things wecan do is try to find additional re-sources for them. Indefinite medica-tion without adequate follow up isnot a good thing,” McBroom said.

Short staffed and lack of generalvolunteers made aiding the commu-nity a somewhat daunting task,McBroom said.

“We try to make do with the re-sources we have,” McBroom said.

Meanwhile, Sylvia Garza, Zapata

Lone Star assignments coordinator,attributed the turnout to lack of ad-vertisement.

“When we got in I literally wentaround town to different businessespassing out flyers. Nobody hadheard of it,” said Garza, noting thatword of mouth made all the differ-ence.

Hearing of the event from a fam-ily member, Zapata resident TonyMendoza was present Friday to takeadvantage of the hearing loss booth,set up by the Deaf and Hard of Hear-

HEALTH CARE

HELPING HANDS

ABOVE: Belinda Garza, left, a nurse with the Texas Department of Health, assist as Sgt. Nick Perkins, with the Texas State Guard, pre-pares to administer an oral immunization to 3-moth-old Moses Cuellar as his mother Amarili holds him Friday afternoon at the ZapataCommunity Center. Zapata residents took advantage of free medical services provided as part of Operation Lone Star.BELOW: Sgt. Elvia Mendoza, left, of Zapata and a member of the Texas State Guard, looks on as Tony Mendoza undergoes a hearing lossexam by Judy Kurz, a representative of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center of Corpus Christi, on Friday afternoon at the Zapata Com-munity Center.

Photos by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

Operation Lone Star aids 600 area residentsBy STEPHANIE M. IBARRA

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See HELP PAGE 9A

PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8Today is the last day to experi-

ence “Side Man”, a theatrical produc-tion by L.I.T.E., at the Laredo Centerfor the Arts, located on 500 San Agus-tin. General admission is $10. The cur-tains rise at 3 p.m. For more informa-tion, call (956) 725-1715.

MONDAY, AUGUST 9Helping Hands Food Pantry in-

vites the public to make monetary do-nations or bring in excess grocerystacks all this week. Open Mondaythrough Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,they are also accepting applications fortheir Federal Program. For more infor-mation, contact Norma Mendoza.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12American Legion meets at 6 p.m.

for a pot luck supper at the AmericanLegion Building, located at 2213 NorthU.S. Highway 83. Only coffee and teawill be provided; all attendees need tobring a dish to share.

The Zapata County Soil and Wa-ter conservation District and the USDANatural Resources Conservation Serviceinvite the public and any organizationswith an interest in agriculture or con-servation to attend a local work groupmeeting to be held today at the USDAService Center Conference Room in Za-pata, Hwy 16 and 8th Street, at 9 a.m.For more information, call the USDAoffice in Zapata at (956) 765-4344.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13Garza Promotions present Pedro

Fernandez and special guest Pilar Mon-tenegro live at the Laredo Energy Are-na tonight at 8 p.m. Ticket prices varyfrom $42 to $97 and are available atthe Laredo Energy Arena Box Office,various HEB locations and throughTicketmaster.com. For more informa-tion, call (956) 791-9192.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14Marine Corp League hosts a

plate sale today, starting at 12 p.m. atthe corner of 22nd and Hidalgo St. Do-nations are $6 per plate. All proceedsgo to community projects.

4-H will host a volunteer work-shop today from 1 to 4 p.m. in thelobby area of the County Extension Of-fice, in the Community Center. Therewill be a $10 charge for screening. Formore information, contact Caleb Eatonat (956) 765-9967.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17Zapata Chapter #1106 Order of

the Eastern Star joins tonight at 7:30p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, located at14th St. and Hwy 16.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21A hunter’s education course will

be offered at Zapata County Public Li-brary from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sun-day, August 22 from noon to 5 p.m.Every Hunter, including out-of-statehunters, born on or after September 2,1981, must complete a Hunters Educa-tion Training course to hunt any animalin the State of Texas. The minimumage to receive certification is 9 yearsold. For more information, contactMarshall Davidson at (956) 337-5917.Friday, August 27

Gold and platinum artist MarkChesnutt performs at the Casa BlancaBallroom tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets foradmission begin at $15. For more in-formation, visit markchesnutt.com

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4Texas A&M International Universi-

ty hosts Autmus Fest 2010. Gateopens at 4:30 p.m. $10 pre-sale tick-ets are available at all Pocket loca-tions. Tickets are $15 at the gate. Formore information, visit www.autmus-fest.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9Texas A&M International Universi-

ty reveals two art collections for Sep-tember, Fields and Monuments: Paint-ings by Joey Fauerso and sculptures byRiley Robinson at the Center for theFine and Performing Arts Gallery. Formore information, call (956) 326-2654.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2Funny man Gabriel "Fluffy" Igle-

sias returns to Laredo Energy Area to-night. Tickets are on sale now at allTicketmaster locations, including theLEA Box Office, H.E.B. or charge byphone at 1-800-745-3000. For more in-formation, call (956) 791-9192.

To submit an item for thecalendar, send the name of theevent, the date, time, locationand contact phone number [email protected]

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Aug. 7,the 219th day of 2010. Thereare 146 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in Histo-ry:

On Aug. 7, 1782, Gen.George Washington createdthe Order of the Purple Heart,a decoration to recognize mer-it in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers.

On this date:In 1789, the U.S. War Depart-

ment was established by Con-gress.

In 1882, the famous feud be-tween the Hatfields of WestVirginia and the McCoys ofKentucky erupted into full-scale violence.

In 1942, U.S. and alliedforces landed at Guadalcanal,marking the start of the firstmajor allied offensive in thePacific during World War II.

In 1947, the balsa wood raftKon-Tiki, which had carried asix-man crew 4,300 milesacross the Pacific Ocean,crashed into a reef in a Poly-nesian archipelago; all sixcrew members reached landsafely.

In 1959, the United Stateslaunched the Explorer 6 satel-lite, which sent back images ofthe Earth.

In 1960, the West Africannation of Ivory Coast becameindependent of France.

In 1964, Congress passed theGulf of Tonkin resolution, giv-ing President Lyndon B. John-son broad powers in dealingwith reported North Viet-namese attacks on U.S. forces.

In 1970, an attempt by SanQuentin inmate James DavidMcClain, accused of stabbing aguard, to escape his trial inMarin County, Calif. ended ina shootout with police thatclaimed the lives of McClain,two of three cohorts, andJudge Harold J. Haley, one ofseveral hostages.

In 1990, President GeorgeH.W. Bush ordered U.S. troopsand warplanes to Saudi Ara-bia to guard the oil-rich desertkingdom against a possible in-vasion by Iraq.

In 1998, terrorist bombs atU.S. embassies in Kenya andTanzania killed 224 people, in-cluding 12 Americans.

Ten years ago: Vice Presi-dent and Democratic presiden-tial candidate Al Gore selectedConnecticut Sen. Joseph Lie-berman as his running mate.Today’s Birthdays: Writer-pro-ducer Stan Freberg is 84.Rhythm-and-blues singer HerbReed (The Platters) is 82. Ma-gician, author and lecturerJames Randi is 82. Formerbaseball pitcher Don Larsen is81. Bluesman Magic Slim is 73.Actress Verna Bloom is 71.Humorist Garrison Keillor is68. Singer B.J. Thomas is 68.Singer Lana Cantrell is 67. Ac-tor John Glover is 66. ActorDavid Rasche is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Harold Hud-son is 61. Former diplomat,talk show host and activistAlan Keyes is 60. Countrysinger Rodney Crowell is 60.Actress Caroline Aaron is 58.Comedian Alexei Sayle is 58.Actor Wayne Knight is 55.Rock singer Bruce Dickinsonis 52.

Thought for Today: “Youmust learn day by day, year byyear, to broaden your horizon.The more things you love, themore you are interested in, themore you enjoy, the more youare indignant about — themore you have left when any-thing happens.” — Ethel Bar-rymore, American actress(1879-1959).

TODAY IN HISTORY

AUSTIN — President Barack Obama’s tripto Texas on Monday aims to do somethingDemocrats are still good at in this conserva-tive state — raising money. But it’s not de-signed to bolster the chances of DemocratBill White in the governor’s race.

The former Houston mayor is making aplay for moderate voters in both parties anddoesn’t plan to appear with the president.And the political team for Obama and theDemocratic National Committee doesn’t ap-pear too concerned with whether Whitewants Obama in the state.

The DNC’s efforts are “not about one can-didate,” said Hector Nieto, spokesman forOrganizing For America.

Despite Republican Gov. Rick Perry’s at-tempts to paint White and Obama as liber-

als, White isn’t exactly running cheek tocheek with the president. White has criti-cized Obama’s administration on federalspending and says Perry is trying to linkhim with Obama because “he knows that hecan’t beat me.” Besides, White said, hedoesn’t need a “seal of approval” from thepresident.

“Under the First Amendment, I can’t pre-vent anybody from campaigning for me,” hesaid.

Neither the White House nor DemocraticParty officials in Texas would discuss wheth-er they tried to coordinate White’s and Oba-ma’s schedules. A Perry spokesman saidWhite can’t disassociate himself from Oba-ma.

“Bill White can run but he can’t hide fromthe fact that he shares the same policyviews,” Miner said.

AROUND TEXAS

Bill White speaks on July 30, in Austin. The former Houston mayor is making a play for moderate voters in both parties anddoesn’t plan to appear with the president.

Photo by Danielle Villasana/The Daily Texan | AP

Obama eyes Texas cashBy BY KELLEY SHANNON

AP POLITICAL WRITER

FLDS leader to pay $148Kin back child support

LUBBOCK — A polygamistleader in West Texas has agreedto pay child support dating to2003, when his then-wife left thesect with their eight children.

Frederick Merril Jessop, thebishop of the Yearning for ZionRanch, signed the order in courtThursday. He will pay his formerwife $148,000 for seven years ofback child support.

2 children, 1 man killedapartment fire

VIDOR — Two children andtheir grandfather were killed ina fire Friday morning in southTexas despite efforts by theirmother to rescue them from theburning apartment.

The Orange County Sheriff ’sOffice said Amanda “Nikki”Dorn escaped the fire in Vidorwith minor injuries and hadtried to go back into the garageapartment, which was engulfedin flames, with no success.

Court orders newsentencing trial for killer

HOUSTON — A federal ap-peals court has upheld a lowercourt’s ruling ordering a newsentencing trial for a Houstonman on death row for raping andkilling an 11-year-old boy in 1987.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals in New Orleans ruledlate Thursday jurors weren’t giv-en sufficient instructions on howor whether to consider mitigat-ing circumstances.

Diboll cop resigns aftervideotaped stop

LUFKIN — A Diboll police of-ficer resigned following a video-taped traffic stop in which he isheard and seen berating a driverwho was rushing his 73-year-oldpassenger to a hospital.

Videotape from a patrol cardashboard camera, obtained inan open records request byKTRE, shows Jones with his gundrawn, breaking the driver’s sidewindow and hauling out Lott.

3 bodies identified afterhouse fire in Vidor

VIDOR — The Orange CountySheriff ’s Office has identified thebodies of a man and two childrendiscovered after a house firehere.

Shorty Strother, 59, 6-year-oldKain Dorn and 19-month-oldBrook Dorn were killed in theFriday morning apartment fire.

IRS to stay at new Austinsite after plane crash

AUSTIN — An office buildingwhere a tax protester killed him-self by crashing his plane intothe structure is expected to reo-pen but without the Internal Rev-enue Service as a tenant.

Cleanup and demolition of theclosed building are nearly done.

Repairs on the 64,000-square-foot building should be complet-ed within six months.

Andrew Joseph Stack III onFeb. 18 flew his single-engineplane into the structure.

— Compiled from AP reports

OKC bomber says he wasforce fed

DENVER — Oklahoma Citybombing conspirator Terry Ni-chols says state Colorado prisonofficials inserted IVs into hisveins and force fed him followinghunger strikes this year.

Nichols recently filed a hand-written document in a lawsuitagainst federal Supermax prisonofficials in Florence, Colo., overthe lack of whole grains, un-peeled fruit and fewer refinedfoods in his diet.

Cops mum on probe ofshooter’s racism claimHARTFORD, Conn. — The

man who fatally shot eight co-workers at a Connecticut beerdistributor told a 911 operator hewas avenging racism.

Omar Thornton’s employer,his union and the state say therehas never been a formal racismcomplaint against the company.

Weekend pump prices upMotorists on back-to-school

shopping trips or a late-summervacation will pay more for a gal-lon of gas this weekend.

Pump prices rose this week

because of a rally in oil, yet theyaren’t expected to spike in theweeks ahead because of typicallight trading in the oil market inAugust, still-ample supplies andfairly weak demand.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Kim Strickland, whose son Aaron Cooper was slain in a southwestern Virginiaprison, wipes a tear at her home in Norfolk, Va. Cooper was allegedly killed by aninmate who had warned he would kill again if not given the death penalty.

Photo by Steve Helber | AP

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tersection of 10th Street and Tex-as 16. He was booked and trans-ported to Zapata Regional Jail,and held in lieu of a combinedbond of $10,000.

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONSergio Alonso Gonzalez, 50,

was arrested and charged withpublic intoxication at 12:30 a.m.Aug. 1 on Texas 16 near the Zapa-ta High School stadium. An inci-dent report states someone re-ported a drunk male identified as

ASSAULTDeputies responded to an

aggravated assault with a motorvehicle call at 3:30 a.m. July 30near the intersection of SeventhStreet and Bravo Avenue in theMedina Addition. No injuries werereported. The Zapata County Sher-iff’s Office has an open investiga-tion on the incident.

POSSESSIONDeputies arrested Gilberto

Sanchez, 32, after a traffic stop at

about 1:30 a.m. Monday at the in-tersection of Seventh Street andZapata Avenue. Officials chargedhim with possession of a con-trolled substance, unauthorizeduse of motor vehicle and tamper-ing with physical evidence. He wasbooked and transported to ZapataRegional Jail, and held in lieu of acombined bond of $25,000.

Kevin Lee Alfaro, 20, was ar-rested on charges of possession ofmarijuana and possession of con-trolled substance penalty groupone at 11 p.m. Tuesday at the in-

Gonzalez was seen walking alongthe highway. He was booked andtransported to Zapata RegionalJail.

RECKLESS DRIVINGDeputies arrested Carlos Da-

niel Salazar, 22, and charged himwith reckless driving at about 1:30a.m. July 31 in the 1800 block ofRoma Street. An incident reportstates a deputy observed a vehicletraveling east on Texas 16 at ahigh rated speed. Salazar was

booked and taken to the ZapataRegional Jail, and held in lieu of$3,000 bond.

THEFTDeputies responded to a

theft call at 1:30 p.m. July 29 atthe Pump N Shop, 19th Avenueand U.S. 83. The complainantstated a person driving a whitefour-door vehicle drove off withoutpaying for gas. An incident reportstates the amount stolen was$16.01.

Deputies responded to atheft call at about 9:15 a.m. Tues-day in lot 14 of San Ygnacio ViejoRoad in San Ygnacio. A 42-year-old woman stated someone stoleher $50 trash can.

Deputies responded to atheft call at about 9:10 a.m.Wednesday at Zapata County FoodPantry, intersection of SeventhStreet and Del Mar Avenue. The55-year-old female complainantstated someone unknown attempt-ed to steal the radio and speakersfrom her Chevrolet Tahoe.

THE BLOTTER

A suspicious bundle inside aprivate property prompted ownersto call authorities July 31, only todiscover it contained 24 pounds ofmarijuana.

Zapata County Sheriff ’s Officedeputies responded to a call of asuspicious package at about 3 p.m.at a ranch near the riverbankssouth of Zapata.

Sgt. Mario Elizondo noticed thearea had recent flooding. Deputieson arrival noticed and identifiedthe bundle as being marijuana,weighing about 24 pounds. Itsstreet value was about $3,384.

“We don’t know if it waswashed up or if it was just leftthere,” he said.

Deputies searched the area butdid not find other types of illegalcontraband, Elizondo said.

In situations dealing with uni-dentified packages, the sheriff ’sdepartment suggests to contactproper authorities to handle thesituation.

“Any suspicious items shouldnot be approached,” Elizondo said.

To report any suspicious activ-ity, call the sheriff ’s office at 765-9960.

(César G. Rodriguez may bereached at 728-2568 or [email protected])

Zapata County Sheriff’s Department discovered this bundle of marijuana weighingabout 24 pounds on July 31 near the riverbanks at a ranch, south of Zapata.

Courtesy photo

Suspicious packageturns out to be pot

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES

The Zapata County Fire De-partment, along with membersfrom Seven Flags Regional Advi-sory Council, distributed 200 hel-mets this past week.

Launched by the Texas Medi-cal Association, Hard Hats forLittle Heads aims to educate chil-dren and their families on theprevention of head injuries, oneof the leading injures involvingchildren.

“We had a very good turnout –a lot of kids with happy faces,”said Gabriella Gonzalez, firefight-er with the Zapata County FireDepartment.

Although anticipating a highinflux of residents, officials didn’tinitially think all helmets wouldbe distributed.

“We didn’t have as many insmall sizes, but we did get rid ofall of them. It was amazing. Weeven had adults take helmets,”Gonzalez said.

Before receiving the free hel-mets parents and children wouldview a DVD focused on educatingviewers on the “importance of acorrect fit,” said Julie Tijerina, avolunteer with SFAC, SevenFlags Regional Advisory Councilon Trauma.

By Wednesday, volunteers haddepleted all extra small and me-dium helmets in-stock.

“Friday, by noon, all were

gone,” Gonzalez said, adding,“The word just got out.”

Long after running out of hel-mets, safety remained at the fore-front, with the fire departmentdistributing a variety of safetygoods, from flashlights to reflec-tive, attachable bike lights.

Meanwhile, officials await nextyear’s Hard Hats for Little Headsevent.

“Next year we can do some-thing like this again. We’ll be

ready − have a lot more peoplecome,” Gonzalez said.

According to the Texas Medi-cal Association website, about300,000 children are treated inemergency rooms for severe headinjuries each year, many as a re-sult of common childhood activ-ities including bicycle riding, roll-er-skating and skateboarding.

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

Hats help with head safetyBy STEPHANIE M. IBARRA

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Linda Meza, left, a volunteer for Operation Lone Star, stands in the backgroundas Gaby Gonzalez, a paramedic for the Zapata County Fire Department, tries ona bicycle helmet on Justin Gaumer, on Friday afternoon at the Zapata Communi-ty Center. Two hundred helmets provided by the Seven Flags Regional AdvisoryCouncil on Trauma and Dr. Luis Pellicia, a member of the Texas Medical Associ-ation, were distributed during Operation Lone Star

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

PAGE 4A Zopinion SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

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

How much is a lifeworth? It’s a ques-tion that often

crosses your mind whenyou hear about a jury de-liberating the fate of a con-victed murderer. Fiveyears? Ten years? Life? Alife for a life?

In cases involving a sin-gle homicide, the humanmind can at least compre-hend the issue. A sensibledebate can be had overwhat constitutes an appro-priate punishment.

But when the delibera-tion involves a mass mur-derer or a genocidal mur-derer, human faculties fre-quently fail. The largerthe scale of the atrocity,the less fathomable thecrimes become. In a pecu-liar way, Stalin’s observa-tion is disturbingly accu-rate: One death is a trage-dy, while a million deathsis merely a statistic.

Last month, a UnitedNations-backed tribunal inCambodia rendered a ver-dict in the case of KaingGuek Eav, known as Com-rade Duch. Duch was acog in the wheel of PolPot’s fanatical regime.Over a four-year period inthe 1970s, his KhmerRouge government presi-ded over the murder of asmany as 2 million of Cam-bodia’s 8 million residentsin pursuit of a socialistagrarian paradise.

As commandant of thenotorious S-21 prison inPhnom Penh, Duch wasmore than the KhmerRouge’s chief jailer. Hewas also the regime’s ide-ological Torquemada.Prosecutors said he wasresponsible for the deaths— frequently by torture —of more than 16,000 people.He is the first KhmerRouge official ever to faceaccountability for theCambodian genocide.

Duch acknowledged hisguilt. At times during theproceedings, he even ex-pressed remorse. Yes, heauthorized the transportsthat took prisoners to thekilling fields. Yes, he or-dered torture to extractfalse confessions fromthose deemed enemies ofthe state. Yes, he observedthe rapes, the pulling outof toenails, the electrical

shocks. “I wanted to be agood communist,” he oncetold Irish journalist NicDunlop.

But — there’s always abut — he said he had nochoice. If he hadn’t donePol Pot’s genocidal bid-ding, he would have beenexecuted himself. He wasonly following orders. Hewas a small part in a bigmachine. And, anyway,he’s become a born-againChristian.

The tribunal foundDuch guilty of war crimes,crimes against humanityand grave breaches of theGeneva Conventions. Itcould have sentenced himto life in prison. Prosecu-tors had sought a 40-yearsentence, which for Duchat age 67 would effectivelyhave been a life sentence.

The tribunal, however,noted his cooperation —when he was finally appre-hended after two decadesin hiding — his sense ofremorse and his potentialfor rehabilitation. Thejudges sentenced him to 35years, then shaved off 16years for time alreadyserved and for a period ofillegal detention.

If Duch serves out hisfull term, that amounts toa little more than 11 hoursfor each life he extin-guished. Then as an oldman in 19 years, he can gofree.

One of the tribunal’s in-ternational judges ex-plained the sentence thisway. “If left to the victimsto decide how to punish aperson,” the AssociatedPress quoted jurist SilviaCartwright of New Zeal-and, “then it would be,possibly, mob rule.”

Actually, that’s not accu-rate. Only about a dozen ofthe 16,000 men, womenand children who enteredS-21 are believed to havesurvived. No mob of vic-tims exists to exact anykind of retribution.

For the crimes forwhich Duch was convict-ed, there is no penance,there is no rehabilitation.A verdict that makes itpossible for Duch to gofree is an injustice to allhis victims, especially thesilent mob whose voicesthe tribunal wasn’t able tohear.

(E-mail: [email protected])

COLUMN

Genocidedecision bad

By JONATHAN GURWITZSAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

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DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

WASHINGTON — Itsounded veryeasy in theory.

With the biggest tax in-crease in history set to gointo effect on Jan. 1, 2011,Democrats were poised towin the middle-class rockheroes award.

The song had all thesubtlety of a Pete Towns-hend guitar riff.Pass a billbefore the end of the yearextending current tax lawfor everyone except thosenasty “rich” folks (individ-uals earning more than$200,000 per year and fam-ilies with incomes above$250,000) and bang!

Then, just hitch a rideon the shoulders of grate-ful fans in the mosh pit toelectoral victory.

AvoidanceSimple, right? Not real-

ly. House Democrats ad-journed for their summerrecess last week, leavingtown with a bad case ofconfusion about how to ad-dress future tax policy. Butone thing is clear: Basedon comments by HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., her party will stopat nothing to protect theircaucus from politicallytough votes this fall, evenif it means kicking the canpast the election and abus-ing the spirit of the Consti-tution.

Pelosi shared some re-vealing comments lastweek, signaling for thefirst time that somethingwas askew.In an article byPolitico’s David Rodgers,Pelosi admitted that the

House would forgo its Con-stitutional prerogative toinitiate tax bills. On thequestion of whether to leta host of taxes snap backto pre-2001 levels, Pelosisaid:“The Senate is sup-posed to go first on this,and the president will betaking the lead. When wecome back, we’ll see-....Right now, the ball is intheir court.”

Playing politicsActually the Senate is

not supposed “to go first.”Article 1 Section 7 Clause1 of the U.S. Constitutionreads: “All bills for raisingrevenue shall originate inthe House of Representati-ves.”But the Speakerknows that.

Her comments weremore a reflection of politi-cal realities than constitu-tional ignorance.

Yet Pelosi’s acknowled-gement that the Housewould wait for the Senateto diffuse the ticking taxtime bomb revealed some-thing else: The HouseDemocrats are committedto avoid casting a toughpolitical vote before theelection, only to see theSenate then drop it like ahot frying pan.

‘BTU’ affairWashington veterans re-

member the phrase, “get-ting BTU’d.” In May of1993, House Democratscast a politically diceyvote to raise energy pricescalled the BTU tax. TheSenate never took up themeasure and vulnerableHouse Democrats feltlike

screaming a la Roger Dal-trey.

Many lawmakers be-lieve they face a similarfate due to their climatechange cap-and-trade votelast summer, another issueon which the Senate decid-ed to punt after facingfourth and long politicalodds earlier this year.

Shielding fellow HouseDemocrats from inordi-nate political risk is one ofa Democratic congression-al leader’s principal tasks.Over the past 18 monthsthe Speaker’s followershave shouldered someheavy political baggage —including tough votes onspending, health care, andcap-and-trade.

“They’re done,” a Demo-cratic lobbyist told me re-ferring to the congression-al schedule. “Between nowand the election, no moretough votes, especially onthings that don’t go any-where in the Senate.”

May be blockedAnd with at least four

Democratic or independ-ent senators — Evan Bayhof Indiana, Kent Conrad ofNorth Dakota, Joe Lieber-man of Connecticut, andBen Nelson of Nebraska —indicating they don’t be-lieve now is the time toraise taxes on anyone, aHouse-passed middle-classprotection plan might nev-er make it through the up-per body.

So House members,singing the Who classic,“Won’t Get Fooled Again,”will just wait and see whatthe Senate and PresidentObama cook up.

From a raw political

standpoint, raising taxeson high wage earnersseems pretty effortless.But here’s where the presi-dent and congressionalDemocrats get into trou-ble: Their arguments areintellectually dishonest.

Raises hit manyTrue, individuals mak-

ing $200,000 or more willpay higher taxes, but sowill a lot of small busi-nesses that file, for exam-ple, as sole proprietors. ARepublican House Waysand Means Committeeaide told me that raisingthe top two tax rateswould hit 50 percent ofsmall business income.Many of these entrepre-neurs are the ones Obamaand the Democrats hopewill provide new jobs andexpanded economicgrowth.

Increasing their costs ofdoing business as GDP de-celerated over the pastthree quarters strikesmany as inking a suicidepact with economicgrowth.

House Democrats andtheir leaders see great per-il in raising taxes, particu-larly if the Senate ulti-mately demurs. SpeakerPelosi and her colleaguemay still try to win therock hero award, but onlyafter taking a peak insidethe envelope that includesthe verdict rendered bythe upper body. And theSenate may withhold thatinformation until after theNovember elections.

Won’t get fooled again,indeed. It’s enough tomake Keith Moon turnover in his grave.

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Dems try ducking tax hikeBy GARY ANDRES

HEARST NEWSPAPERS

House Republicansare chortling overthe Democratic ma-

jority’s troubles with eth-ics allegations, but they al-so are ominously signalingtheir distaste for the Officeof Congressional Ethics —the one new player on Cap-itol Hill with a clear deter-mination to do somethingabout the morass.

The Republican minori-ty leader, John Boehner,said he wants to “take alook” at the office if hisparty regains majoritypower — a reminder thathis members fiercely op-posed the quasi-independ-ent office when it was cre-ated two years ago bySpeaker Nancy Pelosi.

Boehner wondered howeffective the office really is,ignoring its considerablerecord for discreetly inves-tigating alleged misbehav-ior on both sides of the ais-le and letting the chips fallwhere they may. It was theethics office that did the

initial investigatory workprompting (forcing mightbe the more apt descrip-tion) the House EthicsCommittee to order a pub-lic hearing into whetherRep. Maxine Waters, D-Cal-if., committed a conflict ofinterest by intervening onbehalf of a bailout for abank in which her hus-band owned stock.

The ethics case againstRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., predates the creationof the ethics office, but heran afoul of its investiga-tors more recently in be-ing admonished by theHouse committee for lead-ing a group on a Carib-bean junket paid by corpo-rate favor-seekers in viola-tion of House rules.

Grumblers on bothsides want to gut the eth-ics office. That is becauseit has been fulfilling itsmission to put life into thelawmakers’ own stultifiedethics process, to penetratethe murk of misbehaviorand keep the public betterinformed.

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PAGE 6A Zentertainment SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

When a bunch ofmasked men invade Veter-ans Field in Laredo on Sat-urday, they won’t be look-ing for trouble.

Professional wrestlersfrom our neighbor to thesouth will bring their high-flying stunts — emblematicof the world-renownedMexican wrestling style.

Entertaining fans of allages has been the format inMexico for decades, a for-mula that involves less-pol-ished acting than, say, char-acters from World Wres-tling Entertainment.

They also seem to drawmore blood, interact heavi-ly with the rowdy crowdsand adapt minimal story-lines. What WWE is to soapoperas, Mexican wrestlingis to the X-Games, or sportsentertainment.

The masks are as tradi-tional as baseball caps inMexico. They’re part oftheir uniform, if you will.When a wrestler is un-masked, it’s usually at ahighly anticipated match.Common bouts are “maskvs. hair,” in which the loseris unmasked or loses hishair, if a mask is not partof his persona.

The cardSaturday’s action begins

at 7:30 p.m., with doorsopening at 6:30 p.m. Promo-ters expect a full house atVeterans Field, which has acapacity for about 6,000spectators.

“Presales are going verywell,” said Carlos Solis, apromoter of the event. Solisis working with Promo-ciones Gutierrez, whichhas done several otherMexican wrestling eventsin Laredo.

“Thank God, we’ve hadgood turnouts (in the

past).”The card, which features

some of the world’s most fa-mous showmen, five tag-team matches.

The most notable wres-tlers who will make thetrip to the Gateway Cityare Mistico, Volador and LaSombra, the three who willbe featured in the mainevent against Atlantis, Hec-tor Garza and Averno in a3-on-3 match.

The semifinal will pinMexico versus Japan, asShocker, La Mascara andMascara Dorada take onJapan’s Lyger, Yoshina-sashi and Okumura.

Mr. Aguila, Angel Blancoand Histeria will face Intoc-able, Alebrije and Hijo deWagner.

Opening matches willfeature Corazon del Barriotag teaming with Rey Lan-zer to fight against HombreSin Miedo and his partnerRossu. Female wrestlers,

who always add to the spec-tacle with hair pulling andsuch, also will fight. RossyMoreno and Tiffany willtake on Diabolica and LaMedussa.

Mistico the ‘principe’The most popular wres-

tler of the bunch is Mistico,known as the “Principe dePlata y Oro,” the colors onhis mask. Mistico has heldnumerous championships,been featured on many TVshows and has performedin large arenas all overMexico and the world. He’sknown as a gutsy perform-er who is always flyinghigh with his attackingjumps.

“This is the first time hecomes to Laredo, Texas,”said Solis, mentioning thatMistico has previouslywrestled in Nuevo Laredo.“He’s one of the best in the

world and pertains to theConsejo Mundial de LuchaLibre.”

The event will also fea-ture many stands sellingtrade magazines, action fig-ures, mini rings and masksof all sizes.

Solis said that spectatorswill have an opportunity totake photos with the wres-tlers as well, making affairvery family oriented.

Tickets to the 7:30 p.m.event, scheduled to last al-most four hours, have dif-ferent price levels. Presalesare $10 in the stands, $15general admission and $5for kids. Walk-up prices are$15 in stands, $20 generaladmission and $5 for kids.Special ringside tickets are$30. They are available atall Danny’s restaurants andat the Veterans Field boxoffice.

(Emilio Rábago III maybe reached at 728-2564 [email protected])

Lucha action at VeteransBy EMILIO RÁBAGO III

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La Sombra is one of the featured wrestlers in Saturday’s event.

Courtesy photo

Organizers for the an-nual AutMus Fest an-nounced a Tejano/norte-ño-heavy lineup Wednes-day during a kickoff partyat Hal’s Landing.

Scheduled for Saturday,Sept. 4, the AutMus Festwill feature popular norte-ño group El Poder delNorte as the headliner.Los Palominos will co-headline, playing on stageright before El Poder.

Also in the lineup areGrupo Siggno and GrupoInalcansable.

Tapping into local tal-ent, organizers have alsobooked local bands Juvee,The Shazz!! and Bacchana-

lian Bliss, the first band toplay, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

AutMus Fest, an out-door festival held eachyear at Texas A&M Inter-national University in La-redo, attracts thousands ofmusic lovers.

Tickets are $10 presale(available online or atPocket stores) and $15 atthe gate. Children under12 are admitted free andparking is free.

Now in its sixth year,the AutMus Fest is a fund-raiser for TAMIU studentsand is coordinated by vol-unteers, including staff,alumni and and students.It’s presented in conjuc-tion with Laredo firefight-ers.

AutMus lineupis Tejano laden

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The Laredo Fire Fight-ers Association recentlyannouced the musicallineup for the 2010 edi-tion of Firefest, an out-door fundraising festival.

Headlining the festiv-al, which will take placeat the Laredo EnergyArena, will be popularregional acts RamonAyala, Solido and Duelo,from nearby Roma.

Firefest is scheduledto begin at 5 p.m. Satur-day Oct. 9.

The Firefest will also

feature a costilla (rib)cook-off, kiddy rides and,of course, lots of food.

Presale ticket pricesare $15 and cover is $25at the door.

Tickets will be availa-ble at at the LEA box of-fice, Danny’s restau-rants, Tortamex Restau-rant, La Rocarestaurants, the CentralFire Station and CasaRaul South.

Ayala headlinesFirefest 2010

THE ZAPATA TIMES RAMON AYALA:Grammy Award-winner will play at Firefest 2010.

SÁBADO 7 DE AGOSTOLAREDO — Se realiza-

rá una venta de libros en laWidener Room de la FirstUnited Methodist Church,1220 McClelland Ave., de8:30 a.m. a 1 p.m. Se invitaal público en general de ma-nera gratuita. Se aceptan li-bros y revistas en donación.

LAREDO — Hoy es elevento de Sledge TV Awardsa partir de las 8 p.m. enWoody’s Last Resort (6516McPherson Rd). El eventoentregará reconocimientos alo mejor de la música local.La entrada es de 5 dólares yse contará con la participa-ción musical de AutomaticWeekend, Shazz!!, Fallen onSeptember, The ClosestThing, La Mata y Somewherein Between.

LAREDO — Hoy sepresenta Lucha Libre mexi-cana en terrenos del Vete-ran’s Field a las 7:30 p.m.Como estelares se presenta-rán Místico, Volador y LaSombra contra Atlantis, Hec-tor Garza y Averno. Los bo-letos son de 5 dólares paralos niños y de adultos varíanen preventa a 15 dólares, enel lugar a 20 dólares y de30 dólares al lado del ring.

LAREDO — LITE Pro-ductions & The Laredo Cen-ter for the Arts presentan“Side Man” la obra de Wa-rren Leights ganadora delTony 1999. “Side Man” esdirigida por Danny Villarrealy se presenta hoy en el Tea-tro Mezanine del LCA 500San Agustin a las 8 p.m.

DOMINGO 8 DE AGOSTOLAREDO — LITE Pro-

ductions & The Laredo Cen-ter for the Arts presentan“Side Man” la obra de Wa-rren Leights ganadora delTony 1999. “Side Man” esdirigida por Danny Villarrealy se presenta hoy en el Tea-tro Mezanine del LCA 500San Agustin a las 3 p.m.

LAREDO — Casa TibetLaredo invita a la Lectura deLibro Infantil por MingyurRinpoche a las 11 a.m. en elsegundo piso del Felipe VRoom del Hotel La Posada.El evento es gratuito y abier-to al público en general.

JUEVES 12 DE AGOSTOLAREDO — Hoy a las

5 p.m. es el evento de rockpesado y rock metalero enWoody’s Radio Star Enter-tainment en Woody’s LastResort (6516 McPhersonRd). El boleto es de 16 dóla-res en preventa y 20 dólaresen la puerta.

LAREDO — Hoy de 6p.m. a 8 p.m. es la PrimeraCelebrity Chef Gala Anual“Conoce y Saluda” en el1319 Rae’s Creek. Los anfi-triones son Nancy de Anda yJavier Santos. La donaciónes de 50 dólares. Si gustaboletos favor de llamar a DeAnda al 763-9960.

VIERNES 13 DE AGOSTOLAREDO — Hoy es el

concierto de Pedro Fernán-dez y Pilar Montenegro en laLaredo Energy Arena a las 8p.m. Adquiera boletos en lataquilla del LEA.

SÁBADO 14 DE AGOSTOLAREDO — El Centro

y Museo Muro de la Toleran-cia de la Biblioteca Públicade Laredo tendrá hoy suquinta lección a partir de la1 p.m. en la Sala de UsosMúltiples HEB (1120 E. Cal-ton Rd). En la charla se ex-plorará la exterminación me-tódica Nazi de seis millonesde Judíos conforme promul-garon la “Solución Final alas Preguntas de los Judíos”.La lección es gratuita yabierta a todas las edades.

LAREDO — Hoy es elevento de IBF World TitleFights en la Laredo EnergyArena a las 8 p.m.

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NUEVO LAREDO —Las misas dominicalesque se ofician en temploscatólicos de la fronterachica han perdido hasta el70% de sus feligreses.

Datos de la Diócesis deNuevo Laredo revelan queal menos la semana pasa-da en Ciudad Mier asistie-ron 30 feligreses a unaMisa, cuando el promedioes de 250 a 300 personas.

El Obispo Gustavo Ro-dríguez Vega dijo que laviolencia criminal ha obli-gado a los ciudadanos ahuir de ciudades comoMier, Guerrero y MiguelAlemán.

Algunos, expuso Rodrí-guez, han huido a otras ci-udades del sur de Méxicoó han cruzado a los EU.

“La violencia que sevive es intensa (pero noso-tros) llamamos a las co-munidades de la diócesispara no caer en psicosis,que busque su vida nor-mal”. dijo Rodríguez. “Es-tamos preocupados”.

A la vez, el Obispo la-mentó que las autoridadesno estén en el nivel de so-focar todo acto de violen-cia.

CelebracionesAl hacer un llamado

para orar por que la segu-ridad y tranquilidad re-

tornen a las ciudades, Ro-dríguez sostuvo que lossacerdotes continuaráncon las iglesias abiertas“para la oración, celebra-ciones eucarísticas y ser-vicios que los habitantesbusquen”.

Consideró que los habi-tantes que no se han mar-chado es porque no pue-den salirse debido a faltade dinero.

Los clérigos de la Dió-cesis están motivando alos feligreses asistir a laseucaristías, pero tomandomedidas de seguridad co-mo son desplazarse conprudencia y evitar caer enpánico.

“Advertimos que hayrecogimiento y buscan enla oración la tranquilidady la paz por la ola de vio-lencia que se experimen-ta”, dijo Rodríguez.

El Párroco Rogelio Lo-zano Alcorta estuvo deacuerdo y dijo que en lasiglesias de Nuevo Laredola asistencia a las dife-rentes celebraciones euca-rísticas ha sido concurri-da.

“Espero que saquemoslo positivo de esta amargaexperiencia negativa queestamos viviendo”, dijoLozano. “Ahora lo positivoes el acercamiento a Dios,donde la convivencia fa-miliar se solidarice y bus-car nuevas alternativas devida, donde se aprovechelos tiempos y espacios pa-ra ser mejores.’

VisitasRodríguez expuso que

él continúa su peregrinarpor la geografía de su Dió-cesis, que comprendedesde Miguel Alemán, Ta-maulipas, hasta Rodrí-guez, Nuevo León, pasan-do por Nuevo Laredo, por-que “debe cumplir suencomienda”.

Aclaró que solamenteno ha podido ingresar alpoblado de Arcabuz, cercade Miguel Alemán, debido“al clima de inseguridad”.

(Localice a Miguel Tim-oshenkov en el 728-2583 óen [email protected])

Pocos acuden aMisa en la Ribereña

POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOVTIEMPO DE ZAPATA “Espero que saquemos lo positivo

de esta amarga experiencianegativa que estamos viviendo”.PÁRROCO ROGELIO LOZANO ALCORTA

CD. VICTORIA, México— El gobernador EugenioHernández Flores pidió eltotal esclarecimiento delbrutal asesinato del doctorRodolfo Torre Cantú y susacompañantes y afirmóque los tamaulipecos nodescansarán hasta conocerla verdad y se haga justiciapara castigar a los respon-sables del artero crimenque cimbró al país y vulne-ró la democracia.

Lo anterior, durante elreconocimiento públicoque el mandatario estatalexpresó al ex Secretario deSalud en la entidad por elgran mérito de lograr sat-isfactorios y alentadoresavances en el sector, quepermitieron escalar en es-tos últimos cinco años 21posiciones, pasando del 24al tercer lugar a nivel na-cional en la valoración quehace la Secretaria de SaludFederal en su programaCaminando a la Excelen-cia.

Torre Cantú, antes deser electo candidato delPRI a la gubernatura deTamaulipas, habría renun-ciado al cargo de Secretar-io de Salud.

“Reconocer este mérito,es reconocer un gesto quemucho nos honra, porque

el doctor Ro-dolfo tuvo lavisión, elempuje y lamás firmedetermina-ción de hac-er de la sa-lud un pilarfundamentaldel desarrol-lo de los ta-maulipecos”,dijo Hernán-dez.

A 40 díasdel homicidio de TorreCantú, aún se desconocequiénes son los autoresmateriales y los responsa-bles intelectuales de esteatroz homicidio, indica uncomunicado de prensa delGobierno del Estado.

“Desde aquel aciago díala familia del doctor Torre,la sociedad y el gobiernode Tamaulipas, hemosmantenido nuestra exigen-cia de conocer la verdad yque se haga justicia”, dijoHernández.

El mandatario tambiénreiteró el llamado para quelas autoridades compe-tentes aclaren los hechos.

“Consideramos que delos resultados y la celeri-dad con que se presenten,fortalecerán la confianzaen las instituciones”, dijoHernández.

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NUEVO LAREDO — Esta ciudadfronteriza tiene mucho que cele-brar.

Algo reciente es el CampeonatoNacional del equipo en la categoría11-12 años de la Liga Oriente, loque permitirá que los niños acu-dan representando a México en laserie mundial Williamsport a lle-varse a cabo en Pennsylvania del20 al 29 de agosto.

El fin de semana autoridadesmunicipales, entrenadores, juga-dores y familias neolaredenses sedieron cita en las instalaciones delParque de Béisbol Liga Oriente pa-ra dar la bienvenida a los campe-ones.

Joel Turrubiates, presidente dela Liga Oriente, se mostró muyemocionado a la hora de recibir yrepartir abrazos a los deportistastriunfadores, el fin de semana.

“Comenzamos representando aNuevo Laredo, después trabajamosy representamos a Tamaulipas, yhoy, gracias al trabajo que hicieronlos niños en el campo, y al trabajode los managers, logramos el cam-peonato nacional para nuestra ligaOriente de Nuevo Laredo”, dijoTurrubiates.

El equipo obtuvo el triunfo trasderrotar a la Liga Satélite de Cd.Juárez en Monterrey, la semana pa-sada. Los jugadores son: AldoBuendía Martínez, Ricardo PugaToscazo, Daniel Rodríguez Navar-ro, Aaron Juárez Valenzuela,

Eduardo Mata Campero, EnriquePeñaloza Gomina, Christian IvánFlores Alvarado, Hugo MendiolaNavarro, Zain Ríos Ezequiel, AlanAlarcón Jaime, Jorge Mares Alca-raz, Norberto Cervantes Gutiérrezy Andrés Salinas Hernández.

“Estoy muy feliz, y yo sé que po-demos quedar campeones”, dijo Pe-ñaloza. “Fue muy duro en las prác-ticas pero al final se vio en el resul-tado”.

Juárez estuvo de acuerdo y dijoque “el juego estuvo un poco difícilpero con el equipo que nosotrostraemos me sentí confiado”.

Salinas concluyó expresando queesperan ganar el mundial.

El Gobierno Municipal calificóal equipo como un orgullo paraNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas y Méx-ico.

Federico Schaffler González, sec-retario municipal de DesarrolloHumano y de la Sociedad, resaltóel trabajo en equipo mostrado porla niñez, que ha sabido escalar congran esfuerzo, dedicación y con-stancia, siempre dejando el cora-zón en cada juego.

El Gobierno Municipal apoyaráal equipo en lo necesario, aclaróSchaffler.

Juan José Zárate Quesada, ase-

sor de ligas menores en México, ex-presó su orgullo por los jóvenes de-portistas que se adjudican este títu-lo que honra a Nuevo Laredo.

“Es histórico, la mera verdad.Yo, por muchos años fui director deesta liga. Es el primer año que laLiga Pequeña Oriente asiste a rep-resentar a México en la categoríareina de ligas pequeñas”, dijo Za-rate. “El sistema Williamsporttiene muchos años en México”.

Zarate agregó que Nuevo Laredoes una de las ciudades que tienemás años de afiliada y que ya hanasistido a otros campeonatos mun-diales, como el de Big League, cate-goría 13.

“Pero nunca habíamos ido en lacategoría reina, que es ésta”, dijoZárate.

Presente en el evento tambiénestuvo el presidente municipalelecto Benjamín Galván Gómez; elmanaer Armando Rodríguez, y loscouches, César Mata, Norberto Cer-vantes y Enrique Peñaloza.

Cabe mencionar que en la luchapor el Campeonato Mundial enPennsylvania, los beisbolistas neo-laredenses tendrán que competircontra equipos como Puerto Rico,Japón y el que resulte campeón dela liga europea.

Jugadores y entrenadores de la Liga de Béisbol Oriente se dan el abrazo de la buena suerte y la victoria, en el Parque de Béisbol de laliga en Nuevo Laredo, el 30 de julio tras llegar del viaje con el triunfo nacional.

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El equipo en la categoría 11-12 años de la LigaOriente (ganó) el Campeonato Nacional lo quepermitirá representar a México en la seriemundial Williamsport a llevarse a cabo enPennsylvania del 20 al 29 de agosto.

CD. VICTORIA, México— Usuarios de la red decarreteras de Tamaulipashan denunciado haber si-do afectados en su patri-monio, según confirmaronautoridades.

Debido a esto, el Gober-nador del Estado EugenioHernández Flores se reu-nió con el Grupo de Coor-dinación Interinstitucion-al en materia de Seguri-dad para reforzar losoperativos de vigilancia enlas principales carreterasque comunican al estado.

Atendiendo las denun-cias ciudadanas se acordóllevar a cabo barridos ra-diales en las zonas de may-or incidencia delictiva yredoblar las inspeccionesen los retenes militares depaso vehicular ubicadosen puntos estratégicos dela red carretera, en tantola policía federal agilizarálos patrullajes para aten-der cualquier llamado deurgencia.

Hernández dijo que esimportante garantizar ellibre tránsito de los ciuda-danos por la red carreteratamaulipeca, con el propó-sito de mantener la di-námica económica denuestra entidad.

Sostuvo que se requierede una red de vigilanciapermanente que garanticea los automovilistas ytransportistas llegar a susdestinos sin contratiempoalguno.

“Tamaulipas por suacelerado crecimiento in-dustrial y el incrementocontinúo de mercancías,materias primas y produc-tos terminados requierede una red de vigilanciapermanente”, dijo Her-nández.

A la vez, reiteró su vol-untad política de contin-uar las depuraciones delos cuerpos policiacos pa-ra fortalecer la confianzade la ciudadanía en lascorporaciones de seguri-dad y convocó a seguir de-nunciado cualquier atro-pello que afecte su integri-dad física y patrimonioante el ministerio público.

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Falcon State Park isonce again open for busi-ness, although there arestill some day use restric-tions, officials said Friday.

“It is open now, butsome day use areas areclosed,” Game WardenFernando Cervantes said.

The lake was opened toboating last week, but thepark remained closed be-

cause roads were stillflooded.

Cervantes said most ofthe roads are now openand people can access theboat ramp safely.

The day use picnic ar-eas and tent campingsites, however, have notbeen reopened due to wa-ter still on roads leadingto those areas, said EmmyPilon, Falcon State Parkoffice manager.

“The tent camping area

is drying out but still re-mains closed,” Pilon said.

Pilon said the roadswere not damaged duringthe flood.

Park officials were tak-ing precautions and wait-ed for the roads to dry outcompletely before lettinganyone drive on them toprevent cracking, Pilonadded.

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

Park reopens, but with restrictionsBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

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Zapata County will cele-brate the grand opening ofthe College TransportationDepartment today, officiallyrecognizing a new programthat provides transporta-tion for Zapata students toattend higher education inLaredo.

“The need is there,”County Treasurer RomeoSalinas said. “The commu-nity is happy the county isdoing this.”

The ribbon-cutting willtake place today at 10 a.m.at the College Transporta-tion office, 7th Street andDelmar. The program be-gan March 30, but its startwasn’t celebrated until to-day.

Back in 2005, Congress-man Henry Cuellar secured$250,000 in funding for thisproject, county officialssaid. That funding was de-signed to pay for the buses,but the county had to payfor the drivers. No moneywas allocated for the driv-

ers until this year, officialssaid. It’s the last year beforethe grant expires. If thecounty hadn’t taken action,it would have lost the fund-ing.

“The funding was provid-ed for in the Transporta-tion Equity Act: A Legacyfor Users, which was over-whelmingly approved bythe House of Representa-tives,” Cuellar said.

Laredo boundThis program takes Za-

pata students to Laredo col-leges and jobs to alleviatethe cost of commuting.

Commissioner GabrielVillarreal was the major lo-cal financial supporter toget the project going, allo-cating more than $40,000 fordrivers from his precinct’sfunds, but all the Commis-sioners were in favor of thisproject, said Laura Guerra,College Transportation Di-rector.

Villarreal allocated fundsfrom his budget to hire two

bus drivers at a salary of$21,000 each, Salinas said.

Three 14-passenger shut-tles were purchased for theprogram and a third driveris still needed, he added.

County Judge RosalvaGuerra allocated funds fortwo drivers from the maincounty budget for the com-ing year, but not for a thirddriver. The College ofTransportation Departmenthopes that will change dur-ing the County Commis-sioners’ budget discussions,set for their next meetingon Friday.

This summer session, 42students have been trans-ported to Texas A&M Inter-national University, LaredoCommunity College maincampus and LCC South, La-redo Beauty College andKaplan College, Salinassaid.

“There have been 73 stu-dents that have signed upfor the fall and are stillsigning up,” he said.


Grand opening todayfor transportation unit


this year, while Benavidesdropped to recognized afterearning the coveted exem-plary ranking – the highestavailable – two years in arow.

Zapata Middle School andZapata South Elementarywere rated academically ac-ceptable.

Zapata North Early Child-hood Center was not ratedthis year, but the new schoolconfiguration will makethat campus a fully func-tioning elementary schoolthis school year. Its namehas been changed to ZapataNorth Elementary school. Itwill now be required tomeet the government ac-countability standards,which are based on TAKSscores, school completionand dropout rates.

“Overall, all the schoolsdid an excellent job,” Garciasaid. “There was growth in

all schools.”The reconfiguration of the

elementary schools is in-tended to mirror as close aspossible to a "neighborhoodschools" model, such as A.L.Benavides Elementary has,Garcia said.

“They have consistentlybeen successful,” Garciaadded. “The family/schoolrelationships that are builtthrough the years are a verypositive factor that contrib-utes to the success of chil-dren.”

For the 2011 state account-ability measures, Commis-sioner of Education RobertScott is considering severaloptions for changes in theuse of TPM to ensure thatstudent performance is ac-knowledged and to ensurethat the state accountabilitysystem remains transpar-ent, he said in a TEA re-lease.

According to Garcia, thedistrict is working on howit’s organized in order toprepare for the new ac-countability standards.

“Our decisions are data-driven,” she said. “We arepaying closer attention to allstudent groups and by doingthat the numbers show amuch higher success rate.”

Regardless of any changesthat are made in next year’saccountability process,ZCISD hopes to maintain itsnew recognized status.

“We have studied the dataand are looking at all pro-grams, budgets, staffing, re-sources, etc. to ensure thatwe meet or exceed the rec-ognized status next year,”Garcia added. “There is anair of excitement and we in-tend to celebrate.”

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

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ZAPATA — Francisca M.Bustamante 91, passedaway on Wednesday, Aug. 4,2010, at her residence in Za-pata.

Ms. Bustamante is pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Genovevo Busta-mante; son, Ricardo M.Bustamante and a son-in-law, Genaro Guerrero.

Ms. Bustamante is sur-vived by her sons, Hector(Mary) Bustamante, Amaro(Soledad) Bustamante;daughters, Rosanelia Boy-kin, Socorro Gonzalez, SanJuanita Guerrero, Alma Al-icia (Silverio) Hernandez,Leticia (Eugenio) Sanchez,Maria Elena (Homer) Car-rizales; 20 grandchildren;18 great-grandchildren andby numerous nephews,nieces and many friends.

Visitation hours wereheld Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010,from 6 to 9 p.m. with a ros-ary at 7 p.m. at Rose Gar-den Funeral Home.

The funeral processiondeparted Friday, Aug. 6,2010, at 8:30 for a 9 a.m. fu-neral Mass at Our Lady of

Lourdes Catholic Church.Committal services fol-lowed at Zapata CountyCemetery.

Pallbearers were HectorBustamante, Amaro Busta-mante, Amaro BustamanteJr., Orlando Bustamante,Silverio E. Hernandez Jr.and Jacob Sanchez.

Condolences may be sentto the family at www.rose-gardenfuneralhome.com

Funeral arrangementswere under the direction ofRose Garden FuneralHome, Daniel A. Gonzalez,funeral director, 2102 Hwy.83, Zapata.

FRANCISCA M. BUSTAMANTE

In looking at the pro-posed budget and cuts stillneeded to be made, Velasaid Guerra had allocatedan additional $50,000 tothe appraisal district ontop of the $150,000 budgetalready allocated, Velasaid.

“When I saw that I said,‘I’m not going to approvethat,’” he said. “You madea big mistake and you’rebeing awarded for it. Thatis not right.”

Guerra has now askedthe commissioners tocome up with more bud-get cuts, Vela said.

“I don’t like that idea,”he said, but there are fewalternatives. “It can be ve-ry easily fixed if we raisetaxes, but we don’t wantto do that.”

Vela said the commis-sioners have discussedpossible cuts in some de-partments to prevent rais-ing taxes by eight cents.

“No one wants that bur-den,” he said. “Let’s findout where we can makethose cuts because wedon’t want to raise thetaxes.”

The CommissionersCourt will be meeting fora budget hearing Friday,Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. in thecourthouse, 200 E. 7thAve., Suite 108.


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At its regular meetingthis week, County Com-missioners will be dis-cussing Falcon Commu-nity Cemetery, includingconsidering a new policyafter several Zapata resi-dents have buried familymembers in land desig-nated for Falcon resi-dents only. A committeemay be named to overseethe cemetery.

“For the past two yearspeople have been buriedthere that are not fromthere,” CommissionerJose E. Vela said.

Vela said the ZapataCounty cemetery charges$150 for plots, but Falcondoes not have a policy ora charge so people havebeen taking advantage ofthat community and bu-rying their family mem-bers there.

“Those committeemembers can decide theyneed to have some re-strictions because thespace is limited,” Velaadded.

Also on the agenda,Vela has requested theapproval of the FalconCommunity Park useragreement for specialfunctions.

“We need to establishan agreement to come upwith a deposit for liabili-ty purposes,” he said. Inother business, the courtwill be discussing in ex-ecutive session the con-

troversial land dispute and apossible land trade with SanYgnacio resident Joel Ruizafter months of research andthousands of dollars spent.

According to Vela, the dis-pute was settled after Ruizfound out he was encroach-ing on county property andCommissioner Gabriel Vil-larreal has decided to trade apiece of land in exchange forRuiz’s.

Also to be considered inexecutive session, CountyJudge Rosalva Guerra hasrequested deliberation andpossible action to appoint thecounty auditor, personnel di-rector and herself as the soleresponsible parties in chargeof the telephone system, re-tirement system, insuranceand electric utility for thecounty effective immediately.

All those entities fall un-der County Treasurer Ro-

meo Salinas’ duties, Velasaid. “I don’t know if it’s apolitical vendetta,” Velaadded. “I have no com-plaints because he’s savedus a lot of money.”

According to Vela, thereis no need to remove Sali-nas from those responsibil-ities as he has been veryreliable with notifying thecourt about any issues andthe people Guerra wants totake over those duties lackhis experience in those ar-eas.

“He handles most con-tracts and he’s always ontop of everything,” Velasaid. “She wants herself,the auditor and personneldirector. I wouldn’t like tohave a problem later forlack of experience.”


Falcon burials on tapBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

ing Center.“I brought my wife.

(I’m) trying to bring myparents. It’s a free re-source,” said Mendoza.“Going to the doctor’s isgoing to cost you. If thestate is offering to pay,why not take advantage?”

Overall, Lone Star vol-unteers are hailing it as ageneral success.

“We achieved all of theobjectives – numericallywe didn’t come anywhereclose to the other loca-tions. On the other hand,this wasn’t expected to bea high-ball location, andtraditionally it’s neverproven to be, but I wasgratified to know eachday the numbers escalat-ed,” McBroom said.

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

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HOUSTON — Bernard Pol-lard is determined to makethe most of his fresh start inHouston.

Cut by Kansas City beforelast season, Pollard signedwith the Texans a month lat-er and helped transform theirdefense into one of theleague’s best over the last 13games of the season.

Before he arrived in Hous-ton, though, the fifth-yearsafety had to reconcile hisbitterness toward the Chiefsand tone down his loudmouthdemeanor. He started all 16games and led Kansas Citywith 98 tackles in 2008, thennever got a clear explanationwhy he was released.

Pollard accused the Chiefsof bad-mouthing him as hesought another team. But healso took responsibility forsome of his words and ac-tions during his three sea-sons in Kansas City andworked hard to change hispersonality.

“I definitely had to re-eval-uate myself, I re-evaluatedthings that I did, I re-evaluat-ed things I said,” Pollard said.“I had to look in the mirror,and it was the best thing forme.”

The Texans were injury-de-pleted in the secondary at thetime, and general managerRick Smith was intrigued by

Pollard, a fellow Purdue grad-uate. Smith heard storiesabout Pollard’s brash attitude,but said Pollard reassuredhim during about two weeksworth of phone conversa-tions.

“Bernard wears his emo-tions on his sleeve, andthere’s nothing wrong withthat,” Smith said. “It’s justthat you have to be aware ofhow you come off to peopleand sometimes, personalities

clash. I think that’s what thesituation was (in KansasCity).

“You’ve got to take thegood with the bad with this

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NFL

Second chance to shineBy CHRIS DUNCANASSOCIATED PRESS

Houston Texans safety Bernard Pollard (31) tackles tight end James Casey (86) during a NFL football trainingcamp practice Wednesday in Houston.

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FORT WORTH, Texas —The Texas Rangers got ap-proval to exit federal bank-ruptcy protection, an anticli-mactic end to one of the mostcontentious sales of a profes-sional sports team.

The hearing on the team’sreorganization started just

eight hours after a court-room, in the wee hours ofThursday morning, eruptedin raucous cheers when Hallof Fame pitcher NolanRyan’s group won the bid-ding war for the Rangers ina marathon auction withDallas Mavericks ownerMark Cuban.

The sale was included inthe team’s plan, approved lat-

er Thursday by U.S. Bank-ruptcy Judge Stacey Jerni-gan. That clears the way forMajor League Baseball toformally approve Ryan, alsothe Rangers president, andsports attorney ChuckGreenberg as the team’sowners next week.

The team’s assets willthen be sold to the Green-berg-Ryan group, and the

Rangers will officiallyemerge from Chapter 11 pro-tection.

The Rangers’ plan andsale to the Greenberg-Ryangroup had been in jeopardysince shortly after the bank-ruptcy filing in May. Angrycreditors successfully arguedto re-open the bidding al-

MLB

TEXAS RANGERSESCAPE BANKRUPTCY

Sports attorney Chuck Greenberg, left, walks with Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan, right, as they leave the federal courthouse for a lunch breakduring the auction in bankruptcy court of the Texas Rangers baseball team Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Photo by Cody Duty | AP

New owner Ryan begins to pay franchise debtsBy ANGELA K. BROWN

ASSOCIATED PRESS

See BANKRUPTCY PAGE 2B

SAN ANTONIO — After 21 practices in 14days at the Alamodome, the Dallas Cowboysbroke camp Friday.

They are still far from done. The two-week stint inside that climate-con-

trolled environment was only the first segmentof the NFL’s longest full-squad training campthis summer. Their preseason opener is Sundaynight in Canton, Ohio, the first of two games infive days. Then there is another two-week camp,that one outside in California.

“It breaks up the monotony of camp,” line-backer Bradie James said. “It’s better to break itup, go to a different camp, go to a different sitethan to be here for four weeks. I’m looking for-ward to that.”

The Cowboys left San Antonio after a 75-min-ute walkthrough. They got one night at home be-fore traveling for their preseason opener againstTerrell Owens and the Cincinnati Bengals thatwill be part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in-duction weekend that includes Emmitt Smith.

“I’m going to enjoy going to Canton,” quarter-back Tony Romo said. “Obviously the game isgoing to be super enjoyable to get out there andplay, but just going and looking at the history ofthe game, checking it out and seeing the Hall ofFame.”

Romo, James, tight end Jason Witten and cor-nerback Terence Newman are among numerousCowboys who will be visiting the Hall of Famefor the first time.

The Cowboys then get a few days at home

NFL

Dallas Cowboys’ Martellus Bennett (80) works with roo-kie Dez Bryant, left, during the team’s NFL footballtraining camp, Friday in San Antonio.

Photo by Eric Gay | AP

Cowboysbreak camp,continue to

prepareBy STEPHEN HAWKINS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

See COWBOYS PAGE 2B

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though the Greenberg-Ryan group was chosen asthe team’s owner in Janu-ary after the original saleprocess. The court-appoint-ed restructuring officerhad said he would veto thereorganization plan be-cause the team had notmaximized its assets.

If the plan had been re-jected, the team wouldhave remained in bank-ruptcy court for awhile andthe Greenberg-Ryan group— endorsed by MajorLeague Baseball — wouldhave lost its chance to pur-chase the team, since itsfunding guarantee expiresAug. 12.

But after nearly threemonths of arguing attor-neys, surprise lawsuits andeven two-last minute at-tempts by Greenberg-Ryanto stop the auction, thegroup ended up with a win-ning bid valued at $590 mil-lion — about $100 million

more than its starting bid. The final bid from Cu-

ban and Houston business-man Jim Crane, before thegroup dropped out becauseit reached a predeterminedlimit, was valued at $581million — discounted some$17 million because of de-ductions and a breakup feeof $10 million to $13 millionthat would have gone toGreenberg-Ryan had theylost.

Later Thursday morn-ing, the restructuring offi-cer and creditors said theysupported the team’s re-vised plan, in part becausethe auction resulted in ahigher price for the ALWest-leading Rangers.

“I was wrong,” AndrewLeblanc, an attorney forsome of the top creditors,told the judge. “I’ve neverbeen happier to say I waswrong.”

Rangers attorneys latertold the judge that all dis-

putes with lenders and oth-ers had been resolved, in-cluding an objection filedby Alex Rodriguez overconcerns that he and otherformer players may not getthe millions that the Rang-ers owe them. The Green-berg-Ryan group’s winningbid includes paying morethan $200 million to unse-cured creditors — includ-ing A-Rod, who is owed$24.9 million in deferredcompensation six years af-ter his trade to the NewYork Yankees.

Mitchell Seider, an attor-ney for lender JPMorganChase, said the companywould dismiss its lawsuit

that sought to sever theRangers stadium leasefrom the sale.

When the judge approvedthe plan Thursday after-noon, after team attorneysmade some revisions, a fewpeople in the nearly emptycourtroom clapped. Thecreditors, restructuring of-ficer, league officials andeven Greenberg — and allof their attorneys — werelong gone, leaving after themorning session.

Also absent was the hoo-pla seen at previous hear-ings, but the significance ofthe judge’s ruling was notlost on Kellie Fischer, theteam’s chief financial offi-

cer. “This is an unbelievable

relief. I can’t describe it,”Fischer said. “I’m thrilledto be done with this pro-cess.”

Creditors will receive $75million from the team inthe bankruptcy plan, butthe judge has said they cansue other entities of HicksSports Group, which de-faulted on about $525 mil-lion in loans last year.Rangers’ owner Tom Hicksis co-owner of the Liver-pool soccer club, which isfor sale, but the Londonteam is not part of HicksSports Group and is safefrom creditors in the Rang-

ers’ bankruptcy case. The Greenberg-Ryan

group’s bid had removed aprovision that would havecovered legal fees if Hickswas sued, and Hicks willnot be part of the new or-ganization, Greenberg said.

Hicks said in a statementThursday that he was “re-lieved and energized” thatthe sale was almost com-plete. He said Ryan, Green-berg and their investorswill be “superb stewards ofthe Texas Rangers. Youhave to admire their endu-rance, dedication and com-mitment over the last 15months to get this transac-tion complete.”

BANKRUPTCY Continued from Page 1B

If the plan had been rejected, the team would have remained inbankruptcy court for awhile and the Greenberg-Ryan group — endorsedby Major League Baseball — would have lost its chance to purchase theteam, since its funding guarantee expires Aug. 12.

guy, in terms of his volatil-ity and his aggressiveness,”Smith said. “He’s done agood job of channeling thatin a positive way since he’sbeen here.”

Pollard started the final13 games for the Texans in2009 and finished third onthe team with 102 tackles.He intercepted four passesand returned one 70 yardsfor his first career touch-down. Houston rankedfourth in total defense (299yards per game) and secondin rushing defense (84.3yards per game) over thatstretch.

Defensive backs coach Da-vid Gibbs held the same po-sition in Kansas City from2006-08, Pollard’s first threeNFL seasons. Gibbs saw amore polished and refinedPollard last season in Hous-ton.

“He played really well,probably the best football ofhis young career,” Gibbssaid. “When he was young-

er, he was ornery. But defen-sive guys sometimes havethat personality and he’smatured as a man and ma-tured as a player.”

Pollard is one of the mostvocal Texans at trainingcamp, constantly offeringadvice to projected startingcornerbacks Kareem Jack-son and Glover Quin, whohave less than a year ofNFL experience betweenthem. He’ll trash-talk andmix it up with offensiveplayers, too, and he instigat-ed a shoving match on asteamy morning practicethis week.

Pollard was trying tostrip the ball from rookie

running back Ben Tate, andcenter Chris Myers pushedPollard away. Right tackleEric Winston, almost 100pounds heavier, intervenedand Pollard shoved back.

The two were jokingabout the melee later, andPollard vowed to be a modelteammate with the Texans.

“These guys are now myfamily,” he said. “We’re go-ing to get into it, we’re go-ing to have our battles. Imean, it’s hot out here.Tempers flare. But at theend of the day, we keep ev-erything on the field. Oncewe get out of here, if any-thing ever happened tothem, I’d want to be the first

person they’d call. I’d beright there.”

Pollard said he’s motiva-ted every day by his releasefrom the Chiefs, and thefaith that coach Gary Ku-biak and the Texans haveput in him. Instead of onechip on his shoulder, Pol-lard jokes that he has a fullbag.

“In life, a lot of peopledon’t get second chances.You screw up, or some-thing’s taken away from youand sometimes it nevercomes back around,” hesaid. “My second chancecame around, and I playedand God was watching.

“That door was closed inKansas City,” he said. “Thisis a new beginning for me,and for my family. I’m hum-bled and grateful for what’sbeen done and I’m going tobe here to show coach Ku-biak and Rick and all ofthem that you guys made agood decision. I will not letthem down.”

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“He played really well, probably thebest football of his young career.” DAVID GIBBS, DEFENSIVE BACKS COACH

with a light workload be-fore going to camp in Ox-nard, Calif. — where theFriday afternoon temper-ature in the mid-60s wasabout 40 degrees coolerthan at the Cowboys’ Val-ley Ranch practice facility.

Players will get a dayoff Monday before anopen-to-the-public work-out at Cowboys Stadiumon Tuesday night and alight practice Wednesday.They play a preseasongame against Oakland athome Thursday night be-fore heading West.

“The break is unbeliev-able,” owner Jerry Jonessaid. “You will have a lotof your starters that havea four- or five-day break.They don’t get much timeoff in camp. They’re basi-cally going to be restinguntil we get to the Thurs-day game.”

In Oxnard, the Cowboysare scheduled to practice17 times in 12 days. Thereis a weekend with a pre-season game at San Diegoand then a day off in themiddle of their West Coaststay.

“Going out to Californiaand going outdoors frombeing indoors, the weath-er and stuff should bereally good,” Phillips said.“I think it will work outfine.”

Eight trucks were load-ed Friday with equipment

such as weights, blockingdummies and practicegear that had been used atthe Alamodome and hasto moved to California. Itwill all be set up andready when the playersarrive on the West Coast.

“It’s hard on (supportpersonnel),” Phillips said.“But it works out thatthey have almost a weekto move from here to Cali-fornia because we don’treally have to have any-thing in Dallas.”

In all, the Cowboys willtravel more than 6,500miles over a five-weekstretch before gettinghome to stay after thefourth of their five presea-son games, Aug. 28 atHouston.

Jones hopes all the trav-el is a good omen for thedefending NFC Eastchampions, who go intothis season with SuperBowl expectations andknowing the champion-ship game will be playedin their stadium.

“Any time we had inor-dinate travel, like Tokyoor London, we’ve won theSuper Bowl,” Jones said,recalling the 1992 and 1993championship seasonswhich began with presea-son games overseas. “Weget the same miles incoming back and forth be-tween Canton and Califor-nia.”

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AUSTIN, Texas —Backup Texas quarter-back Sherrod Harriswon’t return for his finalseason so he can focus ongetting his degree.

Harris said Friday hehad “a couple of tough se-mesters” and wanted tostay on track to graduatein December. He is major-ing in corporate commu-nications.

The 6-foot-3, 215-poun-der from the Dallas area

played in five games dur-ing three seasons as abackup to Colt McCoy.

Harris was the No. 3quarterback last year be-hind McCoy and then-freshman Garrett Gilbert,the new starter whoplayed most of the BCSchampionship game lossto Alabama after McCoygot hurt.

The backup battle willbe between a pair of fresh-men — Connor Wood andCase McCoy, Colt’s broth-er.

Longhorns losedepth at QB

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BOSTON — Now thathe’s signed with the Bos-ton Celtics, ShaquilleO’Neal is looking for anickname that will fit inwith his new city.

The Celtics’ websitetrumpeted the signing of“The Big Shamrock” thisweek, when O’Neal signeda deal that will reportedlypay him the veterans’ min-imum over the next twoseasons.

O’Neal wrote on Twit-ter: “hello green town. okwhat u got 4 nicknames?

make um good.” In a variety of online

polls, “The Big Shamrock”and “The Big Leprechaun”are leading the way alongwith “The Green Monster.”Also receiving votes: “TheJolly Green Giant,” “TheShamroq,” “Red Auer-shaq,” “Shaqachusetts”and “Tip-in O’Neal.”

No word yet fromO’Neal on whether he hasa preference.

O’Neal has been knownas “Shaq-Daddy,” “The BigShaqtus” in Phoenix and“The Big Witness” inCleveland.

Shaq goes Celtic, seeks new nickname

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NEW YORK — Even af-ter losing all those gamesand an embarrassing sex-ual harassment lawsuit,Isiah Thomas has a placewith the New York Knicks.

Thomas was rehiredFriday by the team as aconsultant, two years afterhe was fired as its coachand president.

“Isiah Thomas bringsunique experience as aHall of Fame player, coach,executive and owner, andwe believe having him aspart of our organizationwill be extremely benefi-cial to the team’s success,”Madison Square Gardenchairman James Dolanand team president DonnieWalsh announced jointlyin a statement.

Thomas, a Hall of Famerwith the Detroit Pistons,had a dismal run as teampresident from December2003-April 2008, with theKnicks never winning apostseason game despiteoften having the NBA’shighest payroll. He was al-so the coach the final twoseasons, getting dismissedafter a 23-59 season in 2007-08.

Despite all that, plusthat lawsuit brought byformer team employeeAnucha Browne Sandersthat cost MSG $11.6 mil-lion, Thomas has re-mained close to Dolan andWalsh, even while coach-ing Florida InternationalUniversity, a job he willkeep.

In fact, even when hewas fired, he didn’t evenfully leave. Walsh kept him

on in an unspecified roleuntil Thomas took the FIUjob.

“I’m excited to onceagain be a part of the NewYork Knicks organization,”Thomas said. “I was hon-ored to have been asked tohelp during the recent freeagent recruiting process,and believe that this newrole takes full advantage ofmy skill set as an evalua-tor of basketball talent.”

However, the hire couldviolate league rules thatforbid college coachesfrom having jobs withNBA teams, which aren’tallowed to have contactwith players who aren’t yeteligible for the draft.

“We are reviewing theagreement, in consultationwith the Knicks, for com-pliance with league rules,”NBA spokesman Tim

Frank said. The Knicks said Thomas

would “assist the team’ssenior management in var-ious capacities, includingplayer recruitment.”

He helped the team inthat area during free agen-cy, when the Knicks landedAmare Stoudemire. He al-so was sent to Ohio to talkto representatives from Le-Bron James, who eventual-ly signed with the MiamiHeat.

Walsh thanked Thomasduring the news confer-ence for Stoudemire,sparking reports thatThomas would return tothe organization, perhapseven as general manager.

“He will provide valua-ble insight and analysis ofyoung prospects fromaround the world,” thestatement said.

In this Nov. 9, 2009, file photo, Florida International coach Isiah Thomas directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basket-ball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Thomas is back in the New York Knicks organization as a consultant, two years afterhe was fired as coach and team president. The Knicks announced Thomas’ role on Friday saying he would "assist the team’s senior man-agement in various capacities, including player recruitment."

Photo by Gerry Broome | AP

Thomas returns to KnicksBy BRIAN MAHONEYASSOCIATED PRESS

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HINTS BY | HELOISE

“HELOISE

AUSTIN — Lance Arm-strong’s attorney haslashed out at a report thata former teammate of theseven-time Tour de Francechampion told investiga-tors Armstrong knew ofwidespread performance-enhancing drug use on theU.S. Postal Service team.

Attorney Bryan D. Dalysaid there are hundreds offormer Armstrong team-mates who would deny hebroke the rules to win.

The New York Times re-ported Thursday that a cy-clist identified only as aformer Armstrong team-mate backed up claims byFloyd Landis that thePostal Service team en-gaged in systematic dop-ing with Armstrong’sknowledge and approval.

The unidentified cyclisttold the newspaper he hadspoken with federal inves-tigators looking intocheating in pro cycling.Prosecutors and specialagent Jeff Novitzky of theFood and Drug Adminis-tration are running theprobe, which is focused ona sport that Armstrongonce dominated with con-secutive Tour victoriesfrom 1999-2005.

Armstrong has stronglydenied any allegationsthat he doped.

The unidentified cyclistdetailed some of his owndrug use to investigators,even though he has nevertested positive for per-formance-enhancing drugsor methods, the newspaperreported. He said he has

not been called to testifybefore the grand jury inLos Angeles that has beenconvened for the case.

Daly released a state-ment Thursday afternoonsaying the report contains“inappropriate leaks de-signed to create a circus-like atmosphere.”

“To the extent that anyriders are suggesting thatLance Armstrong violatedcycling rules or doped,they are either mistakenor not telling the truth.Lance has ridden withhundreds of riders overthe years who will supporthis position, and over allthat time he has neverfailed even a single test,”Daly said.

Thom Mrozek, a spokes-man for the U.S. attorney’soffice in Los Angeles, de-clined comment about thereport and Daly’s reaction

to it. Landis, who was

stripped of his 2006 Tourtitle after failing a dopingtest, recently droppedlongtime denials and saidhe used drugs during theheight of his career. Heimplicated several cyclists,Armstrong among them.

Armstrong’s attorneyshave said the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has beentrying to broker dealswith cyclists who testifyor produce evidenceagainst Armstrong. Ifthose riders have used per-formance-enhancingdrugs, they could receivereduced punishment,Armstrong’s attorneyshave said.

More riders are expect-ed to meet with the grandjury as early as next week,people close to the investi-gation told The Times.

Doping claims mountagainst ArmstrongBy JIM VERTUNO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

This July 6, 2010, file photo shows Lance Armstrong grimacing pri-or to the start of the third stage of the Tour de France cycling racein Wanze, Belgium. Armstrong’s attorneys say the U.S. Anti-DopingAgency is offering cyclists a "sweetheart deal" if they testify or pro-vide evidence that the seven-time Tour de France winner cheatedby doping.

Photo by Christophe Ena | AP

AKRON, Ohio — Thingsgot so bad for Tiger Woodsoff the tee in Friday’s sec-ond round of the Bridge-stone Invitational that hehad to supply his ownsoundtrack.

“Get in the hole!” hesneered under his breathat an errant iron shot intothe par-3 seventh hole, re-peating the cliched phraseso often yelled by theloudest of his fans.

Woods followed up hisworst round ever at Fire-stone Country Club, a 4-over 74 on Thursday, bymatching his second-worst round, a 72. Whenhe left the course, the sev-en-time winner of theBridgestone stood 13 shotsoff the lead — but just twoshots out of last place inthe 81-player field.

In his 261 PGA Tourstarts, he has played thefirst 36 holes worse in on-ly four tournaments.

It wasn’t just badscores, however. The big-gest problem is thatWoods has almost no ideawhere his ball is going offthe tee.

He hit only three of 14fairways in the secondround. A closer lookshows he hit seven teeshots into the right rough— sometimes far, far tothe right — and three oth-er times he pounded theball into the high grass onthe left.

In other words, he wasall over the course, visit-ing spots that the game’sbest seldom see.

He bolted after hisround, walking away fromreporters after signing hisscorecard and then hus-tling to his waiting luxurySUV. But on Wednesday,he was asked about hisdriving.

“Of late I’ve been driv-ing the ball so much bet-ter,” he said.

He did not back that upon the course. His playspeaks volumes aboutwhere he is just a weekbefore the final major ofthe year, the PGA Cham-pionship at WhistlingStraits.

Woods is not showingthat his game is in shapewith just 10 days remain-ing until those eight auto-matic qualifiers for theU.S. side are finalized.

Woods struggles at InvitationalBy RUSTY MILLERASSOCIATED PRESS

TigerWoods tipshis hat af-ter finish-ing thesecondround ofthe Bridge-stone Invi-tationalgolf tour-nament atFirestoneCountryClub, Fri-day in Ak-ron, Ohio.Woods fin-ished at 6-over-parafter tworounds.

Photo by Tony Dejak | AP

CANTON, Ohio — DickLeBeau hasn’t suited upas a player since the Nix-on Administration. FloydLittle last played in theNFL in 1975.

Russ Grimm and Rick-ey Jackson haven’t beenretired as long, but theyhaven’t put on pads innearly two decades.

On Saturday, they jointwo of the easiest choicesfor the Pro Football Hallof Fame — Jerry Rice andEmmitt Smith, who wereslam-dunk selections intheir first year of eligibil-ity — and John Randle,who had to wait only oneextra year before beingvoted into the shrine.

LeBeau and Little arejoining their sport’s mostprestigious fraternitythrough the senior com-mittee route. And the longwait might make it a bitmore special.

“I still get up in themorning and pinch my-self and count my bless-ings and say I guess I’mnot dreaming,” LeBeausaid. “I’ve always had a

strong sense of history,and that’s the largest im-pact that it’s had on me,that I’m going to be apiece of National FootballLeague history forever.That just kind of makesme shake my head a littlebit. ... It’s 10,000 dreamscome true.”

Ditto for Little, who ad-mits he was bothered byall the rejections throughthe years from hall voters.

“It’s hard to let it gowhen people keep intro-ducing you — like aFrank Gifford or a PeteRozelle — as a ’futureHall of Famer,’ and you’vealways been called a ’fu-ture Hall of Famer,”’ Lit-tle said. “Well, how far inthe future are they talk-ing about?”

Finally, they are talkingabout this weekend. Theformer star running backof the Denver Broncosand the ex-Detroit Lionsdefensive back will standon the same stage in Faw-cett Stadium along withthe game’s most prolificreceiver (Rice) and careerrushing leader (Smith).They will join Randle, anoutstanding pass-rushing

defensive tackle for theVikings, and Grimm, oneof “The Hogs” on the Red-skins’ great offensive lineof the 1980s. Plus Jackson,a playmaking linebackerfor the Saints.

LeBeau ostensibly wasvoted into the hall be-cause of his playing cre-dentials, which included171 consecutive starts atcornerback, a leaguemark, and his 62 intercep-tions. But he began coach-ing soon after he retiredas a player in 1972, and isthe mastermind of severaldefensive schemes, includ-ing the zone blitz usednowadays by every team.

“Dick LeBeau,” Steel-ers safety Troy Polamalusaid, “is the greatestcoach of all time.”

Jackson had 128 sacksofficially — in his rookieyear of 1981 sacks werenot yet kept by the NFL— and was a four-timeAll-Pro. He was a key tothe Saints’ turnaroundfrom laughingstock toplayoff team.

Randle did even betterwith 1371/2 sacks, themost for a defensive tack-le in league history.

This Aug. 15, 1996, file photo shows Minnesota Vikings’ John Randle celebrating after disrupting akey fourth quarter pass by Chicago Bears’ quarterback Erik Kramer, during an NFL football game inChicago. John Randle was a trash-talking, twitch-quick defensive tackle who intimidated and dis-tracted opponents on his way to the sixth-most sacks in NFL history, fueled by a competitive drivethat pushed an undrafted, undersized player for the Minnesota Vikings all the way to the Pro Foot-ball Hall of Fame.

Photo by Jeff Wheeler | AP

Hall of Fame inducts 7By BARRY WILNERASSOCIATED PRESS

4B THE ZAPATA TIMES Sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

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