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EDUCATION

ExemplaryZCISD school earns top ranking from state

By NICK GEORGIOUTHE ZAPATA TIMES

For the first time in its his-tory, a Zapata County ISDcampus earned an exempla-ry rating by the state.

That campus is BenavidesElementary, where theschool’s approximately 50students had at least a 90 per-cent passing rate in all areasof the 2009 Texas Assessment

of Knowl-edge andSkills.

“I attrib-ute that to thefact that theyhave a verytenured andd e d i c a t e d

staff,” said ZCISD Superin-tendent Romero Rodriguez.“Therefore, there’s been a lotof consistency.”

The Texas EducationAgency rated the rest ofZCISD’s schools as academi-cally acceptable. But one ofthe campuses test scores didnot meet the federally man-dated and ever-increasingAdequate Yearly Progress(AYP) standards.

According to official AYPratings released Thursday,Zapata County Middle willundergo Stage 2 sanctions in

2009-2010 because its LimitedEnglish Proficiency studentsdid not meet required im-provement on the TAKSmath exam for the third con-secutive year.

Meanwhile, even thoughstudents at Zapata CountyHigh made required im-provement on the math por-tion of the 2009 TAKS, the

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RECREATION

Tourney reels in 200 kids

By JULIETA CHIQUILLOTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Sitting on a folding chairon the Falcon Lake shore,11-year-old Eddie Hurtadoreeled in the line in hisfishing pole.

It had become entangledwith the line of anotherchild.

“No wonder!” he said.Eddie’s cousins, 11-year-

old Monique Hurtado and8-year-old Carlos Hurtado,also were sitting by thelake waiting for a tug ontheir lines.

‘Until they bite’“You wait until they

bite,” Monique said aboutthe catfish the childrenwere hoping to catch.

The kids were enjoyingthe second annualWhiskers & Tails KidsFishing Tournament at theZapata County boat ramp,which proved to be a rous-ing success.

About 200 children

showed up at Falcon Lakeon Saturday, Aug. 1, for theevent, nearly doubling thenumber who showed up forit last year.

ParticipatingChildren between ages 5

and 13 participated in thetournament at no charge.

Fred Calderas, one ofthe event organizers, saidchildren were divided inthree age groups.

The goal is for childrento catch three fish, and thechild in each group whosetotal catch is the heaviestwins a bicycle and a tro-phy.

Other prizes includedfishing rods, sleeping bagsand water guns.

“Everyone is going towalk away with a prize,”Calderas said, noting thatseveral local sponsors con-tributed about $6,000 forthe prizes.

Last year, 113 childrenshowed up for the tourna-ment, Calderas said.

By ZACH LINDSEYTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Some employees of theZapata County MedicalClinic who lost wages be-cause of a recent cut totheir salaries want to seeaction from the ZapataCounty CommissionersCourt at Monday’s meeting.

Also at the meeting,some management detailsof the new San YgnacioMunicipal Landfill will beclarified.

In regard to employeesof the Zapata County Med-ical Clinic, it’s unclear ex-actly what the county cando to help. Last week, thenon-profit clinic reducedthe salaries of many of its20 employees and cuthealth insurance altogeth-er, citing financial difficul-ties. But the clinic’s em-ployees do not work for thecounty.

A c c o rd -ing to theC o m m i s -s i o n e r sCourt agen-da, formeremployeesof the clinicwant dis-cussion re-

garding unpaid wages.While the Zapata MedicalGroup, which runs the clin-ic, has a contract with thecounty to provide indigenthealth care at the facility,paying the clinic’s employ-ees is the responsibility ofthe group, not the county.The clinic also providesservices for those with in-surance and those who paycash.

Many of the clinic’s em-ployees saw their salariesreduced to minimum wage,$7.25 per hour; for some, it

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | Laredo Morning TimesJoey Zuniga fishes during last the 2nd Annual Whiskers and TailsChildren Fishing Tournament at the Zapata Public Boat Ramp lastSaturday morning.

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Photos by Ricardo Segovia | The Zapata Times

CAN YOU SPARE A LANE?LEAGUES ROLL STRIKES FOR MANY BOWLERS

Bowlers from Zapata County and be-yond flock to Falcon Lanes, 2604 U.S.83 North, for family-oriented recre-

ation. The facility, which opened in April2006 with 12 lanes, is sanctioned by the U.S.Bowling Congress. Participation in leagues

is a popular pasttime for many. AABBOOVVEE::Ricky Ramirez Jr. takes aim at pins on lanetwo for his Hawks team on a recent Saturday.BBEELLOOWW:: Ricky Ramirez Jr., left, and Aman-da Garcia, holding ball, are members of achildren’s league at Falcon Lanes.

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AROUND MEXICO

AROUND TEXAS

TODAY IN HISTORYCALENDAR

US to discuss trade, drugswith Mexico and Canada

Shootouts leave at least 12 dead

PACHUCA, Mexico — A run-ning battle between police andgunmen has left 12 people dead.

The dead included three policeofficers and nine gunmen. Twostate police officers and one cityofficer remained hospitalized Fri-day after suffering gunshotwounds in the attacks late Thurs-day on the outskirts of Pachuca.

A state officer, who was alsowounded, died Friday at the hos-pital.

Mexico accepts UNpaper on pyramid site

MEXICO CITY — Mexico saidFriday it accepts the recommen-dations of a U.N. committee thatcriticized a now-suspended planto install lights on the ancientTeotihuacan pyramids to make itaccessible for nighttime visits.

A spokesman for the NationalInstitute of Anthropology andHistory said while it “totally ac-cepts” the findings, officials likethe idea to encourage moretourism and boost localeconomies.

Commission slams death report

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Na-tional Human Rights Commissionon Thursday criticized a reportcommissioned by federal prosecu-tors that supports the official as-sertion that U.S. journalistBradley Will was fatally shot atclose range during a protest threeyears ago.

The Commission contendedthe report’s finding “is not basedon expertise, it’s based on opin-ion.”

— Compiled from AP reports

Number of active rigs up by 18

HOUSTON — The number ofrigs actively exploring for oil andnatural gas in the United Stateswent up by 18 this week to 966.

Houston-based Baker HughesInc. reported Friday that of therigs running nationwide, 681 wereexploring for natural gas and 277for oil. Eight were listed as miscel-laneous.

A year ago, the rig count stoodat 1,967.

Of the major oil- and gas-pro-ducing states, Louisiana lost fiverigs, New Mexico lost two and Cal-ifornia and North Dakota eachlost one. Texas gained 14 rigs, Ok-lahoma gained four, Alaskagained two and Arkansas and Col-orado each gained one. Wyomingwas unchanged.

Woman aimed tosteal baby, kill mom

AUSTIN — A Texas woman re-mained jailed Friday after falselyclaiming she was pregnant andtrying to kidnap a baby and killthe child’s mother, police said.

Forty-year-old MargaritaNino’s plan was foiled by a ZavalaCounty sheriff ’s deputy whopulled her over for speeding asshe fled toward Mexico with thebaby and his mother in the car.

July temps 13th hottest

LUBBOCK — Rainfall in typi-cally dry West Texas last monthheld down the state’s temperature

average while other parts of theLone Star State baked.

National Weather Service me-teorologist Victor Murphy in FortWorth said Friday that last monthwas the state’s 13th hottest July.The average temperature was 84.1degrees, 1.7 degrees above the82.4-degree normal.

Feds to keep betterconditions at facility

WASHINGTON — Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcementagreed Friday to continue im-provements to a central Texas de-tention center until all immigrantfamilies held there have left.

The agreement reached withthe American Civil LibertiesUnion continues requirements of

the settlement of a 2007 lawsuitover conditions at T. Don HuttoFamily Detention Center in Tay-lor.

1 infant dies, 5 in intensive care

HOUSTON — Five Texas sextu-plets were hospitalized Friday oneday after a sibling died.

A spokeswoman at TheWoman’s Hospital of Texas inHouston said the survivingStansel infants were in intensivecare.

She declined to release furtherdetails on the status of the fourgirls and one boy born Tuesdaynight to Amanda and ThomasStansel of Humble.

— Compiled from AP reports

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8The Seventh Annual Zapata

Health Fair will be held today from 8a.m. until noon at the Zapata Coun-ty Pavilion. Free health screeningswill be provided. Other agencies willalso be available with general infor-mation. The fair is being sponsoredby The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy.For more information, or to becomea provider, call Rosie Rodriguez at723-2911, extension 5.

The Laredo Chess Club willhave an open, nonrated chess tour-nament for students K-12 and adultstoday at the St. John NeumannChurch Parish Hall, 102 W. HillsideRoad. Registration is from 11 a.m. tonoon, with the first round at 12:30p.m.The entry fee $7 at the door. Formore information, contact tourna-ment director Dan Navarro at 722-4600 or [email protected] or vis-it the club Web site.

WEDNESDAY,AUG. 12The Friends of the Library will

host their first monthly meeting tointroduce officers, provide the pres-ident’s and treasurer’s reports andplan activities for the upcoming year.The meeting will be held today from5:30–7 p.m. in the Laredo Public Li-brary First Floor Conference Room.Anyone who would like to become aFriend of the Library should attendthis meeting. For more information,call the Laredo Public Library at 795-2400.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15The Aztec District of Boy

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

The first One City, One Bookgroup discussion of “Enrique’s Jour-ney,” by Sonia Nazario, will be heldtoday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in theTexas A&M International UniversityKillam Library Great Room, thirdfloor. The group discussion, to beheld in English and Spanish, will be inan informal setting that will allow forfull exploration of messages, themesand ideas related to immigration. Formore information, contact Pam Bur-rell at the Laredo Public Library at795-2400, extension 2268.

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

sociation is a nonprofit organizationmade up of sailors, marines, officersand midshipman that have servedaboard this famous battleship. Ship-mates that served aboard the bat-tleship USS Missouri (BB63) will holdtheir annual reunion in Norfolk, Va.starting today, and lasting until Sept.8. All veterans and interested par-ties, along with their family andfriends are invited. For more infor-mation, call Bill Morton, vice presi-dent of the association, at (803)469-3579 or e-mail him [email protected].

THURSDAY, SEPT. 10The Texas A&M International

Universitypresents drawings and sculp-tures by Brian Row.An opening recep-tion will be held todayfrom 5- 7:30 p.m.at the Art gallery located inside theCenter for the Fine and Performing Arts.The exhibit will be on display throughOctober 8th.For more information callthe Center for Fine and Performing Artsat (956) 326-2654.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16The 16th Annual Manufactur-

ing and Logistics Symposium “SouthTexas and Northern Mexico’s GlobalPositioning in Today’s Economy”willbe held at the TAMIU Student Centerin Laredo from 6 to 8 p.m. The sym-posium is a comprehensive three-day agenda crucial for companiesseeking new markets, developing lo-gistic platforms or expanding oper-ations. For more information, con-tact the Laredo DevelopmentFoundation at 722-0563 or visitwww.ldfonline.org.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17n The 16th Annual Manufactur-

ing and Logistics Symposium “SouthTexas and Northern Mexico’s GlobalPositioning in Today’s Economy con-tinues today at the TAMIU StudentCenter in Laredo from 7:30 a.m. to7:30 p.m. For more information, callthe Center for Fine and PerformingArts at 326-2654.

To submit an item for the daily cal-endar, send the name of the event, thedate, time, location and a contact phonenumber to [email protected]

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Aug. 8, the220th day of 2009. There are 145 daysleft in the year.

TTooddaayy’’ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiissttoorryy::On Aug. 8, 1974, in the wake of

damaging new revelations in theWatergate scandal, PresidentRichard M. Nixon announced dur-ing a prime-time address that hewould resign at noon the followingday, and that Vice President GeraldR. Ford would succeed him.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee::In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set

sail for St. Helena to spend the re-mainder of his days in exile.

In 1876, Thomas A. Edison re-ceived a patent for his mimeograph.

In 1942, six convicted Nazi sabo-teurs who’d landed in the U.S. wereexecuted in Washington, D.C.; twoothers were spared.

In 1953, the United States andSouth Korea initialed a mutual secu-rity pact.

In 1963, Britain’s “Great TrainRobbery” took place as thieves madeoff with 2.6 million pounds in ban-knotes.

In 1968, the Republican nationalconvention in Miami Beach, Fla.,nominated Richard M. Nixon forpresident on the first ballot.

In 1973, Vice President Spiro T.Agnew branded as “damned lies” re-ports he had taken kickbacks fromgovernment contracts in Maryland,and vowed not to resign — which heended up doing.

In 1978, the U.S. launched PioneerVenus 2, which carried scientificprobes to study the atmosphere ofVenus.

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Opening a new at-tack on the Republican tax-cut meas-ure, President Bill Clinton warnedthe nation’s governors at their meet-ing in St. Louis that the $792 billionpackage would trigger “huge cuts” inMedicare, farm programs and otherspending critical to their voters.

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Alan Keyes, the Re-publican two-time presidential hope-ful, threw his hat into Illinois’ U.S.Senate race. (He ended up losing in alandslide to Democrat Barack Oba-ma.) Actress Fay Wray, the damselheld atop the Empire State Buildingby the giant ape in “King Kong,” diedin New York City at age 96.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: China opened theSummer Olympic Games with an ex-travaganza of fireworks andpageantry. A charter bus crashednear Sherman, Texas, killing 17members of a Vietnamese-Ameri-can Catholic group en route to Mis-souri. Former Democratic presiden-tial candidate and vice-presidentialnominee John Edwards admittedhaving an extramarital affair. Rus-sia sent an armored column into thebreakaway enclave of South Ossetiaafter Georgia launched an offensiveto crush separatists there.

TTooddaayy’’ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: ProducerDino DeLaurentiis is 90. Actress Es-ther Williams is 88. Actor RichardAnderson is 83. Joan Mondale, wifeof former Vice President Walter F.Mondale, is 79. Actress Nita Talbotis 79. Country singer Jamie O’Harais 59. Movie director Martin Brest is58. Radio-TV personality RobinQuivers is 57. Actor Donny Most is56. Rock musician Dennis Drew(10,000 Maniacs) is 52. TV personali-ty Deborah Norville is 51. Actor-singer Harry Crosby is 51. Rock mu-sician The Edge (U2) is 48. Rockmusician Tom Linton (Jimmy EatWorld) is 34. Singer JC Chasez (‘NSync) is 33. Actress Tawny Cypressis 33. R&B singer Drew Lachey (98Degrees) is 33. R&B singer MarshaAmbrosius (Floetry) is 32. ActressCountess Vaughn is 31. ActorMichael Urie is 29. Tennis playerRoger Federer is 28. Actress MeaganGood is 28. Britain’s Princess Beat-rice of York is 21.

TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: “The time torelax is when you don’t have time forit.” — Sydney J. Harris, Americanjournalist (1917-1986).

By MARTHA MENDOZAASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — President Barack Oba-ma meets this weekend with leaders of Mex-ico and Canada at a time when drug-relatedviolence, swine flu and the economic crisisare slipping across North America’s borderslike never before.

Obama, along with Mexican President Fe-lipe Calderon and Canadian Prime MinisterStephen Harper, are expected to work ontrade and immigration, drug trafficking andsecurity, and clean energy during their firstsummit Sunday and Monday in the westerncolonial city of Guadalajara.

“The bottom line is that what affects ourbordering neighbors has the potential to af-fect us all, so we want to be certain that wehave the tightest and best possible coopera-tion,” said National Security Adviser Gen.James Jones during a White House briefingwith the news media.

For Mexico, the North American Leaders

Summit comes at a crucial time: Washingtonis debating whether to withhold money tohelp fight Mexico’s powerful drug cartelsdue to allegations of human rights abuses bythe Mexican military. International humanrights groups, including the World Organi-zation Against Torture, want Mexico to trysoldiers in civil courts, something Calderonso far has appeared reluctant to do.

Complaints against the army have in-creased dramatically since 2006 whenCalderon launched his anti-drug campaign,sending more than 45,000 soldiers to drughotspots. This week, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy,a Democrat from Vermont, delayed the re-lease of $100 million of the $1.4 billion Meri-da Initiative, a three-year package.

Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Es-pinosa said her government is confidentMexico will still receive the full funding,saying officials have sent the State Depart-ment information about steps taken to en-sure the protection of human rights.

Photo by Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle | APJames Giles, of Dallas, who was released from a Dallas jail in 2007, right, jokes withErnest Sonnier as he is released from jail outside of the Harris County Jail, on Friday,in Houston, Sonnier who spent 23 years in prison for a kidnapping and rape that DNAtests show he may not have committed, was released on bond.

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Photo by Carlos Jasso | APSecurity officers use explosive-sniffing dogs at the Cabanas Cultural Institute in Guadalajara, Mexico, where the North AmericanLeaders Summit is taking place. President Barack Obama will meet with leaders of Mexico and Canada on Sunday and Monday.

DECEASED PERSONGame wardens Saturday found

a body floating in the river near Ruiz’sBoat Ramp in San Ygnacio at about 9p.m. The body was later identified asMelecio Bautista-Lopez through var-ious identification cards, including aTennessee driver’s license. Autopsyresults are pending.

ROLLOVERAdalberto Garcia Jr., 37, was in

a rollover accident Thursday aroundnoon when he lost control of his ve-hicle on Texas 16. The vehicle rolledover three times before landing onhis top. Garcia was taken to LaredoMedical Center and complained ofback pains, according to ZapataCounty Sheriff’s Deputy Obed Luera.Friday, he had been released from thehospital.

THEFTA complainant filed a report

Friday at around 5 p.m. that an un-known person took a rake, garden hoeand a pitchfork from a residence inthe 1400 block of Jackson Street.

A complainant filed a policereport Saturday after 10 a.m. thatsomeone had taken John Deereequipment from his residence in the200 block of Serna St.

A complainant reported to au-thorities Wednesday at 12:25 p.m.that a 9mm Glock pistol had beentaken from his truck. He was not sureif it happened in San Antonio or Zap-ata.

THE ZAPATA TIMES

There are about 675 em-ployees of the Zapata Coun-ty Independent School Dis-trict, and local businesseshave the opportunity to helpwelcome them back for anew school year.

The ZCISD general ses-sion is scheduled forWednesday, Aug. 19.

The district is acceptingdonations of promotionalitems from businesses suchas pencils, pens, brochures,gift certificates and dis-count coupons, among otherthings, which will be givento the employees at the gen-eral session.

This is a great opportuni-ty to advertise and help theeducational community atthe same time.

Donations can be deliv-ered to the district’s Cur-riculum Department at 17th

and Carla Street.For more information,

call Mari Guzman at 765-6546, ext. 2030; Martha Ro-driguez at 765-6439, ext. 2020or Minnie Quintanilla at765-5855.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT AID

Photo by Eddie Zavala | Special to the TimesCongressman Henry Cuellar, center, talks with Zapata Fire Chief J.J. Meza, left, and Zapata County Com-missioner Jose Vela about Zapata County’s recently acquired Mobile Command Center during the con-gressman’s visit to Zapata on Tuesday.

ZISD seeks donations for teachers

Torres has made many contributions to Zapata

Man in rollover after pumping gasBy JULIE DAFFERNTHE ZAPATA TIMES

A Zapata man speeding away from a gasstation Wednesday without paying for gaslost control of his vehicle and rolled over at20th and Alamo streets.

Carlos Javier Sanchez Jr., 19, had drivenoff without paying for $5 worth of gas, ac-cording to Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office

Capt. Aaron Sanchez. Driving at a high rate of speed, the 19-year-

old lost control of the vehicle and hit a dump-ster, causing his the van he was driving to turnonto its right side, the sheriff ’s report stated.

He was arrested and charged with no dri-ver’s license and no liability insurance.Sanchez did not require medical attentionand the owner of the gas station did not filecharges.

BY DORA MARTINEZ

Cruz Torres, Ph.D., is a Za-pata native who has accom-plished various undertak-ings in her professional life.

Torres was recently thekeynote speaker for Ameri-can Cancer Society in Albu-querque, N.M.

She is a retired associateprofessor emeritus fromTexas A&M University.

She educates and preparespeople for future economicconditions and changes andhas lectured often about Lati-no demographic trends andissues related to shifts inthose trends.

This helps the people tomake the necessary adjust-ments in planning to help re-duce the incidence and mor-

tality rates from cancer andimprove those who are diag-nosed with it.

Several officials have stat-ed that Torres is a brilliantindividual.

According to the TexasA&M University Web site,Torres’ major areas of re-search included access to ed-ucation, health and otherservices for underrepresent-ed populations, focusing onU.S. Latinos.

She has had more than adozen research-based works,including book reviews andbook chapters, published inscholarly press and profes-sional journals.

She and her husband,

Ramiro, own the HolidayRestaurant and have twoboys together, Ramiro Jr.and Eduardo Javier. TheTorres family has resided inZapata County all of theirlives.

Torres loves cross-stitch-ing in her spare time andalso likes to do gardeningand plays Scrabble. At times,she likes to do some fishingand hunting. She finds it tobe good relaxation.

For a job well done, wethank Torres for all her con-tributions to the County ofZapata.

(Dora Martinez is a nativeof Zapata who was publisherof Hispanic News in San An-tonio for 21 years. She can bereached at [email protected])

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YOUR OPINION

Get rid of ethnicity check boxes on federal forms to help reduce racial tension

EDITORIAL

TToo tthhee eeddiittoorr::Though I have been a le-

gal resident for the last fouryears, I look forward withgreat expectation to the dayI’ll become an American cit-izen. My wife and I are veryproud because Melinda, our2-year-old granddaughter, isthe first “Texanita” in ourfamily, and I bear witnessmyself as one of thosewhose dreams have cometrue in America.

However, every time Ihave to fill out an applica-tion and check an ethnicitybox, I wonder: Am I a Lati-no? Even though Latin is nolonger spoken in AmericaLatina? Am I a Hispanic?Though I was not born inSpain? Am I a hyphenatedMexican-American? Mean-ing a part of me is Mexicanand another is American?Which is which? Which ismore and which is less?

In one state applicationform, I even had to fill in the“skin tone” blank.

Frankly, I consider myselfan American because I wasborn in the American conti-nent. But as long as I keepchecking the Mexican-Amer-ican/Latino/Hispanic box, Iwill most likely be classified

as all of them — except anAmerican — forever, and sowill the children of my chil-dren.

I have a proposal for Pres-ident Obama, a way to reallybecome “ E Pluribus Unum”in America: Remove all theethnic background boxesfrom all federal forms.

A teacher once asked me,“then how’s the federal gov-ernment going to knowwhom to allot funds to?”

“By analyzing the socio-economic data gathered bystates or regions, “ I replied.I think there must be a moreeffective way to distributemoney than racial back-ground.

One of the things I’ve no-ticed is that there is what Icall a widespread sense of“ethnic hyper-sensibility.”We look for the look “alikes”and tend to avoid the “un-likes.” Discrimination nowis more subtle, many timesunconscious and usuallyspontaneous.

“I think we are a nation ofpeople deeply influenced bythe stereotypes endlesslyperpetuated in our culture,”acknowledges Raina Kelleyin “The Roots of Racism”(Newsweek, July 13, 2009:

27). “We’re all racists.” Mexico was not the excep-

tion. During the 18th centu-ry, New Spain’s colonial gov-ernment established a castesystem. Thus, the offspringof Spaniards, Indians,Blacks and Chinese wereclassified into different“castes” whose names wereclear in the beginning,somewhat bizarre later, —like “Salta pa’ Tras” (JumpBackwards) who were thedescendants of “Albino” and“White”— and wound up inabsolute confusion as thename of the children be-tween a “Tente en el aire”(Held in the air) and a Chi-nese woman: “No te entien-do” (I do not understandyou). With fourteen castes todistinguish from, no wonderNew Spain’s government gotso confused and ended upnot understanding its owncaste system. After Mexicobecame independent, slav-ery and the caste systemwere abolished.

In 1990, my friend DeniseJean, a communications offi-cer for a human rights or-ganization in Boston, didn’tknow what to answer her lit-tle son when he asked herwhen an African American

would become president.Denise and I knew it wouldtake ages before this couldhappen. Then PresidentObama was elected. It was aonce inconceivable dreamcome true.

Now I dream of the daywhen my granddaughterMelinda won’t have to checkan ethnicity box because shewill feel she’s an American,not a hyphenated one. Idream of the day when peo-ple won’t have to spendweeks and hundreds ofnewscast hours watchingand hearing experts deci-phering and interpretingwhether a phrase someonefamous said had a particularracial connotation — what’sevident needs no further ex-planation.

I dream of the day when“E Pluribus Unum” can betranslated as “Out of Many,We are One” — regardless ofour ethnic backgrounds.Thus, eliminating the eth-nicity background boxes infederal forms, I believe,would be not just the firststep, but a stride toward amore just and equal society.

SSiiggnneedd,,Marco FrancoESL high school teacher

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Forget windfall profits.They’re so 2008. Theseare tough times for Big

Oil and all across the OilPatch.

Believe it: Second-quarterearnings in the industry aredown sharply from a yearago, and the future doesn’tlook much more promising.The latest earnings score-card for the majors readsabysmally: ConocoPhillipsdown 76 percent from 2008,BP down 53 percent, ExxonMobil off 66 percent, andShell down by 67 percent.

These weak numbersaren’t making headlines inplaces like Washington, D.C.,and New York City — unlikethe news coverage of mid-2008’s record-setting profitresults . A year ago, in themiddle of a presidentialcampaign, reports of chart-busting earnings in the oilindustry amid $4-a-gallonpump prices fueled feverishcalls to bring back a wind-fall-profits tax. Fortunately,

more reasonable views pre-vailed.

In Houston, on the otherhand, the earnings numbersfor oil companies makeheadlines whether they aregood, bad or somewhere inbetween — and no matter thecurrent prices at the gaspump. That’s because thenumbers don’t just lie flat ona page here. They have a hu-man dimension, the waynumbers for the automobileindustry do in Detroit. Inearly 2009, for example, sag-ging profits translated into 4percent work force cutbacksfor Houston-headquarteredConocoPhillips. Those wereneighbors being laid off.

Which makes this is a ripemoment to repeat what maybe a uniquely Houston ener-gy mantra: Energy is a cycli-cal industry — a roller coast-er.

We’re strapped in for thatride right now. As reportedlast Sunday in the Chroni-cle’s Business section byL.M. Sixel (“The Quarterly:Energy, once a shield for the

city, may take a while to rallyits strength”), dips in oil andnatural gas prices have in-deed pierced the economicshield that has so often pro-tected this area in othertimes of national downturn.Oil prices at $140 per barrelin 2008 are at half that today.Natural gas prices haveslumped from $13.50 per mil-lion British thermal units toabout $3.80.

Why should those declin-ing numbers be cause foranything but celebrationoutside of the oil patch?

Here’s why: A boom-and-bust cycle in energy isn’t justa Houston problem. It tendsto be self-perpetuating, andthat creates problems for allenergy-consuming Ameri-cans. Wildly fluctuating oilprices mean fewer dollarsavailable for exploration fornew resources when pricesare low. Less explorationduring lean times in turnmeans tighter supplies whendemand goes up. And thistypically leads to higherpump prices, usually with at-

tendant spikes in oil profits.Invariably, that brings loudcries to rein in the oil profi-teers.

That’s an oversimplifica-tion, of course, but not bymuch. It leads us to a not-so-obvious point: Over the longhaul, averaging togetherboom years and bust, the oiland gas industry turns out tobe a middling performer forinvestors.

Year in and year out, oilcompany profits averageright around 8 percent, ac-cording to academic and in-dustry studies. It’s just thatthe earnings numbers in theenergy industry do notmarch out in an orderly fash-ion from year to year — andthat offers a field day forthose looking to demonizethe energy industry whenthey shoot skyward. The de-monizing serves no one well.

We speak up about thiswith some frequency be-cause it’s true and impor-tant. And because othersoutside of Houston mostlydon’t.

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Sotomayor’snot good choice for high court

The Senate’s decisionto confirm or reject aSupreme Court nom-

inee is one of its most im-portant duties. I votedagainst the nomination ofJudge Sonia Sotomayor.Texans deserve to knowwhy.

Supreme Court Justiceshave tremendous power. Ittakes five votes on theSupreme Court to inventnew “rights” that aren’tfound in the Constitutionor to narrow or scrap theconstitutional rights wetreasure.

Each justice serves forlife. As a result, the Sen-ate’s power to confirm orreject nominees must be ex-ercised with great care. Thequestion is this: Has thenominee shown that shewill exercise the power ofthe Supreme Court respon-sibly?

As a member of the Sen-ate Judiciary Committee, Ihave carefully studiedJudge Sotomayor’s record. Ialso had the opportunity toquestion Judge Sotomayorat the hearing.

Going into the hearings,my views were decidedlymixed. On one hand, Ifound much to admire inJudge Sotomayor. Her ca-reer is the embodiment ofthe American dream.

Mostly mainstreamShe is an experienced

judge with an excellent aca-demic background. Andbased on a careful review ofher past decisions, I agreewith others that her lowercourt decisions have been,for the most part, in themainstream of Americanlaw.

At the same time, I haveremained deeply troubledby her testimony, herspeeches on the nature ofjudging, and her views insome areas such as the Sec-ond Amendment right tokeep and bear arms.

Judge Sotomayor’sspeeches suggest a surpris-ingly radical view of thelaw. It’s a view she couldn’tfollow as a lower courtjudge because she wasbound by precedent, butwhich she would be free toembrace if confirmed tothe Supreme Court.

In her speeches, she ar-gued that there is no suchthing as “law”; that there isno objectivity in law; thatcourts should change thelaw to make new policy;and that ethnicity and gen-der can and even shouldimpact a judge’s decision-making. I strongly dis-agree.

Objective and fairIn my view, the rule of

law requires objectivityand fairness.

I was also concerned bya number of Judge So-tomayor’s cases, such asher decisions on the SecondAmendment right to keepand bear arms and her de-cision in the New Havenfirefighter case, Ricci v.

DeStefano, that theSupreme Court reversedjust last month.

Unfortunately, some onthe left and some on theright have tried to makethis nomination about eth-nicity. I strongly reject thatview. The only question isJudge Sotomayor’s judicialphilosophy.

No clear answersMy hope was that Judge

Sotomayor could clear upher statements and addressmy concerns in her testi-mony. I made sure that shewould have a full and fairhearing in which to voiceher views. But I regret tosay that Judge Sotomayor’stestimony only added to myconcerns.

Instead of offering ex-planations for her speech-es, Judge Sotomayor of-fered evasions and denials.And she declined to take aposition on the merits ofher past decisions.

For example, Judge So-tomayor repeatedly statedat the hearing that it is therole of courts to interpretthe law rather than makelaw. Initially I was pleased,as this sounded like a rejec-tion of judicial activism.But eventually it becameclear that this was a play onlabels, not a commitment tojudicial restraint. In herview, everything a courtdoes is by definition an “in-terpretation” of the lawthat doesn’t “make” law.That’s an invitation to en-gage in judicial lawless-ness.

Judge Sotomayor alsowas unable to explain hermost controversial rulingsin important areas such asthe Second Amendmentand the right against gov-ernment takings of privateproperty.

Real doubtsShe testified that her

vote against New Havenfirefighters who had beendiscriminated against onthe basis of their race wasrequired by past cases, andthat she had just been fol-lowing the law. I reviewedthose past cases, and I justcan’t agree. Neither couldthe Supreme Court, whichrecently reversed Judge So-tomayor’s decision in thatcase.

As a member of the Sen-ate, I cannot vote for a nom-inee if I have real doubts asto how that person wouldexercise the power of beinga Supreme Court justice.For that reason, I votedagainst Judge Sotomayor’sconfirmation.

(John Cornyn is a U.S.senator representing thestate of Texas. He was pre-viously Texas AttorneyGeneral and a state districtjudge in San Antonio.)

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Women, take time for these major health testsBy Dr. CELSO RODRIGUEZ

SPECIAL TO THE TIMESRegular check-ups and

routine tests are important.They provide a road map formanaging your health andhelp you make informed de-cisions about the necessarynutrients, activity level, andany medications or medicaltreatment you may need tomaintain your best health.

Certain health issues are amatter of individual healthand heredity. If a specificcondition runs in your fami-ly — from high cholesterol tocancer — your doctor mayrecommend earlier and morefrequent tests to stay wellahead of, and reduce the like-lihood of developing, varioushealth conditions.

At the various stages ofyour life, staying on top ofyour health promotes peaceof mind, as well as identifies

any potential health issuesearly, when they are easier totreat.

Besides the basic visioncheck and dental exam, yourprimer to preventive careshould include the followingtests:

Pap test Why: All women should

have an annual pap test toscreen for cervical cancer.The test collects cells fromthe cervix and examinesthem for any changes thatmay indicate the possibilityof cancer.

When: Beginning at age

21 or three years after sexualactivity, and continuing aftermenopause until age 65 to 70.Pap tests should be repeatedat least every three years —or annually, if recommendedby your doctor based on yourage, lifestyle, reproductivehealth and heredity.

Cholesterol screeningWhy: High cholesterol

has no symptoms — but canhave serious health conse-quences, from heart attack tostroke. Your reading will in-clude LDL (low-densitylipoprotein) or “bad” choles-terol, and HDL (high-densitylipoprotein) or “good” cho-lesterol.

When: Schedule yourfirst cholesterol test at age 20and repeat the test at leastevery five years. If you are 45or older, have a family history

of heart disease, or have a to-tal cholesterol level of over200, get an annual screening.

Clinical breast exam and mammogram

Why: A clinical breastexam monitors your breasttissue for lumps, thickeningor any other changes thatwarrant follow-up. A mam-mogram is an X-ray thatshows a detailed picture ofthe breast tissue – and it candetect breast cancer one tothree years before you actu-ally feel a lump in yourbreast, according to the MayoClinic.

When: Annual clinicalbreast exams should begin byage 30 and be performed atleast every three years.Schedule your first mammo-gram by age 40, thereafter

schedule a mammogramevery 1-2 years until 50 yearsold. After 50 years of age,have an annual mammo-gram.

Skin cancer screening Why: Because skin can-

cer is the second most com-mon cancer in women behindbreast cancer, and nearly 100percent curable if caught ear-ly. Skin cancer is the mostcommon of all cancers, inboth women and men, ac-counting for nearly half of allcancers in the United States,according to the AmericanCancer Society.

When: Schedule firsthead-to-toe screening withyour dermatologist, or pri-mary care provider, by age 30,and annually thereafter — ormore frequently if you are athigh risk: fair skin, repeated

sunburns, many moles, or afamily history.

Thyroid screeningWhy: The thyroid is a

tiny, but important gland thatproduces hormones whichregulate the way your bodyuses energy. Symptoms in-clude rapid weight gain orloss, excessive fatigue or in-somnia and anxiety, hair loss,and memory problems. Asimple blood test can assureyour thyroid is working prop-erly.

When: Beginning atage 35, and every five years,or more often if you havethyroid symptoms or riskfactors, such as family his-tory.

For more information onwomen’s health issues, contactLMC at (956) 796-3223 or visitwww.laredomedical.com.

Dr. CELSORODRIGUEZ: Lists major check-upsfor women to take.

Doctors Hospital hosts seminar for nursesSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Doctors Hospital will behosting a free seminar fornurses from 6-7:30 p.m.Thursday at ProvidenceHealth Center, located at 230Calle del Norte.

The seminar, titled “Nurs-ing Considerations for Main-taining Optimal Vitamin Dlevels in the Prevention of

Cancer,” will be presented byDr. Gustavo Villarreal.

This activity is intendedto give registered nurses aclear understanding ofhow Vitamin D deficiency

affects nursing practice inthe oncology setting by out-lining the importance ofmaintaining adequate Vit-amin D levels and recom-mendations for mainte-nance and deficiencytreatment.

Nurses will receive 1½contact hours.

Nursing contact hourshave been applied through

the Texas Nurses Associa-tion, an accredited approverof continuing nursing edu-cation by the AmericanNurses Credentialing Cen-ter’s commission on Accred-itation.

Refreshments will be pro-vided.

For registration or fur-ther information, call (956)523-2132 or (956) 523-2658.

Doctors will open new maternity clinic SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Doctors Hospital, cele-brating 35 years of serviceexcellence in the community,is opening a new maternityclinic in central Laredo onMonday.

The Nueva Vida Materni-ty Clinic is located at 801Corpus Christi St. The clinic

will offer a variety of servic-es for expecting mothers, in-cluding expectant mothercare, ultrasound, pap smear,fetal monitoring and labtests.

Free pregnancy serviceswill be offered at this newclinic.

“Women’s services con-tinue to expand at Doctors

Hospital,” says chief execu-tive officer Elmo Lopez Jr.“We want to continue togrow with the communityand reach out to our patientsthrough service and conven-ience.”

Obstetricians and gy-necologists Drs. WlfranoSanchez and Johol Chanwill begin seeing pa-

tients at this clinic be-ginning Monday. A grandopening is planned forSeptember.

Medicaid, Medicare andall major insurances are ac-cepted.

For more information onthe new Doctors HospitalNueva Vida Maternity Clin-ic, call (956) 727-0722.

Dr. GUSTAVOVILLARREAL: Teaching about Vita-min D levels.

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SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Ronald McDonald House Charities ofSan Antonio and Doctors Hospital of Lare-do held a Grand Opening event for the firstRonald McDonald House Family Room.

The grand opening ceremonies took placeon Wednesday, Aug. 5.

The Ronald McDonald House FamilyRoom extends the comfort of a Ronald Mc-Donald House to a hospital setting.

Located on the second floor of theWomen’s Center just steps from neonataland pediatric intensive care units, the Fam-ily Room provides the families of criticallyill or injured children a place to rest, takeshowers, grab a bite to eat and even do laun-dry.

The RMH Family Room operating hoursare from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Room is decorated in cool contem-porary colors giving it a homely environ-ment.

The Family Room is furnished with a liv-ing area with a wide-screen TV, dining area,kitchen, computer and washer/dryer.

Ronald McDonald House Charities is a501(c)(3) organization which creates, findsand supports programs which directly im-prove the health and well-being of children.

Ronald McDonald House Charities organ-ization has a wish list seeking donations forthe RMH Family Room.

For more information, call Doctors Hos-pital at (956) 523-2020.

McDonald’s House Family Room opens at DH

Courtesy photo | Doctors Hospital of LaredoElmo Lopez Jr., CEO of Doctors Hospital, joins Ronald McDonald, Danielle Dobski, president of the Ronald McDonald House Charities, Miguel Conchas of the Laredo Cham-ber of Commerce, District Attorney Isidro “Chilo”Alaniz, Pat Bivins, executive director of RMHC of San Antonio, Mark Van Es, Laredo McDonald’s owner-operator, and San-dra Hernandez, RN of Doctors Hospital Cancer Center, are shown at the grand opening of RMHC Family Room.

Oncologists will speak onovarian cancer at LMC forum


Dr. Andres Soriano, hematologist oncolo-gist, and Dr. Sylvia Gutierrez, radiation on-cologist, will both headline Laredo MedicalCenter’s September Cancer Forum highlight-ing ovarian cancer.

The Cancer Forum is scheduled for 6:30p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Laredo MedicalCenter’s Private Dining Room in theMcAuly Café located in the hospital’s mainarea.

Soriano and Gutierrez will speak on thelatest advancements being made in detectingand treating ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer is a disease in which ma-lignant or cancerous cells are found in theovaries. An ovary is one of two small, al-mond-shaped organs located on each side of

the uterusw h i c hstore eggsor germcells andproduce fe-male hor-mones es-trogen and

progesterone.It is estimated there will be 21,550 new cas-

es of ovarian cancer and 14,600 deaths fromovarian cancer in the United States in 2009.

Soriano and Gutierrez practice oncologyat the Sanchez Cancer Treatment Center atLMC.

To reserve your space, or for more infor-mation, call (956) 796-3222. Light refresh-ments will be served.

LMC celebrates five years of Healthy Woman


Laredo Medical Center will celebrate fiveyears of offering women in Laredo a health-ier lifestyle through its Healthy Woman pro-gram.

To celebrate the occasion, LMC will hosta wellness fair featuring a variety of boothsand services offering health tips for themind and body.

The celebrationThe celebration will take place Thursday,

Aug. 27, in the Community Center of TowerB, first floor, at Laredo Medical Center.

Five years ago, LMC launched its HealthyWoman program in an effort to help womentake care of their health. Women are prima-

rily responsible for taking care of healthmatters in the home — whether it be for thechildren or the spouse — but most times ig-nore their own health because they’re usu-ally too busy caring for everyone else. AtLMC, women’s health is valued and a prior-ity.

Women who join the Healthy Woman pro-gram say they find comfort in numberswith enrollment having grown over the lastfour years to more than 1,000 members.

Healthy Woman offers monthly eventsfeaturing presenters who discuss health, fi-nancial and spiritual topics. Membership inthe program is free for women between theages of 21 and 54.

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The art of altruismBy KIRSTEN CROW

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

Representatives from theSouth Texas Food Bank arefond of saying it’s the bestbank in town — the only one,they say, that services thecommunity “from the wombto the tomb.”

And for philanthropicLaredoans, the perfect oppor-tunity to make a deposit tothe bank is just around thecorner.

The third annual LaredoEntertainment Center-SouthTexas Food Bank EmptyBowls fundraiser is sched-uled to begin at 5:30 p.m.Thursday at the LEC, wherethe altruistic, art enthusiastsand folk rock aficionados canpartake in an evening ofwholesome entertainmenttaking in a dinner, bidding ina silent auction of beautiful-ly decorated plates and soak-ing in the tunes of the Gram-myAward-winning America,all while ensuring that theirhard-earned money is invest-ed right back in to the com-munity.

The event will also serveto honor Arturo N. Bena-vides, who has made signifi-cant contributions to the foodbank, and more specifically,to area Kids Cafés, accordingto a press release issued bythe nonprofit.

A growing fastThe recession has, no

doubt, affected familiesacross the board — and forthe food bank, that means notonly more families in need,but also fewer donations withwhich to feed them.

According to the press re-lease, the organizationserved 20,000 families, in-cluding 6,300 children and6,400 elderly, during May andJune of this year.

“We’re seeing more andmore people in need, espe-cially children,” said GloriaJackson, director of specialprograms and events and di-rector of Kids Cafés. “Thefindings (in recent re-search) were urgent — (theyshow) that children are notdeveloping or growing be-cause of lack of food...(they) are living below thepoverty level or not havingdinner.”

The news is more urgentthan the immediate problemof hunger, she added. Mal-nourishment can be a cata-lyst for growth stunts, healthproblems and delinquency,she said.

But funds raised duringthe Empty Bowl event will godirectly toward fulfilling thatneed — about 50 percent ofthe profits would go to sup-plying Kids Cafés with nutri-tional food for the 700 chil-dren the centers serveMonday through Friday,Jackson said.

“We need to give themfresh meat, protein, freshvegetables … so they can

have the nutrients theyneed to grow and play,” shesaid.

Another high-risk groupwhich benefits from the foodbank are the elderly, Jacksonadded. Between medicationcosts and juggling financeson a fixed income, many ofthe elderly cut back on healthcare and food.

“They are our roots; theyare the founders of this com-munity,” Jackson said. “Whyshould we not treat themwith respect?”

Dishing about artAlthough the Empty

Bowls event includes din-ner and a concert, the sig-nature of the event — bid-ding on dozens ofbeautifully painted and dec-orated plates — is certainlythe cornerstone.

This year, Jackson saidmany of the bowls were giv-en to local artists Malu Por-tillo and Francisca “Paqui-ta” Palacios, who thendistributed them to artistsin the community to deco-rate. Many went to mem-bers of the Laredo ArtLeague.

Also, several bowls weregiven to “celebrity” design-ers, such as Pro 8 News an-chors Ann Hutyra and TimGutierrez, Hot 106.1 DJ David“Kash Kasanova” Vasquezand state Sen. Judith Zaffiri-ni, among many others, todecorate with their own

unique touch.One standout, she added,

was Pancho Farias’ plate de-picting Robert Duvall in theLaredo-set “LonesomeDove.”

“We have a beautiful vari-ety,” Jackson said. “I’m verygrateful to (the artists) volun-teering.”

Returning for her thirdyear as a volunteer artist forthe Empty Bowls fundraiseris Rosario Azios, who hasbeen charged with paintingthe bowls bearing the signa-tures of big-name celebritiessuch as Enrique Iglesias,Julieta Venegas and Cheechand Chong.

Free tickets

Empty Bowls kicks off at5:30 p.m., with the dinner andthe silent auction being heldthrough 7:30 p.m.

The floor table seating forEmpty Bowls, which in-cludes a meal, has alreadysold out, but tickets to theAmerica concert are stillavailable.

Tickets for the Americaconcert, set to begin at 8 p.m.,are available for $12 and $17at the LEC box office andTicketmaster locations. Youmay also receive a free pair oftickets when you bring this

article to the Laredo Morn-ing Times offices during reg-ular business hours, 8:30 a.m.to 5 p.m. The promotion is ona first-come, first-serve basis,while the tickets last.

All proceeds benefit theSouth Texas Food Bank’sprograms to feed the disad-vantaged, including KidsCafes and food stamp out-reach.

For more information, callthe South Texas Food Bankat call726-3120 or visit theWeb site at www.southtexas-foodbank.org.

(Kirsten Crow may bereached at 728-2543 or by e-mailat [email protected])

Courtesy photoThe centerpiece of the Laredo Entertainment Center-South Texas Food Bank Empty Bowls fundraiser has al-ways been the beautifully decorated plates up for auction. This year, there are about 55 that will be availableto bidders. Pictured above is a plate by Pancho Farias.

Zapata native Claudia Villarreal pens children’s bookBy KIRSTEN CROW

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

Claudia Villarreal didn’t pur-posely sit down and write a chil-dren’s book — the words, she said,just came to her.

She was reading a book, she said,when she “started getting the words.”

“It wasn’t anything I reallythought about,” Villarreal said.“The sentences just started pour-ing into my head… I stopped whatI was doing, went to the computerand wrote down the words thatwere coming to me.”

As a special education teacher,the Zapata High School and Texas

A&M International Universitygraduate had considered writing achildren’s book before. In that firstsession, she wrote about one-thirdof what would later be called “TheAlphabet Thief.” The rest waswritten over the course of the nexttwo weeks.

The story, aimed at pre-K and

kindergarten-age children, followsthe wily Alphabet Thief, who con-vinces all the vowels to run awayfrom the alphabet — leaving plen-ty of words without meaning.

Once Villarreal completed thestory, she went in search of a free-lance illustrator to bring it to lifevisually.

“The first thing that came tomind when I read it … was toimagine this Inspector Gadgetkind of person, but a short one,”she said. “I thought that would ap-peal to 4- to 6-year-olds. They havea tendency to gravitate toward ani-mals that don’t make any sense,like Elmo.”

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Arjona to make music at the LEC


Laredo EntertainmentCenter’s “Awesome Au-gust,” packed with variousmusical and live action acts,kicks off with the sizzlingGuatemalan singer andsongwriter Ricardo Arjonaat 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Known as Latin Ameri-ca’s Bob Dylan,Guatemalan singer andsongwriter Arjona, like hisfamous American counter-part, is known around theworld for his socially con-scious and heartfelt folkballads and rock tunes.Playing in a variety ofstyles that combine tradi-tional South American folkmusic with rock, hip-hopand classical music, Arjonasings about subjects rang-ing from faded love to socialinequities.

Arjona grew up in An-tigua, Guatemala, wherehe first heard the music ofthe Beatles, Jose AlfredoJimenez and ArmandoManzanero. This broadrange of musical stylesgreatly informed the workof his later career. Ar-jona’s father taught him toplay guitar when he was 7years old; by the time hewas 8, Arjona was writinghis own songs, because

playing his own music wasa much more powerful ex-perience for him than play-ing music written by oth-ers. The shy Arjona also

found that he could inter-act with people in socialsituations much more easi-ly through music thanthrough conversation.

Photo by Sony BMG | APIn this photo provided by Sony BMG, Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ri-cardo Arjona, has sold more than 12 million albums in his career andis promoting his latest work, titled "Adentro."

Photos by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning TimesCast members, from left, Albert Perez, Ricardo Holguin and Victor Vedia perform the opening act of “Cabaret”on Monday at the Laredo Center for the Arts.

Come to ‘Cabaret’ tonight

By KIRSTEN CROWLAREDO MORNING TIMES

Life at the cabaret is deca-dent: Sex, alcohol and thegenerous, glorious revelationin the freedom to indulge isserved day-in, day-out. Infact, it’s more than served —it’s encouraged.

The Kit Kat Klub in Berlin isa dive that is a haven for it all —the staff encourages its clien-tele to leave all worldly troublesoutside its doors — and enter aworld cast with a beautiful setof scantily clad women andmen on hand to help its patronsmake all their desires cometrue, led by the scandalouslysensational Emcee.

But in 1931 Germany,what’s stirring, rising, out-side the Kit Kat Klub is asmuch the story, if not more,than the tales that unfoldwithin.

Tackling one of Broad-way’s most popular andlongest-running shows, theLaredo Institute of Theatri-cal Education — having pre-viously staged “Mulan Jr.”earlier this season — takeson a decidedly more adulttone in its production, beingstaged this weekend andnext, at the Laredo Center forthe Arts.

The storyAt the center of “Cabaret”

is the unusual romance be-tween American Cliff Brad-ford, played by ArmandoLopez, who has come toBerlin in search of inspira-tion for his novel, and the 19-year-old Kit Kat girl and Epi-curean extraordinaire, SallyBowles, portrayed by Cassan-dra Canales.

Playing out in the smoky-roomed pleasures of the KitKat Klub and the hallways ofFräulein Schneider’s board-inghouse, the story followsthe lives of not only Bradford

and Bowles, but the occu-pants of those haunts.

Kicking off with the open-ing number “Wilkommen,”showcasing the talents of theclub’s enthusiastic crew, it’sall ecstatic glee and excess asthe Emcee, directing the ac-tion, serves as the ringmas-ter for a circus of pleasure.

As Sally and her newest(and possible most re-spectable beau) begin theirrelationship, another, andone just as ill-fated, betweenthe elderly Herr Schultz,played by Rick Villarreal andFräulein Schneider, playedby Marla Perez, blossoms.Throwing a monkey wrenchbetween the two — and also,ironically, bringing them to-gether — is Erica Salinas,who plays the salaciouslysaucy Fräulein Kost, whohas a distinct predilectionfor sailors.

But as Germany — andthe lives of the principalplayers — deteriorates, un-raveling bit by bit by inter-twined horrors, shining exal-tation shifts to a muchdarker tone as the Nazis riseto power.

Growing up“Cabaret” has more than a

few versions, noted DannyVillarreal, director. Andsome, such as the 1972 filmstarring Liza Minnelli, takemore liberties than others.

The idea of staging a ver-sion in Laredo was sparkedby the first-time directorwatching a production of“Cabaret” at the Universityof Texas at Austin while hewas a light operator.

“I felt (that version) wasmissing a lot of things —we’re pushing a lot more,” hesaid. “There are several dif-ferent versions, but this oneseemed right on.

“It’s very dramatic, it’svery, very funny and it will

make you cry. I love to takethe audience on a rollercoast-er of emotions.”

For instance, while someproductions downplay therole of the Emcee, who is of-ten considered the lead of“Cabaret,” Villarreal gavethe character a larger part inthe show — when he is notcenter stage, he essentiallyappears on the periphery, re-flecting emotion to thescenes he witnesses.

Played by Ricardo Holguin,the Emcee isn’t just thehelmer — sitting atop the scaf-folding, he surveys the actionbelow throughout the twoacts, conveying conscience.

The castWith a cast of 20 com-

posed of primarily LITE vet-erans, the “kids” have grownup, both in their stage skilland in their material.

Holguin, who has per-formed in various LaredoMusical Theatre Internation-al and LITE productions dur-ing the last six years, said hewas ready to take on moreadult, less family-friendlymaterial — “I’m shirtless inthis one,” he joked — in arole he summed up as “con-troversial.”

He researched his rolecarefully — “the emcee hasto know everything” —meaning that not only doeshe need to know his ownlines and emotions for anygiven scene, but must alsoknow each of the given char-acter’s lines, backgroundsand emotions in order to re-act to them accordingly – es-sentially acting as somethingof a one-man Greek chorus.

“I believe there’s going tobe a lot of different reviewsthan in the past,” Holguinsaid. “Laredo has to seewe’re not in that era any-more … they’ll have to bemore open-minded.”

SÁBADO 8 DE AGOSTO DE 2009PÁG. 9A ZfronteraBuscará opciones para

activar economíaPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE LAREDO

NUEVO LAREDO –La Diputada Federaldel PRI, Cristabel Zamora Cabrera, buscarácomisiones en la próxima legislatura paraque activen la economía fronteriza.

El jueves, se entrevistó en la capital mex-icana con el aún Diputado Federal del PRIHoracio Emigdio Garza, para la entrega-re-cepción de la oficina en la Cámara Legisla-tiva.

Garza le hizo entrega de documentación,minutas acuerdos e iniciativas que podránseguir su tramite en la próxima legislatura.

Zamora fue electa diputada por el PRIdurante los comicios del pasado 5 de juliopara los municipios de Nuevo Laredo, Ciu-dad Guerrero, Ciudad Miér, Ciudad MiguelAlemán y Ciudad Camargo.

“Cristabel es una mujer de gran integri-dad, sera autónoma en sus decisiones, peropodremos asesorarla si así lo desea mien-

tras encausa el trabajo leg-islativo”, dijo Garza Garza.“Tiene muchas inqui-etudes, proyectos y planes.Mi obligación es aportar laexperiencia”.

La diputada electa dijo aLaredo Morning Times quese entrevistaría con elDiputado Garza Garza,

acudiría con el jefe de gobierno de NuevoLaredo Ramón Garza Barrios para entre-vistarse con un alto funcionario de la Secre-taría de Hacienda para reclamar fondos fed-erales que le deben a esta frontera.

“Oficialmente debo tomar posesión de laoficina en la Cámara Legislativa el 1o. deseptiembre”, dijo Zamora. “Iniciaré estedía una ronda de conversaciones con elCongresista Garza y las decisiones queasumamos estarán siempre enfocadas abuscar las alternativas que favorezcan al IDistrito Electoral”.

ZAMORACABRERA

Foto Cortesía | Gobierno de TamaulipasEl municipio de Miér representa otra alternativa para el turismo, y el único Pueblo Mágico en la frontera de Méx-ico con Estados Unidos. Además, los turistas pueden disfrutar de su historia, tradiciones, cultura, aventura ydeportes extremos en escenarios naturales con servicios, productos y estándares de calidad internacional.

CIUDAD MÁGICA

Testigos de Jehová

invitan a conferencias

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CORPUS CHRISTI — LosTestigos de Jehová invitan alpúblico a las conferenciasque expondrán el punto devista bíblico sobre lo quemuchos llaman el fin delmundo, durante la Asambleade Distrito 2009 “¡Mantén-ganse alerta!”.

La asamblea, que se prolon-gará por tres días se llevará acabo en el American BankCenter Arena de esta ciudad.

Las conferencias en es-pañol serán a partir del 14 deagosto a las 9:20 a.m., y lasconferencias en inglés seránde 21 al 23 de agosto.

Entrada libre. Más infor-mación llamando a RickLuna al (956) 206-5243.

was a reduction of 60 per-cent.

Zapata County Commis-sioner Jose Vela thinks theindividuals deserve a highersalary.

“They’re people that are li-censed and certified profes-sionals that should be paidmore than minimum wage,”Vela said.

The clinic’s current con-tract with the county runsout Sept. 30. In June, thecounty gave formal notice ofintent to terminate the con-tract in order to start negoti-ations for a new one, officialssaid. Negotiations have beenongoing between the ZapataMedical Group and the coun-ty, but the county also hasopened the door for others to

seek the contract. “There’s been a lot of in-

terest on the part of severalentities. There’s about five al-ready that have picked uptheir packages,” Vela said,referring to information pro-vided to those interested inmaking a proposal for a newcontract.

In regards to the landfill,with the San Ygnacio Munic-ipal Landfill set to open sometime later in the month,Guillermo M. Saenz, Envi-ronmental Health Depart-ment supervisor, wants towork out some of the last fewkinks in administration.

Saenz has expressed an in-terest in allowing individualsto dump household waste atthe site. They would pay any

applicable landfill fees butwould not be required to paygarbage pickup fees.

“Some of the people can-not afford to pay the garbage(fees),” Saenz said.

Also, Saenz wants tochange the hours of opera-tion of the landfill. He saidthe county originally wanteda schedule where Tuesdayand Sunday would be half-days. Monday, the landfillwould be closed. Wednesdaythrough Saturday would beregular hours, from 9 a.m. to5 p.m.

Now, the schedule hewants is to have the facilityclosed on Monday and Tues-day. That would give his em-ployees off for two days in arow. There would be no half-

days. “It’s not fair,” Saenz said.

“A day and a half, you can’tdo anything.”

Currently, construction atthe landfill has been delayedbecause of lack of compli-ance with Texas Commissionof Environmental Qualityregulations. Specifically, thelandfill needs a fence to pre-vent waste from blowing outof the landfill’s barriers.

The contractor that wasassigned the project sub-con-tracted construction of thefence out and that caused adelay.

Saenz anticipated mid to

late August as the completiondate.

Also at Monday’s meeting,the county will discussadopting the proposed taxrate for the 2010 fiscal year.

“We’re going to be leavingthe tax rate exactly the sameas last year,” Vela said. “Wedon’t plan to increase anytaxes, or lower (taxes) forthat matter.”

The current property taxrate is 73 cents per $100 ofvaluation.

The county anticipates a$4 million shortfall from rev-enue projection. Vela saidthere will be no raises for em-

ployees. “We’re just going to try to

finish up projects we haveand continue operating theway we’ve been,” Vela said.

The Commissioners Courtmeets on Monday at 9 a.m. atthe courthouse on East Sev-enth Avenue.

Also on Monday, the coun-ty will discuss approving anextension of a water line bythe Zapata County Water-works. The line would servean area of more than fiveacres.

(Zach Lindsey may bereached at 728-2538 [email protected])

10A | THE ZAPATA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009

campus will remain under Stage 1sanctions because it takes twoyears to get in, two years to get out.

The district itself and its othercampuses met AYP standards.

Under AYP, schools and districtshave a more difficult meeting its

standards because unlike the state,the federal government evaluatesthe test scores of special educationand LEP students.

And in border cities like Zapataand Laredo, there are large studentpopulations classified as LEP that

consistently struggles to performwell on the state tests.

Rodriguez said the challenge inZapata with LEP students is thatthey live in a culture that em-braces the Spanish language, mak-ing it difficult for them to grasp

English and perform well on thestate tests.

“The fluency isn’t there, andtherefore becomes a bigger chal-lenge,” he said. “But we can’t usethat as an excuse.

“We’re going to have to differen-

tiate the instruction and do a bet-ter job of monitoring students tomake sure we give our teachers thesupport tools and training theyneed.”

(Nick Georgiou may be reachedat 728-2582 or [email protected])

ZCISD | Continued from Page 1A

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The Zapata TimesON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COMSATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009

Gridders look for better season

By JOY LINDSAYLAREDO MORNING TIMES

With a new season on the hori-zon, the Zapata Hawks are focusedon improving their play in District32-3A competition.

The Hawks have already beguntwo-a-day practices, meeting at 7:30a.m. and 5 p.m., and will play threepre-district contests starting Fri-day, Aug. 28.

“Hopefully, we’ll get ready toplay at the level of competition wehave here in the Valley,” Zapatahead coach Mario Arce said.“There are seven other teams inour district, and they’re all tough.We need to get the kids ready, notonly physically, but mentally.

“We’ll have a lot of first-year kidswho are really athletic but need toadjust to the speed of varsity.”

Good predistrictThe Hawks were undefeated in

pre-district last season, then went2-5 in their 32-3A campaign to endthe season 5-5 overall.

They will face the same threeteams in pre-district this season asthey did last season, taking on LaJoya-Palmview, LBJ and Roma – all4A schools.

“Our schedule is the same be-cause of realignment,” Arce ex-plained. “Rio Hondo is a 3A, andthey beat (Laredo) Alexander lastseason, then we beat them. That’sjust how competitive it is.

“I’m hoping playing schoolswith an upper-level classificationgets us ready.”

Injuries hurt rcordZapata started last season 5-0 be-

fore injuries, including one to then-junior fullback Sergio Quintanilla,piled up and pushed the team out ofplayoff contention.

“Those injuries ended up cost-ing us,” Arce said. “Quintanillahad almost 800 yards before he gotinjured. We’ll be looking for hisleadership this year.”

The Hawks are returning 15starters total, including all but onemember of their offensive line, andwill have three players competingfor the starting quarterback job.

“We need to find someone whocan not only run the ball, becausewe are a running team, but canpass more,” Arce said. “(Junior)Luis Gonzalez has the edge rightnow because he finished the seasonfor us last year, but we have a cou-ple QBs trying to get that top spot.”

Galveston may get

new fieldASSOCIATED PRESS

GALVESTON, Texas — A morethan 75-year old school stadiumdamaged by Hurricane Ike couldbe replaced with help from govern-ment loans.

Galveston Independent SchoolDistrict officials recently learnedKermit Courville Stadium couldbe brought down and a new com-plex built with up to $8.6 millionin no-interest or low-interest fed-eral loans.

Seeking moneyThe Galveston County Daily

News reported Friday that trusteescould seek money through a bondprogram funded by stimulus dol-lars.

Trustees would have to decidewhere to put a new stadium andthe cost. The issue could go beforevoters Nov. 3.

Supt. Lynne Cleveland says anew venue is important to studentswho want to feel pride in their foot-ball stadium.

The stadium was in disrepairbefore Ike hit on Sept. 13. The hur-ricane-added damage forced teamsto play games elsewhere.

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning TimesThe Zapata High School varsity volleyball team members are, front row from left, Liz Davila, Alexis Garza, Clari Solis, Loraly Rivera, Cassy Quintanilla and Lauren Mendoza.Top row, Amanda Sanchez, Adriana Peña, Katheryn Garcia, Brandi King, Selina Mata, Ashley Martinez and Suzy Domínguez.

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning TimesZapata High School freshmen and junior varsity volleyball teams are shown during a break at the United High preseason tournament in Laredo, on Friday.

The varsity is tuning up this weekendBy CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Zapata Lady Hawks were readyto put all their volleyball educationto the test as they faced 5A power-houses United and Alexander, plusthe addition Cotulla and Roma in

the season’s first scrimmage Friday after-noon.

Today, the Lady Hawks travel to Laredo fora scrimmage at United South to face the LadyPanthers, Cigarroa, and Eagle Pass in their fi-nal tune up before Tuesday’s opening game atLaredo Lyndon B. Johnson in a tri game be-tween Zapata, LBJ, and St. Augustine.

The best fitScrimmages are utilized to see what is the

best fit for a team, with coaches’ constantlymoving players to different positions. Theydetermine where players will be the best fitfor the team.

“This is great way to see the rotation thatwe put together on paper and see if it works,”Zapata coach Rosie Villarreal said. “It is apractice game that lets us see which girl fitsbetter in what place.”

Zapata faced Alexander, of District 29-5A,in the scrimmage opener followed by Cotullaand United. The Lady Hawks will finish theday against Roma.

Villarreal enters her sixth year at the helmas Lady Hawks return the largest senior classsince she took over the program.

Seniors Adriana Peña, Ashley Martinez,Kat Garcia, Clary Solis, Amanda Sanchez,Lexi Garza, Loralee Rivera and Liz Davila areready to lead the team to a play-off spot.

Healthy competitionThe size of the senior class provides a

healthy competition among the girls sincethere is someone else ready to take over ifthey do not perform to expectations.

“We are all fighting for a spot on the teamand that makes us play harder,” Solis said.“Every week you have to bring it every singleday.”

The seniors, along with the incoming varsi-ty players, will try to fill positions left by Lyn-da Leyva and Tessa Moss, who graduated inMay.

“These few days of practice have been chal-lenging in trying to fill those positions,” Vil-larreal said. “I do have five returning letter-men that will help out this year.”

Lingering effectsThe Lady Hawks still feel the lingering ef-

fects from last year’s fourth place finish in dis-trict 32-3A, behind Hidalgo, La Feria and PortIsabel.

“It is a real tough district. Hidalgo, La Feriaand Port Isabel were strong last year. Westayed up with them last year but notenough,” Villarreal said.

“I think that was one of the reasons thesegirls worked as hard as they did during thesummer because they know that in order forus to get one of the three play-off spots theyare going to have to work hard.”

Team members worked hard during thesummer months that even had them travelingto Laredo for the summer volleyball league, inorder to improve on last year’s district finish.

“It’s going to be a good season,” Peña said.“We are ready for any team, and we are reallydetermined to change last year’s fourth placefinish.”

Villarreal is pleased with the progress theteam has shown on defense after one week ofpractice.

Quick defense“I see more quickness in our defense. The

girls are moving a lot quicker and are reactingto the ball a lot faster,” she said. “I credit thatto their work ethic during the summer, theopen gym, the weight room, the summerleague and the conditioning program thatthey went through.”

Villarreal will implement a 6-2 defense,

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Zscores SATURDAY,AUGUST 8, 2009PAGE 2B

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Fri., Oct. 16 at Bossier-Shreveport

Sat., Oct. 17 at RGV

Fri., Oct. 23 at Corpus

Sat., Oct. 24 vs. Allen

Fri., Oct. 30 vs. Amarillo

Sun., Nov. 1 vs. RGV

Wed., Nov. 4 at Arizona

Fri., Nov. 6 at Arizona

Sat., Nov. 7 at Arizona

Wed., Nov. 11 vs. RGV

Sun., Nov. 15 vs. RGV

Fri., Nov. 20 vs. Odessa

Sat., Nov. 21 vs. Texas

Fri., Nov. 27 vs. Bossier-Shreveport

Sat., Nov. 28 at Corpus

Sun., Nov. 29 vs. Corpus

Wed., Dec. 1 at RGV

Fri., Dec. 3 at Odessa

Sat., Dec. 4 vs. Odessa

Tues., Dec. 8 vs. Corpus

Fri., Dec. 11 vs. Missouri

Sat., Dec. 12 at Allen

Thurs., Dec. 17 Corpus

Sat., Dec. 19 Amarillo

Tues., Dec. 22 at Missouri

Sat., Dec. 26 vs. Corpus

Sun., Dec. 27 vs. Tulsa

Tues., Dec. 29 at Corpus

Thurs., Dec. 31 vs. Corpus

Sat., Dec. 2 at Allen

Sun., Dec. 3 vs. Texas

Fri., Dec. 8 vs. Colorado

Sat., Dec. 9 at Corpus

Fri., Jan. 15 at RGV

Sat., Jan. 16 vs. Corpus

Wed., Jan. 20 at Colorado

Fri., Jan. 22 at Colorado

Sat., Jan. 23 at Rapid City

Fri., Jan. 29 vs. Texas

Sat., Jan. 30 vs. Corpus

Sun., Jan. 31 at Odessa

Thurs., Feb. 4 vs. RGV

Fri., Feb. 5 at RGV

Sat., Feb. 6 vs. Amarillo

Tues., Feb. 9 vs. Corpus, 11 a.m.

Fri., Feb. 12 at Texas

Sat., Feb. 13 at RGV

Sun., Feb. 14 vs. RGV

Thurs., Feb. 18 vs. RGV

Fri., Feb. 19 Corpus

Sat., Feb. 20 RGV

Thurs., Feb. 25 Allen

Fri., Feb. 26 vs. RGV

Sat., Feb. 27 vs. Texas

Thurs., March 4 vs. Allen

Fri., March 5 at Texas

Sat., March 6 at Odessa

Wed., March 10 at Corpus

Fri., March 12 vs. RGV

Sat., March 13 vs. Arizona

Sun. March 14 at Texas

Wed., March 17 vs. Odessa

Fri., March 19 at Odessa

Sat., March 20 vs. Wichita

NNoottee:: All home games 7 p.m. on

weeknights and 7:30 p.m. on week-

ends unless otherwise noted.

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Amarillo 29 26 .527 8

Edinburg 28 27 .509 9

Coastal Bend 26 29 .473 11

Harlingen 24 31 .436 13

Laredo 21 34 .382 16

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San Angelo 6, Laredo 3

Edinburg 6, Amarillo 1

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p.m.

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Amarillo at Edinburg, 8:05 p.m.

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Coastal Bend at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m.

Laredo at Edinburg, 8:05 p.m.

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Laredo at Edinburg, 7:05 p.m.

San Angelo at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m.

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Boston 62 45 .579 3½

Tampa Bay 60 48 .556 6

Toronto 51 56 .477 14½

Baltimore 45 63 .417 21

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Chicago 56 53 .514 2

Minnesota 53 55 .491 4½

Cleveland 46 62 .426 11½

Kansas City 42 66 .389 15½

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Los Angeles 64 42 .604 —

Texas 60 47 .561 4½

Seattle 56 52 .519 9

Oakland 47 61 .435 18


Cleveland 2, Minnesota 1

Detroit 7, Baltimore 3

L.A. Angels 9, Chicago White Sox 5

Texas 6, Oakland 4

N.Y. Yankees 13, Boston 6

Kansas City 8, Seattle 2


Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox,

8:11 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.


Baltimore (Tillman 0-0) at Toronto

(Cecil 5-1), 1:07 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 1-1) at N.Y. Yan-

kees (Sabathia 11-7), 4:10 p.m.

Texas (Millwood 9-7) at L.A. Angels

(Jer.Weaver 11-3), 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 3-3) at Chica-

go White Sox (C.Torres 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 9-8) at Detroit

(Verlander 12-5), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Bre.Anderson 6-8) at

Kansas City (Greinke 10-7), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (J.Shields 6-8) at Seattle

(Snell 2-8), 10:10 p.m.


Minnesota at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox,

2:05 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 8:05 p.m.

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Oakland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 10:05

p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10

p.m.

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Florida 55 53 .509 7

Atlanta 55 54 .505 7½

New York 51 57 .472 11

Washington 37 72 .339 25½

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St. Louis 59 51 .536 —

Milwaukee 54 54 .500 4

Houston 53 55 .491 5

Cincinnati 46 61 .430 11½

Pittsburgh 45 63 .417 13

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Los Angeles 67 42 .615 —

San Francisco 60 48 .556 6½

Colorado 59 49 .546 7½

Arizona 50 59 .459 17

San Diego 45 65 .409 22½


Washington 12, Florida 8

Philadelphia 3, Colorado 1

Arizona 11, Pittsburgh 6, 12 innings

San Diego 8, N.Y. Mets 3

L.A. Dodgers 5, Atlanta 4


Arizona at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 7:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 9:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 10:15

p.m.


Cincinnati (Arroyo 10-10) at San

Francisco (Zito 7-10), 4:05 p.m.

Arizona (Haren 11-6) at Washington

(Mock 0-4), 7:05 p.m.

Florida (West 3-4) at Philadelphia

(Hamels 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (M.Parra 6-8) at Hous-

ton (Hampton 7-8), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 12-7) at Pitts-

burgh (Morton 2-4), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-5) at Col-

orado (Marquis 12-7), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Parnell 2-3) at San

Diego (Latos 3-1), 10:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Kawakami 5-9) at L.A.

Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.


Arizona at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 2:05 p.m.


Cincinnati at San Francisco, 4:05

p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

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Cincinnati at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.


N.Y. Mets at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco,

10:15 p.m.

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LHP Rich Hill, July 29

OF Luis Montanez, May 23

RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2

RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15

RHP Koji Uehara, June 24

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RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27

C George Kottaras, July 30

RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, June 20

RHP Tim Wakefield, July 21

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RHP Bartolo Colon, July 25

RHP Jake Peavy, June 9

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RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23

RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26

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RHP Jeremy Bonderman, June 9

RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28

LHP Nathan Robertson, June 27

C Matt Treanor-x, April 24

LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15

RHP Joel Zumaya, July 18

KKaannssaass CCiittyy

SS Mike Aviles-x, May 24

OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13

RHP Kyle Farnsworth, June 26

OF Jose Guillen, July 23

RHP Gil Meche, July 18

LLooss AAnnggeelleess

RHP Kelvim Escobar, June 7

CF Torii Hunter, July 8

RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18

C Scott Shields-x, May 27

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RHP Boof Bonser-x, March 27

RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21

RHP Kevin Slowey, July 4

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OF Brett Gardner, July 26

LHP Damaso Marte, April 26

OF Xavier Nady, April 15

RHP Chien-Ming Wang, July 5

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1B Daric Barton, July 27

3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25

RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4

RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March

27

RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16

LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20

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LHP Erik Bedard, July 26

OF Endy Chavez-x, June 20

LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March 15

LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29

RHP Carlos Silva-x, May 7

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RHP Chad Bradford, July 23

RHP Jason Isringhausen-x, June 14

INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25

RHP Troy Percival, May 22

CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27

TTeexxaass

RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5

RHP Jason Grilli, Aug. 2

LHP Matt Harrison, June 24

RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5

2B Ian Kinsler, July 29

RHP Brandon McCarthy-x, June 5

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C Michael Barrett, April 18

LHP Scott Downs, Aug. 2

RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14

RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27

RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27

RHP Robert Ray, May 22

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OF Eric Byrnes, June 26

RHP Tom Gordon-x, May 4

1B Conor Jackson-x, May 12

OF Justin Upton, Aug. 6

RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7

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RHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29

RHP Buddy Carlyle, May 26

RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24

SS Omar Infante, May 21

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SS Andres Blanco, Aug. 4

RHP Chad Fox, May 10

OF Reed Johnson, July 30

LHP Ted Lilly, July 21

2B Aaron Miles, June 21

RHP David Patton, July 5

C Geovany Soto, July 7

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OF Jay Bruce, July 12

RHP Jared Burton, July 25

INF-OF Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21

OF Chris Dickerson, July 27

C Ramon Hernandez, July 17

RHP Mike Lincoln, June 13

RHP Micah Owings, July 27

INF Danny Richar, July 2

RHP Edinson Volquez, June 2

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RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27

RHP Manuel Corpas, July 21

LHP Alan Embree, July 11

LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27

RHP Juan Rincon, July 31

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SS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17

RHP Burke Badenhop, Aug. 2

LHP David Davidson-x, May 23

RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27

RHP Anibal Sanchez, June 3

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1B Lance Berkman, July 23

3B Aaron Boone-x March 27

2B German Duran, July 2

INF-OF Darin Erstad, July 19

RHP LaTroy Hawkins, July 28

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RHP Ronald Belisario, July 6

1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17

LHP Eric Milton, June 28

LHP Will Ohman, May 28

OF Xavier Paul, May 21

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RHP Dave Bush, June 21

OF Corey Hart, Aug. 2

RHP Seth McClung, July 25

RHP David Riske-x, April 10

RHP Jeff Suppan, July 28

2B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18

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OF Carlos Beltran, June 22

1B Carlos Delgado-x, May 11

RHP John Maine, June 7

OF Fernando Martinez, July 9

INF Ramon Martinez-x, June 3

RHP Fernando Nieve, July 20

RHP J.J. Putz, June 5

SS Jose Reyes, May 21

LHP Billy Wagner-x, March 27

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LHP Antonio Bastardo, June 26

RHP Clay Condrey, July 25

RHP Chad Durbin, July 23

RHP Pedro Martinez, July 16

RHP Brett Myers-x, May 28

LHP J.C. Romero, July 23

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LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27

RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20

RHP Tyler Yates, May 16

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LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27

3B Troy Glaus, March 27

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RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30

OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19

OF Brian Giles, June 19

INF Edgar Gonzalez, July 19RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26C Nick Hundley, June 18RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1RHP Chris Young, June 15

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

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

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AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTTAAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EEaasstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0

N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0

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Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NNoorrtthh


Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0

WWeesstt


Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0

San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0

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EEaasstt


Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0

N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0

SSoouutthh


New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NNoorrtthh


Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0

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Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0

San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0

St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0

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Buffalo vs. Tennessee at Canton,

Ohio, 8 p.m.

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Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

New England at Philadelphia, 7:30

p.m.

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Oakland, 10 p.m.

FFrriiddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1144

St. Louis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Indianapolis, 7:30

p.m.

Cincinnati at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1155

Atlanta at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 10 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1177

Jacksonville at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.

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Members of the Pro Football Hall of

Fame:

Herb Adderley, defensive back

Troy Aikman, quarterback

Lance Alworth, wide receiver

George Allen, coach

Marcus Allen, running back

Doug Atkins, defensive end

Morris ``Red’’ Badgro, end

Lem Barney, cornerback

Cliff Battles, halfback

Sammy Baugh, quarterback

Chuck Bednarik, center-linebacker

Bert Bell, NFL commissioner-team

owner

Bobby Bell, linebacker

Raymond Berry, end

Elvin Bethea, defensive end

Charles W. Bidwell Sr., team owner

Fred Biletnikoff, wide receiver

George Blanda, quarterback-place-

kicker

Mel Blount, cornerback

Terry Bradshaw, quarterback

Bob Brown, offensive tackle

Jim Brown, fullback

Paul Brown, coach

Roosevelt Brown, tackle

Willie Brown, cornerback

Buck Buchanan, defensive tackle

Nick Buoniconti, linebacker

Dick Butkus, linebacker

Earl Campbell, running back

Tony Canadeo, halfback

Joe Carr, NFL president

Harry Carson, linebacker

Dave Casper, tight end

Guy Chamberlin, end-coach

Jack Christiansen, safety

Earl ``Dutch’’ Clark, quarterback

George Connor, tackle-linebacker

Jimmy Conzelman, quarterback-

coach

Lou Creekmur, tackle-guard

Larry Csonka, running back

Al Davis, team owner-league ad-

ministrator

Willie Davis, defensive end

Len Dawson, quarterback

Fred Dean, defensive end

Joe DeLamielleure, guard

Eric Dickerson, running back

Dan Dierdorf, tackle

Mike Ditka, tight end

Art Donovan, defensive tackle

Tony Dorsett, running back

John Driscoll, quarterback

Bill Dudley, halfback

Glen ``Turk’’ Edwards, tackle

Carl Eller, defensive end

John Elway, quarterback

Weeb Ewbank, coach

Tom Fears, end

Jim Finks, administrator

Ray Flaherty, coach

Len Ford, defensive end

Dan Fortmann, guard

Dan Fouts, quarterback

Benny Friedman, quaterback

Frank Gatski, center

Bill George, linebacker

Joe Gibbs, coach

Frank Gifford, halfback

Sid Gillman, coach

Otto Graham, quarterback

Red Grange, halfback

Bud Grant, coach

Darrell Green, cornerback

Joe Greene, defensive tackle

Forrest Gregg, tackle

Bob Griese, quarterback

Lou Groza, tackle-kicker

Joe Guyon, halfback

George Halas, end-coach-owner

Jack Ham, linebacker

Dan Hampton, defensive lineman

John Hannah, guard

Franco Harris, running back

Bob Hayes, wide receiver

Mike Haynes, cornerback

Ed Healey, tackle

Mel Hein, center

Ted Hendricks, linebacker

Wilbur ``Pete’’ Henry, tackle

Arnie Herber, quarterback

Bill Hewitt, end

Gene Hickerson, guard

Clarke Hinkle, fullback

Elroy ``Crazy Legs’’ Hirsch, half-

back-end

Paul Hornung, halfback

Ken Houston, safety

Cal Hubbard, tackle

Sam Huff, linebacker

Lamar Hunt, team owner

Don Hutson, end

Michael Irvin, wide receiver

Jimmy Johnson, corner back

John Henry Johnson, fullback

Charlie Joiner, wide receiver

Dave ``Deacon’’ Jones, defensive

end

Stan Jones, offensive guard-defen-

sive tackle

Henry Jordan, defensive tackle

Sonny Jurgensen, quarterback

Jim Kelly, quarterback

Leroy Kelly, running back

Walt Kiesling, guard-coach

Frank ``Bruiser’’ Kinard, tackle

Paul Krause, safety

Earl ``Curly’’ Lambeau, coach

Jack Lambert, linebacker

Tom Landry, coach

Dick ``Night Train’’ Lane, corner-

back

Jim Langer, center

Willie Lanier, linebacker

Steve Largent, wide receiver

Yale Lary, defensive back-punter

Dante Lavelli, end

Bobby Layne, quarterback

Alfonse ``Tuffy’’ Leemans, fullback

Marv Levy, coach

Bob Lilly, defensive tackle

Larry Little, guard

James Lofton, wide receiver

Vince Lombardi, coach

Howie Long, defensive end

Ronnie Lott, cornereback-safety

Sid Luckman, quarterback

Roy ``Link’’ Lyman, tackle

Tom Mack, guard

John Mackey, tight end

John Madden, coach

Tim Mara, team owner

Wellington Mara, team owner

Gino Marchetti, defensive end

Dan Marino, quarterback

George Preston Marshall, team

owner

Ollie Matson, halfback

Bruce Matthews, offensive lineman

Don Maynard, wide receiver

George McAfee, halfback

Mike McCormack, offensive tackle

Randall McDaniel, guard

Tommy McDonald, wide receiver

Hugh McElhenny, halfback

Johnny ``Blood’’ McNally, halfback

Mike Michalske, guard

Wayne Millner, end

Bobby Mitchell, running back-wide

receiver

Ron Mix, tackle

Art Monk, wide receiver

Joe Montana, quarterback

Warren Moon, quarterback

Lenny Moore, flanker-running back

Marion Motley, fullback

Mike Munchak, guard

Anthony Munoz, offensive tackle

George Musso, guard-tackle

Bronko Nagurski, fullback

Joe Namath, quarterback

Earle ``Greasy’’ Neale, coach

Ernie Nevers, fullback

Ozzie Newsome, tight end

Ray Nitschke, linebacker

Chuck Noll, coach

Leo Nomellini, defensive tackle

Merlin Olsen, defensive tackle

Jim Otto, center

Steve Owen, tackle-coach

Alan Page, defensive tackle

Clarence ``Ace’’ Parker, quarter-

back

Jim Parker, guard-tackle

Walter Payton, running back

Joe Perry, fullback

Pete Pihos, end

Fritz Pollard, running back

Hugh ``Shorty’’ Ray, supervisor of

officials

Dan Reeves, team owner

Mel Renfro, cornerback-safety

John Riggins, running back

Jim Ringo, center

Andy Robustelli, defensive end

Art Rooney, team owner

Dan Rooney, team owner

Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner

Bob St. Clair, tackle

Barry Sanders, running back

Charlie Sanders, tight end

Gale Sayers, running back

Joe Schmidt, linebacker

Tex Schramm, team president-gen-

eral manager

Lee Roy Selmon, defensive end

Billy Shaw, guard

Art Shell, offensive tackle

Don Shula, coach

O.J. Simpson, running back

Mike Singletary, linebacker

Jackie Slater, offensive tackle

Bruce Smith, defensive end

Jackie Smith, tight end

John Stallworth, wide receiver

Bart Starr, quarterback

Roger Staubach, quarterback

Ernie Stautner, defensive tackle

Jan Stenerud, placekicker

Dwight Stephenson, center

Hank Stram, coach

Ken Strong, halfback

Joe Stydahar, tackle

Lynn Swann, wide receiver

Fran Tarkenton, quarterback

Charley Taylor, running back-wide

receiver

Jim Taylor, fullback

Lawrence Taylor, linebacker

Derrick Thomas, linebacker

Emmitt Thomas, cornerback

Thurman Thomas, running back

Jim Thorpe, halfback

Andre Tippett, linebacker

Y.A. Tittle, quarterback

George Trafton, center

Charley Trippi, halfback-quarter-

back

Emlen Tunnell, safety

Clyde ``Bulldog’’ Turner, center

Johnny Unitas, quarterback

Gene Upshaw, guard

Norm Van Brocklin, quarterback

Steve Van Buren, halfback

Doak Walker, halfback

Bill Walsh, coach

Paul Warfield, wide receiver

Bob Waterfield, quarterback

Mike Webster, center

Roger Wehrli, defensive back

Arnie Weinmeister, defensive tack-

le

Randy White, defensive tackle

Reggie White, defensive end

Dave Wilcox, linebacker

Bill Willis, guard

Ralph Wilson, founder/team owner

Larry Wilson, safety

Kellen Winslow, tight end

Alex Wojciechowicz, center

Willie Wood, safety

Rod Woodson, cornerback/safety

Rayfield Wright, offensive tackle

Ron Yary, offensive tackle

Steve Young, quarterback

Jack Youngblood, defensive end

Gary Zimmerman, tackle

22000099 IINNDDUUCCTTEEEESS

BBoobb HHaayyeess

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55--1111,, 118855

NFL career: 1965-1974 Dallas Cow-

boys, 1975 San Francisco 49ers.

Senior candidate. Cowboys’ sev-

enth-round pick (88th overall) of 1964

NFL draft and Broncos’ 14th-round pick

(105th overall) of 1964 AFL draft. ...

Won a pair of gold medals in the 1964

Olympic Games earning him the title

``World’s Fastest Human’’. ... Played 11

seasons, 132 games. ... As a rookie, his

46 receptions for 1,003 yards led all

Cowboys receivers. ... His world class

speed was major factor in Cowboys of-

fensive successes. ... ̀ `Bullet Bob’’ ter-

rorized defensive backs and demanded

deep double coverage rarely seen in

the NFL then. ... Often said that bump

and run defense was developed to slow

him down. ... Used his speed ̀ `in a foot-

ball sense,’’ rather than just trying to

run fast. ... Four times was named

first- or second-team All-NFL. ... Three

times led the Cowboys in receptions, in-

cluding back-to-back titles in 1965-1966

when he caught a total of 110 passes for

more than 2,200 yards and 25 touch-

downs. ... Hayes accumulated 7,414

yards and 71 touchdowns in his career.

... The 71 TDs remain a Cowboys’ club

record.

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GGuuaarrdd

66--33,, 227766

1988-1999 Minnesota Vikings, 2000-01

Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 14 seasons,

222 games.

Selected by Minnesota in the first

round (19th overall) of 1988 draft. ...

Played in all 16 games as rookie, start-

ing 15, and earned All-Rookie honors. ...

Started in 13 consecutive playoff

games with the Vikings. ... Started in

202 consecutive games before retiring.

... Possessed uncanny ability to either

finesse block or overpower opponents.

... Led Vikings offensive line that held

opponents to a sack every 22.7 at-

tempts (1994), and every 21.3 attempts

in 1998. ... Blocked for six 1,000-yard

rushers and five 3,000-yard passers

during career ... With McDaniel lead-

ing the offensive line, team captured

NFC Central Division titles in 1989,

1992, 1994, and 1998. ... Anchored offen-

sive line of explosive Vikings team

that led league with then-record 556

points in 1998. ... Named All-Pro nine

consecutive times (1990-98). ... Selected

to play in a record 12 consecutive Pro

Bowls (1990-2001).

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DDeeffeennssiivvee EEnndd

66--44,, 228800

1985-1999 Buffalo Bills, 2000-03

Washington Redskins. 19 seasons, 279

games.

Selected by Buffalo with the first

pick overall of 1985 draft. ... Considered

one of the most dominant defensive

players in NFL history. ... Known as

fierce pass rusher who possessed

tremendous strength. ... His 200 career

sacks is NFL all-time record. ...

Recorded 10 or more sacks in an NFL

record 13 seasons. ... Most consider

1990 as his finest single season during

which he recorded 19 sacks, including

four against Colts QB Jeff George in the

first 20 minutes of a Week 14 game and

sacked Giants QB Jeff Hostetler for a

safety in the 1991 Super Bowl. ... Was a

dominant part of Bills championship

teams that between 1988-1995 won six

AFC Eastern Division crowns (1988-

1991, 1993, 1995) and four AFC champi-

onships (1990-93) . ... Named NFL De-

fensive Player of the Year, 1990 and

1996. ... Named to the NFL’s All Decade

Teams of the 1980s and 1990s . .. Named

first- or second-team All-Pro 11 times

and selected to play in 11 Pro Bowls

(1988-1991, 1993-99).

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LLiinneebbaacckkeerr

66--33,, 224433

1989-1999 Kansas City Chiefs. 11 sea-

sons, 169 games.

Selected by Kansas City in the first

round (fourth overall) of 1989 draft. ...

Had 10 sacks as a rookie and added 75

tackles to earn Defensive Rookie of

the Year honors. ... In 1990, led NFL

with team-record 20 sacks, including

NFL- record seven in one game. ...

Chosen for nine Pro Bowls. ... Accu-

mulated most sacks in NFL during

1990s (116½). ... Recorded 126½ career

sacks. Had 10 or more in a season sev-

en times and multisack games 27

times. ... Forced 45 fumbles, recov-

ered 19. Scored four touchdowns on

fumble returns and added three

safeties. ... In the 11 years he anchored

the defense, Chiefs finished first or sec-

ond in the AFC West 10 times, made

seven playoff appearances, and won

three division titles. ... All-Pro three

times. ... Selected to nine straight Pro

Bowls. ... Member of the NFL’s all-

decade team of the 1990s.

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1960-present Buffalo Bills.

One of original founders of Ameri-

can Football League, Wilson formed

Buffalo Bills in 1959. ... During tenure

as team owner, Bills won AFL Cham-

pionships in 1964 and 1965, AFC titles in

1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 on way to un-

precedented four consecutive appear-

ances in Super Bowls. ... Bills 103 reg-

ular season wins, second most in NFL

during 1990s. ... Helped lead AFL

through early years making tough de-

cisions that were necessary for league’s

survival. ... Began talks with Carroll

Rosenbloom, then owner of NFL’s Colts

in January 1965, that eventually result-

ed in AFL-NFL merger. ... Considered

``voice of reason’’ Wilson served as

President of AFL, was on AFL’s Ex-

pansion Committee and AFL-NFL Ne-

gotiations Committee. ... Was promi-

nent in 1977 negotiations between NFL

Management Council and NFL Players

Association. ... Has served as Chair-

man of NFL Pension Committee, Labor

Committee, Super Bowl Site Commit-

tee, NFL Expansion Committee, NFL

Realignment Committee.

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66--00,, 220000

1987-1996 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1997

San Francisco 49ers, 1998-2001 Balti-

more Ravens, 2002-03 Oakland Raiders.

17 seasons, 238 games with 229 starts.

Selected by Pittsburgh in the first

round (10th overall) of 1987 draft. ...

First interception of pro career result-

ed in 45-yard touchdown return. ...

From 1991-94 recorded 12 sacks and 19

interceptions, returning three for TDs.

... In 1995 suffered serious knee injury

with recovery time projected to be six

to 12 months. ... Returned to action in

just four months and played in the 1996

Super Bowl. ... Member of NFL’s 75th

Anniversary Team and NFL’s All-

Decade Team of the 1990s. ... NFL De-

fensive Player of the Year, 1993. ... In-

tercepted 71 passes in career; third on

NFL all time list. ... Is NFL’s all-time

leader in interception return yardage

(1,483). ... Holds NFL record for most

interceptions returned for TDs (12). ...

Six-time first-team All-Pro choice (1989,

1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001). ... Earned

All-Pro honors as cornerback, kick re-

turner, safety. ... Chosen to play in 11

Pro Bowls — seven with Steelers, three

with Ravens, and one with Raiders.

Source: Pro Football Hall of Fame.

MMLLSSAAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT

EEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

WW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Columbus 8 3 9 33 29 24

Chicago 8 3 8 32 26 20

D.C. 6 410 28 34 32

Toronto FC 7 7 6 27 28 31

New England 6 5 6 24 19 22

Kansas City 5 7 6 21 20 25

New York 215 4 10 16 37

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

WW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Houston 10 6 5 35 27 18

Seattle 7 4 8 29 26 20

Los Angeles 6 310 28 23 20

Colorado 7 6 6 27 28 24

Chivas USA 8 6 3 27 19 15

Real Salt Lake 6 8 5 23 28 24

FC Dallas 6 9 5 23 29 30

San Jose 410 5 17 25 35

NOTE: Three points for victory,

one point for tie.


FC Dallas 1, Houston 0


Los Angeles at New England, 6 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Chivas USA at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.


Chicago at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugguusstt 1155

D.C. United at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

Chivas USA at New York, 7 p.m.

FC Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy,, AAuugguusstt 1166

Chicago at Kansas City, 3 p.m.

WWNNBBAAEEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

Indiana 16 4 .800 —

Connecticut 10 9 .526 5½

Washington 10 9 .526 5½

Atlanta 11 10 .524 5½

Chicago 10 11 .476 6½

Detroit 7 10 .412 7½

New York 6 13 .316 9½

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

Phoenix 16 6 .727 —

Seattle 12 9 .571 3½

Minnesota 10 10 .500 5

San Antonio 9 11 .450 6

Los Angeles 7 11 .389 7

Sacramento 5 16 .238 10½

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Indiana 76, Chicago 67


Atlanta 92, San Antonio 84

Los Angeles 79, Seattle 75, OT


Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

Connecticut at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 10 p.m.


Chicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

New York at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 10 p.m.


Washington at Connecticut, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

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PPRREELLIIMMIINNAARRYY RROOUUNNDD

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TTuueessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2288

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

(El Salvador) 1

Pachuca (Mexico) 3, Jalapa

(Guatemala) 0

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Toronto FC (Canada) 0, Puerto Rico

Islanders 1

San Francisco (Panama) 2, San

Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0

Liberia (Costa Rica) 3, Real Espana

(Honduras) 0

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W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) 2, New York Red Bulls (United

States) 2, tie

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 6, Herediano

(Costa Rica) 2

Olimpia (Honduras) 2, Arabe Unido

(Panama) 1

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TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 44

Puerto Rico Islanders 0, Toronto

(Canada) 0, Islanders advanced on 1-0

aggregate

Jalapa (Guatemala) 1, Pachuca

(Mexico) 7, Pachuca advanced on 10-1

aggregate

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

(United States) 1, OT; 2-2 aggregate;

D.C. United advanced 5-4 on penalty

kicks

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 55


go) 2, New York Red Bulls (United

States) 1, W Connection advanced on 4-

3 aggregate

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 0, Herdiano

(Costa Rica) 0, Cruz Azul advanced on

6-2 aggregate


Arabe Unido (Panama) 1, Olimpia

(Honduras) 0, Arabe Unido advanced

on 1-0 away goals

San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and To-

bago) 3, San Francisco (Panama) 0,

San Juan Jabloteh advanced on 3-2 ag-

gregate

Real Espana (Honduras) 6, Liberia

(Costa Rica) 0, Real Espana advanced

on 6-3 aggregate

FFIIRRSSTT RROOUUNNDD

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Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Metapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Arabe Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Houston Dynamo (United States)

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

Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Pachu-

ca (Mexico), 8 p.m.


Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Metapan (El

Salvador), 8 p.m.


Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Houston

Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Arabe

Unido (Panama), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166

Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Houston Dy-

namo (United States), 10 p.m.



vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), 10 p.m.

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Pachu-

ca (Mexico), 10 p.m.


Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Meta-

pan (El Salvador), 10 p.m.



vs. Pachuca (Mexico), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2211

Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Arabe Unido

(Panama), 8 p.m.

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Houston

Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m.

GGRROOUUPP BB


D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Marathon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

San Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Marathon (Honduras) vs. D.C. Unit-

ed (United States), 10 p.m.



bago) vs. Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m.


D.C. United (United States) vs.

Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m.


Marathon (Honduras) vs. San Juan

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



bago) vs. D.C. United (United States),

8 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1177

Toluca (Mexico) vs. Marathon

(Honduras), 8 p.m.


Toluca (Mexico) vs. San Juan

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


D.C. United (United States) vs.

Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m.


D.C. United (United States) vs. San

Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 8

p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 11

Marathon (Honduras) vs. Toluca

(Mexico), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2200

Toluca (Mexico) vs. D.C. United

(United States), 8 p.m.



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

GGRROOUUPP CC


Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saprissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

P.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Columbus Crew (United States) vs.

Puerto Rico Islanders, 8 p.m.


Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Saprissa

(Costa Rica), 10 p.m.


Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Puerto

Rico Islanders, 10 p.m.


Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Columbus

Crew (United States), 10 p.m.


Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Cruz Azul

(Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) win-

ner, 8 p.m.


Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Columbus

Crew (United States), 10 p.m.


Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Saprissa

(Costa Rica), 8 p.m.



Cruz Azul (Mexico)-Herediano (Costa

Rica) winner, 8 p.m.



Saprissa (Costa Rica), 8 p.m.

Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Puerto Rico

Islanders, 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2200

Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Colum-

bus Crew (United States), 8 p.m.

Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Cruz Azul

(Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) win-

ner, 10 p.m.

GGRROOUUPP DD


Pumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Com. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

W. Conn. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Real Espana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Comu-

nicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m.


Real Espana (Honduras) vs. W

Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10

p.m.



go) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala), 8

p.m.

Real Espana (Honduras) vs.

Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.



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


Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs.

Real Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m.


Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. W

Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10

p.m.


Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Real

Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m.


Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. W Con-

nection (Trinidad and Tobago), 8 p.m.

Real Espana (Honduras) vs. Comu-

nicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2211


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


Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs.

Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.

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Lyon (France) vs. Anderlecht (Bel-

gium)

Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) vs. Arse-

nal (England)

Panathinaikos (Greece) vs. Atletico

Madrid (Spain)

Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) vs.

Fiorentina (Italy)

Timisoara (Romania) vs. Stuttgart

(Germany)CChhaammppiioonnss PPaatthh

Copenhagen (Denmark) vs. APOEL

(Cyprus)

Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) vs. De-

breceni (Hungary)

Salzburg (Austria) vs. Maccabi

Haifa (Israel)

Sheriff (Moldova) vs. Olympiakos

(Greece)

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Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs.

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

Athletic Bilbao (Spain) vs. Tromso

(Norway)

BATE Borisov (Belarus) vs. Litex

Lovech (Bulgaria)

Baku (Azerbaijan) vs. Basel

(Switzerland)

Benfica (Portugal) vs. Vorskla

Poltava (Ukraine)

Brondby (Denmark) vs. Hertha

Berlin (Germany)

Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) vs.

Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) vs.

Hearts (Scotland)

Dynamo Moscow (Russia) vs.

CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)

Everton (England) vs. Sigma Olo-

mouc (Czech Republic)

Fulham (England) vs. Amkar

Perm (Russia)

Galatasaray (Turkey) vs. Levadia

Tallinn (Lithuania)

Genoa (Italy) vs. OB Odense (Den-

mark)

Guingamp (France) vs. Hamburg

(Germany)

Lazio (Italy) vs. Elfsborg (Sweden)

Lech Poznan (Poland) vs. Brugge

(Belgium)

Metallurh Donetsk (Ukraine) vs.

Austria Vienna (Austria)

NAC Breda (Netherlands) vs. Vil-

larreal (Spain)

PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) vs.

Heerenveen (Netherlands)

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) vs.

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (Israel)

Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) vs.

MSK Zilina (Slovakia)

Racing Genk (Belgium) vs. Lille

(France)

Rapid Vienna (Austria) vs. Aston

Villa (England)

AS Roma (Italy) vs. MFK Kosice

(Slovakia)

Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) vs.

Cluj (Romania)

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs.

Sivasspor (Turkey)

Sion (Switzerland) vs. Fenerbahce

(Turkey)

Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) vs.

Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) vs.

Maribor (Slovenia)

Stabaek (Norway) vs. Valencia

(Spain)

Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. St.

Patrick’s Athletic (Ireland)

Sturm Graz (Austria) vs. Metalist

Kharkiv (Ukraine)

Teplice (Czech Republic) vs.

Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)

Trabzonspor (Turkey) vs. Toulouse

(France)

Twente (Netherlands) vs. Qarabag

(Azerbaijan)

Vaslui (Romania) vs. AEK Athens

(Greece)

Werder Bremen (Germany) vs. Ak-

tobe (Kazakhstan)

Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) vs.

Nacional (Portugal)

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Woody Austin 69-68-137 -3

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Zach Johnson 67-70-137 -3

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Ben Curtis 77-69-146 +6

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Anthony Kang 71-76-147 +7

Chih-Bing Lam 74-75-149 +9

Brian Gay 75-74-149 +9

Gregory Havret 73-77-150 +10

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AAuugg.. 88

At Cordoba, Argentina (PPV), Jorge

Rodrigo Barrios, Argentina, vs. Moises

Castro, Nicaragua, 10, lightweights;

Marcos Hector Vergara, Argentina, vs.

Luis Alberto Arrieta, Argentina, 10,

light middleweights; Israel Hector En-

rique Perez, Argentina, vs. Jhonny An-

tequera, Venezuela, 10, super feather-

weights.AAuugg.. 1144

At Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson,

Ariz. (ESPN2), Vivian Harris, Brook-

lyn, N.Y., vs. Noe Bolanos, Mexico, 12,

light welterweights.AAuugg.. 1155

At the Gold Coast Arena, Biloxi,

Miss. (PPV): Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola,

Fla., vs. Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg,

Fla., 12, light heavyweights; Danny

Green, Australia, vs. Julio Cesar

Dominguez, Argentina, 12, cruiser-

weights; Verquan Kimbrough, Pitts-

burgh, vs. Mike Anchondo, La Puente,

Calif., 10, lightweights.

At Hard Rock Hotel and Casino,

Las Vegas (PPV), Nonito Donaire, San

Leandro, Calif., vs. Rafael Concepcion,

Panama, 12, for the interim WBA super

flyweight title; Steven Luevano, La

Puente, Calif., vs. Bernabe Concep-

cion, Philippines, 12, for Luevano’s

WBO featherweight title; Mark Melli-

gen, Philippines, vs. Michael Rosales,

10, Mexico, super lightweights; Antho-

ny Peterson, Washington, vs. Luis

Arceo, Mexico, 10, lightweights.AAuugg.. 2211

At the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las

Vegas, Oliver McCall, Martinsville,

Va., vs. Franklin Lawrence, Indi-

anapolis, 12, for McCall’s IBA Inter-

continental heavyweight title.AAuugg.. 2222

At Toyota Center, Houston (HBO),

Malcolm Klassen, South Africa, vs.

Robert Guerrero, Gilroy, Calif., 12, for

Klassen’s IBF super featherweight ti-

tle; Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Paul Ma-

lignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, light wel-

terweights; Daniel Jacobs, Brooklyn,

N.Y., vs. Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, 10, for

the NABO middleweight title.AAuugg.. 2288

At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and

Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (ESPN2), Juan

Urango, Cooper City, Fla., vs. Randall

Bailey, Miami, 12, for Urango’s IBF

light welterweight title; Tavoris Cloud,

Tallahassee, Fla., vs. Clinton Woods,

Britain, 12, for the vacant IBF light

heavyweight title.

AAuugg.. 2299

At Halle, Germany, Victor Emil-

iano Ramirez, Argentina, vs. Marco

Huck, Germany, 12, for Ramirez’s

WBO cruiserweight title; Karo Murat,

Germany, vs. Lorenzo Di Giacomo,

Italy, 12, for Murat’s European super

middleweight title.

At The Blaisdell Center, Honolulu,

Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs.

Jesus Iribe, Mexico, 12, for Viloria’s

IBF light flyweight title.

At Quik Trip Park, Grande Prairie,

Texas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs.

Edvan Dos Barrios, Miami, 10, welter-

weights; Mikey Garcia, Oxnard, Calif.,

vs. Carlos Rivera, Oldsmar, Fla., 10,

featherweights.

SSeepptt.. 55

At Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (PPV),

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico, vs. Ja-

son LeHoullier, Portland, Maine, 10,

super welterweights; Manuel Vargas,

Mexico, vs. Donnie Nietes, Philippines,

12, for Vargas’ WBO mini flyweight ti-

tle.

SSeepptt.. 1122

At MCH Messecenter, Herning,

Denmark (SHO), Mikkel Kessler, Den-

mark, vs. Gusmyl Perdomo,

Venezuela, 12, for Kessler’s WBA super

middleweight title.

At Pechanga Resort and Casino,

Temecula, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward,

vs. Shelby Pudwill, Mandan, N.D., 10,

super middleweights.

SSeepptt.. 1199

At the MGM Grand, Las Vegas,

Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs.

Juan Manuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif.,

12, welterweights.

SSeepptt.. 2266

At Staples Center, Los Angeles, Vi-

tali Klitschko, Los Angeles, vs. Chris

Arreola, Riverside, Calif., 12, for Kl-

itschko’s WBC heavyweight title.

At UIC Pavilion, Chicago, David

Diaz, Chicago, vs. Jesus Chavez,

Austin, Texas, 10, lightweights.

OOcctt.. 1177

At TBA, Germany (SHO), Arthur

Abraham, Germany, vs. Jermaine

Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., 12, super

middleweights.

At Trent FM Arena, Nottingham,

England (SHO), Carl Froch, Britain,

vs. Andre Dirrell, Flint, Mich., 12, for

Froch’s WBC super middleweight title.

NNoovv.. 1144

At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV),

Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, vs.

Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, 12, welter-

weights.

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MLB—Suspended OF Mitch Einert-

son (Corpus Christi-Texas League) for

50 games for a second violation of the

minor league drug prevention and

treatment program for a drug of abuse.

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BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Traded C

Gregg Zaun to Tampa Bay for cash or

a player to be named. Purchased the

contract of C Chad Moeller from Nor-

folk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX—Designated

RHP John Smoltz for assignment.

Claimed INF Chris Woodward off

waivers from Seattle. Recalled RHP

Junichi Tazawa from Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled

LHP Rafael Perez from Columbus (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Acquired

RHP Carl Pavano from Cleveland for

a player to be named. Optioned RHP

R.A. Dickey to Rochester (IL). Trans-

ferred Placed RHP Boof Bonser to the

60-day DL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Released

1B-DH Jason Giambi.

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terms with LHP Mike Minor and as-

signed him to Rome (SAL).

CHICAGO CUBS—Activated C Geo-

vany Soto from the 15-day DL. Op-

tioned INF-OF Micah Hoffpauir to Iowa

(PCL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Activated

INF-OF Darin Erstad from the 15-day

DL. Placed RHP Doug Brocail on the

15-day DL.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Pur-

chased the contract of RHP Jesus

Colome from Nashville (PCL). Desig-

nated LHP R.J. Swindle for assign-

ment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Signed

LHP Zach Dodson and LHP Colton

Cain. Placed LHP Donnie Veal on the

15-day DL. Purchased the contract of

RHP Chis Bootcheck from Indianapolis

(IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled

RHP Ryan Webb from Portland (PCL).

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FORT WORTH CATS—Released

INF Ron Fenwick.

PENSACOLA PELICANS—Re-

leased INF Lester Contreras.

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAP-

TAINS—Signed RHP Thad Markray.

ST. PAUL SAINTS—Signed RHP

Jim Brower.

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AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF

NEW HAMPSHIRE—Traded RHP

Juan Padilla to York (Atlantic) for fu-

ture considerations.

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ATLANTA HAWKS—Re-signed F

Marvin Williams to a five-year con-

tract.

DENVER NUGGETS—Traded F-C

Steven Hunter, a 2010 first-round pick

and cash to Memphis a future second-

round draft pick.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—

Signed G Brandon Roy to a multiyear

contract extension.

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BUFFALO BILLS—Signed DE

Ataefiok Etukeren. Released S Antwain

Spann.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed

LB Kelvin Smith. Released LS Nick

Sundberg.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—

Signed OL Drew Miller. Waived LB

David Holloway.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed

DE Tyson Jackson. Waived LB Weston

Dacus.

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PEORIA RIVERMEN—Named

Steve Castelletti equipment manager.

EECCHHLL

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—

Agreed to terms with D Ethan Gra-

ham and D T.J. Reynolds.

LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS—

Agreed to terms with G Michael Ouzas

on a one-year contract.

CCOOLLLLEEGGEE

CINCINNATI—Named Denny Mc-

Caughey men’s volunteer assistant soc-

cer coach.

DEPAUL—Named Tom Klein-

schmidt director of men’s basketball

operations.

FORDHAM—Named Margaret

Carey women’s assistant basketball

coach.

HOFSTRA—Named Jessica Man-

netti women’s assistant basketball

coach.

LE MOYNE—Named Rich Conover

women’s basketball coach.

MARIETTA—Named Jen Simonetti

an assistant soccer coach and Jesse

Boyd assistant volleyball coach.

MONTEVALLO—Named Stacey

Balaam women’s assistant soccer

coach.

SHIPPENSBURG—Named Erin

Goodhart men’s and women’s swim-

ming coach.

along with the 5-1 defense used in the past.“I changed the defense and they have

picked it up pretty well. Right now theyare trying to remember where they needto go with the covers. They are picking upa lot more of the stuff than before,” shesaid.

On offense Villarreal welcomes back offen-sive weapon Brandi King, who was votednewcomer of the year by district coaches lastyear.

Helping King on offense will be Peña, Gar-cia and Rivera.

The Lady Hawks have formed the team

chemistry that will help them get closer totheir play-off aspirations.

“They are so much united. Its not so much‘I want to stand out,’ but if we want to get toour goal we need to work together as a team,”Villarreal said.

Villarreal put the responsibility of the

team squarely on the shoulders of the seniorclass.

“I put the team in the hands of the seniors.Here is the team; you do what are going to dowith it. Of course I teach skills and strategiesbut the seniors have to provide everythingelse on the court,” she said.

LADY | Continued from Page 1B

SPORT SHORTS ZMS XC races

The Zapata Middle School cross countryteam is looking for any middle school teamsinterested in competing on Sept. 4 or 5 in Za-pata. The races will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Race distances will be two miles for boysand 1.5 miles for the girls. Fee for the racewill be $25 per grade level, max fee is $50 or$5 per individual runner.

For more information, call Mike Villar-real at 500-4451 or Luis Escamilla at 229-0457.

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PET-SITTER PLANNING Dear Readers: If you travel and

use PET SITTERS while you’regone, you need written instruc-tions, including detailed care,feeding schedule, treat amounts,whether your pet likes to be held,petted, walked, etc. Emergencyveterinarian phone numbers, ad-dresses and directions to the clin-ic are a must! For your pet to betreated, contact the vet before youleave OR sign a release to giveyour permission for the pet sitterto handle medical care whileyou’re gone.

You should first have a meetand greet! Let your pet(s) meet thesitter and vice versa to see if theyget along. Watch your pet’s bodylanguage. If your dog is coweringor your cat is hiding under the bedand won’t come out, then perhapsanother sitter is best for the well-being of all. Asking for references

is vital! Since many pets stress out

when their owners are gone, keep-ing the daily routine as normal aspossible is important. — Heloise

PET PAL Dear Readers: Amy Haycox of

Fort Wayne, Ind., sent a photo ofher two big yellow Labrador re-trievers sitting on a dock at thelake looking happy as can be. Amysays: “Both the dogs are 10 yearsold. They are named Zoey Jeannethe Biscuit Queen and Gypsy Doo-dle Dandy.”

To see the labs enjoying theirvisit to the lake, visitwww.Heloise.com. — Heloise

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