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BORDER OVERLOAD
DROUGHT
Measuring success
City eyes cutting evaporation
Accomplishments of previous surge are not so clear By ERIC DEXHEIMER AND JEREMY SCHWARTZ AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
AUSTIN — When Texas leaders ordered a $30 million “surge” of Department of Public Safety troopers to the Rio Grande Valley in mid-June, they touted the success of an earlier operation that they said was a model for the current effort. In a June 18 letter expressing his support for the new operation, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst cited Operation Strong Safety, which massed DPS troopers along the border last fall for three weeks. The effort
“achieved astounding results,” he wrote, echoing earlier claims by DPS officials that Strong Safety had “curtail(ed)” cartel activity in the region during the surge. Yet the raw numbers behind those claims, obtained this week by the Austin AmericanStatesman through a Texas Public Information Act request, show that the surge’s impact was actually much less clearcut. For example, the DPS boasted in a press release that drug seizures had decreased during the surge — a sign the operation had deterred illegal activity, according to the agency —
citing drops in confiscated cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine. What officials didn’t mention is that heroin seizures increased 61 percent during that period. At the same time that the DPS identified decreased drug seizures as a mark of Strong Safety’s success, the agency also pointed to increased currency seizures as an indication the operation had worked. Even then, while officials trumpeted a dramatic 185 percent increase in U.S. currency seizures, they didn’t mention that currency seizures continued to rise steeply over the next three weeks after the surge ended.
DPS Director Steve McCraw told the Statesman the varying results were “positive, relevant outcomes related to the disruption of cartel activity.” For example, he said, “cash is typically a southbound commodity, and heroin is typically smuggled through the ports of entry.” On one level, officials’ parsing of statistics to declare the success of a high-profile operation is a reminder that the 1,254-mile border between Texas and Mexico often serves as a stage for political theater, a place where partisan actors on either side of the immigration
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TEXAS DROUGHT
RISING OUT OF THE LAKE Town sees light after 60 years
LUBBOCK — A North Texas city already has deployed two unusual techniques to try to cope with a persistent and lengthy drought, and Wichita Falls just added a third, more extreme tool to try to deal with its dwindling water supply. The hope is that adding a biodegradable palm oil-and-lime-based product on the surface of a lake that’s the city’s primary water supply will cut the evaporation rate of 40 million gallons a day by at least 10 percent, Russell Schreiber, the city’s director of public works, said. “We’re in desperate times here,” he said. Wichita Falls provides water to about 150,000 people near the Oklahoma border, and has cut its usage from 35 million gallons a day to about 12 million gallons. “We’ve got to do whatever we can to conserve anything or as much as we can.” Though Wichita Falls is not the first city to try the method, it is the largest of its kind in the nation, Schreiber said. It’s yet another step for the city that is more than 40 inches behind on
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IMMIGRATION
Colorado driving
By CLAIRE KOWALICK WICHITA FALLS TIMES RECORD NEWS
LAKE ARROWHEAD — Few people today remember a time before Lake Arrowhead existed. Fewer still may know that a town named Halsell has been lying underneath the lake’s waters for nearly 60 years. Now that Arrowhead is less than a quarter full, Halsell has risen from the depths like a visible history lesson of the pioneer past. People had been slowly moving into the area, about 20 miles southeast of Wichita Falls, since the 1860s. Comanche and Kiowa Indians regularly raided in Clay County and the surrounding area until the establishment of the reservations in the 1870s in present-day Oklahoma. Halsell was formally established in 1900 and named for local rancher Henry H. Halsell, according to the Clay County Historical Museum. Halsell was from a wealthy ranching family and he built a general store, two Methodist churches, and financed houses for several former cowboys. The town of Halsell also had a second general store, grocery, domino parlor, black-
By BETSY BLANEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Immigrants can receive driver’s licenses now By IVAN MORENO ASSOCIATED PRESS
Photos by Claire Kowalick/Wichita Falls Times Record News | AP
The yoke of a cart or wagon is visible at the town site of Halsell. Bud Gossett, background, explores remains of the town. Few people know that the town has been lying underneath Lake Arrowhead’s waters for nearly 60 years and has become exposed as drought has drained the lake. smith and cotton gin. In 1900, when the nearby town of Shilo lost its oneroom schoolhouse to a windstorm, town leaders combined the two school zones and built a new schoolhouse in 1901. In 1913, the school was revamping into a two-story, sixroom school housing about 150 students and three teachers at its peak. The Southwestern Railway Company established a railroad line connecting Henrietta with Archer City in 1910, and Halsell grew quickly. After a population high of about 600 residents in 1920, the
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DENVER — Colorado has started issuing driver’s licenses and identification cards to immigrants regardless of their legal status, marking a dramatic change in a state that less than a decade ago passed strict immigration enforcement laws. There was a festive mood at one Denver office issuing the documents Friday morning, as state Department of Revenue Director Barbara Brohl congratulated applicants once they had their cards approved. “I never imagined that I would one day have a driver’s license in my hands,” Mexican immigrant Rosalva Mireles, 37, said in Spanish as she held a paper copy of her new license. The permanent card will be mailed. She’s one of thousands of immigrants hoping the identification cards will add a degree of legitimacy to their residency in Colorado. About 9,500 people are signed up for appointments through the next 90 days to get the documents, with more getting scheduled every day. Both people in the country illegally and those who have
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Zin brief CALENDAR
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014
AROUND TEXAS
TODAY IN HISTORY
Saturday, Aug. 2
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Used book sale, hosted by First United Methodist Church. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1220 McClelland Ave. Hardback books are $1, paperback books 50 cents, and magazines and children’s books 25 cents. Laredo Northside Market Associaton’s market day. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Laredo North Central Park. School supplies drawing for PK4 to second grade students, from 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon. Contact enpelto@stx.rr.com.
Today is Saturday, August 2, the 214th day of 2014. There are 151 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox suffered light damage during a skirmish with North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. (This and an alleged second incident two days later led to congressional approval of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that propelled America deep into war.) On this date: In 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. In 1873, inventor Andrew S. Hallidie (HAH’-lih-day) successfully tested a cable car he had designed for the city of San Francisco. In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged. In 1909, the original Lincoln “wheat” penny first went into circulation, replacing the “Indian Head” cent. In 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president. In 1934, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover. In 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. Navy boat PT-109, commanded by Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, sank after being rammed in the middle of the night by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri off the Solomon Islands. Two crew members were killed. In 1985, 135 people were killed when a Delta Air Lines jetliner crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush urged creation of a national intelligence director to coordinate the war on terrorism but without the sweeping powers for hiring, firing and spending recommended by the September 11 commission. Five years ago: A mystery from the 1991 Gulf War was finally solved as the Pentagon announced that the remains of missing Navy pilot Michael “Scott” Speicher (SPY’-kur) had been found. One year ago: The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans about the threat of an alQaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend. Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., is 92. Rock musician Garth Hudson (The Band) is 77. Movie director Wes Craven is 75. Singer Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 71. Actor Max Wright is 71. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 69. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 64. Actor Butch Patrick (TV: “The Munsters”) is 61. Rock music producer/drummer Butch Vig (Garbage) is 59. Singer Mojo Nixon is 57. Actress Victoria Jackson is 55. Thought for Today: “A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.” — Friedrich von Schiller, German author (1759-1805).
Monday, Aug. 4 Laredo Soups monthly microfinance dinner. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Holding Institute, 1102 Santa Maria Ave. $5 for soup, salad, bread and a vote to micro-fund a community project. Contact Tati Friar at attfriar@gmail.com or 771-9671.
Tuesday, Aug. 5 Photo by Marsha Miller/ The University of Texas at Austin/file | AP
Las Amigas Birthday Club monthly meeting. 11:30 a.m. Holiday Inn, across from the Civic Center. Honorees will be Maria Olivia Salinas, Hercilia Camina and Carmen Santos. Hostesses will be Thelma Sanchez, Christina Garza, Hernia Malina and Grace Stegman. Kiwanis Club meeting. Noon to 1 p.m. Holiday Inn, Civic Center, the Covey Lounge. New members are welcome. Contact Memo Cavazos at 337-2266. Laredo Under Seven Flags Rotary Club meeting. 6:30 p.m. Embassy Suites, 110 Calle del Norte. Contact Diana Garza at 753-5353 or 645-0644. Alzheimer’s Support Group monthly meeting. 7 p.m. Laredo Medical Center, meeting room 2, building B. The support group is for family members and caregivers taking care of someone who has Alzheimer’s.
Thursday, Aug. 7 Grief support group. Noon to 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland Ave. Free and open to public. Contact Patricia Cisneros at 722-1674 or pcisneros@mhm.org. Sisters of Mercy “Conversations with the Sisters,” a series of discussions focusing on earth, nonviolence, women, racism and immigration. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1000 Mier St.
Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, an alumnus, does the Longhorns’ Hook ’em Horns hand signal during his commencement keynote address at the University of Texas in Austin, on Saturday, May 17. The University of Texas System regents on Tuesday selected McRaven as the lone finalist for the job of chancellor.
Chancellor finalist chosen By JIM VERTUNO ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — University of Texas System regents on Tuesday selected one of the top U.S. military special operations leaders as the lone finalist for the job of chancellor, overseeing the system’s 15 campuses and $14 billion budget. Navy Adm. William McRaven, head of U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida, has been credited with spearheading the operation that led to the death of Osama bin Laden in a raid on his compound in Pakistan in 2011. “Admiral McRaven is a nationally and internationally respected leader and a true American hero,” Board of Regents Chairman Paul Foster said after the unanimous vote to approve McRaven. McRaven, 58, cannot be formally hired for
21 days. He would replace Francisco Cigarroa, the first Hispanic person to serve as Texas system chancellor, who is stepping down after five years. Contract terms, including McRaven’s salary, were not finalized, Foster said. With nine academic and six health campuses, the Texas system has more than 215,000 students, about 90,000 employees. The chancellor’s duties include representing the system in legislative matters, advocating higher education causes and raising money. McRaven, who had previously announced his plans to retire in late August after 37 years in the military, would come to the chancellor’s job with no professional academic experience. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and earned a master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Monday, Aug. 11 Commissioners Court meeting. 9 a.m. to noon. Zapata County Courthouse. Contact Roxy Elizondo at 7659920.
Thursday, Aug. 14 Grief support group. Noon to 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland Ave. Free and open to public. Contact Patricia Cisneros at 722-1674 or pcisneros@mhm.org.
Thursday, Aug. 21 Grief support group. Noon to 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland Ave. Free and open to public. Contact Patricia Cisneros at 722-1674 or pcisneros@mhm.org.
Friday, Aug. 22 South Texas Food Bank’s Empty Bowls VIII, mission of feeding the hungry fundraiser. 8:30 p.m. Laredo Energy Arena. Music by Motown Legends and Commodores. Beaumont Foundation to be honored. Tickets on sale at LEA box office and Ticketmaster for $10, $15, and $25. Contact Salo Otero at 324-2432.
Street flooding reported in Houston after storms
AAA: State gas prices fall another 4 cents
Police say man playing with gun fatally shot
HOUSTON — Some street flooding has been reported in Houston after storms dumped several inches of rain and cut power to thousands of homes and businesses. The National Weather Service says a weak cold front moved through the Houston area Friday. CenterPoint Energy reported about 1,600 customers without electricity Friday afternoon as crews worked to restore power.
IRVING — Texas retail gas prices have fallen 4 cents this week due to high output from American refineries, balancing any potential fallout from world crises. AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump was $3.37 per gallon. Drivers nationally are paying an average of $3.52 per gallon, 15 cents more than Texans.
BRYAN — A Central Texas teenager has died after he and another man were playing with a gun and the weapon discharged. Bryan police say 18-year-old Tyrell Wilson of Bryan was pronounced dead Friday at a hospital. Investigators say Wilson and another 18-year-old man were playing with an unspecified firearm when the weapon discharged.
Man convicted of shining laser at aircraft EL PASO — A federal jury has convicted a man of shining a laser at a helicopter flying overhead. Don Ray Dorsett was arrested Feb. 14 in El Paso. With Thursday’s conviction, the 28-year-old El Paso man faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he’s sentenced Oct. 2.
Saturday, Aug. 23 Annual Back to School Kid’s Fishing Tournament. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bravo Park Pond. Contact cbalderas@zapatachamber.com.
Monday, Aug. 25 Commissioners Court meeting. 9 a.m. to noon. Zapata County Courthouse. Contact Roxy Elizondo at 7659920. Monthly meeting of Laredo Parkinson’s Disease Support Group. 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Laredo Medical Center, Tower B, First Floor Community Center. Patients, caregivers and family members invited. Free info pamphlets available in Spanish and English. Call Richard Renner (English) at 645-8649 or Juan Gonzalez (Spanish) at 2370666.
Thursday, Aug. 28 Grief support group. Noon to 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland Ave. Free and open to public. Contact Patricia Cisneros at 722-1674 or pcisneros@mhm.org.
Fort Hood to change commanders Aug. 8 FORT HOOD — The commanding general of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss will become the new commander of Fort Hood and III Corps next month. Maj. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland has been promoted to lieutenant general and will succeed Lt. Gen. Mark Milley as the top commander at the Central Texas Army post on Aug. 8.
House apparently intentionally set ablaze BEAUMONT — Seven people have escaped from a burning Southeast Texas home in a fire that officials say appears to have been intentionally set. Beaumont Fire Rescue officials say nobody was hurt in the blaze early Thursday. Investigators had no immediate information on any possible suspects. — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND THE NATION 2-pound baby undergoes heart procedure GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A 2-pound Michigan newborn is one of the smallest babies in the world to undergo a heart procedure to open up a blocked artery caused by a congenital defect. A week later, Alexandra Mae Van Kirk is showing signs that her heart is working as it should, and she’s growing. When Heidi Van Kirk was 22 weeks pregnant, an ultrasound showed Alexandra was small for her stage of gestation. In followup checks, Alexandra slipped further down the growth track. Alexandra was born July 7. The neonatal team diagnosed her with critical pulmonary stenosis.
Theme park says it topped shaved-heads record MASON, Ohio — More than 200 people lost their hair Friday at an amusement park as they
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Public Health
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014
Ebola moves faster than control efforts By BOUBACAR DIALLO AND KRISTA LARSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
CONAKRY, Guinea — An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa is moving faster than efforts to control the disease, the head of the World Health Organization warned as presidents from the affected countries met Friday in Guinea’s capital. Dr. Margaret Chan, the WHO’s director-general, said the meeting in Conakry “must be a turning point” in the battle against Ebola, which is now sickening people in three African capitals for the first time in history. “If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives but also severe socio-economic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries,” she said, as the WHO formally launched a $100 million response plan that includes deploying hundreds more health care workers. Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said the WHO pledge “needs to translate to immediate and effective action.” While the group has deployed some 550 health workers, it said it did not have the resources to expand further. Doctors Without Borders said its teams are overwhelmed with new Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and that the situation in Liberia is now “dire.” “Over the last weeks, there has been a significant surge in the epidemic - the number of cases has increased dramatically in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the disease has spread to many more villages and towns,” the organization said in a statement. “After a lull in new cases in Guinea, there has been a resurgence in infections and deaths.”
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Writebol | AP
Nancy Writebol is seen with children in Liberia, on Oct. 7, 2013. Writebol is one of two Americans working for a missionary group in Liberia that have been diagnosed with Ebola. At least 729 people have died since cases first emerged in March: 339 in Guinea, 233 in Sierra Leone, 156 in Liberia and one in Nigeria. Dr. Bruce Ribner in Atlanta said Friday two patients will receive care at Emory University Hospital. Ribner said he had no personal safety concerns over treating the patients of the dangerous disease. Hospital officials did not identify the patients, citing confidentiality rules. They were previously identified as Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol. Ribner oversees the isolation unit. He says one patient was expected to arrive Monday, while a second was expected several days later. The Pentagon’s press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, said Friday that private-chartered aircraft will be arriving at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in metro Atlanta with the patients evacuated from Africa. While health officials say the virus is transmitted only through direct contact with bodily fluids, many sick patients have refused to go to isolation centers and have infected family members and other caregivers. The fatality rate has been
about 60 percent, and the scenes of patients bleeding from the eyes, mouth and ears has led many relatives to keep their sick family members at home instead. Sierra Leone is now sending teams door-to-door in search of Ebola patients and others who have been exposed to the disease. Chan emphasized Friday that the general public “is not at high risk of infection,” but also said the Ebola virus should not be allowed to circulate widely. “Constant mutation and adaptation are the survival mechanisms of viruses and other microbes,” she said. “We must not give this virus opportunities to deliver more surprises.” Randy Schoepp, chief of diagnostics at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, which is running the only lab in Liberia testing Ebola samples, said: “The virus is getting to large, dense, city areas. We’re now getting samples (to test) from all over.” But he said he thinks “we’re only seeing a small portion of the cases out there,” partly because many drivers are scared to transport vials of blood that may contain Ebola to the lab.
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COLUMN
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Christians suffer prejudice
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JAMES TAMAYO
Take a look at the national network newscast or any daily newspaper and the accounts of the world at large are grim. Tensions are at an all-time high in the Gaza Strip as Israel and Hamas bombard each other with missile attacks. A commercial plane is shot down over the Ukraine and hundreds of innocent victims perish in the unprovoked act of violence. On the Texas-Mexico border, thousands of undocumented immigrants from Central American countries flood into the United States. And amidst all of these crises, there is one that does not earn enough airtime on TV or column inches in a newspaper — the eradication of Christians from Iraq. While the mainstream news outlets have reported on the disintegration of Iraq with the extremist group ISIS pouring over from the Syrian border and wreaking havoc throughout the country, there hasn’t been much discussion on the destruction of churches and temples that have stood for nearly 2,000 years. While most associate the religion of Islam with countries such as Iraq, there has been a long tradition of Christianity in this region known millennia ago as Babylon. This ancient city was situated on the Euphrates River about 50 miles south of modern day Baghdad. The city of Mosul with a large concentration of Chaldean Catholics has been devastated by the attacks of ISIS demanding that Christians recant their beliefs, pay a high tax or be killed. As a result of the threats and actions of this extremist group, Mosul is now a city of few, if any, Christians. Most have fled the onslaught of violence, which in turn has led to the looting and complete destruction of sacred ground. Some churches trace their beginnings to the first and second century when Christianity first arrived in this region. Our brothers and sisters being persecuted belong to what is known as the Eastern Rite of the Catholic Communities or the Oriental Churches. These include the communities of Chaldean Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic and Armenian Churches of Iraq. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has called upon the U.S. government to intercede with humanitarian aid and international collaboration in an effort to protect the rights of Christians and other minorities who have been displaced and remain targets of violence by these extremists. And what can we do to help these afflicted brothers and sisters? We can answer the call and heed the advice of our Holy Father. In a recent interview with an Argentinian newspaper, Pope Francis gave 10 tips for enduring happiness. This recipe for living life full of joy is also applicable to securing tranquility. Among his suggestions, Pope Francis said to live and let live, to be giving of yourself to others, to stop being negative, to respect others’ beliefs and to work for peace. “The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive,” said Pope Francis in the Viva newspaper interview. Let us join together in praying for peace and an end to the senseless violence throughout the world. May our relationships with one another reflect the spirit of mutual respect, collaboration, dialogue, peace and justice that serves as an example to our community and to government leaders. Let us pray that God’s grace fill the people and its leaders with the desire to pursue peace and reconciliation and that every decision that affects the lives of people be made — Todo Con Amor!
COLUMN
WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON
Visit makes page 1
Bad week for GOP whip
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KEN HERMAN
AUSTIN — It’s always interesting when Austin folks are front-page news elsewhere, especially when the news does not involve posting of bond. So, and much as I intensely dislike bragging (hate is such a harsh word), I’m here to tell you that I’m front-page news elsewhere. I’m kind of a big deal ... in Abilene. Followers of my periodic typing (thank you) know I recently scoffed at Texas Highways’ magazine rankings that placed Austin as the state’s 26th best “travel destination” and Abilene as the 18th best. Texas Highways: Always with the jokes. Anyway, and predictably, I was invited to Abilene to see the sights. I’ll report on that visit in an upcoming column. Today, I want to tell you about the Abilene newspaper’s coverage of my visit to Abilene, which I now know to be among the most fascinating places in all of Taylor County, easily beating Trent, Lawn and Impact. Seriously, there actually are some interesting things
to see in Abilene. Really. There are. I’m not kidding. Greg Jaklewicz of the Abilene Reporter-News penned a column (and it’s possible they still actually use pens to write columns) about my visit. Again, I dislike bragging, but facts are facts. The fact is I’m frontpage news, with big ol’ photo, in Abilene. “Ken’s a columnist for the Austin American-Statesman,” Jaklewicz wrote. “Nice guy. Nice tan.” FYI, a recent marketing study here at the Statesman found that 41 percent of readers think I’m a nice guy and 64 percent think I have a nice tan (though many think it’s artificial). Coincidentally, just over 81 percent said, “How ’bout if he just moves to Abilene?” My visit to Abilene started with Tuesday lunch at Abi-Haus in downtown Abilene. In a measure of the newsmaking nature of my visit — and unbeknownst to me until Jaklewicz reported it in his column — Abi-Haus is closed on Tuesdays. On this particular Tuesday, it was opened just because I was in town. (Abilene’s newest tourist attraction: Table At Which Ken Herman Ate. I’ll be doing napkin signings there.) Because what I eat is of interest to all, Jaklewicz ac-
curately reported I enjoyed “a healthy salad,” though I thought my privacy was unnecessarily invaded when he reported I also sampled “sinful desserts.” Chet Garner — “The Daytripper” on PBS — has hailed Abi-Haus as something you’d expect to find in “trendy Dallas or hipster Austin.” As a certified Austin hipster, I can vouch for that. “Even before lunch, Abilene impressed Ken,” Jaklewicz wrote. “On his way downtown he passed a Sonic with a sand volleyball area. He was even more impressed when he found out that we had two.” Jaklewicz: Nice guy, nice goatee (or whatever you call that hair hanging from his chinny chin chin). I appreciated his coverage of my visit. Sometimes a man has to leave home to have the full wonderfulness of his being (and tan) appreciated. American-Statesman Managing Editor John Bridges, noting the Abilene paper’s coverage of me, tweeted that when I visit Abilene “it’s news.” “When he visits my office,” Bridges said in the tweet, “I usually just ask him to leave.” Ken Herman is a columnist for the Austin AmericanStatesman. E-mail: kherman@statesman.com.
By CHRIS CILLIZZA THE WASHINGTON POST
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Louisiana’s Steve Scalise was elected as the House majority whip in June in a leadership shake-up that many Republicans touted as a new and more successful chapter for the party in Washington. (Scalise’s election into leadership was the final domino to fall after then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost a primary earlier in June.) Um, no. Scalise’s job is to, yes, whip votes to support the GOP leadership’s legislative priorities. Like the $659 million spending bill pushed by Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) to address the crisis of undocumented children crossing into the country at the southern border. Boehner — and Scalise — wanted to get the legislation
passed and then get out of town for the five-week August recess, putting the ball back in President Barack Obama’s court when it came to dealing with the border crisis. As late as Thursday morning, the GOP leaders were declaring victory. And Scalise was reveling in headlines like this one from National Journal: “Facing First Whip Test, Scalise Gets Good Marks So Far on Border Bill.” As the day went on, however, it became clear the votes for the Boehner bill just weren’t there. The bill was pulled from the House floor — a sure sign of chaos — and a meeting of the Republican conference was called as the party’s leaders scrambled to save face. Steve Scalise, for living down to your predecessors, you had the worst week in Washington. Congrats, or something.
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National
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014
Mayor of NYC sends his condolences Family receives ‘deepest sympathy’ in death related to police chokehold By JAKE PEARSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio is extending his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a New York City man whose death was ruled to be caused by a police chokehold.
Partial video shows an officer placing a chokehold on the 6-foot-3, 350-pound Garner. De Blasio issued a statement Friday shortly after the medical examiner ruled that Eric Garner’s death last month was a homicide. Garner’s wife said she is thankful that “the truth is finally out.” The mayor also has reiterated his commitment to improving the relationship between minority communities and the police. Garner, who is black, died after a white police officer placed him in a chokehold during an attempt to arrest the 43-year-old for selling untaxed, loose cigarettes. Garner was killed by “the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police,” said medical examiner spokeswoman Julie Bolcer. Asthma, heart disease and obesity were contributing factors, she said. In the video, Garner can be heard repeatedly saying, “I can’t breathe!” Chokeholds are prohibited by the New York Police Department. Prosecutors on Staten Island are investigating, and Attorney General Eric Holder has said the Justice Department is “closely monitoring” the probe. A spokesman for Daniel Donovan, the Staten Island district attorney, said prosecutors were still investigating the death. Donovan will have to determine whether to empanel a grand jury and charge officers in the death of Garner. The NYPD didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the medical examiner’s ruling. The officer who put Garner in the chokehold was stripped of his gun and badge pending the investigation, and another was placed on desk duty. Two paramedics and two EMTs were suspended without pay. A spokesman for the police union didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment. Police Commissioner William Bratton, who told reporters that the video appeared to show the officer placing Garner in a prohibited chokehold, ordered a top-to-bottom redesigning of use-of-force training in the NYPD in the wake of Garner’s death. But that response hasn’t satisfied some, including Sharpton, who in provocative comments Thursday at City Hall called for the officers involved to be charged criminally. He also told Mayor Bill de Blasio that if de Blasio’s own half-black teenage son had a different father, he would be a “candidate for a chokehold.” De Blasio said Friday that he wasn’t offended by the comments. The mayor spoke before the medical examiner’s announcement; he did not immediately comment after the ruling. He has called Garner’s death “very troubling.” Sharpton’s spokeswoman said Friday that Garner’s family would join him Saturday at his National Ac-
tion Network Harlem headquarters to address the medical examiner’s ruling. Partial video of the July 17 confrontation shows an officer placing a chokehold on the 6-foot-3, 350-pound Garner, who can be heard complaining repeatedly that he can’t breathe as at least four other officers bring him down. He then apparently loses consciousness. The video shows the officer who apparently choked Garner using his hands to push Garner’s face into the sidewalk. Garner’s death has also raised criticism of the broken windows theory of policing, a tactic championed by Bratton that posits that cracking down on relatively minor, low-level offenses such as selling loose cigarettes helps suppress more serious crimes. Bratton, with de Blasio’s support, has defended the policing tactic despite some calls for it to be discontinued.
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Sudanese family together Wife faced death for being a Christian ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The husband of a Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence said Friday the family is healthy but “very tired” and grateful for the global efforts to free his wife. Meriam Ibrahim flew from Rome with her husband, Daniel Wani, and two children to Philadelphia and ultimately on to New Hampshire. Wani has family in Manchester, where they will make their new home. In a statement issued through a spokesman Friday afternoon, Wani thanked members of Congress, human rights organizations, diplomats and lawyers who helped free Ibrahim. “Everyone is in good health but are very tired,” Wani said. The family is planning to address the media next week after taking the weekend to rest. Ibrahim had been sentenced to death over charges of apostasy, the abandonment of a religion. Her father was Muslim, and her mother was an Orthodox Christian. She married Wani, a Christian from southern Sudan, in 2011. Muslim women in Sudan are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims, and children must follow their fathers’ religions. Sudan initially blocked Ibrahim from leaving the country even after its highest court overturned her death sentence in June. The family took refuge at the U.S. embassy in
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Meriam Ibrahim, left, and her husband Daniel Wani are greeted by family and friends shortly after arriving in Manchester, N.H., Thursday. Khartoum. Daniel Wani was granted U.S. citizenship when he fled to the United States as a child to escape civil war, but he later returned and was a citizen of South Sudan. Manchester, a city of 110,000 resi-
dents about 50 miles north of Boston, is northern New England’s largest city and has been a magnet for immigrants and refugees for decades. There are about 500 Sudanese living in the city, which is just north of the Massachusetts state line.
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ROMA 08/04— Operación Lone Star a partir de las 8 a.m. y hasta las 4 p.m., en Ringgold Middle School. 08/05— Operación Lone Star a partir de las 8 a.m. y hasta las 4 p.m., en Ringgold Middle School. 08/06— Operación Lone Star a partir de las 8 a.m. y hasta las 4 p.m., en Ringgold Middle School.
LAREDO 08/02— Venta de libros usados en First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland Ave., de 8:30 a.m. a 1 p.m. Libros de pasta dura a 1 dólar; pasta blanda a .50 centavos; revistas y libros infantiles a .25 centavos. 08/02— La Asociación Laredo Northside invita al Mercado de 9 a.m. a 1 p.m. en el área de juegos del North Central Park. Habrá venta de productos naturales, de jardinería, comida, manualidades y organizaciones comerciales y sin fines de lucro. 08/02— Reunión de grupo de Autism Ties Support Central Inc. de 10 a.m. a 12 p.m. en Laredo Autism Center & Kids Rehab, Santa Maria Plaza, 3210 Jaime Zapata Memorial Highway. Informes al 255-0713. 08/02— “The Little Mermaid Jr” de Disney se presenta en Laredo Little Theatre, 4802 Thomas Avenue, a las 8 p.m. Costo: 10 dólares, adultos, y 5 dólares, niños. 08/03— “The Little Mermaid Jr” de Disney se presenta en Laredo Little Theatre, 4802 Thomas Avenue, a las 3 p.m. Costo: 10 dólares, adultos, y 5 dólares, niños. 08/04— Se llevará acabo “Operation Lone Star 2014”, donde se proporcionarán servicios medicos gratuitos, de 8 a.m. a 4 p.m. en el Centro de Artes Escénicas de LISD, ubicado en 2400 de avenida San Bernardo. 08/04— Entrega de solicitudes para vales para uniformes de UISD en los salones de Bellas Artes 1 y 2 del Complejo de Actividades para Estudiantes (SAC), ubicado en 5208 de Santa Claudia Lane, a partir de las 8 a.m. y hasta las 6 p.m. 08/05— Se llevará acabo “Operation Lone Star 2014”, donde se proporcionarán servicios medicos gratuitos, de 8 a.m. a 4 p.m. en el Centro de Artes Escénicas de LISD, ubicado en 2400 de avenida San Bernardo. 08/05— Entrega de solicitudes para vales para uniformes de UISD en los salones de Bellas Artes 1 y 2 del Complejo de Actividades para Estudiantes (SAC), ubicado en 5208 de Santa Claudia Lane, a partir de las 8 a.m. y hasta las 6 p.m. 08/05— WWE Smackdown se presentará en Laredo Energy Arena, a las 6:45 p.m. Boletos inician en 15 dólares. Visite learena.com para más información. 08/06— Entrega de solicitudes para vales para uniformes de UISD en los salones de Bellas Artes 1 y 2 del Complejo de Actividades para Estudiantes (SAC), ubicado en 5208 de Santa Claudia Lane, a partir de las 8 a.m. y hasta las 6 p.m.
NUEVO LAREDO, MÉXICO 08/02— Estación Palabra presenta “Bazar de Arte”, a las 10 a.m.; “Te leo a la Una”, a la 1 p.m.; “Festival Infantil: El Cielo”, a las 2 p.m.; Eventos gratuitos. 08/05— El Grupo de Teatro Laberintus presentará el musical “Te Amo, Eres Perfecto... ¡Pero Cambia!” a las 7 p.m. en el Teatro del IMSS, entre las calles Reynosa y Belden. Costo de entrada: 20 pesos.
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WASHINGTON — El Congreso se encaminaba el jueves hacia un estancamiento en torno a la inmigración y avanzaba a traspié rumbo a unas vacaciones sin un acuerdo a la vista en torno a un proyecto de ley para hacer frente al enorme flujo de inmigrantes jóvenes que llegan a Estados Unidos sin autorización. Las perspectivas lucían considerablemente más alentadoras para medidas bipartidistas encaminadas a mejorar el cuidado de la salud de los veteranos, impedir un corte en la ayuda para la construcción de carreteras y enviar dinero adicional a Israel para su sistema de misiles de defensa. Funcionarios de ambos partidos
dijeron que aparentemente los tres proyectos de ley serán aprobados antes de que concluya el día y pasarán a la Casa Blanca para que el presidente Barack Obama los firme. Pero tres meses antes de las elecciones de medio período presidencial, la disputa inflexible sobre la inmigración dejó a la vista diferencias que existen desde hace tiempo dentro de las filas republicanas, lo que postergó un día el inicio de las vacaciones veraniegas de la Cámara de Representantes, hasta el viernes. Y un nuevo brote de dura retórica partidista entre los funcionarios líderes de ambos partidos sirvió como un recordatorio más de que, después de 18 meses de haber sido elegido, el actual Congreso tiene poco qué mostrar por sus esfuerzos
más allá de un índice de aprobación del público abismalmente bajo. El republicano John Boehner, presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, acusó a los demócratas de buscar un "ardid demente" de intentar aprovechar la crisis fronteriza para intentar otorgar un camino hacia la ciudadanía a millones de inmigrantes que ya viven en el país sin autorización. Algunas horas después de que Boehner habló, los republicanos cancelaron abruptamente una votación en torno a su propio proyecto de ley de seguridad fronteriza, una medida de 659 millones de dólares que también facilitaría deportar a los niños centroamericanos que ingresan en gran número por la frontera sur del país. Hicieron eso después de una revuelta de los legisladores republicanos alineados con el
movimiento conservador Tea Party, algunos de los cuales habían sostenido consultas con el senador Ted Cruz de Texas la noche anterior. El día fue tan caótico que, después de que en un principio anunciaron que la Cámara de Representantes había efectuado su última votación antes de las vacaciones, los republicanos cambiaron de idea abruptamente y anunciaron planes para reunirse el viernes en torno a una posible votación sobre un proyecto de ley relacionado con la seguridad fronteriza y la inmigración, cuyos detalles aún están por determinarse. Al preguntársele qué es lo que cambiaría de la noche a la mañana, el representante Spencer Bachus de Alabama dijo con relación a sus colegas republicanos: “Espero que algunas personas maduren”.
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Aseguran armas; arrestan a dos TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
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Diferentes entidades gubernamentales del estado de Tamaulipas se encuentran colaborando en el "Estudio de la diversidad genética de la lobina negra, embalses interiores de Tamaulipas", con la finalidad de asegurar la preservación de la lobina negra en las diferentes presas.
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na reunión de evaluación de la diversidad genética de la lobina negra, se llevó a cabo esta semana con la finalidad de preservar la riqueza del producto pesquero en Tamaulipas, anunciaron autoridades del vecino estado. Durante la reunión se discutió el “Estudio de la diversidad genética de la lobina negra, embalses interiores de Tamaulipas”, realizado por profesionales del Centro de Biotecnología genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Reynosa. El objetivo del estudio es caracterizar genéticamente ejemplares de lo-
bina negra de los principales embalses de agua interiores de Tamaulipas, para establecer las bases para la mejora de su calidad genética, indica un comunicado emitido por el estado. A largo plazo, gracias a este proyecto se podrá mejorar las características genéticas de la población en peso, talla y resistencia a enfermedades viables para la producción en otros embalses, señala un comunicado de prensa. La lobina negra tiene presencia en la mayoría de los ríos y embalses interiores del estado, destacando la presa Falcón, Vicente Guerrero, Marte R. Gómez, Pedro José Méndez, Repú-
blica Española, San Lorenzo, y presa Las Blancas. Los organismos involucrados en la realización de los estudios son la Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Turismo, Promoción Cinegética y Pesca Deportiva, el centro de Biogenética Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional y el Consejo Tamaulipeco de Ciencia y Tecnología (COTACYT). “Tamaulipas es considerado muy importante dentro de la pesca deportiva, ya que cuenta con presas importantes como la Presa Falcón o la Presa “Vicente Guerrero”, dijo Tomas Sánchez Álvarez, Director de Promoción Cinegética y Pesca Deportiva.
Dos operativos efectuados en la ciudad de Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México, dieron lugar al arresto de dos individuos y al decomiso de armamento, granadas, cartuchos, cargadores y equipo táctico, anunció la Secretaria de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas, en un comunicado de prensa emitido el martes.Fue el domingo 27 de julio que oficiales estatales realizaban patrullajes de rutina cuando notaron a dos individuos fuera de una casa, uno de ellos portaba un arma larga, señala un comunicado de prensa. “Ambos intentaron escapar introduciéndose al interior del domicilio en cuestión, donde finalmente fueron detenidos” se lee en el comunicado. Dentro del lugar se decomisó una gran cantidad de cartuchos de diferentes calibres, armas largas, equipo táctico y material para empaquetar droga. El lugar fue asegurado. Dentro se aseguraron ocho armas largas, cinco granadas de fragmentación, un casco granada calibre 40 milímetros sin percutir, 19.303 cartuchos y 122 cargadores para fusiles AK-47, G3 y otros calibres. También se decomisó equipo táctico conformado por 110 piezas, entre ellos 76 portacargadores de diferentes modelos, cuatro chalecos tácticos, siete fajillas para fornituras, dos placas balísticas, dos cintas para ametralladora, tres vehículos y tres antenas para radiofrecuencia, entre otros objetos Asimismo en un segundo operativo oficiales detectaron una vivienda en estado de abandono y con impactos de arma de fuego sobre su fachada. En el interior encontraron un subterráneo iluminado y reforzado con barrotes, el cual supuestamente era utilizado como bodega de armamento. En la ubicación se aseguraron 42 cartuchos de diferentes calibres, cuatro disparadores, un muelle múltiple, una máscara antiguas y cinco placas metálicas, señala el comunicado. Los operativos forman parte de la nueva fase de la estrategia de seguridad Tamaulipas.
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Cumbre mundial se realizará en frontera ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
Más de 10 países estarán reunidos en la ciudad de Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México, durante la Quinta Cumbre Mundial de Negocios de Turismo Medico, que se realizará del 5 al 7 de noviembre, dijeron autoridades del vecino estado esta semana. La cumbre también contará con representantes del Banco Mundial y la Organización Mundial de Turismo. “Yo me comprometí con el Gobierno del Estado de Ta-
maulipas, específicamente con la Secretaria de Desarrollo Económico y Turismo, Mónica González García que el próximo año el Consejo Mexicano de la Industria Medica tendrá presencia de promoción en siete ciudades de Estados Unidos, llegando a 250.000 consumidores directos, promoviendo a Tamaulipas como un destino atractivo y saludable para el turismo médico y posicionar a la marca Tamaulipas”, dijo Carlos Arceo, Presidente de la cumbre de Negocios de Turismo Me-
dico. Entre los asistentes a la cumbre se encuentran países de Europa, Sur América y Norte América, cuyo objetivo principal es es conocer la plataforma de servicios que tiene Tamaulipas en cuanto a salud y turismo, señala un comunicado de prensa del Estado. Ciudades de la frontera chica tales como Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros, México, ha realizado eventos importantes que facilitaron Reynosa sea la sede de esta cumbre, señala el comunicado.
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Carlos Arceo, Presidente de la cumbre de Negocios de Turismo Médico, durante una conferencia de planeación de la Quinta Cumbre Mundial de Negocios de Turismo Medico que se realizará en Reynosa, México.
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Israel goes deeper in Gaza after soldier seized Peace efforts so far have been ineffective By KARIN LAUB AND HAMZA HENDAWI ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Backed by tank fire and airstrikes, Israeli forces pushed deep into southern Gaza on Friday, searching for an Israeli army officer believed to be captured by Hamas fighters during deadly clashes that shattered an internationally brokered cease-fire. The apparent capture of the soldier and the collapse of the truce set the stage for a possible expansion of Israel’s 25-day-old military operation against Hamas. President Barack Obama and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for the immediate release of the soldier but also appealed for restraint. In Israel, senior Cabinet ministers convened late Friday in a rare emergency meeting after the start of the Jewish Sabbath. The search for the missing soldier centered on the outskirts of the town of Rafah, on the Egypt-Gaza border. At least 140 Palestinians were killed Friday in Gaza, with at least 70 killed in the Rafah area along with two Israeli soldiers. Earlier Friday, Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaking the truce, which had been announced by the U.S. and the U.N., and took effect at 8 a.m. The breakdown meant there would be no reprieve for the 1.7 million residents of Gaza, where large parts have been devastated by airstrikes and shelling, and at least 1,600 people — mostly civilians — have been killed and more than 8,000 wounded. Israel has lost 63 soldiers and three civilians. The fighting in the Rafah area continued into the night, with residents reporting airstrikes along the Egypt-Gaza frontier as well as heavy tank and artillery shelling. The Israeli military said it was searching for the missing soldier and had sent automated calls or text messages to Rafah residents to stay indoors. “We are under fire, every minute or so tanks fire shells at us,” said Rafah resident Ayman Al-Arja. “I have been thinking of leaving since 2 p.m., but tank fire can reach anywhere, and I was scared they will hit my pickup truck. Now we are sitting in the stairwell, 11 members of my family, my brother, his nine children and wife. We just have water to drink and the radio to hear the news.” The 45-year-old Al-Arja added: “We are just staying put waiting for God’s mercy.” The heavy shelling in Rafah was part of operational and intelligence activity to locate the missing officer, 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin, the Israeli military said.
Photo by Mohammed Ballas | AP
A supporter of Hamas holds a representation of a rocket as others shout slogans against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, during a protest in the West Bank town of Tulkarem town on Friday.
A longtime friend of Goldin’s said he is engaged to get married and that he studied at a Jewish seminary in the West Bank settlement of Eli. An hour after the ceasefire began, gunmen emerged from one or more Gaza tunnels and opened fire at Israeli soldiers, with at least one of the militants detonating an explosives vest, said Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner. Goldin, a 23-year-old from the central Israeli town of Kfar Saba, was apparently captured in the ensuing mayhem, while another two Israeli soldiers were killed. “We suspect that he has been kidnapped,” Lerner said. Obama called for Goldin’s unconditional and immediate release and said it would be difficult to put the cease-fire back together. However, he said the U.S. will continue working toward a cease-fire. He said Israel committed to the truce, but at the same time called the situation in Gaza “heartbreaking” and repeated calls for Israel to do more to prevent Palestinian civilian casualties. “Innocent civilians caught in the crossfire have to weigh on our conscience, and we have to do more,” Obama said. He added that Israel must be able to de-
fend itself, but that irresponsible actions by Hamas have put civilians in danger. Israel has gone to great lengths in the past to get back its captured soldiers. In 2011, it traded hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier who had been captured by Hamas-allied militants in 2006. The capture of two soldiers in a cross-border operation by Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006 sparked a 34day war between the Iranian-backed Shiite group and Israel. A Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, would neither confirm nor deny the capture, saying the event was being used — along with the killing of two Israeli soldiers in the Rafah area — as a cover for what he called a “massacre” in Rafah. The violence killed at least 70 Palestinians and wounded 440 in the Rafah area, according to Gaza Health Ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. The dead included paramedic Assef al-Zamily, killed when an Israeli tank shell hit an ambulance in which he was riding, al-Kidra said. Another 70 Palestinians were killed elsewhere in
Gaza on Friday, according to al-Kidra. Ban blamed Hamas for violating the cease-fire and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Goldin. The U.N. chief also urged both sides “to show maximum restraint and return to the agreed 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire that tragically lasted such a brief period of time,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by phone that Palestinian militants had “unilaterally and grossly” violated the cease-fire and attacked Israeli soldiers after 9 a.m.
“Israel will take all necessary steps against those who call for our destruction and perpetrate terrorism against our citizens,” Netanyahu told Kerry, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office. Moussa Abu Marzouk, Hamas’ deputy leader, denied that Hamas violated the truce. He told Al-Arabiya news channel from Cairo that the movement’s military wing carried out no military operations after 8 a.m. A longtime friend of Goldin’s said he is engaged to get married and that he studied at a Jewish seminary in the West Bank settlement of Eli. Goldin has a twin brother who also is in
the military on the Gaza front lines, said the friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have the family’s permission to discuss Goldin’s personal details with the media. The soldier’s father, Simha Goldin, is a Tel Aviv University professor specializing in Ashkenazi Jewry, the friend said. “We want to support the military in the fighting against Hamas in Gaza. We are sure the military will not stop before it turns over every stone in Gaza and returns Hadar home safe and sound,” the father said in a statement to reporters outside his home. The shelling in Rafah sent families fleeing from apartment blocks. One woman carrying two children rushed toward a parked car, yelling to a bystander, “Quick, open the car door!” Ambulances ferried the wounded to al-Najar hospital, where family members frantically searched for loved ones among the bloodied bodies on stretchers. Many of the wounded were children. In one room, four children were treated on a single bed, while others were examined on the floor. On July 8, Israel began an aerial campaign against Gaza aimed at halting Palestinian rocket fire and later sent in ground troops to target launch sites and tunnels used by Hamas to carry out attacks inside Israel. Four brief humanitarian cease-fires were announced, but each broke within a few hours. The Israeli military said Gaza militants fired at least 38 rockets and mortars at Israel since the start of Friday’s cease-fire, and two were intercepted. The latest cease-fire, announced by Kerry and Ban, was intended to be the first step toward a lasting truce.
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Americans with Ebola returning for treatment Both will be treated at special ward in Atlanta hospital By MIKE STOBBE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Two American aid workers seriously ill with Ebola will be brought from West Africa to Atlanta for treatment in one of the most tightly sealed isolation units in the country, officials said Friday. One is expected to arrive today, and the other a few days later, according to Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, where they will be treated. They are due to arrive in a private jet outfitted with a special, portable tent designed for transporting patients with highly infectious diseases. It will be the first time anyone infected with the disease is brought into the country. U.S. officials are confident the patients can be treated without putting the public in any danger. Ebola is spread through direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids from an infected person, not through the air. The two Americans — Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol — worked for U.S. missionary groups in Liberia at a hospital that treated Ebola patients. The State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assisting the groups in their transfer. The government is working to ensure that any Ebola-related evacuations “are carried out safely, thereby protecting the patient and the American public,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement released Friday. A Department of Defense spokesman said Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, will be used for the transfer. The aircraft is a Gulfstream jet fitted with what essentially is a specialized, collapsible clear tent designed to house a single patient and stop any infectious germs from escaping. It was built to transfer CDC employees exposed to contagious diseases for treatment. The CDC said the private jet can only accommodate one patient at a time. Brantly and Writebol are in serious condition and were still in Liberia on Friday, according to the North Carolina-based charity Samaritan’s Purse, which is paying for their transfer and medical care. An Emory emergency medical team in Liberia has evaluated the two aid workers, and deemed both stable enough for the trip to Atlanta, said Emory’s Dr. Bruce Ribner. Hospital spokesman Vincent Dollard said the first patient was scheduled to arrive Saturday. Brantly, 33, works for Samaritan’s Purse while Writebol works for another U.S. mission group called SIM. Late last week, Samaritan’s Purse offi-
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An employee of the Monrovia City Corporation sprays disinfectant on a street in front of a building in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, on Friday. cials said Brantly had tested positive for the virus. Shortly after that announcement, Writebol’s infection was disclosed. Liberia is one of the three West African countries involved in the Ebola outbreak, the largest since the virus was first identified in 1976. The two-bed Emory isolation unit opened 12 years ago. It was designed to handle workers from the CDC if they became infected while working on a dangerous, infectious germ. It is one of about four such units around the country for testing and treating people who may have been exposed to very dangerous viruses, said Dr. Eileen Farnon, a Temple University doctor who formerly worked at the Atlanta-based CDC and led teams investigating past Ebola outbreaks in Africa. There is no specific treatment for disease, although Writebol has received an experimental treatment, according to the mission groups. “If there’s any modern therapy that can be done,” such as better monitoring of fluids, electrolytes and vital signs, workers will be able to do it better in this safe environment, said Dr. Philip Brachman, an Emory University public health special-
ist who for many years headed the CDC’s disease detectives program. “That’s all we can do for such a patient. We can make them feel comfortable” and let the body try to beat back the virus, he said. He was echoed by Emory’s Ribner, one of the doctors who will be seeing the Ebola patients. He stressed that safety precautions will be taken by staff in the unit. “I have no concerns about even my personal health or the health of the other health care workers who will be working in that area,” Ribner said. The unit has its own laboratory equipment so samples don’t have to be sent to the main hospital lab. Located on the ground floor, it’s carefully separated from other patient areas, Farnon said. Health experts say a specialized isolation unit is not even necessary for treating an Ebola patient. The virus does not spread through the air, so standard, rigorous infection control measures should work. The current outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone has sickened more than 1,300 people and killed more than 700 this year.
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LAKE TOWN Continued from Page 1A bankruptcy of the SWC rail line spelled the beginning of the end for Halsell. Oil was discovered in the area in the 1930s, but this had little effect on the town’s population. Halsell retained about 36 residents until the 1960s when Lake Arrowhead was in planning stages. In 1965, residents were forced to move as the land was taken by eminent domain to establish a new water supply for the booming area. The remaining residents left and about 125 of Halsell’s deceased were moved from the cemetery to other gravesites throughout the county. Years passed and Halsell’s memory washed away with each lapping wave of the new 16,000-acre lake. Lake Arrowhead residents Tammi Brown and Bud Gossett moved to the Bunny Run area about 16 months ago and said they had no idea the town existed. One day last spring, they were driving along the shore in a golf cart and came upon a perfectly round reservoir full of water. “I said, ‘Why is there a tank in the middle of the lake?”’ Brown told the Wichita Falls Times Record News. After asking around they found a couple residents that had heard of Halsell, with one saying she had lived there as a child. The friends visited the Clay County museum and looked at a
map of the layout of the old town. When they returned to Halsell in April, they were able to spot the foundation, fireplace and plumbing of the old schoolhouse. They found a well, cistern and dozens of horseshoes and railroad spikes. Some of the most intriguing finds are those that tell of everyday life in pioneer North Texas. Marbles that a child may have played with — belt buckles, bits of a leather saddle. A blue basin where someone may have washed their face with precious water from the tank. Glass bottles marked Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic and Hind’s Honey and Almond Cream held toiletries, perhaps brought in on the Southwestern rail line. After recent rains, the town of Halsell is once again hidden, this time under dense vegetation and not water. Raised areas seen near the middle of the lake show where the main road into town and the rail line used to be. Hopefully rain will return to the area and the little town of Halsell will once again rest under the blue waters of Lake Arrowhead. For now its remnants show there was a time in the not too distant past when Lake Arrowhead was nothing but an open plain full of tall grasses and brave pioneers who worked for a chance at life in Halsell.
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rainfall over the past 46 months and hasn’t recovered from the drought of 2011. It’s instituted a prohibition on all outside watering; it’s tried cloud seeding, sending silver iodide particles into clouds to encourage rain; and more recently it began using a wastewater reuse program. The 75-day pilot project, which began July 23, is costing the city $375,000. Crews will go out to Arrowhead Lake every three days — that’s how long it takes for the layer to biodegrade — to disperse about 5,700 pounds of the mixture, which creates a one-molecule-thick layer. Evaporation from wind and hot temperatures can rob Texas lakes of as much as 2.3 trillion gallons a year, according to the Texas Water Developmental Board. Arrowhead Lake is about 17,000 acres when full, but it’s now 6,000 acres, or 22 percent, full. Researchers and water experts have experimented with ways to cut evaporation. Some have tried putting a layer of pingpong balls on water surfaces or laying out large tarps or plastic films. The anti-evaporation product, WaterSavr, has been around for about 10 years, according to Jason Bloom, a spokesman for Flexible Solutions, the Chicago company that makes the product and is handling the Wichita Falls program. He says it’s been effective in other places: A Singapore lake of about 250 acres had a 29 per-
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cent reduction in evaporation and a 10-acre lake in Australia saw a 30 percent reduction. A 30-acre lake in a gated Last Vegas Community has been using the product since 2012, Flexible Solutions vice president David Verlee said. In 2012, there was a 31 percent reduction in evaporation on the recreational lake over a two-month period, said Nicole Lise, a spokeswoman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. In Texas, Barney Austin, a hydrologist and former director of surface water for the state water board, said he’ll be interested to see whether the method affects the lake’s oxygen levels and temperatures, and if those impact fish populations and aquatic plants. The board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality are monitoring the levels. “It has a real potential,” he said. “I’m all for trying to reduce evaporation.” Schreiber said the main concern is whether the product can withstand the whipping wind. Ions of the same charge are in the lime powder, which repels the molecules and allows the mixture to spread over a surface. But if winds cause the mixture to cluster, the question will be whether repelling ions force it to again spread out. “Whether this is the solution, I don’t know,” Austin said. “I think in Wichita Falls they are struggling so badly to get water that they should consider all alternatives.”
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LICENSES temporary legal status will qualify. The demand has been tremendous since immigrants started making appointments July 1, with the state’s website for appointments crashing at one point because of the traffic. So far, appointments are being handled at only five locations — Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Grand Junction. But it wasn’t long ago that those immigrants could only dream of walking into a department of motor vehicles office to get a license. In 2006, Democrats and Republicans in Colorado passed a package of laws cracking down on illegal immigration, including requiring law enforcement to notify federal authorities when they arrested someone suspected of living illegally in the U.S. That law has since been repealed. Last year, Colorado was among eight states that passed laws allowing identification documents for people in the country illegally. Two of those states, Illinois and Nevada, have already started issuing the documents. “The changes we’ve seen in Colorado are absolutely remarkable and really reflect a turning of the tide in the debate on what immigration means and how immigrants are viewed, not only in Colorado but in the country,” said Hans Meyer, a Denver-based immigration attorney who was involved in crafting the new law. The law’s detractors argue it will encourage illegal immigration. “You reward illegal behavior, you beget more illegal behavior,” said Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch. Brohl called the law a matter of public safety. “We really want to have anyone who’s driving on the roads to have a valid license, because that means that they’ve passed the written test, they passed the driving test, and they have auto insurance, and that’s really important,” she said.
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Continued from Page 1A Although all drivers are required to be insured, the new law won’t guarantee that immigrants will get insurance. Supporters of the law also say it will help law enforcement correctly identify people in traffic stops and accidents. And immigrants have said it will help ease their fear of dealing with police. Only those in the country illegally need to make appointments. They must present documents like a utility bill to prove they’ve lived in Colorado the previous two
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The changes we’ve seen … are absolutely remarkable and really reflect a turning of the tide.” HANS MEYER, ATTORNEY
years, in addition to an identification number they’ve used to pay taxes. They must also show a passport or other identification from their home country. Those with a temporary legal status must present the documents that prove that, as well as evidence of Colorado residency. Only certain clerks were trained to issue the licenses and IDs, which will cost more than what legal residents pay. The cards are marked to say they can’t be used for voting or to obtain federal benefits.
and security debates can find ample evidence to support their positions and dismiss those of their opponents. Yet the numbers also highlight real-world challenges facing officials as they embark on another expensive operation they say is necessary to protect Texans from a border left porous by federal negligence. Hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding hang on the question of what constitutes a successful operation. How it is measured matters.
Measuring success In a report this week, the American-Statesman detailed how state officials had used different, sometimes conflicting criteria to declare past border surges a success. The story also noted that the DPS had yet to come up with a measurement of success for the latest operation — a $30 million surge of DPS troopers scheduled to continue through at least the end of the year. Over the next month, an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard troops will deploy to the border, at a cost of $12 million per month, with no defined end date. On Tuesday, McCraw told a Texas House committee that the agency had landed on a reliable metric. A decrease in the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol during the operation “is the best indicator across the board” to determine the impact of the surge, he said. He also recommended including drug prices and crime trends, such as home invasions and police pursuits, as performance measures. Yet using apprehensions to gauge progress has been tried and discarded as a reliable metric by others. The U.S. Homeland Security Department, which oversees U.S. Border Patrol, turned to the number of apprehensions as an indicator of its progress securing the border in 2011. The Government Accountability Office later found the number to be incomplete, particularly as it didn’t take into account the number of people crossing the border that agents missed. McCraw said Border Patrol activities differ from those of the DPS, so measures of success wouldn’t be the same. The GAO, he told the Statesman, “has not assessed sustained, 24/7, multiagency surge operations on the border, and we
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would encourage them to do so.” Henry Willis, director of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, who has studied border metrics for the Homeland Security Department, agreed that “it is certainly important to keep track of apprehensions. But unfortunately it doesn’t tell you everything that’s going on.” For example, the number of apprehensions has climbed and dropped over the past decade, often due not to any particular law enforcement efforts, but rather as the result of larger forces such as economic or social pressures in home countries. Still, Willis added that tracking the number of apprehensions can be useful — when compared with the number of border crossing at-
agencies have attempted to define a reliable measure for what border security success looks like, a reflection of the enormous complexity of the forces driving illegal crossings. In the past, the Homeland Security Department has also tried to gauge its success using more nuanced numbers, such as the distance away from the border where undocumented immigrants were captured, the relative security risk of each apprehension based on country of origin (“aliens from special interest countries”) and any weapons immigrants might have with them, as well as seizures of contraband. McCraw told legislators that the DPS has already seen success from its 6-week-old operation. While he said the numbers couldn’t be attri-
McCraw told legislators that the DPS has already seen success from its 6-week-old operation. … apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley region had fallen to about 3,500 from more than 6,000 per week. tempts. In its most recent annual performance report, the Homeland Security Department said it would start using the “rate of interdiction effectiveness,” which essentially calculates the percentage of bordercrossers intercepted versus those undocumented immigrants who enter the country successfully. The latter figure is reached through a combination of in-person sightings, technological surveillance and guesswork. A higher rate would mean more attempted crossings were being thwarted. In 2013, the agency also said it would start measuring the percentage of people apprehended multiple times along the border, an indication of its success in reducing recidivism. A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokesman said both measures would be included in a new comprehensive plan to measure the agency’s southwestern border security progress. He added the plan “is being worked on” and would be released in about a month.
Questions remain The changes represent the third time in as many years that federal
buted solely to the new surge, he said apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley region had fallen to about 3,500 from more than 6,000 per week when the surge began. McCraw added that the operation had a target of below 2,000, though later in the hearing he said success ultimately would be defined by zero crossings. Some lawmakers still seemed perplexed. “How do we know we’ve gotten to the number where we don’t need additional personnel?” asked state Rep. Donna Howard, DAustin. “Quite frankly I’m having a hard time figuring out what’s the most appropriate metric for us to determine our charge here.” “The best metrics is that they don’t come across,” McCraw answered. Howard: “So am I knowing they are not coming across because you’re making increased arrests or decreases in arrests?” McCraw: “Because we’re there and can make arrests, on the water or above.” Howard: “Because you’re there.” McCraw: “We’re there, we’re present, yes.” Howard: “But that’s not actually a metric that I can use. So I’m just trying to figure it out.”
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Parker extends Spurs guard adds 3 years onto contract By JON KRAWCZYNSKI ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tony Parker is by far the youngest of the San Antonio Spurs’ Big Three, a fact that could have complicated things going forward as Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili get closer to retirement. As they are wont to do, the Spurs made things real easy. The Spurs signed Parker to a multi-year contract extension on Friday, ensuring that the six-time All-Star point guard will be in the fold whether Duncan and Ginobili are able to continue their careers or not. The Spurs did not disclose the deal, but Yahoo! Sports first reported that it was a three-year extension worth $43.3 million that will kick in in 2015. “So happy,” Parker told the San Antonio Express-News. “Spurs for life!” Parker has spent all of his 13 NBA seasons with the Spurs, blossoming from an erratic 19-year-old from France into one of the elite point guards in the game. He has helped the Spurs win four of their five NBA titles, the last one coming in June with a dominating victory over the defending champion Miami Heat. Parker turned 32 in May, but has shown little sign of slowing down. He averaged 16.7 points and 5.7 assists in 29 minutes per game last season and still thrives by changing speeds to keep defenders off balance. The lightning quickness that got him noticed by the Spurs before he was drafted in 2002 is still there, and he can still blow by defenders at the top of the key to get into the paint for a floater or stop on a dime for one of the best pull-up jumpers in the league. Duncan will turn 39 next season
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel throws a pass Thursday at training camp in Berea, Ohio.
Johnny Manziel’s day at camp By TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The San Antonio Spurs and Tony Parker agreed to a contract extension Friday that is reportedly adds $43.3 million over three years starting in 2015. and Ginobili just turned 38, seemingly putting their careers much closer to the end than Parker’s. But coach Gregg Popovich has done a masterful job of managing minutes and keeping the wear and tear on them to a minimum, so there really is no telling how long this championshipdrenched trio can stick together.
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Duncan opted in to the final year of his deal earlier this summer and Ginobili made the difficult decision to pull out of the FIBA World Cup so he could rest a stress fracture in his leg and be ready for training camp next season. Popovich signed a con-
BEREA, Ohio — A look at Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel’s day at training camp: HITS AND MISSES Manziel had another inconsistent practice as he continues to battle Brian Hoyer for the starting job. He was intercepted during one of the 11-ono-11 scrimmages by Josh Aubrey, who made a one-handed pick. Manziel had a few passes broken up, but he also displayed both power and finesse on come completions. JOHNNY’S SHOES For the second time this week, Manziel came onto the practice field wearing bright-colored cleats. On Friday, he sported a pair of fluorescent green Nikes, which he wore dur-
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: BALTIMORE RAVENS
Goodell defends suspension By JOHN WAWROW ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Sergio Garcia celebrates after a birdie on the 18th hole Friday to complete an 11-under par second round at the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.
Garcia ties course record to take lead By DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
AKRON, Ohio — Sergio Garcia doesn’t know anything about being in a zone. He had no trouble identifying the best round of his career. Garcia one-putted the final 11 holes and made birdies on his last seven holes Friday in the Bridgestone Invitational to tie the course record at Firestone with a 9-under 61 and take a three-shot lead into the weekend. He had a birdie putt on every hole on the back nine, missing only a 15-footer from the fringe at No. 11. Garcia shot 27 on the back nine, a course record. “Just one of those moments
that you love and you enjoy, and you wish there were no end,” he said. It matched the tournament record held by Tiger Woods, who shot 61 in 2000 and 2013, and Jose Maria Olazabal, who shot his 61 in 1990. Woods went on to win by 11 shots in 2000 and seven shots last year. Olazabal won by 12 in the World Series of Golf. Garcia still has work to do. He was at 11-under 129, three shots clear of Justin Rose, who had a 67. British Open champion Rory McIlroy birdied his last two holes for a 64 and joined Marc Leishman of Australia (67) four shots out of the
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CANTON, Ohio — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended himself Friday against criticism that he was too lenient in suspending Ray Rice two games for his “horrible mistake.” “We just can’t make up the discipline,” Goodell said. “It has to be consistent with other cases. And it was in this matter.” Goodell stressed that the Baltimore running back has assumed responsibility for his conduct, has no history of assault and is following a court order to enter a diversionary program following his domestic violence arrest. “We’ve dealt with it in a serious manner, and we’re very confident that this young man understands where he is and what he needs to do going forward,” Goodell said. “I think what’s important here is Ray has taken responsibility for this. He’s been accountable for his actions. He recognizes he made a horrible mistake that is unacceptable by his standards, by our standards. And he’s got to work to re-establish himself.” Goodell spoke a day before the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony. It was his first opportunity to answer questions regarding Rice since disciplining him July 24. A day earlier, Rice apologized at training camp in his first comments since the suspension. He called his actions “totally inexcusable” and acknowledged he must live with this for the rest of his life. The six-year veteran will miss
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Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice answers questions during a news conference after practice Thursday in Owings Mills, Md. the Ravens’ season opener against Cincinnati on Sept. 7 and the Sept. 11 game against Pittsburgh. Rice allegedly struck thenfiancee Janay Palmer, now his wife, on Feb. 15 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The 27-year-old player has been accepted into a diversion program and upon completion could result in the charges being expunged. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was suspended six games in 2010 after being accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old college student. That suspension was eventually reduced to four games. Goodell said, unlike Roethlisberger, Rice had not had off-field problems before. “If it’s a first offense, someone who’s had a strong background of being very responsible in the
community, doing the right things and not violating other policies or anything else that reflect poorly on the NFL, then we would take that into account,” Goodell said. “And when there’s a pattern, we also take that into account on the other side.” Many critics contend Rice’s suspension is insufficient when compared to longer suspensions for players who violate the league’s substance abuse policy. Goodell noted there is a policy in place to determine punishment based on the number of times a player tests positive. “You have to respond to facts here. You have a lot of people voicing their opinions,” Goodell said. “But I think it’s important to understand that this is a young man who made a terrible
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Kyle Larson sets track record to win first pole Rookie to lead the way Sunday at Pocono Raceway By DAN GELSTON ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Larson had one more celebration left during his birthday week, setting a track record of 183.438 mph to win his first career Sprint Cup pole Friday at Pocono Raceway. He broke the mark of 181.415 that Denny Hamlin set in June. Larson, one of the top rookies in NASCAR, turned 22 on Thursday and wants to keep the party going with his first win Sunday. Larson could use a victory to secure a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, though he would make the 16-car field as it stands on points. “I really think a win is coming soon, maybe before the Chase starts,” Larson said. Joey Logano joined Larson on the front row. Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon completed the top five. Gordon followed his fifth Brickyard 400 win with another strong qualifying run. Logano topped the first two rounds of qualifying
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Kyle Larson set a track record of 183.438 mph Friday to win the poll for the Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.
Larson took this one in No. 42 Chevrolet moments before the skies opened at Pocono, and the threat of rain looms large for Sunday’s race. and held the top spot until Larson bumped him in the third. “I knew we had a shot at the pole after the second round,” Larson said. “I was nervous and I hit all three corners about as good as I could, so I was
really excited about that.” Keselowski is pulling double duty this weekend and will also drive in the Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway. Larson also has a doubleheader with a ride in Saturday’s Truck Series race at Pocono.
Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick completed the top 10. Larson started first this year at Richmond after rain wiped out qualifying and he took the top spot
SPURS Continued from Page 1B tract extension and the Spurs brought back Boris Diaw, Patty Mills and Matt Bonner to try to do just about the only thing this remarkably enduring franchise has yet to do — repeat as champions. Parker was set to enter next season on the final
year of his contract at the bargain price of $12.5 million. But taking less money to keep the core together is something the Spurs’ stars have been doing for years, so it’s no surprise that the Spurs were able to retain Parker with a quiet negotiation and easy agreement
on a deal that will take him through 2017-18. With all the work the Spurs have done this offseason, there still is one big thing that needs to be addressed. NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard is eligible for an extension on his rookie
because of his practice time. But it did not count as an official pole. Larson took this one in No. 42 Chevrolet moments before the skies opened at Pocono, and the threat of rain looms large for Sunday’s race.
“We’ve been really fast the last few months, just maybe finding better luck now,” Larson said. He qualified for next year’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway and became NASCAR’s first Drive for Diversity graduate to win a Cup pole. Larson’s mother is Japanese and his father is of Native American descent. Larson shared a birthday party Thursday with his manager’s 6-year-old daughter. Larson joked the girl was mad at him because he got his girlfriend pregnant, “and she thought she was my girlfriend.” Larson made it up to the girl with a dozen roses and candy. Larson’s speed was the 15th track qualifying record set in 2014. Logano posted his 17th top-10 start and his Team Penske teammate Keselowski has 16 top-10 starts in 21 races this season. “We push them to be better the first round,” Logano said. “They push us to be better as we go into the third round. I’m getting better. We’re able to see what we do differently, which helps us because one is good in one area and one is good in the other, so we can see both of that.”
MANZIEL Continued from Page 1B deal, and Popovich has already dubbed him the player who will take over the franchise when Duncan finally decides to retire. There is plenty of time to address that issue. The Spurs have until Oct. 31 to sign Leonard to a new deal.
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Johnny Manziel hands the ball off to running back Ray Agnew at training camp in Berea, Ohio. ing the stretching period before switching into a pair of white cleats. One of the Browns training personnel said Manziel is trying to get the width right in the prototype shoes. There had been speculation the team had told him to change the cleats. YOU CAN’T DO THAT After squirting through the line and running for a touchdown in a red zone drill, Manziel shot the football through over the goalpost’s crossbar and drew a penalty flag for unsportsmanlike conduct from one of the officials working practice. The NFL is cutting down on end zone celebrations this season by eliminat-
ing any use of the goal post, which is now considered a prop. UP NEXT Manziel will get his chance to shine before 25,000 on Saturday as the Browns scrimmage at the University of Akron. Manziel was looking forward to something other than practice. “For me, I’ve been better in game situations than I feel that I have in practice, but I have to come out here and get better at the plays and get better at the reps that I’m getting,” he said. “That’s my main thing, just keep getting better, and when it’s time to go out and play football, then it’s time to play football.”
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Tiger Woods shot a 71 on Friday to fall 10 strokes behind the lead after the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. lead. McIlroy played in the group behind Garcia, and could hear what was going on if he couldn’t see it. “Every time I looked, he was putting a ball in the hole and the crowd was cheering,” McIlroy said. “I knew that he was making a few birdies.” Garcia was five shots out of the lead when he had to scramble to save pars on back-to-back holes to close out the front nine on what seemed to be an ordinary round. Two good swings on the 10th hole led to a 20-foot birdie putt. He hit 8-iron to 2 feet on No. 12 and 3 feet on No. 13 for the easiest birdies he had all day, and those turned out to be the start of his big run. The Spaniard finished in style, making birdie putts of 15, 25 and 20 feet on his last three holes. It reminded Garcia of the Travelers Championships earlier this summer, when
Kevin Streelman closed with seven straight birdies to beat Garcia and K.J. Choi by one shot. “When I made the one on 17 I thought, ’This kind of looks familiar from what happened not too long ago,”’ Garcia said. “Obviously, Sunday would be even nicer. But I’ll take what I can get.” His previous best score was a 62 on three other occasions — as a 19-year-old at the Scottish Open and Byron Nelson Classic in 1999, and at Mount Juliet in 2002 at the American Express Championship. Woods also shot his 61s at Firestone in the second round. He could have used something remotely close to that to stay in range of Garcia. Instead, Woods hit only four fairways off the tee and couldn’t seem to make anything on the green. It added to a 71, leaving him 10 shots behind. “I didn’t hit the ball well.
I didn’t putt well. I didn’t do anything well,” Woods said. “The only thing I did well was I fought hard. Grinded hard. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very good day.” Starting times for the third round were moved up to Saturday morning, with threesomes off both tees, because of a forecast for storms. That figures to only keep Firestone soft, allowing players to attack the pins provided they’re in the short grass. Rose missed only two greens in posting a 67 as his momentum builds toward the final major of the year next week at the PGA Championship. He wouldn’t mind adding a WGC title this week. Either way, there is a long stretch of big tournaments, and Rose is headed in the right direction. He won back-to-back starts at Congressional and Royal Aberdeen before stalling slightly at the British Open.
Tour refutes report Johnson suspended AKRON, Ohio — The PGA Tour is refuting a report that Dustin Johnson has been suspended. Johnson said in a statement Thursday he was taking a leave of absence to seek professional help for “personal challenges” that brought an end to his season. Johnson will miss the PGA Championship, the FedEx Cup playoffs and the Ryder Cup. Golf.com reported Friday that the tour had suspended Johnson for six months for failing a drug test. The website cited a source it did not identify. The PGA Tour has a policy of not commenting on disciplinary actions. But it issued a statement Friday afternoon to clarify that Johnson has taken a leave of absence “and is not under a suspension from the PGA Tour.”
RICE Continued from Page 1B mistake.” Goodell also stressed that Rice acknowledged he was wrong and promised to speak out against domestic violence. The commissioner said it was important he had the chance to meet with both the player and Palmer. “What I want to see is success stories,” Goodell said. “I want to see people, when they make a mistake, I want to see them take responsibility, be accountable for it and make a difference going forward. I hope that’s what Ray Rice is going to do.” On other league matters, Goodell declined to comment on possible suspensions for three players implicated in the Miami Dolphins’ bullying scandal last season, but he said they’ve fulfilled league requirements so far. Richie Incognito, Mike
Pouncey and John Jerry were all implicated in the episode, which prompted tackle Jonathan Martin to quit the team. “There are different issues with different individuals,” Goodell said. “The bottom line is everything is proceeding. They’re doing what they’ve been asked to do. And that we will make individual decisions if necessary.” Pouncey is still with the Dolphins. Jerry is with the New York Giants. Incognito, whose troubled relationship with Martin caused the scandal to mushroom, is unsigned. “I would say the one person that has been very responsive and has gone through the program is Richie Incognito,” Goodell said. “We’re working with his people and monitoring his progress.”
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Dear Heloise: Could you please reprint your recipe for deskunking a dog? We just moved to an area with lots of wildlife, and I’m sure our dogs are going to have a run-in soon. — Joyce in Texas Yikes! I know that smell, and it’s not a nice one, either! Here is the updated recipe to rid your doggie friend of that wildlife aroma: 1 quart 3 percent hydrogen peroxide 1 cup baking soda 1 teaspoon mild dishwashing liquid Mix the ingredients together and bathe the dog in the mixture, rubbing it in really well and covering the whole dog. If the dog was sprayed in the face, do the ears and around the eyes. Use a clean sponge or paper towel to go around the
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eye area. Don’t get the solution in the eyes. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes (if your dog will stay still!), then rinse. Repeat if needed. Baking soda is handy for a hundred things, and you should always keep some around. Want to know what else I use it for? Order my pamphlet. To receive one, send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Baking Soda, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. When Chammy, our new softcoated wheaten terrier, came through the doggie door one night, I SMELLED her before I saw her! I was not up to giving her a full bath. I rubbed her coat with baking soda, poured some plain white vinegar on a microfiber cloth and gave her a rubdown. I dried her with a towel and brushed a little. She was not completely smell-free, but she was tolerable until full bath time. — Heloise
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