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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Trump’s victory shocks country Anxiety settles in on South Texas

By Julián Aguilar TH E TEXAS T RI BUNE

LAREDO, Texas — About 10 miles out from where Interstate 35 in Texas ends and Mexico begins, the crackle of the Spanish-language radio came to life on Wednesday as the disc jockey offered some unsolicited advice.

“Be vigilant at work, be vigilant driving,” he said to audience members who might be in the

country illegally. “Remember that you have rights,” he offered before plugging an employment attorney whose clients are mostly immigrants from Mexico.

Immigrants are hard workers, he added, but they should heed his advice — especially after voters in America Tuesday ushered Republican Donald Trump into the White House.

The shock of Trump’s Anxiety continues on A7

Trump shakes up transition team

By Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire ASSOCIATED PRE SS

Cuate Santos / The Zapata Times file

Donald Trump is surrounded by city officials as he speaks to members of the media at a press conference, July 23, 2015, at the World Trade Bridge.

ZAPATA COUNTY ISD

TH E ZAPATA T IME S

The ZCISD Board of Trustees will welcome two new members, according to voting results.

Veronica P. Gonzalez, Zapata County Independent School District Place 3 trustee, was unseated by Jose M. Ramirez III.

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VETERANS DAY

Two new members on board of trustees

By Judith Rayo

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team Friday as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the operations. The move, one of the first key decisions as Trump pivots from campaigning to governing, amounted to a

demotion for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had been running the Republican’s transition planning for months.

On the heels of Trump’s upset victory this week, his team has begun to embark upon building a government, an enormous undertaking that likely requires Trump to alter his hands-on management style and consider going outside his small, insular group of loyalists. He has

OBAMA AIMS TO UNIFY NATION

Gonzalez garnered 37.05 percent, or 319 votes, and Ramirez 62.95 percent, or 542 votes.

Incumbents Jose M. Flores Jr., Diego Gonzalez Jr., and Manuel Gonzalez Jr., ran unopposed.

Roberto H. Campos was elected as member for ZCISD, results indicate. He garnered ZCISD continues on A7

TEXAS

Border leaders think Trump’s tough talk on NAFTA will die down

By Julián Aguilar TH E TEXAS T RI BUNE

Keep calm and educate Donald Trump.

That seems to be the mantra border leaders are adopting after realizing that the candidate who promised to renegotiate — or even eliminate — the North American Free Trade Agreement will be the country’s next president.

The 1994 pact gradually eliminated most tariffs on several goods traded between Canada, Mexico and the United States.

It’s turned cities like El Paso and Laredo into key trade hubs but also displaced thousands of jobs that went to workers in Mexico and other countries.

But once Trump’s advisers tell him the pact produces more for the American and world economies than it takes away, he’ll take a different tone, predicted U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Zapata, whose district is home to the country’s largest inland port.

“Trump says he is a businessperson. Well, 90 percent of NAFTA continues on A7

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

President Barack Obama arrives to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, on Veterans Day, Friday, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

President urges Americans to learn from example of veterans

By Darlene Superville ASSOCIATED PRE SS

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RLINGTON, Va. — Three days after Election Day, President Barack Obama used his last Veterans Day speech to urge Americans to learn from the example of veterans as a divided nation seeks to “forge unity” after the bitter 2016 campaign.

Obama, in remarks at Arlington National

Cemetery, noted that Veterans Day often comes on the heels of hard-fought campaigns that “lay bare disagreements across our nation.”

“But the American instinct has never been to find isolation in opposite corners,” Obama said. “It is to find strength in our common creed, to forge unity from our great diversity, to maintain that strength and unity even when it is hard.”

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AROUND THE WORLD

TODAY IN HISTORY

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12

ASSOCIATED PRE SS

Today is Saturday, Nov. 12, the 317th day of 2016. There are 49 days left in the year.

1 Last day of Rummage Sale, “A Dollar a Bag Day.” 9 a.m.—2 p.m.

First United Church Fellowship Hall.

Free and open to the public.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 12, 1936, the San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., giving the green light to traffic.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 1 Chess Club. 4—6 p.m. Every Monday. Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Compete in this cherished strategy game played internationally.

Free. For all ages and skill levels.

Instruction is offered.

1 Movie and Popcorn. Every Monday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Enjoy a family movie and refreshments.

1 Presentation of “Bully” at Alamo Drafthouse. 6-8:30 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, 11210 East Point Dr. The Education Committee of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce joins forces with Alamo Drafthouse to present a viewing of the critically acclaimed film “Bully.” All middle and high school kids and their parents are invited to join the the anti-bullying campaign. $6 per ticket, which includes popcorn and a drink.

1 Become a Texas Master Naturalist. 7 p.m. Lake Casa Blanca State Park, 5102 Bob Bullock Loop. This is an informational meeting with the Brush Country Chapter of Master Naturalist. Master Naturalists are volunteers of all ages who educate the public about the environment and assist with habitat conservation.

Enhance your love of nature through in-depth training focusing on our native ecosystem.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 1 Rock wall climbing. 4—5:30 p.m.

LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520.

1 LEGO Workshop. Every Tuesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Create with LEGOs, DUPLOs and robotics.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 1 SRX Chess Club. Every Wednesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Learn the basics of chess and compete with friends.

Limited chess sets available for use.

1 Spanish Book Club. 6-8 p.m. Joe A. Guerra Public Library-Calton. For more information, contact Sylvia Reash at 763-1810.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 1 Villa San Agustin de Laredo Genealogical Society meeting and presentation on Argentina. 3-5 p.m. St. John Neumann Parish Hall-Hillside. $5 contribution asked of non-members.

For more information, contact Sylvia Reash at 763-1810.

1 Wii U Gaming. Every Thursday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Game with friends on Wii U.

Felipe Dana / AP

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rest on the side of the road after taking the city from Islamic State militants in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, Friday.

U.N. REPORTS CIVILIAN KILLINGS BASHIQA, Iraq — New reports emerged Friday of public killings and other atrocities committed against Mosul residents by Islamic State militants, including dozens of civilians whose bulletriddled bodies were hung from telephone polls after they were accused of using cellphones to leak information to Iraqi security forces. The United Nations human rights office said IS fighters killed some 70 civilians in Mosul this week, part of a litany of abuses to come to light in recent days, including torture, sexual exploitation of women and girls, and use of child

John Kerry talks climate change but not Trump in Antarctica McMURDO STATION, Antarctica — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t comment on Donald Trump’s election victory while visiting Antarctica, but did say that citizens who care about limiting emissions might have to march in the streets to push for more aggressive action.

soldiers who were filmed executing civilians. The revelations are the latest reports of IS brutality as the group retreats into dense urban quarters of Iraqi’s secondlargest city, forcing the population to go with them as human shields. In its report, the U.N. human rights office in Geneva said IS shot and killed 40 people on Tuesday after accusing them of “treason and collaboration,” saying they communicated with Iraqi security forces by cellphone.

The bodies, dressed in orange jumpsuits, were hung from electrical poles in Mosul.

— Compiled from AP reports

Kerry became the highestranking American official to visit Antarctica when he landed for a two-day trip on Friday.

He’s been hearing from scientists about the impact of climate change on the frozen continent.

Trump has called climate change a hoax and said he would “cancel” U.S. involvement in the landmark Paris Agreement on global warming.

“We need to get more of a movement going,” Kerry said when addressing several hundred scientists and staff at an evening event at McMurdo

Station, the large base which is the hub for U.S. operations.

“We need to get more people to engage.”

Kerry said there was a risk that much of Antarctica’s ice will eventually flow into the ocean, raising sea levels worldwide.

Despite the Paris agreement to cut the fossil-fuel emissions causing the planet to warm, “we haven’t won the battle yet,” Kerry said to the audience that included many young people involved in climate research.

— Compiled from AP reports

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 1 DUPLO Fun Time. Every Friday, 10:30—11:30 a.m. McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco Street. LEGOs for toddlers.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 1 Chess Club. 4—6 p.m. Every Monday. Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Compete in this cherished strategy game played internationally.

Free. For all ages and skill levels.

Instruction is offered.

1 Movie and Popcorn. Every Monday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Enjoy a family movie and refreshments.

1 Ray of Light Anxiety and Depression Support Group Meeting in Spanish. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Holding Institute, 1102 Santa Maria Ave., Classroom No. 1. Adults suffering from anxiety and depression are invited to attend our free, confidential and anonymous support group meetings.

For more information, call 307-2014.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 1 Rock wall climbing. 4—5:30 p.m.

LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520.

1 LEGO Workshop. Every Tuesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Create with LEGOs, DUPLOs and robotics.

AROUND TEXAS ‘Soaring in the Clouds’ artwork dedicated in Houston HOUSTON — An $830,000 cloud and birds sculpture at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston has been dedicated two years after a dispute over who should create the art.

“Soaring in the Clouds” was dedicated Thursday, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Artist Ed Wilson said he’s pretty happy with the artwork in the high-profile space. The mobile — fabricated of perforated stainless steel — is featured in the convention center’s new Grand Lobby and has been promoted as a tourist destination.

The bird sculpture forms in colorful, shifting light. It is supposed to celebrate the city as a flyway for winged creatures. With 14 layered “units”

Mark Mulligan / Houston Chronicle/AP

Artist Ed Wilson stands by his new sculpture inside the new grand lobby of the George R. Brown Convention Center.

and 300 elements total, the mobile drifts subtly as it catches air currents.

The mobile is part of Houston First’s $175 million project to create a new and vibrant “front door” for the city.

Houston earmarks a small portion of funds from major civic building construction for art.

Wilson’s commission stirred controversy in 2014 after the Houston Arts Alliance, which managed the project, awarded the artist an $830,000 contract — then rescinded it, claiming the announcement was premature. Wilson later again won the job.

— Compiled from AP reports

On this date: In 1787, severe flooding struck Dublin, Ireland, as the River Liffey rose.

In 1866, Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen, the first provisional president of the Republic of China, was born.

In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.

In 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over Japanese forces.)

In 1946, the Walt Disney movie “Song of the South,” controversial for its treatment of the film’s black characters, had its world premiere in Atlanta.

In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.

In 1969, news of the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam in March 1968 was broken by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.

In 1977, the city of New Orleans elected its first black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, the winner of a runoff.

In 1984, space shuttle astronauts Dale Gardner and Joe Allen snared a wandering satellite in history’s first space salvage; the Palapa B2 satellite was secured in Discovery’s cargo bay for return to Earth.

In 1985, Xavier Suarez was elected Miami’s first Cuban-American mayor.

In 1996, a Saudi Boeing 747 jetliner collided shortly after takeoff from New Delhi, India, with a Kazak Ilyushin-76 cargo plane, killing 349 people.

In 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 headed to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.

Ten years ago: Hundreds of relatives and friends of victims who had died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 five years earlier dedicated a much-awaited memorial in New York.

Gerald R. Ford surpassed Ronald Reagan as the longest-living U.S. president at 93 years and 121 days.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama met separately with the leaders of Russia and China on the sidelines of a Pacific Rim economic summit in his native Hawaii. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (behr-loosKOH’-nee) resigned, ending a political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing the country back from the brink of economic crisis. In a surprisingly sharp move, the Arab League voted to suspend Syria over the country’s bloody crackdown on protesters and stepped up calls on the army to stop killing civilians.

One year ago: President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Florent Groberg, an Army captain who shoved a suicide bomber to the ground and away from his security detail in Afghanistan. (Four people were killed in the attack; Groberg survived with severe injuries.) Twin suicide bombings killed at least 43 people in a southern Beirut suburb that was a stronghold of the militant Shiite Hezbollah group; Islamic State claimed responsibility.

Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-andblues singer Jimmy Hayes (Persuasions) is 73. Singer Brian Hyland is 73.

Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 73.

Rock musician Booker T. Jones is 72.

Sportscaster Al Michaels is 72. Singersongwriter Neil Young is 71. Rock musician Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser (Blue Oyster Cult) is 69. Actress Megan Mullally is 58. Actor Vincent Irizarry is 57. Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci is 55.

Actor Sam Lloyd is 53. Rock musician David Ellefson is 52. Retired MLB All-Star Sammy Sosa is 48. Figure skater Tonya Harding is 46. Actress Rebecca Wisocky is 45. Actress Radha Mitchell is 43. Actress Lourdes Benedicto is 42. Singer Tevin Campbell is 40. Actress Ashley Williams is 38.

Actress Cote de Pablo is 37. Actor Ryan Gosling is 36. Contemporary Christian musician Chris Huffman is 36. Actress Anne Hathaway is 34. Pop singer Omarion is 32. Folk-rock musician Griffin Goldsmith (Dawes) is 26.

Actress Macey Cruthird is 24.

Thought for Today: “You can’t be a full participant in our democracy if you don’t know our history.” — David McCullough, American historian.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 1 9th annual Thanksgiving 10K/5K Run/Walk. 8 a.m. 603 Shiloh Dr. $10 for students, $25 for those who register ahead of time, $30 for all who register on race day.

Pre-registration begins at 7 a.m.

Package pickup on Nov. 23 at Town Place Suites, 6519 Arena Blvd. from 6-8 p.m. All proceeds benefit battered women and children of surrounding areas. For questions, contact Delia “Nenita” Mendez at 2856362.

1 36th annual Guajolote 10K and 1 Mile Walk. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Hamilton Trophies, 1320 Garden St. Registration is at Hamilton Trophies and Hamilton Jewelry, 607 Flores Ave. $20 to run the 10K, $15 to walk the mile. $25 on race day for all participants. Register online at itsyourrace.com

AROUND THE NATION Chicago chief to meet monthly with black student protesters CHICAGO — Chicago’s police chief agreed Friday to hold monthly meetings with a group of black high school students who had planned a demonstration protesting an officer’s fatal shooting of a black man and racist text messages distributed by students at another school.

Superintendent Eddie Johnson met with the group of public school students, the principal of a Catholic school where students distributed the texts and leaders in the Mount Greenwood community on the city’s South Side. He commended the students for “forcing” officials to discuss their safety concerns and assured them that if they do decide to protest, police will make sure they’re protected.

Marist, the Catholic high school, canceled classes Friday

CONTACT US after the group that calls itself Black Lives Matter Youth scheduled a demonstration.

One of its organizers, Eva Lewis, said the students’ protest was postponed because the school district contacted their parents to warn them about potential threats.

Johnson provided few details about the meeting but confirmed his offer to talk monthly to the group.

— Compiled from AP reports

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Zaffirini wins re-election to four-year term S P EC IAL TO THE TI ME S

Sen. Judith Zaffirini on Tuesday was re-elected to a landmark 10th term representing District 21 in the Texas Senate.

“I truly am grateful to the voters for their support,” Zaffirini said.

“Serving in the Texas Senate continues to afford countless opportunities to make a difference for the families of our 18 counties, namely Bee, Caldwell, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson and Zapata; and parts of Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays and Travis.”

The first Hispanic woman elected to the Texas Senate, Senator

Zaffirini is the second highestranking senator and the highestranking Zaffirini senator for Central Texas, Bexar County and the Border Region.

Her work ethic is reflected in her 100 percent voting record, having cast 55,666 consecutive votes as of 2015, and her perfect attendance in the Texas Senate since 1987, except for breaking quorum deliberately to prevent an untimely re-redistricting that the U.S. Supreme Court (2006) ruled violated the Voting Rights Act and disenfranchised

voters in SD 21.

She has sponsored and passed 895 bills and 52 substantive resolutions.

Showing her bipartisan effectiveness, in the 2015 Republican-dominated Texas Legislature she passed 102 bills, breaking her personal record and passing more bills than any other legislator that year.

First elected in 1986 she has received more than 900 awards and honors for her legislative, public service and professional work, including more than 280 in communication.

On Monday, Nov. 14, she plans to begin prefiling legislation for the 2017 legislative session.

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OTHER VIEWS

America elects a bigot

By Charles M. Blow N EW YORK T I ME S

Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States. Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.

Against all odds and against all forms of the establishment, he prevailed. He won, legitimately, including in many states that were thought to be safely blue. The pundits and the polls were wrong. There was more pent-up hunger for change — and also racial, ethnic and economic angst — than many models considered.

Trump will become this country’s 45th president.

For me, it is a truly shocking fact, a bitter pill to swallow. I remain convinced that this is one of the worst possible people who could be elected president. I remain convinced that Trump has a fundamentally flawed character and is literally dangerous for world stability and injurious to America’s standing in that world.

There is so much that I can’t fully comprehend.

It is hard to know specifically how to position yourself in a country that can elect a man with such staggering ineptitude and open animus. It makes you doubt whatever faith you had in the country itself.

Also, let me be clear: Businessman Donald Trump was a bigot. Candidate Donald Trump was a bigot. Republican nominee Donald Trump was a bigot. And I can only assume that President Donald Trump will be a bigot.

It is absolutely possible that America didn’t elect him in spite of that, but because of it. Consider that for a second. Think about what that means.

This is America right now: throwing its lot in with a man who named an altright sympathizer as his campaign chief.

How can I make sense of the fact that the president appeared in pornos?

How can I make sense of the fact that the man who will appoint the next attorney general has himself boasted of assaulting women? What will this president’s vaunted “law and order” program for “inner cities” look like in an age where minority communities are already leery of police aggression?

How do I make sense of the fact that a man who attacked a federal judge for his “Mexican heritage” will be the man who will nominate the next Supreme Court justice and scores of federal judges?

I can’t make it make sense because it doesn’t. I must sit with the absurdity of it.

I must settle this in myself in this way: I respect the presidency; I do not respect this president-

elect. I cannot. Count me among the resistance.

I hope that there are areas where people in Washington can agree to actually advance America’s interests, but I’m doubtful. Trump has made multiple campaign promises, promises he will be obliged to keep, that would specifically do harm.

My thoughts are now with the immigrant families he has threatened to deport and the Muslims he has threatened to bar and the women he has demeaned and those he is accused of assaulting and the disabled whom he apparently has no problem mocking.

My thoughts are with the poor people afflicted by ill health who were finally able to receive medical insurance coverage, sometimes lifesaving coverage, and the fear they must feel now that there is a president committed to repealing and replacing it (with what, I don’t know), and who has a pliable Congress at his disposal.

When I think of all these people and then think of all the people who voted to make this man president — and those who didn’t vote, thereby easing the way for his ascension — I cannot help but feel some measure of anger. I must deal with that anger. I don’t want to wrestle it to the ground; I want to harness it.

I have spent much of my life and definitely much of my time writing this column championing the causes of vulnerable populations. That work only becomes more important now. Trump represents a clear and very present danger, and it is in the face of that danger that courage and truth are made more necessary and more perfect.

I strongly support and defend the peaceful transfer of power in this country and applaud the current administration for doing what is right and normal in America, what every prior departing administration has done: to make sure the transfer of power is as smooth as possible.

We need a Trump presidency to succeed to some degree — at least to have it do as little harm to the republic as possible — in order for America to remain safe, steady and strong during his tenure.

That said, it is impossible for me to fall in line behind an unrepentant bigot. It will be impossible for me to view this man participating in the pageantry and protocols of the presidency and not be reminded of how he is a demonstrated demagogue who is also a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe and a bully.

Power must be challenged, constantly. That begins today.

EDITORIAL

Trump’s economic promises tapped into worker angst THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

As the American economy becomes more complex, the winners and losers change. On Election Night, Donald Trump tapped into not just economic populism, but the wide chasm between those prospering on Wall Street and those struggling on Main Street.

If you have a 401(k), the financial economy has been good to you. But the view from the factory floor, especially through the heart of the country, looks decidedly different.

Blue-collar jobs and pensions that once supported a stable middle-class lifestyle are disappearing; workers feel left out.

Many Trump supporters put aside his vile comments about women, immigrants, and other groups in order to vote their pocketbooks. Early exit polls found that the economy was a bigger issue for voters than foreign policy, immigration, and terrorism.

Economists, pollsters, pundits and the Clinton campaign simply missed the extent of this hurt and its impact at the ballot box. In September, for instance, economists celebrated a Census Bureau report hailing that median household income rose 5.2 percent in 2015, from $53,718 to $56,516. It was touted as the first real

gain since 2007 and the largest gain on record since 1967. Poverty also fell sharply; middle-class incomes rose steeply.

However, too many Americans still felt lost in that sea of statistics.

Trump tapped into the visceral fears of millions of white working- and middle-class Americans.

Nearly two-thirds of voters say the nation’s economic condition is poor or not so good, according to CNN exit polls. And these people voted for Trump 2-to-1, many in the belief that a businessman would know how best to improve the economy.

This newspaper recognized during the cam-

paign that the anxiety felt

by Trump supporters is real; however, we expressed skepticism that the solutions Trump offered would be much of a balm. There is general agreement among liberal and conservative economists, for example, that his tax cut plans would explode the deficit, along with a fear that his protectionist leanings could toss the U.S. into trade wars and sink the U.S. economy back into a recession.

However, much of the electorate heard something different. Now Trump has the opportunity to deliver on his promises.

As much as I try, I know I cannot replicate the paralyzing fear that must run through a soldier not knowing if the enemy sits hiding behind a tree with a bullet that could instantly end his life or a roadside bomb that could take off his legs.

“You think, ‘I may never see my mom and dad or brothers and sisters again,’” my oldest cousin Joe McBride told me.

In the Army, Joe was wounded twice in Vietnam, once in a firefight where he was one of only 46 of 160 soldiers to survive, 16 able to walk away.

“My dad did it, my uncles did it,” Joe said of going to war. “You have to serve your country.”

On Dad’s last Veterans Day I sit tangled in traffic, squinting through the rain bouncing off my windshield, when I hear a radio announcer mention the day’s significance. I tug on the wheel and twist myself from the

mess, pulling into a restaurant parking lot.

I call Dad, who by this time was in a nursing home dying from the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

“Hey Pop, happy Veterans Day,” I say. “Do you remember, you were in the war, the Repo Depot unit?”

“Yeah?” he says.

But I know that he is gone. I once found an old wooden box he kept in the basement with war memorabilia, pictures of him as a young man in uniform, a map of Paris, and letters from Mom. I still lament the words I couldn’t say to him on that final Veterans Day, to thank him for his service as a 19-year-old kid in a foreign land pitted against strangers, all for his country. And there were five words I hoped most that he could hear.

Thanks for doing your job.

OP-ED

Thanks, Dad

By Gerard Shields THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Dad’s eyes swirl around the darkened psychiatric hospital room as he tortures himself with the Repo Depot Commando story.

Fred Shields served in the Army in Europe in World War II in a special unit called the 3rd Replacement Depot.

A sergeant, Dad’s job was to lead his men in outfitting soldiers heading to the battlefront with supplies. The duty troubled him because he saw the assembly line of fighting men heading into war and felt guilty he wasn’t joining them.

The battling soldiers mocked Dad and his men, calling them “Repo Depot Commandos.” Dad would constantly ask his lieutenant: “When is it our turn to go?”

The reply was always

the same: “It’s not your job.”

On this night, Dad tells the story with such torment that he grinds his teeth, repeating. “We never got to go, we never got to go.”

My eyes fill with tears and I can hold it no longer, shouting: “Dad, the war’s over. We won.”

Yet I realize so many lost. It wasn’t just the 378,000 Americans who have died in battles involving our country over the last 75 years since Dad joined the Army, but the close to 1 million wounded, many who came home crippled or without limbs.

I hike in woods behind my home these days and deep into the foliage, I try to imagine the terror that went through American soldiers in the forests of Europe or jungles of Vietnam or more lately, the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Outrage and fear fuel continuing anti-Trump protests

By Terrence Petty A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

PORTLAND, Ore. — Spurred by fear and outrage, protesters around the country rallied and marched Friday as they have done daily since Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.

The spirited demonstrations on college campuses and along downtown streets were mostly peaceful following previous outbreaks of window-smashing and firesetting.

Hundreds of people attended a “love rally” in Washington Square Park in Manhattan.

Leslie Holmes, 65, a website developer from

Wilton, Connecticut, took an hour-long train ride to the demonstration — her first protest since the 1970s, when she hit the streets of San Francisco to oppose the Vietnam War. She described herself as an armchair liberal but declared, “I’m not going to be armchair anymore.”

“I don’t want to live in a country where my friends aren’t included, and my friends are fearful, and my children are going to grow up in a world that’s frightening, and my granddaughters can look forward to being excluded from jobs and politics and fulfilling their potential, so I’m here for them,” she said.

In Tennessee, Vanderbilt University students sang civil rights songs and marched through campus across a Nashville street, temporarily blocking traffic.

In Chicago, multiple groups planned protests through Saturday.

Nadia Gavino, 25, learned about the rallies on Twitter and protested Thursday evening. Gavino, whose father is from Peru and whose mother is of Mexican and Lithuanian heritage, said she took Trump’s harshest statements about immigrants and Latinos personally.

“I obviously agree that he’s racist, he’s sexist, he’s phobic, he’s misogynistic. He’s all these

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Hundreds of anti-Donald Trump protesters hold a demonstration in Washington Square Park as New Yorkers react to the election of Donald Trump as president on Nov. 11.

things you don’t want in a leader,” she said.

Ashley Lynne Nagel, 27, said she joined a Thursday night demonstration in Denver.

“I have a leader I fear for the first time in my life,” said Nagel, a Bernie Sanders supporter who voted for Hillary Clinton.

“It’s not that we’re sore losers,” she said. “It’s that we are genuinely upset, angry, terrified that a platform based off

of racism, xenophobia and homophobia has become so powerful and now has complete control of our representation.”

Previous demonstrations drew thousands of people in New York, Los Angeles and other large urban centers. The largely peaceful protests were overshadowed by sporadic episodes of vandalism, violence and streetblocking.

On Thursday night,

some marchers in Portland, Oregon lit firecrackers, set small fires and used rocks and baseball bats to break the glass of businesses and cars parked at dealerships. Police used pepper spray and flash-bang devices to force people to disperse and made more than two dozen arrests.

A protest organizer decried the vandalism and said the group planned to help clean up.

Cuellar renews Lawyer: Cosby expects to be call to better cleared and resume his career enforce border

By Denise Lavoie ASSOCIATED PRE SS

S P ECIAL TO THE TI ME S

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Zapata, has again renewed his call for the Administration to better enforce our nation’s immigration laws and to protect our borders.

In February, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had said illegal immigration numbers where decreasing. Cuellar disagreed and sent out a statement showing that data over a longer period of time actually showed that border apprehensions were continuing to increase. Friday, in a statement by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, the Administration recognizes it was wrong in its previous calculations stating that the surge at the border was decreasing.

“We are a nation of laws and must secure our southern border. U.S. Border Patrol apprehension numbers show that there continues to be an increase in the numbers of unaccompanied children and families apprehended at the border, mostly from countries in Central America. In December, I along with Congresswoman Kay Granger, chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, included $750 million in funding to help reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Central America. As of last week, only $23 million of these $750 million in funds had been appropriated. The Administration has to use these resources to address the roots of this problem in Central America.

“Immigration detention

centers are currently beyond capacity, and the Secretary has ordered Cuellar additional space with the intention of processing and deporting individuals back to their country of origin. For immigrants who are pleading asylum, we must make sure that they have fast access to judicial hearings with an immigration judge who will determine their status.

“The backlog in cases, however, has led to many immigrants waiting years for their asylum cases to be heard. That’s why I successfully included funding in the FY16 Appropriations bill to hire 55 new immigration judges nationwide and we’re looking to add another 25 in FY17, to speed up the process while preserving asylum-seekers their right to an immigration hearing. I’m also planning to introduce language which would suspend visas to countries who do not accept their own citizens who have been ordered deported from the United States.

“Securing our borders is no easy task, which is why I have advocated for the use of state-of-the-art technology to monitor the border 24/7 at a lower cost to taxpayers.

“We must continue to encourage people from all over the world who wish to immigrate to the United States to do so through our safe and legal options.”

BOSTON — Bill Cosby expects to be cleared of a criminal sexual assault charge and restart his entertainment career, his lawyer argues in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven women.

Attorney Angela Agrusa is urging a judge to seal documents that contain information about Cosby’s negotiated compensation for his performances and other personal financial information.

The women suing Cosby in federal court in Massachusetts argue that he has no future in show business and won’t be hurt by disclosing that information.

But Agrusa, in a written response filed Thursday, called that claim “baseless.”

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In this Nov. 1 file photo, Bill Cosby leaves after a hearing in his sexual assault case.

“When Mr. Cosby is cleared from all liability and charges ... he expects to resume his career, and there is no reason to believe otherwise,” she wrote. “But disclosure of this type of financial and

business information is irreversible. Even after his name is cleared, if released to the public, this information would improperly restrain his employment and tie his hands for renegotiation.”

Approximately 50 women have come forward since 2014 and claimed that Cosby, once known as America’s Dad for his beloved portrayal of Dr. Cliff Huxtable on his top-ranked “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s and ‘90s, forced unwanted sexual contact on them decades ago. In Pennsylvania, Cosby has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee. Cosby, 79, also faces several lawsuits around the country filed by women who allege he defamed them when he publicly branded them as liars through statements made by his attorneys or other representatives.

Cosby, who has been married for decades, has generally denied the women’s accusations, and the statute of limitations has expired in most of the cases against him.

Documents question Charleston massacre suspect’s competency

By Seanna Adcox ASSOCIATED PRE SS

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The judge in the death penalty trial of Dylann Roof believes it’s possible the white man charged with gunning down nine black parishioners in Charleston last year may not be mentally competent to stand trial, according to newly unsealed court documents.

A defense motion unsealed Friday mentions U.S. Judge Richard Gergel’s finding that it’s reasonable to believe

Roof “may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect.”

Roof The motion says the judge’s finding doesn’t alter Roof ’s constitutional rights.

Gergel ordered another competency exam for Roof earlier this week, one day after halting jury selection, because of the defense motion. He held a hearing with only himself, Roof and de-

fense lawyers present to consider the defense motion.

“The court is mindful that this delay in jury selection may be disappointing to some,” reads Tuesday’s order.

But “under the present circumstances, the court finds this brief delay in jury selection to serve the ends of justice.”

The judge expects a report on the evaluation Monday and will hold a hearing Wednesday.

Gergel plans to rule within days whether Roof is competent and, if

so, begin jury selection for Roof ’s trial Nov. 21.

Much of the unsealed defense motion is redacted, including several lines preceding the reference to Gergel’s “reasonable cause” finding.

If Roof is declared incompetent, he should be transferred to a Bureau of Prisons hospital for further evaluation and treatment “aimed at restoring him to competence,” the motion reads.

Roof ’s attorneys want the doctor’s report disclosed to them first.

‘Hallelujah’ singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at age 82

By Andrew Dalton and Robert Jablon A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

LOS ANGELES — Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82, his son said.

“My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles,” Adam Cohen said in a statement Thursday. “He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humor.”

Cohen, also renowned as a poet, novelist and aspiring Zen monk, blend-

ed folk music with a darker, sexual edge that won him fans around the world and among fellow musicians like Bob Dylan and R.E.M. He remained wildly popular into his 80s, when his deep voice plunged to seriously gravelly depths.

He toured as recently as earlier this year and released a new album, “You Want it Darker,” just last month. Adam Cohen said his father died with the knowledge that he’d made one of his greatest records.

Cohen’s “Hallelujah” went from cult hit to modern standard, now an unending staple on movies, TV shows, YouTube videos, reality shows and high school choir concerts.

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In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Leonard Cohen performs in Atlanta.

Cohen, who once said he got into music because he couldn’t make a living as a poet, rose to prominence during the folk music revival of the 1960s.

During those years, he traveled the folk circuit with younger artists like

Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and others.

His contemporary Kris Kristofferson once said that he wanted the opening lines to Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire,” on his tombstone.

They would be a perfect

epitaph for Cohen himself: “Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free.”

“Hamilton” star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda quoted those lines on Twitter Thursday night as one of many paying tribute to Cohen.

Mourners gathered and created a candle-lit shrine outside a home in Montreal, the city where Cohen was born.

Cohen never seemed quite as comfortable on stage as he did writing and recording, chalking it up to being a late starter among his folk cohort. “I was at least 10 years older than the rest of them,” he told Magazine, a supple-

ment to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, in 2001.

Judy Collins, who had a hit with Cohen’s song “Suzanne,” once recalled he was so shy that he quit halfway through his first public performance of it and she had to coax him back onstage.

Like Dylan, his voice lacked polish but rang with emotion.

In 2016, Dylan told The New Yorker that Cohen’s best work was “deep and truthful, “multidimensional” and “surprisingly melodic.”

“When people talk about Leonard, they fail to mention his melodies, which to me, along with his lyrics, are his greatest genius,” Dylan said.

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FROM THE COVER NAFTA From page A1 the Fortune 500 companies have investments in Mexico,” Cuellar said. “So as a businessperson I assume he’s going to listen to those 90 percent.”

From January to September of this year, the Laredo and El Paso customs districts have seen $203 billion and $71.3 billion in two-way trade with Mexico, respectively.

Houston is the country’s fifth-busiest trade partner with Mexico, at about $11.3 billion during the same time frame, according to WorldCity, a Florida-based economics think tank that uses U.S. Census data to track trade patterns.

Cuellar said Trump’s campaign talk about NAFTA was more “bark than bite” — a lesson he said would be learned after being sworn in.

“That’s the danger when you run a campaign and you make certain promises that might be hard to keep,” Cuellar said. “That’s one of the reasons he won some of those states” like Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.

Cuellar said that Trump isn’t the first

VETERANS From page A1

He added that now that the election is over, “as we search for ways to come together, to reconnect with one another and with the principles that are more enduring than transitory politics, some of our best examples are the men and women we salute on Veterans Day.” Tuesday’s election of

TRUMP From page A1 been scrambling to identify people for top White House jobs and Cabinet posts, a herculean task that must be well in hand by the time Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20.

In a statement Friday, Trump said Pence would “build on the initial work” done by Christie.

“Together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding this nation — specifically jobs, security and opportunity,” Trump said.

Christie was a loyal adviser to Trump for much of the campaign, offered a key early endorsement and came close to being the businessman’s pick for running mate. But Trump ultimately went with Indiana Gov. Pence, a former congressman with Washington experience and deep ties to conservatives.

ANXIETY From page A1 unprecedented victory is slowly turning into acceptance here, and creating anxiety over whether the New York real estate mogul will make good on his promises to deport 11 million people.

Perhaps no one is more aware than Pete Saenz, the mayor of this border city who took plenty of heat last year for hosting Trump on what the candidate dubbed a “dangerous” trip to the badlands. The visit came after Trump pledged to build a massive wall and deport the millions living in the country illegally.

“They’re nervous, and there is a degree of anxiety,” Saenz told the Tribune Wednesday afternoon. “I don’t think anyone — at least in this part of Texas — thought that Donald Trump would be our next president-elect.”

Cuate Santos / The Zapata Times file

Commercial vehicles wait to enter inspection lanes at the World Trade Bridge.

routes have changed, technology has changed, markets have changed, economies have changed.

Donald Trump is right: We don’t win anymore.”

Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz agreed that taking a look at some parts of NAFTA is worth the time. He just hopes that border leaders are included in the discussions.

“I would say that he needs to at least take a little time here on the border so we can at least try to explain to him the value that the border has for the nation,” he said.

“Without NAFTA, the border area and, I would say, Texas, in my humble opinion, would be very economically depressed.”

McAllen Mayor Jim Darling said he hoped those discussions would also include the possible repercussions for the Mexican economy, which directly affects local sales tax receipts north of the Rio Grande.

“It’s understandable that a new administration would review a lot of federal programs, including trade treaties,” he said. “We would hope that before anything happened, there would be a review of the potential impact — not only in Mexico but the United States.”

candidate to tell supporters he would roll back trade pacts to earn support, with the most recent being President Obama.

“You see the world in a different way, it’s easier to campaign than to govern,” Cuellar said. He added that should Trump stay the course, it would be up to state leaders like Gov. Greg Abbott to remind Trump about the benefits NAFTA bestows upon Texas.

Abbott’s office, which regularly boasts about Texas’ business-friendly climate, didn’t respond to a request for comment for this story.

Richard Dayoub, president and CEO of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, said Trump needs to realize that more than two dozen states are positively affected by NAFTA. “Many, many states, 30 plus, do a billion dollars or more a year in trade with Mexico,” he said.

“That means manufacturing jobs in the U.S., they rely on the consumers in Mexico, which he hasn’t thought about. So our job is to try to educate and inform and try to get him to look at things more pragmatically now that we are done

with the election.”

Even if Trump can’t be convinced about the positive effects of NAFTA, Cuellar said, its future is not completely up to him.

The future president would likely have to convince Congress to do away with the pact, which wouldn’t be an easy sell given that several Republicans support the measure.

He also said Mexico holds some sway. In 2011 when the United States had yet to fulfill a NAFTA provision to allow Mexican truckers to travel inland, Mexico slapped U.S. goods with

retaliatory tariffs.

“We would be the No. 1 state that would be devastated by a trade war with Mexico,” he said.

Other Texans who hope to have Trump’s ear in the coming months think changing NAFTA is a good thing. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who was part of the Trump campaign’s advisory council, said it makes sense after so many years.

“We don’t want to completely do away with NAFTA; there are some good things in there,” he said. “But that document is 22 years old. Trade

Republican Donald Trump led to protests across the country.

Obama noted that the U.S. military is the country’s most diverse institution, comprised of immigrants and nativeborn service members representing all religions and no religion. He says they are all “forged into common service.”

With just two months left in his term, Obama also noted how he’s aged

over the past eight years.

He read excerpts from an essay by a middleschooler who wrote that veterans are special because they will defend people regardless of their race, gender, hair color or other differences.

“After eight years in office, I particularly appreciate that he included hair color,” Obama quipped.

Turning serious again on his final Veterans Day

as commander in chief, Obama said that “whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness and selflessness is possible, then stop and look to a veteran.”

“On Veterans Day, we acknowledge humbly that we can never serve our veterans in quite the same way that they served us, but we can try.

We can practice kindness, we can pay it forward, we

can volunteer, we can serve, we can respect one another, we can always get each other’s backs,” he said.

Before speaking, the president laid a wreath at the cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns. He bowed his head in silent tribute before a bugler played taps.

Obama also held a breakfast reception at the White House with veterans and their families.

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Christie will still be involved in the transition, joining a cluster of other steadfast Trump supporters serving as vice chairs: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.

In addition, three of Trump’s adult children — Don. Jr., Eric and Ivanka — are on the transition executive committee, along with Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband. Kushner played a significant role in Trump’s campaign and was spotted at the White House Thursday meeting with President Barack Obama’s chief of staff.

The children’s inclusion raises questions about the role the Trump family will play in the White House — as well as Trump’s ability to sever ties between the administration and sprawling

family business — after the celebrity businessman repeatedly said during the campaign that his grown children would not follow him to Washington and instead run the Trump Organization.

For Trump, who ran on a pledge to “drain the swamp” of Washington insiders, the team is strikingly heavy on those with long political resumes.

And another apparent contradiction emerged Friday as Trump, who repeatedly vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act “on day one,” said that he would be open to maintaining portions of President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement.

Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday that, after speaking with Obama at the White House the day before, he was considering keeping the clause that allows children to stay on their

parents’ insurance policies. He has previously said he may keep the prohibition against insurers denying coverage because of patients’ existing conditions.

He also said that he wants “a country that loves each other” but said he did not regret his incendiary rhetoric during the campaign.

“No. I won,” Trump told the newspaper.

By appointing Pence, Trump became the first incoming president since at least Jimmy Carter to use his vice presidentelect to run his transition team.

Trump and Christie grew apart through the last stretch of the campaign. The governor became increasingly frustrated that Trump wouldn’t listen to his advice, particularly over the response to the release of a video in which the businessman is heard making predatory com-

ments about women.

Christie is also facing calls for impeachment in New Jersey following the conviction of two former aides in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial. Christie has denied any knowledge of the lane closures until weeks or months after they occurred in September 2013.

The governor was notably absent from the steady stream of advisers entering Trump’s eponymous skyscraper in New York for meetings Friday.

Among the first decisions facing the president-elect is whom to choose as chief of staff, a key post that will set the tone for Trump’s White House and be a key conduit to Capitol Hill and Cabinet agencies.

Trump is said to be considering Steve Bannon, his campaign chairman and a conservative media executive, and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince

Priebus for the role. Neither has significant policy experience, though Priebus is well-liked in Washington and has ties with key lawmakers.

Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, is also said to be in the mix for a senior job.

Conway is a veteran Republican pollster who formed a strong rapport with the candidate after taking the helm of his campaign in the general election.

Giuliani, who emerged as Trump’s frequent travel partner and close aide during the campaign’s stretch run, is on the short list for several positions, including attorney general.

“Donald has been my friend for 28 years,” Giuliani said Friday after leaving a meeting at Trump Tower. “I can see already how he is going to be a great president and I am glad I can play a small role.”

But while some envision a massive border wall and a secret deportation force that snatches up parents and leaves children to fend for themselves, Saenz is optimistic that Trump’s rhetoric was just campaign talk.

“As we know when we run for office — and we see it more so in presidents — they change their tune and tone, and we’re hoping that’s more the case and he’s more receptive,” said Saenz.

“He sounded very cordial [during his acceptance speech], very humble, very presidential in my humble opinion, and I’ve seen that side of president-elect Trump and I am hoping that will continue."

While South Texas and the rest of the border overwhelmingly supported Democrat Hillary Clinton, Saenz said Trump might consider that the rest of Texas’ voters helped Trump

earn more electoral votes, 38, than any other state that went for the Republican. He’s hoping that means leaders here and in Mexico will be a part of the dialogue when Trump crafts his border security and immigration plans.

Others aren’t so convinced.

“I hope he doesn’t [deport everyone],” said Janie Guerra, a 26-yearold Clinton supporter who said she knows undocumented immigrants living in Laredo.

“They come here to work and really don’t mess with anyone. I’m nervous. I hope it was just campaign talk.”

Some Mexicans want to see Trump actually go through with his promise. — but only to see it blow up in the country’s face.

“I hope he does and not one Mexican stays on this side. Then we’ll see what [the Americans] do without the Mexicans,”

said Monica Barrera, who lives in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and was in Laredo to shop Wednesday. “They are the ones that do the hard work. But he doesn’t care. At least I don’t think he does.”

Though her challenge to Trump was tongue-incheek, she did express concern over the plummet of the Mexican peso in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election. The currency fell about 13 percent Tuesday then rebounded slightly Wednesday. The current exchange rate in Laredo is 20 pesos to 1 U.S. dollar, which Barrera said could deter her from coming to Texas to shop.

It’s something Saenz is watching as well.

“The markets have reflected that anxiety,” he said. “We depend so heavily on shoppers from Mexico coming to border towns, especially Laredo, and we’re monitoring that as we speak.”

About 150 miles downriver in McAllen, mayor Jim Darling doesn’t seem as nervous. That’s because no matter which party is in power, Darling said his city won’t likely be affected much.

“As a border community, [what] we’ve always faced, whether it’s Austin or Washington, is fighting for our fair share, whether it’s a Democratic administration or a Republican administration,” he said. “I think we see things a little differently, and I think it’s more from a day-to-day process as opposed to a philosophical process.”

He did say a new administration, no matter what party, would at least present an opportunity to get noticed. But Darling also said that, based on past experiences, he’s not holding his breath.

“When Democratic congressmen come down, they go to a detention center and say how terrible it is. When the Re-

publicans come down, they went on a [law enforcement] boat and a helicopter and said we need to secure our borders first,” he said. “And then they go back to Washington and not talk to each other. Hopefully in a new administration there will be some discussion as to what is real and fundamental immigration reform and what do you do with 11 million people. Because if you try and round them all up, most will die of old age before you do that.”

Back in Laredo, Ricardo Mendoza didn’t overthink the election much.

The Mexican national with legal residency in Laredo and U.S. citizen relatives in Houston wasn’t worried about his few undocumented friends in Texas.

“They’ve always been worried [about being deported],” he said. “I don’t think there will be radical change.”

34.05 percent, or 158 votes.

Other candidates vying for the position were Lawrence Link, Michael Finger, Dellanira Prado and Janie De La Garza.

Each received 5.50 percent, 19.18 percent, 25.43 percent and 15.73 percent, respectively.

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LOCAL Casino Night reset S P ECIA L T O T HE T IME S

The Zapata Lions Club is holding a casino night fundraiser to benefit the organization’s fifth annual Christmas Turkey Giveaway.

The event was originally scheduled for tonight, but has been rescheduled due to conflict with the Zapata Hawks playoff game in Flour Bluff. It will now be held Saturday, Nov. 19 from 7-10 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express in Zapata.

There will be finger food, drinks, gambling chips, door prizes and a trip for two to Las Vegas.

Tickets are $50 and are available to purchase at the Zapata Chamber of Commerce.

Business strategy meeting set at IBC Annex S P ECIAL TO THE TI ME S

Workforce Solutions of South Texas is holding a business and leadership development strategy roundtable this Monday.

The discussion will include an overview of local labor market information, interactive discussion on current labor force skill and resources available to businesses.

The event takes place at IBC Bank Annex, 108 N. U.S. Hwy 83, from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. on Nov. 14.

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RIBEREÑA EN BREVE FIRMA DE LIBROS 1 La Dra. Alma González Pérez dictará una conferencia y estará firmando su nuevo libro de poesía en la reunión mensual de la Sociedad de Genealogía Nuevo Santander el sábado 12 de Noviembre en el Museo de Historia del Condado de Zapata.

La cita es a las 2 p.m.

VACACIONES ESCOLARES 1 Debido a las festividades de Acción de Gracias, el distrito escolar Zapata County Independent School District anuncia que las vacaciones por esta festividad iniciarán el lunes 21 para concluir el 25 de noviembre.

Las clases reiniciarán el lunes 28 de noviembre.

CURSOS DE LENGUAJE DE SIGNOS (ASL) 1 El Departamento de Educación Especial local está ofreciendo clases de Lenguaje Americano de Signos para el personal profesional y paraprofesional así como para padres, estudiantes o administradores del distrito Zapata County Independent School District, todos los jueves desde el 20 de octubre al 15 de diciembre (ocho semanas de duración). En el horario de 4:15 p.m. a 5:15 p.m. en el laboratorio de computadoras de la escuela primaria Zapata North Elementary School. Mayores informes al (956) 285-6877 o a la Oficina de Educación Especial al (956) 756-6130 antes del 13 de octubre.

MUSEO EN ZAPATA 1 A los interesados en realizar una investigación sobre genealogía de la región, se sugiere visitar el Museo del Condado de Zapata ubicado en 805 N US-Hwy 83.

Opera de 10 a.m. a 4 p.m. Existen visitas guiadas. Personal está capacitado y puede orientar acerca de la historia del Sur de Texas y sus fundadores. Pida informes en el (956) 7658983.

COMPETENCIA DE CARNE ASADA 1 La Comisión de Parques y Recreación de Roma invita a su 3a. Competencia Anual de Carne Asada, el 19 de noviembre en Guadalupe Plaza. Habrá diferentes categorías que incluyen: guisado, fajitas, costillas y pavo entre otros.

Registre a su equipo en Roma City Hall ubicado en 77 Convent St.. Mayores informes llamando al 956-849-1411.

ELECCIÓN PRESIDENCIAL

Resultados provocan ansiedad Varían reacciones en diferentes ciudades del sur de Texas Por Julián Aguilar The Texas Tribune LAREDO, Texas — Cerca de 10 millas afuera de donde termina la carretera Interestatal 35 en Texas y empieza México, el sonido de una estación de radio en español se avivó el miércoles cuando el locutor ofreció algunos consejos.

“Sean cuidadosos en el trabajo, sean cuidadosos al conducir”, dijo a la audiencia que podría estar trabajando en el campo de manera ilegal. “Recuerden que tienen derechos”, ofreció antes de conectarse con un abogado de empleo cuyos clientes son mayoritariamente inmigrantes de México.

Los inmigrantes son muy trabajadores, agregó, pero ellos deben prestar atención a su consejo —especialmente después que los votantes en América colocaron a Donald Trump en la Casa Blanca.

El impacto de la victoria de Trump lentamente se está volviendo una aceptación aquí, y está creando ansiedad con respecto a si el magnate de los bienes raíces cumplirá sus promesas de deportar a ll millones de personas.

Quizás nadie está más

Otros no están convencidos “Espero que no (deporte a todos)”, dijo Janie Guerra, una votante a favor de Clinton, de 26 años de edad, que dijo conocer a inmigrantes indocumentados viviendo en Laredo. “Vienen aquí a trabajar y no se meten con nadie. Estoy nerviosa.

Espero que solo haya sido estrategia de campaña”.

Algunos mexicanos quieren ver que Trump cumpla sus promesas —pero solo para ver cómo le estalla en la cara al país.

“Espero que lo haga y que ningún mexicano se quede en este lado. Entonces veremos (lo que los americanos) hacen sin los mexicanos”, dijo Mónica

Por Judith Rayo TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

La junta de fideicomisarios del distrito escolar Zapata County Independent School District (ZCISD por sus siglas en inglés), dará la bienvenida a dos nuevos miembros, de acuerdo a los resultados de las votaciones.

Verónica P. González, fideicomisaria del lugar 3 del distrito escolar Zapata County Independent School District, fue derrotada por José M. Ramírez III. González obtuvo el 37,05 por ciento, o 319 votos, y Ramírez el 62,95

Barrera, quien vive en Nuevo Laredo, México y estaba en Laredo por compras el miércoles.

“Ellos son los que hacen el trabajo pesado. Pero a él no le importa. Al menos no creo que le importe”.

A pesar de lo que dijo, ella expresó su preocupación sobre la caída del peso mexicano después de las elecciones del martes.

La moneda cayó cerca del 13 por ciento el martes y se recuperó ligeramente el miércoles. La tasa de cambio actual en Laredo es de 20 pesos por un dólar, el cual Barrera dijo podría hacer que deje de venir por compras a Texas.

Esto es algo que Sáenz también ha observado.

“El mercado ha reflejado ansiedad”, dijo. “Dependemos mucho de los compradores de México que vienen a las ciudades fronterizas, especialmente a Laredo, y estamos monitoreando eso desde ahora”.

Cerca de 150 millas río abajo en McAllen, el alcalde Jim Darling no parece tan nervioso. Eso se debe a que no importa cuál partido esté en el poder, Darling dijo que su ciudad no se verá tan afectada.

“Como una comunidad fronteriza, (lo que) siempre hemos enfrentado, ya sea a Austin o a Washington, es luchar por nuestra parte justa, ya sea que se trate de una administración demócrata o una administración repub-

licana”, dijo. “Creo que vemos las cosas un poco diferente, y creo que es más un proceso del día a día que un proceso filosófico”.

Dijo que una nueva administración, sin importar el partido, al menos presentaría una oportunidad para hacerse notar.

Pero Darling también dijo que, basado en experiencias anteriores, no está preocupado.

“Cuando los congresistas demócratas vienen, van a un centro de detención y dicen qué terrible es. Cuando los republicanos vienen, van a un bote (de las autoridades) y a un helicóptero y dicen que necesitamos asegurar nuestras fronteras primero”, dijo. “Y entonces regresan a Washington y hablan entre ellos. Esperemos que con una nueva administración habrá algunas discusiones de lo que es real y fundamental en la reforma migratoria y lo que haces con 11 millones de personas”.

De regreso en Laredo, Ricardo Mendoza no pensó mucho en la elección.

El mexicano con residencia legal en Laredo, y familiares que son ciudadanos americanos, no estaba preocupado acerca de sus amigos indocumentados.

“Ellos siempre han estado preocupados (de ser deportados)”, dijo. “No creo que haya un cambio radical”.

MONARCH WATCH

Eligen a nuevos miembros por ciento, o 542 votos.

Los titulares José M. Flores Jr., Diego González Jr., y Manuel González Jr., compitieron sin oponente.

Roberto H. Campos fue elegido como miembro de ZCISD, de acuerdo a los resultados. Él obtuvo el 34,05 por ciento, o 158 votos.

Otros candidatos que compitieron para los puestos fueron Lawrence Link, Michael Finger, Dellanira Prado y Janie De La Garza.

Cada uno recibió el 5,50 por ciento, 19,18 por ciento, 25,43 por ciento y 15,73 por ciento, respectivamente.

MIGRACIÓN DE MONARCAS

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Tamaulipas se sumó la semana pasada al programa de etiquetado de mariposas monarcas, que la Universidad de Kansas puso en marcha hace 24 años como parte de un estudio para conocer más el fenómeno de migración de esta especie, como parte del Plan de Acción de América del Norte firmado por Canadá.

Estados Unidos y México.

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Inicio de televisión en Tamaulipas data de 1950s Por Raúl Sinencio Chávez TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

1 La Ciudad de Roma pone a disposición de la comunidad el Laboratorio Computacional que abre de lunes a viernes en horario de 1 p.m. a 5 p.m. en Historical Plaza, a un lado del City Hall. Informes en el 956-849-1411.

La televisión se transmite ahora en diversas formas. Aún sobrevive la de señal abierta y sus raíces en nuestro país se remontan a casi 100 años.

A ellos temprano se incorpora Tamaulipas.

Con pertinentes logros experimentales, marchan adelante las grandes potencias, donde el invento debuta al declinar el primer tercio del siglo XX. La Segunda Guerra Mundial y la subsecuente carrera armamentista aportan innovaciones que facilitan rápidos perfeccionamientos. Destacan los enlaces por microondas, el videotape y las modernas infraestructu-

1 La Sociedad de Genealogía Nuevo Santander informa a sus socios y a la comunidad en general que no habrá reunión durante el mes de Diciembre.

consciente de esto que Pete Sáenz, el alcalde de esta ciudad fronteriza quien recibió críticas por recibir a Trump en un viaje que calificó de “peligroso”. Trump realizó esta visita después de afirmar que construiría un muro masivo y deportaría a millones de personas viviendo de forma ilegal en el país.

“Están nerviosos, y hay un grado de ansiedad”, dijo Sáenz a The Tribune el miércoles por la tarde.

“Creo que nadie —al menos en esta parte de Texas— pensó que Donald Trump sería nuestro próximo presidente-electo”.

Pero mientras algunos visualizan un muro masivo y una fuerza secreta de deportación que arranca a los padres y deja a los hijos para arreglárselas por sí mismos, Sáenz se mantiene optimista que la retórica de Trump era solo una estrategia de campaña.

“Como sabemos cuando estamos postulados a un puesto —y lo vemos más en los presidentes— ellos cambian el tono y la tonada, y esperamos que este sea más el caso y que él esté más receptivo”, dijo Sáenz. “Estuvo muy cordial (durante su discurso

de aceptación), muy presidencial en mi humilde opinión, y he visto ese lado del presidente electo Donald Trump y espero que así continúe”.

Mientras el sur de Texas y el resto de la frontera apoyaban abrumadoramente a la demócrata Hillary Clinton, Sáenz dijo que Trump podría considerar que el resto de los votantes de Texas le ayudaron a ganar más votos electorales, 38, que cualquier otro estado que votó por los republicanos. Él espera que los líderes de aquí y de México serán parte de un diálogo cuando Trump presente sus planes de seguridad e inmigración para la frontera.

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LABORATORIO COMPUTACIONAL

SE SUSPENDE JUNTA

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La fotografía de archivo muestra los estudios del canal cultural 11, XEIPN, a cargo del Instituto Politécnico Nacional.

ras satelitales. Dos modelos distintos prevalecen.

Inglaterra abandera el público, con énfasis en la cultura. EU incuba el otro, privado y comercial.

En México cobra vida la televisión autóctona bajo el predominio del esquema gringo. XHTV, Canal 4 abre la saga en

1950. Continúa al siguiente año Canal 2, XEWTV, y en 1952 XHGC, Canal 5. Anuncios publicitarios expresos o implícitos les garantizan atractivos dividendos.

Los tres pioneros, constituyen en 1955 Telesistema Mexicano (TSM).

Al efecto, arguyen los

concesionarios titulares mantener sus respectivas frecuencias. Evaden así la carta magna, que prohíbe las prácticas monopólicas. Alojado también por la metrópoli capitalina en 1959 nace el Canal 11, XEIPN, único entonces con fines culturales.

Réplicas de la variante mercantil que impera, van estableciéndose difusoras locales en varias entidades federativas.

Terminan pronto reunidas en Televisoras de Provincia, empresa vinculada a TSM. Antecedidas en 1952 por una de Matamoros, a localidades tamaulipecas les corresponden de las primeras.

La XEFE, Canal 2 de Nuevo Laredo, inicia el 1 de diciembre de 1958.

Concesionada a Ramonci-

ta Esparza González, a diario opera entre las 4 pm y las 12 am.

El suelo tamaulipeco al despuntar los años 60, contabiliza 12 estaciones de TV. Comerciales todas, ninguna cultural, la mayoría son repetidoras de Televisa.

Poco después llegan a Tamaulipas los canales 7 y 13 de Imevisión, fallida cadena del gobierno mexicano. Cobra a la postre auge el servicio por cable.

Más tarde la señal abierta queda digitalizada, asignándose nuevas concesiones nacionales. Sin embargo, se ensanchan sectores que en Internet buscan y desarrollan una TV alternativa.

(Con autorización del autor según se publicó en su blog Puras Historias)

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Zuckerberg: That Facebook influenced election is ‘crazy’

By Barbara Ortutay A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

NEW YORK — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the idea that fake news spread on Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. election is “crazy.”

Still, the majority of Americans (six in 10) say they get at least some news from social media , mostly Facebook, according to the Pew Research Center. While a lot of this news comes from established outlets — whether CNN or BuzzFeed News, misinformation spreads on Facebook just as information does, shared by users, recommended by software and amplified by both.

Sources of spurious information has ranged from news articles produced by “content farms” for the sole purpose of getting clicks, to “hyperpartisan” sites from both sides of the political spectrum, churning out stories that are misleading at best.

Case in point: “FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE” — a fabricated headline from a fake news site called the Denver Guardian, was shared thousands of times in the days leading up to the election.

Is it possible that voters were swayed for or against a candidate, much like those same people might buy a product after seeing an ad on Facebook?

Zuckerberg says voters deserve more credit.

During an interview Thursday with “The Facebook Effect” author David Kirkpatrick, Zuckerberg said idea that people voted the way they did because of bogus information on Facebook shows a “profound lack of empathy” for supporters of Donald Trump.

“Voters make decisions based on their lived experience,” he said.

Given the acerbic political contest from which the country just emerged, when countless longtime friends, even family, were unfriended, many are left to wonder if there would be an

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In this April 12 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference, in San Francisco.

alternative American history being written today if it were not for Facebook, Twitter and the like.

This, after all, was the first truly social media election, playing out on Twitter and Facebook as much or more than it did on major networks, in living rooms and around watercoolers.

But isn’t social media just a reflection of our world as it exists? Has Facebook become an easy scapegoat when the answer is far more complex?

While Pew found that many believe political discussions on social media to be “uniquely angry and disrespectful,” a comparable number have the same impression of face-to-face conversations when it comes to Democrats, the GOP, or another party.

Filter bubble?

When it comes to Facebook users, Zuckerberg said almost everyone has friends on the “other side.” Even if 90 percent of your friends are Democrats, for example, 10 percent will be Republican. Still, that’s not a very big number, and the idea of a “filter bubble” — that social media allows people to surround themselves only with the people and ideas with whom they agree, has been a hot topic this election cycle.

“By far the biggest filter in the system is not that the content isn’t there, that you don’t have friends who support the other candidate or that are of another religion,” Zuckerberg said. “But it’s that you just don’t click on it. You actually tune it out when you see it. I don’t know what to do

about that.”

A difficult line Facebook has long denied that it’s a publisher or a media company, or that it acts remotely like either. Its cheery slogan — to make the world more “open and connected” — seemingly invites a broad range of viewpoints, diverse, lively discussion and the free flow of information, rather than censorship.

But it could also make clamping down on fake news difficult. At a time when everyone seems entitled, not just to their own opinions, but to their own facts, one person’s misleading headline might be another person’s heartfelt truth.

“We take misinformation on Facebook very seriously,” Adam Mosseri, the executive in charge of Facebook’s news feed, said in a statement to the tech blog TechCrunch this week. “We value authentic communication, and hear consistently from those who use Facebook that they prefer not to see misinformation.”

Facebook acknowledges that it has more work to do, and it seems to be putting a lot of faith in the power of data, artificial intelligence and algorithms as the solution.

Over the summer, Facebook fired the small group of journalists in charge of its “trending” items and replaced them with an algorithm. The catalyst appeared to be a report in a tech blog, based on an anonymous source, that the editors routinely suppressed conservative viewpoints.

Subsequently, fake stories ahead of the election began to trend.

Wall Street bets Trump will spend more, regulate less

By Alex Veiga ASSOCIATED PRE SS

It was perhaps the most surprising trade in a record-setting week on Wall Street: How quickly investors swapped presidential pre-election jitters for enthusiasm at Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton.

That enthusiasm — call it the Trump rally — ultimately propelled the Dow Jones industrial average to consecutive all-time highs this week and gave the Standard and Poor’s 500 index its biggest weekly gain in two years. The rally lost some steam Friday, pulling the S&P 500 slightly lower.

The Dow rose 39.78 points, or 0.2 percent, to 18,847.66. The S&P 500 index fell 3.03 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,164.45. The Nasdaq composite index gained 28.32 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,237.11.

For months, investors viewed Trump and his proposed agenda as a more risky bet for the economy and the markets than his rival, who had been widely perceived as the candidate most likely to keep the status quo in place.

But then the billionaire won. And, more importantly, Republicans retained majorities in the House and Senate, ensuring that the presidentelect’s party will be in control when he takes office on January 20.

“I don’t think people planned on a straight Republican sweep,” said J.J. Kinahan, TD Ameritrade’s chief strategist.

“All of a sudden you realize some of the things that the markets have been wishing for have a chance to be done. That’s why we’ve rallied so much.

This scenario was such a low probability, nobody was planning for it.”

Investors are now betting that Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress will have a clear pathway to boost infrastructure spending, cut taxes and relax regulations that affect energy, finance and other businesses.

That agenda flipped investors’ priorities this week away from defensive assets like bonds, utilities and phone companies, which traders had favored for much of this year, to health care, industrial and financial stocks, which notched their best week since 2009.

The trades mark a reversal from the last couple

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This July 15, 2013, file photo, shows a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange.

of years, when investors coped with government gridlock, sluggish economic growth and low interest rates by prizing less-risky assets and stocks like phone companies and utilities with high dividends.

Health care stocks are perhaps the best example of how investors’ mindset has changed in just a few days.

The sector had been one of the worst performers this year in anticipation that Clinton, who had mostly maintained a lead in the polls, would push to expand the government’s role in health care and curb price increases by drugmakers. That began to turn around this week, as investors bid up shares in pharmaceutical companies.

Banks also were seen to be potentially hurt by a Clinton win. But this week they went from being a laggard to one of the biggest gainers. The sector is benefiting from the expectation that the Trump administration will remove some of the regulations imposed on banks following the 2008 financial crisis.

“You’re seeing strength in those sectors that are going to best be positioned for those changes,” said David Lyon, global investment specialist at J.P. Morgan Private Bank.

“There’s been a massive shift toward a pro-growth bias within portfolios.”

Investors also are betting that Trump’s policies will lead to higher interest rates, which benefits banks by making it more profitable to lend money.

The anticipation of higher interest rates fueled the sell-off in bonds this week that sent bond prices lower and drove up the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to the highest level since January. On Monday it was 1.83 percent. It hit 2.14 percent as of late Thursday. Bond trading was closed Friday in observance of Veterans’

Day. That yield is a benchmark used to set interest rates on many kinds of loans including home mortgages.

The move away from bonds, utilities and other safe-play assets is likely to continue as long as investors believe that Trump’s economic policies will lead to growth in the economy and usher in higher interest rates.

“You’ve seen people rotating out of them this week because they don’t feel the need for the straight safety play, they don’t need necessarily the yield of the safe stocks longer-term if they believe that the interest rate market is going to continue higher,” Kinahan said.

Despite the market’s enthusiasm this week, there is still an element of uncertainty about the Trump administration.

Kinahan worries about the impact on the economy should inflation rise quickly. “That’s a major worry,” he said.

Then there’s the question of what steps Trump will take to clamp down on illegal immigration and to renegotiate trade deals with other countries.

“What sounded great on the campaign trail may not be actually so great to a lot of businesses, particularly technology,” Kinahan said.

In energy futures trading Friday, benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.25, or 2.8 percent, to close at $43.41 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, slid $1.09, or 2.4 percent, to close at $44.75 a barrel in London.

Other energy futures also closed lower. Wholesale gasoline lost 3 cents to $1.31 a gallon. Heating oil fell 4 cents to $1.40 a gallon. Natural gas lost a penny to $2.62 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Among metals, the price of gold tumbled $42.10, or 3.3 percent, to $1,224.30 an ounce, while silver slid $1.36.

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No. 11 WVU players give ‘props’ to Texas’ Foreman

By Will Graves

Texans looking to halt road losing streak

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By Mark Long PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger has seen this show before. Rookie quarterback. Physical running back. Solid defense. A historic hot streak that seems like a portent.

Back in 2004 it was Roethlisberger who was the hot rookie, pairing with Jerome Bettis and the NFL’s top-ranked defense to rip off 13 straight wins after replacing injured Tommy Maddox while leading the Steelers to the AFC title game. Now it’s Dak Prescott, the 23-yearold with the preternatural calm who has rapidly evolved from fourthround flyer to perhaps indispensable part of the team that reached midseason atop the NFC. There is one big difference. While Roethlisberger was asked to serve primarily as a game manager and let the defense do the work — he only passed for more than 200 yards three times as a rookie — Prescott has been asked to do more. In some ways, a lot more.

He’s on pace to go over 4,000 yards passing and has made Tony Romo, who happens to be the franchise’s all-time passing leader, a $20 million backup .

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West Virginia respects the talent of Texas running back D'Onta Foreman. The Mountaineers and Longhorns meet on Saturday.

Longhorns looking to win third straight John Raby ASSOCIATED PRE SS

West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen wants his defense to have plenty of bear hugs ready for Big 12 rushing leader D’Onta Foreman of Texas.

Some TLC? More like TFL — tackles for loss.

Holgorsen figures the best way to limit the 249-pound Foreman’s yards on Saturday will be making sure he’s brought down not long after he’s handed the ball.

“You’ve got to get him on the ground, and that’s easier said than done,” Holgorsen said. “He’s a big, powerful, bruising back. I think everybody

says that’s what he is, but then he gets out in the open. He turns the corner on people and outruns people as well. So getting him down early in the run I think is incredibly important.”

Good luck.

Foreman used a mix of long runs and short, punishing ones to compile 341 yards and three

touchdowns against Texas Tech last week, giving him 1,446 yards this season. His 181 yards per game leads the nation.

“Those numbers are crazy,” said West Virginia defensive lineman Noble Nwachukwu. “I don’t really know what’s going on. I don’t know if Texas continues on B2

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Houston Texans have been dreadful on the road this season, losing lopsided games at New England, Minnesota and Denver.

Coach Bill O’Brien’s team found the end zone just once in those cities, getting outscored by a combined 64 points.

The Texans (5-3) probably need to reverse the trend to stay on top in the watered-down AFC South. It should help playing at Jacksonville, where the Jaguars (2-6) are 0-3 at home in 2016.

This much is certain: One of them will end a streak Sunday.

“You got to put the bad games behind you and move on,” Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins said.

Houston plays four of its next five away from home, so finding better road results could be huge in the second half of the season. Players and coaches believe getting off to quicker starts would help.

The Texans trailed 10-0 in the first half against the Patriots, 24-0 against the Vikings, and 14-6 against the Broncos. Left tackle Duane Brown said the team needs to “bring a lot Texans continues on B2

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COLLEGE STATION — Both No. 10 Texas A&M and Mississippi will start backup quarterbacks on Saturday when they meet after Aggies starter Trevor Knight and Rebels starter Chad Kelly both suffered serious injuries last week.

The Aggies will go with Jake Hubenak, who threw for 222 yards with two touchdowns and an interception after taking over after Knight injured his shoulder in a loss to Mississippi State on Saturday that knocked Texas A&M out of the College Football Playoff top four.

“For the most part Jake was effective in second half,” coach Kevin Sumlin said. “Eleven for 17 for

a guy who had to go find his helmet to get in the game. Go run into a game like that, down two touchdowns on road, to give us an opportunity at the end of the game says a lot about him but also says a lot about communication between him and the offensive staff at that time. That will continue to get better.”

It will be the second career start for Hubenak , who got his first in A&M’s bowl game last season after both of the team’s top quarterbacks transferred in December.

The quarterback situation for Mississippi is a lot less clear with coach Hugh Freeze refusing to name a starter this week in the wake of Kelly’s season-ending knee inAggies continues on B2

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Texas A&M quarterback Jake Hubenak takes over for the injured Trevor Knight Saturday against Ole Miss.

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No. 9 Oklahoma seeks to keep momentum vs. No. 25 Baylor

By Cliff Brunt ASSOCIATED PRE SS

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Baylor quarterback Seth Russell and the rest of the Bears look to stop their two-game skid at Oklahoma on Saturday.

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma has rallied to salvage what appeared to be a lost season.

The Sooners entered the year with hopes of

returning to the College Football Playoff, but they dropped games to Houston and Ohio State early and fell out of the Top 25.

Now, No. 9 Oklahoma has won six straight to take control of the Big 12. The Sooners (7-2, 6-0 Big 12,

No. 11 CFP) now must defeat their recent nemesis, No. 25 Baylor, to maintain their momentum.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he’s impressed that the Sooners have performed so well, given the rough start and

a slew of injuries to key players, including star running back Samaje Perine.

“We’ve been resilient,” Stoops said. “I still think there’s more. Hopefully, to finish the season, we can Baylor continues on B2

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games, he’s taking games over and doing some pretty awesome stuff,” Roethlisberger said of Prescott.

“It’s fun to watch.”

If not exactly fun to play against. The Cowboys (7-1) have ripped off seven straight wins, the third-longest run by a rookie quarterback in league history, even if there’s a ways to go to reach what Roethlisberger did in 2004. The combination of Prescott, rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott and wide receiver Dez Bryant has quickly become just as dynamic as Pittsburgh’s trio of Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown.

While Dallas is surging, the Steelers (4-4) are slumping . Their threegame losing streak includes a lifeless performance in Baltimore last weekend that dropped them out of first in the AFC North. There’s time to get it together. They did it last year, going 6-2 over the second half to earn a playoff berth. The first step this time will be more difficult than most.

“You want to be playing your best football at this time of year,” Roethlisberger said. “If we want to be playing our best, we’ve got to be playing the best.

And one of the best is coming in this week.”

of energy” to change its fortunes.

“I think that’s been our kind of Achilles’ heel this season,” Brown said. “I think having energy and starting fast, everything else will fall into place. I think the execution will fall into place and just keeping it going, you know, for four quarters.”

The Jaguars have gotten little going at home this season. Although they dropped close games to Green Bay and Baltimore in September, they were blown out 33-16 by Oakland in their lone game at EverBank Field since.

They return Sunday having lost three consecutive games and face mounting speculation about coach Gus Bradley’s job security.

Bradley is 14-42 in 3 1⁄2 seasons in Jacksonville and has fallen well short of expectations this year.

Bradley fired offensive coordinator Greg Olson on Oct. 29, and the team responded with a better performance at Kansas City last week. The Chiefs won 19-14, thanks mostly to Jacksonville’s four turnovers and several missed opportunities.

Few teams could use a victory as badly as Bradley and the Jaguars, especially at home.

“If we’re going to get this turned around, it needs to start now,” tight end Marcedes Lewis said.

“We’re capable of getting on a roll, but the only way to do that is to get that first one and go from there.”

Here are some other things to know about the Texans and Jaguars:

LEE’S HOMECOMING Linebacker Sean Lee, Dallas’ leading tackler, grew up about 20 minutes from Heinz Field and was a lifelong Steelers fan before going to Penn State. He’s facing Pittsburgh for the first time because he was hurt the only other time they played, in 2012. Lee was a second-round pick by the

TEXAS From page B1 it’s their line or if it’s just him or what it is. But props to him.”

Foreman can tie Earl Campbell’s 1977 school record of 11 straight 100yard games on Saturday when the Longhorns (5-4, 3-3) host No. 11 West Virginia (7-1, 4-1).

Whether Foreman can lead Texas to victory remains to be seen. The Longhorns want this one in order to become bowl eligible. West Virginia wants this one to stay in contention in the Big 12 title race heading into a showdown with firstplace Oklahoma next week in Morgantown.

The Mountaineers’ 3-3-5 defensive scheme doesn’t lend itself to completely shutting down the run, although West Virginia has surrendered a Big 12-low seven rushing TDs all season and is fourth in the league with 148 yards allowed on the ground per game.

Foreman has 13 TDs all by himself. A year ago he ran for 147 yards in a loss to West Virginia, which has almost all new starters on defense in 2016.

One of those newbies, linebacker and leading tackler Justin Arndt, said Foreman “is legit. With-

BAYLOR From page B1 be stronger and better and more consistent. I think we can keep improving.

But we’ve been a resilient, tough-minded team to have handled what we have to this point.”

Baylor (6-2, 3-2) is coming off a humbling 62-22 loss to TCU , but that doesn’t mean much to Stoops. The Bears have the best record in the Big 12 the past three years and have won two conference titles to Oklahoma’s one.

Baylor is trying to overcome outside distractions.

Coach Art Briles was fired in May after sexual as-

David Richard / Associated Press file

Dallas tight end Jason Witten and the Cowboys travel to Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Cowboys in 2010. His dad told him stories of the rivalry in the 1970s, when Pittsburgh beat Dallas in the Super Bowl twice.

And he vaguely remembers the Cowboys beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl after the 1995 season.

“I think I cried afterward, but I shouldn’t have because I don’t remember exactly watching play to play,” said Lee, who was in third grade. “I think I was playing video games half the game.”

NO PLACE LIKE HOME Despite their slide, the Steelers are a favored by a field goal, a testament to the way they handle their business at Heinz Field.

Roethlisberger has won seven straight home starts, and Pittsburgh is averaging 35 points in those games.

“We know the potential we have,” Bell said.

“We’ve got to start living up to it week in and week out, home or on the road.”

UP-AND-DOWN DEZ Star Dallas receiver Dez Bryant has two 100-yard games out of the five he has played. He missed three with a knee injury.

But he also has two onecatch games, including last week against Cleveland. In both of those one-catch games tight end Jason Witten and slot receiver Cole Beasley dominated. They com-

bined for 17 catches on 26 targets in the opener against the Giants, and 16 targets for 14 catches against the Browns. Witten had his first 100-yard game in three years last week. Beasley leads Dallas receivers across the board: catches (43), yards (499) and touchdowns (four).

STOPPING KIDS There was a time not long ago when Pittsburgh had little trouble against teams with rookie starting quarterbacks. The Steelers went 18-2 against rookies from 2004-15. That ended emphatically in Week 3 when they went to Philadelphia and let Carson Wentz lead the Eagles to a 34-3 whipping. Like Wentz, Prescott has shown an uncanny ability to avoid mistakes. He’s thrown two interceptions so far against 12 touchdowns.

“Usually, rookie quarterbacks don’t play that great,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “That guy in Philadelphia (Carson Wentz) played great and has been playing great. And this guy in Dallas (Prescott) is playing great. But usually, globally speaking, it may not have anything to do with us. It just may mean that rookie quarterbacks don’t play great. And usually, they’re playing because of less-than-ideal circumstance.”

out a doubt he’s the best back we’ll face so far.”

The Mountaineers have allowed just three 100-yard rushing efforts this season, including BYU’s Jamaal Williams (169 yards) and Taysom Hill (101) in the same game. Opponents have five rushing plays of more than 20 yards, including a 59-yarder by Williams.

West Virginia already has but the damper on national passing leader Patrick Mahomes of Texas Tech, limiting him to 305 yards, far below his season average.

Foreman is sure to leave some defenders in need of some rest after Saturday.

“He’s a big dude and I know that’s really the struggle — nobody wants to really hit him,” Nwachukwu said. “But we’re going to get him down on the ground so I don’t think it’s going to be so much of a problem.”

Foreman finished off a 74-yard TD run against Texas Tech with one shoe on. Texas coach Charlie Strong said defensive backs pursuing Foreman from the proper angles often come up short.

“Our guys think they’re fast, and they can’t catch him,” Strong said. “It’s just been fun to watch it.”

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sault allegations against some of his former players. Still, the Bears still won their first six games under acting head coach Jim Grobe, climbed to No. 8 in the AP poll and appeared to be the conference’s best hope for a spot in the playoff.

With additional allegations made recently and assistant coaches and staff members supporting Briles on Twitter last Friday, the Bears struggled to focus. They say they are ready for Saturday.

“We’re beaten up, but we are not going to lie down,” Baylor quarterback Seth Russell said.

“We are going to continue to fight.”

Here are some things to watch Saturday:

jury.

Freeze did say that freshman Jason Pellerin , who filled in for Kelly after he was injured, would get most of the snaps in practice this week.

But he didn’t rule out a variety of other options, including pulling the redshirt off highly touted recruit Shea Patterson or moving receiver Markell Pack or tight end Evan Engram to the position.

Regardless of who gets the start, Freeze knows they won’t be able to run the offense the same way they did with Kelly, who leads the SEC in yards passing a game.

“It would be crazy for us to expect to carry the whole playbook into this game,” Freeze said.

Some believe starting Patterson would be the right move, but to Freeze playing him wouldn’t be an easy decision so late in the season.

“You have to look at the whole scenario for what’s best for individuals and what’s best for the team and how many games are left, and if you want his first start to be in front of 115,000 at A&M or the first game next year,” Freeze said.

RARE SKID The Bears are trying to avoid their first 3-game losing streak since the middle of the 2012 season, and they are 43-10 overall since then. It’s going to be a tough task.

“I realize that for us to go to Oklahoma and have a chance, we have to play so much better than we have this year, because we’re playing the most talented football team that we’ve faced so far, and maybe the best coached,” Grobe said.

OPENING DRIVE The Jaguars haven’t scored a touchdown on

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Houston wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, left, and quarterback Brock Osweiler and the rest of the Texans travel to Jacksonville on Sunday.

their opening drive since Week 2 of last season. The 22-game stretch without an opening-possession TD is the longest in the NFL. MILLER’S HEALTH Houston RB Lamar Miller (bruised shoulder) is feeling better following the team’s bye week. Miller, who ranks seventh in the NFL with 637 yards rushing, hopes to be back to full strength against the Jaguars. “I’m just getting a lot of treatment right now,” he said. “Just trying to get better.” If not, Alfred Blue would fill in again. Blue has 104 yards rushing in Houston’s last two games.

TURNOVER DROUGHT Jacksonville hasn’t forced or even lucked into a turnover in nearly five games. The drought, which stands at more than 289 minutes of game time, should have ended last week at Kansas City, but defensive backs Prince Amukamara and Tashaun Gipson collided while trying to catch a badly overthrown ball.

The Jags have a leaguelow five takeaways, partly because they trail in most games and lack a consistent pass rush. “I think they’re itching for a take-

away,” defensive coordinator Todd Wash said. “But at the same time, we can’t press.”

CLOWNEY’S IMPACT Texans DE Jadeveon Clowney is having the best year of his short career after struggling to contribute in his first two injury-plagued seasons.

The top overall pick in the 2014 draft is sixth in the NFL with a career-high nine tackles for losses. He also has three sacks, 30 tackles and 10 quarterback hurries. “It’s really cool to see him now, I mean, as far as playing the run, the pass, his effort, and he’s really coming into his own,” Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said.

FAIR CATCH? After three fumbled punts in as many games, the Jaguars are expected to go back to receiver Rashad Greene as the return man Sunday.

Greene was inactive the last two games. Greene, Marqise Lee and Bryan Walters each fumbled punts in the last three games. “We’re looking at everything,” Bradley said.

“I think it’s good to have competition within, but probably have a pretty good idea the way we’re going to go.”

mark is within reach with Williams averaging 89.33 yards a game. His best games came in consecutive weeks against Arkansas and Tennessee when he ran for 153 yards and a season-high 217.

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Texas A&M wide receiver Christian Kirk and the Aggies turn to backup quarterback Jake Hubenak.

“You want to set a kid up for success, we obviously believe he is a super talent, but those are all the kinds of things going on in your mind.”

Some things to know about Mississippi’s game against Texas A&M: KIRK’S WORK Texas A&M WR/PR Christian Kirk has returned three punts for touchdowns in the past two games to give the sophomore five in his career. Kirk returned two against New Mexico State two weeks ago and a third one last week at Mississippi State. If he returns one on Saturday he will become the third player in FBS history and first since 2013 to have a

SOONER D Oklahoma’s defense was ripped for 59 points and 854 yards against Texas Tech, but the Sooners bounced back with two of their best performances of the season against Kansas and Iowa State. Baylor is a different level of opponent though — the Bears rank sixth nationally with 541.8 yards per game.

“Texas Tech, that was a small bump in the road, and I feel like we’ve gotten past that,” Oklahoma safety Steven Parker said.

“We play better, we practice better. This game, going into it, feel like we’re very confident.”

punt return touchdown in three straight games.

He’s also one of Texas A&M’s top receivers with 61 receptions for 591 yards and seven touchdowns.

BOWL STREAK IN JEOPARDY With just four wins this season, the Rebels need to win two of their last three games to avoid ending a streak four straight bowl games. The last time they didn’t qualify for a bowl game was in 2011, the year before Freeze took over.

CHASING 1,000 Texas A&M’s Trayveon Williams needs 196 yards rushing to become the first true freshman to rush for 1,000 yards. The

PERINE POWER Perine is expected to play Saturday after missing three games with a pulled muscle in his right leg. The 235-pound bruiser rumbled for 166 yards and two touchdowns in Oklahoma’s 44-34 win at Baylor last year. In his past six November games, he has rumbled for 1,220 yards and 14 touchdowns with an average of 8.5 yards per carry.

DEEP THREAT Oklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook has produced one of the best seasons in school history, and he’s in the running to be considered for major

IN THE BACKFIELD The Aggies are second in the nation with 83 tackles for losses. The group is led by defensive end Myles Garrett and Daeshon Hall who have 9 1/2 tackles for losses each.

Claude George has 8 1/2 and three players have six each. Garrett leads the team with four sacks this season and needs two more to become the sixth player in SEC history with 30 career sacks.

RUN DEFENSE WOES Texas A&M is focused on improving its run defense after allowing 365 yards rushing last week. It has been a problem all season and the Aggies are tied for 90th in the country, allowing 197.4 yards rushing a game.

“Doing what you’re supposed to do and executing, that was an issue,” Sumlin said. “Why that is and what happened, we talked about it as a staff and as a team.

That has been addressed schematically. Been addressed with our players ... we’re moving on.”

hardware. In six Big 12 games he has 47 catches for 1,012 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has at least 105 yards and a touchdown in each league game.

LINWOOD OUT Grobe suspended running back Shock Linwood for the game, citing attitude issues. Linwood is Baylor’s all-time rushing leader with 4,056 yards.

Terence Williams, Baylor’s leading rusher this season with 691 yards and eight touchdowns, will have a greater role. Redshirt freshman JaMycal Hasty has posted two 100-yard rushing games.

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