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ZAPATA COUNTY FAIR
STEERS, HEIFERS, HOGS
Graphic courtesy of Texas Tribune
This map shows average arsenic concentrations in community public water supplies from 2014-2015.
Photo by Victor Strife | The Zapata Times
From left, Gloria Rodriguez, Fernando Rodriguez, Janie Rodriguez and David Rodriguez pose with exhibitor Rene Martinez, right, after purchasing his Grand Champion Heavy Steer Saturday afternoon during the 2016 Zapata County Fair Livestock Auction.
List of winners for livestock, showmanship THE ZAPATA TIMES
After more thank a week of festivities, the Zapata County Fair concluded this weekend. Along with the ZCFA Parade, a tight jean contest, street dancing and concerts, the livestock competition took place throughout Friday and Saturday. Below are the winners for both livestock and showmanship.
2016 Zapata County Fair Livestock Winners Steers Grand Champion – Rene Martinez Reserve Champion – Mario Landa 1st Place Light Steer –
Carlos Martinez 2nd Place Light Steer – Javier Flores 3rd Place Light Steer – Osiel Gonzalez 4th Place Light Steer – Xavy Rodriguez 5th Place Light Steer – Kaycee Rodriguez 6th Place Light Steer – Daniel Rodriguez 1st Place Medium Steer – Jolissa Paredes 2nd Place Medium Steer – Carlos Gutierrez 3rd Place Medium Steer – Carla Gutierrez 4th Place Medium Steer – Kiveli Munoz 5th Place Medium Steer – Osiel Gonzalez 6th Place Medium Steer – Helga Vela 3rd Place Heavy Steer – Anibal Salinas 4th Place Heavy Steer – Javier Flores 5th Place Heavy Steer –
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Christina Landa 6th Place Heavy Steer – Rene Martinez Heifers Grand Champion – Carla Gutierrez Reserve Champion – Osiel Gonzalez 3rd Place – Kristopher Hinkel Hogs Grand Champion – Carlos J. Garcia Reserve Champion – Derek Garcia 1st Place Light Hog – Tyler J. Garza 2nd Place Light Hog – Laura Villarreal 3rd Place Light Hog – Emily M. Martinez 4th Place Light Hog – Delfino Lozano 5th Place Light Hog – Rogelio Garza 6th Place Light Hog – Victoria Garcia 1st Place Medium Hog
– Carlos J. Garcia 2nd Place Medium Hog – Jose M. Ramirez 3rd Place Medium Hog – Ana Bravo 4th Place Medium Hog – Joey Gutierrez 5th Place Medium Hog – Derek Garcia 6th Place Medium Hog – Madison Lozano 1st Place Medium Heavy Hog – Jose M. Ramirez 2nd Place Medium Heavy Hog – Leesela Garza 3rd Place Medium Heavy Hog – Oscar Garza 4th Place Medium Heavy Hog – Rafael Garcia 5th Place Medium Heavy Hog – Amanda Gutierrez 6th Place Medium
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High arsenic levels in many Texans’ water Bruni cited as city with toxic amounts of cancer-causing chemical By KIAH COLLIER TEXAS TRIBUNE
Tens of thousands of Texans live in places where the drinking water contains toxic levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — and the state isn’t doing enough to discourage them from consuming it, according to a new report from an environmental group. Analyzing state data posted online, the Washington D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project found that 34 rural drinking water systems serving about 51,000 Texans have exceeded the federal drinking water limit for arsenic for at least a decade — many by
a long shot. The report, titled “Don’t Drink The Water,” also found that Texas requires public water utilities to use less urgent language than some other states in the notices they send to customers when their drinking water exceeds the arsenic standard. Since 2006, the federal Safe Drinking Water Act has required the nation’s public water systems to limit arsenic levels to 10 parts per billion — down from 50 parts per billion previously. Most of the public water systems cited in the Environmental Integrity Project report, published Monday, have
See WATER PAGE 11A
2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Mexico Rubio loses Florida, drops out of race nabs cartel leader By SERGIO BUSTOS ASSOCIATED PRESS
By MARIA VERZA AND EDUARDO CASTILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — A suspected drug cartel boss linked to a string of deadly weekend gunbattles in a northern border city was arrested at a horse-race track in the capital, Mexican officials said Monday. Federal police captured Cleofas Alberto Martinez Gutierrez on Sunday based on intelligence provided by the military, National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said. Sales said the 31-year-old man was detained with weapons, drugs and false identification. He allegedly was in charge of the group involved in the shootouts earlier Sunday in which nine suspected criminals died as raids by security
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MIAMI — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio dropped out of the race for president on Tuesday, ending his White House bid after a humbling loss in his home state to Donald Trump. “It is not God’s plan that I be president in 2016 or maybe ever,” Rubio told a crowd of supporters in Miami. While he didn’t name winner Trump, Rubio warned against embracing his brand of divisive politics: “I ask the American people, do not give into the fear, do not give into the frustration,” Rubio said. Rubio’s decision was prompted by losses in all but three of the presidential nomination contests, but Florida’s winner-takeall primary proved the most devastating. Only six years earlier, he was a tea party favorite who crushed the GOP’s “establishment” candidate to win a seat in the U.S. Senate. But the political tables turned on the Florida senator as a 2016 presidential candidate who was lam-
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Republican primary night celebration rally at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., Tuesday. basted as mainstream in a year when voters cried out for an outsider. In the final week, he dedicated time and resources almost exclusively to the Sunshine State, urging voters to stop Trump from “hijacking” the Republican Party. He went so far as to tell his supporters in Ohio to vote for Buckeye State governor John Kas-
ich since his chances were better to win there. Despite his intense rivalry with Trump, Rubio only indirectly criticized him during much of the campaign. He pivoted to an allout assault on the businessman’s character and ethics after a dismal March 1 Super Tuesday performance when he clinched only one of the 11 contests.
In recent weeks, the attacks deviated from policy to personal. At one point, Rubio equated Trump’s small hands with his manhood. Trump began regularly referring to the senator as “little Marco.” But the strategy backfired with voters and donors and Rubio later said he regretted the attacks. Like other Republicans,
Rubio had pledged to support the eventual GOP nominee. But, in recent days, he expressed having second thoughts. He told reporters Saturday that the chaos and divisiveness at Trump’s rallies, including the one in Chicago canceled last week, had made it harder for him to view the front-runner as a viable candidate. Even before the establishment came out in droves to back the 44-year old senator, he seemed destined for the national spotlight. Time magazine placed him on its cover in early 2013, dubbing him the “Republican Savior.” In under a decade, he had gone from West Miami commissioner to state legislator to Florida House Speaker. In 2010, he challenged a sitting governor — christened by establishment Republicans — for a U.S. Senate seat and won after starting more than 50 percentage points behind in the polls, catapulted by a wave of Tea Party supporters. The Senate wasn’t enough for the ambitious
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