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County opens pool By DORA MARTINEZ SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
It was a nice Tuesday morning as County Commissioners dedicated the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Swmimming Complex at a ribbon cutting ceremoney at the Romeo T. Flores Park. County Judge Rosalva Guerra was guest speaker. She spoke of recent ground breaking ceremonies, adding residents are finally enjoying the fruits of their labor. Guerra compared county government to a softball team, and as a fan she knew in order to win a game, the team needs to play as a unit. The next speaker was Jose Emilio Vela, commissioner precinct 1, who spoke of Mr. Walton, the man who wrote the grant to make the pool possible. Vela then presented a plaque to the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation. Shirley Gonzalez afterwards spoke of how she and her uncles (Martinez) would enjoy getting in the water when they were together and added she knew her uncle Guadalupe would be the first one to
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$1.9M for youth workers ByZACH LINDSEY THE ZAPATA TIMES
As many as 50 positions for youth workers could be created in Zapata as part of South Texas Workforce Solutions’ new program. Friday, Rogelio Treviño, executive director of South Texas Workforce Solutions and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, announced $1.9 million for Zapata, Webb and Jim Hogg counties. “This money will provide im-
mediate income assistance for the youth and their families and will provide job training or retraining for adults who are in need of upgrading or developing new job skills,” Treviño said. The money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and goes to the summer youth work experience program. It still must be distributed to individual counties, but, based on the funding mechanism, Workforce Solutions expects 50 jobs for Zapata.
“They’re starting to take applications,” said County Commissioner Jose Vela, who spoke for Zapata at Friday’s news conference. “They want to start as soon as school finishes, probably June 1.” The program is designed to employ youth aged 14 to 24, and teach them meaningful workplace skills. Seventy percent of the money must be spent on youths that are still in school. The remainder can be spent on youths that are out of school.
Youths will work 30-hour weeks and be paid minimum wage. “We should look for work sites where the young employees can learn about responsibilities and at the same time learn some kind of skills,” Vela said. Companies in the area can volunteer at Workforce Solutions to host youths. “They’ll be giving jobs to people,” Vela said. “That’s a good thing for our county.”
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Guard eyed for border By ANNE GEARAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering sending more National Guard troops to keep order along the U.S.Mexican border as drug-fueled violence increases in northern Mexico, defense officials said Friday. Governors of Arizona and Texas have asked for more than 250 additional Guard troops this year, but no decision has been made. The administration has asked Congress for $350 million that could fund emergency military operations along the border but the money has not been approved, and no final choices have been made about how to spend it if it comes through, defense officials said. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the White house policy has not been set. The $350 million request does not signal any imminent deployment of National Guard troops to the border, said an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly. In February, Texas Gov. Rick Perry asked U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for 1,000 troops to augment efforts along the border. And in March Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer wrote to the Pentagon asking for 250 additional Guard troops above approximately 150 already there. “Our communities are negatively affected by the impacts of illegal drug trade and illegal immigration, and enforcement agencies in all jurisdictions are stretched too thin,” Brewer wrote. A Pentagon official replied that a decision hinges on a larger national border strategy still in development. National Guard troops have been deployed along the Mexican border for more than a decade. They support civilian agencies and police and do not make arrests, Pentagon spokesman Les Melnyk said. Separately, four border-state
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River Pierce Foundation's Christopher Rincon opens a door at the Don Jesus Trevino fort in San Ygnacio on Wednesday, April 8. The foundation has taken up the restoration of the fort.
Fort Treviño reflects hardships of frontier era By LYNN BREZOSKY SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
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AN YGNACIO — Legends differ on the origins of the sundial over the arched gateway of the 1830s Treviño Fort, a cluster of timeworn buildings on the banks of the Rio Grande. One says it was installed as a tribute to cosmology. A 10-year-old boy made his way back from a kidnapping by American Indian tribes, guided by the patterns of the stars.
The atypical flourish is just one curiosity in what historians call the most significant, and amazingly intact, piece of Texas-Mexico border history still standing. The building style is Spanish, its simplicity a testament to the hardships of what became the northern Mexico, then southern Texas, frontier. Its walls predate the U.S.-Mexico border to a time when Spanish land grants straddled the Rio Grande and settlers did business in cities such as Guerrero and Camargo.
Its existence points to the deadly tensions between European settlers and native tribes, particularly concerning the waters of the Rio Grande. “It really embodies in one place, in one structure, the history of the border,” said Mario Sánchez, an architect who edited the book “A Shared Experience” in 1994 as part of a project commemorating the binational history of the Rio Grande. “Let’s face it, it was built by people across the river to tend to their
lands on the north banks,” he said. “It’s there in wood and stone. Architecturally, historically and culturally, it is extremely significant … It is a step back in time.” San Ygnacio was established by Don Jesús Treviño, a land claim purchaser who settled in Guerrero, Mexico, and wanted a fortified dwelling for ranch hands north of the river. His son-in-law, Blás María Uribe, set up the house. Other settlers took refuge and manned the troneras, or gun portholes, during
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ABOVE : The enclosed wall of the fort in San Ygnacio are in the process of restoration Wednesday, April 8. The fort, established by San Ygnacio founder Don Jesus Treviño, served as protection against indian attacks. LEFT : The San Ygnacio fort is identified by the sundial over the main entrance.
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MONDAY,APRIL 27 The Relay for Life,Zapata Chapter, will meet today at 5:30 p.m. to discuss and add the finishing touches for the Relay for Life, celebrating 25 years of hope, event set to be held on May 8 starting at 7 p.m.at the Haw k Stadium.For more information call the Zapata Chamber of Commerce at 765-4871. TUESDAYS,APRIL 28 The Alcoholics Annoymous group will meet today and every Tuesday and Thursday for group sessions. The meetings will take place at the Zapata Public Library from 7-8 p.m.
THURSDAY,APRIL 30 The Laredo Entertainment Center proudly announces “Disney On Ice presents Mickey and Minnie’s Magical Journey,” beginning today at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the LEC Box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 712-1566. n The Alcoholics Annoymous group will meet today and every Tuesday and Thursday for group sessions. The meetings will take place at the Zapata Public Library from 7-8 p.m. FRIDAY,MAY 1 The Laredo Entertainment Center continues their presentation of “Disney On Ice presents Mickey and Minnie’s Magical Journey,” at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the LEC Box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 7121566 SATURDAY,MAY 2 “Disney On Ice presents Mickey and Minnie’s Magical Journey,” continues today at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the LEC Box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 712-1566. The Laredo Firefighter’s Association presents Margarita Rocks today starting at 4:30 p.m. The event is set to take place at Laredo’s Park and Ride located on 5290 Daughter Avenue. Ticket prices are $40 and can be purchased at all Danny’s Resturant locations in Laredo, the Central Firehouse Station, and at BMP Radio, or tickets can be purchased at the door for $45. For more information visit www.myspace.com/laredo_fire
SUNDAY,MAY 3 Today is the last day to catch “Disney on Ice” at the Laredo Entertainment Center. ShowTime is 2:30 p.m.Tickets are on sale now at the LEC Box office,all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 712-1566 FRIDAY,MAY 8 The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will be held today starting at 7 p.m.at the Oswaldo and Juanita Ramirez Exhibit hall Hawk Stadium. The theme for this year’s event is 80’s,and will be celebrating 25 years of Hope. For more information call the Zapata Chamber of Commerce at 765-4871. To submit an item for the daily calendar, send the name of the event, the date, time, location and a contact phone number to editorial@lmtonline.com
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An organ grinder, wearing surgical masks as a precaution against infection, asks for money in downtown Mexico City, on Friday. In Texas, health departments are also on the lookout for the illness,which sickened two high school students from Guadalupe County near San Antonio.
Officials hunt for new swine flu By LINDA STEWART BALL ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Health officials in Dallas County are urging anyone with upper respiratory ailments to be tested for a rare strain of swine flu after two cases surfaced in Texas. Elsewhere across Texas, health departments are also on the lookout for the illness, which sickened two high school students from Guadalupe County near San Antonio and a 10-year-old boy from San Diego who visited Dallas before his diagnosis. All three, and the other five victims in the U.S., have recovered and are fine. “This virus that has been isolated has
Pay hiked to those wrongly convicted AUSTIN — House lawmakers on Friday voted to boost the compensation the state pays to people who were wrongly sent to prison for crimes they didn’t commit, give them health insurance and access to a college education. The bill raises the lump sum payout from $50,000 to $80,000 for every year spent in prison. The measure also gives exonerees health insurance similar to what lawmakers get.
Mercurywarning could come sooner AUSTIN — Texans would get more warnings about mercury exposure in fish under a measure approved by the Senate.
never been seen before,” said Dr. John Carlo, medical director for Dallas County’s health department. “The good news is this has been very mild.” It’s unclear how anyone caught the virus that combines pig, bird and human viruses in an unusual way, Carlo said. None of the eight people were in contact with pigs, which is how people are usually infected with swine flu. And only a few were in contact with each other. Test results the state received from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed the Texas illnesses were caused by a swine influenza-A virus that appears to closely match the viruses from the six in Southern California. The legislation, SB1214, would require the department to issue advisories about mercury risks when the contamination in fish in various Texas rivers, lakes and coastal areas reaches 0.3 milligrams per kilogram. Currently, the standard is 0.7 mg/kg.
Universities eye research funds AUSTIN — Seven Texas universities may soon be competing for money to help them become major research centers. The House unanimously approved a bill to develop three potential funding pools for “emerging research universities.” The author of the measure said 10,000 students a year go out of state because there aren’t enough major research universities in the state. — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND THE NATION Records of planes striking birds opens WASHINGTON — The public is getting its first uncensored look at the government’s records of where and when airplanes have struck birds over the last 19 years, thanks largely to pressure resulting from the dramatic ditching of a US Airways jet in the Hudson River after bird strikes knocked out both its engines. Finally, travelers will be able to learn which airports have the worst problems with birds.
Calm winds limit spread of wildfire MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Firefighters say calm winds overnight allowed them to hold steady against a wildfire that has burned 31 square miles near one of South Carolina’s busiest tourist areas. The blaze that started Wednesday west of Myrtle Beach has destroyed about 70 homes and damaged about 100 others. Thirty firefighters manned containment lines overnight.
Geithner to outline efforts to fix banks WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to outline the Obama
Today is Saturday, April 25, the 115th day of 2009. There are 250 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 25, 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. On this date: In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller named a huge land mass in the Western Hemisphere “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci. In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine. In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal. In 1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain. In 1901, New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell Junior signed an automobile registration bill which imposed a 15 mph speed limit on highways. In 1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war. In 1945, delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. In 1983, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov invited Samantha Smith to visit his country after receiving a letter in which the Manchester, Maine, schoolgirl expressed fears about nuclear war. In 1990, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua, ending 11 years of leftist Sandinista rule. Ten years ago: On the third and final day of their Washington summit, NATO leaders promised military protection and economic aid to Yugoslavia’s neighbors for standing with the West against Slobodan Milosevic. More than 70,000 mourners gathered in Littleton, Colo., to remember the victims of the Columbine High School massacre. Lord Killanin, former president of the International Olympic Committee, died in Dublin at age 84. Five years ago: Hundreds of thousands of abortion-rights supporters marched in Washington, D.C. to protest Bush administration policies. One year ago: Three New York police detectives were acquitted in the 50-shot killing of Sean Bell, an unarmed groom-to-be, on his wedding day. Triathlete David Martin, 66, was killed by a great white shark in the waters off San Diego County. Today’s Birthdays: Movie directorwriter Paul Mazursky is 79. Songwriter Jerry Leiber is 76. Actor Al Pacino is 69. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 64. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is 64. Actress Talia Shire is 63. Actor Jeffrey DeMunn is 62. Rock musician Michael Brown (The Left Banke) is 60. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 59. Country singer-songwriter Rob Crosby is 55. Actor Hank Azaria is 45. Rock singer Andy Bell (Erasure) is 45. Rock musician Eric Avery (Jane’s Addiction) is 44. Country musician Rory Feek (Joey + Rory) is 44. TV personality Jane Clayson is 42. Actress Renee Zellweger is 40. Actress Gina Torres is 40. Actor Jason Lee is 39. Actor Jason Wiles is 39. Actress Emily Bergl is 34. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 32. Singer Jacob Underwood is 29. Actress Sara Paxton is 21. Thought for Today: “There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end, get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule.” — Samuel Butler, English author (1835-1902).
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Getting banks to lend again, along with government stimulus spending, is critical to turning around the U.S. and global economies. — Compiled from AP reports
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BAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say back-toback suicide bombings have killed at least 25 people outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad. The blasts Friday come a day after nearly 80 people were killed in attacks in Iraq. Police say the bombers detonated explosive belts within minutes of each other near the tomb of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, an important Shiite saint.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A senior official says Taliban militants have begun pulling out of a recently seized district of northwestern Pakistan and are returning to their stronghold in the Swat Valley. Syed Mohammed Javed, the top administrator for Swat and the surrounding region, says Taliban fighters abandoned their headquarters in the Buner region on Friday. — Compiled from AP reports
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San Ygnacio home to Rincon BY DORA MARTINEZ
Christopher Rincon was born in Baytown in east Texas and first came to San Ygnacio in 1990 because he had learned about artist Michael Tracy’s work when he was at the University of Texas studying art. Christopher had also lived in Corpus Christi from 1978-1985. During that time, he was in a diocesan seminary. It was a place known as the minor seminary where many of the students were from Laredo. He says he never thought he would wind up having such a big life in San Ygnacio working for the River Pierce Foundation, but with the experience he had in non-profit administration he saw eventually there would be some-
COLUMN thing incredible happening here. In 1993, fresh out of college, he became the office manager at an art gallery in Houston called DiverseWorks. It was way over his head, he said, but he learned fast. He also said while he was a UT student, he was an administrative intern at the Sharir Dance Company in Austin, He was impressed that a 12-person dance company with an international presentation schedule was managed by one person and a secretary. He would do things such as organizing press clippings; all work was kept confidential. Christopher enjoys listen-
ing to DJ Al Guevara, who now is a very popular guy. Christopher’s pasttime is to drive to small towns such as Benavides, Alice and San Diego. His father told him that it was important to keep track of where you came from because if you don’t, you will never know how far you have gotten. Christopher plans to help coordinate an archeology program for elementary and middle school children and to keep raising money for the next phases of the Fort TreviĂąo restoration. Christopher is an “orgulloâ€? for Zapata. (Dora Martinez is a native of Zapata who was publisher of Hispanic News in San Antonio for 21 years. She can be reached at thezapatatimes@att.net)
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Zapata’s reigning misses smile as they dip their toes in the water at the new swimming pool complex at the Romero T. Flores Park. Shown left to right are Michelle Garcia, first runner-up; 2009 Zapata County Fair Queen Melissa Martinez and Alexis Garza, second runner-up.
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„ Deputies arrested Armando Vergara at about 3:45 p.m. Saturday on Glenn Street on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
„ Deputies arrested Mario Medina Jr. at about 9 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Ohio Street for public intoxication.
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„ Deputies arrested Fabian Martinez-Lugo and Antonio Escobar-Alcantara on charges of evading arrest. Police attempted to stop a vehicle the two were in, but they fled first in the vehicle, then on foot.
„Awoman reported to deputies Saturday at about 10 p.m.as she was arriving at a residence on Falcon Avenue, a vehicle struck the left side of her ChevyTahoe.The collision caused damage to the Tahoe’s left rear bumper, quarter panel and the driver’s side mirror.
„ Deputies arrested Jose Luis Gonzalez-Guarado for driving without a drivers license and driving without insurance after he was stopped at about 9 p.m. Wednesday for disregarding a stop sign at the corner of 13th and Juarez Avenue.
„ Deputies received a report Thursday that someone broke into a vehicle parked at the public boat ramp and stole $700 in cash,a bottle of whiskey and an axis deer hide.
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THEFT „ Deputies received a report Monday someone stole 100 steel pipes from the Josefa Ramirez Ranch.
BURGLARY „ Deputies received a report Monday someone stole jewelry from a house in the 5300 block of Peùa Lane.
LAREDO, TX - A massive number of bank repossessions, trade-ins, lease returns, fleet and purchased vehicles will be priced $2,000 below book value in one of the largest used car events ever held at Powell Watson Savings Center. Joe Mendoza, Used Car Manager at Powell Watson Savings Center, said "Anyone can take advantage of the savings during this event, as financing will be available for all credit situations. Buyers simply select a vehicle, pay just $49 dollars down and drive away!" Huge selection of preowned vehicles are included in this four day event starting on Thursday, April 23rd from 9:15 am to 8:15 pm, Friday, April 24th from 9:00 am 8:00 pm, Saturday, April 25th from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm & Monday, April 27th from 9:15 am - 8:45 pm. Buyers will be able to choose from domestic and imported sport.s cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and trucks -many still under factory warranty. Joe Mendoza, used car manager, explained, "This is a great deal for anyone in the used car market. Simply pick out one of over 1,800 vehicles available, pay a $49 acquisition fee and start making payments.
This is not a lease program, you own the vehicle." "In order to move out the vehicles we've marked down all prices at least $2,000 below book value. Last, but not least, huge discounts will be given to whoever wants to pay cash," stated Mendoza.
have many lenders competing for your application. The competition will be fierce, so you know you will get the best financing available... period. Just bring in a current paycheck stub, utility bill and a valid drivers license, and we may get you pre-approved. So don't worry about previous credit concerns."
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USTIN — They serve enough kinds of wild game at the Elroy Sausage Co. Bar-B-Que for you to eat your own zoo. “I draw the line at raccoon and possum — I really do,” said Wyman “Bubba” Gilliam, the jovial owner of the little restaurant in Elroy, about 14 miles southeast of downtown Austin. Maybe so, but he doesn’t draw the line on much else. If you go out there and you have fur, hide. Come to think of it, if you’ve got hide, hide. The place sells a kangaroo burger for $9.79. Two colleagues and I shared one, along with an elk burger ($7.49), an antelope burger ($7.29) and kangaroo chili with cactus, plus buffalo chili with cactus. Whoops, almost forgot the wild boar with pineapple chipotle sauce. This isn’t a place where the deer and the antelope play. This is a place where the deer are nervous and the antelope pay. Then there’s the yak that Gilliam says he’s fixing to start serving. “Coming Soon YAK In The Box,” says the homemade sign on the front door. So what’s the line on yak? “The picture of it looks like a big hairy buffalo,” said Gilliam, who used to own a buffalo burger place called Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack in Houston back in the ’80s. But the kangaroo burger struck me as the star of the show in the Elroy restaurant. Not necessarily for taste, but for I-can’t-believe-I-ate-that purposes. “People ask me where we get them and I say, ‘Well, when I see one crossing the back 40 I plug ’em,”’ Gilliam joked. He says he actually gets the kangaroo meat from Los Angeles. It comes to L.A. from Australia. Because it’s a kangaroo burger, it’s a pocket sandwich, sort of. Gilliam says a lot of people ask him what kangaroo tastes like. “And I say, ‘Marsupial, marsupial, marsupial,”’ he said. He says some of the kids who come in are a bit shy about eating a kangaroo burger. So to warm them up, “I kinda do the kangaroo dance for the kids,” he said. So why kangaroo burgers? Are they out of hippo? “I’m promoting the health benefits of being a carnivore,” Gilliam said. He says kangaroo meat is touted as being very low in fat. It’s also a good way to mess with the dishwasher. Gilliam says one of his regulars, a guy named Chris, has a baby pet kangaroo named Samantha that he brings in sometimes. John Brunson, the restaurant’s manager, said one day they took the kangaroo into the kitchen as part of a practical joke and told Fernando Flores, 17, the dishwasher, that he had to prep the animal for burgers. “I had a sharp knife with me and I said, ‘OK, you’ve got to cut its throat,”’ Brunson recalled. “His eyes got so big. I didn’t know they could open that wide.” I thought the roo burger was a bit dry. The wild boar was excellent. One of my dining companions was fond of the antelope. I leaned toward the elk. Both chilis were really good. Bubba plans to bring in rattlesnake. “The chicken-fried rattlesnake I think will be a pretty good item,” Gilliam said. “You buy the whole snake for $39 a pound.” He says the problem is that when he starts serving rattlesnake, the locals will start trying to give him the snakes they shoot. “Every Bubba out here will be coming up here with a pickup truck full of dead rattlesnakes,” he said. But you can’t beat all the colorful signs both inside and out. “Kangaroo Burgers. Hoppin’ Good,” it says on the front door. Now there’s a sign that would make PETA hoppin’ mad. (To reach John Kelso, who writes for the Austin American-Statesman, email jkelso@statesman.com)
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Web sites should be responsible THE BOSTON GLOBE
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n some ways, the so-called Craigslist murder is only a new twist on an old story: A young woman makes a living by selling “erotic services”; violent men have always preyed on such vulnerable women. That Julissa Brisman, who was murdered last week in a Boston hotel, first made contact with her killer on Craigslist seems an incidental detail. Yet while the Web site was only a medium, the murder raises the question of what role
virtual communities play and what responsibilities they should exercise. Craigslist, a for-profit company, presents itself as a community forum, and its terms of service forbid postings for illegal activities. Prostitution is illegal. But the “erotic services” ads on Craigslist are devoted to sex for pay. Explicit photographs are accompanied by preposterous disclaimers: “Any money exchange,” one local listing declared Wednesday, “is for Companionship, Sensual Mas-
sage or Legal Escorting services ONLY. Anything else that may or may not occur is a matter of choice between two consenting adults of legal age. This is not an offer of prostitution.” Right. Many other public forums, in physical space and in cyberspace, devote considerable energy to chasing illegal activity off the premises they control. These public forums do so not because it’s a legal requirement, but because it seems like the right thing to do. If Craigslist wanted to, it
could get rid of its “erotic services” category and hire more eyeballs to keep prostitution ads from migrating to other categories on its own site. Someone else might immediately start a “Fredslist” for prostitution ads, but the new site would lack the imprimatur of a broad community forum. Either Web companies such as Craigslist need to take more responsibility for how their sites are used, or Americans need to get used to a lot more risk in the spaces where they gather.
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Dying for the ‘throne,’ far from home By H.D.S. GREENWAY THE BOSTON GLOBE
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y the rude bridge that arched the flood, their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,” is the way Ralph Waldo Emerson began his poem to the Massachusetts militiamen who sparked the American Revolution. Schoolchildren learn the story of how British soldiers, sent out from Boston in the spring of 1775, were set upon by a swarm of angry farmers whose resistance gave birth to the republic. But the verse that struck me more than Emerson’s was written by James Russell Lowell and is engraved in stone over the graves of two of the three British soldiers who died defending the North Bridge over the Concord River that April 19th morning: “They came three thousand miles and died, to keep the past upon the throne.”
Preemptive strike The British had actionable intelligence that arms and ammunition were being stored in the countryside west of Boston near Concord. It was decided to make a preemptive strike to seize the arms
lest they be used in rebellion against the crown. Elements of the British Light Infantry of Foot, no more than 96 men, were guarding the bridge when about 400 militiamen began advancing upon them. When firing commenced, the British withdrew, but not before soldiers Patrick Gray, James Hall, and Thomas Smith had fallen to the revolution’s musketry - the first British casualties in the long war for American independence.
Epitaphs It was the fate of Britons in imperial days to die far from home. On the northwest frontier of what is now Pakistan you can visit the grave of Robert Roy Adams, a major from the Punjab seconded to Peshawar, where it says: “He came only to die at his post, struck down by assassination on the 22nd of January, 1865, aged 43.” “In loving memory of Lt. R.I. Ward, King’s Dragoon Guards, who died of wounds received in action at Loe Dakk (Afghanistan) in 1919, aged 22 years,” reads another gravestone. For close to a century the British tried to control events between the Indus and the Oxus rivers, just as they had tried to do
in America. They would have said they were dying for king and country on the bridge near Concord, or to protect India against Russian expansion on the frontier. The Russians, in their turn in the 1980s, thought they were dying to protect Russia, or to save Afghanistan for Communism. I once saw a letter to a Russian officer who was hastily buried outside Kandahar: “Dear Papa, we suffer from separation, but it is what you wanted so we hope you are successful. Please write.” Today, British and Americans are dying together far from home. As the British found at Lexington and Concord, the enemy doesn’t fight in conventional ways, but from behind walls and from concealment. Asymmetrical warfare is what they call it now. There will be no American graves in Afghanistan for future generations to contemplate. The dead are brought home for burial.
For love of country But there are other graves in other countries of soldiers who have died to maintain control over populations not their own — sometimes for a cause not really theirs. Ali Ben Driss of Morocco,
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for example, died in the spring of 1951 near Saigon. His grave says: “Mort pour la France.” The American war to maintain Vietnam as the French left it ended on another April morning in 1975, 200 years after the American revolution began.
Last days Preparing for evacuation from the American Embassy in Saigon that day, I heard over a crackly radio, tuned to an embassy frequency, of the deaths of Darwin Lee Judge and Charles McMahon, who would be the last two Americans to die there. They were guarding an American compound when the rockets arrived on the last day of another asymmetrical war. Judge is buried in Marshaltown, Iowa, and McMahon is buried in Woburn, not far from the “rude bridge.” Politicians in far-away capitals, separated by two centuries, had decreed where Hall, Smith, and Gray of the Light Infantry of Foot, and where McMahon and Judge of the U.S. Marine Corps, would meet their deaths. But as soldiers will, they died bravely for duty’s sake so far from home to keep the past upon the throne.
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Planning a splendid Cinco de Mayor soiree is a snap By GABRIEL CASTILLO THE ZAPATA TIMES
Tuesday, May 5, is near, and the warm weather and plentiful sunshine provides the perfect backdrop for a splendid Cinco de Mayo Celebration. Not only are such soirees fun, they can get quite creative without breaking the bank — only a spell of boredom. To begin with, the splendors of Mexico mean colorful décor, which may be accomplished within any budget. Decorating for your next fiesta is easy with a few simple tips: Start by dressing up your dinner table with a splash of stripes from the ever-traditional zarapes. Buy the large ones, and then cut them lengthwise for table runners if you have more than one table to decorate. Top that with a terra cotta pot or cazuela filled with paper flowers. If fresh is more your fancy, then pick
bright daisies, sunflowers or potted kalanchoes for more pizzazz. Mexico artisans have perfected the art of Papel Picado pennant banners, which are now available in durable plastic, which can add even more ambiance to patios, cabanas and gardens. Family celebrations will be more festive with piñatas filled with candies and treats — and no Mexican celebration is complete without a rainbow of ribbons in every imaginable hue to add accent to an already plentiful palette of décor. A trip to some local stores like Basket Alley or Vega’s Imports on San Bernardo Avenue will give you even more ideas for décor, serving dishes and garden pottery. But speaking of plentiful palettes, you’ll want to please yours with some of the delicious recipes by Sandra Esparza to top off your Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Ahua! Jamaicarita ! For 8 servings 1 cup hibiscus blossoms 3 cups water 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup tequila 1/2 cup lime juice 1/3 cup triple sec 8 lime slices Lucas chamoy for the rim of glasses Rinse hibiscus in cold water in a strainer. Then combine blossoms, sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain and dispose hibiscus. Cover and chill. Combine tequila, triple sec, lime juice and hibiscus water. Run a lime around the rim of eight glasses and dip in the Lucas chamoy. Fill glasses with ice, then fill with hibiscus ‘rita.
Photo by Gabriel Castillo | Laredo Morning Times
AJamaicarita, a jamaica drink with a tasty margarita twist, is a delicious way to cool down on a warm May 5.
Roasted corn, shown here, is not only a colorful addition to any Cinco de Mayo celebration, it’s also a tasty one.
Photo by Gabriel Castillo | Laredo Morning Times
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Lifestyle ADVICE
GETTIN’BALOO
Public relations and manners one and the same Courtesy photo
Baloo and a cadre of monkeys from “The Jungle Book”perform during a scene from “Disney on Ice: Mickey and Minnie’s Magical Journey.” The show is set to arrive at the Laredo Entertainment Center on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; with encores following at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2; and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 3. Tickets for $13.25 to $36.25 are available at the LEC box office and www.ticketmaster.com.
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DEAR MISS MANNERS — I work for a very large U.S.based corporation where I was involved in a discussion involving plans for a luncheon. An individual involved with the planning had selected one of the most expensive restaurants in the city. I politely objected. I suggested that given the unfortunate economic situation we are experiencing in our country, it was inappropriate to have such a “lavish” event hosted by such a wellknown corporation. My thoughts are based primarily on issues of politeness rather than public relations. Would you be so kind to provide your thoughts on this matter? GENTLE READER — The distinction you make, between politeness and public relations, is an interesting one. Miss Manners fears that you may mean that the former is being considerate of others, while the latter is merely giving that appearance. In a perfect world, the two would be the same. In an imperfect world, politeness is not always the result of pure good-heartedness, but shares the incentive of wanting to make a good appearance. The important difference
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here is that etiquette also believes in adhering to standards for their own sake, without regard to whether that impresses others. Notably, it believes in modesty and restrained good taste, concepts that public relations might easily dismiss as being counterproductive to getting people’s attention and demonstrating one’s power and wealth. But this happens to be a time when the public has reason to embrace those concepts. A bad economic situation makes ostentation look callous, rather than enviably successful. It doesn’t even look genuine now that everyone has seen so many lavish spenders caught in bankruptcy or fraud. Notice that Miss Manners is making the case in terms of public relations, not etiquette, as you asked and had a right to expect. She just figured that saying that ostentation — for example, spending more on each lunch than your low-ranking employees
might spend for the week’s groceries — is always in bad taste would not impress your colleagues. That it would anger those employees and make the general public suspicious is an argument they might understand. DEAR MISS MANNERS — I have a friend who throws home parties quite regularly in which different products are sold. Along with the invitation, she asks me to bring a dish for her guests. She also asks this of me for her children’s birthday parties. I can’t help but feel like this is a bit tacky, since in going to either kind of party, you are expected to purchase something (this seems to be an unspoken etiquette “do”). After all, guests who are invited to a wedding would never be expected to bring a dish to pass. Am I feeling overly offended? GENTLE READER — No, but you are overly optimistic. In fact, the idea of guests-ascaterers has spread to some weddings, and the idea of guests as customers and donors is everywhere. Miss Manners asks you not to call this “unspoken etiquette” when the proper term would be “unspeakable.”
Joe Arciniega, Vernon Carroll, Lilly Austin and Carolyn Schmies go over points at a pre-audition workshop for "The Wiz" on Monday. The next workshop is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 13 at the Vidal M. Treviño School of Communication and Fine Arts' theater.
Working on ‘The Wiz’ SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Laredo Musical Theater International Board of Directors are holding a final pre-audition workshop for performers interested in participating in the organization’s summer production, “The Wiz.” The workshop, which will provide information
about what to expect for the auditions, will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, at the Vidal M. Treviño School of Communication and Fine Arts’ theater. Auditions for all roles are scheduled for May 22 and 23 at 7 p.m. and May 24 at 2 p.m. in the Martinez Fine Arts Center. LMTI will stage “The
Wiz” at the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center on the Laredo Community College campus July 16 through 19. For more information, call Veronica Ramirez 956523-0643, the LMTI information line 956-319-8610, or visit the LMTI Web site at w w w. l a r e d o m u s i c a l t h e atre.com.
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In this film publicity image released by Disney/BBC Worldwide Ltd., an elephant swims in the Okavago delta in Botswana in a scene from the nature film, "Earth."
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Akon performs during the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at the Atlantic Pavillion in Lisbon, Portugal.
Akon, Flo Rida to play LEC By KIRSTEN CROW THE ZAPATA TIMES
Boasting two artists blazin’ up the charts, the first installment of the Summer Jam Concert Series is set to kickoff with two headliners considered to be at the top of their game: Akon and Flo Rida. In a press conference Tuesday, representatives from Laredo Entertainment Center, Global Groove London and Border Media’s Hot 106.1 announced that the dynamite duo are set to hit the Laredo Entertainment Center stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18. Akon, born Aliaune Thiam, is best known for hits like “Smack That,” “Locked Up” and “I Wanna Love You,” and more recently, “Right Now” and “Beautiful.” With what many would describe as a colorful past, he’s of Senegalese-American background, which is evident in his catchy hooks. Paul Magee, of Global Groove London, noted that out of all the concerts held during Spring Break at South Padre Island, Akon
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Rapper Flo Rida performs onstage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTVTimes Square Studios Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in New York. drew the largest crowd. “Akon is talented, sells a lot of tickets and puts on a hell of a show,” said Magee, who promoted the SPI concert. He described Akon as being not only a hip-hop artist, but also an R&B artist, performing with a drummer, bass guitarist and two keyboardists. As for Flo Rida, born Tramar Dillard, the artist has been riding a new wave of popularity with his latest single, “Right Round,” which puts a sexual spin on the heavily sampled ‘80s hit, Dead or Alive’s “You Spin
Me Round (Like a Record).” Tickets for double-headlining concert are available for $68, $48, $38 and $18 go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. today. As an added twist to the popular buy-one, get-one free promotion, fans who purchase their tickets at the LEC box office today will get them for 50 percent off each ticket, excluding the first 10 rows. It’s an effort to cater to all customers, including those interested in getting the deal while buying an odd-number of tickets, Magee said.
This is planet ‘Earth,’ and it’s spectacular CHRISTY LEMIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — It’s fundamental, cycle-of-life stuff that happens all day, every day, year-round, worldwide. Seasons change. Animals give birth and die. They migrate to find food. Some are hunters, some are hunted. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly — sunrise, sunset. But all these basic, familiar occurrences are photographed and edited with such striking scope, clarity and ingenuity in the documentary “Earth,” you’ll feel as if you’re learning about them for the first time. And for the children who are the targets of much of this material, “Earth” offers colorful entertainment with, thankfully, a not-too-heavy-handed message about the perils of climate change. The debut from the Disneynature label, directed by Brits Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, follows three species of mothers and babies over a year — polar bears in the Arctic, elephants in Africa’s Kalahari Desert and humpback whales near the Equator — with a variety of wondrous creatures mixed in between. Narrator James Earl Jones provides the necessary gravitas to accompany these majes-
tic images, and the score composed by George Fenton and performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is appropriately sweeping and grand. Many of the aerial shots — of sand dunes and waterfalls, of caribou traveling across the tundra or birds taking flight against a bold sunset — will take your breath away. Yet the more intimate images will make you wonder, how’d they do that? (Some behind-thescenes footage accompanies the closing credits, so stick around, but there could have been another entire documentary devoted to the filmmak-
ers’ struggles and achievements. Hopefully that’ll appear on the DVD.) A great example comes early, when a mother polar bear emerges from her den followed by her two cubs, who are seeing the outside world for the first time. With their furry paws and curious snoots, they stumble as the take their first hesitant steps on the silent snow. Irresistibly cute — until Jones informs us that it’s likely one of these little guys won’t be alive in a year because warmer temperatures have made it harder for them to find nourishment.
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LAREDO — El sábado 25 de abril a las 10 a.m. salen a la venta los boletos para el concierto de Akon & Flo-Rida,quienes se presentarán en el Laredo Entertainment Center el jueves 18 de junio a las 7:30 p.m. Los boletos tienen costo de 18, 38, 48 y 68 dólares (más la cuota de las instalaciones). Exclusivo este 25 de abril y solamente en la taquilla de LEC los boletos tienen descuento del 50%. Los boletos también están a la venta el 25 de abril a precio regular en todos los expendios de ticketmaster. LAREDO — Celebre el Día de la Tierra y el 10mo Aniversario del Centro de Ciencias Ambientales Lamar Bruni Vergara en el Laredo Community College durante un festival ygran reapertura del centro a las 8 a.m.el sábado 25 de abril, al lado norte del Campus Fort McIntosh de LCC. La entrada es libre y abierta al público. NUEVO LAREDO — Continúa el Moto-Fest en Nuevo Laredo el sábado 25 de abril. El evento será en el Centro Histórico, sumado a una Callejoneada desde la 15 de Junio hasta Belden, a partir de las 4 p.m. el día de hoy. Durante la verbena popular participarán seis grupos musicales en dos estrados diferentes y habrá venta de antojitos mexicanos. Se esperan hasta 500 motociclistas. LAREDO — Pase la tarde del sábado 25 de abril en el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de TAMIU y explore “One World,One Sky Big Bird’s Adventure”a las 6 p.m.; “Destination Saturn”a las 7 p.m.y“U2 Fulldome Experience” a las 8 p.m. La entrada general es de 5 dólares; en tanto que niños, estudiantes, personal y ex alumnos de TAMIU pagan 4 dólares.El sábado obtenga 50% de descuento cuando compra un boleto para un segundo espectáculo. Más información llamando al 326-2444. NUEVO LAREDO — Celebrando el Día Mundial del Libro se presenta en Nuevo Laredo el Bazar del Libro, el sábado 25 de abril de 3 p.m. a 7 p.m. en la Plaza Primero de Mayo.Además del bazar, el programa estará conformado por cuentacuentos, talleres y el espectáculo de teatro de calle “Ambulante” a cargo del grupo de la Casa de la Cultura. La entrada es libre. NUEVO LAREDO — El Zoológico Regional de Nuevo Laredo ofrecerá el domingo 26 de abril un espectáculo mágico musical “Viendo, Riendo y Aprendiendo”, a partir de las 10 a.m. En el zoológico además se presenta la exposición de pinturas “Animales en Peligro de Extinción”en el Salón de Fiestas Massai. Para las 11 a.m. se entregarán bolsitas de dulces a los niños y se presentará la película documental y caricaturas en la Aniloteca. Otros horarios para ver la película son las 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. y 3 p.m. NUEVO LAREDO — El Grupo de Teatro Expresión del Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo presenta “Dulcita y el Burrito”, el domingo 26 de abril. La entrada general es de 30 pesos.Niños y adultos mayores entran gratis. La presentación es en el Teatro Lucio Blanco de la Casa de la Cultura a las 7 p.m. NUEVO LAREDO — El Grupo de Teatro Expresión del Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo presenta “Tihui, La fundación de la Gran Tenochtitlan”. La entrada es gratuita. La presentación es el lunes 27 de abril en el Teatro Principal del Centro Cultural. a las 10 a.m. y 3 p.m. LAREDO — TAMIU invita al público a disfrutar una tarde para escuchar música de piano interpretada por estudiantes durante el Spring Piano Student Recital el martes 28 de abril a las 7:30 p.m.Este evento es gratuito y abierto al público en general. LAREDO — El jueves 30 de abril es el primero de cinco shows que ofrecerá en Laredo Disney On Ice: Disneyland Adventure, en el Laredo Entertainment Center.El espectáculo está programado para las 7:30 p.m. Más información en www.disneyonice.com.
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Hernández habla de migración y muro a Obama TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
CIUDAD VICTORIA — Durante la reciente visita del presidente de EU Barack Obama a la Ciudad de México, el gobernador de Tamaulipas Eugenio Hernández Flores tuvo oportunidad de dialogar con el mandatario sobre el tema migratorio y el muro fronterizo. “Tuve la oportunidad de dialogar con el Presidente Obama durante una cena con el Presidente Felipe Calderón y señalarle que Tamaulipas es el Estado mexicano con mayor número de cruces fronterizos, lo que otorga calidad de gemelas a las ciudades que comparten esa zona y que dividirlas con un muro ofende a sus habitantes”, dijo Hernández. El gobernador externó su confianza en que México y en forma particular Tamaulipas entren con el presi-
dente Obama en una sólida etapa de cooperación con Estados Unidos. Dijo que sin duda el tema migratorio se perfila para ser el arranque de esta nueva relación, que arroje ventajas para ambos países con beneficios que Tamaulipas recibirá también. Hernández destacó que las comunidades de ambas márgenes de la frontera tienen economías dependientes unas de las otras y que políticas centralistas insensibles dañan esa productiva y amistosa relación. “Tenemos confianza en que el Presidente Obama analice este escenario y que frene la construcción de ese muro, que todos sabemos que ya se está levantando pero por instrucciones de una administración anterior”, dijo. Al abordar en forma específica el rubro de los migrantes, Hernández dijo que es un tema al que los dos
Foto de cortesía | Gobierno del Estado El Presidente de EU Barack Obama, a la izquierda, recibe el saludo del Gobernador de Tamaulipas Eugenio Hernández Flores, a la derecha, previo a una cena privada ofrecida por el Presidente de México Felipe Calderón, el 17 de abril en la Ciudad de México. países le dan suma importancia, porque existen más de 12 millones de mexicanos que laboran en forma irregular en Estados Unidos, lo que representa casi el 5 por ciento de su población total. Finalmente, señaló como significativo que sea Janet Napolitano la Secretaria de Seguridad Interna de EU, ya que al haber sido gobernadora de Ari-
zona conoce el tema migratorio y la relación entre las dos naciones. “Ella sabe y por lo tanto Obama también, de la vinculación estrecha entre los habitantes de las ciudades pares, en donde compartimos familias, bienestar y retos económicos” dijo Hernández. Somos un mismo pueblo y no nos agrada que se dicten políticas que nos quieran separar”.
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125 deportistas tamaulipecos participan desde esta semana y hasta el 17 de junio en la Olimpiada Nacional 2009 y en la Paralimpiada Nacional.
Deportitas asisten a Olimpiada TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
CIUDAD VICTORIA — Fue abanderada esta semana, de parte del Gobernador de Tamaulipas Eugenio Hernández Flores, la delegación estatal que representa al estado en la Olimpiada Nacional 2009 que se realiza desde el martes hasta el nueve de junio en sedes de Baja California, Sonora y Sinaloa. En el estadio “Mart R. Gómez” de esta ciudad, el Director General del Deporte Armando Arce Serna expresó que “se avanza en materia deportiva”. En lo que respecta a la Paralimpiada Nacional, Tamaulipas participará con 125 deportistas en Sonora a partir del 10 de junio, para concluir el día 17 del mismo mes.
La delegación Tamaulipas está integrada por mil 4 personas, de los cuales el 90 por ciento son deportistas y el resto está conformado por entrenadores, servicios médicos y presidentes de diversas asociaciones. Según la dirección general del deporte, durante el 2005 Tamaulipas logró obtener 54 medallas, mismas que se incrementaron en el 2008 cuando se obtuvieron 119 preseas. En la Paralimpiada Nacional durante el 2008 Tamaulipas fue de los tres estados con mayor avance en medallas. “Este año la meta es superar estos logros”, dijo Arce. Por otra parte, Arce destacó que recientemente, en la ciudad de Monterrey, Nuevo León, la selección de gimnasia rítmica de Tamaulipas obtuvo por ter-
cer año consecutivo el Campeonato Nacional de esta especialidad, sacando 200 puntos arriba del estado de Yucatán. Tamaulipas ya cuenta con un programa de detección de talentos, dentro del cual se desarrollo en los 43 municipios del estado, a partir del pasado mes de junio, una serie de visitas a las escuelas primarias para ver que jóvenes tienen capacidades físicas de acuerdo a cada deporte que se practica en la entidad, a fin de enfocarlo y llevarlos a una competencia de alto rendimiento. En lo que se refiere a infraestructura deportiva se cristalizó el proyecto para la construcción de un Centro Deportivo de Alto rendimiento ‘Polideportivo’ en esta capital, en el cual los jóvenes podrán desarrollar su deporte con instalaciones más adecuadas.
CIUDAD VICTORIA — Unas 118 empresas se han creado en Tamaulipas en lo que va del año, cifra que ha generado cerca de mil nuevos empleos en diversos ramos. La razón, a decir del Gobierno del Estado, es gracias a un esquema de acciones públicas y mejoras regulatorias. Es a través de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y del Empleo que se ha establecido una serie de nuevas y ágiles alternativas para crear fuentes de trabajo, específicamente con el Sistema de Apertura Rápida de Empresas de Tamaulipas. En los primeros meses del año, este Sistema ha permitido la creación de 43 empresas en Ciudad Victoria, 19 en Matamoros, 17 en Tampico, 14 en Tula, 6 en Nuevo Laredo y 15 más en Mante. El sistema, en promedio ha creado 400 empresas al año y desde 2005 ha facilitado la creación de 10 mil 807 empleos con el inicio de operaciones de mil 819 empresas que significaron inversiones iniciales de más de 122.6 millones de pesos. El SARET es un órgano que traslada a emprendedores tamaulipecos al nivel de formalidad a través de asistencia técnica y apoyo en materia de trámites, además de que evita el costo comercial de la contratación de servicios notariales.
Tamaulipas recibe Inauguran en Altamira primera plataforma marina alumnos repatriados TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
ALTAMIRA — El Gobernador de Tamaulipas Eugenio Hernández Flores encabezó con el Vicepresidente de Operaciones Internacionales de la firma “J. Ray MC Dermott” Dave Roquemore, la inauguración de una plataforma marina. Es la primera plataforma marina fabricada totalmente en Altamira dentro del proyecto PP (Plataforma de Perforación) Maloob “C”. “J. Ray MC Dermott” es una empresa mundial, pionera en proveer servicios de construcción para desarrollo de petróleo y gas en todo el mundo. La empresa se suma así al desarrollo industrial del sur del estado. Para el Gobierno del Estado esta inversión confirma que el puerto industrial tiene todas las ventajas competitivas como región ideal para realizar proyectos en el Golfo de México y en el Atlántico. “Por lo que toca al gobierno del estado, se tiene tam-
bién en marcha de manera conjunta con la federación y los municipios, programas orientados a consolidar la competitividad del Puerto Industrial de Altamira y toda la zona sur de Tamaulipas, como son la construcción de un libramiento en este puerto, la modernización de la carretera a Matamoros, pasando por Soto La Marina, con una inversión de mil 200 millones de pesos y la construcción de accesos y vialidades, entre otros importantes aspectos”, dijo Hernández. Altamira es un puerto industrial sede del complejo petroquímico privado mas importante de México y también es el primer puerto del país en manejo de fluidos derivados del petróleo, que junto con el puerto de Tampico, concentra casi el 20 por ciento del movimiento portuario nacional, indica un comunicado de prensa del Gobierno del Estado. Roquemore destacó que el objetivo es dar servicio a los demandantes mercados.
“Esta región representa la mejor alternativa porque proporciona ventajas para atender las necesidades de esta empresa y de sus clientes”, dijo Roquemore. “J. Ray MC Dermott” pretende desarrollar instalaciones de clase mundial en donde se implementen procesos de fabricación que esta empresa impulsa en los patios que tiene en operación en el mundo, puntualizando que esta sucursal, por las inversiones que se tienen programadas, esta contemplada para ser la más importante del Atlántico. A la fecha la inversión de la empresa es de 50 millones de dólares y este año se contempla iniciar una inversión adicional de 35 millones más. El plan de desarrollo contempla la construcción de corredores de ensamble y carga, la mas grande de ella con capacidad para 35 mil toneladas, un kilómetro de muelle de hasta 14 mts de profundidad, y edificios de ensambles de módulos y cubiertas, entre otros aspectos.
Por MIGUELTIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
NUEVO LAREDO — El Secretario de Educación Pública en Tamaulipas José Manuel Assad Montelongo dijo que más de 7,000 estudiantes que fueron repatriados por autoridades estadounidenses, fueron aceptados para continuar su educación en la frontera. Las principales fronteras de Tamaulipas y Estados Unidos han recibido a estos niños y se les continuará apoyando, ya que su vida en el país del norte fue frenada por su posición migratoria. Las necesidades educativas en Tamaulipas se ubican arriba de la media nacional, por ello se ha enviado un estudio a la Secretaría de Educación en el país donde se explica que Tamaulipas es un estado receptor (de migrantes), principalmente en la zona fronteriza. Assad se refirió a que
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Crecimiento estudiantil es fluctuante. JOSÉ MANUEL ASSAD, SECRETARIO EDUCACIÓN
igualmente existe una la migración del sur y centro del país a la frontera que está creciendo cada vez más y obliga a los gobiernos a crear mayor infraestructura para atender esa demanda. “Tenemos que ver las dos formas de arribo de los niños estudiantes. Los que vienen del interior del país y aquellos que son repatriados”, dijo Assad. “Nuestro reclamo a la secretaría es que no pueden medirnos de la misma manera con los estados del centro del país, porque su crecimiento es fijo y aquí es fluctuante”.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
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Financers: We’ll work to end recession By JEANNINE AVERSA ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Finance officials promised Friday to move swiftly to provide the necessary fiscal tonic — tax cuts or increased government spending — to turn around their own troubled economies. And, they pledged to act, as needed, to spur lending and shore up shaky banks by injecting capital to protect against further losses. The officials failed to immediately secure further agreements to financially fortify the International Monetary Fund. “We are committed to act
together to restore jobs and growth and to prevent a crisis of this magnitude from occurring again,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his counterparts from the world’s top seven industrialized democracies said in a joint statement. “We will take whatever actions are necessary” to bring that about, they said. Fixing financial institutions in the U.S. and worldwide and jump-starting lending must be done before the global economy can rebound. With job losses soaring and financial damage growing, President Barack Obama and leaders of the Group of
20 nations adopted a sweeping strategy earlier this month. Now the details: The task at hand is for individual countries to carry through on their pledges and for financial officials to keep up the pressure on each other so that momentum is not lost. “We are making
progress,” Geithner said after the meeting. Besides the United States, other Group of Seven participants are Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada. Officials didn’t win new financial commitments to raise $500 billion for an emer-
gency lending facility at the IMF, the world’s financial firefighter. That goal was set by G-20 leaders at their London summit on April 2. Takehiko Nakao, a senior official with the Japanese finance ministry, said that discussions at the IMF didn’t produce any new commit-
ments on that front. Nakao, however, said countries would meet again soon, with the hope of coming up with the needed money before the end of June. Obama this week asked Congress to put up $100 billion. Europe and Japan have pledged equivalent amounts.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
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Deputy seizes 200 pounds of pot By JASON BUCH THE ZAPATA TIMES
Sheriff ’s deputies on Tuesday seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana near the Zapata-Webb county line, said Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez. At about 7:50 p.m. a deputy sergeant tried to
make a traffic stop on a vehicle that was speeding about 1-and-one-half miles south of the county line, according to a report from the sheriff ’s office. The vehicle fled briefly before stopping on the southbound embankment of U.S. 83, according to the report.
The driver fled, Gonzalez said. The sergeant found 250 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle, according to the report. The drugs were turned over to the Zapata area High Impact Drug Trafficking Task Force, Gonzalez said.
Photo by Dora Martinez | The Zapata Times
Zapata’s dignitaries turned out in force for the dedication of the Guadalupe & Lilia Martinez Swimming Pool Complex on April 21. Shown left to right are 49th District Judge Joe Lopez; Bob Gonzalez of the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation; County Judge Rosalva Guerra (half hidden behind lectern); Shirely Gonzalez, president of the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation (speaking at lectern); County Commissioners Jose Emilio Vela, Joseph Rathmell, Gabriel Villarreal and Norberto Garza.
POOL | Continued from Page 1A take a dip in the pool if he were still alive. Shirley Gonzalez and her husband donated $200,000 to complete the complex. Architect and Project Manager Andy Mata spoke
about the complex and and acknowledged the role Negrete & Kolar Archictects played. John Rigney from Construction & Development LLC told how glad he was to have been involved in the
project. Among those present were District Clerk Dora M. Ramos, District Judge Joe Lopez; Tax Assessor Collector Luis Gonzalez and Zapata Chamber of Commerce President Paco Mendoza.
YOUTH | Continued from Page 1A Individuals whose families receive public assistance are automatically eligible for the services. Vela’s only complaint with the program is that the program cannot be used to hire youths to work as lifeguards at Zapata’s newly opened swimming pool, even
if they are first certified. “They gave us the bad news,” Vela said. “According to the bylaws that they have they cannot hire youngsters in any particular work site where there’s risk of accidents.” Of the 500 summer jobs, about 430 will be in Webb
County. The grant will also fund about 50 jobs in Zapata and 20 in Jim Hogg. In Zapata, Workforce Solutions is headquartered at Ramirez Plaza on First Avenue. (Zach Lindsey may be reached at 728-2538 or zach@lmtonline.com)
BORDER Continued from Page 1A governors are asking congressional leaders to fully fund a long-standing program in which National Guard troops help with antidrug efforts. The governors of New Mexico, Arizona, California and Texas sent a letter Wednesday to House and Senate leaders, saying that funding the National Guard Counter-Drug Program would allow federal, state and local law enforcement to fulfill the federal government’s commitment to reduce demand for illegal drugs in the United States. National Guard personnel have helped in the confiscation of more than 24,000 pounds of marijuana.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
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River Pierce Foundation’s Christopher Rincon stands by the main entrance at the Don Jesus Treviño fort in San Ygnacio, Texas, Wednesday, April 8. The foundation has taken up the restoration of the fort.
FORT | Continued from Page 1A attacks by indigenous tribes. Descendants of the Treviños and Uribes, as well as families with the names Benavides, Martínez and Gutierréz, remained for generations. Some still occupy homes there. Unlike Guerrero Viejo across the river, the fort was spared the flooding that came with the new Falcon Dam. It also withstood 1967’s Hurricane Beulah. But if it weren’t for artist Michael Tracy, who took up residence near the fort, the deteriorating structure might not have survived the past decade. Tracy and colleague Christopher Rincón established the River Pierce Foundation to raise funds to purchase the structure, with the motto of “crossing borders of awareness by bringing awareness to the border.” “We bought half of the fort in 1998 and took 10 years to get the other half,” Tracy said. Over the years, their efforts earned grants from
the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Fondren Fund and donations of money and expertise from the Brown Foundation Inc. of Houston, the Texas Historical Commission and the local Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation. The Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M has helped with a master plan for what may be several phases of restoration. A key victory came in 1998, when the fort was designated a National Historic Landmark. Last year, enough money had been raised under the Historical Commission grant to begin emergency stabilization. Architectural historian Terri Myers said San Ygnacio is the largest, and most intact, collection of Spanish descendant architecture in the U.S. “Michael Tracy and Chris practically spent their life trying to acquire the fort. It’s kind of remarkable,” she said. “I don’t think they get a
lot of support. Sometimes it seems people far away recognize the value of the place more than people here. They may see it is as just a dusty little town with flat-roof houses. What they don’t realize is that, hey, it doesn’t exist anywhere else.” Texas A&M archaeologist Alston Thoms said the settlement offered clues not just about the border’s Spanish heritage but about the Rio Grande “life way,” which he thinks retains evidence of human habitation dating back 15,000 years. Recently, as Rincón showed visitors the barely decipherable etchings on the fort walls and a curious daisy-shaped sculpture, the stone font for holy water, Tracy stormed in, frustrated that a bank had turned down a donation request. These are hard times to raise money for history’s sake, he said, particularly with a remote and at first glance unassuming fort. “This is humble, and humble is a hard sell,” Tracy said.
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Sports&Outdoors SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
Eventful trip in store for L. Hawks
Champs: Solo or shared?
By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Today the Zapata Lady Hawks softball team will be on a bus heading to Hidalgo — either ready to claim a piece of the district title or trying to stay in the playoff picture. Last night the Lady Hawks faced Rio Hondo in the season finale that had Zapata’s playoff hopes riding with every pitch that was thrown and every crack of the bat. Zapata, La Feria, Lyford and Raymondville are all in the running for the district championship or a playoff spot. “We are in a good situation but we have to make sure that cards come out right,” Zapata coach Jaime Garcia said. A Zapata victory and a La Feria loss would throw four teams in the race for the district title and a tournament will be played. Should La Feria beats Raymondville in their season finale Friday night, La Feria would be crowned district champions. “This is just to show you what kind of district we are in,” Garcia said of the four teams competing for a play-off spot. “It’s very competitive, and anyone can beat anyone at any given time.” The Lady Hawks have been led by four seniors that would love nothing more than to finish their high school careers in the playoffs. Lynda Leyva (pitcher), Tessa Moss (catcher), Myra Alaniz (shortstop) and Angela Ramirez (first base) have been the backbone of Zapata’s success. “The seniors want a playoff spot and that is what we have been working for all season long,” Garcia said. The Lady Hawks beat Hidalgo Tuesday night 15-3 in three innings to throw a monkey wrench in the district race. Leyva (16-9, 31-3A 8-3) went the distance on the mound as she allowed three runs. “Everybody played well,” Garcia said. “We came out and hit the ball.” Zapata jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. They Lady Hawks exploded for 10 runs in the second inning to build a 14-3 lead. The final run came in the third inning end the game due to the 15run-rule. One week ago the Lady Hawks faced another potential play-off team in Raymondville. Both teams played outstanding through five innings. At the top of the sixth inning the Lady Hawks made two costly errors on defense that proved to be the difference. Raymondville scored two runs on Zapata’s errors to beat the Lady Hawks 2-0. “Last time the ball rolled our way and this time the ball rolled their way,” Garcia said.
By NINO CARDENAS THE ZAPATA TIMES
The Zapata Hawks are already District 32-3A champions. The only question is, are they going to be alone at the top or do they have to scoot over and allow room for Hidalgo? By today, the Hawks (12-0 32-3A, 18-5 overall) either became sole champions with a win over Hidalgo (10-2) or get another shot in their last game against Rio Hondo. “Like I said in the early part of the season 4-0 means a good start. 12-0 means we have a share of the title and 13-0 means we are the out-
right champions,” Zapata coach Rene Alvarez said. If the Hawks lost last night they can claim the championship with a win over Rio Hondo on Friday. You can get the result by visiting the Laredo Morning Times Web site or reading the Laredo Morning Times’ Saturday edition. Due to printing deadlines the Zapata and Hidalgo result wasn’t immediately available. The last time Zapata celebrated a championship was in 1994 according to Alvarez. Also, if Alvarez’s memory serves him well, this could be the second time a Zapata team goes un-
defeated in district. “Well we are fortunate enough just to be in this situation. We’ve done it with pretty much everybody playing to their potential and a lot of kids filling in their roles. Also, the good coaching staff that is under us have prepared these kids well,” Alvarez said. The kids he’s referring to are seniors Isaac Patterson, Luis Arturo Flores, Mike Garza, Meliton Trejo and Rene Garcia. The juniors are Jerry Gutierrez, Ivan Elizondo and Roel Ramos and sophomores Rogelio Campos, Juan Martinez, Luis Jaime Gonzalez, Mark Gutierrez, Ricky Martinez, Mike Rivera,
George Garcia, Joey Saenz and Robert Bustamante. “In all honesty with the seniors that we have, their leadership has shown throughout the year. We got a long season and things happen, but they have managed to lead us in a positive direction,” Alvarez said. Those five seniors depended on the rest of the 11 underclassmen to step up to the plate, something they have done literally on offense and on defense. “Our defense has improved throughout the year. We’ve been
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NFL DRAFT 2009
Ready for the draft
Photos by Mark J.Terrill and Darron Cummings | AP
Standing in the draft: Left, in this Nov. 1, 2008, file photo, top NFL draft prospect Southern California quarterback Mark Sanchez runs with the ball during the first half of a game against Washington in Los Angeles. Right, in this Feb. 23 file photo, top NFL draft prospect Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry runs a drill at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Who goes where, who gets traded always favored topics By BARRYWILNER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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EW YORK — Let’s forget, for now, who will wind up in Detroit as the top pick in Saturday’s NFL draft. And what team will get star receiver Michael Crabtree. And where the six offensive tackles likely to go in the first round will land. Sure, the draft is all about grabbing new talent, plugging holes or beefing up a pro team’s depth. It’s also about the intrigue beyond the actual selections. Such as the trades and the trends. Will Cleveland deal Braylon Edwards to the
Giants or the Eagles or the Titans or another receiver-needy club? Don’t expect any hints coming out of Browns camp, where new coach Eric Mangini is more secretive than the CIA. How about the Cardinals, tired of dealing with Anquan Boldin’s contract demands, sending him to one of those teams? “I didn’t say a trade was necessary,” Boldin has said. “I just want something to get resolved. It’s something that’s gone on long enough.” Both wideouts would carry a hefty price, including at least a first-round selection Saturday. What about Julius Peppers? Carolina franchised the standout defensive end and would
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get two first-rounders as compensation if anyone signs him. But the Panthers likely would settle for less in a trade, albeit not less than at least one first-round spot. Still, Panthers general manager Marty Hurney recently said: “We’ve known Julius for seven years, and it has been a good seven years.” “I think he knows how we feel, and we feel like he’s been happy here. And again, nothing has changed. We franchised him, and when we did we knew there was a period for the process to take place. When that process goes through then he’s going to be back.”
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TENNIS
Injury ends Gerry Chapa’s high school tennis career By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Photo by Brian Bohannon | AP
Karen Sypher,left,charged with trying to extort Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino and of lying to the FBI, stands next to her son and listens as her attorney Thomas Clay speaks to the media following a court appearance Friday, in Louisville, Ky. Sypher did not enter a plea in the case and was released on her own recognizance.
Gerry Chapa’s second venture into the 3A Region IV tennis tournament was not the warm welcoming he expected as he opened his first round match. Chapa, Zapata’s lone representative at the tournament, drew district 29-3A champion Matt Mares of Devine in the round of 16. “Gerry was very confident (heading into regionals). He had really been practicing well,” Zapata coach Robert Alvarez said. Chapa came out firing on all four
cylinders as he quickly jumped out to a 3-1 lead early in the match. He made it 4-1 on a couple of break points but Mares served up some big first serves to pull the game out and make it 3-2. Chapa was all over the court countering everything that Mares through at him with his big serves and winners that screamed down the line. Chapa showed his resiliency on the court when the ball seemed out of play. At one point Mares thought he had hit a winner and began to walk back to the baseline, only to find
that Chapa tracked the ball down that was clearly out of reach, and returned it for a point. All Mares could do is watch the ball bounce past him, as the crowd was on its feet cheering Chapa’s hustle. Chapa was going toe-to-toe with Mares then disaster struck. In the ensuing game Mares hit a drop shot and Chapa raced out to hit it. In the process he tried to abruptly stop and not hit the net. Chapa stepped awkwardly and somehow split his big toe nail.
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Zscores
NBA Playoff Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland vs. Detroit Saturday, April 18: Cleveland 102, Detroit 84 Tuesday, April 21: Cleveland 94, Detroit 82, Cleveland leads series 2-0 Friday, April 24: Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 26: Cleveland at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA, if necessary Friday, May 1: Cleveland at Detroit, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 3: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA, if necessary Boston vs. Chicago Saturday, April 18: Chicago 105, Boston 103, OT Monday, April 20: Boston 118, Chicago 115 Thursday, April 23: Boston 107, Chicago 86, Boston leads series 2-1 Sunday, April 26: Boston at Chicago, 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30: Boston at Chicago, TBA, if necessary Saturday, May 2: Chicago at Boston, TBA, if necessary Orlando vs. Philadelphia Sunday, April 19: Philadelphia 100, Orlando 98 Wednesday, April 22: Orlando 96, Philadelphia 87, series tied 1-1 Friday, April 24: Orlando at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Sunday, April 26: Orlando at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: Philadelphia at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30: Orlando at Philadelphia, TBA, if necessary Saturday, May 2: Philadelphia at Orlando, TBA, if necessary Atlanta vs. Miami Sunday, April 19: Atlanta 90, Miami 64 Wednesday, April 22: Miami 108, Atlanta 93, series tied 1-1 Saturday, April 25: Atlanta at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 27: Atlanta at Miami, 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 29: Miami at Atlanta, TBA Friday, May 1: Atlanta at Miami, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 3: Miami at Atlanta, TBA, if necessary WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers vs. Utah Sunday, April 19: L.A. Lakers 113, Utah 100 Tuesday, April 21: L.A. Lakers 119, Utah 109, L.A. Lakers lead series 2-0 Thursday, April 23: Utah 88, L.A. Lakers 86, L.A. Lakers lead series 2-1 Saturday, April 25: L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9 p.m. Monday, April 27: Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30: L.A. Lakers at Utah, TBA, if necessary Saturday, May 2: Utah at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary Denver vs. New Orleans Sunday, April 19: Denver 113, New Orleans 84 Wednesday, April 22: Denver 108, New Orleans 93, Denver leads series 2-0 Saturday, April 25: Denver at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Monday, April 27: Denver at New Orleans, TBA Wednesday, April 29: New Orleans at Denver, TBA, if necessary Friday, May 1: Denver at New Orleans, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 3: New Orleans at Denver, TBA, if necessary San Antonio vs. Dallas Saturday, April 18: Dallas 105, San Antonio 97 Monday, April 20: San Antonio 105, Dallas 84 Thursday, April 23: Dallas 88, San Antonio 67, Dallas leads series 2-1 Saturday, April 25: San Antonio at Dallas, 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: Dallas at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 1: San Antonio at Dallas, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 3: Dallas at San Antonio, TBA, if necessary Portland vs. Houston Saturday, April 18: Houston 108, Portland 81 Tuesday, April 21: Portland 107, Houston 103, series tied 1-1 Friday, April 24: Portland at Houston, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26: Portland at Houston, 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. Thursday, April 30: Portland at Houston, TBA, if necessary Saturday, May 2: Houston at Portland, TBA, if necessary QUARTERFINALS (Best-of-7) TBD CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) TBD NBA FINALS (Best-of-7) TBD
NHL Playoff Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston vs. Montreal Thursday, April 16: Boston 4, Montreal 2 Saturday, April 18: Boston 5, Montreal 1 Monday, April 20: Boston 4, Montreal 2 Wednesday, April 22: Boston 4, Montreal 1, Boston wins series 4-0 Washington vs. N.Y. Rangers Wednesday, April 15: N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3 Saturday, April 18: N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0 Monday, April 20: Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers 2, Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers lead series 3-1 Friday, April 24: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 26: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m., if necessary Tuesday, April 28: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, TBD, if necessary New Jersey vs. Carolina Wednesday, April 15: New Jersey 4, Carolina 1 Friday, April 17: Carolina 2, New Jersey 1, OT Sunday, April 19: New Jersey 3, Carolina 2, OT Tuesday, April 21: Carolina 4, New Jersey 3 Thursday, April 23: New Jersey 1, Carolina 0, New Jersey leads series 3-2 Sunday, April 26: New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., if necessary Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia Wednesday, April 15: Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 1 Friday, April 17: Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Sunday, April 19: Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 3 Tuesday, April 21: Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 1 Thursday, April 23: Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 0, Pittsburgh leads series 3-2 Saturday, April 25: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Monday, April 27: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, TBD, if necessary WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose vs. Anaheim Thursday, April 16: Anaheim 2, San Jose 0 Sunday, April 19: Anaheim 3, San Jose 2 Tuesday, April 21: San Jose 4, Anaheim 3
Thursday, April 23: Anaheim 4, San Jose 0, Anaheim leads series 3-1 Saturday, April 25: Anaheim at San Jose, 10 p.m. Monday, April 27: San Jose at Anaheim, TBD, if necessary Wednesday, April 29: Anaheim at San Jose, TBD, if necessary Detroit vs. Columbus Thursday, April 16: Detroit 4, Columbus 1 Saturday, April 18: Detroit 4, Columbus 0 Tuesday, April 21: Detroit 4, Columbus 1 Thursday, April 23: Detroit 6, Columbus 5, Detroit wins series 4-0 Vancouver vs. St. Louis Wednesday, April 15: Vancouver 2, St. Louis 1 Friday, April 17: Vancouver 3, St. Louis 0 Sunday, April 19: Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2 Tuesday, April 21: Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2, OT, Vancouver wins series 4-0 Chicago vs. Calgary Thursday, April 16: Chicago 3, Calgary 2, OT Saturday, April 18: Chicago 3, Calgary 2 Monday, April 20: Calgary 4, Chicago 2 Wednesday, April 22: Calgary 6, Chicago 4, series tied 2-2 Saturday, April 25: Calgary at Chicago, 9 p.m. Monday, April 27: Chicago at Calgary, TBD Wednesday, April 29: Calgary at Chicago, TBD, if necessary —CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) TBD CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) TBD STANLEY CUP FINALS TBD
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 12 5 .706 — Boston 9 6 .600 2 New York 9 6 .600 2 Baltimore 8 8 .500 3½ Tampa Bay 6 10 .375 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 8 7 .533 — Chicago 8 7 .533 — Kansas City 8 7 .533 — Minnesota 7 9 .438 2 Cleveland 6 10 .375 3 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 10 6 .625 — Texas 6 9 .400 3½ Los Angeles 6 9 .400 3½ Oakland 5 9 .357 4 Wednesday’s Games Boston 10, Minnesota 1, 7 innings, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 9, Oakland 7, 14 innings Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore 2 Kansas City 2, Cleveland 0 Toronto 8, Texas 7, 11 innings Boston 7, Minnesota 3, 2nd game Detroit 12, L.A. Angels 10 Tampa Bay 9, Seattle 3 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 5, Kansas City 2 Seattle 1, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Toronto 5, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 10, Detroit 5 Friday’s Games Minnesota (Blackburn 0-1) at Cleveland (Carmona 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Texas (Padilla 1-1) at Baltimore (Uehara 2-1), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 0-0) at Boston (Lester 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 1-1) at Kansas City (Greinke 3-0), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Tallet 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 21), 8:11 p.m. Seattle (Bedard 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Loux 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Kazmir 2-1) at Oakland (Cahill 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Florida 11 4 .733 — Atlanta 7 8 .467 4 Philadelphia 6 8 .429 4½ New York 6 9 .400 5 Washington 3 11 .214 7½ Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 11 5 .688 — Cincinnati 9 6 .600 1½ Pittsburgh 9 6 .600 1½ Chicago 8 6 .571 2 Milwaukee 6 9 .400 4½ Houston 6 10 .375 5 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 11 5 .688 — San Diego 9 6 .600 1½ San Francisco 6 8 .429 4 Arizona 6 9 .400 4½ Colorado 5 9 .357 5 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Florida 4 Arizona 2, Colorado 0 San Francisco 1, San Diego 0, 10 innings Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 1 Atlanta 1, Washington 0 Houston 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 0 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 12, N.Y. Mets 8 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, Houston 0 Friday’s Games Philadelphia (Myers 1-1) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 20), 7:10 p.m. Atlanta (J.Vazquez 1-1) at Cincinnati (Volquez 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Olsen 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Santana 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 1-1) at Houston (F.Paulino 00), 8:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 1-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 2-0), 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Stults 2-0) at Colorado (Cook 0-1), 9:10 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 0-1) at Arizona (D.Davis 1-2), 9:40 p.m. Pittsburgh (Snell 1-2) at San Diego (Correia 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games
Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at Florida, 12:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
NFL 2009 Draft Order First Round 1. Detroit 2. St. Louis 3. Kansas City 4. Seattle 5. Cleveland 6. Cincinnati 7. Oakland 8. Jacksonville 9. Green Bay 10. San Francisco 11. Buffalo 12. Denver 13. Washington 14. New Orleans 15. Houston 16. San Diego 17. New York Jets 18. Denver (from Chicago) 19. Tampa Bay 20. Detroit (from Dallas) 21. Philadelphia 22. Minnesota 23. New England 24. Atlanta 25. Miami 26. Baltimore 27. Indianapolis 28. Philadelphia (from Carolina) 29. New York Giants 30. Tennessee 31. Arizona 32. Pittsburgh Free Agent Signings List ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed Anthony Becht, TE; Mike Leach, LS; Rodney Leisle, DT; Keith Lewis, S; Bryant McFadden, CB; and Donovan Raiola, C. Re-signed Ben Graham, P; Clark Haggans, LB; Brian St. Pierre, QB; Kurt Warner, QB; and Dan Kreider, FB. Agreed to terms with Bertrand Berry, DE; Elton Brown, OL; Ralph Brown, CB; and Jason Wright, RB. ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed Mike Peterson, LB; and C Brett Romberg. Re-signed Chauncey Davis, DE; Jamal Fudge, S; Tony Gilbert, LB; Jason Jefferson, DT; Justin Peele, TE; Ben Wilkerson, OL; and Coy Wire, LB. BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed Chris Carr, CB/KR; Domonique Foxworth, CB; and L.J. Smith, TE. Agreed to terms with Matt Birk, C; and Ray Lewis, LB. Re-signed Samari Rolle, CB. BUFFALO BILLS—Signed Dominic Rhodes, RB; Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB; Drayton Florence, CB; Geoff Hangartner, OL; and Terrell Owens, WR. Re-signed Kirk Chambers, OL; and Corey McIntyre, FB. Agreed to terms with Pat Thomas, LB. CAROLINA PANTHERS—Re-signed Jordan Gross, OT; Nate Salley, S; James Anderson, LB. CHICAGO BEARS—Signed Josh Bullocks, S; Glenn Earl, S; Marcus Hamilton, DB; and Frank Omiyale, OL. Agreed to terms with Kevin Jones, RB; Kevin Shaffer, OT; and Orlando Pace, OT. CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed Laveranues Coles, WR; J.T. O’Sullivan, QB; and Jeremi Johnson, FB. Re-signed Cedric Benson, RB; Darryl Blackstock, LB; Chris Crocker, S; DeDe Dorsey, WR; and Jamar Fletcher, CB. Agreed to terms with Tank Johnson, DT, and Brandon Johnson, LB. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed Eric Barton, LB; David Bowens, LB; Noah Herron, RB; Corey Ivy, CB; C.J. Mosley, DT; David Patten, WR; Hank Poteat, CB; Robert Royal, TE; John St. Clair, OL; and Floyd Womack, T. Re-signed Mike Adams, S. DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed Keith Brooking, LB; Igor Olshansky, DE; Gerald Sensabaugh, S; and Matt Stewart, LB. Re-signed Miles Austin, WR; Alonzo Coleman, RB; Rodney Hannah, TE; Cory Procter, G; and Stephen Bowen, DE. DENVER BRONCOS—Signed Brandon Gorin, OL; J.J. Arrington, RB; Correll Buckhalter, RB; Andra Davis, LB; Brian Dawkins, S; Ronald Fields, DT; Jabar Gaffney, WR; Andre’ Goodman, CB; Renaldo Hill, S; LaMont Jordan, RB; J’Vonne Parker, DT; Lonie Paxton, FS; Kenny Peterson, DL; Darrell Reid, DT; and Scott Young, OL. Re-signed Jeb Putzier, TE. Agreed to terms with Chris Simms, QB. DETROIT LIONS—Signed Terrelle Smith, FB; Ronald Curry, WR; Phillip Buchanon, CB; Grady Jackson, DT; Bryant Johnson, WR; Eric King, CB; Maurice Morris, RB; Will Heller, TE; and Cody Spencer, LB. Agreed to terms with Daniel Loper, OL. Re-signed Aveion Cason, RB; Damion Cook, OL; Jason Hanson, K; and Stephen Peterman, G. GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed Duke Preston, OL; and Anthony Smith, S. Agreed to terms with Mike Montgomery, DE. Re-signed Tory Humphrey, TE. HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed LB Buster Davis; LB Cato June; Shaun Cody, DT; Darrell McClover, LB; Dan Orlovsky, QB; and Antonio Smith, DE. Resigned Joel Dreessen, TE; Nick Ferguson, S; Chris White, C; Eugene Wilson, S; and Rashad Butler, T. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed Adam Seward, LB. Re-signed Matt Giordano, S; Lance Ball, RB; Kelvin Hayden, CB; Jeff Saturday, C; Tyjuan Hagler, LB, Dan Federkeil, OL. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed Sean Considine, S; and Tra Thomas, T. Re-signed Brad Meester, C; Scott Starks, CB; and Joe Zelenka, LS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS— Signed Zach Thomas, LB; Monte Beisel, LB; Bobby Engram, WR; Mike Goff, G; Terrance Copper, WR; LS Tanner Purdum; Rodney Wright, WR; and Tony Curtis, TE. Agreed to terms with Travis Daniels, CB; C.J. Jones, WR; Corey Mays, LB; Jon McGraw, S; and Darrell Robertson, LB. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed Joe Berger, G; Eric Green, CB; and Jake Grove, C. Re-signed Yeremiah Bell, S; Vernon Carey, OT; and Channing Crowder, LB. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Re-signed Heath Farwell, LB; Jimmy Kennedy, DT; Jim Kleinsasser, TE; Benny Sapp, CB-OTis Grigsby, DL; and Fred Evans, DT. Signed Cedric Griffin, CB; Glenn Holt, WR; and Karl Paymah, CB. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed Chris Baker, TE; Leigh Bodden, CB; Joey Galloway, WR; Nathan Hodel, LS; Al Johnson, C; Shawn Springs, CB; and Fred Taylor, RB. Re-signed Matt Cassel, QB (f), and traded him to Kansas City; re-signed Eric Alexander, LB; Wesley Britt, OL; Chris Hanson, P; Russ Hochstein, OL; James Sanders, S; Ray Ventrone, S; Mike Wright, DL; and Tank Williams, S. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed Darnell Dinkins, TE; Heath Evans, FB; Jabari Greer, CB; Nick Leckey, C; Pierson Prioleau, S; Paul Spicer, DL; Rod Coleman, DT; Darren Sharper, S; and Dan Campbell, TE. Re-signed Joey Harrington, QB; Devery Henderson, WR; Courtney Roby, WR-KR; Jon Stinchcomb, T; Jonathan Vilma, LB; and Troy Evans, LB. NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed Rocky Bernard, DT; Michael Boley, LB; C.C. Brown, S; Chris Canty, DE; and Lee Vickers, TE. Re-signed David Carr, QB;
SATURDAY,APRIL 25,2009 and Brandon Jacobs, RB (f). Agreed to terms with Kevin Dockery, CB. NEW YORK JETS—Signed Marques Douglas, DE; Howard Green, DT; Larry Izzo, LB; Jim Leonhard, S; Bart Scott, LB; and Donald Strickland, CB. Re-signed Ahmad Carroll, DB; Jay Feely, K; Brandon Moore, G; and Tony Richardson, FB. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed Jeff Garcia, QB; Khalif Barnes, T. Re-signed Nnamdi Asomugha, DB; Cooper Carlisle, G; Isaiah Ekejiuba, LB; Shane Lechler, P; and Justin Miller, CB. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed Stacy Andrews, OT; Rashad Baker, S; and Sean Jones, S. Resigned Tank Daniels, LB; Joselio Hanson, CB; and Nick Cole, OL. Re-signed Hank Baskett, WR. Agreed to terms with Leonard Weaver, FB. PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Re-signed Charlie Batch, QB; Keyaron Fox, LB; Willie Colon, T; Chris Kemoeatu, G; Max Starks, T (f); Andre Frazier, LB; Trai Essex, T; Fernando Bryant, CB; and Arnold Harrison, LB. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed Kyle Boller, QB; Jason Brown, OL; James Butler, S; and FB Mike Karney. Re-signed Ron Bartell, CB; and Mark Setterstrom, G. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Agreed to terms with Kevin Burnett, LB. Re-signed Kynan Forney, G. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed Demetric Evans, DE; Damon Huard, QB; and Brandon Jones, WR; and ; Marvel Smith, T. Re-signed Moran Norris, FB; Allen Rossum, CB-KR; and Takeo Spikes, LB. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed Colin Cole, DT; T.J. Houshmandzadeh, WR; and John Owens, TE. Resigned Ray Willis, OL. Agreed to terms with D.D. Lewis, LB. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed Byron Leftwich, QB; Angelo Crowell, LB; Mike Nugent, K; and Derrick Ward, RB. Re-signed Michael Clayton, WR; Cortez Hankton, WR; Luke McCown, QB; Jermaine Phillips, S; and Jerramy Stevens, TE. TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed Jovan Haye, DT; Mark Jones, WR/KR; Patrick Ramsey, QB; and Nate Washington, WR. Re-signed Rob Bironas, K; Kerry Collins, QB; Vincent Fuller, DB; Justin McCareins, WR. Agreed to terms with Craig Hentrich, P. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed Derrick Dockery, G; Dominique Dorsey, KR; Albert Haynesworth, DT; Dirk Johnson, P; Dave Rayner, K; and Renaldo Wynn, DE. Re-signed Ethan Albright, LS; Phillip Daniels, DE; Reed Doughty, S; Alfred Fincher, LB; DeAngelo Hall, CB; and Shaun Suisham, K. f-franchise player
MLS All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 3 2 1 10 9 7 Chicago 2 0 3 9 10 7 New England 2 0 2 8 5 3 Toronto FC 2 2 2 8 8 9 D.C. 1 1 3 6 6 6 New York 1 3 2 5 3 6 Columbus 0 2 3 3 5 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA CD Chivas USA 4 1 1 13 8 3 Seattle 3 2 0 9 7 3 Colorado 2 2 1 7 7 7 Real Salt Lake 2 2 0 6 6 6 Houston 1 2 2 5 4 5 San Jose 1 2 2 5 7 9 FC Dallas 1 3 1 4 6 10 Los Angeles 0 1 3 3 5 6 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Game Toronto FC 1, CD Chivas USA 0 Thursday’s Game Kansas City 1, New York 0 Saturday’s Games Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m. New England at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. San Jose at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games D.C. United at New York, 3 p.m. Kansas City at Toronto FC, 5 p.m.
Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses April 25 At Bayamon, Puerto Rico (HBO), Juan Manuel Lopez, Puerto Rico, vs. Gerry Penalosa, Philippines, 12, for Lopez’s WBO super bantamweight title; Lamont Peterson, Memphis, Tenn., vs. Willy Blain, Germany, 12, for the interim WBO light welterweight title. At MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Conn. (SHO), Carl Froch, Britain, vs. Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., for Froch’s WBC super middleweight title; Allan Green, Tulsa, Okla., vs. Carlos De Leon Jr., Las Vegas, 10, super middleweights; Dominick Guinn, Houston vs. Johnnie White, St. Martinsville, La., 10, heavyweights. At Krefeld, Germany, Felix Sturm, Germany, vs. Koji Sato, Japan, 12, for Sturm’s WBA middleweight title. April 30 At Bangkok, Thailand, Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Thailand, vs. Rafael Hernandez, Venezuela, 12, for the interim WBA super bantamweight title. At Panama City, Panama, Celestino Caballero, Panama, vs. Jeffrey Mathebula, South Africa, 12, for Cabellero’s WBA-IBF super bantamweight titles. May 1 At TBA, Thailand, Oleydong Sithsamerchai, Thailand, vs. Muhammed Rachman, Indonesia, 12, for Sithsamerchai’s WBC minimumweight title. At Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Luis Carlos Abregu, Argentina, vs. Irving Garcia, Puerto Rico, 10, welterweights; Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Jason LeHoullier, Portland, Me., 10, middleweights. May 2 At Bremen, Germany, Anselmo Moreno, Panama, vs. Wladimir Sidorenko, Germany, 12, for Moreno’s WBA bantamweight title. At the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas (PPV), Ricky Hatton, Britain, vs. Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, 12, for Hatton’s IBO junior welterweight title; Humberto Soto, Mexico, vs. Benoit Gaudet, Canada, 12, for Soto’s WBC super featherweight title; James Kirkland, Austin, Tex., vs. Michael Walker, Chicago, 10, junior middleweights. May 9 At El Paso, Texas, Jorge Linares, Tokyo, vs. Josafat Perez, Mexico, 12, for Linares’ WBA super featherweight title. At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (HBO), Chad Dawson, New Haven, Conn., vs. Antonio Tarver, Tampa, Fla., 12, for Dawson’s IBF-IBO light heavyweight title. May 12 At TBA, Thailand, Denkaosan Kaovichit, Thailand, vs. Hiroyuki Hisataka, Japan, 12, for Kaovichit’s WBA flyweight title. May 16 At Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Ron Johnson, Las Vegas, vs. John Johnson, Memphis, 12, for the vacant WBF light heavyweight title. At Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif., vs. Edison Miranda, Colombia, 12, for Ward’s NABO-NABF super middleweight titles. May 22 At Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. (ESPN2), Odlanier Solis, Germany, vs. Fres Oquendo, Chicago, 10, heavyweights. May 30 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla., Andre Berto, Winter Haven, Fla., vs. Juan Urango, Miami, 12, welterweights; Alfredo Angulo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Kermit Cintron, Reading, Pa.,
12, light middleweights. June 13 At Madison Square Garden, New York, Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Joshua Clottey, Bronx, N.Y., 12, for Cotto’s WBO welterweight title and Clottey’s IBF welterweight title. June 19 At Laredo (Texas) Entertainment Center, Fernando Beltran Jr. vs. Miguel Roman, 12, for Beltran’s IBF Latino featherweight title. June 20 At London, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. David Haye, Britain, 12, for Klitschko’s IBF-WBO-IBO heavyweight titles. June 27 At TBA, Britain, Andreas Kotelnik, Germany, vs. Amir Khan, Britain, 12, for Kotelnik’s WBA light welterweight title. At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Sergio Mora, Los Angeles, 12, for Pavlik’s WBC-WBO middleweight titles. At TBA, Los Angeles (HBO), Chris John, Indonesia, vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, for John’s WBA featherweight title. July 11 At BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. (SHO), Joseph Agbeko, Bronx, N.Y., vs. Vic Darchinyan, Australia, 12, for Agbeko’s IBF bantamweight title.
Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Activated OF Jonathan Van Every from the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Purchased the contract of LHP Brian Burres and RHP Bryan Bullington from Las Vegas (PCL). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Released C Alex Derhak, OF Emmanuel Marrero and RHP Jason Veechio. SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS—Traded RHP David Wasylak to the San Angelo (UL) for future considerations and Matt Pilgreen to the Edinburg (UL) for future considerations. Signed INF Albert Gonzalez and 1B Brett Amyx. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES—Signed LHP Jino Gonzalez. WICHITA WINGNUTS—Released LHP Leonard Landeros. Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX—Signed LHP Craig Anderson. FOOTBALL National Football League KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed C Rudy Niswanger and TE Tony Curtis. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD—Signed RW Carson McMillan. COLLEGE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY—Announced it will eliminate alpine skiing, golf, men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s gymnastics, pistol and wrestling as varsity sports at the end of the academic year.
Golf PGA Tour-Zurich Classic of New Orleans Friday’s Par Scores At TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,399- Par 72 Second Round Jerry Kelly 68-66-134 -10 Troy Matteson 71-64-135 -9 Charley Hoffman 69-66-135 -9 David Toms 68-68-136 -8 Charlie Wi 66-70-136 -8 Parker McLachlin 67-69-136 -8 John Merrick 67-69-136 -8 John Rollins 69-67-136 -8 Kevin Stadler 70-67-137 -7 Ian Poulter 71-66-137 -7 David Mathis 72-65-137 -7 Rory Sabbatini 70-67-137 -7 Charles Howell III 68-69-137 -7 K.J. Choi 72-66-138 -6 Greg Owen 70-68-138 -6 Eric Axley 67-71-138 -6 Roland Thatcher 68-70-138 -6 Martin Laird 68-70-138 -6 Steve Marino 70-68-138 -6 Aaron Watkins 70-68-138 -6 Kenny Perry 69-70-139 -5 Y.E. Yang 69-70-139 -5 Joe Ogilvie 70-69-139 -5 Paul Goydos 69-70-139 -5 Ryan Moore 68-71-139 -5 Tim Petrovic 70-69-139 -5 Nathan Green 67-72-139 -5 Woody Austin 71-68-139 -5 Rod Pampling 68-71-139 -5 Jarrod Lyle 69-70-139 -5 Scott Piercy 71-69-140 -4 Boo Weekley 72-68-140 -4 Nicholas Thompson 70-70-140 -4 Matt Bettencourt 70-70-140 -4 Jay Williamson 67-73-140 -4 Jeff Overton 68-72-140 -4 Brian Davis 70-70-140 -4 Charles Warren 67-73-140 -4 D.A. Points 69-71-140 -4 Jason Day 69-71-140 -4 Darron Stiles 73-67-140 -4 Dudley Hart 70-71-141 -3 Webb Simpson 70-71-141 -3 Brett Quigley 72-69-141 -3 Steve Stricker 68-73-141 -3 Lee Janzen 70-71-141 -3 Jason Dufner 68-73-141 -3 Matt Jones 72-69-141 -3 Bob Estes 73-69-142 -2 John Senden 70-72-142 -2 Harrison Frazar 72-70-142 -2 Kevin Streelman 73-69-142 -2 Greg Chalmers 69-73-142 -2 Rick Price 71-71-142 -2 Lucas Glover 72-71-143 -1 Chris DiMarco 73-70-143 -1 Scott Verplank 70-73-143 -1 Todd Hamilton 73-70-143 -1 Daniel Chopra 71-72-143 -1 Ted Purdy 70-73-143 -1 Steve Allan 76-67-143 -1 Jeff Klauk 71-72-143 -1 Wil Collins 72-71-143 -1 Aron Price 73-70-143 -1 Scott Sterling 70-73-143 -1 James Oh 71-72-143 -1 John Mallinger 70-73-143 -1 George McNeill 69-74-143 -1 Ryan Palmer 70-73-143 -1 Michael Letzig 72-71-143 -1 Chris Riley 73-70-143 -1 Jimmy Walker 70-73-143 -1 LPGA-Corona Championship Friday’s Par Scores At Tres Marias Golf Club Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,539- Par 73 Second Round a-amateur Lorena Ochoa 65-65-130 -16 Suzann Pettersen 69-64-133 -13 Yani Tseng 69-66-135 -11 Na Yeon Choi 66-69-135 -11 Kristy McPherson 68-68-136 -10 Irene Cho 70-67-137 -9 Karrie Webb 70-67-137 -9 Brittany Lang 69-68-137 -9 Sarah Lee 67-70-137 -9 Michelle Wie 66-71-137 -9 Morgan Pressel 71-67-138 -8 Eunjung Yi 67-71-138 -8 Paula Creamer 72-67-139 -7 Wendy Ward 71-68-139 -7 Nicole Castrale 70-69-139 -7 Ai Miyazato 69-70-139 -7
Jill McGill Seon Hwa Lee Jee Young Lee Alena Sharp Katie Futcher Shanshan Feng Cristie Kerr Shi Hyun Ahn Meaghan Francella Na On Min Soo-Yun Kang Vicky Hurst Silvia Cavalleri Katherine Hull Anna Nordqvist Sandra Gal Maria Hjorth Johanna Mundy Stacy Lewis Kyeong Bae Anna Grzebien Jimin Jeong Mollie Fankhauser Michele Redman Mika Miyazato Julieta Granada a-Daniela Ortiz Teresa Lu Amy Yang In-Kyung Kim Mikaela Parmlid Paige Mackenzie Kris Tamulis Reilley Rankin Sarah Kemp Pat Hurst Eva Dahllof Marisa Baena Karin Sjodin Moira Dunn Heather Young Beth Bader Marcy Hart Charlotte Mayorkas Mindy Kim Allison Hanna-Williams a-Ana Alicia Malagon Kris Tschetter Alejandra Martin Del Campo Linda Wessberg Na Ri Kim Brandi Jackson Jane Park Song-Hee Kim Wendy Doolan Erica Blasberg Juli Inkster Inbee Park
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Champions-Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Friday’s Par Scores At Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa Course Savannah, Ga. Purse: $2.6 million Yardage: 7,087- Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Langer and Lehman 29-32-61 -11 Jacobs and Zoeller 30-31-61 -11 Lyle and Woosnam 30-32-62 -10 O’Meara and Price 32-31-63 -9 Cook and Sindelar 33-30-63 -9 Sluman and Stadler 33-30-63 -9 Roberts and Wiebe 32-32-64 -8 Goodes and Weibring 32-32-64 -8 Fleisher and Jenkins 32-33-65 -7 Funk and Hoch 33-32-65 -7 Eaks and Gilder 34-32-66 -6 H.Green and Thompson 34-32-66 -6 Romero and D.Watson 34-32-66 -6 Fergus and Norman 34-32-66 -6 Bean and Pate 34-32-66 -6 T.Watson and North 34-32-66 -6 Sigel and Stockton 33-33-66 -6 Forsman and Purtzer 32-34-66 -6 Eger and McNulty 34-32-66 -6 McCallister and Mize 34-32-66 -6 Nelson and Thorpe 33-34-67 -5 Doyle and Quigley 33-34-67 -5 Haas and Crenshaw 36-31-67 -5 Green K and Reid 33-34-67 -5 Smyth and James 33-35-68 -4 Kite and Morgan 33-35-68 -4 B.Wadkins and L.Wadkins 35-34-69 -3 Gilbert and Snead 35-34-69 -3 Simpson and Vaughan 36-34-70 -2 Hatalsky and Pooley 35-35-70 -2 Bryant and Nielsen 36-34-70 –2
Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended Minnesota minor league 1B Henry Sanchez (Beloit-MWL) for 50 games after testing positive for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BOSTON RED SOX—Activated OF Jonathan Van Every from the 15-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Recalled INF Jack Hannahan from Sacramento (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS—Claimed LHP Dave Davidson off waivers from Pittsburgh (NL) and optioned him to New Orleans (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Purchased the contract of LHP Brian Burres and RHP Bryan Bullington from Las Vegas (PCL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed OF Garret Anderson on the 15-day DL. Called up OF Brandon Jones from Gwinnett (IL). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Released C Alex Derhak, OF Emmanuel Marrero and RHP Jason Veechio. SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS—Traded RHP David Wasylak to San Angelo (UL) for future considerations and Matt Pilgreen to the Edinburg (UL) for future considerations. Signed INF Albert Gonzalez and 1B Brett Amyx. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES—Signed LHP Jino Gonzalez. WICHITA WINGNUTS—Released LHP Leonard Landeros. Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX—Signed LHP Craig Anderson. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed FB Jeremi Johnson. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed C Rudy Niswanger and TE Tony Curtis. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed G Jahri Evans and WR Lance Moore to one-year contracts. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD—Signed RW Carson McMillan. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA—Placed D Ante Jazic on the injured list. COLLEGE HOLY CROSS—Named Darren Gallagher women’s soccer coach. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY—Announced it will eliminate alpine skiing, golf, men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s gymnastics, pistol and wrestling as varsity sports at the end of the academic year. MONTANA—Announced the resignation of men’s assistant basketball coach Nate DuChesne to become men’s assistant basketball coach at Portland State.
Terry is third Dallas player to win the sixth man award By STEPHEN HAWKINS ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Mavericks guard Jason Terry is the best off the bench. Terry, mostly a full-time starter before taking on a different role the past two seasons, was presented Friday with the NBA sixth man award that goes to the league’s top reserve. “The ability to do it, but also the willingness to embrace it, is something that’s got to be a part of it,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. “That’s who he is. He wants to win and he wants to part of something that’s bigger than himself, and that’s really what this is
all about.” While starting only 11 of his 74 games in the regular season, Terry averaged 19.6 points and 3.4 assists while playing about 34 minutes a game. Only Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd played more minutes for the Mavericks, though Terry usually comes off the bench shooting. “No doubt, I’m a guy playing with my energy,” Terry said. “Instant offense, there are no warmup shots. ... Jumping into the fire, that’s a special skill set.” Terry got 111 of 121 first-place votes in the balloting and was the clear winner with 576 points. Denver’s J.R. Smith finished second
with 155 points and three firstplace votes, and New York’s Nate Robinson was third with 113 points. Nowitzki, Kidd and other teammates attended the news conference in which Terry, who is known as JET, was presented the trophy. It came on the day between Games 3 and 4 of the Mavericks’ firstround Western Conference playoff series against San Antonio they lead 2-1. “He’s been a big part of this team,” said Nowitzki, the NBA’s MVP two seasons ago. “He’s a great guy in the locker room, he’s one of our emotional leaders, always firing up the crowd. He’s one of the
best clutch players I’ve ever seen.” The only time Terry had a higher scoring average was 2000-01, his second NBA season, when he averaged 19.7 points for Atlanta. That was also better than each of the last 18 sixth-man award winners. Terry scored 20 points or more in 40 games this season, 33 times when came off the bench. In 26 games, he matched or outscored the opposing bench. After starting only 27 games as a rookie, Terry started 531 of his 563 games for the Hawks and Mavericks from 2000-07. Terry averaged 15.5 points for Dallas last season, when he started 34 times but was the only Mavericks player to
get into every game. Carlisle remembered the first meeting he had with Terry after taking over as the Dallas coach last summer. “I wasn’t even finished with my first or second sentence and he basically said, ‘Hey, whatever you need me to do, I’ll do. ... I just want to win,”’ Carlisle said. “This award is symbolic of who he is. It’s a tremendous tribute to him, what he’s about, and also his teammates because these guys have been extremely supportive of him.” Terry is the third Dallas player to win the sixth man award, following Antawn Jamison in 2003-04 and Roy Tarpley in 1987-88.
CHAMPS | Continued from Page 1B improving game by game. The hitting has stayed at a consistent level (with) a lot of kids hitting .400 or better. We’ve been getting the clutch hits in different ball games. We are fortunate enough to get the timely hits when we need consistently throughout the lineup, including our DH,” Alvarez said. The bats and gloves have been hot for the Hawks all season outscoring their district foes 125-29, so far.
They have three players batting over .500 in Patterson (.567), Elizondo (.514) and Flores (.507). Flores leads the team with five home runs and Elizondo has one. Four players are batting over .400 in Rivera (.482), Ramos (.407), Garcia (.405) and Martinez (404). Rivera and Ramos have a home run each. The remaining two starters aren’t that shabby, either, in Gutierrez (.367) and Saenz
(.353). Gutierrez is second in the team with two home runs. On the mound the trio of Flores (6-0, 1 save, 67 strike outs, Patterson (4-0, 32 strikeouts) and Campos (2-0) have been lights out. “A lot of these kids work real hard in practice and they constantly want to get better. They’re always eager to learn and improve. Right now everybody is striving. We always take it one game at a time and one inning at
time,” Alvarez said. In fact the team’s goal is to score a run an inning and allow zero. To them a 7-0 victory is a perfect game. “We are fine with 7-0. We don’t have to 10run-rule them. That will be our perfect game, but if we win 1-0 well that’s good enough for me too,” Alvarez said. (Nino Cardenas may be reached at 728-2578 or nino@lmtonline.com)
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
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ADVICE | HELOISE Dear Heloise: I read your letter about DOG COLLARS. Years ago, I also had a dog get its tooth caught in another dog’s collar — an adjustable collar — with the second dog turning blue as the collar tightened before I got them apart. I immediately switched to regular collars, and two weeks later the same thing happened, except the second dog was unconscious before I got the two dogs apart. I don’t believe this happened because of loose collars, but because dogs like to play bite other dogs at the neck. So, I removed all collars from my dogs and MICROCHIPPED them. This same thing also has happened to quite a few of my clients’ dogs. I now recommend microchips for identification and harnesses for walks. Halters can be worn at all times. Safety collars also exist that break away when caught on something but can be made to be secure when walking. — C.T. Glenn, DVM, via e-mail Microchipping is very important, and collars, too, but those can be a safety concern in some situations. One of my assistants’ small dog was outside on the deck. She noticed that he was there a long time and seemed distressed. She checked on him and found that his dog tags had slipped between the wood planks. Thank goodness she checked! Now she always takes his collar off when he goes into the fenced backyard, as many people do. P.S.: Be sure your dog is mi-
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crochipped if you remove a collar with tags. — Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Betty Tilly of Hawley, Texas, sent a photo of Pom Pom, Pebbles and Lady, her three white poodles, dancing for a treat. They look cute as can be! To see the dancing trio, visit my Web site at www.Heloise.com. — Heloise DISHWASHER DILEMMA Dear Heloise: Loading my dishwasher, I was having a lot of trouble keeping my golden retriever, Tequila, from licking the dirty dishes. I turned away for only a moment when her collar tags got caught in the dishwasher rack. She panicked and ran through the house, pulling the loaded dishwasher rack with her. Dodging the flying dirty and broken dishes, I finally caught her. She was just fine, but my house was a disaster! She never came near the dishwasher again! — Artie Schulte, Omaha, Neb. BYE-BYE, BATS Dear Heloise: To get rid of bats roosting on an overhang by the front door, I turned on our outside lights and left them on for 24 hours a day for a week. Hooray! The bats found another place. — Frani Anderson, St. Peter, Minn.
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TENNIS Continued from Page 1B Blood started to soak his sock and a trainer from Flour Bluff had to be called to attend the injury during the timeout. With his high school career hanging on by a string, Chapa did some soul searching, and requested for the injury to be taped so he could continue with the match. Chapa valiantly fought through the pain of every step that he took but the injury changed his game and lost 6-3, 6-2 to end his high school career. “Gerry did the best,” Alvarez said. “He was very disappointed because he really felt he was going to win the match, but his effort was outstanding. He is a senior and we are going to miss him.” Alvarez also lauded Chapa’s attitude. “He has outstanding work ethic and a tremendous will to be successful at anything he does.” Chapa will have little time to ponder about his tennis career as he will be heading back to regionals in Corpus Christi, but this time as a member of the track team representing Zapata in two events. After graduation Chapa plans on attending the University of Texas and become the first member of his family to seek higher education.
Mavs can’t dwell on Game 3 win By STEPHEN HAWKINS ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Rick Carlisle remembers one of the most infamous NBA playoff blowouts — and what happened after it. Within minutes of Dallas taking a 2-1 series lead against San Antonio with a surprisingly lopsided victory, the Mavericks coach and former Boston backup guard invoked the 1985 NBA finals in which the Celtics opened with a rout of the Lakers but lost the series in six games. Carlisle’s message was the same in practice Friday, a day after Dallas led by as many as 36 points and held San Antonio to a franchise playoff scoring low in an 88-67 victory. “I don’t think you need to tell stories, but the point has got to be made that it’s sitting there staring both teams in the face,” Carlisle said. “When either team has won, their next game has been abysmal. That’s the challenge for us because we know what kind of game they’re going to bring.” The Spurs conceded a game, not the series.
“It was disappointing, surprising, especially with the standard we set here,” San Antonio defensive ace Bruce Bowen said. “This team has no choice (but to bounce back). We’re disappointed we came out with the effort that we did. ... That’s incentive enough.” With the Mavs up by 26 early in the third quarter, and a short turnaround to Game 4 on Saturday afternoon, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and the other San Antonio starters went to the bench for good. “We pulled the plug for that purpose,” coach Gregg Popovich said. “I’m sure a lot of people were shocked, like, ‘Hey, you can’t not try.’ It’s not about that. It’s a long process, and I think we have to hopefully try to be wise rather than foolishly brave.” In Carlisle’s rookie season, the Celtics beat the Lakers 148-114 in Game 1 of the 1985 finals. But Los Angeles followed that Memorial Day embarrassment by winning the next two games and turning the series in its favor. It’s proof that things can turn around quickly, and they already have in this series.
Photo by Tony Gutierrez | AP
Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier, lower left, looks on as forward Dirk Nowitzki, right, blocks a layup attempt by San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan (21) in the first half of Game 3 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series in Dallas on Thursday.
DRAFT | Continued from Page 1B A smokescreen? Perhaps. That’s a part of the process, too. Other players considered available this weekend, regardless of what camouflage is being used by various teams, are receivers Chad Ocho Cinco of Cincinnati and Roscoe Parrish of Buffalo; and running backs Ronnie Brown of Miami and Edgerrin James of Arizona (who likely will be released this spring if he is not dealt). As for any trading frenzies, consider the flux the NFL is in these days. With the possibility of a noncapped 2010 season staring teams, players and agents in the face, the rules under which business has been conducted for so long could readily change. That might impact how the clubs treat
this draft. Will some teams look to unload picks to save money for bidding wars caused by the disappearance of the salary cap — even with new restrictions on free agency that would be in place? Or might teams that often stockpile draft choices in future years (Eagles, Patriots) by trading down in the current grab bag opt to avoid that route? Consider that both the Patriots and Eagles don’t have a lot of holes, but do have a lot of picks this weekend. Patriots coach Bill Belichick said urgency will determine such moves more than anything. “It’s much more of let’s wait until we are on the clock,” he said. “Let’s wait to see what’s on the board and then we will decide if
we want to move or not. That’s the way 99 percent.” That urgency often is enhanced when a run on a position occurs. Last year, eight offensive tackles were selected in the first round, including six in a span of 10 picks midway in the round, starting with Ryan Clady of Denver at No. 12. A similar rush to grab such blockers — left tackle is considered as important a position as any other on offense, save quarterback — could happen this year, dropping the bevy of solid wideouts lower than projected. “I’d like us to use all of our picks on receivers and offensive linemen and have a bunch of weapons,” Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer said. “But obviously, that’s a quarterback’s fantasy.”
Photo by Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News | AP
In this Nov. 1, 2008, file photo,Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree steps into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown as Texas defender Curtis Brown chases him on the second-to-last play of Tech’s 39-33 victory. Crabtree is widely expected to be one of the top picks in today’s NFL draft.
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3bd/2.5ba/3car port , large corner lot, $175,000. Call:(956)727-5126.
En Nuevo Laredo, 5 de Febrero 1834,2 recamaras, 1 1/2 banos, Sala, Comedor, Cocina, A/C, Equipados, Estacionaminto, 840 SqFt. $39,000. Financiamiento disponible por banco 237-2377 Regency Oaks Townhomes for sale, 4246 Dorrel 2 & 3 bedroom, Starting @ $82 Per SqFt or $85,000. Near Paul Young Dodge. Call 956-237-2377
North Laredo. 1.3 Acres on Loop 20 near TAMIU, next to Khaledi Heights on Blue Quail St. $12.50 Per SqFt Neg. Can be sold separately Call 956-333-0122 or 011-52-867-714-1502
100ac. mile 60 Hwy 35 High fence, $330,000 Finance Call 722-4447
Boxer mixed w/ Blue Healer, 7 wks, dewormed, 1st shots $60 Call: 489-1813
MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 67
Zapata, TX. town lot. 1108 DelMar Ave. 70 by 140 s.f. Ron 286-1499 Realtor
Remodled, 1983, 2bd/1ba, w/lot in Zapata,Tx. $28,000 obo. Call:(956)763-1616
ACREAGE FOR SALE 76
House for Sale by owner, 1509 Sarazen (Plantation) 3bd/2.5ba. 2,477 SqFt per WCAD. $275,500 www.buymyhouselaredo.com Please Call for an appt. 956-723-9705
Shiloh Area - 1409 Longhorn Dr. 2700sqft LA, 10,000sqft Lot 4bd/4ba Spacious yard, sprinkler system. Reduced $155,000 OBO Call 763-9740
CONDOS FOR SALE 64 1 Condo $60,000 OBO Must Sell, Moving Out, negotiable, 2bd/1.5ba, 2803 Bayard. Brand new, south Laredo. For sale by owner.
Call Dr. Rendon 011-52-867-714-1502 or 956-333-0122
Sell it Fast With Classified!
Zapata, TX 406 Condor 3 lots 157 by 150 ft Ron 286-1499 Realtor
5 acre Commercial tract, frontage on Casa Verde Rd. $200,000 per acre. Contact (956)725-6641 8 acres for sale 5 miles out of Crystal City on Nueces River. $43,000. Call (956) 727-5126
COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT 79 8 Lots, 36 apts., $1.1 million call 722-4447 We Finance
PETS & SUPPLIES
Purebreed Jack Russell puppies, 5 weeks, Tail Cut, Dewormed $300 956-337-9194; 791-8274
6 week old puppies for sale, $15ea. SOLD AKC Golden Retreiver, male, 3mo., second shots, trained, w/cage, etc. $400 (956)334-3896
ARTICLES FOR SALE 136
Pleasure Saddles *NEW* 15, 16, & 17 inch fully tooled $275. 10am-8pm. (956)754-9424
Kenmore Stove & Dishwasher. $350 obo. Call:(956)645-8799
MISCELLANEOUS
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LIVESTOCK & SUP PLIES 130 Big “W” Wade roping saddles, 15, 16, 17 inch, never ridden $650 10am-8pm. (956)754-9424
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CABRITOS, Live $50 ea. Please Call 956/948-5218 Registered 2 year old paint horse stallion for sale, Champion blood lines Sorrel Overo with blue eyes.Asking price $1,700 or will trade for a registered quarter horse mare. Call:645-1655 or 693-8669
ARTICLES FOR SALE 136 Gym membership, $54 per month + tax, no transfer fee. 20 mo. commitment. Access to three locations Mines Rd. & Jacaman Rd. Call:(956)771-6138 Home for sale or lease, South Laredo, College Heights, 3bd/2ba, Owner finance available $122,500 obo. Call:(956)645-8799
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HEAVY EQUIPMENT 192 Utility trailer, 16’ x 7’, dual axle, good condition, with current plates $950.00 Call:(956)286-0370
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS 194 Diesel engines Chevy 6.6 Ford 7.3 & Cummins 5.9 Remanufactured w/warranty will deliver, $2,950. 713-918-5811. Jeep 15 in. rims & tires 31’, $500. Call:(956)236-7979
Rims & tires, 245/70R17, $500 Call:(956)740-0414 Rims (Factory) 15’’ Toyota $200 OBO Call:(956)740-0414 TRUCKS FOR SALE 198 Chevrolet EXT ‘00, extended cab, $4,800 obo. Call:(956)771-2950 Chevy Cobalt ‘06, 16k mi., like new, must see! $6,200 Call:(956)771-2950
TRUCKS FOR SALE 198 Chevy Silverado ‘85, shortbed, 305 w/400 trans., pwr. windows & locks, $2,500 obo. Call:(956)319-7119 Dodge Dakota ‘06, grey color, v6, 4dr., a/c, current lic. plates, 48,579 mi, $7,350. ph# 771-3819 Dodge Dakota ‘99, cab 1/2, excelente condiciones, nunca chocada, $4,500, tel (956)712-0954
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Chevrolet MG 1972, convertible, original classic condition, fully functional, blue title $6,000 Call: (956)763-8378 956-722-4890