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No County eyes health care H1N1 cases By TARYN WHITE
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By DIANA R. FUENTES THE ZAPATA TIMES
Zapata County has seen two suspected cases of flu, but there have been no confirmed cases of the H1N1 strain, officials said Friday. A house-to-house canvas this week of children that have been absent from Zapata schools turned up no serious problems. “There were two school-age children in Zapata … they had flu-like symptoms and are considered suspect, but they’re not probable (for H1N1),” said Dr. Hector Gonzalez, director of the Laredo Health Department, which also oversees public health in Zapata, Jim Hogg and Duval counties. “They were treated and they’re fine,” Gonzalez said. The samples were sent to the state labs in Austin for further testing, as is standard procedure in these cases. Romeo Rodriguez, superintendent of Zapata County Independent School District, said initial concerns about higher-than-normal absenteeism were addressed with the help of Gonzalez and the hard work of a quickly pulled-together team of 38 school professionals. “We were very concerned that we didn’t know the status of a lot of these kids,” Rodriguez said. “We worked with Dr. Gonzalez … and we took a busload of people to Laredo Wednesday morning to get training.
Laredo Medical Center and Zapata County may potentially partner up to extend health care services in Zapata. On Monday, the Zapata Commissioners Court are expected to vote on an affiliation agreement between Zapata and LMC. “They have an interest in expanding the health care services in our county,” Precinct 3 Commissioner Joe Rathmell said. “They will hopefully be able to tap into federal funds.” LMC now runs Zapata Medical Center on U.S. 83 and 12th Street. Rathmell said if the court approves the affiliation agreement LMC will be able to seek federal funds to expand its services in the county. “Since they are looking at public money they need to work with the county to apply for it,”
Rathmell said. County Judge Rosalva Guerra, Rathmell and other county officials met with LMC representatives earlier this week to discuss the potential agreement. “I think this is the first step RATHMELL in trying to enhance the health care in the county,” Rathmell said. “I think anything that helps to improve our health care is a good thing.” Rathmell added he is hopeful this agreement will lead to a dialysis center, which he says the county desperately needs. Also on Monday, the Commissioners Court will vote to commit up to $977,088 for the Zapata County Boat Ramp Project. The money, which has been budgeted by the county for the past 3 years, will combine with
approximately $500,000 in federal funds. “They may not use all of the money but TxDOT (Texas Department of Transportation) needs the county to commit to the cost of the project before they can move forward,” said VELA Pct 1 Commissioner Jose Vela. According to Rathmell, TxDOT will manage the project, which will renovate the boat ramp on Country Road and US 83 and improve the 12 acres around the ramp. “We will have picnic tables and some sidewalks and trails,” Rathmell said. If funds are approved, the TxDOT will seek construction bids in August and the project will be completed within the year.
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A DAY AT THE LAKE Photos by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times
A mocking bird sits in the shade of a mesquite tree at Falcon State Park on Friday morning.
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Falcon State Park: Bird and butterfly watching, fishing, more By ROB MCCORKLE
ZAPATA COUNTY
Zoning to be codified
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he sun has just come up over the thornscrub as a visitor takes a seat beneath an ebony tree just outside an air-conditioned cabin at Falcón State Park to enjoy a cup of coffee. A slight breeze off the nearby International Falcón Reservoir separating this part of South Texas from northern Mexico fans the air.
A pair of great kiskadees chatter and chase each other in the thicket just ahead as a mockingbird swoops in and lands in the tree, joining the suddenly rising chorus of birdsong.
A place for recreation Nature is omnipresent at this 560-acre park that opened in 1965 on the Rio Grande roughly midway between Laredo and McAllen. Here, the river was dammed in the 1950s to create a
60-mile long reservoir to quench the thirsts of people of two nations, water their crops and provide a place for recreation in this typically arid part of the world dominated by cacti and thorny trees and shrubs. When full, which it finally is after years of drought that lowered its level to less than 15 percent capacity, the international reservoir covers some 90,000 surface acres and attracts
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By TARYN WHITE THE ZAPATA TIMES
As one of the few counties in Texas with the governing powers of both a city and a county, Zapata is attempting to tackle the issue of zoning with the Falcon Lake Planning Commission, which on Wednesday had one of a handful of meetings since 2007. According to County Judge RosGUERRA alva Guerra, Zapata County was granted city powers during the 2007 state legislative session. Guerra said the power was granted because of Zapata County’s size. Since then, the county has been exercising powers normally left to cities, including zoning regulations. Made up of community members and appointed by the Zapata Commissioners Court, the zoning committee has not yet formed any concrete regulations or made any recommendations to the Zapata Commissioners Court, according to zoning Commissioner Eddie Martinez. Wednesday, the commission voted to have monthly meetings scheduled for the first Tuesday of every month. Also discussed was the direction the zoning commissioners would like the commission to go. “We are hoping Hector Uribe will present us with a list of ordinances that we will vote on within
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A handicapped-accessable blind offers visitors to Falcon State Park the perfect spot to see many species of birds.
A roadrunner races across a field at Falcon State Park on Friday morning.
Falcon State Park offers a boat dock for visitors as they enjoy a day at the lake.
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SATURDAY,MAY 9,2009
TODAY IN HISTORY
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SATURDAY,MAY 9 The second annual Men’s softball tournament is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at the Angel Garza Softball Field, in San Ygnacio. This event is subject to change pending a club meeting. For more information please call 765-3409 or 744-7691
SUNDAY,MAY 10 Today is the San Ygnacio Ladies Club Jamaica and parade, with Rolando A. and Vanessa L. GuiterrezJr.serving as parade marshals, followed by a presentation at Plaza Blas Maria set for 11 a.m. with Guest speaker Judge Rosalva Guerra. An exciting game of bingo is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. followed by a dance featuring Los Medina Boyz and Jose Castillo Zaz y Zaz. This event is subject to change pending a club meeting. For more information please call 765-3409 or 744-7691
TUESDAY,MAY 12 n The Retired Union Auto Workers (UAW) Auto Makers will hold a Union meeting today at 10:30 a.m.in Harligen. The meeting is open to all retirees and their spouses. A social hour is scheduled to take place before the meeting. For more information please call Paul Meyer at 7658546. n The Mens Bowling League will start meet today at 6:30 p.m.All men are welcome.
WEDNESDAY,MAY 13 n The Take off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) organization of weight lost control will meet,today.Starting with a weigh-in at 7:30 a.m. The actual meeting will begin at 8 a.m.The group will meet at the Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, enterance in rear. For more information please call 7659385.
THURSDAY,MAY 14 n The American Legion Auxiliary will mee ttoday at 1:30 p.m. and the American Legion will meet today at 7 p.m.at the American Legion building located at 2213 North Highway 83.
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Applied Coatings Group employee Jody Taylor inspects a panel of coated glass at the factory in Chili, N.Y.Tens of thousands of businesses have shifted to “underemploying” their workers with shorter workweeks or introduced furloughs or seasonal shutdowns to avert layoffs. Taylor now works a four-day, 32-hour week.
The ‘underemployed’ get by on fewer hours By BEN DOBBIN ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jody Taylor dodged the bullet twice in the past year when the industrial-coating factory where she works as a machine operator went through a series of layoffs. But her hours have been cut back to a four-day workweek. In this economy, she considers herself lucky. “I did lose some money, but I still have a job and health benefits,” said Taylor, 51, a single parent whose 17-year-old son recently had his wisdom teeth pulled. “Honest to God, I don’t know how anybody can do it without their benefits.” Taylor has joined the burgeoning ranks of the “underemployed” — the 8.9 million Americans who would prefer full-time jobs
SATURDAY,MAY 16 n The Zapata County Workforce Center will be accepting applications for their Summer Youth Program today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.All applications must be complete to be eligible. For more information please call 765-1804.
TUESDAY,MAY 19 n The Zapata County Community mobile dental van program will be offering their services everyTuesday and Wednesday for this summer at the Zapata ISD located between Zapata Middle School and A.L. Benavides Elementary school parking area. The program will provide primary dental care and Texas health step up check-ups which include dental exams and x-rays among other services, and is offered to all children of Zapata who are Medicaid enrolled or with out insurance (limited appointments available) For more information please call Sonia Perez at 523-7517 or 229-9830.
WEDNESDAY,AUGUST 5 n The AgriLIFE Extension in cooperation with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association presents: How the New Law Affects Ranch Estate Planning, a seminar which will be held today at the College Station Conference Center in College Station, Texas. The seminar will last from 1-5 p.m. and participants will diuscuss basic Estate planning devices, with Dr. Wayne A. Hayenga serving as special guest speaker. This seminar is offered to provide participants enough information on tax and estate planning matters to help them make difficult estate plannin decisions. A registration fee of $125 is required to attend the seminar. To register please contact Connie at 979-845-2226 or csmotek@tamiu.edu.
THURSDAY,AUGUST 6 n The AgriLIFE Extension in cooperation with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association presents: How the New Law Affects Ranch Estate Planning, a seminar which will be held today at the College Station Conference Center in College Station, Texas. The seminar will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lunch to be served at noon.Dr.Wayne A.Hayenga will serve as special guest speaker.A registration fee of $125 is requiredto attend.To register please To register please contact Connie at 979-845-2226 or csmotek@tamiu.edu. 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
but must make do with part-time work. Their numbers have shot up from 5.2 million a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The April total was down only slightly from 9 million in March, the most since record-keeping began in 1955, the agency said. The ranks of the underemployed have swelled as tens of thousands of businesses resort to shorter workweeks, furloughs and seasonal shutdowns to avoid deeper cutbacks. Often, these involuntary parttimers get to keep at least some of their benefits. With her two-week paycheck more than $100 lighter, Taylor rarely eats out, relies more than ever on grocery discounts and has cut out nights at the movies. She won’t be replacing her 1993 Toyota any time soon. Columns of smoke rose from the Santa Ynez Mountains after an overnight battle as the 3,500-acre blaze stays calm in daylight and explodes when evening winds arrive.
Aide out over NYC flyover WASHINGTON — A top White House aide resigned Friday for his role in Air Force One’s $328,835 photo-op flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Louis Caldera said the controversy had made it impossible for him to effectively lead the White House Military Office.
30K told to flee Santa Barbara fire SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — More than 30,000 people have been ordered to flee a wildfire that burned a fivemile-long front above wealthy coastal communities.
Unemployment should be a stepping stone WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants unemployment insurance to become a stepping stone for future work by making it easier to enroll in school or job training. People who have been laid off and want to go back to school often have to give up unemployment checks. And if they decide to return to school, they often don’t qualify for federal aid. — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND TEXAS Senate votes to ban trans fats AUSTIN — Daring to tinker with the hallowed formula for chicken fried steak and french fries, the Texas Senate voted Friday to ban the use of most trans fats in restaurants. But, fearing a backlash from the sweet tooth lobby, the lawmakers provided an exemption for trans fats used to make cakes, pies and other bakery items.
Weakened smoking ban approved AUSTIN — The House State Affairs Committee approved a watered down smoking ban bill Friday by a vote of 8-4. Advocates for a statewide ban, led by the coalition Smoke-Free Texas, praised the fact that a bill emerged from committee,
Pets included in protective orders AUSTIN — The Texas House on Thursday voted to extend protec-
Today is Saturday, May 9, the 129th day of 2009. There are 236 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 9, 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut into sections, each part representing an American colony; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.” On this date: In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid. In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia. In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1961, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow deplored the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland” in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters. In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. In 1982, the musical “Nine,” inspired by the Federico Fellini film “8½,” opened on Broadway. In 1987, 183 people were killed when a New York-bound Polish jetliner crashed while attempting an emergency return to Warsaw. In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first black president. Ten years ago: A chartered bus carrying members of a casino club on a Mother’s Day gambling excursion ran off a highway in New Orleans, killing 22 people. Furious Chinese demonstrators hurled rocks and debris into the U.S. Embassy in a second day of protests against NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. Five years ago: A bomb destroyed the VIP section at a stadium during a Victory Day celebration in the Chechen capital of Grozny, killing some two dozen people, including the province’s president, Akhmad Kadyrov. Canada rallied to beat Sweden for the second straight year in the gold-medal game at the world hockey championships, 5-3. Comedian Alan King died in New York at age 76. One year ago: Democrat Barack Obama picked up the backing of nine superdelegates, all but erasing Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing lead. Jury selection began in the Chicago trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly, accused of videotaping himself having sex with a girl as young as 13. (Kelly was later acquitted on all counts.) Journalist-feminist Nuala O’Faolain, who’d gained international fame with her outspoken memoir “Are You Somebody?” in 1966, died in Dublin at age 68. Today’s Birthdays: CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 91. Actress Geraldine McEwan is 77. Actorwriter Alan Bennett is 75. Rock musician Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is 74. Actor Albert Finney is 73. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 73. Actor Anthony Higgins is 62. Singer Billy Joel is 60. Blues singer-musician Bob Margolin is 60. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 59. Actress Alley Mills is 58. Actress Wendy Crewson is 53. Actor John Corbett is 48. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 47. Rapper Ghostface Killah is 39. Country musician Mike Myerson (Heartland) is 38. R&B singer Tamia is 34. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 32. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) is 30. Actress Rosario Dawson is 30. Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb is 30. Actress Rachel Boston is 27. Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder is 25. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 24. Thought for Today: “There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.” — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist and author (1894-1961).
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A hawk and chicks are seen in their nest Thursday, in Austin. During a recent storm the nest was blown down near a dentist’s office.Dr.David J.Tasch and others carried the nest to the roof of the office and secured it and returned the hawk chicks back to the nest. tive orders in domestic violence cases to include four-legged family members. The bill would make it a firstdegree felony punishable by up to a year in jail to threaten, harm or
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AROUND THE WORLD Pakistanis vow to rid area of Taliban
Hong Kong lifts flu quarantine
MARDAN, Pakistan — Pakistan’s army vowed Friday to eliminate militants from a northwestern valley but warned that its under-equipped troops face thousands of Taliban extremists who have seized towns, planted bombs made from pressure cookers, and dragooned children to be suicide bombers.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong lifted a weeklong quarantine Friday of an upscale hotel where Asia’s first swine flu case was traced. Some guests of the Metropark Hotel found it hard to contain their delight as they poured from the glass double doors to waiting buses, divided from waiting reporters by metal barriers. — Compiled from AP reports
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LOCKS OF LOVE
Photo by Rosa Bigler | Special to the Times
Alice Cruz, a kinder student in Diana Ramirez’s class at Zapata North Early Childhood Center, smiles as she shows her long braid, which she donated to Locks of Love, an organization that helps children who have lost their hair to an illness or accident.“I wanted to help kids that are sick,” young Cruz said.
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Villarreal Elementary recently honored its Students of the Week. Shown bottom row, left to right, are Ixel Treviño, Sunny Rodriguez, Elizabeth Kimble and Bryan Sanchez; middle row, left to right, Pedro Gonzalez, Samantha Molina, Emily Saucedo, Victoria Martinez, Rene Garcia, Daniel Hernandez and Bethany Ruiz; and top row, left to right, Cristian Alvarado, Gisselle De la Rosa, Lesly Buruato, Baldomero Rivera,Yulissa Carmona and Angelica Martinez.
Mother’s Day is a special time of the year BY DORA MARTINEZ
The month of May brings us the wonderful opportunity to celebrate the unique occasion called Mother’s Day. It is the time to pay tribute to that one person who made it possible for you to see the light of the world. If she’s still with you, give her a hug along with a kiss and a card that should read, “you are the most amazing person to me and the most wonderful human being on this Earth.” At least, that’s what I’m going to do. In the United States, Mother’s Day started about a century-and-a-half ago due to the efforts of the American social activist Julia Ward Howe and Appalachian
homemaker Ana Reeves Jarvis. A special day set aside to honor mother was a dream shared by both these women. But their idea was vastly different from how we celebrate it today. It was Jarvis’ daughter, Anna Jarvis, who finally succeeded in introducing Mother’s Day in the modern sense. Statistics show that in the United States, Mother’s Day continues to be one of the most commercially successful occasions. According to the National Restaurant Association, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year to dine out. On Mother’s Day, telephone lines record the highest traffic, according to the
IBIS World, a publisher of business research. Other figures show Americans spend about $2.6 billion on flowers, $1.53 billion on gifts and another $68 million in greeting cards. But the commercial aspect is just one part of this special day. The most important is sharing time with your mother. To all our friends and their mothers, have a very happy Mother’s Day 2009! And here’s a special message of good wishes to my mother, Julieta Guerra Martinez, who is 90 and quite well. (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)
THE BLOTTER PUBLIC INTOXICATION Deputies on May 1 arrested Jose De Jesus Alonzo-Perez, who lives near the corner of 23rd and Del Mar, on a charge of public intoxication at about 2:30 a.m.near the corner of 22nd and Glenn. Deputies arrested Baldemar Gonzalez Jr., who lives near the corner of 7th and Bravo, at about 10 a.m. Sunday near the corner of 7th and Miraflores Ave.
BURGLARY OFAVEHICLE Deputies received a complaint May 2 that someone broke into a vehicle in the 2000 block of Carla Street and stole two handguns. Deputies received a com-
plaint May 2 that someone broke into a vehicle in the parking lot of a church near the corner of 16th and Hidalgo and stole two items.
THEFT OFA MOTOR VEHICLE Deputies on May 2 received a report that someone stole a vehicle from the 200 block of Ladera. Deputies received a report of a 4-door Chevy stolen early Sunday morning near the corner of U.S. 83 and Tepozan. Deputies received a report of a stolen truck stolen from the 5400 block of Weslaco Lane Sunday.
ASSAULT Deputies at about 10:40 p.m. May 2 arrested David Orta, of the
5300 block of Cuellar Lane, on charges of resisting arrest and assault of a public servant. Deputies at about midnight Sunday arrested Israel Florentino Herrera, of the 2300 block of County Road, on an assault charge. Deputies at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday arrested Osiel Sanchez, of the 400 block of Bandera Street, on an assault charge.
BURGLARY Deputies received a report Sunday that someone broke into the Exterran Office on PF 496. Deputies received a report Monday that a residence was burglarized in the 1600 block of Roma Street.
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It’s a new day for energy W
e’re hardly the first to notice, but what a difference a year does make for the energy industry. When the Offshore Technology Conference convened here in May 2008, crude was north of $100 per barrel and the industry was on such a roll that its perennial critics were muttering about bringing back the windfall profits tax. Today, crude languishes in the $50 range and most of the talk in the oil patch is of hunkering down and surviving — praying for oil at $60-$70 and hoping it stays there for awhile. In the silver-lining department: At least the slide in oil prices has quieted discussion of reviving the windfall profits tax. As it usually does, the marketplace has taken care of windfall profits for the present, thank you. Something else is different a year later, too: George W. Bush is gone. There’s an Obama administration in the White House with the ambitious, idealistic goal of bringing this country to energy independence within the next decade. There are also Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress eager to carry out those marching orders from the new president and battalions of American voters. This all makes OTC 2009 noteworthy for several reasons, starting with the atmosphere of uncertainty overhanging this year’s tribal gathering. Strong attendance in the face of tight balance sheets speaks volumes about OTC’s value for a segment of the industry fraught with risks — but where much of the opportunity for finding critical new reserves lies. Industry leaders are on point in using their OTC platform to continue pressing Washington to open up unexplored areas offshore where, according to Interior Department studies, there may be as much as 86 billion barrels of oil and more than 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. These resources will be needed to reduce dependence on foreign supplies coming from politically volatile areas, as well as forming a sturdy bridge to energy independence and eventual reliance on renewable energy sources. But the 2009 conference agenda also reveals an industry mind-set very much in touch with the new political reality in Obama’s Washington. Dealing with global warming will almost certainly be part of business as usual for the energy industry. Congress has made up its mind that there will be a price put on carbon dioxide, most likely via a capand-trade system. The question on most OTC attendees’ minds has been how best to work within the new rules of the game. Let’s not forget all that new technology on display — OTC’s raison d’etre. It is, as always, a wonder to behold. Take, for example, Royal Dutch Shell’s Perdido, a floating oil and gas platform in 8,000 feet of water in the Gulf. This kind of showcase project makes a point too often lost on industry critics who prefer to deal in stereotypes: The business of finding oil is more than putting a pipe in the ground, selling it and pumping the dollars into a bank account. The quest for new reserves frequently takes the exploration and drilling companies to some of Earth’s most challenging environments and pushes technology to the limits. Things go wrong. Huge investments are lost. That’s the part of the energy story that rarely makes the politicians’ sound bites.
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Give the gift that keeps on giving BySALO OTERO SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
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ive a gift that will last. How about the South Texas Food Bank’s Adopt-A-Family program? A handful of Laredoans have put a new twist on remembering a deceased person. Instead of buying flowers and sending them to the funeral home, at least five Laredoans decided to adopt a family in memory of the departed. Such was the situation when Joe I. Maldonado (services at St. Patrick Catholic Church) and Mandy Fuentes (services at Assembly of God Church) died recently. The South Texas Food Bank received money to adopt four families in the name of Maldonado and one family in the
name of Fuentes. The way Adopt-A-Family works is that with an annual donation of $120, a family will receive a bag full of groceries per month. The bag includes basics such as rice, beans, cooking oil, canned vegetables, canned fruit, juice, pasta bread and hygiene pack. Future bags will have pancake mix, peanut butter and mashed potato mix. Also, when available, the bags may include avocados, tortillas, deer meat, ham, chicken, jalapeños and chili. Families in the program must meet federal poverty guidelines to qualify. And that’s not difficult in Laredo, since 33 percent of Webb County residents live below the poverty line, which is double the state and triple the national average. There are 440 families being
served through Adopt-A-Family, but there is a waiting list of 814. One of the donors who opted to adopt a family instead of sending flowers noted, “Flowers at funerals are nice and beautiful, but they only last a few days before getting dumped in the trash can. But a $120 donation to the South Texas Food Bank to adopt-a-family lasts at least one whole year. “Besides, most flower arrangements cost in the neighborhood of $100. Like my grandmother would say, ‘don’t bring me flowers after I’m dead. Bring them to me now, so I can smell them, see them and enjoy them’.” A poem loved by Ms. Fuentes was shared at her funeral. One of the verses noted, “Don’t visit cemeteries or fill tombs with flowers / instead fill hearts with love /
In life, Friends, in life.” Cindy Liendo Espinoza, director of the Adopt-A-Family program for the food bank, said, “The Adopt-A-Family recipients are so grateful when they receive their monthly box of food. Most of the recipients have children and some have mentioned that they always make sure their kids eat, even if the adults don’t. “Without this donation, they would have to reduce the size of their meals or they, as parents, would have to go to bed hungry. That $120 donation makes sure this does not happen to your sponsored family.” Adopt-A-Family instead of flowers. Certainly, food for thought. (Salo Otero is director of development for the South Texas Food Bank)
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Give global crisis the flu-like focus By JOHN YOUNG COX NEWSPAPERS
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ACO, Texas — Someone in Texas has died from a scary-sounding flu. Have we closed the state yet? I mean, really. What are those people doing in the streets of Maypearl and the tractors of Hartley County when they could be duct-taping their windows? Really. When has such emotional and informational energy been exerted to less informational benefit? Information: There is influenza in the world. Flus cannot be contained by borders. People travel. They breathe and use their hands as instruments. Advisory: Wash hands. Continue to breathe. I don’t meant to dismiss a real public health concern. But, really: Are we so aching for a global crisis that we’ll take a cough and make it whooping cough? If you’re aching for a global crisis, here are two stories that fit the term. Really. — A 270-square-mile section of ice — about the size of New York City — broke off from the
Antarctic ice shield last month. Well, it’s just ice. It has nothing to do with people. But, wait ... — Drought-stricken India has been rocked by a grisly and climbing toll: deep-in-debt farmers committing suicide. First reported by The New York Times three years ago, the toll has reached the thousands. The story behind that story, believe it or not, is ice. Really. Himalayan glaciers are the key source of India’s irrigation and drinking water. Those glaciers are shrinking in a steady and scary fashion. I know that some readers are poised to attach “hoax” to the assertion that man’s pollution is the key variable in this true global crisis. They sound absolutely certain. They might be able to cite a scientist who doubts the claim. Finding one doubter is good enough for them, for two doubters make a movement. Congress, fortunately, and now with the prodding of a dead-serious president, finally appears on the verge of putting this country back in the leadership role on global climate change that it has
punted away. Real actions to curb carbon emissions are needed sooner, not later. Dr. Rajendra Pachuari, who chairs the International Panel on Climate Change, said if the United States doesn’t set the pace with its own substantive reductions before 2012, “that will be too late.” Pachuari — sounds like one of those exotic, hate-America nags we must endure on the BBC. Actually, he’s a George W. Bush appointee. On the table right now in Congress is legislation that is downright ambitious. We’ll see to what extent money and industrial interests sap Congress of its will. What climate-change groups are urging, and what is possible in this Congress, is a cap-andtrade system under which industries would be required to buy permits for carbon emissions. That means they can decide for themselves whether it is cheaper to pollute or to spend the money to reduce pollution. Under the measure supported by climate-change groups, cumulative carbon emissions nationwide would be cut between 25 percent and 40 percent through 2012.
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This would be in tune with targets adopted by international climate negotiators in 2007. Critics call this a back-door carbon tax. Call it whatever you wish. You see, when you put a cost on pollution, you give someone an incentive not to do it. This country needs to face two realities: (1) the health ramifications of overdependence on fossil fuels, of which global warming is just one consideration; (2) the increasing scarcity of such fuels and the need to make alternatives cost-effective. You may believe global warming to be a hoax, but let’s all acknowledge that when we address carbon emissions, we address all of the above issues, to our benefit. These concerns make something as fleeting as a flu outbreak almost laughably inconsequential. Maybe if we gave climate change an exotic, infectioussounding name, it would draw attention. Dodo influenza. How does that sound? It could work. The difference is that global warming doesn’t just affect those who don’t wash their hands.
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Mothers to many Senties spotlights Latina writers By KIRSTEN CROW LAREDO MORNING TIMES
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Santos and Gloria Salzar interact and have a good time at the Lutheran Adoption Agency.
Foster parents fill their hearts, houses with children By TARYN WHITE LAREDO MORNING TIMES
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orcing a woman to wear many hats, motherhood entails being a chauffeur, a chef, a doctor, a counselor, a friend and much more. It is said that a mother’s love knows no boundaries, and in the cases of Maria R. Davalos, Kimberly Martinez and Gloria Salazar this couldn’t be closer to the truth. All three women live for their children. But Davalos, Martinez and Salazar are not mothers in the conventional sense: They are all foster parents, each having learned first-hand that there is no difference in a mother’s love, whether she gave birth to her child or her child was “chosen.”
Maria R. Davalos Maria Davalos has been a foster mother for three years,
which in foster mother terms makes her a new mother. Davalos’ had already raised three boys before deciding to become a foster parent. Davalos said that after her boys had grown up and left home, she felt there was something missing from her life. She found herself swimming in her free time and wanting to help. That’s when she thought seriously about becoming a foster parent. “Everyone in my life was so positive about my decision,” Davalos said. “I honestly don’t know why I didn’t do it before.” Davalos is fostering three boys, who she says are her reason to get up in the morning. “Doing things like taking them to the park and taking them to school keeps me going,” she said. According to Davalos, loving her foster children is just as easy as it was for her to love her biological children.
“We are a big family and when we get together, there is no difference between my foster kids and their cousins,” Davalos said. “We all love spending time together and they feel like they are part of the family.” But foster mothers, unlike other mothers, know they will have to eventually be separated from their children. Davalos said the hardest part of the process is letting go. Although Davalos is always reminded that she will again have to let go of the children she cares for, she said that the benefit of spending time, talking to and loving her foster children far outweighs the inevitable pain of separation.
Kimberly Martinez Martinez may easily be one of the hardest-working
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Local artist and author Raquel Valle Senties has spent more than a decade creating her own versions of the portraits of noteworthy Latina writers. “I started doing these portraits, I think, in the early ‘90s,” Senties said. “I thought these women deserved to be acknowledged for all they’ve been doing. I don’t think anyone has done a series of paintings for Chicana writers. I think they’re these excellent, wonderful women doing these things and getting our name out there.” She wishes, though, that she had already painted one that’s been on her list: the late Gloria Anzaldua, a Latina author and feminist, whose memory will be honored at an upcoming conference, “El Mundo Zurdo,” to be held at the University of Texas in San Antonio. That still didn’t stop the organizers of “El Mundo Zurdo” from selecting one of Senties’ works from about 100 entered to be displayed during the landmark event. They selected a portrait of Norma Cantu, a UTSA professor and Latina writer who once called Laredo home, which renders her in the brilliant colors of goldenrod, cobalt and a few vivid shots of scarlet. It’s standard for these portraits, Senties said. “I use oil paints, and I use a lot of bright colors in my paintings,” she said. “People know my paintings when they see them ... my paintings are more impressionistic than realistic.” Currently, there are eight women included in the se-
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A portrait of Norma Cantu by Raquel Valle Senties.The painting was selected to be displayed at a conference honoring Gloria Anzaldua called “El Mundo Zurdo.” ries — Cantu, Carmen Tafolla, Sandra Cisneros, Denise Chavez, Cherrie Moraga, Ana Castillo, Montserrat Fontes and Senties herself — but there are more to come, said the artist. “I keep adding to it, so there’s no telling how many I’m going to do,” Sen-
ties said. For more information about the conference, to be held at UTSA from May 17 through 18, visit www.utsa.edu. (Kirsten Crow may be reached at 728-2543 or by email at kirsten@lmtonline.com)
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Soldier set to return from tour in Iraq SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
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Jose and Kimberly Martinez, Maria R. Davalos, and Santos and Gloria Salazar.
Army Reserve Sgt. Shanina M. Brinkman is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to the Iraqi Theater of Operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.
MOTHERS | Continued from Page 1A mothers around. As a mother to 12 foster and adopted children, Martinez’s hectic day is filled with cooking meals, chauffeuring kids and more laundry than most people do in a month. Along with her husband, Jose, Kimberly Martinez has adopted most of the kids she fostered. “We went into this knowing that we wanted to adopt,” Martinez said. She decided to be a foster mother after she lost her 5year-old daughter to cystic fibrosis. “We had a huge house with seven bedrooms; we had a lot to offer,” Martinez said. Now, with her life fully engulfed in the lives of her children, Martinez said she feels like she gets more out of taking care of her children than they get by being taken care of. “When you go upstairs and get the kids ready for bed and hear all the ‘I love yous’ — with that much love, all the bad just goes away,” Martinez said. Martinez said if all of her children were biological, there would be no difference in the way she loves them. “Being a parent every day is hard, that doesn’t change,” she said. Now a large, close-knit family, Martinez said she swells with pride when she thinks of what her family has become.
Gloria Salazar Gloria Salazar has always loved children; in fact it was her love for children that caught the eye of her husband, Santos, who would
Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq’s economic and governmental infrastructure, and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq’s sovereignty and independence as a democracy. The sergeant, a fabric repair specialist with nine years of military service, is assigned to the 275th Quarter Master Company, Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Va. She is the daughter of James C. Trisler and the stepdaughter of Loretta Trisler of Zapata. Brinkman is a 1990 graduate of Medina High School, Texas.
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Maria R. Davalos looks over a photo of her adopted children at the Lutheran Adoption Agency. sneak peeks of her tutoring young children when they were younger. Now, after 25 years of being foster parents, Gloria and Santos have raised nurses, teachers and city employees. Gloria talks proudly about what her children have accomplished as only a mother can. “I am glad to help these children, and I will continue to do it until the Lord tells me to stop,” Gloria Salazar said. Although Gloria has seen many foster children come and go through the years, she said each goodbye is just as hard as the last.
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But for Gloria, who stays in contact with all of her children, each goodbye is bittersweet. She said she is confident that each child she takes care of will go on to live a great life. “I go to church and pray for them all,” Salazar said. Salazar added that she is proud of all of her children, both foster and biological. For information on becoming a foster parent, call Lutheran Social Services at 791-4909. (Taryn White may be reached at 728-2568 or twhite@lmtonline.com) Carmen Ramirez - Rathmell, D.D.S.
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DEAR MISS MANNERS — Now that people are encouraged to turn off their cell phones in restaurants and movie theaters, the custom is to communicate with text messages. I have a friend who I get together with only about four times a year because of our busy schedules. We get together for dinner and shopping or for a few days at the beach. I look forward to catching up with my friend, and I assume that my friend will give me her full time and attention. Unfortunately, thanks to text messaging, this is no longer the case. Last summer, when we were at the beach having dinner, my friend was preoccupied with her phone. She stared at it constantly. She sent and returned emails even while at the beach. She liked a new guy and was hoping to hear from him, so she was always checking her phone, even while chatting with me. The same thing happened when we were at the movies a few months ago. My friend was texting another friend about our activities. I want to say something to my friend so that she realizes her behavior makes me feel ignored, but I don’t know what to say. Everyone except me seems
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to be obsessed with their cell phones these days. Could you please advise me on the correct manners for the use of cell phones and text messaging, and could you also help me deal with my cell phone-obsessed friend? GENTLE READER — Here we go again. Every time there is a new toy, people imagine that it is not covered by existing etiquette rules and therefore they feel free to use it to annoy other people. So it was with cellular telephones. And, as you point out, people still need to be reminded not to use their telephones to violate the old rules against disturbing others with noise and ignoring people who have a claim on their attention. Well, guess what? Texting also comes under the latter rule. Nobody sympathizes more than Miss Manners with the tedium of having to make this point to people who aren’t paying attention. You could patiently explain that the idea of those jaunts is to get away from your ordinary demands so that you can enjoy each other’s company undisturbed. You could pro-
pose specific times for checking in with others so that you can also have time together free of virtual visiting with others. But if she looks at you vaguely while keeping her fingers on her telephone keyboard, Miss Manners suggests that you rethink this year’s beach outing. It cannot be entertaining for you to be with someone who isn’t really there. DEAR MISS MANNERS — After I have attended a wedding as a guest of the bride, I write a simple, informal thank you note to the parents (hosts), mentioning the lovely day, pretty bride, thanking them for including me in their special event, etc. At a recent luncheon with several friends, this came up (can’t remember why or how), and everyone (including the recipient of one of my notes) agreed that I was acting in an affected manner by doing this. Am I? GENTLE READER — Did you thank your friends for their kind concern? While it is not obligatory to send written thanks after attending a wedding — because it is not a form of pure entertainment, but a ceremony — Miss Manners would never call it affected. Those who do betray their eagerness to dumb down behavior to their own level.
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In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Chris Pine, left, Karl Urban, second left,Zachary Quinto, foreground and John Cho are shown in a scene from, "Star Trek."
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“Mr. Pinky,” pictured here being shown at the Cinco de Mayo Car Show in Austin in 2007, is just one of these candy-colored beauties that will be on display at the Brown Impressions Puro Lowrider Show. The car is owned by Darrell Goldsberry, of Zapata.
Brown Impressions readies for ‘low’ show SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Brown Impressions Puro Lowrider Car Show, complete with the best lowriders in South Texas, a dancing and zoot suit contest, and live music, is set to
drop on June 7. To be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Laredo Civic Center, 2400 San Bernardo Ave., the show will be covered by none other than Lowrider Magazine, considered the authority of lowriders and
what some term as the culture of “low life.” General admission is $7 at the door, and children 10 and younger get in free. To purchase presale tickets for $5, visit La Parrilla Restaurant, 2202 E. Saunders St.
Mother’s Day treat at LCC SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Looking for a special Mother’s Day gift? Don’t fret. Instead, make a date with mom to attend the 19th annual Mother’s Day Concert today at Laredo Community College. The concert begins at 3 p.m. in the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center Theater on the Fort McIntosh Campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The concert will feature a romantic serenade by the LCC
Spanish Traditional Group and the Mariachi Palomino. “It’s a gift of music and dance that mom is sure to treasure forever,” Ruben Vargas, director of the traditional group and event organizer, explained. Vargas’ group of singers and guitarists will perform a selection of cherished songs in honor of mom, including “Mañanitas de Los Dandys,” “Mamá,” “Madre Bendita Seas” and “Madrecita.” The ensemble also will play “El Andariego,” “Historia de un Amor,” “Déjame Vivir,” “Si
Quieres,” “El Mil Amores,” “Alma Llanera” and “El Milagro de tus Ojos.” LCC’s mariachi ensemble, also directed by Vargas, will perform the traditional Las Mañanitas, Hermoso Cariño, El Gavilancillo, Siempre Hace Frío, Estos Celos and La Reina es el Rey. In addition to honoring mothers with a tribute of songs dedicated especially for them, the college will offer the first 100 moms who arrive to the theater a carnation in honor of this special day.
New ‘Star Trek’ flick is bold, but with some trouble By CHRISTY LEMIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — J.J. Abrams’ hugely anticipated summer extravaganza “Star Trek” boldly goes to the past within the distant future of the “Trek” universe, years ahead of the TV series and the myriad movies and spin-offs it spawned. And in doing so, he and his longtime collaborators, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, change everything you know — or obsess about, if you’re into this kind of thing — about the kitschy pop-culture phenomenon. It’s a daring and exciting approach that’s sure to tickle and provoke purists, while at the same time probably cause neophytes to feel a bit lost. A major plot twist pops up — which includes the arrival of Leonard Nimoy — about halfway through the film, a twist that doesn’t exactly work and from which the film never completely recovers. Having said that, Abrams clearly aimed to appeal to the broadest possible audience with this dazzling visual spectacle while also leaving plenty of Easter eggs for the hardcore fans to find. If there’s any social or political subtext, as in the original series, it’s difficult to determine; this “Star Trek” seems solely made to entertain. It’s an absolutely gorgeous film with impeccable production design — the lighting is wondrous, almost heavenly — and lovely, tiny details frequently emerge from within the larger, grander images. Abrams certainly puts on a good show — between television’s “Lost” and the 2006 “Mission: Impossible” sequel he directed, there’s no question the man knows how to stage an action sequence, and the opening gets things off to a thrilling start. He efficiently and satisfyingly presents the back stories of the men who will become Capt. James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and the half-Vulcan, half-
human Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and puts them on a collision course with each other, which ups the excitement level early. Kirk and Spock, you see, weren’t always pals — at least not in this revisionist history. This “Star Trek” pits them as opposites and adversaries until they must reluctantly learn to function side by side for the greater good. Kirk was a brilliant young hotshot causing trouble in rural Iowa, talented beyond his years but self-destructive nonetheless; Spock was a brilliant young math whiz whose mixed ethnic heritage made him the target of Vulcan bullies who were just as geeky as he was. Pine gets the womanizing and the ego of Kirk, but in a younger state there’s also a likable boyish enthusiasm about him; Quinto, meanwhile, plays Spock as a little more tentative and less Zen-like. But maybe that sense of inner peace comes in time. All that informs their interaction once they join the Starfleet Academy and ultimately climb aboard the shiny U.S.S. Enterprise — which looks familiar but has been significantly updated from 40 years ago. Among them are the usual cast of supporting characters: Communications Officer Uhura (the graceful Zoe Saldana, who gets more to do than Nichelle Nicholls ever did on TV); over-the-top Medical Officer Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Karl Urban, who gets to growl familiar lines like: “Dammit, man! I’m a doctor, not a physicist!”); Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (Simon Pegg in a lively bit of casting); reliable Helmsman Sulu (John Cho, showing he can do much more than comedy) and 17-year-old supergenius Chekov (Anton Yelchin, doing an intentionally cartoony Russian accent as an homage, even though he really is Russian). “Star Trek,” a Paramount Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence and brief sexual content. It is playing at Cinemark Mall Del Norte and Hollywood Theaters.
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LAREDO — Hoy es e primer Torneo de Golf por el Día de Las Madres organizado por los Departamentos de Arte y Drama de United South High School en el Campo de Golf Casa Blanca. El torneo es una mezcla de 3 (handicapped). La cuota es de 85 dólares por jugador. Si tiene dudas puede llamar a los teléfonos 206-5801 y 206-9488. LAREDO — El equipo de béisbol Dustdevils de Texas A&M International University recibe a St. Mary’s University a las 12 p.m. en las canchas universitarias. La entrada general tiene costo de 5 dólares; y 3 dólares para estudiantes. Es libre para cualquiera con identificación de TAMIU. Más información llamando al 326-02891. LAREDO — Texas A&M International University presenta su primer Festival Internacional de Cine Annette Olsen-Fazi en el Student Center Theater, aula SC 236,de forma gratuita y abiertos al público en general. La serie continúa hoy con Les Choristes (Coristas, Francia) a las 6 p.m. LAREDO — Pase la tarde en el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de Texas A&M International Universityy explore “Seven Wonders” a las 6 p.m., seguido de “One World, One Sky Big Bird’s Adventure” 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. En sábado obtenga un 50% de descuento cuando compre un boleto para un segundo espectáculo. SAN ANTONIO — Hoy es el Concierto de Música Clásica Trío Buquet organizado por el Instituto Cultural de México con motivo del Día de las Madres. El concierto es a las 7 p.m. con donación de 10 dólares. El instituto se ubica en el 600 Hemisfair Park en San Antonio.
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LAREDO — Texas A&M International University presenta su primer Festival Internacional de Cine Annette Olsen-Fazi en el Student Center Theater, aula SC 236,de forma gratuita y abiertos al público en general. La serie continúa hoy con Ranch Stories (Encinal) a las 6 p.m. y Soñar no cuesta nada (Colombia) a las 6:15 p.m.
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LAREDO — Habrá un torneo de voleibol de secundaria el sábado 16 de mayo. Habrá dos divisiones: una de estudiantes del sexto grado y otra de mezla de estudiantes del séptimo y octavo grado. La cuota es de 10 dólares por jugador con límite de nueve jugadores. La fecha límite de inscripción es el martes 12 de mayo.Más información llamando a la entrenadora Irma de la Cruz en el 324-9280 ó escribiendo a divadelacruz@gmail.com LAREDO — Chick-fil-Apresenta el Laredo Life Run hoy. Es una caminata de 5k y carrera de 10k en beneficio del Laredo Life Center, un centro de recursos durante el embarazo ofreciendo examenes gratuitos de embarazo y ayuda a jóvenes madres y sus familias.El registro es a las 8 a.m.y el evento inicia a las 9 a.m. en el campus de TAMIU. Se proveerá agua y alimentos sanos, así como una camiseta para los participantes. Al concluir el evento la banda de oración Sovereign ofrecerá un concierto.
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LAREDO — El programa de fútbol de Alexander High School tendrá su Banquete de Agradecimiento anual hoy en la Cafetería de AHS a las 6:30 p.m. La donación por persona es de 10 dólares. Llame al Entrenador Joel Lopez al 473-5857.
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LAREDO — El cuarto torneo anual de secundaria 7-sobre-7 de Cigarroa High se realizará hoy. La cuota es de 75 dólares por equipo, con trofeos para los tres mejores equipso y camisetas para el equipo AllTourney y para el equipo campeón. El torneo está abierto para los estudiantes del sexto al octavo grado. Más información llamando a Jorge Romo en el 337-0123.
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SÁBADO 9 DE MAYO DE 2009
Estado reporta normalidad sanitaria ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
CD. VICTORIA, México — Con el inicio de clases para los niveles de educación media superior y superior desde el jueves, Tamaulipas entró en una fase de normalidad sanitaria al disminuir en gran medida los casos sospechosos de influenza A (H1N1), conservando las medidas preventivas y de higiene para proteger a la población. Durante una Sesión General de Salud celebrada a media semana, el Secretario de Salud Juan Guillermo Manzur Arzola expuso diagnósticos y
avances del Plan Estatal de Respuesta ante el brote de Influenza en la entidad. Durante el evento el Consejo General de Salud informó que a la fecha se tiene un total de 232 casos sospechosos acumulados, de ellos 223 resultaron negativos y nueve se encuentran hospitalizados. Igualmente se determinaron los lineamientos que se pondrán en marcha en los centros de reunión, restaurantes, transporte colectivo y cines, entre otros lugares, en donde s establecerán diversas medidas sanitarias y de higiene, para proteger la
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salud de quienes acudan a estos sitios. Por su parte, el Secretario de Educación José Manuel Assad Montelongo dio a conocer los avances de la Jornada Estatal de Limpieza, que está casi a un 100 por ciento en los planteles de educación media superior y superior y en un 80 por
ciento en las escuelas secundarias, primarias, preescolar y guarderías. Como parte de esta estrategia se han entregado 22 mil 350 guías y 32 mil manuales para los maestros, además de cinco mil 811 carteles que se distribuirán en todos los centros educativos, para dar a conocer las medidas preventivas. “El Gobierno del Estado reconoce el trabajo de los maestros, ya que es muy importante dar confianza a los padres de familia para que envíen a sus hijos el próximo lunes (11 de mayo) a clases”, dijo Assad Montelongo.
Durante la reunión de este Consejo se informó que el Gobierno del Estado trabaja en el tema de apoyo al sector privado, sobre todo del ramo turístico, que resultó afectado en el país y en Tamaulipas a raíz de esta contingencia. Se están analizando opciones para apoyar a estos negocios y que sigan adelante dando empleo y servicio, se dijo, de lo que ya hay una propuesta del Secretario de Hacienda y se estudia la parte que corresponde al Estado porque el objetivo es ayudar a este sector, esperando pronto dar a conocer los resultados.
Promocionan competencia en kayak y canoa Por MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
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Kristal García estudia para ser licenciada en enfermería a través de un programa diurno en el Laredo Community College. A partir del otoño, LCC ofrecerá por primera vez un curso nocturno para estudiantes que busquen una carrera en enfemería.
LCC ofrecerá programa nocturno de enfermería Por STEVE TREVIÑO ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
LAREDO — Los estudiantes interesados en una carrera de enfermero(a) registrado(a) ahora pueden lograr sus metas de día o de noche. Lo anterior gracias a una nueva vía de clases que se ofrecerá por la noche de parte del Programa de Licenciatura en Enfermería (Associate Degree Nursing) del Laredo Community College (LCC por sus siglas en inglés). El colegio está en la búsqueda de candidatos al programa. “Esta vía nocturna ofrecerá la misma instrucción y experiencias de aprendizaje que se imparten durante el
programa de día”, dijo Ana Click, instructora de enfermería. “La única diferencia es que estos estudiantes se reunirán en las noches”. Las clases se impartirán de lunes a jueves en horario de 5 p.m. a 8 p.m. y 12 horas de actividades clínicas en alguna instalación médica en viernes ó sábado. “En el caso de las actividades clínicas, los estudiantes pueden completar el requisito de 12 horas cada semana en un día o dos días,” dijo Click. Igualmente enfatizó que la nueva vía nocturna ofrecerá opciones para los estudiantes y el prorgama aumentará el número de egresados de enfermería para ayudar con el escasez
de enfermeros que existen a nivel nacional. “Debido a los problemas con la economía, este nuevo programa permitirá a una persona que trabaje durante el día que estudie para ser un(a) enfermero(a) registrado(a) en la noche”, dijo Click. Para obtener más información acerca de la admisión en el programa de enfermería, personas pueden visitar la página w e b www.laredo.edu/healthsciences ó llame a la oficina del programa de enfermería al 721-5252. (Steve Treviño Jr. es Especialista en Información Pública para el Laredo Community College)
NUEVO LAREDO — Bajo el lema “Dos Naciones y una Región” se invitó a deportistas locales a ser parte de la competencia internacional de kayak y canoa. El presidente del Comité Ejecutivo del Laredos RioFest 2009 Bob Zachariah en conferencia de prensa convocada por la oficina de turismo local dijo que se trabaja en la promoción de ambas ciudades. “Esperamos como 500 remeros o más”, dijo. La competencia es el 16 y 17 de octubre. El Director de Turismo Rogelio Armenta García, y vice-presidente organizador, valoró el esfuerzo de promover la frontera común y el turismo deportivo en dos días de fiesta. “Estamos motivados para dar todo a fin de que en los próximos tiempos se continué desarrollando este evento”, dijo Armenta. “Nuestras ciudades están trabajando unidas en diferentes rubros para mejorar su economía, su relación hermanada y ser una región de excelencia”. La competencia se cubrirá en dos tramos del cauce del Río Bravo. La primera fase del recorrido será de 52 kilómetros que arrancará desde el Puente Colombia hasta el Puente del Comercio Mundial y el segundo tramo será de 25 kilómetros, partiendo del Puente del Comercio Mundial a la meta en el Puente Juárez-Lincoln. La cuota de participación es de 25 dólares por persona y la bolsa de premios asciende a 25.000 dólares en las diferentes categorías y ramas. Se admitirán inscripciones individual ó en parejas y en equipos hasta de cuatro competidores.
El Director Municipal del Deporte Juan José Zárate Quezada señaló que previo al evento habrá una fase de entrenamiento en el laguito artificial para las personas que deseen prepararse para la competencia. El Subdirector Municipal de Turismo Raúl Llamas dijo que además del evento deportivo se activará la afluencia turística adicionando un programa cultural y promocionando las tradiciones de ambos países. “Habrá el Festival del Tequila, un concurso de gastronomía y la ejecución de programas de salud en beneficio de las comunidades en la Plaza Juárez”, dijo Llamas. El viernes 16 de octubre se tendrá la participación del grupo de danza Mextli, el ballet de ExTec y un mariachi a las 6 p.m. en el Cortijo La Herradura. El Conjunto Típico Tamaulipeco estará en la Explanada de la Plaza Hidalgo a las 4 p.m. el sábado 17 de octubre. En el Parque Morelos se tendrá la exhibición Luz y Sonido El Tajín a las 8 p.m. del sábado 17 de octubre. La competencia gastronómica será con chefs de Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Monterrey, Guadalajara y de la Ciudad de México, con invitado especial el Chef Oropeza en la Plaza Hidalgo. En tanto, en el Cortijo La Herradura se les ofrecerá una cena de bienvenida a los competidores. “Tenemos el interés de destacar a los Laredos”, dijo Llamas. “Podemos aprovechar la naturaleza y la atracción internacional de que gozamos”. (Puede localizar a Miguel Timoshenkov llamando al (956) 728-2583 o escribiendo a timo1@lmtonline.com)
Discutirán libro Empresas invertirán en NL ‘Never Let Me Go’ Por MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
Por STEVE HARMON ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
LAREDO — El Capítulo Phi Delta Kappa de Texas A&M International University y la Biblioteca Sue and Radcliffe Killam están motivando a todos a unirse a su segunda plática conjunta de un libro en el mes de mayo. El libro a ser discutido es ‘Never Let Me Go’, una novela de Kazuo Ishiguro. El programa seguirá el mismo formato de una reunión de club de libros, y está abierta a cualquiera que desee participar. Se realizará en el Great Room de la Biblioteca Killam, ubicado en el tercer piso, lado oeste, a partir de las 5:30 p.m. el miércoles 20 de mayo. Del autor de ‘Remains of the Day’, esta novela elegantemente elaborada está dramáticamente puesta en una escuela idílica inglesa envuelta en secretos y engaños. Estudiantes de Hailsham School saben que son especiales y que están destinados a hacer algo maravilloso con sus vidas,
pero qué es exactamente eso, nadie de ellos lo sabe. El lector empieza a aprender, a través de la remembranza del narrador, el verdadero significado de la educación Hailsham, y el propósito de los niños. Ishiguro presenta varios temas para que el lector considere después que la novela ha concluido. La discusión del libro será facilitada por Malynda Dalton, bibliotecaria de servicio de acceso de la Biblioteca Killam. Copias del libro se encuentran disponibles actualmente en la Biblioteca Pública de Laredo y la Biblioteca del Campus del Sur del Laredo Community College. Copias adicionales se encuentran actualmente en una orden rápida en la Biblioteca Killam para que estén disponibles cuanto antes. Para información adicional puede llamar a Rodney Webb, director de la Biblioteca Killam en el 326-2400, ó a John Maxstadt, encargado de servicios públicos de la Bibllioteca en el 326-2116.
NUEVO LAREDO — En esta frontera mexicana se generan indicadores de confianza para invertir y crear 600 nuevos empleos para los meses próximos. No intimida a inversionistas la situación económica y desafíos que se viven, dijo Antonio Chapa, Secretario de Desarrollo Económico y el empleo. El optimismo de Chapa, se basa en el compromiso de empresarios como la próxima apertura de una tienda de comestibles Chedraui, cuya ubicación se localiza al oeste de la ciudad. “La empresa de construcción del Grupo Mecasa Plus abrirá fábricas de concreto y bloques”, dijo Chapa. “También los inversionistas de IQ Electrónicos ha elegido a esta ciudad para sus operaciones”. A este punto Jorge Viñals Ortiz de la Pena, Presidente de CODEIN, dijo que la Región Laredos brinda las mejores oportunidades del futuro. “Así iremos captando mayores inversiones para el futuro de la comunidad”, indicó Viñals. “Iremos a promover a los diferentes foros como Región Laredos”. El jefe de gobierno Ramón Garza Barrios, dio valor al interés que empresarios mexicanos y extranjeros ven en la frontera. Dijo que el gobierno municipal y estatal siguen motivando con beneficios a los empresarios. Dijo que los inversionistas mexicanos como Ricardo Salmón Valdez, director de
Desarrollo Inmobiliario del Grupo Chedraui y Enrique Luna Cubillas, del jurídico de la empresa han considerado después de un estudio de mercadotecnia que el oeste de la ciudad será un importante punto de consumo. “Ellos han oficializado la inversión de 50 millones de dólares para construir un nuevo espacio” dijo Garza Barrios. “La nueva tienda se podría localizar en las calles Lincoln/Perú y Francisco Munguía. Chapa Garza dijo que en esta inversión podrán asegurarse unos 300 empleos. Otra inversión que se prevee en Nuevo Laredo es de “Riba Foods” una empresa de Houston que se dedica a la elaboración y enlatado de salsas. Ellos están buscando espacios para cultivar sus propios productos y al momento se encuentran negociado la compra de un terreno de 38 hectáreas. “(Riba Foods) ve un gran futuro instalarse en Nuevo Laredo, muy próximos a la frontera estadounidense”, dijo Chapa Garza. “Creo que estamos trabajando fuerte, pese a los grandes desafíos que están sobre la comunidad”. Sobre el Grupo Mecasa Plus, inversionistas neoleoneses, explicó que se instalarán en una superficie de 19.8 hectáreas, en un punto del kilometro 16 de la carretera México-Nuevo Laredo. La inversión podría alcanzar los 3 millones de dólares e iniciarían con 50 empleos. (Puede localizar a Miguel Timoshenkov llamando al (956) 728-2583 o escribiendo a timo1@lmtonline.com)
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2009
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OBITUARIES HECTOR I. VILLARREAL
Hector I. Villarreal, 56, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2009, at Laredo Medical Center.
Mr. Villarreal is preceded in death by his father, Encarnacion Villarreal. Mr. Villarreal is survived by his wife, Cipriana Villarreal; sons, Hector Jr. (Jessica) Villarreal, David Villarreal, Cesar Villarreal; daughter, Priscilla (Tommy) Garcia; grandchildren, Jerika Villarreal, Hector Villarreal, III, A.J. Garcia, J.T. Garcia, mother, Isabel M. Villarreal; brothers, Ruben E. Villarreal, Jesus Villarreal; and by numerous nephews, nieces and many friends. Visitation hours were held Thursday, May 7, 2009 from 6 to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home.
MACEDONIO GUZMAN
The funeral procession departed Friday, May 8, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church. Committal services followed at Martinez Cemetery in San Ygnacio. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rosegardenfuneralhome.com Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home, Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral director, 2102 Hwy. 83, Zapata.
Macedonio Guzman, 95, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009 at his residence in Zapata. Mr. Guzman is preceded in
death by his sons, Juan Ramon Guzman, Rogelio Guzman and Calixto Guzman; grandson, Fernando Garza and a granddaughter, Kathia Guzman. Mr. Guzman is survived by his wife, Maria Aurora G. Guzman; sons, Roy (Raquel) Guzman, Macedonio (Angelica) Guzman, Hector Guzman, Jose Emilio (Celia) Guzman; daughters, Alicia Guzman, Adelina (Federico) Garza, Margarita (Jose) Uvalle, Aurora Guzman; and by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces and many friends. Visitation hours were held Tuesday, May 5, 2009 from 6 to 9 p.m. with a
rosary at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. The funeral procession departed Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 9:45 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal services followed at Zapata County Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rosegardenfuneralhome.com Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home, Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral director, 2102 Hwy. 83, Zapata.
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COUNTY Continued from Page 1A The court also is scheduled to vote on: Approval of two 4-way stops at the following street intersections: Glenn Street and 4th Avenue, Senisa Drive and Retama Street. Approval of speed hump at 2nd Street in Flores addition and installation of a caution handicap sign in the same vicinity. Approval of security lights at 505 West 20th Avenue and 1605 Bravo St. in Zapata. Installation of a security light at 2403 Elm Street in Zapata and a speed hump at 1204 Falcon St in Zapata. Approval of streetlights at: between 13th Street and 16th Street, 1407 Villa St. and 1007 Pine Ave. Approval of installation of a speed hump on 7th Street and Texas 16. Approve the Zapata County Criminal Justice Progress Grant Resolution. Approve the administrative plan to start operations at the Martinez Swimming Pool Complex effective June 1. Awarding a bid proposal to install security fence on the completed Flores Park site as per specifications prepared by Negrete and Kolar Architects. To use the Zapata County Community Center for Operation Lone Star the first week of August as a host site. Consider and/or assign cleaning area located in the community center, Texas State Department of Health, Recycling Department, Animal Control, North Wing of Comm Center, South Wing of Comm Center to responsible parties. Consider or approve professional services with Garcia and Wright Consulting Engineers Inc. for Solid Waste Planning Feasibility Study not to exceed $20,000. To change and approve hours of operation at the Zapata County Landfill. To install “No Parking” signs on the Southwest corner of the intersection of U.S. 83 and FM 496. To approve the temporary hire of Enedina Treviño in place of Sybil Singleton at minimum wage. To request a salary adjustment for Felipe Gonzalez from the Recycling Department at a rate of other crew leaders. To use the Oswaldo and Juanita Ramirez Showbarn as a site for 4-H animal vendors. To approve advertising for the position of a licensed Wastewater Operator for the sewer plant. To approve the appointment of an interim director to the Code Enforcement Department fund No. 10 Code Department 596. To allow new field exploration to cross old US 83 off of Meza-Salinas Road for the installation of a new pipeline. Approval of invoice from Victor Guerra for reimbursement of feed expense during fence installation at county landfill.
ZONING Continued from Page 1A the next couple of weeks,” Martinez said, referring to the county’s Austin consultant, a former state senator and attorney. According to Martinez, the ordinances may include things like regulations on livestock and commercial alcohol sales in residential areas. “Our job is to protect the property values in the area more than anything else,” Martinez said. According to Pct. 3 Commissioner Joe Rathmell, after the zoning commission formulates a list of ordinances, they will then be recommended to the Commissioners Court for a vote. “The county didn’t have these powers in the past and now more than ever, since our county is growing, it is necessary,” Rathmell said. Rathmell added the county will make recommendations on zoning regulations of private and commercial properties to the court. The committee is also planning to attend workshops and classes to learn exactly what their powers are. “We are brand new and we are learning as we go,” Martinez said. The next Falcon Lake Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for June 2.
HIN1 | Continued from Page 1A “We drove back and by noon, right after lunch, we hit the streets. We wrapped it all up by eight in the evening.” Unlike Laredo schools, Zapata schools stayed open this week, but there were many children who didn’t show up for class. Members of the team visited the homes of every child who has been absent. The team members asked a
series of specific questions to get a first-hand indication of whether there was a serious health problem. It turned out there wasn’t. “We had some cases of flu-like symptoms, but we’ve had no cases of H1N1,” the superintendent said. “They (team members) showed a lot of commitment,” he said. “I’m very proud of the folks because they
worked late hours and went beyond the call.” The house-to-house canvas was essential. “There is a fear factor,” Rodriguez said. “I empathize with everything that (people in Laredo) are going through. Laredo shutting down had a very negative effect on Zapata. Zapata always wants to follow Laredo’s
lead, but fortunately we didn’t have any confirmed cases. “We did have suspects that are out of the woods now,” Rodriguez said. “Thank God we didn’t have any, and I hope it stays that way.” For the health department’s prerecorded information in English and Spanish, call 795-4954. There’s also a 24-hour pager number, 344-1569.
PARK | Continued from Page 1A legions of boaters and anglers. But regardless of the lake level, Falcón State Park serves as a mecca of biodiversity where the public can camp, picnic, hike, mountain bike and while away the hours enjoying nature’s bounty. Readily seen is the park’s unofficial mascot, the comical paisano, or roadrunner, which flits in and out of the dense thickets and scoots along roads and trails. South Texas’ iconic wild Mexican olive trees grow throughout the park, decorated in showy white blossoms and acorn-sized, green fruit. “Our park offers a variety of things to do,” says park Superintendent Donald Beard. “It’s a popular destination for birders and those who like butterflies, and for fishermen. Everyone will find it a great place to get outside, enjoy nature and explore the outdoors.” October through Easter proves the busiest time of year at Falcón (pronounced Fal-cone and named after a local pioneer family, not the bird) State Park, though the spring bass spawn in March draws plenty of anglers. Three bird blinds have been set up to cater to Winter Texans and resident birders who practice the increasingly popular pastime at Falcón State Park, where a variety of species populate its diverse habitat
that ranges from lakeside woodlands to upland Tamaulipan thornscrub. Birders come to sight Rio Grande Valley specialty birds such as the great kiskadee, Altamira oriole and plain chachalaca, as well as the vermilion flycatcher, Couch’s kingbird and green kingfisher and a variety of shorebirds. The interestingly marked Mexican vulture, or caracara, prove plentiful as well. Upland areas of the park — dominated by hardy dryland species such as cenizo and desert yaupon and thorn scrub like blackbrush, tasajillo, wherry mimosa and guayacan – are home to roadrunners, pyrrhuloxia, scaled and bob white quail, common pauraque and black-throated sparrow. ‘ Tropical spring migrant species such as the red-crowned parrot also are occasionally spotted in the park. In the warmer months, the park offers visitors a more solitary experience. Visit on a weekday and you may have the place practically to yourself. And, you can sleep in the cool comfort of 12 air-conditioned cabins ($35 a night), or opt for 12 screened shelters ($20) just a short stroll from the reservoir’s edge. Several camping areas accommodate everyone from tent campers to RV users hooked on 50-amp service
to power satellite dishes and laptops. Choose from among 26 tent-camping sites ($6) on one loop, or pull your trailer into one of 30 full-service sites ($16) featuring electric service, water and sewer hookups, a shade shelter, picnic table, upright grill and ground fire ring. The adjacent 30 water-and-electric trailer sites ($14) are closed during summer months. All have ADA-accessible restrooms with showers. A fish-cleaning shelter, three-lane boat ramp and recreation hall round out park facilities. Falcón State Park enjoys a growing reputation as a great place to spot unusual butterflies, thanks in large part to a butterfly garden installed in front of the Recreation Hall in 2007. The attractive desertscape sports dozens of native, butterfly-attracting shrubs like cowpen daisy, betony mistflower, crucito and desert lantana that serve as host plants to specific butterfly species, such as the rounded metalmark, giant swallowtail and silver-banded hairstreak. Butterfly enthusiasts were delighted to learn of a sighting at the park soon after the gardens opened of a tiny, green telea hairstreak by local naturalist Berry Nall. It was the first sighting of the rare butterfly in the United States in more than 70 years.
Nall, who lives just up the road from the park in Falcón Heights, has recorded more than 150 different butterfly species in less than two years, including several rarities. “It’s a hobby,” Nall says. “As a kid I used to chase butterflies. When I discovered I could take photos with a digital camera that didn’t cost anything, I was hooked. I don’t have to use a net. And I can just look on the ‘Net and find out what kind they are.” Falcón State Park also provides an ideal embarkation point for exploring nearby historic Texas border towns of Rio Grande City (1848) and Roma (1768). Roma is home to notable historic buildings and the Roma Cliffs, one of the state’s nine World Birding Center sites. Falcón State Park is located on FM 2098 three miles off U.S. Highway 83 about 30 miles south of Zapata and 15 miles north of Roma. It is one of 93 state parks and historic sites that make up the Texas State Park system. For more information about Falcón State Park, call (956) 848-5327. To make an overnight state park camping reservation, call (512) 389-8900. For general Texas State Park information, call 1-800-792-1112 or visit www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/
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Sports&Outdoors Teams get word to start play By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Play ball! The University Interscholastic League has again reversed its decision on sports seasons, giving teams the go-ahead to resume play. April 29, UIL announced the suspension of all interscholastic competition until May 11 on the recommendation of Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, in consultation with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott. The suspension was due to the outbreak of the swine flu in Texas, with cases reported in neighboring Starr County, and elsewhere in the state. “The health and safety of our student ac-
tivity participants is of the utmost importance,” said UIL Executive Director Charles Breithaupt in a press release. “Taking every possible precaution to prevent the further spreading of this disease is an important contribution to the welfare of our great state, and altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe.” Initially, the UIL cancelled the regional track meet but a day later reversed its decision and will now hold it May19-20 at Flour Bluff High School. A week later the UIL reversed its decision based on the Texas Education Agency and Department of State Health Services recommendations that all schools across the state of Texas reopen. The ruling allows softball and baseball teams to start play-offs
or conclude their seasons, as of Thursday (May 7). “The UIL has made every attempt at rescheduling all events to promote the best possible scenario for competition,” said Breithaupt in Wednesday’s press release. “By allowing interscholastic competitions to resume on May 7, it will provide those student-athletes an opportunity to compete in a more comparable manner to the original schedule.” Zapata Athletic Director Mario Arce discussed his take on the rulings. “Everything that UIL has done has been for the safety of the students and the public. We are all excited to get back on track,” he said. The baseball team played Rio Hondo in the regular season finale last night here.
The Hawks will head into the postseason as co-champions and will have a first-round bye. Here is the revised baseball play-off schedule: District certification: May 12* Bidistrict deadline: May 16 (one game or two out of three) Area deadline: May 19 (one game only) Regional quarterfinal deadline: May 23 (one game or two out of three) Regional semifinal deadline: May 30 (one game or two out of three) Regional final deadline: June 6 (one game or two out of three) State tournament: June 10-13 *If tie-breaking games are needed to determine advancement to the playoffs, this deadline could be extended to May 13.
READY FOR THE PITCH Teams, coaches set for season of L.L. action By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
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he Zapata County Little League has released team rosters, including coaches, for the 2009 season. The teams and the coaches are as follows: T-ball teams (5 and 6 years old) and coaches: Lil’ Yankees (Nydia Benavides and Elizabeth Cruz), Lil’ Longhorns (Christy de Jesus and Heriberto Solis), Lil’ Aggies (Joey Guevara), Indians (Rudy and Ana Bravo) and Braves (Becky Cruz). Coach pitch (7 and 8 years old): Yankees (Lauro Guerra), Braves (Corando Barrera), Rangers (Ramiro Garcia), Red (Elva Garcia), Cardinals (Mr. Martinez), Astros (Mario Garcia and Jerry Garcia). Minors (9 and 10 years old): Mets (Mark Alvarenga and Mague Garcia), Pirates (Chale Ramirez and Luis Elizondo), Diamondbacks (Henry Martinez), and Rangers (Chale Solis and Luis Lopez). Majors (9 and 10 years old): Diamondbacks (Rigo Sendejo), Cardinals
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Catcher Carlos Meza gets ready for a pitch during the first game of the Zapata Little League season Thursday.
Lady Hawks softball ends season in 4th Region By CLARA SANDOVAL
next for track team
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
After a softball season filled with intensity, sacrifice, sweat and tears the Lady Hawks fought to the end despite the ball not rolling their way. The Lady Hawks softball team concluded its season April 25 at the hands of the La Feria Lionettes. In his second year at the helm, coach Jaime Garcia turned the softball program around. The Lady Hawks went from last year’s 6-20 season to a 16-10 record. Nine of the losses came to eventual play-off teams. The only loss to a non play-off team was to Rio Hondo.
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The Lady Hawks track team had almost a month to prepare for the regional track meet, and are now ready to represent Zapata. Team members are preparing for the Region IV track meet May 19-20 at Flour Bluff High School. Sophomores Marlene Garcia, Lauren Mendoza and Brandi King and junior Michelle Garcia will participate at regionals.
An improvement In district Zapata improved from a 1-7 record, to 8-4, finishing in fourth place, one place out of play-off contention. Seniors Lynda Leyva, Tessa Moss, Myra Alaniz and Angela Ramirez, were instrumental in the Lady Hawks turn around in a short period of time, the coach said. “I have been fortunate to have very dedicated athletes for the past two years,” Garcia said. “The seniors took over the team from the beginning of the season. They have been a very coachable and disciplined group,” he said.
Lynda Leyva Leyva was a fireball pitcher who took the mound night in, night out. The Lady Hawks season fell on the arm of Leyva and what she de-
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The 2009 Zapata softball seniors are, from left, Amanda Ramirez, Tessa Moss, Myra Alaniz and Lynda Leyva. livered from the mound. She had the Lady Hawks flirting with a play-off spot all season long. Moss was a wall of defense that took every pitch from Leyva behind the plate. She was a vocal leader who could gun down a runner attempting to steal on her. She came through with her bat at crucial times when the Lady Hawks needed a hit.
Alaniz was an acrobatic shortstop that made the routine plays and was one of Zapata’s leaders at the plate.
Stellar plays Ramirez played first base and was stellar in making plays that looked out of reach. “I just want to thank my seniors
for being part of the program,” Garcia said. “They made a big difference in our season.” Garcia will miss the leadership of the seniors who kept the whole team on their toes and expected the best from their teammates every time that they stepped on the diamond.
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They captured gold, silver or bronze medals at the district track meet April 18 in Raymondville but was hosted by Hidalgo. Garcia was a double gold medal winner as she captured the 3200meter and 1600-meter runs. Mendoza won a gold medal in the 300-meter hurdles. King successfully defended her district title in the high jump. Garcia picked up two medals in the 3200-meter run (second place) and 1600-meter run (third place) to earn her spot at region.
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CHL Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-3) Northern Conference Bossier-Shreveport 2, Rocky Mountain 1 Monday, March 23: Rocky Mountain 4, BossierShreveport 3 Wednesday, March 25: Bossier-Shreveport 5, Rocky Mountain 4, OT Thursday, March 26: Bossier-Shreveport 5, Rocky Mountain 3 Southern Conference Rio Grande Valley 2, Corpus Christi 1 Monday, March 23: Rio Grande Valley 5, Corpus Christi 1 Wednesday, March 25: Corpus Christi 6, Rio Grande Valley 2 Thursday, March 26: Rio Grande Valley 3, Corpus Christi 0 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Northern Conference Colorado 4, Bossier-Shreveport 0 Sunday, March 29: Colorado 4, Bossier-Shreveport 3 Monday, March 30: Colorado 4, Bossier-Shreveport 3 Thursday, April 2: Colorado 3, Bossier-Shreveport 2, OT Monday, April 6: Colorado 4, Bossier-Shreveport 3, OT Mississippi 4, Oklahoma City 2 Wednesday, March 25: Oklahoma City 2, Mississippi 1, OT Thursday, March 26: Mississippi 5, Oklahoma City 3 Wednesday, April 1: Mississippi 4, Oklahoma City 3 Thursday, April 2: Mississippi 2, Oklahoma City 1 Saturday, April 4: Oklahoma City 5, Mississippi 4 Monday, April 6: Mississippi 3, Oklahoma City 1 Southern Conference Texas 4, Rio Grande Valley 0 Saturday, March 28: Texas 4, Rio Grande Valley 2 Sunday, March 29: Texas 5, Rio Grande Valley 4 Wednesday, April 1: Texas 6, Rio Grande Valley 2 Friday, April 3: Texas 3, Rio Grande Valley 1 Odessa 4, Laredo 2 Friday, March 27: Laredo 3, Odessa 2, OT Saturday, March 28: Laredo 5, Odessa 1 Wednesday, April 1: Odessa 4, Laredo 3, OT Friday, April 3: Odessa 4, Laredo 3, 2OT Saturday, April 4: Odessa 2, Laredo 1 Tuesday, April 7: Odessa 4, Laredo 3, OT CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Northern Conference Colorado 4, Mississippi 2 Wednesday, April 15: Colorado 3, Mississippi 2, OT Friday, April 17: Colorado 4, Mississippi 1 Tuesday, April 21: Colorado 2, Mississippi 1 Thursday, April 23: Mississippi 6, Colorado 5, 2OT Friday, April 24: Mississippi 6, Colorado 2 Sunday, April 26: Colorado 5, Mississippi 2 Southern Conference Texas 4, Odessa 3 Friday, April 10: Odessa 3, Texas 1 Saturday, April 11: Texas 4, Odessa 1 Tuesday, April 14: Texas 3, Odessa 0 Thursday, April 16: Odessa 2, Texas 0 Saturday, April 18: Texas 7, Odessa 5 Thursday, April 23: Odessa 2, Texas 0 Saturday, April 25: Texas 8, Odessa 1 RAY MIRON PRESIDENT’S CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Colorado vs. Texas Wednesday, April 29: Texas 5, Colorado 3 Friday, May 1: Colorado 5, Texas 4, OT Sunday, May 3: Texas 6, Colorado 2 Tuesday, May 5: Texas 6, Colorado 3 Wednesday, May 6: Texas 6, Colorado 2, Texas wins series 4-1
NBA Playoff Glance All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Detroit 0 Saturday, April 18: Cleveland 102, Detroit 84 Tuesday, April 21: Cleveland 94, Detroit 82 Friday, April 24: Cleveland 79, Detroit 68 Sunday, April 26: Cleveland 99, Detroit 78 Boston 4, Chicago 3 Saturday, April 18: Chicago 105, Boston 103, OT Monday, April 20: Boston 118, Chicago 115 Thursday, April 23: Boston 107, Chicago 86 Sunday, April 26: Chicago 121, Boston 118, 2OT Tuesday, April 28: Boston 106, Chicago 104, OT Thursday, April 30: Chicago 128, Boston 127, 3OT Saturday, May 2: Boston 109, Chicago 99 Orlando 4, Philadelphia 2 Sunday, April 19: Philadelphia 100, Orlando 98 Wednesday, April 22: Orlando 96, Philadelphia 87 Friday, April 24: Philadelphia 96, Orlando 94 Sunday, April 26: Orlando 84, Philadelphia 81 Tuesday, April 28: Orlando 91, Philadelphia 78 Thursday, April 30: Orlando 114, Philadelphia 89 Atlanta 4, Miami 3 Sunday, April 19: Atlanta 90, Miami 64 Wednesday, April 22: Miami 108, Atlanta 93 Saturday, April 25: Miami 107, Atlanta 78 Monday, April 27: Atlanta 81, Miami 71 Wednesday, April 29: Atlanta 106, Miami 91 Friday, May 1: Miami 98, Atlanta 72 Sunday, May 3: Atlanta 91, Miami 78 WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 4, Utah 1 Sunday, April 19: L.A. Lakers 113, Utah 100 Tuesday, April 21: L.A. Lakers 119, Utah 109 Thursday, April 23: Utah 88, L.A. Lakers 86 Saturday, April 25: L.A. Lakers 108, Utah 94 Monday, April 27: L.A. Lakers 107, Utah 96 Denver 4, New Orleans 1 Sunday, April 19: Denver 113, New Orleans 84 Wednesday, April 22: Denver 108, New Orleans 93 Saturday, April 25: New Orleans 95, Denver 93 Monday, April 27: Denver 121, New Orleans 63 Wednesday, April 29: Denver 107, New Orleans 86 Dallas 4, San Antonio 1 Saturday, April 18: Dallas 105, San Antonio 97 Monday, April 20: San Antonio 105, Dallas 84 Thursday, April 23: Dallas 88, San Antonio 67 Saturday, April 25: Dallas 99, San Antonio 90 Tuesday, April 28: Dallas 106, San Antonio 93 Houston 4, Portland 2 Saturday, April 18: Houston 108, Portland 81 Tuesday, April 21: Portland 107, Houston 103 Friday, April 24: Houston 86, Portland 83 Sunday, April 26: Houston 89, Portland 88 Tuesday, April 28: Portland 88, Houston 77 Thursday, April 30: Houston 92, Portland 76 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland vs. Atlanta Tuesday, May 5: Cleveland 99, Atlanta 72 Thursday, May 7: Cleveland 105, Atlanta 85, Cleveland leads series 2-0 Saturday, May 9: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Monday, May 11: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 13: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m., if necessary Friday, May 15: Cleveland at Atlanta, TBA, if necessary Monday, May 18: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m., if necessary Boston vs. Orlando Monday, May 4: Orlando 95, Boston 90 Wednesday, May 6: Boston 112, Orlando 94, series tied 1-1 Friday, May 8: Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m. Sunday, May 10: Boston at Orlando, 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 12: Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m. Thursday, May 14: Boston at Orlando, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 17: Orlando at Boston, TBA, if necessary WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers vs. Houston Monday, May 4: Houston 100, L.A. Lakers 92 Wednesday, May 6: L.A. Lakers 111, Houston 98, series tied 1-1 Friday, May 8: L.A. Lakers at Houston, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, May 10: L.A. Lakers at Houston, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12: Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14: L.A. Lakers at Houston, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 17: Houston at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary Denver vs. Dallas Sunday, May 3: Denver 109, Dallas 95 Tuesday, May 5: Denver 117, Dallas 105, Denver leads series 2-0 Saturday, May 9: Denver at Dallas, 5 p.m. Monday, May 11: Denver at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13: Dallas at Denver, 9 or 10:30 p.m., if necessary Friday, May 15: Denver at Dallas, TBA, if necessary Sunday, May 17: Dallas at Denver, TBA, if necessary 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 4, Montreal 0 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 Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 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 Friday, April 24: Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 0 Sunday, April 26: Washington 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Tuesday, April 28: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Carolina 4, New Jersey 3 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 Sunday, April 26: Carolina 4, New Jersey 0 Tuesday, April 28: Carolina 4, New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 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 Saturday, April 25: Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim 4, San Jose 2 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 Saturday, April 25: San Jose 3, Anaheim 2, OT Monday, April 27: Anaheim 4, San Jose 1 Detroit 4, Columbus 0 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 Vancouver 4, St. Louis 0 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 Chicago 4, Calgary 2 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 Saturday, April 25: Chicago 5, Calgary 1 Monday, April 27: Chicago 4, Calgary 1 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston vs. Carolina Friday, May 1: Boston 4, Carolina 1 Sunday, May 3: Carolina 3, Boston, 0 Wednesday, May 6: Carolina 3, Boston 2, OT, Carolina leads series 2-1 Friday, May 8: Boston at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 10: Carolina at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12: Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m., if necessary Thursday, May 14: Carolina at Boston, TBD, if necessary Washington vs. Pittsburgh Saturday, May 2: Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2 Monday, May 4: Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3 Wednesday, May 6: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT, Washington leads series 2-1 Friday, May 8: Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9: Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m. Monday, May 11: Washington at Pittsburgh, TBD, if necessary Wednesday, May 13: Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m., if necessary WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit vs. Anaheim Friday, May 1: Detroit 3, Anaheim 2 Sunday, May 3: Anaheim 4, Detroit 3, 3OT Tuesday, May 5: Anaheim 2, Detroit 1 Thursday, May 7: Detroit 6, Anaheim 3, series tied 2-2 Sunday, May 10: Anaheim at Detroit, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 12: Detroit at Anaheim, TBD, if necessary Thursday, May 14: Anaheim at Detroit, TBD, if necessary Vancouver vs. Chicago Thursday, April 30: Vancouver 5, Chicago 3 Saturday, May 2: Chicago 6, Vancouver 3 Tuesday, May 5: Vancouver 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, May 7: Chicago 2, Vancouver 1, OT, series tied 2-2 Saturday, May 9: Chicago at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Monday, May 11: Vancouver at Chicago, 9 p.m. Thursday, May 14: Chicago at Vancouver, TBD, if necessary CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) TBD STANLEY CUP FINALS TBD
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 20 11 .645 — Boston 18 11 .621 1 Tampa Bay 14 16 .467 5½ New York 13 15 .464 5½ Baltimore 12 17 .414 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 18 11 .621 — Detroit 14 13 .519 3 Chicago 13 14 .481 4 Minnesota 13 16 .448 5 Cleveland 11 18 .379 7 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 15 13 .536 — Seattle 15 14 .517 ½ Los Angeles 13 14 .481 1½ Oakland 10 16 .385 4 Thursday’s Games Kansas City 3, Seattle 1 Oakland 9, Texas 4 Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 6 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 4 Boston 13, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 0 L.A. Angels 6, Toronto 1 Friday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay (Kazmir 3-3) at Boston (Lester 2-2), 3:40 p.m. Toronto (Tallet 1-1) at Oakland (Gallagher 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Millwood 3-2) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Detroit (E.Jackson 1-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 13), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Hughes 1-1) at Baltimore (Eaton 13), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-1) at Minnesota (Liriano 14), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Greinke 6-0) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 4-1), 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Texas at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 14 12 .538 — New York 14 13 .519 ½ Florida 15 14 .517 ½ Atlanta 13 15 .464 2 Washington 8 18 .308 6 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 19 10 .655 — Chicago 16 12 .571 2½ Milwaukee 16 13 .552 3 Cincinnati 15 13 .536 3½ Pittsburgh 12 16 .429 6½ Houston 11 17 .393 7½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 21 9 .700 — San Francisco 14 13 .519 5½ San Diego 13 16 .448 7½ Arizona 12 17 .414 8½ Colorado 11 16 .407 8½ Thursday’s Games Atlanta 4, Florida 2 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 8, Colorado 3 San Diego 4, Arizona 3, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 5 Chicago Cubs 8, Houston 5 Washington 11, L.A. Dodgers 9 Friday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m. San Diego at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-0) at N.Y. Mets (Maine 2-2), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (J.Vazquez 2-3) at Philadelphia (Blanton 12), 3:40 p.m. San Francisco (J.Sanchez 1-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Stults 3-1), 3:40 p.m. San Diego (Correia 0-2) at Houston (Moehler 0-2), 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 2-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-1), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 3-1) at Cincinnati (Harang 2-3), 7:10 p.m. Florida (Jo.Johnson 2-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-2), 8:10 p.m. Washington (Lannan 1-3) at Arizona (D.Davis 2-4), 8:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. San Diego at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Washington at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Team-by-Team Disabled List (Provided by Major League Baseball) (x-60-day all others are 15-day) Through May 7 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore INF Ryan Freel, April 21 LHP Richard Hill, March 29 RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2 RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15 Boston RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27 OF Mark Kotsay, March 27 SS Jed Lowrie, April 12 RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, April 15 RHP John Smoltz, March 27 Chicago CF Brian Anderson, April 30 OF DeWayne Wise, April 14 Cleveland 2B Jamey Carroll, April 5 1B Travis Hafner, April 29 LHP Scott Lewis, April 11 RHP Joe Smith, April 29 RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 Detroit RHP Jeremy Bonderman, March 30 SS Carlos Guillen, May 5 OF Marcus Thames, April 19 C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 LHP Dontrelle Willis, March 29 Kansas City LHP John Bale, March 27 3B Alex Gordon, April 16
SS Tony Pena, May 3 RHP Doug Waechter, April 18 Los Angeles RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, April 4 OF Vladimir Guerrero, April 16 RHP John Lackey, March 27 RHP Dustin Moseley, April 18 RHP Ervin Santana, March 27 Minnesota RHP Boof Bonser, March 27 RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 New York RHP Brian Bruney, April 22 LHP Damaso Marte, April 26 OF Xavier Nady, April 15 C Jorge Posada, May 5 SS Bryan Ransom-x, April 25 3B Alex Rodriguez, March 27 RHP Chien-Ming Wang, April 19 Oakland RHP Santiago Casilla, April 29 3B Eric Chavez, April 25 RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March 27 2B Mark Ellis, April 29 SS Nomar Garciaparra, April 29 Seattle RHP Roy Corcoran, April 29 LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March 15 LHP Cesar Jimenez, March 29 RHP Shawn Kelly, May 6 RHP Brandon Morrow, April 24 LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith, April 11 Tampa Bay RHP Chad Bradford, March 27 RHP Jason Isringhausen, March 31 CF Fernando Perez, March 27 C Shawn Riggans, April 10 Texas RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 RHP William Eyre, April 23 OF Josh Hamilton, April 27 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5 RHP Dustin Nippert-x, March 27 Toronto C Michael Barrett, April 18 RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27 LHP Ricky Romero, April 20 LHP B.J. Ryan, April 24 NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona 1B Tony Clark, May 5 SS Stephen Drew, April 25 RHP Tom Gordon, May 4 RHP Brandon Webb, April 7 Atlanta RHP Jorge Campillo, April 17 LHP Tom Glavine, April 2 RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24 Chicago RHP Carlos Zambrano, May 4 Cincinnati 3B Edwin Encarnacion, April 28 Colorado INF Jeff Baker, April 27 RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 LHP Franklin Morales, April 22 RHP Ryan Speier, April 19 Florida LHP Andrew Miller, April 21 RHP Scott Proctor March 27 RHP Henricus Vandenhurk, March 29 Houston RHP Brandon Backe, March 27 3B Aaron Boone-x March 27 RHP Doug Brocail, May 4 C Humberto Quintero, April 25 RHP Jose Valverde, April 27 Los Angeles LHP Hong-Chih Kuo, April 30 RHP Hiroki Kuroda, April 7 1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17 RHP Jason Schmidt, March 30 RHP Claudio Vargas-x, April 6 Milwaukee RHP David Riske, April 10 C Mike Rivera, April 29 New York CF Angel Pagan, March 27 LHP Oliver Perez, May 3 RHP Tim Redding, March 27 C Brian Schneider, April 16 LHP Billy Wagner, March 27 Philadelphia None Pittsburgh C Ryan Doumit, April 20 LHP Phil Dumatrait, March 27 RHP Craig Hansen, April 20 SS Jack Wilson, April 25 St. Louis OF Rick Ankiel, May 5 RHP Chris Carpenter, April 15 LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27 3B Troy Glaus, March 27 SS Brendan Ryan, April 30 San Diego RHP Mike Adams-x, April 1 RHP Cha Seung Baek, March 30 SS Everth Cabrera-x, April 20 OF Cliff Floyd, April 5 RHP Shawn Hill, April 26 RHP Walter Silva, April 14 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1 San Francisco LHP Noah Lowry, March 26 RHP Joseph Martinez, April 10 RHPSergio Romo, March 26 OF Andres Torres, April 28 Washington CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19 LHP Matt Chico-x, March 27 1B Dmitri Young, April 1 RHP Terrell Young, March 27
NFL Free Agent Signings ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed Dominque Byrd, TE; Oliver Ross, OT; Anthony Becht, TE; Mike Leach, LS; Rodney Leisle, DT; Keith Lewis, S; Bryant McFadden, CB; and Donovan Raiola, C. Resigned 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 John Beck, QB; 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 Mike Furrey, WR; 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 Nick Greisen, LB; 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 Larry Foote, LB; 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 Ed Johnson, DL; Freddie Keiaho, LB; 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 Monte Beisel, LB; Terrance Copper, WR; Tony Curtis, TE; Bobby Engram, WR; Eric Ghiaciuc, C; Mike Goff, G; LS Tanner Purdum; Sean Ryan, TE; Zach Thomas, LB; and Rodney Wright, WR. 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 Brandon McGowan, S; Vinnie Ciurciu, LB; 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; and Brandon Jacobs, RB (f). Agreed to terms with Kevin Dockery, CB.
SATURDAY,MAY 9,2009 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—Signed Piotr Czech, K; Jayson Foster, WR; Dirk Johnson, P; Shaun McDonald, WR; Keiwan Ratliff, CB; 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 Billy Bajema, TE; Kyle Boller, QB; Jason Brown, OL; James Butler, S; and FB Mike Karney. Re-signed Ron Bartell, CB; Adam Goldberg, G; and Mark Setterstrom, G. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Agreed to terms with Kevin Burnett, LB. Re-signed Kynan Forney, G. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed Marques Harris, LB; Demetric Evans, DE; Damon Huard, QB; and Brandon Jones, WR; and ; Marvel Smith, T. Resigned 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; Justin Griffith, FB; and Ken Lucas, CB. 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 Roydell Williams, WR; Derrick Dockery, G; Dominique Dorsey, KR; Albert Haynesworth, DT; Dirk Johnson, P; Dave Rayner, K; and Renaldo Wynn, DE. Resigned Ethan Albright, LS; Phillip Daniels, DE; Reed Doughty, S; Alfred Fincher, LB; DeAngelo Hall, CB; and Shaun Suisham, K. f-franchise player Remaining Unrestricted Free Agents Unsigned free agents with more than four years of NFL experience: ARIZONA — Karlos Dansby (f); Scott Peters, OL; Jerame Tuman, TE. ATLANTA — Wayne Gandy, OT; Lawyer Milloy, S; Marcus Pollard, TE. BALTIMORE — Todd Bouman, QB; Lorenzo Neal, FB; Chad Slaughter, OL; Matt Stover, K; Terrell Suggs, DE/LB (f); Daniel Wilcox, TE. BUFFALO — Melvin Fowler, OL; Teddy Lehman, LB; J.P. Losman, QB; Jason Whittle, OL. CAROLINA — Donte’ Curry, LB; Jason Kyle, LB; Julius Peppers, DE (f); Darwin Walker, DT. CHICAGO — Mike Brown, S; Rex Grossman, QB; Brandon Lloyd, WR; Fred Miller, OL; Cameron Worrell, S. CINCINNATI — Shayne Graham (f); John Thornton, DT. CLEVELAND — Lennie Friedman, G/C; Kris Griffin, LB; Daven Holly; CB; Willie McGinest, LB; Shantee Orr, LB. DALLAS — Brooks Bollinger, QB; Keith Davis, S; Carlos Polk, LB; Zach Thomas, LB. DENVER — Tatum Bell, RB; Ebenezer Ekuban, DE; Darrell Jackson, WR; Marlon McCree, S; Tom Nalen, C; Michael Pittman, RB; Edell Shepherd, DB; Nate Webster, LB. DETROIT — Keary Colbert, WR; George Foster, OT; Rudi Johnson, RB; Paris Lenon; LB; Andy McCollum, G/C; Langston Moore, DT; Ryan Nece, LB; Stanley Wilson, CB. GREEN BAY — Mark Tauscher, T. HOUSTON — Mark Bruener, TE; DeMarcus Faggins, CB; Scott Jackson, OL; Bryan Pittman, OL; Dunta Robinson; CB (f); Cecil Sapp, RB; Jimmy Williams CB; Jeff Zgonina, DT. INDIANAPOLIS — Hunter Smith, P; Josh Thomas, DE. JACKSONVILLE — Chris Naeole, G; Reggie Williams, WR. KANSAS CITY — Jason Babin, LB; Rocky Boiman, LB; Oliver Celestin, S; Adrian Jones, G. MIAMI — Tab Perry, WR; Derek Smith, LB. MINNESOTA — Kenderick Allen, DT; Michael Boulware, S; Napoleon Harris, LB; Marcus Johnson, T; Dontarrious Thomas, LB; Ellis Wyms, DT. NEW ENGLAND — Rosevelt Colvin, LB; Rodney Harrison, S; Deltha O’Neal, CB; Lewis Sanders, CB; Junior Seau, LB; Kenny Smith, DT; Barry Stokes, OL. NEW ORLEANS — Mark Campbell, TE; Aaron Glenn, CB; Martin Gramatica, K; Terrence Holt, S; Antwan Lake, DT; Mike Lehan, CB; Matt Lehr, G; James Reed, DT; Aaron Stecker, RB. N.Y. GIANTS — John Carney, K; Jerome McDougle, DE; R.W. McQuarters, CB/KR; Grey Ruegamer, G/C; Rich Scanlon, LB; Amani Toomer, WR; Anthony Wright, QB. N.Y. JETS — Jesse Chatman, RB; Bubba Franks, TE; Ty Law, CB; J.R. Reed, S. OAKLAND — Drew Carter, WR; William Joseph, DT; Ashley Lelie, WR; Marques Tuiasosopo, QB; Sam Williams, LB. PHILADELPHIA — Jon Runyan, T. PITTSBURGH — Mitch Berger, P; Orpheus Roye, DE. ST. LOUIS — Oshiomogho Atogwe, S (f); Fakhir Brown, CB; Jason Craft, CB; Anthony Davis, OL; La’Roi Glover, DT; Dante’ Hall, WR/KR; Nick Leckey, OL; Dane Looker, WR; Ricky Manning Jr., CB; Travis Minor, RB; Rob Pettiti, OL; Gary Stills, LB; Cory Withrow, OL. SAN DIEGO — Jeremy Newberry, C; Darren Sproles, RB/KR (f). SAN FRANCISCO — Damane Duckett, DT; DeShaun Foster, RB; Roderick Green, DE; Jamie Martin, QB. SEATTLE — Charlie Frye, QB; Chris Gray, G; Leroy Hill, LB (f); Wesly Mallard, LB; Steve McKinney, G; Jeff Robinson, TE; Koren Robinson, WR. TAMPA BAY — Will Allen, S; Antonio Bryant, WR (f); Kevin Carter, DE; Patrick Chukwurah, LB. TENNESSEE — Reynaldo Hill, CB; Tyrone Poole, CB; Bo Scaife, TE (f). WASHINGTON — Ryan Boschetti, DT; Khary Campbell, LB; Jason Fabini, OL; Mike Green, S; Pete Kendall, G.
Jason Bohn 72-71-143 -1 Hunter Mahan 73-71-144 E Cameron Beckman 72-72-144 E Padraig Harrington 72-72-144 E Kenny Perry 73-71-144 E Phil Mickelson 73-71-144 E Dustin Johnson 72-72-144 E Pat Perez 72-72-144 E Steve Marino 72-72-144 E Matt Kuchar 72-72-144 E Robert Karlsson 74-70-144 E Martin Kaymer 71-73-144 E Heath Slocum 75-69-144 E Rocco Mediate 73-71-144 E John Rollins 68-76-144 E Graeme McDowell 71-73-144 E Fred Funk 73-71-144 E Woody Austin 72-72-144 E Mike Weir 72-72-144 E Sergio Garcia 71-73-144 E Steve Flesch 75-69-144 E Luke Donald 74-70-144 E Billy Mayfair 70-74-144 E Tommy Armour III 74-70-144 E Failed To Qualify Troy Matteson 73-72-145 +1 Will MacKenzie 73-72-145 +1 Adam Scott 71-74-145 +1 Jerry Kelly 73-72-145 +1 Bart Bryant 74-71-145 +1 Ken Duke 70-75-145 +1 Andres Romero 74-71-145 +1 Joe Ogilvie 72-73-145 +1 George McNeill 70-75-145 +1 Soren Kjeldsen 70-75-145 +1 Scott McCarron 74-72-146 +2 Chad Campbell 75-71-146 +2 Todd Hamilton 74-72-146 +2 Nick Watney 68-78-146 +2 Charles Howell III 73-73-146 +2 Steve Elkington 73-73-146 +2 Nicholas Thompson 73-73-146 +2 Greg Kraft 74-73-147 +3 D.J. Trahan 74-73-147 +3 Eric Axley 72-75-147 +3 Bill Haas 74-73-147 +3 Cliff Kresge 72-75-147 +3 Davis Love III 73-74-147 +3 Stuart Appleby 71-76-147 +3 Bo Van Pelt 71-76-147 +3 Ross Fisher 74-74-148 +4 Brett Quigley 72-76-148 +4 Sean O’Hair 73-75-148 +4 Kevin Streelman 74-74-148 +4 Briny Baird 72-76-148 +4 Vaughn Taylor 72-76-148 +4 Lucas Glover 73-75-148 +4 Charlie Wi 74-74-148 +4 J.B. Holmes 72-76-148 +4 Paul Goydos 78-70-148 +4 Thongchai Jaidee 74-74-148 +4 J.J. Henry 73-76-149 +5 Parker McLachlin 75-74-149 +5 Dean Wilson 77-72-149 +5 Ryan Palmer 75-75-150 +6 Tim Herron 75-75-150 +6 Peter Lonard 77-73-150 +6 Y.E. Yang 73-77-150 +6 Fred Couples 80-71-151 +7 Corey Pavin 74-77-151 +7 Marc Turnesa 76-75-151 +7 Rory McIlroy 74-77-151 +7 Tom Pernice, Jr. 74-79-153 +9 Rory Sabbatini 81-72-153 +9 Webb Simpson 76-77-153 +9 Mathew Goggin 76-77-153 +9 Tim Wilkinson 77-77-154 +10 Anthony Kim 73-82-155 +11 Matt Bettencourt 76-79-155 +11 Trevor Immelman 73-82-155 +11 Michael Bradley 80-78-158 +14 Steve Lowery 81-78-159 +15 Dudley Hart 73-WD Brian Gay 80-WD Carl Pettersson WD
MLS
National TV in parentheses May 9 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 15 At Harrah’s Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, N.J. (ESPN2), Kevin Johnson, Atlanta, vs. Monte Barrett, Queens, N.Y., 10, heavyweights. May 16 At Rome, Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy, vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland, 12, Fragomeni’s WBC cruiserweight title. 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), Richard Gutierrez, Miami, vs. Antwone Smith, Miami, 10, welterweights. May 23 At Monterrey, Mexico, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan, vs. Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Nishioka’s WBC junior featherweight title; Rafael Marquez, Mexico, vs. Jose Mendoza, Colombia, 10, featherweights. At Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Jorge Linares, Japan, vs. Josafat Perez, Mexico, 12, for Linares’ WBA junior lightweight title; Jose Guadalupe Martinez, Mexico, vs. Oscar Saturnino, Mexico, 12, from Martinez’s Mexican light flyweight title; Filomeno Jaramillo, Mexico, vs. Victor Terrazas, Mexico, 12, for the interim Mexican super bantamweight title. May 26 At Shanghai, Daisuko Naito, Japan, vs. Xiong Zhao Zhong, China, 12, for Naito’s WBC flyweight title. At TBA, Thailand, Denkaosen Kaowichit, Thailand, vs. Hiroyuki Hisataka, Japan, 12, for Kaowichit’s WBA flyweight title. May 30 At Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland, Ruslan Chagaev, Germany, vs. Nikolai Valuev, Russia, 12, for Chagaev’s WBA heavyweight title. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (HBO), Andre Berto, Winter Haven, Fla., vs. Juan Urango, Miami, 12, welterweights; Alfredo Angulo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Kermit Cintron, Reading, Pa., 12, light middleweights. June 5 At Chicago (ESPN2), Carlos Quintana, Puerto Rico, vs. Danny Perez, San Diego, 12, junior middleweights; Joey Hernandez, Miami, vs. Damian Frias, Miami, 10, welterweights June 13 At Madison Square Garden, New York (HBO), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Joshua Clottey, Bronx, N.Y., 12, for Cotto’s WBO welterweight title. June 19 at Montreal, Adrian Diaconu, Canada, vs. Jean Pascal, Canada, 12, for Diaconu’s WBC light heavyweight title. At Laredo (Texas) Entertainment Center (ESPN2), Fernando Beltran Jr. vs. Monty Meza-Clay, Rankin, Pa., 12, for Beltran’s Latino featherweight title. June 20 At London, Wladimir Klitschko (HBO), Ukraine, vs. David Haye, Britain, 12, for Klitschko’s IBFWBO-IBO heavyweight titles. June 27 At London, Andreas Kotelnik, Germany, vs. Amir Khan, Britain, 12, for Kotelnik’s WBA light welterweight title; Matthew Hall, Britain, vs. Anthony Small, Britain, 12, for Hall’s Commonwealth junior middleweight 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; Fernando Montiel, Mexico, vs. Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., 12, for Montiel’s WBO bantamweight title. At Staples Center, Los Angeles (HBO), Chris John, Indonesia, vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, for John’s WBA featherweight title; Victor Ortiz, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Marcos Maidana, Argentina, 12, for the interim WBA light welterweight title. July 4 At Vienne, France, Anselmo Moreno, Panama, vs. Mahyar Monshipour, France, 12, for Moreno’s WBA bantamweight title. July 11 At Nuerberg, Germany, Felix Sturm, Germany, vs. Khoren Gevor, Germany, 12, for Sturm’s WBA middleweight title. At Kempton Park, South Africa, Philip Ndou, South Africa, vs. Lovermore Ndou, Australia, 12, IBO welterweight elimination bout; Simpiwe Vetkeya, South Africa, vs. Eric Barcelona, Philippines, 12, for the vacant IBO bantamweight title. At BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. (SHO), Joseph Agbeko, Bronx, N.Y., vs. Vic Darchinyan, Australia, 12, for Agbeko’s IBF bantamweight title;
All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 3 1 4 13 12 10 Toronto FC 3 2 3 12 10 10 Kansas City 3 3 2 11 10 9 Chicago 2 0 5 11 13 10 New England 2 2 2 8 5 11 Columbus 0 2 5 5 8 12 New York 1 5 2 5 5 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Chivas USA 6 1 1 19 11 3 Seattle FC 4 2 1 13 10 4 Colorado 3 2 2 11 10 8 Real Salt Lake3 3 1 10 14 10 Houston 2 2 2 8 6 5 Los Angeles 1 1 5 8 9 9 San Jose 1 4 2 5 7 12 FC Dallas 1 5 1 4 7 14 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Games D.C. United 1, Kansas City 1, tie Los Angeles 2, Real Salt Lake 2, tie Friday’s Game San Jose at New York, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Kansas City at Columbus, 7 p.m. Toronto FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. New England at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Houston, 9 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Game Los Angeles at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
PGA Players Championship Par Scores Friday At TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $9.5 million Yardage: 7,215- Par: 72 Second Round Alex Cejka 66-67-133 -11 Ian Poulter 67-68-135 -9 Kevin Na 71-66-137 -7 Angel Cabrera 72-65-137 -7 Jason Dufner 67-70-137 -7 John Mallinger 66-71-137 -7 Henrik Stenson 68-69-137 -7 David Toms 67-70-137 -7 Ben Crane 65-73-138 -6 Richard S. Johnson 66-72-138 -6 Tim Petrovic 68-70-138 -6 Jeff Overton 71-67-138 -6 Camilo Villegas 67-72-139 -5 Robert Allenby 73-66-139 -5 Paul Casey 70-69-139 -5 Michael Letzig 71-68-139 -5 Ryan Moore 71-68-139 -5 Jonathan Byrd 67-72-139 -5 Justin Leonard 70-69-139 -5 Retief Goosen 67-72-139 -5 Charley Hoffman 70-69-139 -5 Kevin Sutherland 73-67-140 -4 Brian Davis 71-69-140 -4 Boo Weekley 73-67-140 -4 Tiger Woods 71-69-140 -4 Daniel Chopra 75-65-140 -4 Tim Clark 72-69-141 -3 Mark Wilson 69-72-141 -3 Stephen Ames 70-71-141 -3 Michael Allen 71-70-141 -3 Nick O’Hern 68-73-141 -3 Scott Verplank 67-74-141 -3 John Senden 72-69-141 -3 Justin Rose 70-71-141 -3 John Merrick 70-72-142 -2 Aaron Baddeley 71-71-142 -2 Geoff Ogilvy 70-72-142 -2 Steve Stricker 71-71-142 -2 Jim Furyk 68-74-142 -2 Ryuji Imada 72-70-142 -2 Chez Reavie 70-72-142 -2 Bubba Watson 67-75-142 -2 Jeev M. Singh 68-74-142 -2 Johnson Wagner 69-73-142 -2 Ernie Els 73-69-142 -2 K.J. Choi 73-69-142 -2 Brad Adamonis 67-76-143 -1 Scott Piercy 71-72-143 -1 Nathan Green 74-69-143 -1 Rod Pampling 70-73-143 -1 Jeff Quinney 73-70-143 -1 Jeff Klauk 71-72-143 -1 Martin Laird 71-72-143 -1 Bob Estes 75-68-143 -1 Fredrik Jacobson 70-73-143 -1 Ben Curtis 71-72-143 -1 Stewart Cink 70-73-143 -1 Zach Johnson 72-71-143 -1 Vijay Singh 71-72-143 -1
NASCAR Sprint Cup Southern 500 Lineup At Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C. Lap length: 1.366 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 179.514 mph. 2. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 178.861 mph. 3. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 178.757 mph. 4. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 178.744 mph. 5. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 178.549 mph. 6. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 178.510 mph. 7. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 178.407 mph. 8. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 178.400 mph. 9. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 178.019 mph. 10. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 177.826 mph. 11. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 177.646 mph. 12. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 177.300 mph. 13. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 177.300 mph. 14. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 177.039 mph. 15. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 177.007 mph. 16. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 176.911 mph. 17. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 176.892 mph. 18. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 176.594 mph. 19. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 176.555 mph. 20. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 176.422 mph. 21. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 176.347 mph. 22. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 176.328 mph. 23. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 176.264 mph. 24. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 176.138 mph. 25. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 176.050 mph. 26. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 175.981 mph. 27. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 175.968 mph. 28. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 175.735 mph. 29. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 175.629 mph. 30. (71) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 175.441 mph. 31. (25) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 175.434 mph. 32. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 175.266 mph. 33. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 175.247 mph. 34. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 175.053 mph. 35. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 174.860 mph. 36. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 174.773 mph. 37. (36) Scott Riggs, Toyota, 174.724 mph. 38. (44) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 174.525 mph. 39. (34) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 173.847 mph. 40. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, owner points. 41. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, owner points. 42. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, owner points. 43. (09) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 174.402 mph. Failed To Qualify 44. (41) Jeremy Mayfield, Toyota, 174.229 mph. 45. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 174.013 mph.
Fight Schedule
Yuri Romanov, Belarus, vs. Fernando Angulo, Venezuela, 12, for the vacant IBF lightweight title. July 18 At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Floyd Mayweather Jr., Las Vegas, vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif., 12, welterweights. July 25 At TBA, Mexico, Edwin Valero, Venezuela, vs. Breidis Prescott, Colombia, 12, for Valero’s WBC lightweight title.
WBC Ratings For May, 2009 (American unless noted) Heavyweight CHAMPION: Vitaly Klitschko, Ukraine. 1, Chris Arreola. 2, Alexander Dimitrenko, Ukraine. 3, Ray Austin. 4, Oleg Maskaev, Kazakhstan. 5, Eddie Chambers. 6, Alexander Povetkin, Russia. 7, Odlanier Solis, Cuba. 8, James Toney. 9, Juan Carlos Gomez, Cuba. 10, Kevin Johnson. Cruiserweight (200 pounds) CHAMPION: Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy. 1, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland. 2, Herbie Hide, Britain. 3, Marco Huck, Germany. 4, Francisco Palacios, Puerto Rico. 5, Matt Godfrey. 6, Grigory Drozd, Russia. 7, BJ Flores. 8, Rudolf Kraj, Czech Republic. 9, Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Cuba. 10, Pawel Kolodziej, Poland. Light Heavyweight (175) CHAMPION: Adrian Diaconu, Romania/Canada. 1, Silvio Branco, Italy. 2, Glen Johnson. 3, Dawid Kostecki, Poland. 4, Antonio Brancalion, Italy. 5, Jurgen Brahmer, Germany. 6, Yusaf Mack. 7, Roy Jones. 8, Shaun George. 9, Alexey Kuziemski, Poland. 10, Chris Henry. Super Middleweight (168) CHAMPION: Carl Froch, Britain. 1, Jermain Taylor. 2, Andre Dirrell. 3, Andre Ward. 4, Jean Pascal, Haiti/Canada. 5, Karo Murat, Germany. 6, Edison Miranda, Colombia. 7, Robert Stieglitz, Germany. 8, Allan Green. 9, Sakio Bika, Cameroon. 10, Jeff Lacy. Middleweight (160) CHAMPION: Kelly Pavlik. 1, Domenico Spada, Italy. 2, Sebastian Zbik, Germany. 3, Mahir Oral, Turkey/Germany. 4, Gennady Golovkin, Kazakhstan. 5, Miguel Espino. 6, Sergio Mora. 7, Roman Karmazin, Russia. 8, Renan St-Juste, Canada. 9, Enrique Ornelas, Mexico. 10, Marco Antonio Rubio, Mexico. Super Welterweight (154) CHAMPION: Vernon Forrest. 1, Alfred Angulo, Mexico. 2, Ricardo Mayorga, Nicaragua. 3, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico. 4, David Lopez, Mexico. 5, Yuri Foreman, Belarus. 6, Jamie Moore, Britain. 7, Alex Bunema. 8, Ryan Rhodes, Britain. 9, Kermit Cintron, Puerto Rico. 10, Harry Joe Yorgey. Welterweight (147) CHAMPION: Andre Berto. 1, Luis Collazo. 2, Selcuk Aydin, Turkey. 3, Jackson Osei Bonsu, Belgium. 4, Jesus Soto Karass, Mexico. 5, Saul Alvarez, Mexico. 6, Luis Carlos Abregu, Argentina. 7, Juan Urango, Colombia. 8, Rafal Jackiewicz, Poland. 9, Ivan Kirpa, Russia. 10, Miguel Rodriguez, Mexico. Super Lightweight (140) CHAMPION: VACANT. 1, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines. 2, Devon Alexander. 3, Junior Witter, Britain. 4, Nate Campbell. 5, Ionut Dan Ion, Romania. 6, Ajose Olusegun, Nigeria. 7, Jungbum Kim, South Korea. 8, Cesar Cuenca, Argentina. 9, Ali Chebah, France. 10, Demetrius Hopkins. Lightweight (135) CHAMPION: Edwin Valero, Venezuela. 1, Urbano Antillon. 2, Anthony Peterson. 3, Vicente Escobedo, Mexico. 4, Antonio Demarco, Mexico. 5, Joan Guzman, Dominican Republic. 6, Anges Adjaho, Benin. 7, Jose Alfaro, Nicaragua. 8, David Diaz. 9, Breidis Prescott, Colombia. 10, Anthony Mezaache, France. Super Featherweight (130) CHAMPION: Humberto Soto, Mexico. 1, Sergey Gulyakevitch, Belarus. 2, Rene Gonzalez, Nicaragua. 3, Humberto Mauro Gutierrez, Mexico. 4, Takashi Uchiyama, Japan. 5, Vitaly Tajbert, Germany. 6, Robert Guerrero. 7, Benoit Gaudet, Canada. 8, Francisco Lorenzo, Dominican Republic. 9, Zolani Marali, South Africa. 10, Rafael Guzman, Mexico. Featherweight (126) CHAMPION: Takahiro Aoh, Japan. 1, Elio Rojas, Dominican Republic. 2, Guty Espadas, Jr., Mexico. 3, Juan Carlos Burgos, Mexico. 4, Cholatarn O, Piriyapinyo, Thailand. 5, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Mexico. 6, Justin Savi, Benin. 7, Orlando Cruz, Puerto Rico. 8, Oscar Larios, Mexico. 9, Hector Velazquez, Mexico. 10, Alejandro Sanabria Jr., Mexico. Super Bantamweight (122) CHAMPION: Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan. 1, Rafael Marquez, Mexico. 2, Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico. 3, Rendall Munroe, Britain. 4, Simone Maludrotto, Italy. 5, Naphapol Kiattisakchocchoi, Thailand. 6, Steve Molitor, Canada. 7, Rolly Lunas, Philippines. 8, Ricardo Cordoba, Panama. 9, Heriberto Ruiz, Mexico. 10, Olivier Lontchi, Canada. Bantamweight (118) CHAMPION: Hozumi Hasegawa, Japan. 1, Simpiwe Vetyeka, South Africa. 2, Sasha Bakhtin, Russia. 3, Yonnhy Perez, Colombia. 4, Nestor Rocha. 5, Eduardo Garcia, Mexico. 6, Kohei Ohba, Japan. 7, Carmelo Ballone, Belgium. 8, Silence Mabuza, South Africa. 9, Vusi Malinga, South Africa. 10, Tshifhiwa Munyai, South Africa. Super Flyweight (115) CHAMPION: Vic Darchinyan, Australia. 1, Evans Mbamba, South Africa. 2, Tomas Rojas, Mexico. 3, Jorge Arce, Mexico. 4, Devid Lookmahanak, Thailand. 5, Daigo Nakahiro, Japan. 6, Everardo Morales, Mexico. 7, Hugo Cazares, Mexico. 8, Rafael Concepcion, Panama. 9, Ivan Pozo, Spain. 10, Caril Herrera, Uruguay. Flyweight (112) CHAMPION: Daisuke Naito, Japan. 1, Ponomrunglek Kratingdaeng, Thailand. 2, Luis Concepcion, Panama. 3, Jesus Jimenez, Mexico. 4, Julio Cesar Miranda, Mexico. 5, Tomonobu Shimizu, Japan. 6, Takahisa Masuda, Japan. 7, Wilbert Uicab, Mexico. 8, Andrea Sarritzu, Italy. 9, Takefumi Sakata, Japan. 10, Xiong Zhao Zhong, China. Light Flyweight (108) CHAMPION: Edgar Sosa, Mexico. 1, Adrian Hernandez, Mexico. 2, Omar Nino, Mexico. 3, Juanito Rubillar, Philippines. 4, Sonny Boy Jaro, Philippines. 5, Munetsugu Kayoh, Japan. 6, Takashi Kunishige, Japan. 7, Eric Ortiz, Mexico. 8, Cesar Seda, Puerto Rico. 9, Noknoi Sitthiprasert, Thailand. 10, Kompayak Porpramook, Thailand. Strawweight (105) CHAMPION: Oleydong Sithsanerchai, Thailand. 1, Yasutaka Kuroki, Japan. 2, Katsunari Takayama, Japan. 3, Juan Hernandez, Mexico. 4, Pigmy Muangchaiyaphume, Thailand. 5, Denver Cuello, Philippines. 6, Milan Melindo, Philippines. 7, Jose Alfredo Zuniga, Mexico. 8, Ganigan Lopez, Mexico. 9, Wanheng Menayothin, Thailand. 10, Nkosinathi Joyi, South Africa.
Transactions BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES—Activated 3B Alex Rodriguez from the 15-day DL. Placed C Jose Molina on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Kevin Cash from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP Mark Melancon to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Acquired INF Adam Kennedy from Tampa Bay for a player to be named and assigned Kennedy to Sacramento (PCL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Named A.J. Hinch manager, Jack Howell hitting coach and Mel Stottlemyre, Jr. pitching coach. CHICAGO CUBS—Acquired INF-OF Ryan Freel and cash consideratons from Baltimore for OF Joey Gathright. Assigned OF Joey Gathright outright to Iowa (PCL). Recalled RHP Randy Wells from Iowa. FLORIDA MARLINS—Placed RHP Anibal Sanchez on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of INF Chris Coghlan from New Orleans (PCL). NEW YORK METS—Promoted John Ricco to vice president/assistant general manager. Eastern League TRENTON THUNDER—Announced LHP Wilkin De La Rosa was assigned to the team from Tampa (FSL) and C P.J. Pilittere was assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Midwest League QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS—Released OF Brian Buck. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed INF Mike DeJesus. Golden Baseball League EDMONTON CAPITALS—Agreed to terms with INF Joe Jianetti, OF Marcus Nettles, RHP Lou Pote and INF Max Poulin and announced Nettles and Pote would be player-coaches. ST. GEORGE ROADRUNNERS—Agreed to terms with C D.J. Dixon, OF Alexis Gomez, LHP Mark Pawelek, 1B A.J. Valentine, RHP Eric Van Slyke and OF Ruddy Yan. TUCSON TOROS—Agreed to terms with OF Ricky McGraw. United League LAREDO BRONCOS—Signed RHP Tristan Crawford. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed P Dave Brytus, FB Jason Cook, LB Dannell Ellerbe, K Graham Gano, CB Kevin Gerard, DL Will Johnson, CB David Jones, WR Eron Riley, C Greg Ryan, LB-DE William VanDeSteeg, LB-DE Luis Vasquez, WR Isaiah Williams and QB Drew Willy. DENVER BRONCOS—Signed RB Darius Walker. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Announced the job of consultant for player personnel, held by Dom Anile, has been eliminated. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Named Denny Thum president. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed FB Lorenzo Neal and RB Gary Russell. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Released LB Pisa Tinoisamoa. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Released DE Adrian Baird, DE Tyler Clutts and WR Greg Prator. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released K Kenny Byrd, DB Marlon Fair, DL Josh Miller, LB Roderick Johnson and LB A.J. Nicholson. HOCKEY National Hockey League ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed Kevin McDonald to a contract extension and named him assistant general manager in addition to his director of professional scouting duties. Extended the contract of Jarmo Kekalainen, assistant general manager and director of amateur scouting. SOCCER Women’s Professional Soccer LOS ANGELES SOL—Traded D Kendall Fletcher, F Christie Welsh and a 2011 second-round draft pick to St. Louis for a conditional 2010 first-round draft pick and a 2011 first-round draft pick. COLLEGE MARS HILL—Named Jennifer Nance senior women’s administrator. PENN STATE—Announced the resignation of men’s assistant tennis coach Don Holman. SOUTHERN INDIANA—Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Rick Herdes. WELLESLEY—Named Jennifer Kroll women’s basketball coach.
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ADVICE | HELOISE DEAR HELOISE: Cell phones get lost regularly, and it can be tough to locate an owner when they’re found. We’ve all heard of ICE (in case of emergency), but I added another contact to my phone book - “if this phone is found.” I listed my home and office phone numbers and e-mail, so a police officer or Good Samaritan can get a message to me in moments instead of searching endlessly to find the owner of a phone. Eric, via e-mail Eric, how right you are. Folks, if you have not done it, program a contact phone number under the listing ICE (in case of emergency). Heloise KEEP IN TOUCH DEAR HELOISE: My wife and I are seniors living in New Jersey. Our three granddaughters (ages 5, 3 and 3) live out of state. We do not see them as often as we would like, but we frequently send them mail. As young as they are, they get very excited about having something delivered to them at their house. Some of our mail consists of greeting cards purchased at the store, but more often than not, we just send photos of ourselves, which I take with my digital camera and print on the laser printer. All of our family and friends who send mail to youngsters whom they don’t see often have had the same happy results! Allen D. Riley, South Plainfield, N.J. NO HONEY, HAND ME THE MARMALADE DEAR HELOISE: I usually use honey in my hot cream of wheat cereal but don’t use milk. I was out of honey the other day, so I looked in my refrigerator door, and voila! There was some orange marmalade that had turned sugary, so I thought I would try it. I did, and it was very good. If you have some jam or jelly, try it in
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your hot cereal. It’s a nice change! Pat from Virginia DEARREADER: This is your column. If you’d like to share a hint, ask a question or make a suggestion, write me at P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or fax it to 210HELOISE. CLEAN PENNIES DEAR HELOISE: I had a bunch of pennies in a jar that I had been saving for a couple of years. I was bored the other day, so I decided it would be a good project to clean the coins. Here is how I did it: I set the pennies out and sprinkled them with some salt and then poured a little vinegar over them. Then I just gently scrubbed the pennies, and they came out shiny and new! Deidre J., San Antonio, Texas You’re right, this does work well. Just remember that if the pennies are collectibles or valuable, you don’t want to clean them, so check with your parents before cleaning. Heloise DEPOSIT SLIPS DEAR HELOISE: My mom and I decided to clean our computer room the other day. We started with my mom’s desk, which was a mess! She had lots of receipts, warranties and deposit slips. She handed the stuff to me and told me to toss them. I told her that I would cut off the name and address part off the deposit slips. We ended up with a whole bunch of address labels for free! Amber Nicole, Maryland
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Defaults hit Rangers, Stars owner Board eyes practice By SCHUYLER DIXON ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Tom Hicks owns the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Stars because he’s been a pro at turning borrowed money into handsome profits. Few could match the tall Texan’s ability in the world of leveraged corporate buyouts, and he used that wealth to become a force in the world of professional sports. He’s not just the owner of both Major League Baseball and NHL franchises in a big U.S. market, but also halfowner of the top-tier English soccer club Liverpool. Now, though, Hicks’ borrowing has clouded his future with the Rangers and the Stars, after he defaulted last month on $525 million in loans tied to the teams. Liverpool isn’t caught in the same mess, but the club’s indebtedness has drawn the ire of British lawmakers, who said major teams’ borrowing amounted to “financial doping.” Hicks has said he defaulted on loans behind the Rangers and Stars to force lenders to renegotiate terms of the deals, calling it a “nonevent” for coaches, players, fans and the rest of the operations. Financial analysts aren’t so sure about that. “The notion that this is a modest hiccup, where all he’s really trying to do is buy himself a few weeks before he makes payments so that he can properly run his franchises ... I don’t find that part compelling,” said Andrew Zimbalist, a Smith College economics professor who specializes in sports business. “I think he’s trying to put a relatively good face on it. But it’s not a good situation for him.” The 63-year-old Hicks, who wouldn’t comment for this story, and his partners bought and resold countless companies while building his fortune in the 1970s and ‘80s. Perhaps most notable among those were the separate purchases of Dr Pepper
Photo by Tony Gutierrez | AP
Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, left, looks on as former president George W. Bush winds up to deliver the honorary first pitch before the start of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Arlington,in this photograph taken April 6. Hicks,who owns the Rangers and the National Hocky League’s Dallas Stars, is caught in the credit crunch that came with the economic downturn after Hicks defaulted on loans backing both teams. and 7UP for a total of $646 million. The combined companies were later sold for a reported $2.53 billion. His early years of sports ownership were a huge success, too, on the field and off. He bought the Rangers in 1998 — about a decade after the Dr Pepper/7UP deals — and was part of the only back-toback division titles in franchise history. The Stars won their first Stanley Cup three years after Hicks bought them. Victories on the business side came quickly as well. The Rangers opened a stadium four years before the Hicks purchase, so new revenue streams were still pouring in. He bought the Stars not long before Dallas voters approved funding for a new arena, and Hicks ended up with a heavy financial
stake in that plan. About the time that downtown arena opened, the Rangers and Stars signed a lucrative 15-year television contract that put them among the top revenue producers in their respective leagues. The TV deal “probably excited Tom enough” that he soon signed infielder and slugger Alex Rodriguez to the richest contract in team sports history, said Michael Cramer, a former president of the Rangers and Stars and still a shareholder in Hicks’ sports enterprise. “In hindsight,” Cramer said, “you wish you hadn’t done that.” As each year passes, the $252 million, 10-year deal with A-Rod looks more like the tipping point when
Hicks’ fortunes with his U.S. pro teams started to dive. The Rangers finished last in their division three straight years before they traded Rodriguez to the Yankees, and a decade-long erosion of their fan base ensued. Six years ago, the Stars were on the verge of completing the cycle Hicks had used to create his fortune. After building the team’s value, he wanted to sell the club and figured to double — at least — his $84 million investment. Looming NHL labor strife short-circuited that plan, and a lockout that canceled hockey for a year soon followed. The sport’s revenue flow has been restricted ever since, and more turmoil surfaced in the NHL this week when the Phoenix Coyotes surprised the league by filing for bankruptcy. NHL officials subsequently revealed they had been running the franchise since November. This year, injuries helped prevent the Stars from getting a playoff spot, costing Hicks revenue just about the time the interest payment on his loan was due. “If the Stars had made the playoffs and made it to the second or third round, you’re looking at probably a $10 (million) to $15 million difference, which probably would have made this issue go away for the time being,” said Cramer, who left the Hicks empire in 2004 and is now a professor in the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at New York University. Cramer also pointed out that baseball was the first of the major sports to face the failing economy while trying to sell season tickets and sponsorships. The others had done most of their selling before the bottom fell out in the fall, he said. “It’s all about cash flow,” Cramer said. “This year there was this convergence of things that doesn’t help a couple of teams that clearly are challenged to make money on a yearly basis.”
facility failure
By DANNY ROBBINS ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — The Texas Board of Professional Engineers is investigating the collapse of the Dallas Cowboys’ indoor practice facility, the agency’s spokesman said Friday. Lance Kinney said the board has opened several lines of inquiry related to the failure of the membrane-style building, which fell Saturday during heavy winds and injured 12 people, but declined to discuss details. The board typically deals with whether an engineer is licensed and qualified, and whether the plans are up to code, Kinney said. The Dallas Morning News, which first reported the investigation in Friday’s
editions, said the probe includes issues related to the city of Irving’s oversight of the project, which was initiated in 2003. Records released by the city on Monday did not include the name of the engineer who signed off on the design, nor did they include the building’s specifications or blueprints. The documents should have been retained for the life of the building, the newspaper reported. A spokeswoman for the city declined comment Friday. One of the injured people was permanently paralyzed when the 88,000-square-foot structure collapsed during what the National Weather Service described as a microburst — a downdraft of 70 mph or more.
LADY | Continued from Page 1B “The seniors brought a lot of leadership and really wanted to get into the playoffs,” he said. “They worked hard every day and led the team with their actions.” Garcia also credits his coaching staff, Hector Garcia and Veronica Arce, for their dedication to the program. “My coaching staff are very dedicated individuals who work extremely hard to
make this program better,” said Garcia. “I have a great staff that goes that extra mile.” Garcia thanked the parents for their contributions to the program. “I want to thank all the parents for their dedication and loyalty to the softball program,” Garcia said. “They are an integral part of the program and all of our success.”
L.L. | Continued from Page 1B (Olga Elizondo), Hooks (Mike Villarreal and C Hinkel) and Yankees (Ferny Rodriguez and Clyde Guerra). Majors softball (9 and 10 years old): Lady Braves (Melissa Salazar and Naomi Benavides), Lady Diamonds (Priscilla Villarreal and Ester Vanest), Lady Mustangs (Joel Garcia and Mari Gutierrez), Cowgirls (Johnny Villarreal), Lady Aggies
(Obed Alaniz) and Lady Astros (Javier Ramirez). The first game of the season was held Thursday between the Cardinals and Diamondbacks. The Cardinals won, 10-2. Pitchers for the game were Arturo Ramirez, Eric Elizondo, Tito Flores and Steven Lopez for the Cardinals and Orlando Villarreal and Robert Salinas for the Diamondbacks.
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