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Clinic continues to operate Sheriff to get 24-hour clinic is left operating with skeleton crew $1.4 million By JULIE DAFFERN THE ZAPATA TIMES
With the release of $36,000 from county, the Zapata Medical Clinic continues to operate on a skeleton crew. The money will be used to pay employees, including several who walked out at the end of July when they heard they would not be getting a paycheck scheduled for July 31, leaving
only a couple of employees to run the 24-hour clinic. “That clinic is open 24/7. Service has not been interrupted,” said Manuel Pelaez, attorney for Zapata Medical Group, which operates the clinic. “It’s important that quality of care was not impacted.” Eight employees who walked out were at Commissioners Court on Monday even after they found out checks, with funding provided by Zap-
ata Medical Group partner Dr. Ernest Cabrera, were mailed out the Saturday before. The group told the court it wasn’t fair that Cabrera was forced to pay the salaries out of his own pocket because the clinic lacked funding. Pelaez said earlier that group partner Dr. Larry Sands would reimburse Cabrera for half, but when an item for additional funding for the clinic was approved
by the court Monday, Pelaez said it would cover the shortfall for payroll and pay Cabrera back. County Judge Rosalva Guerra told the employees that because the county contracts the Zapata Medical Group, the Commissioners Court had no control over what happens internally at the clinic.
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By ZACH LINDSEY LAREDO MORNING TIMES
The Zapata County Sheriff ’s Department will receive $1.4 million under the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Stonegarden, a program designed to make border communities safer. The money will go to equipment related to surveillance, border security and disruption of drug trafficking, according to Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo “Sigi” Gonzalez. Two types of technology the department is excited about are drug sniffers and handheld thermal imagers. The drug sniffers are “small vacuum-cleanertype” devices that analyze the air to detect money, narcotics or explosives in a vehicle quickly, according to Gonzalez. The handheld thermal imagers will allow officers working at night to detect humans or weapons with heat coming off them. Gonzalez said he is also considering establishing a “very small” mobile command center. “I don’t believe in luxuries,” Gonzalez said. Gonzalez hopes to use some of the money to move personnel from reserve to full-time status, and hire part-time deputies to perform border security roles. He said that the definition of border security is broader than simply stopping drugs or illegal immi-
grants as they cross the United States-Mexico border itself. “ B o rd e r security is GONZALEZ a n y t h i n g having to do with a nexus of border-related crime,” Gonzalez said. He cited a call he received on August 14. A rancher that lives about 23 miles from the border told him that he is seeing an increase of trespassers on his property. “They’re not the usual illegal aliens he’s used to seeing,” Gonzalez said. “They’re more of a criminal element.” He said that he has noticed an increase of complaints of trespassers on ranches that looked more like smugglers than illegal immigrants. “It’s widespread, and it’s not just confined to the border area,” Gonzalez said. “It’s miles away from the border.” More than $30 million was appropriated for Operation Stonegarden. U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar said it was the largest amount the border region has received under the program. “We’ve got to think regionally,” Cuellar said. The Texas border region’s law enforcement agencies received $12.8 million under the latest addition to the Operation Stonegarden grant.
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ABOVE: The $2 million Zapata County Museum of History is taking shape, as seen in this photo taken Friday. It is scheduled to open in April 2010. BELOW: Workers are seen on the roof of the Zapata County Museum of History.
Museum hopes to present world-class exhibits By DIANA R. FUENTES THE ZAPATA TIMES
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he new $2 million Zapata County Museum of History is taking shape on U.S. 83, and is on schedule to open in early April 2010. “We’re so excited about this,” said Hildegardo Flores, Ph.D., chair of the museum’s Board of Directors. “We want to define ourselves to the world. We’re writing our own history from our own archives. “We don’t want the likes of J. Frank Dobie or T.R. Fehrenbach to do it,” Flores said. “We’ll tell the world who we are. We’ve been fighting toe to toe with people on that. They bring us the same regurgitation, about violence in the past. “What violence? We made it through hard work. I’m sure there were some violent ones, but these were hard-working people who put their shoulders to the wheel and turned this place from a wild area into a civilized home.” As construction continues, the board is working with consultants to develop a plan for proposed exhibits at the state-of-the-art facility. “We’ll be forwarding a recommendation to Commissioners Court later this month so they can include it in their budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year,” Flores said. “If the exhibits are approved as the board recommends, I think we will have a tremendous museum. “We hope the Commissioners Court will make a good investment in this.” Manuel and Guadalupe Medrano of Falcon said they’re looking forward to the new museum.
“It could bring more people into Zapata, more tourists,” Manuel Medrano said. “I think it’s a very good idea.” His wife, Guadalupe, agreed. “It’s something good for everybody,” she said. “I’ve been to other museums and they attract interest.” Flores said the museum will house old and new exhibits, and board members hope to add interactive exhibits for young visitors. “We’re taking inventory of the existing exhibits from the old museum and we plan to integrate them with the new ones,” he said. “We’ve been in touch with area historic organizations, including the Webb County Heritage Foundation, to give us technical assistance,” Flores added. “They’ve been very, very kind and most helpful.”
Groundbreaking for the project was April 8. Construction is scheduled to end in October, and then work will began on building elements necessary for exhibits with an eye toward a grand opening in early April. The new building replaces the previous museum that was housed in an old fire station, where it was moved when the entire city had to relocate with the creation of Falcon Lake. Peggy U. Moffett, president of the Zapata County Economic Development Center, said the project is an important part of the community’s master development plan. “It’s part of the infrastructure,” she said. “It will help promote tourism. The board plans for unique
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Empty Bowls nears $100K By NICK GEORGIOU THE ZAPATA TIMES
Though the totals aren’t official yet, the South Texas Food Bank is expected to have met its goal of raising between $90,000 and $100,000 at its third annual Empty Bowls event Thursday night. That’s double the amount the food bank raised at the event last year. “We just want to thank Laredo for supporting us again in our mission for feeding the hungry,” said Salo Otero, the food bank’s director of Development. “It was a very uplifting event.” Between 3,000 and 3,500 people attended the Laredo Entertainment CenterSouth Texas Food Bank Empty Bowls fundraiser. “I do want to mention that the LEC was so, so cooperative with us,” Otero said. “They need a big round of applause for the cooperation they gave us.” Romeo Salinas, Zapata County treasurer and food bank board member, said he was impressed with the turnout. He added there were few empty seats. The event’s main feature was America, a folk rock band that became a sensation in the 1970s. Otero said the group’s two original members were in the lobby past midnight signing autographs even though they were not under contractual
We just want to thank Laredo for supporting us again in our mission for feeding the hungry.” FOOD BANK DIRECTOR, SALO OTERO
obligations to do so. “There was a long line of people,” Otero said. “Some came with old albums hoping this would happen. That was amazing to me.” The money raised at the event is essential for helping the food bank feed its ever-increasing number of clientele, Otero said. For example, the food bank has been serving about 18,000 families per month for the past several years. But for the past four months or so, the food bank has been serving more than 20,000 families a month. In July, about 20,900 families were served. And it’s thanks to generous donations and supporters who help the food bank meet its needs. One of those supporters,
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Texas A&M International University and the Laredo Public Library will be hosting the first book discussion for Sonia Nazario’s book, “Enrique’s Journey,” from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the TAMIU Great Room, third floor of the Killam Library. Nazario is this year’s One City, One Book author, and she will be visiting the city on Sept. 24. To get a ticket, to be held at the Laredo Civic Center, one must attend at least one book discussion or film screening and donate at least five nonperishable food items for local food banks. For more information, contact Pam Burrell at the Laredo Public Library at 795-2400, extension 2268.
SUNDAY,AUG.16 The Elysian Social Club will host a Debutante-Mother Breakfast Brunch at 10 a.m. today at the Laredo Country Club, 1415 Country Club Drive. For more information, call chairs Molly Martinez at 724-2300 or Josie Harris at 764-0178.
WEDNESDAY,AUG.19 Texas A&M International University and the Laredo Public Library will host the second book discussion for Sonia Nazario’s book,“Enrique’s Journey,” from 6 p.m.to 8 p.m.today in the TAMIU Great Room, third floor of the Killam Library.Everyone is welcome to attend, and vouchers will be given to attendees for the Sept. 24 event,at which Nazario will speak. In addition, the Laredo Food for Thought Foundation will be accepting nonperishable food items for local food banks.To receive a ticket to hear. Nazario speak, you must donate at least five food items as part of the cost of the ticket. Come discuss family,hunger,immigration,genealogy and Laredo at TAMIU. For more information,call Pam Burrell at the Laredo Public Library at 7952400, extension 2268. Members of the J.W. Nixon Class of 1989 are invited to attend a reunion planning event at 6:30 p.m. today at Laredo Salsa’s, 9902 McPherson Road. For more information, e-mail Teri H. Ramos at jwnixon1989@yahoo.com. Also, prepayment for Nixon reunion events may be made out to jwnixon1989 and sent via check or money order to PO Box 430274, Laredo,TX 78043-274.
THURSDAY,AUG.20 The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center will be hosting a Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic for patients needing to consult with a specialist today from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you are interested in consulting with Dr. Earl Stanley, call Maribel Cruz at (956) 722-2431. The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center will be hosting a Wheelchair Clinic today from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. If you are interested in consulting with Ken Healy, call Aurora Sanchez at 1-866-832-9770.
SATURDAY,AUG.22 There will be an American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED class today at 9 a.m. at 1200 Washington St. Call (956) 726-4778 to register. The class costs $55.The deadline to pay is Aug. 19.
THURSDAY,AUG.27 Members of the J.W. Nixon Class of 1989 are invited to attend the Nixon-Martin game at the Student Activity Center, Loop 20 and Texas 359, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased through the Laredo Independent School District athletic department. For more information, e-mail Teri H. Ramos at jwnixon1989@yahoo.com. The Monte Carlo, 6415 McPherson Road, will host a comedy show and dinner from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.benefiting Casa de Misericordia. Comedian Anand Chulani, who has written for “The Simpsons” and performs regularly at the Hollywood Comedy Store, will perform with his Laugh Out Loud Improv Troupe.Tickets are $75 and available at TalkTime and four IBC locations, including the mall. For more information, call 7224690.
SATURDAY,AUG.29 The Laredo Food for Thought Foundation, along with health students,will be conducting a food drive for local food banks from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the H-E-B plus! parking lot, 1911 Bob Bullock Loop. Five donated nonperishable food items will get you a voucher that partially qualifies you to receive a ticket to listen to Sonia Nazario at the Laredo Civic Center on Sept. 24. Blood pressure and other health-related tests will be available free.We will also be distributing information on health, education, and the One City, One Book initiative.
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This photo made Friday, July 24, shows boat houses and docks grounded along the near-empty Pedernales River near Bee Cave, Texas. State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said Friday at least nine counties in the nation’s most drought-stricken state are suffering through their driest conditions since modern record-keeping began in 1895.
Drought worst in history in state By JOHN McFARLAND ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — The most parched areas of Texas have been wilting in the blistering heat for two years, but only now is it now official: This is their worst drought in history. Texas state climatologist John NielsenGammon said Friday that at least nine of the 254 counties in Texas — the nation’s most drought-stricken state — are suffering through their driest conditions since modern record-keeping began in 1895. Making matters worse are the relentless 100-degree days across the southern portion of Texas that has been under drought conditions since September 2007. The impact has been felt most by farmers and ranchers in the nation’s No. 2 agriculture-producing state. Texas officials estimate statewide crop and livestock losses from the drought at $3.6 billion. “We’ve had some dry spells, but not as
Number of active rigs up by 2 HOUSTON — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States went up by two this week to 968. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday that of the rigs running nationwide, 688 were exploring for natural gas and 272 for oil. Eight were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago, when oil and gas prices were much higher, the rig count stood at 1,990. Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas lost six rigs, Oklahoma lost three and Colorado lost one.
Body of Marine returns home SAN ANTONIO — The remains of the second of four Marines killed during an attack in Afghanistan this month arrived has arrived home in Texas. Hundreds of military personnel and civilians honored Lance Cpl. Travis T. Babine as his casket arrived Friday in San Antonio. Babine will be buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
Ousted sheriff called incompetent LEVELLAND — A Texas sheriff has been suspended amid alle-
bad as this,” said Rod Santa Ana with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. “It hurts bad. A lot of these cotton fields didn’t even come up. It’s just bare ground. You’d never know cotton was even planted there.” The worst hit counties are Bastrop, Caldwell and Lee in Central Texas, and Victoria, Bee, San Patricio, Live Oak, Jim Wells and Duval in south-central Texas, Nielsen-Gammon said. He studied precipitation over several three-year periods and concluded the historic drought level in those counties. Roughly half the state is under some form of drought. About 26 percent — a large swath of Central and South Texas — is suffering through the worst two categories of drought. Texas is the only state in the U.S. with areas enduring the worst category, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture Drought Monitor map. Small areas in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Hawaii are in the second-worst category.
gations he filed false reports and was incompetent in hiring and supervising his staff. Two Hockley County deputies in west Texas were arrested last month on federal drug charges related to a major methamphetamine ring. About a third are either under federal indictment or investigation or been fired.
Sheriff seizes 76 starving horses DENTON — Animal control officers are seizing 76 emaciated horses from a ranch near the town of Pilot Point. Denton County Sheriff ’s spokesman Tom Reedy says the horses are being moved Friday to a nearby ranch after they were found in various stages of starvation. That’s despite bales of high-quality hay on the property. The owner, Gordon Dennis Key, will be arrested on charges of cruelty to livestock.
Jury convicts mom in mutilation case HOUSTON — A Harris County jury has convicted a mother of mutilating her infant son by cutting off his genitals two years ago. Jurors deliberated for about three hours on Friday before finding Katherine Nadal guilty of firstdegree felony injury to a child. The jury will now hear evi-
dence in the punishment phase of the trial before deciding Nadal’s sentence. She faces up to life in prison.
‘Fight club’man gets 3 years SAN ANTONIO — A man convicted of helping run what police called a “fight club” that set developmentally disabled residents of a state-run center against each other was sentenced to three years in prison Friday. A Nueces County jury spared Jesse Salazar the maximum punishment in the abuse scandal that surfaced with cell phone videos of employees at the Corpus Christi State School provoking residents into fights.
BP searches find $8M in drugs LAREDO — U.S. Border Patrol agents in Laredo say they’ve seized nearly $8 million in drugs after searching a bus and a truck laden with frozen broccoli. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday the bus was packed with more than $4 million in cocaine. A separate search of a truck turned up more than a ton of marijuana and nearly 50 pounds of cocaine worth more than $3 million. — Compiled from AP reports
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Investor alleges she was Madoff’s mistress NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff’s decades-long fraud might not have been his only secret. A new book says he had a two-decade affair. The memoir, “Madoff ’s Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me,” was written by Sheryl Weinstein, whose relationship with Madoff spanned more than 20
Today is Saturday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2009. There are 138 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced to his subjects in a prerecorded radio address that Japan had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II. On this date: In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain. In 1914, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York. In 1971, President Richard Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. In 1979, Andrew Young resigned as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after coming under fire for an unauthorized meeting with the U.N. observer for the Palestine Liberation Organization. In 1998, 29 people were killed by a car bomb that tore apart the center of Omagh, Northern Ireland; a splinter group calling itself the Real IRA claimed responsibility. Ten years ago: President Bill Clinton and his family went househunting in Westchester County, N.Y. (They later settled on a house in Chappaqua.) Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship, becoming at age 23 the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros. Five years ago: Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley dug through their ravaged homes, rescuing what they could as President George W. Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid. In Athens, the U.S. men’s basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and the first since adding pros. Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship in Haven, Wis. One year ago: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili grudgingly signed a U.S.-backed truce with Russia, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country. Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal with his sixth world record, in the 200-meter individual medley at the Summer Olympics. American Nastia Liukin won the gold in women’s gymnastics; friend and teammate Shawn Johnson was second. Record producer Jerry Wexler, who coined the term``rhythm and blues,’’ died in Sarasota, Fla. at age 91. National Public Radio commentator Leroy Sievers, who shared his struggle with cancer, died at his Maryland home at age 53. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Rose Marie is 86. Actor Mike Connors is 84. Actress Lori Nelson is 76. Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan is 74. Actor Jim Dale is 74. Actress Pat Priest is 73. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 65. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 63. Rock singer-musician Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers) is 61. Actress Tess Harper is 59. Actor Larry Mathews is 54. Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“Babel”) is 46 Actor Peter Hermann is 42. Actress Debra Messing is 41. Actor Anthony Anderson is 39. Actor Ben Affleck is 37. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 35. Actress Nicole Paggi is 32. Figure skater Jennifer Kirk is 25. Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 20. Thought for Today: “To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.’’ — George Edward Woodberry, American poet, critic and educator (18551930).
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Obama denounces health care emphasis BELGRADE, Mont. —President Barack Obama on Friday denounced
news media emphasis on angry protesters at town hall meetings. Obama fielded polite but occasionally tough questions — one man declaring the president couldn’t pay for his plan without raising taxes. — Compiled from AP reports
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Columnist looks back on Bow hunter competition 1 year with this newspaper scheduled for Sept 12 BY DORA MARTINEZ
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Being a Zapata native gives me inspiration. Since I was a teenager, I knew I would be involved with a newspaper in Zapata somehow. I missed the opportunity to own my own newspaper here so I went to San Antonio to make my life. There I owned my own paper for more than 21 years and made a go of it. Later, I retired and was bored. But out of that boredom came this new opportunity: I am now business manager for The Zapata Times. I am proud to be one of the people who has the vehicle to disseminate news and information along with the latest in advertising to you. This has been a great year,
even though the economy has been better. Still, we have done our best to deliver an informative newspaper about our hometown to your door every Saturday. I would like to extend my appreciation to all who made this first anniversary of The Zapata Times possible, including the Zapata County Court; the Zapata County ISD and board members, the Commissioner Court, VFW, Chamber of Commerce, our two banks, and all the large and small businesses that have been loyal through the year. I also want to thank all the contributors to all the stories I have written this past year. I en-
joyed writing them and knowing all of you all over again. We have all worked as a team, headed by our Publisher Bill Green, and will continue to work in the years to come to meet our goal to provide you with a great newspaper. I appreciate all the e-mails and calls you send. I am impressed with all the Zapatans who have written or called to congratulate us. We thank you, too, for your support. We hope to have an even better year next time around. (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 DEADLY CONDUCT Acomplainant stated two male subjects pulled a gun on him in the 900 block of Villa Avenue on Monday around 12:20 p.m. and 1:01 p.m.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OFVEHICLE A complainant stated her son took her pickup truck without permission in the 1700 block of Fresno Street between 8:22 a.m. and 8:52 a.m.
BURGLARY OF HABITATION Avictim reported a burglary of habitation in the 5300 block of Grande Lane on Aug.9 between 10:13
a.m. and 10:33 a.m. Acomplainant reported two unknown subjects gained entry to a residence and stole several items between 6:40 p.m.and 7:30 a.m.on Wednesday in the 1000 block of Falcon Lane. A complainant reported that unknown subject(s) gained entry to a residence and stole two televisions and a weedeater between 6:51 p.m. and 7:06 p.m. on Aug. 10, in the 600 block of Miraflores Avenue.
THEFT Avictim reported an unknown person stole a fishing rod and reel from inside the residence in the New
Harbor Lodge & RV Park between 8:24 p.m. and 8:36 p.m. on Aug. 9. Two male subjects stole a white General Electric refrigerator from a garage area between 12:33 p.m.and 1:10 p.m.in the 200 block of Matamoros Avenue.
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The Zapata County Chamber of Commerce is having its first South Texas Bow Hunter Shootout on Sept. 12 at the Oswaldo H. & Juanita Ramirez Exhibit Hall, 2312 Glenn Street. The archery competition will include divisions for various ages and skill levels. There will also be an area where those not familiar with archery can try their hand with equipment provided by Tepozan Ranch, in a non-competitive setting. The competition divisions will be Open, for men and women of all ages; Men’s Division, which will have two sub-division’s, Advanced and Intermediate; Women’s Division, which will likewise have two sub-divisions, Advanced and Intermediate; Youth division for competitors 17 years of age and under, which will include a division for con-
Trophies will be awarded to all first, second and third place winners.
testants 15 to 17 years of age, another for contestants 12 to 14 years of age and one for shooters up to 11 years of age. Trophies will be awarded to all first, second and third place winners. A cash prize of $500 is reserved for the first place Open winner. The scored events will begin with a 25-yard station where competitors will shoot five arrows at five paper targets. The next station range will be 30 yards, and consist of five arrows at stationary three-dimensional targets. The final station will be a 35-yard range with five arrows, but this time the three-dimensional targets will pop up for a few seconds only, testing the com-
In San Ygnacio,a suspect put the vehicle on reverse to leave,then he saw the victim.Suspect stopped and put the vehicle in drive striking the victim on her left thigh and running over her left foot. The incident happened between 12:30 a.m.and 1:17 a.m.on Fridayin the 500 block of Treviño Street.
Boy struck by pick-up has broken leg By JULIE DAFFERN THE ZAPATA TIMES
A 15-year-old boy was taken to the Zapata County Medical Clinic on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at about 8 p.m. after his 21-year-old brother allegedly hit the boy with his truck. According to Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office
Capt. Aaron Sanchez, the 15-year-old boy was at Siesta Shores Park with some friends when his brother, Eloy Ricardo Villarreal, arrived and began driving toward the group. He pointed the truck toward his brother, but was unable to stop in time, pinning the 15-year-old between the truck and a con-
crete wall, Sanchez said. The boy was taken to Zapata County Medical Clinic, where a leg injury was treated. According to Sanchez, the boy’s lower right leg was bleeding profusely because of a fracture. Witnesses at the park said Villarreal did not intentionally hit his brother with the truck.
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petitor’s skill and reflexes. This pop-up station will have six targets but only five will be active during any session and will include one moving target, making for a more competitive scenario. Copies of the shootout rules can be obtained from the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce. The exhibit hall’s layout will allow for a food court and space for food and merchandise vendors. Anyone wishing to purchase vendor space should contact the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce office at (956) 765-4871 or visit the Web site at www.zapatausa.com. The chamber is still accepting sponsorships and donations for this all day family event.
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Public debate is a good thing on health care A
USTIN — This may be odd, but I enjoy watching people go toe to toe, even if they’re hollering and even if they’re wrong. Critics charge that people are stirred by powerful interests to launch questions and attacks, the idea being that resulting protests aren’t legitimate. Sometimes they’re right. Still, the freedom to incite activism is part of being an American. Lately, millions of dollars have poured into stopping changes in law threatening how insurance companies pay for health care (or not). Money also has fueled groups that have long advocated universal health care. President Barack Obama, seeking change, has joined in. The White House even appealed for supporters to share “fishy” things they spot online from opponents of the insurance legislation, leading U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to speculate darkly about Obama minions tracking email enemies. Broadly, fierce tussles over issues are healthy reminders that elected officials matter. Then again, often what seems shocking in such spats proves misleading or false. Consider the scene outside a government health clinic in Austin last week, where U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, took questions inside. (He also was in the middle of appearing on cable news shows, for which he’d qualified by getting shouted down days before at a grocery store. Other Austinarea representatives, all Republicans, have sounded out constituents in genteel conference calls.) At the clinic, Circle C resident Alan Daves asked
W.GARDNER SELBY proponents of widened insurance access to defend the proposed creation of a citizens army. “Why does Obama want a citizens army?” Daves asked. “You know, Hitler had his Gestapo.” What a scary jab: Why would lawmakers tie extreme military ideas to health care? Well, a Senate amendment refers to a “ready Reserve Corps” of people to help in a national emergency or public health crisis. Daves insists that would amount to a private army for Obama to quell dissent. My read: He’s wildly overreaching — plain wrong. Austin businessman Rick Holms, who jawed with Daves, said he dropped his health coverage after the monthly cost escalated from $140 to $1,400 over 14 years. He said he subsequently had a heart attack and has since had trouble getting insured. Holms extolled Canada’s universal health system. Another man, who declined to be identified, replied: “Well then, move there!” Holms said later: “At least there’s a debate” now, unlike, he suggested, when Congress passed the USA Patriot Act and signed off on war in Iraq. To be fair, there was debate then, though maybe fewer public confrontations. For observers like me, now is better. (W. Gardner Selby writes a column for the Austin American-Statesman. To reach him, e-mail wgselby@statesman.com)
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Keep it civil, people, please By JOHN KELSO COX NEWSPAPERS
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USTIN — Howdy, folks. Let me start out today’s town meeting by saying thanks for coming, and it’s just great to see so many smilin’ faces out here in the audience. Today we’ll be talking about national health insurance. Before we get too far along here, let me just say I’ve come up with a workable solution to these comedians who attend these meetings and start yelling to drown out the speaker. You’ve seen these shouting matches that have been erupting across the country at meetings just like this one, right? I’m thinking we can rest insured — whoops, Freudian slip, make that rest assured — that none of that sort of monkey business is going to come out of you fine folks. This is America, where everybody gets his say, right? Which makes me wonder, friends and neighbors: If Joe Schmo attends one of these meetings and gets shouted down, and he knuckle-sandwiches the guy, is the guy who got popped covered by his HMO or his PPO? And what’s the co-pay on that? So, moving right along here — as your town meeting coordinator, here’s my cure for the shouters.
You know how Austin cops go to bars to check volume levels of bands to make sure the horn section isn’t violating the city’s noise ordinance? Why not hang decibel meters on the shouters, and whup a mouthin’-off tax on ‘em when they go over the limit? Hey, you in the back row — put a sock in it. I should have known some of you boneheads would start bellyaching as soon as I got to that decibel meter suggestion. Excuse me, sir. That’s right, you, the gentleman in the Lone Star flag shirt poking his finger on the other guy’s chest. Cool it. You’ll give yourself a pre-existing condition. Now, I’ll admit I’m no expert on health insurance. I do know that whenever the subject comes up, there’s a contingent of angry yappers who start using the dreaded “S” word. Socialism? That road you drove on to get here: You pooled your tax money to build it. So, if you’re using it, you’re flirtin’ with it. Hey, you, the lady with the fierce face wearing the “Lloyd Doggett is Joseph Stalin’s brother in-law” Tshirt: Get over it. Your mama didn’t tell you it’s good form to show up in public and start bellowing. OK, OK, lady, I hear you. I should “go read the Constitution.” I’ll go read it, if you promise to shut up.
YOUR OPINION There are many good reasons for reforming health care; get the facts To the editor: I have been a little reluctant in researching the entire health care reform bill. I only want the citizens of this nation to educate themselves to avoid the fear of change! The bottom line for me on health care is more about what will people say who do not have insurance, who have been denied insurance and who are paying for insurance — and still paying for health care! The five selling points for me on health care: Insuring the 47 – 50 million people without health care Adding routine checkups and basic care to people before they are ill Stopping the emergency room jam, which causes real emergencies to be diluted with cold, flu and minor items Forcing the insurance
companies to stop rejecting claims and rejecting people for being sick — that’s just damn wrong. Reducing the cost in the system is guaranteed by doing the first three things — all those millions of people just getting sicker and sicker would stop; emergency rooms should be less crowded; and doctors/hospitals will be paid for their work — not just have to run after non-insured people for their money! Five ways to defend health care to your neighbors and friends: The U.S.A. is the last of the industrialized nations to have basic health care for all its citizens. China, India, Mexico, Canada — and the list goes on for who has health care The cost is going to get better without so many people being left to the system without care. Emergency
rooms are jammed and it’s all paid by insured people being over priced due to the “non-payers.” Get rid of that cost — we damn sure will see a cost decrease The insurance companies now are the dictators of health care and their job is making profit not healthy people. Let’s put the patient back in charge — not just the doctor or hospital — put the customer back in charge! If you have insurance that you love and it’s so good that it can not get better, then you are probably working for the government. If you work in the private sector, you have seen your premiums and co-payments go up each year, meaning less money in your pocket. Meanwhile, your insurance company has seen increased profits. Finally, how can a country lead as a caring nation when it has its own citizens
living without care. Time to join the world and give people basic health care! Republicans controlled the White House from 2001 to 2008 and Congress from 2001 to 2006. Where were their outrage and care for the 45 million-plus Americans living without health care? Now the country wants to move to the next level — we have a group of paid-off Republicans wanting to push the poor people back into the hole. If we do not get health care in this first term of President Obama it will not be a failure for him but a failure of this country to acknowledge our blind ignorance at following fear rather following intelligence. Seek first to understand — Rather than seek first to talk! Signed, Dale Woodfork
Health care reform legislation raises many questions; Cuellar should have town hall meeting To the editor: I considered myself fortunate to have been born in the United States, where people have a voice and are able to exert their power in ways that benefit both themselves and their country. Despite running the risk of being labeled a right-wing activist, I must state concerns with the proposed national health reform and I am asking Congressman Henry Cuellar to have a public meeting to inform the public and clarify any misunderstandings. I understand that Congressman Cuellar has been one of the few Democrats to question the contents of the bill and I for one am expressing my appreciation. However, I believe it is important that we let our representatives know what our concerns are on this important issue. I am concerned that the reform measures now under discussion, by not explicitly excluding illegal immigrants, will automatically in-
clude these people and dramatically increase the cost. How can our already weakened economy withstand such a financial burden? I am concerned that the same legislators who are rushing to nationalize health care recently voted against joining the health plan currently being proposed for the rest of America. They will keep their Cadillac health care plan provided by the government. How can they face their constituents and say, “This is good for you, but not for me?” Legislators propose paying for the anticipated health cost by cutting fraud and waste in Medicare and Medicaid. How can we trust congressmen to cut fraud when some of them have personally benefited from lowered mortgage rates, have been investigated for storing $400,000 in a freezer and added millions in earmarks to the stimulus package? I am concerned that officials are being disingenuous
when they state that individuals would be able to keep their private insurance. As has already happened in other countries, when businesses are forced to offer health care to all employees, economics usually convinces them to choose the cheaper public option. I am also concerned that rationing of services and medications are inevitable when 48 million people are added into the system without adequate preparation or provisions. To ration services, government standards would have to decide, based on your age and condition, if and when procedures and medications would be provided. I can envision the elderly desperately calling legislators to intervene on their behalf for medical services. Unfortunately, if you are not a contributor, you might not ever get a call back. The United States is replicating the same plans that are offered in Canada and England. Financially able
individuals from these countries come to the United States seeking life-saving exams and surgeries because the waiting list in their counties run months or years. What Congress needs to understand is that the majority of Americans are satisfied with their current insurance plan. Concern should be for those that need assistance. When my son recently lost his COBRA coverage, I started examining options for his diabetic condition and found that Gateway Clinics in Laredo offer services on a sliding scale formula, but they are not taking new clients. Why does the government not look at what these established clinics need in order to serve more individuals? Lastly, I recommend that the government make their plan available online as promised and that they first pilot their plan in select states. Signed, Dolores Medrano
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On a positive note Student touches patients’lives By JULIETA CHIQUILLO LAREDO MORNING TIMES
Darlene Canales was nervous when she met 62-year-old Janie at a Denton nursing home in 2008. Canales, a music therapy student at Texas Woman’s University, was trying to bond with a bed-ridden woman with Down’s syndrome and dementia who had not spoken in a decade. Canales took her guitar, sat down and introduced herself to Janie, whose last name has been withheld because of therapist-client confidentiality. “Hi, Janie, I’m Darlene, and I’m going to play some music for you,” Canales told her. “Is that OK?” Janie smiled. When she spoke with Janie’s caregiver before the session, Canales learned that Janie enjoyed religious songs for children because she grew up in a church setting. Canales began to play. “Her eyes were just glued to my guitar,” she said. Her playlist included “You are My Sunshine” and “Jesus Loves the Little Children.” Janie began to mouth the words. By their fifth session, Canales got Janie to sing some lines with her. “I actually cried,” Canales said. “I was so touched.” Music therapy, however, does not perform miracles. It won’t make a paraplegic person walk or prevent a person with Alzheimer’s from losing his or her memory. Its aim is to make people respond to music in a way that helps them improve their well-being. According to the American Music Therapy Association, music therapists assess emotional well-being, physical health, social functioning, and cognitive skills through musical responses. Music therapists use music intervention to accomplish the individualized goals of clients. “Music therapy is an interpersonal relationship between the client and the music therapist, and the music therapist will use the music in anyway they can — whether it be cognitive, emotional, physical — to help the client,” Canales said.
The sound of music While it may be a foreign concept for many people, music therapy has been around for more than 60 years. Michigan State University founded the first music therapy degree program in the world in 1944. According to AMTA, the discipline harkens back to World War I and World War II, when amateur and professional musicians would visit hospitals and play for veterans. Physicians noted that patients were physically and emotionally responding to the music and began to request the presence of musicians at the hospitals. Demand for a college curriculum rose when the need for training became
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Darlene Canales, pictured with her beloved guitar, is studying music therapy to help improve the lives of patients. apparent. Many people don’t realize that music therapists are trained professionals and that they need credentials from the Certification Board for Music Therapists to practice, said Joke Bradt, assistant director of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center at Temple University, which boasts an internationally renowned music therapy program. Music therapists are well versed in psychology, anatomy and physiology, and must be proficient in piano and guitar, Bradt said. Students also take courses that are specific to music therapy and complete 1,200 hours of clinical training, including a supervised internship. It’s not an easy job, and witnessing human pain can be difficult, Bradt said. “Music therapy is not about curing people,” Bradt said. “It’s about helping people achieve their full potential and achieve quality of life.” It wasn’t the career path Canales had envisioned for herself. Her calling, she thought, was to be a music teacher. Canales didn’t even know what music therapy was until the summer of 2003, when she moved to Hurst, a city in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, to help care for her autistic cousin. Besides regular babysitting duties, Canales would take her 3year-old cousin to therapy and doctor appointments. It was during one of these sessions that she learned about music therapy. “I thought I wanted to be a music teacher, but when I found out about music therapy, I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” she said. “I knew that was for me.” Even though her original plan was to go to school in Laredo, Canales continued to care for her cousin and enrolled in the Tarrant County College, where she took some piano lessons and picked up the African drums. She then transferred to Texas Woman’s University, one of five colleges and universities in Texas with a degree program approved by AMTA.
Spreading the word Canales has seen the effects of music therapy firsthand, but she knows that others might need a little
convincing. “A lot of people haven’t heard of music therapy,” Canales said. “They are skeptical, and I don’t blame them.” Working alongside a professional music therapist, another music therapy student and her manager, Canales hopes to spread the word about the benefits of music therapy through a 30-minute TV show. In the show’s pilot, Canales teaches a group of mentally disabled adults to follow instructions and work together by having them beat an African drum to move a small paper ball on top. Another music therapy student works with a toddler with a brain formation disorder to develop motor skills by having him pluck the strings of a guitar. In addition to two music therapy sessions, the show will also feature an interview segment with a music therapy professional. Each episode of the show would air once a week throughout the month on local Time Warner cable channels in San Antonio, Houston and Austin. The show would also air on MyLife On Demand, a health and wellness video on demand network. Eliseo “Cheo” Garza, Canales’ manager and consultant for San Antonio-based Con Safoz Entertainment Group, said the company would like to launch the show in the fall. The company is looking for sponsorship to fund the show. The total cost of producing three shows, including airtime, is $210,000, he said. “The economy the way it is, it’s hard to get sponsors,” Garza said. If the company is unable to get sponsorship for the fall, it will fund the show itself. “We believe in it,” Garza said, noting that he hopes the show will go national in the spring.
Sing a song Canales will continue her work with music therapy during the next school year, when she will start her internship with the Denton Independent School District and help conduct music therapy sessions with special-education students. Just like she learned with Janie, Canales knows she’ll have to take it one step at the
time. There were days when Janie would recognize her, and others when she would return her smile with a blank stare. One day she would enjoy Elvis Presley, and the next day she would hate it. Yet there was the day Janie sang two full songs with her. “That was amazing,” Canales said. “When she met me, she would barely talk at all. We went from her just staring at me to her mouthing words, and eventually she sang two entire songs.” Janie didn’t repeat the feat again. She passed away in May. But Canales believes that her work made a difference in Janie’s life. “Any little thing can be an achievement,” she said. “It may seem small, but when you look at the big picture, it’s a big accomplishment.”
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Face-off over Facebook DEAR MISS MANNERS — Facebook is out of control. There are way too many people in this world trying to be your friend when you don’t necessarily want them to be. What is the appropriate way to let someone know that you don’t want to be their friend on Facebook? It’s easy if you don’t even know the person and they are trying to link up with you because of a mutual friend. I just ignore them. But when it is someone you do know and perhaps know very well but haven’t seen or spoken to in, let’s say, 20 years, what is the proper tact with that one? GENTLE READER — Send your long-lost friend a postcard — an actual post card, with a stamp and a handwritten message, saying it was nice to hear from him. On Facebook, nothing. Oh, and no return address on the card. Miss Manners trusts that this will be profoundly confusing to the recipient. You have not snubbed him, but you seem to have taken his offer of friendship literally, when he only wanted to rack up numbers, make you peek at his life and perhaps peek at yours. Why (he will wonder) have you answered in such an archaic way, instead of just clicking? Surely you do not expect him to make a similar effort? You may leave him with that mystery and make no further effort. DEAR MISS MANNERS — The food court in my office building is often
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visited by teenagers at the nearby high school during lunch. They are often loud and obnoxious, butting in line, crowding entrance ways, etc. Last week, I witnessed two students blatantly stealing soda from the fountain using small condiment cups provided by the vendor. I turned to them and said, “You should pay for what you have taken. Shall I inform the owner?” I know that you consider it rude to intercede when others are acting inappropriately, but if children are not learning manners from their parents, shouldn’t they be confronted with the consequences of their actions? GENTLE READER — Stealing, even such petty stealing as this, is a violation of morals rather than manners, and Miss Manners never told you that you couldn’t attempt to halt a crime.
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‘Wilkommen’ again By KIRSTEN CROW LAREDO MORNING TIMES
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Staind, pictured above, is set to headline the “Stimulate This!”concert at the Laredo Entertainment Center on Tuesday.
The rock return: ‘Stimulate This!’ By JULIETA CHIQUILLO LAREDO MORNING TIMES
While the rest of the country tries to wrap its collective heads around the federal economic stimulus package, here’s a stimulus package you will understand. Staind, Shinedown, Chevelle and Halestorm will thunder through the Laredo Entertainment Center on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to bring some relief to rock fans through the “Stimulate This!” tour, which promises fans an electrifying rock show that won’t break their piggy banks.
Staind’s stimulus Aaron Lewis, lead singer of Staind, said he came up with the idea to do the tour after the government bailout of “irresponsible corporations,” which he said left average Americans in the dark. “In frustration, I was, like, well, what can we do for our summer tour to at least try to help some people to make it affordable for them to come see a good show?” Lewis said. “So, the first step was to find a bunch of bands that were willing to be a part of it and were willing to maybe make a little less than they might have been able to make going out and headlining a tour, but it made it so we could offer a very affordable show with a bunch of bands.” Prices may be cheaper, but the bands are not skimping on production, said Brent Smith, lead singer of Shinedown. “We’re bringing all the bells and whistles,” Smith said.
Bailout for the fans Even rock stars are not impervious to recessions. They may be recording artists, but that doesn’t mean
THE 411 WHO: Staind, Chevelle, Halestorm, Shinedown and Lo-pro WHAT: “Stimulate This!” tour WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 WHERE: Laredo Entertainment Center COST: Tickets for $46, $36, $26 and $16, plus facility fee, are available at the LEC box office and Ticketmaster.com. they don’t understand the woes of the Average Joe, the musicians said. Smith said he gets by paycheck by paycheck. Sam Loeffler, drummer of Chevelle, can also relate. “I’ve cut my budget for everything in half, and I’m making half the money I used to make even two years ago, and that’s OK,” Loeffler said. “I’m still putting food on the table and all that, and fortunately, I don’t have to pay to go see shows anymore, and that’s great.” Knowing that many fans have been combing the floor underneath the couch to come watch the show, the bands are committed to giving them the most bang for their buck. “Probably 90 percent of our audience in each of these cities, they probably saved up all month to be able to come to this concert, and we’re going to give them one hell of a show, you can definitely bet on that,” Smith said. Lzzy Hale, lead singer of Halestorm, will inject a dash of femininity as the only woman in the bill. “I’m going to feel like this really lucky little sister on this tour, so I’m going to learn a lot, but I feel like I’ll be able to hold my own, and I don’t know, just have a really good time with all of them,” Hale said. “It will be fun.”
on Aug. 18, but the bands promise to keep the heat going. The rock show will not only be easy on fans’ pocketbooks but also offer a release from their routine, Loeffler said. “I think it’s important that everybody be able to still have an escape from their everyday, droning life no matter what it is you do,” Loeffler said. “You still want to do a couple of things that make you feel like a kid, and certainly going to a rock show is one that’s important to a lot of people.”
“Willkommen,” indeed. The cast of Laredo Institute of Theatrical Education’s “Cabaret” performed before packed houses at the Laredo Center for the Arts throughout its first weekend, including sold-out shows Friday and Saturday night. That’s a definitive warm welcome from a community that has only recently seen the return of more mature theater intended for adult audiences, and it didn’t go unnoticed — the cast even earned a standing ovation Saturday. But for those who missed the iconic, dramaand lingerie-loaded production, there’s still time to catch it —“Cabaret” has scheduled performances tonight, Saturday and Sunday — that is, if you get your tickets early. It would be well worth your while. From beginning to end, the LITE directors, producers and cast put on a quality show, complete with a small, live orchestra, spectacular dance numbers and stunning performances by its young actors. Equally impressive is the transformation of the LCA mezzanine into the famous Kit Kat Klub cabaret — it even has the name of the club in lights over the entrance — as well as other familiar haunts from the play, set in 1931 Berlin. The scene change at the very end, in particular, was impressive — a chilling statement about Germany’s trans-
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Cassandra Canales portrays Sally Bowles and Armando Lopez Jr. plays Clifford Bradshaw in the Laredo Institute of Theatrical Education’s production of “Cabaret.” formation in the wake of Hitler’s stranglehold. As a word of caution, the production does contain adult themes. It’s not recommended for those younger than 18. But for mature theaterlovers, this will knock your socks off. Go ahead and tell mama — invite her, even — assuming that she won’t faint. (Kirsten Crow may be reached at 728-2543, kirsten@lmtonline.com or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kirstencrow)
THE 411 WHO: Laredo Institute of Theatrical Education WHAT: “Cabaret” (For mature audiences 18 and older) WHEN: 8 p.m. tonight, Aug. 14; 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 WHERE: Laredo Center for the Arts, 500 San Agustin Ave. TICKETS: $10 auditorium seating and $200 for a table of six FOR MORE INFORMATION : Call the LCA at 725-1715.
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The Zapata Times 1ST ANNIVERSARY SECTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009
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A year of triumph, controversy By DIANA R. FUENTES THE ZAPATA TIMES
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n Aug. 16, 2008, The Zapata Times got its start with a 16page, two-section edition. Planning for Zapata’s 150th Anniversary Celebration was the lead story. Since then, The Zapata Times has been delivered every Saturday to 4,000 homes in this area, providing news, sports, opinion and comics. For 52 weeks, The Zapata Times has sought to present an accurate, fair and balanced look at the issues important to Zapata. Reporters have cov-
ered Commissioner Court meetings, high school sports, law enforcement, trials and elections, among many other events and topics. The Zapata Times has covered several controversies, including the financial difficulties of the Chamber of Commerce, funding questions about the higher education center and the more recent trouble involving the Zapata County Medical Clinic. There has been bad news: A former Border Patrol agent received 14 years after he pleaded guilty to taking bribes for allowing a load of cocaine to pass through Zapata Coun-
ty. A popular Zapata High School student died after he was found unconscious in a North Texas state park, and other Zapatans perished in highway and other accidents. But there was also plenty of good news: The Zapata High School Mariachis once again took top national and international honors; the annual Zapata County Fair honored one of the city’s most popular couples, Juanita and Osvaldo Ramirez, as the parade’s grand marshals; and Zapata’s Sesquicentennial Celebration was a unique festival enjoyed by thousands. Construction has been a
major part of the landscape for the last year. Work on the new Arturo L. Benavides Elementary School in San Ygnacio began last October and it’s expected to be ready later this year. A new water intake system is already in use, and a $2.6 million project to install drainage and pave streets in San Ygnacio is underway. Building of the new Zapata County Museum continues apace, as reported on page 1A of today’s edition. Of course, Falcon Lake is a prominent feature of Zapata. Fishing tournaments attract national-level sportsmen and there are multiple sporting
events to raise funds for local causes, including the annual sporting clay tournament for the Boys and Girls Club of Zapata. Hang gliders from around the globe once again flocked to Zapata’s clear skies, aiming for new world records. Other hot-button stories over the past year included: Zapata’s first case of the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, which saw the person recovering just fine; talk of incorporating the town of Zapata as a city was brought up and once again pushed to a back burner; and commissioners sought to regulate sexually oriented businesses.
All of these stories are on pages that can be found in the archives of The Zapata Times’ Web site: www.thezapatatimes.com The Zapata Times plans to continue working for the community in its second year, giving a voice to the voiceless and serving as a watchdog over government spending and elected officials. The paper’s opinion page welcomes letters to the editor. For more information, see page 4A of today’s edition. The office is located at 1309 N. U.S. 83 at 14th Avenue, Suite 2. Business manager is Zapata native Dora Martinez.
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Miguel Lopez goes over some old family photos with Enoc and Ray Lopez and relates how the family history has grown in the town Lope単o during the Lope単o Historical Reminiscing at the Lope単o Community Center. Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata Times
Zapata County Fair Queen Runner Up Alexis R. Garza looks towards the crowds at the 2009 Zapata County Parade.
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Laredoan Richard Cremo, right and his fishing partner Pete Elliott follow other fishermen as they make their way onto Falcon Lake for the FLW-Stern Series Fishing Tournament. Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata Times
2009 Zapata County Fair Parade Marshalls Juanita and Oswaldo Ramirez react being congratulated by members of the community during the 2009 Zapata County Fair Kick Off Parade at the Zapata County Courthouse.
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Zapata High School Band marches along Highway 83 as they get ready to play during the 2009 Zapata County Parade.
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World Recold holder Gary Osaba does last minute preparation on his sail plane before taking a test run along the Zapata County Airport in search of breaking his own record.
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The Don Jesus Treviño fort is seen in San Ygnacio, Texas, Wednesday, April 8. Bought by local artist Michael Tracy, the River Pierce Foundation is raising funds to restore the building. It was designated at National Historic Landmark in 1998. FAR LEFT: Artist Michael Tracy talks about the restoration of the fort in San Ygnacio, Texas, Wednesday, April 8. Tracy, through his River Pierce Foundation, has undertaken the restoration process of the fort. The restoration continues as funds become available. LEFT: River Pierce Foundation's Christopher Rincon stands by the main entrance at the Don Jesus Treviño fort in San Ygnacio, Wednesday, April 8. The foundation has taken up the restoration of the fort.
Progress seen on old Fort Treviño By JULIE DAFFERN THE ZAPATA TIMES
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he River Pierce Foundation is making progress on San Ygnacio’s Treviño Fort, also known as TreviñoUribe Rancho, one of the most historically significant structures in Zapata County. In fact, Christopher Rincon, executive director of the foundation, expects the emergency stabilization to be complete some time in January or February. The Texas Historical Commission awarded a matching grant for stabilization in May 2008, according to Michael Tracy, an artist who has been working on
the restoration project for more than a decade. “We’re moving forward,” Tracy said. He pointed out the original structure of the fort had nothing to do with the military. It was built as shelter when San Ygnacio was first founded. After the stabilization is complete, Rincon said the foundation would work with the National Park Service to do a historic structure report on the fort. He added the report would serve as a road map for the structure that was “developed over the course of 50 years. “There was no photographic documentation on what it looked like before
1936,” Rincon said, adding that in putting together the report the group will examine many details such as wood conservation techniques, masonry techniques and archeology. Detailing one of the many points the group will look at, he said, “Rooflines on the west side are pitched. Originally they were flat-roofed, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t originally pitched on the north side.” As members of the River
Pierce Foundation look to the next step when stabilization is complete, Rincon said they have been lucky to have good partners, including: the Texas Historical Commission, National Park Service, National Trust for Historical Preservation, the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation and the Brown Foundation Inc., of Houston. (Julie Daffern may be reached at 728-2565 or jdaffern@lmtonline.com)
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Exponen programa de inglés ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
SAN ANTONIO , TX.- La Universidad de Texas convocó a México a que participara en la “Segunda conferencia anual sobre estrategias laborales” con su experiencia en la enseñanza del inglés como segunda lengua. En ese sentido y derivado de los avances que Tamaulipas tiene en esa materia, el Secretario de Educación a nivel nacional Alonso Lujambio, pidió al Secretario de Educación de Tamaulipas, José Manuel Assad Montelongo, asistiera en su representación para que expusiera los logros y alcances que se tienen hasta el momento en nuestro país. Por tal motivo con asistencia de académicos de diversos estados de la Unión Americana, Assad Montelongo presentó el Programa de Inglés en educación básica como líder a nivel nacional ante la comunidad académica de Texas, California y Nueva York, entre otras, quienes estudian la importancia del inglés entre las comunidades para integrarse a la competitividad laboral. Las actividades se desarrollaron los días 10, 11 y 12 de agosto del presente año, siendo el segundo día la participación del titular del ramo educativo de la entidad quien además fue nombrado líder de los siete estados que establecen reuniones de planeación sobre la enseñanza del inglés, debido a que son los que tienen mayores avances. Estos estados son Tamaulipas quien encabeza la lista con mayores logros, apoyo y cobertura, por otro lado Sinaloa, Durango, Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Nuevo León y Sonora. En compañía del Coordinador Nacional de Inglés, Dr. Juan Manuel Martínez García, el Secretario de Educación de Tamaulipas, hizo ver el liderazgo del estado y el apoyo por parte del Gobernador Eugenio Hernández Flores para lograr estas metas en las que la entidad desea contar con ciudadanos más competitivos, para que puedan desarrollar sus competencias en el ámbito laboral.
Mier donde podrá vivir aventuras POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
CIUDAD MIER -Si es amante de la cultura y la aventura, tiene la opción de visitar el único Pueblo Mágico en la frontera de México con Estados Unidos. Podrá vivir su historia y tradiciones en el municipio de Miér, el cual representa otra alternativa para los visitantes que van en busca de cultura, aventura y deportes extremos dentro de escenarios naturales con servicios, productos y estándares de calidad internacional. Antiguamente se le conocía como “El Paso del Cántaro” ó “Estancia de Mier”. Herbey Ramos Ramos, Director General de Servicios Turísticos, afirmó que el impulso del gobernador Eugenio Hernández Flores para mejorar la infraestructura turística de esta localidad ha merecido que sea reconocido como el municipio que mayor inversión y promoción recibe dentro del exclusivo grupo de los denominados Pueblos Mágicos. Y es que Mier, además de poseer bellezas naturales y paisajes variados, ha sido escenario de hechos históricos y decisivos en la vida nacional, como el proceso de conformación de la frontera México-Estados Unidos, recibió la visita del ex presidente americano Dwight Eisenhower durante la inauguración la presa internacional Falcón y es cuna de varios ex gobernadores del estado. El funcionario explicó que al ser declarado por la Secretaría de Turismo Federal como Pueblo Mágico, representa una oportunidad de crecimiento económico, generación de divisas y empleos para la región, ya que este programa recibe aportaciones de los diferentes órdenes de gobierno, permite estructurar una oferta turística innovadora y original que aumenta los flujos de visitantes. Mier cuenta con infraestructura de hospedaje variada, artesanías, gastronomía, edificios históricos, fuentes monumentales, columnas conmemorativas, leyendas, tradiciones, festividades cívicas, religiosas, populares, monumentos, opciones para la caza y pesca, turismo rural y de aventura, entre otras opciones para el esparcimiento familiar.
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Frenarán fraude en permisos POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
A lo largo de la frontera MéxicoEstados Unidos, nacionales mexicanos fueron víctimas de estafa y han enfrentado a la justicia federal por haber confiado el trámite de internación vehicular a “Coyotes”. Es el caso de Ricardo Saldaña Rodríguez, residente en Illinois, que viaja anualmente a la comunidad “El Tecolote”, en el Municipio de San Francisco, del Rincón, Guanajuato, frontera con el estado de Jalisco, quien tuvo problemas con los jsuticia federal. “Estaba cansado y alguien, cuando llegué a Nuevo Laredo, se me acercó y me habló de sus contactos para tramitar el permiso
tivos a visitar a sus familiares en México no tendrán que ser víctimas de estafa, ni perderán sus vehículos ni se verán en problemas judiciales. El Programa Paisano se modernizó para expedir permisos de internación vehicular en 11 consulados mexicanos en Estados Unidos, cuatro se localizan en Texas. Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth y Austin, abrieron un espacio en el Consulado Mexicano para el Banco del Ejército, dijo en Laredo Mario Pérez, coordinador del Programa Paisano en la tecercer región, del Consulado de Houston. “Desde la comodidad de su oficina, casa ó en alguna computadora podrán también tramitar por In-
del auto y que por una módica propina me ayudaría”, dice Saldaña. “Estuve indeciso, pero me convenció. Le entregué dinero y en 20 minutos rePÉREZ gresó, según, con documentos y la autorización. Seguí el procidimiento y continúe mi camino para viajar al sur del país”, explicó. “Pero me tocó semáforo “rojo” en el punto de revision de la carratera federal 85, y los oficiales dijeron que el permiso era falso”, dijo. Ahora, los nacionales mexicanos que viajan durante días fes-
ternet su permiso”, dijo Pérez, “En 7 días podrán responderles y les llegaóa por correo el holograma que deberán adherir al parabrisas de su auto”. El Ministro Miguel Ángel Isidro, del Consulado de México en Laredo, dijo que Pérez estará a cargo de la verificación del Programa Paisano en una región que cubre varios estados en la Unión Americana, principalmente en el área fronteriza. Pérez se entrevistó con funcionarios mexicanos en Nuevo Laredo, vinculados al Programa Paisanos, a fin de buscar estrategias que puedan orientar al cruce ágil y sin problemas a los nacionales que viajan al sur de México.
Alertan no descuidar su salud ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
Foto Cortesía | Gobierno Miguel Alemán
Blanca Rodríguez coordinadora de vectores, dirigiendo la operación con cuatro unidades y seis maquinas fumigadoras portátiles que inicio por la colonia Barrera y arrollo el buey .
Campaña contra dengue Primera fumigación inició en placita Mil Colores POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
MIGUEL ALEMAN, TAMPS Los esquemas de prevención serón las mejores opciones para preservar la salud, dijo el Aécalde Servando Lopez Moreno, al coordinar su administración con el Dr. Jaime Emilio Gutierrez, de la Jurisdicción Sanitaria No. 5, en el inicio de la primera campaña de fumigación contra el dengue. El evento inció en la Placita Mil Colores de la colonia Barrera, acompañado de los responsables de la sanidad municipal. “Apostamos a la prevención. No vamos a esperar a que se presente el primer caso de dengue. Todos sabemos que los mosquitos trasmisores podrían afectar la salud de nuestra ciomunidad”, dijo Lopez Moreno. “Vamos a fumigar cada rincon de la ciudad, asignaremos mayor interés en lugares identificados en su reproducción (del mosquito trasmisor)”. De la Jurisdicción Sanitaria, asistió Blanca Rodríguez, coordinadora de vectores, dirigiendo la operación con cuatro unidades y seis
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Vamos a fumigar cada rincón de la ciudad, asignaremos mayor interés en lugares identificados en su reproducción.” ALCALDE SERVANDO LOPEZ MORENO
máquinas fumigadoras portátiles comenzando en la colonia Barrera y arrollo El Buey. El éxito de prevención consiste en que los ciudadanos tomen una actitud de responsabilidad al permitir que los vectores, entren hasta los lugares mas apartados de las viviendas o simplemente abran sus puertas para que el veneno haga los efectos y acabe con los mosquitos. También es necesario que se deshagan de los “cacharros”, ya que es ahí donde en mosquito “Aedes aegypti” incuba sus huevecillos, por lo que también s necesario evitar, la maleza cerca
de las casas, charcos o acumulación de agua en recipientes como” yogas” y botellas. Finalmente dijo el alcalde que gracias a la disponibilidad del Ing. Eugenio Hernández, gobernador de Tamaulipas, Miguel Alemán se siente protegido por que todas las gestione que se han hecho han tenido una respuesta satisfactoria como la que hoy se hace presente para prevenir el dengue. El Dr. Gutierrez de la Jurisdiccion Sanitaria, dijo que existe un importante equema de coordinación con los alcaldes de Miguel Alemán, Ciudad Mier y Ciudad Guerrero.
CD. VICTORIA, Tamaulipas.Cualquier infección respiratoria, por simple que parezca, se debe llevar a la persona, sobre todo si es menor de edad, a recibir la atención médica adecuada y oportuna. Esta recomendación se hizo para la comunidad tamaulipeca y asistan a las unidades de salud, de los 43 municipios de Tamaulipas, según un comunicado de prensa. Evitará complicaciones y detectar a tiempo padecimientos como neumonía o influenza, por lo que debemos evitar la automedicación. El doctor Juan Guillermo Mansur Arzola, Secretario de Salud en la entidad, explicó que la automedicación se presenta regularmente cuando el paciente registra padecimientos como la gripe o tos y no se acude a las unidades de salud a recibir la atención médica y se consumen medicamentos que se anuncian a través de los medios de comunicación. Esta situación, que afortunadamente la población esta tomando mayor conciencia para no realizarla, se adopta para contrarrestar las infecciones respiratorias agudas principalmente, convirtiéndola en un serio problema de salud. “La automedicación implica una resistencia a los antibióticos y como consecuencia mayores dificultades para controlar el padecimiento, lo que ocasiona que el paciente en la mayoría de los casos requiera de hospitalización y en donde el gobernador del estado Eugenio Hernández Flores, ha dado la indicación para que se difundan las medidas preventivas para evitar esta practica por demás riesgosa”, destacó Mansur Arzola. Esta costumbre en la que ante cualquier gripa o malestar, la población llega a ingerir medicamentos comerciales que anuncian en los diferentes medios de comunicación, provoca que una infección respiratoria no sea tratada de manera adecuada, sino todas por igual, lo que causa en muchas ocasiones complicaciones en el desarrollo de la enfermedad o resistencia a los antibióticos. Los síntomas característicos de las infecciones respiratorias agudas son el malestar general, fiebre, secreción nasal, dificultad para respirar, respiración rápida y ruidosa por lo que se debe acudir al médico para proporcionar el
KCSM tendrá trenes ‘verdes’, evitará contaminar POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV
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NUEVO LAREDO -Con tecnología de punta, menos emisiones, más ahorro de combustible y mayor confiabilidad, Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM) renovará su flotilla de locomotoras. Durante este fin de semana, dos de las 27 locomotoras “verdes” que serán KCSM en el Corredor Intermodal Internacional cruzaron esta frontera, de acuerdo a un comunicado. José Zozaya, Presidente y Representante Ejecutivo de KCSM, dijo que 16 locomotoras serán reconstruidas por Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). “(KCS) invierte en locomotoras amigables mediante la reconstrucción que le permite mejorar su flota y actualizar el equipo de patio y de camino”, dijo Zozaya. “Es tecnología de punta, sus motores serán controlados por micro-
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Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM) renovará su flotilla de locomotoras. Cruzaron de Laredo a la capital mexicana dos de las dos de las 27 locomotoras “verdes”. procesadores, logrando menos emisiones e incremento en la eficiencia del uso de combustible”. Debido a esta inversión, la compañía contará con mayor disponibilidad de servicio y costos de mantenimiento predecibles. “Para KCSM es un orgullo invertir en este tipo de tecnologías para
contribuir a cuidar el medio ambiente. Esta transformación beneficia a los mexicanos y al medio ambiente, así como a nuestros clientes”, dijo Zozaya de KCSM. “Me complace compartir las innovaciones que se hacen en beneficio del Corredor Intermodal Internacional con la finalidad de
incrementar su eficiencia y seguridad” Las 27 locomotoras están siendo transformadas de unidades SD40 y GP40, de aproximadamente 40 años de antigüedad. Una vez que hayan sido transformadas, solamente permanecerá el cuerpo y estructura originales.
Las locomotoras minimizan el consumo de combustible y cumplen con la cantidad de emisiones permitidas. Representan un 25 por ciento de ahorro en combustible, 50 por ciento de reducción en aceite lubricante y 70 por ciento de reducción en emisiones de gas de efecto invernadero, añade de Zozaya de KCSM. Permitirá acatar el US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier II y son aptas para subvención estatal y federal como proyectos de aire limpio. KCS ha recibido financiamiento y continúa en la búsqueda de más apoyos para proyectos adicionales. Las soluciones de reconstrucción incluyen las opciones de motores de diesel EMD de 2000thp con ocho cilindros y 3000thp con 12 cilindros, tanto para aplicaciones de caballos de fuerza bajas como para medianas.
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OBITUARIES FELIPE SALINAS
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A worker of Mexico’s state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, takes photographs of a small shack where a Pemex gas pipeline was being tapped on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday. Drug cartel members and other criminals bleed the fuel lines just about anywhere, sucking millions of dollars of Mexican petroleum from makeshift taps hidden in sheds or on remote desert stretches.
Pipeline thefts continue in Mexico By MARTHA MENDOZA and JOHN PORRETTO ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — They bleed the fuel lines just about anywhere, drug cartel members and other criminals, sucking millions of dollars of Mexican petroleum from makeshift taps hidden in sheds or on remote desert stretches, with thousands of gallons ending up in U.S. refineries. Mexican police busted gas thieves twice this week, said Carlos Ramirez, spokesman at Mexico’s state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex. In a colonial village a few hours west of the capital, police caught nine people Thursday who had siphoned more than 17,000 gallons of fuel from a pipeline into waiting tanker trucks. On Wednesday, just one hour south of the California border near the popular beaches of Rosarito, police plugged three different taps, including one that was operating inside a small, wooden shack. But those busts will do lit-
tle to plug a stream of stolen petroleum products, millions of dollars worth of which is smuggled across the border and sold to U.S. refineries, according to the U.S. Justice Department. While Mexican authorities try to patch the leaks, U.S. officials are tracking proceeds from various Texas bank accounts and taking a close look at several Texas companies to quell the theft at their end. To date, the companies identified are small fuel distributors, not the major U.S. refiners. Houston-based Trammo Petroleum president Donald Schroeder, the first to be convicted as part of a cross-border investigation, agreed to pay a $2 million fine to the U.S. government while he awaits a December sentencing. In addition, on Tuesday U.S. officials handed their Mexican counterparts a separate $2.4 million refund check from Trammo to partially compensate Pemex for its losses. Schroeder pleaded guilty to buying and reselling stolen condensate, a liquid hydrocarbon that refiners can blend
with crude oil as they produce fuel and other products. Mexico’s federal police commissioner, Rodrigo Esparza, has said the Zetas, a fierce drug gang aligned with the Gulf cartel, used false import documents to smuggle at least $46 million worth of oil in tankers to unidentified U.S. refineries. Mexico froze 149 bank accounts this year in connection with that crime. U.S. federal officials say further arrests are expected, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have served 10 federal search warrants on bank accounts in Texas. In May, the U.S. government seized $102,525 from San Antonio-based Valley Fuels Ltd. saying, in court records, that ICE investigators had “confirmed that the gas condensate sold by Valley Fuels had been stolen from Mexico.” Valley Fuels president Stephen Pechenik responded in court records, denying that the funds had anything to do with a conspiracy to
buy or sell stolen oil. In response to an inquiry from The Associated Press, Valley Fuels said in an email this week it has been deluged by news media calls for comment. “As much as we would like to tell our side for the world to hear, our attorneys have advised us to ‘No Comment,”’ the company said. Its Web site says Valley Fuels’ business is to buy, sell and move petroleum and petroleum products worldwide. The company says it also specializes in “structuring transactions that offer the best possible value to our suppliers while at the same time providing the lowest cost to our customers.” Court records show another $40,000 was seized from Continental Fuels Inc., whose Web site lists a Houston address. That seizure has not been contested. Continental Fuels, which also deals in the distribution of petroleum products, did not respond to phone and e-mail requests.
ZAPATA — Felipe Salinas 81, passed away Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, at Laredo Medical Center. Mr. Salinas is preceded in death by his, wife, San Juana Salinas; brother, Manuel Salinas; and by a sister, Martiana (Raul) Del Bosque. Mr. Salinas is survived by his sons, Jose Eloy (Viola) Salinas, Javier (Monica) Salinas; daughter, Rosa (Antonio) Leal; grandchildren, Jose Eloy Jr. (Yolanda) Salinas, Cesar (Veronica Benitez) Salinas, Jose Luis Salinas, Roberto A. Leal, Cindy Leal, Lizette (Pete) Vegas, Gricelda (Donato) Garza, Terry (Christina) Salinas, Javier Rene (Marissa) Salinas; great-grandchildren, Rebecca Y. Salinas, Jose Eloy Salinas III, Jose Daniel Salinas, Janely L. Garcia, Belen Salinas, Victor Salinas, Marcos Salinas, Jolynn Salinas, Donato Garza Jr., Claudia Garza, Kayla Salinas; brother, Francisco (Rosa) Salinas; sister, Angelica (Ramiro) Del Bosque; sister-in-law, Margarita Salinas and by numerous nephews, nieces and many friends. Visitation hours were held Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, from 6 to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Fu-
neral Home. The funeral procession departed Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, at 9:45 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.rose gardenfuneralhome.com Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home, Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral director, 2102 US Hwy. 83 Zapata.
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exhibits that you can’t find anywhere else in this area.”
Arturo N. Benavides Sr., was honored at the fundraiser Thursday. Otero said Benavides is a 71-year-old businessman, rancher and philanthropist who has been a “big supporter of the food bank and its Kids Café program.” “We got so many positive remarks after the concert and after the whole function,” Otero said. “We put a lot of smiles on a lot of peoples’ faces.” The food bank, while based in Laredo, distributes food in Zapata via five agencies: Helping Hands, Boys and Girls Club, Concilio El Buen Pastor, Iglesia Pentecostes Emmanuel and Shepherd’s Pantry. (Nick Georgiou may be reached at 728-2582 or nickg@lmtonline.com)
Flores said plans include turning the facility into a regional museum that will be a showplace for all of South Texas. “We could have traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian, the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the San Antonio Museum of Art,” the retired educator said. “People wouldn’t have to travel so far. They could come right here to Zapata.” (To reach Diana R. Fuentes, call 728-2581 or e-mail dfuentes@lmtonline.com)
CLINIC | Continued from Page 1A Commissioner Jose Vela said, “I just wish that this Commissioners Court would be authorized to take action with this clinic.” The employees, who asked not to be identified, said the delayed check was just too much after having their salaries cut to $7.25 and losing their benefits. Even after having heard their checks had been sent out the Saturday before, the group said they would not return to work because the trust had been lost. “We’ve gone through all this. If we go back, who guarantees us that we’re not going to be (not) paid again?” one employee told the court. Pelaez said an increase in patient flow has led to greater demands on staff, equipment and inventory,
stretching a budget that has remained the same since 2006. “Zapata is becoming a modern city with modern needs,” Pelaez said. “Health care is an issue across the nation.” He added that in 2006, the clinic saw an average of 500 patients a month, but that number has grown to 1,200 a month in 2009. Figures for 2006 were unavailable, but a report submitted by Sands on July 1 showed that the average number of patients in 2007 was 919 and the average number of patients served in first six months of 2009 was 1,128. Several cuts were made to the clinic’s budget in July. A notice posted at the clinic stated the laboratory would be closed and all blood
samples would be sent to Lab Corp with the exception of complete blood counts and urinalysis. Also, the 24-hour pharmacy was closed. Currently, the county gives the clinic $139,282 a month out of the general fund to operate, according to County Auditor Doroteo Garza. In March, an additional $48,680 was approved by the court to supplement a raise for the doctors from $100 to $165 an hour, conditionally: the money must be available in a special account set aside for the clinic’s revenues. Other payments from the special account can be made with the court’s approval. Garza said the balance of the clinic’s account Friday was about $90,000.
The contract with Zapata Medical Group is up at the end of September. The county is seeking proposals, and Vela said Monday the county had received six. The commissioner said he expects the county to choose a provider in September. “By no means are we cutting off Dr. Sands,” Vela said later in the week. “He’ll be eligible.” Commissioner Gabriel Villarreal said he met with officials at Laredo Medical Center who expressed interest in submitting a proposal. Vela said Zapata is one of the few counties that pays so much for healthcare. “The only reason we do that is because we want to be able to provide
24-hour health care for everyone — more so for the indigent,” he said. Also at Monday’s meeting, the court: approved the tax rate for the 2009-10 fiscal year at about .74 cents for every $100 in appraised property value, the same as last year tabled an item that would have extended a six-inch water line that would serve an area of more than five acres along with a 40-foot easement conveyed to Zapata County approved a item that would issue a request for bids for the construction of about 5,000 linear feet of curb and gutter on existing paved streets in the Siesta Shores Subdivision (Julie Daffern may be reached at 728-2565 or jdaffern@lmtonline.com)
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ZAPATA COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION OFFICE PUBLIC INFORMATION CHILD FIND/CHILD SERVE Do you know a child or a student ages 0-21 who shows signs of developmental ¿Conoce Ud. Algún niño o algún estudiante entre la edad de 0 a los 21 años que delay, on-going learning problems, behavioral or medical problems that interfere demuestre retraso del desarrollo, problemas de aprendizaje, problemas de salud o problemas de comportamiento que se interponen con su aprendizaje? ¿Sospecha with learning? Do you suspect the presence of a disability? Ud. la presencia de algún impedimento? Zapata County Independent School District has an on-going process in identifying, locating and evaluating any children/students residing within the district who are in need of special education and related services. Please contact any of the following for referral information: Jose Maria Flores Principal Zapata High School Box 3750 Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-0280 Gerardo Montes Principal A.L. Benavides Elementary P.O. Box 219 San Ygnacio, Texas 78067 (956) 765-5611 Carmen G. Zavala Principal Fidel & Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary Box 3637 Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-4321
Gerardo H. Garcia Principal Zapata Middle School Box 3636 Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-6542 Pedro M. Morales Principal Zapata South Elementary Box 2030 Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-4332 Erica A. Ramirez Principal Zapata North Early Childhood Center Box 3224 Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-6917
ZAPATA COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY OR ADULT STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY (18 YEARS OR OLDER OR MARRIED), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO: 1.
RECEIVE A LIST OF THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL RECORDS WHICH ARE COLECTED, MAINTAINED OR USED BY THE SCHOOL (34 CFR 300.565). The student's records are maintained at the Special Education Office located at 17th & Carla Street and at the school the student attends. The referral information, the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee reports, the related service reports, assessment reports and any correspondence pertaining to the student is kept in the main folder at the Special Education Office. The school folder contains copies of the Admission, Review or Dismissal (ARD) and Individual Educational Plan.
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INSPECT AND REVIEW ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL RECORDS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAY AND BEFORE ANY IEP MEETING OR DUE PROCESS HEARING AND IN NO CASE MORE THAN 45 DAYS AFTER YOUR REQUEST (34 CFR 300.562). When you and/or a student makes a request, the Director of Special Education will ensure that before records are made available, identification will be required when the request is received from an individual of the specified classification who is not personally known. Each request will be honored as soon as possible, but the time will be no longer than forty-five days. The superintendent of schools will be notified if a request cannot be honored in time. A suitable place for record inspection will be provided by the Director of Special Education. The Director will see that a notification is placed in the student record folder indicating date of access,name of individual obtaining access, and reason for inspection. SEE A LIST OF THOSE PERSONS, BESIDES YOU OR AUTHORIZED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SEEN YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL RECORDS AND WHY THEY SAW THEM. (34 CFR 300.563).
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El distrito escolar del condado de Zapata tiene un proceso para identificar, localizar y evaluar niños o alumnos dentro del distrito escolar que tienen necesidad de educación especial o de servicios relacionados. Para más información favor de comunicarse con alguna de las siguientes personas:
The district will not honor requests for personally identifiable information or records unless authorized by written consent by the parent/guardian or eligible student unless requested by responsible school officials needing the information to provide educational services to the student. Responsible school officials are considered to be representatives of the school listed in Texas Education Agency, Region One Education Center and the United States Government. The Director will be responsible to determine that representatives of the agencies listed above have a legitimate need to the information to carry out an audit or monitoring function. The list of the persons who have seen your child's records will be maintained in the individual student folder for seven consecutive years. The Director of Special Education assumes the responsibility for ensuring the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information. If you have any concerns regarding the confidentiality rights, feel free to write or call: DERLY VILLARREAL, JR. DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION 17th & CARLA STREETS, P.O. BOX 158 - ZAPATA, TEXAS 78076 (956) 765-6130 • (956) 765-4049 • (956) 765-3967 (Fax)
Derly Villarreal, Jr. Director of Special Instructional Services P.O. Box 158 Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-6130 Esperanza Mora Child Find Specialist Region One ESC 1900 West Schunior Edinburg, Texas 78539 (800) 274-7346 Esperanza Garcia Project Nino Director 5707 Springfield Suite 2 Laredo, Texas 78041 (956) 728-1769
DISTRITO ESCOLAR INDEPENDIENTE DEL CONDADO DE ZAPATA OFICINA DE EDUCACION ESPECIAL DERECHOS CONFIDENCIALES USTED, COMO PADRE DE UN ESTUDIANTE CON IMPEDIMENTOS, O ESTUDIANTE ADULTO CON IMPEDIMENTOS DE 18 ANOS EN ADELANTE O CASADO TIENE EL DERECHO DE: 1.
RECIBIR UNA LISTA DONDE SE LOCALIZA LOS ARCHIVOS Y TIPO DE EDUCACION QUE RECIBE SU HIJO(A) QUE SE CONSERVAN, O QUE SE UTILIZAN EN LAS ESCUELAS (34 CFR 300.565). Los archivos de los estudiantes se conservan en la oficina del Departamento de Educación Especial ubicada en 17th & Carla asi como en la escuela a la que asiste el estudiante. La información de referencia, el reporte del comité de Admisión, Repaso, y Retiro (ARD),reporte de servicios relacionados, reportes de evaluación, y correspondencia que esté relacionada con el estudiante se conservan en el archivo principal en la oficina del Departamento de Educación Especial. El archivo que permanece en la escuela contiene copias del reporte de Admisión, Repaso y Retiro (ARD), reportes del comité, y El Plan Individual de Educación (IEP).
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REVISAR Y REPASAR TODOS LOS ARCHIVOS EDUCATIVOS DE SU HIJO(A) SIN TENER QUE ESPERAR MUCHO TIEMPO, Y ANTES DE CUALQUIER JUNTA DE IEP O AUDIENCIA, Y POR NINGUN MOTIVO ESPERAR MAS DE 45 DIAS DESPUES DE HACER SU SOLICITUD (34 CFR 300.562) Cuando usted o el estudiante hace la solicitud, el Director del Programa de Instrucción Especial, deberá solicitar, ya sea por escrito o verbalmente, que estos archivos le sean proporcionados. El Director se reserva el derecho de pedir identificación al solicitante, si este no es ampliamente conocido. Cada solicitud será atendida lo más pronto posible, y siempre antes de los 45 dias. Se dará aviso oportunamente al Superintendente de las escuelas si por algun motivo la solicitud no puede ser atendida dentro de los 45 dias. El Director del Programa de Instrucción Especial asignará un lugar apropiado para el repaso de los archivos. El Director anotará en archivo del estudiante la fecha en que se llevó a cabo el repaso del archivo, el nombre de la persona que hizo la solicitud, y la razón por la cual se hizo el repaso.
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TENER ACCESO A LA LISTA DE PERSONAS, ADEMAS DE USTED O PERSONAL AUTORIZADO DE LAS ESCUELAS, QUE HAN TENIDO ACCESO A LOS ARCHIVOS EDUCATIVOS DE SU HIJO(A) Y LA RAZON POR LO CUAL FUERON REVISADOS (34 CFR 300.563). El distrito no atenderá la solicitud para la revisión de archivos con información personal si no está autorizada por escrito por los padres/tutores o estudiante elegible y solamante se está autorizado por algún oficial responsable de la escuela que necesite la información para prestar servicios educativos al estudiante. Oficial responsable de la escuela se considera a aquellas personas que se considera sean representantes de la escuela según la lista del Boletin de la Agencia de Educación de Texas, Centro Educativo Region I, la Agencia de Educación de Texas, y el gobierno de los Estados Unidos. El Director tendrá a su cargo la responsibilidad de verificar que las razones de los representantes de las agencias arriba mencionadas sean legitimas y necesarias para llevar acabo una auditoria o para supervisar las actividades. Una lista de las personas que han revisado el archivo de su hijo(a) se mantendrán en el archivo personal del estudiante por un periodo de siete años consecutivos. El Director del Programa de Instrucción Especial es responsable de mantener información confidencial y no podrá dar ninguna información a la persona sin presentar propia identificación y consentimiento de los padres o tutor. Si tiene alguna duda sobre sus derechos confideciales, puede llamar o escribir a: DERLY VILLARREAL, JR. DIRECTOR DEL PROGRAMA DE EDUCACION ESPECIAL 17th & CARLA STREETS, P.O. BOX 158 - ZAPATA, TEXAS 78076 (956) 765-6130 • (956) 765-4049 • (956) 765-3967 (Fax)
The Zapata Times SATURDAY,AUGUST15,2009
ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM
Sports&Outdoors Lady Footballers scrimmage today Hawks now 1-2 By JOY LINDSAY
THE ZAPATA TIMES
Team wins in season’s 1st week
Two weeks of practice will be put to the test today as the Zapata Hawks football team scrimmages against Tuloso-Midway in Corpus Christi. The District 32-3A Hawks will tangle with the 31-4A Warriors in each team’s first warmup for the 2009 season. Many of Zapata’s players had no varsity experience prior to training camp, and head coach Mario Arce is looking forward to the opportunity to see them compete. “The kids are picking up on what we are trying to do,” Arce said. “We
have a lot of kids who were JV football players last year playing at skill positions, and they are still getting used to the speed of varsity. “The scrimmage will give us a good chance to see where we’re at.” Juniors Luis Gonzalez and Andrew Magee and sophomore Manuel Salinas are still battling it out for the Hawks’ starting quarterback job, and today will help determine who is the best man for the job. “We’re still looking at three of our QBs,” Arce said. “We want to see which one can run our offense better so we know what we can do. The other two will play other posi-
tions once we decide.” Gonzalez is still the frontrunner for the job after finishing last season in the QB spot, and has taken the majority of the snaps with Zapata’s first practice group. But his competitors are also getting “their share” of practice time and have been doing well with it. “We had our intrasquad scrimmage, and all three looked pretty comfortable,” Arce said. “All three are good athletes, we just need to see which one will fit well with our offense. We’re a running team, but we throw sometimes, use a little play-action. The kid we feel will work with that most smoothly is
the kid we’ll lean to.” Keeping up with his peers has made Salinas an impressive presence at Hawks’ practice, as he has made up for his lack of experience with raw athletic talent. Another JV callup who has caught Arce’s attention is running back David Dominguez, who he says, “looks pretty impressive.” On defense, corner Frankie Trejo has made the biggest impression so far. “He’s an all-around athlete,” Arce said. “We could put him anywhere.” (Joy Lindsay may be reached at 728-2576 or jlindsay@lmtonline.com)
By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Zapata Lady Hawks hold a 1-2 record as they officially kicked off the volleyball season this week. Monday night, the team lost to the Lady Jerseys in Falfurrias, 21-25, 1725, 16-25. The Lady Hawks had little time to ponder that game because they played the following morning in Laredo. Zapata, Lyndon B. Johnson and St. Augustine played in a tri-match at the LBJ gymnasium Tuesday morning. LBJ (2-0) came from behind to beat Zapata 25-17, 26-24, 23-25, 25-27, 15-10. “Zapata has a really good team,” LBJ coach Priscilla San Miguel said. “They made us work a lot. They had us on the ropes but the girls fought back and finally learned to finish a game.” The Lady Hawks (0-2) came out on fire and jumped out to a 6-4 lead on two kills by Brandi King. “We started out slow and it continued from our game against Falfurrias,” Zapata coach Rosie Villarreal said. “We still have a lot of work to do.”
CROSS-COUNTRYRUNNERS READY
23 kills King was sensational on the court as she utilized the middle of floor to her advantage, and had a bird’s-eye view of her next point of attack. She put on a 23-kill performance to keep the Lady Wolves defense on their toes throughout the whole game. Momentum shifted towards the Lady Wolves as they capitalized on Zapata’s serving woes. The Lady Hawks were having a hard time getting the ball over the net on their serves. The defense was getting the ball to the setter to add to Villarreal’s anxiety. “A lot of our passes were not there,” she said. “If we cannot get the pass to the setter then we cannot get the ball to our hitters.” LBJ build a six-point lead on kills by Jenny Luna to start pulling away from Zapata and take game one. Game two seesawed back and forth, as the biggest lead in the game was two points. King had four kills to keep Zapata in the game to complement Kat Garcia’s three kills. Zapata let the game slip away as they held 24-23 lead, forcing San Miguel to call a time out to settle her team down. San Miguel’s tactic worked, as the Lady Wolves scored two straight points to take the game. With their backs against the wall, Zapata dug in mounted a comeback. Zapata in the third game fell behind early but kept the score close. They finally took their first lead of the game on a kill by Adriana Peña to make it 21-20. Zapata pulled out the game to force a fourth game. The Lady Hawks showed some brilliant play when they were down 24-23, King unleashed a kill that hit the back line to tie the game. LBJ had a hard time with their service as Zapata had seven aces by Peña (two), Selina Mata (two) and Loralee Rivera (three). Zapata won to force a fifth game but the Lady Hawks ran out of steam as LBJ took the match. The Lady Hawks then faced St. Augustine in the second game of the day, and came out firing on all cylinders. King and company took out their frustration on the Lady Knights by winning in three straight, 25-18, 259, 25-14 for their first victory of the season. The offense led by King (10 kills and five aces) and Peña (five kills). Setters Lexi Garza and Lauren Mendoza kept the ball in King and Peña’s hands to help the Lady Hawks to their first victory.
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Members of the Zapata girls’ cross country team include, from left, Amber Guzman, Gloria Jauregui, Alba Jasso, Adrianna Ramirez and Marlena Garcia.
Coach expects seniors to lead the team by example By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
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he sport of cross-county is not for the weak minded individual, but for the mentally strong who are willing, almost begging to be pushed to the limit everyday, to hit the road and return the following day. Zapata head coach Mike Villarreal has turned to his seniors who have been through his grueling workouts and continue to return for more, year after year. He expects and demands the seniors lead by example when they run for the Lady Hawk cross country team. “High expectations and demands have been placed on the seniors in hope of a leader emerging from them,” Villarreal said. “Cross country is not a sport where talking makes you a leader. Our leaders must lead by example; running hard, going above and beyond the coaches expectations, battling through adversary
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Our leaders must lead by example; running hard, going above and beyond the coaches expectations, battling through adversary and keeping the team together.” ZAPATA HEAD COACH MIKE VILLARREAL
and keeping the team together.” Twenty girls are vying to capture one of the seven varsity spots Villarreal has available. He points out that team dynamics can change from week to week as they must prove they belong on the varsity. “There have been no new faces to the varsity team,” Villarreal said. “The varsity for the first meet only has been set through a time trial. After the first meet the varsity might change based on
times week to week.” The team is diligently moving towards its goal as they practice everyday on the streets of Zapata, since early June. They are working towards making a return trip to the state meet and have been pushing their bodies to the limit. “We are steadily progressing towards our goals,” Villarreal said in reference to capture a state title. Villarreal wants the Lady
Hawks to make this year a memorable year and has adjusted training to find that last key to Zapata’s success at the state level. “Our training has slight changes from last year,” he said. “We (Villarreal and boys cross country coach Luis Escamilla) visited with many coaches from the top teams in the state to see where we were in comparison. Our training does not differ much.” The team is targeting the amount of miles they run on a weekly basis and are building on what the team accomplished during the track season last spring. The Lady Hawks will put their training to the test as they open the season on their home course at the Sixth Annual South Texas Stampede on August 22. Zapata will face some stiff competition in its own crosscountry meet, as three teams in last year’s race made their way to the state meet.
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Boys look forward to a run for state meet By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Zapata head boys’ cross country coach Luis Escamilla had a banner year in his first season at the helm of the program. The Hawks captured the district title behind the performance of Raul Serna who also captured the individual title. Zapata continued its dominance at the regional meet as they captured the runner up trophy on their way to the state meet. The Hawks flew into fifth place at the state meet and hope to build on that success. Escamilla, now in his sophomore year, put the team on a year-round training program in early December, two weeks after the Hawks ran at the state meet, started to train for the 2009 crosscountry season. The Hawk runners ran track
to improve their performances. In addition they work on other physiological essential components. “Generally speaking, we run 49 weeks in a year,” Escamilla said. “I allow two weeks off after the cross-country season to rejuvenate and one week off after track.” Mandatory summer practices started June 1 and 27 out of 30 runners showed up for summer workouts. Escamilla will have to deal with the graduation of Raul Serna, Luis “Chino” Olvera, Jerry Chapa and Ricardo Aguilar who were vital to the team’s success. The Hawks return seniors Keith Cobb and Juan Alvarado, junior Danny Garcia and sophomore Edgar Hernandez. Making their varsity debut are seniors Albert Chapa and Omar Hernandez, sophomores Rafer Benavides and Jose Re-
sendez and freshmen Horse Garcia. The Hawks will be lead by Cobb, who has emerged as the top runner for the team early in the season. “He’s a beast,” Escamilla said. “Not to long ago, he hammered me on a 70 min run. It’s amazing to witness a guy who used to be a 110 hurdler, emerging into a middistance runner. He has only been running distance for eleven months.” Cobb ran 5:10 during the crosscountry season last year, but by track season he ran 4:38 and 2:01 with about an hour-and-a-half rest at the district meet. “I expect him to be in the top 10 at state helping us get on the podium for the medal presentation,” Escamilla said. The Hawks have set their goals high with their trip to state last year. “It’s expected,” Escamilla said
of the team’s chances of returning to state. “Our region is the toughest of the state as we placed second, fourth, and fifth, respectively. It’s going to be a nailbitter, but we have gradually developed the aerobic metabolism and it will pay off. I’m very confident that we will be at the promise land again. I don’t put any pressure on the boys.” Escamilla noted they practice for three races. He is not fond of rankings by the coaches. “We train for three races, district, regional, and state,” he said. “I don’t believe in rankings. Competition is on the course, not on paper. I don’t vote for our team on the coaches’ poll. Last year we were never ranked until the girl’s coach notified me. I believe it was eighth then we were bumped up to tenth. The only ranking
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INF Chris Getz, Aug. 12 RHP Jake Peavy, June 9 Cleveland LHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11 RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23 RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 Detroit RHP Jeremy Bonderman, June 9 RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28 LHP Nathan Robertson, June 27 C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15 RHP Joel Zumaya, July 18 Kansas City SS Mike Aviles-x, May 24 OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13 RHP Juan Cruz, Aug. 8 RHP Kyle Farnsworth, June 25 OF Jose Guillen, July 23 RHP Doug Waechter, Aug. 12 Los Angeles RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, June 7 CF Torii Hunter, July 8 RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18 LHP Joe Saunders, Aug. 8 C Scott Shields-x, May 27 Minnesota RHP Boof Bonser-x, March 27 RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 LHP Glen Perkins, Aug. 9 RHP Kevin Slowey-x, July 4 New York OF Brett Gardner, July 26 LHP Damaso Marte-x, April 26 OF Xavier Nady-x, April 15 RHP Chien-Ming Wang-x, July 5 Oakland 1B Daric Barton, July 27 LHP Dallas Braden, Aug. 1 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March
All Times EDT W L Pct. GB San Angelo 41 21 .661 — Edinburg 35 27 .565 6 Amarillo 34 27 .557 6 ½ Coastal Bend 27 34 .442 13 ½ Harlingen 27 35 .435 14 Laredo 21 41 .339 20 Wednesday’s Games Edinburg 6, Harlingen 4 Amarillo 10, Laredo 8 San Angelo 3, Coastal Bend 1 Thursday’s Games Edinburg 9, Harlingen 7 Amarillo 3, Laredo 1 Coastal Bend 4, San Angelo 3 Friday’s Games Edinburg at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m. Laredo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m. San Angelo at Coastal Bend, 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Edinburg at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m. Laredo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m. San Angelo at Coastal Bend, 8:05 p.m.
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 72 43 .626 — Boston 65 49 .570 6½ Tampa Bay 61 53 .535 10½ Toronto 54 59 .478 17 Baltimore 47 67 .412 24½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 54 .526 — Chicago 58 57 .504 2½ Minnesota 55 59 .482 5 Cleveland 49 65 .430 11 Kansas City 45 69 .395 15 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 68 44 .607 — Texas 64 49 .566 4½ Seattle 60 55 .522 9½ Oakland 51 63 .447 18 Thursday’s Games Texas 4, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4 Detroit 2, Boston 0 N.Y. Yankees 11, Seattle 1 Friday’s Games Kansas City (Greinke 11-7) at Detroit (Washburn 8-7), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 12-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Halladay 12-5) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 7-8), 7:38 p.m. Boston (Lester 9-7) at Texas (Millwood 9-7), 8:05 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 3-3) at Minnesota (S.Baker 9-7), 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Contreras 4-11) at Oakland (Bre.Anderson 7-8), 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-6) at Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-1), 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 9-7) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 4-2), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (D.Huff 6-6) at Minnesota (Swarzak 3-5), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 6-5) at Detroit (E.Jackson 8-5), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Lackey 7-5) at Baltimore (Matusz 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Tallet 5-6) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 6-7), 7:08 p.m. Boston (Penny 7-6) at Texas (Holland 5-7), 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Mitre 1-1) at Seattle (French 2-2), 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Kansas City at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 1:38 p.m. Boston at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 64 48 .571 — Florida 61 54 .530 4½ Atlanta 60 54 .526 5 New York 53 61 .465 12 Washington 40 75 .348 25½ Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 64 52 .552 — Chicago 59 55 .518 4 Milwaukee 56 58 .491 7 Houston 56 59 .487 7½ Cincinnati 50 64 .439 13 Pittsburgh 46 69 .400 17½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 69 46 .600 — Colorado 64 51 .557 5 San Francisco 62 52 .544 6½ Arizona 52 63 .452 17 San Diego 49 67 .422 20½ Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 12, San Diego 9 Philadelphia 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Colorado 10, Pittsburgh 1 Florida 9, Houston 2 Cincinnati 7, Washington 0 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 17, Pittsburgh 2 Colorado (Hammel 7-6) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 11-2), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (Zito 8-10) at N.Y. Mets (Parnell 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Mock 1-4) at Cincinnati (Harang 6-13), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Blanton 7-6) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 9-8), 7:35 p.m. Houston (W.Rodriguez 11-6) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 10-9), 8:05 p.m. San Diego (Latos 4-1) at St. Louis (Wainwright 13-7), 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6) at Arizona (Haren 11-7), 9:40 p.m. Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh (Duke 9-10) at Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 4-2), 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7) at Atlanta (Kawakami 5-9), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Cain 12-4) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 13-8), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Cook 10-4) at Florida (VandenHurk 2-1), 6:10 p.m. Houston (Moehler 7-8) at Milwaukee (Burns 2-4), 7:05 p.m. Washington (J.Martin 1-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 8-9), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 1-4) at St. Louis (Pineiro 10-9), 7:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-5) at Arizona (D.Davis 7-10), 8:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Washington at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Arizona at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Team-by-Team Disabled List (Provided by Major League Baseball) (x-60-day all others are 15-day) Through Aug. 13 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore RHP Brad Bergesen, July 31 LHP Rich Hill, July 29 OF Luis Montanez, May 23 RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2 RHP Alfredo Simon-x, April 15 RHP Koji Uehara, June 24 Boston 1B Jeff Bailey, July 5 OF Rocco Baldelli, Aug. 6 RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27 C George Kottaras, July 30 SS Jed Lowrie, Aug. 7 RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka-x, June 20 RHP Tim Wakefield, July 18 Chicago RHP Bartolo Colon, July 25
27 RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16 LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20 Seattle LHP Erik Bedard, July 26 OF Endy Chavez-x, June 20 LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March 15 LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29 RHP Carlos Silva-x, May 7 Tampa Bay RHP Chad Bradford, July 23 RHP Jason Isringhausen-x, June 14 INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25 RHP Troy Percival-x, May 22 CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27 Texas RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 RHP Jason Grilli, Aug. 2 LHP Matt Harrison-x, June 24 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5 2B Ian Kinsler, July 29 RHP Brandon McCarthy-x, June 5 Toronto C Michael Barrett, April 18 LHP Scott Downs, Aug. 2 RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27 RHP Robert Ray, May 22 NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona OF Eric Byrnes, June 26 1B Conor Jackson-x, May 12 LHP Scott Schoeneweis, Aug 11 OF Justin Upton, Aug. 6 RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7 Atlanta RHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29 RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24 Chicago SS Andres Blanco, Aug. 4 RHP Chad Fox, May 10 OF Reed Johnson, July 30 LHP Ted Lilly, July 21 RHP David Patton, July 5 RHP Carlos Zambrano, Aug. 6 Cincinnati OF Jay Bruce, July 12 C Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21 C Ramon Hernandez, July 17 RHP Mike Lincoln, June 13 RHP Micah Owings, July 27 INF Danny Richar, July 2 3B Scott Rolen, Aug. 8 RHP Edinson Volquez, June 2 Colorado RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 RHP Manuel Corpas, July 21 LHP Alan Embree-x, July 11 LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 RHP Juan Rincon, July 31 Florida SS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17 RHP Burke Badenhop, Aug. 2 LHP David Davidson-x, May 23 RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27 RHP Anibal Sanchez-x, June 3 Houston 3B Aaron Boone-x March 27 RHP Doug Brocail, Aug. 5 2B German Duran, July 2 Los Angeles 1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17 LHP Eric Milton-x, June 28 LHP Will Ohman-x, May 28 OF Xavier Paul-x, May 21 RHP Jason Schmidt, Aug. 6 Milwaukee RHP Dave Bush, June 21 OF Corey Hart, Aug. 2 RHP Seth McClung, July 25 RHP David Riske-x, April 10 RHP Jeff Suppan, July 28 2B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18 New York OF Carlos Beltran, June 22 1B Carlos Delgado-x, May 11 RHP John Maine, June 7 OF Fernando Martinez, July 9 INF Ramon Martinez-x, June 3 LHP Jonathon Niese-x, Aug. 6 RHP Fernando Nieve, July 20 RHP J.J. Putz-x, June 5 SS Jose Reyes, May 21 LHP Billy Wagner-x, March 27 Philadelphia LHP Antonio Bastardo, June 26 RHP Clay Condrey, July 23 RHP Brett Myers-x, May 28 LHP J.C. Romero, July 23 Pittsburgh LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27 RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20 RHP Evan Meek, Aug. 12 LHP Don Veal II, Aug. 4 RHP Tyler Yates-x, May 16 St. Louis LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27 3B Troy Glaus, March 27 RHP Todd Wellemeyer, Aug. 5 San Diego RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30 OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19 OF Brian Giles-x, June 19 INF Edgar Gonzalez, July 19 RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26 RHP Jake Peavy, June 9 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1 RHP Chris Young-x, June 15 San Francisco INF Rich Aurilia, July 21 LHP Randy Johnson-x, July 6 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26 RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28 RHP Henry Sosa-x, Aug. 5 OF Andres Torres, July 31 Washington CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19 C Jesus Flores, May 10 OF Austin Kearns, Aug. 4 LHP Scott Olsen, July 11 1B Dmitri Young, April 1 RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann, July 19
NFL Preseason Glance All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 1 0 0 1.000 27 25 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 18 21 South W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 21 18 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 0 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 20 10 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 31 10 Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA
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0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 25 27 1 0 .000 10 31 1 0 .000 0 23 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 North W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 20 Sunday’s Game Tennessee 21, Buffalo 18 Thursday’s Games Baltimore 23, Washington 0 New England 27, Philadelphia 25 Pittsburgh 20, Arizona 10 Oakland 31, Dallas 10 Friday’s Games St. Louis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Denver at San Francisco, 10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Atlanta at Detroit, 4 p.m. Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17 Jacksonville at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.
WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Indiana 18 5 .783 — Connecticut 12 10 .545 5½ Atlanta 12 11 .522 6 Washington 11 11 .500 6½ Chicago 11 12 .478 7 Detroit 9 12 .429 8 New York 8 14 .364 9½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 17 7 .708 — Seattle 13 10 .565 3 ½ Minnesota 11 12 .478 5 ½ San Antonio 10 13 .435 6 ½ Los Angeles 8 12 .400 7 Sacramento 6 17 .261 10 ½ Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games Connecticut 64, Seattle 53 Atlanta 80, Detroit 75 Indiana 91, Minnesota 81 Phoenix 95, San Antonio 83 Friday’s Games Connecticut at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Seattle at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games New York at Washington, 4 p.m.
MLS All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Columbus 9 3 9 36 32 24 Chicago 8 4 8 32 28 23 D.C. 6 410 28 34 32 Toronto FC 7 7 6 27 28 31 New England 6 6 6 24 20 24 Kansas City 5 7 6 21 20 25 New York 215 4 10 16 37 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Houston 11 6 5 38 30 20 Los Angeles 7 310 31 25 21 Colorado 8 6 6 30 32 24 Seattle 7 5 8 29 26 21 Chivas USA 8 7 3 27 19 19 Real Salt Lake 7 8 5 26 29 24 FC Dallas 6 9 5 23 29 30 San Jose 411 5 17 25 38 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday’s Games D.C. United at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Chivas USA at New York, 7 p.m. FC Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 11 p.m. Sunday’s Game Chicago at Kansas City, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 Los Angeles at Chicago, 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 New England at Seattle, 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 Los Angeles at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Chivas, 10:30 p.m.
World Cup 2010 Qualifying Glance All Times EDT NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN FINALS Top three qualify Fourth-place team advances to playoff vs. South America fifth-place team GP W D L GF GA Pts Costa Rica 6 4 0 2 9 9 12 Honduras 6 3 1 2 11 7 10 United States 6 3 1 2 11 8 10 Mexico 6 3 0 3 8 9 9 El Salvador 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 Trinidad 6 1 2 3 7 11 5 Wednesday’s Games At Mexico City Mexico 2, United States 1 At Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago 1, El Salvador 0 At San Pedro Sula, Honduras Honduras 4, Costa Rica 0 Saturday, Sept. 5 At Sandy, Utah United States vs. El Salvador, 7:57 p.m. At Tegucigalpa, Honduras Honduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 9:30 p.m. At San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica vs. Mexico, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 At San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador vs. Costa Rica, 9 p.m. At Mexico City Mexico vs. Honduras, 9 p.m. At TBA Trinidad and Tobago vs. United States EUROPE Winners qualify Top eight second-place teams ad vance to European playoffs GROUP THREE GP W D L GF GA Pts Slovakia 6 5 0 1 17 6 15 N. Ireland 7 4 1 2 12 6 13 Slovenia 7 3 2 2 10 4 11 Poland 6 3 1 2 18 7 10 Czech Rep. 6 2 2 2 6 4 8 San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 37 0 Wednesday’s Game At Maribor, Slovenia Slovenia 5, San Marino 0 GROUP FOUR GP W D L GF GA Pts Germany 7 6 1 0 20 4 19 Russia 6 5 0 1 12 3 15 Finland 6 3 1 2 8 10 10 Wales 7 3 0 4 5 7 9 Azerbaijan 6 0 1 5 0 7 1 Liechtenstein 6 0 1 5 1 15 1 Wednesday’s Game At Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0, Germany 2 GROUP SIX GP W D L GF GA Pts England 7 7 0 0 27 5 21 Croatia 7 4 2 1 15 7 14 Ukraine 6 3 2 1 9 6 11 Belarus 6 3 0 3 15 10 9 Kazakhstan 7 1 0 6 7 22 3 Andorra 7 0 0 7 2 25 0 Wednesday’s Game At Minsk, Belarus Croatia 3, Belarus 1 GROUP SEVEN GP W D L GF GA Pts
Serbia 7 6 0 1 15 5 18 France 6 4 1 1 8 6 13 Lithuania 7 3 0 4 6 6 9 Austria 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 Romania 6 2 1 3 7 10 7 Faeroe 6 0 1 5 1 8 1 Wednesday’s Game At Torshavn, Faeroe Islands France 1, Faeroe Islands 0 GROUP NINE GP W D L GF GA Pts q-Netherlands7 7 0 0 16 2 21 Macedonia 6 2 1 3 4 7 7 Scotland 6 2 1 3 4 10 7 Norway 6 1 3 2 6 5 6 Iceland 7 1 1 5 6 12 4 q-qualified Wednesday’s Game At Oslo Norway 4, Scotland 0
CONCACAF Champions League Glance All Time EDT PRELIMINARY ROUND First Leg Tuesday, July 28 D.C. United (United States) 1, Firpo (El Salvador) 1 Pachuca (Mexico) 3, Jalapa (Guatemala) 0 Wednesday, July 29 Toronto FC (Canada) 0, Puerto Rico Islanders 1 San Francisco (Panama) 2, San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0 Liberia (Costa Rica) 3, Real Espana (Honduras) 0 Thursday, July 30 W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) 2, New York Red Bulls (United States) 2, tie Cruz Azul (Mexico) 6, Herediano (Costa Rica) 2 Olimpia (Honduras) 2, Arabe Unido (Panama) 1 Second Leg Tuesday, Aug. 4 Puerto Rico Islanders 0, Toronto (Canada) 0, Islanders advanced on 1-0 aggregate Jalapa (Guatemala) 1, Pachuca (Mexico) 7, Pachuca advanced on 10-1 aggregate Firpo (El Salvador) 1, D.C. United (United States) 1, OT; 2-2 aggregate; D.C. United advanced 5-4 on penalty kicks Wednesday, Aug. 5 W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) 2, New York Red Bulls (United States) 1, W Connection advanced on 43 aggregate Cruz Azul (Mexico) 0, Herdiano (Costa Rica) 0, Cruz Azul advanced on 6-2 aggregate Thursday, Aug. 6 Arabe Unido (Panama) 1, Olimpia (Honduras) 0, Arabe Unido advanced on 1-0 away goals San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 3, San Francisco (Panama) 0, San Juan Jabloteh advanced on 3-2 aggregate Real Espana (Honduras) 6, Liberia (Costa Rica) 0, Real Espana advanced on 6-3 aggregate FIRST ROUND GROUP A GP W D L GF GA PTS Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arabe Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, Aug. 19 Houston Dynamo (United States) vs. Metapan (El Salvador), 8 p.m. Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Pachuca (Mexico), 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Metapan (El Salvador), 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Houston Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Houston Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 Houston Dynamo (United States) vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), 10 p.m. Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Pachuca (Mexico), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Metapan (El Salvador), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 Houston Dynamo (United States) vs. Pachuca (Mexico), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), 8 p.m. Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Houston Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m. GROUP B GP W D L GF GA PTS D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marathon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, Aug. 18 Marathon (Honduras) vs. D.C. United (United States), 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 D.C. United (United States) vs. Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 Marathon (Honduras) vs. San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. D.C. United (United States), 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 Toluca (Mexico) vs. Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Toluca (Mexico) vs. San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 D.C. United (United States) vs. Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 D.C. United (United States) vs. San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 Marathon (Honduras) vs. Toluca (Mexico), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 Toluca (Mexico) vs. D.C. United (United States), 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m. GROUP C GP W D L GF GA PTS Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saprissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, Aug. 18 Columbus Crew (United States) vs. Puerto Rico Islanders, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Saprissa (Costa Rica), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Puerto Rico Islanders, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Columbus Crew (United States), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Cruz Azul (Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) winner, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Columbus Crew (United States), 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Saprissa (Costa Rica), 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Columbus Crew (United States) vs. Cruz Azul (Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) winner, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 Columbus Crew (United States) vs. Saprissa (Costa Rica), 8 p.m. Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Puerto Rico Islanders, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Columbus Crew (United States), 8 p.m. Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Cruz Azul (Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) winner, 10 p.m. GROUP D GP W D L GF GA PTS Pumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Com. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SATURDAY,AUGUST15,2009 W. Conn. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real Espana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, Aug. 18 Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 Real Espana (Honduras) vs. W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala), 8 p.m. Real Espana (Honduras) vs. Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. Real Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Real Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 8 p.m. Real Espana (Honduras) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. Real Espana (Honduras), 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.
NCAA Football 2009 Schedule AIR FORCE Sep. 5 Nicholls St., 2 p.m. Sep. 12 at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 26 San Diego St., 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at Navy, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 10 TCU, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 Wyoming, 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at Utah, 4 p.m. Oct. 31 at Colorado St., 4 p.m. Nov. 7 Army, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14 UNLV, 6 p.m. Nov. 21 at BYU, 3:30 p.m. ALABAMA Sep. 5 at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m. Sep. 12 Fla. International, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 North Texas, 12:20 p.m. Sep. 26 Arkansas, TBA Oct. 3 at Kentucky, TBA Oct. 10 at Mississippi, TBA Oct. 17 South Carolina, TBA Oct. 24 Tennessee, TBA Nov. 7 LSU, TBA Nov. 14 at Mississippi St., TBA Nov. 21 Chattanooga, TBA Nov. 27 at Auburn, 2:30 p.m. ARIZONA Sep. 5 Cent. Michigan, 10 p.m. Sep. 12 N. Arizona, 10 p.m. Sep. 19 at Iowa, 3:35 p.m. Sep. 26 at Oregon St., TBA Oct. 10 at Washington, TBA Oct. 17 Stanford, 7 p.m. Oct. 24 UCLA, 7 p.m. Nov. 7 Washington St., 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at California, TBA Nov. 21 Oregon, TBA Nov. 28 at Arizona St., TBA Dec. 5 at Southern Cal, 3:30 p.m. ARIZONA ST. Sep. 5 Idaho St., 10 p.m. Sep. 19 Louisiana-Monroe, 10 p.m. Sep. 26 at Georgia, TBA Oct. 3 Oregon St., TBA Oct. 10 at Washington St., TBA Oct. 17 Washington, 10 p.m. Oct. 24 at Stanford, 10:15 p.m. Oct. 31 California, TBA Nov. 7 Southern Cal, 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at Oregon, TBA Nov. 21 at UCLA, TBA Nov. 28 Arizona, TBA ARKANSAS ST. Sep. 5 MVSU, 7:05 p.m. Sep. 12 at Nebraska, 2 p.m. Sep. 26 Troy, TBA Oct. 3 at Iowa, TBA Oct. 13 at Louisiana-Monroe, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 Fla. International, TBA Oct. 31 at Louisville, TBA Nov. 7 Louisiana-Lafayette, TBA Nov. 14 at Florida Atlantic, 4 p.m. Nov. 21 at Middle Tennessee, TBA Nov. 28 North Texas, TBA Dec. 3 at W. Kentucky, TBA ARMY Sep. 5 at E. Michigan, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 Duke, TBA Sep. 19 Ball St., Noon Sep. 26 at Iowa St., TBA Oct. 3 Tulane, TBA Oct. 10 Vanderbilt, TBA Oct. 17 at Temple, 1 p.m. Oct. 23 Rutgers, 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Air Force, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14 VMI, TBA Nov. 21 at North Texas, 4 p.m. Dec. 12 at Navy, 2:30 p.m. BYU Sep. 5 at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 at Tulane, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Florida St., 7 p.m. Sep. 26 Colorado St., 6 p.m. Oct. 2 Utah St., 9 p.m. Oct. 10 at UNLV, 10 p.m. Oct. 17 at San Diego St., 6 p.m. Oct. 24 TCU, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Wyoming, 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at New Mexico, 2 p.m. Nov. 21 Air Force, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 Utah, 5 p.m. BAYLOR Sep. 5 at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Connecticut, 5 p.m. Sep. 26 Northwestern St., 7 p.m. Oct. 3 Kent St., 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Oklahoma, TBA Oct. 17 at Iowa St., TBA Oct. 24 Oklahoma St., TBA Oct. 31 Nebraska, TBA Nov. 7 at Missouri, TBA Nov. 14 Texas, TBA Nov. 21 at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 Texas Tech, TBA BOISE ST. Sep. 3 Oregon, 10:15 p.m. Sep. 12 Miami (Ohio), 8 p.m. Sep. 18 at Fresno St., 9 p.m. Sep. 26 at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. Oct. 3 UC Davis, 8 p.m. Oct. 14 at Tulsa, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at Hawaii, 12:05 a.m. Oct. 31 San Jose St., 3 p.m. Nov. 6 at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m. Nov. 14 Idaho, 3 p.m. Nov. 20 at Utah St., 9:30 p.m. Nov. 27 Nevada, TBA Dec. 5 New Mexico St., 3 p.m. CALIFORNIA Sep. 5 Maryland, 10 p.m. Sep. 12 E. Washington, 5:30 p.m. Sep. 19 at Minnesota, Noon Sep. 26 at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3 Southern Cal, 8 p.m. Oct. 17 at UCLA, TBA Oct. 24 Washington St., TBA Oct. 31 at Arizona St., TBA Nov. 7 Oregon St., TBA Nov. 14 Arizona, TBA Nov. 21 at Stanford, TBA Dec. 5 at Washington, 6:30 p.m. DUKE Sep. 5 Richmond, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 at Army, TBA Sep. 19 at Kansas, Noon Sep. 26 N.C. Central, 7 p.m. Oct. 3 Virginia Tech, TBA Oct. 10 at N.C. State, TBA Oct. 24 Maryland, TBA Oct. 31 at Virginia, TBA Nov. 7 at North Carolina, TBA Nov. 14 Georgia Tech, TBA Nov. 21 at Miami, TBA Nov. 28 Wake Forest, TBA FLORIDA ST. Sep. 7 Miami, 8 p.m. Sep. 12 Jacksonville St., 6 p.m. Sep. 19 at BYU, 7 p.m. Sep. 26 South Florida, TBA Oct. 3 at Boston College, TBA Oct. 10 Georgia Tech, TBA Oct. 22 at North Carolina, TBA Oct. 31 N.C. State, TBA Nov. 7 at Clemson, TBA Nov. 14 at Wake Forest, TBA Nov. 21 Maryland, TBA Nov. 28 at Florida, TBA FRESNO ST. Sep. 5 UC Davis, 10 p.m. Sep. 12 at Wisconsin, Noon Sep. 18 Boise St., 9 p.m. Sep. 26 at Cincinnati, Noon Oct. 10 at Hawaii, 12:05 a.m. Oct. 17 San Jose St., 10 p.m. Oct. 24 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m. Oct. 31 Utah St., 5 p.m.
Nov. 7 at Idaho, 5 p.m. Nov. 14 at Nevada, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 21 Louisiana Tech, 5 p.m. Dec. 5 at Illinois, 12:30 p.m. GEORGIA Sep. 5 at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m. Sep. 12 South Carolina, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at Arkansas, 7:45 p.m. Sep. 26 Arizona St., TBA Oct. 3 LSU, TBA Oct. 10 at Tennessee, TBA Oct. 17 at Vanderbilt, TBA Oct. 31 at Florida, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Tennessee Tech, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 Auburn, TBA Nov. 21 Kentucky, TBA Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech, TBA GEORGIA TECH Sep. 5 Jacksonville St., 1 p.m. Sep. 10 Clemson, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 17 at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 26 North Carolina, TBA Oct. 3 at Mississippi St., TBA Oct. 10 at Florida St., TBA Oct. 17 Virginia Tech, TBA Oct. 24 at Virginia, TBA Oct. 31 at Vanderbilt, TBA Nov. 7 Wake Forest, TBA Nov. 14 at Duke, TBA Nov. 28 Georgia, TBA HOUSTON Sep. 5 Northwestern St., 5 p.m. Sep. 12 at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m. Sep. 26 Texas Tech, 9:15 p.m. Oct. 3 at UTEP, 9 p.m. Oct. 10 at Mississippi St., TBA Oct. 17 at Tulane, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 SMU, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Southern Miss., 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Tulsa, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at UCF, Noon Nov. 21 Memphis, TBA Nov. 28 Rice, TBA KANSAS Sep. 5 N. Colorado, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 at UTEP, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Duke, Noon Sep. 26 Southern Miss., Noon Oct. 10 Iowa St., TBA Oct. 17 at Colorado, TBA Oct. 24 Oklahoma, TBA Oct. 31 at Texas Tech, TBA Nov. 7 at Kansas St., TBA Nov. 14 Nebraska, TBA Nov. 21 at Texas, TBA Nov. 28 Missouri, TBA KANSAS ST. Sep. 5 Massachusetts, 7:10 p.m. Sep. 12 at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at UCLA, 10:15 p.m. Sep. 26 Tennessee Tech, 2:10 p.m. Oct. 3 at Iowa St., TBA Oct. 10 at Texas Tech, TBA Oct. 17 Texas A&M, TBA Oct. 24 Colorado, TBA Oct. 31 at Oklahoma, TBA Nov. 7 Kansas, TBA Nov. 14 Missouri, TBA Nov. 21 at Nebraska, TBA LSU Sep. 5 at Washington, 10:30 p.m. Sep. 12 Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. Sep. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette, 8 p.m. Sep. 26 at Mississippi St., TBA Oct. 3 at Georgia, TBA Oct. 10 Florida, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 Auburn, 8 p.m. Oct. 31 Tulane, 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Alabama, TBA Nov. 14 Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m. Nov. 21 at Mississippi, TBA Nov. 28 Arkansas, 8 p.m. MARYLAND Sep. 5 at California, 10 p.m. Sep. 12 James Madison, 6 p.m. Sep. 19 Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 26 Rutgers, TBA Oct. 3 Clemson, TBA Oct. 10 at Wake Forest, TBA Oct. 17 Virginia, TBA Oct. 24 at Duke, TBA Nov. 7 at N.C. State, TBA Nov. 14 Virginia Tech, TBA Nov. 21 at Florida St., TBA Nov. 28 Boston College, TBA MICHIGAN Sep. 5 W. Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 12 Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 E. Michigan, Noon Sep. 26 Indiana, Noon Oct. 3 at Michigan St., TBA Oct. 10 at Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Oct. 17 Delaware St., TBA Oct. 24 Penn St., TBA Oct. 31 at Illinois, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Purdue, TBA Nov. 14 at Wisconsin, TBA Nov. 21 Ohio St., TBA MICHIGAN ST. Sep. 5 Montana St., Noon Sep. 12 Cent. Michigan, Noon Sep. 19 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 26 at Wisconsin, TBA Oct. 3 Michigan, TBA Oct. 10 at Illinois, TBA Oct. 17 Northwestern, Noon Oct. 24 Iowa, 7:05 p.m. Oct. 31 at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Nov. 7 W. Michigan, TBA Nov. 14 at Purdue, TBA Nov. 21 Penn St., TBA MISSISSIPPI Sep. 6 at Memphis, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 SE Louisiana, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 24 at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Vanderbilt, TBA Oct. 10 Alabama, TBA Oct. 17 UAB, 2 p.m. Oct. 24 Arkansas, TBA Oct. 31 at Auburn, TBA Nov. 7 N. Arizona, TBA Nov. 14 Tennessee, TBA Nov. 21 LSU, TBA Nov. 28 at Mississippi St., TBA MISSISSIPPI ST. Sep. 5 Jackson St., TBA Sep. 12 at Auburn, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at Vanderbilt, TBA Sep. 26 LSU, TBA Oct. 3 Georgia Tech, TBA Oct. 10 Houston, TBA Oct. 17 at Middle Tennessee, TBA Oct. 24 Florida, TBA Oct. 31 at Kentucky, TBA Nov. 14 Alabama, TBA Nov. 21 at Arkansas, TBA Nov. 28 Mississippi, TBA MISSOURI Sep. 5 at Illinois, 3:40 p.m. Sep. 12 Bowling Green, TBA Sep. 19 Furman, TBA Sep. 25 at Nevada, 9 p.m. Oct. 8 Nebraska, 9 p.m. Oct. 17 at Oklahoma St., TBA Oct. 24 Texas, TBA Oct. 31 at Colorado, TBA Nov. 7 Baylor, TBA Nov. 14 at Kansas St., TBA Nov. 21 Iowa St., TBA Nov. 28 at Kansas, TBA NAVY Sep. 5 at Ohio St., Noon Sep. 12 Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Sep. 26 W. Kentucky, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3 Air Force, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at Rice, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at SMU, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Temple, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 14 Delaware, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Hawaii, 11:05 p.m. Dec. 12 Army, 2:30 p.m. NEVADA Sep. 5 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 at Colorado St., 5 p.m. Sep. 25 Missouri, 9 p.m. Oct. 3 UNLV, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 9 Louisiana Tech, 9 p.m. Oct. 17 at Utah St., 3 p.m. Oct. 24 Idaho, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 31 Hawaii, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 8 at San Jose St., 8:15 p.m. Nov. 14 Fresno St., 4:05 p.m. Nov. 21 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m. Nov. 27 at Boise St., TBA NEW MEXICO Sep. 5 at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 Tulsa, 8 p.m. Sep. 19 Air Force, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 26 New Mexico St., 10 p.m. Oct. 3 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Wyoming, 2 p.m. Oct. 24 UNLV, 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at San Diego St., 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Utah, 6 p.m. Nov. 14 BYU, 2 p.m. Nov. 21 Colorado St., 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at TCU, 1 p.m. NEW MEXICO ST. Sep. 5 Idaho, 8 p.m. Sep. 12 Prairie View, 8 p.m. Sep. 19 UTEP, 8 p.m. Sep. 26 at New Mexico, 10 p.m. Oct. 3 at San Diego St., 8 p.m. Oct. 10 Utah St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 17 at Louisiana Tech, 4 p.m. Oct. 24 Fresno St., 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Ohio St., TBA Nov. 14 at Hawaii, 11:05 p.m. Nov. 21 Nevada, 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at San Jose St., 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at Boise St., 3 p.m. NORTH TEXAS Sep. 3 at Ball St., 7:30 p.m. Sep. 12 Ohio, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at Alabama, 12:20 p.m. Sep. 26 Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. Oct. 17 Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at Troy, TBA Oct. 31 W. Kentucky, 3 p.m. Nov. 7 Louisiana-Monroe, 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at Fla. International, 7 p.m. Nov. 21 Army, 4 p.m. Nov. 28 at Arkansas St., TBA NORTHWESTERN Sep. 5 Towson, Noon Sep. 12 E. Michigan, Noon Sep. 19 at Syracuse, TBA Sep. 26 Minnesota, TBA Oct. 3 at Purdue, Noon Oct. 10 Miami (Ohio), Mid Oct. 17 at Michigan St., Noon Oct. 24 Indiana, Noon Oct. 31 Penn St., 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Iowa, TBA Nov. 14 at Illinois, TBA Nov. 21 Wisconsin, TBA NOTRE DAME Sep. 5 Nevada, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 12 at Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Michigan St., 3:30 p.m. Sep. 26 at Purdue, 8 p.m. Oct. 3 Washington, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 Southern Cal, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 Boston College, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Washington St., 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Navy, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh, TBA Nov. 21 Connecticut, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Stanford, 8 p.m. OHIO Sep. 5 Connecticut, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 at North Texas, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 Cal Poly, 7 p.m. Sep. 26 at Tennessee, TBA Oct. 3 at Bowling Green, 4 p.m. Oct. 10 at Akron, 6 p.m. Oct. 17 Miami (Ohio), 2 p.m. Oct. 24 Kent St., 2 p.m. Oct. 31 at Ball St., Noon Nov. 10 at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Nov. 21 N. Illinois, 2 p.m. Nov. 27 Temple, 2 p.m. OHIO ST. Sep. 5 Navy, Noon Sep. 12 Southern Cal, 8 p.m. Sep. 19 at Toledo, Noon Sep. 26 Illinois, TBA Oct. 3 at Indiana, 7 p.m. Oct. 10 Wisconsin, TBA Oct. 17 at Purdue, TBA Oct. 24 Minnesota, Noon Oct. 31 New Mexico St., TBA Nov. 7 at Penn St., TBA Nov. 14 Iowa, TBA Nov. 21 at Michigan, TBA OKLAHOMA ST. Sep. 5 Georgia, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 12 Houston, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Rice, 7 p.m. Sep. 26 Grambling St., 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 Missouri, TBA Oct. 24 at Baylor, TBA Oct. 31 Texas, TBA Nov. 7 at Iowa St., TBA Nov. 14 Texas Tech, TBA Nov. 19 Colorado, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Oklahoma, TBA PENN ST. Sep. 5 Akron, Noon Sep. 12 Syracuse, Noon Sep. 19 Temple, Noon Sep. 26 Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Oct. 3 at Illinois, TBA Oct. 10 E. Illinois, TBA Oct. 17 Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Michigan, TBA Oct. 31 at Northwestern, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Ohio St., TBA Nov. 14 Indiana, TBA Nov. 21 at Michigan St., TBA PITTSBURGH Sep. 5 Youngstown St., 1 p.m. Sep. 12 at Buffalo, Noon Sep. 19 Navy, 6 p.m. Sep. 26 at N.C. State, TBA Oct. 2 at Louisville, 8 p.m. Oct. 10 Connecticut, TBA Oct. 16 at Rutgers, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 South Florida, TBA Nov. 7 Syracuse, TBA Nov. 14 Notre Dame, TBA Nov. 27 at West Virginia, TBA Dec. 5 Cincinnati, TBA RICE Sep. 5 at UAB, 4 p.m. Sep. 12 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m. Sep. 26 Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. Oct. 3 Tulsa, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 Navy, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at East Carolina, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 UCF, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at SMU, 3 p.m. Nov. 14 Tulane, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 21 UTEP, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Houston, TBA RUTGERS Sep. 7 Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Sep. 12 Howard, TBA Sep. 19 Fla. International, TBA Sep. 26 at Maryland, TBA Oct. 10 Texas Southern, TBA Oct. 16 Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at Army, 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Connecticut, TBA Nov. 12 South Florida, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Syracuse, TBA Nov. 27 at Louisville, TBA Dec. 5 West Virginia, TBA SMU Sep. 5 Stephen F.Austin, 8 p.m. Sep. 12 at UAB, 4 p.m. Sep. 19 at Washington St., 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at TCU, 8 p.m. Oct. 10 East Carolina, 8 p.m. Oct. 17 Navy, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at Tulsa, 2 p.m. Nov. 7 Rice, 3 p.m. Nov. 14 UTEP, 3 p.m. Nov. 21 at Marshall, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 28 Tulane, 3 p.m. STANFORD Sep. 5 at Washington St., TBA Sep. 12 at Wake Forest, Noon Sep. 19 San Jose St., 9 p.m. Sep. 26 Washington, 9 p.m. Oct. 3 UCLA, TBA Oct. 10 at Oregon St., TBA Oct. 17 at Arizona, 7 p.m. Oct. 24 Arizona St., 10:15 p.m. Nov. 7 Oregon, TBA Nov. 14 at Southern Cal, TBA Nov. 21 California, TBA Nov. 28 Notre Dame, 8 p.m. SYRACUSE Sep. 5 Minnesota, Noon Sep. 12 at Penn St., Noon Sep. 19 Northwestern, TBA Sep. 26 Maine, TBA Oct. 3 South Florida, Noon Oct. 10 West Virginia, TBA Oct. 24 Akron, TBA Oct. 31 Cincinnati, TBA Nov. 7 at Pittsburgh, TBA Nov. 14 at Louisville, Noon Nov. 21 Rutgers, TBA Nov. 28 at Connecticut, Noon TCU Sep. 12 at Virginia, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Texas St., 7 p.m. Sep. 26 at Clemson, TBA Oct. 3 SMU, 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at Air Force, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 Colorado St., 4 p.m. Oct. 24 at BYU, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 UNLV, 4 p.m. Nov. 7 at San Diego St., 4 p.m. Nov. 14 Utah, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Wyoming, 2 p.m. Nov. 28 New Mexico, 1 p.m. TEMPLE Sep. 3 Villanova, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at Penn St., Noon Sep. 26 Buffalo, Noon Oct. 3 at E. Michigan, 1 p.m. Oct. 10 Ball St., 1 p.m. Oct. 17 Army, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Toledo, 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at Navy, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 Miami (Ohio), 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at Akron, 8 p.m. Nov. 21 Kent St., 1 p.m. Nov. 27 at Ohio, 2 p.m. TEXAS Sep. 5 Louisiana-Monroe, TBA Sep. 12 at Wyoming, 3:30 p.m. Sep. 19 Texas Tech, 8 p.m. Sep. 26 UTEP, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 10 Colorado, TBA Oct. 17 Oklahoma, Noon Oct. 24 at Missouri, TBA Oct. 31 at Oklahoma St., TBA Nov. 7 UCF, TBA Nov. 14 at Baylor, TBA Nov. 21 Kansas, TBA Nov. 26 at Texas A&M, 8 p.m. TEXAS A&M Sep. 5 New Mexico, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 Utah St., 7 p.m. Sep. 26 UAB, 7 p.m. Oct. 3 Arkansas, TBA Oct. 10 Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Kansas St., TBA Oct. 24 at Texas Tech, TBA Oct. 31 Iowa St., 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Colorado, TBA Nov. 14 at Oklahoma, TBA Nov. 21 Baylor, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 26 Texas, 8 p.m. TEXAS TECH Sep. 5 North Dakota, 7 p.m. Sep. 12 Rice, 7 p.m. Sep. 19 at Texas, 8 p.m. Sep. 26 at Houston, 9:15 p.m. Oct. 3 New Mexico, 7 p.m. Oct. 10 Kansas St., TBA Oct. 17 at Nebraska, TBA Oct. 24 Texas A&M, TBA Oct. 31 Kansas, TBA Nov. 14 at Oklahoma St., TBA Nov. 21 Oklahoma, TBA Nov. 28 at Baylor, TBA
Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses Aug. 15 At the Gold Coast Arena, Biloxi, Miss. (PPV): Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola, Fla., vs. Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg, Fla., 12, light heavyweights; Danny Green, Australia, vs. Julio Cesar Dominguez, Argentina, 12, cruiserweights; Verquan Kimbrough, Pittsburgh, vs. Mike Anchondo, La Puente, Calif., 10, lightweights. At Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (PPV), Nonito Donaire, San Leandro, Calif., vs. Rafael Concepcion, Panama, 12, for the interim WBA super flyweight title; Steven Luevano, La Puente, Calif., vs. Bernabe Concepcion, Philippines, 12, for Luevano’s WBO featherweight title; Mark Melligen, Philippines, vs. Michael Rosales, 10, Mexico, super lightweights; Anthony Peterson, Washington, vs. Luis Arceo, Mexico, 10, lightweights. Aug. 21 At the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Oliver McCall, Martinsville, Va., vs. Franklin Lawrence, Indianapolis, 12, for McCall’s IBA Intercontinental heavyweight title. Aug. 22 At Toyota Center, Houston (HBO), Malcolm Klassen, South Africa, vs. Robert Guerrero, Gilroy, Calif., 12, for Klassen’s IBF super featherweight title; Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Paul Malignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, light welterweights; Daniel Jacobs, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, 10, for the NABO middleweight title. Aug. 28 At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (ESPN2), Juan Urango, Cooper City, Fla., vs. Randall Bailey, Miami, 12, for Urango’s IBF light welterweight title; Tavoris Cloud, Tallahassee, Fla., vs. Clinton Woods, Britain, 12, for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title. Aug. 29 At Halle, Germany, Victor Emiliano Ramirez, Argentina, vs. Marco Huck, Germany, 12, for Ramirez’s WBO cruiserweight title; Karo Murat, Germany, vs. Lorenzo Di Giacomo, Italy, 12, for Murat’s European super middleweight title. At The Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs. Jesus Iribe, Mexico, 12, for Viloria’s IBF light flyweight title. At Quik Trip Park, Grande Prairie, Texas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs. Edvan Dos Barrios, Miami, 10, welterweights; Mikey Garcia, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Carlos Rivera, Oldsmar, Fla., 10, featherweights. Sept. 5 At Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (PPV), Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico, vs. Jason LeHoullier, Portland, Maine, 10, super welterweights; Manuel Vargas, Mexico, vs. Donnie Nietes, Philippines, 12, for Vargas’ WBO mini flyweight title. Sept. 12 At MCH Messecenter, Herning, Denmark (SHO), Mikkel Kessler, Denmark, vs. Gusmyl Perdomo, Venezuela, 12, for Kessler’s WBA super middleweight title. At Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif. vs. Shelby Pudwill, Mandan, N.D., 10, super middleweights.
Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed INF Chris Getz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 12. Recalled INF Brent Lillibridge from Charlotte (IL). TEXAS RANGERS—Activated 2B Ian Kinsler from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Nelson Cruz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 4. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Recalled RHP Casey Janssen from Las Vegas (PCL). National League CINCINNATI REDS—Acquired SS Kristopher Negron from Boston for SS Alex Gonzalez and cash. FLORIDA MARLINS—Optioned RHP Chris Leroux to Jacksonville (SL). Recalled RHP Cristhian Martinez from Jacksonville. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with C Joey Schoenfeld and RHP Jeffrey Inman. WASHINGTON NATIONALS— Agreed to terms with SS Roberto Perez. United League AMARILLO DILLAS—Signed INF Angel Reyes. BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association SACRAMENTO MONARCHS— Signed G Whitney Boddie to seven-day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed QB Eli Manning to a six-year contract extension through the 2015 season. HOCKEY National Hockey League MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed Matt D’Agostini to a one-year contract. American Hockey League ROCHESTER AMERICANS— Named Kerry Atkinson senior vice president of sales and marketing. ECHL CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Announced an affiliation agreement with Colorado (NHL). READING ROYALS—Signed D Rob Lalonde. SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED—Acquired D David Habarugira. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Acquired an international slot from Houston for D Ryan Cochrane. COLLEGE ARMY—Named Dallas Miller athletic communications assistant. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON— Signed Bobby Cremins, men’s basketball coach, to a two-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season. FLORIDA ATLANTIC—Named Matt Huskey assistant volleyball coach. INDIANA STATE—Named Rick Heller baseball coach MISERICORDIA—Named Jennifer Probst softball coach. WINTHROP—Named Chuck Rey Jr. women’s assistant volleyball coach. WIS.-OSHKOSH—Announced women’s track and field coach Deb Vercauteren is stepping down to become women’s assistant track and field coach.
GIRLS | Continued from Page 1B San Die go, Hebbronville, Edinburg, Phar r San Juan Alamo Nor th, La Joya, Laredo Martin, Car rizo Springs, Eagle Pass and San Augustine will at-
tempt to dethrone the Lady Hawks, who are the defending girls champions. Boys’ defending champion is Prog resso.
Zapata boasts the individual girl’s champion in Michelle Garcia who ran a 13:29 at the meet last year followed by teammates Maritza Garcia (third place, 13:47), Amber Guz-
man (sixth place, 14:29), Kristina Garcia (eighth place, 14:43), Abla Jasso (ninth place, 14:45) and Adrianna Ramirez (11th place, 15:07).
BOYS | Continued from Page 1B that counts is how you place at state.” The Hawks will face some stiff competition from district competitors Progreso and La Feria at all three meets. Last year the Red Ants beat Zapata in the opening cross-country meet was held in Zapata.
The Hawks exacted revenge on the Red Ants, beating them at the district meet and killing them at the regional meet. Progreso got the upper hand at the state meet and placed in front of the Hawks. This year the rivalry between Zapata and
Progreso will be heated, as both teams don’t have a friendly rivalry. Since La Feria is hosting this year, leaving at 4 a.m. will be advantageous to Zapata’s district foes, but they are ready to overcome any obstacle.
“Cross-country has become the protein here in Zapata,” Escamilla said. “We take pride in what we do. We don’t join to join, we join to win. I look forward to have 100-plus boys in our program. I can’t wait to lose my voice out there cheering on the boys.”
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