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Clinic to change hands By JULIE DAFFERN THE ZAPATA TIMES
At Monday’s meeting, the Zapata Commissioners Court is scheduled to decide who will get the new contract for the county’s medical clinic next month. The meeting is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. at the Zapata County Courthouse, 200 E. Seventh Ave. According to an e-mailed statement from County Judge Rosalva Guerra, the county received four proposals. Dr. Larry Sands, who is currently contracted by the county to manage the clinic,
submitted a proposal for the new contract; however, the county narrowed the field down to the top three proposals and Sands did not make the cut, according to Commissioner Jose Emilio Vela. The three proposals still being considered are from Dr. Edmundo Garcia, Dr. E. Domenech and the Laredo Medical Center. Neither Guerra nor Vela knew Domenech’s first name. According to a chart documenting specifications listed in the proposals, LMC would require the least amount of money for the year to run the clinic; however, proposal also states that LMC would keep funds gen-
erated by the clinic. The hospital would also pay for utilities. Proposals from Domenech and Garcia stated that the doctors would not keep funds generated and would not pay for utilities. Garcia’s proposal states that he would request $1,931,000, but would negotiate to $1,700,000, according to the chart. It also states that Domenech will not negotiate on the proposed $2,287,523 to run the clinic. LMC proposed $1,600,000 but will negotiate to $1,400,000.
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Museum gets big piece of funding By JULIE DAFFERN THE ZAPATA TIMES
WE SHALL NOT FORGET
In the 2009-2010 proposed budget, Zapata County is putting much of its Capital Outlay funding into the Zapata Museum. Of the $1,358,000 allocated for Capital Outlay, $800,000 is set aside for the museum. The figure is actually $100,000 more than what was used in capital improvement projects during the current fiscal year. County Auditor Doroteo Garza said most of the projects currently funded were completed this year. Those projects included a new roof for the sheriff ’s office and library as well as funding for an airport hangar.
Less revenue In an e-mailed statement, County Judge Rosalva Guerra said no new projects were considered because the county is facing a decrease in property evaluations. “The county is concentrating on the existing projects unless grant funding is available, then we can look at other projects,” Guerra stated. “I am grateful that all the county departments cooperated in maintaining the same budget as last year.” Of the $800,000 allocated to the Zapata museum, $500,000 is earmarked for exhibits. Located on U.S. 83, the $2 million museum is scheduled to open in April.
Building nearly done
Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and representatives of the Laredo Police Department salute during a 9/11 ceremony Friday.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Zapata’s United Way goal set By JOE RUTLAND THE ZAPATA TIMES
The United Way of Laredo, which also reaches out to support people in need in Zapata County, held its annual campaign kickoff event on Thursday at the Laredo Civic Center. This year’s campaign, themed “We Are All Family,” has set $1.85 million as its 20092010 goal. In 2008-09, actual revenue raised totaled $1,957,000. Peggy Duncan, United Way of Laredo executive director, said the organization’s
2009-10 goal for Zapata is $50,000. “Their goal in 2008-09 was $50,000 and they raised $51,766 in Zapata,” Duncan said. “All monies raised there are spent directly in Zapata.” Duncan said she is grateful to have Zapata Independent School District superintendent Romero Rodriguez as United Way of Laredo’s point of contact. “With his volunteers, they go out and do presentations at different businesses,” she said. “ Our biggest contributors are schools within ZISD and IBC Bank-Zapata.”
Twelve agencies provide services in Zapata, including the Boys and Girls Club of Zapata. “We have a couple actually in Zapata and some stationed in Laredo which provide outreach to the Zapata area,” Duncan said. “Local organizations are receiving more demands for support than ever,” said Mary T. Treviño, United Way of Laredo president.
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The building itself is scheduled to be complete in October. Commissioner Jose Emilio Vela said he’d like to see the museum completed, and there’s no point in going through the expense and construction of the outside of the museum without putting resources into the interior. “It wouldn’t be complete without doing the inside,” he said. The proposed budget also provides for $300,000 in improvements to the landfill as well as $250,000 for 100-year flood control. Commissioners Court is set to approve the proposed budget at its Monday meeting. (Julie Daffern may be reached at 728-2565 or jdaffern@lmtonline.com)
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Rangers heading to the border By MICHAEL GRACZYK ASSOCIATED PRESS
ZAPATA REMEMBERS THE FALLEN
HOUSTON — Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday. “It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they’ve ever played before,” Perry said of the Department of Public Safety’s elite investigative unit. The forces, dubbed “Ranger recon” teams, are the latest effort “to fill the gap that’s been left by the federal government’s ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico,” he said. The governor early this year asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for 1,000 National Guard troops and renewed his call last month in a letter to President Barack Obama. The request is bogged down over who will pay for the troops and how they will be deployed.
Members of the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office and the Zapata County Fire Department were on hand Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, for the signing of a proclamation in commemoration of Patriot Day, Sept. 11. Left to right are, Eddie Salazar, Pito Martinez, Chief J. J. Meza, County Judge Rosalva Guerra (seated), Benji Martinez, Erika Martinez, LeRoy Ramirez and Juan Navarro.
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SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 12,2009
TODAY IN HISTORY
AROUND THE NATION
SATURDAY,SEPT.12
The third One City, One Book group discussion of the book “Enrique’s Journey,” by Sonia Nazario, will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Laredo Public Library,H-E-B Multi-Purpose Room, 1120 E. Calton Road. The book, available in English and Spanish, can be purchased at B. Dalton’s Booksellers or checked out at the Laredo Public Library. For more information,call Pam Burrell at the Laredo Public Library at 7952400, extension 2268. The Texas A&M International University Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium will show “Star Signs” at 3 p.m. and “Planet Quest” at 4 p.m. Admission is $3.For additional show times, call 326-DOME or visit tamiu.edu/planetarium. The Laredo Home and Garden Show will be held at the Laredo Entertainment Center, 6415 Sinatra Drive,today and Sunday,10 a.m.to 6 p.m. The show features more than 150 booths. Admission is $7 for adults and free for children 15 and under.Tickets are good for the whole weekend. For more info, visit www.smc-events.com. “Two Small Pieces of Glass” premieres today at the Texas A&M International University Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium at 5 p.m., with encores at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. This new feature tells the history of the telescope and its discoveries. General admission is $5 for adults,$4 for children and TAMIU faculty,staff,students and alumni.Admission to premium shows is $1 more.
SUNDAY,SEPT.13
The Laredo Home and Garden Show’s run at the Laredo Entertainment Center, 6415 Sinatra Drive, ends today. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and features more than 150 booths.Admission is $7 for adults and free for children 15 and under.Tickets are good for the whole weekend. For more info, visit www.smc-events.com Organist Paul Jacobs will perform today at 4 p.m. in the Texas A&M International University Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.The program will include works by Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leo Sowerby and Franz Liszt.
MONDAY,SEPT.14
There will be a public hearing on the proposed county budget for 2009-2010 at 9 a.m. at the County Commissioners Courtroom at the County Courthouse, 200 East 7th Avenue.
TUESDAY,SEPT.15
The play “Aleghia Mexicana” will be performed tonight at 7 p.m. by the America Elizondo’s Theatrical Group.The play will be held at the Catholic Parish Hall and tickets are $5 for adults and $1 for children under the age of 12. All proceeds will benefit the Lady of Lourdes Church.
WEDNESDAY,SEPT.16
The 16th Annual Manufacturing and Logistics Symposium “South Texas and Northern Mexico’s Global Positioning in Today’s Economy”will be held at the TAMIU Student Center in Laredo from 6 to 8 p.m. The symposium is a comprehensive threeday agenda crucial for companies seeking new markets, developing logistic platforms or expanding operations. For more information, contact the Laredo Development Foundation at 722-0563 or visit www.ldfonline.org. The Zapata High School will be holding their Hawkfest today starting with a parade forming outside the Court House at 6 p.m. followed by a pep rally and festival at hawk statdium. The main event will be the corninatioon of homecoming king and queen. For more information, call Zapata High School at 7650280.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Space Shuttle Discovery is backdropped by rugged Earth terrain in this image photographed by a crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station undocked Tuesday.Weather prevented Discovery from returning to its home port in Florida on Thursday, and it landed in California on Friday.
Shuttle lands in California By ALICIA CHANG ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts sped toward California on Friday after stormy weather prevented them from returning to NASA’s home port in Florida for the second day in a row. With rain moving in and thick, dark clouds over the Florida landing strip, Mission Control told the crew to head to Edwards Air Force Base, the backup touchdown site where conditions were pristine. “We do appreciate everybody that worked the weather so hard in Florida,” shuttle commander Rick Sturckow said. He thanked the astronauts’ families for traveling to Kennedy Space Center, “but it just doesn’t look like it’s going to work out for today.” Stormy weather made it too risky to bring Discovery back to Florida on Thursday, and conditions were even worse Friday. So flight director Richard Jones opted for the sunny skies of the Mojave Desert. Landing time was 5:53 p.m. PDT, well before sunset. An hour before touchdown, Sturckow and his copilot fired the braking rockets, and Discovery dropped out of orbit to wrap up the two-week space station mission. NASA prefers Florida landings because the crosscountry ferry trip, which involves transporting the shuttle atop a modified jumbo jet, costs $1.7 million and takes more than a week.
Discovery’s delivery trip to the international space station began Aug. 28 — liftoff was delayed in part by storms — and covered 5.7 million miles. The shuttle dropped off tons of supplies and equipment, including a $5 million treadmill named after Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert. That was his consolation prize after pushing for naming rights to a new space station room. NASA chose Tranquility for the yet-to-be-launched room, even though Colbert won the online vote. The treadmill will be assembled later this month. The space station’s newest resident, Nicole Stott, who rode up on Discovery, is expected to break it in as the first runner. Coming back aboard Discovery is the astronaut whom Stott replaced, Timothy Kopra. He spent nearly two months in orbit and said he was looking forward to seeing his wife and two children, and enjoying a sip of beer. Also hitching a ride back is Buzz Lightyear. The 12inch action figure flew up in mid-2008 as part of an educational program. The doll will return to Walt Disney World for a tickertape parade at the beginning of October. Discovery’s crew performed three spacewalks at the space station, installing a fresh tank of ammonia coolant, new antennas and cabling for Tranquility, the living quarters that’s due to arrive early next year. One cable connector could not be hooked up, and that ended up being one of the few snags of the 14-day shuttle flight. NASA is devising repairs for the next shuttle visitors in November.
3 guilties expected in dogfighting case
Teacher strike focused on class size
10 Warhol paintings stolen from home
ST. LOUIS — At least three eastern Missouri men arrested in a federal crackdown on illegal dogfighting are expected to plead guilty next week in federal court. Twenty-six people were charged and about 500 dogs seized in July following raids in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas.
KENT, Wash. — On what was scheduled to be the first day of school, students and teachers at Mill Creek Middle School never made it. Teachers are ending the second week of a strike, keeping more than 26,000 students at 40 schools out of the classroom. Kent teachers are fighting for smaller class sizes, arguing the district should use reserves to alleviate overcrowding.
LOS ANGELES — A multimillion dollar collection of Andy Warhol artwork depicting famous sporting figures was stolen from a West Los Angeles home. The 10 pictures, each 40 inches square, were taken between Sept. 2 and 3. A $1 million reward was being offered for information leading to the return of the artwork. — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND TEXAS
THURSDAY,SEPT.17
The 16th Annual Manufacturing and Logistics Symposium “South Texas and Northern Mexico’s Global Positioning in Today’s Economy continues today at the TAMIU Student Center in Laredo from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at 326-2654. The Laredo-Webb County Bar Association will hold the Spirit of Mexico Tequila Tasting at A Bientot, 6425 Polaris Drive, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.today.Proceeds will be matched by the Fernando A. Salinas Charitable Trust Fund to be used for scholarships to Laredo Community College for local students. Tickets are $100 per person. The Chaparral Wildlife Management Area will be having its 20th annual Wildlife Field Day from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The topic for this event is “Wildlife/Habitat Response to Drought and Wildfire.” The field day begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. Presentations, a catered lunch and a field trip will highlight habitat responses to post-burn research and activities. Registration, which is required for this event, is $12 and includes the lunch. The Chaparral Wildlife Management Area is located on FM 133, 8 miles west of Artesia Wells. For reservations, contact the Chaparral WMA at (830)676-3413 or cwma@granderiver.net or the Texas Wildlife Association at 1-800-TEX-WILD.
Photo Pat Sullivan | AP
In this Aug. 26 photo, birds are reflected in the calm water in the marshes of the J.D. Murphree wildlife management area near Port Arthur, one year after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast.
Police find dead newborn in closet
School chief regrets speech brouhaha
Hill Country rains force evacuations
AMARILLO — Police in the Texas Panhandle say they have found a dead newborn wrapped in blankets inside a closet after a teenage girl went to a hospital for treatment. Police found the baby boy Thursday. They say they were alerted by an area hospital after a 15-year-old girl went there Wednesday night complaining of stomach pain and bleeding.
ARLINGTON — A superintendent said he regrets the attention aimed at his district for passing on showing President Barack Obama’s speech while approving the busing of some students to former President George W. Bush’s upcoming talk. Arlington schools superintendent said he understands how it could be seen as favoring one event over another.
SALADO — Residents in the Texas Hill Country had to evacuate their homes as rising water from nearby creeks began to flood. Salado Mayor Merle Stalcup said he expected 50 to 60 families would have to evacuate if rain didn’t stop falling Friday. More than 10 inches of rain have fallen since Thursday and 20 families have evacuated to a local church so far.
Obama,elder Bush teaming up at A&M COLLEGE STATION — President Barack Obama is heading to Texas next month for a community service forum with former President George H. W. Bush. The two men will attend the forum at Bush’s presidential library on the campus of Texas A&M University on Oct. 16. The event is affiliated with the Points of Life Institute.
Feds arrest 6 in alleged drug ring DALLAS — A U.S. Attorney said six people in Texas and Arizona were arrested on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. Arrests were made in Dallas, El Paso and Phoenix this week. In addition to the conspiracy count, an El Paso man was charged with seven counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Perry said he didn’t pressure regent AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry said he had nothing do with Texas Tech regent Mark Griffin’s decision to resign from the university’s governing board. Griffin has said he was pressured to step down last month by a former Perry aide after he endorsed Perry’s rival, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, in the Texas governor’s race.
Today is Saturday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2009. There are 110 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 12, 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy addressed questions about his Roman Catholic faith, telling a Southern Baptist group in Houston, “I do not speak for my church on public matters, and the church does not speak for me.” On this date: In 1880, author and journalist H.L. Mencken was born in Baltimore. In 1918, during World War I, U.S. forces led by Gen. John J. Pershing launched a successful attack on the German-occupied St. Mihiel salient near Verdun, France. In 1938, Adolf Hitler demanded the right of self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. In 1943, German paratroopers took Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held by the Italian government. In 1953, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, R.I. In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon. The TV Western series “Bonanza” premiered on NBC. In 1977, South African black student leader Steve Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry. In 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off, carrying with it Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly on a U.S. spaceship. Ten years ago: Under intense international pressure, Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order to the devastated territory of East Timor. Andre Agassi captured his second U.S. Open title, dominating Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (27), 6-3, 6-2. “The Practice” and “Ally McBeal,” both created by writerproducer David E. Kelley, were named best drama series and best comedy series at the 51st Emmy Awards. Five years ago: US Airways Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years. Ten people were killed in an apartment fire just outside Columbus, Ohio. Hurricane Ivan battered the Cayman Islands with ferocious 150-mph winds. Roger Federer won the U.S. Open, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-0. Playwright Jerome Chodorov died in Nyack, N.Y., at age 93. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Irene Dailey is 89. Actor Dickie Moore (“Our Gang”) is 84. Actor Freddie Jones is 82. Country singer George Jones is 78. Actor Ian Holm is 78. Actress Linda Gray is 69. Singer Maria Muldaur is 66. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 58. Singer-musician Gerry Beckley (America) is 57. Rock musician Neil Peart (Rush) is 57. Actor Peter Scolari is 54. Sen. Sam Brownback (RKan.) is 53. Actress Rachel Ward is 52. Actress Amy Yasbeck is 47. Rock musician Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) is 44. Actor Darren E. Burrows is 43. Rock singer-musician Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) is 43. Rock musician Larry LaLonde (Primus) is 41. Actor Josh Hopkins is 39. Actor Paul Walker is 36. Country singer Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) is 35. Actor Benjamin McKenzie is 31. Singer Ruben Studdard is 31. NFL player Dan Koppen is 30. NBA player Yao Ming is 29. Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson is 28. Actress Emmy Rossum is 23. Thought for Today: “Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.” — H.L. Mencken (1880-1956).
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Traffic stop leads to drug seizure By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ
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A simple traffic stop on Seventh Avenue and Zapata Street led to a drug seizure in a residence in the 600 block of Guerrero Street on Tuesday night. Deputies arrested Oscar Paredes, 21, on charges of possession of controlled substances. Sgt. Mario Elizondo, a spokesman for the Zapata County Sheriff ’s Department. said a deputy made a traffic stop on a maroon 2000 GMC pick-up truck. Upon the stop, officers
Zapata deputies arrest local man on a drug charge.
searched the vehicle and found 30 plastic baggies containing a white powdery substance, Elizondo said. Elizondo said this gave deputies consent to search for narcotics in Paredes residence. Deputies headed to Paredes’ residence in the 600 block of Guerrero Street. Upon their arrival, officers found 131 roach pills, also known as clonazepam.
THE BLOTTER ASSAULT Hugo Cesar Saavedra was arrested at 10:30 p.m. Sept. 5. He was charged with assault by threat (family violence). Saavedra was booked and transported to Zapata Regional Jail. Orlando Javier Rocha, 21, was arrested at 5 p.m. Sept. 6. He was charged with assault (family violence). He was booked and transported to Zapata Regional Jail.
BURGLARY A 69-year-old woman reported a known subject stole cologne, boots and a set of golf clubs at 8 a.m.Thursday. A 63-year-old man reported at 4 p.m. Tuesday that unknown subjects gained access to his residence and stole property of up to $9,650, including a 42-inch flat screen TV and an all-terrain vehicle.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT Jorge Isidro Campos, 26, and Horacio Maldonado, 61, were arrested at 3 p.m. Monday on 10th Avenue and Guerrero Street at America’s Car Wash. Both were charged with disorderly conduct for a dispute over minutes spent on a cell phone. Both were transported to Zapata Regional Jail. STRIKE LANDSCAPE FIXTURE A35-year-old woman reported at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday an unknown subject struck the fence and a tree inside her residence.
STRAY DOGS A 40-year-old man reported a pack of stray dogs attacked a stray goat at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 4 in the 400 block of Uribe Street in San Ygnacio.
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rested at 9 p.m. Wednesday for driving while intoxicated. Officers also found a knife inside the car. Garcia was booked and transported to the Zapata County Jail under a $25,000 bond for charges on driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
THEFT A 37-year-old man reported at 11:06 p.m. Sept. 4 his 22-gallon air compressor was stolen from a neighbor’s porch in the 2200 block of Wild Olive Drive. A28-year-old woman reported at 10 p.m. Sept. 5 her cell phone and camera were stolen in Falcon. A32-year-old woman reported at 7 p.m.Wednesday that two people she knows stole a charger from the Radio Shack located at U.S. 83 and Singer Lane. The item was returned later. - Compiled by César G. Rodriguez
“They are muscle relaxants,” Elizondo said. According to the Drug Information Online Web site, clonazepam is used to control certain types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy and for the treatment of panic disorders. Deputies also found 31 grams of marijuana. Paredes was booked and processed and transported to Zapata Regional Jail under a total bond of $45,000 for three charges of controlled substances. (César G. Rodriguez may be reached at 728-2568 or cesar@lmtonline.com)
Aunt testifies in massacre ASSOCIATED PRESS
LUBBOCK — The aunt of the sole survivor of a the 2005 massacre of a Panhandle farming family says the girl “lives every day with thoughts of her mother’s screams in her head.” Christy Powell is raising Robin Doan, 14, after the slaughter of her mother, stepfather and brother. She followed Robin to the witness stand Friday. Prosecutors rested their case in the capital murder trial of Levi King. King, 27, pleaded guilty last week to The jury can sentence him to death or life in prison without parole. Last year, King pleaded guilty to killing two people in Missouri before he killed Doan’s family.
Courtesy photo/Zapata Chamber of Commerce | Special to the Times
Unveiling the new Zapata Visitors Guide are, left to right,Jose A. Garcia, Graphitiks Advertising Design president; Jose “Paco” Mendoza, Zapata Chamber of Commerce CEO; and Teresa Hein, Chamber president.
Visitor’s guide available at Chamber of Commerce SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Visitors wanting to get a full experience of Zapata County now have a comprehensive tool to map their getaway. “Zapata, Texas: A venture in adventure” highlights the finest the county has to offer tourists, Winter Texans and business travelers using an easy-toread, fun and dynamic approach.
Revitalized mission “We are very excited to introduce our inaugural Za-
pata Visitors Guide as part of the revitalized mission of the chamber,” said Paco Mendoza, Zapata Chamber of Commerce CEO.
Plenty of fun “Adventure stands as the centerpiece of our promotional activities. Zapata has it all, from the best little county fair in the state to championship bass fishing to a growing business climate.” Produced by Graphitiks Advertising Design, a Laredo marketing firm with 15 years of tourism
marketing experience, the 36-page guide features sections on day trips to surrounding areas, Zapata restaurants and hotels, travel tips and ideas. Along with targeting Texas, the guide is expected to reach Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas and even Mexico.
Get yours today For more information or for copies of the guide, visit www.zapatachamber.com, call (800) 292-LAKE or visit the chamber’s office at 601 N. U.S. 83, Zapata.
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Time to help United Way LAREDO MORNING TIMES
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n this still troubled economy, the need for United Way is clearer than ever. At Thursday evening’s annual campaign kickoff event, participants heard heartbreaking stories about those needs. Many of the stories involve children, from abused kids who find compassion at the Children’s Advocacy Center to hungry ones who get a hot meal from the South Texas Food Bank. But the participants also heard inspiring stories of uncompromising commitment from caring community members who seek to ensure that our fellow Laredoans and Zapatans get the help they need. United Way will provide funding for 26 agencies this year. Twelve of them provide direct services in Zapata, including the Ad-
vocacy Center, the food bank and the Boys and Girls Club of Zapata. This year’s overall goal is $1,850,000. Of that, United Way volunteers hope to raise $50,000 in Zapata County. Every single one of those dollars is badly needed in these trying times. Of course, we all want to ensure that we get our money’s worth, and it should be noted that donating to the United Way is one of the best ways to maximize charitable giving. By centralizing fundraising, United Way saves its member agencies a bundle. And it’s local; all of the money raised in Zapata stays in Zapata. Every one of us needs to pitch in, with our money and our time. Our friends and neighbors are counting on us. For more information on how you can help, visit unitewaylaredo.org
Hard right fills AM dial By JOHN YOUNG
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hen my hands held it again for the first time in decades, I felt the electricity that made it such an exciting gift for an 8-year-old. A radio I could hold in my hand — pop music, sports, news — all at my command in a genuine leather holder. By appearance, that radio — a Sun Mark 8 — emerged in near-perfect condition when I pulled it out of the time capsule of a long-undisturbed childhood drawer. As anyone would, though the battery surely had been dead since Nixon’s administration, I tried it. No dice. Surely it had other issues. Surely the battery had corroded and left an inoperable mess. I pried off the back of the radio. There, looking pristine as if it had just come off the hardware store shelf, a yellow-and-red RayO-Vac 9-volt gleaned. That noble battery had served its purpose and over all the years had not spoiled its nest. I inserted a new 9-volt, not really expecting to hear anything when I turned on the thing on. It was, after all, nearly 50 years old. The first pop I heard was a revelation of life. So, I searched the dial and found ... Rush Limbaugh. And not just on one frequency. He was on three. Whatever else was to be found in a search on the dial was all a mumble. About pork bellies, maybe. Sigh But why the surprise and disappointment? This priceless heirloom was an AM radio. The AM radio which once upon a time enunciated more than political monotone has gone the way of popcorn poppers and 45 rpm records. Realizing how functionally worthless my prized transistor radio had become, I was reminded of another radio that showed up once upon a Christmas stocking. My Rocket Radio was red and shaped like a spaceship. It didn’t need batteries. You just had to find some metal onto which a wire to the
rocket could be affixed with an alligator clip. Then you got radio. One catch: You couldn’t choose the station. You got whatever station on which the Rocket homed in. Sadly, that just about sums up AM radio, circa 2009, regarding information and commentary. Whereas just about any newspaper opinion page will avail a variety of opinions — if not in syndicated and staff offerings, then among the letters to the editor — today’s AM talk is all hardright talking points, all the time. The unimaginable tempest over Barack Obama’s education pep talk to schoolchildren had the taint of AM talk hype all over it. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called it “silly.” Most times one can appreciate Obama’s above-the-fray composure in the face of such slights. But at times one wishes that for once Team Obama responded with the kind of fire the Limbaughs and Savages of the airways issue forth. Call the uproar moronic — much AM ado about nothing. For instance, right-wing talkers have gone on and on about the threat posed by Obama to their First Amendment rights should the Fairness Doctrine be reintroduced. What has Obama said? He’s said he doesn’t support any such thing. Just as he’s said he doesn’t support a government takeover of health care or policies that take away one’s coverage or choice of physicians. Doesn’t matter. Listen to the crackling on the AM dial. I don’t know what to do with my perfectly good AM transistor radio. Maybe I should put it back in the drawer with the pristinelooking Ray-O-Vac battery in it, to inspire someone’s wonder when, plugging a new battery into it decades hence, it works like a champ. I bet it will. But considering the downhill trajectory of AM radio, I’m not anticipating that my descendants will get anything worth hearing.
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resident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is preparing to come to the United Nations this month where he will enjoy the freedom to speak his mind. Back home, far too many people are denied their basic rights and are deprived of their freedom. Since fraudulent presidential elections in June, and a harsh government crackdown that followed, at least 100 people, including politicians, lawyers and journalists have been jailed. There are horrifying re-
ports of prisoners being raped and tortured. Show trials, complete with obviously coerced confessions, have only reminded the Iranian people, and the world, of the government’s illegitimacy. Among those unjustly detained is Maziar Bahari, a respected documentary filmmaker and correspondent for Newsweek who has been in prison since June 21. A native Iranian who is now a Canadian citizen, Bahari has not been officially charged and has not been allowed to see a lawyer. Yet he was forced to confess that he and others took part in a
“velvet coup” engineered by the West to oust Ahmadinejad. Such charges are blatantly false. Bahari’s work as a journalist and a filmmaker is internationally recognized. As he endures Tehran’s grim Evin prison, he is a finalist this week for Spain’s coveted Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, given to groups or individuals for encouraging and promoting the “scientific, cultural and humanistic values that form part of mankind’s universal heritage.” He was nominated by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.
The Harvard Film Archives says Bahari’s depiction of contemporary Iranian culture reveals “the human element behind the headlines.” His documentary “Muhammad and the Matchmaker” tells the story of a former heroin addict in Iran trying to rebuild his life. His reporting for Newsweek and Britain’s Channel 4 has also offered important insights into the way ordinary people struggle to survive. Bahari and the rest of the detainees must be released immediately and allowed to do their work and freely speak their minds.
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At last: first taste of fall arrives By GARY BORDERS COX NEWSPAPERS
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ONGVIEW — The first indication that summer was easing its way out of East Texas came early this past week. I walked north to the corner of Sixth Street toward Marshall Avenue about 6:15 a.m., dancing through the neighbors’ sprinklers soaking the sidewalk while the sun peeped over the pawn shop on a nearby corner. I took a deep breath, then another. The breeze was coming out of the north, and I actually shivered — not a common occurrence when outdoors in the Pine Curtain, in August. Fall lurks nearby. Thank the Lord.
Cruel summer Summer could return any day, cruelly and inexorably. The calendar says the season ends in a few weeks, but that means little here. Summer steals days from both spring and autumn. It is the neediest of seasons, requiring almost more days than the other three seasons combined, if defined by highs and lows. Right now, the weather is glorious, chamber of commerce climate, though we
could use a spot of rain. No sense getting greedy, though. The rain will come soon enough. My backyard trees believe fall is about to arrive, though they can be fooled as well. Leaves flutter down in the northern breeze, quickly covering the driveway and jamming up the gutters.
More activity The squirrels appear more active than usual, still munching on my cow’s head horns, which are now about three inches long — less than a third of the length when I moved here 20 months ago. I refuse to fill the bird feeders, figuring the squirrels need to learn how to forage on their own. Eventually I’ll take pity on the birds, but they’re fine right now, with plenty of bugs and such to eat. I was visiting a friend the other day. Her neighbor was fuming over the mess squirrels had made of both his pecan crop and the van parked beneath the tree’s canopy. The tree rats take one bite out of each stillgreen pecan and then leave the useless remains. Apparently, green pecans don’t agree with a squirrel’s dietary system, any more than it would mine.
The difference is that squirrels do their business from the branches above his van, which had an impressive collection of rodent droppings on its windshield and roof. He attempted to enlist me in squirrel assassination, since he knows I have a pellet gun with scope. I made vague noises of affirmation. Truth is, I have no intention of shooting anything that isn’t trying to cause me harm. Irritation doesn’t count. I promised I was done writing about my tomato plants but have to renege. Here it is, after Labor Day, football season under way, and my neighbor and I are still picking tomatoes. Our plants, placed on either side of his backyard fence, have commingled and continue to sport blooms.
Still juicy I picked off a couple of dozen grape tomatoes a few days ago. A few Big Boys hang low on the vine. His satellite dish is about to be covered up with vines that show no signs of slowing down, despite the cooler weather. I think the county agent should come out and investigate, possibly nominate us from some type of city-living, tomato-growing
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citation. Just a thought. There is a spring in the step of those of us who care about such things as the end of an East Texas summer. Some folks have more to worry about, or spend all their time inside, or actually enjoy the heat. I can’t figure out the latter group, but there you go.
Don’t jinx it My small circle of outdoor revelers are doing the Happy Dance. Bicycles are being pulled off their garage storage racks. Some foolish folks are digging out their autumn apparel (not me — I want to ensure fall is staying). Football season has begun, with the rare chance of watching a game without sweating profusely. I know. I’m likely jinxing this cool snap with my loose talk about an early autumn. I can’t help it. As an avowed enemy of East Texas summer, I root for its passing with a fervor employed by those showing up at healthcare town meetings. Summer and I have a long, uneasy relationship. We are due for some time apart. (To reach Gary Borders, publisher of the Longview News-Journal, send e-mail to gborders@longview-news.com)
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Paulina Rubio to return to LEC SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Laredo Entertainment Center and Global Groove London are thrilled to announce the return of The Queen of Latin Pop, Paulina Rubio, who will perform live on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 pm. “It is always a pleasure to work with a promoter that has the passion in bringing quality entertainment to the Gateway City,” said Roy Medina, General Manager for the SMG-managed Laredo Entertainment Center. “Global Groove London was instrumental in exposing Laredo to their first major hip-hop concert, and now I’m excited to see that Paul Magee is back with one of Latin music’s top artist.” Paulina Rubio is known to many as “The Mexican Madonna” and “The Golden Girl.”With numerous Grammys to her resume, she ranks among the biggest female Latin artists in the world. With combined album sales of more than 20 million globally, her latest release Gran City Pop has topped
Latina singer Paulina Rubio appears on MTV's Mi TRL at MTV's Times Square Studios on Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, in New York. Photo by Focus Features | AP
Pictured, left to right, No. 9 (voiced by Elijah Wood), No. 7 (voiced by Jennifer Connelly) and No. 5 (voiced by John C. Reilly) face peril in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy “9.”
The animated ‘9’ is breathtakingly original the Latin Billboard charts for more than 20 weeks; steadily adding to her overall sales. Hoping to add to her ever-growing fan base, her plans to embark on a headlining tour supporting the success of her record is on its way.
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster locations, including the LEC box office, various H-E-B locations, charge by phone 1-800745-3000 or online at . Ticket prices are $85, $65, $45 and $25, plus facility fee.
Take a shot for student scholarships SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Aficionados of tequila are in for a special treat as the Laredo-Webb County Bar Association hosts The Spirit of Mexico Tequila Tasting, a scholarship fundraiser sponsored in conjunction with the Fernando A. Salinas Charitable Trust and Laredo Community College, on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at A Bientot’s, 6425 Polaris Drive. Organizers say that the event will provide an intimate, club-like atmosphere where lovers of the agavebased spirit will be able to sample different types of topquality tequilas and vote for their favorite. The event also will feature lively entertainment by the popular local singing group, Juan y Javier, which will entertain the crowd with a potpourri of traditional Spanish ballads and contemporary Spanish pop music. LCC’s Mariachi Palomino will add to the festivities with its performance of
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OS ANGELES — Despite their roughhewn appearance, the resourceful rag dolls in “9” obviously were crafted with great love and care, both by the scientist who made them in the film and the mastermind behind them in real life, director Shane Acker. If only as much complex thought had gone into the script. The animation is so breathtaking in its originality, so weird and wondrous in its detail, you wish there were more meat to the screenplay from Pamela Pettler, who previously wrote “Monster House.” Based on Acker’s animated short of the same name, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2006, “9” follows a group of creatures who represent the last vestige of humanity in a post-apocalyptic world. It’s set in the future after a war between mankind and machines but eerily resembles Europe after World War II, with its sepia tones blanketing the decimated surroundings in danger and fear. (Parents, don’t be fooled: It may look like a cute and clever cartoon, but “9” is genuinely
frightening.) 9 (voiced by Elijah Wood) awakens to find no people are left, but there are a few others like him: tiny, fabric dolls stitched together coarsely but sturdily, with lenses for eyes. (As in “WALL-E,” the eyes convey a lot more emotion than you might imagine.) It’s easy to see why Tim Burton was drawn to “9” and wanted to help get it made as a producer, along with “Wanted” director Timur Bekmambetov: the mixture of darkness and whimsy, the childlike and the fantastic, is reminiscent of Burton’s signature aesthetic. And yet, Acker has a vision all his own. The dolls have numbers on their backs signifying who they are and the order in which they were created. They include 1 (Christopher Plummer), the priestly, rigid leader; 2 (Martin Landau), an aging but feisty inventor; 5 (John C. Reilly), who’s loyal but afraid of everything; and 7 (Jennifer Connelly), a brave and butt-kicking warrior. Appropriately, Crispin Glover provides the voice of the group’s misfit artist, 6. There are also 3 and 4, mute twins who are experts on history, and the brutish 8
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songs of old Mexico. The evening’s musical line-up will cap off with the performance of singer Everardo Ramirez, a finalist of “Cantando Por Un Sueño,” a Mexican talent contest televised by Televisa for the Univision network. Complimentary beer will be provided by the local Budweiser distributor. Palenque Grill will provide an assortment of mouth-watering botanas. Complimentary shot glasses will be provided while supplies last by The Law Office of Silverio A. Martinez. There also will be a silent auction with a number of items to bid on, including a weekend stay at Embassy Suites. Gregory’s Smart Start will be available to provide free transportation to home for those attending the event. “(The Laredo-Webb County Bar Association) is expecting the tequila tasting to be an evening of high-spirited fun for the sake of scholarships, which will be used in Laredo at our very own community college. The event
also will serve to highlight the rich cultural traditions shared by the sister cities of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo,” bar association president Paul Thomson said. Proceeds raised from the event will be matched by the Fernando A. Salinas Trust Fund and Laredo Community College to provide scholarships to LCC students. Tickets, which are $100 per person, may be purchased from any bar officer or from George Altgelt at the law offices of Nguyen and del Barrio, PLLC, 1815 Houston Street. For more information, call 753-7636.
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(Fred Tatasciore), who looks like the Michelin Man and serves as 1’s enforcer. From there, “9” follows an episodic, almost video game-like format. The curious 9 picks up an ornate piece of metal, sticks it in a corresponding hole and inadvertently jump-starts a villainous contraption composed of a giant red eye at the center and myriad metal tentacles. He and the other dolls must then scurry for their lives — even though they don’t yet know the whole story of their purpose on this planet — as a series of equally menacing monsters tries to pick them off, one by one. About halfway in, you realize how thin this expanded story really is, even though it’s always dazzling to watch. It’s intense and nearly relentless, except for a brief respite in which “9” pays a lovely homage to “The Wizard of Oz.” Acker isn’t taking us over the rainbow, but he has brought us someplace daring and new, and he makes you anxious to see what other destinations he has in mind. “9,” a Focus Features release, is rated PG-13 for violence and scary images. It is playing at Cinemark Mall Del Norte and Hollywood Theaters.
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Agenda en Breve SÁBADO 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE
LAREDO - El Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center (dentro del campus Fort McIntosh de LCC) invita a pasar esta mañana en sus instalaciones (de 10 a.m. a 2 p.m.) ó ayudando en el Paseo del Indio (de 8 a.m. a 12 p.m.). Voluntarios deben traer sus propias herramientas,guantes, agua para beber y bloqueador solar. La entrada es 4 dólares por adulto y 2 dólares para estudiantes y adultos mayores. El centro es gratuito y abierto a estudiantes y personal de LCC y TAMIU con identificación. Continúa el Laredo Home and Garden Showen el Laredo Entertainment Center (6415 Sinata Dr.).El evento se extiende hasta el domingo.El evento será de 10 a.m. a 6 p.m.y presenta 150 módulos. La entrada es 7 dólares para adultos ygratis para niños menores de 15 años. El boleto es válido para todo el fin de semana. Disfrute la tarde en el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de TAMIU explorando “Star Signs” a las 3 p.m. y “Planet Quest”a las 4 p.m.La entrada es de 3 dólares.Llame al 326-DOME para más información. Hoy es el estreno de “Two Small Pieces of Glass”en el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de TAMIU a las 5 p.m. con repeticiones alas 6 p.m.y 7 p.m. La entrada general es de 5 dólares por adulto y 4 dólares por niños así como catedráticos, personal, estudiantes yex-alumnosd e TAMIU.
SÁBADO 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2009
Registran 80 casos de A/H1N1 Por MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
NUEVO LAREDO — La Jurisdicción Sanitaria No. V confirmó 80 casos de influenza A/H1N1. Estadísticas sanitarias difundidas el jueves por el Jefe de la Jurisdicción Dr. Jorge Emilio Gutiérrez, reflejan además que hay 600 casos sospechosos donde el grupo más vulnerable es el de estudiantes con 68%. El siguiente grupo vulnerable es el de los empleados en general con un 30% y el último, con un 2%, es el grupo de médicos y enfermeras. Igualmente del total, se reveló que 25% de los casos de influenza ocurren en el hogar. “Estamos organizados para mantener el control de los casos de influenza”, dijo Gutiérrez. “(Pero) si en el hogar se hubiera motivado a los hijos a seguir un padrón de prevención no se hubiera disparado el porcentaje”. La Jurisdicción Sanitaria está enfocada a las escuelas y hogares, dos puntos de prioridad para contener la pandemia, desde que la alerta surgió en el país. Aún así son las escuelas
donde primeramente se identifican los casos sospechosos. El estudiante Manuel Aguilar es uno de ellos. Aguilar acudió el jueves al Centro de Salud para una revisión médica. Como precaución tuvo que portar el cubrebocas. Gutiérrez dijo que siguen alerta. “Estamos operando con un plan estratégico. Nosotros lo hacemos diferente a Tampico, Monterrey, Reynosa o cualesquiera ciudad”, dijo Gutiérrez. “Influyen condiciones de clima, lluvia, humedad, densidad de población, cultura y migración”.
Plan Aunque en el ámbito sanitario se percibe preocupación porque surja un brote, el Sector Salud reconoce que no han dejado de revisar el comportamiento pandémico en Laredo, Monterrey y ciudades circunvecinas, para estar preparados. Nuevo Laredo cuenta con ocho hospitales: Hospital Civil, IMSS, ISSSTE, Especialidades, San José, Cruz Roja, Clínica La Fé y Hospi-
tal General. La Jurisdicción cuenta con 12 Centros de Salud, así como 400 consultorios médicos privados en la ciudad. “Mantenemos una red informativa con la normatividad que debemos asumir para detectar, aplicar criterios de atención y cercos sanitarios”, dijo Gutiérrez. Esto, aclaró, lo realiza mediante reuniones periódicas con personal de los hospitales. Hay un plan de contingencia ya identificado y los médicos han acudido a talleres de capacitación. El médico, sostuvo, tiene la capacidad para identificar síntomas que pudieran sugerir el virus A/H1N1, síntomas similares a un dolor de garganta, una nitrofaringitis, gripe, otitis, bronquitis, bacteriana, viral. “Son los mismos síntomas, como es la inflamacion, edema y mocosidad”, dijo Gutiérrez.
Recomendaciones Gutiérrez dijo que se siguen tomando precauciones en los casos de síntomas de influenza y la par-
Hoy concluye el Laredo Home and Garden Show en el Laredo Entertainment Center (6415 Sinata Dr.).El evento es de 10 a.m. a 6 p.m. y presenta 150 módulos.La entrada es 7 dólares para adultos y gratis para niños menores de 15 años. La Biblioteca Pública de Laredo invita a la celebración del Día de los Abuelos hoy de 2 p.m. a 4 p.m. en la Sala de usos multiple H-E-B de la biblioteca (1120 E. Calton). Habrá juegos como ajedrez,damas chinas,dominó y lotería. El evento es gratuito. Pase la tarde escuchando al organista Paul Jacobs a las 4 p.m. en el Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall de TAMIU. El concierto es gratuito y abierto al público en general. Charles Kegg, propietario de Kegg Pipe Organ Builders, quien construyó el Sharkey-Corrigan Organ de TAMIU está patrocinando el evento.
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MARTES 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE
JUEVES 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE La Orquesta Filarmónica de Laredo presenta “Popular Orchestral Gems”hoyen el Martinez Fine Arts Center de LCC a partir de las 3 p.m.El evento incluirá al Coro Filarmónico de Laredo.
VIERNES 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE El equipo varonil de fútbol soccer de TAMIU recibe hoy a Newman University a las 7 p.m. en el campus universitario. Venga y apoye al equipo de casa. Los boletos tienen costo de 5 dólares en entrada general, 3 dólares para estudiantes, y gratis para cualquier con identificación de TAMIU.
ticipación ciudadana sigue siendo la prioridad. “El paciente debe cubrise la boca y usar constante gel en sus manos”, dijo Gutiérrez. “Las escuelas deben contar con personal médico, enfermeras o paramédicos que por su experiencia podrían detectar a quien presente un cuadro gripal”. En las escuelas reiteró el consejo de la “constante
limpieza en aulas, servicios sanitarios y el uso del cubrebocas”. Otras sugerencias son lavar las manos con agua y jabón (si carecen de gel antibacterial) y mezcar seis cucharadas de color en un litro de agua para limpiar el hogar. (Localice a Miguel Timoshenkov en el 728-2583 ó escriba a timo1@lmtonline.com)
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El Instituto Cultural Mexicano de Laredo y el Consulado General de México invitan a la Conmemoración del 199 Aniversario de la Independencia de México hoy a las 6 p.m. en la Plaza San Agustín. Habrá música, baile y antojitos mexicanos. La ceremonia cívica local de “El Grito”será presidida por el Cónsul General Miguel Angel Isidro. La entrada es gratuita. SAN ANTONIO – El Consulado de México en SA, el Concilio de la Amistad San AntonioMéxico, la Ciudad de SA y el Instituto Cultural de México le invitan hoy a la Ceremonia de “El Grito”a las 6:30 p.m. en el Auditorio Municipal (100 Auditorio Circle) en SA.Como atractivo estará la cantante mexicana Luisa María, el Ballet “Tradiciones” de Monterrey, Manuel Vargas y el Mariachi “Sangre Mexicana”, la Banda de la Preparatoria “El Chamizal”de Ciudad Juárez y las artistas locales Victoria Acosta, Monique Alvarado, Selena Elizondo y Ligia Camara. La entrada es gratuita.
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El Jefe de la Jurisdicción de Salud Dr.Jorge Emilio Gutiérrez muestra las estadísticas de los casos de inlfuenza A/H1N1 donde se confirman 80 casos de la enfermedad en el sector.
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El Presidente Municipal Ramón Garza Barrios coloca un poste para la luz en un sector de la Colonia Francisco Villa no. 2, con lo cual puso en marcha las obras de electrificación y agua potable que forman parte del programa Ramo 033.
Familias disfrutan de agua, luz y calles pavimentadas ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
NUEVO LAREDO — Esta semana terminó la espera de ocho años para tener agua y luz en la Colonia Francisco Villa no. 2. Garza Barrios puso en marcha las obras de electrificación y agua potable que forman parte del programa Ramo 033 en beneficio de las familias del sector. “Vamos a seguir trabajando porque por supuesto el año que entra de igual forma con el apoyo del Gobierno General y a través de la Secretaria de Desarrollo Social, vamos a buscar más obras del ramo 033”, dijo Garza Barrios. La energía eléctrica llegará a las calles Abasolo, Doroteo Arango, Francisco I. Madero y Santa Anita, entre Emilio Madero y camino a la UT y beneficiará a un total de mil 566 personas, mientras que 598 vecinos más muy pronto tendrán el servicio de agua potable. “Estoy muy contenta porque ya tenemos muchos años sin los servicios y ya es justo que nos hayan escuchado y esté llegando el apoyo a la colonia” manifestó Francisca Chávez Vázquez, vecina del sector.
En tanto, Alfonso López, dijo “El municipio nos ayudaba con pipas para el agua y para la luz el que tiene carrito usa su pila y el que no pues con una vela, ya con este servicio es un giro fantástico un sueño anhelado que gracias al presidente se hace realidad”. Para estas obras se invirtieron más de 4 millones de pesos.
PASO Por otra parte, vecinos de las calles General Cedillo y Pedro María Anaya, en la colonia Tamaulipas ya cuentan con vialidades pavimentadas. El presidente municipal Ramón Garza Barrios inauguró nueve cuadras pavimentadas con concreto hidráulico dentro del Programa de Pavimentación y Sociedad (PASO). “Con la pavimentación de las calles se brinda una mejor calidad de vida, menos riesgos de salud para sus familias”, dijo Garza Barrios. Los vecinos agradecieron por la terminación de la obra y aseguraron que la espera valió la pena.
NUEVO LAREDO — Una reacción de malestar entre los contribuyentes mexicanos causó la propuesta del Gobierno Federal para incrementar los impuestos en el 2010. El Secretario de Hacienda Agustín Carstens anunció el paquete económico del gobierno federal y dijo que se estaba proponiendo un recorte al gasto e incremento en impuestos. Líderes locales se pronunciaron en contra de la política económica federal diciendo que no conducirá a resolver los principales problemas del país sino, al contrario, se agravaría la unidad que reclama México. La Congresista Federal Cristabell Zamora (PRI-Distrito I) dijo telefónicamente desde la Cámara Legislativa que su partido, actual mayoría, no negociará más impuestos como medida del gobierno para resolver la crisis. “Todo lo que tenga que ver con energía, tarifas eléctricas, incremento de impuestos a medicamentos y alimentos, lastimará la economía de los mexicanos”, dijo Zamora y sostuvo que al contrario se deben derogar impuestos. Una de las propuestas de Hacienda es aplicar el 2% de impuestos a la canasta básica de alimentos, a lo que Zamora sostuvo que esto afectaría principalmente a familias muy pobres mexicanas y sería un contrasentido. El Presidente del Comité para el Desarrollo Industrial de Nuevo Laredo (CODEIN) Jorge Viñals dijo que de esta manera México no encontrará su camino ni resolverá los problemas de fondo “Necesitamos crear fuentes de empleo y entrarle a la competitividad”, dijo Viñals. “Las prioridades del gobierno es combatir la pobreza extrema y crear infraestructura, pero no (debe ser) grabando a los sectores sociales”. El consejero de la Confederación Patronal para la República Mexicana (COPARMEX) Enrique Álvarez del Castillo sostuvo que con esta medida no se corregirán los problemas de fondo a largo plazo ya que el paquete económico está enfocado a grabar a los mismos contribuyentes que siempre han pagado, y deja fuera al contrabando y comercio informal que jamás han pagado impuestos. “No se ve en el paquete crear condiciones para ampliar empleo en el país ni para motivar las inver-
siones”, dijo Álvarez. “Esperemos que nuestros representantes corrijan estos errores”. El PresiCARSTENS dente del C o n s e j o Político Estatal del Partido de la Revo l u c i ó n Demócratica (PRD) Jorge Valdez Vargas se proÁLVAREZ nunció en contra de la política inconsciente de ajustes graduales anunciada por Carstens. Acusó al gobierno fedVIÑALS eral de ausentarse de la verdad histórica de pobreza y problemas que vive la nación. “Deberían de cobrarle ZAMORA impuestos a los grandes evasores del país”, dijo Valdez. “No hay conciencia para afectar la economía de las familias en un contrasentido de pretender grabarles con impuestos para resolverles sus mismos problemas”. El Presidente del Comité Municipal del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) Ramiro Ramos Salinas dijo que su partido ha expresado su oposición a incrementos, como lo hizo en la anterior legislatura, y lo mismo hará en esta ocasión. Carstens informó el martes en rueda de prensa que el proyecto de presupuesto considera una reducción del gasto por 218.000 millones de pesos (unos 16.400 millones de dólares), lo que equivale a un 1,8% del producto interno bruto. La propuesta de Hacienda incluye la creación de un nuevo impuesto para combatir la pobreza, la elevación temporal de 28% a 30% del impuesto sobre la renta para las personas con mayores ingresos, así como la aplicación o incremento de otros impuestos: de 4% a los servicios de telecomunicaciones como internet, 28% a la cerveza, 30% a juegos y sorteos, así como una cuota de tres pesos (unos 0,22 dólares) por litro a bebidas con graduación alcohólica de más de 20 grados y de 80 centavos de peso (unos 0,06 dólares) por cajetilla de 20 cigarrillos. (Con información de la Associated Press).
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Charles Posusky, bottom center, of Athol, Mass. holds two American flags as he listens to speeches at a tea party rally at the State Capitol in Hartford,Conn.on Friday.Protesters rallied outside Hartford’s Capitol,denouncing President Obama’s health care reform plan and cheering the congressman who called him a liar during a nationally televised speech.
White House strengthens stance against illegal immigrants By ERICA WERNER ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The White House strengthened its stand against health care coverage for illegal immigrants Friday, and a pivotal Senate committee looked ready to follow its lead. The developments reflected a renewed focus on the issue in the days since a Republican congressman’s outburst during President Barack Obama’s health care speech to Congress on Wednesday night. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “You lie!” as Obama said illegal immigrants wouldn’t be covered under his health plan. Democrats had pointed to provisions in House and Senate legislation that prohibited illegal immigrants from getting federal subsidies that would be offered to lower-income Americans to help them buy insurance. That didn’t go far enough for Wilson or many other Republicans, who noted the absence of any enforcement mechanism or requirement for verification of legal status. There are some 7 million illegal immigrants in this country who lack health insurance, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. The issue has caused heat on talk radio and at congressional town halls, too. So on Friday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sketched a new position that goes even further than some conservative critics had demand-
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Illegal immigrants would not be allowed to access the exchange that is set up.” WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS
ed: Obama will oppose letting illegal immigrants buy insurance through new purchasing exchanges the government will set up — even from private companies operating within the exchanges. “Illegal immigrants would not be allowed to access the exchange that is set up,” Gibbs said. Verification requirements are “something we’d work out with Congress,” he said. Currently illegal immigrants are barred from government-funded care except in certain emergency cases, but many buy private insurance and there’s nothing to prevent them from doing that. That would change under the White House’s proposal, which is certain to alarm some on the left. White House officials contended that the policy didn’t represent a change of position for Obama, but it’s one he apparently hasn’t articulated in the past. In his speech Wednesday, Obama said only that “the reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.” The proposed new marketplace, or exchange, would allow consumers and small businesses to shop for
insurance and compare prices in a regulated, competitive environment. The exchange has been built into all the health bills moving through the House and Senate. Private companies could offer health coverage through the exchange if they meet certain criteria and if Congress created a new government-run plan that would be offered through the exchange, too. Illegal immigrants were to be allowed in the exchange and even in the public plan if they used their own money under legislation that passed three committees in the House and one in the Senate. Before Friday, there was little indication that that would change, even in the crucial Senate Finance Committee, which is facing a deadline of early next week to complete a comprehensive health bill. In explaining its new position, the White House said that illegal immigrants could continue to buy insurance in the private insurance market outside the exchange, which would shrink with the creation of the exchange but still exist. The issue of illegal immi-
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gration also bedeviled the so-called Gang of Six of three Democrats and three Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee, who met Friday trying to reach elusive bipartisan agreement on that and other contentious issues. One of the negotiators, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said that after Obama’s speech the group revisited its illegal immigrant provisions to make sure legislative language would enforce requirements for people to have valid Social Security numbers before getting government-subsidized coverage. “What we are trying to prevent is anyone who is here illegally from getting any federal benefit,” Conrad told reporters. He didn’t specify whether illegal immigrants would be allowed into the exchange, but Friday evening, a Democratic Finance Committee aide said that although nothing was finalized, the committee was expected to follow the White House’s lead and bar illegal immigrants from the exchange. Finance Committee aides will be working through the weekend to finalize language on illegal immigration and other issues, including abortion, medical malpractice and how much states must pay for a Medicaid expansion. It could become clear as early as Monday, when the group next meets, whether Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., gets the bipartisan deal he’s been seeking for months.
The Falcon Rural Water Supply Corporation, which serves Starr and Zapata counties, will be receiving $4 million in USDA Rural Development funding as part of USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Grant Program. “As a member of Congress, ensuring that our residents have access to a healthy lifestyle is an issue I take very seriously,” said Congressman Henry Cuellar in announcing the grant. “There is no reason why citizens should not have access to quality water and wastewater services these days. “I congratulate Falcon Water Rural Supply Corporation President Ismael Sandoval for working hard to secure these federal funds.” Cuellar and Paco Valentin, the USDA Rural Development Texas state
director, made the announcement. The water supply corporation will use the money to construct a new wastewater system. This project is Phase II of two phases and is expected to see five lift stations and four grinder pumps that will complete the wastewater treatment system. Falcon Rural Water Supply Corporation serves 2,371 residents with 665 connections in parts of Starr and Zapata counties. “We are pleased to announce the funding of this much needed project in Congressman Cuellar’s District,” Valentin said. “With Congressman Cuellar’s support of USDA Rural Development programs, essential public services will be readily available to rural communities which will result in increased economic opportunities and enhanced quality of life.”
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RANGERS | Continued from Page 1A Perry’s announcement Thursday comes amid increasing border violence, particularly in El Paso, and mostly involving people with ties to Mexican drug gangs. “They’ll be deployed to high-traffic high-crime areas along the border,” he said. “They’ll give us boots on the ground, put people in these hot spots no matter what or where they may exist.”
Remote areas Perry said the effort also would focus on remote areas where farmers and ranchers have complained of being overrun by smugglers and gangs from Mexico in numbers that also overwhelm local law enforcement and border patrol officers. “The fact of the matter is Washington is shortchanging them, not giving them the support they need,” Perry said. “As a result, we’re having to dedicate our resources to deal with the challenges we have along the Texas-Mexico border and ensuing issues that porous border has created all across state of Texas.” He said the state would pick up the tab from $110 million allocated by the Legislature in the past two sessions.
In response to the announcement, Congressman Henry Cuellar said attacking the federal government by saying there was an “ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico” was not constructive at all. Cuellar is familiar with the Texas Rangers budget from when he worked in the state in 1995. The roll Rangers are going to play in securing the border is well received, but he had one request. “We ask they coordinate and communicate,” Cuellar said, noting a systematic coordinated effort would be needed with local authorities. “Additional manpower is always good.” Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez said he has no comment because he has not been briefed. “However, more law enforcement, in the proper areas, are always welcome,” Gonzalez said.
Critics emerge Perry’s announcement drew immediate criticism. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is running against the two-term incumbent in the March GOP primary. “Today’s announcement is yet another empty election-year promise from Rick
Perry on border security,” Hutchison spokesman Joe Pounder said, calling it “empty rhetoric and broken promises.”
‘Height of hypocrisy’ Perry fired back it was the “height of hypocrisy for someone who’s been in Washington, D.C., for 16 years, who’s had the opportunity to help Texas on our border security, and they’ve been no more successful in delivering the resources and help.” “So please do that job up there first before you come down here and start criticizing about the state of Texas,” he said. Hutchison also took Perry to task for the absence of any Texas agency from participating in a federal program that allows Homeland Security personnel to work with local law enforcement on immigration issues. “Texans need a governor they can trust to actually improve our security,” her campaign said in a statement. “I happen to think we’ve taken advantage of every program that’s been effective,” responded Perry, who has been branding his opponent as someone from Washington out of touch with her home state.
UNITED WAY | Continued from Page 1A “From the South Texas Food Bank, Casa de Misericordia and Bethany House to many others, everyone is stretched thin right now. “That’s why it’s important to push this campaign,” Treviño said. Children’s Advocacy Center of Laredo-Webb County Executive Director Sylvia Bruni talked publicly about the center’s role in the aftermath of 2-year-old Katherine Cardenas’ homicide. Bruni said in June alone, there were 84 total outcries — the most ever recorded since the center started. Bruni added that thanks to the United Way of Laredo, those who abuse children are served justice. Barbara Kazen, Bethany House president of the board of directors, called Thursday’s event “our big pep rally.” “Our services are most in demand right now,” Kazen said. “Last year, there was a 31 percent increase in people coming in for help, whether it was around hunger, homelessness or hopelessness. By July, there already was a 64 percent increase in demand over 2008’s increase.” Bethany House executive director Jerri Lynn Ortiz said, “The face of homelessness has changed. Now we’re seeing full families, along with single women and their children, seeking us out. “There’s a great need to help families out now more than ever before,” Ortiz said.
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Hector Lopez Jr., Jose Luis Vela and his son Alex Vela recently went to Chicago to watch a game at Wrigley Field between the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs.They are shown here at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago in a game between the White Sox and the New York Yankees.
CLINIC | Continued from Page 1A Commissioner Vela said he’s going into Monday’s meeting with an open mind. “ I just want to see what’s best for the county,” he said. “I just want to vote or approve something that is the best deal for the county.” Judge Guerra stated she’d like to see “the continuity of medical services to our residents — this service being provided in the most efficient and less expensive manner.” Sands recently came under fire from former employees of the clinic who walked out in July when they found out they would not be getting a paycheck as
scheduled at the end of the month. The employees were eventually paid in mid-August out of the person account of Dr. Ernesto Cabrera, Sands’ partner. Cabrera was to be reimbursed with a special allocation approved by the county. Cabrera resigned from the clinic at the end of August. Also on Monday’s agenda, the county will deliberate and consider action to: Approve the tax rate of $0.736 per $100 evaluation Authorize Mike Chapa to conduct an inventory of the Zapata County Medical Clinic on Sept. 30 Approve the use of Lit-
tle League Park to the end of 2009 for Zapata Little League Developmental Program Send written termination notice to Grande Garbage Collection Company Approve that any existing and new tapping contracts with the waterworks be authorized by the Commissioners Court Approve the necessary funding needed to complete the Zapata County Plaza Project, funding to be provided from the Hotel/Motel tax fund (Julie Daffern may be reached at 728-2565 or jdaffern@lmtonline.com)
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Randy Black of ConocoPhilips speaks during the United Way's Kick Off Party at Civic Center Ballroom Thursday evening. Community Pacesetters have been stepping up; 60 percent of the $1.85 million goal already has been pledged. “In a lot of cases, people don’t give because they are not asked,” Treviño said, “so we ask business owners to talk with their employees about being involved. There is no hard sell involved, just simply asking them to help out.” United Way of Laredo is a collaboration between 26 organizations and agencies, including a new addition (Big Brothers Big Sisters) and welcoming back Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center to its fold. “They provide support to
people who wouldn’t get it otherwise,” Treviño said. Organizations making up United Way of Laredo’s membership include those offering food and shelter, youth programs, adult/elderly services, health services and other services. “Since we are all together, we are able to network together, help each other out and direct people to where they can get help,” Kazen said. For more information on the United Way of Laredo, call (956) 723-9113 or visit their Web site at www.unitedwaylaredo.org. (Joe Rutland can be reached at 728-2529 or jrutland@lmtonline.com)
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The Zapata Hawks dropped their final game of the non-district season Friday night, losing 21-14 to the Roma Gladiators. Zapata fell to 0-3 on the season, while Roma improved to 2-0. Senior running back Sergio Quintanilla and junior wide receiver Andrew Magee were standouts for the Hawks after
Netters open district By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Zapata Lady Hawks host Progresso to open district 32-3A volleyball play at Zapata High gymnasium. The Lady Hawks will take on the Lady Red Ants with the first serve schedule for 5 p.m. The junior varsity and freshmen will play prior to the varsity, at 3 and 4 p.m. After three straight years of playoffs, the Lady Hawks missed them last year with a fourth-place finish. Coach Rosie Villarreal deliberately had the
Lady Hawks play a tough pre-season schedule to prepare the team for the upcoming district season. “I hope that our pre-season schedule has prepared us for what we are about to face in the upcoming competition in district 32-3A,” Zapata head coach Rosie Villarreal said. The Lady Hawks are on a quest to return to the play-offs, and their voyage begins today. Zapata will have the services of Brandi King, who leads the offensive charge at the net with 15 kills per game. King has been a monster on the net, and Zapata is hoping she will ignite the Lady Hawks playoff hopes.
King has a supporting cast of Adriana Peña, Lexy Garza, Kat Garcia, Loralee Rivera and Ashley Martinez. Garza and Rivera have been a steady force in the setter position as they have feeding the ball to King and Peña. The Lady Hawks’ last pre-season game came at the hands of Laredo Nixon, Tuesday night, with the Lady Mustangs winning in straight sets. In the opening game Zapata held a 21-19 advantage when the mental mistakes started to take hold.
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21 ROMA 14 ZAPATA missing last week’s game with injuries. Quintanilla had 13 carries for 150 yards, Magee had two catches for 72 yards, and each player scored one of Zapata’s touchdowns. Oscar Pompa (four receptions, 73 yards one TD) and Saul Guerrero (17 carries, 85 yards, two TDs) did the Gladiators’ scoring. The Hawks lost their previous games to the 32-4A La Joya Palmview Lobos and 31-4A LBJ Wolves. Zapata has a bye this week before kicking off district play against the defending 32-3A champion Rio Hondo Bobcats at home on Sept. 25.
Football ‘rodeo’ plays in Wyoming Courtesy photo
By JIM VERTUNO
A Lady Hawk runner keeps pace in a crowded field at the Edinburg North Invitational at Monte Cristo Golf Course two weeks ago. The Lady Hawks are headed to Falfurrias today.
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AUSTIN — Wyoming vs. Texas will be the biggest rodeo to ever hit the Cowboy State. Week after week, Texas players talk about how opponents always give them their best shot. They say everyone wants to make their season by beating the Longhorns. It’s not just lip service with an ambitious Cowboys team trying to punch the No. 2 Longhorns’ national title hopes and the whole state fired up for it. “It’s huge for our program,” first-year Wyoming coach Dave Christensen said. “It’s probably the biggest game that’s ever been played in the state of Wyoming.” Laramie city officials are certainly treating it that way, deploying extra security to handle what could be a record crowd at 30,500seat War Memorial Stadium. Among them will be an estimated 4,000 Texas fans making the trip. It would be easy for Texas (1-0), led by quarterback Colt McCoy, to head into the game expecting a rout. The Longhorns are huge favorites (33½ points), the Wyoming stadium is about a third the size of their home field and the Cowboys don’t have history of being upset specialists. The Longhorns haven’t lost a non-conference road game since 2000. Yet it’s also easy to see why the Cowboys (1-0) are so excited for a chance to wrangle with a team charting a course for a national championship. The Longhorns are the highestrated team to ever play at Wyoming and a win would be stunning achievement for Christensen in his second game. When asked to compare what could be a similar upset, he noted the U.S. hockey team beating the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. It’s that kind of thinking that has Texas coach Mack Brown warning his players to be ready.
Lady Hawks looking to improve By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
After a Saturday off, the Lady Hawks are ready to run in the 45th Falfurrias Invitational early this morning. “We had a very good week, and we utilized it as a recovery or cutback week for us,” Zapata coach Mike Villarreal said. “After every three weeks of work we have a cutback week to rejuvenate.” Last week the Lady Hawks endured one of their toughest workouts to compare how they have improved in the last three weeks. “We did five by 1,000 meters and the younger girls (JV/freshmen) three by 100 meters. We had a dra-
matic drop from the same workout just three-and-one-half weeks before,” Villarreal said. The first time the team ran this particular workout, only one girl finished all five intervals and one girl was able to finish four intervals. Now five runners completed five intervals and five completed four intervals. “Each runner had a 7-10 second improvement on their average time for the entire workout,” Villarreal said. “Other than that workout we had two long runs where eight or more girls ran at least one hour, a first for us, and two easy recovery runs.” Villarreal threw in a scavenger
hunt for a little fun to change the monotony of daily workouts and to motivate the team to keep their focus on their season-long goals. “During the hunt girls take their cameras and have to take pictures at designated landmarks scattered throughout town or the area and they also have to bring in random objects,” he said. “It is hard to get girls out to run.” The Lady Hawks tend to carry about 20 girls each year, which are great numbers for a 3A school. “For a 3A level that’s pretty good. There are other 3A programs that boast a lot more but it does amaze me at times that 5A and 4A schools can put up better numbers,” Villarreal said.
“In cross-country girls are constantly seeing an improvement, and I think they enjoy the challenge,” he said. “The runners can always measure their individual performance from week to week or workout to workout. It’s hard to do that in other sports. Also it’s a sense of belonging.... we try to be a family. Like one girl put it in the questionnaire, ‘this is the one thing I’m good at.’” The status of runner Michelle Garcia is still uncertain, who visited the doctor this past Tuesday in hopes of returning to her running form.
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Coach likes cross country team’s pace By CLARA SANDOVAL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Hawks will have another opportunity to test themselves this morning at the 45th Falfurrias Invitational. The Hawks are ahead of last year’s schedule and are on course to do well come district. “Compared to last year, we’re ahead of the pace that got us to state,” Zapata head coach Luis Escamilla said. “I’m excited to see how we compete in our pre-regional meet at UTSA next week.”
A sneak peek Zapata will have a sneak peek at the regional competition and where they stand in the region, as numerous regional competitors are schedule to attend the UTSA meet next weekend.
Keith Cobb has led the Hawks with a 16:07 at the Edinburg High Invitational meet last weekend. The Hawks came in seventh in the team competition despite not having the services of number two runner Juan Alvarado.
‘A stellar race’ Cobb’s performance was the fastest time recorded by a Hawk since Escamilla took over the program. “Keith ran a stellar race and has been the fastest time that I’ve seen or heard of. I do not know the precise times during the 70s, 80s…. but he has put his name on the charts,” he said. “He has the potential to be the G.O.A.T, greatest of all time, for Zapata.” District rival Progresso took advantage of the Hawks not having Alvarado as they ran past the Hawks. “At this point of the season, I rather be the
hunter rather than the hunted,” Escamilla said of Progreso’s victory. “They were a better team on Saturday. However, it sickens me when I see someone outwork us on the course, but what’s important is to improve and keep everyone motivated.” Escamilla noted the rest of the team ran well but their long-term expectations have not been met. “The rest of the guys ran very well. Some set a personal record but they know that it’s not enough to meet our long-term expectations. I’m proud of everyone’s performances,” he said. Escamilla wants the Hawks to stay hungry and focus at the task at hand and is never satisfied with the team performance. “My high school football coach Rene Ramirez (LISD athletic director) taught me to “never be satisfied,” he said.
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Zscores
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 91 50 .645 — Boston 81 58 .583 9 Tampa Bay 72 68 .514 18½ Toronto 63 77 .450 27½ Baltimore 56 83 .403 34 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 75 64 .540 — Minnesota 70 70 .500 5½ Chicago 70 71 .496 6 Cleveland 60 79 .432 15 Kansas City 55 85 .393 20½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 84 55 .604 — Texas 79 60 .568 5 Seattle 72 69 .511 13 Oakland 62 77 .446 22 Thursday’s Games Toronto 3, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 7, Detroit 4 L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 0 Friday’s Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Baltimore (Matusz 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 11-8), 1:05 p.m. Oakland (Bre.Anderson 8-10) at Minnesota (Manship 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 12-9) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 7-8), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 6-9) at Cleveland (D.Huff 9-7), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Richmond 6-9) at Detroit (E.Jackson 12-6), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 0-0) at Boston (Beckett 14-6), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Fister 2-1) at Texas (Holland 7-10), 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB — Philadelphia 79 59 .572 Florida 75 65 .536 5 Atlanta 72 68 .514 8 New York 62 78 .443 18 Washington 48 92 .343 32 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 84 57 .596 — Chicago 71 67 .514 11½ Houston 68 72 .486 15½ Milwaukee 66 73 .475 17 Cincinnati 63 77 .450 20½ Pittsburgh 54 84 .391 28½ West Division W L Pct GB — Los Angeles 83 58 .589 Colorado 81 60 .574 2 San Francisco 76 64 .543 6½ San Diego 63 78 .447 20 Arizona 62 79 .440 21 Thursday’s Games Colorado 5, Cincinnati 1 Washington 8, Philadelphia 7 Florida 13, N.Y. Mets 4 Atlanta 9, Houston 7 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 4 N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Washington at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Milwaukee at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Cincinnati (Cueto 9-10) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 10-8), 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 1-0) at St. Louis (Lohse 5-8), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 10-10) at Philadelphia (Moyer 12-9), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Estrada 0-0) at Florida (A.Sanchez 2-6), 6:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 11-9) at Houston (Moehler 8-10), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Bush 3-7) at Arizona (Mulvey 0-0), 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (V.Padilla 2-0) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 6-11), 9:05 p.m. Colorado (Rogers 0-0) at San Diego (Stauffer 4-6), 10:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m., 1st game Washington at Florida, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 8:05 p.m., 2nd game Monday’s Games Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Florida at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Postseason Glance All Times TBA DIVISION SERIES American League Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 7 or Thursday, Oct. 8 Wild card at best percentage Friday, Oct. 9 Wild card at best percentage Sunday, Oct. 11 Best percentage at wild card Monday, Oct. 12 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary Wednesday, Oct. 14 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary 2nd Pct. vs. 3rd Pct. Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 7 or Thursday, Oct. 8 Wild card at best percentage Friday, Oct. 9 Wild card at best percentage Sunday, Oct. 11 Best percentage at wild card Monday, Oct. 12 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary Wednesday, Oct. 14 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary National League Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 7 Wild card at best percentage Thursday, Oct. 8 Wild card at best percentage Saturday, Oct. 10 Best percentage at wild card Sunday, Oct. 11 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary Tuesday, Oct. 13 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary 2nd Pct. vs. 3rd Pct. Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 7 Wild card at best percentage Thursday, Oct. 8 Wild card at best percentage Saturday, Oct. 10 Best percentage at wild card Sunday, Oct. 11 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary Tuesday, Oct. 13 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES American League Friday, Oct. 16 at higher percentage Saturday, Oct. 17 at higher percentage Monday, Oct. 19 at lower percentage or wild card Tuesday, Oct. 20 at lower percentage or wild card Thursday, Oct. 22 at lower percentage or wild card, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 24 at higher percentage, if necessary Sunday, Oct. 25 at higher percentage, if necessary National League Thursday, Oct. 15 at higher percentage Friday, Oct. 16 at higher percentage Sunday, Oct. 18 at lower percentage or wild card Monday, Oct. 19 at lower percentage or wild card Wednesday, Oct. 21 at lower percentage or wild card, if necessary Friday, Oct. 23 at higher percentage, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 24 at higher percentage, if necessary WORLD SERIES Wednesday, Oct. 28 National League at American
League, (n) Thursday, Oct. 29 NL at AL, (n) Saturday, Oct. 31 AL at NL, (n) Sunday, Nov. 1 AL at NL, (n) Monday, Nov. 2 AL at NL, if necessary, (n) Wednesday, Nov. 4 NL at AL, if necessary, (n) Thursday, Nov. 5 NL at AL, if necessary, (n) Team-by-Team Disabled List (Provided by Major League Baseball) (x-60-day all others are 15-day) Through Sept. 10 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore RHP Brad Bergesen-x, July 31 LHP Rich Hill-x, July 29 OF Adam Jones, Sept. 2 OF Luis Montanez-x, May 23 RHP Alfredo Simon-x, April 15 RHP Koji Uehara, June 24 Boston RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27 RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka-x, June 20 Chicago RHP Bartolo Colon, July 25 RHP Jake Peavy, June 9 Cleveland RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23 RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 Detroit RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28 INF Michael Hollimon, Sept. 1 1B Jeff Larish-x, Sept. 5 C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15 RHP Joel Zumaya-x, July 18 Kansas City SS Mike Aviles-x, May 24 OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13 RHP Juan Cruz, Aug. 8 RHP Doug Waechter-x, Aug. 12 Los Angeles RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, June 7 RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18 C Scott Shields-x, May 27 Minnesota RHP Boof Bonser-x, March 27 RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 RHP Kevin Slowey-x, July 4 New York OF Xavier Nady-x, April 15 RHP Chien-Ming Wang-x, July 5 Oakland LHP Dallas Braden, Aug. 1 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March 27 RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16 LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20 Seattle LHP Erik Bedard-x, July 26 1B Russell Branyan, Aug. 29 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 Jason Isringhausen-x, June 14 1B Carlos Pena-x, Sept. 8 RHP Troy Percival-x, May 22 Texas RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 OF Brandon Boggs-x, Sept. 1 LHP Matt Harrison-x, June 24 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5 Toronto C Michael Barrett, April 18 RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27 NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona 1B Conor Jackson-x, May 12 RHP Chad Qualls-x, Aug. 31 C Chris Snyder, Aug. 27 RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7 Atlanta RHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29 OF Jordan Schafer, Sept. 4 Chicago RHP Chad Fox, May 10 OF Reed Johnson, July 30 Cincinnati OF Jay Bruce, July 12 C Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21 OF Chris Dickerson, Aug. 24 RHP Aaron Harang, Aug. 21 C Ramon Hernandez, July 17 RHP Mike Lincoln-x, June 13 OF Laynce Nix, Aug. 31 INF Danny Richar-x, July 2 CF Willy Tavares, Aug. 19 RHP Edinson Volquez-x, June 2 Colorado RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 RHP Aaron Cook, Aug. 22 RHP Manuel Corpas-x, July 21 LHP Alan Embree-x, July 11 LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 INF Chris Nelson-x, Sept. 8 RHP Greg Reynolds, Sept. 1 LHP Greg Smith, Sept. 1 Florida SS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17 LHP David Davidson-x, May 23 RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27 Houston RHP Alberto Arias, Aug. 28 LHP Mike Hampton, Aug. 14 Los Angeles LHP Eric Milton-x, June 28 RHP Guillermo Mota, Aug. 31 LHP Will Ohman-x, May 28 OF Xavier Paul-x, May 21 RHP Travis Schlichting, Aug. 31 RHP Jason Schmidt-x, Aug. 6 Milwaukee RHP Seth McClung, July 25 RHP David Riske-x, April 10 2B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18 New York INF Alex Cora-x, Aug. 13 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 LHP Oliver Perez, Aug. 24 RHP J.J. Putz-x, June 5 SS Jose Reyes, May 21 LHP Johan Santana, Aug. 25 Philadelphia RHP Clay Condrey, July 23 3B Greg Dobbs, Aug. 22 RHP John Ennis, Aug. 31 LHP J.C. Romero, July 20 Pittsburgh RHP Jose Ascanio, Aug. 12 RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20 RHP Evan Meek-x, Aug. 12 RHP Tyler Yates-x, May 16 St. Louis None. San Diego RHP Mike Adams, Aug. 22 RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30 OF Kyle Blanks, Aug. 29 OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19 OF Brian Giles-x, June 19 RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1 RHP Chris Young-x, June 15 San Francisco 2B Emmanuel Burriss-x, Sept. 1 LHP Randy Johnson-x, July 6 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26 RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28 RHP Henry Sosa-x, Aug. 5 Washington CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19 OF Austin Kearns, Aug. 4 CF Nyjer Morgan, Aug. 28 LHP Scott Olsen-x, July 11 1B Dmitri Young-x, April 1 RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann-x, July 19
NFL At A All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 10 13 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 13 10 Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West W L T Pct PF PA 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Denver Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 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 Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Fran 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 13, Tennessee 10, OT Sunday’s Games Miami at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Denver at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. Monday’s Game Buffalo at New England, 7 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Green Bay, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 4:15 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m. Injury Report NEW YORK — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT-Definitely will not play; DNP-Did not practice; LIMITED-Limited participation in practice; FULL-Full participation in practice): SUNDAY DALLAS COWBOYS at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — COWBOYS: OUT: CB Michael Hamlin (wrist), LB Curtis Johnson (hamstring), LB Jason Williams (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: QB Stephen McGee (knee). BUCCANEERS: OUT: CB E.J. Biggers (shoulder). DOUBTFUL: TE John Gilmore (ankle), LB Adam Hayward (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DE Kyle Moore (groin). PROBABLE: WR Antonio Bryant (knee), WR Michael Clayton (hamstring), DT Ryan Sims (not injury related). DENVER BRONCOS at CINCINNATI BENGALS — BRONCOS: OUT: S Josh Barrett (shoulder), DT Le Kevin Smith (knee). QUESTIONABLE: WR Jabar Gaffney (finger), G Chris Kuper (ankle), RB Knowshon Moreno (knee), QB Kyle Orton (right finger), QB Chris Simms (ankle). PROBABLE: S Brian Dakins (hand). BENGALS: OUT: CB David Jones (foot), T Andre Smith (foot). QUESTIONABLE: G Scott Kooistra (knee). PROBABLE: WR Chris Henry (thigh), QB Carson Palmer (ankle), S Roy Williams (thigh). DETROIT LIONS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — LIONS: DOUBTFUL: QB Drew Stanton (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Phillip Buchanon (neck), WR Yamon Figurs (finger), G Stephen Peterman (ankle). PROBABLE: K Jason Hanson (right knee), DE Jason Hunter (ribs), DT Grady Jackson (knee), WR Dennis Northcutt (hand). SAINTS: OUT: T Jammal Brown (hernia), TE Darnell Dinkins (foot), RB Pierre Thomas (knee). PROBABLE: TE Jeremy Shockey (ankle), S Usama Young (shoulder). JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — JAGUARS: OUT: TE Zach Miller (knee). PROBABLE: DT Derek Landri (knee), T Tra Thomas (back). COLTS: OUT: S Bob Sanders (knee), TE Tom Santi (ankle), CB Jamie Silva (abdomen). QUESTIONABLE: DT Fili Moala (knee). KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at BALTIMORE RAVENS — CHIEFS: QUESTIONABLE: QB Matt Cassel (knee), WR Terrance Copper (hamstring), CB Brandon Flowers (shoulder). RAVENS: DOUBTFUL: TE L.J. Smith (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: LB Dannell Ellerbe (knee). PROBABLE: LB Brendon Ayanbadejo (foot), DE Haloti Ngata (knee). MIAMI DOLPHINS at ATLANTA FALCONS — DOLPHINS: PROBABLE: CB Vontae Davis (knee). FALCONS: OUT: S William Moore (hamstring). PROBABLE: DE John Abraham (knee), DE Chauncey Davis (foot), LB Tony Gilbert (hamstring), C Todd McClure (calf), RB Jerious Norwood (knee), LS Mike Schneck (knee). MINNESOTA VIKINGS at CLEVELAND BROWNS — VIKINGS: OUT: LB Erin Henderson (calf). QUESTIONABLE: WR Bernard Berrian (hamstring). PROBABLE: TE Jim Kleinsasser (hand). BROWNS: OUT: G Rex Hadnot (knee). DOUBTFUL: RB Cedric Peerman (thigh). QUESTIONABLE: LB David Bowens (knee), RB Jerome Harrison (knee), DT Shaun Rogers (foot), CB Eric Wright (knee). PROBABLE: LB Alex Hall (shoulder), TE Steve Heiden (knee). NEW YORK JETS at HOUSTON TEXANS — JETS: QUESTIONABLE: DE Mike Devito (hamstring). PROBABLE: QB Kellen Clemens (right elbow), RB Shonn Greene (ribs), TE Dustin Keller (toe), LB Bryan Thomas (ankle), WR Wallace Wright (knee). TEXANS: OUT: CB Jacques Reeves (fibula), CB Eugene Wilson (knee). QUESTIONABLE: DT Deljuan Robinson (calf), WR Kevin Walter (hamstring). PROBABLE: QB Matt Schaub (ankle). PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at CAROLINA PANTHERS — EAGLES: OUT: T Shawn Andrews (back), G Todd Herremans (foot), LB Joe Mays (shoulder). PROBABLE: C Nick Cole (knee), WR Kevin Curtis (knee), T King Dunlap (elbow), LB Moise Fokou (shoulder), DE Darren Howard (groin), T Winston Justice (shoulder), CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle), DT Mike Patterson (ankle), RB Leonard Weaver (knee), RB Brian Westbrook (knee), LB Tracy White (rib) PANTHERS: QUESTIONABLE: S Chris Harris (knee), CB Sherrod Martin (knee). SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at ARIZONA CARDINALS — 49ERS: OUT: LB Ahmad Brooks (knee), WR Brandon Jones (shoulder). CARDINALS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Anquan Boldin (hamstring), WR Early Doucet (ribs), QB Brian St. Pierre (back). PROBABLE: WR Steve Breaston (knee), WR Sean Morey (ribs), S Matt Ware (shoulder). ST. LOUIS RAMS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — RAMS: OUT: S Craig Dahl (hamstring), T John Greco (wrist). QUESTIONABLE: LB Larry Grant (knee). PROBABLE: QB Marc Bulger (right finger). SEAHAWKS: OUT: T Walter Jones (knee), C Chris Spencer (quadricep). DOUBTFUL: CB Travis Fisher (hamstring), DE Derek Walker (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: WR Deion Branch (hamstring), S C.J. Wallace (rib). WASHINGTON REDSKINS at NEW YORK GIANTS — REDSKINS: PROBABLE: CB Carlos Rogers (calf), T Mike Williams (ankle). GIANTS: OUT: CB Aaron Ross (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: T Adam Koets (ankle), LB Clint Sintim (groin). QUESTIONABLE: CB Kevin Dockery (hamstring). CHICAGO BEARS at GREEN BAY PACKERS — BEARS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Devin Aromashodu (quadricep), CB Charles Tillman (back). PROBABLE: DT Israel Idonije (hamstring). PACKERS: DOUBTFUL: RB Brandon Jackson (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: CB Will Blackmon (quadricep), DT B.J. Raji (ankle). PROBABLE: QB Matt Flynn (right shoulder), S Aaron Rouse (hamstring). MONDAY BUFFALO BILLS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — BILLS: DNP: TE Derek Fine (hamstring), CB Drayton Florence (knee). LIMITED: DT Spencer Johnson (thigh). PATRIOTS: DNP: DT Myron Pryor (calf), WR Matt Slater (elbow). LIMITED: C Dan Connolly (back), WR Julian Edelman (ankle), RB Sammy Morris (finger), CB Shawn Springs (knee), WR Wes Welker (knee), CB Terrence Wheatley (knee). FULL: QB Tom Brady (right shoulder), S Bret Lockett (chest), TE Benjamin Watson (hamstring). SAN DIEGO CHARGERS at OAKLAND RAIDERS — CHARGERS: No report. RAIDERS: OUT: WR Chaz Schilens (foot).
WNBA Eastern Conference W L Pct GB y-Indiana 22 11 .667 — Atlanta 17 15 .531 4½ Detroit 17 16 .515 5 Chicago 16 17 .485 6 Connecticut 15 17 .469 6½ Washington 15 17 .469 6½ New York 12 21 .364 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB y-Phoenix 23 10 .697 — x-Seattle 19 14 .576 4 x-Los Angeles 16 16 .500 6 San Antonio 15 18 .455 7½ Minnesota 14 18 .438 8 Sacramento 11 22 .333 11½ y-clinched conference x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 75, Detroit 72 Thursday’s Games Detroit 94, New York 87, OT Chicago 86, Indiana 79 Phoenix 92, Seattle 84, OT San Antonio 80, Sacramento 71 Friday’s Games Connecticut at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Sunday’s Games Indiana at Connecticut, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 3 p.m. Washington at New York, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
MLS All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Columbus 10 4 9 39 34 25 Chicago 10 6 8 38 33 28 D.C. 8 512 36 38 36 New England 9 7 6 33 28 30 Toronto FC 8 9 7 31 30 34 Kansas City 611 6 24 24 32 New York 416 4 16 20 41 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Houston 11 7 7 40 31 22 Los Angeles 9 411 38 28 23 Colorado 10 7 6 36 36 27 Seattle 8 610 34 29 23 Real Salt Lake 9 9 6 33 35 27 Chivas USA 10 9 3 33 23 24 FC Dallas 611 6 24 33 37 San Jose 512 5 20 27 40 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Games D.C. United 1, Kansas City 0 Saturday’s Games Colorado at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m. Seattle FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Houston at Columbus, 5 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 United States 8 5 1 2 14 9 16 Mexico 8 5 0 3 12 9 15 Honduras 8 4 1 3 14 8 13 Costa Rica 8 4 0 4 9 13 12 El Salvador 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 Trinidad 8 1 2 5 8 16 5 Saturday’s Games At Sandy, Utah United States 2, El Salvador 1 At San Pedro Sula, Honduras Honduras 4, Trinidad and Tobago 1 At San Jose, Costa Rica Mexico 3, Costa Rica 0 Wednesday’s Games At Port-of-Spain, Trinidad United States 1, Trinidad and Tobago 0 At San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 0 At Mexico City Mexico 1, Honduras 0 Saturday, Oct. 10 Costa Rica vs. Trinidad and Tobago Honduras vs. United States Mexico vs. El Salvador Wednesday, Oct. 14 El Salvador vs. Honduras Trinidad and Tobago vs. Mexico United States vs. Costa Rica EUROPE Winners qualify Top eight second-place teams advance to European playoffs GROUP ONE GP W D L GF GA Pts Denmark 8 5 3 0 15 4 18 Sweden 8 4 3 1 9 3 15 Portugal 8 3 4 1 10 5 13 Hungary 8 4 1 3 9 5 13 Albania 9 1 4 4 5 9 7 Malta 9 0 1 8 0 22 1 Saturday’s Games At Copenhagen Denmark 1, Portugal 1 At Budapest, Hungary Sweden 2, Hungary 1 Wednesday’s Games At Ta’Qali, Malta Sweden 1, Malta 0 At Tirana, Albania Albania 1, Denmark 1 At Budapest, Hungary Portugal 1, Hungary 0 GROUP TWO GP W D L GF GA Pts Switzerland 8 5 2 1 15 8 17 Greece 8 4 2 2 13 7 14 Latvia 8 4 2 2 13 8 14 Israel 8 3 3 2 17 9 12 Luxembourg 8 1 2 5 3 20 5 Moldova 8 0 3 5 3 12 3 Saturday’s Games At Chisinau, Moldova Moldova 0, Luxembourg 0 At Ramat Gan, Israel Latvia 1, Israel 0 At Basel, Switzerland Switzerland 2, Greece 0 Wednesday’s Games At Ramat Gan, Israel Israel 7, Luxembourg 0 At Riga, Latvia Latvia 2, Switzerland 2 At Chisinau, Moldova Moldova 1, Greece 1 GROUP THREE GP W D L GF GA Pts Slovakia 8 6 1 1 21 8 19 Slovenia 8 4 2 2 13 4 14 N. Ireland 9 4 2 3 13 10 14 Czech Rep. 8 3 3 2 15 6 12 Poland 8 3 2 3 19 11 11 San Marino 9 0 0 9 1 44 0 Saturday’s Games At Chorzow, Poland Poland 1, Northern Ireland 1 At Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia 2, Czech Republic 2 Wednesday’s Games At Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic Czech Republic 7, San Marino 0 At Belfast, Northern Ireland Slovakia 2, Northern Ireland 0 At Maribor, Slovenia Slovenia 3, Poland 0 GROUP FOUR GP W D L GF GA Pts Germany 8 7 1 0 24 4 22 Russia 8 7 0 1 18 4 21 Finland 8 4 2 2 11 12 14 Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 9 Liechtenstein 8 0 2 6 2 19 2 Azerbaijan 8 0 1 7 1 13 1 Saturday’s Games At Lankaran City, Azerbaijan Finland 2, Azerbaijan 1 At St. Petersburg, Russia Russia 3, Liechtenstein 0 Wednesday’s Games At Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1, Finland 1 At Hanover, Germany Germany 4, Azerbaijan 0 At Cardiff, Wales Russia 3, Wales 1 GROUP FIVE GP W D L GF GA Pts q-Spain 8 8 0 0 21 2 24 Bos.-Herz. 8 5 1 2 21 8 16 Turkey 8 3 3 2 11 8 12 Belgium 8 2 1 5 11 18 7 Estonia 8 1 2 5 7 22 5 Armenia 8 1 1 6 5 18 4 q-qualified Saturday’s Games At Yerevan, Armenia Bosnia-Herzegovina 2, Armenia 0 At Kayseri, Turkey Turkey 4, Estonia 2 At La Coruna, Spain Spain 5, Belgium 0 Wednesday’s Games At Yerevan, Armenia Armenia 2, Belgium 1 At Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 1, Turkey 1 At Merida, Spain Spain 3, Estonia 0 GROUP SIX GP W D L GF GA Pts q-England 8 8 0 0 31 5 24 Croatia 9 5 2 2 17 12 17 Ukraine 8 4 3 1 14 6 15 Belarus 8 3 1 4 15 11 10 Kazakhstan 8 2 0 6 10 23 6 Andorra 9 0 0 9 3 33 0 q-qualified Saturday’s Games At Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine 5, Andorra 0 At Zagreb, Croatia Croatia 1, Belarus 0 Wednesday’s Games At Minsk, Belarus Belarus 0, Ukraine 0 At Andorra La Vella, Andorra Kazakhstan 3, Andorra 1 At Wembley, England England 5, Croatia 1 GROUP SEVEN GP W D L GF GA Pts Serbia 8 6 1 1 16 6 19 France 8 4 3 1 10 8 15 Austria 8 3 2 3 11 11 11 Lithuania 8 3 0 5 7 8 9 Romania 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 Faeroe 8 1 1 6 4 12 4 Saturday’s Games At Graz, Austria Austria 3, Faeroe Islands 1 At Saint-Denis, France France 1, Romania 1 Wednesday’s Games At Toftir, Faeroe Islands Faeroe Islands 2, Lithuania 1 At Bucharest, Romania Romania 1, Austria 1 At Belgrade, Serbia Serbia 1, France 1 GROUP EIGHT GP W D L GF GA Pts Italy 8 6 2 0 13 3 20 Ireland 8 4 4 0 10 6 16 Bulgaria 8 2 5 1 10 7 11
SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 12,2009 Cyprus 8 1 3 4 8 12 6 Montenegro 8 0 5 3 7 13 5 Georgia 8 0 3 5 4 11 3 Saturday’s Games At Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria 4, Montenegro 1 At Tblisi, Georgia Italy 2, Georgia 0 At Nicosia, Cyprus Ireland 2, Cyprus 1 Wednesday’s Games At Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro 1, Cyprus 1 At Turin, Italy Italy 2, Bulgaria 0 GROUP NINE GP W D L GF GA Pts q-Netherlands8 8 0 0 17 2 24 Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 10 Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 10 Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 7 Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 5 q-qualified Saturday’s Games At Glasgow, Scotland Scotland 2, Macedonia 0 At Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland 1, Norway 1 Wednesday’s Games At Oslo Norway 2, Macedonia 1 At Glasgow, Scotland Netherlands 1, Scotland 0 SOUTH AMERICA Top four teams qualify Fifth-place team advances to playoff against CONCACAF fourth place GP W D L GF GA Pts q-Brazil 16 9 6 1 32 9 33 q-Paraguay 16 9 3 4 22 13 30 Chile 16 8 3 5 27 20 27 Ecuador 16 6 5 5 21 23 23 Argentina 16 6 4 6 20 19 22 Uruguay 16 5 6 5 26 18 21 Venezuela 16 6 3 7 22 27 21 Colombia 16 5 5 6 10 14 20 Bolivia 16 3 310 20 34 12 Peru 16 2 410 9 32 10 q-qualified Saturday’s Games At Lima, Peru Peru 1, Uruguay 0 At Medellin, Colombia Colombia 2, Ecuador 0 At Asuncion, Paraguay Paraguay 1, Bolivia 0 At Rosario, Argentina Brazil 3, Argentina 1 At Santiago, Chile Chile 2, Venezuela 2 Wednesday’s Games At La Paz, Bolivia Ecuador 3, Bolivia 1 At Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay 3, Colombia 1 At Asuncion, Paraguay Paraguay 1, Argentina 0 At Salvador de Bahia, Brazil Brazil 4, Chile 2 At Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Venezuela 3, Peru 1 ASIA PLAYOFF Winner advances to playoff vs. Ocea nia champion Bahrain vs. Saudi Arabia Saturday’s Game At Manama, Bahrain Bahrain 0, Saudi Arabia 0 Wednesday’s Game At Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2, Bahrain 2; 2-2 aggregate; Bahrain advanced on 2-0 away goals AFRICA FINAL ROUND Winners qualify GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts Cameroon 4 2 1 1 4 2 7 Gabon 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 Togo 4 1 2 1 2 4 5 Morocco 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 Saturday’s Game At Libreville, Gabon Cameroon 2, Gabon 0 Sunday’s Game At Lome, Togo Togo 1, Morocco 1 Wednesday’s Game At Yaounde, Cameroon Cameroon 2, Gabon 1 GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pts Tunisia 4 2 2 0 6 3 8 Nigeria 4 1 3 0 5 2 6 Mozambique 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 Kenya 4 1 0 3 3 7 3 Sunday’s Games At Maputu, Mozambique Mozambique 1, Kenya 0 At Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria 2, Tunisia 2 GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pts Algeria 4 3 1 0 6 1 10 Egypt 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 Zambia 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 Rwanda 4 0 1 3 0 5 1 Saturday’s Game At Kigali, Rwanda Egypt 1, Rwanda 0 Sunday’s Game At Blida, Algeria Algeria 1, Zambia 0 GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Pts q-Ghana 4 4 0 0 7 0 12 Mali 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 Benin 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 Sudan 4 0 1 3 1 6 1 q-qualified Sunday’s Games At Contonou, Benin Benin 1, Mali 1 At Accra, Ghana Ghana 2, Sudan 0 GROUP E GP W D L GF GA Pts Ivory Coast 4 4 0 0 15 3 12 Burkina Faso 4 2 0 2 7 10 6 Guinea 4 1 0 3 6 9 3 Malawi 4 1 0 3 3 9 3 Saturday’s Games At Blantyre, Malawi Malawi 2, Guinea 1 At Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 5, Burkina Faso 0
CONCACAF Champions League At A 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 Arabe Unido 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 Houston 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Pachuca 2 1 0 1 6 4 3 Metapan 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 Wednesday, Aug. 19 Houston Dynamo (United States) 1, Metapan (El Salvador) 0 Arabe Unido (Panama) 4, Pachuca (Mexico) 1 Tuesday, Aug. 25 Pachuca (Mexico) 5, Metapan 0 Wednesday, Aug. 26 Arabe Unido (Panama) 1, Houston Dynamo (United States) 1 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 Marathon 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 Toluca 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 San Juan 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 D.C. United 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 Tuesday, Aug. 18 Marathon (Honduras) 3, D.C. United (United States) 1 Thursday, Aug. 20 Toluca (Mexico) 1, San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0 Wednesday, Aug. 26 Toluca (Mexico) 3, D.C. United (United States) 1 Marathon (Honduras) 3, San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 1 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 Cruz Azul 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 Saprissa 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 P.R. Islanders2 0 0 2 1 5 0 Tuesday, Aug. 18 Columbus Crew (United States) 2, Puerto Rico Islanders 0 Wednesday, Aug. 19 Cruz Azul (Mexico) 2, Saprissa (Costa Rica) 0 Tuesday, Aug. 25 Saprissa (Costa Rica) 3, Puerto Rico Islanders 1 Wednesday, Aug. 26 Cruz Azul (Mexico) 5, Columbus Crew (United States) 0 Tuesday, Sept. 15 Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Cruz Azul (Mexico), 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), 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), 10 p.m. GROUP D GP W D L GF GA PTS Pumas UNAM2 2 0 0 6 1 6 Comunicaciones2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Real Espana 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 W Connection 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 Tuesday, Aug. 18 Pumas UNAM (Mexico) 1, Comunicaciones (Guatemala) 0 Thursday, Aug. 20 Real Espana (Honduras) 1, W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) 0 Thursday, Aug. 27 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) 2, W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) 1 Pumas UNAM (Mexico) 5, Real Espana (Honduras) 1 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 Schedule (Subject to change) Saturday, Sept. 12 EAST Duke (0-1) at Army (1-0), Noon Pittsburgh (1-0) at Buffalo (1-0), Noon North Carolina (1-0) at Connecticut (1-0), Noon Syracuse (0-1) at Penn St. (1-0), Noon Hofstra (1-0) at Bryant (1-0), 1 p.m. Sacred Heart (0-1) at Holy Cross (10), 1 p.m. Drake (1-0) at Marist (1-0), 1 p.m. Maine (1-0) at Northeastern (0-1), 1 p.m. Morehead St. (1-0) at St. Francis, Pa. (0-1), 1 p.m. Kent St. (1-0) at Boston College (10), 2 p.m. Richmond (1-0) at Delaware (1-0), 3:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech (0-1) at Navy (0-1), 3:30 p.m. Howard (0-0) at Rutgers (0-1), 3:30 p.m. East Carolina (1-0) at West Virginia (1-0), 3:30 p.m. Robert Morris (0-1) at Bucknell (01), 6 p.m. Stony Brook (0-1) at Colgate (1-0), 6 p.m. Lafayette (0-0) at Georgetown, D.C. (0-1), 6 p.m. Albany, N.Y. (0-1) at Massachusetts (0-1), 6 p.m. Lehigh (0-1) at Villanova (1-0), 7 p.m. SOUTH Stanford (1-0) at Wake Forest (0-1), Noon Troy (0-1) at Florida (1-0), 12:21 p.m. Campbell (1-0) at BirminghamSouthern (0-1), 1 p.m. Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1) at Davidson (01), 1 p.m. Elon (1-0) at Presbyterian (0-1), 1:30 p.m. Marshall (1-0) at Virginia Tech (01), 1:30 p.m. Duquesne (1-0) at Nicholls St. (0-1), 2 p.m. McNeese St. (1-0) at Appalachian St. (0-1), 3:30 p.m. BYU (1-0) at Tulane (0-1), 3:30 p.m. TCU (0-0) at Virginia (0-1), 3:30 p.m. S. Carolina St. (1-0) at BethuneCookman (0-1), 4 p.m. UCLA (1-0) at Tennessee (1-0), 4 p.m. SMU (1-0) at UAB (1-0), 4 p.m. Alabama St. (0-0) at Savannah St. (1-0), 5 p.m. Furman (1-0) at Chattanooga (1-0), 6 p.m. Jacksonville St. (0-1) at Florida St. (0-1), 6 p.m. James Madison (0-0) at Maryland (0-1), 6 p.m. Norfolk St. (1-0) at N. Carolina A&T (1-0), 6 p.m. Murray St. (1-0) at N.C. State (0-1), 6 p.m. Virginia Union (1-1) at Old Dominion (1-0), 6 p.m. Gardner-Webb (1-0) at W. Carolina (0-1), 6 p.m. Fla. International (0-0) at Alabama (1-0), 7 p.m. Hampton (1-0) at Alabama A&M (10), 7 p.m. Mississippi St. (1-0) at Auburn (1-0), 7 p.m. Monmouth, N.J. (0-1) at Coastal Carolina (0-1), 7 p.m. South Carolina (1-0) at Georgia (01), 7 p.m. Northwestern St. (0-1) at Grambling St. (0-1), 7 p.m. Tennessee St. (0-1) vs. Jackson St. (0-1) at Memphis, Tenn., 7 p.m. Vanderbilt (1-0) at LSU (1-0), 7 p.m. N.C. Central (0-1) at Liberty (0-1), 7 p.m. Kansas St. (1-0) at LouisianaLafayette (1-0), 7 p.m. Texas Southern (0-1) at LouisianaMonroe (0-1), 7 p.m. Memphis (0-1) at Middle Tennessee (0-1), 7 p.m. Jacksonville (1-0) at Samford (0-1), 7 p.m. UCF (1-0) at Southern Miss. (1-0), 7 p.m. Central St., Ohio (0-2) at Southern U. (0-1), 7 p.m. Cent. Connecticut St. (1-0) at William & Mary (1-0), 7 p.m. Charleston Southern (0-1) at Wofford (0-1), 7 p.m. South Florida (1-0) at W. Kentucky (0-1), 7:30 p.m. MIDWEST W. Michigan (0-1) at Indiana (1-0), Noon Iowa (1-0) at Iowa St. (1-0), Noon
Cent. Michigan (0-1) at Michigan St. (1-0), Noon E. Michigan (0-1) at Northwestern (1-0), Noon Fresno St. (1-0) at Wisconsin (1-0), Noon E. Illinois (1-0) at Indiana St. (0-2), 12:05 p.m. Urbana (1-1) at Dayton (0-0), 1 p.m. Butler (1-0) at Franklin (1-0), 1:30 p.m. Morgan St. (0-0) at Akron (0-1), 2 p.m. Valparaiso (0-1) at Concordia, Wis. (0-1), 2 p.m. Arkansas St. (1-0) at Nebraska (1-0), 2 p.m. Notre Dame (1-0) at Michigan (1-0), 3:30 p.m. Tenn.-Martin (1-0) at Missouri St. (01), 4 p.m. Austin Peay (1-0) at Youngstown St. (0-1), 4 p.m. South Dakota (1-0) at N. Iowa (0-1), 5:05 p.m. New Hampshire (1-0) at Ball St. (01), 7 p.m. Illinois St. (0-1) at Illinois (0-1), 7 p.m. Air Force (1-0) at Minnesota (1-0), 7 p.m. Bowling Green (1-0) at Missouri (10), 7 p.m. Georgia Southern (1-0) at S. Dakota St. (0-0), 7 p.m. SE Missouri (1-0) at Cincinnati (1-0), 7:30 p.m. W. Illinois (1-0) at N. Illinois (0-1), 7:30 p.m. Southern Cal (1-0) at Ohio St. (1-0), 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Houston (1-0) at Oklahoma St. (1-0), 3:30 p.m. Langston (2-0) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (01), 5 p.m. Ohio (0-1) at North Texas (1-0), 7 p.m. Idaho St. (0-1) at Oklahoma (0-1), 7 p.m. N. Dakota St. (0-1) at Sam Houston St. (0-1), 7 p.m. Texas College (0-2) at Stephen F.Austin (0-1), 7 p.m. Rice (0-1) at Texas Tech (1-0), 7 p.m. Kansas (1-0) at UTEP (0-1), 7:30 p.m. FAR WEST Dixie St. (1-1) at Montana St. (0-1), 3:05 p.m. Idaho (1-0) at Washington (0-1), 3:30 p.m. Texas (1-0) at Wyoming (1-0), 3:30 p.m. San Diego (1-0) at N. Colorado (0-1), 3:35 p.m. S. Oregon (1-0) at Portland St. (0-1), 4:05 p.m. Weber St. (0-1) at Colorado St. (1-0), 5 p.m. E. Washington (1-0) at California (1-0), 5:35 p.m. Hawaii (1-0) vs. Washington St. (01) at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sacramento St. (0-1) at Cal Poly (00), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Ohio) (0-1) at Boise St. (1-0), 8 p.m. Tulsa (1-0) at New Mexico (0-1), 8 p.m. Prairie View (1-0) at New Mexico St. (0-1), 8 p.m. S. Utah (1-0) at San Diego St. (0-1), 8:30 p.m. N. Arizona (0-0) at Arizona (1-0), 10 p.m. Montana (1-0) at UC Davis (0-1), 10 p.m. Purdue (1-0) at Oregon (0-1), 10:15 p.m. Utah (1-0) at San Jose St. (0-1), 10:30 p.m. Oregon St. (1-0) at UNLV (1-0), 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 SOUTH Howard at Florida A&M, 7:30 p.m. Georgia Tech at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 FAR WEST Boise St. at Fresno St., 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 EAST Ball St. at Army, Noon Delaware St. at Delaware, Noon Duquesne at Monmouth, N.J., Noon Temple at Penn St., Noon Dayton at Robert Morris, Noon Bucknell at Cornell, 12:30 p.m. Yale at Georgetown, D.C., 1 p.m. Harvard at Holy Cross, 1 p.m. Youngstown St. at Northeastern, 1 p.m. Colgate at Dartmouth, 1:30 p.m. Winston-Salem vs Morgan St. at East Rutherford, N.J., 2 p.m. The Citadel at Princeton, 3 p.m. Rhode Island at Massachusetts, 3:30 p.m. Maine at Albany, N.Y., 4 p.m. Fla. International at Rutgers, 5 p.m. Columbia at Fordham, 6 p.m. Liberty at Lafayette, 6 p.m. Navy at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Brown at Stony Brook, 6 p.m. Villanova at Penn, 7 p.m. Northwestern at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Towson, 7 p.m. SOUTH Boston College at Clemson, Noon Louisville at Kentucky, Noon East Carolina at North Carolina, Noon North Texas at Alabama, 12:20 p.m. Old Dominion at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Morehead St. at N.C. Central, 1:30 p.m. Chattanooga at Presbyterian, 1:30 p.m. Miles at Samford, 3 p.m. Tennessee at Florida, 3:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. Hofstra at Richmond, 3:30 p.m. Virginia at Southern Miss., 3:30 p.m. UAB at Troy, 3:30 p.m. Nebraska at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m. Grambling St. at Jackson St., 4:30 p.m. Campbell at Davidson, 6 p.m. VMI at James Madison, 6 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at MVSU, 6 p.m. Hampton at N. Carolina A&T, 6 p.m. Gardner-Webb at N.C. State, 6 p.m. William & Mary at Norfolk St., 6 p.m. Elon at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m. Jacksonville St. at Alabama A&M, 7 p.m. Tennessee Tech at E. Kentucky, 7 p.m. W. Carolina at Georgia Southern, 7 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU, 7 p.m. Nicholls St. at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m. Bowling Green at Marshall, 7 p.m. North Dakota at Northwestern St., 7 p.m. Florida Atlantic at South Carolina, 7 p.m. Charleston Southern at South Florida, 7 p.m. Tennessee St. at Southern U., 7 p.m. Mississippi St. at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. Cent. Arkansas at W. Kentucky, 7 p.m. SE Louisiana at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at UCF, 7:30 p.m. West Virginia at Auburn, 7:45 p.m. Edward Waters at Alabama St., 8 p.m. Savannah St. at McNeese St., 8 p.m. Tenn.-Martin at Memphis, 8 p.m. MIDWEST Duke at Kansas, Noon E. Michigan at Michigan, Noon California at Minnesota, Noon N. Illinois at Purdue, Noon Ohio St. vs. Toledo at Cleveland, Noon Wofford at Wisconsin, Noon Hanover at Butler, 1 p.m. Furman at Missouri, 2 p.m. Indiana at Akron, 3:30 p.m. Alcorn St. at Cent. Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Michigan St. at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Arizona at Iowa, 3:35 p.m. Murray St. at Missouri St., 4 p.m. St. Francis, Pa. at N. Iowa, 5:05 p.m. Drake at South Dakota, 5:05 p.m. Iowa St. at Kent St., 7 p.m. Wagner at N. Dakota St., 7 p.m. Cal Poly at Ohio, 7 p.m. Indiana St. at S. Dakota St., 7 p.m. SW Baptist at S. Illinois, 7 p.m. E. Illinois at SE Missouri, 7 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at W. Michigan, 7 p.m. Stephen F.Austin at W. Illinois, 7:05 p.m. Austin Peay at Illinois St., 7:30 p.m. SOUTHWEST Tulsa at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m. Connecticut at Baylor, 5 p.m. Rice at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m. Texas St. at TCU, 7 p.m. Utah St. at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. Texas College at Texas Southern, 7 p.m. Georgia at Arkansas, 7:45 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas, 8 p.m. FAR WEST Portland St. at Montana, 3:05 p.m. Wyoming at Colorado, 3:30 p.m. Utah at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Southern Cal at Washington, 3:30 p.m. Marist at San Diego, 4 p.m. N. Colorado at E. Washington, 4:05 p.m. Nevada at Colorado St., 5 p.m. San Diego St. at Idaho, 5 p.m.
SMU at Washington St., 5 p.m. S. Utah at N. Arizona, 5:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Oregon St., 6:45 p.m. Florida St. at BYU, 7 p.m. Air Force at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m. UTEP at New Mexico St., 8 p.m. Idaho St. at Weber St., 8:05 p.m. San Jose St. at Stanford, 9 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Arizona St., 10 p.m. Kansas St. at UCLA, 10:15 p.m. Hawaii at UNLV, 11 p.m.
Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses Sept. 12 At Kempton Park, South Africa, Lovemore N’dou, Australia, vs. Matthew Hatton, Britain, 12, for N’dou’s IBO welterweight title; Zolani Marali, South Africa, vs. Ji Hoon Kim, South Korea, 12, for Marali’s IBO super featherweight title. At MCH Messecenter, Herning, Denmark (SHO), Mikkel Kessler, Denmark, vs. Gusmyl Perdomo, Venezuela, 12, for Kessler’s WBA super middleweight title. At San Juan, Puerto Rico (PPV), Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rico, vs. Rodel Mayol, Philippines, for Calderon’s WBO and Ring Magazine titles; Roman Martinez, Puerto Rico, vs. Michael Lozada, Mexico, 12, for Martinez’s WBO junior lightweight title. At Nueva Vallarta, Mexico, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Mexico, vs. Jason Lehoullier, Portland, Maine, 10, super welterweights; Fernando Montiel, Mexico, vs. Jerome Arnould, France, 12, for Montiel’s WBO bantamweight title; Donnie Nietes, Philippines, vs. Manuel Vargas, Mexico, 12, for Vargas’ WBO mini flyweight title. At Monterrey, Mexico, Mehomar Cermeno, Panama, vs. Cristian Mijares, Mexico, 12, for the interim WBA bantamweight title. At Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif., vs. Shelby Pudwill, Mandan, N.D., 10, super middleweights. Sept. 15 At Tamaulipas, Mexico, Jorge Arce, Mexico, vs. Simphiwe Nongqayi, South Africa, 12, for the vacant IBF super flyweight title; Humberto Soto, Mexico, vs. Josenilson Dos Santos, Brazil, 12, for Soto’s WBC super featherweight title. Sept. 18 At Miami (ESPN2), Giovanni Andrade, Brazil, vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux, Miami, 10, junior featherweights. Sept. 19 At MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif., 12, welterweights; Chris John, Indonesia, vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, for John’s WBA featherweight title; Vicente Escobedo, Woodland, Calif. vs. Michael Katsidis, Thailand, 12, for vacant interim WBO lightweight title; Zab Judah, Las Vegas, vs. Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., 10, welterweights. At Neubrandenburg, Germany, Giovanni Lorenzo, New York, vs. Sebastian Sylvester, Germany, 12, for vacant IBF middleweight title. Sept. 25 At The Bell Centre, Montreal, Jean Pascal, Canada, vs. Silvio Branco, Italy, 12, for Pascal’s WBC light heavyweight title. Sept. 26 At The 02, Dublin, Ireland, Bernard Dunne, Ireland, vs. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Thailand, for Dunne’s WBA super bantamweight title. At Staples Center, Los Angeles, Vitali Klitschko, Los Angeles, vs. Chris Arreola, Riverside, Calif., 12, for Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight title; Alexander Ustinov, Belarus, vs. Cedric Boswell, Atlanta, 12, for Ustinov’s WBA European title; Johnathon Banks, Detroit, vs. Javier Mora, Anaheim, Calif., 10, heavyweights. At UIC Pavilion, Chicago, David Diaz, Chicago, vs. Jesus Chavez, Austin, Texas, 10, lightweights. Oct. 3 At Tokyo, Nobuo Nashiro, Japan, vs. Hugo Cazares, Mexico, 12, for Nashiro’s WBA junior bantamweight title. Oct. 6 At Osaka, Japan, Denkaosan Kaovichit, Thailand, vs. Daiki Kameda, Japan, 12, Kaovichit’s WBA flyweight title. Oct. 10 At WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden, New York (PPV), Juan Manuel Lopez, Puerto Rico, vs. Rogers Mtagwa, Philadelphia, 12, for the WBO junior featherweight title; Yuriorkis Gamboa, Miami, vs. Whyber Garcia, Panama, 12, for Gamboa’s WBA featherweight title; Odlanier Solis, Cuba, vs. Kevin Johnson, Asbury Park, N.J., 10, heavyweights; Vanes Martirosyan, Glendale, Calif., vs. Carlos Nascimento, Brazil, 10, super welterweights. At Tokyo, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan, vs. Ivan Hernandez, Mexico, 12, for Nishioka’s WBC junior featherweight tile; Jorge Linares, Tokyo, vs. Juan Carlos Salgado, Mexico, 12, for Linares’ WBA junior lightweight title. Oct. 16 At the Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Derek Ennis, Philadelphia, vs. James Moore, New York, 12, for the vacant USBA junior middleweight title. Oct. 17 At Berlin, Germany (SHO), Arthur Abraham, Germany, vs. Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., 12, super middleweights. At Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England (SHO), Carl Froch, Britain, vs. Andre Dirrell, Flint, Mich., 12, for Froch’s WBC super middleweight title. At Chiapas, Mexico, Cristobal Cruz, Mexico, vs. Ricardo Castillo, Mexico, 12, for Cruz’s IBF featherweight title. Oct. 31 At TBA (SHO), Joseph Agbeko, Bronx, N.Y., vs. Yonnhy Perez, Santa Fe Springs, calif., 12, for Agbeko’s IBF bantamweight title. Nov. 7 At XL Center, Hartford, Conn. (HBO), Chad Dawson, New Haven, Conn., vs. Glen Johnson, Miami, 12, for vacant interim WBC light heavyweight title; Harry Joe Yorgey, Bridgeport, Pa., vs. Alfredo Angulo, Mexico, 10, junior middleweights. At TBA, Germany, Nikolai Valuev, Russia, vs. David Haye, Britain, 12, for Valuev’s WBA heavyweight title. Nov. 14 At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, vs. Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, 12, for the WBO welterweight title; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. Yuri Foreman, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, for Santos’ WBA light middleweight title. Nov. 21 At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Paul Williams, Auguta, Ga., 12, for Pavlik’s WBC-WBO middleweight titles. Nov. 28 At Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Canada (HBO), Lucian Bute, Canada, vs. Librado Andrade, La Habra, Calif., 12, for Bute’s IBF super middleweight title. Nov. 29 At Tokyo, Japan, Daisuke Naito, Japan, vs. Koki Kameda, Japan, 12, for Naito’s WBC flyweight title.
Transactions BASEBALL American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Purchased the contract of C Eric Munson from Sacramento (PCL). Transferred LHP Dallas Braden to the 60-day DL. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Released LHP Sean Thompson. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Resigned F Steve Novak. HOCKEY American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS— Named Matt Broyles equipment manager. ECHL GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS— Signed LW John Vigilante, D Brett Peterson, D Justin DaCosta and RW Mike Walsh. JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS—Named Jason Spence assistant coach. International Hockey League PORT HURON ICEHAWKS—Announced a working agreement with Detroit (AAHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer DC UNITED—Acquired D Lawson Vaughn. Placed D Greg Janicki on the disabled list. FC DALLAS—Signed D Heath Pearce. Waived D Steve Purdy. TORONTO FC—Signed MF Julian de Guzman. COLLEGE FLORIDA ATLANTIC—Named Jordan Swick volunteer assistant coach. NJIT—Named Nelson Albino director of men’s basketball operations. OKLAHOMA STATE—Signed men’s basketball coach Travis Ford to a four-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season. TOWSON—Named Kate Stepanek women’s assistant golf coach.
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ADVICE | HELOISE Dear Heloise: My husband wants to buy our son a TARANTULA, but I'm not sure if our son is responsible enough to take care of one. How long do tarantulas live in captivity, and how do you take care of them? Thanks! -- Creeped-Out in Canada Spiders sure aren't everyone's cup of tea, are they? But many people love them. The first thing you should do is get a book about care and keeping of tarantulas. Our research here at Heloise Central turned up a few tarantula tips, but keep in mind that there are more than 850 species of tarantulas: Tarantulas can be very delicate; use care when handling, because dropping them even from a short distance can cause injury or death. Some species are "low-maintenance," according to the American Tarantula Society, while others require "almost constant attention." Female tarantulas can live more than 25 years, so a female requires a long-term commitment. Males don't live as long, and die within a few months of mating. Tarantulas need a water dish and to be fed two or three times per week. Store-bought LIVE crickets are fine, but variety throughout the year is best. Tarantulas prefer temperatures above 75 degrees Fahrenheit, but direct sunlight or bright lights are not good. Tarantulas molt their exoskeleton in order to "grow a size," and they do this by lying belly-up on the bottom of their enclosure. Don't think your pet is dead if you see this pose!
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The long and short of it is that tarantulas are exotic pets and should be treated with respect and caution. -- Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Charles and Fran York of Benton, Maine, sent a photo of their adorable black-and-white 8month-old Shih Tzu, Harvick, sitting on a chair on top of a chair pad (his favorite spot), waiting for his "dad" to come home from work. To see Harvick, visit www.Heloise.com. -- Heloise TRAVELING WITH PETS Dear Heloise: May I suggest a traveling hint? My wife and I had our cell-phone numbers engraved on a pet's identification tag, which can be bought at any major pet store nationwide. The placing of the cellphone numbers ensures that we can be located immediately anywhere nationwide, and that is important to us. -- Frank O., The Villages, Fla. DOG-FOOD STORAGE Dear Heloise: I buy dog food in the large bags and dump them into a large, plastic trash can with a tightfitting lid, which I keep in the garage. I keep a large popcorn tin on my cabinet with dog food in it. When it gets low, I refill it from the can in the garage. Since the popcorn is most often sold at holidays, I have several motifs, and I can rotate them. I keep cheap measuring cups (from the dollar store) in it to measure out the food. -- Pat Ingram, via e-mail
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Air Jordan leaps into place in Hall By BRIAN MAHONEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Michael Jordan, maybe the greatest of them all, is taking his place alongside basketball’s other greats. Jordan was enshrined in the Hall of Fame on Friday night, a final honor that follows all the championship rings and MVP trophies he collected during his career.
David Robinson, too He joins David Robinson and John Stockton, a pair of his 1992 Dream Team teammates, and coaches Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer in a distinguished class. “It all started with that little round ball. I think if you take that away from any of us, I’m pretty sure we would have struggled in life because that’s how much the game meant to us,� Jordan said at a morning news conference with the inductees, where he stressed that the weekend wasn’t just about him. “It’s truly a pleasure for me to be a part of this, and contrary to what you guys believe, it’s not just me going into the Hall of Fame. It’s a group of us,� Jordan said.
“And I’m glad to be a part of them and believe me, I’m going to remember them as much as they remember me.� Still, none of them can compare to Jordan — perhaps no one ever will — after he led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships while often being considered the best player ever. Jordan said he cringes when he hears that label, because he didn’t get to earn it by playing others who might have deserved it. “It’s a privilege, but I would never give myself that type of accolade because I never competed against everybody in this Hall of Fame,� he said. “So it’s too much for me to ask and too much for me to accept.� Robinson was enshrined first Friday before a large San Antonio contingent that included teammates Tim Duncan and Avery Johnson, and coaches Larry Brown and Gregg Popovich.
Overflow crowd The enshrinement ceremony took place at Springfield’s Symphony Hall because Jordan was too big for the Hall of Fame. The move to the other building allowed
for a crowd of about 2,600, more than double what the Hall can accommodate. Most of the attention was on Jordan, the five-time NBA MVP, but the others in the class are some of the most accomplished in the sport.
First-class Stockton is the career leader in assists and steals, Robinson won an MVP trophy and two titles in San Antonio, Sloan is the only coach to win 1,000 games with one team, and Stringer was the first woman’s coach to lead three schools to the Final Four. “Unique, unique competitors,� Stockton said. Fiery ones, too. Jordan remembered scoring around 20 points in a row late in a game to pull out a win, which was followed by a conversation with Bulls assistant Tex Winter. “Tex reminded me that there’s no ‘I’ in team,� Jordan said. “And I looked back at Tex, I said, ‘There’s ‘I’ in win.’ So whichever way you want it.� Jordan and Robinson were All-American college players who entered the NBA with high expectations. Robinson
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Former Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards guard Michael Jordan takes the stage as former San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson, left, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, second left, and former Utah Jazz guard John Stockton applaud during a media event before the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., on Friday. spent 14 with the Spurs. He is still an enormous presence in San Antonio through his charitable work. “That’s one of the things I think I loved most about San
NETTERS | Continued from Page 1B Nixon took advantage and scored four straight points to put the Lady Mustangs in the driver’s seat. Zapata came back to score one more point, but Nixon used the offensive weapons of Deanna Contreras and Celina Guerra put the game away at 25-22. In game two things again started off well for the Lady
Hawks as Selina Mata scored seven straight points to give the Lady Hawks a 16-9 lead. The Lady Mustangs ignited a rally to tie the game at 16 and eventually took the lead to take the game 25-23 for a 20 lead in the best of five series. The third game was dĂŠjĂ vu, as the same scenario played out for Zapata, which
Enjoy the day “When I notice a personal record, I always tell the athlete to enjoy it for the day, but to be ready to set a new standard in the near future,� he said. “I was satisfied with most of the athletes but not as a team. We need to focus a lot more during the final kilometer of the race.� The Hawks should have a bright future with the underclassmen, which have been a nice surprise.
Escamilla has been diligently been keeping an eye on his underclassmen as they have been making the varsity runners work hard to keep their spots. Freshmen Horse Garcia ran a debut of 17:47 and proved he is capable of running with the big boys. “Horse should add spice to the line-up and improve our team,� the coach said.
Full potential “He ran in the JV division and it would have been nice to use his help to beat Progreso, but my philosophy is to gradually develop the aerobic metabolism to mature the runner to his full potential
said. “So anybody who has followed my career, it’s been as important as what we did on the court, being involved in the community, making a difference.�
LADY | Continued from Page 1B prepared us for district.� ZAPATA STATS: Brandi King (15 kills, two aces, four digs, two blocks), Adriana Peùa (five kills, six digs), Kat Garcia (four kills, one ace), Selina Mata (two kills, three aces, one dig), Loraly Rivera (one kill, two aces, two assists, four digs), Lexi Garza (one kill, two aces, 14 assists, three digs).
took a 17-9 lead. Nixon’s Contreras was sensational on the serves as she scored 11 straight points to will her team back from a deficit to take the lead 20-17. The Lady Mustangs closed out game three 25-17. “The girls played a good game,� Villarreal said. “Mental mistakes took the best of us, and I hope that this has
CROSS COUNTRY | Continued from Page 1B “There is always someone in front of you, and if you’re leading the race, you still have the clock in front of you.�
Antonio. When you get out in the community, you really feel like you’re making a difference. You feel like you’re impacting people there and families there,� Robinson
vated to beat all of the Laredo teams at Falfurrias.� The freshmen team will run in the JV division at UTSA with the help of an eighth grade prodigy Escamilla has been working with this season.
by his senior year,� Escamilla said.
Low-key race Garcia will run a low-key race this weekend and join the varsity at the UTSA Invitational. Escamilla has also seen the gradual improvement of the freshmen team that consists of 11 runners. They have developed into a dynamic team that has run well with the 5A division this past weekend. “This past weekend, 11 freshmen traveled to Edinburg and placed second in a big 5A division to PSJA. (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo), Escamilla said. “They are moti-
Good work “Some of these kids were running ten minute miles in the summer but now they can run a five minute mile,� the coach said. “The freshmen race will be our race of the week,� he added. “It’s not always about the varsity; eventually this group one day will emerge to become mighty Hawks,� Escamilla said..
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If she is released most likely will not compete until the UTSA meet, barring any complications. Marlene Garcia is well ahead of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pace but that was expected after a phenomenal track season and has the top three times in the state for 3A girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole team is ahead of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pace
and is impressing me day after day with their improvements,â&#x20AC;? Villarreal said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its great to see the transformation these athletes have undergone and its a good time to be part of something great.... like the entire Zapata cross-country program, boys and girls combined.â&#x20AC;?