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By TARYN WHITE LAREDO MORNING TIMES

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Memorial honors Jose de Escandon istory knows him by the name of Jose de Escandon, but his birthright name was lifted from the Archivo de la Nacion (national archives) as Jose de Escandon y de la Helguera.

In the book, “Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas” (Donald E. Chipman and Harriett Denise Joseph, 1999), he is identified as Jose de Escandon y Elguera.

Without exception, historians in Texas and the United States chose to stick to Jose de Escandon and that is how Texas history knows him best.

In these parts of South Texas, he went down as Jose de Escandon. He was the Spanish King’s authority who hired Tomas Sanchez to lead the first families to settle Laredo in 1755, about seven years after Escandon took the lead expedition to the Rio Grande frontier to settle what became known as Santander.

And he’s the one who approved a settlement of 40 families, numbering about 200 men, women and children, in Villa del Señor San Ignacio de Loyola de Revilla (Old Guerrero) on both sides of the river in 1750.

History tells us Jose de Escandon distinguished himself as a military leader and one of the leading explorers assigned to Nueva España by Madrid.

Escandon left his marks on the lands and stones of modern day northern Mexico and South Texas as attested by the 23 settlements he was credited with on both sides of the Rio Grande frontier. Of the 23, two were on territory that in time became part of the new Republic of Texas and later the state of Texas. One was Dolores and the other, Laredo (Villa de San Agustin de Laredo).

Whenever we travel with others north out of Laredo on Interstate 35, driving past the stretch of small towns and rural land, someone thinks out loud, “Can you imagine? All this open land once was part of Mexico and was first explored by the Spaniards who probably were ancestors of some of us.”

The conversations are not complete without someone’s story of ancestors who were among the inhabitants or squatters of a land grant.

In the mix of the stories, as history or legend turned history, the bits and pieces would always originate with the life of Jose de Escandon. Historian Luciano Guajardo used to tell visitors to the public library, “He was the authority that designated the men who led the families to the settlements. He hand-picked Tomas Sanchez.”

During the decades of the 1960s and 1970s, this writer traveled numerous times down U.S. 83 to San Ygnacio, Zapata and the string of Starr Country communities. A regional council of governments often conducted COG board business in Rio Grande City when it did not convene in Laredo.

It provided opportunity for occasional side trips to Guerrero, Mier, Aleman and Camargo on the Mexican side. This was Escandon country where he petitioned for a land grant that was

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The Zapata County Independent School District is seeking bids on construction of a new high school baseball field and renovations on the high school softball field.

“The current baseball field is around 25 years old,” said Zapata CISD Superintendent Romeo Rodriguez. “We have outlived the current field, and so the upgrade

is needed.”

The district’s school board gave the go-ahead at its Nov. 12 meeting to start the bidding RODRIGUEZ process.

Rodriguez said it’s not known how much the new field and upgrade will cost because the school district is still accepting bids from con-

struction companies to find the best deal.

The renovations and construction of the fields will be paid for by allocations from the renovations and construction budget.

“We won’t need to pass a bond or anything like that,” said Rodriguez. “It will be paid for from money we already have set aside.”

The softball field, which was constructed in 2001, will be upgraded with covered seating for

the spectators and a press box.

The new baseball field also will be constructed with covered seating and a press box, with the added benefit of being built next to the high school.

“The current field is about a mile away from the high school, parallel to the football field,” Rodriguez said. “The students have to commute every time they practice or play in a game.”

The district will keep the current field as a backup for prac-

tices and community use.

According to Rodriguez, construction of the new field will not only be more convenient for the players, but also save the district money in the long run.

“We will save money on transportation since we won’t have to transport the kids back and forth,” Rodriguez said. “And we won’t have to renovate the baseball field’s current parking lot

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FISHING FOR TOURNAMENT BASS Winner to be crowned later today

By JULIAN AGUILAR THE ZAPATA TIMES

hursday morning at Falcon Lake, dozens of professional sportsmen were checking their gear and boats, ready to embark on the first day of fishing during the four-day tournament FLW Outdoors Fish-Off Bass Tournament.

The tournament ends today, with the final weigh-in set at 3 p.m. at the Zapata County public boat ramp.

New and old boats alike set sail on the serene waters, carrying fishermen who donned gear with so many sponsors’ logos that they resembled NASCAR drivers.

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The scene The scene is one that Zapata residents should get used to, as Falcon Lake, always known as such to locals, has spread through the country as a hot spot for professional sportsmen.

“Those first tournaments that we had here put Zapata on the map and put Falcon Lake on the map,” said Paco Mendoza, the executive director of the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce. “They (the fishermen) broke world records here on Falcon Lake, and that news got to these professional anglers.”

Mendoza agreed tapping the lake as major tourist draw and tournament venue could

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

A team of fishermen cast their lines near brush Thursday morning as they compete in the four-day FLW Outdoors Fish-Off Bass Tournament at Falcon Lake, scheduled to wrap-up today. have been thought of long ago, but the chamber, he said, isn’t taking a “better-late-than-never” approach.

“We basically get funded through the hotel-motel tax, so the more people that come into town and rent rooms, put heads in beds, the more revenue it brings in for us,” he said. “So what it does for us is it gets all these people to come down from all over the world and come down and see Zapata and see how wonderful Falcon Lake is. When they go down home,

they spread the word.”

Hosting major events Mendoza said the lake has already been booked to host at least two more major events in addition to this tournament, a 60-boat affair.

FLW Outdoors will return in January for its annual Stren Series tournament, he said, and the Bassmasters Elite Series, which made a stop in Zapata earlier this year, will return in April. That tournament, he said,

Man welcomes MHMR’s help (Editor’s note: United Way is funding 25 agencies in Laredo and Zapata with its 2008-09 campaign. This is one in a series about the agencies and the people they help.)

all week and that there are reservations through the weekend. The hotel, he said, charges an average of $117 per night.

Going national “They come from all over the country, including Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma and California,” he said. “Most of the talk is about the lake and how beautiful it is. I would say that

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Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

Sara Zamora, professional social service worker at Border Region MHMR, talks with Cesar Javier Salinas.

“This problem isn’t gone. It doesn’t go away just like that, but, with the help of this clinic, I’m a lot better,” he said in Spanish.

Salinas injured his back at work in 1993. He had to leave his job and live on workers’ compensation, which led to financial problems

That, on top of an aggressive and abusive relationship with his wife, were events that might have led to being diagnosed with major depression.

Anger and restless behavior caused Salinas to throw things

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Senator prefiles 45 pieces of legislation SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

By CHRISTINA ROSALES There was a time when Javier Salinas couldn’t perform the simplest tasks. Doing yard work was a great feat, which he paid somebody to do, he said.

His thoughts were clouded with ideas of suicide and other violent ideas.

After getting treated at Border Region MHMR Community Center, he is able to function well enough for daily life and his energy level is high enough to do his yard work.

“Before I would pay people to cut the grass,” Salinas said.

“Now I do it myself. It’s slow, but, little by little, it gets done.”

That’s how treating depression was for Salinas, a slow process.

will bring to the lake more than 230 professional anglers.

Mendoza said that aside from the opportunity for professional sportsmen to take advantage of one of Texas’ bestkept fishing spots, Zapata’s small-town feel and friendliness keep the out-of-towners coming back. And local businesses also are thriving.

Daniel Mateo is general manager of county’s Holiday Inn Express, on U.S. 83. He said Thursday more than 50 of his 70 rooms have been occupied

State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, was the first to prefile bills for the 81st Texas Legislature’s consideration, entering a record 45 bills for the session that will convene Tuesday, Jan. 13.

“My bills focus on the priorities of the families of District 21, balanced with those of the families of our great state,” Zaffirini said. “Each is simply a starting point and will evolve through constructive negotiation that is the hallmark of the legislative process.

“Accordingly, I urge anyone interested in any of my bills to contact me or my staff immediately so that we can consider any suggestions for improvement.”

Of the 45 bills filed by Zaffirini, 11 are in higher education; five, public education; 13,

health and human services; and six, juvenile and criminal justice.

Others are in areas ranging from agriculture and transportation to the judiciary and technology. Her bills include the following: SB 21, which would allow districts voluntarily to expand their half-day pre-kindergarten programs to a full day for currently eligible 4-year-old children, while implementing certain quality enhancements.

What’s more, the bill would promote collaboration among districts and high-quality private child care and Head Start providers by requiring districts to use a portion of the state formula funding to partner for prekindergarten services.

SB 22, which would provide much-needed financial relief

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SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 22,2008

WHAT’S GOING ON

AROUND THE WORLD | IN BRIEF

SATURDAY,NOV.22

Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-U.S. protest

Today’s the last day of the 2008 Wal-Mart FLW Series Fish-Off at Falcon Lake. In addition to the tournament, there will be a local expo from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., including National Guard boat simulators, an obstacle course,Taste of South Texas food concessions, a booth from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and more. The Zapata High School Mariachi Halcon is expected to perform, and the “Big Green” Border Patrol mascot will be on hand.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and South Texas will have a volunteer general orientation and wish granter training in Laredo today from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at La Quinta Inn & Suites, 7227 Bob Bullock Loop. For more information, call 712-9474.

The Texas A&M International University Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium will show“The Future Is Wild”at 6 p.m.,“Extreme Planets”at 7 p.m. and “U2 Fulldome Experience”at 8 p.m. General admission is $5, $4 for children, TAMIU students, staff and alumni. Premium shows are $1 extra.

Buy a ticket for a different show on the same night and receive $2 off. For more information, call 326-2444.

TUESDAY,NOV.25 From 8 a.m.– 1 p.m.today,the Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center in Laredo will be having a free Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic for patients needing to consult with a specialist. Patients from Zapata are welcome. If you are interested in consulting with Dr.J. Edeen, call 722-2431.

Also from 8 a.m. – 1 pm. today, the Cowl Rehabilitation Center in Laredo will be having a free wheelchair clinic for people who need to purchase a wheelchair or make adjustments to their wheelchairs.Zapatans are welcome. If you are interested in consulting with Ken Healy on this topic,call 722-2431.

THANKSGIVING DAY The 29th annual Guajolote 10K Race will be held this morning,Thanksgiving Day. For more information, call 724-9990.

TUESDAY,DEC.2 Juvenile Board meets today from 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.on the third floor of the Zapata County Courthouse.

THURSDAY,DEC.4 The South Texas Development Council is having a committee meeting today from 9:30 a.m. to noon at EOC.

SATURDAY,DEC.6 San Ygnacio Historical Homes Tour.

Call the Zapata Chamber of Commerce at 765-4871 to find out more.

MONDAY,DEC.8

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AROUND TEXAS | IN BRIEF

By HAMZA HENDAWI ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Chanting “no to America,” supporters of a radical Shiite cleric burned an effigy of President George W. Bush Friday in a protest demanding that parliament scuttle a U.S.-Iraqi security pact and American troops begin withdrawing from Iraq immediately.

The demonstration drew nearly 20,000 followers of Muqtada al-Sadr to Firdous Square, the same spot where U.S. Marines toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein and exultant Iraqis pummeled it with debris in what became an iconic image of the fall of Baghdad and the end of the dictator’s 23-year rule.

Friday’s protest was the latest display of opposition to an accord that could push Iraq into new political turmoil even though the ruling coalition appears to have enough parliamentary votes to narrowly approve the deal.

Parliament is scheduled to vote on the pact Monday, but presidential spokesman Naseer al-Ani told Iraq’s Sharqiyah television that the vote might be delayed until after the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, which falls in early December.

“It will need more time. Perhaps until after Eid al-Adha,” he told the station. The legislature is expected to go into recess this month ahead of Eid al-Adha, when scores of lawmakers travel to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

The pact establishes a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from cities by June 30 and the entire country by 2011. It places U.S. forces under tight Iraqi control and gives the Iraqis limited powers to put American soldiers and civilian Pentagon employees on trial in cases of serious crimes committed off-base and off-duty.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said the agreement offers Iraq the only viable option to regain full sovereignty. The alternative would be to seek the renewal

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Hearing on Cheney indictment turns chaotic RAYMONDVILLE — A county prosecutor who brought indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday about special treatment for highprofile defendants as a routine motions hearing descended into chaos.

Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra, who is accusing the public officials of culpability in the alleged abuse of prisoners in a federal detention center, asked Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to recuse himself. Guerra has complained about Banales’ handling of the case.

Texas’unemployment rate rises to 5.6 percent

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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn a representation of the American flag as thousands converge at Firdous Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.

of a U.N. mandate that, he said, allows U.S. forces a free rein in the country. The mandate expires Dec. 31.

But none of that mattered Friday at Firdous Square, where protesters waved Iraqi flags and green Shiite banners and chanted: “No, no to the agreement of humiliation!”

Al-Sadr, who is based in Iran, did not attend. But in a sermon read to the crowd by an aide, he criticized the government and described America as “the enemy of Islam.”

“The government must know that it is the people who help it through the good and the bad times. If it throws the occupier out, all the Iraqi people will stand by it,” al-Sadr said, using common rhetoric for the United States.

Organizers placed an effigy of Bush on the same pedestal where the giant Saddam statue stood before it was knocked down April 9, 2003.

AUSTIN — Texas’ unemployment rate increased to 5.6 percent in October, up half a percentage point from the previous month because of Hurricane Ike and national economic trends, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday.

“While Texas still has nearly a 1 percent lower unemploy-

ment rate than the rate of the nation, I would expect unemployment rates in Texas to continue to track the national trend upward in the months ahead,” said commission chairman Tom Pauken.

The state had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.1 percent in September and 4.3 percent in October 2007.

Convicted killer of Dallasarea woman executed HUNTSVILLE — The rage that fueled Robert Jean Hudson’s fatal stabbing of his exgirlfriend nearly a decade ago and earned him a cell on death row was gone as he quietly went to his own death.

Hudson, 45, received lethal injection Thursday night for killing Edith Kendrick, 35, at her Dallas-area home in a 1999 attack that also left the woman’s young son severely wounded with his throat slashed.

Strapped to the Texas death chamber gurney, Hudson expressed love to his wife, who is from Belgium, and a friend, who both watched through a window.

Then he asked them to pray the Lord’s Prayer with him in the moment before the lethal drugs were administered.

—Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION | IN BRIEF

Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press | AP

In this June 3 file photo, trucks sit in the parking lot as a General Motors employee arrives at the truck plant in Oshawa, Canada. General Motors Corp. will extend its holiday shutdown or make other production cuts at five factories at as it deals with a continued U.S. auto sales slump and fights to stay solvent.

Zapata County Commissioners meet at 9 a.m. for their regular monthly meeting at the Zapata County Courthouse.

Myanmar court hands man 45-year prison term

Mexico: Former drug czar took cartel money

U.S.defense chief: More forces for Afghanistan vote

Neb.governor signs safe-haven age limit bill

Wal-Mart names Duke to succeed Scott as CEO

THURSDAY,DEC.11

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to help cyclone victims and criticized the junta’s slow relief response.

Comedian and activist Zarganar, whose birth name is Maung Thura, was among at least 100 people to receive sentences of two to 65 years since early November. Many of the trials were held in closed sessions, sometimes without defense lawyers or family present.

The military government’s wave of harsh sentences has been condemned worldwide by Western governments and human rights groups.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s former drug czar was accused Friday of taking $450,000 from a powerful cartel, the highest-ranking official implicated so far in a corruption scandal over efforts by drug gangs to buy protection from the government.

Noe Ramirez is the highestranking law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico’s sweeping investigation aimed at weeding out officials who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers.

His arrest complicates President Felipe Calderon’s nationwide crackdown on the drug trade.

CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of backsliding in the seven-year-old war are “far too pessimistic.”

Gates said the additional forces would give greater security for fall elections in Afghanistan, and predicted that security conditions will “be under enough control to allow the elections to take place.” Secure successful elections are probably the most important goal for Afghanistan next year, Gates said.

—Compiled from AP reports

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that adds a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children, including some teenagers as old as 17.

The law goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

Heineman signed the bill on Friday afternoon without fanfare and did not immediately issue a statement on the law.

The Legislature, meeting in special session, gave its final approval earlier Friday.

Nebraska’s had been the only safe-haven law in the country without an age limit.

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, unexpectedly announced Friday that its chief executive will retire in February and be replaced by the head of its international division.

The surprise change in leadership right before the crucial holiday season comes as WalMart has roared back to success as people looking for bargains shop more at discounters. Still, the company faces hurdles ahead amid slowing growth in the U.S., and analysts say the decision to tap an international executive serves as a testament that the company sees its future growth oversees.

—Compiled from AP reports

Zapata County Christmas parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. on 17th Avenue, proceed down to the Court House on 6th Street and U.S. 83. For more information, call 765-6931.

THURSDAY,DEC.18 The Vidal M.Treviño School of Communications and Fine Arts and The Laredo Ballet Theatre present “The Nutcracker”at the Laredo Civic Center Auditorium, 2400 San Bernardo Ave. Performances are scheduled for Dec. 18 at 9 a.m. ($4 group rate for 10 or more seats) and Dec. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., $7 general admission. For ticket information and reservations, call 795-3325 ext. 22 or 796-9923.

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Today is Saturday, Nov. 22, the 327th day of 2008. There are 39 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.

Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same limousine as Kennedy, was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

On this date: In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach — better known as “Blackbeard” — was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.

In 1890, French president Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.

In 1928, “Bolero,” by Maurice Ravel, was first performed, in Paris.

In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.

In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.

In 1943, lyricist Lorenz Hart died in New York at age 48.

In 1965, the musical “Man of La Mancha” opened in New York.

In 1975, Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain.

Ten years ago: The CBS News program “60 Minutes” aired videotape of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, an advocate of assisted suicide, administering lethal drugs to Thomas Youk, a terminally ill patient. (Kevorkian, who challenged prosecutors to charge him, was later convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison.

He was released in 2007 after serving eight years.)

Five years ago: The Medicare prescription drug bill narrowly passed the House, 220-215, following a dusk-to-dawn debate.

Thousands of mourners gathered in downtown Dallas along the street where President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated 40 years earlier.

One year ago: Retailers lured shoppers to stores and online on Thanksgiving Day ahead of the traditional Black Friday kickoff.

A gunman shot and killed his exwife, their three children and

‘HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29’ himself in a park in Laytonsville, Md. French rail workers who’d staged a nine-day-old strike voted to return to the job.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., is 90.

Movie director Arthur Hiller is 85. Actor Robert Vaughn is 76.

Actor Michael Callan is 73. Actor Allen Garfield is 69. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam is 68. Actor Tom Conti is 67.

Singer Jesse Colin Young is 67.

Astronaut Guion S. Bluford is 66.

Tennis player Billie Jean King is 65. Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt (AKA Little Steven) is 58. Rock musician Tina Weymouth (The Heads; Talking Heads; The Tom Tom Club) is 58. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 50. Rock singer Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) is 50. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 47. Rock musician Charlie Colin is 42. Actor Nicholas Rowe is 42. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 41.

Tennis player Boris Becker is 41.

Actress Scarlett Johansson is 24.

Thought for Today: “In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.” — Anne Sophie Swetchine, Russian-French author (1782-1857).

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In this Nov. 23, 1968, file photo, Harvard’s Pete Varney (80) catches quarterback Frank Champis’ two-point conversion in front of Yale’s Ed Franklin (15) to tie the football game in Cambridge, Mass. On the eve of the 125th edition of The Game, the movie “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29”looks back 40 years to one of the most stunning comebacks in college football history.

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SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 22,2008

VILLARREAL STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Jurors get 2-week break

By JASON BUCH THE ZAPATA TIMES

Courtesy photo/Villarreal Elementary | Special to the Times

Villarreal Elementary recently honored its top students for the week of Nov. 14. They are shown here, top row, left to right: Aretzy Garza, Lysandra Sanchez, Rene Pichardo, Jessica Garcilazo, Rene Vargas, Linda Mena, Bernardo Garcia, Stephanie Chavez, Keyiris Bautista and Abigail Zuñiga; middle row, left to right, Marcos Garza, Jose Rodriguez, Jesus Javier Rivera, Daniel Peña, Rudy Guerra, Rene Garcia, Maria Chavez, Annalysia Serna and Angela De La Cruz; bottom row, left to right, Luis Ubaldo, Luis Garza, Esteban Gonzalez, Jose Maria Rocha, Michelle Sanchez, Leslie Fraire Berenice Lopez, Elizabeth Garcia, Emily Leal and Naian Garza. Not shown are top students Juan Angel Barrientos and David Anferenee Saldaña

THE BLOTTER EVADING ARREST A man who led sheriff’s deputies on a brief car chase Monday was arrested after coming to a stop at his residence in the 1300 block of Meir Avenue.

Fernando Diaz-Rodriguez was booked and charged with evading arrest with a motor vehicle. He was later taken to county jail.

According to the offense report, a deputy attempted to pull him over at about 11:15 p.m.near the intersection of 7th Street and Mier Avenue, but he refused to stop.

He then came to a stop outside his residence, ran inside and was apprehended by a deputy inside a bedroom, officers said.

BURGLARY OFAVEHICLE Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Nov. 14 on the charge of burglary of a vehicle, a Class A misdemeanor.

Juan Gamez-Garza Jr., of Zapata, was booked and taken to the county jail.

According to the offense report, deputies arrested Gamez around midnight after he allegedly broke into a woman’s car in the 1300 block of Medina Street. He allegedly used a vehicle antennae and a screwdriver to get into the vehicle.

POSSESSION OFA CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE A man and a woman were arrested Sunday after being pulled over for a traffic violation in Ocampo Avenue.

According to the offense report, the vehicle’s driver, Odilon Turi, of San Ygnacio, was found to be in possession of cocaine.

The female passenger, Tammy Sue Martin, also of San Ygnacio, was arrested for outstanding warrants from Oklahoma.

Both were booked and later taken to county jail. The offense report stated that sheriff’s deputies pulled over Turi at about 11:45 a.m. for speeding.

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Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Wednesday after pulling him over at about 2 a.m. near the intersection of 10th Street and Villa Avenue. According to the offense report, Sergio Barragan, of the 1500 block of Jackson Street, was found to be in possession of a controlled substance. He was booked and later taken to county jail.

A man allegedly caught throwing a marijuana cigarette outside a car window Thursday was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Juan Leonso Paredes III, of the 1500 block of Guerrero Street, was booked and later taken to county jail.

BURGLARY OFA BUILDING Two men were arrested Tuesday for allegedly burglarizing a Laundromat at the 1400 block of Kennedy Street.

Kristopher Allen Essary, of the 2100 block of Retama Lane,and Juan Angel Garcia,

of the 1100 block of Kennedy, were booked and charged with burglary of a building and theft. Both were later taken to county jail.

According to the offense report, they broke into the laundromat’s office and stole a television and cash register.

THEFT Sheriff’s deputies detained a female juvenile Monday afternoon for Class-B misdemeanor theft.

According to the offense report, the theft occurred at Zapata Middle School.The amount stolen from the female victim was between $50 and $500.

A female complainant from the 100 block of River Driver told sheriff’s deputies Monday that someone had stolen two perfumes and two purses from her bedroom.

According to the offense report, authorities identified three suspects in the case, which is open and active.

The jury trial in a lawsuit involving a man killed in a pipeline explosion will take a two-week break.

Jurors in the Zapata 49th District Court have heard two weeks of testimony in a lawsuit filed by family members of Augustine Alaniz, who was killed in a June 1, 2005, pipeline rupture near Zapata, and Luz Delgado, who was injured in the explosion.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages from Dominion Exploration and Production, the company that owned the pipeline, which ruptured when a crew using a backhoe tried to lift it out of the ground and cut it up.

The people trying to remove

and salvage the pipeline thought it was depressurized, according to court documents.

By the end of the trial, LOPEZ jurors are expected to have heard from about two dozen witnesses and seen thousands of pieces of evidence.

State District Judge Joe Lopez decided not to make jurors come back during Thanksgiving week, and already had court scheduled in Laredo the following week.

The trial will continue Dec. 8.

(Jason Buch may be reached at 728-2547 or jbuch@lmtonline.com)

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Pirates plying nasty business THE BOSTON GLOBE

here is nothing romantic about the piracy that has become a threat to sailors’ lives and shipping off the coast of Somalia. The expanding reach and sophistication of the pirates’ operations are a threat to maritime commerce and exacerbate the security concerns of countries dependent on open sea lanes.

The worsening peril of modern piracy was on display this week with the capture of a Saudi oil tanker 450 miles off the shore of east Africa — a hostage-taking that coincided with the hijacking of an Iranian cargo ship and followed the September seizure of a Ukranian ship with 33 Soviet-era tanks on board.

Piracy in the heavily trafficked Gulf of Aden and a widening arc of the Indian Ocean has more than doubled so far this year, with 80 ships attacked and 60 hijacked.

This is a highly organized and lucrative criminal enterprise. Insurers and ship owners pay everlarger ransoms to save the lives of captured crew members and to

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retrieve vessels and cargoes that are worth many times the payments made to the pirates.

There was concern that some of the weapons on the hijacked Ukrainian ship would end up in the hands of Islamists seeking to overthrow Somalia’s weak interim government. But generally the pirates’ operations have nothing to do with the Islamists. They demonstrate, however, how a failed or failing state such as Somalia can pose an economic and security threat to countries far from its shores.

The International Maritime Organization has ships from many nations that patrol international waters.

But they have not deterred the Somali pirates. In the absence of a Somali state able to enforce the law, a multinational force is needed that can go ashore, capture the criminals, break up their support networks, and bring them to justice.

The need for such a force highlights the case for a world order based on international cooperation and collective security.

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Give ’em a blast of Dino, full volume

By MARK RUTLEDGE COX NEWS SERVICE

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Bush still has time to repair legacy W ASHINGTON — President Bush needs no reminder that his White House days are dwindling down.

All he has to do is to look out his window and see the scaffolding being built for the presidential viewing stand for the Jan. 20 inaugural parade of the next president of the United States.

But all is not lost. Bush can do a lot in his waning time in office to repair his legacy and help the American people suffering from unemployment and loss of health insurance.

He can support a $25-billion bailout for the “big three automakers” whose top executives were in his corner during his two presidential elections and are now begging for help. But he is not inclined to do so.

It is not for the auto industry alone. Thousands of workers beyond the assembly line are affected by the threatened industry-related jobs.

I didn’t hear any screams of protest or observe a truckload of conditions when the financial system was summarily handed a $700 billion bailout from taxpayers’ pockets. Did you?

But then what do you expect when a top Wall Streeter from Goldman Sachs like Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is running the show to an uncertain trumpet.

To also enhance his image, the president should focus on housing foreclosures.

Republican administrations headed by Ronald Reagan and both Bushes have shown little respect for the federal government and its workers, perhaps with the exception of the Pentagon.

The current president tried to privatize as many government jobs as he could in his eight years in office. He also hired more than 100,000 private contractors to assist in the Iraqi war, paying them high wages. The generals in Iraq also drummed up a scheme to pay thousands of Iraqis not to fight the U.S. How do you like that?

Some wars have been fought for great and legitimate causes. Now we have mercenary wars that have yet to be explained or defended.

The irony is that scads of Bush’s political appointees throughout the government are moving quickly into top level Civil Service career positions for their personal job security and maybe to keep their hands on a Cabinet department’s conservative policies.

Those policies affect regulatory initiatives that concern drinking water standards; air quality and fisheries limits, among other issues.

HELEN THOMAS The Washington Post said earlier this week that the Interior Department’s top lawyer has shifted a half a dozen key deputies— who may have been involved in controversial environmental decisions— into senior Civil Service posts.

The Post— quoting anonymous sources fearful of affecting their careers— said the shifts to Civil Service represent the Bush administration’s effort to leave a lasting imprint on environmental policy.

The administration’s moves to give job security to outgoing loyal aides and jump them into career Civil Service posts is not unique. It even has a name — “burrowing”— and is a longtime practice by outgoing administrations.

On the foreign policy front, it would be the worst of folly for Bush to attack Iran before he leaves office. Two wars are enough at this time.

Despite his failures, particularly the unprovoked 2003 invasion of Iraq which led to more than 4,000 American deaths and 30,000 wounded for life, along with tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths, Bush shows no remorse and still speaks of a military victory.

He has said often that he expects to be vindicated as time goes by. But he should first vow to do no further harm as he walks out the White House door.

As for jobs, neither Bush nor Vice President Dick Cheney have to worry about their future.

Both men have enormous family wealth and fat government pensions.

Cheney recently built a new home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland next door to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

He has another home under construction in McLean, Va., right across from the CIA and close to former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Cheney also has a home at Jackson Hole in his native Wyoming.

The president doesn’t have to fret about his future either. He has said he wants to make money when he leaves the White House.

He will.

(Helen Thomas can be reached at hthomas@hearstdc.com)

REENVILLE, N.C. — As I walked to my car in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, the distinctively low bass notes from a teenager’s car stereo vibrated my eyebrows.

Nothing makes you feel more like a crusty old man than being annoyed by the thump, thump, thumping of what today’s youth have somehow mistaken for music.

It scares me that grocery stores are now playing a lot of the ‘70s rock that caused my own parents to shake their heads in disbelief. If tomorrow’s grocery stores begin piping in today’s license-tag-rattling rap, we can expect a lot more cleanups on the pickle aisle.

The closer I got to my car in that parking lot, the louder and

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more annoying the non-melodious vibrations became. The disturber of the public peace, as it turned out, was parked right beside me.

To further enhance my misery, the guy had backed in so that his opened driver-side window was directly in line with mine. I shot him a disapproving glance climbing into my car, but he was slumped too far down in his seat to notice.

My first instinct was to quickly put as much distance as possible between the thoughtless thumping and me. But as I moved the shifter into drive, it hit me that I would never again have such a golden - as in golden oldies - opportunity to offer a timeless testimonial to that musically misguided young man.

I moved the shifter back into park and began flipping through my own CDs.

For all of the auto industry’s recently publicized failures, backsliding on car stereo technology is not among them. My factory-installed CD player can mount a formidable challenge against any teenager’s custom dash-blaster - especially from 24 inches away.

I thought about firing back with some George Jones. Perhaps a little “He Stopped Loving Her Today” cranked up all the way. Or I could put on a Willie Nelson classic from the “Red Headed Stranger” collection.

I might have witnessed to the lad with the gospel bluegrass renderings of Doyle Lawson, or taken him down to the crossroads with the raucous rock of ZZ Top. But I needed something that would cut through the mindnumbing bass notes and get under that flat-billed ball cap of his.

I rolled down my front and rear windows and let loose with some 1940s boom-boom.

“How lucky can one guy be?”

Dean Martin asked between high-frequency horns, “I kissed her and she kissed me?”

The loud one did not lower his volume or admit defeat, but as I slowly pulled away snapping my fingers and bobbing my head, he was sitting up a little straighter and smiling.

Ancient as I am, the Rat Pack era was before my time. I never would have thought to purchase “Dino: The Essential Dean Martin.”

Mine was a gift from my musically diverse niece Adrienne, who offers hope that grocery stores will never thump or vibrate with piped-in rap music.

Adrienne is 19.

As old Dino once said, “Ain’t that a kick in the head?”

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U.S. hasn’t learned energy lesson yet

By LOREN STEFFY HOUSTON CHRONICLE

OUSTON — Mike Linn stepped out of a conference room earlier this week just minutes after the Dow Jones industrial average closed below 8,000 for the first time in six years.

“It’s depressing,” he said.

Linn, the chief executive of Linn Energy and a past president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America isn’t much more upbeat when he talks about his own business.

Linn Energy’s shares have fallen 35 percent this year, and Mike Linn said the domestic energy industry is on the cusp of another bust that could leave reserves untapped, orders for drilling equipment canceled and employee ranks pared in the next year to 18 months.

“You’re going to see things shutting down,” he said. “We don’t learn. This has happened before.”

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Pulling back As prices rose in recent years, companies began investing more capital in unconventional energy

plays such as oil sands and natural gas shale. Now they’re pulling back. The credit crunch has compounded those decisions, as companies have been unable to obtain financing for new drilling or find the terms too onerous.

Linn said his company is curbing its spending for new drilling, investing only what it needs to replace production.

He’s not alone. Companies such as Chesapeake, Petrohawk, and Dallas-based Pioneer Resources have announced similar plans, and Linn predicted more will follow.

“Most companies will pull back and live within cash flow,” he said.

Falling prices The price of crude oil has continued to fall, closing Thursday below $50 a barrel almost onethird the price it sold for in July.

Linn predicted that decline will drive down rig counts by as much as 30 percent as companies suspend drilling projects. He expects oil to be selling at $55 to $65 a barrel for most of next year, and natural gas to fluctuate between $5.50 to $7.50 per thousand cubic feet.

Barton Smith, director of the University of Houston’s Institute for Regional Forecasting, recently predicted that the city’s employment will end the year slightly above last year, though the rate of growth has slowed.

Outlook for jobs Next year, however, some economists say Houston’s employment may decline because of cutbacks in the energy industry, though it’s still likely to remain ahead of the national average.

Linn, though, is more worried about a number that consumers have welcomed: gasoline under $2 a gallon. That, combined with the credit crunch, is going to stall efforts to develop alternative fuels and decrease dependence on foreign oil.

“I think we’re going to lose the momentum,” Linn said.

In some cases, that may already be happening.

Duke Energy, for example, recently announced it wants to sell part of its wind-power business, and Dallas oilman Boone Pickens said recently that he’s having trouble getting financing for his West Texas wind farm, envisioned as the world’s largest.

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If industry stalwarts like Duke and Pickens are feeling the pinch, it’s a safe bet that smaller alternative fuel ventures face a similar squeeze.

“The best thing that happened to us was $4 gasoline,” Linn said, because it forced Americans to face the energy shortages that are coming, despite the current easing of prices.

“The American public is crisis-driven,” he said.

Forgetful Americans If pump prices remain under $2 for much of the next year, Americans may return to their old habits driving more, forsaking fuel efficiency and forgetting about the need to develop alternative fuel sources.

When that happens, of course, demand will begin to rise once again. However, the cutback in production will mean a shortage of supply that will cause prices to rise rapidly once again.

Then the whole cycle starts anew.

As Linn said, we don’t seem to learn.

(To reach Loren Steffy, the Chronicle’s business columnist, e-mail loren.steffy@chron.com)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Engineer Gracia: Pride of Zapata

By DORA MARTINEZ

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duardo Gracia Jr., P.E., is one of Zapata County’s leading lights.

Born in June 1970 in Laredo, Eddie — or “Lalo,” as his family and friends call him — has struggled all his life to be a man of means.

He helped his parents at their ranch in Falcon; being the only boy in the family made him realize what it took to make ends meet.

With an eye on his future, Lalo attended and graduated from Zapata High School, then went on for further studies at Texas A&M University. In 1993, he received his bachelor’s in civil engineering.

From 1993 to1994, Lalo worked as a mudlogger, logging gas wells around the Lopeño and Falcon areas for Rich Logging Co. out of Rockport.

In 1994, he joined the Texas Department of Transportation.

He worked as an engineer assistant and as a transportation engineer at the Hebbronville Area Office of the Pharr District.

Lalo has worked on various projects, including roadway construction in Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr and Zapata counties. During this time he also obtained his professional engineer license.

In 2007, Lalo became Hebbronville Area Engineer.

As the area Engineer, he has to oversee all the construction and maintenance operations for those aforementioned counties.

He says he enjoys working in his current position and location because it allows him to work close to his family and friend. His hobbies are hunting, reading, local history and sports (especially Dallas Cowboys,

Texas Aggies and his nephew’s PeeWee football).

Spending time with his nephews is one of his priorities as he is one exceptional son and uncle.

Lalo is the son of Ninfa N. Ramirez Gracia and the late Eduardo Gracia. He is also the grandson of the late Flavio Ramirez and the late former Judge Estella Guerra Ramirez.

His paternal grandparents are the late Santiago and Armandina Gracia.

Lalo has done a marvelous job for our community and will continue to do so for a very long time.

Lalo’s an Orgullo of our County, the Pride of our City.

(Dora Martinez is a native of Zapata who was publisher of Hispanic News in San Antonio for 21 years. She can be reached at thezapatatimes@att.net)

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Show gratitude this holiday or me, Thanksgiving has always been a celebration where friends and relatives get together to thank God for His blessings on us for the last year.

The house is filled with warm greetings and laughter as well as the aroma from the turkey, dressing and all the sides.

Every year we all look forward to our family traditions on Thanksgiving.

Every gathering has a special dish that’s only made at this time of the year. Whether it’s a smoked turkey, a special stuffing, an original side or a delectable pie, we all anticipate breaking bread together and enjoying this special feast.

Then for some of us, the big meal goes hand in hand with the big games on the television. And some of us might be rambunctious enough to entertain a real game of football much like those nostalgic images of the Kennedy boys playing more than 40-years ago.

This is, indeed, a special time during the year where life slows down and fortunately, we are able to pause, reflect and give thanks

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BISHOP TAMAYO for the many blessings in our lives.

We all have a lot to be thankful for and it usually revolves around the invaluable things of life and this world. Our family and friends are priceless so be sure to count your blessings.

However, I also understand that this can be time where some might become melancholy.

Instead of sadness, let us remember our loved ones who have gone before us with laughter by sharing their stories, their traditions and how they made life all the more wonderful.

As the spiritual leader of this community, I am also grateful for the many people of faith and goodwill whose tireless efforts, undying support, unselfish sacri-

fices and constant prayers make present the kingdom of God in our community.

Furthermore, as we give thanks to our heavenly Father for the splendor and beauty of all creation, we must remember to receive all these gifts from God with gratitude. We must also cultivate them responsibly by sharing them lovingly in justice with others.

It is through this humble gratitude that we learn to share our gifts of time, talent and treasure with others leading us to make a difference in people’s lives.

It is these actions that provide the community with a sense of

profound hope and strength.

Because of our steadfast faith, we are confident that God will always provide.

As we come together with our families during this extended Thanksgiving weekend, I hope that you share the joy and generosity of the holiday with all your loved ones.

And be sure to give thanks for it is God who has provided for us Todo Con Amor!

(Bishop James A. Tamayo heads the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo. The diocese covers Webb and six surrounding counties.)

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Villarreal pays tribute to its veterans SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Fidel & Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary Student Council members gathered Thursday, Nov. 13, to pay tribute to all of the veterans who made sacrifices to provide the freedom and liberty America enjoys today.

The tribute began with teacher Nydia Amesquita singing the national anthem, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Student Council members Juan Diaz and Mario Mendoza.

The presentation followed with a special demonstration of the folding of the U.S flag and an explanation of its meaning. Folding the flag were student council members Delisa Rodriguez, Rebecca Villarreal, Daniel Peña and Yehyny Ledesma. Narrators were Andrea Garza and Kaitlyn Ramirez.

Two patriotic poems also were recited: “Thank A Veteran” and “Veterans Day.” The poets were Heather Hernandez, Louie Lopez, Mateo Mendoza and Daniella Santos.

A patriotic cheer was performed

by Student Council members Kaityln Ramirez, Andrea Garza, Delisa Rodriguez, Rebecca Villarreal, Yehney Ledesma, Enriquetta Espinoza, Perla Garza, Aaliyah Yameogo, Dulce Campos, Jocelin Garcia, Eulalia Minor, Kaylee Longoria and Jessica Medrano.

A heartfelt PowerPoint presentation was shared with the visiting veterans. The presentation consisted of pictures of veterans related to the students. The presentation was put together by the students of Villarreal Elementary and counselor Claudia Garza.

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Villarreal Elementary students, faculty and staff gathered on Nov. 13 to sing, recite poetry, do plays and other activities to honor veterans, many of them relatives of the kids. retary Cynthia Morales and teachers Teresa Collett and Lydia Garza joined Student Council members in creating a special skit focused on several patriotic themes.

Flag Raising on Iwa Jima (Feb. 23, 1945). Though in today’s confusing struggle it may be considered rude to raise an American Flag over territory gained in battle, it wasn’t always so. On Feb. 23, 1945, on a Pacific Island held by the Japanese, U.S. Marines died to secure Mt. Suribache. The photograph recording the second flag raising became an inspiration for the famous sculpture that stands in Washington, D.C. U.S. soldiers were performed by Emmanuel

Guzman, Michael Moreno, Christopher Garza, Adrian Bugg, Rene Vargas and Roberto Barrera The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognized symbols of American freedom anywhere.

Standing tall on Liberty Island in the middle of the Hudson River in New York City Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was given to the U.S. by the French in 1886. The French gave the Statue de la Liberte to the United States as a token of friendship. The Statue of Liberty was portrayed by Theresa Villarreal.

Women in the Armed Forces. Women have played a vital role in the Armed Forces for many years. Female soldiers were

portrayed by Julissa Alaniz, Laura Villarreal, Jessica Garcilazo, Monique Hurtado, Ashley Ibarra, Cristina Rodriguez and Neidalynn Rodriguez.

Everyone in attendance was asked to join in a moment of silence to remember those who gave their lives for their country.

Honoring all the veterans on the 11th day of the 11th month and in the 11th hour, taps was sounded by the school’s bell choir, including Kassandra Aguilar, Daniela Guzman, Priscilla Elizondo, Laura Garza and Bethany Ruiz.

Amesquita concluded the presentation by singing “God Bless America.”

Communities in Schools and Zapata Middle School are sponsoring a canned goods drive today and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days to benefit the Helping Hands Food Pantry.

The drive will be in front of the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce, 601 N. U.S. 83.

“We’ve been getting donations from students and staff for a while,” said Jose Francisco Elizondo, Zapata Middle School’s Communities in Schools project coordinator. “(Today) and Sunday we’re opening the drive to the community, so they can provide something if they want to help out,” Elizondo said.

“I want to remind everyone that this is going to the pantry here in Zapata,” Elizondo added. “The people they will be helping are our neighbors.

“You may see people starving in other countries on TV, but there are people who are hungry here in Zapata, too.”

Elizondo said that with the FLW Outdoors Fish-Off Bass Tournament in town this weekend, he’s hoping for a good turnout at the drive.

“Anglers and people going to the tournament might hear

about it and want to stop by and help out,” Elizondo said.

The CIS project coordinator added that donations still will be accepted Monday. The food will be delivered to Helping Hands on Tuesday, Nov. 25 Among the items that are needed are canned goods and non-perishable necessities such as green beans, pinto beans, corn, tomato sauce, tuna, juice, crackers, cookies (such as galletas marias), water, pasta (such as spaghetti and elbow macaroni), peanut butter, cereal (Cheerios) and flour.

The counselor emphasized that he’s not the one who deserves credit for the drive.

“It’s not just one person doing this,” he said. “The people we need to recognize are the staff, students and the community who are willing to give their time and donations to help others. Even just spreading the word by mouth is helping.”

Communities in Schools’ purpose is to help keep students in school, offering a variety of services including school guidance, mentoring and helping with personal issues.

The executive director of Communities in Schools is Joe Gutierrez.

For more information, call Elizondo at 765-6542 ext. 2122.

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A healthy helping for Thanksgiving

By TARYN WHITE THE ZAPATA TIMES

ith the meal to put all other meals to shame fast-approaching, Americans everywhere are waiting to revel in the gastronomical delight, which traditionally features turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, buttery rolls, and mashed potatoes and gravy.

It’s part of a celebration that some feel dictates an all-day pass to indulge in truly gluttonous behavior.

But before piling your plate with a second helping of turkey and mashed potatoes, keep in mind that according to the American Council on Exercise, the average American will consume around 3,000 calories throughout the day.

In Laredo, an area plagued with obesity and diabetes, taking note of what is being consumed and the quantity of food being eaten is the best way to not spend Friday regretting the previous day’s feast.

“It all about going into the day with preparation and a plan,” said Rosa Lopez, a dietician for Laredo Medical Center. “It is not so much about not letting yourself eat good things, but how much of it you eat.”

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Easy swaps The centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal — the turkey — is actually a healthy source of protein as long as it is roasted, not fried, she said.

“Frying the Thanksgiving turkey is becoming more popular,” Lopez said. “But when you fry the turkey, you saturate the fat and increase the caloric content.”

When it comes to gravy, moderation is key. According to EatingWell.com, scraping the fat off the top of the gravy before serving it is a fast and easy way to save unneeded calories.

Cranberry sauce, too, can go from being a healthy, antioxidant-

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A spiral ham and a glazed turkey are sure to please you and your guest this Thanksgiving Day. rich dressing to an overly sweet, caloric dish depending on how much sugar is added.

“People tend to put too much sugar in their cranberry sauces,” Lopez said.

Lopez suggests using unflavored Jell-O and a little almond extract as an alternative sweetener.

“The (consistency) will be different than what people are used to, but it tastes good, and it is much healthier,” Lopez said. “I’ve even had some patients use a little bit of rum to add to the flavor.”

And there are other ways for the chef to cut calories in every Thanksgiving dish.

“Just Google ‘healthy Thanksgiving recipes’ a couple of days before Thanksgiving,” Lopez said. “You can find many different examples of how to eat healthier.”

For example, if the traditional green bean casserole is something that can’t be lived without, Lopez suggests using fat-free cream of mushroom soup, and using toasted almonds instead of fried onions as a crust.

H-E-B plus! chef Javier Garza and his assistant, Lauro Ramirez, present a spiral ham and turkey, two favorites for Thanksgiving dinners.

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It’s OK to eat and listen DEAR MISS MANNERS — For several years, my significant other has said that, when a group of people are dining together, the conversation is foremost.

Therefore, she says, whenever someone starts talking, good manners dictate that everyone else MARTIN should stop eating and put down their forks, and she says we should do this even if no one else does. (At least she has the good manners not to inform the others of this supposed requirement when we are dining with a group.) I keep telling her that her idea about dining etiquette is ridiculous. If there is continuous back-and-forth conversation and everyone did as she thinks they should, nothing would get eaten and the food would eventually get cold. (The picture comes to my mind of everyone’s silverware being put on their plates in clicking unison whenever someone starts talking and being picked up again in unison when that person stops talking, with the process repeating when someone responds to the previous speaker.) I can’t get her to understand that her idea has no basis in the rules of etiquette.

Am I right in this? What say you?

GENTLE READER — Where did she get that rule? From a list headed “How to Kill a Dinner Party”?

Not only would the food grow cold, but so would the conversation. Can you imagine yourself making an amusing little observation to your dinner partner, only to look up and see all those staring, hungry eyes?

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DEAR MISS MANNERS — According to my dictionary, a lady is described as: 1. originally, a woman of authority over a house or an estate, of the same rank as a lord; 2. a well-bred woman; a woman of good family or of high social position; a gentlewoman. Please advise me, has the definition of a “lady” changed so that a female addressed as such should be offended? Just recently, this happened in my presence. The female addressed is most certainly highly regarded — as on a pedestal (the highest respect).

GENTLE READER — But she was no lady.

DEAR MISS MANNERS — This year I will be hosting a rather large Thanksgiving dinner for family. My sister-in-law will be bringing her boyfriend, who is vegetarian. I had planned on offering several vegetarian options, as I want him to feel welcome.

My sister-in-law informed my husband they preferred that no meat be served, but if we insisted, could we make sure not to cook meat/nonmeat items in the oven at the same time, and could we refrain from ceremoniously carving the turkey at the table? How should I handle this request?

GENTLE READER — With the firm conviction that you are graciously attending to the needs of a guest by making sure that he will have enough to eat, and need not let him take over the running of the household. You might also suggest to your sister that Thanksgiving, with its food rituals, may not be the best holiday to which to bring the gentleman. Should he become a member of the family, Miss Manners would think your sister-in-law would want to hold family Thanksgiving at their house, where they will be in charge.

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Garza brushes some holiday cranberry champagne glaze on a turkey.

Families interested in keeping the festive meal on the healthier side can reduce portion sizes or eat more veggies, like the carrots pictured here, to cut down on fats and sugars.

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THANKSGIVING | Continued from Page 7A It is also easy to use sweeteners like Splenda as a replacement for sugar, and butter flavoring rather than butter.

Lopez said that for candied yams, allspice is a good alternative to brown sugar and marshmallows — the flavoring makes it less sugary, but it will complement the taste of the yams.

Portion patrol Portion control is another easy technique to save on calories.

According to Lopez, only 4 ounces of the different types of foods should be consumed.

This means that if both mashed potatoes and yams are served, only have 2 ounces of each.

Also, adding more leafy green vegetables to the plate is great way to fill up on food that is not packed with fats and sugars. Lopez recommends steamed vegetables and a salad with light salad dressing.

Sandra Orozco, one of Lopez’s patients, has been trying to eat more healthily every day.

“I plan on eating a lot more vegetables this Thanksgiving and less bread,” Orozco said.

She went on to say that she

will be giving up mashed potatoes this year to stay healthy.

“They will still be served, but I just won’t eat any,” Orozco said. “I will miss them, but for me, it is more important to stay healthy than have mashed potatoes.”

Get moving Lopez said, it is also important to add physical exertion to the Thanksgiving tradition.

“It starts to be really unhealthy when people, after consuming the large Thanksgiving meal, end up sitting around all day rather than going for a walk,” Lopez said. “Rather than sitting at home and watching football, go outside and play football.”

Lopez went on to say that even if you do slip and eat more than you intended to, it is easy to get right back up and continue to eating healthy for the rest of the year.

“I always tell my patients that it is easy to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and go right on eating healthy the day after,” Lopez said.

(Taryn White may be reached at 728-2568 or twhite@lmtonline.com)

NEW YORK — The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.

“It’s a good time to be alive,” announced author, Obama fan and fiction committee chair Gail Godwin, as she gracefully pulled out an envelope Wednesday night— in stated emulation of the president-elect — and revealed that Peter Matthiessen had won for “Shadow Country,” a thorough revision of a trilogy of novels released in the 1990s.

As the book industry faces a holiday season that Barnes & Noble Inc. head Len Riggio has said could be the worst in memory, it gathered on Wall Street, of all places, under the 70-foot ceiling and Wedgewood dome of Cipriani, dining on baked tagliolini and roast filet of beef, referring nervously to a ruinous stock market.

“Wall Street is not at the moment a street of riches, but of ruin and broken dreams,” attendee Ron Chernow, the business historian and former book award winner, told The Associated Press before the ceremony. “We’re having cocktails and wearing tuxedos and it doesn’t feel completely right.”

In his opening monologue, awards host Eric Bogosian joked about the gilded venue: “This was a bank once, and they built banks like this because banks never fail.”

But the night turned in to a virtual crowning of Obama as writer-reader-in-chief, a friend to book people in so many ways: as a fellow liberal and the first black presidentelect; as the author of two million-selling

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This Oct. 28, 2004, file photo shows author Peter Matthiessen posing for a portrait at his home in Sagaponack, N.Y. Matthiessen, 81, is a former National Book Award winner whom few expected to see nominated this year. books; as a public thinker who has boosted sales for Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lincoln biography, “Team of Rivals,” and for a work about the first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt’s administration, Jonathan Alter’s “The Defining Moment.”

Bogosian called Obama, “in the broadest sense of the word, a reader.” Noting that the president-elect has been openly influenced by “Team of Rivals,” Bogosian commented, “That’s just so cool.”

Honorary award winner Maxine Hong Kingston, who, like Obama, spent many years in Hawaii, praised his way of “putting things right by talking them through.” Fellow honorary winner Barney Rosset, the publisher and First Amendment agitator, called Obama “a dynamic leader,” a miracle.

Declared the 86-year-old Rosset, who walked gamely to the podium, with a cane, but grinned boldly: “For the first time in recent memory, I am not thinking of renouncing my American passport.”

Obama also starred in the acceptance speeches of the nonfiction winner, Annette Gordon-Reed (for “The Hemingses of Monticello”), and poetry winner Mark Doty (“‘Fire to Fire”), who cited the election and his recent marriage to his male partner: “We are on a path to equality for all Americans and nothing is going to turn us back.”

The winner for young people’s literature was “What I Saw and How I Lied,” by Judith Blundell, a former genre writer-for-hire.

Winners each received $10,000.

Matthiessen, a world traveler, naturalist and founder of the Paris Review, is one of the great names in modern letters, but few — including Matthiessen — expected to see him nominated this year. His novel, neither new nor old, condenses and deepens his epic about a ruthless landowner from the Florida Everglades.

Prize-winning author pens Champlain bio

By CHRIS CAROLA ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBANY, N.Y. — In most American text books, Samuel de Champlain serves as a sort of historical speed bump between Christopher Columbus and Lewis and Clark.

Pulitzer Prize-winning histo-

rian David Hackett Fischer believes Champlain deserves better treatment for his key role as leader of one of the earliest settlements in North America.

“He’s been vanishing from the seventh grade in the past 20 years,” said Fischer, author of “Champlain’s Dream,” a newly published biography of the 17th-

century French explorer.

A lake shared by New York, Vermont and Quebec bears Champlain’s name, as do colleges, communities and any number of entities on both sides of the U.S.Canada border. But until a recent resurgence of interest in Champlain tied to the 400th anniversary of his explorations, his many

accomplishments were often lumped with other European explorers who fell out of favor in academic circles during the late 20th century, Fischer said.

“Literature on him is like the century plant. It blooms every 100 years when he has an anniversary,” Fischer said in a recent interview.

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‘Bolt’ a familiar but sweet canine romp

Neo-country artist Kevin Fowler is scheduled to bring his brand of Texas music to the Casa Blanca Ballroom at 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday in a preThanksgiving concert.

By CHRISTY LEMIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Harmless as a puppy, “Bolt” comes bounding into theaters, stumbling over its big, goofy paws, wagging its fluffy tail and begging to play ball.

It’s sweet and eager to please but, sadly, nothing terribly special: Girl finds dog, girl loses dog, girl gets dog back. You’ve seen this sort of thing countless times before, namely in any movie with the word “Lassie” in the title.

But if you happen to be a girl who loves dogs, you may find yourself wiping away a tear or two.

This animated 3-D adventure follows a scrappy, white shelter mutt named Bolt (voiced

by John Travolta) who isn’t a superhero, but he plays one on TV. Trouble is, he has no idea he’s an actor in a role. He thinks he’s really saving plucky, young Penny (Miley Cyrus) — his “person,” as he’s so proud to call her — from bad guys and explosions over and over again.

When Bolt accidentally gets shipped across the country from Hollywood to New York City, in a totally contrived fashion, he must make that tried-and-true, intrepid trek back home.

Travolta, so often pigeonholed as a tough guy or an idiot or both, shows some lovely glimmers of vulnerability here, especially once he realizes he’s just a normal dog after all.

Along the way, he befriends the street-wise, wisecracking alley cat, Mittens (Susie Essman in a slightly less vulgar mode than you’d find her on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”), and the overeager, overfed hamster Rhino (the scenestealing Mark Walton), who’s obsessed with television and is totally psyched about the prospect of being Bolt’s crime-fighting sidekick. A sort of small, furry Louie Anderson look-alike, the delusional hamster is an unde-

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In this image released by Disney Enterprises, animated characters, from left, Rhino and Bolt are shown in a scene from the film “Bolt.” niable hoot but “Bolt” goes to him a few times too many for the reliable laugh; a little of Rhino goes a long way.

“Bolt” is the first animated feature created and executed under longtime Pixar guru John Lasseter, but it lacks the complexity of story and depth of character you so often find in previous Pixar releases such as “Toy Story,” “Monsters Inc.,” “The Incredibles” and this year’s outstanding “WALL-E.” The film is familiar rather than groundbreaking, safe when it should be moving. Call it an occupational haz-

ard: Lasseter is too good at what he does; it’s not a terrible problem to have.

As for the 3-D, it will suffice. “Bolt” could have survived without it and still have been as diverting. Thankfully, it doesn’t fling anything at you gratuitously, nor does it envelop you wholly like last year’s “Beowulf.” Rather, with the help of some inordinately sturdy dark glasses, the 3-D effect provides “Bolt” with a pleasing sense of texture, an effortless tangibility in the blades of grass or the hair on the back of the lost pup’s neck.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Pianos to play Hear works by Bach, Schumann and Chopin at the Texas A&M International University Fall Piano Student Recital on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Global Groove London are bringing Julieta Venegas’ “El Presente” Tour to the LEC on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, to help kick off the holiday season.

Tickets are still available through the Laredo Entertainment Center box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Ticket prices are $80, $60 and $40, with a special holiday ticket available at only $20.

Run,turkey,run Thursday marks the 29th annual Guajolote 10K Race, sponsored and organized by Hamilton Trophies.

The Thanksgiving Day tradition begins at 9 a.m. at the business, 1320 Garden St., and heads north to Santa Maria Avenue to Daisy Street before heading back south on San Bernardo Avenue to Hamilton Trophies.

This year, there will be 20 categories for runners, and there will be trophies for each of the first-, second- and third-place winners.

The best female runner and male runner will receive 6-foot-tall trophies.

Additionally, all the participants will get a medal.

To register, visit Hamilton Trophies. Registration costs $30 starting today.

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Fowler set to ‘Bring it On’ SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

From pubs and arenas to dance halls and county fairs, the name Kevin Fowler always means a full house and cheering crowds. And this Wednesday, he’ll be bringing it all to the Casa Blanca Ballroom at 10:30 p.m.

With his new CD “Bring It On,” Fowler delivers 100 percent Texan country with a heart of rock.

That’s no surprise to his myriad fans, who know every word of his honky-tonk anthems, such as “Beer, Bait, and Ammo,” “The Lord Loves a Drinking Man” and “Loose, Loud and Crazy.” In “Long Line

of Losers,” the new single on “Bring It On,” Fowler pokes fun at what he calls “that somebody in everyone’s family who annoys them, the relative who gets too drunk at the family reunion.”

A native of Amarillo who grew up listening to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard, Fowler rounded out his music education in Los Angeles, attending the Guitar Institute of Technology, then returned to Texas to join the award-winning hard rock band Dangerous Toys. He dabbled with his own Southern rock band, Thunderfoot, in the late ’90s before turning his full attention to his own vision of music.

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LAREDO — Texas A&M International University ofrecerá a partir del sábado un Curso de Preparación GRE para ayudar a perfeccionar las estrategias para toma de examenes.La Oficina de Programas Especiales de TAMIU ofrecerá las clases a partir del sábado 22 de noviembre y hasta el 10 de enero, cada sábado de 9 a.m. a 1 p.m. El próximo examen GRE está previsto para el sábado 21 de febrero. La tutoría es de 425 dólares e incluye la guía práctica Cambridge GRE Victory Book,CD-ROM, entre otras asesorías. Más información llamando al 326-2765.

NUEVO LAREDO — Coparmex y Gobierno Municipal presentan el lunes 24 de noviembre el erá inaugurado 9 a.m.en el Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo.

Entretenimiento

LAREDO — Pase la tarde en el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de la Texas A&M International University y explore “The Future is Wild” a las 6 p.m.,“Extreme Planets” a las 7 p.m., y, “U2 Fulldome Experience”a las 8 p.m., el sábado 22 de noviembre. La entrada general es de 5 dólares y de 4 dólares para niños, estudiantes de TAMIU, su personal y ex-alumnos. Más información llamando al 326-2444.

LAREDO — El lunes 24 de noviembre a las 10:30 a.m. se presentará la revista By George 2009 para la Celebración 112 por la Washington Birthday Celebration Associacion. Esto será en la oficina de la WBCA (1819 E. Hillside Rd.). By George es la revista oficial de la WBCA, cuyas fiestas serán del 22 de enero al 22 de febrero del 2009.

LAREDO — Julieta Venegas con su gira “El Presente”ofrecerá su recital el miércoles 26 de noviembre a las 8 p.m.en el Laredo Entertainment Center.

Los boletos tienen costo de 40, 60 y 80 dólares. Solamente se venderán 3000 boletos. Para información y comprar sus boletos puede llamar al (956) 7121566; ó bien puede adquirirlos en Ticketmaster.com. Un cargo por servicio se agrega a cada precio de boleto.

Cultura

LAREDO — El sábado 22 de noviembre se presenta la producción “Perfect World” de Linda Stockham, por parte del Taller de Actuación del Laredo Community College. El evento es a las 6:30 p.m. en el Arena Theater del Edificio Adkins. La entrada general es de 3 dólares por persona. Más información llamando al 721-5330.

NUEVO LAREDO – El grupo de teatro Expresión del Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo presenta el jueves 27 de noviembre la obra ‘Lilith vs Eva’ de Lorena Illoldi, a las 8 p.m. en el Teatro Lucio Blanco de la Casa de la Cultura. La entrada es gratuita.

Deportes

LAREDO — El cuarto evento anual de carrera/caminata Frontline 5K es el sábado 22 de noviembre a las 8 a.m. en el Lago Casa Blanca. La preinscripción es a las 7 a.m. La cuota de inscripción es de 20 dólares. Las ganancias se destinarán a la familia Loizos, cuyo hijo de 2 años padece de espina bífica.Más información llamando a Kristie Fitzhenry en el 237-3991 ó a Delia Mendez en el 285-6362.

LAREDO — El equipo de baloncesto femenil de Texas A&M International University jugará el domingo 23 de noviembre contra Johnson and Wales University a las 2 p.m. en canchas de TAMIU. La entrada general es de 5 dólares; de 3 dólares para estudiantes, y cualquiera con identificación de TAMIU. Más información llamando al 326-2891.

LAREDO — La tradicional Carrera del Guajolote es el Día de Acción de Gracias, jueves 27 de noviembre. Las inscripciones son el mismo jueves a partir de las 9 a.m. frente a Hamilton Trophies. Si tiene preguntas, favor de llamar a Hamilton Trophies en el (956) 724-9990 ó (956) 722-9463. También puede acudir a 1320 Garden. Las inscripciones también se estarán realizando en Hamilton Jewelry (607 Flores) ó llamando al (956) 722-9015.

Servicio Social

LAREDO — El miércoles 26 de noviembre es la última oportunidad para inscribirse al Desfile NavidadFest que se desarrollará el sábado 6 de diciembre a las 4 p.m. sobre la Avenida San Bernardo, desde el Civic Center hasta el Mercadito Plaza. El evento es organizado por la Ciudad de Laredo, el Centro para las Artes, La Posda Hotel, Main Streets Laredo y la Oficina del Consulado de México en Laredo. Para inscribirse puede llamar a Anita Stanley en el (956) 794-1760 ó escribir a astanley@ci.laredo.tx.us Para informar acerca de eventos y actividades envíe el nombre, fecha, hora y dirección, y un número de contacto a tiempo@lmtonline.com

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Dan bienvenida a nuevo Obispo Por MIGUELTIMOSHENKOV TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

UEVO LAREDO — En solemne celebración eucarística tomó posición canónica como Obispo de la Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo, Monseñor Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, el miércoles 19 de noviembre.

La Catedral del Espíritu Santo fue abarrotada por la feligresía, en tanto que al exterior fueron instaladas pantallas y sillas para que la ceremonia fuera presenciada por quienes no pudieron ingresar a observar la celebración.

Fue el Nuncio Apostólico Christopher Pierre quien presidió la ceremonia eucarística y en su homilía le pidió fortaleza y amor a sus semejantes. Que no se avergonzara del testimonio de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo y que conformaran su dedicación a la

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sombra de la doctrina que recibió en su apostolado.

“Proclama la palabra, insiste a tiempo, a destiempo, repele, amenaza, exhorta con toda paciencia y doctrina; vigila atentamente y comprometete no sólo con el consejo, la persuasión y el ejemplo, sino como autoridad”, dijo el Nuncio Pierre en su homilía.

El Nuncio Pierre pidió al Obispo Rodríguez ejercer la paternidad propia de un Obispo, trabajar por Nuevo Laredo y tomar en su mente las palabras del Apóstol San Pablo que enseñan el camino a seguir para ser un buen obispo y autorizado a utilizar el don de Dios que recibió.

En tanto el nuevo Obispo comprometió su ejercicio pastoral por el bienestar de los fronterizos e intensificará su gestión a favor de los migrantes, los enfermos y los pobres.

Foto de cortesía | Gobierno de Miguel Alemán

Alumnos realizan una tabla rítmica y pirámide durante el desfile por el 98 Aniversario de la Revolución Mexicana en Miguel Alemán el 20 de noviembre.

Familias honran a héroes mexicanos TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Miguel Alemán

Como en todo México, el jueves se realizaron ceremonias cívicas y desfiles para conmemorar el inicio de la Revolución Mexicana, en su 98 Aniversario.

El desfile, a diferencia del celebrado en septiembre, es tradicionalmente, cívico, revolucionario y deportivo, donde las escuelas participan con bailables, tablas rítmicas y pirámides humanas.

Los asistentes a los diversos desfiles apreciaron estatuas vivientes con las efigies de Francisco I. Madero, Alberto Carrera Torres, Venustiano Carranza y Emiliano Zapata, según comunicado de prensa del Gobierno del Estado.

En Ciudad Victoria se realizó el corte de listón de la muestra “Imágenes de la Revolución en Tamaulipas” en el Patio Central del Palacio de Gobierno. La muestra, compilada por Tomás Reséndez, fue conformada por fotografías de Robert Runyon sobre la Revolución Constitucionalista, las cuales forman parte del acervo de la Universidad de Texas.

En la celebración del XCVIII Aniversario de la Revolución Mexicana, el presidente municipal, Servando López Moreno, enfatizó que “en Miguel Alemán, la Revolución sigue viva” y en su mensaje conmemorativo dejó en claro que “aquí todos lo días luchamos por el fortalecimiento de la democracia que hemos conquistado y buscamos que la equidad y el desarrollo esté presente en cada familia, en cada colonia y en cada poblado de nuestro municipio”.

El jueves, primeramente se izó la Bandera Nacional por parte de la escolta del CBTis #125, institución que coordinó la realización del tradicional evento.

López Moreno dijo en ese marco que el pueblo y gobierno “honran la memoria y reconoce el sacrificio de aquellos que dieron su vida por tener el México libre y democrático con que ahora contamos”.

Posteriormente se llevó a cabo el tradicional desfile de la Revolución Mexicana, donde instituciones educativas presentaron tablas rítmicas y deportivas.

Foto por Miguel Timoshenkov | The Zapata Times

El Obispo de la Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo, Monseñor Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, al centro, saluda a feligreses a su salida de la Iglesia del Santo Niño, el miércoles por la tarde. A la izquierda, le acompaña el Padre Alberto Monjarás, Párroco de la citada Iglesia.

Familias acudieron a dar la bienvenida portando cartelones y globos blancos y amarillos.

En la ceremonia estuvo presente el jefe de gobierno Ramón Garza Barrios y su esposa, Rebeca Canales; miembros del cabildo y la grey católica.

Asistieron el Obispo James Tamayo, de Laredo, y los obispos de Houston, Austin, entre otras poblaciones.

Le acompañaron en la

solemne celebración el Cardenal Francisco Robles Ortega, el Arzobispo Metropolitano y el Obispo Ricardo Watty Urquidi, así como otros obispos de la región.

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US gas prices dip below Stocks jump on $2, lowest in 3-plus years Obama Cabinet report

By JOHN PORRETTO ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON — Only four months after peaking at an unheard-of $4.11 a gallon, the national average price for gasoline tumbled below $2 Friday, its lowest point in more than three years. Yet the global economic contrast between then and now could not be more stark.

On March 9, 2005, the last time gasoline cost less than $2 a gallon, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 10,805.63. After a huge rally Friday, the Dow closed at 8,046.42.

There was muted joy for consumers wading through an economy almost certainly in recession,

with thousands of jobs being lost and mortgage foreclosures continuing to rise to record levels.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, where oil futures seemed destined to breach $200 just a few months ago, pessimism was an understatement.

“At this point, all we can say with any degree of confidence is that crude oil … will not trade below zero,” trader and analyst Stephen Schork said Friday in a tongue-in-cheek analysis of the market’s swoon.

Crude has been in free-fall, shedding two-thirds of its value since July, and gasoline prices have followed. Some say oil could be headed below $40 a barrel and gasoline below $1.50.

Motorists in Independence, Mo., on Friday said they were paying $1.37 for a gallon of gas.

By TIM PARADIS and SARA LEPRO ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Wall Street got a boost of confidence late Friday following a report that Presidentelect Barack Obama plans to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary.

Stocks surged, with the Dow Jones industrial average jumping 325 points.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the market’s advance following the report by NBC News was because it was in favor of Geithner as the Treasury nominee or because investors are looking to pin down as many unknowns as possible

about the new administration. In addition, some on Wall Street have grown frustrated with outgoing Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson over his handling of the government’s effort to rescue the banking system.

The advance in stocks also came as the FDIC said it would guarantee up to $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks’ debt for more than three years as part of the government’s financial rescue plan. The directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted Friday to approve the plan, which is meant to break the crippling logjam in bank-to-bank lending.

Ahead of the report on Geithner, stocks had fluctuated Friday as Wall Street took a break from the heavy selling of recent days.

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TOURNAMENT | Continued from Page 1A since the bass tournament, the exposure has been extremely high.”

Mendoza said he hopes the industry will grow, especially because Zapata has only one industry, which contributes more than 90 percent to its overall economy.

“Ninety-two percent of our economy runs on

the oil and gas (industry), and I’d hate to see or to know what would happen when that production stops,” he said. “That’s why we need to work hard to bring larger organizations to our town.

“We live here in Zapata, and we see the lake, and sometimes people take it for

granted,” he said. “Standing out there when the sun is just coming up and you see that the lake is just covered with boats, it’s just awesome. It’s really something remarkable.”

(Julian Aguilar may be reached at 7282557 or jaguilar@lmtonline.com)

MHMR | Continued from Page 1A around the house and fight with his wife.

Salinas said he constantly had thoughts of suicide. He would make up ways to kill himself.

He often heard voices and saw shadows that told him to abandon his family. He could not eat and lost energy to do anything.

“One time I almost took a rifle and I was ready to take my life but I felt a voice that said ‘Don’t do it.

Think about your kids,’” Salinas said. “I put away the rifle and I didn’t do it.”

Despite the fighting and aggressive behavior toward each other, Salinas and his wife didn’t know they were suffering from mental illness.

A family member recognized the couple’s problems in 2003 and suggested they seek help at Border Region MHMR Community Center.

Border Region provides medical and pharmacological services

for consumers, including residents of Zapata County, allowing them to receive new, costly medications that help reduce negative psychiatric symptoms and improve their quality of life.

“Around that time, my wife and I were ready to divorce each other, the fighting was too much,” Salinas said. “We decided to come here and on Dec. 16, 2003, they started helping us here at the clinic.”

Both received counseling and medicine to help them function in their everyday lives.

“There were a lot of changes in us,” Salinas said. “We were done fighting because of the medicine we were receiving from them. Now, we have gotten better by about 90 percent and

we feel good. I don’t think we could do it without it. It’s so hard.”

Qualified mental health professional Sara Zamora said treatment at Border Region can last a lifetime since mental illness can be chronic.

“He’s made a lot of progress,” Zamora said. “When he first came here, he was diagnosed with major depression. His symptoms were very severe. He had a lack of energy, irritability, conflicts with all of his family.”

Border region offers case management, psychiatric services, referrals and skills training services to assist consumers.

“Skills training services can help a person learn more about their illness and skills for how to cope with their symptoms,” Zamora said. “Skills for depression, time management, anxiety, problem solving are all things we can help with, life stresses.”

Zamora hopes the community

becomes more informed about mental illness so they can recognize symptoms and seek help if they are suffering from it.

“There’s still a lot of discrimination and ignorance about it,” she said. “The more information, the better. If they get information about what mental illness is, maybe they can access the help in time before something bad happens.”

Salinas is grateful for the help he has received from Border Region.

He is still unable to work because of the constant pain of his back injury. His marriage and family life have greatly improved now that most of his symptoms have decreased or completely disappeared.

“Hopefully, people can know that they can get help here,” Salinas said.

For more information about Border Region, call 728-8594 or visit 1500 Pappas St. in Laredo.

LAKEVIEW | Continued from Page 1A lost in time until his heirs prevailed in a dispute over settlers’ rights.

A land grant search by Jose Maria Peña, Laredo author of “Inherit the Dust from the Four Winds of Revilla” (2000), showed Escandon had been favored with 642 leagues, the equivalent of 2.8 million acres that stretched to the lower Valley lands of modern-day Reyonosa across the river from today’s Hidalgo.

Ironically, the only Escandon monument this writer ever saw in the region was in Rio Grande City, not in Guerrero (Revilla) or the neighboring towns of Mier and Aleman.

In the book, “Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas,” the authors quoted the inscription of the Escandon monument: “In memory of the greatest colonizer of Northern Mexico, Jose de Escandon, who directed exploration from Tampico to the San Antonio River, laid out 23 towns; founded missions, opened roads and established settlers, 17461755.”

Some historians in the region have referred to Escandon as the father of South Texas. Descendants of these early families and pioneers are part of an organization named rightfully called the Las Porciones Society with offices in Edinburg.

A professor of history at Pan American told this writer membership in the association includes mostly individuals tied to land grants along the frontier counties of Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy and Cameron.

The late Ernesto Zertuche, a leading Monterrey historian, held that Escandon was smart in going to Nuevo Leon and Coahuila to recruit families to settle the frontier towns.

Zertuche said the Nuevo Leon and Coahuila regions were rough environs — hot, dry, arid territory full of wildlife hazards and often barbarous Indians.

“People in the region had heard of Jose de Escandon and his reputation as a tough military leader and had experience in dealing with the Indians,” Zertuche would tell visitors

of his native Lampazos, the community center for seven ejido settlements surrounded by the mountains of the Sierra Madre (Gorda).

“He was always in the good graces of the representatives of the Crown in Nueva España. His good standing in Madrid brought him many honors, but it also caused some of his subordinates, envious of his successes, to turn against him.”

In his “Four Winds of Revilla,” Jose Maria Peña observed that Escandon became known in the King’s court by many titles, including Knight of the Order of St. James, Regiment Colonel of the City of Queretaro, Lieutenant Captain General of Sierra Gorda and its Missions, Fortresses and Frontiers, and Lieutenant of his Excellency the Viceroy of New Spain.

Peña wrote that three of the settlements were named after Don Jose — Santander, Soto de la Marina and Escandon.

(To reach Odie Arambula, send e-mail to oarambula@stx.rr.com)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008

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SENATOR | Continued from Page 1A to college students who are struggling to meet the rising costs of higher education by allowing them to purchase textbooks tax-free during the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.

SB 23, which would provide 12-month, continuous Medicaid eligibility for a child younger than 19 and require the child to remain eligible for medical assistance.

SB 24, which would eliminate the 60-day waiting period before a divorce is granted in cases where a spouse has been convicted of an offense in which assault or threats against the victim were made.

SB 25, which would provide statutory extension of the Promoting Independence Advisory Council (PIAC).

SB 26, which would provide that prosthetic and orthotic devices be included in health plans.

SB 27, which would assist persons with low-incomes to build a modest savings account, budget against unexpected expenses, and plan for future expenditures by authorizing the creation of a statewide Individual Development Account (IDA) pro-

gram. IDAs would provide savings incentives and opportunities to eligible low-income, employed persons ZAFFIRINI or households.

SB 28, which would combat the use of botnets — a collection of compromised computers used to perpetrate cybercrime.

SB 29, which would promote student safety by including cyberbullying as a form of bullying in student discipline policy. It would focus attention on this growing problem and give district administrators more leverage to discipline students who engage in bullying via electronic means.

Bills are numbered chronologically as they are filed, though 120 were reserved by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for his priorities, which include education, higher education and health and human services.

Because hers were the first Senate bills filed for 2009, Zaffirini’s are numbered 21-65.

“Our pre-filing reflects how hard my staff and I worked during the interim, in spite of primary and general election campaigns,” she said. “We look forward to filing additional bills, especially as we finalize the interim reports developed by the Senate Finance Higher Education and Senate Higher Education Subcommittees, which I chair.”

Zaffirini has passed 587 bills since 1987, including 72 during the 2007 session and 13 local bills in collaboration with constituents.

She also has sponsored and passed 51 substantive resolutions and co-sponsored and passed another 278 bills.

“I look forward to working with Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst and my colleagues in the legislature to enact these and other bills that will address priority issues such as education, health, human services, economic development, job creation, water, natural resources and the economy,” Zaffirini said. “The well-being of families and communities of Senate District 21 and Texas is my main focus.”

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008

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Sports&Outdoors Zapata hoops ready for tip-off Villarreal, Hawks looking for fresh start

By DENNIS SILVA II THE ZAPATA TIMES

First-year Zapata boys’ basketball coach Juan Villarreal’s emphasis this season is clear.

Teamwork.

The Hawks went 10-18 last season, 2-6 in District 32-3A play. And while their two standout players – senior Rene Garcia and sophomore Andrew Magee – are superior talents, Villarreal knows it will take much more in an improved district.

Zapata opened its season on Tuesday with a loss

to Martin at home.

“I’m hoping these kids buy into what I’m trying to teach them,” Villarreal said. “It’s amazing what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit.”

Garcia and Magee will certainly help matters as both were honorable mention all-district honors last season.

“They’re both very important but we must remember that it takes a team to win,” Villarreal

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Guerra hoping for stronger beginning

By DENNIS SILVA II THE ZAPATA TIMES

Zapata girls’ basketball coach Clyde Guerra Jr. knows what his team must do this season in spite of finishing 2007-08 as an area playoff finalist.

“Improve on last year,” he said.

The Lady Hawks went 13-20 in 2007, 5-5 in District 32-3A play.

Things don’t get easier, as they enter a tougher district.

“Hidalgo and La Feria are

very sound, well-coached teams,” Guerra said. “Port Isabel and Raymondville are always very competitive. Our goal is to battle for a playoff spot.

“Every game will be a great challenge for our girls.”

La Feria advanced to the regional playoffs last year, as did Hidalgo.

Port Isabel fell to Zapata in the bi-district playoffs, and Raymondville advanced to the area playoffs.

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32-3A honors T HANKSGIVING RIVALRY selected ANOTHER UPSET IN THE MAKING? TEXAS A&M (4-7) AT NO. 4 TEXAS (10-1) 7 P.M. THURSDAY, NOV. 27

By DENNIS SILVA II THE ZAPATA TIMES

Sherman uses Bunsen burner again to spur Aggies

By CHRIS DUNCAN

All-District 32-3A volleyball selections were announced earlier this week.

Zapata sophomore Brandi King was named Newcomer of the Year.

Teammate Tessa Moss was named to the all-district first team, and Lynda Leyva was named to the second team.

Hidalgo’s Cynthia A. Viesca was named Coach of the Year, with star player senior Victoria Gonzalez taking home Most Valuable Player.

Port Isabel senior Gena Garza was named Offensive Player of the Year. La Feria senior Melanie Leija was named Defensive Player of the Year.

Libero of the Year went to Hidalgo sophomore Nashae Owens, Lyford junior Alexis Lopez and Raymondville senior Ashley Alfaro.

Setter of the Year went to Port Isabel’s Lucy Salinas.

First-team all-district honors went to Hidalgo’s Isamar Negrete, La Feria’s Hannah Wolf, Port Isabel’s Cassie Martinez, Raymondville’s Natalie Silva, Rio Hondo’s Kaylene Betancourt and Zapata’s Tessa Moss.

Second team all-district honors went to Hidalgo’s Yazmin Aguilar, Lyford’s Lanelli Perez and Nanette Salinas, Port Isabel’s Jazmin Zurita, Progreso’s Cynthia Cameron and Zapata’s Lynda Leyva.

Honorable mention went to Hidalgo’s Cristina

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Hawks XC complete strong ’08 THE ZAPATA TIMES

The Zapata boys’ and girls’ cross country teams finished their spectacular 2008 season last weekend at the state meet in Round Rock.

The Hawks were one of just 12 teams to qualify for the state meet. The boys’ team placed fifth, and the girls’ placed 12th.

Senior Raul Serna was the top individual finisher for the Hawks.

He placed 17th.

The Hawk boys’ team consisted of Serna, Keith Cobb, Juan Alvarado, Danny Garcia, Jerry ChaGARCIA pa, O.J. Quintanilla, Edgar Hernandez and Luis Olvera.

The girls’ team consisted of Michelle Garcia, Marlena Garcia, Amber Guzman, Maritza Garcia, Alba Jasso, Kristina Garcia, Adrianna Ramirez and Gloria Jaurgeui.

Michelle Garcia, a junior, became only the third female cross SERNA country runner in Zapata High history to advance to state individually.

The regional title was the fifth victory of the season for the Lady Hawks, earning them a trip back to the state meet for the first time since 2005.

Mike Villarreal coaches the cross country teams.

“He’s always doing something like that,” said McGee. “He’s been around football players for so long, he has a great way to relate to young guys.”

The Aggies (4-7, 2-5 Big 12) wrap up their regular season against fourth-ranked Texas (101, 6-1) in Austin on Thanksgiving Day.

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OLLEGE STATION — A Bunsen burner has turned into a handy motivational prop for Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman.

A few weeks ago, Sherman talked about using one of the openflamed contraptions to illustrate that hot water boils with only a small increase in temperature, drawing the parallel with players’ levels of effort.

He pulled out the burner again at another recent team meeting and heated up a marshmallow, a jelly bean and a steel ball, comparing how each object reacted to the heat with how players handle pressure.

The marshmallow melted immediately, the jelly bean withstood the heat for a few moments before burning up and the steel ball absorbed the heat and lost its impurities in the process.

“You talk about three different types of people: marshmallows, jelly beans and rocks,” Sherman said Thursday. “What are you?

You take a marshmallow, the heat gets turned up, adversity’s in your face and the pressure’s really high. Are you a marshmallow?

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Double dipping

Photo by David J. Phillip | AP

Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee’s pads stick out of his jersey after he was tackled during the fourth quarter of the Aggies’ 66-28 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov. 8, in College Station.

You put the marshmallow over the Bunsen burner and it ignites almost simultaneously. Who’s a marshmallow?

“If a kid doesn’t have a great practice, or doesn’t demonstrate the integrity of practice,” Sherman said, “maybe he even finds a marshmallow in his locker.”

Sherman said he tries to come up with creative ways to make points to his team to break up the monotony of the long season.

“These kids in this day and age — and not just in college, but in the NFL — each week, you have to give them new motivation, new reasons to win,” Sherman said. “Sometimes, they lose sight of, ‘Why are we doing this? Why do we really have to win this ballgame? You try to connect them with little hooks.”

Senior quarterback Stephen McGee said the players get the messages — along with a few good laughs.

Most families in Texas spend their Thanksgivings eating a big meal and watching football. The Bennetts have added incentive to catch the games.

In the late afternoon, former A&M tight end Martellus Bennett and his current team, the Dallas Cowboys, will play Seattle at Texas Stadium. Just about the time that game will end, younger brother Michael and the Aggies will kick off against Texas.

Michael, a senior defensive end, didn’t seem to know how his parents were going to manage the doubleheader. But he knew which game they would prefer to see.

“I think my parents like college football more than they like the NFL,” Michael said. “They like the

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Texas quarterback Colt McCoy rewriting records THE ZAPATA TIMES

Colt McCoy’s junior season has been a historic one, to say the least, in numerous aspects.

To name a few, the fourth-year quarterback from Tuscola has set career marks along the way in 2008 for total offense, passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns and touchdowns responsible for.

Last Saturday, that trend continued. The Longhorns’ 35-7 victory over Kansas was the 30th of McCoy’s career as a UT starter, pulling him even with Vince Young for the UT record.

“That’s pretty special,” McCoy said of his most recent milestone. “I think that’s a dream for any quarterback that ever has a chance to compete or play, to win a lot of football games.

For my name to be mentioned in the same sentence with Vince and all the great quarterbacks that have ever played here is pretty special.”

“It makes you feel good,” said offensive coordinator Greg Davis of his junior signal caller.

“I know he feels good about it because he respects Vince and what he had done. Mainly it’s a tribute to how hard he’s worked.”

McCoy, who is in heavy consideration for the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, O’Brien Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, is putting together one of the greatest seasons ever by a Longhorn quarterback in his junior campaign, and the numbers are there to testify.

Saturday’s game saw McCoy break his own single-season record for TD passes with his

Photo by L.M. Otero | AP

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy passes during the first half of the Longhorns’39-33 loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock on Saturday, Nov. 1.

29th and 30th. In addition, he passed the 3,000yard passing mark for the season and is one of only two players in the nation who have thrown for 3,000 yards and rushed for 500 yards, along with Rice’s Chase Clement.

But the recipe for success was in place before McCoy ever took a snap for Texas. Davis remembers the way McCoy handled himself upon arriving in Austin.

“He had a very quiet confidence about himself,” Davis said. “He never wavered during (the recruiting) process. He comes in, Vince leaves early, Jevan Snead is an early graduate — he never wavered. Then he becomes the guy and has a phenomenal freshman year.”

McCoy, who arrived in 2005, used a redshirt year to familiarize himself with the offensive scheme and learn from his legendary predecessor. Senior wide receiver Quan Cosby recalls a tight relationship between McCoy and Young during the 2005 National Championship season, a major reason why the two quarterbacks are similar in so many ways.

“When Vince was here, Colt was in (the meeting room with him) every time,” Cosby said. “He was definitely under Vince’s wing and saw how to lead a team.

“More than anything, the way they handle the offense in the huddle is probably the most similar. They’re both even keel, regardless of what the score is or what’s going on.”

“It meant a lot,” McCoy said of the year as Young’s understudy. “I couldn’t have learned from anybody better than him. He was a great leader and obviously a great player. During that time that I had to study and learn the game, learn how the college game works, to play behind him was pretty good.”

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Zscores CHL NORTHERN CONFERENCE Northeast Division W L OTL Pts GF GA Oklahoma City 10 1 2 22 43 23 Bossier-Shreveport8 3 1 17 46 30 Mississippi 7 6 0 14 41 40 Tulsa 3 6 1 7 26 49 Northwest Division W L OTL Pts GF GA Colorado 11 2 0 22 59 40 Rapid City 3 4 4 10 42 47 Wichita 4 7 1 9 34 46 Rocky Mountain 3 7 1 7 27 47 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Southeast Division W L OTL Pts GF GA Laredo 9 4 0 18 44 30 Texas 7 3 1 15 38 33 Rio Grande Valley6 2 2 14 36 28 Corpus Christi 4 6 1 9 41 44 Southwest Division W L OTL Pts GF GA Odessa 7 5 1 15 55 42 Arizona 6 7 1 13 51 55 New Mexico 5 8 1 11 50 61 Amarillo 4 9 0 8 36 54 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for loss in overtime or shootout.

Overtime or shootout losses are only denoted in the OTL column, not the loss column.

Thursday’s Games Laredo 4, Rio Grande Valley 2 Oklahoma City 3, Amarillo 2 Friday’s Games Rio Grande Valley at Odessa Texas at Wichita Mississippi at Tulsa Rapid City at Colorado Bossier-Shreveport at Rocky Mountain Arizona at New Mexico Saturday’s Games Mississippi at Corpus Christi Tulsa at Texas Oklahoma City at Wichita Amarillo at Laredo Odessa at Rio Grande Valley Bossier-Shreveport at Colorado Rapid City at Rocky Mountain Arizona at New Mexico Sunday’s Games Wichita at Tulsa Texas at Oklahoma City

NFL All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 7 3 0 .700 289 221 Miami 6 4 0 .600 209 197 New England 6 4 0 .600 219 194 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 219 218 South W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 10 0 01.000 244 131 Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 224 224 Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 212 210 Houston 3 7 0 .300 236 287 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 236 160 Baltimore 6 4 0 .600 222 180 Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 201 221 Cincinnati 1 9 1 .136 148 276 West W L T Pct PF PA 6 4 0 .600 248 271 Denver San Diego 4 6 0 .400 254 229 Oakland 2 8 0 .200 128 235 Kansas City 1 9 0 .100 165 273 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 9 1 0 .900 292 170 Washington 6 4 0 .600 181 182 Dallas 6 4 0 .600 230 229 Philadelphia 5 4 1 .550 264 193 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 8 2 0 .800 222 155 Tampa Bay 7 3 0 .700 219 160 Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 231 198 New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 266 249 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 5 5 0 .500 274 209 Chicago 5 5 0 .500 240 231 Minnesota 5 5 0 .500 223 234 Detroit 0 10 0 .000 173 308 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 7 3 0 .700 289 228 San Francisco 3 7 0 .300 230 275 Seattle 2 8 0 .200 190 257 2 8 0 .200 144 317 St. Louis Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 10 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m.

Washington at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at San Diego, 8:15 p.m.

Monday’s Game Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 27 Tennessee at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 30 Miami at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at N.Y. Jets, 4:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New England, 4:15 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 1 Jacksonville at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct GB Boston 11 2 .846 — New York 6 5 .545 4 Toronto 6 5 .545 4 Philadelphia 5 6 .455 5 New Jersey 4 6 .400 5½ Southeast W L Pct GB Orlando 8 3 .727 — Atlanta 7 4 .636 1

Miami Charlotte Washington

6 6 .500 2½ 3 7 .300 4½ 1 8 .111 6 Central W L Pct GB Cleveland 9 3 .750 — Detroit 8 4 .667 1 Indiana 5 5 .500 3 Chicago 5 7 .417 4 Milwaukee 5 8 .385 4½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest W L Pct GB Houston 7 5 .583 — New Orleans 5 5 .500 1 San Antonio 5 6 .455 1½ Dallas 5 7 .417 2 Memphis 4 7 .364 2½ Northwest W L Pct GB Denver 8 4 .667 — Utah 8 4 .667 — Portland 7 5 .583 1 Minnesota 2 8 .200 5 Oklahoma City 1 11 .083 7 Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 9 1 .900 — Phoenix 8 5 .615 2½ Golden State 5 6 .455 4½ Sacramento 5 8 .385 5½ L.A. Clippers 2 9 .182 7½ Thursday’s Games Boston 98, Detroit 80 L.A. Lakers 105, Phoenix 92 Friday’s Games Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Utah at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

New York at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Chicago at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.

Golden State at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL All Times EST Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 14 6 2 30 60 51 Pittsburgh 12 4 3 27 62 52 New Jersey 9 7 2 20 49 49 Philadelphia 7 6 4 18 58 57 N.Y. Islanders 7 9 2 16 46 56 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 12 3 4 28 62 45 Montreal 11 5 2 24 56 48 Buffalo 9 6 3 21 54 54 Toronto 7 8 4 18 59 67 Ottawa 6 9 4 16 44 50 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 11 5 3 25 64 58 Carolina 10 7 2 22 51 56 Atlanta 7 9 2 16 53 64 Tampa Bay 5 7 6 16 39 53 Florida 7 10 1 15 42 52 Western Conference Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 13 2 3 29 68 55 Chicago 9 4 5 23 66 52 Nashville 9 8 1 19 56 61 Columbus 8 8 3 19 58 65 St. Louis 6 8 2 14 50 55 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA 12 6 2 26 63 49 Vancouver Minnesota 11 5 1 23 44 34 Calgary 11 8 1 23 57 63 Edmonton 9 9 2 20 53 62 Colorado 8 10 0 16 45 53 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 16 3 1 33 73 49 Anaheim 10 8 2 22 61 64 Los Angeles 8 8 2 18 47 47 Phoenix 8 8 1 17 42 44 Dallas 6 9 3 15 51 68 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2 New Jersey 3, Florida 1 Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, SO Vancouver 3, Minnesota 2 Chicago 6, Dallas 3 Detroit 4, Edmonton 3 Calgary 1, Colorado 0 Los Angeles 5, Washington 2 Friday’s Games Phoenix at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 3 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Washington at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Nashville at Carolina, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

NCAA Football Top 25 Schedule All Times EDT Saturday, Nov. 22 No. 2 Texas Tech at No. 5 Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

No. 3 Florida vs. The Citadel, 1:30 p.m.

No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 17 Michigan State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 8 Utah vs. No. 16 BYU, 6 p.m.

No. 9 Boise State at Nevada, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008

No. 10 Ohio State vs. Michigan, Noon No. 15 TCU vs. Air Force, 3:30 p.m.

No. 18 LSU vs. Mississippi, 3:30 p.m.

No. 19 Cincinnati vs. No. 20 Pittsburgh, 7:15 p.m.

No. 21 Oregon State at Arizona, 7 p.m.

No. 22 Maryland vs. Florida State, 7:45 p.m.

No. 25 North Carolina vs. North Carolina State, Noon

NCAA Men’s Basketball Schedule All Times EST Saturday, Nov. 22 EAST St. Peter’s at Boston U., 1 p.m.

Drexel at Georgetown, 1 p.m.

St. Francis, NY at Hartford, 2 p.m.

Maine at Providence, 2 p.m.

Howard at St. John’s, 2 p.m.

Wagner at Stony Brook, 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Niagara, 4 p.m.

Hampton at Towson, 5 p.m.

Marist vs. Robert Morris at the RAC, Piscataway, N.J., 5:30 p.m.

Cent. Connecticut St. at Albany, N.Y., 7 p.m.

Northwestern at Brown, 7 p.m.

Long Island U. at Canisius, 7 p.m.

Colgate at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

Manhattan at Fordham, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross at Northeastern, 7 p.m.

Monmouth, N.J. at Penn, 7 p.m.

Indiana, Pa. at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Va. Commonwealth at Rhode Island, 7 p.m.

Cornell at Siena, 7 p.m.

Bucknell at St. Francis, Pa., 8 p.m.

SOUTH Delaware St. at Kentucky, Noon Georgia Tech at Mercer, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Savannah St., 1 p.m.

S.C.-Upstate at South Carolina, 1 p.m.

George Washington at Auburn, 2 p.m.

Wis.-Green Bay vs. Marshall at the Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Fla., 2 p.m.

Nicholls St. at Tulane, 3 p.m.

UNC Asheville at Campbell, 3:15 p.m.

Jacksonville St. at Georgia St., 4 p.m.

UAB at Old Dominion, 4 p.m.

Morgan St. vs. Utah at the Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Fla., 4:15 p.m.

George Mason at East Carolina, 4:30 p.m.

Clemson at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

UMKC at Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Florida St., 7 p.m.

American U. at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

Longwood at Md.-Eastern Shore, 7 p.m.

High Point at N.C. State, 7 p.m.

S. Utah at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m.

Navy at William & Mary, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati Christian at The Citadel, 7:05 p.m.

Toccoa Falls at Charleston Southern, 7:30 p.m.

Ohio at Austin Peay, 8 p.m.

Fairleigh Dickinson at Mississippi St., 8 p.m.

W. Kentucky at Murray St., 8 p.m.

Elon at Tenn.-Martin, 8 p.m.

Talladega at Alabama A&M, 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST W. Illinois at Cincinnati, Noon E. Illinois at IPFW, 1 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Ball St., 2 p.m.

Ind.-South Bend at Butler, 2 p.m.

Wright St. at Cent. Michigan, 2 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Nebraska, 2 p.m.

Boston College at Saint Louis, 2 p.m.

Loyola of Chicago at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.

Oral Roberts at Creighton, 3:05 p.m.

Coppin St. at Purdue, 6 p.m.

Kansas St. at Cleveland St., 7 p.m.

Indiana-East at IUPUI, 7 p.m.

E. Michigan at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Allegheny at Youngstown St., 7:35 p.m.

DePaul at Ill.-Chicago, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Evansville, 8:05 p.m.

Arkansas at Missouri St., 8:05 p.m.

Wis.-Milwaukee at Marquette, 8:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Southern U. at Baylor, 2 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

E. Kentucky at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Houston Baptist vs. Illinois St. at Moody Coliseum, Dallas, 6 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Ark.-Little Rock, 8 p.m.

McNeese St. at TCU, 8 p.m.

East Central at Texas-San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Denver at Lamar, 8:05 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Cent. Arkansas, 8:30 p.m.

Alabama St. at SMU, 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Harvard at Colorado, 4 p.m.

Fresno St. at San Diego St., 4 p.m.

Wofford vs. Texas-Pan American at Clune Arena, Colorado Springs, Colo., 4:30 p.m.

N. Arizona at UC Riverside, 6 p.m.

Colo.-Colo. Springs at Air Force, 7 p.m.

Weber St. at Long Beach St., 7:05 p.m.

North Florida vs. Rice at the Marriott Center, Provo, Utah, 8 p.m.

Johnson & Wales, Colo. at Wyoming, 8 p.m.

UCF at New Mexico, 9 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at Utah Valley St., 9 p.m.

Idaho St. at Boise St., 9:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado St., 10 p.m.

N. Carolina A&T at UNLV, 10 p.m.

Texas-Arlington at E. Washington, 10:05 p.m.

N. Dakota St. at Idaho, 10:05 p.m.

Oregon St. at Nevada, 10:05 p.m.

Cal Poly at BYU, 10:30 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS Billy Minardi Classic At Louisville, Ky. First Round Morehead St. at Louisville, 5:30 p.m.

Florida A&M vs. South Alabama, 8 p.m.

Tyler Ugolyn Columbia Classic At New York Third Place, 6 p.m.

Championship, 8 p.m.

USVI Paradise Jam At St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Consolation Bracket Southern Miss.-Miami loser vs. La SalleConnecticut loser, 6 p.m.

San Diego-Valparaiso loser vs. Iona-Wisconsin loser, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 23 EAST Rider at Lafayette, 1 p.m.

Furman at Duquesne, 2 p.m.

New Hampshire at Penn St., 2 p.m.

St. Bonaventure at Rutgers, 2 p.m.

Princeton at Army, 2:30 p.m.

Delaware vs. Marist at the RAC, Piscataway, N.J., 4 p.m.

SOUTH Wis.-Green Bay vs. Morgan St. at the Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Fla., 11 a.m.

Montana at Duke, 1 p.m.

Northwestern St. at LSU, 3 p.m.

Marshall vs. Mississippi at the Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Fla., 4 p.m.

MIDWEST Bethune-Cookman at Dayton, 2 p.m.

North Texas at Indiana St., 2 p.m.

UNC Wilmington at Kent St., 2 p.m.

S. Dakota St. at Drake, 3:05 p.m.

Jackson St. at Illinois, 4 p.m.

Texas Southern at N. Iowa, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland, Mich. at Iowa, 6:05 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Grambling St. at Oklahoma St., 4 p.m.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Tulsa, 4:05 p.m.

Houston Baptist vs. Alabama St. at Moody Coliseum, Dallas, 6 p.m.

Ecclesia at Prairie View, 8:30 p.m.

Illinois St. at SMU, 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Pepperdine at Arizona St., 4 p.m.

Colo.-Colo. Springs vs. Texas-Pan American at Clune Arena, Colorado Springs, Colo., 4:30 p.m.

Portland at UC Davis, 5 p.m.

Cal St.-Fullerton at Portland St., 5:05 p.m.

Wofford at Air Force, 7 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS Billy Minardi Classic At Louisville, Ky. Third Place, 1 p.m.

Championship, 4 p.m.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off At San Juan, P.R. Seventh Place, 10:30 a.m.

Fifth Place, 12:30 p.m.

Third Place, 5 p.m.

Championship, 7:30 p.m.

USVI Paradise Jam At St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Semifinals Southern Miss.-Miami winner vs. La Salle-Connecticut winner, 6 p.m.

San Diego-Valparaiso winner vs. IonaWisconsin winner, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 24 EAST Cornell vs. Loyola of Chicago at Carnesecca Arena, New York, 5:45 p.m.

Old Westbury at Hofstra, 7 p.m.

St. Francis, Pa. at Lehigh, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville St. at Massachusetts, 7 p.m.

N.J. Tech at Towson, 7 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at Wagner, 7 p.m.

E. Michigan at St. John’s, 8 p.m.

SOUTH Arizona vs. MVSU at Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga., 5:45 p.m.

James Madison vs. Loyola, Md. at John M. Belk Arena, Davidson, N.C., 5:45 p.m.

VMI at Campbell, 7 p.m.

Richmond at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.

W. Illinois at Florida St., 7 p.m.

Longwood at Kentucky, 7 p.m.

Lipscomb at Samford, 7 p.m.

Johnson & Wales, Fla. at Stetson, 7 p.m.

Toledo at Fla. International, 7:30 p.m.

Coll. of Charleston at S. Carolina St., 7:30 p.m.

Florida Atlantic at Davidson, 8 p.m.

Santa Clara at Georgia, 8 p.m.

San Jose St. at Presbyterian, 8 p.m.

ETSU at Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

Winston-Salem at Wake Forest, 8 p.m.

Miles at Tennessee St., 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST UMKC at Bradley, 5 p.m.

St. Leo at Cleveland St., 5 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Wright St., 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Bowling Green at Ohio St., 8 p.m.

Centenary at Wichita St., 8:05 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Jacksonville at Baylor, 8 p.m.

UNLV at UTEP, 9:05 p.m.

FAR WEST CS Northridge at New Mexico, 9 p.m.

Montana St. at Boise St., 9:05 p.m.

Yale at Oregon St., 10 p.m.

UC Santa Barbara at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

Idaho at E. Washington, 10:05 p.m.

N. Carolina A&T at California, 10:30 p.m.

Iowa St. at Hawaii, 12:05 a.m.

TOURNAMENTS EA Sports Maui Invitational At Lahaina, Hawaii First Round Saint Joseph’s vs. Texas, 3 p.m.

Indiana vs. Notre Dame, 5 p.m.

North Carolina at Chaminade, 9:30 p.m.

Oregon vs. Alabama, Mid O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic At Kansas City, Mo. Semifinals Syracuse vs. Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas vs. Washington, 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 25 EAST Cornell vs. E. Michigan at Carnesecca Arena, New York, 5:45 p.m.

Old Dominion at Bucknell, 7 p.m.

Binghamton at Cent. Connecticut St., 7 p.m.

Albany, N.Y. at Columbia, 7 p.m.

Furman at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

Vermont at Delaware, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Md.-Eastern Shore at Navy, 7 p.m.

Belmont at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Hartford at Rhode Island, 7 p.m.

Youngstown St. at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

Mississippi St. at St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m.

American U. at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

Delaware St. at West Virginia, 7 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Maine, 7:30 p.m.

Penn St. at Penn, 7:30 p.m.

Monmouth, N.J. at Villanova, 7:30 p.m.

Niagara at Buffalo, 8 p.m.

Boston U. at Northeastern, 8 p.m.

Loyola of Chicago at St. John’s, 8 p.m.

SOUTH UMKC at Richmond, 5 p.m.

Santa Clara vs. Arizona at Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga., 5:45 p.m.

James Madison vs. Florida Atlantic at John M. Belk Arena, Davidson, N.C., 5:45 p.m.

Va. Commonwealth at East Carolina, 7 p.m.

Bradley at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s, Md. at George Mason, 7 p.m.

Ill.-Chicago at Howard, 7 p.m.

Winthrop at N.C. State, 7 p.m.

Duquesne at S.C.-Upstate, 7 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

High Point at South Florida, 7 p.m.

Liberty at Virginia, 7 p.m.

Radford at William & Mary, 7 p.m.

UNC Asheville at Wofford, 7 p.m.

The Citadel at Charleston Southern, 7:30 p.m.

Thiel at E. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at Auburn, 8 p.m.

Savannah St. at Clemson, 8 p.m.

Loyola, Md. at Davidson, 8 p.m.

West Georgia at Fla. International, 8 p.m.

MVSU at Georgia, 8 p.m.

Stephen F.Austin at Louisiana-Monroe, 8

p.m.

Talladega at Southern U., 8 p.m.

Arkansas St. at Tenn.-Martin, 8 p.m.

Albany, Ga. at Tulane, 8 p.m.

Oral Roberts at Louisiana-Lafayette, 8:05 p.m.

Lambuth at Austin Peay, 8:30 p.m.

Georgia St. at Troy, 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Cleveland St. at Toledo, 4 p.m.

Urbana at Akron, 7 p.m.

Indiana-East at IPFW, 7 p.m.

Mercer at Dayton, 7:30 p.m.

E. Illinois at IUPUI, 7:30 p.m.

Oakland, Mich. at Kansas St., 8 p.m.

Texas Southern at Marquette, 8 p.m.

Saint Louis at Nebraska, 8 p.m.

Upper Iowa at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.

Ball St. at Wis.-Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

SE Missouri at Iowa, 8:05 p.m.

Norfolk St. at Michigan, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago St. at N. Iowa, 9:05 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Creighton at Ark.-Little Rock, 8 p.m.

Lamar at Rice, 8 p.m.

W. Michigan at Sam Houston St., 8 p.m.

UNC Wilmington at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

SE Louisiana at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Texas-Tyler at Texas-Arlington, 8 p.m.

McMurry at Texas-San Antonio, 8 p.m.

N.C. Central at Tulsa, 8:05 p.m.

SW Assemblies of God at Prairie View, 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST N. Dakota St. at N. Arizona, 8:35 p.m.

Lafayette at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Seattle Pacific at S. Utah, 9 p.m.

Montana at Utah Valley St., 9 p.m.

Long Beach St. at Idaho St., 9:05 p.m.

Weber St. at Utah St., 9:05 p.m.

Sacramento St. at CS Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Seattle at Fresno St., 10 p.m.

Occidental at UC Riverside, 10 p.m.

Canisius at Washington St., 10 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS EA Sports Maui Invitational At Lahaina, Hawaii Semifinals Saint Joseph’s-Texas winner vs. IndianaNotre Dame winner, 7 p.m.

North Carolina-Chaminade winner vs.

Oregon-Alabama winner, 9:30 p.m.

Consolation Bracket Saint Joseph’s-Texas loser vs. IndianaNotre Dame loser, 1:30 p.m.

North Carolina-Chaminade loser vs. Oregon-Alabama loser, 4 p.m.

O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic At Kansas City, Mo. Third Place, 7:45 p.m.

Championship, 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 26 EAST Army at Brown, 7 p.m.

Princeton at Fordham, 7 p.m.

Long Island U. at St. Peter’s, 7 p.m.

Kennesaw St. at Colgate, 7:30 p.m.

UMBC at George Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Lehigh at Rutgers, 7:30 p.m.

Manhattan at St. Francis, NY, 7:30 p.m.

SOUTH UMKC at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.

Elon at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

Cleveland St. at Fla. International, 7:30 p.m.

UCF at Mississippi, 8 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

S. Illinois at W. Kentucky, 8 p.m.

Arkansas at South Alabama, 9 p.m.

MIDWEST Richmond at Bradley, 5 p.m.

West Georgia at Toledo, 5 p.m.

Northwestern at Butler, 7 p.m.

Murray St. at Indiana St., 7 p.m.

Detroit at DePaul, 8:30 p.m.

E. Washington at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Jackson St. at North Texas, 8 p.m.

SMU at TCU, 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST New Orleans at Colorado St., 9 p.m.

N. Colorado at Denver, 9 p.m.

Texas St. at Wyoming, 9 p.m.

Pacific at Nevada, 10:05 p.m.

Air Force at Stanford, 10:30 p.m.

Montana St. at Oregon St., 11 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout At Anchorage, Alaska First Round Hampton at Alaska Anchorage, 11:30 p.m.

Portland St. vs. N. Illinois, 1:45 a.m.

Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off At New York Semifinals Boston College vs. Purdue, 7 or 9 p.m.

Oklahoma vs. UAB, 7 or 9 p.m.

EA Sports Maui Invitational At Lahaina, Hawaii Seventh Place, 7 p.m.

Fifth Place, 2 p.m.

Third Place, 4:30 p.m.

Championship, 10 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 27 TOURNAMENTS 76 Classic At Anaheim, Calif.

First Round Saint Mary’s, Calif. vs. UTEP, 2 p.m.

Wake Forest vs. Cal St.-Fullerton, 4:30 p.m.

Charlotte vs. Arizona St., 9 p.m.

Baylor vs. Providence, 11:30 p.m.

Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout At Anchorage, Alaska First Round Seattle vs. Louisiana Tech, 9 p.m.

San Diego St. vs W. Carolina, 11:30 p.m.

Old Spice Classic At Orlando, Fla. First Round Tennessee vs. Siena, Noon Wichita St. vs. Georgetown, 2 p.m.

Maryland vs. Michigan St., 7 p.m.

Oklahoma St. vs. Gonzaga, 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 28 EAST Hartford at N.J. Tech, Noon Monmouth, N.J. at Niagara, 2 p.m.

Rhode Island at Penn St., 6:30 p.m.

E. Kentucky at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m.

Virginia at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Towson at Villanova, 8:30 p.m.

SOUTH UNC Wilmington at N.C. Central, 1 p.m.

Duquesne at Duke, 3 p.m.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Jackson St., 3 p.m.

Texas-Pan American at N. Carolina A&T, 5:30 p.m.

Alcorn St. at Northwestern St., 5:30 p.m.

South Carolina at Coll. of Charleston, 7 p.m.

Montreat at High Point, 7 p.m.

North Florida at Charleston Southern, 7:30 p.m.

Presbyterian at Clemson, 7:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Centenary at LSU, 8 p.m.

Florida Atlantic at McNeese St., 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Coastal Carolina at W. Illinois, 3 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at Chicago St., 3:30 p.m.

Longwood at SE Missouri, 4 p.m.

Auburn at Dayton, 6 p.m.

Illinois at Kent St., 6 p.m.

Delaware St. at Oakland, Mich., 6:30 p.m.

Nicholls St. at Illinois St., 7 p.m.

Coppin St. at Kansas, 8 p.m.

Utah at Missouri St., 8:05 p.m.

Marquette at N. Iowa, 8:30 p.m.

West Virginia at Iowa, 9 p.m.

Florida St. at Cincinnati, 10:30 p.m.

Kentucky at Kansas St., Mid SOUTHWEST Mercer at Texas Southern, 1 p.m.

Texas A&M at Tulsa, 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST California at UNLV, 8 p.m.

Winston-Salem at UC Santa Barbara, 9:30 p.m.

UC Irvine at Idaho, 10:05 p.m.

Tenn.-Martin at Southern Cal, 10:30 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS 76 Classic At Anaheim, Calif.

Semifinals Saint Mary’s, Calif.-UTEP winner vs.

Wake Forest-Cal St.-Fullerton winner, 3:30 p.m.

Charlotte-Arizona St. winner vs. BaylorProvidence winner, 12:30 a.m.

Consolation Bracket Saint Mary’s, Calif.-UTEP loser vs. Wake Forest-Cal St.-Fullerton loser, 6 p.m.

Charlotte-Arizona St. loser vs. BaylorProvidence loser, 10:30 p.m.

Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout At Anchorage, Alaska Semifinals Hampton-Alaska Anchorage winner vs.

Portland St.-N. Illinois winner, 9:30 a.m.

Seattle-Louisiana Tech winner vs. San Diego St.-W. Carolina winner, Mid Consolation Bracket Hampton-Alaska Anchorage loser vs.

Portland St.-N. Illinois loser, 4 p.m.

Seattle-Louisiana Tech loser vs. San Diego St.-W. Carolina loser, 6 p.m.

Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off At New York Third Place, 1:30 p.m.

Championship, 3:30 p.m.

Legends Classic At The Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. Semifinals Washington St. vs. Mississippi St., 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Liberty Thanksgiving Classic At Lynchburg, Va. First Round Coker at Liberty, 6 p.m.

William & Mary vs. S. Carolina St., 8:15 p.m.

Old Spice Classic At The Milk House Complex, Orlando, Fla. Semifinals Tennessee-Siena winner vs. Wichita St.Georgetown winner, 1 p.m.

Maryland-Michigan St. winner vs. Oklahoma St.-Gonzaga winner, 5:30 p.m.

Consolation Bracket Tennessee-Siena loser vs. Wichita St.Georgetown loser, 10:30 a.m.

Maryland-Michigan St. loser vs. Oklahoma St.-Gonzaga loser, 8 p.m.

USA Basketball Classic At Mobile, Ala. First Round UC Davis vs. Tulane, 6 p.m.

Maine at South Alabama, 8 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with INF Andy Cannizaro and C Damaso Espino on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Released RHP Darrell Rasner.

National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Named Pete Mackanin bench coach and Sam Perlozzo third base coach.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Named Matt LeCroy manager, Rich Gale pitching coach, and Ramon Aviles coach for Hagerstown (SAL).

Atlantic League NEWARK BEARS—Named Tim Raines manager and signed him to a two-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS—Assigned F Bill Walker to Utah (NBDL).

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Traded F Al Harrington to New York for G Jamal Crawford.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Assigned C Steven Hill to Tulsa (NBADL).

International Basketball League GARY STEELHEADS—Suspended operations for the 2009 season.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined San Francisco offensive coordinator Mike Martz $20,000 for his criticism of the officiating at the end of the 49ers’ 29-24 loss in Arizona on Nov. 10.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed CB Johnathan Joseph on injured reserve. Signed CB Simeon Castille from the practice squad. arenafootball2 ALBANY FIREBIRDS—Named Tony Bowick coach and director of football operations.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS—Recalled RW Joey Crabb from the Chicago (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL—Suspended Norfolk RW Steve Downie for three games for his actions in a game on Nov. 19.

PEORIA RIVERMEN—Recalled F Tomas Kana from Alaska (ECHL).

Eastern Professional Hockey League BROOKLYN ACES—Waived F Jerry Cardinale.

DANBURY MAD HATTERS—Signed D Bill Horton. Waived F Charles Harvey. Suspended D Eric Linkowski.

COLLEGE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL—Named Willie Hilton assistant wrestling coach.

COASTAL CAROLINA—Named Chris Wilson men’s and women’s associate head golf coach.

GREENSBORO—Named Dr. Randy Hunt football coach.

S.C.-AIKEN—Named Erin Ward assistant softball coach.

UT | Continued from Page 1B McCoy’s close relationships with the very players he has surpassed this season make his record-breaking even more unique. His redshirt year with Young and the accessibility of former quarterback and current running backs coach Major Applewhite have been invaluable to his learning process.

“He’s a guy that tries to glean something from everybody, whether it was Major or whether it was Vince,” Davis said.

But it is Davis who has played perhaps the biggest role in McCoy’s development, other than the quarterback himself. The UT coordinator has coached four quarterbacks — McCoy, Young, Applewhite and Chris Simms —

who currently dominate the record books for Longhorn passers.

“Coach Davis can teach me in a way that he’s taught everybody else,” McCoy said. “He’s learned from all those other guys, and now I’m the guy playing.

He can teach me through experiences that he’s had with those guys, through the lessons that he’s learned.”

McCoy’s physical development while on the 40 acres has been remarkable. He has gained close to 40 pounds since graduating from Jim Ned High School, improving both his arm strength and running ability.

The numbers complement McCoy’s physical talents. He is on pace to break

the NCAA single-season record for completion percentage with a 77.2-percent clip, a rate that can be attributed to what Davis called the “quickest arm” of any of the four standout quarterbacks he’s coached at UT. But it is McCoy’s commitment to what Cosby calls “the little things” that has played the biggest factor in his career-long success. Building quarterback-receiver relationships, studying defenses and learning from mistakes are all part of the routine for McCoy. “He prepares better than anyone — always watching film, texting players and receivers, having great relationships,” Cosby said of the quarterback off

the field. “A lot of the things seem so little, but they carry on to the field in your relationships with your teammates. It’s a huge part of his leadership style and I think it’s extremely effective.”

One of the biggest areas of development over McCoy’s career, according to Davis, has been reading defenses before the snap and during the play.

On Saturday in Lawrence, he converted two first downs by throwing to his third read on the play. And before Cosby’s 15-yard reception in the third quarter for the Longhorns’ fourth touchdown of the afternoon, McCoy gave the senior receiver a silent order that sent a loud signal.

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SPORT SHORTS Mike’s Barrio Ball Turkey Shootout 4-on-4 Double Elimination tournament Mike’s Barrio Ball Turkey Shootout 4-on-4 Double Elimination basketball tournament will be held from Nov. 29-30 at 3 Points Pavilion, located at Jarvis Avenue and Cortez Street.

It is open to men and women, boys and girls, with no entry fee.

Only the first 50 teams to register will play. No late entries will be accepted.

Entry forms can be picked up at Escamilla Used Car and Trucks, El Rio Pharmacy, all Park and Recreation Centers, Z-93 Radio and Big Buck Country, and Dr. Ike’s Home Center.

For more info, call Mike at 220-5968.

29th annual Guajolote 10K Race Registration for the 29th annual Guajolote 10K Race is being held now through Thanksgiving morning.

This year’s race will take place on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 27, at 9 a.m. in front of Hamilton Trophies.

If you have any questions, call Hamilton Trophies & Jewelry, 1320 Garden St., at 724-9990 or 722-9463.

Registration will also be taking place at Hamilton Jewelry & Trophy, 607 Flores Ave., 722-9015.

Hands Across South Texas Thanksgiving 10K The run/walk will be held Thursday, Nov. 27, at 603 Shiloh Drive.

Registration starts at 7 a.m., and the race begins at 8 a.m. All proceeds go to benefit Thanksgiving meals for less-fortunate families in Laredo.

For more information, call Delia Mendez at 7123363 or 285-6362.

TAMIU winter baseball camps TAMIU baseball will host hitting camps Dec. 6 and 7 and pitchers and catcher camps Dec. 13 and 14.

The Dec. 6 hitting camp will be for ages 13-18 and the Dec. 7 camp for ages 7-12. The Dec. 13 pitchers and catchers camp will be for ages 13-18 and the Dec. 14 camp for ages 7-12. All camps will be held at the TAMIU Baseball Field, with an entry fee of $75 per player.

All camps will be directed by head coach Chad Porter and his assistant coaches, along with current players. Instruction will emphasize the fundamental skills of baseball. Participants will have the opportunity to put their skills into action while being evaluated by the coaching staff.

For more information, call Porter at 326-3004 during normal business hours, or to register, visit the baseball Web page, www.godustdevils.com.

BOYS | Continued from Page 1B said. “They’ve only been with me for about three weeks now but they both look good.”

Villarreal, a former Hawk hoops standout himself, has high expectations for his team, and knows what to expect from the district.

“I’m expecting teams to run the ball against us,” he said. “I’ve been talking with several coaches in the district and they’ve been very helpful in bringing me up to speed on things.

“I played for Zapata years ago and what I do remember is we did very well. I want to bring Zapata basketball back to the top.”

Aside from Garcia and Magee, the rest of the Hawks’ boys varsity roster includes Meliton Trejo, Arlo de los Santos, Rene Benavides, Gerardo Buentello, Raul Serna, Luis Olvera, Anthony Grove, Gerardo Gutierrez, Joey Barrera, Louie Gonzalez, Ricky Martinez and Francisco Trejo.

GIRLS | Continued from Page 1B The Lady Hawks, who are coming off their firstever bi-district title, will be led by their two seniors, Lynda Leyva and Mayra Alaniz.

“They need to have very productive years,” Guerra said.

Guerra also expects strong performances from juniors Adriana Pena, Clarissa Solis, Mela Martinez and Ashley Martinez.

Sophomore Brandi King is also expected to be a key contributor.

“We have to run a lot this year,” Guerra said of his team’s style of play. “We’ve never had this kind of team speed before so we’ll try to utilize our talents as much as possible.”

Guerra is confident his team, which lost two starters from last season, has what it takes to put forth an even greater result than last year’s.

“It doesn’t matter how you start the season, but how you finish,” he said. “Last year, our girls struggled early but we got in sync in the second round of district play into the playoffs.

“Almost all the returners have varsity experience so we are working hard to reach our goal.”

VOLLEY | Continued from Page 1B AGGIES | Continued from Page 1B NFL,” Michael said. “They like the more spirited games. In the NFL, they’ve got fans, but they’re not like college fans.”

Job security A&M defensive coordinator Joe Kines says he’ll only coach the Aggies next season if Sherman wants him to stay.

The 64-year-old Kines said Thursday that he’s disappointed in the job he’s done in his first season. The Aggies rank 111th in total defense (455.18 yards per game) and 110th in scoring defense (36.4 points per game).

Kines has been coaching since the early 1970s and built one of the nation’s top defenses when he coached at Alabama from 2003-06. He was saddled with a young, inexperienced team at A&M and vowed that the unit will improve over time playing his system.

“If I ask you how to get to Houston, you could tell me exactly the turns to make,” Kines said. “If you make those turns, you’re going to get there. It doesn’t matter if it’s foggy outside, raining outside, cold outside, it doesn’t matter.

Just follow the road and you’re going to get there.

“Same thing is true with coaching,” he said. “Just follow the road, stay in

tune. It’s gotten you there before, it’ll get you there again.”

Extra points Texas and Texas A&M will play for the 115th time, the third-longest rivalry in major college football. Texas leads the all-time series 73-36-5. …

A&M has consecutive wins over Texas for the first time since the Aggies won four in a row from 1991-94. … The game will be played on Thanksgiving for the first time since 1993. … Running back/kick returner Cyrus Gray needs 112 yards to set an A&M freshman record for all-purpose yards. …

Sherman said Thursday that fullback Jorvorskie Lane injured his ribs in the Baylor game, but will be ready to play the finale. Sherman also said freshman safety Trent Hunter will return after sitting out the Baylor game with a right ankle injury.

Quotable “Deals and all that, God blessed me beyond my wildest dreams.” — Kines, when asked if he’d be interested in a contract like the one Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp received this week, which makes him the program’s head-coach-in-waiting.

Gonzalez, Maribel Davila, Jessica Olvera, Jessica Castillo and Jackie Garza; Raymondville’s Lissette Esparza, Natalie Silva, Debora Barnhart, Adriana Barron, Brittany Castillo and Yvonne Saldivar; Port Isabel’s Brittney Lerma, Demi Moore and Andrea Galvan; Rio Hondo’s Libby Muñoz, Marissa Bauman, Shannon Eizemberg and Samantha Salinas; Zapata’s Alexis Garza, Clarissa Solis, Adriana Peña and Celina Benavides; La Feria’s Natalie Gray, Ashley Gonzalez, Clarissa Casas, Kendra Clay, Victoria Hernandez, Nikki de la Fuente, Tori Betancourt and Delilah Rodriguez; Progreso’s Corina Sanchez, Melissa Ortega and Alejandra Ramirez; and Lyford’s Maria Lopez, Michelle Romo and Miranda Perez.

Zapata’s Lynda Leyva, Tessa Moss, Ashley Navarro, Alexis Garza, Adriana Pena, Loraly Rivera, Clarissa Solis and Brandi King were awarded all-district academic honors.

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HINTS BY HELOISE A TRIP OVERSEAS Dear Heloise: When my husband and I moved overseas with our dog, I took a clean, old sheet and put it between us in bed overnight.

Then I took that sheet to put in our dog’s kennel on the HELOISE flight. — Kathy Dees, Fayetteville, Ark. PET PAL Dear Readers: Virginia C. Reilly of Ocean, N.J., sent in a photo of her daughter’s two black-and-white dogs, Zoey (the small one) and Eva (the larger dog). They are embroiled in a hearty game of tug of war! Virginia says, “Zoey always wins the challenge!”

Visit www.Heloise.com to see Zoey and Eva tugging away! — Heloise

HOROSCOPES | BY FRANCIS DRAKE ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Suddenly, opportunities to travel, get further education or do something that absolutely fascinates you are at hand. Yippee! You’re hungry to learn something new.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’ll feel increasingly passionate in the next six weeks. Some of you are going to have fun! Matters with shared property, inheritances and debt will arise.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) There are actually four planets directly opposite your sign now. Yowsers!

This totally focuses you on partnerships and close friendships for the next six weeks.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re keen to get better organized at work and at home. In the next six weeks, work hard and give yourself the right tools to do a great job. (It makes all the difference.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Lucky you! The stars want you to have a great time in the next six weeks. Vacations, romance, the arts, sports and playful times with children are on the menu.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your attention now turns to home, family and domestic matters for the next six weeks. Some of you are involved in real estate deals. Important family discussions will take place.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Fasten your seat belt! Short trips, discussions with siblings and neighbors, shopping, buying and selling, plus many errands keep you hopping in the next six weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Earnings, cash flow and major expenditures have your attention now. Some of you will come up with bright, new moneymaking ideas. Just keep thinking.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) The Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto are all in your sign. It’s all about you for the next month! Opportunities and important people notice you. Try to get more exercise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a good time to shop for wardrobe items.

Get ready for the months ahead, when your birthday arrives. Why not look really snazzy?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your popularity rating will be off the charts in the next six weeks.

Everyone wants to see your face.

Expect demands on your time from friends, clubs, groups and organizations.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Important people will really notice you during the next six weeks. Now is the time to make a name for yourself. You’re ambitious, so go after what you want!

Y OU BORN TODA Y You’re adventurous and freedom-loving!

For you, life is something to be explored. In fact, you’re tireless in your search for fun and excitement. You’re a caring person and a concerned, involved parent. You need to be challenged by things.

Increased solitude to learn something this year is a preparation for next year — possibly one of the most powerful years of your life!

B i r t h d a t e o f : Terry Gillam, writer; Scarlett Johansson, actress; Hoagy Carmichael, singer/songwriter/pianist.

Zclassified HOMES FOR SALE

61 ACREAGE FOR SALE 76

* San Ygnacio Tx, 30 Mins Older Remodeled 3bd/1ba New Stove, Refrig, & Washer, 7 blks sch. $56K, 15% down $542 MO, 15 yrs or $46,000 Cash 903 Morelos 956-763-1320 346 E. Dakota,Patio Home 3/2.

Brick Veener, Just Remodeled. $138,000. Call 723-0938

MOVING! House for sale by owner. 2411 Littler Ct. (Plantation) 3bd/2.5ba 2,300sqft, pool, palapa $275,000 Call 740-7746

LOTS FOR SALE

36 Apts for sale $1.3 million OBO. Call 722-4447, 220-3450. We Finance!

RENTALS

PETS & SUPPLIES

128

8 German Sheppards, 5 wks old, 2 females $100 each. Call 723-7274

Chihuahua Puppies Regular & Toy M/F $150 & up 229-4027 ROOMS FOR RENT 106

122 HELP WANTED

Chihuahua puppy, $100.

717-1395 after 8pm or 337-2283.

Dachshund Mini Toys (Wennie dogs) m/f $200 ea. 229-4027 122 HELP WANTED 122

Furnished room for 1, refrig, a/c, mic ro,downtown, $365/m $180/d ultilities pd. 206-9281.

128 GARAGE SALES

English Bulldogs, brindle,M/F, $1,200.

Call:242-9361

Boston Puppies for sale. 1st shots & dewormed $300ea. and up Call 324-3289

70

PETS & SUPPLIES

Blue Pitbulls puppies, 8 wks $300, OBO. (956) 645-4813

COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT 79

403 Matamoros in San Ygnacio Texas w/small stone bldg. $28K LRED 726-4754 Owner Fin. Lots Payments incl. taxes @ $300/m (Built Homes Only) 728-0008; 744-3583

HELP WANTED

PETS & SUPPLIES

316 acres. High fenced, Exotic Animals $3,300 an acre. Finance, 723-8912

BY PHONE: (956) 728-2527

Jack Russell Terriers 4M/3F Tailed, declwd., dewormed, 1st shot, $200 Call 401-7857 Vendo perrita chit-tzu 1 Hembra, blanca con negro 2 meses $350. Llamar 645-5200

FARM & RANCH SUPPLIES 132 1000 Gal. Water Trailer w/ 2” Gas Water Pump & 2000 Gal. Water Tank 1” Thick w/ Elec. water pump. $3000 for both. Ideal for hunting camp or Ranch. Call: 791-3054 or 324-7568

MISCELLANEOUS

134 HELP WANTED

134

Garage Sale Several Families Sat. Only! @ 7am.

9103 Glacier Ct. Huge Garage Sale!!!

Sat. only, 8719 Allegheny St. (Shiloh sbdv.) 8am-12pm.

HELP WANTED

122

122 ARTICLES FOR SALE136 MOTORCYCLES

Sat. only, 501 Lane, 9am-4pm. New Clothes, All ages. 3 families.

Sat.only! 2201 Clark, 7-10AM. Stove, furniture, & other items.

No early birds!

Saturday 8am-12pm 1603 Orange Blossom Lp. Furniture, Toys, Clothes & Movies Saturday ONLY 8-1PM #32 Broadcrest Dr. 5 Family Sale, misc, furniture, toys.

Viernes y Sabado, 8907 Cornell Dr. 8a-3p.Cariolas de bebe,Jugetes y ropa.

ARTICLES FOR SALE 136 * Mesquite Firewood leña, Full pick up load (apx cord)San Ygnacio $125 Call 763-1320

2 Speakers w/ twerer Eclipse for sound system $300ea.

Call 723-2116 or 763-8226

500gal. Water Tank w/ trailer $1500 OBO Call 771-1538 or 723-6540 Aire Acondicionado central 3tons $350 OMO Inf: 723-0645 GARAGE SALES

122 HELP WANTED

ON THE WEB: THEZAATATMES.COM

All porpose cabinet, 100% Oak, $500. Call:(956)724-4879 or 763-7812 Coca Cola Refrigerator 2dr., needs minor repair and Showcase $325 for all, as is.

Call 723-2116 or 763-8226 Dell desktop PC monitors, printers,keyboards, mouse, desk & chair. $425. 220-1607

Medical radiology technologist needed for the Rio Grande Valley area for a mobile X-Ray company.

Please fax resume to 956-783-7437 or call 1-888-783-9779

Gold Star Amusements is seeking 50 temporary Amusement Attendants to work from 02/13/09-11/08/09. Interstate travel involved to TX, LA, MN, SD, AR, MO, MS provided by employer. $7.24/hr.

Assist patrons on and off rides, instruct patrons of rules for safety, fasten safety devices or provide them with instructions, staff concessions, collect ride tickets, etc. No education, training or experience required. Apply at the Texas Workforce Solutions in Laredo, Texas, of fax resume to TWC @(512)463-3055

America Dispatch Inc. of Laredo Solicita el Siguiente personal Receptionist Interesados aplicar en 302 Quivira Dr./ Tel : 956-791-8300 GULF COAST TRADES CENTER HAS AN OPENING FOR A COMMUNITY CORRECTION OFFICER IN THE VALLEY AREA PREDOMINANTLY LAREDO. DUTIES INVOLVE SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES FROM THE TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION. BA/BS DEGREE AND 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. CONTACT MICHELLE HARRIS AT 936-344-7847. FAX RESUME AND APPLICATION TO 936-344-2386 OR EMAIL TO MHARRIS@GCTCW.ORG OR CONTACT MATT MILLER AT 936-344-7825. PLEASE TURN IN JOB APPLICATION WITH RESUME, APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.GCTC.US/EMPLOY.HTM

19

Round Dinette Table w/ 4 chairs $175 Call 791-1286; 285-1136

Go-Kart, great for kids, 2 seater, blue, $750.

Call:(956)645-3499

Double Door Soda Refrigerator Looks and works GREAT. $600 OBO Contact 956-333-0434

Kawasaki Ninja 636 ‘06,black 1,300 mi. garage kept $6,500 Call 754-4459

Executive Desk for Sale $400. Call 235-8654 Full Country Club Membership for Sale $4,000. Call 235-8654

Polaris 50 ‘05, 2wd, auto, great condition. $1,050.

Call:(956)645-3499

HDTV Samsung 42” DLP $750 OBO 235-2264 (13” Wide) Like New, Retail Price $1700 Home entertainment center, for 32in. T.V., $275.

Call:(956)237-6989; 206-8481 Home entertainment center, for 32in. T.V., $275.

Call:(956)237-6989; 206-8481 Mesa de Billar 3’x7’ de piedra.

Excelentes Cond. Buchacas piel. $550 Inf: 285-4592

Polaris 500 ‘98, 4wd, auto, good condition. $2,699.

Call:(956)645-3499

TRUCKS FOR SALE 19

2000 F-350 Dually NEW! Engine, Seats, Bed, 100 G a l l o n Aux. Tank w/Pump $ 1 7 , 5 0 0 Call 725-1637

Oak Table w/ 6 chairs. Solid 1 grade oak, double pedestal. $600 OBO Call 206-8383

2007 Ford F-150, V6, Single Cab, Auto, Blue Title, 22K Mi. $13,000. Call 727-3564 ad#83007359, jose\66.

Recamara Matrimonial (iron) c/ colchones 5pzas, $350 OMO inf: 723-0645

‘05 Silverado 1500 Ext Cab 29Kmil., new tires, tool box, running boards, cold air intake. $14,500 OBO Call 237-5398

Redilla para pickup $100 Llamar a Maria al 725-5472 Round table dining room set, 4 chairs. $250 obo.Call:220-8081 Se vende laptop marca Dell, Windows XP, cd burner, $400 Inf: 724-1048; 220-5146 Small Business opportunity 30 candy vending machines $3000 Call 791-0925 Soda vending machine, canned sodas. $600.

Call(830)765-9233 Table & 4 chairs, soild wood, $150 Call:(956)724-7958 Warm Brand New Holister Jacket for Men. (Lg) Cost $140 Selling for $60 Call 286-4429

TRANSPORTATION

Ford F-150 ‘01, v8,a/c, 100k mi., auto, $6,500 obo.

Call:(956)754-8080

CARS FOR SALE

20

2000 Cadillac Deville Good Condition. $4,500 Call 234-1593 ‘03 Nissan Centra 85Kmil. good cond., clean, $3,500 Call 236-3195 ‘04 Neon XST $499 OBO needs engine/body work excellent Int. Call 956-237-1126

‘51 Chevy 12,800mil., Perfect body & engine. $14,500 Call 728-1565 ‘68 Mustang, Drag ready or street legal at own risk. Serious Inq. $8,000 Call 286-4429

BOATS

190

MOVING! Skeeter Bass Boat ‘84 18.6ft 115HP Mercury, New Carpet, New upholstry, 2 new batteries, 2 new fish finders, trolling motor, am/fm radio $6,500 Call 740-7746

HEAVY EQUIPMENT 192 Clark Forklift w/ 72” Roll Clamp $13,200 Call 763-1355 Good used Car hauler, 7x16, new tires, w/ramps. Actually wired for electric brakes. $1,595 obo. 206-6881.

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS194 4 brand new tires,Wranglers for a 2006 Ford pick up, tires have guarantee. p255/65/r17, $600 523-0137

‘98 Mustang/CV, A/C good cond V6, $2100 OBO Call 956-251-4280 Black 2000 Cadillac DeVille 45K miles, good condition $9000 OBO Call 334-6776 Chevy Cavalier ‘00, 85k mi., a/c, strd., $2,500 obo.

Call:(956)401-6557 Classic ‘66 Mustang 289, great interior, auto, Must Sell! $6,000 obo. (956)726-4589 Daewoo Lanos Sport ‘01,4 cyl., 5 spd. leather interior, excellent condition, $3,000 firm 791-6881.no habla espanol Ford Mustang ‘02, convertible, GT, strd., 20 in. rims, $5,500.

Call:(956)744-6033 Ford Mustang ‘94, convertible, GT, runs good, $3,200 obo.

Call:(956)237-1847

4B | THE ZAPATA TIMES

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008

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LAREDO MORNING TIMES | 1B

Zapata Classifieds

HOMES FOR SALE

61

* San Ygnacio Tx, 30 Mins Older Remodeled 3bd/1ba New Stove, Refrig, & Washer, 7 blks sch. $56K, 15% down $542 MO, 15 yrs or $46,000 Cash 903 Morelos 956-763-1320 346 E. Dakota,Patio Home 3/2.

Brick Veener, Just Remodeled. $138,000. Call 723-0938

MOVING! House for sale by owner. 2411 Littler Ct. (Plantation) 3bd/2.5ba 2,300sqft, pool, palapa $275,000 Call 740-7746

LOTS FOR SALE

ACREAGE FOR SALE 76

36 Apts for sale $1.3 million OBO. Call 722-4447, 220-3450. We Finance!

RENTALS

Furnished room for 1, refrig, a/c, mic ro,downtown, $365/m $180/d ultilities pd. 206-9281.

122

PETS & SUPPLIES

128

8 German Sheppards, 5 wks old, 2 females $100 each. Call 723-7274

Chihuahua Puppies Regular & Toy M/F $150 & up 229-4027 ROOMS FOR RENT 106

HELP WANTED

122

128

English Bulldogs, brindle,M/F, $1,200.

Call:242-9361

Boston Puppies for sale. 1st shots & dewormed $300ea. and up Call 324-3289

70

PETS & SUPPLIES

Blue Pitbulls puppies, 8 wks $300, OBO. (956) 645-4813

COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT 79

403 Matamoros in San Ygnacio Texas w/small stone bldg. $28K LRED 726-4754 Owner Fin. Lots Payments incl. taxes @ $300/m (Built Homes Only) 728-0008; 744-3583

HELP WANTED

PETS & SUPPLIES

316 acres. High fenced, Exotic Animals $3,300 an acre. Finance, 723-8912

Chihuahua puppy, $100.

717-1395 after 8pm or 337-2283.

Dachshund Mini Toys (Wennie dogs) m/f $200 ea. 229-4027 HELP WANTED 122

Jack Russell Terriers 4M/3F Tailed, declwd., dewormed, 1st shot, $200 Call 401-7857 Vendo perrita chit-tzu 1 Hembra, blanca con negro 2 meses $350. Llamar 645-5200

FARM & RANCH SUPPLIES 132 1000 Gal. Water Trailer w/ 2” Gas Water Pump & 2000 Gal. Water Tank 1” Thick w/ Elec. water pump. $3000 for both. Ideal for hunting camp or Ranch. Call: 791-3054 or 324-7568

MISCELLANEOUS

GARAGE SALES

134

Sat.only! 2201 Clark, 7-10AM. Stove, furniture, & other items.

No early birds!

Saturday 8am-12pm 1603 Orange Blossom Lp. Furniture, Toys, Clothes & Movies Saturday ONLY 8-1PM #32 Broadcrest Dr. 5 Family Sale, misc, furniture, toys.

Viernes y Sabado, 8907 Cornell Dr. 8a-3p.Cariolas de bebe,Jugetes y ropa.

ARTICLES FOR SALE 136 * Mesquite Firewood leña, Full pick up load (apx cord)San Ygnacio $125 Call 763-1320

2 Speakers w/ twerer Eclipse for sound system $300ea.

Call 723-2116 or 763-8226

500gal. Water Tank w/ trailer $1500 OBO Call 771-1538 or 723-6540 Aire Acondicionado central 3tons $350 OMO Inf: 723-0645 GARAGE SALES

134

Garage Sale Several Families Sat. Only! @ 7am.

9103 Glacier Ct. Huge Garage Sale!!!

Sat. only, 8719 Allegheny St. (Shiloh sbdv.) 8am-12pm.

HELP WANTED

122

HELP WANTED

122

HELP WANTED

122

Sat. only, 501 Lane, 9am-4pm. New Clothes, All ages. 3 families.

All porpose cabinet, 100% Oak, $500. Call:(956)724-4879 or 763-7812 Coca Cola Refrigerator 2dr., needs minor repair and Showcase $325 for all, as is.

Call 723-2116 or 763-8226 Dell desktop PC monitors, printers,keyboards, mouse, desk & chair. $425. 220-1607

Medical radiology technologist needed for the Rio Grande Valley area for a mobile X-Ray company.

Please fax resume to 956-783-7437 or call 1-888-783-9779

Gold Star Amusements is seeking 50 temporary Amusement Attendants to work from 02/13/09-11/08/09. Interstate travel involved to TX, LA, MN, SD, AR, MO, MS provided by employer. $7.24/hr.

Assist patrons on and off rides, instruct patrons of rules for safety, fasten safety devices or provide them with instructions, staff concessions, collect ride tickets, etc. No education, training or experience required. Apply at the Texas Workforce Solutions in Laredo, Texas, of fax resume to TWC @(512)463-3055

America Dispatch Inc. of Laredo Solicita el Siguiente personal Receptionist Interesados aplicar en 302 Quivira Dr./ Tel : 956-791-8300 GULF COAST TRADES CENTER HAS AN OPENING FOR A COMMUNITY CORRECTION OFFICER IN THE VALLEY AREA PREDOMINANTLY LAREDO. DUTIES INVOLVE SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES FROM THE TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION. BA/BS DEGREE AND 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. CONTACT MICHELLE HARRIS AT 936-344-7847. FAX RESUME AND APPLICATION TO 936-344-2386 OR EMAIL TO MHARRIS@GCTCW.ORG OR CONTACT MATT MILLER AT 936-344-7825. PLEASE TURN IN JOB APPLICATION WITH RESUME, APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.GCTC.US/EMPLOY.HTM

ARTICLES FOR SALE136

MOTORCYCLES

196

Round Dinette Table w/ 4 chairs $175 Call 791-1286; 285-1136

Go-Kart, great for kids, 2 seater, blue, $750.

Call:(956)645-3499

Double Door Soda Refrigerator Looks and works GREAT. $600 OBO Contact 956-333-0434

Kawasaki Ninja 636 ‘06,black 1,300 mi. garage kept $6,500 Call 754-4459

Executive Desk for Sale $400. Call 235-8654 Full Country Club Membership for Sale $4,000. Call 235-8654

Polaris 50 ‘05, 2wd, auto, great condition. $1,050.

Call:(956)645-3499

HDTV Samsung 42” DLP $750 OBO 235-2264 (13” Wide) Like New, Retail Price $1700 Home entertainment center, for 32in. T.V., $275.

Call:(956)237-6989; 206-8481 Home entertainment center, for 32in. T.V., $275.

Call:(956)237-6989; 206-8481 Mesa de Billar 3’x7’ de piedra.

Excelentes Cond. Buchacas piel. $550 Inf: 285-4592

Polaris 500 ‘98, 4wd, auto, good condition. $2,699.

Call:(956)645-3499

TRUCKS FOR SALE 198

2000 F-350 Dually NEW! Engine, Seats, Bed, 100 G a l l o n Aux. Tank w/Pump. $ 1 7 , 5 0 0 .

Call 725-1637

Oak Table w/ 6 chairs. Solid 1 grade oak, double pedestal. $600 OBO Call 206-8383

2007 Ford F-150, V6, Single Cab, Auto, Blue Title, 22K Mi. $13,000. Call 727-3564 ad#83007359, jose\66.

Recamara Matrimonial (iron) c/ colchones 5pzas, $350 OMO inf: 723-0645

‘05 Silverado 1500 Ext Cab 29Kmil., new tires, tool box, running boards, cold air intake. $14,500 OBO Call 237-5398

Redilla para pickup $100 Llamar a Maria al 725-5472 Round table dining room set, 4 chairs. $250 obo.Call:220-8081 Se vende laptop marca Dell, Windows XP, cd burner, $400 Inf: 724-1048; 220-5146 Small Business opportunity 30 candy vending machines $3000 Call 791-0925 Soda vending machine, canned sodas. $600.

Call(830)765-9233 Table & 4 chairs, soild wood, $150 Call:(956)724-7958 Warm Brand New Holister Jacket for Men. (Lg) Cost $140 Selling for $60 Call 286-4429

TRANSPORTATION

Ford F-150 ‘01, v8,a/c, 100k mi., auto, $6,500 obo.

Call:(956)754-8080

CARS FOR SALE

200

2000 Cadillac Deville Good Condition. $4,500 Call 234-1593 ‘03 Nissan Centra 85Kmil., good cond., clean, $3,500 Call 236-3195 ‘04 Neon XST $499 OBO needs engine/body work excellent Int. Call 956-237-1126

‘51 Chevy 12,800mil., Perfect body & engine. $14,500 Call 728-1565 ‘68 Mustang, Drag ready or street legal at own risk. Serious Inq. $8,000 Call 286-4429

BOATS

190

MOVING! Skeeter Bass Boat ‘84 18.6ft 115HP Mercury, New Carpet, New upholstry, 2 new batteries, 2 new fish finders, trolling motor, am/fm radio $6,500 Call 740-7746

HEAVY EQUIPMENT 192 Clark Forklift w/ 72” Roll Clamp $13,200 Call 763-1355 Good used Car hauler, 7x16, new tires, w/ramps. Actually wired for electric brakes. $1,595 obo. 206-6881.

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS 194 4 brand new tires,Wranglers for a 2006 Ford pick up, tires have guarantee. p255/65/r17, $600 523-0137

‘98 Mustang/CV, A/C good cond V6, $2100 OBO Call 956-251-4280 Black 2000 Cadillac DeVille 45K miles, good condition $9000 OBO Call 334-6776 Chevy Cavalier ‘00, 85k mi., a/c, strd., $2,500 obo.

Call:(956)401-6557 Classic ‘66 Mustang 289, great interior, auto, Must Sell! $6,000 obo. (956)726-4589 Daewoo Lanos Sport ‘01,4 cyl., 5 spd. leather interior, excellent condition, $3,000 firm 791-6881.no habla espanol Ford Mustang ‘02, convertible, GT, strd., 20 in. rims, $5,500.

Call:(956)744-6033 Ford Mustang ‘94, convertible, GT, runs good, $3,200 obo.

Call:(956)237-1847