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TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 VOLUME 87 ■ ISSUE 156
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Six Flags investigating fatal roller coaster death DALLAS (AP) — Six Flags is using “both internal and external experts” to investigation the roller coaster accident that killed a woman at its Dallas-area park, the company’s president said Monday. Jim Reid-Anderson said during a conference call to discuss the company’s earnings that Six Flags officials were joining the call with “heavy hearts.” He offered no details about the investigation but said the company was using experts from within and outside the company. A message left with a company spokeswoman wasn’t immediately returned. Rosa Ayala-Goana was killed when she fell Friday from the Texas Giant roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, a western suburb of Dallas. Witnesses told authorities that Ayala-Goana expressed concern moments before the 14-story ride began that the safety bar had not completely engaged. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office confirmed Monday that the 52-yearold Dallas resident was the victim in the accident, and that she suffered “multiple traumatic injuries” during the fall. A man who identified himself as AyalaGoana’s son declined comment Monday when approached at her home. Anderson, also Six Flags’ chairman and CEO, said the ride would remain closed until officials were certain it was safe to ride again. He also said they were providing support to the family “as best as we can.”
Flowers Foods completes Hostess bread buyout THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Flowers Foods Inc. has completed its $355 million acquisition of several breads, bakeries and other assets from the company previously known as Hostess Brands. Flowers said Monday that the deal strengthens its position as the secondbiggest baker in the U.S. because the breads and bakeries will expand its reach geographically into new markets. The transaction includes the Wonder, Nature’s Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands, 20 bakeries and 36 depots. Flowers received regulatory approval for the deal with Old HB Inc. earlier this month. Flowers announced in February that it agreed to buy the assets. The court overseeing the Old HB bankruptcy proceeding approved the sale a month later. Flowers initially bid $360 million for the assets, but the purchase price was adjusted for issues related to the Butternut trademark. Flowers President and CEO Allen Shiver said in a statement that the breads will be back on store shelves “over time.” Flower is based in Thomasville, Ga., and is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery goods for retail and foodservice customers in the U.S., with 2012 sales of $3.05 billion.
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Roller derby bout hits Lubbock By CARSON WILSON Staff WritEr
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Upbeat music, rowdy fans and fishnet tights set the scene for the West Texas Roller Dollz bout against the San Angelo Soul Sisters. The bout ended with a WTRD victory, 266-65. The competition was hosted at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Kristen MacDougall, a Texas Tech alumna from Houston, said she experienced roller derby for the first time. “I’ve been trying to come for so long and I finally got an opportunity,” she said. “I thought it was awesome. I am definitely coming back.” Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams composed of five members rollerskating in the same direction around a track. Games are called bouts and consist of two 30-minute periods, according to the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association website. Each team designates a jammer, the scoring player, and the other four skaters, called blockers. According to the website, however, one blocker can be designated as a pivot, and a pivot can become a jammer in the course of play. After the whistle, the jammers try to skate through the blockers. Once the jammers have successfully skated through the blockers for the first time, they are ready to begin scoring. Each blocker the jammer legally passes is one point.
WEST TEXAS ROLLER Dollz jammer, “Penny Arcade,” passes San Angelo Soul Sisters jammer, “WW2,” to become lead jammer. The Roller Dollz won the derby, 266-65.
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TTUISD summer camp triples attendance By ASHLYN TUBBS Photo Editor
Word travels fast about Texas Tech. Last year, the Texas Tech University Independent School District Camp hosted by TTUISD and the Office of the Provost in July had a turnout of about 53 international high school students from multiple locations in Brazil. This year, the camp experienced a significant increase in attendance. “Their interest and word of mouth was so high they convinced their peers to come and their families, siblings and friends,” said Rogerio Abaurre national coordinator for the TTUISD-Brazil program. “So now this year, it has almost tripled from 53 to 148 students.” The camp allows students to study Texas history through the TTUISD curriculum, learn more about Tech programs and academic opportunities, explore different fields of study and travel to different areas of Texas. “We meet new people and see new structures,” said Felipe Massa, a TTUISD camper. “We can learn how to live on our own.” Along with the increase in campers, the TTUISD camp expeienced other changes as well, including 17 coordinators and representatives instead of five, 13 Brazilian schools instead of five, and a three week camp instead of a two week camp. Lucas Borges, another camper on campus, described the sights he had seen so far as beautiful. “I’m meeting new people everyday,” he said, “and I’ve been to places I’ve never been in my life. It’s pretty cool.” The camp curriculum was designed in 2011 and differs from other camps Brazilian students could choose from. “Ours is the one that really focuses on academics,” said Sam Oswald, executive director of TTUISD. “The others focus more on entertainment and learning English.” Students arrived in Lubbock July 14 and the camp will end Aug. 4. During this timespan, students will travel to places including Roby, Sweetwater, Junction, San Antonio, San Marcos and Austin.
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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Stephanie Fernandes and Felipe Massa work on a project in one of their final classes for the TTUISD summer camp on Thursday.
While in Lubbock for eight days, the students stayed in Gordon and Bledsoe Halls and toured the Tech campus, the Health Sciences Center and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. They participated in the Shake Hands With Your Future academic camp, sponsored by the Tech Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners and participated in morning and afternoon courses. “The curriculum is written and taught by Texas certified teachers, and that adds quite a bit of legitimacy to this program and especially the academic side of the camp,” said James Taliaferro, superinten-
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dent of TTUISD. “Of course they’re going to have fun – they’re kids – but they’re in courses for half of the day.” When the students travel to Junction they also will participate in six academic classes a day, including daytime courses such as aquatic biology, energy studies, geology, soil science, hot air balloons, quail CSI and nighttime courses including astrology and ornithology. “It’s going to be an action packed trip,” Oswald said. One historic area the students will get to explore is San Antonio, where they will spend three days touring the Alamo and other landmarks as well as taking
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river tours. “It’s going to take nine boats,” Oswald said, “to get all of our students on the river tours.” An aspect of this year’s camp Oswald is proud of is exposing the students to the Tech campus, the Health Science Center and Angelo State University. “That’s a great opportunity for student to see several different campuses,” he said. “We’re hopeful that not only it will be an academic experience for them, but it will be a setting stone for them to attend Texas Tech or one of our colleges in the future.”
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