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By JULIAN AGUILAR THE ZAPATA TIMES T hursday morning at Fal- con Lake, dozens of pro- fessional 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 Tour- nament. The tournament ends today, with the final weigh-in set at 3 p.m. at the Zapata County pub- lic boat ramp. New and old boats alike set sail on the serene waters, car- rying fishermen who donned gear with so many sponsors’ logos that they resembled NASCAR drivers. 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 direc- tor of the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce. “They (the fishermen) broke world records here on Falcon Lake, and that news got to these pro- fessional anglers.” Mendoza agreed tapping the lake as major tourist draw and tournament venue could have been thought of long ago, but the chamber, he said, isn’t taking a “better-late-than-nev- er” 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, will bring to the lake more than 230 professional anglers. Mendoza said that aside from the opportunity for pro- fessional sportsmen to take ad- vantage of one of Texas’ best- kept fishing spots, Zapata’s small-town feel and friendli- ness keep the out-of-towners coming back. And local busi- nesses 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 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 Cali- fornia,” he said. “Most of the talk is about the lake and how beautiful it is. I would say that DELIVERED EVERY SATURDAY TO 4,000 HOMES HAWKS HOOPS BOY, GIRL CAGERS READY FOR TIP-OFFS SPORTS 1B The Zapata Times A HEARST PUBLICATION ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2008 FREE H istory knows him by the name of Jose de Escan- don, 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” (Don- ald E. Chipman and Harriett Denise Joseph, 1999), he is iden- tified as Jose de Escandon y Elguera. Without exception, historians in Texas and the United States chose to stick to Jose de Escan- don and that is how Texas histo- ry knows him best. In these parts of South Texas, he went down as Jose de Escan- don. 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 be- came known as Santander. And he’s the one who ap- proved a settlement of 40 fami- lies, 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 Es- candon 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 Re- public 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 oth- ers north out of Laredo on Inter- state 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 sto- ry 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 trav- eled numerous times down U.S. 83 to San Ygnacio, Zapata and the string of Starr Country com- munities. A regional council of governments often conducted COG board business in Rio Grande City when it did not con- vene in Laredo. It provided opportunity for oc- casional side trips to Guerrero, Mier, Aleman and Camargo on the Mexican side. This was Es- candon country where he peti- tioned for a land grant that was A LAKE VIEW Memorial honors Jose de Escandon See LAKE VIEW | PAGE 13A ODIE ARAMBULA ZCISD eyes new ball field By TARYN WHITE LAREDO MORNING TIMES The Zapata County Indepen- dent 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 Zapa- ta CISD Superintendent Romeo Rodriguez. “We have outlived the current field, and so the upgrade is needed.” The dis- trict’s school board gave the go-ahead at its Nov. 12 meet- ing to start the bidding 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 con- struction of the fields will be paid for by allocations from the reno- vations and construction budget. “We won’t need to pass a bond or anything like that,” said Ro- driguez. “It will be paid for from money we already have set aside.” The softball field, which was constructed in 2001, will be up- graded 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,” Ro- driguez said. “The students have to commute every time they prac- tice or play in a game.” The district will keep the cur- rent field as a backup for prac- tices and community use. According to Rodriguez, con- struction 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 trans- portation since we won’t have to transport the kids back and forth,” Rodriguez said. “And we won’t have to renovate the base- ball field’s current parking lot RODRIGUEZ See ZCISD | PAGE 13A F ISHING FOR TOURNAMENT BASS 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, sched- uled to wrap-up today. Winner to be crowned later today See TOURNAMENT | PAGE 12A Senator prefiles 45 pieces of legislation SPECIAL TO THE TIMES State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, was the first to pre- file bills for the 81st Texas Leg- islature’s consideration, enter- ing a record 45 bills for the session that will convene Tues- day, Jan. 13. “My bills focus on the prior- ities of the families of District 21, balanced with those of the families of our great state,” Zaf- firini said. “Each is simply a starting point and will evolve through constructive negotia- tion that is the hallmark of the legislative process. “Accordingly, I urge anyone interested in any of my bills to contact me or my staff immedi- ately so that we can consider any suggestions for improve- ment.” Of the 45 bills filed by Zaf- firini, 11 are in higher educa- tion; five, public education; 13, health and human services; and six, juvenile and criminal jus- tice. Others are in areas ranging from agriculture and trans- portation 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 cur- rently eligible 4-year-old chil- dren, while implementing cer- tain quality enhancements. What’s more, the bill would promote collaboration among districts and high-quality pri- vate child care and Head Start providers by requiring districts to use a portion of the state for- mula funding to partner for pre- kindergarten services. SB 22, which would pro- vide much-needed financial relief See SENATOR | PAGE 13A 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 peo- ple they help.) By CHRISTINA ROSALES LAREDO MORNING TIMES 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 Bor- der 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 depres- sion was for Salinas, a slow process. “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’ com- pensation, 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 Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times Sara Zamora, professional social service worker at Border Region MHMR, talks with Cesar Javier Salinas. See MHMR | PAGE 12A

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Page 1: The Zapata Times 11/22/2008

By JULIAN AGUILARTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Thursday morning at Fal-con Lake, dozens of pro-fessional sportsmen

were checking their gear andboats, ready to embark on thefirst day of fishing during thefour-day tournament FLWOutdoors Fish-Off Bass Tour-nament.

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

New and old boats alike setsail on the serene waters, car-rying fishermen who donnedgear with so many sponsors’logos that they resembledNASCAR drivers.

The sceneThe scene is one that Zapata

residents should get used to, asFalcon Lake, always known assuch to locals, has spreadthrough the country as a hotspot for professional sportsmen.

“Those first tournamentsthat we had here put Zapataon the map and put FalconLake on the map,” said PacoMendoza, the executive direc-tor of the Zapata CountyChamber of Commerce. “They(the fishermen) broke worldrecords here on Falcon Lake,and that news got to these pro-fessional anglers.”

Mendoza agreed tappingthe lake as major tourist drawand tournament venue could

have been thought of long ago,but the chamber, he said, isn’ttaking a “better-late-than-nev-er” approach.

“We basically get fundedthrough the hotel-motel tax, sothe more people that come intotown and rent rooms, put headsin beds, the more revenue itbrings in for us,” he said. “Sowhat it does for us is it gets allthese people to come downfrom all over the world andcome down and see Zapata andsee how wonderful Falcon Lakeis. When they go down home,

they spread the word.”

Hosting major eventsMendoza said the lake has

already been booked to host atleast two more major events inaddition to this tournament, a60-boat affair.

FLW Outdoors will returnin January for its annual StrenSeries tournament, he said, andthe Bassmasters Elite Series,which made a stop in Zapataearlier this year, will return inApril. That tournament, he said,

will bring to the lake more than230 professional anglers.

Mendoza said that asidefrom the opportunity for pro-fessional sportsmen to take ad-vantage of one of Texas’ best-kept fishing spots, Zapata’ssmall-town feel and friendli-ness keep the out-of-townerscoming back. And local busi-nesses also are thriving.

Daniel Mateo is generalmanager of county’s HolidayInn Express, on U.S. 83. He saidThursday more than 50 of his70 rooms have been occupied

all week and that there arereservations through theweekend. The hotel, he said,charges an average of $117 pernight.

Going national“They come from all over

the country, including Georgia,Florida, Oklahoma and Cali-fornia,” he said. “Most of thetalk is about the lake and howbeautiful it is. I would say that

DELIVERED EVERY SATURDAY TO 4,000 HOMES

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SATURDAYNOVEMBER 22, 2008

FREE

History knows him by thename of Jose de Escan-don, but his birthright

name was lifted from the Archivode la Nacion (national archives)as Jose de Escandon y de laHelguera.

In the book, “Notable Men andWomen of Spanish Texas” (Don-ald E. Chipman and HarriettDenise Joseph, 1999), he is iden-tified as Jose de Escandon yElguera.

Without exception, historiansin Texas and the United Stateschose to stick to Jose de Escan-don and that is how Texas histo-ry knows him best.

In these parts of South Texas,he went down as Jose de Escan-don. He was the Spanish King’sauthority who hired TomasSanchez to lead the first familiesto settle Laredo in 1755, aboutseven years after Escandon tookthe lead expedition to the RioGrande frontier to settle what be-came known as Santander.

And he’s the one who ap-proved a settlement of 40 fami-lies, numbering about 200 men,women and children, in Villa delSeñor San Ignacio de Loyola deRevilla (Old Guerrero) on bothsides of the river in 1750.

History tells us Jose de Es-candon distinguished himself asa military leader and one of theleading explorers assigned toNueva España by Madrid.

Escandon left his marks on thelands and stones of modern daynorthern Mexico and South Texasas attested by the 23 settlementshe was credited with on both sidesof the Rio Grande frontier. Of the23, two were on territory that intime became part of the new Re-public of Texas and later the stateof Texas. One was Dolores andthe other, Laredo (Villa de SanAgustin de Laredo).

Whenever we travel with oth-ers north out of Laredo on Inter-state 35, driving past the stretchof small towns and rural land,someone thinks out loud, “Canyou imagine? All this open landonce was part of Mexico and wasfirst explored by the Spaniardswho probably were ancestors ofsome of us.”

The conversations are notcomplete without someone’s sto-ry of ancestors who were amongthe inhabitants or squatters of aland grant.

In the mix of the stories, ashistory or legend turned history,the bits and pieces would alwaysoriginate with the life of Jose deEscandon. Historian LucianoGuajardo used to tell visitors tothe public library, “He was theauthority that designated themen who led the families to thesettlements. He hand-pickedTomas Sanchez.”

During the decades of the1960s and 1970s, this writer trav-eled numerous times down U.S.83 to San Ygnacio, Zapata andthe string of Starr Country com-munities. A regional council ofgovernments often conductedCOG board business in RioGrande City when it did not con-vene in Laredo.

It provided opportunity for oc-casional side trips to Guerrero,Mier, Aleman and Camargo onthe Mexican side. This was Es-candon country where he peti-tioned for a land grant that was

A LAKE VIEW

Memorial honors Jose de

Escandon

See LAKE VIEW | PAGE 13A

ODIE ARAMBULA

ZCISD eyes new ball fieldBy TARYN WHITE

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

The Zapata County Indepen-dent School District is seekingbids on construction of a newhigh school baseball field andrenovations on the high schoolsoftball field.

“The current baseball field isaround 25 years old,” said Zapa-ta CISD Superintendent RomeoRodriguez. “We have outlived thecurrent field, and so the upgrade

is needed.”The dis-

trict’s schoolboard gave thego-ahead at itsNov. 12 meet-ing to start thebiddingprocess.

Rodriguezsaid it’s not known how muchthe new field and upgrade willcost because the school district isstill accepting bids from con-

struction companies to find thebest deal.

The renovations and con-struction of the fields will be paidfor by allocations from the reno-vations and construction budget.

“We won’t need to pass a bondor anything like that,” said Ro-driguez. “It will be paid for frommoney we already have setaside.”

The softball field, which wasconstructed in 2001, will be up-graded with covered seating for

the spectators and a press box. The new baseball field also

will be constructed with coveredseating and a press box, with theadded benefit of being built nextto the high school.

“The current field is about amile away from the high school,parallel to the football field,” Ro-driguez said. “The students haveto commute every time they prac-tice or play in a game.”

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

tices and community use.According to Rodriguez, con-

struction of the new field will notonly be more convenient for theplayers, but also save the districtmoney in the long run.

“We will save money on trans-portation since we won’t have totransport the kids back andforth,” Rodriguez said. “And wewon’t have to renovate the base-ball field’s current parking lot

RODRIGUEZ

See ZCISD | PAGE 13A

FISHING FOR TOURNAMENT BASS

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning TimesA 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, sched-uled to wrap-up today.

Winner to be crowned later today

See TOURNAMENT | PAGE 12A

Senator prefiles 45 pieces of legislation

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

State Sen. Judith Zaffirini,D-Laredo, was the first to pre-file bills for the 81st Texas Leg-islature’s consideration, enter-ing a record 45 bills for thesession that will convene Tues-day, Jan. 13.

“My bills focus on the prior-ities of the families of District21, balanced with those of thefamilies of our great state,” Zaf-firini said. “Each is simply astarting point and will evolvethrough constructive negotia-tion that is the hallmark of thelegislative process.

“Accordingly, I urge anyoneinterested in any of my bills tocontact me or my staff immedi-ately so that we can considerany suggestions for improve-ment.”

Of the 45 bills filed by Zaf-firini, 11 are in higher educa-tion; five, public education; 13,

health and human services; andsix, juvenile and criminal jus-tice.

Others are in areas rangingfrom agriculture and trans-portation to the judiciary andtechnology. Her bills include thefollowing:

SB 21, which would allowdistricts voluntarily to expandtheir half-day pre-kindergartenprograms to a full day for cur-rently eligible 4-year-old chil-dren, while implementing cer-tain quality enhancements.What’s more, the bill wouldpromote collaboration amongdistricts and high-quality pri-vate child care and Head Startproviders by requiring districtsto use a portion of the state for-mula funding to partner for pre-kindergarten services.

SB 22, which would pro-vide much-needed financial relief

See SENATOR | PAGE 13A

Man welcomes MHMR’s help(Editor’s note: United Way is

funding 25 agencies in Laredoand Zapata with its 2008-09campaign. This is one in a seriesabout the agencies and the peo-ple they help.)

By CHRISTINA ROSALESLAREDO MORNING TIMES

There was a time whenJavier Salinas couldn’t performthe simplest tasks. Doing yardwork was a great feat, which hepaid somebody to do, he said.

His thoughts were cloudedwith ideas of suicide and otherviolent ideas.

After getting treated at Bor-der Region MHMR CommunityCenter, he is able to functionwell enough for daily life and hisenergy level is high enough to dohis yard work.

“Before I would pay peopleto cut the grass,” Salinas said.“Now I do it myself. It’s slow, but,little by little, it gets done.”

That’s how treating depres-sion was for Salinas, a slowprocess.

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

Salinas injured his back atwork in 1993. He had to leave hisjob and live on workers’ com-pensation, which led to financialproblems

That, on top of an aggressiveand abusive relationship withhis wife, were events that mighthave led to being diagnosed withmajor depression.

Anger and restless behaviorcaused Salinas to throw things

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning TimesSara Zamora, professional social service worker at Border Region MHMR, talks withCesar Javier Salinas.

See MHMR | PAGE 12A

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Today’s the last day of the 2008Wal-Mart FLW Series Fish-Off at FalconLake. In addition to the tournament, therewill be a local expo from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., in-cluding National Guard boat simulators, anobstacle course, Taste of South Texas foodconcessions, a booth from the Texas Parks& Wildlife Department and more. The Zap-ata High School Mariachi Halcon is ex-pected to perform, and the “Big Green”Border Patrol mascot will be on hand.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Cen-tral and South Texas will have a volunteergeneral orientation and wish granter train-ing in Laredo today from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. atLa Quinta Inn & Suites, 7227 Bob BullockLoop. For more information, call 712-9474.

The Texas A&M International Uni-versity Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetariumwill show“The Future Is Wild”at 6 p.m.,“Ex-treme Planets” at 7 p.m. and “U2 FulldomeExperience” at 8 p.m. General admission is$5, $4 for children, TAMIU students, staffand alumni. Premium shows are $1 extra.Buy a ticket for a different show on thesame night and receive $2 off. For more in-formation, call 326-2444.

TUESDAY, NOV. 25From 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. today, the Ruthe

B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center in Laredo willbe having a free Pediatric Orthopedic Clin-ic for patients needing to consult with aspecialist. Patients from Zapata are wel-come. If you are interested in consultingwith Dr. J. Edeen, call 722-2431.

Also from 8 a.m. – 1 pm. today, theCowl Rehabilitation Center in Laredo will behaving a free wheelchair clinic for people whoneed to purchase a wheelchair or make ad-justments to their wheelchairs.Zapatans arewelcome. If you are interested in consultingwith Ken Healy on this topic, call 722-2431.

THANKSGIVING DAYThe 29th annual Guajolote 10K Race

will be held this morning,Thanksgiving Day.For more information, call 724-9990.

TUESDAY, DEC. 2Juvenile Board meets today from

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the third floor ofthe Zapata County Courthouse.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4The South Texas Development

Council is having a committee meeting to-day from 9:30 a.m. to noon at EOC.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6San Ygnacio Historical Homes Tour.

Call the Zapata Chamber of Commerce at765-4871 to find out more.

MONDAY, DEC. 8Zapata County Commissioners meet

at 9 a.m. for their regular monthly meetingat the Zapata County Courthouse.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11Zapata County Christmas parade

will begin at 6:30 p.m. on 17th Avenue, pro-ceed down to the Court House on 6thStreet and U.S. 83. For more information,call 765-6931.

THURSDAY, DEC. 18The Vidal M. Treviño School of Com-

munications and Fine Arts and The LaredoBallet Theatre present “The Nutcracker” atthe Laredo Civic Center Auditorium, 2400San Bernardo Ave. Performances arescheduled for Dec. 18 at 9 a.m. ($4 grouprate for 10 or more seats) and Dec. 18 and19 at 7:30 p.m., $7 general admission. Forticket information and reservations, call795-3325 ext. 22 or 796-9923.

To submit an item for the daily calen-dar, send the name of the event, the date,time, location and a contact phone numberto [email protected]

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

By HAMZA HENDAWIASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Chanting “no to Ameri-ca,” supporters of a radical Shiite clericburned an effigy of President George W.Bush Friday in a protest demanding thatparliament scuttle a U.S.-Iraqi securitypact and American troops begin with-drawing from Iraq immediately.

The demonstration drew nearly 20,000followers of Muqtada al-Sadr to FirdousSquare, the same spot where U.S. Marinestoppled a statue of Saddam Hussein andexultant Iraqis pummeled it with debrisin what became an iconic image of the fallof Baghdad and the end of the dictator’s23-year rule.

Friday’s protest was the latest displayof opposition to an accord that could pushIraq into new political turmoil eventhough the ruling coalition appears tohave enough parliamentary votes to nar-rowly approve the deal.

Parliament is scheduled to vote on thepact Monday, but presidential spokesmanNaseer al-Ani told Iraq’s Sharqiyah tele-vision that the vote might be delayed un-til after the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha,which falls in early December.

“It will need more time. Perhaps untilafter Eid al-Adha,” he told the station. Thelegislature is expected to go into recess thismonth ahead of Eid al-Adha, when scoresof lawmakers travel to Saudi Arabia forthe Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

The pact establishes a timeline for thewithdrawal of U.S. forces from cities byJune 30 and the entire country by 2011. Itplaces U.S. forces under tight Iraqi controland gives the Iraqis limited powers to putAmerican soldiers and civilian Pentagonemployees on trial in cases of seriouscrimes committed off-base and off-duty.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hassaid the agreement offers Iraq the only vi-able option to regain full sovereignty. Thealternative would be to seek the renewal

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

But none of that mattered Friday atFirdous Square, where protesters wavedIraqi flags and green Shiite banners andchanted: “No, no to the agreement of hu-miliation!”

Al-Sadr, who is based in Iran, did not at-tend. But in a sermon read to the crowd byan aide, he criticized the government anddescribed America as “the enemy of Islam.”

“The government must know that it isthe people who help it through the goodand the bad times. If it throws the occu-pier out, all the Iraqi people will stand byit,” al-Sadr said, using common rhetoricfor the United States.

Organizers placed an effigy of Bushon the same pedestal where the giantSaddam statue stood before it wasknocked down April 9, 2003.

Myanmar court hands man 45-year prison term

YANGON, Myanmar —Myanmar’s courts continued acrackdown on activists Friday,handing out a 45-year prisonsentence to a comedian whowent to the delta to help cyclonevictims and criticized the jun-ta’s slow relief response.

Comedian and activist Zarga-nar, whose birth name is MaungThura, was among at least 100people to receive sentences oftwo to 65 years since early No-vember. Many of the trials wereheld in closed sessions, some-times without defense lawyersor family present.

The military government’swave of harsh sentences hasbeen condemned worldwide byWestern governments and hu-man rights groups.

Mexico: Former drug czartook cartel money

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’sformer drug czar was accusedFriday of taking $450,000from a powerful cartel, thehighest-ranking official impli-cated so far in a corruptionscandal over efforts by druggangs to buy protection fromthe government.

Noe Ramirez is the highest-ranking law enforcement offi-cial detained yet as part of Mex-ico’s sweeping investigationaimed at weeding out officialswho allegedly shared police in-formation with violent drugsmugglers.

His arrest complicates Presi-dent Felipe Calderon’s nation-wide crackdown on the drugtrade.

U.S. defense chief: Moreforces for Afghanistan vote

CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia— Defense Secretary RobertGates said Friday he would liketo add significant U.S. forces tothe war in Afghanistan beforenational elections scheduled fornext year, and that grim depic-tions of backsliding in the sev-en-year-old war are “far toopessimistic.”

Gates said the additionalforces would give greater securi-ty for fall elections in Afghanistan,and predicted that security con-ditions will “be under enoughcontrol to allow the elections totake place.” Secure successfulelections are probably the mostimportant goal for Afghanistannext year, Gates said.

—Compiled from AP reports

Hearing on Cheneyindictment turns chaotic

RAYMONDVILLE — A coun-ty prosecutor who brought in-dictments against Vice PresidentDick Cheney, former AttorneyGeneral Alberto Gonzales andothers pounded his fist andshouted at the judge Fridayabout special treatment for high-profile defendants as a routinemotions hearing descended intochaos.

Willacy County District At-torney Juan Angel Guerra, whois accusing the public officials ofculpability in the alleged abuseof prisoners in a federal deten-tion center, asked PresidingJudge Manuel Banales to recusehimself. Guerra has complainedabout Banales’ handling of thecase.

Texas’ unemployment rate rises to 5.6 percent

AUSTIN — Texas’ unemploy-ment rate increased to 5.6 per-cent in October, up half a per-centage point from the previousmonth because of Hurricane Ikeand national economic trends,the Texas Workforce Commis-sion said Friday.

“While Texas still has nearlya 1 percent lower unemploy-

ment rate than the rate of thenation, I would expect unem-ployment rates in Texas to con-tinue to track the national trendupward in the months ahead,”said commission chairman TomPauken.

The state had a seasonallyadjusted unemployment rate of5.1 percent in September and4.3 percent in October 2007.

Convicted killer of Dallas-area woman executedHUNTSVILLE — The rage

that fueled Robert Jean Hud-son’s fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend nearly a decade agoand earned him a cell on deathrow was gone as he quietly wentto his own death.

Hudson, 45, received lethalinjection Thursday night forkilling Edith Kendrick, 35, ather Dallas-area home in a 1999attack that also left the woman’syoung son severely woundedwith his throat slashed.

Strapped to the Texas deathchamber gurney, Hudson ex-pressed love to his wife, who isfrom Belgium, and a friend, whoboth watched through a window.Then he asked them to pray theLord’s Prayer with him in themoment before the lethal drugswere administered.

—Compiled from AP reports

Neb. governor signs safe-haven age limit bill

LINCOLN, Neb. — NebraskaGov. Dave Heineman hassigned a bill that adds a 30-dayage limit to a safe-haven lawled to the abandonment ofnearly three dozen children, in-cluding some teenagers as oldas 17.

The law goes into effect at12:01 a.m. Saturday.

Heineman signed the bill onFriday afternoon without fan-fare and did not immediately is-sue a statement on the law.

The Legislature, meeting inspecial session, gave its final ap-proval earlier Friday.

Nebraska’s had been the onlysafe-haven law in the countrywithout an age limit.

Wal-Mart names Duke tosucceed Scott as CEO

NEW YORK — Wal-MartStores Inc., the world’s largestretailer, unexpectedly an-nounced Friday that its chief ex-ecutive will retire in Februaryand be replaced by the head ofits international division.

The surprise change in lead-ership right before the crucialholiday season comes as Wal-Mart has roared back to successas people looking for bargainsshop more at discounters. Still,the company faces hurdlesahead amid slowing growth inthe U.S., and analysts say the de-cision to tap an international ex-ecutive serves as a testamentthat the company sees its futuregrowth oversees.

—Compiled from AP reports

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Nov. 22, the327th day of 2008. There are 39days left in the year.

TTooddaayy’’ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiissttoorryy:: On Nov. 22, 1963, President

Kennedy was shot to death whileriding in a motorcade in Dallas.Texas Gov. John B. Connally, inthe same limousine as Kennedy,was seriously wounded. SuspectLee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee:: In 1718, English pirate Ed-

ward Teach — better known as“Blackbeard” — was killed dur-ing a battle off the Virginia coast.

In 1890, French presidentCharles de Gaulle was born inLille, France.

In 1928, “Bolero,” by MauriceRavel, was first performed, inParis.

In 1935, a flying boat, the Chi-na Clipper, took off from Alame-da, Calif., carrying more than100,000 pieces of mail on thefirst trans-Pacific airmail flight.

In 1943, President Roosevelt,British Prime Minister WinstonChurchill and Chinese leaderChiang Kai-shek met in Cairo todiscuss measures for defeatingJapan.

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

In 1965, the musical “Man ofLa Mancha” opened in NewYork.

In 1975, Juan Carlos was pro-claimed King of Spain.

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: The CBS Newsprogram “60 Minutes” airedvideotape of Dr. Jack Kevorkian,an advocate of assisted suicide,administering lethal drugs toThomas Youk, a terminally illpatient. (Kevorkian, who chal-lenged prosecutors to chargehim, was later convicted of sec-ond-degree murder and sen-tenced to 10 to 25 years in prison.He was released in 2007 afterserving eight years.)

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: The Medicareprescription drug bill narrowlypassed the House, 220-215, fol-lowing a dusk-to-dawn debate.Thousands of mourners gath-ered in downtown Dallas alongthe street where President JohnF. Kennedy had been assassinat-ed 40 years earlier.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: Retailers luredshoppers to stores and online onThanksgiving Day ahead of thetraditional Black Friday kickoff.A gunman shot and killed his ex-wife, their three children and

himself in a park in Laytonsville,Md. French rail workers who’dstaged a nine-day-old strike vot-ed to return to the job.

TTooddaayy’’ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: FormerSen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., is 90.Movie director Arthur Hiller is85. Actor Robert Vaughn is 76.Actor Michael Callan is 73. ActorAllen Garfield is 69. Animatorand movie director Terry Gilliamis 68. Actor Tom Conti is 67.Singer Jesse Colin Young is 67.Astronaut Guion S. Bluford is 66.Tennis player Billie Jean King is65. Rock musician-actor SteveVan Zandt (AKA Little Steven) is58. Rock musician Tina Wey-mouth (The Heads; TalkingHeads; The Tom Tom Club) is58. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is50. Rock singer Jason Ringen-berg (Jason & the Scorchers) is50. Actress Mariel Hemingwayis 47. Rock musician Charlie Col-in is 42. Actor Nicholas Rowe is42. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 41.Tennis player Boris Becker is 41.Actress Scarlett Johansson is 24.

TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: “In youthwe feel richer for every new illu-sion; in maturer years, for everyone we lose.” — Anne SophieSwetchine, Russian-French au-thor (1782-1857).

‘HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29’

Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press | APIn this June 3 file photo, trucks sit in the parking lot as a General Motors employeearrives at the truck plant in Oshawa, Canada. General Motors Corp. will extend itsholiday shutdown or make other production cuts at five factories at as it deals witha continued U.S. auto sales slump and fights to stay solvent.

Photo by Frank O’Brien/The Boston Globe | APIn this Nov. 23, 1968, file photo, Harvard’s Pete Varney (80) catches quarterbackFrank Champis’ two-point conversion in front of Yale’s Ed Franklin (15) to tie thefootball 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 stun-ning comebacks in college football history.

Photo by Khalid Mohammed | APFollowers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn a represen-tation of the American flag as thousands converge at FirdousSquare in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday for a mass prayerto protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.

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EVADING ARRESTA man who led sheriff’s deputies on

a brief car chase Monday was arrested aftercoming to a stop at his residence in the1300 block of Meir Avenue.

Fernando Diaz-Rodriguez was bookedand charged with evading arrest with a mo-tor vehicle. He was later taken to county jail.

According to the offense report, adeputy attempted to pull him over at about11:15 p.m. near the intersection of 7th Streetand Mier Avenue, but he refused to stop.

He then came to a stop outside his res-idence, ran inside and was apprehended bya deputy inside a bedroom, officers said.

BURGLARY OF A VEHICLESheriff’s deputies arrested a man

Nov. 14 on the charge of burglary of a vehi-cle, a Class A misdemeanor.

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

According to the offense report,deputies arrested Gamez around midnightafter he allegedly broke into a woman’s carin the 1300 block of Medina Street. He al-legedly used a vehicle antennae and ascrewdriver to get into the vehicle.

POSSESSION OF ACONTROLLED SUBSTANCEA man and a woman were arrested

Sunday after being pulled over for a trafficviolation in Ocampo Avenue.

According to the offense report, the ve-hicle’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 out-standing warrants from Oklahoma.

Both were booked and later taken tocounty jail. The offense report stated thatsheriff’s deputies pulled over Turi at about11:45 a.m. for speeding.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a manWednesday after pulling him over at about2 a.m. near the intersection of 10th Streetand Villa Avenue. According to the offensereport, Sergio Barragan, of the 1500 blockof Jackson Street, was found to be in pos-session of a controlled substance. He wasbooked and later taken to county jail.

A man allegedly caught throwing amarijuana cigarette outside a car windowThursday was arrested and charged withpossession of a controlled substance.

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

BURGLARY OF A BUILDINGTwo men were arrested Tuesday for

allegedly burglarizing a Laundromat at the1400 block of Kennedy Street.

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

of the 1100 block of Kennedy, were bookedand charged with burglary of a building andtheft. Both were later taken to county jail.

According to the offense report, theybroke into the laundromat’s office and stolea television and cash register.

THEFTSheriff’s deputies detained a female

juvenile Monday afternoon for Class-B mis-demeanor theft.

According to the offense report, thetheft occurred at Zapata Middle School.Theamount stolen from the female victim wasbetween $50 and $500.

A female complainant from the 100block of River Driver told sheriff’s deputiesMonday that someone had stolen two per-fumes and two purses from her bedroom.

According to the offense report, au-thorities identified three suspects in thecase, which is open and active.

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Jurors get2-week break

By JASON BUCHTHE ZAPATA TIMES

The jury trial in a lawsuit in-volving a man killed in apipeline explosion will take atwo-week break.

Jurors in the Zapata 49thDistrict Court have heard twoweeks of testimony in a lawsuitfiled by family members of Au-gustine Alaniz, who was killedin a June 1, 2005, pipeline rup-ture near Zapata, and Luz Del-gado, who was injured in the ex-plosion.

The plaintiffs are seekingdamages from Dominion Explo-ration and Production, the com-pany that owned the pipeline,which ruptured when a crew us-ing a backhoe tried to lift it outof the ground and cut it up.

The people trying to remove

and salvagethe pipelinethought it wasdepressur-ized, accord-ing to courtdocuments.

By the endof the trial,jurors are ex-

pected to have heard fromabout two dozen witnesses andseen thousands of pieces of ev-idence.

State District Judge JoeLopez decided not to make ju-rors come back during Thanks-giving week, and already hadcourt scheduled in Laredo thefollowing week.

The trial will continue Dec. 8.(Jason Buch may be reached

at 728-2547 or [email protected])

Courtesy photo/Villarreal Elementary | Special to the TimesVillarreal 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, EstebanGonzalez, Jose Maria Rocha, Michelle Sanchez, Leslie Fraire Berenice Lopez, Elizabeth Garcia, Emily Leal and Naian Garza. Not shown are top students Juan Angel Barrientosand David Anferenee Saldaña

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THE BOSTON GLOBE

There is nothing romanticabout the piracy that hasbecome a threat to sailors’

lives and shipping off the coast ofSomalia. The expanding reachand sophistication of the pirates’operations are a threat to mar-itime commerce and exacerbatethe security concerns of countriesdependent on open sea lanes.

The worsening peril of mod-ern piracy was on display thisweek with the capture of a Saudioil tanker 450 miles off the shoreof east Africa — a hostage-takingthat coincided with the hijackingof an Iranian cargo ship and fol-lowed the September seizure of aUkranian ship with 33 Soviet-eratanks on board.

Piracy in the heavily traffickedGulf of Aden and a widening arcof the Indian Ocean has morethan doubled so far this year, with80 ships attacked and 60 hijacked.

This is a highly organized andlucrative criminal enterprise. In-surers and ship owners pay ever-larger ransoms to save the lives ofcaptured crew members and to

retrieve vessels and cargoes thatare worth many times the pay-ments made to the pirates.

There was concern that someof the weapons on the hijackedUkrainian ship would end up inthe hands of Islamists seeking tooverthrow Somalia’s weak inter-im government. But generally thepirates’ operations have nothingto do with the Islamists. Theydemonstrate, however, how afailed or failing state such as So-malia can pose an economic andsecurity threat to countries farfrom its shores.

The International MaritimeOrganization has ships frommany nations that patrol interna-tional waters.

But they have not deterred theSomali pirates. In the absence of aSomali state able to enforce thelaw, a multinational force is need-ed that can go ashore, capture thecriminals, break up their supportnetworks, and bring them to jus-tice.

The need for such a force high-lights the case for a world orderbased on international coopera-tion and collective security.

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EDITORIAL

COLUMN

Bush still has timeto repair legacy

WASHINGTON — Presi-dent Bush needs no re-minder that his White

House days are dwindling down.All he has to do is to look out hiswindow and see the scaffoldingbeing built for the presidentialviewing stand for the Jan. 20 in-augural parade of the next presi-dent of the United States.

But all is not lost. Bush can doa lot in his waning time in officeto repair his legacy and help theAmerican people suffering fromunemployment and loss of healthinsurance.

He can support a $25-billionbailout for the “big three auto-makers” whose top executiveswere in his corner during his twopresidential elections and arenow begging for help. But he isnot inclined to do so.

It is not for the auto industryalone. Thousands of workers be-yond the assembly line are affect-ed by the threatened industry-re-lated jobs.

I didn’t hear any screams ofprotest or observe a truckload ofconditions when the financial sys-tem was summarily handed a$700 billion bailout from taxpay-ers’ pockets. Did you?

But then what do you expectwhen a top Wall Streeter fromGoldman Sachs like TreasurySecretary Henry Paulson is run-ning the show to an uncertaintrumpet.

To also enhance his image, thepresident should focus on housingforeclosures.

Republican administrationsheaded by Ronald Reagan andboth Bushes have shown little re-spect for the federal governmentand its workers, perhaps with theexception of the Pentagon.

The current president tried toprivatize as many governmentjobs as he could in his eight yearsin office. He also hired more than100,000 private contractors to as-sist in the Iraqi war, paying themhigh wages. The generals in Iraqalso drummed up a scheme to paythousands of Iraqis not to fightthe U.S. How do you like that?Some wars have been fought forgreat and legitimate causes. Nowwe have mercenary wars thathave yet to be explained or de-fended.

The irony is that scads ofBush’s political appointeesthroughout the government aremoving quickly into top level Civ-il Service career positions fortheir personal job security andmaybe to keep their hands on aCabinet department’s conserva-tive policies.

Those policies affect regulato-ry initiatives that concern drink-ing water standards; air qualityand fisheries limits, among otherissues.

The Washington Post said ear-lier this week that the InteriorDepartment’s top lawyer hasshifted a half a dozen keydeputies— who may have been in-volved in controversial environ-mental decisions— into seniorCivil Service posts.

The Post— quoting anonymoussources fearful of affecting theircareers— said the shifts to CivilService represent the Bush ad-ministration’s effort to leave alasting imprint on environmen-tal policy.

The administration’s moves togive job security to outgoing loy-al aides and jump them into ca-reer Civil Service posts is notunique. It even has a name —“burrowing”— and is a longtimepractice by outgoing administra-tions.

On the foreign policy front, itwould be the worst of folly forBush to attack Iran before heleaves office. Two wars areenough at this time.

Despite his failures, particu-larly the unprovoked 2003 inva-sion of Iraq which led to morethan 4,000 American deaths and30,000 wounded for life, alongwith tens of thousands of Iraqideaths, Bush shows no remorseand still speaks of a military vic-tory.

He has said often that he ex-pects to be vindicated as time goesby. But he should first vow to dono further harm as he walks outthe White House door.

As for jobs, neither Bush norVice President Dick Cheney haveto worry about their future.

Both men have enormous fam-ily wealth and fat governmentpensions.

Cheney recently built a newhome on the Eastern Shore ofMaryland next door to former De-fense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.He has another home under con-struction in McLean, Va., rightacross from the CIA and close toformer Secretary of State ColinPowell.

Cheney also has a home atJackson Hole in his nativeWyoming.

The president doesn’t have tofret about his future either. He hassaid he wants to make moneywhen he leaves the White House.He will.

(Helen Thomas can be reachedat [email protected])

COLUMN

U.S. hasn’t learned energy lesson yet

Give ’em a blast of Dino, full volume

By LOREN STEFFYHOUSTON CHRONICLE

HOUSTON — Mike Linnstepped out of a confer-ence room earlier this

week just minutes after the DowJones industrial average closedbelow 8,000 for the first time insix years.

“It’s depressing,” he said. Linn, the chief executive of

Linn Energy and a past presi-dent of the Independent Petrole-um Association of America isn’tmuch more upbeat when he talksabout his own business.

Linn Energy’s shares havefallen 35 percent this year, andMike Linn said the domestic en-ergy industry is on the cusp ofanother bust that could leave re-serves untapped, orders fordrilling equipment canceled andemployee ranks pared in the nextyear to 18 months.

“You’re going to see thingsshutting down,” he said. “Wedon’t learn. This has happenedbefore.”

Pulling backAs prices rose in recent years,

companies began investing morecapital in unconventional energy

plays such as oil sands and natu-ral gas shale. Now they’re pullingback. The credit crunch has com-pounded those decisions, ascompanies have been unable toobtain financing for new drillingor find the terms too onerous.

Linn said his company iscurbing its spending for newdrilling, investing only what itneeds to replace production.

He’s not alone. Companiessuch as Chesapeake, Petrohawk,and Dallas-based Pioneer Re-sources have announced similarplans, and Linn predicted morewill follow.

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

Falling pricesThe price of crude oil has con-

tinued to fall, closing Thursdaybelow $50 a barrel almost one-third the price it sold for in July.

Linn predicted that declinewill drive down rig counts by asmuch as 30 percent as compa-nies suspend drilling projects. Heexpects oil to be selling at $55 to$65 a barrel for most of next year,and natural gas to fluctuate be-tween $5.50 to $7.50 per thou-sand cubic feet.

Barton Smith, director of theUniversity of Houston’s Institutefor Regional Forecasting, recent-ly predicted that the city’s em-ployment will end the year slight-ly above last year, though the rateof growth has slowed.

Outlook for jobsNext year, however, some econ-

omists say Houston’s employmentmay decline because of cutbacksin the energy industry, though it’sstill likely to remain ahead of thenational average.

Linn, though, is more worriedabout a number that consumershave welcomed: gasoline under$2 a gallon. That, combined withthe credit crunch, is going to stallefforts to develop alternative fu-els and decrease dependence onforeign oil.

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

In some cases, that may al-ready be happening.

Duke Energy, for example, re-cently announced it wants to sellpart of its wind-power business,and Dallas oilman Boone Pick-ens said recently that he’s havingtrouble getting financing for hisWest Texas wind farm, envi-sioned as the world’s largest.

If industry stalwarts likeDuke and Pickens are feeling thepinch, it’s a safe bet that smalleralternative fuel ventures face asimilar squeeze.

“The best thing that happenedto us was $4 gasoline,” Linn said,because it forced Americans toface the energy shortages that arecoming, despite the current eas-ing of prices.

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

Forgetful Americans If pump prices remain under

$2 for much of the next year,Americans may return to theirold habits driving more, forsak-ing fuel efficiency and forgettingabout the need to develop alter-native fuel sources.

When that happens, of course,demand will begin to rise onceagain. However, the cutback inproduction will mean a shortageof supply that will cause prices torise rapidly once again.

Then the whole cycle startsanew.

As Linn said, we don’t seem tolearn.

(To reach Loren Steffy, theChronicle’s business columnist,e-mail [email protected])

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COLUMN

By MARK RUTLEDGE COX NEWS SERVICE

GREENVILLE, N.C. — As Iwalked to my car in theparking lot of a fast-food

restaurant, the distinctively lowbass notes from a teenager’s carstereo vibrated my eyebrows.

Nothing makes you feel morelike a crusty old man than beingannoyed by the thump, thump,thumping of what today’s youthhave somehow mistaken for mu-sic.

It scares me that grocerystores are now playing a lot of the‘70s rock that caused my ownparents to shake their heads indisbelief. If tomorrow’s grocerystores begin piping in today’s li-cense-tag-rattling rap, we can ex-pect a lot more cleanups on thepickle aisle.

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

more annoying the non-melodi-ous vibrations became. The dis-turber of the public peace, as itturned out, was parked right be-side me.

To further enhance my mis-ery, the guy had backed in so thathis opened driver-side windowwas directly in line with mine. Ishot him a disapproving glanceclimbing into my car, but he wasslumped too far down in his seatto notice.

My first instinct was to quick-ly put as much distance as possi-ble between the thoughtlessthumping and me. But as Imoved the shifter into drive, ithit me that I would never againhave such a golden - as in goldenoldies - opportunity to offer atimeless testimonial to that mu-sically misguided young man.

I moved the shifter back intopark and began flipping throughmy own CDs.

For all of the auto industry’srecently publicized failures,backsliding on car stereo tech-nology is not among them. Myfactory-installed CD player canmount a formidable challengeagainst any teenager’s customdash-blaster - especially from 24inches away.

I thought about firing backwith some George Jones. Per-haps a little “He Stopped LovingHer Today” cranked up all theway. Or I could put on a WillieNelson classic from the “RedHeaded Stranger” collection.

I might have witnessed to thelad with the gospel bluegrassrenderings of Doyle Lawson, ortaken him down to the cross-roads with the raucous rock ofZZ Top.

But I needed something thatwould cut through the mind-numbing bass notes and get un-der that flat-billed ball cap of his.

I rolled down my front and rearwindows and let loose with some1940s boom-boom.

“How lucky can one guy be?”Dean Martin asked betweenhigh-frequency horns, “I kissedher and she kissed me?”

The loud one did not lowerhis volume or admit defeat, but asI slowly pulled away snappingmy fingers and bobbing my head,he was sitting up a littlestraighter and smiling.

Ancient as I am, the Rat Packera was before my time. I neverwould have thought to purchase“Dino: The Essential Dean Mar-tin.”

Mine was a gift from my mu-sically diverse niece Adrienne,who offers hope that grocerystores will never thump or vi-brate with piped-in rap music.Adrienne is 19.

As old Dino once said, “Ain’tthat a kick in the head?”

HELEN THOMAS

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 THE ZAPATA TIMES | 5ALOCAL

By DORA MARTINEZ

Eduardo Gracia Jr., P.E., isone of Zapata County’sleading lights.

Born in June 1970 in Laredo,Eddie — or “Lalo,” as his familyand friends call him — hasstruggled all his life to be a manof means.

He helped his parents attheir ranch in Falcon; being theonly boy in the family made himrealize what it took to makeends meet.

With an eye on his future,Lalo attended and graduatedfrom Zapata High School, thenwent on for further studies atTexas A&M University. In 1993,he received his bachelor’s in civ-il engineering.

From 1993 to1994, Laloworked as a mudlogger, logginggas wells around the Lopeñoand Falcon areas for Rich Log-ging Co. out of Rockport.

In 1994, he joined the TexasDepartment of Transportation.He worked as an engineer as-sistant and as a transportationengineer at the HebbronvilleArea Office of the Pharr Dis-trict.

Lalo has worked on variousprojects, including roadwayconstruction in Brooks, JimHogg, Starr and Zapata coun-ties. During this time he alsoobtained his professional engi-neer license.

In 2007, Lalo became Heb-bronville Area Engineer.

As the area Engineer, he hasto oversee all the constructionand maintenance operations forthose aforementioned counties.He says he enjoys working inhis current position and loca-tion because it allows him towork close to his family andfriend. His hobbies are hunting,reading, local history and sports(especially Dallas Cowboys,

Texas Aggies and his nephew’sPeeWee football).

Spending time with hisnephews is one of his prioritiesas he is one exceptional son anduncle.

Lalo is the son of Ninfa N.Ramirez Gracia and the late Ed-uardo Gracia. He is also thegrandson of the late FlavioRamirez and the late formerJudge Estella Guerra Ramirez.

His paternal grandparentsare the late Santiago and Ar-mandina Gracia.

Lalo has done a marvelousjob for our community and willcontinue to do so for a very longtime.

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

(Dora Martinez is a nativeof Zapata who was publisher ofHispanic News in San Antoniofor 21 years. She can be reachedat [email protected])

Engineer Gracia:Pride of Zapata

Show gratitude this holidayFor me, Thanksgiving has al-

ways been a celebrationwhere friends and relatives

get together to thank God for Hisblessings on us for the last year.The house is filled with warmgreetings and laughter as well asthe aroma from the turkey, dress-ing and all the sides.

Every year we all look forwardto our family traditions onThanksgiving.

Every gathering has a specialdish that’s only made at this timeof the year. Whether it’s a smokedturkey, a special stuffing, an orig-inal side or a delectable pie, we allanticipate breaking bread togeth-er and enjoying this special feast.

Then for some of us, the bigmeal goes hand in hand with thebig games on the television. Andsome of us might be rambunc-tious enough to entertain a realgame of football much like thosenostalgic images of the Kennedyboys playing more than 40-yearsago.

This is, indeed, a special timeduring the year where life slowsdown and fortunately, we are ableto pause, reflect and give thanks

for the many blessings in our lives.We all have a lot to be thankful

for and it usually revolves aroundthe invaluable things of life andthis world. Our family and friendsare priceless so be sure to countyour blessings.

However, I also understandthat this can be time where somemight become melancholy.

Instead of sadness, let us re-member our loved ones who havegone before us with laughter bysharing their stories, their tradi-tions and how they made life allthe more wonderful.

As the spiritual leader of thiscommunity, I am also grateful forthe many people of faith andgoodwill whose tireless efforts,undying support, unselfish sacri-

fices and constant prayers makepresent the kingdom of God inour community.

Furthermore, as we givethanks to our heavenly Father forthe splendor and beauty of all cre-ation, we must remember to re-ceive all these gifts from God withgratitude. We must also cultivatethem responsibly by sharing themlovingly in justice with others.

It is through this humble grat-itude that we learn to share ourgifts of time, talent and treasurewith others leading us to make adifference in people’s lives.

It is these actions that providethe community with a sense of

profound hope and strength.Because of our steadfast faith,

we are confident that God will al-ways provide.

As we come together with ourfamilies during this extendedThanksgiving weekend, I hopethat you share the joy and gen-erosity of the holiday with allyour loved ones.

And be sure to give thanks forit is God who has provided for usTodo Con Amor!

(Bishop James A. Tamayoheads the Roman Catholic Dio-cese of Laredo. The diocese cov-ers Webb and six surroundingcounties.)

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BY DIANA R. FUENTESLAREDO MORNING TIMES

Communities in Schools andZapata Middle School are spon-soring a canned goods drive to-day and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4p.m. on both days to benefit theHelping Hands Food Pantry.

The drive will be in front ofthe Zapata County Chamber ofCommerce, 601 N. U.S. 83.

“We’ve been getting dona-tions from students and staff fora while,” said Jose FranciscoElizondo, Zapata MiddleSchool’s Communities inSchools project coordinator.

“(Today) and Sunday we’reopening the drive to the com-munity, so they can providesomething if they want to helpout,” Elizondo said.

“I want to remind everyonethat this is going to the pantryhere in Zapata,” Elizondoadded. “The people they will behelping are our neighbors.

“You may see people starv-ing in other countries on TV,but there are people who arehungry here in Zapata, too.”

Elizondo said that with theFLW Outdoors Fish-Off BassTournament in town this week-end, he’s hoping for a goodturnout at the drive.

“Anglers and people going tothe tournament might hear

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

The CIS project coordinatoradded that donations still willbe accepted Monday. The foodwill be delivered to HelpingHands on Tuesday, Nov. 25

Among the items that areneeded are canned goods andnon-perishable necessities suchas green beans, pinto beans,corn, tomato sauce, tuna, juice,crackers, cookies (such as gal-letas marias), water, pasta (suchas spaghetti and elbow maca-roni), peanut butter, cereal(Cheerios) and flour.

The counselor emphasizedthat he’s not the one who de-serves credit for the drive.

“It’s not just one person do-ing this,” he said. “The peoplewe need to recognize are thestaff, students and the commu-nity who are willing to givetheir time and donations to helpothers. Even just spreading theword by mouth is helping.”

Communities in Schools’purpose is to help keep stu-dents in school, offering a vari-ety of services including schoolguidance, mentoring and help-ing with personal issues.

The executive director ofCommunities in Schools is JoeGutierrez.

For more information, callElizondo at 765-6542 ext. 2122.

ZMS opensfood drive

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Fidel & Andrea R. VillarrealElementary Student Councilmembers gathered Thursday, Nov.13, to pay tribute to all of the vet-erans who made sacrifices to pro-vide the freedom and libertyAmerica enjoys today.

The tribute began with teacherNydia Amesquita singing the na-tional anthem, followed by thePledge of Allegiance, led by Stu-dent Council members Juan Diazand Mario Mendoza.

The presentation followed witha special demonstration of the fold-ing of the U.S flag and an explana-tion of its meaning. Folding theflag were student council mem-bers Delisa Rodriguez, RebeccaVillarreal, Daniel Peña and YehynyLedesma. Narrators were AndreaGarza and Kaitlyn Ramirez.

Two patriotic poems also wererecited: “Thank A Veteran” and “Vet-erans Day.” The poets were HeatherHernandez, Louie Lopez, MateoMendoza and Daniella Santos.

A patriotic cheer was performedby Student Council membersKaityln Ramirez, Andrea Garza,Delisa Rodriguez, Rebecca Villar-real, Yehney Ledesma, EnriquettaEspinoza, Perla Garza, AaliyahYameogo, Dulce Campos, JocelinGarcia, Eulalia Minor, Kaylee Lon-goria and Jessica Medrano.

A heartfelt PowerPoint pres-entation was shared with the vis-iting veterans. The presentationconsisted of pictures of veteransrelated to the students. The pres-entation was put together by thestudents of Villarreal Elementaryand counselor Claudia Garza.

In closing the tribute, school sec-

retary Cynthia Morales and teach-ers Teresa Collett and Lydia Garzajoined Student Council membersin creating a special skit focused onseveral patriotic themes.

Flag Raising on Iwa Jima(Feb. 23, 1945). Though in today’sconfusing struggle it may be con-sidered rude to raise an AmericanFlag over territory gained in bat-tle, it wasn’t always so. On Feb. 23,1945, on a Pacific Island held bythe Japanese, U.S. Marines died tosecure Mt. Suribache. The photo-graph recording the second flagraising became an inspiration forthe famous sculpture that standsin Washington, D.C. U.S. soldierswere performed by Emmanuel

Guzman, Michael Moreno,Christopher Garza, Adrian Bugg,Rene Vargas and Roberto Barrera

The Statue of Liberty is oneof the most recognized symbols ofAmerican freedom anywhere.Standing tall on Liberty Island inthe middle of the Hudson River inNew York City Harbor, the Statueof Liberty was given to the U.S. bythe French in 1886. The Frenchgave the Statue de la Liberte to theUnited States as a token of friend-ship. The Statue of Liberty wasportrayed by Theresa Villarreal.

Women in the ArmedForces. Women have played a vi-tal role in the Armed Forces formany years. Female soldiers were

portrayed by Julissa Alaniz, Lau-ra Villarreal, Jessica Garcilazo,Monique Hurtado, Ashley Ibarra,Cristina Rodriguez and Neida-lynn Rodriguez.

Everyone in attendance wasasked to join in a moment of si-lence to remember those whogave their lives for their country.Honoring all the veterans on the11th day of the 11th month and inthe 11th hour, taps was soundedby the school’s bell choir, includ-ing Kassandra Aguilar, DanielaGuzman, Priscilla Elizondo, Lau-ra Garza and Bethany Ruiz.

Amesquita concluded the pres-entation by singing “God BlessAmerica.”

Villarreal pays tribute to its veterans

Courtesy photo/Villarreal Elementary | Special to the TimesVillarreal Elementary students, faculty and staff gathered on Nov. 13 to sing, recite poetry, do plays and other activities to honorveterans, many of them relatives of the kids.

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MISS MANNERS | BY JUDITH MARTIN

DEAR MISS MANNERS —For several years, my significantother has said that, when a groupof people are dining together, the

conversation isforemost.

Therefore,she says, when-ever someonestarts talking,good mannersdictate thateveryone elseshould stop eat-

ing and put down their forks, andshe says we should do this even ifno one else does. (At least she hasthe good manners not to informthe others of this supposed re-quirement when we are diningwith a group.) I keep telling herthat her idea about dining etiquetteis ridiculous. If there is continuousback-and-forth conversation andeveryone did as she thinks theyshould, nothing would get eatenand the food would eventually getcold. (The picture comes to mymind of everyone’s silverware beingput on their plates in clicking uni-son whenever someone starts talk-ing and being picked up again inunison when that person stops talk-ing, with the process repeatingwhen someone responds to the pre-vious speaker.) I can’t get her tounderstand that her idea has nobasis in the rules of etiquette.Am I right in this? What say you?

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

Not only would the food growcold, but so would the conversa-tion. Can you imagine yourselfmaking an amusing little obser-vation to your dinner partner,only to look up and see all thosestaring, hungry eyes?

Please tell the lady that therule forbids talking with yourmouth full; it does not forbid

listening with your mouth full. DEAR MISS MANNERS — Ac-

cording to my dictionary, a lady isdescribed as: 1. originally, a womanof authority over a house or an es-tate, of the same rank as a lord; 2. awell-bred woman; a woman ofgood family or of high social posi-tion; a gentlewoman. Please adviseme, has the definition of a “lady”changed so that a female addressedas such should be offended? Just re-cently, this happened in my pres-ence. The female addressed is mostcertainly highly regarded — as on apedestal (the highest respect).

GENTLE READER — But shewas no lady.

DEAR MISS MANNERS —This year I will be hosting a ratherlarge Thanksgiving dinner forfamily. My sister-in-law will bebringing her boyfriend, who isvegetarian. I had planned on of-fering several vegetarian options,as I want him to feel welcome.

My sister-in-law informed myhusband they preferred that nomeat be served, but if we insisted,could we make sure not to cookmeat/nonmeat items in the ovenat the same time, and could werefrain from ceremoniously carv-ing the turkey at the table? Howshould I handle this request?

GENTLE READER — Withthe firm conviction that you aregraciously attending to the needsof a guest by making sure thathe will have enough to eat, andneed not let him take over therunning of the household. Youmight also suggest to your sisterthat Thanksgiving, with its foodrituals, may not be the best holi-day to which to bring the gentle-man. Should he become a mem-ber of the family, Miss Mannerswould think your sister-in-lawwould want to hold familyThanksgiving at their house,where they will be in charge.

MARTIN

It’s OK to eat and listen

A healthy helping for ThanksgivingBy TARYN WHITE

THE ZAPATA TIMES

With the meal to put allother meals to shamefast-approaching,

Americans everywhere are wait-ing to revel in the gastronomicaldelight, which traditionally fea-tures turkey, stuffing, cranberrysauce, green bean casserole, but-tery rolls, and mashed potatoesand gravy.

It’s part of a celebration thatsome feel dictates an all-daypass to indulge in truly glutton-ous behavior.

But before piling your platewith a second helping of turkeyand mashed potatoes, keep inmind that according to the Amer-ican Council on Exercise, the av-erage American will consumearound 3,000 calories through-out the day.

In Laredo, an area plaguedwith obesity and diabetes, tak-ing note of what is being con-sumed and the quantity of foodbeing eaten is the best way to notspend Friday regretting the pre-vious day’s feast.

“It all about going into the daywith preparation and a plan,”said Rosa Lopez, a dietician forLaredo Medical Center. “It is notso much about not letting your-self eat good things, but howmuch of it you eat.”

Easy swapsThe centerpiece of the

Thanksgiving meal — the turkey— is actually a healthy source ofprotein as long as it is roasted,not fried, she said.

“Frying the Thanksgivingturkey is becoming more pop-ular,” Lopez said. “But whenyou fry the turkey, you saturatethe fat and increase the caloriccontent.”

When it comes to gravy, mod-eration is key. According to Eat-ingWell.com, scraping the fat offthe top of the gravy before serv-ing it is a fast and easy way tosave unneeded calories.

Cranberry sauce, too, can gofrom being a healthy, antioxidant-

rich dressing to an overly sweet,caloric dish depending on howmuch sugar is added.

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

Lopez suggests using unfla-vored Jell-O and a little almondextract as an alternative sweet-ener.

“The (consistency) will be dif-ferent than what people are usedto, but it tastes good, and it ismuch healthier,” Lopez said. “I’veeven had some patients use a lit-tle bit of rum to add to the flavor.”

And there are other ways forthe chef to cut calories in everyThanksgiving dish.

“Just Google ‘healthyThanksgiving recipes’ a coupleof days before Thanksgiving,”Lopez said. “You can find manydifferent examples of how to eathealthier.”

For example, if the traditionalgreen bean casserole is some-thing that can’t be lived without,Lopez suggests using fat-freecream of mushroom soup, andusing toasted almonds instead offried onions as a crust.

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H-E-B plus!chef JavierGarza and his assistant,LauroRamirez,present a spiral ham andturkey, two favoritesfor Thanks-giving dinners.

Photos by Cuate Santos | The Zapata TimesA spiral ham and a glazed turkey are sure to please you and your guest this Thanksgiving Day.

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By CHRIS CAROLAASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBANY, N.Y. — In most Amer-ican text books, Samuel deChamplain serves as a sort of his-torical speed bump betweenChristopher Columbus and Lewisand Clark.

Pulitzer Prize-winning histo-

rian David Hackett Fischer be-lieves Champlain deserves bettertreatment for his key role asleader of one of the earliest set-tlements in North America.

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

century French explorer.A lake shared by New York,

Vermont and Quebec bearsChamplain’s name, as do colleges,communities and any number ofentities on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. But until a recentresurgence of interest in Cham-plain tied to the 400th anniver-sary of his explorations, his many

accomplishments were oftenlumped with other European ex-plorers who fell out of favor in ac-ademic circles during the late20th century, Fischer said.

“Literature on him is like thecentury plant. It blooms every100 years when he has an an-niversary,” Fischer said in a re-cent interview.

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It is also easy to use sweet-eners like Splenda as a replace-ment for sugar, and butter fla-voring rather than butter.

Lopez said that for candiedyams, allspice is a good alter-native to brown sugar andmarshmallows — the flavoringmakes it less sugary, but it willcomplement the taste of theyams.

Portion patrolPortion control is another easy

technique to save on calories. According to Lopez, only 4

ounces of the different types offoods should be consumed.This means that if both mashedpotatoes and yams are served,only have 2 ounces of each.

Also, adding more leafygreen vegetables to the plate isgreat way to fill up on food thatis not packed with fats and sug-ars. Lopez recommendssteamed vegetables and a saladwith light salad dressing.

Sandra Orozco, one ofLopez’s patients, has been try-ing to eat more healthily everyday.

“I plan on eating a lot morevegetables this Thanksgivingand less bread,” Orozco said.

She went on to say that she

will be giving up mashed pota-toes this year to stay healthy.

“They will still be served,but I just won’t eat any,” Oroz-co said. “I will miss them, butfor me, it is more important tostay healthy than have mashedpotatoes.”

Get movingLopez said, it is also impor-

tant to add physical exertion tothe Thanksgiving tradition.

“It starts to be really un-healthy when people, after con-suming the large Thanksgivingmeal, end up sitting around allday rather than going for awalk,” Lopez said. “Rather thansitting at home and watchingfootball, go outside and playfootball.”

Lopez went on to say thateven if you do slip and eat morethan you intended to, it is easyto get right back up and contin-ue to eating healthy for the restof the year.

“I always tell my patients thatit is easy to pick yourself up anddust yourself off and go righton eating healthy the day after,”Lopez said.

(Taryn White may bereached at 728-2568 [email protected])

THANKSGIVING | Continued from Page 7A

Garza brushessome holiday

cranberrychampagne

glaze on aturkey.

Families interested inkeeping thefestive meal

on the healthier side

can reduce portion sizes

or eat moreveggies, like

the carrotspictured here,

to cut downon fats and

sugars.

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

‘Shadow Country’ wins book award

Prize-winning author pens Champlain bio

By HILLEL ITALIEASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The economy hung like acloud over the 59th annual National BookAwards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.

“It’s a good time to be alive,” announced au-thor, Obama fan and fiction committee chairGail Godwin, as she gracefully pulled out anenvelope Wednesday night— in stated emula-tion of the president-elect — and revealed thatPeter Matthiessen had won for “Shadow Coun-try,” a thorough revision of a trilogy of novelsreleased in the 1990s.

As the book industry faces a holiday seasonthat Barnes & Noble Inc. head Len Riggio hassaid could be the worst in memory, it gatheredon Wall Street, of all places, under the 70-footceiling and Wedgewood dome of Cipriani, din-ing on baked tagliolini and roast filet of beef,referring nervously to a ruinous stock market.

“Wall Street is not at the moment a street ofriches, but of ruin and broken dreams,” at-tendee Ron Chernow, the business historianand former book award winner, told The As-sociated Press before the ceremony. “We’rehaving cocktails and wearing tuxedos and itdoesn’t feel completely right.”

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

But the night turned in to a virtual crown-ing of Obama as writer-reader-in-chief, afriend to book people in so many ways: as afellow liberal and the first black president-elect; as the author of two million-selling

books; as a public thinker who has boostedsales for Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lincoln bi-ography, “Team of Rivals,” and for a workabout the first 100 days of Franklin Roo-sevelt’s administration, Jonathan Alter’s “TheDefining Moment.”

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

Honorary award winner Maxine HongKingston, who, like Obama, spent many yearsin Hawaii, praised his way of “putting thingsright by talking them through.” Fellow hon-orary winner Barney Rosset, the publisherand First Amendment agitator, called Obama“a dynamic leader,” a miracle.

Declared the 86-year-old Rosset, whowalked gamely to the podium, with a cane, butgrinned boldly: “For the first time in recentmemory, I am not thinking of renouncing myAmerican passport.”

Obama also starred in the acceptancespeeches of the nonfiction winner, AnnetteGordon-Reed (for “The Hemingses of Monti-cello”), and poetry winner Mark Doty (“‘Fireto Fire”), who cited the election and his recentmarriage to his male partner: “We are on apath to equality for all Americans and nothingis going to turn us back.”

The winner for young people’s literaturewas “What I Saw and How I Lied,” by JudithBlundell, 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 thegreat names in modern letters, but few — in-cluding Matthiessen — expected to see himnominated this year. His novel, neither newnor old, condenses and deepens his epicabout a ruthless landowner from the FloridaEverglades.

Photo by Ed Betz | APThis Oct. 28, 2004, file photo shows author PeterMatthiessen posing for a portrait at his home inSagaponack, N.Y. Matthiessen, 81, is a former NationalBook Award winner whom few expected to see nomi-nated this year.

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ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM 9ASATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 ZentertainmentNeo-coun-try artistKevinFowler isscheduledto bringhis brandof Texasmusic tothe CasaBlancaBallroomat 10:30p.m.Wednes-day in a pre-Thanks-givingconcert.

Courtesy photo

Fowler set to ‘Bring it On’

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

From pubs and arenas todance halls and county fairs, thename Kevin Fowler alwaysmeans a full house and cheer-ing crowds. And this Wednes-day, he’ll be bringing it all to theCasa Blanca Ballroom at 10:30p.m.

With his new CD “Bring ItOn,” Fowler delivers 100 per-cent Texan country with a heartof rock.

That’s no surprise to hismyriad fans, who know everyword of his honky-tonk an-thems, such as “Beer, Bait, andAmmo,” “The Lord Loves aDrinking Man” and “Loose,Loud and Crazy.” In “Long Line

of Losers,” the new single on“Bring It On,” Fowler pokes funat what he calls “that somebodyin everyone’s family who an-noys them, the relative who getstoo drunk at the family re-union.”

A native of Amarillo whogrew up listening to JohnnyCash and Merle Haggard,Fowler rounded out his musiceducation in Los Angeles, at-tending the Guitar Institute ofTechnology, then returned toTexas to join the award-winninghard rock band DangerousToys. He dabbled with his ownSouthern rock band, Thunder-foot, in the late ’90s before turn-ing his full attention to his ownvision of music.

‘Bolt’ a familiar but sweet canine rompBy CHRISTY LEMIREASSOCIATED PRESS

Harmless as a puppy, “Bolt” comes boundinginto 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 los-es dog, girl gets dog back. You’ve seen thissort of thing countless times before, namely inany 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 ascrappy, white shelter mutt named Bolt (voicedby John Travolta) who isn’t a superhero, but heplays one on TV. Trouble is, he has no idea he’san actor in a role. He thinks he’s really savingplucky, young Penny (Miley Cyrus) — his “per-son,” as he’s so proud to call her — from badguys and explosions over and over again.

When Bolt accidentally gets shipped acrossthe country from Hollywood to New York City,in a totally contrived fashion, he must makethat tried-and-true, intrepid trek back home.Travolta, so often pigeonholed as a tough guyor an idiot or both, shows some lovely glim-mers of vulnerability here, especially once herealizes he’s just a normal dog after all.

Along the way, he befriends the street-wise,wisecracking alley cat, Mittens (Susie Essmanin a slightly less vulgar mode than you’d findher on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”), and theovereager, overfed hamster Rhino (the scene-stealing Mark Walton), who’s obsessed withtelevision and is totally psyched about theprospect of being Bolt’s crime-fighting side-kick. A sort of small, furry Louie Andersonlook-alike, the delusional hamster is an unde-

niable hoot but “Bolt” goes to him a few timestoo many for the reliable laugh; a little of Rhi-no goes a long way.

“Bolt” is the first animated feature createdand executed under longtime Pixar guru JohnLasseter, but it lacks the complexity of storyand depth of character you so often find in pre-vious Pixar releases such as “Toy Story,” “Mon-sters Inc.,” “The Incredibles” and this year’soutstanding “WALL-E.” The film is familiarrather than groundbreaking, safe when itshould be moving. Call it an occupational haz-

ard: Lasseter is too good at what he does; it’snot a terrible problem to have.

As for the 3-D, it will suffice. “Bolt” couldhave survived without it and still have been asdiverting. Thankfully, it doesn’t fling anythingat you gratuitously, nor does it envelop youwholly like last year’s “Beowulf.” Rather, withthe help of some inordinately sturdy darkglasses, the 3-D effect provides “Bolt” with apleasing sense of texture, an effortless tangi-bility in the blades of grass or the hair on theback of the lost pup’s neck.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Pianos to playHear works by Bach, Schumann and

Chopin at the Texas A&M InternationalUniversity Fall Piano Student Recital onTuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the TAMIU Centerfor the Fine and Performing Arts RecitalHall.

This event is free and open to the public.

Hello,JulietaThe Laredo Entertainment Center and

Global Groove London are bringing JulietaVenegas’ “El Presente” Tour to the LEC onWednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, tohelp kick off the holiday season.

Tickets are still available through the Lare-do Entertainment Center box office and allTicketmaster outlets. Ticket prices are $80,$60 and $40, with a special holiday ticket avail-able at only $20.

Run, turkey, runThursday marks the 29th annual Guajolote

10K Race, sponsored and organized by Hamil-ton Trophies.

The Thanksgiving Day tradition beginsat 9 a.m. at the business, 1320 Garden St.,and heads north to Santa Maria Avenue toDaisy Street before heading back south onSan Bernardo Avenue to Hamilton Tro-phies.

This year, there will be 20 categories forrunners, and there will be trophies for each ofthe first-, second- and third-place winners.The best female runner and male runner willreceive 6-foot-tall trophies.

Additionally, all the participants will get amedal.

To register, visit Hamilton Trophies. Regis-tration costs $30 starting today.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

Photo by Disney | APIn this image released by Disney Enterprises, animated characters, from left, Rhino and Bolt are shown in a scenefrom the film “Bolt.”

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EducaciónLAREDO — Texas A&M Interna-

tional University ofrecerá a partir delsábado un Curso de Preparación GREpara ayudar a perfeccionar las estrate-gias para toma de examenes. La Oficinade Programas Especiales de TAMIUofrecerá las clases a partir del sábado22 de noviembre y hasta el 10 de enero,cada sábado de 9 a.m. a 1 p.m. El próx-imo examen GRE está previsto para elsábado 21 de febrero. La tutoría es de425 dólares e incluye la guía prácticaCambridge GRE Victory Book, CD-ROM,entre otras asesorías. Más informaciónllamando al 326-2765.

NUEVO LAREDO — Coparmex yGobierno Municipal presentan el lunes24 de noviembre el erá inaugurado 9a.m. en el Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo.

EntretenimientoLAREDO — Pase la tarde en el

Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de laTexas A&M International University yexplore “The Future is Wild” a las 6p.m.,“Extreme Planets” a las 7 p.m., y,“U2 Fulldome Experience” a las 8 p.m.,el sábado 22 de noviembre. La entradageneral es de 5 dólares y de 4 dólarespara niños, estudiantes de TAMIU, supersonal y ex-alumnos. Más informa-ción llamando al 326-2444.

LAREDO — El lunes 24 denoviembre a las 10:30 a.m. se pre-sentará la revista By George 2009para la Celebración 112 por la Wash-ington Birthday Celebration Associa-cion. Esto será en la oficina de laWBCA (1819 E. Hillside Rd.). ByGeorge es la revista oficial de laWBCA, cuyas fiestas serán del 22 deenero al 22 de febrero del 2009.

LAREDO — Julieta Venegas consu gira “El Presente” ofrecerá su recitalel miércoles 26 de noviembre a las 8p.m. en el Laredo Entertainment Center.Los boletos tienen costo de 40, 60 y 80dólares. Solamente se venderán 3000boletos. Para información y comprarsus boletos puede llamar al (956) 712-1566; ó bien puede adquirirlos en Tick-etmaster.com. Un cargo por servicio seagrega a cada precio de boleto.

CulturaLAREDO — El sábado 22 de

noviembre se presenta la producción“Perfect World” de Linda Stockham,por parte del Taller de Actuación delLaredo Community College. El eventoes a las 6:30 p.m. en el Arena Theaterdel Edificio Adkins. La entrada gener-al es de 3 dólares por persona. Más in-formación llamando al 721-5330.

NUEVO LAREDO – El grupo deteatro Expresión del Instituto Tec-nológico de Nuevo Laredo presenta eljueves 27 de noviembre la obra ‘Lilith vsEva’ de Lorena Illoldi, a las 8 p.m. en elTeatro Lucio Blanco de la Casa de laCultura. La entrada es gratuita.

DeportesLAREDO — El cuarto evento an-

ual de carrera/caminata Frontline 5Kes el sábado 22 de noviembre a las 8a.m. en el Lago Casa Blanca. La prein-scripción es a las 7 a.m. La cuota de in-scripción es de 20 dólares. Las ganan-cias se destinarán a la familia Loizos,cuyo hijo de 2 años padece de espina bí-fica. Más información llamando a KristieFitzhenry en el 237-3991 ó a DeliaMendez en el 285-6362.

LAREDO — El equipo de balon-cesto femenil de Texas A&M Interna-tional University jugará el domingo23 de noviembre contra Johnson andWales University a las 2 p.m. en can-chas de TAMIU. La entrada generales de 5 dólares; de 3 dólares para es-tudiantes, y cualquiera con identifi-cación de TAMIU. Más informaciónllamando al 326-2891.

LAREDO — La tradicional Car-rera del Guajolote es el Día de Acción deGracias, jueves 27 de noviembre. Lasinscripciones son el mismo jueves apartir de las 9 a.m. frente a HamiltonTrophies. Si tiene preguntas, favor dellamar a Hamilton Trophies en el (956)724-9990 ó (956) 722-9463. Tambiénpuede acudir a 1320 Garden. Las in-scripciones también se estarán real-izando en Hamilton Jewelry (607 Flo-res) ó llamando al (956) 722-9015.

Servicio SocialLAREDO — El miércoles 26 de

noviembre es la última oportunidadpara inscribirse al Desfile Navidad-Fest que se desarrollará el sábado 6de diciembre a las 4 p.m. sobre laAvenida San Bernardo, desde el CivicCenter hasta el Mercadito Plaza. Elevento es organizado por la Ciudadde Laredo, el Centro para las Artes, LaPosda Hotel, Main Streets Laredo y laOficina del Consulado de México enLaredo. Para inscribirse puede llamara Anita Stanley en el (956) 794-1760ó escribir a [email protected]

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NUEVO LAREDO — Ensolemne celebración eu-carística tomó posición

canónica como Obispo de laDiócesis de Nuevo Laredo, Mon-señor Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, elmiércoles 19 de noviembre.

La Catedral del Espíritu Santofue abarrotada por la feligresía, entanto que al exterior fueron in-staladas pantallas y sillas paraque la ceremonia fuera presenci-ada por quienes no pudieron in-gresar a observar la celebración.

Fue el Nuncio ApostólicoChristopher Pierre quien presidióla ceremonia eucarística y en suhomilía le pidió fortaleza y amora sus semejantes. Que no se aver-gonzara del testimonio de Nue-stro Señor Jesucristo y que con-formaran su dedicación a la

sombra de la doctrina que recibióen su apostolado.

“Proclama la palabra, insiste atiempo, a destiempo, repele, ame-naza, exhorta con toda paciencia ydoctrina; vigila atentamente ycomprometete no sólo con el con-sejo, la persuasión y el ejemplo,sino como autoridad”, dijo el Nun-cio Pierre en su homilía.

El Nuncio Pierre pidió al Obis-po Rodríguez ejercer la pater-nidad propia de un Obispo, tra-bajar por Nuevo Laredo y tomaren su mente las palabras delApóstol San Pablo que enseñan elcamino a seguir para ser un buenobispo y autorizado a utilizar eldon de Dios que recibió.

En tanto el nuevo Obispocomprometió su ejercicio pas-toral por el bienestar de los fron-terizos e intensificará su gestióna favor de los migrantes, los en-fermos y los pobres.

En la ceremonia estuvo pre-sente el jefe de gobierno RamónGarza Barrios y su esposa, Rebe-ca Canales; miembros del cabildoy la grey católica.

Asistieron el Obispo JamesTamayo, de Laredo, y los obis-pos de Houston, Austin, entreotras poblaciones.

Le acompañaron en la

solemne celebración el CardenalFrancisco Robles Ortega, el Arzo-bispo Metropolitano y el ObispoRicardo Watty Urquidi, así comootros obispos de la región.

Dan bienvenidaa nuevo Obispo

Foto de cortesía | Gobierno de Miguel AlemánAlumnos realizan una tabla rítmica y pirámide durante el desfile por el 98 Aniversariode la Revolución Mexicana en Miguel Alemán el 20 de noviembre.

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Como en todo México, eljueves se realizaron ceremoniascívicas y desfiles para conmemo-rar el inicio de la RevoluciónMexicana, en su 98 Aniversario.

El desfile, a diferencia del cel-ebrado en septiembre, es tradi-cionalmente, cívico, revolu-cionario y deportivo, donde lasescuelas participan con bailables,tablas rítmicas y pirámides hu-manas.

Los asistentes a los diversosdesfiles apreciaron estatuasvivientes con las efigies deFrancisco I. Madero, AlbertoCarrera Torres, VenustianoCarranza y Emiliano Zapata,según comunicado de prensadel Gobierno del Estado.

En Ciudad Victoria se realizó elcorte de listón de la muestra “Imá-genes de la Revolución enTamaulipas” en el Patio Centraldel Palacio de Gobierno. La mues-tra, compilada por Tomás Resén-dez, fue conformada por fo-tografías de Robert Runyon sobrela Revolución Constitucionalista,las cuales forman parte del acervode la Universidad de Texas.

Miguel AlemánEn la celebración del XCVIII

Aniversario de la Revolución Mex-icana, el presidente municipal, Ser-vando López Moreno, enfatizó que“en Miguel Alemán, la Revoluciónsigue viva” y en su mensaje con-memorativo dejó en claro que “aquítodos lo días luchamos por el fort-alecimiento de la democracia quehemos conquistado y buscamos quela equidad y el desarrollo esté pre-sente en cada familia, en cada colo-nia y en cada poblado de nuestromunicipio”.

El jueves, primeramente se izóla Bandera Nacional por parte dela escolta del CBTis #125, institu-ción que coordinó la realizacióndel tradicional evento.

López Moreno dijo en esemarco que el pueblo y gobierno“honran la memoria y reconoceel sacrificio de aquellos quedieron su vida por tener el Méx-ico libre y democrático con queahora contamos”.

Posteriormente se llevó a caboel tradicional desfile de la Revolu-ción Mexicana, donde institucioneseducativas presentaron tablas rít-micas y deportivas.

Familias honran a héroes mexicanos

Foto por Miguel Timoshenkov | The Zapata TimesEl Obispo de la Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo, Monseñor Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, al centro, saluda a feligreses a su salida de la Igle-sia 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.

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US gas prices dip below $2, lowest in 3-plus years

By JOHN PORRETTOASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON — Only four months after peaking atan unheard-of $4.11 a gallon, the national averageprice for gasoline tumbled below $2 Friday, its low-est point in more than three years. Yet the globaleconomic contrast between then and now could notbe more stark.

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

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

with thousands of jobs being lost and mortgage fore-closures continuing to rise to record levels.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, where oilfutures seemed destined to breach $200 just a fewmonths ago, pessimism was an understatement.

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

Crude has been in free-fall, shedding two-thirdsof its value since July, and gasoline prices have fol-lowed. Some say oil could be headed below $40 abarrel and gasoline below $1.50.

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

Stocks jump on Obama Cabinet report

By TIM PARADIS and SARA LEPROASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Wall Street got a boost of confi-dence late Friday following a report that President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New York Fed-eral Reserve President Timothy Geithner asTreasury secretary.

Stocks surged, with the Dow Jones industrialaverage jumping 325 points.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the mar-ket’s advance following the report by NBC Newswas because it was in favor of Geithner as theTreasury nominee or because investors are look-ing to pin down as many unknowns as possible

about the new administration. In addition, some onWall Street have grown frustrated with outgoingTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson over his han-dling of the government’s effort to rescue the bank-ing system.

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

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

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lost in time until his heirs prevailed in a dis-pute over settlers’ rights.

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

Ironically, the only Escandon monumentthis writer ever saw in the region was inRio Grande City, not in Guerrero (Revilla)or the neighboring towns of Mier and Ale-man.

In the book, “Notable Men and Women ofSpanish Texas,” the authors quoted the in-scription of the Escandon monument: “Inmemory of the greatest colonizer of NorthernMexico, Jose de Escandon, who directed ex-ploration from Tampico to the San AntonioRiver, laid out 23 towns; founded missions,opened roads and established settlers, 1746-1755.”

Some historians in the region have referredto Escandon as the father of South Texas. De-scendants of these early families and pioneersare part of an organization named rightfullycalled the Las Porciones Society with offices inEdinburg.

A professor of history at Pan Americantold this writer membership in the associationincludes mostly individuals tied to land grantsalong the frontier counties of Starr, Hidalgo,Willacy and Cameron.

The late Ernesto Zertuche, a leading Mon-terrey historian, held that Escandon wassmart in going to Nuevo Leon and Coahuila torecruit families to settle the frontier towns.Zertuche said the Nuevo Leon and Coahuilaregions were rough environs — hot, dry, aridterritory full of wildlife hazards and oftenbarbarous Indians.

“People in the region had heard of Jose deEscandon and his reputation as a tough mili-tary leader and had experience in dealingwith the Indians,” Zertuche would tell visitors

of his native Lampazos, the community centerfor seven ejido settlements surrounded by themountains of the Sierra Madre (Gorda).

“He was always in the good graces of therepresentatives of the Crown in Nueva Es-paña. His good standing in Madrid broughthim many honors, but it also caused some ofhis subordinates, envious of his successes, toturn against him.”

In his “Four Winds of Revilla,” Jose MariaPeña observed that Escandon became knownin the King’s court by many titles, includingKnight of the Order of St. James, RegimentColonel of the City of Queretaro, LieutenantCaptain General of Sierra Gorda and its Mis-sions, Fortresses and Frontiers, and Lieu-tenant of his Excellency the Viceroy of NewSpain.

Peña wrote that three of the settlementswere named after Don Jose — Santander, Sotode la Marina and Escandon.

(To reach Odie Arambula, send e-mail [email protected])

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around the house and fight withhis wife.

Salinas said he constantly hadthoughts of suicide. He wouldmake up ways to kill himself.

He often heard voices andsaw shadows that told him toabandon his family. He could noteat and lost energy to do any-thing.

“One time I almost took a rifleand I was ready to take my life butI felt a voice that said ‘Don’t do it.Think about your kids,’” Salinassaid. “I put away the rifle and Ididn’t do it.”

Despite the fighting and ag-gressive behavior toward eachother, Salinas and his wife didn’tknow they were suffering frommental illness.

A family member recognizedthe couple’s problems in 2003 andsuggested they seek help at Bor-der Region MHMR CommunityCenter.

Border Region provides med-ical and pharmacological services

for consumers, including resi-dents of Zapata County, allowingthem to receive new, costly med-ications that help reduce negativepsychiatric symptoms and im-prove their quality of life.

“Around that time, my wifeand I were ready to divorce eachother, the fighting was too much,”Salinas said. “We decided to comehere and on Dec. 16, 2003, theystarted helping us here at the clin-ic.”

Both received counseling andmedicine to help them functionin their everyday lives.

“There were a lot of changesin us,” Salinas said. “We weredone fighting because of themedicine we were receivingfrom them. Now, we have gottenbetter by about 90 percent and

we feel good. I don’t think wecould do it without it. It’s sohard.”

Qualified mental health pro-fessional Sara Zamora said treat-ment at Border Region can last alifetime since mental illness canbe chronic.

“He’s made a lot of progress,”Zamora said. “When he first camehere, he was diagnosed with ma-jor depression. His symptomswere very severe. He had a lack ofenergy, irritability, conflicts withall of his family.”

Border region offers case man-agement, psychiatric services, re-ferrals and skills training servic-es to assist consumers.

“Skills training services canhelp a person learn more abouttheir illness and skills for how tocope with their symptoms,” Zamo-ra said. “Skills for depression,time management, anxiety, prob-lem solving are all things we canhelp with, life stresses.”

Zamora hopes the community

becomes more informed aboutmental illness so they can recog-nize symptoms and seek help ifthey are suffering from it.

“There’s still a lot of discrimi-nation and ignorance about it,”she said. “The more information,the better. If they get informationabout what mental illness is,maybe they can access the helpin time before something bad hap-pens.”

Salinas is grateful for the helphe has received from Border Re-gion.

He is still unable to work be-cause of the constant pain of hisback injury. His marriage andfamily life have greatly improvednow that most of his symptomshave decreased or completely dis-appeared.

“Hopefully, people can knowthat they can get help here,” Sali-nas said.

For more information aboutBorder Region, call 728-8594 orvisit 1500 Pappas St. in Laredo.

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since the bass tournament, the exposure hasbeen extremely high.”

Mendoza said he hopes the industry willgrow, especially because Zapata has only oneindustry, which contributes more than 90 per-cent to its overall economy.

“Ninety-two percent of our economy runs on

the oil and gas (industry), and I’d hate to see orto know what would happen when that pro-duction stops,” he said. “That’s why we need towork hard to bring larger organizations to ourtown.

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

granted,” he said. “Standing out there whenthe sun is just coming up and you see thatthe lake is just covered with boats, it’s justawesome. It’s really something remark-able.”

(Julian Aguilar may be reached at 728-2557 or [email protected])

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to college students who are strug-gling to meet the rising costs ofhigher education by allowing themto purchase textbooks tax-free dur-ing the beginning of the fall andspring semesters.

SB 23, which would provide12-month, continuous Medicaideligibility for a child younger than19 and require the child to remaineligible for medical assistance.

SB 24, which would elimi-nate the 60-day waiting periodbefore a divorce is granted in cas-es where a spouse has been con-victed of an offense in which as-sault or threats against the victimwere made.

SB 25, which would providestatutory extension of the Pro-moting Independence AdvisoryCouncil (PIAC).

SB 26, which would providethat prosthetic and orthotic de-vices be included in health plans.

SB 27, which would assistpersons with low-incomes tobuild a modest savings account,budget against unexpected ex-penses, and plan for future ex-penditures by authorizing the cre-ation of a statewide IndividualDevelopment Account (IDA) pro-

gram. IDAswould providesavings incen-tives and op-portunities toeligible low-in-come, em-ployed personsor households.

SB 28,which would combat the use ofbotnets — a collection of compro-mised computers used to perpe-trate cybercrime.

SB 29, which would promotestudent safety by including cy-berbullying as a form of bullyingin student discipline policy. Itwould focus attention on thisgrowing problem and give districtadministrators more leverage todiscipline students who engage inbullying via electronic means.

Bills are numbered chronolog-ically as they are filed, though 1-20 were reserved by Lt. Gov.David Dewhurst for his priorities,which include education, highereducation and health and humanservices.

Because hers were the firstSenate bills filed for 2009, Zaf-firini’s are numbered 21-65.

“Our pre-filing reflects howhard my staff and I worked dur-ing the interim, in spite of pri-mary and general election cam-paigns,” she said. “We lookforward to filing additional bills,especially as we finalize the in-terim reports developed by theSenate Finance Higher Educa-tion and Senate Higher Educa-tion Subcommittees, which Ichair.”

Zaffirini has passed 587 billssince 1987, including 72 duringthe 2007 session and 13 local billsin collaboration with constituents.She also has sponsored andpassed 51 substantive resolutionsand co-sponsored and passed an-other 278 bills.

“I look forward to workingwith Lieutenant Governor De-whurst and my colleagues in thelegislature to enact these and oth-er bills that will address priorityissues such as education, health,human services, economic devel-opment, job creation, water, natu-ral resources and the economy,”Zaffirini said. “The well-being offamilies and communities of Sen-ate District 21 and Texas is mymain focus.”

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ZAFFIRINI

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Zapata hoops ready for tip-offBy DENNIS SILVA IITHE ZAPATA TIMES

First-year Zapata boys’ basketball coach JuanVillarreal’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 takemuch 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 beaccomplished when no one cares who gets the credit.”

Garcia and Magee will certainly help mattersas both were honorable mention all-dis-trict honors last season.

“They’re both very importantbut we must remember that ittakes a team to win,” Villarreal

Villarreal, Hawks looking for fresh startBy DENNIS SILVA IITHE 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 in2007, 5-5 in District 32-3A play.

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

“Hidalgo and La Feria are

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

“Every game will be a great challenge for ourgirls.”

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

Port Isabel fell to Zapata in the bi-districtplayoffs, and Raymondville advanced to the areaplayoffs.

Guerra hoping for stronger beginning

See GIRLS | PAGE 2BSee BOYS | PAGE 2B

32-3Ahonorsselected

By DENNIS SILVA IITHE ZAPATA TIMES

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

Zapata sophomore Brandi King was named New-comer of the Year.

Teammate Tessa Moss was named to the all-dis-trict first team, and Lynda Leyva was named to the

second team.Hidalgo’s Cynthia A. Viesca was

named Coach of the Year, with starplayer senior Victoria Gonzalez takinghome Most Valuable Player.

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

Libero of the Year went to Hidalgo sophomoreNashae Owens, Lyford junior Alexis Lopez and Ray-mondville 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 Is-abel’s Cassie Martinez, Raymondville’s Natalie Silva,Rio Hondo’s Kaylene Betancourt and Zapata’s TessaMoss.

Second team all-district honors went to Hidalgo’sYazmin Aguilar, Lyford’s Lanelli Perez and NanetteSalinas, Port Isabel’s Jazmin Zurita, Progreso’s Cyn-thia Cameron and Zapata’s Lynda Leyva.

Honorable mention went to Hidalgo’s Cristina

Hawks XCcompletestrong ’08

THE ZAPATA TIMES

The Zapata boys’ and girls’ cross country teamsfinished their spectacular 2008 season last weekendat the state meet in Round Rock.

The Hawks were one of just 12 teams to qualify forthe state meet. The boys’ teamplaced fifth, and the girls’ placed12th.

Senior Raul Serna was the topindividual finisher for the Hawks.He placed 17th.

The Hawk boys’ team consistedof Serna, Keith Cobb, Juan Al-varado, Danny Garcia, Jerry Cha-pa, O.J. Quintanilla, Edgar Her-nandez and Luis Olvera.

The girls’ team consisted ofMichelle Garcia, Marlena Garcia,Amber Guzman, Maritza Garcia,Alba Jasso, Kristina Garcia, Adri-anna Ramirez and Gloria Jau-rgeui.

Michelle Garcia, a junior, be-came only the third female crosscountry runner in Zapata High

history to advance to state individually.The regional title was the fifth victory of the sea-

son for the Lady Hawks, earning them a trip back tothe state meet for the first time since 2005.

Mike Villarreal coaches the cross country teams.

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THANKSGIVING RIVALRYSherman uses Bunsen burner again to spur Aggies

By CHRIS DUNCANASSOCIATED PRESS

COLLEGE STATION — ABunsen burner has turnedinto a handy motivational

prop for Texas A&M coach MikeSherman.

A few weeks ago, Shermantalked about using one of the open-flamed contraptions to illustratethat hot water boils with only asmall increase in temperature,drawing the parallel with players’levels of effort.

He pulled out the burner againat another recent team meetingand heated up a marshmallow, ajelly bean and a steel ball, com-paring how each object reacted tothe heat with how players handlepressure.

The marshmallow melted im-mediately, the jelly bean withstoodthe heat for a few moments beforeburning up and the steel ball ab-sorbed the heat and lost its impu-rities in the process.

“You talk about three differenttypes of people: marshmallows,jelly beans and rocks,” Shermansaid Thursday. “What are you?You take a marshmallow, the heatgets turned up, adversity’s in yourface and the pressure’s reallyhigh. Are you a marshmallow?

You put the marshmallow overthe Bunsen burner and it ignitesalmost simultaneously. Who’s amarshmallow?

“If a kid doesn’t have a greatpractice, or doesn’t demonstratethe integrity of practice,” Shermansaid, “maybe he even finds amarshmallow in his locker.”

Sherman said he tries to comeup with creative ways to makepoints to his team to break up themonotony of the long season.

“These kids in this day and age— and not just in college, but in theNFL — each week, you have to givethem new motivation, new reasonsto win,” Sherman said. “Some-times, they lose sight of, ‘Why arewe doing this? Why do we reallyhave to win this ballgame? You tryto connect them with little hooks.”

Senior quarterback StephenMcGee said the players get themessages — along with a few goodlaughs.

“He’s always doing somethinglike that,” said McGee. “He’s beenaround football players for so long,he has a great way to relate toyoung guys.”

The Aggies (4-7, 2-5 Big 12)wrap up their regular seasonagainst fourth-ranked Texas (10-1, 6-1) in Austin on ThanksgivingDay.

Double dippingMost families in Texas spend

their Thanksgivings eating a bigmeal and watching football. TheBennetts have added incentive tocatch the games.

In the late afternoon, formerA&M tight end Martellus Bennettand his current team, the DallasCowboys, will play Seattle at TexasStadium. Just about the time thatgame will end, younger brotherMichael and the Aggies will kickoff against Texas.

Michael, a senior defensiveend, didn’t seem to know how hisparents were going to manage thedoubleheader. But he knew whichgame they would prefer to see.

“I think my parents like collegefootball more than they like theNFL,” Michael said. “They like the

Photo by David J. Phillip | APTexas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee’s pads stick out of his jersey after he was tack-led during the fourth quarter of the Aggies’ 66-28 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov.8, in College Station.

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy rewriting recordsTHE ZAPATA TIMES

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

To name a few, the fourth-year quarterbackfrom Tuscola has set career marks along theway in 2008 for total offense, passing yards,completions, attempts, passing touchdownsand touchdowns responsible for.

Last Saturday, that trend continued. TheLonghorns’ 35-7 victory over Kansas was the30th of McCoy’s career as a UT starter, pullinghim even with Vince Young for the UT record.

“That’s pretty special,” McCoy said of hismost recent milestone. “I think that’s a dreamfor any quarterback that ever has a chance tocompete or play, to win a lot of football games.For my name to be mentioned in the samesentence with Vince and all the great quar-terbacks that have ever played here is prettyspecial.”

“It makes you feel good,” said offensive co-ordinator Greg Davis of his junior signal caller.“I know he feels good about it because he re-spects Vince and what he had done. Mainlyit’s a tribute to how hard he’s worked.”

McCoy, who is in heavy consideration forthe Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, O’BrienAward and Walter Camp Player of the YearAward, is putting together one of the greatestseasons ever by a Longhorn quarterback inhis junior campaign, and the numbers are thereto testify.

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

29th and 30th. In addition, he passed the 3,000-yard passing mark for the season and is one ofonly two players in the nation who have thrownfor 3,000 yards and rushed for 500 yards, alongwith Rice’s Chase Clement.

But the recipe for success was in place be-fore McCoy ever took a snap for Texas. Davis re-members the way McCoy handled himselfupon arriving in Austin.

“He had a very quiet confidence about him-self,” Davis said. “He never wavered during(the recruiting) process. He comes in, Vinceleaves early, Jevan Snead is an early graduate— he never wavered. Then he becomes the guyand has a phenomenal freshman year.”

McCoy, who arrived in 2005, used a redshirtyear to familiarize himself with the offensivescheme and learn from his legendary prede-cessor. Senior wide receiver Quan Cosby re-calls a tight relationship between McCoy andYoung during the 2005 National Championshipseason, a major reason why the two quarter-backs are similar in so many ways.

“When Vince was here, Colt was in (themeeting room with him) every time,” Cosbysaid. “He was definitely under Vince’s wingand saw how to lead a team.

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

“It meant a lot,” McCoy said of the year asYoung’s understudy. “I couldn’t have learnedfrom anybody better than him. He was a greatleader and obviously a great player. Duringthat time that I had to study and learn thegame, learn how the college game works, toplay behind him was pretty good.”

Photo by L.M. Otero | APTexas quarterback Colt McCoy passes during the first halfof the Longhorns’ 39-33 loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock onSaturday, Nov. 1.

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CCHHLLNNOORRTTHHEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

NNoorrtthheeaasstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTTLL PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

NNoorrtthhwweesstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTTLL PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

SSOOUUTTHHEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

SSoouutthheeaasstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTTLL PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

SSoouutthhwweesstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTTLL PPttss GGFF GGAA

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.

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Laredo 4, Rio Grande Valley 2

Oklahoma City 3, Amarillo 2

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Rio Grande Valley at Odessa

Texas at Wichita

Mississippi at Tulsa

Rapid City at Colorado

Bossier-Shreveport at Rocky Mountain

Arizona at New Mexico

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Wichita at Tulsa

Texas at Oklahoma City

NNFFLLAAllll TTiimmeess EESSTT

AAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EEaasstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

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

SSoouutthh

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

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

NNoorrtthh

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

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

WWeesstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Denver 6 4 0 .600 248 271

San Diego 4 6 0 .400 254 229

Oakland 2 8 0 .200 128 235

Kansas City 1 9 0 .100 165 273

NNAATTIIOONNAALL CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EEaasstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

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

SSoouutthh

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

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

NNoorrtthh

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

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

WWeesstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Arizona 7 3 0 .700 289 228

San Francisco 3 7 0 .300 230 275

Seattle 2 8 0 .200 190 257

St. Louis 2 8 0 .200 144 317

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 10

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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.

MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammee

Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2277

Tennessee at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy,, NNoovv.. 3300

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.

MMoonnddaayy,, DDeecc.. 11

Jacksonville at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

NNBBAAEEaasstteerrnn CCoonnffeerreennccee

AAttllaannttiicc

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

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

SSoouutthheeaasstt

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

Orlando 8 3 .727 —

Atlanta 7 4 .636 1

Miami 6 6 .500 2½

Charlotte 3 7 .300 4½

Washington 1 8 .111 6

CCeennttrraall

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

Cleveland 9 3 .750 —

Detroit 8 4 .667 1

Indiana 5 5 .500 3

Chicago 5 7 .417 4

Milwaukee 5 8 .385 4½

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

SSoouutthhwweesstt

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

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

NNoorrtthhwweesstt

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

Denver 8 4 .667 —

Utah 8 4 .667 —

Portland 7 5 .583 1

Minnesota 2 8 .200 5

Oklahoma City 1 11 .083 7

PPaacciiffiicc

WW LL PPcctt GGBB

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

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Boston 98, Detroit 80

L.A. Lakers 105, Phoenix 92

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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.

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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.

NNHHLLAAllll TTiimmeess EESSTT

EEaasstteerrnn CCoonnffeerreennccee

AAttllaannttiicc DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

NNoorrtthheeaasstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

SSoouutthheeaasstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

WWeesstteerrnn CCoonnffeerreennccee

CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

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

NNoorrtthhwweesstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Vancouver 12 6 2 26 63 49

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

PPaacciiffiicc DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

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.

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

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.

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Nashville at Carolina, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

NNCCAAAA FFoooottbbaallllTToopp 2255 SScchheedduullee

AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT

SSaattuurrddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2222

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.

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

NNCCAAAA MMeenn’’ss BBaasskkeettbbaallllSScchheedduullee

AAllll TTiimmeess EESSTT

SSaattuurrddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2222

EEAASSTT

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, Pis-

cataway, 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.

SSOOUUTTHH

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.

MMIIDDWWEESSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHHWWEESSTT

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.

FFAARR WWEESSTT

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.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

BBiillllyy MMiinnaarrddii CCllaassssiicc

AAtt LLoouuiissvviillllee,, KKyy..

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

Morehead St. at Louisville, 5:30 p.m.

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

TTyylleerr UUggoollyynn CCoolluummbbiiaa CCllaassssiicc

AAtt NNeeww YYoorrkk

Third Place, 6 p.m.

Championship, 8 p.m.

UUSSVVII PPaarraaddiissee JJaamm

AAtt SStt.. TThhoommaass,, VViirrggiinn IIssllaannddss

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn BBrraacckkeett

Southern Miss.-Miami loser vs. La Salle-

Connecticut loser, 6 p.m.

San Diego-Valparaiso loser vs. Iona-Wis-

consin loser, 8:30 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2233

EEAASSTT

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, Piscat-

away, N.J., 4 p.m.

SSOOUUTTHH

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.

MMIIDDWWEESSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHHWWEESSTT

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.

FFAARR WWEESSTT

Pepperdine at Arizona St., 4 p.m.

Colo.-Colo. Springs vs. Texas-Pan Amer-

ican 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.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

BBiillllyy MMiinnaarrddii CCllaassssiicc

AAtt LLoouuiissvviillllee,, KKyy..

Third Place, 1 p.m.

Championship, 4 p.m.

OO’’RReeiillllyy AAuuttoo PPaarrttss PPuueerrttoo RRiiccoo TTiipp--OOffff

AAtt SSaann JJuuaann,, PP..RR..

Seventh Place, 10:30 a.m.

Fifth Place, 12:30 p.m.

Third Place, 5 p.m.

Championship, 7:30 p.m.

UUSSVVII PPaarraaddiissee JJaamm

AAtt SStt.. TThhoommaass,, VViirrggiinn IIssllaannddss

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Southern Miss.-Miami winner vs. La

Salle-Connecticut winner, 6 p.m.

San Diego-Valparaiso winner vs. Iona-

Wisconsin winner, 8:30 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2244

EEAASSTT

Cornell vs. Loyola of Chicago at Car-

nesecca 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.

SSOOUUTTHH

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.

MMIIDDWWEESSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHHWWEESSTT

Jacksonville at Baylor, 8 p.m.

UNLV at UTEP, 9:05 p.m.

FFAARR WWEESSTT

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.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

EEAA SSppoorrttss MMaauuii IInnvviittaattiioonnaall

AAtt LLaahhaaiinnaa,, HHaawwaaiiii

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

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

OO’’RReeiillllyy AAuuttoo PPaarrttss CCBBEE CCllaassssiicc

AAtt KKaannssaass CCiittyy,, MMoo..

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Syracuse vs. Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas vs. Washington, 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2255

EEAASSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHH

UMKC at Richmond, 5 p.m.

Santa Clara vs. Arizona at Stegeman Col-

iseum, 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.

MMIIDDWWEESSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHHWWEESSTT

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.

FFAARR WWEESSTT

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.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

EEAA SSppoorrttss MMaauuii IInnvviittaattiioonnaall

AAtt LLaahhaaiinnaa,, HHaawwaaiiii

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Saint Joseph’s-Texas winner vs. Indiana-

Notre Dame winner, 7 p.m.

North Carolina-Chaminade winner vs.

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

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn BBrraacckkeett

Saint Joseph’s-Texas loser vs. Indiana-

Notre Dame loser, 1:30 p.m.

North Carolina-Chaminade loser vs. Ore-

gon-Alabama loser, 4 p.m.

OO’’RReeiillllyy AAuuttoo PPaarrttss CCBBEE CCllaassssiicc

AAtt KKaannssaass CCiittyy,, MMoo..

Third Place, 7:45 p.m.

Championship, 10:15 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2266

EEAASSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHH

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.

MMIIDDWWEESSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHHWWEESSTT

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

SMU at TCU, 8:30 p.m.

FFAARR WWEESSTT

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.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

CCaarrrrss//SSaaffeewwaayy GGrreeaatt AAllaasskkaa SShhoooottoouutt

AAtt AAnncchhoorraaggee,, AAllaasskkaa

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

Hampton at Alaska Anchorage, 11:30 p.m.

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

DDiicckk’’ss SSppoorrttiinngg GGooooddss NNIITT SSeeaassoonn TTiipp--OOffff

AAtt NNeeww YYoorrkk

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Boston College vs. Purdue, 7 or 9 p.m.

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

EEAA SSppoorrttss MMaauuii IInnvviittaattiioonnaall

AAtt LLaahhaaiinnaa,, HHaawwaaiiii

Seventh Place, 7 p.m.

Fifth Place, 2 p.m.

Third Place, 4:30 p.m.

Championship, 10 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2277

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

7766 CCllaassssiicc

AAtt AAnnaahheeiimm,, CCaalliiff..

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

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.

CCaarrrrss//SSaaffeewwaayy GGrreeaatt AAllaasskkaa SShhoooottoouutt

AAtt AAnncchhoorraaggee,, AAllaasskkaa

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

Seattle vs. Louisiana Tech, 9 p.m.

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

OOlldd SSppiiccee CCllaassssiicc

AAtt OOrrllaannddoo,, FFllaa..

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

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.

FFrriiddaayy,, NNoovv.. 2288

EEAASSTT

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.

SSOOUUTTHH

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.

MMIIDDWWEESSTT

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

SSOOUUTTHHWWEESSTT

Mercer at Texas Southern, 1 p.m.

Texas A&M at Tulsa, 8:30 p.m.

FFAARR WWEESSTT

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.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS

7766 CCllaassssiicc

AAtt AAnnaahheeiimm,, CCaalliiff..

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Saint Mary’s, Calif.-UTEP winner vs.

Wake Forest-Cal St.-Fullerton winner, 3:30

p.m.

Charlotte-Arizona St. winner vs. Baylor-

Providence winner, 12:30 a.m.

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn BBrraacckkeett

Saint Mary’s, Calif.-UTEP loser vs. Wake

Forest-Cal St.-Fullerton loser, 6 p.m.

Charlotte-Arizona St. loser vs. Baylor-

Providence loser, 10:30 p.m.

CCaarrrrss//SSaaffeewwaayy GGrreeaatt AAllaasskkaa SShhoooottoouutt

AAtt AAnncchhoorraaggee,, AAllaasskkaa

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

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

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn BBrraacckkeett

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.

DDiicckk’’ss SSppoorrttiinngg GGooooddss NNIITT SSeeaassoonn TTiipp--OOffff

AAtt NNeeww YYoorrkk

Third Place, 1:30 p.m.

Championship, 3:30 p.m.

LLeeggeennddss CCllaassssiicc

AAtt TThhee PPrruuddeennttiiaall CCeenntteerr,, NNeewwaarrkk,, NN..JJ..

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Washington St. vs. Mississippi St., 5:30

p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m.

LLiibbeerrttyy TThhaannkkssggiivviinngg CCllaassssiicc

AAtt LLyynncchhbbuurrgg,, VVaa..

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

Coker at Liberty, 6 p.m.

William & Mary vs. S. Carolina St., 8:15

p.m.

OOlldd SSppiiccee CCllaassssiicc

AAtt TThhee MMiillkk HHoouussee CCoommpplleexx,, OOrrllaannddoo,, FFllaa..

SSeemmiiffiinnaallss

Tennessee-Siena winner vs. Wichita St.-

Georgetown winner, 1 p.m.

Maryland-Michigan St. winner vs. Okla-

homa St.-Gonzaga winner, 5:30 p.m.

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn BBrraacckkeett

Tennessee-Siena loser vs. Wichita St.-

Georgetown loser, 10:30 a.m.

Maryland-Michigan St. loser vs. Okla-

homa St.-Gonzaga loser, 8 p.m.

UUSSAA BBaasskkeettbbaallll CCllaassssiicc

AAtt MMoobbiillee,, AAllaa..

FFiirrsstt RRoouunndd

UC Davis vs. Tulane, 6 p.m.

Maine at South Alabama, 8 p.m.

TTrraannssaaccttiioonnssBBAASSEEBBAALLLL

AAmmeerriiccaann LLeeaagguuee

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to

terms with INF Andy Cannizaro and C

Damaso Espino on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Released RHP

Darrell Rasner.

NNaattiioonnaall LLeeaagguuee

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Named

Pete Mackanin bench coach and Sam Perloz-

zo third base coach.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Named

Matt LeCroy manager, Rich Gale pitching

coach, and Ramon Aviles coach for Hager-

stown (SAL).

AAttllaannttiicc LLeeaagguuee

NEWARK BEARS—Named Tim Raines

manager and signed him to a two-year con-

tract.

BBAASSKKEETTBBAALLLL

NNaattiioonnaall BBaasskkeettbbaallll AAssssoocciiaattiioonn

BOSTON CELTICS—Assigned F Bill

Walker to Utah (NBDL).

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Traded F

Al Harrington to New York for G Jamal Craw-

ford.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Assigned

C Steven Hill to Tulsa (NBADL).

IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall BBaasskkeettbbaallll LLeeaagguuee

GARY STEELHEADS—Suspended opera-

tions for the 2009 season.

FFOOOOTTBBAALLLL

NNaattiioonnaall FFoooottbbaallll LLeeaagguuee

NFL—Fined San Francisco offensive co-

ordinator 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.

aarreennaaffoooottbbaallll22

ALBANY FIREBIRDS—Named Tony

Bowick coach and director of football opera-

tions.

HHOOCCKKEEYY

NNaattiioonnaall HHoocckkeeyy LLeeaagguuee

ATLANTA THRASHERS—Recalled RW

Joey Crabb from the Chicago (AHL).

AAmmeerriiccaann HHoocckkeeyy LLeeaagguuee

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).

EEaasstteerrnn PPrrooffeessssiioonnaall HHoocckkeeyy LLeeaagguuee

BROOKLYN ACES—Waived F Jerry Car-

dinale.

DANBURY MAD HATTERS—Signed D

Bill Horton. Waived F Charles Harvey. Sus-

pended D Eric Linkowski.

CCOOLLLLEEGGEE

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.

SPORT SHORTSMike’s Barrio Ball Turkey Shootout

4-on-4 Double Elimination tournamentMike’s Barrio Ball Turkey Shootout 4-on-4 Dou-

ble Elimination basketball tournament will be heldfrom Nov. 29-30 at 3 Points Pavilion, located at JarvisAvenue and Cortez Street.

It is open to men and women, boys and girls, withno entry fee.

Only the first 50 teams to register will play. No lateentries will be accepted.

Entry forms can be picked up at Escamilla UsedCar and Trucks, El Rio Pharmacy, all Park and Recre-ation Centers, Z-93 Radio and Big Buck Country, andDr. Ike’s Home Center.

For more info, call Mike at 220-5968.

29th annual Guajolote 10K RaceRegistration for the 29th annual Guajolote 10K

Race is being held now through Thanksgivingmorning.

This year’s race will take place on Thanksgivingday, Thursday, Nov. 27, at 9 a.m. in front of HamiltonTrophies.

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 HamiltonJewelry & Trophy, 607 Flores Ave., 722-9015.

Hands Across South Texas Thanksgiving 10KThe 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 Thanksgivingmeals for less-fortunate families in Laredo.

For more information, call Delia Mendez at 712-3363 or 285-6362.

TAMIU winter baseball campsTAMIU 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 andcatchers camp will be for ages 13-18 and the Dec. 14camp for ages 7-12. All camps will be held at the TAMIUBaseball Field, with an entry fee of $75 per player.

All camps will be directed by head coach ChadPorter and his assistant coaches, along with currentplayers. Instruction will emphasize the fundamentalskills of baseball. Participants will have the oppor-tunity to put their skills into action while being eval-uated by the coaching staff.

For more information, call Porter at 326-3004during normal business hours, or to register, visit thebaseball Web page, www.godustdevils.com.

NFL,” Michael said. “They like themore spirited games. In the NFL,they’ve got fans, but they’re not like col-lege fans.”

Job securityA&M defensive coordinator Joe

Kines says he’ll only coach the Aggiesnext season if Sherman wants him tostay.

The 64-year-old Kines said Thurs-day that he’s disappointed in the jobhe’s done in his first season. The Ag-gies rank 111th in total defense (455.18yards per game) and 110th in scoringdefense (36.4 points per game).

Kines has been coaching since theearly 1970s and built one of the na-tion’s top defenses when he coached atAlabama from 2003-06. He was sad-dled with a young, inexperienced teamat A&M and vowed that the unit willimprove over time playing his system.

“If I ask you how to get to Houston,you could tell me exactly the turns tomake,” Kines said. “If you make thoseturns, you’re going to get there. It does-n’t matter if it’s foggy outside, rainingoutside, cold outside, it doesn’t matter.Just follow the road and you’re goingto get there.

“Same thing is true with coaching,”he said. “Just follow the road, stay in

tune. It’s gotten you there before, it’llget you there again.”

Extra pointsTexas and Texas A&M will play for

the 115th time, the third-longest rival-ry in major college football. Texasleads the all-time series 73-36-5. …A&M has consecutive wins over Texasfor the first time since the Aggies wonfour in a row from 1991-94. … Thegame will be played on Thanksgivingfor the first time since 1993. … Run-ning back/kick returner Cyrus Grayneeds 112 yards to set an A&M fresh-man record for all-purpose yards. …

Sherman said Thursday that fullbackJorvorskie Lane injured his ribs in theBaylor game, but will be ready to playthe finale. Sherman also said fresh-man safety Trent Hunter will returnafter sitting out the Baylor game witha right ankle injury.

Quotable“Deals and all that, God blessed me

beyond my wildest dreams.” — Kines,when asked if he’d be interested in acontract like the one Texas defensivecoordinator Will Muschamp receivedthis week, which makes him the pro-gram’s head-coach-in-waiting.

AGGIES | Continued from Page 1B

McCoy’s close relationships withthe very players he has surpassed thisseason make his record-breaking evenmore unique. His redshirt year withYoung and the accessibility of formerquarterback and current runningbacks coach Major Applewhite havebeen invaluable to his learning process.

“He’s a guy that tries to glean some-thing from everybody, whether it was Ma-jor or whether it was Vince,” Davis said.

But it is Davis who has played per-haps the biggest role in McCoy’s de-velopment, other than the quarterbackhimself. The UT coordinator hascoached four quarterbacks — McCoy,Young, Applewhite and Chris Simms —

who currently dominate the recordbooks for Longhorn passers.

“Coach Davis can teach me in a waythat he’s taught everybody else,” McCoysaid. “He’s learned from all those oth-er guys, and now I’m the guy playing.He can teach me through experiencesthat he’s had with those guys, throughthe lessons that he’s learned.”

McCoy’s physical developmentwhile on the 40 acres has been re-markable. He has gained close to 40pounds since graduating from Jim NedHigh School, improving both his armstrength and running ability.

The numbers complement McCoy’sphysical talents. He is on pace to break

the NCAA single-season record forcompletion percentage with a 77.2-per-cent clip, a rate that can be attributedto what Davis called the “quickestarm” of any of the four standout quar-terbacks he’s coached at UT.

But it is McCoy’s commitment towhat Cosby calls “the little things” thathas played the biggest factor in his ca-reer-long success. Building quarter-back-receiver relationships, studyingdefenses and learning from mistakesare all part of the routine for McCoy.

“He prepares better than anyone —always watching film, texting playersand receivers, having great relation-ships,” Cosby said of the quarterback off

the field. “A lot of the things seem so lit-tle, but they carry on to the field in yourrelationships with your teammates. It’sa huge part of his leadership style andI think it’s extremely effective.”

One of the biggest areas of devel-opment over McCoy’s career, accord-ing to Davis, has been reading defens-es before the snap and during the play.On Saturday in Lawrence, he convert-ed two first downs by throwing to histhird read on the play. And before Cos-by’s 15-yard reception in the thirdquarter for the Longhorns’ fourthtouchdown of the afternoon, McCoygave the senior receiver a silent orderthat sent a loud signal.

UT | Continued from Page 1B

said. “They’ve only been with me for about threeweeks now but they both look good.”

Villarreal, a former Hawk hoops standout himself,has high expectations for his team, and knows whatto expect from the district.

“I’m expecting teams to run the ball against us,”he said. “I’ve been talking with several coaches in thedistrict and they’ve been very helpful in bringing meup to speed on things.

“I played for Zapata years ago and what I do re-member is we did very well. I want to bring Zapatabasketball back to the top.”

Aside from Garcia and Magee, the rest of theHawks’ boys varsity roster includes Meliton Trejo,Arlo de los Santos, Rene Benavides, GerardoBuentello, Raul Serna, Luis Olvera, Anthony Grove,Gerardo Gutierrez, Joey Barrera, Louie Gonzalez,Ricky Martinez and Francisco Trejo.

BOYS | Continued from Page 1B

The Lady Hawks, who are coming off their first-ever bi-district title, will be led by their two seniors,Lynda Leyva and Mayra Alaniz.

“They need to have very productive years,” Guer-ra said.

Guerra also expects strong performances fromjuniors Adriana Pena, Clarissa Solis, Mela Martinezand Ashley Martinez.

Sophomore Brandi King is also expected to be akey contributor.

“We have to run a lot this year,” Guerra said of histeam’s style of play. “We’ve never had this kind ofteam speed before so we’ll try to utilize our talents asmuch as possible.”

Guerra is confident his team, which lost twostarters from last season, has what it takes to putforth an even greater result than last year’s.

“It doesn’t matter how you start the season, buthow you finish,” he said. “Last year, our girls strug-gled early but we got in sync in the second round ofdistrict play into the playoffs.

“Almost all the returners have varsity experienceso we are working hard to reach our goal.”

GIRLS | Continued from Page 1B

Gonzalez, Maribel Davila, Jessica Olvera, JessicaCastillo and Jackie Garza; Raymondville’s Lis-sette Esparza, Natalie Silva, Debora Barnhart,Adriana Barron, Brittany Castillo and YvonneSaldivar; Port Isabel’s Brittney Lerma, DemiMoore and Andrea Galvan; Rio Hondo’s LibbyMuñoz, Marissa Bauman, Shannon Eizembergand Samantha Salinas; Zapata’s Alexis Garza,Clarissa Solis, Adriana Peña and Celina Bena-vides; La Feria’s Natalie Gray, Ashley Gonzalez,Clarissa Casas, Kendra Clay, Victoria Hernan-dez, Nikki de la Fuente, Tori Betancourt andDelilah Rodriguez; Progreso’s Corina Sanchez,Melissa Ortega and Alejandra Ramirez; and Ly-ford’s Maria Lopez, Michelle Romo and MirandaPerez.

Zapata’s Lynda Leyva, Tessa Moss, Ashley Navar-ro, Alexis Garza, Adriana Pena, Loraly Rivera, Claris-sa Solis and Brandi King were awarded all-districtacademic honors.

VOLLEY | Continued from Page 1B

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‘05 Silverado 1500 Ext Cab 29Kmil., new tires, tool box,

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Ford F-150 ‘01, v8,a/c,100k mi., auto, $6,500 obo.

Call:(956)754-8080

CARS FOR SALE 20

2000 Cadillac DevilleGood Condition.

$4,500Call 234-1593

‘03 Nissan Centra 85Kmil.good cond., clean, $3,500

Call 236-3195‘04 Neon XST $499 OBO

needs engine/body work excel-lent 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. SeriousInq. $8,000 Call 286-4429

‘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, greatinterior, auto, Must Sell! $6,000

obo. (956)726-4589

Daewoo Lanos Sport ‘01,4 cyl., 5 spd. leather interior, ex-cellent 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

ARTICLES FOR SALE136

Round Dinette Table w/ 4 chairs $175 Call 791-1286;

285-1136Double Door Soda Refrigerator Looks and works GREAT. $600

OBO Contact 956-333-0434

Executive Desk for Sale $400. Call

235-8654Full Country Club

Membership for Sale $4,000. Call 235-8654

HDTV Samsung 42” DLP $750 OBO 235-2264 (13” Wide) Like

New, Retail Price $1700Home entertainment center,

for 32in. T.V., $275.Call:(956)237-6989; 206-8481Home 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

Oak Table w/ 6 chairs. Solid 1 grade oak, double pedes-

tal. $600 OBO Call 206-8383

Recamara Matrimonial (iron) c/ colchones 5pzas, $350 OMO inf: 723-0645

Redilla para pickup $100 Llamar a Maria al

725-5472Round table dining room set,

4 chairs. $250 obo.Call:220-8081

Se vende laptop marca Dell, Windows XP, cd burner, $400

Inf: 724-1048; 220-5146Small 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)724-7958Warm Brand New Holister

Jacket for Men. (Lg) Cost $140 Selling for $60 Call 286-4429

TRANSPORTATION

BOATS 190MOVING! 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 192Clark Forklift w/ 72” Roll Clamp

$13,200 Call 763-1355Good used Car hauler, 7x16, new tires, w/ramps. Actually

wired for electric brakes.$1,595 obo. 206-6881.

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS1944 brand new tires,Wranglers for a 2006 Ford pick up, tires have guarantee. p255/65/r17, $600

523-0137

GARAGE SALES 134

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 SALE136

* 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

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. 220-1607HELP WANTED 122

HELP WANTED 122 HELP WANTED 122PETS & SUPPLIES 128Blue Pitbulls puppies, 8 wks $300, OBO. (956) 645-4813

English Bulldogs, brindle,M/F, $1,200.

Call:242-9361Jack Russell Terriers 4M/3F

Tailed, declwd., dewormed, 1st shot, $200 Call 401-7857Vendo perrita chit-tzu 1

Hembra, blanca con negro 2 meses $350. Llamar 645-5200

FARM & RANCH SUP-PLIES 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

Garage Sale Several Fami-lies Sat. Only! @ 7am.

9103 Glacier Ct.Huge Garage Sale!!!

Sat. only, 8719 Allegheny St.(Shiloh sbdv.) 8am-12pm.

PETS & SUPPLIES

PETS & SUPPLIES 1288 German Sheppards,

5 wks old, 2 females $100 each. Call 723-7274

Boston Puppies for sale. 1st shots & dewormed $300ea.

and up Call 324-3289

Chihuahua Puppies Regular & Toy M/F

$150 & up 229-4027Chihuahua puppy, $100.717-1395 after 8pm or

337-2283.

Dachshund Mini Toys (Wennie dogs) m/f $200 ea. 229-4027

ACREAGE FOR SALE 76

316 acres. High fenced, Exotic Animals $3,300 an acre. Finance, 723-8912

COMMERCIAL INVEST-MENT 79

36 Apts for sale $1.3 million OBO. Call

722-4447, 220-3450. We Finance!

RENTALS

ROOMS FOR RENT 106

Furnished room for 1, refrig, a/c, mic ro,downtown, $365/m $180/d ultilities pd. 206-9281.

HELP WANTED 122HELP WANTED 122HELP WANTED 122

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 70403 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

GULF COAST TRADES CENTER HAS ANOPENING FOR A COMMUNITY

CORRECTION OFFICER IN THE VALLEYAREA PREDOMINANTLY LAREDO.DUTIES INVOLVE SUPERVISION OF

PAROLEES FROM THE TEXAS YOUTHCOMMISSION. BA/BS DEGREE AND 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.CONTACT MICHELLE HARRIS AT 936-344-7847. FAX RESUME AND

APPLICATION TO 936-344-2386 OREMAIL TO [email protected] OR

CONTACT MATT MILLER AT 936-344-7825. PLEASE TURN IN JOB

APPLICATION WITH RESUME,APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE ATWWW.GCTC.US/EMPLOY.HTM

Medical radiologytechnologist

needed for the RioGrande Valley areafor a mobile X-Ray

company. Please fax resume

to 956-783-7437 or

call 1-888-783-9779

Gold Star Amusements is seeking 50temporary Amusement Attendants towork from 02/13/09-11/08/09. Interstatetravel involved to TX, LA, MN, SD, AR,MO, MS provided by employer. $7.24/hr.Assist patrons on and off rides, instructpatrons of rules for safety, fasten safetydevices or provide them withinstructions, staff concessions, collectride tickets, etc. No education, trainingor experience required. Apply at theTexas Workforce Solutions in Laredo, Texas, of fax resume to TWC @(512)463-3055

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 THE ZAPATA TIMES | 3B

AARRIIEESS ((MMaarrcchh 2211 ttoo AApprriill 1199))Suddenly, opportunities totravel, get further educa-tion or do something that

absolutely fascinates you are athand. Yippee! You’re hungry tolearn something new.

TTAAUURRUUSS ((AApprriill 2200 ttoo MMaayy 2200))You’ll feel increasinglypassionate in the next sixweeks. Some of you are

going to have fun! Matters withshared property, inheritances anddebt will arise.

GGEEMMIINNII ((MMaayy 2211 ttoo JJuunnee 2200))There are actually fourplanets directly oppositeyour sign now. Yowsers!

This totally focuses you on part-nerships and close friendships forthe next six weeks.

CCAANNCCEERR ((JJuunnee 2211 ttoo JJuullyy 2222))You’re keen to get betterorganized at work and athome. In the next six

weeks, work hard and give your-self the right tools to do a greatjob. (It makes all the difference.)

LLEEOO ((JJuullyy 2233 ttoo AAuugg.. 2222))Lucky you! The stars wantyou to have a great time inthe next six weeks. Vaca-

tions, romance, the arts, sportsand playful times with childrenare on the menu.

VVIIRRGGOO ((AAuugg.. 2233 ttoo SSeepptt.. 2222))Your attention now turnsto home, family and do-mestic matters for the next

six weeks. Some of you are in-volved in real estate deals. Im-portant family discussions willtake place.

LLIIBBRRAA ((SSeepptt.. 2233 ttoo OOcctt.. 2222)) Fas-ten your seat belt! Shorttrips, discussions with sib-lings and neighbors, shop-

ping, buying and selling, plus manyerrands keep you hopping in thenext six weeks.

SSCCOORRPPIIOO ((OOcctt.. 2233 ttoo NNoovv.. 2211))Earnings, cash flow andmajor expenditures haveyour attention now. Some

of you will come up with bright,new moneymaking ideas. Justkeep thinking.

SSAAGGIITTTTAARRIIUUSS ((NNoovv.. 2222 ttoo DDeecc..2211)) The Sun, Mercury,Mars and Pluto are all inyour sign. It’s all about

you for the next month! Opportu-nities and important people noticeyou. Try to get more exercise.

CCAAPPRRIICCOORRNN ((DDeecc.. 2222 ttoo JJaann..1199)) This is a good time toshop for wardrobe items.Get ready for the months

ahead, when your birthday ar-rives. Why not look really snazzy?

AAQQUUAARRIIUUSS ((JJaann.. 2200 ttoo FFeebb..1188)) Your popularity rat-ing will be off the chartsin the next six weeks.

Everyone wants to see your face.Expect demands on your timefrom friends, clubs, groups andorganizations.

PPIISSCCEESS ((FFeebb.. 1199 ttoo MMaarrcchh 2200))Important people will re-ally notice you during thenext six weeks. Now is

the time to make a name for your-self. You’re ambitious, so go afterwhat you want!

YYOOUU BBOORRNN TTOODDAAYY You’readventurous and freedom-loving!For you, life is something to beexplored. In fact, you’re tirelessin your search for fun and excite-ment. You’re a caring person anda concerned, involved parent. Youneed to be challenged by things.Increased solitude to learn some-thing this year is a preparationfor next year — possibly one ofthe most powerful years of yourlife!

BBiirrtthhddaattee ooff:: Terry Gillam,writer; Scarlett Johansson, ac-tress; Hoagy Carmichael,singer/songwriter/pianist.

HOROSCOPES | BY FRANCIS DRAKE

A TRIP OVERSEAS Dear Heloise: When my hus-

band and I moved overseas withour dog, I tooka clean, oldsheet and put itbetween us inbed overnight.Then I tookthat sheet toput in our dog’skennel on theflight. — Kathy

Dees, Fayetteville, Ark. PET PAL

Dear Readers: Virginia C.Reilly of Ocean, N.J., sent in aphoto of her daughter’s twoblack-and-white dogs, Zoey (thesmall one) and Eva (the largerdog). They are embroiled in ahearty game of tug of war! Vir-ginia says, “Zoey always winsthe challenge!”

Visit www.Heloise.com to seeZoey and Eva tugging away! —Heloise

HELOISE

HINTS BY HELOISE

Zclassified BY PHONE: (956) 728-2527 ON THE WEB: THEZAATATMES.COM

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<DATE> LAREDO MORNING TIMES | 1B

ZapataClassifieds

America DispatchInc. of Laredo

Solicita el Siguientepersonal

ReceptionistInteresados aplicaren 302 Quivira Dr./ Tel : 956-791-8300

MOTORCYCLES 196Go-Kart, great for kids, 2

seater, blue, $750.Call:(956)645-3499

Kawasaki Ninja 636 ‘06,black 1,300 mi. garage kept$6,500 Call 754-4459

Polaris 50 ‘05, 2wd, auto,great condition. $1,050.

Call:(956)645-3499

Polaris 500 ‘98, 4wd, auto, good condition. $2,699.

Call:(956)645-3499

TRUCKS FOR SALE 198

2000 F-350 DuallyNEW! En-gine, Seats, Bed, 100G a l l o nAux. Tank w/Pump.$ 1 7 , 5 0 0 .Call 725-1637

2007 Ford F-150, V6, Single Cab, Auto, Blue Title, 22K Mi.

$13,000. Call 727-3564ad#83007359, jose\66.

‘05 Silverado 1500 Ext Cab 29Kmil., new tires, tool box,

running boards, cold air intake.$14,500 OBO Call 237-5398

Ford F-150 ‘01, v8,a/c,100k mi., auto, $6,500 obo.

Call:(956)754-8080

CARS FOR SALE 200

2000 Cadillac DevilleGood Condition.

$4,500Call 234-1593

‘03 Nissan Centra 85Kmil., good cond., clean, $3,500

Call 236-3195‘04 Neon XST $499 OBO

needs engine/body work excel-lent 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

‘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, ex-cellent 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

ARTICLES FOR SALE136

Round Dinette Table w/ 4 chairs $175 Call 791-1286;

285-1136Double Door Soda Refrigerator Looks and works GREAT. $600

OBO Contact 956-333-0434

Executive Desk for Sale $400. Call

235-8654Full Country Club

Membership for Sale $4,000. Call 235-8654

HDTV Samsung 42” DLP $750 OBO 235-2264 (13” Wide) Like

New, Retail Price $1700Home entertainment center,

for 32in. T.V., $275.Call:(956)237-6989; 206-8481Home 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

Oak Table w/ 6 chairs. Solid 1 grade oak, double pedes-

tal. $600 OBO Call 206-8383

Recamara Matrimonial (iron) c/ colchones 5pzas, $350 OMO inf: 723-0645

Redilla para pickup $100 Llamar a Maria al

725-5472Round table dining room set,

4 chairs. $250 obo.Call:220-8081

Se vende laptop marca Dell, Windows XP, cd burner, $400

Inf: 724-1048; 220-5146Small 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)724-7958Warm Brand New Holister

Jacket for Men. (Lg) Cost $140 Selling for $60 Call 286-4429

TTRRAANNSSPPOORRTTAATTIIOONN

BOATS 190MOVING! 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 192Clark Forklift w/ 72” Roll Clamp

$13,200 Call 763-1355Good used Car hauler, 7x16, new tires, w/ramps. Actually

wired for electric brakes.$1,595 obo. 206-6881.

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS1944 brand new tires,Wranglers for a 2006 Ford pick up, tires have guarantee. p255/65/r17, $600

523-0137

GARAGE SALES 134

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 SALE136

* 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

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. 220-1607HELP WANTED 122

HELP WANTED 122 HELP WANTED 122PETS & SUPPLIES 128Blue Pitbulls puppies, 8 wks $300, OBO. (956) 645-4813

English Bulldogs, brindle,M/F, $1,200.

Call:242-9361Jack Russell Terriers 4M/3F

Tailed, declwd., dewormed, 1st shot, $200 Call 401-7857Vendo perrita chit-tzu 1

Hembra, blanca con negro 2 meses $350. Llamar 645-5200

FARM & RANCH SUP-PLIES 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

MMIISSCCEELLLLAANNEEOOUUSS

GARAGE SALES 134

Garage Sale Several Fami-lies Sat. Only! @ 7am.

9103 Glacier Ct.Huge Garage Sale!!!

Sat. only, 8719 Allegheny St.(Shiloh sbdv.) 8am-12pm.

PPEETTSS && SSUUPPPPLLIIEESS

PETS & SUPPLIES 1288 German Sheppards,

5 wks old, 2 females $100 each. Call 723-7274

Boston Puppies for sale. 1st shots & dewormed $300ea.

and up Call 324-3289

Chihuahua Puppies Regular & Toy M/F

$150 & up 229-4027Chihuahua puppy, $100.717-1395 after 8pm or

337-2283.

Dachshund Mini Toys (Wennie dogs) m/f $200 ea. 229-4027

ACREAGE FOR SALE 76

316 acres. High fenced, Exotic Animals $3,300 an acre. Finance, 723-8912

COMMERCIAL INVEST-MENT 79

36 Apts for sale $1.3 million OBO. Call

722-4447, 220-3450. We Finance!

RREENNTTAALLSS

ROOMS FOR RENT 106

Furnished room for 1, refrig, a/c, mic ro,downtown, $365/m $180/d ultilities pd. 206-9281.

HELP WANTED 122HELP WANTED 122HELP WANTED 122

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 70403 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

GULF COAST TRADES CENTER HAS ANOPENING FOR A COMMUNITY

CORRECTION OFFICER IN THE VALLEYAREA PREDOMINANTLY LAREDO.DUTIES INVOLVE SUPERVISION OF

PAROLEES FROM THE TEXAS YOUTHCOMMISSION. BA/BS DEGREE AND 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.CONTACT MICHELLE HARRIS AT 936-344-7847. FAX RESUME AND

APPLICATION TO 936-344-2386 OREMAIL TO [email protected] OR

CONTACT MATT MILLER AT 936-344-7825. PLEASE TURN IN JOB

APPLICATION WITH RESUME,APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE ATWWW.GCTC.US/EMPLOY.HTM

Medical radiologytechnologist

needed for the RioGrande Valley areafor a mobile X-Ray

company. Please fax resume

to 956-783-7437 or

call 1-888-783-9779

Gold Star Amusements is seeking 50temporary Amusement Attendants towork from 02/13/09-11/08/09. Interstatetravel involved to TX, LA, MN, SD, AR,MO, MS provided by employer. $7.24/hr.Assist patrons on and off rides, instructpatrons of rules for safety, fasten safetydevices or provide them withinstructions, staff concessions, collectride tickets, etc. No education, trainingor experience required. Apply at theTexas Workforce Solutions in Laredo, Texas, of fax resume to TWC @(512)463-3055


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