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One teacher in Zapata and twoin Laredo have been arrestedsince late March on sexual-relat-ed offenses.

Most recently, a former Traut-mann Middle School teacher al-legedly admitted to engaging insexual acts with a 14-year-oldstudent. After being caught in

the actin aclass-roomatTraut-mannMid-dle, theteacher, Luis Mercado, told po-lice he had more than 20 sexualencounters with the girl, accord-

ing tothecrimi-nalcom-plaint.

Sixdaysprior to

his arrest, Luis Carlos Garza, ateacher in Zapata, was arrestedfor allegedly having a sexual re-

lationship with a high schoolstudent. In March, an LBJ HighSchool teacher, Napoleon Calde-ra, was arrested on an indecencywith a child charge for allegedlytouching a female student’s chestin a classroom.

Zapata County Sheriff ’s ChiefRaymundo del Bosque said hebelieves suspected child moles-

INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS

Rise in sex casesAgency reports 27 percent increase over three years

LAREDO MORNING TIMES AND SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

GARZA MERCADO CALDERA

See SEX CASES PAGE 11AThree men accused of trans-

porting immigrants who hadcrossed the border illegally wereindicted this week in a Laredofederal court.

On Tuesday, a grand jurycharged Jose Alejandro Garcia,Anthony Rene Perez and DanielEduardo Salinas with one countof conspiracy to transport undoc-umented people and three countsof attempt to transport undocu-mented people for money.

Each count could carry a pun-ishment of up to 10 years in feder-al prison. Garcia and Salinas areout on bond. Perez is in custodyon a $75,000 bond, according tocourt documents.

The trio is due back in courtJune 18 for arraignment.

U.S. Border Patrol said they ap-prehended the men May 13.Agents conducting surveillancein the Volpes Ranch area observ-ed a group of people walking to-ward a suspected stash house,states the criminal complaint fil-ed May 18.

Then, the group left in a FordMustang and a GMC pickup haul-ing a horse trailer. Both vehicleswere being driven recklessly, ac-cording to court documents.

Then, agents pulled over bothvehicles for an immigration in-spection of the occupants. That’swhen five people from the GMCran toward the brush, only to bedetained shortly after.

Agents said they found moreimmigrants inside the horse trail-er. Authorities identified the sus-pects as Garcia, Perez and Sali-nas and detained 10 immigrants.

Records states the trio con-fessed to their involvement in thesmuggling attempt.

(César G. Rodriguez may bereached at 728-2568 or ce-sar@lmtonline.com)

FEDERAL COURT

Threemen

indictedAccused of smuggling

10 immigrantsBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

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After wrapping up a round oftesting, Texas regulators saythey have found no evidencethat injecting oilfield waste intofive disposal wells triggered thelargest recorded earthquake inNorth Texas’ history.

“At this time, there is no con-clusive evidence the disposalwells tested were a causal factorin the May 7 seismic event,” theTexas Railroad Commissionsaid Friday in a news release.

Last month, a 4.0-magnitudeearthquake hit Johnson County,leading to a few reports of mi-nor damage. It was the mostpowerful ever recorded in theBarnett Shale region, includingmore than 50 quakes that havestruck since November 2013 — asurge that has coincided withthe proliferation of disposalwells, deep resting places forliquid oil and gas waste injectedunderground at high pressures.

Under rules adopted last year,the Railroad Commission or-dered testing at five disposal

wells, which the four companiesthat operate them voluntarilyshut down. On Friday, the com-mission said its analysis of“fall-off pressure”– tests to de-termine the effects of injectionsat the well sites – turned up nofault patterns nearby that couldhave been related to the earth-quakes.

“While we can’t say at thistime there is a connection,”Craig Pearson, the agency’sseismologist, said in a state-ment, “this is the beginning ofthe process, not the end in ana-

lyzing and understandingwhether there is any correla-tion and what, if any action bythe Commission may be neces-sary in the future to protectpublic safety and our naturalresources.”

The disposal wells in ques-tion are operated by BosqueDisposal System, LLC; EOG Re-sources, Inc.; MetroSaltwaterDisposal, Inc; and Pinnergy,Ltd.

The commission’s announce-ment comes the same week thatanother disposal well operator,

XTO Energy, an ExxonMobilsubsidiary, argued that it wasnot responsible for a series ofearthquakes that shook thetowns of Reno and Azle in late2013 through early 2014.

On Wednesday, the companyargued at an eight-hour com-mission hearing that the quakeshit some 2.5 miles below itswastewater injection, indicatingthat they occurred naturally.

The commission ordered the“show cause” hearing after a

NORTH TEXAS

No evidence found that fracking caused quakeBy JIM MALEWITZ

TEXAS TRIBUNE

See FRACKING PAGE 11A

Gov. Greg Abbott, whosigned a bill Thursday that al-lows clergy members to refuseto conduct marriages that vio-late their beliefs, said that "pas-tors now have the freedom toexercise their First Amend-ment rights."

The signing ceremony forthe so-called Pastor ProtectionAct, which goes into effectSept. 1, was held outside theGovernor’s Mansion. Abbottwas surrounded by about twodozen clergy members at anews conference discussing thelaw. Others attending the sign-ing ceremony included Lt. Gov.Dan Patrick, Attorney GeneralKen Paxton and Sen. CraigEstes, R-Wichita Falls, who au-

SENATE BILL 2065

‘PASTOR PROTECTION ACT’

Gov. Greg Abbott signs SB 2065 into law on Thursday, joined by Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick andauthors of the bill Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, and Rep. Scott Sanford, R-McKinney.

Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera | Texas Tribune

Abbott signsmarriage

bill into lawBy LIZ CRAMPTON

TEXAS TRIBUNE

See ABBOTT PAGE 11A

PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015

SATURDAY JUNE 13Rio Grande International Study

Center’s 21st annual meeting fromnoon to 3 p.m. at the Laredo Public Li-brary, 1120 E. Calton Rd. Laredo’s onlyenvironmental nonprofit organization.Raffle and silent art auction; meet oureducator, volunteer and junior volun-teer of the year; become a member ofRGISC. Free and open to the public.RSVP at 718-1063.

Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 1to 5 p.m. 2 p.m.: Accidental Astronaut(Matinee Show – $1 less); 3 p.m.: Cos-mic Adventures; 4 p.m.: Attack of theSpace Pirates; 5 p.m.: Led Zeppelin.General admission is $4 for childrenand $5 for adults. Admission is $4 forTAMIU students, faculty and staff. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

Randy Rogers Band at Casa Blan-ca Ballroom. Doors open at 7 p.m. andthe show begins at 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, JUNE 16Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

THURSDAY, JUNE 18Elysian Social Club will be host-

ing its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m.Herlinda Nieto-Dubuisson at 956-285-3126.

Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

SATURDAY, JUNE 20Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 1to 5 p.m. 2 p.m.: Accidental Astronaut(Matinee Show – $1 less); 3 p.m.: Cos-mic Adventures; 4 p.m.: Attack of theSpace Pirates; 5 p.m.: Led Zeppelin.General admission is $4 for childrenand $5 for adults. Admission is $4 forTAMIU students, faculty and staff. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

Operation Feed the Homeless –Summer Feast. Jarvis Plaza at 3 p.m.There will also be a used book sale toraise funds for future events. For moreinformation visit our Facebook page:Operation Feed the Homeless – Sum-mer Feast.

The Elysian Social Club will besponsoring its annual Fathers’ DayScholarship Fundraiser Dance at theLaredo Civic Center Ballroom. ContactHerlinda Nieto-Dubuisson at 285-3126.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

THURSDAY, JUNE 25Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. For more in-formation call 956-326-DOME (3663).

Spanish Book Club from 6-8 p.m.at the Laredo Public Library on CaltonRoad. Call Sylvia Reash at 763-1810

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CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, June 13,the 164th day of 2015. Thereare 201 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On June 13, 1865, NobelPrize-winning poet-playwrightWilliam Butler Yeats was bornin Dublin, Ireland.

On this date:In 1525, German theologian

Martin Luther married for-mer nun Katharina von Bora.

In 1842, Queen Victoria be-came the first British mon-arch to ride on a train, travel-ing from Slough Railway Sta-tion to Paddington in 25minutes.

In 1935, James Braddockclaimed the title of worldheavyweight boxing championfrom Max Baer in a 15-roundfight in Queens, New York.

In 1942, the first of two four-man Nazi sabotage teams ar-rived in the United States dur-ing World War II. (The eightwere arrested after one ofthem went to U.S. authorities;six of the saboteurs were exe-cuted.)

In 1957, the Mayflower II, areplica of the ship thatbrought the Pilgrims to Amer-ica in 1620, arrived at Ply-mouth, Massachusetts, after anearly two-month journeyfrom England.

In 1966, the Supreme Courtruled in Miranda v. Arizonathat criminal suspects had tobe informed of their constitu-tional right to consult with anattorney and to remain silent.

In 1971, The New YorkTimes began publishing ex-cerpts of the Pentagon Papers,a secret study of America’s in-volvement in Vietnam from1945 to 1967 that had beenleaked to the paper by mili-tary analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

In 1981, a scare occurredduring a parade in Londonwhen a teenager fired sixblank shots at Queen Eliza-beth II.

In 1983, the U.S. space probePioneer 10, launched in 1972,became the first spacecraft toleave the solar system as itcrossed the orbit of Neptune.

In 1996, the 81-day-old Free-men standoff ended as 16 re-maining members of the anti-government group surren-dered to the FBI and left theirMontana ranch.

Ten years ago: A jury inSanta Maria, California, ac-quitted Michael Jackson ofmolesting a 13-year-old cancersurvivor at his Neverlandranch.

Five years ago: GaryFaulkner, a Colorado construc-tion worker, was detained inPakistan while on a one-manmission to hunt down Osamabin Laden (Faulkner was re-leased 10 days later).

One year ago: The Los An-geles Kings won the StanleyCup for the second time inthree years with a 3-2 victoryover the New York Rangers inGame 5.

Today’s Birthdays: ActorBob McGrath is 83. ArtistChristo is 80. Magician Sieg-fried (Siegfried & Roy) is 76.U.N. Secretary-General BanKi-moon is 71. Singer DennisLocorriere is 66. Actor StellanSkarsgard is 64. ComedianTim Allen is 62. TV anchorHannah Storm is 53. SingerDavid Gray is 47. Singer-musi-cian Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is45. Actor Steve-O is 41. ActorChris Evans is 34. Actress KatDennings is 29. Actress Mary-Kate Olsen is 29. Actress Ash-ley Olsen is 29.

Thought for Today:“There are no strangers here,only friends you have not yetmet.” — William Butler Yeats(1865-1939).

TODAY IN HISTORY

HOUSTON — U.S. Housing Secretary Ju-lián Castro took a pass Friday on addressinggrowing speculation that he is a top prospectto be Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

Speaking with reporters here after aspeech, Castro was specifically asked wheth-er he had enough experience to be vice pres-ident if the Democratic front-runner pickedhim. It’s a point largely raised by Clinton’scritics, though an increasingly salient one asthe buzz surrounding Castro and his vicepresidential timber intensifies.

"I’m here today to talk about HUD and thegood work that we’re doing, and so I’ll letother folks make it about 2016," Castro toldreporters after addressing the Texas BlackExpo.

Castro, whose backers see him as a shoo-

in for a Clinton ticket, has nonetheless facedsome questions about whether he is quali-fied enough for the job. He has served inObama’s Cabinet for less than a year andwas mayor of San Antonio for five years be-fore that.

Castro’s trip here came a day before votersheaded to the polls in the Alamo City to pickhis permanent replacement. On the ballot inthe runoff are interim Mayor Ivy Taylor,who won appointment to the office after Cas-tro left last year for Washington, and formerstate Sen. Leticia Van de Putte. Reiteratinghis neutrality in the race, Castro wishedboth candidates well and said he will have achance to vote this weekend in San Antonio.

"Whoever wins, I look forward to workingwith the next mayor and helping to ensurethat that city has the affordable housing thatit needs," he said.

AROUND TEXAS

Speaking with reporters in Houston after a speech, U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro was specifically asked whether hehad enough experience to be vice president if the Democratic front-runner picked him. Castro skirted the question, saying“I’m here today to talk about HUD and the good work that we’re doing, and so I’ll let other folks make it about 2016.”

Photo by Bob Daemmrich | Texas Tribune

Castro avoids VP chatterBy PATRICK SVITEK

TEXAS TRIBUNE

Houston highway reopensafter train derailment

HOUSTON — Freight carsthat derailed from an overheadbridge have been moved awayfrom a Houston highway to allowwhat’s known as Old Katy Roadto reopen.

A Kansas City Southern Rail-way Company statement says thehighway and adjoining railroadtrack had been cleared of de-railed freight cars and other de-bris and reopened Friday after-noon.

Abbott signs law creatingdepository for state gold

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbotthas signed a law creating a Tex-as Bullion Depository where thestate — and even ordinary resi-dents — can store gold.

The Republican said Fridaythat the measure will “repatriate$1 billion of gold bullion fromthe Federal Reserve in New Yorkto Texas.” Its location has yet tobe been determined.

Gunfire at clinic leavesdoctor, associate deadODESSA — Police are trying

to determine what promptedgunfire at a West Texas medicalclinic that left a doctor and a pa-tient dead in an apparent mur-der-suicide.

Witnesses told police that a pa-tient, Ayyasamy Thangam, shotthe cardiologist multiple times,then closed the door to a roomhe was in and another shot rangout. There is no information onwhy Thangam was being treated.

Plan for radioactive waste in Texas opposedVAN HORN — Some West

Texas residents have raisedhealth and environmental con-cerns over a proposal to storehigh-level radioactive nuclearwaste in their county.

Dozens of citizens at Thursdaynight’s town hall meeting in VanHorn also voiced fears about pos-sible leaks, land value issues andeven terrorism.

2 found slain in Vidor,deaths ruled homicidesVIDOR — Two people have

been found stabbed to death in aSoutheast Texas house in a casebeing investigated as a doublehomicide.

Police in Vidor says relativesdiscovered the bodies late Thurs-day night while checking on aman and a woman who live atthe home.

No one has been arrested. In-vestigators found signs of astruggle in the home.

Doctor at hospital resignsduring child porn caseGALVESTON — A pediatric

doctor at M.D. Anderson CancerCenter in Houston who facescharges of receipt and possessionof child pornography has re-signed and the state medicalboard has suspended his licenseto practice. Dr. Dennis PatrickHughes announced his resigna-tion Thursday.

— Compiled from AP reports

Native American tribesstart yearly fish harvestOREGON CITY, Ore. — They

dove into the cold waters, emerg-ing with writhing, eel-like fish inhand and thrusting them intonets. Northwest Native Ameri-can tribes thus began harvestinglampreys this week at a 40-footwaterfall south of Portland, Ore-gon. The jawless, gray fish are atraditional food source for tribalmembers in the Columbia RiverBasin. They’re prized for theirrich, fatty meat.

But lamprey numbers have de-clined dramatically over the past30 years because of hydroelectricdams and pesticides and othertoxins. Willamette Falls is thelast place where they can becaught by the hundreds.

Safety regulators link airbags to another deathNEW YORK — U.S. regulators

have confirmed that an air bag

made by Takata Corp. was in-volved in the April death of awoman in Louisiana, connectingthe defective air bags to a sev-enth fatality.

The National Highway TrafficSafety Administration said it ex-amined the car Kylan Langlinais

drove, read police and medicalreports, and looked at other evi-dence. Takata said it had no com-ment. Honda, the maker of thecar, confirmed that the air baginflator ruptured during thecrash.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

A Native American man catches lampreys, eel-like fish, at Willamette Falls, a 40-foot waterfall south of Portland, Oregon on Friday. An ancient fish that’s a sourceof food for tribes in the Pacific Northwest, lampreys have been in drastic decline.

Photo by Gosia Wozniacka | AP

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SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 State THE ZAPATA TIMES 3A

150th CommemorationThe Zapata Chamber of Commerce invites all to travel to Rio

Grande City to celebrate the 150th Commemoration of Adrian Vitalon Sunday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The event will celebrate the Tejanos who risked their lives to helpliberate the Rio Grande Valley from the French and Imperialist allies.

There will be a balloon launch, candlelight moment of silence,screening of short films and refreshments.

There will also be special guests: The Moipei Triplets performingthe National Anthem and Daniel Treviño and the South Texas Heri-tage Interpreters.

The event will be located at the Lopez-Tijerina Courtyard in down-town Rio Grande City. For more information, call 487-0672.

Grand OpeningPronto Insurance is inviting all customers, family and friends to

their grand opening ceremony Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.There will be free food, drinks and music, and they are giving

away a pair of tickets to Six Flags.Pronto Insurance is locatedat 1301 N. U.S. Hwy 83.

Golf TournamentThe Zapata Lions Club is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Leobardo

Martinez Jr. Scholarship Golf Tournament on June 20 at Los EbanosGolf Course in Zapata.

The format is a 3 Men Florida Scramble with a $65 donationand $10 for two mulligans — one on the front 9 and one of theback 9.

The first place team will be awarded $300; the second placeteam will win $200; and the third place team will get $100.

For more information, contact Los Ebanos Golf Course at 765-8336.

Freedom FestThe 2015 Rio Grande City Freedom Fest will take place Friday,

June 26 from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Brasilia Villarreal MunicipalPark.

The show benefits the Rio Grande Boys and Girls Youth Club.Performers include Jack Ingram, Marshall Law and Los Palomi-

nos.There will also be free food, vendors, free kids rides and a fire-

work extravaganza.Pre-sale tickets are $15.The festival is sponsored by Payne Auto Group.

5K Memorial RunThe 3rd Annual PFC IRA “Ben” Laningham IV 5K Memorial Run

will take place July 18 at 8 a.m. with a kids run at 7:50 a.m.Registration is $15 at the Boys and Girls Club, 302 W 6th Ave.

and online at active.comSame day registration is $20 and takes place from 7 a.m. to

7:45 a.m.There will be awards given to the top three in each age category

and trophies for both male and female overall winners. The age divi-sions are as follows: 14 and under, 15 – 19, 20 – 24, 25 – 29, 30 –34, 35 – 39, 40 – 44, 45 – 49, 50 – 54, 55 – 59, 60 – 64, 65and over, law enforcement.

Start and finish will be in front of the court house on 7th Ave-nue and Hidalgo Street.

LOCAL EVENTS

HOUSTON — A formerTexas prosecutor has beenstripped of his law licenseafter a panel of the StateBar of Texas determinedhe withheld evidence andused false testimony towin a capital murder con-viction against a now-ex-onerated death row in-mate.

A three-member eviden-tiary panel of the legalagency ordered Thursdaythe disbarment of CharlesSebesta, who spent 25years as district attorneyin Burleson and Washing-ton counties, after findinghe committed professionalmisconduct in his prosecu-tion of accused murdererAnthony Graves.

Graves was convictedand sent to Texas deathrow for the 1992 slayings ofsix people. A federal ap-peals court reversed hisconviction in 2006.

He was released fromprison four years later, af-ter a serving a dozen yearson death row, when a spe-cial prosecutor determinedhe should be freed and de-clared innocent.

“It takes great courageto say a prosecutor was soclearly acting against therules of fair play that heshould be stripped of hislaw license,” Graves saidFriday in a statement re-leased by his lawyers. “Butthe panel did just that, andI appreciate it.

“I have waited 20-plusyears for complete justiceand freedom. ... No onewho makes it a goal tosend a man to death rowwithout evidence — andworse, while hiding evi-dence of my innocence —deserves to be a lawyer inTexas.”

Sebesta left office in 2000after 25 years as prosecu-tor in the two countiesabout 100 miles northwestof Houston. He did not im-mediately respond to tele-phone messages Fridayfrom The Associated Press.

His State Bar profile listshim as retired.

He has said he continuesto believe Graves is guiltyand has posted extensivelyabout the case on his per-sonal website.

Texas has achieved noto-riety as the nation’s mostactive death penalty stateand prosecutors rarelyhave been punished forwrongdoing. Sebesta’s dis-barment comes about 18months after another for-mer district attorney, KenAnderson, served fourdays in jail and forfeitedhis law license for thewrongful murder prosecu-tion of a Central Texasman, Michael Morton.

Morton served nearly 25years of a life prison termfor the 1986 slaying of hiswife but was freed after aspecial court of inquiry de-termined Anderson inten-tionally concealed evi-dence favorable to Mor-ton’s defense.

In Graves’ case, anotherman, Robert Earl Carter,also received a death sen-tence for the killings andhad testified that Graves

was his accomplice. Cartersubsequently recanted thattestimony, including in themoments just before hewas executed 15 years ago.

When a federal appealscourt reversed Graves’ con-viction, it found Sebestawithheld that Carter told agrand jury that he commit-ted the murders alone, andthen allowed Carter andanother witness to givefalse testimony.

Graves in January 2014filed a grievance with theState Bar. A year ago theorganization’s Office ofDisciplinary Counselfound “just cause” to be-lieve Sebesta had violatedethics rules, leading to afour-day disciplinary hear-ing last month. Sebesta in-voked his right under StateBar rules to keep thoseproceedings private.

Besides his 12 years ondeath row, Graves spenttwo years awaiting his firsttrial, then another four injail awaiting a second trial.

“The ordeal experiencedby Mr. Graves is almost un-imaginable,” his attorneys,Kathryn Kase, Neal Manne

and Charles Eskridge III,said in a statement Friday.“We are humbled and in-spired by the grace andcharacter he has shownthroughout — includingwhen he shook Mr. Sebes-ta’s hand after the hearingended and wished himwell.”

Graves and Carter wereconvicted separately of themurders of Bobbie Davis,45; Nicole Davis, 16; Deni-tra Davis, 9; Brittany Da-vis, 6; Lea ‘Erin Davis, 5;and Carter’s 4-year-old son,Jason Davis. Court recordsshowed Carter was upsetthat one of Davis’ daugh-ters had named him in apaternity suit, a step to-ward seeking child sup-port.

The six victims hadbeen stabbed or shot, orboth, and were discoveredby firefighters respondingto a blaze at a home inSomerville, about 80 milesnorthwest of Houston, inthe early morning hours ofAug. 18, 1992. Evidenceshowed their killer tried toburn the bodies to hide thedeaths.

Attorney loses law licenseBy MICHAEL GRACZYK

ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this Jan. 20, 2014, file photo, Former Texas Death Row inmate Anthony Graves electronically files agrievance against former Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta asking that Sebesta be heldaccountable by the State Bar of Texas for Graves’ wrongful murder conviction at Texas Southern Uni-versity in Houston. Sebesta was stripped of his law license Thursday.

Photo by Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle | AP file

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CLASSIC DOONESBURY (1982) | GARRY TRUDEAU

WASHINGTON — Godbless the hot mike.

Without it, how wouldwe know what politiciansreally think?

Take, for example, Sen.Mark Kirk, R-Ill. OnThursday morning, he of-fered his thoughts aboutSenate colleague LindseyGraham, R-S.C., near amike he thought was off.If Graham, a bachelor andpresidential candidate,wins the election, Kirksaid, “he’ll have a rotatingfirst lady. He’s a bro with

no ho.”Er, OK.So, here’s the thing:1. No one says that (es-

pecially not white, middle-aged men).

2. Even if people did sayit, a U.S. senator shouldn’tbe using the phrase, espe-cially not in public. Like,ever.

3. Kirk is also single.This isn’t the first time

in recent months thatKirk has been caught say-ing something impolitic.

Back in April, he drewunwanted attention whenhe talked about trying tobuild wealth among Afri-

can-Americans “so thatthe black community isnot the one we drive fas-ter through.”

Two months earlier,Kirk created a firestormwhen, amid a fight overfunding the Departmentof Homeland Security, hesaid, “The Republicans —if there is a successful at-tack during a DHS shut-down — we should build anumber of coffins outsideeach Democratic officeand say, ’You are respon-sible for these dead Amer-icans.’”

Kirk, not for nothing,also happens to be the sin-

gle most vulnerable Sen-ate incumbent up for re-election in 2016, runningin a state that PresidentBarack Obama carried by17 points in 2012 andwhere Democrats have atop-tier recruit in Rep.Tammy Duckworth.

Mark Kirk, for forget-ting (again) not to sayaloud absolutely every-thing you are thinking,you had the worst week inWashington. Congrats, orsomething.

(Cillizza covers theWhite House for The Wash-ington Post and writes TheFix, its politics blog.)

WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON

Big mouth creates problemsBy CHRIS CILLIZZA

THE WASHINGTON POST

Rick Perry’s aspirationto rule the United Statesas he ruled Texas wouldbe terrible for all of us, es-pecially minorities andthe poor.

Perry, who just steppedinto the GOP presidentialfray, spent his 14 years asgovernor sidelining entiresegments of the popula-tion.

Among his prime vic-tims were Latinos. Perryhas consistently portrayedhimself as a champion ofHispanics, trumpeting asmall number of minorityappointees and a few sops,such as allowing in-statetuition to undocumentedchildren raised in Texas.But, in general, his poli-cies have been overwhelm-ingly bad for the Latinocommunity.

El Paso is one of thesafest cities in the UnitedStates, but Perry chose toportray it as a hellhole, ex-aggerating the incidenceof violent crime there. As-sociating El Paso with thedrug cartel violence thatplagued its sister city, Jua-rez, was a way for Perryto make a case for greatercontrol over the lives andmovements of heavily La-tino border communities.

Perry and his partytwice gerrymandered dis-tricts to diminish the vot-ing power of Latinos andother minorities. Despitea partially successful law-suit against Texas gerry-mandering in 2006, Leagueof United Latin AmericanCitizens v. Perry, Republi-cans largely kept minori-ties suppressed during thenext redistricting in 2012.

This lack of politicalrepresentation has had a

dramatic effect in El Paso.As a city with an 80 per-cent Latino population,we’ve rarely gotten muchconsideration from thestate. And with a popula-tion that votes heavilyDemocratic in a Republi-can state, El Paso’s repre-sentatives have been ig-nored for years in the Tex-as Legislature. During thelast state election, one Re-publican campaigner wentso far as to suggest to methat if we wanted to beheard by our government,we ought to start votingfor the Republican Party.

That’s what Texas hasbeen under Perry: VoteRepublican or go home.The voter ID law that hasdisenfranchised hundredsof thousands of Texans liv-ing in poverty was in fulleffect during the last elec-tion. Unlike other states,Texas has made no effort

to promote access to stateID cards for the poor. Theresult is more disenfran-chisement.

Since entering the 2016presidential race, Perryhas defended the voter IDlaw. But many of those dis-enfranchised by the laware poverty-stricken Lati-nos. El Paso, home tomore than half a millionLatinos, is one of the poor-est cities in the nation.The poorest is Browns-ville, another Texas bor-der town with an evenhigher percentage of Lati-no residents.

If Texas is the blueprintPerry will use to reformthe nation, we should allbe very wary. Perry’s sys-tem of government has noroom for minorities or thepoor.

(Jose Miguel Leyva is afreelance writer and jour-nalist living in El Paso.)

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Perry is bad for LatinosBy JOSE MIGUEL LEYVATRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Last year, thanks to itsaggression in Ukraine,Russia changed in manyimportant ways. But onecrucial transformationhas gone largely unno-ticed: Long-term think-ing has completely disap-peared, and the Russianregime no longer talksabout the future.

Russian leaders’ dis-course centers on thestandoff with Ukraineand the West (and their“puppets” within Russia)and references to the he-roic past (mostly toWorld War II). The re-gime is now fully focusedon its own survival.

This has not alwaysbeen the case. In 2000,Vladimir Putin went tothe Kremlin with a 10-year “Gref program” thatincluded a vision of Rus-sia as an open and mod-ern country. His firstpresidential term imple-mented parts of this pro-gram. Long-term devel-opment strategies —mostly based on this vi-sion — were discussedand updated until 2012.

Even when Putin re-turned as president thatyear, he put together aset of programmatic op-eds in Russian newspa-pers outlining long-termplans on the economy, so-cial policy, governance,federalism and foreignpolicy. He convertedthese into a number ofpresidential decrees thathe signed on his first dayin office. These decreesprovided transparent tar-gets that he promised toachieve by 2018.

By now it is clear —and even publicly ac-knowledged by Putinhimself — that these de-crees will not be carriedout. What alternative fu-ture does Russia’s presi-dent propose to his citi-zens? There is no answer.No long-term policy plan-ning for Russia’s futureis occurring.

Previously, Russia tookpride in moving fromone-year to three-yearbudgets. This is no more:The Kremlin has no cred-ible financial plan be-yond 2016 except for hop-ing for oil prices to re-cover. Its foreign policydoctrine centers also onregime survival. Aroundthe world, Russia fiercelydefends the sovereignright of non-democraticgovernments to stay inpower indefinitely.

The regime is right toworry about its immedi-ate future. The Russianeconomy is in recessionand is unlikely to growat more than 2 percentper year even when — orif — the recession ends.For the first time in Pu-tin’s 15 years in power,Russians’ real incomesare falling. The propa-ganda benefits of annex-ing Crimea are subsid-ing. And another war isnot affordable — in addi-tion to direct militarycosts, being subjected toanother round of sanc-tions could destroy im-portant banks, whichcould easily result inwidespread panic andthe collapse of the re-gime.

Given this environ-ment, it is not surprisingthat the West, too, talksto Russia only aboutshort-term issues. Butwhether we think aboutthe future or not, it willcome. At some point, thisregime will have to go,and it is not clear at allwhat will replace it, how

turbulent the transfor-mation will be andwhether Russia will ulti-mately emerge as a dem-ocratic country. As theArab Spring has shown,such regime changes canbe very peaceful or veryviolent.

A peaceful transitionis not unlikely. Russia isricher and better educat-ed than the Arab Springcountries; in fact, it isricher and better educat-ed than any country inhistory that has movedfrom dictatorship to de-mocracy. But it is alsoclear that the top figuresin the regime are unlike-ly to readily surrendertheir hold on power.

They are scared of be-ing brought to justice forcrimes against interna-tional law and humanity,and for grand corruptionwithin Russia. The bestscenario one can hopefor is some form of tran-sitional government thatwould provide certainguarantees to the outgo-ing elites and overseenew elections.

It is certainly in theWest’s interest not to“lose Russia” again. Giv-en Russia’s nuclear armsand its diminished butstill large economic, en-ergy and geopoliticalroles, a turbulent transi-tion and the rise of an-other aggressive non-democratic regime wouldbe costly for the world.

A democratic and cap-italist Russia would con-tribute to the globaleconomy and the world’sability to address inter-national challenges, in-cluding regional instabil-ity, environmentalthreats, terrorism andcorruption.

Can the West do any-thing to affect the out-come? Eventually, Rus-sia’s destiny will be de-cided by Russians. Butthe West can still play arole. With a MarshallPlan-style program, itcan contribute to shap-ing a new Russia by help-ing to rebuild an econo-my destroyed by corrup-tion; supportinggovernance, educationand health-care reforms;and investing in Russia’sinfrastructure.

Most important, theWest should articulate apath for reintegratingRussia into the freeworld. Russians ultimate-ly think of themselves asa part of European civi-lization, and even Putin’saggressive rhetoric re-fers at times to his West-ern “partners” and looksfor his policies’ roots in“true European values.”The West should be clearabout what it will takefor Russia to reengagewith the EuropeanUnion, NATO, the Organ-ization for EconomicCooperation and Devel-opment and other inter-national bodies.

These issues are diffi-cult; addressing themwill require major intel-lectual and political ef-forts. What is worrisomeis that Western leaderstreat such questions astoo distant to botherwith.

We should learn a les-son from 1991, when thequick disappearance ofthe Soviet Union took ev-eryone by surprise. Butwe must be careful not tobe misled by the fact that1991 was relatively peace-ful. This time, the stakesare much higher for theruling elite. The Westshould get prepared nowfor sudden and turbulentchange in Russia.

COMMENTARY

West mustmull Russiaafter Putin

By SERGEI GURIEVSPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 Nation THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

SPOKANE, Wash. — Ra-chel Dolezal leads the Spo-kane chapter of the NAACP,teaches African studies tocollege students and sits ona police oversight commis-sion.

But the 37-year-old artistand activist with dark curlyhair and light-brown skinnow finds herself at the cen-ter of a furor over racialidentity after family mem-bers said she has falselyportrayed herself as blackfor years when she is ac-tually white. As proof, theyproduced pictures of her asa blonde, blue-eyed child.

The city is also investi-gating whether she liedabout her ethnicity whenshe applied to be on the po-lice board. And police onFriday said they were sus-pending investigations intoracial harassment com-plaints filed by Dolezal, in-cluding one from earlierthis year in which she saidshe received hate mail ather office.

The NAACP issued astatement Friday support-ing Dolezal, who has been alongtime figure in Spo-kane’s human-rights com-munity.

“One’s racial identity isnot a qualifying criteria ordisqualifying standard forNAACP leadership,” thegroup said. “In every cornerof this country, the NAACPremains committed to secu-ring political, educationaland economic justice for allpeople.”

Dolezal did not returnseveral telephone messagesleft Friday by The Associat-ed Press.

On Thursday, she avoidedanswering questions direct-ly about her race and eth-nicity in an interview withThe Spokesman-Reviewnewspaper.

“That question is not aseasy as it seems,” she said.“There’s a lot of complexi-

ties ... and I don’t know thateveryone would understandthat.”

“We’re all from the Afri-can continent,” she added.

Dr. Camille ZubrinskyCharles, a professor of so-ciology at the University ofPennsylvania and an expertin racial-identity issues,said people can identifywith people of other raceswithout doing what Dolezaldid.

“For the most part, beinga part of that communitydoesn’t require someone toclaim that identity,” shesaid. “It might be difficult tobecome president of the lo-cal NAACP chapter, butachieving the goals? That initself doesn’t require pass-ing as a member of thatgroup.”

Maybe she “saw herwhiteness as a barrier to do-ing the advocacy work inthe social justice world,”said Charles, who is black.

Ruthanne Dolezal of Troy,Montana, told reporters thisweek that she has had nocontact with her daughterin years. She said Rachel be-gan to “disguise herself” af-ter her parents adopted fourAfrican-American childrenmore than a decade ago. Ra-chel later married and di-vorced a black man andgraduated from historically

black Howard University.Ruthanne Dolezal also

showed reporters pictures ofher daughter as a child,with blonde hair, blue eyesand straight hair.

Her daughter dismissedthe controversy, saying itarose from litigation be-tween other relatives whohave divided the family.

Ruthanne Dolezal saidthe family’s ancestry isCzech, Swedish and Ger-man, with a trace of NativeAmerican heritage. She pro-duced a copy of her daugh-ter’s Montana birth certifi-cate listing herself and Lar-ry Dolezal as Rachel’sparents.

Meanwhile, an inquirywas opened at Spokane CityHall, where Dolezal identi-fied herself in her applica-tion to the Office of PoliceOmbudsman Commissionas having several ethnic ori-gins, including white, blackand American Indian.

“We are gathering facts todetermine if any city poli-cies related to volunteerboards and commissionshave been violated,” MayorDavid Condon and CouncilPresident Ben Stuckart saidthis week in a joint state-ment.

Dolezal was appointed tothe oversight board by Con-don.

NAACP leader lied about her race

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSASSOCIATED PRESS

In this Jan. 16 file photo, Rachel Dolezal, center, Spokane’s newly-elected NAACP president, smiles as she meets with Joseph M.King, of King’s Consulting, left, and Scott Finnie, director of EasternWashington University’s Africana Education Program.

Photo by Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review | AP file

DANNEMORA, N.Y. —A worker at an upstateNew York maximum-secu-rity prison has been ar-rested on charges shehelped two convicted kill-ers escape, state policesaid Friday.

Fifty-one-year-old JoyceMitchell was arrested andwill be arraigned oncharges of first-degree pro-moting prison contrabandand fourth-degree crimi-nal facilitation, state po-lice said.

Mitchell is accused ofbefriending inmates DavidSweat and Richard Matt atthe Clinton CorrectionalFacility in Dannemoraand giving them contra-band.

District Attorney An-drew Wylie said earlierthe contraband didn’t in-clude power tools used bythe men as they cut holesin their cell walls and asteam pipe to escapethrough a manhole lastweekend.

Meanwhile, law enforce-

ment officers continued tosearch for the escapees,concentrating Friday in arural area near the prison.The hunt for the inmateswas focused on an areawhere residents reportedseeing two men jumping astone wall outside the farnorthern New York townof Dannemora.

About 300 searcherswere added, bringing thetotal number of state, fed-eral and local law enforce-

ment officers involved inthe manhunt to more than800.

Mitchell’s family hassaid she wouldn’t havehelped the convicts breakout.

An instructor in the tai-lor shop where the menworked, Mitchell is alsosuspected of agreeing to bea getaway driver but didn’tshow up, leaving the menon foot early Saturdaymorning.

Prison worker arrestedBy JOHN KEKIS AND DAVID KLEPPER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Law enforcement officers search for two escapees from ClintonCorrectional Facility on Friday, near Dannemora, New York. Offi-cers are searching for David Sweat and Richard Matt.

Photo by Mike Groll | AP

6A THE ZAPATA TIMES Nation SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015

WASHINGTON — Ledby union-backed Demo-crats, the House delivereda stinging blow to Presi-dent Barack Obama onFriday and left his ambi-tious global trade agendain serious doubt.

Republican leaders, whogenerally support Obama’strade objectives, signaledthey might try to revivethe package as early asnext week. But that couldrequire the shifting of atleast 90 votes within ei-ther or both parties, aheavy lift.

Friday’s setback wasdeep and personal for Oba-ma, who made a surprise,last-minute trip to theCapitol to ask House Dem-ocrats to back him.

Not only did they rejecthim by the dozens, theywere led by party leaderNancy Pelosi of California,who has often expresseddeep admiration for thepresident. She joined in atactic that even some Dem-ocrats called devious andcynical: voting against afavorite job-retraining pro-gram in order to imperilthe trade package’s maincomponent: “fast track”negotiating authority forObama.

Hours earlier, Obamahad specifically askedDemocrats not to do that.But in a crowded Housechamber, Pelosi urged hercolleagues to ignore him.

“Slow down the fasttrack to get a better dealfor the American people,”she said, drawing praisefrom labor unions, liberalsand others who say free-trade deals send U.S. jobsabroad. Pelosi added possi-ble new burdens to the leg-islative package, sayingnew highway funding and“environmental justice”should be linked to its pas-sage if it’s revived.

In a statement, Obamasaid the job retrainingprogram “would giveroughly 100,000 Americanworkers access to vitalsupport each year,” and heurged the House to pass itas soon as possible andsend the entire trade pack-age for him to sign.

Other presidents havehad fast track authority,which lets them proposetrade agreements thatCongress can ratify or re-ject but not amend. Theadministration currentlyis trying to conclude nego-tiations with 11 Pacific-rim countries includingJapan and Canada. Othertrade agreements couldfollow.

One possible route forpro-trade forces in Con-gress is to send revisedlegislation back to theSenate. But senators ap-proved the larger packageonly narrowly last monthafter intense battles, and

the White House desper-ately wants to avoid givingopponents there anotherchance to strangle the leg-islation.

White House spokes-man Josh Earnest saidFriday’s vote showed con-gressional support for fasttrack, and “our work isnot done yet.” As for Dem-ocrats rejecting the re-training program, he said,the administration willcontend “they have regis-tered their objections to(fast track) and it didn’twork.” Earnest said theadministration will urgeDemocrats to “support apolicy that they have

strongly supported in thepast.”

Friday’s crucial votecame when 144 HouseDemocrats joined 158 Re-publicans to reject exten-sion of Trade AdjustmentAssistance, or TAA. Theprogram, which helpsworkers who lose theirjobs to international trade,has long been a priorityfor Democrats and unions.

But the Senate had tiedit to the broader fast tracknegotiating authority forthe president, whichHouse Democrats over-whelmingly oppose. Eggedon by the AFL-CIO, Pelosiand others, the vast major-

ity of House Democratsvoted against the retrain-ing program as a means toscuttle the entire package.

Moments later, theHouse did vote, 219-211, toendorse the fast track por-tion of the package, butthat could go nowherewithout the first part. On-ly 28 Democrats joined 191Republicans in voting forit. Voting no were 54 Re-publicans and 157 Demo-crats.

Pro-trade forces nowmust either reverse the re-training program’s fate orsend a revised fast trackbill back to the Senate,and hope for the best. GOP

aides said more Republi-cans might possibly holdtheir noses and vote forthe training in order tosave fast track, a mirror-image of the Democrats’counter-intuitive strategy.

House GOP leaders sug-gested it’s up to Democratsto revive the trade pack-age. “The president hassome work yet to do withhis party to complete thisprocess,” said Rep. PaulRyan, R-Wis., a leading au-thor of the trade legisla-tion. “This isn’t over yet.”

Yet minutes later,Ryan’s staff sent reporterslists of headlines high-lighting Democrats’ re-buke of Obama, a strategyunlikely to improve hopesof a bipartisan recoveryfor the trade package.

AFL-CIO PresidentRichard Trumka hailedPelosi, saying, “She stoodup against corporate inter-ests and, as always, putfirst the people who aretoo often left out of tradeagreement discussions.”

Obama drew applausewhen he walked into themorning meeting withDemocrats, but sharpwords after he left.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., was especially with-ering.

“He’s ignored Congressand disrespected Congressfor years,” he told report-ers, “and then comes tothe caucus and lectures usfor 40 minutes about hisvalues and whether or notwe’re being honest by us-ing legislative tactics totry and stop somethingwhich we believe is a hor-rible mistake for the Unit-ed States of America, andquestions our integrity. Itwasn’t the greatest strate-gy.”

Obama says U.S. prod-ucts must reach moremarkets. He says unionsand others should stopharping on perceivedharm from the 1995 NorthAmerica Free TradeAgreement, of NAFTA,which many critics accuseof shipping American jobsoverseas.

Globalization, techno-logical advances and otherchanges in the past 20years, Obama says, makeexpanded trade essential.

House Dems reject part of trade bill By CHARLES BABINGTON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. walks toward the House Chamber floor on Capitol Hill in Washington,on Friday. The House sidetracked a high-profile White House-backed trade bill, a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflictedby Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of rank-and-file lawmakers from his own party.

Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Federal agencies pledgedanother $110 million in aidFriday to help states strug-gling with the cripplingdrought after President Ba-rack Obama talked to lead-ers from seven westernstates.

The president met byphone and video link forabout an hour with thegovernors of Arizona, Cali-fornia, Colorado, Montana,Oregon, and Wyoming andwith the lieutenant gover-nor of Utah, according tothe White House.

The funding announcedFriday includes:

$18 million for a jobsprogram to help as manyas 1,000 Californians whoare unemployed because ofthe drought get temporary

jobs doing drought-relatedwork or as part of pro-grams to help make com-munities more drought-re-sistant.

“It also provides a muchneeded infusion of econom-ic support right back intothese communities thatneed it,” said Assistant Sec-retary of Labor for Employ-ment and Training PortiaWu on a conference callwith reporters.

$30 million to extend aprogram so farmers whosuffer one or two years ofexceptionally low produc-tion because of the droughtdo not lose crop insurance.

$10 million to reducethe threat of wildfires bycleaning up landscapes sothey are less prone to fires.

$6.5 million in grantsfor water management im-provement projects.

$7 million to address

the drought-related needsof water utilities andhouseholds.

Agriculture SecretaryTom Vilsack, Environmen-tal Protection Administra-tor Gina McCarthy, FederalEmergency ManagementAgency AdministratorCraig Fugate, Deputy Inte-rior Secretary Mike Con-nor and Wu were amongthose on the call.

Drought aid pledgedBy JULIET WILLIAMS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 Entertainment THE ZAPATA TIMES 7A

NEW YORK — As scruti-ny continues over diversityin film and opportunitiesfor African Americans inHollywood, some black ac-tors and producers are look-ing to another avenuewhere they see growth —the Web.

Success stories like IssaRae, whose “AwkwardBlack Girl” Internet come-dy series was so successfulshe received a developmentdeal with HBO, have openedthe door for others whomay have found more tradi-tional avenues in Holly-wood closed. So as theAmerican Black Film Fes-tival opened in New Yorkthis week for its 19th year,it has turned its focus tothe Web.

“Degrassi” star AndreaLewis is among those find-ing more exposure on theInternet. Used to being theonly black person on set,when Lewis was not gettingthe roles she wanted, shedecided not going to wait.

“Instead of wonderingwhere the next opportunitycan come, I said, ‘I am go-ing to come up with it anddo it myself,”’ Lewis said.

She took to the Web withher comedy series “BlackActress,” sharing the narra-tive of black women tryingto make it in the industry.The 10- to 20-minute epi-sodes include the storylineof a young women going onauditions, woven in withreal-life interviews from ac-tresses such as Tatyana Aliand “Powers”’ NaturiNaughton. They discuss thelack of significant roles of-fered, and the struggle tolive creatively.

Filmfestival

eyesWeb

By LUQMAN ADENIYIASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — JackWagner doesn’t need to rollwith an entourage. Heshows up to a recent inter-view by himself.

A celebrity without ateam of people includinggroomers, publicists, assist-ants and managers trailingbehind is a rarity thesedays.

“I stopped that a whileago. I had an entourage inthe ‘80s because it’s justwhat I needed. It dependswhere your level of fame isor where your career isand what you’re promotingbut, today, I’m really com-fortable with who I am as aperson and I can actuallyfind an address, I can showup there and if I get lost Iask someone, you know,where are the elevators andit’s OK,” he joked.

To a large swath of ‘80sTV fans, Wagner is FriscoJones from ABC’s “GeneralHospital.” He stopped being

a regular cast member in1988 but has returned forthe periodic arc, most re-cently in 2013 for theshow’s 50th anniversary.

“There is this real corefan base for that show andto play a character that isstill remembered, I look atit as a gift. Back then youdidn’t have social media orso many channels to watch

and people would watch‘General Hospital,”’ saidWagner, who was also onthe ‘90s hit “Melrose Place”and has performed onBroadway.

These days the 55-year-old stars on HallmarkChannel’s series “WhenCalls the Heart” alongsideLori Loughlin.

He appeared in season

one and was bumped up toa fulltime cast member forseason two, which airs itstwo-hour season finale onSaturday at 7 p.m. Zapatatime.

Wagner plays Bill Avery,a forensic investigator in19th century Canada look-ing into a counterfeitscheme. His character ismysterious in that youdon’t know if he’s part ofthe scheme or really tryingto solve it.

The other story for hischaracter is the love trian-gle with Loughlin’s charac-ter Abigail and his wife,Nora, played by none otherthan his real-life ex-wifeKristina Wagner (and TVex-wife on “General Hospi-tal,” Felicia Jones.)

“It was very frighteningto work together again. Weknow each other from thatone format which is ‘Gen-eral Hospital’ and we knewexactly what to do there.These are new characters.But we really workedthrough it and we have a

great chemistry.”Wagner laughs when it’s

pointed out that not every-one would want to workwith their ex.

“I can’t say we lined upto do it,” he confesses. At acast dinner, Bill Abbott, thepresident and CEO of Hall-mark asked him, ‘What doyou think of working withFelicia?’ I said, ‘Do youmean (my ex-wife) Kristi-na?’ He said, ‘I don’t knowher name. I just know Iwant Frisco and Felicia onthis show.”’

Their sons (ages 24 and20) aren’t that fazed bymom and dad working to-gether.

“It’s like, ‘Oh yeah, cool.You guys look great. What’sfor dinner?”’ he jokes.

Wagner is also a musi-cian. His best-known song“All I Need” became a Bill-board Top 40 hit in 1985,thanks to its heavy rotationon “General Hospital.” Hestill performs live a fewtimes a year, and releasedan album last year.

Wagner discusses acting on TV showBy ALICIA RANCILIOASSOCIATED PRESS

Jack Wagner, a celebrity without a team of people includinggroomers, publicists, assistants and managers trailing behind,stars on “When Calls the Heart,” on the Hallmark Channel.

Photo by Jonathan Short/file | AP

8A THE ZAPATA TIMES Nation SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Drought-stricken Cali-fornia on Friday orderedthe largest cuts on recordto farmers holding some ofthe state’s strongest waterrights.

State water officials toldmore than a hundred se-nior rights holders in Cali-fornia’s Sacramento, SanJoaquin and delta water-sheds to stop pumpingfrom those waterways.

The move by the StateWater Resources ControlBoard marked the firsttime that the state hasforced large numbers ofholders of senior-waterrights to curtail use. Thoserights holders include wa-ter districts that servethousands of farmers andothers.

The move shows Califor-nia is sparing fewer andfewer users in the push tocut back on water usingduring the state’s four-yeardrought.

“We are now at thepoint where demand inour system is outstrippingsupply for even the mostsenior water rights hold-ers,” Caren Trgovcich,chief deputy director ofthe water board.

The order applies tofarmers and others whoserights to water werestaked more than a centu-ry ago. Many farmersholding those senior-waterrights contend the statehas no authority to ordercuts.

The reductions are en-forced largely on an honorsystem because there arefew meters and sensors inplace to monitor consump-tion.

California already hasordered cuts in water useby cities and towns and bymany other farmers..

The move Friday

marked the first signifi-cant mandatory cuts be-cause of drought for seniorwater rights holders sincethe last major drought inthe late 1970s.

One group of farmerswith prized claims havemade a deal with the stateto voluntarily cut wateruse by 25 percent to bespared deep mandatorycuts in the future.

The San Joaquin Riverwatershed runs from theSierra Nevada to SanFrancisco Bay and is a keywater source for farmsand communities.

Thousands of farmerswith more recent, less se-cure claims to water havealready been told to stopall pumping from the SanJoaquin and Sacramentowatersheds. They are turn-ing to other sources of wa-ter, including wells, reser-voirs and the expensiveopen market.

Some farmers have builttheir businesses aroundthat nearly guaranteed ac-cess to water.

Jeanne Zolezzi, an attor-ney for two small irriga-tion districts serving farm-ers in the San Joaquin ar-ea, says she plans to go tocourt next week to stop theboard’s action. She saidher clients include smallfamily farms that growpermanent crops such asapricots and walnuts with-out backup supplies in un-derground wells or localreservoirs they can turn towhen they can’t pumpfrom rivers and streams.

“A lot of trees would die,and a lot of people wouldgo out of business,” saidZolezzi. “We are not talk-ing about a 25 percent cutlike imposed on urban.This is a 100 percent cut,no water supplies.”

California water law isbuilt around preservingthe rights of such senior-rights holders. The statelast ordered drought-man-dated curtailments by se-nior-water rights holdersin 1976-77, but that orderaffected only a few dozenrights holders.

Farmers to makemajor water cuts

By FENIT NIRAPPIL AND SCOTT SMITHASSOCIATED PRESS

Catarina Negrin shows off an irrigation system May 27 using graywater running through the back yard of her home in Berkeley, Cali-fornia. As cities cut back on irrigation and other urban water uses,lawmakers are trying to make gray water systems more common.Gray water is recycled waste water from kitchen appliances, bathtubs, showers and sinks. It flows through discharge pipes into irri-gation systems that can keep plants and lawns lush and green,even in a drought.

Photo by Eric Risberg | AP

TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohioand Michigan have agreedto sharply reduce phospho-rus runoff blamed for arash of harmful algaeblooms on Lake Erie thathave contaminated drink-ing water supplies andcontributed to oxygen-de-prived dead zones wherefish can’t survive.

The two states alongwith Ontario, Canada, saidFriday that they will workto cut the amount of phos-phorus flowing into west-ern Lake Erie by 40 per-cent within the next 10years.

It’s a significant move tocombat the algae bloomsthat have taken hold in thewestern third of the lakeover the last decade andcolored some of its watersa shade of green that’sdrawn comparisons to peasoup and the IncredibleHulk.

Researchers have linkedthe toxic algae to phospho-rus from farm fertilizers,livestock manure and sew-age treatment plants thatflows into rivers andstreams draining into thelake.

Groups studying the al-gae blooms, including aU.S.-Canadian agency, be-gan calling for a 40 percentreduction in phosphorusabout two years ago. Thatsuggestion took on greaterurgency last August afteran algae outbreak contam-inated public drinking wa-ter supplies for more than400,000 people in Toledoand parts of southeasternMichigan.

The largest bloom camein the summer of 2011,stretching more than 100miles — from Toledo toCleveland.

Officials in the twostates and Canada will de-velop plans on how toreach their goal to reducethe phosphorus runoff.They hope to start with a20 percent reduction with-in the next five years.

“No one state owns thelake or the whole problem,nor can one state fix it,”said Craig Butler, directorof the Ohio EnvironmentalProtection Agency. “It tooka generation to get here. Ifwe can change this in 10years, that’s pretty quick.”

Officials plan to sign thedeal Saturday at the Coun-cil of Great Lakes Gover-nors meeting in Canada.

“I believe it’s an achiev-able goal,” said MichiganGov. Rick Snyder.

The International JointCommission said twoyears ago that urgent stepswere needed to get controlof the algae through a com-bination of regulations andvoluntary actions.

Some of those steps havebeen put in place over thepast year.

Ohio has new rules ban-ning farmers in northwest-ern Ohio from spreadingmanure on frozen andrain-soaked fields and re-quiring training beforefarmers can use commer-cial fertilizers. The state al-so is increasing monitor-ing of wastewater plants.Michigan, meanwhile, hasa voluntary program tohelp farmers reduce pollu-tion that goes into water-ways.

The two states alongwith Indiana also will be-gin sharing $17.5 millionfrom the federal govern-ment to reduce farm field

runoff by planting strips ofgrass or cover crops thathelp soil absorb and filterphosphorus.

Environmental groupsthat have been pushing thestates to do more to com-bat the algae said a 40 per-cent reduction in phospho-rus should have a majorimpact.

“This is a game-changeran ambitious collectivegoal that, if met, could sig-nificantly reduce harmfulalgal blooms and the eco-nomic, social and environ-mental havoc they wreak,”said Mike Shriberg, region-al executive director of theNational Wildlife Federa-tion’s Great Lakes office.

Indiana, which is a partof the watershed that flowsinto the western part ofthe lake, didn’t agree totake part in the plan.

Adam Rissien, the OhioEnvironmental Council’sdirector of agricultural andwater policy, said theagreement will give a realopportunity to improve wa-ter quality.

“It’s unfortunate,though, that Indiana chosenot to join in this cooper-ative spirit since the statealso contributes phospho-rus to Lake Erie,” he said.

A message seeking com-ment about Indiana’s deci-sion was left Friday withthe state’s Department ofEnvironmental Manage-ment.

Pollutants to get cutBy JOHN SEEWER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A glass of Lake Erie water is photographed Aug. 3, 2014, near theCity of Toledo water intake. Ohio and Michigan have agreed to re-duce phosphorus runoff blamed for harmful algae blooms onLake Erie that have contaminated drinking water supplies.

Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari/file | AP

RECAUDACIÓN DE FONDOSEl Boys and Girls Club

del Condado de Zapata seencuentra recaudando fondospara sus programas juvenilesy eventos programados parael 2015. Interesados en apo-yar la causa, la compañíaTupperware se encuentraofreciendo que por cada pro-ducto Tupperware que secompre, un 40 por ciento delas ventas se destinará direc-tamente al club de Zapata.Le meta es recaudar 3.000dólares. Pida informes lla-mando al (956) 765-3892.

CAMPAMENTO DE VERANODel 9 de junio al 2 de

julio, tendrá lugar un Campa-mento de Verano, para losestudiantes de ZCISD desdepreescolar a quinto año. Lassesiones serán de 8 a.m. a12 p.m. y de 12 p.m. a 4p.m.

El desayuno y el almuerzoserán proporcionados. No ha-brá transporte.

El campamento es gratui-to, sin embargo, los estudian-tes deberán cumplir con lasnormativas de fin de año pa-ra ser elegibles.

Las solicitudes de ingresodeberán ser entregadas antesdel 14 de mayo.

Para más informaciónpuede llamar a Gerardo Gar-cía al (956) 765-6917; a DaliaGarcía, al (956) 765-4332; aAna Martínez, al (956) 765-5611; o a Marlen Guerra al(956) 765-4321.

TORNEO DE PESCAA partir del jueves 11

de junio, a las 8 a.m., y has-ta el día de hoy, a las 8 p.m.se realizará el Torneo de Pes-ca API, en Beacon Lodge.

CEREMONIA CONMEMORATIVACeremonia en honor a

los tejanos que dieron su vi-da por liberar al Valle de RíoGrande de Francia y los Alia-dos Imperialistas, de 7:30p.m. a 9:30 p.m. el domingo,14 de junio, en Lopez-TijerinaCourtyard, en 405 de calleMirasoles.

Durante el evento habráun lanzamiento de globos, unmomento de silencio a la luzde las velas, y una presenta-ción por parte de un invitadoespecial.

Para más infromación lla-me al (956)487-0672

TORNEO DE GOLFZapata Lions Club invi-

ta al Segundo Torneo de GolfLeobardo Martinez Jr. Scho-larship, el sábado 20 de junioen Los Ebanos Golf Course.El estilo es 3 Men FloridaScramble. Donación es de 65dólares y 10 dólares por Mu-lligans. Registro a las 8 a.m.,inicio a las 9 a.m. Informesllamando al campo de golf al(956) 765-8336 o con LioanEduardo Martinez en el (956)765-8449 y/o Lion AaronCruz al (956) 240-3408.

FESTIVAL DE LA LIBERTADRIO GRANDE CITY —

El 2015 Rio Grande City Free-dom Fest se realizará el vier-nes 26 de junio, a partir delas 6 p.m. en el Parque Muni-cipal Basilio Villarreal. Presen-tación de Marshall Law, Palo-minos y Jack Ingram. Habrácomida gratis, puestos, jue-gos infantiles gratis y fuegosartificiales. Costo en preven-ta: 15 dólares; el día delevento a 25 dólares. Evento abeneficio del Rio Grande CityBoys and Girls Youth Club.

EXHIBICIÓN DE ARTEEl Boys and Girls Club

de Zapata tendrá una exhibi-ción de arte, el sábado 27 dejunio, de 1 p.m. a 4 p.m.

Los integrantes del clubinteresados en participar pue-den llamar al (956) 765-3892.

La participación es exclu-siva para integrantes del club.Las personas que gusten ins-cribirse pueden acudir al clubo llamar al (956) 765-3892.

Ribereñaen Breve

HOUSTON — El GobernadorGreg Abbott promulgó el martesuna ley de seguridad fronteriza quecontempla invertir 800 millones dedólares para desplegar más policíasestatales, cámaras y un avión espíapara patrullar la frontera del estadocon México.

La propuesta de ley coloca a máspolicías en la frontera, adquiriránueva tecnología para el Departa-mento de Seguridad Pública de Te-xas, fortalecerá la ley estatal contrael tráfico de humanos, ayuda a obte-ner más fiscales fronterizos y de-manda que el gobierno federal pa-gue 700 millones de dólares paraayudar a respaldar el esfuerzo.

A decir de Abbott “la medidaequivale al plan de seguridad fron-terizo más fuerte y comprehensivode cualquier estado en los EstadosUnidos”.

La medida acelerará la contrata-ción de 250 policías estatales adicio-

nales para patrullar la frontera, enremplazo de soldados de la GuardiaNacional desplegados allí a media-dos del año pasado.

Además de otros medidas, Abbottpromulgó una ley que creará unaUnidad Transnacional y AntiCri-men Organizado en la Oficina delProcurador General y una unidadanti-pandillas en la oficina del go-bernador.

En esta misma ciudad, Abbott di-jo que el Secretario de SeguridadNacional de EU, Jeh Jonhson dijoque “Texas sigue viendo que más de25.000 personas cruzan la fronterade manera ilegal mensualmente”.

“Si suman eso, significa que laciudad de Waco y Lubbock combi-nadas cruzan la frontera de manerailegal, por lo que continúa siendoun problema grande y prolífico”.

El gobernador no dijo cuáles me-didas serían utilizadas para deter-minar si el nuevo programa de se-guridad fronteriza está funcionan-do.

Si Abbott y los oficiales federales

no logran llegar a un acuerdo sobrecómo vigilar la frontera, es pocoprobable que logren un acuerdoacerca de una demanda que es par-te de la ley firmada por Abbott elmartes.

“Texas está dispuesto a trabajarhombro a hombro con la responsa-bilidad”, dijo Abbott. “Esperemosque el gobierno federal ponga suparte”.

Declaración de MéxicoEn tanto, La Secretaría de Rela-

ciones Exteriores de México dijoque la nueva ley “fomenta la divi-sión entre nuestras sociedades y seopone a los principios y valores querigen la relación bilateral entre Mé-xico y Estados Unidos".

Pese a “rechazar categóricamentecualquier expresión orientada a verla frontera como un espacio de ame-naza a la seguridad”, el gobiernomexicano trabaja con Estados Uni-dos en la pesquisa de un ataque a

balazos a un helicóptero de la Ofici-na de Aduanas y Protección Fronte-riza estadounidense el 5 de junio.

La Secretaría de Relaciones Exte-riores mexicana indicó el juevesque la oficina de protección fronte-riza le informó al gobierno de Méxi-co que enviará dos helicópterosBlackhawk a patrullar el área de lafrontera de Texas donde ocurrió elataque.

El helicóptero, que aparentemen-te no estaba blindado, se vio obliga-do a aterrizar de emergencia en La-redo, Texas, después de que los dis-paros impactaron uno de suscostados y la hélice.

Los helicópteros Blackhawk es-tán blindados contra disparos de ar-mas cortas y pueden transportarmás personal.

Aunque México no pareció obje-tar el remplazo de soldados de laGuardia Nacional, el país se haopuesto desde hace tiempo a la mili-tarización de la frontera.

(El Associated Press contribuyócon este reporte)

TEXAS

Aprueba leyPOR MARY SCHLADEN

EL PASO TIMES

Zfrontera PÁGINA 9ASÁBADO 13 DE JUNIO DE 2015

El jueves, fue entregada la constancia de ma-yoría de votos a la candidata que resultaratriunfadora en el pasado proceso electoral parala diputación federal en el Distrito 1 de Tamau-lipas.

Yahleel Abdala Carmona,quien representara los coloresdel Partido Revolucionario Insti-tucional (PRI), recibió el docu-mento en las instalaciones delInstituto Nacional Electoal deNuevo Laredo, México, lo que la

hace oficialmente diputada fe-deral electa.

También su compañera deformula, Claudia Ochoa Íñiguez, recibió cons-tancia de manos del Vocal Ejecutivo del INE,Manuel Moncada Fuentes.

Aunque Abdala perdió en la cabecera deNuevo Laredo, los votos recibidos en la deno-minada “frontera chica” (principalmente Mi-guel Alemán y Camargo) le dieron el triunfo.Abdala ganó al recibir 56.350 votos, le siguió elPAN con 53.567 votos.

Tras recibir la constancia, Abdala aseguróestar contenta y dio gracias a los ciudadanosque depositaron la confianza en la fórmulapriísta.

“El vernos favorecidas claro que nos motivapara seguir trabajando duro y responderle alciudadano por esa confianza depositada en no-sotras, ya tenemos parte de (la agenda legislati-va) y se va a presentar desde el 1 de septiem-bre”, declaró Abdala. “Ya tenemos diferentespuntos de acuerdo en los que vamos a estartrabajando, y las reuniones que realizaremosde aquí al 1 de septiembre para poder elaborar-la y ampliarla, el compromiso serán tres años”.

En tercer lugar quedó el Partido Verde Eco-logista de México con 3.858 votos; seguidos dela candidata Independiente con 3.110 votos; elPartido Encuentro Social con 2.362 votos; Mo-rena con 2.333 votos; Nueva Alianza con 2.198votos; Partido de la Revolución Democráticacon 1.104 votos; Movimiento Ciudadano con1.072 votos; y, el Partido del Trabajo, con 659 vo-tos.

(Con información de Agencia de Noticias-Ofi-cina de Corresponsales)

TAMAULIPAS

Oficial:Ganó

YahleelAbdala

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

ABDALA

Sobre Macario Zapata, de24 años de edad, recae lacondena a muerte, ningúnrecurso jurídico logra re-vertirla, solo le queda unopor agotar. Lo hace sin du-darlo. Tras la aplicación sa-len a relucir las fallas cróni-

cas del sistema judicial deTamaulipas hacia el año1909.

El juez de primera ins-tancia termina condenándo-lo. Comete “el delito […]con las circunstancias califi-cativas de premeditación yventaja”, dicta el fallo emiti-do el 17 de julio de 1908.

Zapata apela, pero “laPrimera Sala del TribunalSuperior de Justicia” del es-tado ratifica el 11 de marzode 1909 lo proveído e inclusoañade la alevosía. La Segun-da Sala del propio órganodesestima el cargo por ale-

vosía, ante la súplica inter-puesta por el reo, confirmala sentencia.

El 13 de abril de 1909 Za-pata promueve juicio deamparo. Alega: “No constaprobado de autos que los oc-cisos se encontraban iner-mes […] pues los únicos tes-tigos que […] lo declararonno fueron ratificados comolo previene” el preceptoaplicable; tampoco se acre-dita “que pudo reflexionarantes de haber cometido eldelito”, sin existir “dato res-pecto de que no […] corrie-ra riesgo el heridor”.

RigoresDesecha los agravios el

juez de Distrito, que el 12de junio de 1909 determina“exactamente aplicada lapena capital”.

A Zapata le queda unacarta: Por solicitud expre-sa, interviene “la Corte Su-prema de Justicia de la Na-ción”, acorde con sus facul-tades, revisa el asunto.

“La deficiencia de la ins-trucción hasta el grado deno haberse practicado laratificación de los testigoscomo lo exige” la norma

relativa, “basta para tenerpor comprobada la inexac-titud en la aplicación de laley […] debiendo aplicarsela […] prisión” correspon-diente al “homicidio sim-ple”, destaca el ministroponente M. García Mén-dez.

El 12 de julio de 1909,por unanimidad el plenode la corte “ampara y pro-tege a Macario Zapata con-tra la pena capital”.

(Publicado con permisodel autor conforme apareceen La Razón, Tampico, Mé-xico.)

COLUMNA

Acusado de pena capital apela condenaNota del Editor: Este es el

segundo de dos artículos don-de el historiador narra la si-tuación de un hombre que en-frentaba pena de muerte enTamaulipas, hacia 1909.

POR RAÚL SINENCIO ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Estar al frente de laDiócesis de NuevoLaredo, México, fueuna experiencia tan

gratificante, que el ArzobispoMetropolitano Electo de la Ar-quidiócesis de Yucatán lo des-cribe como un primer amor.

El primer día de junio, Gus-tavo Rodríguez Vega, quienhasta finales de mayo fueraObispo de la vecina ciudad,recibió un comunicado de laOficina de Prensa de la SantaSede en Roma donde se anun-ciaba el nombramiento, ensustitución de Emilio CarlosBerlie Belaunzarán, quien re-nunciara al cargo.

“(Nuevo Laredo) es la pri-mera diócesis en la que estuveal frente. Dicen que el primeramor nunca se olvida y enNuevo Laredo tenía muchosconocidos, sacerdotes que fue-ron mis alumnos en el Semi-nario de Monterrey, ademásde ser un lugar cercano a ca-sa”, expresó en entrevista ex-clusiva. “Ha sido un motivo degozo esta cercanía porquecompartimos modos de pen-

sar, la forma de ser de la gen-te del norte, el paisaje. Todoesto facilitó mi estancia en es-ta ciudad”.

Indicó que al llegar comoObispo a Nuevo Laredo lo pri-mero fue conocer la realidadpara descubrir las áreas deoportunidad y adaptar proyec-tos para caminar junto con lacomunidad.

“La primera urgencia fueacompañar a la población porla situación de angustia queestaban pasando debido a lainseguridad. Acompañar a lasvíctimas, calmar los ánimoscon la oración y encausarlospara elaborar proyectos enpro de la paz”, relató él.

Respecto a su nuevo cargocomo Arzobispo Metropolita-no de la Diócesis de Yucatán,manifestó que lleva una acti-tud abierta.

“Voy con el corazón y losoídos abiertos para conocer larealidad de los sacerdotes, delas religiosas, de los laicos yde la comunidad. Quiero sa-ber qué necesitan para esta-blecer un rumbo pastoral ysubirme con ellos al mismotren”, manifestó. “La realidades muy distinta desde la cultu-

ra, la geografía, la sociedad.Sabemos que hay mucha pazy vamos a descubrir qué es loque quiere Dios”.

El Papa Juan Pablo II desig-nó a Rodríguez Vega comoObispo Auxiliar de la Arqui-diócesis de Monterrey, siendoconsagrado el 14 de agosto del2001 en la Basílica de NuestraSeñora de Guadalupe de Mon-terrey.

Fue nombrado Obispo deNuevo Laredo en octubre de2008 por el Papa BenedictoXVI y tomó posesión del cargoese mismo año.

El Arzobispo electo dijo quese encomienda a la oración detodos los feligreses.

“No tengo más que gratitudpara Nuevo Laredo y tantosamigos de Laredo. Siempre hepresumido y he admirado aestas ciudades hermanas. Sóloles pido me encomienden ensus oraciones así como yo lesrecuerdo siempre en mi ora-ción”, finalizó.

Rodríguez Vega tomará po-sesión de su cargo el 28 de ju-lio.

(Localice a Malena Charuren el (956) 728-2583 o en mcha-rur@lmtonline.com)

RELIGIÓN

NOMBRAMIENTO

En esta imagen de archivo se observa al Obispo de la Di cesis de Nuevo Laredo, MÂxico, Gustavo Rodriguez Vega,al concluir una celebraci n en la Parroquia de Nuestra Se±ora de la Paz en la vecina ciudad.

Foto de Cortesia

Ex Obispo: siempre están en mi oraciónPOR MALENA CHARUR

TIEMPO DE LAREDO

10A THE ZAPATA TIMES International SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015

GUATEMALA CITY —Every Saturday for nearlytwo months, ConstitutionSquare outside GuatemalaCity’s National Palace hasoverflowed with thousandsof protesters demanding anend to corruption and theresignation of President Ot-to Perez Molina.

Most are from the young,middle-class, smartphonegeneration, and they orga-nize the leaderless demon-strations through socialmedia. But there are alsopriests standing shoulder-to-shoulder with businessmen,and students alongsidehomemakers, in what Gua-temala analysts call an un-precedented mass mobiliza-tion cutting across socio-ec-onomic, political, even classlines.

Angered by recent revela-tions of multimillion-dollarcorruption scandals andemboldened by the jailing ofdozens of suspects and theresignation of the vice presi-dent, the protesters show nosign of letting up. Andthey’re bringing increasingpressure on the govern-ment, culminating in thisweek’s Supreme Court rul-ing green-lighting a con-gressional inquiry thatcould lead to impeachmentproceedings against PerezMolina.

“It is an expression of ac-cumulated frustrations inmostly urban populations ...that finally found a way ofexpressing itself publicly ina massive way,” said Eduar-do Stein, a former Guatema-lan vice president and for-eign minister. “There werepeople from many sectors ofsociety fed up with corrup-tion.”

Perez Molina has notbeen implicated of anywrongdoing and insists heintends to serve out the re-mainder of his term, whichends in early 2016. But pro-testers blame him anywaysince the scandals involvedgovernment officials, and itis an opposition-led Con-gress that will decide his po-litical fate.

The first bombshell camein April when authorities

broke up a customs agencygraft scheme in which offi-cials allegedly took kick-backs from businesses tolower duties on imports.Former Vice President Rox-ana Baldetti’s private secre-tary, Juan Carlos MonzonRojas, is accused of beingthe ringleader. Monzon is afugitive and Baldetti hashad her bank accounts fro-zen, properties raided andbeen banned from travelingabroad during the investiga-tion.

Weeks later the nationwas rocked by a secondscandal at the Social Securi-ty Institute, where officialspurportedly awarded a $15million contract for kidneytreatments to a companythat lacked a license to per-form the services; at least 13patients subsequently died.

Both were exposed withthe help of a U.N. commis-sion set up in recent yearsto probe criminal networksbecause Guatemala’s judi-cial system was seen as tooweak and graft-prone tohandle high-level investiga-tions.

In a country of morethan 14 million inhabitantsstruggling with chronic so-cial problems such as a sky-high homicide rate of 34 per100,000 inhabitants, rampantgang violence, widespreadpoverty and child malnutri-tion, seeing public servantsenrich themselves so bla-tantly was a tipping point,said Adriana Beltran, a se-curity analyst at the Wash-ington Office on LatinAmerica, a U.S.-based or-ganization that promoteshuman rights in the region.

“I think (the scandals) fi-nally demonstrated to thepopulation how these net-works of corruption and or-ganized crime really impacttheir daily lives,” Beltransaid. “For them to say,‘We’re paying taxes and thestate is not able to providebasic services becausethey’re embezzling or steal-ing them,’ I think that even-tually just kind of was thedrop that overflowed thecup.”

Trying to tamp down theanger, Perez Molina has ac-cepted the resignation of

several Cabinet officials, in-cluding the powerful interi-or minister, fired others andinitiated reviews of govern-ment contracts. Congressset up commissions to ex-amine possible legal, politi-cal and social reforms.

“I feel at peace. I havecommitted no crimes in re-lation to these cases,” PerezMolina said Thursday.

But crowds of tens ofthousands continue to dem-onstrate.

Guatemala is no strangerto protests, with land inva-sions and indigenous farm-er marches relatively com-mon occurrences. The anti-corruption movement isunique for constituting sus-tained demonstrations inthe capital by a broad-based,mostly well-educated crowdthat relies on social mediaand smartphones.

There are no stages,fancy PA systems or politic-ians making speeches at themarches. Instead, demon-

strators punch fists in theair, sing the national an-them and hoist nationalflags and signs criticizingthe political elite to cries of“Enough!”

“Few people thoughtGuatemalan society wouldreact like it did,” said PedroCruz, who has taken part inseveral marches. “The pro-tests are like a democraticspring where the peoplehave taken to the streets todemand many things. I haveseen the people awaken.”

Activist Mario Polancosaid Guatemalans have longbeen afraid to speak out dueto the 1960-1996 civil war,during which at least245,000 people died or disap-peared. Most were indige-nous people living in ruralareas killed by the army, ac-cording to the U.N., fuelingcharges of genocide againstthe Guatemalan govern-ment. The army has saidthose killed were rebel sym-pathizers.

During the war, the mid-dle class too was terrified ofthe army. “But now thereare young people whodidn’t live through the warand the repression, andthey are the ones who cameout and feel more empow-ered,” Polanco said.

Friday saw a key mo-ment for Perez Molina’s fu-ture, when lawmakersnamed a commission toconsider whether to take upthe issue of his constitu-tional immunity from pros-ecution. Lifting it couldlead to the equivalent of im-peachment proceedings.

The president, a 64-year-old retired general, took of-fice in 2012 promising an“iron-fist” crackdown oncrime and impunity, but arecent poll by the newspa-per Prensa Libre put hisapproval rate at just 38 per-cent.

Ahead of September elec-tions to choose his succes-sor, protesters are settingtheir sights on deep re-forms to a system wherecorruption is seen as thenorm.

They’re also targeting apolitical class symbolizedby presidential front-runnerManuel Baldizon, who lostfour years ago to Perez Mo-lina and has the campaignslogan “It’s Baldizon’sturn.” Guatemala’s last fivepresidential elections werewon by the runner up inthe previous campaign.

“Baldizon, it’s not yourturn!” the protesters shout.

Michael Allison, a politi-cal scientist specializing inCentral America at the Uni-versity of Scranton in Penn-sylvania, said the scandalsand protests have broughtthe country to a crossroadsof either maintaining busi-ness as usual or truly com-mitting to reform.

“I think Guatemala isteetering on the verge ofprogress,” Allison said.“The idea is maybe with allthese investigations goingon, potential prosecutions,that it could lead to electedofficials behaving more sen-sibly.”

Protests pressure Guatemala president

In this May 16 photo, protesters gather outside the National Palace to demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molinain Guatemala City. Every Saturday for nearly two months, Constitution Square outside Guatemala City’s National Palace has overflowedwith thousands of protesters demanding an end to corruption and the resignation of the President.

Photo by Moises Castillo | AP

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Bobby R. Stevens 75,passed away Monday, June8, 2015, at his residence inZapata.

Bob Stevens was bornin San Antonio, on March23, 1940, to Glynn Ike andYvonne Stevens. He grewup in Bandera, and gradu-ated from Bandera HighSchool in 1958.

He attended Texas A&IUniversity in Kingsvilleon a football scholarship,married and started work-ing heavy equipment. Hetook a temporary job withthe Public Works Depart-ment in the City of Bishopin 1964 and became PublicWorks director. He and hiswife had two childrenwhile there. He stayedthere until 1972 when hewas hired in Alpine as itsfirst city manager.

He lost his first wife tocancer, and remarried in1976 and welcomed anoth-er son.

His proudest achieve-ment in Alpine was secu-ring water rights so thatfor the first time in atleast 20 years there wasno water rationing whilehe was there.

In 1979 he accepted thejob of city manager inGatesville. He was respon-sible for completing thearduous task of building apipeline from Lake Beltonto Gatesville so that waterwould be plentiful andprotected. He securedgrants to allow the build-ing of a $27 million watertreatment plant. Heworked with the prisonsystem so that the citizensof the city had available a$100 million payroll for3,000 jobs.

He was proud of beingable to make many othermajor improvements forthe city while keeping tax-es low. In fact, the taxes in

2000 when he retired werelower than when he ar-rived in 1979.

When he retired, he andhis wife traveled for a fewyears and settled in Zapa-ta, where he enjoyed fish-ing in Falcon Lake.

Mr. Stevens is survivedby his wife, Andra, andthree children: BobbyGlynn Stevens (Kerstin),Leigh Ann Williams, J.C.Sohl (Amber); four grand-children, Teryn Fain(Chancy), Ambra DawnStevens, Tyler Sohl andEmily Sohl; and one great-grandchild, Tribull Fain.

Visitation hours wereheld Thursday, June 11,2015, from 3:30 p.m. to 4p.m. at Rose Garden Fu-neral Home. The funeralprocession departed at 4p.m. for a 5 p.m. service atUnited Methodist Church.

Graveside service washeld Friday, June 12, 2015,at 2 p.m. at Bandera Ceme-tery in Bandera.

Funeral arrangementswere under the directionof Rose Garden FuneralHome, Daniel A. Gonzalez,funeral director, 2102 N.U.S. Hwy. 83, Zapata.

BOBBY R. STEVENS

March 23, 1940 — June 8, 2015

ters infiltrate the schoolsystem as educators togain children’s trust.

“That’s when they takeadvantage of (the chil-dren),” he said. “To keepall these criminals off thestreets, all agencies needto work together.”

Investigators with Tex-as’ top education agencyhave opened more than 70cases since September tolook into fresh allegationsof inappropriate sexual re-lations between educatorsand students, an agencyspokesperson said in mid-March.

Texas Education Agencyspokeswoman Lauren Call-ahan said the agency’seducator investigationsunit has begun 74 probesinto purported student-teacher relationships be-tween Sept. 1, 2014 andFeb. 28, 2015.

The agency previouslyreported a 27 percent jumpin investigations into al-leged student-teacher rela-tionships over the pastthree school years. Thenumber of investigationsrose from 141 during the2009-10 academic year to

179 in 2013-14, the agencysaid in an October newsrelease.

So, why the uptick?"Classroom sexual pred-

ators have been exploiting"social media services suchas Facebook, Instagramand Snapchat along withtext messaging to "developimproper relationshipswith students out of sightof parents and principals,"Terry Abbott, former chiefof staff at the U.S. Depart-ment of Education, wrotein a Jan. 20 op-ed for TheWashington Post.

"These instantaneous,omnipresent and discreetconnections have createdan open gateway for inap-propriate behavior," Ab-bott wrote.

Abbott’s Houston-basedresearch firm Drive WestCommunications, whichtracks media reports of in-appropriate teacher-stu-dent relationships, foundthat Texas had the largestraw number of teachersexual misconduct casesin the country in 2014.

About 44 percent ofcases reported on by newsoutlets involved social

media contact betweenteachers and students, ac-cording to Drive West’s2014 report.

Callahan said TEA’s in-vestigations unit, whichaims to determine wheth-er educators meet stan-dards and should receivesanctions, learns of newcriminal cases involvingeducators and school offi-cials in two ways:

A fingerprint databasethat updates when an edu-cator is arrested

A "249 report" filed bythe school district’s super-intendent, which is usual-ly fired after an educatorresigns or is arrested orterminated as a result ofalleged misconduct

Investigators will oftenput their case on hold iflaw enforcement officialsare conducting an ongoingcriminal probe.

If TEA’s investigationsunit finds enough evi-dence against an educatoror school official, they for-ward the case to the StateBoard for Educator Certifi-cation’s legal team, Call-ahan said.

That legal team then

conducts their own inves-tigation and files a casewith the State Office ofAdministrative Hearing,which may schedule ahearing before a state ad-ministrative judge to rec-ommend appropriate sanc-tions — which can rangefrom permanent repeal ofthe educator’s certificationto a reprimand — againstan educator.

The case then goes backto the State Board for Edu-cator Certification, Call-ahan said, where agencyofficials will look at rec-ommendations from theirlegal team and the stateadministrative judge be-fore making a final deci-sion.

This whole processcould take years, Callahansaid.

An educator’s certifica-tion is automatically re-voked if they are convictedof a criminal offense andsentenced to prison, Call-ahan said.

If an educator receivesdeferred adjudication for acrime, they may not teachwhile serving that sen-tence.

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thored the bill.“Freedom of religion is

the most sacred of ourrights and our freedom toworship is secured by theConstitution,” Abbott said.“Religious leaders in thestate of Texas must be ab-solutely secure in theknowledge that religiousfreedom is beyond thereach of government or co-ercion by the courts."

With the signing of thebill, "Texas took a smallbut important step to fur-ther protect the religiousfreedom of clergy in theface of increasing hostilitytoward people of faith inall walks of life," Paxtonsaid in a statement. "NoPastor, Priest, Rabbi orother religious leadershould be forced to per-form or recognize a mar-

riage that contradicts hisor her sincere religious be-lief.

Estes has said the bill isabout protecting pastors"who have a strong reli-gious belief " againstsame-sex marriage.

State Rep. Celia Israel,D-Austin, said in a state-ment released Thursdaythat she believes it’s possi-ble to support both equal-ity and religious liberty.

"Texans are ready forequality, and if this mea-sure gives pastors a peaceof mind, I welcome it be-coming law," Israel said.

Critics had argued thatSenate Bill 2065 attemptsto make it difficult forsame-sex couples to marryin Texas, in case the U.S.Supreme Court legalizesgay marriages.

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team of researchers led bySouthern Methodist Uni-versity concluded that in-dustry activity “most like-ly” triggered the earth-quakes. Thepeer-reviewed research,published in April, linkedthe earthquakes to wellsoperated by XTO Energyand EnerVest.

The operators’ with-drawal of brine – natural-ly salty water removedduring oil and gas drill-ing – and the high-pres-sure injection of huge vol-umes of wastewater fromgas wells were to blame,that study concluded.

EnerVest is scheduledto argue its case at the

commission on Monday.The SMU researchers

say they won’t wade intothe policy debate at thecommission, but theystand by their work.

“We will not be provid-ing comments on thehearings or on any non-peer reviewed science be-ing presented at the hear-ings,” the researcherssaid in a statement thisweek. “We remain confi-dent in the conclusionspresented in our peer-re-viewed publication, whichwas based on multiplelines of evidence.”

The SMU team has nothad the chance to fullystudy the 4.0 Johnson

County quake, Kim Cobb,a university spokeswo-man, said Friday, but ithas added it to its list ofinterests.

In May, Heather DeSh-on, an SMU professor ofgeophysics, said she wasnot surprised by thelarger temblor.

“There have been a se-ries of magnitude 3 andgreater earthquakes inthe Johnson County area.If you have movement ona fault and change thestresses, you increase thelikelihood of additionalearthquakes, she said.“This illustrates that weall need to think aboutthe possibility of larger

earthquakes in the regionwhere we live.”

Scientists have knownfor decades that injectingfluid deep undergroundcould trigger earth-quakes. Neighboring Ok-lahoma has seen an in-crease in earthquakeseven greater than Texashas, and has surpassedCalifornia as the coun-try’s most quake-pronestate. The USGS and Ok-lahoma Geological Surveysay wastewater disposalprobably contributes tothe trend.

Still, researchers pointout, thousands of disposalwells have not been link-ed to earthquakes.

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FORT WORTH — Texasofficers involved in a dead-ly shooting outside a bikergathering in Waco had dis-abled the automatic settingon their rifles, and most ofthe dozens of shell casingsfound at the scene werefrom suspects’ guns, policesaid Friday.

Only three of the 16 offi-cers outside the TwinPeaks restaurant firedtheir weapons after gunfireerupted following a disputebetween two rival bikergangs on May 17, Waco Po-lice Chief Brent Stromansaid. The chief said the offi-cers, who were staged out-side in anticipation of a

large biker meeting, fired12 times only after beingshot at during the meleethat left nine people deadand 18 injured.

“We did not fire indis-criminately into the crowd.Our officers were re-strained,” Stroman saidduring a news conferenceFriday in Waco.

Witnesses have said theythought they heard auto-matic weapons during theshooting. Investigatorshaven’t said who fired thefatal shots.

The shooting began afteran apparent confrontationbetween the Bandidos, thepredominant motorcycleclub in Texas, and the Cos-sacks, according to investi-gators. About 175 bikers

were arrested following theshooting, and hundreds ofweapons — including 151firearms — have been reco-vered.

Stroman said the threeofficers who fired theirweapons shot a total of 12bullets, though 44 shell cas-ings have been found so farat the scene. Police spokes-man Steve Anderson said32 of those recovered cas-ings came from suspects’weapons, and don’t includecasings from suspects’ re-volvers, from which casingsmust be manually ejected.

“As we get into examin-ing all of the weapons, wemay find even more emptyshell casings, to show therewere more than 32 roundsfired by suspects,” Ander-

son said Friday.Other weapons reco-

vered include knives, brassknuckles, tomahawks, bats,a machete and a chain.Some weapons werestashed in between bags offlour in the restaurant’skitchen, while others wererecovered with metal detec-tors, found buried undergrass, police said.

During his news confer-ence Friday, Stroman de-fended investigators’ deci-sion to arrest the roughly175 bikers following theshooting, and charge eachwith engaging in organizedcrime.

“Those people who wentto jail that night, there wasprobable cause for that ar-rest,” Stroman said.

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Would Dez Bryant considersitting out the Dallas Cowboysseason opener if he doesn’treach a desired long-term dealwith the team?

That very well could happen,according to an ESPN reportthat cited anonymous sourceson the matter. But it wouldn’tseem to make much financialsense for Bryant to go in that di-rection and miss the Cowboys’opener against the Giants onSept. 13 at AT&T Stadium.

Yes, Bryant is unhappy theCowboys have slapped him withthe franchise tag at $12.8 millionfor next season, and he onlymade a brief appearance duringorganized team activities earlierthis month. He is expected toskip next week’s mandatoryminicamp, and could balk at re-porting to training camp whenthe rest of the team arrives.

Sitting out, after all, is aboutthe only leverage Bryant has atthis point if he and the team

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A report says Dallas wide receiver DezBryant (88), who received a franchisetag in the offseason, will sit out regu-lar-season games if he does not re-ceive a long-term contract.

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Bryant tosit out

Cowboysgames?

Report: Bryant to sitwithout long-term deal

By DREW DAVISONMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

CLEVELAND — Weaving his way to-ward Golden State’s locker room, wherethe Warriors were packing for home, Ste-phen Curry had to handle one last dou-ble-team.

Two Cavaliers fans wanted a photowith him.

“Gotta be quick,” Curry said, pausingand smiling for the group selfie.

Curry was happy to please, and hap-

pier the NBA Finals were tied again.With Curry’s shooting touch back to

normal, Andre Iguodala playing like ayounger version of himself, and coachSteve Kerr’s gamble to tweak his startinglineup — even if he had to lie about it —the Warriors knotted these entertainingfinals Thursday night with a 103-82 winover the gassed Cavaliers, who are des-perate for rest and help for LeBronJames.

Facing the prospect of falling behind3-1, the Warriors came out to play. They

were energized from the start, and theyfinished off the understaffed Cavs with adominant fourth quarter, a 12-minutebombardment of big shots to seize mo-mentum going into Sunday’s Game 6 atnoisy Oracle Arena.

These were the Warriors closer to fullvolume, 9 out of 10.

“We really picked up our intensity lev-el,” said forward Draymond Green, whomoved to center in Kerr’s smaller starting

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Finals tied at 2

Cleveland forward LeBron James and the Cavaliers lost Thursday night as the Warriors evened the series at 2 heading back to Oakland.

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Warriors even series after win in ClevelandBy TOM WITHERS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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IRVING — Dallas Cowboysquarterbacks coach Wade Wil-son remembers how NFL filmstudy used to go when he playedin the 1980s and 1990s.

"The third quarterback had tosplice the film," Wilson said,shaking his head at the memory.

So much has changed since

then with advances in technolo-gy.

Wilson is now seeing hisquarterbacks implement the useof virtual reality to help improvetheir play. It’s cutting-edge andsomething the Dallas Cowboysjumped at the opportunity ofadding this offseason, designinga room in which the quarter-

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Dallas has started to use virtual reality technology in practice to better itselffor the upcoming season.

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Cowboys usingvirtual reality By DREW DAVISON

MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

BRANDON, Fla. — After Ste-ven Stamkos stepped off theLightning’s practice rink on a 90-degree June day, the Tampa Baycaptain made it clear he is wellaware that he hasn’t scored agoal yet in his first Stanley CupFinal.

Stamkos and his Lightningteammates are determined tokeep their cool and their focuswhen this exceptionally even se-ries with the Chicago Black-hawks begins its sprint to thefinish in Game 5 on Saturdaynight.

“Keep playing the game theright way, and eventually you’regoing to get rewarded,” Stamkossaid Friday.

Chicago’s Patrick Kane feelsmuch the same way, both abouthis own goalless final and theBlackhawks’ game in general.Both stars are hoping for thatbreakthrough score this week-end at Amalie Arena, where ei-ther the Lightning or the Black-hawks will end the 2-2 series tieand move one win away from atitle.

The Lightning and the Black-hawks realize the enormousstakes for Game 5 in a seriesthat still hasn’t featured a two-goal lead for either team.They’re also attempting to direct

that excitement into motivationinstead of intimidation.

“You’ve got to get caught upin the moment,” Tampa Baycoach Jon Cooper said. “Youhave to embrace where we are.It’s the middle of June, and we’restill playing hockey. The StanleyCup is up for grabs in the best-two-out-of-three. I don’t think weshould be afraid of that. I don’tthink we should walk around be-ing tense and looking at themagnitude of where we are, be-ing afraid of the moment. This is

the time of our lives.”Chicago’s Duncan Keith and

Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedmanhave embraced this moment bet-ter than anyone. Stamkos, Kaneand the Final’s quiet forwardshave been upstaged by these twostar defensemen, who are bothturning in dominant playoff per-formances.

In a postseason missing abreakout offensive performanceor a dominant goaltending run,

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Defense stars in Stanley Cup

Chicago goalie Corey Crawford, left, defends the goal against Tampa Bay’s AlexKillorn as the teams are tied after four games in the best-of-7 series for the Stan-ley Cup.

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By GREG BEACHAMASSOCIATED PRESS

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Keith or Hedman are the odds-onfavorites to win the Conn SmytheTrophy as the playoffs MVP. Bar-ring a spectacular pile of goalsfrom a forward, the series winnerseems likely to feature the firstdefenseman to claim the ConnSmythe since Anaheim’s ScottNiedermayer in 2007.

Keith and Hedman are 1-2 inthe NHL in postseason plus-mi-nus ratings and total minutes.Keith leads the playoffs with 18assists during his incredible ex-tended ice time, while Hedmanhas set franchise playoff recordsfor assists and points by a defen-seman.

Although they play the gamedifferently, they’re filling a simi-

lar do-everything role for theirrespective teams.

“In a lot of ways, yeah, (Hed-man) is a guy like Duncan,” Chi-cago captain Jonathan Toewssaid. “He makes, more times thannot, the players he’s out therewith better. He’s a catalyst whenhe’s in his own zone or the offen-sive zone.”

Only four defensemen in NHLhistory have recorded more thanKeith’s 18 assists in this postsea-son, and nobody has done it sinceBrian Leetch’s 23 during the NewYork Rangers’ Stanley Cup runin 1994.

Keith’s numbers are uniformlystrong in the postseason, but hissheer minutes are the most jaw-

dropping aspect of it all. Black-hawks coach Joel Quenneville isrelying largely on four veterandefenseman, showing little inter-est in his third pairing — or per-haps simply demonstrating confi-dence that Keith can handlemore minutes that just about anydefenseman in recent memory.

Keith has played 655 minutesand 55 seconds in the postseason— nearly 11 full regulationgames. It’s tough to quantifywhether those extra minuteshave affected Keith’s overall ag-gressiveness, particularly on theoffensive end, but it’s unlikelyhe’ll get or want any respite inthe final games.

Hedman has the second-most

total minutes of any players inthe Stanley Cup playoffs, yet hehas logged nearly 82 fewer min-utes than Keith. Hedman’s two-year evolution from a project leftoff the Swedish Olympic team in-to a star culminated with hisgame-winning assist in Game 3.

“I’ve always said this, (and I’ve)been around a long time: I’ve nev-er seen a guy 6-foot-6, 230(pounds), skate like he does,”Tampa Bay associate coach RickBowness said. “He’s dominant be-cause of his size, his skating abil-ity. His growth started last year,and it’s just continued this year.Now he’s on a bigger stage.”

Both teams used the extra dayoff for recuperation and final

strategic adjustments. The Light-ning don’t know whether goalten-der Ben Bishop will return fromhis undisclosed injury to startGame 5.

Cooper remains confident in20-year-old rookie backup AndreiVasilevskiy — and in all of hisplayers’ ability to seize this piv-otal five-day stretch of their ca-reers.

“If we’re not having fun doingthis, then why are we doingthis?” Cooper said. “I rememberon the plane ride home (Thurs-day), thinking, ’In six days, it’sgoing to be over.’ How much fun.How we’ve grown together. Youjust don’t want the experience toend.”

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backs can wear a headset and see alive-action 3-D replay of a play fromany direction.

It goes hand-in-hand with themusing drones to film practice duringorganized team activities thismonth, giving them additional viewsand angles in efforts to better theirfootball team.

"You always want to be innovativein everything that you’re doing, youwant to be on the cutting edge, par-ticularly in how you teach playersand hopefully how they learn," Cow-boys coach Jason Garrett said. "Inthe last few years, iPads have takenthe place of playbooks, so there aresome pros and cons to that.

"You have to understand how eachplayer learns, what’s the most effec-tive way to get the informationacross to them so they can play."

This virtual reality system fromSTRIVR Labs was created and devel-oped by former Stanford kicker Da-vid Belch, and the Cowboys are thefirst NFL team to use it. They joinseveral major college programs whohave bought it, as well, includingStanford, Arkansas, Auburn andClemson.

The technology essentially givesthe Cowboys’ quarterbacks the abil-ity make pre-snap calls, in-playreads and physically drop back in-

stead of simply watching a play backthrough a TV screen or tablet.

"It’s great, it really is a uniqueand special thing," quarterback To-ny Romo said. "We’re just gettingstarted with it, but I think this willbe a big deal here shortly. You willsee it all over the place soon."

The biggest benefactors from thesystem are likely to be Romo’s back-ups in Brandon Weeden and DustinVaughan.

Garrett, a backup quarterbackduring his playing days, loves theidea of this being a tool for Weedenand Vaughan to increase the num-ber of reps they get on a daily basis.

With Romo’s surgically-repairedback presenting no issues this off-season and allowing him to practiceevery day the past three weeks dur-ing OTAs, Weeden and Vaughanhaven’t gotten as many on-field repsas they did last offseason.

So the virtual reality system givesthem the opportunity to get morereps, albeit in an unconventionalfashion.

"It’s been something I’ve beenthinking about for probably the last25 years of my life because as abackup quarterback, you never getenough reps," Garrett said. "Often-times you’re in a situation whereyou haven’t had the reps in practice

and you have to go into a ballgameand play. So for a lot of backup play-ers, we emphasize doing whateveryou can do to get yourself ready.

"For quarterbacks, turn the radiooff, turn the cell phone off whenyou’re driving around town, and callthe plays out loud. Visualize yourselfbreaking the huddle, going to theline of scrimmage, making MIKEIDs, pointing out guys on defense,putting yourself in that place. Thisvirtual reality system that we havein place here with the Cowboys is agood tool for us to take the next stepin regards to that."

For as much as the Cowboys arewilling to add technology such asthis, though, Garrett stressed thatthe team will remain steadfast in itsold-school approach.

Garrett said the new system willnot alter how the team practices orplays, simply saying it will only en-hance what they do.

"We’re an old-school operation,"Garrett said. "That’s how we con-duct our business day to day, wheth-er it’s in the meeting room, in awalk-through, on the practice fieldand hopefully how we play.

"Those are the things that we em-phasize, old-school fundamentalsthat have won in this league for along time."

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FORT WORTH — Thereis one season TCU seniorshortstop Keaton Jones hastried his best to forget.

It was 2013, when theHorned Frogs didn’t evenmake the NCAA tourna-ment in their Big 12 Confer-ence debut.

“That was a bad season,”Jones said. “At that point,we were still just veryyoung and inexperienced.”

Now with as many as sixseniors on the field at anytime, the grown-up Frogsare going to the CollegeWorld Series for the secondyear in a row.

“Last year, I couldn’t be-lieve it,” Jones said with asmile. “Now I still can’t be-lieve it.”

The lasting memory forTCU’s unusually large se-nior group won’t be 2013,the only time under 12th-year coach Jim Schlossna-gle that the Frogs haven’tmade the postseason. Theyinstead will leave with con-secutive trips to Omaha, thelatest after a Big 12 regular-season title and two incred-ible clinchers in the NCAAtournament.

TCU (49-13) advancedwith a 16-inning, nearly six-hour victory over TexasA&M in its NCAA super re-gional at home, a week aftertrailing North CarolinaState 8-1 with two outs inthe eighth inning of the re-gional final.

The resilient Frogs playtheir CWS opener Sundayagainst LSU (53-10), anotherSEC team — and one thathelped shape Schlossnagle’svision for what he hoped todo when he first got to FortWorth.

“Omaha is different whenLSU is there,” Schlossnaglesaid. “It just is.”

Before becoming UNLV’shead coach in 2002, and go-ing to TCU two seasons later,Schlossnagle was associatehead coach from 1994-2001 atTulane. That was about 80miles from the LSU campus,where the Tigers were in themidst of five national cham-pionships over 10 seasonsunder former coach SkipBertman.

“That was the heyday,”Schlossnagle said this week.“I’ve been called Tiger baitat Alex Box Stadium plentyof times.”

Schlossnagle saw howLSU built a complete pro-gram under Bertman, who

had learned as an assist-ant under two-time nation-al champion Ron Fraser atMiami. That includedrecruiting, marketing, at-tendance, game operationsand winning national ti-tles.

“My goal was to have aminor league baseball at-mosphere in a college ball-park. We’ve done that,”Schlossnagle said. “Ourbrand obviously is in agrowing stage still.”

Bertman’s last game forLSU was a home super re-gional in 2001, a loss thatsent Tulane to the CollegeWorld Series.

Add in TCU’s first Col-lege World Series in 2010,and this will be Schlossna-gle’s fourth trip to Omaha— but his first taking play-ers who have already beenthere before.

“Obviously you’re on abig stage, fighting for a na-tional championship, butat the end of the day,

you’re playing baseball,”Jones said. “The mainthing is I’m going to focuson playing the game, play-ing our brand of baseballand not worrying abouteverything around you.”

While TCU has fresh-men Connor Wanhanenand Evan Skoug batting inthe third and fourth spots,Jones is among five seniorposition players in the ev-eryday lineup. The HornedFrogs also have three se-nior pitchers, includingpossible Sunday starterPreston Morrison (11-3).

LSU has seven seniors(four position players), butdefending national cham-pion Vanderbilt has nonewhile Cal-State Fullerton’sonly two seniors are pitch-ers. The four teams on theother side of the CWSbracket — Miami, Florida,Arkansas and Virginia —each have only one seniorin their batting orders.

Two of TCU’s seniorsare transfers who werepart of last year’s CWSsquad, but six are hold-overs from 2013.

“We played our lastgame in the conferencetournament knowing ourseason was already over,”senior reliever Trey Tea-kell said. “That feelingkind of resonated with usthroughout the next fall,the next season. It was abig motivator for us. Defi-nitely frustrating for usthat year, but definitelypaid off.”

TCU back in World SeriesBy STEPHEN HAWKINS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Members of the TCU team react after beating Texas A&M in the16th inning to advance to the College World Series on June 8.

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lineup. “We contestedshots. We got on looseballs, and we rebounded.We battled.”

Questioned by some crit-ics for being too laid back,the Warriors were morephysical, more focused andmore urgent than previ-ously in this series. Theyoutran the frazzled Cavs,pushing the ball up thefloor after made basketsand imposing their will for48 minutes.

Curry was Curry again.After missing 20 of 26 3-pointers in the first threegames, he knocked downfour 3s and scored 22. He’smade 9 of his last 15 3-pointers, an encouragingsign for the Warriors andsomething that will keepCavs coach David Blattfrom getting much sleep.

Iguodala, though, wasGolden State’s best player.He scored 22 points, madeJames work for every shotand while making his firststart of the season in Gold-en State’s 101st game, heset the early tempo by out-running Cleveland’s de-fense for a pair of dunks.

“He’s one of the X-fac-tors, and he came to play,”James said of the 31-year-old Iguodala, one of hisOlympic teammates. “Hewas in attack.”

Kerr went with a smallerlineup — he benched cen-ter Andrew Bogut — andit’s likely he’ll stick with agroup that causes matchupproblems for the Cavaliers.Because of injuries to Ky-rie Irving and Kevin Love,Cleveland has limited op-tions. Kerr admitted after-ward that he wasn’t truth-ful leading into the gamefor fear of Cleveland mak-ing an adjustment.

Given the Cavs’ fragilestate, it may not have mat-tered.

The coast-to-coast travel,lack of depth and demand-ing schedule caught up toCleveland. Although thedecimated Cavs down-played the fatigue, it wasobvious they didn’t havetheir legs.

And the postgame scenein their training room un-derscored their brittle con-dition. James neededstitches for a head cut sus-tained when he banged in-to a courtside camera; Mat-

thew Dellavedova took anice bath to soothe hiscramping muscles; ImanShumpert had his bruisedleft shoulder encased inice.

All things considered,it’s remarkable the Cavsare in the series.

After carrying his team-mates in three games,James was due a sub-stan-dard performance. He stillmanaged 22 points, 12 re-bounds and eight assists,but he was unable to dic-tate the tempo as the War-riors took control.

Blatt may need to re-con-sider his rotations. He’s on-ly playing seven players, ig-noring veterans Mike Mill-er and Shawn Marion,former champions whomight be able to provide vi-tal minutes and easeJames’ burden. Also, theCavs need to get some-thing, anything, from J.R.Smith, who missed alleight 3-pointers in Game 4.

The only time Smith,who arrived at QuickenLoans Arena riding anelectric, hands-free vehiclecalled a PhunkeeDuck, wason the mark was when hemuttered an expletive de-scribing his performance.

James, in typical fash-ion, seemed unfazed by theloss — almost as if he ex-pected it.

He understands histeam’s limitations, but healso knows the Cavs stillhave a chance, and that’sall he can ask.

James has been in tough-er jams than this. He dis-missed the notion that hisnext game will be his big-gest challenge.

With Miami in 2012,James went to Boston trail-ing 3-2 in the conference fi-nals and the four-timeMVP responded with anepic 45-point, 12-reboundeffort.

“That’s probably the big-gest challenge of my ca-reer,” he said. “Game 5 atGolden State is not that bigwhen it comes to going toBoston, you lose multipletimes in that arena, andthe franchise I was with atthe time had never won aplayoff game in Boston.Now that’s pretty challeng-ing, so I’ve been through alittle bit in my pretty coolcareer.”

The Warriors won handily in Cleveland 103-82 on Thursday.

Photo by AP

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can’t reach a long-termdeal by the July 15 dead-line. After that date pas-ses, though, Bryant canonly play the 2015 seasonon the franchise tag.

This is not like 1993when star running backEmmitt Smith skippedthe first two regular-sea-son games before signinga lucrative deal with theteam and helping them toa Super Bowl title.

Signing a long-termcontract during the sea-son simply isn’t an option

for Bryant or the Cow-boys after the July 15deadline. It would have towait until after the sea-son.

So, essentially, missingthe season opener wouldcost Bryant more than$750,000, based on hisfranchise tag salary of$12,823,000 spread outover 17 regular-seasonweeks ($754,294 per week).

Is he really willing toforfeit that kind of moneysimply to show his dis-pleasure with the fran-

chise tag?This story simply

screams as another ployto try and push the Cow-boys to signing him to along-term deal.

From the Cowboys’perspective, this deal ismore than just aboutBryant. They love whatBryant brings to theteam, and his on-fieldproduction speaks for it-self.

But the Cowboys arehesitant to be the firstteam to set the market for

this new wave of wide re-ceivers. Denver’s Dema-ryius Thomas, Atlanta’sJulio Jones and Cincin-nati’s A.J. Green are allin line for long-termdeals, just like Bryant.

Maybe this threat fromBryant and his advisersgets both sides movingtowards a long-term dealby July 15.

If it doesn’t happen,though, the smart moneystill says Bryant playsthe season opener, be-grudgingly or not.

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Dear Heloise: I havewrought-iron patio chairsthat have a patterned weavedesign. I noticed a GREENMILDEW STAIN on them.Can you offer advice onhow to clean them? Thechairs sit outside year-round, without covers.

I look forward to readingyour hints in The ColumbusDispatch. Thank you! ––Jane Beavers, Columbus,Ohio

Jane, how nice to hearfrom you. I’ve visited yourlovely city several times andcan still see the beautifulOhio State Theatre!

If you are seeing green(the color on the chair, notyou!), then it is probablymildew. Of course, bleachdoes clean mildew, but don’tuse it on wrought iron. So,let’s go to my most belovedVINEGAR! Yes, it’s a verymild form of acetic acid(usually 5-6 percent, orsometimes 9 percent) thatyou can dilute with water,but it should kill mildewwithout harming thewrought iron.

First, brush off as muchof the “green” as you can.

Next step is cleaning: Add 4cups of vinegar to 1 gallonof water and add a squirt ofdish soap. Mix well andstart cleaning!

Scrub well, and get intoas many of the crevices asyou can. Let sit until dry,rinse with a hose, scrub alittle more, then rinse again.–– Hugs, Heloise

A STICKY SITUATIONDear Heloise: We bought

a new love seat and sofa. Iworried about keeping themclean with two dogs and acat. I purchased plastic rug-runner material (at an of-fice-supply store) with thegripper spikes on one side.

I place the runner upsidedown on the furniture atnight and when I leave. Theanimals don’t like the spikesand don’t get on the furni-ture anymore. –– Sherry inColorado Springs, Colo.

“HELOISE

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