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TEAMS PREPARE

HEALTH CARE

FOOD BANK

Empty Bowlsnears $100K

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Sheriff to get $1.4 million

Clinic continues to operateBy JULIE DAFFERNTHE ZAPATA TIMES

With the release of $36,000from county, the Zapata Med-ical Clinic continues to oper-ate on a skeleton crew.

The money will be usedto pay employees, includingseveral who walked out atthe end of July when theyheard they would not begetting a paycheck sched-uled for July 31, leaving

only a couple of employeesto run the 24-hour clinic.

“That clinic is open 24/7.Service has not been interrupt-ed,” said Manuel Pelaez, attor-ney for Zapata Medical Group,which operates the clinic. “It’simportant that quality of carewas not impacted.”

Eight employees whowalked out were at Commis-sioners Court on Monday evenafter they found out checks,with funding provided by Zap-

ata Medical Group partner Dr.Ernest Cabrera, were mailedout the Saturday before. Thegroup told the court it wasn’tfair that Cabrera was forced topay the salaries out of his ownpocket because the cliniclacked funding.

Pelaez said earlier thatgroup partner Dr. LarrySands would reimburseCabrera for half, but when anitem for additional fundingfor the clinic was approved

by the court Monday, Pelaezsaid it would cover the short-fall for payroll and pay Cabr-era back.

County Judge RosalvaGuerra told the employeesthat because the county con-tracts the Zapata MedicalGroup, the CommissionersCourt had no control overwhat happens internally atthe clinic.

By NICK GEORGIOUTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Though the totals aren’tofficial yet, the South TexasFood Bank is expected tohave met its goal of raisingbetween $90,000 and$100,000 at its third annualEmpty Bowls event Thurs-day night.

That’s double theamount the food bankraised at the event last year.

“We just want to thankLaredo for supporting usagain in our mission forfeeding the hungry,” saidSalo Otero, the food bank’sdirector of Development.“It was a very upliftingevent.”

Between 3,000 and 3,500people attended the LaredoEntertainment Center-South Texas Food BankEmpty Bowls fundraiser.

“I do want to mentionthat the LEC was so, so co-operative with us,” Oterosaid. “They need a biground of applause for thecooperation they gave us.”

Romeo Salinas, ZapataCounty treasurer andfood bank board member,said he was impressedwith the turnout. Headded there were fewempty seats.

The event’s main featurewas America, a folk rockband that became a sensa-tion in the 1970s. Otero saidthe group’s two originalmembers were in the lobbypast midnight signing auto-graphs even though theywere not under contractual

obligations to do so. “There was a long line

of people,” Otero said.“Some came with old al-bums hoping this wouldhappen. That was amazingto me.”

The money raised at theevent is essential for help-ing the food bank feed itsever-increasing number ofclientele, Otero said.

For example, the foodbank has been servingabout 18,000 families permonth for the past severalyears. But for the past fourmonths or so, the foodbank has been servingmore than 20,000 familiesa month.

In July, about 20,900 fami-lies were served.

And it’s thanks to gener-ous donations and support-ers who help the food bankmeet its needs.

One of those supporters,

By ZACH LINDSEYLAREDO MORNING TIMES

The Zapata County Sher-iff ’s Department will re-ceive $1.4 million under theDepartment of HomelandSecurity’s Operation Stone-garden, a program de-signed to make border com-munities safer.

The money will go toequipment related to sur-veillance, border securityand disruption of drug traf-ficking, according to ZapataCounty Sheriff Sigifredo“Sigi” Gonzalez.

Two types of technologythe department is excitedabout are drug sniffers andhandheld thermal imagers.

The drug sniffers are“small vacuum-cleaner-type” devices that analyzethe air to detect money, nar-cotics or explosives in a ve-hicle quickly, according toGonzalez.

The handheld thermalimagers will allow officersworking at night to detecthumans or weapons withheat coming off them.

Gonzalez said he is alsoconsidering establishing a“very small” mobile com-mand center.

“I don’t believe in luxu-ries,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez hopes to usesome of the money to movepersonnel from reserve tofull-time status, and hirepart-time deputies to per-form border security roles.

He said that the defini-tion of border security isbroader than simply stop-ping drugs or illegal immi-

grants asthey crossthe UnitedStates-Mex-ico borderitself.

“Bordersecurity isa n y t h i n g

having to do with a nexus ofborder-related crime,” Gon-zalez said.

He cited a call he re-ceived on August 14.

A rancher that livesabout 23 miles from the bor-der told him that he is see-ing an increase of tres-passers on his property.

“They’re not the usual il-legal aliens he’s used to see-ing,” Gonzalez said.“They’re more of a crimi-nal element.”

He said that he has no-ticed an increase of com-plaints of trespassers onranches that looked morelike smugglers than illegalimmigrants.

“It’s widespread, and it’snot just confined to the bor-der area,” Gonzalez said.“It’s miles away from theborder.”

More than $30 million wasappropriated for OperationStonegarden. U.S. Represen-tative Henry Cuellar said itwas the largest amount theborder region has receivedunder the program.

“We’ve got to think re-gionally,” Cuellar said.

The Texas border re-gion’s law enforcementagencies received $12.8 mil-lion under the latest addi-tion to the Operation Stone-garden grant.

We just want to thank Laredofor supportingus again in ourmission forfeeding the hungry.”FOOD BANK DIRECTOR,SALO OTERO

STATE OFTHE ART

By DIANA R. FUENTESTHE ZAPATA TIMES

The new $2 million ZapataCounty Museum of Histo-ry is taking shape on U.S.83, and is on schedule toopen in early April 2010.

“We’re so excited about this,” saidHildegardo Flores, Ph.D., chair ofthe museum’s Board of Directors.“We want to define ourselves to theworld. We’re writing our own histo-ry from our own archives.

“We don’t want the likes of J.Frank Dobie or T.R. Fehrenbach todo it,” Flores said. “We’ll tell theworld who we are. We’ve been fight-ing toe to toe with people on that.They bring us the same regurgita-tion, about violence in the past.

“What violence? We made itthrough hard work. I’m sure therewere some violent ones, but thesewere hard-working people who puttheir shoulders to the wheel andturned this place from a wild areainto a civilized home.”

As construction continues, theboard is working with consultants todevelop a plan for proposed exhibitsat the state-of-the-art facility.

“We’ll be forwarding a recommenda-tion to Commissioners Court later thismonth so they can include it in theirbudget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year,” Flo-res said. “If the exhibits are approvedas the board recommends, I think wewill have a tremendous museum.

“We hope the Commissioners Courtwill make a good investment in this.”

Manuel and Guadalupe Medranoof Falcon said they’re looking for-ward to the new museum.

“It could bring more people into Za-pata, more tourists,” Manuel Medranosaid. “I think it’s a very good idea.”

His wife, Guadalupe, agreed.“It’s something good for every-

body,” she said. “I’ve been to othermuseums and they attract interest.”

Flores said the museum willhouse old and new exhibits, andboard members hope to add interac-tive exhibits for young visitors.

“We’re taking inventory of the ex-isting exhibits from the old museumand we plan to integrate them withthe new ones,” he said.

“We’ve been in touch with areahistoric organizations, including theWebb County Heritage Foundation,to give us technical assistance,” Flo-res added. “They’ve been very, verykind and most helpful.”

Groundbreaking for the projectwas April 8. Construction is sched-uled to end in October, and then workwill began on building elements nec-essary for exhibits with an eye towarda grand opening in early April.

The new building replaces the pre-vious museum that was housed in anold fire station, where it was movedwhen the entire city had to relocatewith the creation of Falcon Lake.

Peggy U. Moffett, president of theZapata County Economic Develop-ment Center, said the project is animportant part of the community’smaster development plan.

“It’s part of the infrastructure,”she said. “It will help promotetourism. The board plans for unique

Photos by Ricardo Segovia | Laredo Morning TimesAABBOOVVEE: The $2 million Zapata County Museum of History is taking shape, as seen in this photo taken Friday. It is scheduled to open in April2010. BBEELLOOWW: Workers are seen on the roof of the Zapata County Museum of History.

Museum hopes to present world-class exhibits

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24-hour clinic is left operating with skeleton crew

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AROUND TEXAS

AROUND THE NATION

TODAY IN HISTORYCALENDAR

Drought worst in history in state

Number of active rigs up by 2

HOUSTON — The number ofrigs actively exploring for oil andnatural gas in the United Stateswent up by two this week to 968.

Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc.reported Friday that of the rigs run-ning nationwide, 688 were exploringfor natural gas and 272 for oil. Eightwere listed as miscellaneous.

A year ago, when oil and gasprices were much higher, the rigcount stood at 1,990.

Of the major oil- and gas-pro-ducing states, Texas lost six rigs,Oklahoma lost three and Col-orado lost one.

Body of Marine returns home

SAN ANTONIO — The re-mains of the second of fourMarines killed during an attackin Afghanistan this month ar-rived has arrived home in Texas.

Hundreds of military person-nel and civilians honored LanceCpl. Travis T. Babine as his casketarrived Friday in San Antonio.

Babine will be buried at FortSam Houston National Cemetery.

Ousted sheriff calledincompetent

LEVELLAND — A Texas sher-iff has been suspended amid alle-

gations he filed false reports andwas incompetent in hiring and su-pervising his staff.

Two Hockley County deputiesin west Texas were arrested lastmonth on federal drug charges re-lated to a major methampheta-mine ring. About a third are ei-ther under federal indictment orinvestigation or been fired.

Sheriff seizes 76 starving horses

DENTON — Animal control of-ficers are seizing 76 emaciatedhorses from a ranch near the townof Pilot Point. Denton CountySheriff ’s spokesman Tom Reedysays the horses are being movedFriday to a nearby ranch after theywere found in various stages ofstarvation. That’s despite bales ofhigh-quality hay on the property.

The owner, Gordon Dennis Key,will be arrested on charges of cru-elty to livestock.

Jury convicts mom in mutilation case

HOUSTON — A Harris Countyjury has convicted a mother ofmutilating her infant son by cut-ting off his genitals two years ago.

Jurors deliberated for aboutthree hours on Friday before find-ing Katherine Nadal guilty of first-degree felony injury to a child.

The jury will now hear evi-

dence in the punishment phase ofthe trial before deciding Nadal’ssentence. She faces up to life inprison.

‘Fight club’ mangets 3 years

SAN ANTONIO — A man con-victed of helping run what policecalled a “fight club” that set devel-opmentally disabled residents ofa state-run center against eachother was sentenced to threeyears in prison Friday.

A Nueces County jury sparedJesse Salazar the maximum pun-ishment in the abuse scandal thatsurfaced with cell phone videos ofemployees at the Corpus ChristiState School provoking residentsinto fights.

BP searches find$8M in drugs

LAREDO — U.S. Border Patrolagents in Laredo say they’veseized nearly $8 million in drugsafter searching a bus and a truckladen with frozen broccoli.

U.S. Customs and Border Pro-tection said Friday the bus waspacked with more than $4 millionin cocaine.

A separate search of a truckturned up more than a ton ofmarijuana and nearly 50pounds of cocaine worth morethan $3 million.

— Compiled from AP reports

Abernathy’s son toseek Ala. pardons

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The sonof a late civil rights leader said Fri-day that he plans to seek pardonson behalf of his father, arrestedmany times while helping organizethe Montgomery bus boycott andprotests against segregation.

The Rev. Ralph David Aber-nathy’s son, Ralph David Aber-nathy III of Atlanta, said he willapply for the pardons under a 2006Alabama law.

Investor alleges shewas Madoff’s mistress

NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff’sdecades-long fraud might not havebeen his only secret. A new booksays he had a two-decade affair.

The memoir, “Madoff ’s OtherSecret: Love, Money, Bernie, andMe,” was written by Sheryl Wein-stein, whose relationship withMadoff spanned more than 20

years. It goes on sale Aug. 25.

Obama denounceshealth care emphasis

BELGRADE, Mont. —PresidentBarack Obama on Friday denounced

news media emphasis on angry pro-testers at town hall meetings.

Obama fielded polite but occa-sionally tough questions — oneman declaring the presidentcouldn’t pay for his plan withoutraising taxes.

— Compiled from AP reports

SATURDAY,AUG. 15Texas A&M International Uni-

versity and the Laredo Public Librarywill be hosting the first book discus-sion for Sonia Nazario’s book, “En-rique’s Journey,” from 3 to 5 p.m. to-day in the TAMIU Great Room, thirdfloor of the Killam Library. Nazario isthis year’s One City, One Book au-thor, and she will be visiting the cityon Sept. 24. To get a ticket, to beheld at the Laredo Civic Center, onemust attend at least one book dis-cussion or film screening and do-nate at least five nonperishable fooditems for local food banks.

For more information, contactPam Burrell at the Laredo Public Li-brary at 795-2400, extension 2268.

SUNDAY, AUG. 16The Elysian Social Club will

host a Debutante-Mother BreakfastBrunch at 10 a.m. today at the Lare-do Country Club, 1415 Country ClubDrive. For more information, callchairs Molly Martinez at 724-2300 orJosie Harris at 764-0178.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19Texas A&M International Uni-

versity and the Laredo Public Librarywill host the second book discussionfor Sonia Nazario’s book,“Enrique’sJourney,”from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. todayin the TAMIU Great Room, third floorof the Killam Library. Everyone is wel-come to attend, and vouchers willbe given to attendees for the Sept.24 event, at which Nazario will speak.In addition, the Laredo Food forThought Foundation will be accept-ing nonperishable food items for lo-cal food banks. To receive a ticket tohear. Nazario speak, you must do-nate at least five food items as partof the cost of the ticket. Come dis-cuss family, hunger, immigration, ge-nealogy and Laredo at TAMIU. Formore information, call Pam Burrell atthe Laredo Public Library at 795-2400, extension 2268.

Members of the J.W. NixonClass of 1989 are invited to attend areunion planning event at 6:30 p.m.today at Laredo Salsa’s, 9902McPherson Road. For more informa-tion, e-mail Teri H. Ramos atjwnixon1989@yahoo.com. Also, pre-payment for Nixon reunion eventsmay be made out to jwnixon1989 andsent via check or money order to POBox 430274, Laredo, TX 78043-274.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilita-

tion Center will be hosting a Pedi-atric Orthopedic Clinic for patientsneeding to consult with a specialisttoday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. If youare interested in consulting with Dr.Earl Stanley, call Maribel Cruz at(956) 722-2431.

The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilita-tion Center will be hosting a Wheel-chair Clinic today from 8 a.m to 1p.m. If you are interested in consult-ing with Ken Healy, call AuroraSanchez at 1-866-832-9770.

SATURDAY,AUG. 22There will be an American Red

Cross First Aid/CPR/AED class to-day at 9 a.m. at 1200 WashingtonSt. Call (956) 726-4778 to register.The class costs $55.The deadline topay is Aug. 19.

THURSDAY, AUG. 27Members of the J.W. Nixon

Class of 1989 are invited to attendthe Nixon-Martin game at the Stu-dent Activity Center, Loop 20 andTexas 359, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6and can be purchased through theLaredo Independent School Districtathletic department. For more infor-mation, e-mail Teri H. Ramos atjwnixon1989@yahoo.com.

The Monte Carlo, 6415McPherson Road, will host a comedyshow and dinner from 7 p.m. to 11p.m. benefiting Casa de Misericordia.Comedian Anand Chulani, who haswritten for “The Simpsons” and per-forms regularly at the HollywoodComedy Store, will perform with hisLaugh Out Loud Improv Troupe.Tick-ets are $75 and available at Talk Timeand four IBC locations, including themall. For more information, call 722-4690.

SATURDAY,AUG. 29The Laredo Food for Thought

Foundation, along with health stu-dents, will be conducting a food drivefor local food banks from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. at the H-E-B plus! parking lot,1911 Bob Bullock Loop. Five donatednonperishable food items will getyou a voucher that partially quali-fies you to receive a ticket to listen toSonia Nazario at the Laredo CivicCenter on Sept. 24. Blood pressureand other health-related tests willbe available free.We will also be dis-tributing information on health, ed-ucation, and the One City, One Bookinitiative.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Aug. 15, the227th day of 2009. There are 138 daysleft in the year.

TTooddaayy’’ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiissttoorryy:: On Aug. 15, 1945, Japanese Em-

peror Hirohito announced to hissubjects in a prerecorded radio ad-dress that Japan had acceptedterms of surrender for endingWorld War II.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee:: In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots,

was killed in battle by Malcolm, theeldest son of King Duncan, whomMacbeth had slain.

In 1914, the Panama Canalopened to traffic.

In 1935, humorist Will Rogers andaviator Wiley Post were killed whentheir airplane crashed near PointBarrow in the Alaska Territory.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music andArt Fair opened in upstate New York.

In 1971, President Richard Nixonannounced a 90-day freeze on wages,prices and rents.

In 1979, Andrew Young resignedas U.S. ambassador to the UnitedNations after coming under fire foran unauthorized meeting with theU.N. observer for the Palestine Lib-eration Organization.

In 1998, 29 people were killed by acar bomb that tore apart the centerof Omagh, Northern Ireland; asplinter group calling itself the RealIRA claimed responsibility.

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: President BillClinton and his family went house-hunting in Westchester County, N.Y.(They later settled on a house inChappaqua.) Tiger Woods won thePGA Championship, becoming atage 23 the youngest player to wintwo majors since Seve Ballesteros.

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Residents lefthomeless by Hurricane Charley dugthrough their ravaged homes, res-cuing what they could as PresidentGeorge W. Bush promised rapid de-livery of disaster aid. In Athens, theU.S. men’s basketball team lost 92-73to Puerto Rico, only the thirdOlympic defeat ever for the Ameri-cans and the first since adding pros.Vijay Singh won the PGA Champi-onship in Haven, Wis.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: Georgian PresidentMikhail Saakashvili grudginglysigned a U.S.-backed truce with Rus-sia, even as he denounced the Rus-sians as invading barbarians and ac-cused the West of all butencouraging them to overrun hiscountry. Michael Phelps won hissixth gold medal with his sixth worldrecord, in the 200-meter individualmedley at the Summer Olympics.American Nastia Liukin won thegold in women’s gymnastics; friendand teammate Shawn Johnson wassecond. Record producer JerryWexler, who coined the term ̀ r̀hythmand blues,’’ died in Sarasota, Fla. atage 91. National Public Radio com-mentator Leroy Sievers, who sharedhis struggle with cancer, died at hisMaryland home at age 53.

TTooddaayy’’ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: Actress RoseMarie is 86. Actor Mike Connors is84. Actress Lori Nelson is 76. Civilrights activist Vernon Jordan is 74.Actor Jim Dale is 74. Actress PatPriest is 73. Author-journalist LindaEllerbee is 65. Songwriter JimmyWebb is 63. Rock singer-musicianTom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers)is 61. Actress Tess Harper is 59. Ac-tor Larry Mathews is 54. Movie di-rector Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu(“Babel”) is 46 Actor Peter Hermannis 42. Actress Debra Messing is 41.Actor Anthony Anderson is 39. Ac-tor Ben Affleck is 37. ActressNatasha Henstridge is 35. ActressNicole Paggi is 32. Figure skater Jen-nifer Kirk is 25. Rock singer JoeJonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 20.

TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: “To feel thatone has a place in life solves half theproblem of contentment.’’ —George Edward Woodberry, Ameri-can poet, critic and educator (1855-1930).

By JOHN McFARLANDASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS — The most parched areas ofTexas have been wilting in the blisteringheat for two years, but only now is it now of-ficial: This is their worst drought in history.

Texas state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said Friday that at least nine of the254 counties in Texas — the nation’s mostdrought-stricken state — are sufferingthrough their driest conditions since mod-ern record-keeping began in 1895.

Making matters worse are the relentless100-degree days across the southern portionof Texas that has been under drought con-ditions since September 2007.

The impact has been felt most by farmers andranchers in the nation’s No. 2 agriculture-produc-ing state. Texas officials estimate statewide cropand livestock losses from the drought at $3.6 billion.

“We’ve had some dry spells, but not as

bad as this,” said Rod Santa Ana with theTexas AgriLife Extension Service. “It hurtsbad. A lot of these cotton fields didn’t evencome up. It’s just bare ground. You’d neverknow cotton was even planted there.”

The worst hit counties are Bastrop, Cald-well and Lee in Central Texas, and Victoria,Bee, San Patricio, Live Oak, Jim Wells andDuval in south-central Texas, Nielsen-Gam-mon said. He studied precipitation over sev-eral three-year periods and concluded thehistoric drought level in those counties.

Roughly half the state is under some formof drought. About 26 percent — a large swathof Central and South Texas — is sufferingthrough the worst two categories of drought.Texas is the only state in the U.S. with areasenduring the worst category, according tothe latest U.S. Department of AgricultureDrought Monitor map. Small areas in Min-nesota, Wisconsin and Hawaii are in the sec-ond-worst category.

Courtesy hoto by Kelly Perkins | APClimber Kelly Perkins and her husband Craig Perkins are shown in Yosemite Nation-al Park in May, in Yosemite, Calif. Since receiving a heart transplant in 1995, Perkinshas climbed several of the world’s most challenging peaks, from the Matterhorn inSwitzerland to El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in California.

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Photo by Harry Cabluck/file | APThis photo made Friday, July 24, shows boat houses and docks grounded along the near-empty Pedernales River near Bee Cave,Texas. State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said Friday at least nine counties in the nation’s most drought-stricken state aresuffering through their driest conditions since modern record-keeping began in 1895.

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Bow hunter competition scheduled for Sept 12

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Zapata CountyChamber of Commerce ishaving its first SouthTexas Bow HunterShootout on Sept. 12 at theOswaldo H. & JuanitaRamirez Exhibit Hall, 2312Glenn Street.

The archery competi-tion will include divisionsfor various ages and skilllevels.

There will also be anarea where those not fa-miliar with archery cantry their hand with equip-ment provided by TepozanRanch, in a non-competi-tive setting.

The competition divi-sions will be

Open, for men andwomen of all ages;

Men’s Division, whichwill have two sub-divi-sion’s, Advanced and In-termediate;

Women’s Division,which will likewise havetwo sub-divisions, Ad-vanced and Intermediate;

Youth division forcompetitors 17 years ofage and under, which willinclude a division for con-

testants 15 to 17 years ofage, another for contest-ants 12 to 14 years of ageand one for shooters up to11 years of age.

Trophies will be award-ed to all first, second andthird place winners. Acash prize of $500 is re-served for the first placeOpen winner.

The scored events willbegin with a 25-yard sta-tion where competitorswill shoot five arrows atfive paper targets.

The next station rangewill be 30 yards, and con-sist of five arrows at sta-tionary three-dimensionaltargets.

The final station will bea 35-yard range with fivearrows, but this time thethree-dimensional targetswill pop up for a few sec-onds only, testing the com-

petitor’s skill and reflexes. This pop-up station will

have six targets but onlyfive will be active duringany session and will in-clude one moving target,making for a more compet-itive scenario.

Copies of the shootoutrules can be obtained fromthe Zapata County Cham-ber of Commerce.

The exhibit hall’s layoutwill allow for a food courtand space for food andmerchandise vendors.Anyone wishing to pur-chase vendor space shouldcontact the Zapata CountyChamber of Commerce of-fice at (956) 765-4871 or vis-it the Web site at www.zap-atausa.com.

The chamber is still ac-cepting sponsorships anddonations for this all dayfamily event.

“ Trophies will be awardedto all first, second and thirdplace winners.

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By JULIE DAFFERNTHE ZAPATA TIMES

A 15-year-old boy was tak-en to the Zapata County Med-ical Clinic on Wednesday,Aug. 5 at about 8 p.m. afterhis 21-year-old brother al-legedly hit the boy with histruck.

According to ZapataCounty Sheriff ’s Office

Capt. Aaron Sanchez, the15-year-old boy was atSiesta Shores Park withsome friends when hisbrother, Eloy Ricardo Vil-larreal, arrived and begandriving toward the group.He pointed the truck to-ward his brother, but wasunable to stop in time, pin-ning the 15-year-old be-tween the truck and a con-

crete wall, Sanchez said.The boy was taken to Zap-

ata County Medical Clinic,where a leg injury was treat-ed. According to Sanchez,the boy’s lower right leg wasbleeding profusely becauseof a fracture.

Witnesses at the park saidVillarreal did not intention-ally hit his brother with thetruck.

Boy struck by pick-up has broken leg

DEADLY CONDUCTA complainant stated two male

subjects pulled a gun on him in the900 block of Villa Avenue on Mondayaround 12:20 p.m. and 1:01 p.m.

UNAUTHORIZED USE OF VEHICLEA complainant stated her son

took her pickup truck without per-mission in the 1700 block of FresnoStreet between 8:22 a.m. and 8:52a.m.

BURGLARY OF HABITATIONA victim reported a burglary of

habitation in the 5300 block ofGrande Lane on Aug. 9 between 10:13

a.m. and 10:33 a.m.Acomplainant reported two un-

known subjects gained entry to a resi-dence and stole several items between6:40 p.m.and 7:30 a.m.on Wednesdayin the 1000 block of Falcon Lane.

A complainant reported thatunknown subject(s) gained entry to aresidence and stole two televisionsand a weedeater between 6:51 p.m.and 7:06 p.m. on Aug. 10, in the 600block of Miraflores Avenue.

THEFTA victim reported an unknown

person stole a fishing rod and reelfrom inside the residence in the New

Harbor Lodge & RV Park between8:24 p.m. and 8:36 p.m. on Aug. 9.

Two male subjects stole awhite General Electric refrigeratorfrom a garage area between 12:33p.m. and 1:10 p.m. in the 200 block ofMatamoros Avenue.

ASSAULTIn San Ygnacio,a suspect put the

vehicle on reverse to leave,then he sawthe victim.Suspect stopped and put thevehicle in drive striking the victim onher left thigh and running over her leftfoot. The incident happened between12:30 a.m.and 1:17 a.m.on Friday in the500 block of Treviño Street.

BY DORA MARTINEZ

Being a Zapata native givesme inspiration. Since I was ateenager, I knew I would be in-volved with a newspaper inZapata somehow.

I missed the opportunity toown my own newspaper hereso I went to San Antonio tomake my life. There I ownedmy own paper for more than21 years and made a go of it.

Later, I retired and wasbored. But out of that bore-dom came this new opportu-nity: I am now business man-ager for The Zapata Times. Iam proud to be one of thepeople who has the vehicle todisseminate news and infor-mation along with the latestin advertising to you.

This has been a great year,

even though the economyhas been better. Still, we havedone our best to deliver aninformative newspaperabout our hometown to yourdoor every Saturday.

I would like to extend myappreciation to all who madethis first anniversary of TheZapata Times possible, in-cluding the Zapata CountyCourt; the Zapata CountyISD and board members, theCommissioner Court, VFW,Chamber of Commerce, ourtwo banks, and all the largeand small businesses thathave been loyal through theyear.

I also want to thank all thecontributors to all the stories Ihave written this past year. I en-

joyed writing them and know-ing all of you all over again.

We have all worked as ateam, headed by our Pub-lisher Bill Green, and willcontinue to work in theyears to come to meet ourgoal to provide you with agreat newspaper. I appreci-ate all the e-mails and callsyou send.

I am impressed with allthe Zapatans who have writ-ten or called to congratulateus. We thank you, too, foryour support. We hope tohave an even better year nexttime around.

(Dora Martinez is a nativeof Zapata who was publisherof Hispanic News in San An-tonio for 21 years. She can bereached at thezapata-times@att.net)

Columnist looks back on 1 year with this newspaper

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YOUR OPINION

There are many good reasons for reforming health care; get the facts

Health care reform legislation raises many questions; Cuellar should have town hall meeting

TToo tthhee eeddiittoorr::I have been a little reluc-

tant in researching the en-tire health care reform bill. Ionly want the citizens ofthis nation to educate them-selves to avoid the fear ofchange!

The bottom line for me onhealth care is more aboutwhat will people say who donot have insurance, whohave been denied insuranceand who are paying for in-surance — and still payingfor health care!

The five selling points forme on health care:

Insuring the 47 – 50 mil-lion people without healthcare

Adding routine check-ups and basic care to peoplebefore they are ill

Stopping the emer-gency room jam, whichcauses real emergencies tobe diluted with cold, flu andminor items

Forcing the insurance

companies to stop rejectingclaims and rejecting peoplefor being sick — that’s justdamn wrong.

Reducing the cost inthe system is guaranteed bydoing the first three things— all those millions of peo-ple just getting sicker andsicker would stop; emer-gency rooms should be lesscrowded; and doctors/hospi-tals will be paid for theirwork — not just have to runafter non-insured people fortheir money!

Five ways to defendhealth care to your neigh-bors and friends:

The U.S.A. is the last ofthe industrialized nations tohave basic health care for allits citizens. China, India,Mexico, Canada — and thelist goes on for who hashealth care

The cost is going to getbetter without so many peo-ple being left to the systemwithout care. Emergency

rooms are jammed and it’sall paid by insured peoplebeing over priced due to the“non-payers.” Get rid of thatcost — we damn sure willsee a cost decrease

The insurance compa-nies now are the dictators ofhealth care and their job ismaking profit not healthypeople. Let’s put the patientback in charge — not just thedoctor or hospital — put thecustomer back in charge!

If you have insurancethat you love and it’s so goodthat it can not get better,then you are probably work-ing for the government. Ifyou work in the private sec-tor, you have seen your pre-miums and co-payments goup each year, meaning lessmoney in your pocket.Meanwhile, your insurancecompany has seen increasedprofits.

Finally, how can a coun-try lead as a caring nationwhen it has its own citizens

living without care. Time tojoin the world and give peo-ple basic health care!

Republicans controlledthe White House from 2001to 2008 and Congress from2001 to 2006. Where weretheir outrage and care forthe 45 million-plus Ameri-cans living without healthcare? Now the countrywants to move to the nextlevel — we have a group ofpaid-off Republicans want-ing to push the poor peopleback into the hole.

If we do not get healthcare in this first term ofPresident Obama it will notbe a failure for him but afailure of this country to ac-knowledge our blind igno-rance at following fearrather following intelli-gence.

Seek first to understand— Rather than seek first totalk!

SSiiggnneedd,,Dale Woodfork

TToo tthhee eeddiittoorr::I considered myself fortu-

nate to have been born inthe United States, wherepeople have a voice and areable to exert their power inways that benefit both them-selves and their country.

Despite running the riskof being labeled a right-wingactivist, I must state con-cerns with the proposed na-tional health reform and Iam asking CongressmanHenry Cuellar to have a pub-lic meeting to inform thepublic and clarify any mis-understandings. I under-stand that CongressmanCuellar has been one of thefew Democrats to questionthe contents of the bill and Ifor one am expressing myappreciation. However, I be-lieve it is important that welet our representatives knowwhat our concerns are onthis important issue.

I am concerned that thereform measures now underdiscussion, by not explicitlyexcluding illegal immi-grants, will automatically in-

clude these people and dra-matically increase the cost.How can our already weak-ened economy withstandsuch a financial burden? Iam concerned that the samelegislators who are rushingto nationalize health care re-cently voted against joiningthe health plan currently be-ing proposed for the rest ofAmerica. They will keeptheir Cadillac health careplan provided by the govern-ment. How can they facetheir constituents and say,“This is good for you, but notfor me?”

Legislators propose pay-ing for the anticipatedhealth cost by cutting fraudand waste in Medicare andMedicaid. How can we trustcongressmen to cut fraudwhen some of them havepersonally benefited fromlowered mortgage rates,have been investigated forstoring $400,000 in a freezerand added millions in ear-marks to the stimulus pack-age?

I am concerned that offi-cials are being disingenuous

when they state that individ-uals would be able to keeptheir private insurance. Ashas already happened in oth-er countries, when business-es are forced to offer healthcare to all employees, eco-nomics usually convincesthem to choose the cheaperpublic option.

I am also concerned thatrationing of services andmedications are inevitablewhen 48 million people areadded into the system with-out adequate preparation orprovisions.

To ration services, gov-ernment standards wouldhave to decide, based onyour age and condition, ifand when procedures andmedications would be pro-vided. I can envision the eld-erly desperately calling leg-islators to intervene on theirbehalf for medical services.Unfortunately, if you are nota contributor, you might notever get a call back.

The United States is repli-cating the same plans thatare offered in Canada andEngland. Financially able

individuals from these coun-tries come to the UnitedStates seeking life-saving ex-ams and surgeries becausethe waiting list in theircounties run months oryears.

What Congress needs tounderstand is that the ma-jority of Americans are sat-isfied with their current in-surance plan. Concernshould be for those that needassistance.

When my son recentlylost his COBRA coverage, Istarted examining optionsfor his diabetic conditionand found that GatewayClinics in Laredo offer serv-ices on a sliding scale for-mula, but they are not tak-ing new clients.

Why does the governmentnot look at what these estab-lished clinics need in orderto serve more individuals?Lastly, I recommend that thegovernment make their planavailable online as promisedand that they first pilot theirplan in select states.

SSiiggnneedd,,Dolores Medrano

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Public debateis a good thingon health care

AUSTIN — This maybe odd, but I enjoywatching people go

toe to toe, even if they’rehollering and even ifthey’re wrong.

Critics charge that peo-ple are stirred by powerfulinterests to launch ques-tions and attacks, the ideabeing that resultingprotests aren’t legitimate.

Sometimes they’re right.Still, the freedom to inciteactivism is part of being anAmerican.

Lately, millions of dol-lars have poured into stop-ping changes in law threat-ening how insurancecompanies pay for healthcare (or not). Money alsohas fueled groups that havelong advocated universalhealth care.

President Barack Oba-ma, seeking change, hasjoined in. The White Houseeven appealed for support-ers to share “fishy” thingsthey spot online from oppo-nents of the insurance leg-islation, leading U.S. Sen.John Cornyn, R-Texas, tospeculate darkly aboutObama minions tracking e-mail enemies.

Broadly, fierce tusslesover issues are healthy re-minders that elected offi-cials matter.

Then again, often whatseems shocking in suchspats proves misleading orfalse.

Consider the scene out-side a government healthclinic in Austin last week,where U.S. Rep. LloydDoggett, D-Austin, tookquestions inside. (He alsowas in the middle of ap-pearing on cable newsshows, for which he’d quali-fied by getting shouteddown days before at a gro-cery store. Other Austin-area representatives, all Re-publicans, have soundedout constituents in genteelconference calls.)

At the clinic, Circle Cresident Alan Daves asked

proponents of widened in-surance access to defendthe proposed creation of acitizens army.

“Why does Obama wanta citizens army?” Davesasked. “You know, Hitlerhad his Gestapo.”

What a scary jab: Whywould lawmakers tie ex-treme military ideas tohealth care?

Well, a Senate amend-ment refers to a “ready Re-serve Corps” of people tohelp in a national emer-gency or public health cri-sis.

Daves insists that wouldamount to a private armyfor Obama to quell dissent.

My read: He’s wildlyoverreaching — plainwrong.

Austin businessmanRick Holms, who jawedwith Daves, said hedropped his health cover-age after the monthly costescalated from $140 to$1,400 over 14 years. He saidhe subsequently had aheart attack and has sincehad trouble getting in-sured.

Holms extolled Canada’suniversal health system.Another man, who declinedto be identified, replied:“Well then, move there!”

Holms said later: “Atleast there’s a debate” now,unlike, he suggested, whenCongress passed the USAPatriot Act and signed offon war in Iraq.

To be fair, there was de-bate then, though maybefewer public confronta-tions. For observers likeme, now is better.

(W. Gardner Selbywrites a column for theAustin American-States-man. To reach him, e-mailwgselby@statesman.com)

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Keep it civil,people, please

By JOHN KELSOCOX NEWSPAPERS

AUSTIN — Howdy,folks. Let me startout today’s town

meeting by saying thanksfor coming, and it’s justgreat to see so many smilin’faces out here in the audi-ence.

Today we’ll be talkingabout national health insur-ance.

Before we get too faralong here, let me just sayI’ve come up with a work-able solution to these come-dians who attend thesemeetings and start yelling todrown out the speaker.

You’ve seen these shout-ing matches that have beenerupting across the countryat meetings just like thisone, right? I’m thinking wecan rest insured — whoops,Freudian slip, make thatrest assured — that none ofthat sort of monkey busi-ness is going to come out ofyou fine folks. This is Amer-ica, where everybody getshis say, right?

Which makes me wonder,friends and neighbors: IfJoe Schmo attends one ofthese meetings and getsshouted down, and heknuckle-sandwiches the guy,is the guy who got poppedcovered by his HMO or hisPPO? And what’s the co-payon that?

So, moving right alonghere — as your town meet-ing coordinator, here’s mycure for the shouters.

You know how Austincops go to bars to check vol-ume levels of bands to makesure the horn section isn’tviolating the city’s noise or-dinance? Why not hang deci-bel meters on the shouters,and whup a mouthin’-off taxon ‘em when they go overthe limit?

Hey, you in the back row— put a sock in it. I shouldhave known some of youboneheads would start belly-aching as soon as I got tothat decibel meter sugges-tion.

Excuse me, sir. That’sright, you, the gentleman inthe Lone Star flag shirt pok-ing his finger on the otherguy’s chest. Cool it. You’llgive yourself a pre-existingcondition.

Now, I’ll admit I’m no ex-pert on health insurance. Ido know that whenever thesubject comes up, there’s acontingent of angry yapperswho start using the dreaded“S” word. Socialism? Thatroad you drove on to gethere: You pooled your taxmoney to build it. So, ifyou’re using it, you’reflirtin’ with it.

Hey, you, the lady withthe fierce face wearing the“Lloyd Doggett is JosephStalin’s brother in-law” T-shirt: Get over it. Yourmama didn’t tell you it’sgood form to show up inpublic and start bellowing.

OK, OK, lady, I hear you. Ishould “go read the Consti-tution.” I’ll go read it, if youpromise to shut up.

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DEAR MISS MAN-NERS — Facebook is outof control. There are waytoo many people in thisworld trying to be yourfriend when you don’t nec-essarily want them to be.

What is the appropriateway to let someone knowthat you don’t want to betheir friend on Facebook?

It’s easy if you don’teven know the person andthey are trying to link upwith you because of a mu-tual friend. I just ignorethem. But when it issomeone you do knowand perhaps know verywell but haven’t seen orspoken to in, let’s say, 20years, what is the propertact with that one?

GENTLE READER —Send your long-lost frienda postcard — an actualpost card, with a stampand a handwritten mes-sage, saying it was nice tohear from him. On Face-book, nothing. Oh, and noreturn address on the card.

Miss Manners truststhat this will be profound-ly confusing to the recipi-ent. You have not snubbedhim, but you seem to havetaken his offer of friend-ship literally, when heonly wanted to rack upnumbers, make you peekat his life and perhapspeek at yours.

Why (he will wonder)have you answered in suchan archaic way, instead ofjust clicking? Surely youdo not expect him to makea similar effort?

You may leave himwith that mystery andmake no further effort.

DEAR MISS MAN-NERS — The food court inmy office building is often

By JULIETA CHIQUILLOLAREDO MORNING TIMES

Darlene Canales was nerv-ous when she met 62-year-oldJanie at a Denton nursinghome in 2008. Canales, a mu-sic therapy student at TexasWoman’s University, was try-ing to bond with a bed-riddenwoman with Down’s syn-drome and dementia whohad not spoken in a decade.

Canales took her guitar,sat down and introduced her-self to Janie, whose lastname has been withheld be-cause of therapist-client con-fidentiality.

“Hi, Janie, I’m Darlene,and I’m going to play somemusic for you,” Canales toldher. “Is that OK?”

Janie smiled.When she spoke with

Janie’s caregiver before thesession, Canales learned thatJanie enjoyed religious songsfor children because shegrew up in a church setting.

Canales began to play.“Her eyes were just glued

to my guitar,” she said.Her playlist included “You

are My Sunshine” and “Je-sus Loves the Little Chil-dren.” Janie began to mouththe words.

By their fifth session,Canales got Janie to singsome lines with her.

“I actually cried,” Canalessaid. “I was so touched.”

Music therapy, however,does not perform miracles. Itwon’t make a paraplegic per-son walk or prevent a personwith Alzheimer’s from losinghis or her memory. Its aim is tomake people respond to musicin a way that helps them im-prove their well-being.

According to the AmericanMusic Therapy Association,music therapists assess emo-tional well-being, physicalhealth, social functioning,and cognitive skills throughmusical responses. Musictherapists use music inter-vention to accomplish the in-dividualized goals of clients.

“Music therapy is an in-terpersonal relationship be-tween the client and the mu-sic therapist, and the musictherapist will use the musicin anyway they can —whether it be cognitive, emo-tional, physical — to help theclient,” Canales said.

The sound of musicWhile it may be a foreign

concept for many people, mu-sic therapy has been aroundfor more than 60 years.

Michigan State Universityfounded the first music ther-apy degree program in theworld in 1944. According toAMTA, the disciplineharkens back to World War Iand World War II, when ama-teur and professional musi-cians would visit hospitalsand play for veterans. Physi-cians noted that patientswere physically and emotion-ally responding to the musicand began to request thepresence of musicians at thehospitals. Demand for a col-lege curriculum rose whenthe need for training became

apparent.Many people don’t realize

that music therapists aretrained professionals and thatthey need credentials from theCertification Board for MusicTherapists to practice, saidJoke Bradt, assistant directorof the Arts and Quality of LifeResearch Center at TempleUniversity, which boasts an in-ternationally renowned musictherapy program.

Music therapists are wellversed in psychology, anato-my and physiology, and mustbe proficient in piano andguitar, Bradt said. Studentsalso take courses that arespecific to music therapy andcomplete 1,200 hours of clini-cal training, including a su-pervised internship.

It’s not an easy job, andwitnessing human pain canbe difficult, Bradt said.

“Music therapy is notabout curing people,” Bradtsaid. “It’s about helping peo-ple achieve their full potentialand achieve quality of life.”

It wasn’t the career pathCanales had envisioned for her-self. Her calling, she thought,was to be a music teacher.

Canales didn’t even knowwhat music therapy was un-til the summer of 2003, whenshe moved to Hurst, a city inthe Dallas-Fort Worth Metro-plex, to help care for herautistic cousin. Besides regu-lar babysitting duties,Canales would take her 3-year-old cousin to therapyand doctor appointments. Itwas during one of these ses-sions that she learned aboutmusic therapy.

“I thought I wanted to be amusic teacher, but when Ifound out about music thera-py, I knew that’s what I want-ed to do,” she said. “I knewthat was for me.”

Even though her originalplan was to go to school inLaredo, Canales continued tocare for her cousin and en-rolled in the Tarrant CountyCollege, where she took somepiano lessons and picked upthe African drums. She thentransferred to TexasWoman’s University, one offive colleges and universitiesin Texas with a degree pro-gram approved by AMTA.

Spreading the wordCanales has seen the ef-

fects of music therapy first-hand, but she knows that oth-ers might need a little

convincing.“A lot of people haven’t

heard of music therapy,”Canales said. “They are skep-tical, and I don’t blame them.”

Working alongside a profes-sional music therapist, anoth-er music therapy student andher manager, Canales hopes tospread the word about the ben-efits of music therapy througha 30-minute TV show.

In the show’s pilot, Canalesteaches a group of mentallydisabled adults to follow in-structions and work togetherby having them beat anAfrican drum to move a smallpaper ball on top. Anothermusic therapy student workswith a toddler with a brainformation disorder to developmotor skills by having himpluck the strings of a guitar.

In addition to two musictherapy sessions, the showwill also feature an interviewsegment with a music thera-py professional. Eachepisode of the show wouldair once a week throughoutthe month on local TimeWarner cable channels inSan Antonio, Houston andAustin. The show would alsoair on MyLife On Demand, ahealth and wellness video ondemand network.

Eliseo “Cheo” Garza,Canales’ manager and con-sultant for San Antonio-basedCon Safoz EntertainmentGroup, said the companywould like to launch the showin the fall. The company islooking for sponsorship tofund the show. The total costof producing three shows, in-cluding airtime, is $210,000,he said.

“The economy the way itis, it’s hard to get sponsors,”Garza said.

If the company is unable toget sponsorship for the fall, itwill fund the show itself.

“We believe in it,” Garzasaid, noting that he hopes theshow will go national in thespring.

Sing a songCanales will continue her

work with music therapyduring the next school year,when she will start her in-ternship with the Denton In-dependent School Districtand help conduct music ther-apy sessions with special-ed-ucation students.

Just like she learned withJanie, Canales knows she’llhave to take it one step at the

time. There were days when

Janie would recognize her,and others when she wouldreturn her smile with ablank stare.

One day she would enjoyElvis Presley, and the nextday she would hate it.

Yet there was the dayJanie sang two full songswith her.

“That was amazing,”Canales said. “When she metme, she would barely talk atall. We went from her juststaring at me to hermouthing words, and eventu-ally she sang two entiresongs.”

Janie didn’t repeat the featagain. She passed away inMay.

But Canales believes thather work made a differencein Janie’s life.

“Any little thing can be anachievement,” she said. “Itmay seem small, but whenyou look at the big picture,it’s a big accomplishment.”

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On a positive noteStudent touches

patients’ lives

Photo by Ricardo Segovia | Laredo Morning TimesDarlene Canales, pictured with her beloved guitar, is studying music therapy to help improve the lives of patients.

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By JULIETA CHIQUILLOLAREDO MORNING TIMES

While the rest of the coun-try tries to wrap its collec-tive heads around the federaleconomic stimulus package,here’s a stimulus packageyou will understand.

Staind, Shinedown, Chev-elle and Halestorm will thun-der through the Laredo Enter-tainment Center on Tuesday,Aug. 18, to bring some relief torock fans through the “Stimu-late This!” tour, which promis-es fans an electrifying rockshow that won’t break theirpiggy banks.

Staind’s stimulusAaron Lewis, lead singer

of Staind, said he came upwith the idea to do the tourafter the government bailoutof “irresponsible corpora-tions,” which he said left av-erage Americans in the dark.

“In frustration, I was, like,well, what can we do for oursummer tour to at least try tohelp some people to make itaffordable for them to comesee a good show?” Lewis said.“So, the first step was to find abunch of bands that werewilling to be a part of it andwere willing to maybe make alittle less than they mighthave been able to make goingout and headlining a tour, butit made it so we could offer avery affordable show with abunch of bands.”

Prices may be cheaper, butthe bands are not skimping onproduction, said Brent Smith,lead singer of Shinedown.

“We’re bringing all the bellsand whistles,” Smith said.

Bailout for the fansEven rock stars are not

impervious to recessions.They may be recording

artists, but that doesn’t mean

they don’t understand thewoes of the Average Joe, themusicians said. Smith said hegets by paycheck by paycheck.

Sam Loeffler, drummer ofChevelle, can also relate.

“I’ve cut my budget foreverything in half, and I’mmaking half the money Iused to make even two yearsago, and that’s OK,” Loefflersaid. “I’m still putting foodon the table and all that, andfortunately, I don’t have topay to go see shows anymore,and that’s great.”

Knowing that many fanshave been combing the floorunderneath the couch to comewatch the show, the bands arecommitted to giving them themost bang for their buck.

“Probably 90 percent ofour audience in each of thesecities, they probably saved upall month to be able to cometo this concert, and we’re go-ing to give them one hell of ashow, you can definitely beton that,” Smith said.

Lzzy Hale, lead singer ofHalestorm, will inject a dashof femininity as the onlywoman in the bill.

“I’m going to feel like thisreally lucky little sister onthis tour, so I’m going tolearn a lot, but I feel like I’llbe able to hold my own, and Idon’t know, just have a reallygood time with all of them,”Hale said. “It will be fun.”

Making an escapeThe sun may be setting by

the time the concert kicks off

on Aug. 18, but the bands prom-ise to keep the heat going. Therock show will not only be easyon fans’ pocketbooks but alsooffer a release from their rou-tine, Loeffler said.

“I think it’s importantthat everybody be able to stillhave an escape from theireveryday, droning life nomatter what it is you do,” Lo-effler said. “You still want todo a couple of things thatmake you feel like a kid, andcertainly going to a rockshow is one that’s importantto a lot of people.”

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The rock return:‘Stimulate This!’

‘Wilkommen’ againBy KIRSTEN CROW

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

“ W i l l k o m m e n , ”indeed.

The cast of LaredoInstitute of TheatricalEducation’s “Cabaret”performed before packedhouses at the LaredoCenter for the Artsthroughout its first week-end, including sold-outshows Friday andSaturday night.

That’s a definitive warmwelcome from a communitythat has only recently seenthe return of more maturetheater intended for adultaudiences, and it didn’t gounnoticed — the cast evenearned a standing ovationSaturday.

But for those whomissed the iconic, drama-and lingerie-loaded pro-duction, there’s still timeto catch it —“Cabaret”has scheduled perform-ances tonight, Saturdayand Sunday — that is, ifyou get your tickets early.

It would be wellworth your while. Frombeginning to end, theLITE directors, produc-ers and cast put on aquality show, completewith a small, liveorchestra, spectaculardance numbers andstunning performancesby its young actors.

Equally impressive isthe transformation of theLCA mezzanine into thefamous Kit Kat Klubcabaret — it even has thename of the club in lightsover the entrance — aswell as other familiarhaunts from the play, set in1931 Berlin. The scenechange at the very end, inparticular, was impressive— a chilling statementabout Germany’s trans-

Photo by Chapman Baehler | Special to the TimesStaind, pictured above, is set to headline the “Stimulate This!” concert at the Laredo Entertainment Center onTuesday.

WHO: Staind, Chevelle, Halestorm, Shinedown and Lo-proWHAT: “Stimulate This!” tourWHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18WHERE: Laredo Entertainment CenterCOST: Tickets for $46, $36, $26 and $16, plus facility fee, are avail-able at the LEC box office and Ticketmaster.com.

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formation in the wake ofHitler’s stranglehold.

As a word of caution, theproduction does containadult themes. It’s not rec-ommended for thoseyounger than 18.

But for mature theater-lovers, this will knock yoursocks off. Go ahead and tellmama — invite her, even —assuming that she won’tfaint.

(Kirsten Crow may bereached at 728-2543,kirsten@lmtonline.com oron Twitter atwww.twitter.com/kirsten-crow)

WHO: Laredo Institute of The-atrical EducationWHAT: “Cabaret” (For matureaudiences 18 and older)WHEN: 8 p.m. tonight, Aug. 14; 8p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15; and 3p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16WHERE: Laredo Center for theArts, 500 San Agustin Ave.TICKETS: $10 auditorium seat-ing and $200 for a table of sixFOR MORE INFORMATION : Callthe LCA at 725-1715.

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Photo by Gabriel Castillo | Special to the TimesCassandra Canales portrays Sally Bowles and Armando Lopez Jr. playsClifford Bradshaw in the Laredo Institute of Theatrical Education’s pro-duction of “Cabaret.”

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The Zapata Times1ST ANNIVERSARY SECTION

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009

Photo by Ricardo Segovia | The Zapata Times

A year of triumph, controversyBy DIANA R. FUENTES

THE ZAPATA TIMES

On Aug. 16, 2008, TheZapata Times gotits start with a 16-page, two-section

edition. Planning for Zapa-ta’s 150th Anniversary Cele-bration was the lead story.

Since then, The ZapataTimes has been deliveredevery Saturday to 4,000 homesin this area, providing news,sports, opinion and comics.

For 52 weeks, The ZapataTimes has sought to presentan accurate, fair and balancedlook at the issues importantto Zapata. Reporters have cov-

ered Commissioner Courtmeetings, high school sports,law enforcement, trials andelections, among many otherevents and topics.

The Zapata Times has cov-ered several controversies, in-cluding the financial difficul-ties of the Chamber ofCommerce, funding questionsabout the higher educationcenter and the more recenttrouble involving the ZapataCounty Medical Clinic.

There has been bad news:A former Border Patrol agentreceived 14 years after hepleaded guilty to taking bribesfor allowing a load of cocaineto pass through Zapata Coun-

ty. A popular Zapata HighSchool student died after hewas found unconscious in aNorth Texas state park, andother Zapatans perished inhighway and other accidents.

But there was also plentyof good news: The ZapataHigh School Mariachis onceagain took top national andinternational honors; the an-nual Zapata County Fair hon-ored one of the city’s mostpopular couples, Juanita andOsvaldo Ramirez, as the pa-rade’s grand marshals; andZapata’s SesquicentennialCelebration was a unique fes-tival enjoyed by thousands.

Construction has been a

major part of the landscapefor the last year. Work on thenew Arturo L. Benavides Ele-mentary School in San Ygna-cio began last October andit’s expected to be ready laterthis year. A new water intakesystem is already in use, anda $2.6 million project to in-stall drainage and pavestreets in San Ygnacio is un-derway. Building of the newZapata County Museum con-tinues apace, as reported onpage 1A of today’s edition.

Of course, Falcon Lake is aprominent feature of Zapata.Fishing tournaments attractnational-level sportsmen andthere are multiple sporting

events to raise funds for localcauses, including the annualsporting clay tournament forthe Boys and Girls Club of Za-pata. Hang gliders fromaround the globe once againflocked to Zapata’s clear skies,aiming for new world records.

Other hot-button storiesover the past year included:Zapata’s first case of the H1N1virus, also known as the swineflu, which saw the person re-covering just fine; talk of in-corporating the town of Zapa-ta as a city was brought upand once again pushed to aback burner; and commis-sioners sought to regulate sex-ually oriented businesses.

All of these stories are onpages that can be found inthe archives of The ZapataTimes’ Web site: www.theza-patatimes.com

The Zapata Times plans tocontinue working for the com-munity in its second year, giv-ing a voice to the voiceless andserving as a watchdog overgovernment spending andelected officials.

The paper’s opinion pagewelcomes letters to the editor.For more information, seepage 4A of today’s edition.

The office is located at 1309N. U.S. 83 at 14th Avenue,Suite 2. Business manager isZapata native Dora Martinez.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009 THE ZAPATA TIMES | 8A

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata TimesMiguel Lopez goes over some old family photos with Enoc and Ray Lopez andrelates how the family history has grown in the town Lopeño during the LopeñoHistorical Reminiscing at the Lopeño Community Center.

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata TimesLaredoan Richard Cremo, right and his fishing partner Pete Elliott follow oth-er fishermen as they make their way onto Falcon Lake for the FLW-Stern Se-ries Fishing Tournament.

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata TimesWorld Recold holder Gary Osaba does last minute preparation on his sailplane before taking a test run along the Zapata County Airport in search ofbreaking his own record.

THE YEAR IN PICTURES

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata TimesZapata County Fair Queen Runner Up Alexis R. Garza looks towards the crowds at the 2009 Zapata County Parade.

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata Times2009 Zapata County Fair Parade Marshalls Juanita and Oswaldo Ramirez react being congratulated by members ofthe community during the 2009 Zapata County Fair Kick Off Parade at the Zapata County Courthouse.

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata TimesZapata High School Band marches along Highway 83 as they get ready to play during the 2009 Zapata County Parade.

By JULIE DAFFERNTHE ZAPATA TIMES

The River PierceFoundation is mak-ing progress on SanYgnacio’s Treviño

Fort, also known as Treviño-Uribe Rancho, one of themost historically significantstructures in Zapata County.

In fact, Christopher Rin-con, executive director ofthe foundation, expects theemergency stabilization tobe complete some time inJanuary or February. TheTexas Historical Commis-sion awarded a matchinggrant for stabilization inMay 2008, according toMichael Tracy, an artistwho has been working on

the restoration project formore than a decade.

“We’re moving forward,”Tracy said. He pointed outthe original structure of thefort had nothing to do withthe military. It was built asshelter when San Ygnaciowas first founded.

After the stabilization iscomplete, Rincon said thefoundation would work withthe National Park Service todo a historic structure reporton the fort.

He added the report wouldserve as a road map for thestructure that was “devel-oped over the course of 50years.

“There was no photo-graphic documentation onwhat it looked like before

1936,” Rincon said, addingthat in putting together thereport the group will exam-ine many details such aswood conservation tech-niques, masonry techniquesand archeology.

Detailing one of the manypoints the group will look at,he said, “Rooflines on thewest side are pitched. Origi-nally they were flat-roofed,but that doesn’t mean theyweren’t originally pitched onthe north side.”

As members of the River

Pierce Foundation look tothe next step when stabi-lization is complete, Rinconsaid they have been lucky tohave good partners, includ-ing: the Texas HistoricalCommission, National ParkService, National Trust forHistorical Preservation, theGuadalupe and Lilia Mar-tinez Foundation and theBrown Foundation Inc., ofHouston.

(Julie Daffern may bereached at 728-2565 or jdaf-fern@lmtonline.com)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009 THE ZAPATA TIMES | 9A

Progress seen on old Fort Treviño

Photos by Jerry Lara | San Antonio Express-NewsThe Don Jesus Treviño fort is seen in San Ygnacio, Texas, Wednesday, April 8. Bought by local artist Michael Tracy, the River Pierce Foundation is raising funds to restore the building. It was designated at National His-toric Landmark in 1998.

FFAARR LLEEFFTT: Artist MichaelTracy talks about therestoration of the fort inSan Ygnacio, Texas, Wednes-day, April 8. Tracy, throughhis River Pierce Foundation,has undertaken the restora-tion process of the fort. Therestoration continues asfunds become available.LLEEFFTT:: River Pierce Founda-tion's Christopher Rinconstands by the main en-trance at the Don Jesus Tre-viño fort in San Ygnacio,Wednesday, April 8. Thefoundation has taken up therestoration of the fort.

10A | THE ZAPATA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009

SÁBADO 15 DE AGOSTO DE 2009PÁG. 11A ZfronteraExponenprogramade inglés

Mier donde podrá viviraventuras

POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOVTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CIUDAD MIER -Si es amante dela cultura y la aventura, tiene la op-ción de visitar el único PuebloMágico en la frontera de Méxicocon Estados Unidos.

Podrá vivir su historia y tradi-ciones en el municipio de Miér, elcual representa otra alternativapara los visitantes que van en buscade cultura, aventura y deportes ex-tremos dentro de escenarios natu-rales con servicios, productos y es-tándares de calidad internacional.

Antiguamente se le conocíacomo “El Paso del Cántaro” ó “Es-tancia de Mier”.

Herbey Ramos Ramos, DirectorGeneral de Servicios Turísticos,afirmó que el impulso del gober-nador Eugenio Hernández Florespara mejorar la infraestructuraturística de esta localidad ha mere-cido que sea reconocido como elmunicipio que mayor inversión ypromoción recibe dentro del exclu-sivo grupo de los denominadosPueblos Mágicos.

Y es que Mier, además de poseerbellezas naturales y paisajes varia-dos, ha sido escenario de hechoshistóricos y decisivos en la vida na-cional, como el proceso de conforma-ción de la frontera México-EstadosUnidos, recibió la visita del ex presi-dente americano Dwight Eisenhow-er durante la inauguración la presainternacional Falcón y es cuna devarios ex gobernadores del estado.

El funcionario explicó que al serdeclarado por la Secretaría de Turis-mo Federal como Pueblo Mágico, rep-resenta una oportunidad de crec-imiento económico, generación dedivisas y empleos para la región, yaque este programa recibe aporta-ciones de los diferentes órdenes de go-bierno, permite estructurar una ofer-ta turística innovadora y original queaumenta los flujos de visitantes.

Mier cuenta con infraestructurade hospedaje variada, artesanías, gas-tronomía, edificios históricos,fuentes monumentales, columnasconmemorativas, leyendas, tradi-ciones, festividades cívicas, reli-giosas, populares, monumentos, op-ciones para la caza y pesca, turismorural y de aventura, entre otras op-ciones para el esparcimiento familiar.

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

SAN ANTONIO , TX.- La Univer-sidad de Texas convocó a México aque participara en la “Segunda con-ferencia anual sobre estrategiaslaborales” con su experiencia en laenseñanza del inglés como segundalengua.

En ese sentido y derivado de losavances que Tamaulipas tiene enesa materia, el Secretario de Edu-cación a nivel nacional Alonso Lu-jambio, pidió al Secretario de Ed-ucación de Tamaulipas, JoséManuel Assad Montelongo,asistiera en su representaciónpara que expusiera los logros y al-cances que se tienen hasta el mo-mento en nuestro país.

Por tal motivo con asistencia deacadémicos de diversos estados dela Unión Americana, Assad Monte-longo presentó el Programa de In-glés en educación básica comolíder a nivel nacional ante la comu-nidad académica de Texas, Califor-nia y Nueva York, entre otras,quienes estudian la importanciadel inglés entre las comunidadespara integrarse a la competitivi-dad laboral. Las actividades se de-sarrollaron los días 10, 11 y 12 deagosto del presente año, siendo elsegundo día la participación deltitular del ramo educativo de la en-tidad quien además fue nombradolíder de los siete estados que es-tablecen reuniones de planeaciónsobre la enseñanza del inglés, de-bido a que son los que tienen may-ores avances.

Estos estados son Tamaulipasquien encabeza la lista con mayoreslogros, apoyo y cobertura, por otrolado Sinaloa, Durango, Aguas-calientes, Coahuila, Nuevo León ySonora.

En compañía del CoordinadorNacional de Inglés, Dr. JuanManuel Martínez García, el Secre-tario de Educación de Tamaulipas,hizo ver el liderazgo del estado y elapoyo por parte del Gobernador Eu-genio Hernández Flores para lo-grar estas metas en las que la enti-dad desea contar con ciudadanosmás competitivos, para que puedandesarrollar sus competencias en elámbito laboral.

Frenarán fraude en permisosPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

A lo largo de la frontera México-Estados Unidos, nacionales mexi-canos fueron víctimas de estafa yhan enfrentado a la justicia federalpor haber confiado el trámite de in-ternación vehicular a “Coyotes”.

Es el caso de Ricardo SaldañaRodríguez, residente en Illinois,que viaja anualmente a la comu-nidad “El Tecolote”, en el Munici-pio de San Francisco, del Rincón,Guanajuato, frontera con el estadode Jalisco, quien tuvo problemascon los jsuticia federal.

“Estaba cansado y alguien,cuando llegué a Nuevo Laredo, seme acercó y me habló de sus con-tactos para tramitar el permiso

del auto y que poruna módicapropina me ayu-daría”, dice Sal-daña. “Estuve in-deciso, pero meconvenció. Le en-tregué dinero y en20 minutos re-gresó, según, condocumentos y la autorización.Seguí el procidimiento y continúemi camino para viajar al sur delpaís”, explicó.

“Pero me tocó semáforo “rojo”en el punto de revision de la car-ratera federal 85, y los oficiales di-jeron que el permiso era falso”,dijo.

Ahora, los nacionales mexi-canos que viajan durante días fes-

tivos a visitar a sus familiares enMéxico no tendrán que ser vícti-mas de estafa, ni perderán sus ve-hículos ni se verán en problemasjudiciales.

El Programa Paisano se mod-ernizó para expedir permisos deinternación vehicular en 11 con-sulados mexicanos en EstadosUnidos, cuatro se localizan enTexas.

Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth yAustin, abrieron un espacio en elConsulado Mexicano para el Ban-co del Ejército, dijo en LaredoMario Pérez, coordinador del Pro-grama Paisano en la tecercerregión, del Consulado de Houston.

“Desde la comodidad de su ofic-ina, casa ó en alguna computadorapodrán también tramitar por In-

ternet su permiso”, dijo Pérez,“En 7 días podrán responderles yles llegaóa por correo el hologra-ma que deberán adherir alparabrisas de su auto”.

El Ministro Miguel ÁngelIsidro, del Consulado de México enLaredo, dijo que Pérez estará acargo de la verificación del Pro-grama Paisano en una región quecubre varios estados en la UniónAmericana, principalmente en elárea fronteriza.

Pérez se entrevistó con fun-cionarios mexicanos en NuevoLaredo, vinculados al ProgramaPaisanos, a fin de buscar estrate-gias que puedan orientar alcruce ágil y sin problemas a losnacionales que viajan al sur deMéxico.

PÉREZ

Campaña contra denguePrimera fumigación inició en placita Mil Colores

POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOVTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

MIGUEL ALEMAN, TAMPS -Los esquemas de prevenciónserón las mejores opciones parapreservar la salud, dijo el AécaldeServando Lopez Moreno, al coor-dinar su administración con el Dr.Jaime Emilio Gutierrez, de la Ju-risdicción Sanitaria No. 5, en elinicio de la primera campaña defumigación contra el dengue.

El evento inció en la PlacitaMil Colores de la colonia Bar-rera, acompañado de los respons-ables de la sanidad municipal.

“Apostamos a la prevención.No vamos a esperar a que se pre-sente el primer caso de dengue.Todos sabemos que los mosqui-tos trasmisores podrían afectarla salud de nuestra ciomunidad”,dijo Lopez Moreno. “Vamos a fu-migar cada rincon de la ciudad,asignaremos mayor interés en lu-gares identificados en su repro-ducción (del mosquitotrasmisor)”. De la JurisdicciónSanitaria, asistió Blanca Ro-dríguez, coordinadora de vec-tores, dirigiendo la operacióncon cuatro unidades y seis

máquinas fumigadorasportátiles comenzando en la colo-nia Barrera y arrollo El Buey.

El éxito de prevención con-siste en que los ciudadanostomen una actitud de respons-abilidad al permitir que los vec-tores, entren hasta los lugaresmas apartados de las viviendas osimplemente abran sus puertaspara que el veneno haga los efec-tos y acabe con los mosquitos.

También es necesario que sedeshagan de los “cacharros”, yaque es ahí donde en mosquito“Aedes aegypti” incuba sushuevecillos, por lo que también snecesario evitar, la maleza cerca

de las casas, charcos o acumu-lación de agua en recipientescomo” yogas” y botellas.

Finalmente dijo el alcalde quegracias a la disponibilidad del Ing.Eugenio Hernández, gobernadorde Tamaulipas, Miguel Alemán sesiente protegido por que todas lasgestione que se han hecho hantenido una respuesta satisfactoriacomo la que hoy se hace presentepara prevenir el dengue.

El Dr. Gutierrez de la Jurisdic-cion Sanitaria, dijo que existe unimportante equema de coordi-nación con los alcaldes de MiguelAlemán, Ciudad Mier y CiudadGuerrero.

Alertan nodescuidarsu salud

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CD. VICTORIA, Tamaulipas.-Cualquier infección respiratoria,por simple que parezca, se debe lle-var a la persona, sobre todo si esmenor de edad, a recibir la aten-ción médica adecuada y oportuna.

Esta recomendación se hizopara la comunidad tamaulipeca yasistan a las unidades de salud, delos 43 municipios de Tamaulipas,según un comunicado de prensa.

Evitará complicaciones y detec-tar a tiempo padecimientos comoneumonía o influenza, por lo quedebemos evitar la automedicación.

El doctor Juan GuillermoMansur Arzola, Secretario deSalud en la entidad, explicó que laautomedicación se presenta regu-larmente cuando el paciente regis-tra padecimientos como la gripe otos y no se acude a las unidades desalud a recibir la atención médicay se consumen medicamentos quese anuncian a través de los mediosde comunicación.

Esta situación, que afortunada-mente la población esta tomandomayor conciencia para no re-alizarla, se adopta para contrar-restar las infecciones respiratoriasagudas principalmente, convir-tiéndola en un serio problema desalud.

“La automedicación implicauna resistencia a los antibióticos ycomo consecuencia mayores difi-cultades para controlar el padec-imiento, lo que ocasiona que el pa-ciente en la mayoría de los casosrequiera de hospitalización y endonde el gobernador del estado Eu-genio Hernández Flores, ha dado laindicación para que se difundanlas medidas preventivas para evi-tar esta practica por demás ries-gosa”, destacó Mansur Arzola.

Esta costumbre en la que antecualquier gripa o malestar, lapoblación llega a ingerir medica-mentos comerciales que anuncianen los diferentes medios de comu-nicación, provoca que una infec-ción respiratoria no sea tratada demanera adecuada, sino todas porigual, lo que causa en muchas oca-siones complicaciones en el desar-rollo de la enfermedad o resisten-cia a los antibióticos.

Los síntomas característicos delas infecciones respiratorias agu-das son el malestar general, fiebre,secreción nasal, dificultad pararespirar, respiración rápida y rui-dosa por lo que se debe acudir almédico para proporcionar el

Foto Cortesía | Gobierno Miguel Alemán Blanca Rodríguez coordinadora de vectores, dirigiendo la operación con cuatro unidades y seis maquinas fumigadorasportátiles que inicio por la colonia Barrera y arrollo el buey .

“Vamos a fumigar cada rincón de la ciudad, asignaremos mayor interés en lugares identificados en su reproducción.”ALCALDE SERVANDO LOPEZ MORENO

KCSM tendrá trenes ‘verdes’, evitará contaminarPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE LAREDO

NUEVO LAREDO -Contecnología de punta,menos emisiones, másahorro de combustible ymayor confiabilidad,Kansas City Southern deMéxico (KCSM) renovarásu flotilla de locomotoras.

Durante este fin de sem-ana, dos de las 27 locomo-toras “verdes” que seránKCSM en el Corredor In-termodal Internacionalcruzaron esta frontera, deacuerdo a un comunicado.

José Zozaya, Presidente yRepresentante Ejecutivo deKCSM, dijo que 16 locomo-toras serán reconstruidas porElectro-Motive Diesel (EMD).

“(KCS) invierte en loco-motoras amigables medi-ante la reconstrucción quele permite mejorar su flotay actualizar el equipo depatio y de camino”, dijoZozaya. “Es tecnología depunta, sus motores seráncontrolados por micro-

procesadores, lograndomenos emisiones e incre-mento en la eficiencia deluso de combustible”.

Debido a esta inversión,la compañía contará conmayor disponibilidad deservicio y costos de man-tenimiento predecibles.

“Para KCSM es unorgullo invertir en estetipo de tecnologías para

contribuir a cuidar elmedio ambiente. Estatransformación beneficiaa los mexicanos y al medioambiente, así como a nue-stros clientes”, dijo Zoza-ya de KCSM. “Me com-place compartir lasinnovaciones que se ha-cen en beneficio del Corre-dor Intermodal Interna-cional con la finalidad de

incrementar su eficienciay seguridad”

Las 27 locomotoras es-tán siendo transfor-madas de unidades SD40y GP40, de aproximada-mente 40 años deantigüedad. Una vez quehayan sido transfor-madas, solamente per-manecerá el cuerpo y es-tructura originales.

TransformaciónLas locomotoras mini-

mizan el consumo de com-bustible y cumplen con lacantidad de emisiones per-mitidas. Representan un 25por ciento de ahorro encombustible, 50 por cientode reducción en aceite lu-bricante y 70 por ciento dereducción en emisiones degas de efecto invernadero,añade de Zozaya de KCSM.

Permitirá acatar el USEnvironmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) Tier II y sonaptas para subvención es-tatal y federal comoproyectos de aire limpio.

KCS ha recibido finan-ciamiento y continúa en labúsqueda de más apoyospara proyectos adicionales.

Las soluciones de recon-strucción incluyen las op-ciones de motores de dieselEMD de 2000thp con ochocilindros y 3000thp con 12cilindros, tanto para aplica-ciones de caballos de fuerzabajas como para medianas.

Foto Cortesía | KCSMKansas City Southern de México (KCSM) renovará su flotilla de locomotoras. Cruzaron de Laredo a la cap-ital mexicana dos de las dos de las 27 locomotoras “verdes”.

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OBITUARIES

ZAPATA — Felipe Salinas81, passed away Saturday,Aug. 8, 2009, at Laredo Med-ical Center.

Mr. Salinas is preceded indeath by his, wife, San JuanaSalinas; brother, ManuelSalinas; and by a sister, Mar-tiana (Raul) Del Bosque.

Mr. Salinas is survived byhis sons, Jose Eloy (Viola)Salinas, Javier (Monica)Salinas; daughter, Rosa (An-tonio) Leal; grandchildren,Jose Eloy Jr. (Yolanda) Sali-nas, Cesar (Veronica Ben-itez) Salinas, Jose Luis Sali-nas, Roberto A. Leal, CindyLeal, Lizette (Pete) Vegas,Gricelda (Donato) Garza,Terry (Christina) Salinas,Javier Rene (Marissa) Sali-nas; great-grandchildren, Re-becca Y. Salinas, Jose EloySalinas III, Jose Daniel Sali-nas, Janely L. Garcia, BelenSalinas, Victor Salinas, Mar-cos Salinas, Jolynn Salinas,Donato Garza Jr., ClaudiaGarza, Kayla Salinas; broth-er, Francisco (Rosa) Salinas;sister, Angelica (Ramiro) DelBosque; sister-in-law, Mar-garita Salinas and by numer-ous nephews, nieces andmany friends.

Visitation hours wereheld Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009,from 6 to 9 p.m. with a rosaryat 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Fu-

neral Home.The funeral procession de-

parted Monday, Aug. 10, 2009,at 9:45 for a 10 a.m. funeralMass at Our Lady of LourdesCatholic Church. Committalservices followed at ZapataCounty Cemetery.

Condolences may be sentto the family atwww.rosegardenfuneral-home.com

Funeral arrangementswere under the direction ofRose Garden Funeral Home,Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral di-rector, 2102 US Hwy. 83 Zapata.

FFEELLIIPPEE SSAALLIINNAASS

Arturo N. Benavides Sr.,was honored at the fundraiserThursday. Otero said Bena-vides is a 71-year-old busi-nessman, rancher and philan-thropist who has been a “bigsupporter of the food bankand its Kids Café program.”

“We got so many positiveremarks after the concertand after the whole func-tion,” Otero said. “We put alot of smiles on a lot of peo-ples’ faces.”

The food bank, whilebased in Laredo, distributesfood in Zapata via five agen-cies: Helping Hands, Boysand Girls Club, Concilio ElBuen Pastor, Iglesia Pente-costes Emmanuel and Shep-herd’s Pantry.

(Nick Georgiou may bereached at 728-2582 ornickg@lmtonline.com)

Commissioner Jose Vela said, “Ijust wish that this CommissionersCourt would be authorized to takeaction with this clinic.”

The employees, who asked not tobe identified, said the delayed checkwas just too much after havingtheir salaries cut to $7.25 and losingtheir benefits.

Even after having heard theirchecks had been sent out the Satur-day before, the group said theywould not return to work becausethe trust had been lost.

“We’ve gone through all this. If wego back, who guarantees us thatwe’re not going to be (not) paidagain?” one employee told the court.

Pelaez said an increase in patientflow has led to greater demands onstaff, equipment and inventory,

stretching a budget that has re-mained the same since 2006.

“Zapata is becoming a moderncity with modern needs,” Pelaezsaid. “Health care is an issue acrossthe nation.”

He added that in 2006, the clinicsaw an average of 500 patients amonth, but that number has grownto 1,200 a month in 2009.

Figures for 2006 were unavail-able, but a report submitted bySands on July 1 showed that the av-erage number of patients in 2007was 919 and the average number ofpatients served in first six monthsof 2009 was 1,128.

Several cuts were made to theclinic’s budget in July. A noticeposted at the clinic stated the labo-ratory would be closed and all blood

samples would be sent to Lab Corpwith the exception of completeblood counts and urinalysis. Also,the 24-hour pharmacy was closed.

Currently, the county gives theclinic $139,282 a month out of thegeneral fund to operate, accordingto County Auditor Doroteo Garza.In March, an additional $48,680 wasapproved by the court to supple-ment a raise for the doctors from$100 to $165 an hour, conditionally:the money must be available in aspecial account set aside for theclinic’s revenues.

Other payments from the specialaccount can be made with thecourt’s approval.

Garza said the balance of theclinic’s account Friday was about$90,000.

The contract with Zapata Med-ical Group is up at the end of Sep-tember. The county is seeking pro-posals, and Vela said Monday thecounty had received six.

The commissioner said he ex-pects the county to choose aprovider in September.

“By no means are we cutting offDr. Sands,” Vela said later in theweek. “He’ll be eligible.”

Commissioner Gabriel Villar-real said he met with officials atLaredo Medical Center who ex-pressed interest in submitting aproposal.

Vela said Zapata is one of the fewcounties that pays so much forhealthcare.

“The only reason we do that is be-cause we want to be able to provide

24-hour health care for everyone —more so for the indigent,” he said.

Also at Monday’s meeting, thecourt:

approved the tax rate for the2009-10 fiscal year at about .74 centsfor every $100 in appraised propertyvalue, the same as last year

tabled an item that would haveextended a six-inch water line thatwould serve an area of more thanfive acres along with a 40-foot ease-ment conveyed to Zapata County

approved a item that would is-sue a request for bids for the con-struction of about 5,000 linear feetof curb and gutter on existingpaved streets in the Siesta ShoresSubdivision

(Julie Daffern may be reached at728-2565 or jdaffern@lmtonline.com)

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Photo by Guillermo Arias | APA worker of Mexico’s state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, takes photographs of a small shack where a Pemex gas pipeline was be-ing tapped on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday. Drug cartel members and other criminals bleed the fuel lines just about anywhere,sucking millions of dollars of Mexican petroleum from makeshift taps hidden in sheds or on remote desert stretches.

Pipeline thefts continue in MexicoBy MARTHA MENDOZAand JOHN PORRETTOASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — Theybleed the fuel lines justabout anywhere, drug cartelmembers and other crimi-nals, sucking millions ofdollars of Mexican petrole-um from makeshift taps hid-den in sheds or on remotedesert stretches, with thou-sands of gallons ending upin U.S. refineries.

Mexican police busted gasthieves twice this week, saidCarlos Ramirez, spokesman atMexico’s state oil monopolyPetroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.

In a colonial village a fewhours west of the capital, po-lice caught nine peopleThursday who had siphonedmore than 17,000 gallons offuel from a pipeline intowaiting tanker trucks.

On Wednesday, just onehour south of the Californiaborder near the popular beach-es of Rosarito, police pluggedthree different taps, includingone that was operating inside asmall, wooden shack.

But those busts will do lit-

tle to plug a stream of stolenpetroleum products, mil-lions of dollars worth ofwhich is smuggled acrossthe border and sold to U.S.refineries, according to theU.S. Justice Department.

While Mexican authoritiestry to patch the leaks, U.S. offi-cials are tracking proceedsfrom various Texas bank ac-counts and taking a close lookat several Texas companies toquell the theft at their end.

To date, the companies iden-tified are small fuel distribu-tors, not the major U.S. refiners.

Houston-based TrammoPetroleum president DonaldSchroeder, the first to be con-victed as part of a cross-bor-der investigation, agreed topay a $2 million fine to the U.S.government while he awaits aDecember sentencing.

In addition, on Tuesday U.S.officials handed their Mexicancounterparts a separate $2.4million refund check fromTrammo to partially compen-sate Pemex for its losses.

Schroeder pleaded guilty tobuying and reselling stolencondensate, a liquid hydrocar-bon that refiners can blend

with crude oil as they producefuel and other products.

Mexico’s federal policecommissioner, Rodrigo Es-parza, has said the Zetas, afierce drug gang alignedwith the Gulf cartel, usedfalse import documents tosmuggle at least $46 millionworth of oil in tankers tounidentified U.S. refineries.Mexico froze 149 bank ac-counts this year in connec-tion with that crime.

U.S. federal officials sayfurther arrests are expected,and U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement offi-cers have served 10 federalsearch warrants on bank ac-counts in Texas.

In May, the U.S. govern-ment seized $102,525 fromSan Antonio-based ValleyFuels Ltd. saying, in courtrecords, that ICE investiga-tors had “confirmed that thegas condensate sold by Val-ley Fuels had been stolenfrom Mexico.”

Valley Fuels presidentStephen Pechenik respond-ed in court records, denyingthat the funds had anythingto do with a conspiracy to

buy or sell stolen oil. In response to an inquiry

from The Associated Press,Valley Fuels said in an e-mail this week it has beendeluged by news media callsfor comment.

“As much as we wouldlike to tell our side for theworld to hear, our attorneyshave advised us to ‘No Com-ment,”’ the company said.

Its Web site says ValleyFuels’ business is to buy,sell and move petroleumand petroleum productsworldwide. The companysays it also specializes in“structuring transactionsthat offer the best possiblevalue to our suppliers whileat the same time providingthe lowest cost to our cus-tomers.”

Court records show an-other $40,000 was seizedfrom Continental Fuels Inc.,whose Web site lists a Hous-ton address. That seizurehas not been contested. Con-tinental Fuels, which alsodeals in the distribution ofpetroleum products, did notrespond to phone and e-mailrequests.

exhibits that youcan’t find anywhere elsein this area.”

Flores said plans in-clude turning the facili-ty into a regional muse-um that will be ashowplace for all ofSouth Texas.

“We could have trav-eling exhibits from theSmithsonian, theHouston Museum ofNatural Science andthe San Antonio Muse-um of Art,” the retirededucator said. “Peoplewouldn’t have to travelso far. They couldcome right here to Za-pata.”

(To reach Diana R.Fuentes, call 728-2581 ore-mail dfuentes@lmton-line.com)

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AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY OR ADULT STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY (18 YEARS OR OLDER OR MAR-RIED), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO:

1. RECEIVE A LIST OF THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF YOURCHILD'S EDUCATIONAL RECORDS WHICH ARE COLECTED,MAINTAINED OR USED BY THE SCHOOL (34 CFR 300.565).The student's records are maintained at the Special Education Office located at 17th & Carla Street and at the school the student attends.The referral information, the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee reports, the related servicereports, assessment reports and any correspondence pertaining to the student is kept in the main folder at the Special Education Office. The school folder containscopies of the Admission, Review or Dismissal (ARD) and Individual Educational Plan.

2. INSPECT AND REVIEW ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL RECORDS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAY AND BEFORE ANY IEP MEETING OR DUE PROCESS HEARING AND IN NO CASE MORE THAN 45 DAYS AFTER YOUR REQUEST (34 CFR 300.562).When you and/or a student makes a request, the Director of Special Education will ensure that before records are made available, identification will be required when the request is received from an individual of the specified classification who is not personally known. Each request will be honored as soon as possible, but the time will be no longer than forty-five days. The superintendent of schools will be notified if a request cannot be honored in time. A suitable place for record inspection will be provided by the Director of Special Education. The Director will see that a notification is placed in the student record folder indicating date of access,name of individual obtaining access, and reasonfor inspection.

3. SEE A LIST OF THOSE PERSONS, BESIDES YOU OR AUTHORIZED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SEEN YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL RECORDS AND WHY THEY SAW THEM. (34 CFR 300.563).

The district will not honor requests for personally identifiable information or records unless authorized by written consent by the parent/guardian or eligiblestudent unless requested by responsible school officialsneeding the information to provide educational servicesto the student. Responsible school officials are consideredto be representatives of the school listed in Texas Education Agency, Region One Education Center and the United States Government.

The Director will be responsible to determine that representatives of the agencies listed above have a legitimate need to the information to carry out an audit or monitoring function.

The list of the persons who have seen your child's records will be maintained in the individual student folder for seven consecutive years.

The Director of Special Education assumes the responsibility for ensuring the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information.

If you have any concerns regarding the confidentiality rights, feel free to write or call:

DERLY VILLARREAL, JR. DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

17th & CARLA STREETS, P.O. BOX 158 - ZAPATA, TEXAS 78076(956) 765-6130 • (956) 765-4049 • (956) 765-3967 (Fax)

ZAPATA COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTSPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS

USTED, COMO PADRE DE UN ESTUDIANTE CON IMPEDIMENTOS, OESTUDIANTE ADULTO CON IMPEDIMENTOS DE 18 ANOS ENADELANTE O CASADO TIENE EL DERECHO DE:

1. RECIBIR UNA LISTA DONDE SE LOCALIZA LOS ARCHIVOS Y TIPO DE EDUCACION QUE RECIBE SU HIJO(A) QUE SE CONSERVAN, O QUE SE UTILIZAN EN LAS ESCUELAS(34 CFR 300.565).Los archivos de los estudiantes se conservan en la oficina del Departamento de Educación Especial ubicada en 17th & Carla asi como en la escuela a la que asiste el estudiante. La información de referencia, el reporte del comité de Admisión, Repaso, y Retiro (ARD),reporte de servicios relacionados, reportes de evaluación, y correspondencia que esté relacionada con el estudiante se conservan en el archivo principal en la oficina del Departamento de EducaciónEspecial. El archivo que permanece en la escuela contiene copias del reporte de Admisión, Repaso y Retiro (ARD), reportes del comité, y El Plan Individual de Educación (IEP).

2. REVISAR Y REPASAR TODOS LOS ARCHIVOS EDUCATIVOS DE SU HIJO(A) SIN TENER QUE ESPERAR MUCHO TIEMPO, Y ANTES DE CUALQUIER JUNTA DE IEP O AUDIENCIA, Y POR NINGUN MOTIVO ESPERAR MAS DE 45 DIAS DESPUES DE HACER SU SOLICITUD (34 CFR 300.562)

Cuando usted o el estudiante hace la solicitud, el Director del Programa de Instrucción Especial, deberá solicitar, ya sea por escrito o verbalmente, que estos archivos le sean proporcionados. El Director se reserva el derecho de pedir identificación al solicitante, si este no es ampliamente conocido. Cada solicitud será atendida lo más pronto posible, y siempre antes de los 45 dias. Se dará aviso oportunamente al Superintendente de las escuelas si por algun motivo la solicitud no puede ser atendida dentro de los 45 dias. El Director del Programa de Instrucción Especial asignará un lugar apropiado para el repaso de los archivos. El Director anotará en archivo del estudiante la fecha en que se llevó a cabo el repaso del archivo, el nombre de la persona que hizo la solicitud, y la razón por la cual se hizo el repaso.

3. TENER ACCESO A LA LISTA DE PERSONAS, ADEMAS DE USTED O PERSONAL AUTORIZADO DE LAS ESCUELAS, QUE HAN TENIDO ACCESO A LOS ARCHIVOS EDUCATIVOS DE SU HIJO(A) Y LA RAZON POR LO CUAL FUERON REVISADOS(34 CFR 300.563).

El distrito no atenderá la solicitud para la revisión de archivoscon información personal si no está autorizada por escrito porlos padres/tutores o estudiante elegible y solamante se está autorizado por algún oficial responsable de la escuela que necesite la información para prestar servicios educativos al estudiante. Oficial responsable de la escuela se considera a aquellas personas que se considera sean representantes de laescuela según la lista del Boletin de la Agencia de Educación de Texas, Centro Educativo Region I, la Agencia de Educación de Texas, y el gobierno de los Estados Unidos. El Director tendrá a su cargo la responsibilidad de verificar que las razones de los representantes de las agencias arriba mencionadas sean legitimas y necesarias para llevar acabo una auditoria o para supervisar las actividades. Una lista de las personas que han revisado el archivo de su hijo(a) se mantendrán en el archivo personal del estudiante por un periodo de siete años consecutivos. El Director del Programa de Instrucción Especial es responsable de mantener información confidencial y no podrá dar ninguna información a la persona sin presentar propia identificación y consentimiento de los padres o tutor.Si tiene alguna duda sobre sus derechos confideciales, puede llamar o escribir a:

DERLY VILLARREAL, JR.

DIRECTOR DEL PROGRAMA DE EDUCACION ESPECIAL

17th & CARLA STREETS, P.O. BOX 158 - ZAPATA, TEXAS 78076

(956) 765-6130 • (956) 765-4049 • (956) 765-3967 (Fax)

DISTRITO ESCOLAR INDEPENDIENTE DEL CONDADO DE ZAPATA OFICINA DE EDUCACION ESPECIAL

DERECHOS CONFIDENCIALES

Jose Maria FloresPrincipalZapata High SchoolBox 3750Zapata, Texas 78076(956) 765-0280

Gerardo MontesPrincipalA.L. Benavides ElementaryP.O. Box 219San Ygnacio, Texas 78067(956) 765-5611

Carmen G. ZavalaPrincipalFidel & Andrea R. Villarreal ElementaryBox 3637Zapata, Texas 78076(956) 765-4321

Gerardo H. GarciaPrincipalZapata Middle SchoolBox 3636Zapata, Texas 78076(956) 765-6542Pedro M. MoralesPrincipalZapata South ElementaryBox 2030Zapata, Texas 78076(956) 765-4332Erica A. RamirezPrincipalZapata North Early Childhood CenterBox 3224Zapata, Texas 78076(956) 765-6917

Derly Villarreal, Jr.Director of Special Instructional ServicesP.O. Box 158Zapata, Texas 78076(956) 765-6130

Esperanza MoraChild Find SpecialistRegion One ESC1900 West SchuniorEdinburg, Texas 78539(800) 274-7346

Esperanza GarciaProject Nino Director5707 SpringfieldSuite 2Laredo, Texas 78041(956) 728-1769

Do you know a child or a student ages 0-21 who shows signs of developmentaldelay, on-going learning problems, behavioral or medical problems that interferewith learning? Do you suspect the presence of a disability?

Zapata County Independent School District has an on-going process in identifying, locating and evaluating any children/students residing within thedistrict who are in need of special education and related services. Please contact any of the following for referral information:

¿Conoce Ud. Algún niño o algún estudiante entre la edad de 0 a los 21 años quedemuestre retraso del desarrollo, problemas de aprendizaje, problemas de salud oproblemas de comportamiento que se interponen con su aprendizaje? ¿SospechaUd. la presencia de algún impedimento?

El distrito escolar del condado de Zapata tiene un proceso para identificar, localizar y evaluar niños o alumnos dentro del distrito escolar que tienen necesidad de educación especial o de servicios relacionados. Para más información favor de comunicarse con alguna de las siguientes personas:

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The Zapata TimesON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COMSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009

Lady Hawks now 1-2

By CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Zapata Lady Hawks hold a 1-2record as they officially kicked off thevolleyball season this week.

Monday night, the team lost to theLady Jerseys in Falfurrias, 21-25, 17-25, 16-25.

The Lady Hawks had little time toponder that game because theyplayed the following morning inLaredo.

Zapata, Lyndon B. Johnson andSt. Augustine played in a tri-matchat the LBJ gymnasium Tuesdaymorning.

LBJ (2-0) came from behind to beatZapata 25-17, 26-24, 23-25, 25-27, 15-10.

“Zapata has a really good team,”LBJ coach Priscilla San Miguel said.“They made us work a lot. They hadus on the ropes but the girls foughtback and finally learned to finish agame.”

The Lady Hawks (0-2) came out onfire and jumped out to a 6-4 lead ontwo kills by Brandi King.

“We started out slow and it contin-ued from our game against Falfur-rias,” Zapata coach Rosie Villarrealsaid. “We still have a lot of work todo.”

23 killsKing was sensational on the

court as she utilized the middle offloor to her advantage, and had abird’s-eye view of her next point ofattack.

She put on a 23-kill performanceto keep the Lady Wolves defense ontheir toes throughout the wholegame.

Momentum shifted towards theLady Wolves as they capitalized onZapata’s serving woes.

The Lady Hawks were having ahard time getting the ball over thenet on their serves.

The defense was getting the ballto the setter to add to Villarreal’sanxiety.

“A lot of our passes were notthere,” she said. “If we cannot getthe pass to the setter then we cannotget the ball to our hitters.”

LBJ build a six-point lead on killsby Jenny Luna to start pulling awayfrom Zapata and take game one.

Game two seesawed back andforth, as the biggest lead in thegame was two points.

King had four kills to keep Zapa-ta in the game to complement KatGarcia’s three kills.

Zapata let the game slip away asthey held 24-23 lead, forcing SanMiguel to call a time out to settleher team down.

San Miguel’s tactic worked, asthe Lady Wolves scored two straightpoints to take the game.

With their backs against the wall,Zapata dug in mounted a comeback.

Zapata in the third game fell be-hind early but kept the score close.They finally took their first lead ofthe game on a kill by Adriana Peñato make it 21-20.

Zapata pulled out the game toforce a fourth game.

The Lady Hawks showed somebrilliant play when they weredown 24-23, King unleashed a killthat hit the back line to tie thegame.

LBJ had a hard time with theirservice as Zapata had seven aces byPeña (two), Selina Mata (two) andLoralee Rivera (three).

Zapata won to force a fifth gamebut the Lady Hawks ran out ofsteam as LBJ took the match.

The Lady Hawks then faced St.Augustine in the second game ofthe day, and came out firing on allcylinders.

King and company took out theirfrustration on the Lady Knights bywinning in three straight, 25-18, 25-9, 25-14 for their first victory of theseason.

The offense led by King (10kills and five aces) and Peña (fivekills).

Setters Lexi Garza and LaurenMendoza kept the ball in King andPeña’s hands to help the LadyHawks to their first victory.

Team wins in season’s 1st week

Footballers scrimmage todayBy JOY LINDSAY

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Two weeks of practice will be putto the test today as the Zapata Hawksfootball team scrimmages againstTuloso-Midway in Corpus Christi.

The District 32-3A Hawks willtangle with the 31-4A Warriors ineach team’s first warmup for the2009 season.

Many of Zapata’s players had novarsity experience prior to trainingcamp, and head coach Mario Arceis looking forward to the opportuni-ty to see them compete.

“The kids are picking up on whatwe are trying to do,” Arce said. “We

have a lot of kids who were JV foot-ball players last year playing at skillpositions, and they are still gettingused to the speed of varsity.

“The scrimmage will give us agood chance to see where we’re at.”

Juniors Luis Gonzalez and An-drew Magee and sophomoreManuel Salinas are still battling itout for the Hawks’ starting quar-terback job, and today will help de-termine who is the best man forthe job.

“We’re still looking at three ofour QBs,” Arce said. “We want tosee which one can run our offensebetter so we know what we can do.The other two will play other posi-

tions once we decide.”Gonzalez is still the frontrun-

ner for the job after finishing lastseason in the QB spot, and has tak-en the majority of the snaps withZapata’s first practice group. Buthis competitors are also getting“their share” of practice time andhave been doing well with it.

“We had our intrasquad scrim-mage, and all three looked prettycomfortable,” Arce said. “All threeare good athletes, we just need tosee which one will fit well withour offense. We’re a running team,but we throw sometimes, use a lit-tle play-action. The kid we feel willwork with that most smoothly is

the kid we’ll lean to.”Keeping up with his peers has

made Salinas an impressive pres-ence at Hawks’ practice, as he hasmade up for his lack of experiencewith raw athletic talent.

Another JV callup who hascaught Arce’s attention is runningback David Dominguez, who hesays, “looks pretty impressive.”

On defense, corner FrankieTrejo has made the biggest im-pression so far.

“He’s an all-around athlete,”Arce said. “We could put him any-where.”

(Joy Lindsay may be reached at728-2576 or jlindsay@lmtonline.com)

Boys look forward to a run for state meet

CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNERS READY

Coach expects seniors to lead the team by example

Courtesy photoMembers of the Zapata girls’ cross country team include, from left, Amber Guzman, Gloria Jauregui, Alba Jasso, Adrianna Ramirez and Marlena Garcia.

By CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The sport of cross-countyis not for the weakminded individual, butfor the mentally strong

who are willing, almost beggingto be pushed to the limit every-day, to hit the road and returnthe following day.

Zapata head coach Mike Vil-larreal has turned to his seniorswho have been through his gruel-ing workouts and continue to re-turn for more, year after year.

He expects and demands theseniors lead by example whenthey run for the Lady Hawk crosscountry team.

“High expectations and de-mands have been placed on theseniors in hope of a leader emerg-ing from them,” Villarreal said.

“Cross country is not a sportwhere talking makes you a leader.Our leaders must lead by exam-ple; running hard, going aboveand beyond the coaches expecta-tions, battling through adversary

and keeping the team together.”Twenty girls are vying to cap-

ture one of the seven varsityspots Villarreal has available. Hepoints out that team dynamicscan change from week to week asthey must prove they belong onthe varsity.

“There have been no new facesto the varsity team,” Villarrealsaid. “The varsity for the firstmeet only has been set through atime trial. After the first meet thevarsity might change based on

times week to week.”The team is diligently moving

towards its goal as they practiceeveryday on the streets of Zapa-ta, since early June.

They are working towardsmaking a return trip to the statemeet and have been pushingtheir bodies to the limit.

“We are steadily progressingtowards our goals,” Villarrealsaid in reference to capture astate title.

Villarreal wants the Lady

Hawks to make this year a memo-rable year and has adjusted train-ing to find that last key to Zapata’ssuccess at the state level.

“Our training has slightchanges from last year,” he said.“We (Villarreal and boys crosscountry coach Luis Escamilla) vis-ited with many coaches from thetop teams in the state to see wherewe were in comparison. Our train-ing does not differ much.”

The team is targeting theamount of miles they run on aweekly basis and are buildingon what the team accomplishedduring the track season lastspring.

The Lady Hawks will put theirtraining to the test as they openthe season on their home courseat the Sixth Annual South TexasStampede on August 22.

Zapata will face some stiffcompetition in its own cross-country meet, as three teams inlast year’s race made their way tothe state meet.

By CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Zapata head boys’ cross coun-try coach Luis Escamilla had abanner year in his first season atthe helm of the program.

The Hawks captured the dis-trict title behind the perform-ance of Raul Serna who also cap-tured the individual title.

Zapata continued its domi-nance at the regional meet asthey captured the runner up tro-phy on their way to the statemeet.

The Hawks flew into fifthplace at the state meet and hopeto build on that success.

Escamilla, now in his sopho-more year, put the team on ayear-round training program inearly December, two weeks afterthe Hawks ran at the state meet,started to train for the 2009 cross-country season.

The Hawk runners ran track

to improve their performances.In addition they work on otherphysiological essential compo-nents.

“Generally speaking, we run49 weeks in a year,” Escamillasaid. “I allow two weeks off afterthe cross-country season to reju-venate and one week off aftertrack.”

Mandatory summer practicesstarted June 1 and 27 out of 30runners showed up for summerworkouts.

Escamilla will have to dealwith the graduation of Raul Ser-na, Luis “Chino” Olvera, JerryChapa and Ricardo Aguilar whowere vital to the team’s success.

The Hawks return seniorsKeith Cobb and Juan Alvarado,junior Danny Garcia and sopho-more Edgar Hernandez.

Making their varsity debutare seniors Albert Chapa andOmar Hernandez, sophomoresRafer Benavides and Jose Re-

sendez and freshmen Horse Gar-cia.

The Hawks will be lead byCobb, who has emerged as thetop runner for the team early inthe season.

“He’s a beast,” Escamilla said.“Not to long ago, he hammeredme on a 70 min run. It’s amazingto witness a guy who used to be a110 hurdler, emerging into a mid-distance runner. He has onlybeen running distance for elevenmonths.”

Cobb ran 5:10 during the cross-country season last year, but bytrack season he ran 4:38 and 2:01with about an hour-and-a-halfrest at the district meet.

“I expect him to be in the top10 at state helping us get on thepodium for the medal presenta-tion,” Escamilla said.

The Hawks have set theirgoals high with their trip to statelast year.

“It’s expected,” Escamilla said

of the team’s chances of return-ing to state.

“Our region is the toughest ofthe state as we placed second,fourth, and fifth, respectively. It’sgoing to be a nailbitter, but wehave gradually developed theaerobic metabolism and it willpay off. I’m very confident thatwe will be at the promise landagain. I don’t put any pressureon the boys.”

Escamilla noted they practicefor three races. He is not fond ofrankings by the coaches.

“We train for three races, dis-trict, regional, and state,” hesaid. “I don’t believe in rankings.Competition is on the course, noton paper. I don’t vote for our teamon the coaches’ poll. Last year wewere never ranked until the girl’scoach notified me. I believe itwas eighth then we were bumpedup to tenth. The only ranking

“Our leaders must lead by example;running hard, going above and beyondthe coaches expectations, battlingthrough adversary and keeping theteam together.”ZAPATA HEAD COACH MIKE VILLARREAL

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Zscores SATURDAY,AUGUST 15, 2009PAGE 2B

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WW LL PPcctt.. GGBBSan Angelo 41 21 .661 —Edinburg 35 27 .565 6Amarillo 34 27 .557 6 ½Coastal Bend 27 34 .442 13 ½Harlingen 27 35 .435 14Laredo 21 41 .339 20

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessEdinburg 6, Harlingen 4Amarillo 10, Laredo 8San Angelo 3, Coastal Bend 1

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessEdinburg 9, Harlingen 7Amarillo 3, Laredo 1Coastal Bend 4, San Angelo 3

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessEdinburg at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m.Laredo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m.San Angelo at Coastal Bend, 8:05

p.m.SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Edinburg at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m.Laredo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m.San Angelo at Coastal Bend, 8:05

p.m.

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WW LL PPcctt GGBBNew York 72 43 .626 —Boston 65 49 .570 6½Tampa Bay 61 53 .535 10½Toronto 54 59 .478 17Baltimore 47 67 .412 24½

CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonnWW LL PPcctt GGBB

Detroit 60 54 .526 —Chicago 58 57 .504 2½Minnesota 55 59 .482 5Cleveland 49 65 .430 11Kansas City 45 69 .395 15

WWeesstt DDiivviissiioonnWW LL PPcctt GGBB

Los Angeles 68 44 .607 —Texas 64 49 .566 4½Seattle 60 55 .522 9½Oakland 51 63 .447 18

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessTexas 4, Cleveland 1Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4Detroit 2, Boston 0N.Y. Yankees 11, Seattle 1

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessKansas City (Greinke 11-7) at De-

troit (Washburn 8-7), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 12-3) at

Baltimore (Tillman 0-0), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Halladay 12-5) at Tampa

Bay (J.Shields 7-8), 7:38 p.m.Boston (Lester 9-7) at Texas (Mill-

wood 9-7), 8:05 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 3-3) at Min-

nesota (S.Baker 9-7), 8:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Contreras 4-11)

at Oakland (Bre.Anderson 7-8), 10:05p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-6) at Seat-tle (Rowland-Smith 2-1), 10:10 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessChicago White Sox (G.Floyd 9-7) at

Oakland (G.Gonzalez 4-2), 4:05 p.m.Cleveland (D.Huff 6-6) at Minneso-

ta (Swarzak 3-5), 4:10 p.m.Kansas City (Hochevar 6-5) at De-

troit (E.Jackson 8-5), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Lackey 7-5) at Balti-

more (Matusz 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Tallet 5-6) at Tampa Bay

(Kazmir 6-7), 7:08 p.m.Boston (Penny 7-6) at Texas (Hol-

land 5-7), 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Mitre 1-1) at Seattle

(French 2-2), 10:10 p.m.SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Kansas City at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay, 1:38 p.m.Boston at Texas, 2:05 p.m.Cleveland at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:05

p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammeessL.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Minnesota at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Kansas City at Chicago White Sox,

8:11 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05

p.m.NNAATTIIOONNAALL LLEEAAGGUUEE

AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTTEEaasstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL PPcctt GGBBPhiladelphia 64 48 .571 —Florida 61 54 .530 4½Atlanta 60 54 .526 5New York 53 61 .465 12Washington 40 75 .348 25½

CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonnWW LL PPcctt GGBB

St. Louis 64 52 .552 —Chicago 59 55 .518 4Milwaukee 56 58 .491 7Houston 56 59 .487 7½Cincinnati 50 64 .439 13Pittsburgh 46 69 .400 17½

WWeesstt DDiivviissiioonnWW LL PPcctt GGBB

Los Angeles 69 46 .600 —Colorado 64 51 .557 5San Francisco 62 52 .544 6½Arizona 52 63 .452 17San Diego 49 67 .422 20½

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessMilwaukee 12, San Diego 9Philadelphia 6, Chicago Cubs 1Colorado 10, Pittsburgh 1Florida 9, Houston 2Cincinnati 7, Washington 0

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessChicago Cubs 17, Pittsburgh 2

Colorado (Hammel 7-6) at Florida(Jo.Johnson 11-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 8-10) at N.Y.Mets (Parnell 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Mock 1-4) at Cincin-nati (Harang 6-13), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Blanton 7-6) at At-lanta (Jurrjens 9-8), 7:35 p.m.

Houston (W.Rodriguez 11-6) at Mil-waukee (Gallardo 10-9), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Latos 4-1) at St. Louis(Wainwright 13-7), 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6) at Ari-zona (Haren 11-7), 9:40 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessPittsburgh (Duke 9-10) at Chicago

Cubs (Gorzelanny 4-2), 1:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7) at At-

lanta (Kawakami 5-9), 4:10 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 12-4) at N.Y.

Mets (J.Santana 13-8), 4:10 p.m.Colorado (Cook 10-4) at Florida

(VandenHurk 2-1), 6:10 p.m.Houston (Moehler 7-8) at Milwaukee

(Burns 2-4), 7:05 p.m.Washington (J.Martin 1-2) at Cincin-

nati (Cueto 8-9), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Stauffer 1-4) at St. Louis

(Pineiro 10-9), 7:15 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-5) at Ari-

zona (D.Davis 7-10), 8:10 p.m.SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 1:10p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Houston at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.San Diego at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20

p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.Colorado at Florida, 5:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta, 8:05 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammeessArizona at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10

p.m.Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:05

p.m.St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10

p.m.TTeeaamm--bbyy--TTeeaamm DDiissaabblleedd LLiisstt

((PPrroovviiddeedd bbyy MMaajjoorr LLeeaagguuee BBaasseebbaallll))((xx--6600--ddaayy aallll ootthheerrss aarree 1155--ddaayy))

TThhrroouugghh AAuugg.. 1133AAMMEERRIICCAANN LLEEAAGGUUEE

BBaallttiimmoorreeRHP Brad Bergesen, July 31LHP Rich Hill, July 29OF Luis Montanez, May 23RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2RHP Alfredo Simon-x, April 15RHP Koji Uehara, June 24

BBoossttoonn1B Jeff Bailey, July 5OF Rocco Baldelli, Aug. 6RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27C George Kottaras, July 30SS Jed Lowrie, Aug. 7RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka-x, June 20RHP Tim Wakefield, July 18

CChhiiccaaggooRHP Bartolo Colon, July 25

INF Chris Getz, Aug. 12RHP Jake Peavy, June 9

CClleevveellaannddLHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26

DDeettrrooiittRHP Jeremy Bonderman, June 9RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28LHP Nathan Robertson, June 27C Matt Treanor-x, April 24LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15RHP Joel Zumaya, July 18

KKaannssaass CCiittyySS Mike Aviles-x, May 24OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13RHP Juan Cruz, Aug. 8RHP Kyle Farnsworth, June 25OF Jose Guillen, July 23RHP Doug Waechter, Aug. 12

LLooss AAnnggeelleessRHP Kelvim Escobar-x, June 7CF Torii Hunter, July 8RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18LHP Joe Saunders, Aug. 8C Scott Shields-x, May 27

MMiinnnneessoottaaRHP Boof Bonser-x, March 27RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21LHP Glen Perkins, Aug. 9RHP Kevin Slowey-x, July 4

NNeeww YYoorrkkOF Brett Gardner, July 26LHP Damaso Marte-x, April 26OF Xavier Nady-x, April 15RHP Chien-Ming Wang-x, July 5

OOaakkllaanndd1B Daric Barton, July 27LHP Dallas Braden, Aug. 13B Eric Chavez-x, April 25RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March

27RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20

SSeeaattttlleeLHP Erik Bedard, July 26OF Endy Chavez-x, June 20LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March 15LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29RHP Carlos Silva-x, May 7

TTaammppaa BBaayyRHP Chad Bradford, July 23RHP Jason Isringhausen-x, June 14INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25RHP Troy Percival-x, May 22CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27

TTeexxaassRHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5RHP Jason Grilli, Aug. 2LHP Matt Harrison-x, June 24RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 52B Ian Kinsler, July 29RHP Brandon McCarthy-x, June 5

TToorroonnttooC Michael Barrett, April 18LHP Scott Downs, Aug. 2RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27RHP Robert Ray, May 22

NNAATTIIOONNAALL LLEEAAGGUUEEAArriizzoonnaa

OF Eric Byrnes, June 261B Conor Jackson-x, May 12LHP Scott Schoeneweis, Aug 11OF Justin Upton, Aug. 6RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7

AAttllaannttaaRHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24

CChhiiccaaggooSS Andres Blanco, Aug. 4RHP Chad Fox, May 10OF Reed Johnson, July 30LHP Ted Lilly, July 21RHP David Patton, July 5RHP Carlos Zambrano, Aug. 6

CCiinncciinnnnaattiiOF Jay Bruce, July 12C Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21C Ramon Hernandez, July 17RHP Mike Lincoln, June 13RHP Micah Owings, July 27INF Danny Richar, July 23B Scott Rolen, Aug. 8RHP Edinson Volquez, June 2

CCoolloorraaddooRHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27RHP Manuel Corpas, July 21LHP Alan Embree-x, July 11LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27RHP Juan Rincon, July 31

FFlloorriiddaaSS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17RHP Burke Badenhop, Aug. 2LHP David Davidson-x, May 23RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27RHP Anibal Sanchez-x, June 3

HHoouussttoonn3B Aaron Boone-x March 27RHP Doug Brocail, Aug. 52B German Duran, July 2

LLooss AAnnggeelleess1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17LHP Eric Milton-x, June 28LHP Will Ohman-x, May 28OF Xavier Paul-x, May 21RHP Jason Schmidt, Aug. 6

MMiillwwaauukkeeeeRHP Dave Bush, June 21OF Corey Hart, Aug. 2RHP Seth McClung, July 25RHP David Riske-x, April 10RHP Jeff Suppan, July 282B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18

NNeeww YYoorrkkOF Carlos Beltran, June 221B Carlos Delgado-x, May 11RHP John Maine, June 7OF Fernando Martinez, July 9INF Ramon Martinez-x, June 3LHP Jonathon Niese-x, Aug. 6RHP Fernando Nieve, July 20RHP J.J. Putz-x, June 5SS Jose Reyes, May 21LHP Billy Wagner-x, March 27

PPhhiillaaddeellpphhiiaaLHP Antonio Bastardo, June 26RHP Clay Condrey, July 23RHP Brett Myers-x, May 28LHP J.C. Romero, July 23

PPiittttssbbuurrgghhLHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20RHP Evan Meek, Aug. 12LHP Don Veal II, Aug. 4RHP Tyler Yates-x, May 16

SStt.. LLoouuiissLHP Jaime Garcia, March 273B Troy Glaus, March 27RHP Todd Wellemeyer, Aug. 5

SSaann DDiieeggooRHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19OF Brian Giles-x, June 19INF Edgar Gonzalez, July 19RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26RHP Jake Peavy, June 9RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1RHP Chris Young-x, June 15

SSaann FFrraanncciissccooINF Rich Aurilia, July 21LHP Randy Johnson-x, July 6LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28RHP Henry Sosa-x, Aug. 5OF Andres Torres, July 31

WWaasshhiinnggttoonnCF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19C Jesus Flores, May 10OF Austin Kearns, Aug. 4LHP Scott Olsen, July 111B Dmitri Young, April 1RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27RHP Jordan Zimmermann, July 19

NNFFLLPPrreesseeaassoonn GGllaannccee

AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTTAAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EEaassttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

New England 1 0 0 1.000 27 25N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 18 21

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 21 18Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 0Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 20 10Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 31 10Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NNAATTIIOONNAALL CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEEEaasstt

WW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 25 27Dallas 0 1 0 .000 10 31Washington 0 1 0 .000 0 23

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

San Francisco0 0 0 .000 0 0Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 20

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeeTennessee 21, Buffalo 18

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessBaltimore 23, Washington 0New England 27, Philadelphia 25Pittsburgh 20, Arizona 10Oakland 31, Dallas 10

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessSt. Louis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Indianapolis, 7:30

p.m.Cincinnati at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Denver at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessAtlanta at Detroit, 4 p.m.Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m.Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m.Seattle at San Diego, 10 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1177Jacksonville at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.

WWNNBBAAEEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

WW LL PPcctt GGBBIndiana 18 5 .783 —Connecticut 12 10 .545 5½Atlanta 12 11 .522 6Washington 11 11 .500 6½Chicago 11 12 .478 7Detroit 9 12 .429 8New York 8 14 .364 9½

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEWW LL PPcctt GGBB

Phoenix 17 7 .708 —Seattle 13 10 .565 3 ½Minnesota 11 12 .478 5 ½San Antonio 10 13 .435 6 ½Los Angeles 8 12 .400 7Sacramento 6 17 .261 10 ½

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessNo games scheduled

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessConnecticut 64, Seattle 53Atlanta 80, Detroit 75Indiana 91, Minnesota 81Phoenix 95, San Antonio 83

FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeessConnecticut at Washington, 7 p.m.Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.Sacramento at Los Angeles, 10:30

p.m.SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Seattle at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.Los Angeles at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeessNew York at Washington, 4 p.m.

MMLLSSAAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT

EEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEWW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Columbus 9 3 9 36 32 24Chicago 8 4 8 32 28 23D.C. 6 410 28 34 32Toronto FC 7 7 6 27 28 31New England 6 6 6 24 20 24Kansas City 5 7 6 21 20 25New York 215 4 10 16 37

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEWW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Houston 11 6 5 38 30 20Los Angeles 7 310 31 25 21Colorado 8 6 6 30 32 24Seattle 7 5 8 29 26 21Chivas USA 8 7 3 27 19 19Real Salt Lake 7 8 5 26 29 24FC Dallas 6 9 5 23 29 30San Jose 411 5 17 25 38

NOTE: Three points for victory,one point for tie.

SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeessD.C. United at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.Chivas USA at New York, 7 p.m.FC Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeeChicago at Kansas City, 3 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1199Los Angeles at Chicago, 9 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2200New England at Seattle, 10 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2222Los Angeles at D.C. United, 7:30

p.m.Kansas City at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Toronto FC at Chivas, 10:30 p.m.

WWoorrlldd CCuupp 22001100 QQuuaalliiffyyiinngg GGllaannccee

AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTTNNOORRTTHH AANNDD CCEENNTTRRAALL AAMMEERRIICCAA

AANNDD CCAARRIIBBBBEEAANNFFIINNAALLSS

TToopp tthhrreeee qquuaalliiffyyFFoouurrtthh--ppllaaccee tteeaamm aaddvvaanncceess ttoo ppllaayy--

ooffff vvss.. SSoouutthh AAmmeerriiccaa ffiifftthh--ppllaacceetteeaamm

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttssCosta Rica 6 4 0 2 9 9 12Honduras 6 3 1 2 11 7 10United States 6 3 1 2 11 8 10Mexico 6 3 0 3 8 9 9El Salvador 6 1 2 3 7 9 5Trinidad 6 1 2 3 7 11 5

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeessAAtt MMeexxiiccoo CCiittyy

Mexico 2, United States 1AAtt PPoorrtt--ooff--SSppaaiinn,, TTrriinniiddaadd

Trinidad and Tobago 1, El Salvador0

AAtt SSaann PPeeddrroo SSuullaa,, HHoonndduurraassHonduras 4, Costa Rica 0

SSaattuurrddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 55AAtt SSaannddyy,, UUttaahh

United States vs. El Salvador, 7:57p.m.

AAtt TTeegguucciiggaallppaa,, HHoonndduurraassHonduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago,

9:30 p.m.AAtt SSaann JJoossee,, CCoossttaa RRiiccaa

Costa Rica vs. Mexico, 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 99

AAtt SSaann SSaallvvaaddoorr,, EEll SSaallvvaaddoorrEl Salvador vs. Costa Rica, 9 p.m.

AAtt MMeexxiiccoo CCiittyyMexico vs. Honduras, 9 p.m.

AAtt TTBBAATrinidad and Tobago vs. United

StatesEEUURROOPPEE

WWiinnnneerrss qquuaalliiffyyTToopp eeiigghhtt sseeccoonndd--ppllaaccee tteeaammss aadd--

vvaannccee ttoo EEuurrooppeeaann ppllaayyooffffssGGRROOUUPP TTHHRREEEEGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

Slovakia 6 5 0 1 17 6 15N. Ireland 7 4 1 2 12 6 13Slovenia 7 3 2 2 10 4 11Poland 6 3 1 2 18 7 10Czech Rep. 6 2 2 2 6 4 8San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 37 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt MMaarriibboorr,, SSlloovveenniiaa

Slovenia 5, San Marino 0GGRROOUUPP FFOOUURRGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

Germany 7 6 1 0 20 4 19Russia 6 5 0 1 12 3 15Finland 6 3 1 2 8 10 10Wales 7 3 0 4 5 7 9Azerbaijan 6 0 1 5 0 7 1Liechtenstein 6 0 1 5 1 15 1

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt BBaakkuu,, AAzzeerrbbaaiijjaann

Azerbaijan 0, Germany 2GGRROOUUPP SSIIXX

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttssEngland 7 7 0 0 27 5 21Croatia 7 4 2 1 15 7 14Ukraine 6 3 2 1 9 6 11Belarus 6 3 0 3 15 10 9Kazakhstan 7 1 0 6 7 22 3Andorra 7 0 0 7 2 25 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt MMiinnsskk,, BBeellaarruuss

Croatia 3, Belarus 1GGRROOUUPP SSEEVVEENNGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

Serbia 7 6 0 1 15 5 18France 6 4 1 1 8 6 13Lithuania 7 3 0 4 6 6 9Austria 6 2 1 3 7 8 7Romania 6 2 1 3 7 10 7Faeroe 6 0 1 5 1 8 1

WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeeAAtt TToorrsshhaavvnn,, FFaaeerrooee IIssllaannddss

France 1, Faeroe Islands 0GGRROOUUPP NNIINNEEGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAA PPttss

q-Netherlands7 7 0 0 16 2 21Macedonia 6 2 1 3 4 7 7Scotland 6 2 1 3 4 10 7Norway 6 1 3 2 6 5 6Iceland 7 1 1 5 6 12 4

q-qualifiedWWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammee

AAtt OOssllooNorway 4, Scotland 0

CCOONNCCAACCAAFF CChhaammppiioonnss LLeeaagguuee GGllaannccee

AAllll TTiimmee EEDDTTPPRREELLIIMMIINNAARRYY RROOUUNNDD

FFiirrsstt LLeeggTTuueessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2288

D.C. United (United States) 1, Firpo(El Salvador) 1

Pachuca (Mexico) 3, Jalapa(Guatemala) 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2299Toronto FC (Canada) 0, Puerto Rico

Islanders 1San Francisco (Panama) 2, San

Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0Liberia (Costa Rica) 3, Real Espana

(Honduras) 0TThhuurrssddaayy,, JJuullyy 3300

W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-go) 2, New York Red Bulls (UnitedStates) 2, tie

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 6, Herediano(Costa Rica) 2

Olimpia (Honduras) 2, Arabe Unido(Panama) 1

SSeeccoonndd LLeeggTTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 44

Puerto Rico Islanders 0, Toronto(Canada) 0, Islanders advanced on 1-0aggregate

Jalapa (Guatemala) 1, Pachuca(Mexico) 7, Pachuca advanced on 10-1aggregate

Firpo (El Salvador) 1, D.C. United(United States) 1, OT; 2-2 aggregate;D.C. United advanced 5-4 on penaltykicks

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 55W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) 2, New York Red Bulls (UnitedStates) 1, W Connection advanced on 4-3 aggregate

Cruz Azul (Mexico) 0, Herdiano(Costa Rica) 0, Cruz Azul advanced on6-2 aggregate

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 66Arabe Unido (Panama) 1, Olimpia

(Honduras) 0, Arabe Unido advancedon 1-0 away goals

San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and To-bago) 3, San Francisco (Panama) 0,San Juan Jabloteh advanced on 3-2 ag-gregate

Real Espana (Honduras) 6, Liberia(Costa Rica) 0, Real Espana advancedon 6-3 aggregate

FFIIRRSSTT RROOUUNNDDGGRROOUUPP AA

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSSHouston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Metapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Arabe Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1199Houston Dynamo (United States)

vs. Metapan (El Salvador), 8 p.m.Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Pachu-

ca (Mexico), 8 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2255

Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Metapan (ElSalvador), 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2266Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Houston

Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. ArabeUnido (Panama), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Houston Dy-

namo (United States), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2222

Houston Dynamo (United States)vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), 10 p.m.

Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Pachu-ca (Mexico), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2299Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Meta-

pan (El Salvador), 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 3300

Houston Dynamo (United States)vs. Pachuca (Mexico), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2211Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Arabe Unido

(Panama), 8 p.m.Metapan (El Salvador) vs. Houston

Dynamo (United States), 10 p.m.GGRROOUUPP BB

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSSD.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Marathon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0San Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1188Marathon (Honduras) vs. D.C. Unit-

ed (United States), 10 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2200

San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad andTobago) vs. Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2266D.C. United (United States) vs.

Toluca (Mexico), 8 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2277

Marathon (Honduras) vs. San JuanJabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and

Tobago) vs. D.C. United (UnitedStates), 8 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1177Toluca (Mexico) vs. Marathon

(Honduras), 8 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2233

Toluca (Mexico) vs. San JuanJabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 10 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2244D.C. United (United States) vs.

Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 3300

D.C. United (United States) vs. SanJuan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago), 8p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 11Marathon (Honduras) vs. Toluca

(Mexico), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2200

Toluca (Mexico) vs. D.C. United(United States), 8 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2222San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and To-

bago) vs. Marathon (Honduras), 8 p.m.GGRROOUUPP CC

GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSSColumbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Saprissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0P.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1188Columbus Crew (United States) vs.

Puerto Rico Islanders, 8 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1199

Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Saprissa(Costa Rica), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2255Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Puerto

Rico Islanders, 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2266

Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. ColumbusCrew (United States), 10 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1155Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Cruz Azul

(Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) win-ner, 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Columbus

Crew (United States), 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2222

Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Saprissa(Costa Rica), 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2233Columbus Crew (United States) vs.

Cruz Azul (Mexico)-Herediano (CostaRica) winner, 8 p.m.

TTuueessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2299Columbus Crew (United States) vs.

Saprissa (Costa Rica), 8 p.m.Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Puerto Rico

Islanders, 10 p.m.TTuueessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2200

Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Colum-bus Crew (United States), 8 p.m.

Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Cruz Azul(Mexico)-Herediano (Costa Rica) win-ner, 10 p.m.

GGRROOUUPP DDGGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS

Pumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Com. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

W. Conn. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Real Espana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1188Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Comu-

nicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2200

Real Espana (Honduras) vs. WConnection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2277W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala), 8p.m.

Real Espana (Honduras) vs.Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1166W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) vs. Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 8 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 1177

Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs.Real Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2233Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. W

Connection (Trinidad and Tobago), 10p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 2244Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. Real

Espana (Honduras), 10 p.m.WWeeddnneessddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 3300

Pumas UNAM (Mexico) vs. W Con-nection (Trinidad and Tobago), 8 p.m.

Real Espana (Honduras) vs. Comu-nicaciones (Guatemala), 10 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2211W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-

go) vs. Real Espana (Honduras), 8 p.m.TThhuurrssddaayy,, OOcctt.. 2222

Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs.Pumas UNAM (Mexico), 10 p.m.

NNCCAAAA FFoooottbbaallll22000099 SScchheedduulleeAAIIRR FFOORRCCEE

Sep. 5 Nicholls St., 2 p.m.Sep. 12 at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 San Diego St., 2 p.m.Oct. 3 at Navy, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 TCU, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Wyoming, 2 p.m.Oct. 24 at Utah, 4 p.m.Oct. 31 at Colorado St., 4 p.m.Nov. 7 Army, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 UNLV, 6 p.m.Nov. 21 at BYU, 3:30 p.m.

AALLAABBAAMMAASep. 5 at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Fla. International, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 North Texas, 12:20 p.m.Sep. 26 Arkansas, TBAOct. 3 at Kentucky, TBAOct. 10 at Mississippi, TBAOct. 17 South Carolina, TBAOct. 24 Tennessee, TBANov. 7 LSU, TBANov. 14 at Mississippi St., TBANov. 21 Chattanooga, TBANov. 27 at Auburn, 2:30 p.m.

AARRIIZZOONNAASep. 5 Cent. Michigan, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 N. Arizona, 10 p.m.Sep. 19 at Iowa, 3:35 p.m.Sep. 26 at Oregon St., TBAOct. 10 at Washington, TBAOct. 17 Stanford, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 UCLA, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 Washington St., 6 p.m.Nov. 14 at California, TBANov. 21 Oregon, TBANov. 28 at Arizona St., TBADec. 5 at Southern Cal, 3:30 p.m.

AARRIIZZOONNAA SSTT..Sep. 5 Idaho St., 10 p.m.Sep. 19 Louisiana-Monroe, 10 p.m.Sep. 26 at Georgia, TBAOct. 3 Oregon St., TBAOct. 10 at Washington St., TBAOct. 17 Washington, 10 p.m.Oct. 24 at Stanford, 10:15 p.m.Oct. 31 California, TBANov. 7 Southern Cal, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 at Oregon, TBANov. 21 at UCLA, TBANov. 28 Arizona, TBA

AARRKKAANNSSAASS SSTT..Sep. 5 MVSU, 7:05 p.m.Sep. 12 at Nebraska, 2 p.m.Sep. 26 Troy, TBAOct. 3 at Iowa, TBAOct. 13 at Louisiana-Monroe, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 Fla. International, TBAOct. 31 at Louisville, TBANov. 7 Louisiana-Lafayette, TBANov. 14 at Florida Atlantic, 4 p.m.Nov. 21 at Middle Tennessee, TBANov. 28 North Texas, TBADec. 3 at W. Kentucky, TBA

AARRMMYYSep. 5 at E. Michigan, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Duke, TBASep. 19 Ball St., NoonSep. 26 at Iowa St., TBAOct. 3 Tulane, TBAOct. 10 Vanderbilt, TBAOct. 17 at Temple, 1 p.m.Oct. 23 Rutgers, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 at Air Force, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 VMI, TBANov. 21 at North Texas, 4 p.m.Dec. 12 at Navy, 2:30 p.m.

BBYYUUSep. 5 at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Tulane, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Florida St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 Colorado St., 6 p.m.Oct. 2 Utah St., 9 p.m.Oct. 10 at UNLV, 10 p.m.Oct. 17 at San Diego St., 6 p.m.Oct. 24 TCU, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Wyoming, 2 p.m.Nov. 14 at New Mexico, 2 p.m.Nov. 21 Air Force, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 28 Utah, 5 p.m.

BBAAYYLLOORRSep. 5 at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Connecticut, 5 p.m.Sep. 26 Northwestern St., 7 p.m.Oct. 3 Kent St., 7 p.m.Oct. 10 at Oklahoma, TBAOct. 17 at Iowa St., TBAOct. 24 Oklahoma St., TBAOct. 31 Nebraska, TBANov. 7 at Missouri, TBANov. 14 Texas, TBANov. 21 at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 28 Texas Tech, TBA

BBOOIISSEE SSTT..Sep. 3 Oregon, 10:15 p.m.Sep. 12 Miami (Ohio), 8 p.m.Sep. 18 at Fresno St., 9 p.m.Sep. 26 at Bowling Green, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 UC Davis, 8 p.m.Oct. 14 at Tulsa, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 at Hawaii, 12:05 a.m.Oct. 31 San Jose St., 3 p.m.Nov. 6 at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 Idaho, 3 p.m.Nov. 20 at Utah St., 9:30 p.m.Nov. 27 Nevada, TBADec. 5 New Mexico St., 3 p.m.

CCAALLIIFFOORRNNIIAASep. 5 Maryland, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 E. Washington, 5:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Minnesota, NoonSep. 26 at Oregon, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 Southern Cal, 8 p.m.Oct. 17 at UCLA, TBAOct. 24 Washington St., TBAOct. 31 at Arizona St., TBANov. 7 Oregon St., TBANov. 14 Arizona, TBANov. 21 at Stanford, TBADec. 5 at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

DDUUKKEESep. 5 Richmond, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Army, TBASep. 19 at Kansas, NoonSep. 26 N.C. Central, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 Virginia Tech, TBAOct. 10 at N.C. State, TBAOct. 24 Maryland, TBAOct. 31 at Virginia, TBANov. 7 at North Carolina, TBANov. 14 Georgia Tech, TBANov. 21 at Miami, TBANov. 28 Wake Forest, TBA

FFLLOORRIIDDAA SSTT..Sep. 7 Miami, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Jacksonville St., 6 p.m.Sep. 19 at BYU, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 South Florida, TBAOct. 3 at Boston College, TBAOct. 10 Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 22 at North Carolina, TBAOct. 31 N.C. State, TBANov. 7 at Clemson, TBANov. 14 at Wake Forest, TBANov. 21 Maryland, TBANov. 28 at Florida, TBA

FFRREESSNNOO SSTT..Sep. 5 UC Davis, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 at Wisconsin, NoonSep. 18 Boise St., 9 p.m.Sep. 26 at Cincinnati, NoonOct. 10 at Hawaii, 12:05 a.m.Oct. 17 San Jose St., 10 p.m.Oct. 24 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.Oct. 31 Utah St., 5 p.m.

Nov. 7 at Idaho, 5 p.m.Nov. 14 at Nevada, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 21 Louisiana Tech, 5 p.m.Dec. 5 at Illinois, 12:30 p.m.

GGEEOORRGGIIAASep. 5 at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 South Carolina, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Arkansas, 7:45 p.m.Sep. 26 Arizona St., TBAOct. 3 LSU, TBAOct. 10 at Tennessee, TBAOct. 17 at Vanderbilt, TBAOct. 31 at Florida, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Tennessee Tech, 1 p.m.Nov. 14 Auburn, TBANov. 21 Kentucky, TBANov. 28 at Georgia Tech, TBA

GGEEOORRGGIIAA TTEECCHHSep. 5 Jacksonville St., 1 p.m.Sep. 10 Clemson, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 17 at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 North Carolina, TBAOct. 3 at Mississippi St., TBAOct. 10 at Florida St., TBAOct. 17 Virginia Tech, TBAOct. 24 at Virginia, TBAOct. 31 at Vanderbilt, TBANov. 7 Wake Forest, TBANov. 14 at Duke, TBANov. 28 Georgia, TBA

HHOOUUSSTTOONNSep. 5 Northwestern St., 5 p.m.Sep. 12 at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Texas Tech, 9:15 p.m.Oct. 3 at UTEP, 9 p.m.Oct. 10 at Mississippi St., TBAOct. 17 at Tulane, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 SMU, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 31 Southern Miss., 1 p.m.Nov. 7 at Tulsa, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at UCF, NoonNov. 21 Memphis, TBANov. 28 Rice, TBA

KKAANNSSAASSSep. 5 N. Colorado, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at UTEP, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Duke, NoonSep. 26 Southern Miss., NoonOct. 10 Iowa St., TBAOct. 17 at Colorado, TBAOct. 24 Oklahoma, TBAOct. 31 at Texas Tech, TBANov. 7 at Kansas St., TBANov. 14 Nebraska, TBANov. 21 at Texas, TBANov. 28 Missouri, TBA

KKAANNSSAASS SSTT..Sep. 5 Massachusetts, 7:10 p.m.Sep. 12 at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7

p.m.Sep. 19 at UCLA, 10:15 p.m.Sep. 26 Tennessee Tech, 2:10 p.m.Oct. 3 at Iowa St., TBAOct. 10 at Texas Tech, TBAOct. 17 Texas A&M, TBAOct. 24 Colorado, TBAOct. 31 at Oklahoma, TBANov. 7 Kansas, TBANov. 14 Missouri, TBANov. 21 at Nebraska, TBA

LLSSUUSep. 5 at Washington, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 at Mississippi St., TBAOct. 3 at Georgia, TBAOct. 10 Florida, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 Auburn, 8 p.m.Oct. 31 Tulane, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 at Alabama, TBANov. 14 Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.Nov. 21 at Mississippi, TBANov. 28 Arkansas, 8 p.m.

MMAARRYYLLAANNDDSep. 5 at California, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 James Madison, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Rutgers, TBAOct. 3 Clemson, TBAOct. 10 at Wake Forest, TBAOct. 17 Virginia, TBAOct. 24 at Duke, TBANov. 7 at N.C. State, TBANov. 14 Virginia Tech, TBANov. 21 at Florida St., TBANov. 28 Boston College, TBA

MMIICCHHIIGGAANNSep. 5 W. Michigan, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 E. Michigan, NoonSep. 26 Indiana, NoonOct. 3 at Michigan St., TBAOct. 10 at Iowa, 8:05 p.m.Oct. 17 Delaware St., TBAOct. 24 Penn St., TBAOct. 31 at Illinois, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Purdue, TBANov. 14 at Wisconsin, TBANov. 21 Ohio St., TBA

MMIICCHHIIGGAANN SSTT..Sep. 5 Montana St., NoonSep. 12 Cent. Michigan, NoonSep. 19 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Wisconsin, TBAOct. 3 Michigan, TBAOct. 10 at Illinois, TBAOct. 17 Northwestern, NoonOct. 24 Iowa, 7:05 p.m.Oct. 31 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 W. Michigan, TBANov. 14 at Purdue, TBANov. 21 Penn St., TBA

MMIISSSSIISSSSIIPPPPIISep. 6 at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 SE Louisiana, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 24 at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Vanderbilt, TBAOct. 10 Alabama, TBAOct. 17 UAB, 2 p.m.Oct. 24 Arkansas, TBAOct. 31 at Auburn, TBANov. 7 N. Arizona, TBANov. 14 Tennessee, TBANov. 21 LSU, TBANov. 28 at Mississippi St., TBA

MMIISSSSIISSSSIIPPPPII SSTT..Sep. 5 Jackson St., TBASep. 12 at Auburn, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Vanderbilt, TBASep. 26 LSU, TBAOct. 3 Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 10 Houston, TBAOct. 17 at Middle Tennessee, TBAOct. 24 Florida, TBAOct. 31 at Kentucky, TBANov. 14 Alabama, TBANov. 21 at Arkansas, TBANov. 28 Mississippi, TBA

MMIISSSSOOUURRIISep. 5 at Illinois, 3:40 p.m.Sep. 12 Bowling Green, TBASep. 19 Furman, TBASep. 25 at Nevada, 9 p.m.Oct. 8 Nebraska, 9 p.m.Oct. 17 at Oklahoma St., TBAOct. 24 Texas, TBAOct. 31 at Colorado, TBANov. 7 Baylor, TBANov. 14 at Kansas St., TBANov. 21 Iowa St., TBANov. 28 at Kansas, TBA

NNAAVVYYSep. 5 at Ohio St., NoonSep. 12 Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.Sep. 26 W. Kentucky, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 Air Force, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Rice, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 at SMU, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 31 Temple, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.Nov. 14 Delaware, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Hawaii, 11:05 p.m.Dec. 12 Army, 2:30 p.m.

NNEEVVAADDAASep. 5 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Colorado St., 5 p.m.Sep. 25 Missouri, 9 p.m.Oct. 3 UNLV, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 9 Louisiana Tech, 9 p.m.Oct. 17 at Utah St., 3 p.m.Oct. 24 Idaho, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 31 Hawaii, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 8 at San Jose St., 8:15 p.m.Nov. 14 Fresno St., 4:05 p.m.Nov. 21 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.Nov. 27 at Boise St., TBA

NNEEWW MMEEXXIICCOOSep. 5 at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Tulsa, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Air Force, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 New Mexico St., 10 p.m.Oct. 3 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 at Wyoming, 2 p.m.Oct. 24 UNLV, 8 p.m.Oct. 31 at San Diego St., 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Utah, 6 p.m.Nov. 14 BYU, 2 p.m.Nov. 21 Colorado St., 6 p.m.Nov. 28 at TCU, 1 p.m.

NNEEWW MMEEXXIICCOO SSTT..Sep. 5 Idaho, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Prairie View, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 UTEP, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 at New Mexico, 10 p.m.Oct. 3 at San Diego St., 8 p.m.Oct. 10 Utah St., 8 p.m.

Oct. 17 at Louisiana Tech, 4 p.m.Oct. 24 Fresno St., 8 p.m.Oct. 31 at Ohio St., TBANov. 14 at Hawaii, 11:05 p.m.Nov. 21 Nevada, 8 p.m.Nov. 28 at San Jose St., 8 p.m.Dec. 5 at Boise St., 3 p.m.

NNOORRTTHH TTEEXXAASSSep. 3 at Ball St., 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Ohio, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Alabama, 12:20 p.m.Sep. 26 Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7

p.m.Oct. 17 Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 at Troy, TBAOct. 31 W. Kentucky, 3 p.m.Nov. 7 Louisiana-Monroe, 4 p.m.Nov. 14 at Fla. International, 7 p.m.Nov. 21 Army, 4 p.m.Nov. 28 at Arkansas St., TBA

NNOORRTTHHWWEESSTTEERRNNSep. 5 Towson, NoonSep. 12 E. Michigan, NoonSep. 19 at Syracuse, TBASep. 26 Minnesota, TBAOct. 3 at Purdue, NoonOct. 10 Miami (Ohio), MidOct. 17 at Michigan St., NoonOct. 24 Indiana, NoonOct. 31 Penn St., 4:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Iowa, TBANov. 14 at Illinois, TBANov. 21 Wisconsin, TBA

NNOOTTRREE DDAAMMEESep. 5 Nevada, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Michigan, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Michigan St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Purdue, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Washington, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Southern Cal, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Boston College, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 31 Washington St., 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Navy, 2:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh, TBANov. 21 Connecticut, 2:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Stanford, 8 p.m.

OOHHIIOOSep. 5 Connecticut, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at North Texas, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 Cal Poly, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Tennessee, TBAOct. 3 at Bowling Green, 4 p.m.Oct. 10 at Akron, 6 p.m.Oct. 17 Miami (Ohio), 2 p.m.Oct. 24 Kent St., 2 p.m.Oct. 31 at Ball St., NoonNov. 10 at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Nov. 21 N. Illinois, 2 p.m.Nov. 27 Temple, 2 p.m.

OOHHIIOO SSTT..Sep. 5 Navy, NoonSep. 12 Southern Cal, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at Toledo, NoonSep. 26 Illinois, TBAOct. 3 at Indiana, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Wisconsin, TBAOct. 17 at Purdue, TBAOct. 24 Minnesota, NoonOct. 31 New Mexico St., TBANov. 7 at Penn St., TBANov. 14 Iowa, TBANov. 21 at Michigan, TBA

OOKKLLAAHHOOMMAA SSTT..Sep. 5 Georgia, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Houston, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Rice, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 Grambling St., 7 p.m.Oct. 10 at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Missouri, TBAOct. 24 at Baylor, TBAOct. 31 Texas, TBANov. 7 at Iowa St., TBANov. 14 Texas Tech, TBANov. 19 Colorado, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Oklahoma, TBA

PPEENNNN SSTT..Sep. 5 Akron, NoonSep. 12 Syracuse, NoonSep. 19 Temple, NoonSep. 26 Iowa, 8:05 p.m.Oct. 3 at Illinois, TBAOct. 10 E. Illinois, TBAOct. 17 Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at Michigan, TBAOct. 31 at Northwestern, 4:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Ohio St., TBANov. 14 Indiana, TBANov. 21 at Michigan St., TBA

PPIITTTTSSBBUURRGGHHSep. 5 Youngstown St., 1 p.m.Sep. 12 at Buffalo, NoonSep. 19 Navy, 6 p.m.Sep. 26 at N.C. State, TBAOct. 2 at Louisville, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 Connecticut, TBAOct. 16 at Rutgers, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 South Florida, TBANov. 7 Syracuse, TBANov. 14 Notre Dame, TBANov. 27 at West Virginia, TBADec. 5 Cincinnati, TBA

RRIICCEESep. 5 at UAB, 4 p.m.Sep. 12 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Tulsa, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 10 Navy, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 at East Carolina, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 UCF, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at SMU, 3 p.m.Nov. 14 Tulane, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 UTEP, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Houston, TBA

RRUUTTGGEERRSSSep. 7 Cincinnati, 4 p.m.Sep. 12 Howard, TBASep. 19 Fla. International, TBASep. 26 at Maryland, TBAOct. 10 Texas Southern, TBAOct. 16 Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.Oct. 23 at Army, 8 p.m.Oct. 31 at Connecticut, TBANov. 12 South Florida, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at Syracuse, TBANov. 27 at Louisville, TBADec. 5 West Virginia, TBA

SSMMUUSep. 5 Stephen F.Austin, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 at UAB, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 at Washington St., 5 p.m.Oct. 3 at TCU, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 East Carolina, 8 p.m.Oct. 17 Navy, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 at Houston, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 31 at Tulsa, 2 p.m.Nov. 7 Rice, 3 p.m.Nov. 14 UTEP, 3 p.m.Nov. 21 at Marshall, 4:30 p.m.Nov. 28 Tulane, 3 p.m.

SSTTAANNFFOORRDDSep. 5 at Washington St., TBASep. 12 at Wake Forest, NoonSep. 19 San Jose St., 9 p.m.Sep. 26 Washington, 9 p.m.Oct. 3 UCLA, TBAOct. 10 at Oregon St., TBAOct. 17 at Arizona, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 Arizona St., 10:15 p.m.Nov. 7 Oregon, TBANov. 14 at Southern Cal, TBANov. 21 California, TBANov. 28 Notre Dame, 8 p.m.

SSYYRRAACCUUSSEESep. 5 Minnesota, NoonSep. 12 at Penn St., NoonSep. 19 Northwestern, TBASep. 26 Maine, TBAOct. 3 South Florida, NoonOct. 10 West Virginia, TBAOct. 24 Akron, TBAOct. 31 Cincinnati, TBANov. 7 at Pittsburgh, TBANov. 14 at Louisville, NoonNov. 21 Rutgers, TBANov. 28 at Connecticut, Noon

TTCCUUSep. 12 at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Texas St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Clemson, TBAOct. 3 SMU, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 at Air Force, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Colorado St., 4 p.m.Oct. 24 at BYU, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 31 UNLV, 4 p.m.Nov. 7 at San Diego St., 4 p.m.Nov. 14 Utah, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at Wyoming, 2 p.m.Nov. 28 New Mexico, 1 p.m.

TTEEMMPPLLEESep. 3 Villanova, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Penn St., NoonSep. 26 Buffalo, NoonOct. 3 at E. Michigan, 1 p.m.Oct. 10 Ball St., 1 p.m.Oct. 17 Army, 1 p.m.Oct. 24 at Toledo, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 at Navy, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 5 Miami (Ohio), 7:30 p.m.Nov. 13 at Akron, 8 p.m.Nov. 21 Kent St., 1 p.m.Nov. 27 at Ohio, 2 p.m.

TTEEXXAASSSep. 5 Louisiana-Monroe, TBASep. 12 at Wyoming, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Texas Tech, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 UTEP, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 10 Colorado, TBAOct. 17 Oklahoma, NoonOct. 24 at Missouri, TBAOct. 31 at Oklahoma St., TBANov. 7 UCF, TBANov. 14 at Baylor, TBANov. 21 Kansas, TBANov. 26 at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

TTEEXXAASS AA&&MMSep. 5 New Mexico, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 Utah St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 UAB, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 Arkansas, TBAOct. 10 Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 at Kansas St., TBAOct. 24 at Texas Tech, TBAOct. 31 Iowa St., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Colorado, TBANov. 14 at Oklahoma, TBANov. 21 Baylor, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 26 Texas, 8 p.m.

TTEEXXAASS TTEECCHHSep. 5 North Dakota, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Rice, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Texas, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 at Houston, 9:15 p.m.Oct. 3 New Mexico, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Kansas St., TBAOct. 17 at Nebraska, TBAOct. 24 Texas A&M, TBAOct. 31 Kansas, TBANov. 14 at Oklahoma St., TBANov. 21 Oklahoma, TBANov. 28 at Baylor, TBA

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AAuugg.. 1155At the Gold Coast Arena, Biloxi,

Miss. (PPV): Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola,Fla., vs. Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg,Fla., 12, light heavyweights; DannyGreen, Australia, vs. Julio CesarDominguez, Argentina, 12, cruiser-weights; Verquan Kimbrough, Pitts-burgh, vs. Mike Anchondo, La Puente,Calif., 10, lightweights.

At Hard Rock Hotel and Casino,Las Vegas (PPV), Nonito Donaire, SanLeandro, Calif., vs. Rafael Concepcion,Panama, 12, for the interim WBA superflyweight title; Steven Luevano, LaPuente, Calif., vs. Bernabe Concep-cion, Philippines, 12, for Luevano’sWBO featherweight title; Mark Melli-gen, Philippines, vs. Michael Rosales,10, Mexico, super lightweights; Antho-ny Peterson, Washington, vs. LuisArceo, Mexico, 10, lightweights.

AAuugg.. 2211At the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las

Vegas, Oliver McCall, Martinsville,Va., vs. Franklin Lawrence, Indi-anapolis, 12, for McCall’s IBA Inter-continental heavyweight title.

AAuugg.. 2222At Toyota Center, Houston (HBO),

Malcolm Klassen, South Africa, vs.Robert Guerrero, Gilroy, Calif., 12, forKlassen’s IBF super featherweight ti-tle; Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Paul Ma-lignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, light wel-terweights; Daniel Jacobs, Brooklyn,N.Y., vs. Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, 10, forthe NABO middleweight title.

AAuugg.. 2288At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and

Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (ESPN2), JuanUrango, Cooper City, Fla., vs. RandallBailey, Miami, 12, for Urango’s IBFlight welterweight title; Tavoris Cloud,Tallahassee, Fla., vs. Clinton Woods,Britain, 12, for the vacant IBF lightheavyweight title.

AAuugg.. 2299At Halle, Germany, Victor Emil-

iano Ramirez, Argentina, vs. MarcoHuck, Germany, 12, for Ramirez’sWBO cruiserweight title; Karo Murat,Germany, vs. Lorenzo Di Giacomo,Italy, 12, for Murat’s European supermiddleweight title.

At The Blaisdell Center, Honolulu,Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs.Jesus Iribe, Mexico, 12, for Viloria’sIBF light flyweight title.

At Quik Trip Park, Grande Prairie,Texas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs.Edvan Dos Barrios, Miami, 10, welter-weights; Mikey Garcia, Oxnard, Calif.,vs. Carlos Rivera, Oldsmar, Fla., 10,featherweights.

SSeepptt.. 55At Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (PPV),

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico, vs. Ja-son LeHoullier, Portland, Maine, 10,super welterweights; Manuel Vargas,Mexico, vs. Donnie Nietes, Philippines,12, for Vargas’ WBO mini flyweight ti-tle.

SSeepptt.. 1122At MCH Messecenter, Herning,

Denmark (SHO), Mikkel Kessler, Den-mark, vs. Gusmyl Perdomo,Venezuela, 12, for Kessler’s WBA supermiddleweight title.

At Pechanga Resort and Casino,Temecula, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward,Oakland, Calif. vs. Shelby Pudwill,Mandan, N.D., 10, super mid-dleweights.

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INF Chris Getz on the 15-day DL,retroactive to Aug. 12. Recalled INFBrent Lillibridge from Charlotte (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Activated 2BIan Kinsler from the 15-day DL. PlacedOF Nelson Cruz on the 15-day DL,retroactive to Aug. 4.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—RecalledRHP Casey Janssen from Las Vegas(PCL).

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Kristopher Negron from Boston for SSAlex Gonzalez and cash.

FLORIDA MARLINS—OptionedRHP Chris Leroux to Jacksonville (SL).Recalled RHP Cristhian Martinez fromJacksonville.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreedto terms with C Joey Schoenfeld andRHP Jeffrey Inman.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with SS RobertoPerez.

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NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed QBEli Manning to a six-year contract ex-tension through the 2015 season.

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MONTREAL CANADIENS—SignedMatt D’Agostini to a one-year contract.

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Named Kerry Atkinson senior vicepresident of sales and marketing.

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nounced an affiliation agreement withColorado (NHL).

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D.C. UNITED—Acquired D DavidHabarugira.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Ac-quired an international slot from Hous-ton for D Ryan Cochrane.

CCOOLLLLEEGGEEARMY—Named Dallas Miller ath-

letic communications assistant.COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON—

Signed Bobby Cremins, men’s basket-ball coach, to a two-year contract ex-tension through the 2013-14 season.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC—NamedMatt Huskey assistant volleyballcoach.

INDIANA STATE—Named RickHeller baseball coach

MISERICORDIA—Named JenniferProbst softball coach.

WINTHROP—Named Chuck ReyJr. women’s assistant volleyball coach.

WIS.-OSHKOSH—Announcedwomen’s track and field coach DebVercauteren is stepping down to be-come women’s assistant track and fieldcoach.

that counts is how you place at state.”The Hawks will face some stiff competi-

tion from district competitors Progreso andLa Feria at all three meets.

Last year the Red Ants beat Zapata in theopening cross-country meet was held in Zapata.

The Hawks exacted revenge on the RedAnts, beating them at the district meet andkilling them at the regional meet.

Progreso got the upper hand at the statemeet and placed in front of the Hawks.

This year the rivalry between Zapata and

Progreso will be heated, as both teams don’thave a friendly rivalry.

Since La Feria is hosting this year, leavingat 4 a.m. will be advantageous to Zapata’s dis-trict foes, but they are ready to overcome anyobstacle.

“Cross-country has become the proteinhere in Zapata,” Escamilla said. “We takepride in what we do. We don’t join to join, wejoin to win. I look forward to have 100-plusboys in our program. I can’t wait to lose myvoice out there cheering on the boys.”

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San Diego, Hebbronville, Edinburg,Phar r San Juan Alamo North, LaJoya, Laredo Martin, Carrizo Springs,Eagle Pass and San Augustine will at-

tempt to dethrone the Lady Hawks,who are the defending girls champi-ons. Boys’ defending champion is Pro-gresso.

Zapata boasts the individual girl’s champi-on in Michelle Garcia who ran a 13:29 at themeet last year followed by teammates Mar-itza Garcia (third place, 13:47), Amber Guz-

man (sixth place, 14:29), Kristina Garcia(eighth place, 14:43), Abla Jasso (ninth place,14:45) and Adrianna Ramirez (11th place,15:07).

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