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Miscommunication be-tween the Zapata County pro-ject coordinator and the Eco-nomic Development Centerpresident led the county tonearly lose a $1 million grantreimbursement from the Eco-nomic Development Adminis-tration that helped constructthe Advance Education Cen-ter, according to presidentPeggy Umphres-Moffett.

Umphres-Moffett made thestatement during a presenta-tion at the last regular Com-

missioners Court meeting. She received a letter from

the EDA stating protocol hadnot been followed and a fewitems still needed to be ad-dressed.

“The ZEDC and the Educa-tion Steering Committee wasleft out of the communica-tions, which would have in-formed of the situation earli-er,” Umphres-Moffett said.

Zapata County Judge Rosal-va Guerra called a specialmeeting Tuesday, Oct. 19, inorder to verify the status of

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Almostlost

Official: Inaction nearlynixed $1 million grant

By LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

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Ciudad Mier, a northern Ta-maulipas town near the port ofentry in Roma, can be called alawless city. With no police forcesince Feb. 23 after a “horrible”

gun battle, the city regroupedand had plans to reorganizetheir municipal police, butarmed civilians had other plansfor the agency.

The headquarters building ofPublic Safety and Transporta-tion in Ciudad Mier was at-tacked around 1:30 a.m. Oct. 15.

“Officials were going to rein-state patrol trucks and then thishappened,” an official said.

Images show how the build-ing was blasted and police carswere burned. The incident leftonly property damage and noreported injuries.

Eyewitnesses say that afterarmed civilians attacked theheadquarters, located off themain square of town, they pro-ceeded to go down the main

MEXICO VIOLENCE

This photo shows the headquarters building of Public Safety and Transportation in Ciudad Mier in the aftermath of an at-tack at approximately 1:30 a.m. Oct. 15.

Courtesy photo

Police station attackedMen burn empty

building, police carsLAREDO MORNING TIMES

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Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementarykicked off National Red Ribbon Week with adrug awareness presentation by Border Pa-

trol agents from the Zapata County sector.In a presentation to the second grade class, Bor-

der Patrol agent Jorge Molano emphasized theagency’s mission to gain control of the border andexplained to students how agents keep the commu-nity safe by preventing the crossing of contraband.

“We contribute by keeping drugs off the street,away from schools and increase awareness as faras what drugs are out there,” Molano said. “Thereare a lot of drugs coming in, so I explain how wecatch drugs,” Molano said.

Several tools and techniques used by Border Pa-trol agents to detect contraband were described byMolano and his partner, Border Patrol agent JasonWells.

Molano also explained the consequences of us-ing drugs and broke down the effects of drugs onthe body.

The Border Patrol presentation showed studentswho may be interested in becoming border patrolagents students what they need to do, said coun-selor Claudia Garza.

“It’s important to say no to drugs, of course, be-cause it affects their future and we want to sendout the message to stay in school, go to college, geteducated and live a healthy life style,” Molanosaid.

Molano and Wells kept the students engaged byasking questions after the presentation.

Joel Cavazos, a second-grade student at Villar-real Elementary volunteered to demonstrate thedifference between being under the influence ofdrugs and not under the influence.

Molano made Cavazos walk a straight line, andthen he spun him around several times and madehim walk the same line. Cavazos could not walkthe straight line after being spun around and Mo-lano explained to the students his inability to walkwas similar to being on drugs.

Prior to the presentation, Garza taught a lessonon the meaning of the “red ribbon” for NationalRed Ribbon Week, and the history of Enrique Ca-marena.

Camarena was an undercover agent for theUnited States Drug Enforcement Agency, andwhile assigned in Mexico on a drug investigationhe was abducted by corrupt officials, tortured, andmurdered in 1985, according to a DEA website.

Garza also incorporated videos on the dangers

DRUG EDUCATION

RED RIBBON WEEK BEGINS

Second grade students from Villarreal Elementay in Zapata listen as their principal, Carmen G. Zava-la, introduces U.S. Border Patrol agent Jorge Molano on Friday morning at the school gym, wherethey partcipated in a kick off rally for Red Ribbon activities.

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

BP agents talk drugawareness


See RED RIBBON PAGE 11A

Norma Garcia was officiallyappointed superintendent of Za-pata County ISD at a schoolboard meeting Tuesday night.

“I am very fortunate to beworking with a dynamic, dedicat-ed and united school board and Iam looking forward to collabora-tively create a strategic planwith them starting as soon aspossible,” Garcia said.

She will be paid $120,000 peryear, according to her contract.

Former Superintendent Ro-meo Rodriguez Jr. left the dis-trict last summer and now headsthe South Texas Council of Alco-hol and Drug Abuse in Laredo.

Rodriguez signed a contractwith the district in February2008. The contract was slated toend in June 2011, but in May ofthis year; Rodriguez and theboard agreed to end his contracta year early.

Garcia served as chief instruc-tional officer for ZCISD, but wasappointed interim superintend-ent after Rodriguez resigned.

Garcia pulled double-duty forthe district for more than fourmonths.

“I expect to continue to func-tion as chief instructional offi-cer; however, I have managed todelegate some of the duties to avery experienced and knowledge-able team. The team I call theSuperintendent’s Systems of Sup-port (SSOS),” Garcia said.

The SSOS is comprised of cur-riculum coordinators and pro-gram directors who also serve ascampus liaisons, Garcia said.

“This way each campus has acentral office connection for on-going technical assistance and

EDUCATION

Garcianamedschoolchief


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A Zin brief SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23The Texas A&M International Uni-

versity Teachers’ Club will hold “Satur-day Story Hour” today at the LaredoPublic Library main branch, 1120 EastCalton Road from 2-3 p.m. Story Houris for children ages 3-8. Children mustbe accompanied by an adult. For moreinformation, contact Club faculty advi-sor, Dr. Sandra Garrett at [email protected].

The Webb County Heritage Foun-dation presents a demonstration ofspecial effects creation by Mike Castroof Morbid Mansion Studios at 1 p.m. aspart of the Haunted Heritage “Mythsand Legends of Laredo” exhibit on dis-play at the Villa Antigua Border Heri-tage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. Admis-sion is $5.

The Laredo Theater Guild incooperation with Texas A&M Interna-tional University presents “The Lion inWinter,” today in the TAMIU Center forthe Fine and Performing Arts Theatre.General admission is $15 and $10 dis-counted admission for students with IDand seniors. Tickets are available foradvance purchase at Foster’s, 1605 E.Del Mar Boulevard, Blue Top on Hillsideand at the TAMIU Bookstore. Ticketswill be available on-site at the box of-fice before show times. For more infor-mation, please call 956.319.8610 or vis-it www.laredotheaterguild.com

Rio Bravo will be hosting its sec-ond annual Tripita Festival from noon to1:00 a.m., organized by the Rio BravoMayor Nora Rivera and sponsored byDr. Francisco I. Peña of Laredo, Theevent features a Tripita cook-off, a Tripi-ta eating contest and the ever-popularMiss Tripita pageant. Musical acts in-clude Los Cadetas de Linares, Pegaso,De Colombia, Misión Colombiana, Sen-sible, Carlos y Sus Cachorros, Patti ySu Sonora, and INQ Puro Norteño. Ad-mission is $5, with proceeds benefitingthe City of Rio Bravo Library BuildingFund.

The Second Annual Festival deTeatro Chicano has its showing todayat 8 p.m. at the Laredo Little Theater,with three short, original works beingperformed. The performances will con-tinue on Oct. 24 at 3 p.m., Oct. 29 and30 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 31 at 3 p.m.Mature themes during Saturday andSunday shows. Admission is $10.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24The Laredo Philharmonic Orches-

tra returns to the concert stage withthe opening of the 31st season, “Con-nections,” today at 3 p.m. in the TexasA&M International University Center forthe Fine and Performing Arts RecitalHall. The opening program includes aperformance by soloist Dr. Yu MeiHuang, TAMIU assistant professor ofmusic and strings and concertmaster ofthe Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra. Theprogram will also feature a performanceby well-known Laredo dance and casta-net instructor Alta Gracia Garcia andher former students, who will performboth during intermission and with theorchestra in the famous “La Boda deLuis Alonso.” Tickets are currently onsale from LPO board members. Formore information, please contact Bren-dan Townsend at 956.326.3130.

Thrill-seekers in the mood forsome spooky fun are invited to enterthe Haunted Dungeon from 2 to 6 p.m.at Laredo Community College SouthCampus. Admission is $2 with pro-ceeds benefiting the LCC Criminal Jus-tice Club. For more information, callclub advisor Nelda De La Garza at 794-4710.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25Registration is currently underway

for computer courses offered by TexasA&M International University’s Divisionof International Programs. If you haveever wanted to acquire computer skillsto help you get a better job or to bebetter at what you do, these are thecourses for you! Classes available in-clude Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publish-er and Windows and the Internet. Thefirst course is offered Wednesday, Nov.10. The courses will be taught at thebeginner and at the intermediate level.For more information, please contactKimberly Martin Del Campo at326.2765, e-mail [email protected], or visit http://www.ta-miu.edu/dip/COMPCOURSES.shtml.

LCC faculty members Mary Mar-garett Bausman and William H. Wisnerare bringing their creative spirits to-gether to offer Double Visions, a newexhibit of two- and three-dimensionalart work. The exhibit may be viewedMonday through Thursday from 7:30a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 7:30 a.m.to 12 p.m. and weekends from 1 to 5p.m. Admission is free and open to thepublic.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Oct. 23,the 296th day of 2010. There are69 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. ser-vice members, most of themMarines, were killed in a sui-cide truck-bombing at BeirutInternational Airport in Leba-non; a near-simultaneous at-tack on French forces killed 58paratroopers.

On this date: In 1864, forces led by Union

Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelledConfederate Gen. SterlingPrice’s army in the Civil WarBattle of Westport in Missouri.

In 1910, Blanche S. Scott be-came the first woman to makea public solo airplane flight,reaching an altitude of 12 feetat a park in Fort Wayne, Ind.The Philadelphia Athleticswon the World Series, defeat-ing the Chicago Cubs in Game5, 7-2.

In 1915, tens of thousands ofwomen marched in New YorkCity, demanding the right tovote.

In 1942, during World War II,Britain launched a major of-fensive against Axis forces atEl Alamein in Egypt.

In 1950, entertainer Al Jol-son died in San Francisco atage 64.

In 1956, a student-sparked re-volt against Hungary’s Com-munist rule began; as the revo-lution spread, Soviet forcesstarted entering the country,and the uprising was put downwithin weeks.

In 1973, President RichardNixon agreed to turn overWhite House tape recordingssubpoenaed by the Watergatespecial prosecutor to JudgeJohn J. Sirica.

In 1980, the resignation ofSoviet Premier Alexei N. Kosy-gin was announced.

In 1987, the U.S. Senate re-jected, 58-42, the SupremeCourt nomination of Robert H.Bork.

In 1995, a jury in Houstonconvicted Yolanda Saldivar ofmurdering Tejano singing starSelena.

Ten years ago: Secretary ofState Madeleine Albright heldgroundbreaking talks in NorthKorea with communist leaderKim Jong Il.

Five years ago: Warsaw’sconservative mayor, Lech Kac-zynski, won Poland’s presiden-tial runoff vote.

Today’s Birthdays: Base-ball Hall of Famer Sen. JimBunning (R-Ky.) is 79. Movie di-rector Philip Kaufman is 74.Soccer great Pele is 70.Rhythm-and-blues singer Bar-bara Ann Hawkins (The DixieCups) is 67. Actor Michael Rup-ert is 59. Movie director AngLee is 56. Jazz singer DianneReeves is 54. Country singerDwight Yoakam is 54. Commu-nity activist Martin LutherKing III is 53. Movie directorSam Raimi is 51. Parodist“Weird Al” Yankovic is 51.Rock musician Robert Trujillo(Metallica) is 46. Christian/jazzsinger David Thomas (Take 6)is 44. Rock musician Brian Ne-vin (Big Head Todd and theMonsters) is 44. Country sing-er-musician Junior Bryant is42. CNN medical reporter Dr.Sanjay Gupta is 41. Countrysinger Jimmy Wayne is 38.Rock musician Eric Bass (Shi-nedown) is 36.

Thought for Today: “Becontent with what you are, andwish not change; nor dreadyour last day, nor long for it.”— Marcus Aurelius, Romanemperor (CE 121-CE 180).

TODAY IN HISTORY

ELKHART, Texas — A frame house sur-rounded by connecting mobile homes servedfor years as a home for dozens of the mostvulnerable children in Texas foster care. Butinstead of being a safe haven, it was a placewhere young girls were repeatedly molestedand the abuse long ignored.

In a case with implications that reach be-yond Elkhart, a community of 1,215 about125 miles southeast of Dallas, a criminalprosecution has revealed how the state con-tinually ruled out allegations of child abuseat the home before many of the same charg-es sent the man who served as its foster fa-ther to prison last year.

Officials with the Texas Department ofFamily and Protective Services consider thecase an aberration, saying it in no way re-

flects how standard cases in the child servic-es system are managed. But some foster careexperts say it calls into question how thestate investigates abuse in its largely priva-tized network of foster homes. The AndersonCounty district attorney says investigationsshould be done by an independent office.

James Vick, who operated the home for 10years with his wife, Marilyn, was sentencedto 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to18 counts of indecency with a child by con-tact. Marilyn Vick was not charged.

Anderson County prosecutors believe asmany as nine preteen girls were abused byVick, 47, and his adopted son, Michael, over13 years, usually under the pretense of play-ing games such as hide and seek. MichaelVick has pleaded not guilty to three countsof indecency with a child and is free whileawaiting trial.

AROUND TEXAS

Anderson County District Attorney Doug Lowe pauses when asked about the abuse that took place at a foster home in Elk-hart, Texas on June 22, during an interview in Palestine, Texas. Lowe contends that the state’s failure to verify cases ofabuse in the nearby foster home reflects a conflict of interest in the investigative process.

Photo by L.M. Otero | AP

Case: Abuse continuedBy DANNY ROBBINSASSOCIATED PRESS

City settles withnewspaper, AG

BEAUMONT — The city ofBeaumont has agreed to settle alawsuit with The Beaumont En-terprise and the Texas attorneygeneral and release reports ofpolice officers’ use of force.

Under the settlement, the citywill pay The Enterprise$66,519.63 and the attorney gen-eral $381.

The city now must release re-ports filed by officers when theyuse force and reports filed by su-pervisors when Tasers are used.

Nerf ball game locksdown university

HOUSTON — A brief lock-down at Sam Houston State Uni-versity has been lifted after po-lice discovered a Nerf ball gamehad sparked rumors that armedmen were on campus.

The Huntsville campus waslocked down for about an houron Friday after reports of one ortwo gunmen on campus.

AAA says prices at thepump hold steady

IRVING — Oil prices that ap-pear to have stabilized are con-tributing to some relief at thegas pump as prices held steadyin some markets and even slight-ly declined in Texas and acrossthe nation this week.

The average price for a gallonof gasoline in Texas fell less thana penny and remains at $2.67statewide while the national av-erage also dropped less than apenny and remains at $2.83.

Jobless rate slips to 8.1percent in Sept

AUSTIN — The Texas unem-ployment rate dropped slightly to8.1 percent in September.

The latest unemployment fig-ure, down from 8.3 percent inAugust, is the lowest rate so farin 2010.

Texas added 3,700 new jobs inSeptember and most of those po-sitions were in the service indus-tries.

Man gets 90 years forfarm house burglariesDUMAS — A serial burglar

convicted of stealing from farmhouses in the Panhandle hasbeen sentenced to 90 years inprison.

Jurors convicted 38-year-oldDavid Sandoval of burglary of ahabitation, then sentenced himas a habitual criminal.

Sandoval, who lived in the Du-mas area, had two similar con-victions, plus three convictionsfor auto burglary.

1st whooping crane ofseason reaches refugeAUSTWELL — The first mi-

grating whooping crane of theseason has arrived at a wildliferefuge at the Aransas NationalWildlife Refuge.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice on Thursday confirmed oneof the rare birds was spotted.

The rest of the expectedwhooping cranes are in Canada.

— Compiled from AP reports

Plane crash near LosAngeles kills 3 peopleAGUA DULCE, Calif. — Inves-

tigators were trying to deter-mine Friday what caused a smallplane to crash into a horse cor-ral and burst into flames in LosAngeles County, killing threepeople and three horses.

The Cirrus SR22 went down at12:10 p.m. Thursday into a horsecorral behind a barn in AguaDulce. The plane caught fire butwas quickly doused.

Coroner IDs body left incar for months

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Medi-cal examiners have identified amummified corpse that was leftin a car’s passenger seat for 10months in Southern California, apolice spokesman said Friday.

The woman’s remains, discov-ered Monday in a car parked ille-gally in Costa Mesa, are littlemore than skin and bones and

weigh 30 pounds.

Dad accused of murder: ’Ididn’t hurt my babies’ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A sub-

urban Detroit man declared, “I

didn’t hurt my babies,” after hewas arraigned on murder charg-es Friday in the drowning deathsof his two toddlers.

Steven Nicholson, 27, called911 about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday tosay the children had drowned.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

The fire-damaged roof of the Roseville Galleria in Roseville, Calif., is seen afterfirefighters doused the flames. It was started by a man who entered a store andset the shop on fire. No shoppers were injured when the mall was evacuated.

Photo by Steve Yeater | AP

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In observance of BreastCancer Awareness month,Villarreal Elementary staffwore the color pink andgathered as three survivorstold their individual storiesof pain, hope, and triumph.

Claudia Garza, schoolcounselor, played a coupleof songs about being toughand the color pink.

The song titled “Tough”represented how cancer pa-tients have to be strongagainst their struggles,Garza said.

The other song describedthe meaning of the colorpink, she added.

“I thought I would playsome music on how toughthey have to be to stand upto cancer because cancerdoes not discriminate,”Garza said. “We have to beready to face challenges.”

As the cancer survivorsshared their individualstruggles with breast can-cer, they stressed the im-portance of getting an an-nual mammogram.

The first survivor storycame from Annabel Alva-rez, the librarian at Villar-real Elementary.

Alvarez was diagnosedfive years ago, only eightmonths after her last mam-mogram, she said.

Cancer is not an easy ob-stacle to face but must betaken positively, Alvarezsaid.

“It will make people sador depressed and it’s some-thing you cannot control,but they need to learn howto face cancer with a posi-tive outlook or it becomesharder to fight it,” she said.“I had to be strong becauseI have my three kids, myhusband, and my parentswere very concerned.”

All three women agreedthey had to be strong fortheir families.

“Sometimes your familyis the weak one so you

have to be the stronger oneand keep fighting it,” saidJanie Lieurance, PublicEducation InformationManagement System secre-tary, another breast cancersurvivor.

Lieurance was diag-nosed on December 2006,she said.

“You need a positive atti-tude and I had a friendhere with me,” Lieurancesaid, pointing at Alvarez,the other cancer survivor.

When diagnosed Lieu-rance was told she was instage two of her cancer andhad to endure chemother-apy, she said.

“I hadn’t gone and thatis my mistake,” Lieurancesaid.

Lieurance had a recur-rence a year later, she said.

“I was taking my medi-cation, the chemo, and thepill and it still came back,”she said. “Sometimes it’snot what you eat or whatyou do. It just happens andyou can’t just blame some-thing. You have to havefaith in God.”

Alvarez’s cancer was instage one, she said, butwhen tested further thedoctor told her she was at

high risk for the cancer toreturn within 10 years.

“I was not going to havechemotherapy because itwas only in stage one, butthe doctors suggested itand two years later I hadmy breasts removed as aprecaution,” she said.

The next story camefrom a retired teacher, Ene-delia Rivera, currently sub-stituting at Villarreal Ele-mentary.

She was diagnosed inNovember 2004 and talkedabout her depression andher will to overcome it.

Rivera was forced to re-tire and became very de-pressed, she said.

She missed her students,she added.

The doctor suggested shereturn to work and she did,Rivera said.

The women had supportfrom their families andtheir friends, they said.

Cynthia Morales, recep-tionist at Villarreal Ele-mentary, has been an advo-cate for breast cancerawareness for more than 11years and has been teamcaptain for the Relay forLife fundraiser for the pastsix years, she said.

“I feel really stronglyabout getting the wordout,” Morales said. “Cancercan be very scary and if weface it, it will be easier.”

Morales shared howbreast cancer touched closeto home with her near ex-perience in 1999 and hersister’s diagnosis last year.

“I was told there was abig possibility that I hadbreast cancer, but I was ve-ry happy that I wasn’t,”Morales said.

After her scare Moraleswas determined she wasgoing to spread the word.“I took a personal mis-sion,” Morales said.

Relay for Life, a cancerawareness fundraiser bene-fiting cancer research, con-sists of cancer survivors,family members and sup-porters walking in supportfor the cause.

People need to realizethat cancer is not what itused to be because of re-search, she said.

“Cancer patients live amore comfortable life sincethe advancement of medi-cine and technology,” Mo-rales said. “It gives cancerpatients hope.”

Survivors tell their storiesBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Faculty and staff of Villarreal Elementary participated in a Breast Cancer awareness program Friday af-ternoon at the school. Among the organizers and participants were, from left, Claudia Garza, EnedeliaRivera, Annabel Alvarez, Janie Lieurance and Cynthia Morales.

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

Beginning next week,Zapata County ISD willcampaign for NationalRed Ribbon Week to helpshow students how to sayno to drugs.

“It’s important for thekids to understand thatbeing drug-free is very im-portant,” said MarlenGuerra, counselor at Ar-turo L. Benavides Elemen-tary School. “It’s also tocreate awareness thatdrugs can harm you andthe consequences aswell.”

Red Ribbon Week isMonday through Friday.

The school will cam-paign with themed daysduring which the studentsget to dress up in non-school attire.

On Monday studentsare allowed to wear crazysocks to “sock it todrugs,” according to apress release.

During the week, stu-dents will “put a cap ondrugs,” by wearing a cra-zy hat or cap, and for the“use your head, don’t dodrugs” theme the studentswill wear a crazy hairstyle or a wig.

They will also “givedrugs the slip” by wear-ing slippers to school onThursday. On Friday stu-dents will wear their Hal-loween costumes to say“boo” to drugs.

A. L. Benavides staffcame up with themeddays several years ago tomake National Red Rib-bon Week fun for stu-dents, Guerra said.

“I think the crazy hairday is the most populartheme,” Guerra said.

Other ZCISD schoolswill be performing simi-lar activities in celebra-tion of National Red Rib-bon Week.

(Lorraine L. Rodriguezmay be reached at (956)728-2557.)

Schools to observeRed Ribbon WeekBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

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A Zopinion SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

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WASHINGTON —Around the 1964presidential

election — back when“Mad Man” Don Draperwas still smoking Camels— men and women be-gan to gradually divergein their political viewsand behavior. We callthis the “gender gap.”

Political scientists Ka-ren M. Kaufman, John R.Petrocik and DaronShaw, in their book “Un-conventional Wisdom:Facts and Myths aboutAmerican Voters,” ob-serve that this split “thatbegan more than 40years ago has grown intoa significant and endur-ing political division.”

Grows, shrinksThe gender gap is nei-

ther constant nor causedby men and womenequally. Kaufman andher colleagues demon-strate that it averagedabout 5 points during the1960s and 1970s. It disap-peared around the timeof the Watergate scandal,grew slightly during the1980s, and then surged todouble digits around thetime of Clinton’s reelec-tion in 1996. It thenslipped back to around 7points on average in thelast several elections.

They also show thatmuch of the gap wascaused by men becomingmore Republican ratherthan women shifting to-ward the Democrats.

Whether the gendergap moves again — andin what direction —holds major implicationsfor the Nov. 2 elections. Ifmen favor Republicansand women fail to deliverbig margins for Demo-crats, the chances of theDemocrats retaining con-trol of Congress lookbleak.

Some new research bypolitical scientists PaulM. Kellstedt, David A.M.Peterson and Mark Ra-mirez, published in themost recent edition ofPublic Opinion Quarter-ly, provides strong evi-dence that men are themajor driver of change inthe gender gap.

Opinion studiedKellstedt and his col-

leagues don’t analyzeelectoral behavior per se,but instead focus on thegender gap in publicopinion toward the roleof government.

They argue the publicmood for more or lessgovernment moves in theopposite direction of pol-icy in Washington.Americans prefer lessgovernment when feder-al policy becomes moreactivist and more gov-ernment when policy-

makers move in a con-servative direction.

Yet do men and wom-en respond in the sameway?

Analyzing data be-tween 1980-2005, Kellstedtand his colleagues findmen and women do in-deed move in tandem —toward a more conserva-tive mood during timesof liberal policy and in-creased liberal viewswhen Washington pre-sents more conservativepolicies.

Active menBut they also find an

interesting twist, onethat provides a possibleexplanation for changesin the gender gap overtime: Men move moredramatically than wom-en. Kellstedt and his col-leagues write: “Themovement in the gendergap is a result of men’sgreater responsiveness-Men’s response to shiftsin spending are aroundtwice as large as wom-en’s.”

It’s this movementamong men, triggered byshifts in policy, that pro-duce fluctuations in thegender gap.

Has this more rapidmovement by men oc-curred again in the lasttwo years? After BarackObama’s election in 2008consolidated Democraticpower in Washington,have men shifted morerapidly than women?Some evidence suggeststhey have.

First, a Pew survey onindependents releasedlast month found that in-dependent men movedfrom a plus-19-pointDemocratic advantage in2006 exit polls to plus-19-point GOP edge in theirmost recent polling — anet 38-point swing. Bycomparison, womenmoved in the same direc-tion, but by only 23points.

Second, writing atPollster.com last week,Margie Omero produceddata that also supportsthe “men moved more”thesis. According to 2006exit poll data, men pre-ferred Democrats by 3points. She also presentsgender data from 17 pub-lic polls released in Sep-tember and October 2010.The average reveals Re-publicans now leading by9.7 points among men—a shift of almost 13points in four years.Women moved about halfthat amount during thesame period.

The public moodmoved a lot due to thepolitical and policy con-sequences of the 2006 and2008 elections. But it’sthe “Mad Men” that looklike they’ve respondedthe most — shifts thatmight augur a Republi-can congressional major-ity in 2010.

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Male votersgrow the

gender gapBy GARY ANDRES

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

When workers in theformer East Ger-many had the te-

merity to rise up againsttheir Marxist masters in1953, members of the com-munist Writers Union dis-tributed leaflets demandingthat the workers labor twiceas hard to win back theconfidence of the govern-ment.

Even poet and playwrightBertolt Brecht, a committedMarxist, recognized the ab-surdity of blaming the peo-ple for the failure of theirleaders.

“Would it not be easier inthat case,” Brecht asked,“for the government to dis-solve the people and electanother?”

As the magnitude of theNov. 2 electoral disaster forDemocrats comes into per-spective, many of the par-ty’s leaders and their sup-porters in the press seem tohave taken Brecht’s satiricobservation seriously. Ac-cording to them, the Amer-ican people are just too stu-pid to realize how wonder-ful their governance hasbeen.

Vice President Joe Biden,

on ABC’s “This Week,” ex-plained that the public justdoesn’t have the mental ca-pacity to grasp the bril-liance of the Obama admin-istration’s monumentallyspendthrift legislative pack-ages: “The vast majority ofthe American people and alot of people really involveddon’t even know what’s in-side the packages.”

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.,postulated that citizens whooppose the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda suffer from amass case of attention defi-cit disorder.

“We have an electoratethat doesn’t always pay thatmuch attention to what’sgoing on,” he told reportersin Boston, “so people are in-fluenced by a simple sloganrather than the facts or thetruth or what’s happening.”

According to WashingtonPost columnist StephenPearlstein, a person’s intelli-gence is inversely propor-tional to his or her distancefrom the nation’s capital:“The dirty little secret isthat most Americans don’treally know what theythink about the issues thatso animate the political con-versation in Washington,and what they think theyknow about them is often

wrong.” Why would anyone vote

Republican? “Because they aren’t ra-

tionally aligning belief andaction,” explained News-week writer Jonathan Alter.“They’re tempted to losetheir spleens in the pollingplace without fully graspingthe consequences.”

For Time columnist JoeKlein, criticism of the tech-nocratic brilliance of TeamObama is a sign of civiliza-tional decline: “There issomething profoundly dis-eased about a society thatidolizes its ignoramusesand disdains its experts. Itis a society that no longertakes itself seriously.”

Really. For 21 months, these are

the geniuses who said thatif you opposed a so-calledstimulus bill that cost near-ly $1 trillion, you weregreedy; if you objected tothe government takeover offailed corporations, youwere uncaring; if youthought Obamacare woulddo more harm than good,you were selfish; if youwanted the nation’s immi-gration laws enforced, youwere racist; and if youthought an Islamic culturalcenter near Ground Zero

might hurt rather than pro-mote inter-religious under-standing, you were xeno-phobic.

Politics is a retail busi-ness. Every time a substan-tial number of Americansexpressed doubts about buy-ing the progressive brand,the makers of this line ofpartisan products respond-ed by declaring there wasno rational or good faith ba-sis on which to withhold pa-tronage, by insulting theircustomers and by conde-scendingly reminding themthat they know what’s best.

These guys are so smart,yet they’re oblivious as towhy Democrats are facingan electoral Armageddon.And so from the Oval Office— “they cling to guns or re-ligion” — on down, they’veconstructed the last greatinsult: Americans are justtoo stupid to comprehendtheir greatness.

If only THEY could electthe citizenry.

On Nov. 2, the citizenrywill deliver what PresidentObama likes to call a teach-able moment. The onlyquestion is this: Are thesepolitical prodigies capableof learning their lesson?

(E-mail: [email protected])

COLUMN

‘Voters are just too dumb’By JONATHAN GURWITZ

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

This year’s crop of nega-tive political ads is freshand repellent and headedfor the landfill on Nov. 3. Atleast they aim to motivatevoters, however basely.

Now here comes a twist:a new ad so cynical thatone media company, Univi-sion, refused to air it. It’sfrom one of those 527groups allowed to pursue“issue advocacy.” Thegroup, Latinos for Reform,aims its message at His-panic voters fed up with in-action on immigration re-

form, which has beenstalled for years.

It doesn’t tell themwhom to vote for oragainst. It tells them not tovote. “Clearly, the Demo-cratic leadership betrayedus,” it says. “Aren’t youtired of politicians playinggames with your future?Don’t vote this November.This is the only way tosend them a clear mess-age.”

Wait. Don’t vote? Clearmessage? Who is “us”?

Latinos for Reform is nota grass-roots Latino immi-gration-reform group. It isthe operation of a conserva-

tive Republican, Robert De-Posada, a former directorof Hispanic affairs for theRepublican National Com-mittee. While many Lati-nos are bitterly and rightlydisappointed in PresidentBarack Obama’s failure towin immigration reform,the ad’s prescription —“Democratic leaders mustpay for their broken prom-ises and betrayals” — hasit upside-down and back-ward.

Every time Congress hascome close to passing bi-partisan immigration re-form, lock-step Republicanshave destroyed any hope of

passage. Democratic cowar-dice and ineptitude haven’thelped, but when a bill hascome close to a vote, Re-publican-led filibusterskilled it.

The Republicans’ con-tempt for Hispanic voters,of which this voter suppres-sion is Exhibit A, is mir-rored in the way the partyexploits immigration rath-er than fixes it. Many im-migrants and citizensyearn for reform. But ifmost of the Republicansrunning this fall have theirway, we’ll never get it.Good reason to get out andvote.

EDITORIAL

Short-lived ad proves repugnantNEW YORK TIMES

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010 Local THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

Now is the time to ap-ply for the 2010-2011 HighSchool Aerospace Scholarsprogram.

Students selected willapply their math and sci-ence skills to complete 10web-based assignmentsduring the school yearand then travel to JohnsonSpace Center in Houstonduring the summer to usethose same skills to inves-tigate options and to pro-pose a mission for sendinghumans to Mars alongsidetheir peers, NASA scien-tists and engineers.

“This is a valuable op-portunity for students toexpand their knowledge inmath and the sciences atNASA’s Johnson SpaceCenter,” State Rep. RyanGuillen said. “The HighSchool Aerospace Scholarsprogram is renowned forstimulating the minds ofour state’s young people.”

Eligible students are re-quired to be U.S. citizens;Texas residents; currenthigh school juniors; havean interest in science,math or engineering; beable to commit to a rela-tionship with JSC, includ-ing a one-week residentialexperience during thesummer. They also musthave access to the Internetand e-mail (home, schoolor public library).

The state of Texas, inpartnership with JSC, andthe Texas educationalcommunity, developed

High School AerospaceScholars in 1999 to encour-age students to pursuestudies and careers in sci-ence, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics. Ad-ditional partners includethe Houston LivestockShow and Rodeo, Universi-ty of Houston System andRotary NASA. More than6,000 students from acrossthe state of Texas haveparticipated in the pro-gram.

High school juniors in-terested in applying forthe 2010-2011 programshould visit the web site athttp://aerospaceschol-ars.jsc.nasa.gov/. Thedeadline to apply is mid-night, Monday, Nov. 15.

Scholars programseeking students

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

“This is avaluableopportunityfor students toexpand theirknowledge inmath and thesciences atNASA’sJohnsonSpace Center,” STATE REP. RYAN GUILLEN

Further school renova-tions are in the offing forthe Zapata County ISD,thanks to approval by theschool board during its lat-est meeting.

The district is planningthe demolition and recon-struction of the old ZapataSouth Elementary, saidnewly-appointed Superin-tended Norma Garcia.

“Some portions will be

salvaged to accommodatethe technology depart-ment,” Garcia said. “Theformer library will be thetechnology departmentand training center.”

Zapata North Elemen-tary was in need of a facil-ities committee for inputon separate plans, Garciasaid.

“Right now the commit-tee is at the research andexploration stage,” shesaid.

The plans called for a

complete renovation of theschool with additionalrooms, but the school alsoneeds other facilities, Gar-cia said.

“Right now we are talk-ing to an architect whowill entertain our needsand will be asked to offersuggestions,” she said.

Board approval will beneeded if the cost of reno-vation is over half of whatconstructing a new build-ing would be, Garcia said.

Also at the meeting:

A motion to appoint adirector for the AdvancedEducation Center was ta-bled for further discussion.

The board approved amigrant counselor posi-tion for the district thatwill be announced at a lat-er time.

A one-act play direc-tor position needed at Za-pata High School was ap-proved.


Schools eyeing more projectsBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

With only 43 of 120 slotsfilled, organizers of thefirst-ever Renato RamirezInvitational Tournamentare asking the public totake part in a golf eventwith the proceeds benefit-ing the Rio Grande Inter-national Study Center.

The event is scheduledfor Oct. 30. There will betwo tee times: 8 a.m. and 1p.m. The tournament’s en-try fee is $100 per player.

The golf tournament willbe held at Los Ebanos GolfCourse in Zapata. Theevent includes a greens fee,

a cart fee and breakfastand lunch.

A dinner also will beprovided at 7 p.m. Oct. 29for participants for theevent.

“Renato (Ramirez) is aprime example of a vision-ary businessman,” saidTricia Cortez, one of themain organizers of theevent. “He’s a man that hasa big heart and he knows

what’s at stake. He knowswhat will happen if our or-ganization doesn’t survive.We hope that many otherbusinessmen take hislead.”

Founded 16 years ago,the center is an environ-mental organization with amission is to monitor wa-ter quality, to safeguard thelocal environment and tofoster stewardship of the

Rio Grande through educa-tion, research, advocacyand alliances.

For more information onthe tournament, or to reg-ister, call Jorge Flores at765-8336, or Alonzo Marti-nez at 286-8112.

The registration dead-line is Oct. 27.

(Denise Blaz may bereached at 728-2547 [email protected])

Plenty of slots at benefit tourneyBy DENISE BLAZ

LAREDO MORNING TIMES The event is scheduled for Oct. 30. There will be twotee times: 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. The tournament’s entryfee is $100 per player.

ARSONDeputies and firefighters

responded to an arson call at4:19 a.m. Oct. 15 at the intersec-tion of Seventh Street and Mira-flores Avenue. The complainantstated that an unknown personset fire to his 2007 Dodge Char-ger.

ASSAULTDeputies responded to a

domestic disturbance incident re-ported around 3 a.m. Oct. 17 inthe 1200 block of Roma Avenue.Deputies arrested Roel VillarrealJr. and charged him with assaultcausing bodily injury and withresisting arrest. The man wastaken to Zapata Regional Jail.

INJURY TO A CHILDA woman told deputies that

an elderly man assaulted her 9-year-old nephew around 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 in the 400 block of Mira-flores Avenue. The Zapata Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office opened an in-vestigation.

POSSESSIONAfter a traffic stop Oct. 17

near 10th and 13th streets, dep-uties arrested Jesus Elias Rami-rez-Saldana and charged himwith possession of a controlledsubstance. The man was takento Zapata Regional Jail.

THEFTDeputies responded to a

theft call at 5:40 p.m. Oct. 15 inthe 200 block of Lozano Road.The complainant said a vehiclehad been stolen.

Deputies responded to atheft call at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 15 atLas Lomas Ranch, located 1.5miles east of FM 3169. A mantold deputies that someone stolethree calves from the property.

THE BLOTTER

Chicano culture returnsto the Laredo stage as Lare-do Community Collegehosts its second annual“Festival de Teatro Chica-no: Nine Original ShortPlays” on the weekends ofOct. 22-24 and Oct. 29-31 atthe Laredo Little Theater,4802 Thomas Ave.

At 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29“La Visita,” “Corn Nuts,”and “El Novenario de TíaNíne” will be showcased.“Border Grammar,”“Breakfast Tacos,” and“Manila Folder” will bepresented on at 8 p.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30.Those plays are for matureaudiences only. The finalshows will be at 3 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, for“La Lucha de Apuesta,”“My Little Mexican,” and“El Cabrito.”

A $10 admission per dayhelps promote the arts inthe Laredo area.

Sponsored by LCC’s In-stitute of Mexican-Ameri-can Studies, the short playsare a product of LCC’s Chi-cano Playwriting Workshop— held this summer anddeveloped by Carlos Flores,an LCC English instructorwho was part of the Chica-no movement almost 40years ago.

In 2009, the playwritingworkshop was intended foronly five weeks, but be-cause of the community’ssupport, the workshop hasblossomed into somethingmuch more than expected.

“We’re now into the sec-ond year of producing thisfestival, and we’ve had tre-mendous support to pro-duce plays like these,”Flores said. “It’s exciting totake this to the communitybecause it not only enrich-

es lives but informs the au-dience about our borderlife as well.”

Nine members from theplaywriting workshop willperform in the nine plays.

Tricia Cortez, a formerLaredo Morning Times re-

porter, wrote “Corn Nuts,”a comedy about a barriokid from the South Sidewho is rejected from the af-fluent and posh office of aneurotic social butterfly.

“What makes these playsvery unique is that theywere mostly done by Chica-nos,” Cortez said.

Margie Cortez, TriciaCortez’s mother and direc-tor for “Corn Nuts,” knewthe pioneer of the ChicanoCivil Rights movement.

“Cesar Chavez was areal quiet guy, but when hewould sit down, you couldtell he was the leader,”Margie said. “We sataround in ‘sacred circles’and would plan our 50-milemarches to Fresno, Califor-nia and back. It was a lot ofwork, but well worth it.

For more information,call Carlos Flores at 721-5445.

‘Festival de Teatro Chicano’ Nine short playsat Laredo Little

TheaterSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Doreen Peña, left, plays the role of Lola Ballesteros Jiménez, a social barracuda, and Tricia Cortez playsPatsy Mae, a neurotic social butterfly, while Jason Vasquez plays Edgar, an unaccepted intern, in one of the scenes from “Corn Nuts.” The “Festival de Teatro Chicano” begins at 8 p.m. today.

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

PLAY SCHEDULEFriday, Oct. 22 and Friday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.

“La Visita” by Mary Sue Galindo“Corn Nuts” by Tricia Cortez

“El Novenario de Tía Níne” by Alberto Guajardo

Saturday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 30“Border Grammar” by Dolores Díaz

“Breakfast Tacos” by Anita L. Guerra“Manila Folder” by Oscar Peña

Sunday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 31“La Lucha de Apuesta” by Joe McCarry

“My Little Mexican” by Luis Flores“El Cabrito” by Ángel Zamora

PAGE 6A Zentertainment SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tripita Festival in Rio Bravo

Poteet pays tribute tothe juicy strawberry andLaredo celebrates thespicy jalapeño. Now, itsRio Bravo’s turn to payhomage to a delicacy thatis uniquely South Texas,the tripita (Spanish fortripe), during its SecondAnnual Tripita Festival.

Organized by Rio BravoMayor Nora Rivera andsponsored by Laredo doc-tor Francisco I. Peña, theTripita Festival celebratesthis South Texas commu-nity and culture. Theevent, set for Saturdayfrom noon to 1 a.m., fea-tures a Tripita cook-off, aTripita eating contest andthe Miss Tripita pageant.

Live music will be pro-vided by Los Cadetas deLinares, Pegaso, De Col-ombia, Missión Colombia-na, Sensible, Carlos y SusCachorros, Patti y Su Son-ora and INQ Puro Norte-ño.

The festival opens itsgates at 1002 Paseo de Tib-er, at noon. Admission is$5, with proceeds benefit-ing the City of Rio BravoLibrary building fund.

‘Pretty in Pink’benefits WINGS

Reina’s Ultra Lounge ishosting a “Pretty in Pink”charity event to promotebreast cancer awareness.

The event, set for Sat-urday, will have an “I Live’80s” theme with songsfrom the 1980s all nightand drink specials.

“Pretty in Pink” willbenefit WINGS, a non-profit organization thathelps women affectedwith breast cancer.

Reina’s is located at8602 McPherson. Formore information, call726-1001.

‘The Lion in Winter’continues at TAMIU

The Laredo TheaterGuild, in cooperationwith Texas A&M Interna-tional University, presents“The Lion in Winter,” to-night and Saturday at 8p.m. in the TAMIU Centerfor the Fine and Perform-ing Arts Theatre.

Admission is $15, witha $10 discounted admis-

sion for students with IDand seniors.

For more information,call 319-8610.

Makeup effectspresentation

On Saturday, the WebbCounty Heritage Founda-tion is hosting a specialeffects makeup presenta-tion by Mike Castro, ofMorbid Mansion Studios,from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Ad-mission is also $5.

It will take place at theBorder Heritage Founda-tion, 810 Zaragoza.

For more information,call the Webb County Her-itage Foundation at 727-0977.

LCA needs entriesfor exhibit

The Laredo Center forthe Arts is calling for en-tries for its annual Dia DeLos Muertos cultural cele-bration, scheduled from 5p.m. to 8 p.m. for Satur-day, Oct. 30.

Dia De Los Muertos isa traditional Mexican ho-liday in which the livinghonor and reunite withtheir beloved ancestors,family and friends. Dia delos Muertos is a celebra-tion honoring the lives ofthe deceased and a cele-bration of the continua-tion of life.

LCA is calling for en-tries for altars and per-formers.

To reserve a spot or formore information, call Ro-sie Santos at 725-1715.

Tito ‘El Bambino’discount tickets

For the first time in La-redo, Tito “El Bambino”will perform at the Lare-do Energy Arena on Sat-urday, Nov. 13, featuringBig Boy as the openingact. Twisted Entertain-ment, which is presentingthe event, is offering a $5discount to students,teachers and military per-sonnel. Specific price lev-els are available withproper ID at the LEA boxoffice window. There is alimit of 4.

Tickets are $68, $48, $28,$13, facility fees included,and are available at allTicketmaster locations.

— The Zapata Times

COMING UP

The Laredo Philharmon-ic Orchestra will open its31st season, “Connections,”at 3 p.m. Sunday at . in therecital hall of Texas A&MInternational University’sCenter for the Fine and Per-forming Arts.

“The word ‘philharmon-ic’ means ‘lovers of music’and I believe that everyonein this community lovesmusic of one form or anoth-er,” said Brendan Towns-end, music director. “Ourtask is to reach out andmake that connection to thecommunity.”

Each concert in the four-concert season will have a

unique focus and sound —ranging from the traditionalsymphonic program, to op-era, to music for strings pri-marily, to a multi-media pre-sentation of graphic artworkaccompanied by the orches-tra.

The challenge in havingconcerts in these economicconditions has also affectedthe LPO. A recent “Celebri-ty Chefs Gala” at the Coun-try Club helped raise funds,and will help offset costs.

Youth orchestraOther connections are in

the works as well for thePhilharmonic.

After receiving a commit-ment to music educationfrom the D.D. Hachar Char-itable Trust, the LPO has re-vitalized the Laredo Phil-harmonic Youth Orchestrafor students in grades 7 to 9.The youth orchestra meetson Monday nights at theChristen M.S. band hall andis under the direction of BeaBalli.

Connections, too, betweendifferent musical genreswill find a home in the phil-harmonic’s season.

In the opening concert,the beloved and much-re-spected dance and castanetinstructor Alta Gracia Gar-cia and a group of her for-mer students will join with

the orchestra to present “LaBoda de Luis Alonso.”

The concert opens withBeethoven’s fifth symphony— arguably one of the bestknown pieces of music of alltime, said Townsend.

Season tickets are $80 foradults and $60 for seniors.

Tickets may be purchasedfrom LPO board members.Contact Hortense Offerle at724-4297, or e-mail ArdithEpstein at [email protected].

Philharmonic making ‘Connections’SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Carmen Ramirez - Rathmell, D.D.S.“Let your smile be

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010 National THE ZAPATA TIMES 7A

ROSEVILLE, Calif. —Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneg-ger declared a state ofemergency in a Sacramen-to suburb Friday after partof a regional mall was con-sumed by an arson firethat collapsed portions ofthe roof, destroyed 20stores and caused at least$6.5 million in damage.

Yet city officials said un-burned sections of the up-scale Westfield Galleria atRoseville could reopenwithin weeks, in time forholiday shopping.

“I think you’re going tobe surprised,” said Rose-ville city manager RayKerridge. “They’ve got tobe online by Black Friday,”the day after Thanksgivingthat traditionally startsmajor holiday sales. Themall draws shoppers froma large portion of North-ern California and gener-ates $3.2 million in annualsales taxes.

Roseville Fire Depart-ment spokesman DennisMathisen said about 20 ofthe Westfield Galleria’smore than 200 stores, in-cluding Finish Line, An-chor Blue and PacSun,were destroyed along with

the GameStop video gamestore where the fire wasset Thursday.

Two anchor stores nearthe fire’s origin — Macy’sand JC Penney — were notas severely damaged.

Smoke lapped into themall’s center court whereSanta Claus would usuallyset up shop. But smoke,water and fire damage waslimited in the rest of the1.3-million-square-footmall, and a newer portionwas barely affected.

Large portions of theroof collapsed onto theburned section of the mallabout 17 miles east of thestate capital, and a majorsupporting wall spanningabout 200 feet was in dan-ger of collapse.

Schwarzenegger de-clared the state of emer-gency after officials pro-jected damage would top$6.5 million. The emergen-cy declaration will helpthose who have lost jobsand will suspend certain

rules to accelerate recon-struction.

City officials said theywere working to develop amore accurate damage es-timate. Roseville policespokeswoman Dee DeeGunther said the prelimi-nary figure was based onthe legal statute used tohold 23-year-old AlexanderCorney Piggee withoutbail on suspicion of arson,entering a building intend-ing to commit arson andmaking criminal threats.

Mall eyes Nov. reopening

Emergency personnel watch as firefighters battle a fire at the Roseville Galleria in Roseville, Calif., onThursday after a man entered a store earlier in the day and set the shop on fire.

Photo by Steve Yeater | AP

By DON THOMPSONASSOCIATED PRESS

COSTA MESA, Calif. —Medical examiners haveidentified a mummifiedcorpse that was left in acar’s passenger seat for 10months in Southern Cali-fornia, a police spokesmansaid Friday.

Authorities had saidearlier it could take weeksto identify the homelesswoman, but the OrangeCounty coroner’s officewas able to rehydrate thedesiccated body’s finger-tips to obtain a usable fin-gerprint, said Costa Mesapolice Detective Sgt. PaulBeckman. The office willnot release the name untilnext-of-kin are notified.

The woman’s remains,discovered Monday in acar parked illegally in Cos-ta Mesa, are little more

than skin and bones andweigh 30 pounds, said po-lice Sgt. Ed Everett.

The car’s driver be-friended the homelesswoman in a park in near-by Fountain Valley and

told her she could sleep inthe car. When she foundthe woman dead in thepassenger seat, she wasafraid to tell police, Ever-ett said.

The driver is a 57-year-

old former real estateagent from Corona delMar, an upscale beachcommunity, who herselfhad fallen on hard timesand was living withfriends, he said.

Authorities have not de-termined if the driver willface any charges.

An autopsy showed nosigns of trauma. Toxicolo-gy reports could take sixweeks, Everett said.

“We would obviously belooking at what laws dealwith the transportation ofbodies. Ultimately, this isstill an undetermineddeath,” Beckman said.“There’s still a vastamount of investigationnecessary.”

The woman whose carshe died in last saw her inDecember, but it wasn’timmediately clear whenshe discovered the body.

Coronor IDs body left in vehicleBy RAQUEL MARIA DILLON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Evidence stickers are seen on the window of a vehicle in CostaMesa, Calif., in which police say they discovered the mummifiedbody of a homeless woman that could have been in the car any-where from three to 10 months. Costa Mesa Police say the womanwho drives the car told police she let the homeless woman sleepin her car and one morning found she had died.

Photo by Mark Rightmire/Orange County Register | AP

VANDENBERG AIRFORCE BASE, Calif. — Abody boarder bled todeath Friday at a beachnorthwest of Los Angelesafter a shark mauled hisleg, authorities said,prompting officials toclose three beachesthrough the weekend.

Lucas Ransom, 19, wasboogie-boarding in thesurf line about 100 yardsoff of Surf Beach with afriend when a shark sud-denly pulled him underthe water shortly before 9a.m., according to a state-ment from the Santa Bar-bara County Sheriff ’s De-partment.

Ransom’s friend andothers at the beach pulledhim from the water, butthe University of Califor-nia, Santa Barbara, stu-dent had a severe woundto his left leg and died ashort time later, the state-ment said. The shark’schomp took out a 1-footportion of the board’sside.

Ransom, who was fromRomoland in RiversideCounty, was a junior atUCSB majoring in chem-ical engineering, schoolspokesman Paul Desruis-seaux said.

Surf Beach, 130 milesnorthwest of Los Angeles,is on the property of Van-denberg Air Force Basebut is open to the public.Vandenberg closed SurfBeach and adjoining Walland Minuteman beachesfor at least three days.

There have been nearly100 shark attacks in Cali-fornia since the 1920s, in-cluding a dozen that werefatal, according to the Cal-ifornia Department ofFish and Game. But at-tacks have remained rela-tively rare even as thepopulation of swimmers,divers and surfers sharingthe waters has soared.

The last shark attackon Surf Beach was in 2008,when what was believedto be a great white sharkbit a surfer’s board. Thesurfer was not harmed.

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Airman 1st class Daniel Clark, left, and Staff Sgt. Keri Embry post asign warning surfers of a recent shark attack Friday at VandenburgAir Force Base. Lucas Ransom, 19, was boogie-boarding in the surfline about 100 yards off of Surf Beach when a shark suddenlypulled him under the water.

Photo by Spencer Weiner | AP

Man bleeds todeath after

shark attackASSOCIATED PRESS

8A THE ZAPATA TIMES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

MIAMI — Spanish-lan-guage media is revvingup a massive get-out-the-vote campaign to ensurethe nation’s Hispanicswield their clout at thepolls.

The move follows a La-tino Republican group’sairing of an ad in Nevadaurging Hispanic voters tosit out Senate and con-gressional races becauseof Congress’ failure to en-act immigration reform.Hispanic leaders wereoutraged, and Democratscalled the ad a dirty trickas Hispanic voters tend tovote Democratic. The adwas pulled from the airby Univision, the nation’slargest Spanish-languagemedia company.

On Friday, Univisionwas taping a sit-down in-

terview in its Los Angelesstudios with PresidentBarack Obama. Interview-er and radio host Eddie“Piolin” Sotelo played amajor role in encouragingthousands of marchers toprotest a harsh immigra-tion bill in 2006. The showwill air Monday.

Univision is also plan-ning to promote its “Ya eshora” (The time is now)get-out-the-vote campaignall day Tuesday, across itsTV, radio and Internetholdings. The programswill feature the network’stop stars.

Meanwhile, also on Fri-day, Telemundo Networkunveiled its “Tu Voto, TuFuturo,” (Your Vote, YourFuture) campaign to en-courage viewers to casttheir ballots.

Telemundo has framedits political coveragearound three issues: the

economy, immigrationand education. In the fi-nal days before the elec-tion, it plans to press poli-ticians on these themesand how they would af-fect Latinos, who make up9 percent of eligible vot-ers.

Telemundo ExecutiveVice President Ramon Es-cobar said the medianeeds to hold ordinarypeople, not just politic-ians, accountable.

“One of the responsibil-ities of belonging to civicsociety is to vote,” hesaid.

Following the electionthrough the eyes of a fewfamilies made sense be-cause of the importanceof family in the Hispanicculture, Escobar ex-plained. “It’s much morerelatable than just cover-ing the horse race of thecandidates,” he added.

Meg Whitman, left, the Republican candidate for governor, shakes hands with debate moderator MariaElena Salinas, before the start of her second debate with Democratic opponent Jerry Brown, center,held at California State University in Fresno, on Oct. 2. Spanish-language media is taking an unpreceden-ted role in this year’s election season, highlighting the growing influence of Hispanic voters.

Photo by Rich Pedroncelli | AP

Hispanics urged to voteBy LAURA WIDES-MUÑOZ

ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Outside the courtroom,James F. Neal had an ami-able, backslapping waywith friends and foes alike.Inside the chamber, theface of one of America’sgreatest trial lawyers oftenbecame fixed in a steelygaze.

The attorney who regu-larly grabbed nationalheadlines — whether pros-ecuting Jimmy Hoffa orkey Watergate figures, ordefending Elvis Presley’sdoctor or the Exxon Corp.after the Alaska oil spill —died Thursday night. Hewas 81.

Law partner AubreyHarwell said Friday thatNeal died at a Nashvillehospital after a months-long battle against cancer.

In the words of FredThompson, already a law-yer in real life before hebecame one on TV, “Jim

Neal was the greatest triallawyer of his time.”

For former Vice Presi-dent Al Gore, Neal was a“brilliant attorney” andclose friend. “As a prosecu-tor, he served our nationwith brilliance and dedica-tion at a time when his

skill was greatly needed bythe American people,”Gore said in a statement.

And prosecute, by all ac-counts, was somethingNeal did well.

The government hadtried four times to convictthe Teamsters presidentHoffa before Neal got itdone in 1964 in a jury-tam-pering case. As a specialprosecutor, Neal later putWatergate conspiratorsJohn Mitchell, Robert Hal-deman and John Erlich-man behind bars in thetwilight of the RichardNixon presidency.

And not only prosecute. In private practice, Neal

successfully defended FordMotor Co. against recklesshomicide charges in Indi-ana after the gas tank of a1973 Ford Pinto exploded,killing the car’s driver.

In 1981, he successfullydefended Dr. George Nicho-poulos of Memphis againstcharges that he overpre-scribed drugs to the laterock ’n’ roll idol Presley.

Watergate prosecutor diesBy ERIK SCHELZIG AND

RANDALL DICKERSONASSOCIATED PRESS

Attorney James F. Neal is shownin an undated photo. Neal, whosuccessfully prosecuted JimmyHoffa and Watergate figures andlater defended high-profile cli-ents, including Exxon Corp., diedThursday in Nashville. He was 81.

Photo by Mark Humphrey | AP

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.— New year, new LindsayLohan?

That appears to be thehope of Los Angeles Supe-rior Court Judge Elden S.Fox, who on Friday orderedthe starlet to remain in re-hab until January. In doingso he ended any short-termplans for the actress’ come-back, but also followed therecommendations of medi-cal professionals who saythe “Mean Girls” star is on-ly beginning to realize thedepths of her addiction.

He also slyly removedone potential source oftemptation and relapse.

“You’re staying past theNew Year’s — there’s a rea-son for that,” Fox said.

Lohan, who was in courtfor her fifth time since May,cried after hearing the sen-tence for failing a drug test.

The ruling allowed Lo-han to avoid a fourth tripto jail, but it wasn’t exactlythe outcome the actresswas hoping for.

Lohan’s probation reportstates she told an officerlast week that she hoped tobe released from the BettyFord Clinic in Rancho Mi-

rage, Calif. after one monthand cited financial worries.She told the officer that“continued inpatient treat-ment would be a hardshipfinancially, and damagingto her career.”

The 20-acre addictiontreatment hospital is notcheap — three months ofinpatient treatment cancost nearly $50,000.

Lohan cited problemswith her clothing line andan upcoming role as pornstar Linda Lovelace in abiopic as reasons for want-ing to get out.

The movie, however, willwait for Lohan.

“Inferno” writer-directorMatthew Wilder says Lo-han’s rehab won’t interferewith role and that produc-tion was already set to be-gin in mid-January.

“It looks good and weare not replacing (her),” hesaid Friday.

Fox warned Lohan thatshe could suffer furtherdamage to her career if shedid not succeed.

The actress has becomemore of a tabloid mainstaythan box office draw sincea pair of high-profile ar-rests in 2007 led to the cur-rent drug and drunkendriving case.

Judge’s rehab rulingkeeps Lohan on hold

By ANTHONY MCCARTNEYASSOCIATED PRESS

This courtroom artist’s sketch shows actress Lindsay Lohan, right,in court with her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, in front ofJudge Elden S. Fox on Friday, in Los Angeles. Lohan sidestepped an-other jail stint Friday when the judge sent the 24-year-old troubledstarlet back to rehab.

Photo by Bill Robles | AP

SÁBADO 23 DE OCTUBRELAREDO — “A Dollar a Sack

Day” es parte de la Venta de Usadoen el Fellowship Hall, First UnitedMethodist Church (1200 McClellandAve) de 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. El públicoen general está invitado y no haycuota de entrada.

LAREDO — Pase la tarde enel Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergarade TAMIU y explore “One World,One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure” alas 5 p.m., “Seven Wonders” a las6 p.m., y “Rock on Demand” a las7 p.m.Entrada general es de 5 dóla-res.

LAREDO — Hoy es la Jamai-ca y Bingo anual en St. Peter’s Me-morial School (1519 Houston Street)de 5 p.m. a 10 p.m. en los terrenosde la escuela. La entrada es de 1dólares. Habrá módulos de comida,juegos y actividades infantiles, asícomo una subasta silenciosa y elbingo.

LAREDO — El Laredo TheaterGuild en cooperación con TAMIUpresenta “The Lion in Winter” a las8 p.m. de hoy en el Center for theFine and Performing Arts Theatrede la Universidad. La entrada gene-ral es de 15 dólares.

LAREDO — El Laredo Centerfor the Arts (500 San Agustin Ave.)presenta la campaña de recauda-ción de fondos “Tequila at Twilight”hoy a las 8 p.m. y hasta la media-noche. Se presentará la banda LittleSister y habrá bar en efectivo. 18piezas de arte serán rifadas estanochge. Los boletos tienen costo de35 dólares en la puerta. Más infor-mación en el 725-1715.

NUEVO LAREDO — Hoy seproyecta cine de terror en “Hasta elViento tiene Miedo” a las 10 a.m.;“Rec 1” a las 12 p.m.; “Rec 2” a las5 p.m. y “KM 31” a las 7 p.m. enEstación Palabra. Entrada libre. Ado-lescentes y adultos.

NUEVO LAREDO — FestivalInfantil “Las Brujas” es hoy a las 2p.m. en Estación Palabra. Entrada li-bre.

NUEVO LAREDO — Cine ClubInfantil presenta “Hocus Pocus” alas 3:30 p.m. en Estación Palabra.Entrada libre.

NUEVO LAREDO — Sábadode Museos para Niños presenta “Si-gue las Huellas”, una plática sobredinosaurios y creación de una hue-lla de T-Rex” a las 4 p.m. en el Mu-seo Reyes Meza. Entrada libre.

NUEVO LAREDO — “NocheFantástica” con leyendas de losFantasmas del Tren a las 8 p.m. y11 p.m. en Estación Palabra. Entradalibre. Para niños de 7 a 12 años.Cupo limitado. Debe inscribirse.

DOMINGO 24 DE OCTUBRELAREDO — La Orquesta Filar-

mónica de Laredo presenta “Cros-sing the Oceans” (Cruzando losOceanos), en el Recital Hall delCenter for the Fine and PerformingArts de TAMIU de 3 p.m. a 6 p.m.Más información con Brendan Tow-nsend al 326-3039.

LAREDO — A partir de hoyse puede visitar el Calabozo Embru-jado en el Campus Sur del LaredoCommunity College, en horario de 2p.m. a 6 p.m. El costo de entradaes de 2 dólares por persona.

LUNES 25 DE OCTUBRELAREDO — Hoy es el primer

día de la Brigada de Médicos Misio-neros de la Divina Misericordia parapersonas de bajos recursos organi-zado por la Diócesis de Laredo, Ser-vicios Sociales Católicos y la Iglesiadel Divino Redentor (1602 García).Habrá varios lugares a partir de las8 a.m., además de la Iglesia del Di-vino Redentor, en El Cenizo, RíoBravo y las Colonias de San Carlosy Las Peñitas. El evento continúa enmismas ubicaciones y horarios has-ta el viernes 29 de octubre.

MIÉRCOLES 27 DE OCTUBRELAREDO — Texas A&M Inter-

national University presenta el Con-cierto Internacional de Mariachi enel teatro del College of Fine andPerforming Arts de 7 p.m. a 1 p.m.Más información en el 326-2001.

VIERNES 29 DE OCTUBRELAREDO — “Elmo’s Green

Thumb” se presenta hoy en la Lare-do Energy Arena. Los precios varíande 12 a 48 dólares.

— Tiempo de Zapata

Agendaen Breve

La Junta de Fideicomisarios de Zapa-ta County ISD designó oficialmente aNorma Garcia, Ph. D., como nueva jefade distrito, durante la junta escolar re-gular del martes por la noche.

“Soy muy afortunada por estar traba-jando con una junta escolar dinámica,dedicada y unida y espero crear entretodos un plan estratégico tan pronto co-mo sea posible”, dijo Garcia.

Ella recibirá un salario de 120.000 dó-lares al año, de acuerdo al contrato.

Rodriguez firmó un contrato con eldistrito en febrero del 2009 que concluyeen junio del 2011.

El ex Superintendente Romeo Rodri-guez Jr. dejó el distrito el verano pasadoy ahora encabeza el South Texas Coun-cil of Alcohol and Drug Abuse en Lare-do.

Rodriguez firmó un contrato con eldistrito en febrero del 2008. El contratoestaba previsto que concluyera en juniodel 2011, pero en mayo de este año, Ro-driguez y el consejo tuvieron un acuer-do mutuo para terminar su contrato ainicios de este año.

Garcia fue Oficial en Jefe de Instruc-ción para ZCISD, pero tras que Rodri-guez renunció en mayo ella fue designa-da para ocupar la superintendencia inte-rina.

Ello estuvo a cargo de dos oficinas pa-ra el distrito por más de cuatro meses.

Tras que la junta seleccionó a Garciacomo finalista para el cargo de Superin-tendente en ZCISD el mes pasado fue ne-cesario que ella esperara un total de 21días debido al protocolo de gobierno.

En ese momento la junta y Garciaconstruyeron un contrato con el que am-bas partes estuvieran de acuerdo.

“Tenía unas cuantas preguntas”, dijoGarcia.

En los cuatro meses como superinten-dente interina Garcia pasó la mayoríade su tiempo planeando y colocando ex-pectativas para el distrito, dijo ella.

“Se ve bien para nosotros”, dijo Gar-cia. “Quiero comentarios de todos los in-volucrados para estas juntas y foros decomunicación”.

A fin de crear un plan de acción, Gar-cia se ha estado reuniendo con un equi-po Ejecutivo compuesto del Oficial enJefe de Finanzas, el Oficial en Jefe dePersonal, y el Director de EducaciónCompensatorio, dos veces a la semanapara discutir temas del distrito y preo-cupaciones, dijo ella.

“Estamos creando un plan de instala-ciones para asegurar que nos organice-mos con todas sus obligaciones mientrassuperviso proyectos de construcción”,dijo ella. “También estoy separandotiempo para caminar a través de loscampuses, oficinas y edificios”.

Garcia estitular deZCISD

POR LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

El Edificio de la Comandan-cia de Seguridad Pública yVialidad en Ciudad Mier fueatacada por supuestos civilesarmados el viernes 15 de octu-bre.

Imágenes muestran cómo eledificio fue rafagueado y pa-trullas de vigilancia incendia-das. El incidente solamente de-jó daños materiales y no se re-portaron personas lesionadas.

Testigos de los hechos ase-guran que tras que civiles ar-mados atacaron la comandan-cia, ubicada frente a la Plazaprincipal del pueblo, procedie-ron a ir por la calle principaldisparando a todas las residen-cias.

“El pueblo está aterrado”,dijo un residente de CiudadMier quien solicitó el anoni-mato.

Un oficial en la 8va. ZonaMilitar de la Secretaría de laDefensa Nacional (Sedena) di-jo que el ataque en CiudadMier debe ser investigado porla Procuraduría General deJusticia en Tamaulipas.

“Es un asunto que competea la autoridad estatal”, dijo eloficial. “No tenemos reportede esos hechos”.

El Coordinador de Comuni-cación Social de la Procuradu-ría General de Justicia en Ta-maulipas, Rubén Darío Ríos

Rodríguez, dijo vía telefónicaque la investigación debe estara cargo de la Sedena ó de laPGR.

“Por el tipo de hechos losuele intervenir ya sea la Se-dena o la PGR”, dijo Ríos. “Notengo ningún reporte de esasituación”.

La Procuraduría General dela República (PGR) no emitiócomunicado al respecto de loshechos del 15 de octubre.

La Diócesis de Nuevo Lare-do, bajo cuya jurisdicción es-tán Miguel Alemán, CiudadMier y Nueva Ciudad Guerre-ro, asegura que la fronterachica sigue literalmente se-cuestrada por hombres arma-dos.

El Obispo de la DiócesisGustavo Rodríguez Vega ase-guró que habitantes de CiudadMier y Nueva Ciudad Guerre-ro han tenido que emigrar y,los que no han podido hacerlo,terminan su día laboral alre-dedor del mediodía.

“Los servicios nocturnos sesuspendieron”, dijo Rodríguez.“La vida es lenta”.

Residentes en Nueva Ciu-dad Guerrero y Ciudad Mierviven continuamente temero-sos, por lo que la labor de los

sacerdotes en las Iglesias esbásica, sobre todo en momentodonde no hay tranquilidad.

“Ojala que algún día poda-mos expresar que las grandesamenazas han sido acalladas ylos riesgos superados”, dijoRodríguez. “Todos en Méxicoestamos anhelando regresar ala paz”.

También aseguró que nin-gún sacerdote se ha visto ame-nazado por gente del crimenorganizado.

“Esas personas se han por-tado muy bien con nosotros”,dijo Rodríguez. “No ha habidoamenazas específicas”.

Otras ciudadesRodríguez, cuya Diócesis

también se encarga de MiguelAlemán, dijo que ahí se ha re-gresado a la normalidad, aun-que el poblado de Los Guerrassigue tomado.

“Las iglesias de San Fran-cisco y San Pedro (en MiguelAlemán), continúan con su de-sarrollo normal”, dijo Rodrí-guez.

En iglesias de Nuevo Lare-do no se han suspendido acti-vidades, aunque las familias sítoman precauciones y Rodrí-guez expresó que espera pron-to regrese la fuerte actividadde desarrollo, de empleo y demejor vida.

Una camioneta de la Comandancia de Seguridad Pública y Vialidad en Ciudad Mier, quedó destruida trasque supuestos civiles armados atacaron las instalaciones el 15 de octubre.

Foto de cortesía

Sufrió ataque edificiode policía en MierTIEMPO DE ZAPATA GUSTAVO RODRÍGUEZ

VEGA: Obispo sos-tiene que fronteraestá secuestrada.

Zfrontera PÁGINA 9ASÁBADO 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 2010

El Centro Comunitario de SaludGateway en colaboración con ZumbaFitness presenta el Festival Divertido deSalud de Zapata, una campaña para re-caudar fondos para la fundación Lightof Hope que beneficia a pacientes concáncer.

El evento será el sábado 30 de octubreen el Zapata Community Center de 8:30a.m. al mediodía.

Gateway Health Community Centerestará ofreciendo una variedad de servi-cios gratuitos incluyendo revisionesdentales para niños, pruebas de embara-zo, revisiones de pies, exámenes de glau-coma, y exámenes físicos, de acuerdo aun comunicado de prensa.

El público también recibirá serviciosgratuitos de educación sobre diabetes,hipertensión, colesterol, actividad física,y manejo del peso, dijo la Promotora deSalud Nadia Gonzalez.

“Hay muchas personas con diabetesen la comunidad y deseamos llegar a el-los e informarles y qué mejor forma quehacerlo gratuitamente”, dijo Gonzalz.

Los servicios gratuitos y educativosincluyen una revisión ó examen paragrupos de edades diferentes, sin embar-go, el manejo del peso es tanto para ni-ños como adultos, dijo Gonzalez.

Gateway Community Center educaráa la comunidad sobre la diferencia deactividad física y ejercicio, dijo ella, por-que las personas suelen confundir esostérminos.

“Las personas piensan que si ellos semueven alrededor en el trabajo eso esejercicio, y no es así’, dijo González.“Las personas necesitan un conceptoFIT (frecuencia, intensidad y tiempo).

“Si no tienen esos tres (conceptos) noestán haciendo ejercicio”.

Los exámenes de la próstata parahombres adultos y el trabajo de labora-torio incluyen 24 diferentes pruebas yserán ofrecidos por 15 dólares, pero losprimeros 50 participantes recibirán elservicio gratis como cortesía de Buckn-er International, un Ministerio Cristia-no.

ZumbaDurante el festival, Zumba Fitness

tendrá un Zumbatón de 9 a.m. a 10 a.m.y de 11 a.m. al mediodía.

Se requiere una donación de 5 dó-lares, cantidad que se destinarán a laFundación Light of Hope.

Los tres primeros equipos recibirántrofeos, de acuerdo al comunicado deprensa.

A forma de diversión, Zumba Fitnessestará realizando un concurso de dis-fraces de Halloween para niños de 15años y menores. Se premiará los dis-fraces más originales, según el comun-icado.

Habrá Festival de SaludLa mayoría de los servicios médicos serán gratuitos

POR LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZTIEMPO DE ZAPATA “Hay muchas personas

con diabetes en lacomunidad y deseamosllegar a ellos einformarles y quémejor forma quehacerlo gratuitamente”.PROMOTORA DE SALUD NADIA GONZALEZ

Una mínima cantidadde votos fueron emitidosla primera semana de lavotación anticipada enel Condado de Zapata, ysolamente pocos más de500 votos se esperan elDía de la Elección.

La votación anticipa-da inició el lunes 18 deoctubre y concluye elviernes 29 de octubre.

El Día de la Elecciónes el martes, 2 de no-viembre.

El Condado de Zapatapromedió 25 votos pordía la primera semanade la votación anticipa-da, dijo la Secretaria delCondado Mary Jane Vil-larreal-Bonoan.

“Creo que ha estadolento porque los candi-datos no tienen contrin-cante”, dijo Villarreal-Bonoan.

Los candidatos en lasprimarias fueron Demó-cratas solamente y te-nían contrincantes, dijoVillarreal-Bonoan.

Aunque la boleta dela elección electoral esuna mezcla incluyendoa todos los partidos, loscandidatos locales notienen opositores porcandidatos de otros par-tidos, dijo ella.

El condado esperabaatraer una cantidad másgrande de votos estaelección general, peroinclusive las campañasfueron escasas, dijo Vil-

larreal-Bonoan.“Nadie ha salido a

hacer campaña, pero es-tamos esperando obten-er más votos de los quellevamos hasta el mo-mento”, agregó ella.“Necesitamos ver esosnúmeros y que las per-sonas salgan y votenporque ellos tienen unaopción”.

Sostuvo que las per-sonas necesitan estaratentas a la medida lo-cal.

Para la segunda se-mana de la votación an-ticipada, los votantespueden ir por su boletaa varias ubicaciones, de7 a.m. a 7 p.m.

El Centro Comunita-rio Falcon está desigan-do para el Precinto 1A;el Centro ComunitarioLojeño está abierto parael Precinto 1B; y el Pa-bellón del Condado deZapata es para el Precin-to 2.

El Precinto 2A estaráemitiendo su voto en laSucursal de la Bibliote-ca Pública Guadalupeand Lilia Martinez, elNuevo Centro Comuni-tario está destina parael Precinto 3, y el Edifi-cio Anexo está abiertopara el Precinto 4.

Invitan a votarPOR LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA Elección esel 2 denoviembre

10A THE ZAPATA TIMES Local SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

Few ballots were castduring the first week ofearly voting in ZapataCounty and fewer than500 votes are expected byElection Day.

Early voting beganMonday, Oct. 18 and endsFriday, Oct. 29.

Election Day is Tues-day, Nov. 2.

Zapata County aver-aged 25 votes per day thefirst week of early voting,said County Clerk MaryJane Villarreal-Bonoan.

“I think it’s been slowbecause the candidatesare unopposed,” Villar-real-Bonoan said.

Local candidates in theprimaries were Demo-cratic only, Villarreal-Bo-noan said.

The general electionballot in November willinclude candidates from

several parties.The county was expect-

ed to bring in a largeramount of votes this gen-eral election, but evencampaigning has beenscarce, Villarreal-Bonoansaid.

“No one has been cam-paigning outside, butwe’re hoping to get morevotes than we’ve beengetting so far,” Villarreal-Bonoan said.

“We need to see thosenumbers and people needto come out and vote be-cause they have achoice.”

For the second week ofearly voting, voters can

cast their ballot in sever-al locations from 7 a.m.to 7 p.m.

The Falcon Communi-ty Center is designatedfor Precinct 1A; the Lope-ño Community Center isopen for Precinct 1B; andthe Zapata County Pavil-ion is for Precinct 2.

Precinct 2A will be vot-ing at the Guadalupe andLilia Martinez PublicBranch Library, the NewCommunity Center isdesignated for Precinct 3and the Annex Buildingis open for Precinct 4.


Voting finds slow goingBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES For the second week of earlyvoting, voters can cast theirballot in several locations from 7a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Marine CorpLeague will be hosting itsfirst annual relay run fromZapata to San Juan in sup-port of troops fighting inIraq.

The relay will take placeat 5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30,

beginning in Zapata.Participants will run 104

miles to San Juan to raisefunds to send troops carepackages, said MichaelDelgado, relay run organiz-er.

Organizers have beenmaking plans for the runsince August, Delgado said.

Approximately 23 run-

ners from Zapata Countyhave confirmed their par-ticipation and a few othersare needed from StarrCounty, Delgado said.

“The more the merrier,”Delgado said. “We need allthe help we can get.”


Relay run to help troops in IraqBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

Gateway Health Com-munity Center in collabo-ration with Zumba Fit-ness presents the ZapataHealth Fun Fest, a fund-raiser for the Light ofHope Foundation to bene-fit cancer patients.

The event will takeplace from 8:30 a.m. untilnoon Saturday, Oct. 30, atthe Zapata CommunityCenter.

The Light of HopeFoundation focuses onhelping cancer patientsalong the Rio Grande Val-ley, Gonzalez said.

“It helps with monetaryassistance for travel andlodging to their treatmentsites,” Gonzalez said.

Gateway Health Com-munity Center will be of-fering a variety of freeservices, including dentalscreenings for children,pregnancy tests, footscreenings, Glaucomascreenings and physicalexams, according to apress release.

The public will also re-ceive free education ser-vices concerning diabetes,hypertension, cholesterol,physical activity andweight management,health promoter NadiaGonzalez said.

“There’s a lot of diabet-

ic individuals in the com-munity and we want toget them informed andwhat a better way but todo it for free?” Gonzalezasked.

There will be screeningand tests for different agegroups. The weight man-agement workshop is forchildren and adults, Gon-zalez said.

Gateway CommunityCenter will educate thecommunity on the differ-ence between physical ac-tivity and exercise, Gonza-lez said.

People confuse physicalactivity with exercise,Gonzalez said.

“People think that ifthey move around atwork, it’s exercise. It’snot,” Gonzalez said. “Peo-ple need a FIT concept(frequency, intensity andtime). If they don’t havethose three, they’re notdoing exercise.”

Children also have atendency to follow a par-ent’s example and habits,Gonzalez said.

“If the parents don’t ex-ercise, the kids won’t, andif the parents eat fast food,the kids will eat fastfood,” Gonzalez said.

Prostrate screenings foradult men and lab workincluding 24 different testswill be offered for $15, butthe first 50 participants

will receive the service forfree courtesy of BucknerInternational, a globalChristian Ministry.

Buckner Internationalin Mission provides careand resources for orphansand at-risk children in theUnited States, accordingto a press release.

For more informationon Gateway CommunityHealth Center servicesand education, call Gonza-lez at (956) 718-6222 or El-isa Perez at (956) 718-6226.

Zumba Fitness will behosting an exercise com-petition or “Zumba-thon”for individuals or teamsfrom 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. andfrom 11 a.m. to noon.

A donation of $5 perperson is required to ben-efit the Light of HopeFoundation.

The top three teamswill also receive trophies,according to the release.

Zumba Fitness will alsobe hosting a Halloweencostume contest for chil-dren 15 and younger, whowill be awarded prizes formost original costumes.

Anyone interested inparticipating or donatingmay call Selisa J. Gutier-rez at (956) 231-8218 or Ni-na V. Gutierrez (956) 771-6895.


Cancer patients couldbenefit from Zumba


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010 THE ZAPATA TIMES 11A

the EDA grant and the du-ties of all responsible par-ties.

“The report given by Peg-gy at the last meetingraised concern,” Guerrasaid. “We didn’t want tolose this grant.”

Zapata County ProjectCoordinator Mario Gonza-lez-Davis was responsiblefor a separate state grantprovided by the Texas De-partment of Rural Affairs.

“The state grant has beenclosed for months and thecounty has received reim-bursement,” Gonzalez-Davissaid. “The EDA funding isstill pending.”

The Economic Develop-ment Center procured thefunding for the educationcenter and was responsiblefor the internal grant ad-ministration of the EDAgrant, and compliance withpolicies, Umphres-Moffettsaid.

“We are in compliance,making sure proceduresdon’t conflict with federalgrant guidelines, and sub-mitting the required docu-mentation to the EDA in or-der to draw funds for thegrant,” Umphres-Moffettsaid. “The ZEDC is being agood fiduciary of the grantfunds by being adamant

that procedures are fol-lowed.”

An Education SteeringCommittee was created tofacilitate the developmentof the project, she said.

As part of the steeringcommittee, Zapata CountyISD was responsible for thehiring of the administrativepersonnel for the educationcenter Guerra said.

The district would alsopay a direct cost associatedwith the administrative per-sonnel, according to anagreement.

“That person is also theone that is supposed togather information as faras what classes are to beprovided,” Guerra said.

The county was respon-sible for the constructionand the maintenance, ac-cording an agreement.

The county is the fiscalagent and delegated the au-thority and project adminis-tration to Gonzalez-Davis,Umphres-Moffett said.

Gonzalez-Davis, ERO Ar-

chitects, and PM2i Con-struction Company were re-quired to prepare and sub-mit documentation to theEDA to receive reviews andproper approvals prior tobuilding the structure,Umphres-Moffett said.

“Only they know the tim-ing to submit the docu-ments as different phasesare completed,” Umphres-Moffett said.

ERO was responsible forensuring the building wasbuilt to specification, andPM2i was responsible forpaying wages of employeesand purchasing buildingmaterials and supplies,Umphres-Moffett said.

“They have the docu-ments and knowledge ofwhat is going on through-out the constructionstages,” Umphres-Moffettsaid.

The education center wascompleted in August.

“I notified everyone —and on multiple occasions— as soon as I was aware

that certain procedureswere not followed to complywith EDA grant require-ments,” Umphres-Moffettsaid. “As of the meeting lastweek, the project coordina-tor had never given me theinvoices to pay. I don’t un-derstand why the judge andproject coordinator did notprovide the documents tous when first notified.”

In a conference call withEDA representative Math-ew Giannini, only threenecessary items were listed,including the approved con-struction plans, invoicesand a photograph of thesign logo.

The sign logo should in-clude the Zapata Countyand the EDA logo, Guerrasaid.

“That’s all that is need-ed,” Guerra said. “When Iheard the report, I thoughtit was more dramatic andthat we needed a lot ofthings, but (Giannini) reas-sured us that that is it.”

The county has provided

Giannini with invoices andconstruction plans, Gonza-lez-Davis said.

The sign is still pending,he said.

“We did our part. In fact,we did more than our part,”Gonzalez-Davis said.

The education center isslated to open in January,as it is still pending a cableand a telephone system forInternet usage, Guerra said.

“Hopefully that gets doneand we get over that hurdleand move forward,” Guerrasaid. “I do agree with Peg-gy. Why weren’t they in-stalled in the beginning?”

The agreement of memo-randum does not specifythe party responsible forequipment and technology,Guerra said.

“The county is willing tohelp with whatever is need-ed as long as we move for-ward and if we can, ofcourse, we’ll help,” Guerrasaid.

The demand for a highereducation facility is evident

and the education centerwould provide a much-need-ed higher education facilityfor high school and collegestudents, Guerra said.

“We’re really excited. Wereally want to provide thisservice for the citizens ofZapata,” Guerra said.“There is a list of studentsthat want to go to college,but our current collegetransportation buses canonly accommodate 16 or 17people.”

Approximately 90 stu-dents are enrolled in theCollege Transportation Pro-gram, Guerra said.

The goal is to bring basiccourses to the AEC, Guerrasaid.

“About 20 students out ofthe 90 need basic English;why not bring it overhere?” Guerra asked. “I wastold one of the studentsneeding English droppedthe class because they didnot have sufficient space(on the bus).”

“Hopefully it will im-prove our whole communi-ty because knowledge ispower and education is im-portant to all of us,” Guerraadded.


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Zapata County Judge Rosalva Guerra called a special meeting Tuesday,Oct. 19, in order to verify the status of the EDA grant and the duties ofall responsible parties.

street shooting at residenc-es.

"People are terrified,"said a resident of CiudadMier, who requested ano-nymity.

An official with the CityCiudad Mier said peoplelive in constant fear. Shechose to remain anony-mous for safety reasons.Gunshots could be heardthroughout the night. Ac-cording to reports, it wasunknown if there were anycasualties.

An official with Protec-ción Civil, the Mier fire de-partment, said gunshotsand detonation could beheard that night. But theydid not respond to the call.

“We heard things, but wedid not approach (the area)for our own safety,” the of-ficial said, noting that thefire consumed itself.

Though no one washarmed in the attack, theofficial said many sur-rounding businesses wereaffected by the flames andvehicles had bullet holes.

“It’s bad. It’s like in allmunicipalities. Not havinga police force increasesrobberies. You have to takecare of yourself,” the offi-cial said. “There is no se-curity in the city. We’re alittle worried (about thesituation).”

Officials have requestedofficers and weaponryfrom the state government,but they’re still waiting foran answer.

With no one to regulate

traffic, the townspeoplevolunteered their time astraffic officers at schoolzones to take care of chil-dren. The city has a pop-ulation of 3,200.

Many people had left thecity searching for jobs, butothers left for safety rea-sons. Officials say thosewho still live in Mier go tobed early.

“We don’t want people toleave (because) of whatthey hear in the news. Wewant this to stop, so peoplecan have trust again,” theofficial said. “We need theauthorities to do some-thing.”

Meanwhile, an officer inthe 8th Military Zone ofthe Ministry of NationalDefense (SEDENA) saidthe attack in Ciudad Miershould be investigated bythe Attorney General’s Of-fice of Justice (PGR) in Ta-maulipas.

"It’s a matter for stateauthority," said the official."We have no report of suchfacts."

The coordinator of So-

cial Communication of theAttorney General’s Officein Tamaulipas, Rubén Da-río Ríos Rodríguez, said bytelephone that the investi-gation should be conductedby SEDENA or the PGR.

"For the kind of factswhich involve either theDepartment of Defense orthe Attorney General,"said Ríos, "I have no re-port.”

The Attorney General’sOffice (PGR) issued nostatement about the eventsof Oct. 15.

The Diocese of NuevoLaredo, under whose juris-dictions are Miguel Ale-mán, Ciudad Mier andNueva Ciudad Guerrero,said that the small bordercontinues to be literallyseized by armed men.

Bishop Gustavo Rodrí-guez Vega confirmed thatresidents of Ciudad Mierand Nueva Ciudad Guerre-ro have had to emigrate,and those who have beenunable to, end their work-ing day around noon.

"Evening services were

suspended," Rodríguezsaid. "Life is slow."

Residents of Nueva Ciu-dad Guerrero and CiudadMier live in fear, so thework of priests in churchesis essential, especially intimes in which there is nopeace.

"Hopefully someday wecan say that the greatestthreats have been silencedand risks overcome," saidRodríguez. "Everyone inMexico is longing to re-turn to peace."

He also confirmed thatno priest has been threat-ened by organized crime.

"These people have beenvery good to us," Rodríguezsaid. "There have been nospecific threats."

Other citiesRodríguez, whose dio-

cese is also responsible forMiguel Alemán, said therehas been a return to nor-mality, even though thetown of Los Guerras is stilltaken.

"The churches of SanFrancisco and San Pedro(of Miguel Alemán) contin-ue with their normal devel-opment," said Rodríguez.

In Nuevo Laredo,churches have not sus-pended activities, but fam-ilies do take precautionsand Rodríguez said hehopes life soon returns tothe development of jobsand the pursuit of betterlives.

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“We don’t want people to leave(because) of what they hear inthe news. We want this to stop,so people can have trust again.” UNNAMED OFFICIAL

compliance support,” Gar-cia said.

After the board selectedGarcia as a finalist for thesuperintendent position atZCISD last month she wasrequired to wait a total of21 days due to governmentprotocol.

In that time the boardand Garcia wrote a con-tract that both partiescould agree on.

“I had some minor ques-tions,” Garcia said.

In the four months as in-terim superintendent Gar-cia spent most of the timeplanning and setting expec-tations for the district, shesaid.

“It’s looking good for us,”Garcia said. “I like inputfrom all the stakeholders,so this requires meetingsand forums for communi-cation.”

In order to facilitate aplan of action, Garcia hasbeen meeting with an exec-utive team comprised ofthe chief financial officer,chief personnel officer andthe compensatory educa-

tion director twice a weekto discuss district issuesand concerns, she said.

“We are creating a facil-ities plan to ensure that weget organized with all theirduties while overseeingconstruction projects,” Gar-cia said. “I am also block-ing time to conduct walk-throughs of campuses, of-fices and buildings.”

Once a week Garcia alsomeets with an instruction-al team comprised of theprincipals, SSOS and exec-utive team members for in-struction issues, plans ofaction, and other concerns,she said.

Garcia also meets with afacilities team once a weekto discuss custodial andmaintenance issues, shesaid.

“Soon I will break awayfrom some of the planningand will delegate more sothat I can visit with stu-dents, parents and the com-munity,” Garcia said.


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of drugs in her presenta-tion.

The annual presentationcontinued all day for allgrade levels and Border Pa-trol agents will continue tostress the message to stu-dents about staying drug-

free the rest of NationalRed Ribbon Week.

“We’re booked today andthe rest of the Red RibbonWeek,” Molano said.


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LAREDO – The ZapataLady Hawks continuedtheir march toward the dis-trict meet with a strongshowing at the UISD CrossCountry Invitational lastweekend at Slaughter Park.

The Lady Hawks, rankedNo. 5 by the Texas CrossCountry Coaches Associ-ation, had their hands fullwhen they met anotherstate ranked team, Laredo’sAlexander Lady Bulldogs.

Zapata outpaced the La-

dy Bulldogs to capture firstplace at the UISD Invita-tional.

“This is our last tune upbefore the district meet,”Zapata coach Mike Villar-real said. “We have beenhaving a hard time findingthe win column and we fi-nally did against Alexan-der.”

The Lady Hawks hadtwo top-10 finishers, led bysenior Marlene Garcia(third).

“The girls had a few

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Senior Marlene Garcia crosses the finish line in third place at theUISD XC Invitational.

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SpeedHawks

Zapata beats rankedAlexander in Laredo

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The Zapata LadyHawks didn’t want toleave anything to chance,so they secured the dis-trict volleyball title Tues-day on the road againsttheir most viable threatin the La Feria Lady Li-ons.

Zapata soundly sweptLa Feria 25-13, 25-18 and25-17 to be crowned Dis-trict 31-3A volleyballchampions for the 2010season with two gamesleft in the regular season.

La Feria still remainsin second place in the dis-trict race.

Senior Brandi King,who has been the back-bone of Zapata’s success,continues to make a

strong case for the dis-trict’s Most ValuablePlayer honor with a 24-kill performance againstLa Feria.

The Lady Lions had noanswer for King’s dom-inance at the net as herattacks constantly ex-ploited the defense.

King masterfullymoved the ball aroundthe floor, keeping La Fe-ria’s defense on theirheels as she picked herpoints of attack.

King isn’t a one dimen-sional player that onlyworks on the net; she isalso one of the best defen-sive players that Zapatahas to offer along withCassi Quintanilla, AbbyAguilar and Jackie Sali-nas, who combined for 30digs.

King recorded 15 digsto go along with five aces,three assists and oneblock.

Setter Estella Molinaran the Zapata offense toperfection, knowing whento give the ball to King,and when to throw thedefense off with sets toKris de Leon, Selina Mataor Shelby Bigler.

When defenses startkeying on King, Molinainvolved the other hittersto force a more broad cov-erage of the net.

The Lady Hawks areputting together one ofthe most memorable sea-sons with their 21-3 over-all record, but their un-blemished district record(10-0) as of Tuesday ismore impressive still.

Two of Zapata’s losses

came at the hands of 5ALaredo schools, Unitedand Nixon, who are cur-rently in the playoff racein District 29-5A.

United is in third placewhile Nixon is battlingfor the fourth and finalplayoff spot.

Zapata was presentedthe district trophy at theconclusion of the game.

The Lady Hawks lookto enter the postseasonon a high note with anundefeated district re-cord.

Zapata hosted Rio Hon-do last night and will fin-ish the regular season onTuesday against RioGrande City’s La Grulla.

Seniors playing theirlast game of the regular

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The Zapata Lady Hawks pose with the district championship trophy.

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Hawks sweep Lions to secure district titleBy CLARA SANDOVAL

ZAPATA TIMES

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EAST RUTHERFORD,N.J. — Throw out the factthat the Dallas Cowboysown the worst record in theNFC East, occupying thebasement with a 1-4 record.

The New York Giants,Dallas’ opponent Mondaynight, simply don’t want tohear it. They don’t look atthe Cowboys as cellar dwell-ing also-rans, no matterwhat the standings say.They still have all the re-spect in the world for theirdivisional rivals ... seriously.

“They have a lot of out-standing personnel to worryabout,” Giants coach TomCoughlin said Thursday.“They’re big and strong andcome off the ball very well.They have a lot of playmak-ers. Every weekend, there’sa difficult game in thisleague. Dallas is a good foot-ball team no matter whattheir record is.”

The 4-2 Giants, fresh offtheir 28-20 win over Detroitat home last Sunday, don’twant to think that they canpermanently put the Cow-boys in the rear view mir-ror with a win on the road.They are more concernedwith their three-game win-ning streak, and how to addto it.

“We’re excited to be play-

ing our first divisionalgame and that’s how welook at it, Coughlin said.“It’s an important game be-cause it’s a divisional game.We’re not worried about re-

cords. They’re a goodteam.”

Quarterback Eli Man-ning concurs. Like coach,

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Cowboys still a threatASSOCIATED PRESS

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) races for 14-yards on adrive during the second quarter of a game between the MinnesotaVikings and the Cowboys Sunday, in Minneapolis. The Cowboysscored later on a drive.

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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. —Brian McBride’s face wascovered in blood, and itwould take three stitchesto close the gash under hiseye after an elbow fromItaly’s Daniele De Rossi.

Just the sight of himwas enough to make soc-cer fans wince. YetMcBride stayed in theWorld Cup game andhelped the Americans sal-vage a draw against theeventual champions, justone example of the gritand determination that de-fined his career.

“He was a complete for-ward,” said Bruce Arena,who coached McBride atthe 2002 and 2006 WorldCups. “He’s been a playerwho excelled on the fieldand obviously off the field,and he’s been even betterin the way he representedAmerican soccer and him-self. He’s a first-class guy.”

McBride will play his fi-nal game Saturday — forthe Chicago Fire against

MLS

U.S. soccer heroMcBride to retire

By NANCY ARMOURASSOCIATED PRESS

In this July 15, 2009, file photo, Chicago Fire’s Brian McBride, left,kicks the ball away from New England Revolution’s Kevin Alstonduring the first half of a SuperLiga semifinal soccer match in Fox-borough, Mass. McBride will play the final game Saturday in a ca-reer which has spanned 17 years, two continents, three WorldCups, some gruesome injuries and more than 150 goals.

Photo by Elise Amendola | AP

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things in mind when theyran: keep the gap close, runa faster first mile and fin-ish strong,” Villarreal said.

Jazmine Garcia edgedout Alexander’s Ceci Gar-cia for fourth place whileCassie Pena came in 11thplace.

Erika Hernandez (12th),Clarissa Villarreal (16th)and Gloria Jauregui (17th)rounded out the Zapatasquad.

“We did something differ-ent today: that is running afaster first mile. Our No.1and No. 2 times dropped,”Villarreal said. “The rest al-so dropped their times too.”

The junior varsity per-formed well and took homethird-place honors.

Wendy Medina led allrunners and was followedby Adrianna Ramirez(sixth), Angela Darnell(15th), Leslie Juarez (11th)

and Kassy Garza (19th).The freshmen didn’t run

their full squad, but stillmanaged to post a goodperformance with Sara Pe-na’s first-place finish. Shewas followed by Daniela Ve-la (third), Alma Perez(fourth) and Norma Cepeda(sixth).

The Lady Merlins kickedoff the day with a first-place finish led by NormaRamirez, who put on one of

the most gut-wrenchingperformances.

Ramirez was under theweather but still opted torun, coming away with thetop performance of seventh-grade team.

The eighth graders wereled by Alexandra Garcia’sfifth-place finish, followedby Mary Rodriguez (sev-enth), Brianna Gonzalez(20th), Jazmine Garcia andDaphne Gonzalez.

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season at home are Bran-di King, Selina Mata,Cassie Quintanilla, Ka-ren Villa, Suzy Domin-guez, and Cristina Men-doza.

ZAPATA STATS: BrandiKing (24 kills, five aces,three assists, 15 digs, oneblock), Kris De Leon (10kills, one ace, four digs,

one block), Selina Mata(four kills, one ace, fourdigs), Cassie Quintanilla(16 digs), Estella Molina(one kill, 29 assists, fivedigs), Shelby Bigler(three kills, five aces),Jacke Salinas (one kill,one ace, seven digs) andAbby Aguilar (sevendigs).

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Chivas USA — in a careerthat’s spanned 17 years,two continents, three WorldCups, some gruesome inju-ries and more than 150goals. Other players havehad longer careers thanthe 38-year-old striker andscored more. He wasn’t thefirst American to go toEngland, and others havehad more longevity in Eu-rope.

But his goal-scoring abil-ity, tenacity and spirithelped make the U.S. morecompetitive in the world’sfavorite game, and pavedthe way for the next gener-ation of players.

“I haven’t looked at itfrom that standpoint,”McBride said when askedwhat he wants his legacyto be. “I hope that I’ve add-ed quality to wherever I’vebeen and also done thingsin the right way, with class.Hopefully I’ve been able topass on a few words of wis-dom.”

The U.S. has producedsome world-class midfield-ers (Landon Donovan,Claudio Reyna, ClintDempsey) and high-leveldefenders (Alexi Lalas andSteve Cherundolo), andmost countries would bethrilled to have a goalkeep-er like Tim Howard, BradFriedel or Kasey Keller.

But forward is trickier. A U.S. forward hasn’t

scored since the 2002 WorldCup, and Jozy Altidore hasonly two goals in his last 14games with the nationalteam. No American for-ward is getting regularplaying time in Europe,and Major League Soccer’sbest, Edson Buddle, wasn’teven in the World Cup mixat the beginning of the

year. (Donovan and Demp-sey are sometimes listed asforwards, but their naturalposition is midfielder.)

A forward has to be ableto play with his back to thegoal and outmuscle defend-ers who want nothingmore than to knock him offhis feet. He needs cat-quickreflexes and vision, too,able to make somethinghappen within a second,maybe two, of getting theball.

As a “target” forward,McBride had all that —and more. Tough, physicaland supremely gifted in theair, the 6-foot-1 McBridecould create goals mostother players could onlyimagine.

“He had an uncannyability to get at the end ofservice in the box, whetherin the air or on the ground.And he showed great cour-age in the air,” Arena said.“He was a good goal scorer.He worked hard on finish-ing and scored in a varietyof ways.”

McBride provided one ofthe lone U.S. highlights atthe 1998 World Cup, scoringon a header against Iran.Four years later, his divingheader from 6 yards outwould prove to be thegame-winner in a 3-2 upsetof Portugal. The Ameri-cans would go all the wayto the quarterfinals, a sur-prising run that showedthe rest of the world theUnited States was no long-er part of the lightweightdivision.

McBride was the firstAmerican to score at twoWorld Cups, and finishedwith 30 goals in a U.S. uni-form. Only Donovan (45)and Eric Wynalda (34) have

more. He has 79 careerMLS goals (he still sharesthe Crew record for goalsscored), and scored another40 in his 41/2 seasons atFulham.

“You’ve been a massiveinspiration for all of us,”Donovan said in a tributevideo played afterMcBride’s final home gamelast Saturday. “We’re goingto miss you.”

McBride wasn’t afraid toshed a little blood, either.

He absorbed so many el-bows and arms over theyears he has titaniumplates in his cheeks. Hemissed most of the 2007-08season, his last at Fulham,with a ruptured quadricepsand dislocated kneecap. Itwas that combination ofquality and toughness thatendeared McBride to theFulham faithful. With theCottagers deep in relega-tion trouble in 2008,McBride’s return sparked aremarkable turnaroundand Fulham won four of itslast five games to keep itsspot in the PremierLeague.

A bar at Craven Cottageis now named “McBride’s”in honor of the contribu-tions of “Captain Coura-geous.”

“Things that stick outare the ’02 World Cup andthen my last year at Ful-ham,” McBride said.“Those are probably twomemories that just pop in-to your head because theywere so strong.”

Though Fulham tried tolure him back for one moreyear, McBride and his wifeDina had already decided itwas time to come backhome. Both the McBridesare from Arlington

Heights, Ill., and family is abig part of their lives(when McBride scores, hekisses his ring finger inhonor of Dina). They want-ed their three daughters togrow up surrounded byfamily and close friends asthey did.

McBride signed with hishometown Chicago Fire,and has 17 goals in two-plus seasons. The Fire’sleading scorer last year, heis second this season.

“Absolutely amazingplayer,” said teammateFreddie Ljungberg.

McBride could probablyplay for another season ortwo. But his daughters aregetting older, and he wantsto be around for all of theiractivities. He wants to takehis wife out for dinner on aFriday or Saturday night,something he can only doin the offseason now.

But he’s not leaving thegame entirely. McBridehopes to start soccer campsfor attacking players, teach-ing them everything fromfitness to movement off theball to what they should doin various game scenarios.He wants the camps to besmall enough, 10 to 20 kids,so he can be hands-on andpass along all his knowl-edge and skills.

Who knows? Maybe oneof those kids will play forthe U.S. someday.

“He’s the kind of playeryou point to and tell young-er players, ’Watch him.’ Heserves as a great role mod-el,” Arena said. “I don’t fora second take lightly thekind of character he hadand how sorely it’s neededin the game and how itmoved the game along.

“He’s a rare breed.”

MCBRIDE Continued from Page 1Blike quarterback, appar-ently.

“We know how talentedthey are,” he said. “Wehave to go out there to Dal-las and play great footballto beat them. They’re al-ways dangerous. Theyhave playmakers on bothsides of the ball, guys whoare game changers. I knowthey lost some closegames. We just have tomake sure to keep it closeand go into the fourthquarter with a chance towin the game.”

Defensive tackle ChrisCanty, who came from theCowboys when he signedwith the Giants as a freeagent last year, didn’t wantto talk about the Cowboysor his days with Dallas.

“I’m not looking for-ward to this game morethan any other,” Cantysaid. “That team posts atough challenge and wehave to be ready. They’re atough divisional opponentand we’re playing on theroad. It’s a great challenge.It’s only the first game inthe division for us. Anytalk of putting them awayis nonsense. It’s way tooearly. There’s a lot of foot-ball to be played.”

Canty was asked if hecould help in the prepara-tion for Dallas, consider-ing he spent four yearswith the team.

“I can show our guyssome different things theydo, some little things hereand there,” Canty said.“I’m sure I can help inthat respect.”

The Giants, clearly, aresaying all the right things,but the fact remains theCowboys lost to Minneso-ta, 24-21, last Sunday, andare on the brink of a disas-trous season. But this is ahome game, after all,

played out in front of a na-tional television audience,and if Dallas has anythingleft in the tank, expect tosee it.

“I don’t care what theirrecord is,” Giants defen-sive back Antrel Rollesaid. “They’re a great foot-ball team. Why aren’t theywinning? I don’t know. ButI’m not worried aboutthem being desperate andlooking to save their sea-son. I’m worried about uswinning. Their recorddoesn’t affect the waywe’re going to play. I’m ex-pecting a battle and look-ing forward to a battle.Whether their statusmakes them dangerous, Idon’t know. I know peoplesay their backs are to thewall and they have some-thing to prove. Thatdoesn’t change what wedo. They can be desperateall they want.”

Rolle isn’t even lookingat the standings just yet.

“Even if they are 1-4,you can’t go on a team’srecord,” he said. “You lookat what they do and whatthey’re capable of doing.Sometimes, teams canturn the tables on you ve-ry quickly. We have to beready.”

Fellow safety KennyPhillips agreed.

“They have a lot ofweapons,” Phillips said.“They’re still a great teamand we have a lot of re-spect for them. Look attheir depth chart. Therearen’t a lot of teams thathave as many talentedplayers as they do. Sure, alot of things haven’t gonetheir way, but we have tomake sure they don’t turnit around against us. Wewant to win the divisionand that’s what we’re fo-cused on.”

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FORT WORTH — TCUcoach Gary Patterson al-ways tries to get an earlyjump on preparing for AirForce’s triple-option offense.

There are times duringspring drills and two-a-daysdedicated to learning howto stop the seldom-seen of-fense that is so productivewhen done right. Those les-sons resumed about fourweeks ago.

“It’s a three-hour mentaldrill as far as defense is con-cerned,” Patterson said offacing the Falcons. “Youhave to have the mentalityto be able to handle that.”

Test time comes Saturdaynight, when the fourth-ranked Horned Frogs (7-0,3-0 Mountain West) host AirForce (5-2, 3-1). This couldbe TCU’s toughest challengedespite one of its most dom-inating defensive stretchesever.

The Frogs have allowedonly a field goal the pastthree games. MountainWest teams haven’t scored atouchdown against themthis month and managedonly 166 total yards a game.

“Like I told my guys, thekey to it is, if you’re goingto prove that you’re a greatdefense, you’ve got to playon all fronts,” Pattersonsaid. “You have to be able toplay an offense like (AirForce). ... It’s about beingable to do your job and dothe right things, and howyou do it. That’s going to beour challenge this week.”

Air Force is the nation’stop rushing team with 347yards a game.

The Falcons lost fullbackJared Tew after he brokehis leg last week, but thatwill not change what theydo. Nathan Walker, a senior,will start alongside juniorrunning back Asher Clark(95 yards per game) andrunning quarterback TimJefferson (66.3 ypg, team-high seven rushing touch-downs).

“Nathan has been as allin as all in gets. He’ll do agood job,” coach Troy Cal-houn said, adding that he’snot worried about extrawork for Clark.

“What (Clark) is, he isstronger,” he said. “Themore that you carry, themore you get a feel to be alittle bit more of a physicalrunner and how to sensewhere there are creases.”

Finding holes in TCU’sdefense can be difficult.Even for Air Force, whichbefore running for 229 yardson a bitterly cold night inColorado in a loss last Octo-ber, managed only 131 yardsrushing per game their pre-vious three meetingsagainst the Frogs.

TCU, ranked fifth in thefirst BCS standings, is play-ing the last of three consec-utive home games.

TCU prepares to faceAir Force triple option

By STEPHEN HAWKINSASSOCIATED PRESS

TCU quarterback Andy Dalton (14), center, runs for a first downagainst Wyoming Oct. 9, in Fort Worth. TCU beat Wyoming 45- 0.

Photo by Jeffery Washington | AP

WACO — In the 14-yearhistory of the Big 12, theBaylor Bears have neverplayed for the chance to goto a bowl game.

Their first shot at thatcrucial sixth win comesSaturday against KansasState and coach Bill Snyd-er, who knows somethingabout rebuilding a pro-gram and looking forbreakthrough victoriesalong the way.

Snyder’s Wildcats werebattling nearly a centuryof football futility in 1993when they beat nationallyranked Oklahoma fortheir sixth win in a 9-2-1season that started a 12-year bowl streak.

“That has to be part ofthe process and part of di-rection,” Snyder said. “Ifyou did not get there, itwould signify that you arenot capable of winning ve-ry many ball games.”

Baylor’s 16-year bowldrought is the school’slongest since the Bearsstarted making postseasonappearances in 1949. Thebig chance for the Bears(5-2, 2-1 Big 12) just hap-pens to be homecoming,followed by four remain-ing games in which Bayloris likely to be the under-dog each time.

Coach Art Briles wasn’t

inclined to make any spe-cial speeches this week,though. He’s more likelyto say six wins doesn’tguarantee a bowl game —it just puts his team onthe list.

“We’re just trying hardfor a win,” Briles said.“Sometime here at the endof the season, we’ll add’em up.”

The only other year theBears had five wins in theBig 12 era was 2005, whenthey won their finaleagainst Oklahoma State.Baylor started 4-1 thatyear, which wasn’t unusu-al because the Bears gen-erally have faded in con-

ference play. They oncehad a 30-game losingstreak in Big 12 games.

Fortunes have changedunder quarterback RobertGriffin. He had Baylorthinking bowl game as afreshman in 2008, whenthe Bears went 4-8 butnearly knocked off rankedopponents Missouri andTexas Tech. He struggledin a 45-10 loss to No. 4TCU this year after mis-sing most of 2009 with aknee injury, but now leadsthe Big 12 and is third na-tionally in total offense at335 yards per game.

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Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) waves to the crowd fol-lowing a game against Colorado Oct. 16, in Boulder, Colo. Baylordefeated Colorado 31-25.

Photo by Jack Dempsey | AP

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4B THE ZAPATA TIMES Sports SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Tothe battered Aggies of Tex-as A&M, Kansas must looklike a cold drink on a hotday.

The Aggies (3-3, 0-2 Big12) are fresh off a three-week ordeal that pittedthem against No. 17 Okla-homa State, No. 21 Arkan-sas and No. 18 Missouri.

They were competitivein all, coming within threepoints of the Cowboys andone touchdown of the Ra-zorbacks. But the resultwas a three-game losingskid and an unhappy headcoach.

Kansas, meanwhile, hasjust suffered two of its mostembarrassing back-to-backlosses in decades. Un-ranked Baylor clubbed theJayhawks 55-7 and un-ranked Kansas Statetrounced its archrival 59-7,creating a collective 100-point beatdown and, onewould assume, a possiblecrisis of confidence.

“We’re trying to forget

really quick and move onto the next game plan,”said Kansas punter AlonsoRojas.

Kansas (2-4, 0-2) also hasin first-year head coachTurner Gill’s resume a sea-son-opening 6-3 loss, athome, to North DakotaState. A loss to the strug-gling Aggies on Saturdaynight could pave the wayfor a 2-10 season since theonly remaining home gamethat looks even possiblywinnable is Colorado.

The loss to Kansas Statewas also the ninth Big 12setback in a row for theJayhawks.

“You can’t panic,” saidrunning back Angus Qui-gley. “Panic is not going tohelp anyone and it willspread like a virus throughthe team.”

Quigley, a senior co-cap-tain, was one of the fewbright spots last week,rushing for 70 yards andone touchdown.

“This is a time when youneed your leaders on theteam,” he said. “As cap-tains, we need people to

look up to us. How we goout to practice and how weplay in the game, that stuffis contagious. That iswhere the leadership iscoming from right now.”

Any team that’s allowed114 points in two games ob-viously has issues on de-fense. For the Jayhawks,this has meant no sacks intwo weeks and no intercep-tions in three straight out-ings.

If that futility continues,Aggies quarterback JerrodJohnson could be in for amilestone night. The seniorneeds 155 yards of total of-fense to break ReggieMcNeal’s school record of8,876 yards. Johnson is also128 yards short of becom-ing the first Aggie to sur-pass 8,000 yards passing.

To do that, Johnson willhave to play. Aggies coachMike Sherman said he washolding open the possibili-ty of replacing people atseveral positions, includingquarterback.

In six games, the Aggieshave committed 18 turn-overs.

In this Oct. 16 photo, Texas A&M running back Christine Michael (33) tries to gain yardage as Missouridefender Brad Madison (57) reaches for him during the first half in College Station.

Photo by Pat Sullivan | AP

Struggling Ags face KUBy DOUG TUCKER

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AUSTIN — The lasttime Texas played athome, the Longhornsheard a rare chorus ofboos during a humiliatingloss to UCLA.

A loss to Oklahoma aweek later only intensi-fied the shock and ma-laise that hung over theprogram. Texas fell out ofthe Top 25 for the firsttime in a decade.

After a month on theroad, No. 22 Texas re-turns home Saturday amuch happier bunch fol-lowing a big win at Ne-braska. Texas (4-2, 2-1 Big12) hosts Iowa State (3-4,1-2) on Saturday in thefirst of five home gamesin the second half of theseason.

“We’ve got to redeemourselves at home,” de-fensive tackle Alex Oka-for said.

The 34-12 loss to UCLAsnapped a 16-game homewining streak and leftTexas badly shaken.Coach Mack Brown leftthe stadium that day apol-ogizing to Texans fans forthe “embarrassing” dis-play, and his team wentout the next week andlost 28-20 to the rivalSooners.

Turning it aroundBrown often talks

about the swagger of typ-ical Texas teams, swaggerthat disappeared until theLonghorns beat Nebras-ka. That victory on theroad allowed the players

to strut around campusagain.

“You can definitely feelthe difference as far asthe spirits being higher. Itfeels good to get back ontrack,” senior wide re-ceiver James Kirkendollsaid.

Brown said it was goodfor his players to get outof Texas for a week.

“One even told me it’sunusual to go somewherewhere a whole state hatesyou. I think our guys re-spond really well in thatsituation. They neverpanic,” Brown said.“(But) we need our fans.This team needs our fans.Some of our teams havenot, but this team needsour fans.”

Struggling CyclonesThe Cyclones looked

dangerous after beatingTexas Tech 52-38 back onOct. 2. But two crushinglosses to No. 9 Utah (68-27) and No. 3 Oklahoma(52-0) followed.

“When both sides ofthe ball play bad, there’sreally nothing you cando,” Iowa State quarter-back Austen Arnaud saidof the loss to Oklahoma.

It doesn’t look to getmuch better for Cyclones.

Texas is the fourthranked team on the

schedule with two more,Nebraska and Missouri,still to play. The Cyclones,who won the Insight.combowl last season for justtheir third postseasonwin in school history,have to win three of theirlast four to become bowleligible this season.

Talent gapSecond-year coach Paul

Rhoads, who took over ateam that lost 10 in a rowin 2008 and won sevengames last season, knowsthere’s still a big talentgap between the Cyclonesand Longhorns.

Iowa State has 20 play-ers from Texas andRhoads plans to continuemining the Lone StarState for recruits.

“We’ll be schedulingtwo trips to the state ofTexas every year,” Rhoadssaid. “There’s an anxietyand an excitement forthose guys going backhome. There’s going to bea lot of people in thestands to watch themplay.”

Most of them in thestands this Saturday willbe wanting a Texas victo-ry, something the homecrowd hasn’t seen sincethe 34-7 win over Wyom-ing on Sept. 11 — a longtime ago.

’Hornscomehome

for ISUBy JIM VERTUNO

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In this Oct. 16 photo, Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert carriesthe ball against Nebraska in the first half of a game in Lincoln,Neb. Today the Longhorns will look for their first home win in amonth when they play the Iowa State Cyclones in Austin.

Photo by Nati Harnik | AP

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