The Zapata Times 9/6/2014

This year’s Border Fair and Ex-position has begun in Nuevo Lare-do, Mexico, and will run throughthrough Sept. 21.

Expomex, as it’s popularlyknown, is held at the fairgroundsin the Viveros neighborhood.

Some of the attractions thisyear will include some 250 exhib-itors, eagles and snakes from Gua-dalajara Habitat, fireworks andrides, among others.

Opening ceremonies took placeFriday night, which will included

the crowning of Karla Elizabeth Iand her court, an Expomex tradi-tion, at the Teatro del Pueblo.

Expomex 2014 President Fer-nando Torres Villarreal said therewill be activities for the family.

“We’ll have activities in the are-na, rodeos, horse racing and wres-tling,” Torres Villarreal said.“These are in addition to the art-ists at the Teatro del Pueblo.”

The lineup of performing art-ists include: today, Trio Los Pan-chos; Saturday, Mike Laure Jr.;Sunday, Jot Dog; Monday, NuevoLaredo tenor Leonardo GonzalezGarnica; Tuesday, Los Terricolas;

Wednesday, Homenaje of NuevoLaredo; Thursday, comedian TeoGonzalez; Friday, Sept. 12, SonoraDinamita; Saturday, Sept. 13, PlayaLimbo; Sunday, Sept. 14, SonoraSantanera; Monday, Sept. 15, Yo-han and Ziri; Tuesday, Sept. 16, LaTropa Loca; Wednesday; Sept. 17,Grupo La Firma; Thursday, Sept.

18, Ema Huevo; Friday, Sept. 19,Mario Bezarez Show; Saturday,Sept. 20, Nene Malo; and Sunday,Sept. 21, Perez Prado Orchestra.

In the Palenque, cockfights arescheduled Saturday, Sept. 13 andSept. 20. On Sept. 13, singer JulionAlvarez is scheduled for the Palen-que, and charreadas are scheduledSaturday, Sept. 13 and Sept. 20 atthe Lienzo Charro arena. On Mon-day, professional wrestling isscheduled for the Casino at Expo-mex, beginning at 6 p.m.

Entry to Expomex is 30 pesos(about $2.30) for adults. Entry isfree for children younger than 10,

senior citizens and disabled chil-dren.

In addition, the federal, stateand local governments are incharge of a special security oper-ation around the fair.

“We will establish safe routesfor people who are coming to thefair from different parts of thecity, and Laredo (Texas) also hasaccess to a safe route,” Mayor ofNuevo Laredo Carlos VillarrealCanturosas said.

(Contact Melva Lavín-Castillo at(956) 728-2569 or [email protected]. Translated by Mark Web-ber of the Times staff.)

NUEVO LAREDO, MEXICO

N.L’s annual fair runs through Sept. 21By MELVA LAVÍN-CASTILLO

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NEW ORLEANS — BPcould be looking at close to$18 billion in additionalfines over the nation’sworst offshore oil spill af-ter a federal judge ruledThursday that the compa-ny acted with “gross negli-

gence” in the 2010 Gulf ofMexico disaster.

U.S. District Judge CarlBarbier concluded that theLondon-based oil giantshowed a “conscious disre-gard of known risks” dur-ing the drilling operationand bears most of the re-sponsibility for the blow-out that killed 11 rig work-ers and spewed millions of

gallons of oil over threemonths.

In the next stage of thecase, set to begin in Janu-ary, the judge will decideprecisely how much BPmust pay.

Under the federal CleanWater Act, a polluter canbe forced to pay a maxi-mum of $1,100 in civil finesper barrel of spilled oil, or

up to $4,300 per barrel ifthe company is foundgrossly negligent. Bar-bier’s finding exposes BPto the much higheramount.

Even as the oil giantvowed to appeal, BP stockfell $2.82, or nearly 6 per-cent, to $44.89, reducing

GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL

$18B in finesFederal judge: BP acted in ‘gross negligence’

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN AND JANETMCCONNAUGHEY

ASSOCIATED PRESS

See OIL SPILL PAGE 10A

After years of keepingthe price of crude soldto the U.S. low enough tomaintain market share,Saudi Arabia is losingground as the shaleboom leaves U.S. refin-ers with ample suppliesof inexpensive domesticoil.

Arab Light crude forsale in the U.S. averaged48 cents a barrel lessthan Light LouisianaSweet, a Gulf Coastbenchmark, in August,the narrowest discountin data compiled byBloomberg back to 1991.

The U.S. imported878,000 barrels of Saudicrude a day in the firstfour weeks of August,the least since 2009.

Shale drilling hasboosted U.S. oil outputto the highest level since1986. As refineries turnto lower-priced domesticoil to make fuel at a re-cord pace, the Saudisand other foreign suppli-ers are left with dwin-dling slices of the mar-ket. In June, importsfrom Saudi Arabia ac-counted for the smallestshare of crude processedat U.S. refineries sinceFebruary 2010.

“The Saudis are notgoing to sell crude at adisadvantage to them-selves — they’re notabout buying marketshare anymore,” MikeWittner, Societe Gener-ale’s head of oil marketresearch in New York,said by telephone Aug.28. “Those days are longgone. They’ll pricecrude to be competitivewith the competing sourgrades in every market,and if that means theirflows to the U.S. aredown, so be it.”

Saudi Oil MinisterAli al-Naimi told report-ers in Vienna in Decem-ber that he expectedSaudi shipments to theU.S. to stabilize at an av-erage of 1.4 million to1.5 million barrels a daythis year. Saudi Arabianofficials didn’t return atleast nine calls betweenAug. 28 and yesterdayseeking comment on theexports.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.shares ownership with

Royal Dutch Shell Plc ofthree refineries on theU.S. Gulf Coast, includ-ing a 600,000-barrel-a-dayplant in Port Arthur,Texas, the largest in theU.S. The refineries,which have combinedcapacity of 1.07 millionbarrels a day, imported331,000 barrels a dayfrom Saudi Arabia inJune.

Until recent months,the kingdom maintaineda steady flow to the U.S.around 1.3 million bar-rels a day even as totalU.S. imports fell by 34percent from a peak inJune 2005. Other coun-tries didn’t fare as well.Shipments are 59 per-cent below their peakfrom Mexico, 56 percentfrom Venezuela and 93percent from Nigeria.

Imports are beingpushed out by domesticproduction that’s risen65 percent in the pastfive years, spurred byhorizontal drilling andhydraulic fracturing inunderground layers ofshale rock.

Growing pipeline de-liveries of heavy crudefrom Canada also dis-placed waterborne car-goes from abroad.

The price of West Tex-as Intermediate crudeaveraged $96.08 a barrelin August, comparedwith $106.54 the samemonth the year before. Itsettled at $94.45 in NewYork today.

“The Saudis mightfully intend to stay inthe U.S. market, theymight fully intend tohave a million-plus bar-rels, it’s just the marketsupply-and-demand lev-els probably won’t allowthat,” said John Auers,executive vice presidentat energy consultingfirm Turner Mason &Co.

Saudi Aramco, as thestate oil company isknown, bases prices forthe different destina-tions on regional index-es, adjusting premiumsand discounts to be com-petitive against oil fromother countries.

In the U.S., Aramco’sadjustments kept the av-erage price of ArabLight more than $2 abarrel below Light Loui-

US ENERGY BOOM

Shale oilthreatens

Saudi sales By DAN MURTAUGH AND

LYNN DOANBLOOMBERG NEWS

See SHALE OIL PAGE 10A

SAN ANTONIO — Afterthe Municipal Auditoriumwas built in the 1920s, it be-came San Antonio’s civiccenter, hosting everythingfrom opera performances toboxing matches over itslong, historic life.

Aside from architect AtleeAyres’ Spanish colonial re-vival stone facade, that flex-ibility is about the onlything left of the venerableold auditorium.

“We can have three, four,five events going on in hereat the same time — a con-cert, a play, a banquet, a clubmeeting,” Tobin Center Pres-ident and CEO Michael

Fresher pointed out earlierthis summer, when tours ofthe space required a hardhat. “We can even have wed-dings.”

Hard hats no longer arerequired at the Tobin Center,a stunning new player onthe city’s performing artsscene.

Architects — led by LMNof Seattle, a leading interna-tional firm in performancehall design, with San Anto-nio’s Marmon Mok Architec-ture as the local partner —faced three major challengesfrom Tobin officials.

“They wanted a world-class performance hall aswell as a smaller studio thea-ter, and they wanted us to re-spect the history of Munici-

pal Auditorium,” said Ste-phen Souter, Marmon Mok’smanaging partner.

Well, make that four chal-lenges. Planners also wantedto make the Tobin accessible

— and relevant — to the SanAntonio River.

“The old building turnedits back on the river,” Souter

SAN ANTONIO

REBIRTH OF A CLASSIC

This Aug. 21 photo shows the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio. The Tobin Center is a stunning new player on the city’sperforming arts scene.

Photo by Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News | AP

Renovated auditorium ready for performancesBy STEVE BENNETT

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

Seen is the interior of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts insidethe H-E-B Performance Hall in San Antonio.

Photo by Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News | AP

See AUDITORIUM PAGE 10A

PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Saturday, Sept. 6FUMC Used Book Sale scheduled

from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1220 McClel-land Ave. For more information, con-tact Sue Webber, administrative assist-ant at 722-1674 or [email protected].

Laredo Northside Market . NorthCentral Park on International Blvd.from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. See our face-book page for more information.

Tuesday, Sept. 9Laredo Soups monthly microfi-

nance dinner. 6:30-9pm. Holding Insti-tute, 1102 St. Maria Ave. $5 gets yousoup, salad, bread & a vote to micro-fund a community project. Four localorganizations present projects. Moneycollected on the spot given to winningproject. To learn more contact TatiFriar at [email protected] or 771-9671.

Wednesday, Sept. 1021st annual Logistics & Manu-

facturing Symposium. Texas A&M Inter-national University. For more informa-tion contact the Laredo DevelopmentFoundation at 800-820-0564, 722-0563 or [email protected].

Thursday, Sept. 11Grief support group. Noon to

1:30 p.m. First United MethodistChurch, 1220 McClelland Ave. Free andopen to public. Contact Patricia Cisne-ros at 722-1674 or [email protected].

Los Amigos Duplicate BridgeClub will meet at the Laredo CountryClub from 1:15 to 5 p.m. For more in-formation, contact Beverly Cantu at727-0589.

Saturday, Sept. 1321st annual Logistics & Manu-

facturing Symposium. Texas A&M Inter-national University. For more informa-tion contact the Laredo DevelopmentFoundation at 800-820-0564, 722-0563 or [email protected].

South Texas Collectors Expo. 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Laredo Energy Arena.Celebrities, comic book artists, cos-players, vendors and more. Tickets onsale at LEA box office and Ticketmas-ter.com. Visit southtexascollectorsexpo-.com or email [email protected].

Tuesday, Sept. 16Bereavement Program grief sup-

port group. “ Grief Journey: Using Cre-ative Arts to Heal and Remember”.6pm to 7:30pm at the Laredo PublicLibrary, contact Michelle Ramirez 210-567-0528.



Los Amigos Duplicate BridgeClub will meet at the Laredo CountryClub from 1:15 to 5 p.m. For more in-formation, contact Beverly Cantu at727-0589.

Spanish Club Meeting. 5:00 p.m.to 6:00 p.m. Laredo Public Library-Cal-ton. Sylvia Reash 763-1810

Saturday, Sept. 20The community is invited to cel-

ebrate Mercy Day with the Sisters ofMercy at a Mass at Christ the KingChurch. From 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.For more information please contactRosanne Palacios at [email protected].



Friday, Sept. 26Los Amigos Duplicate Bridge

Club will meet at the Laredo CountryClub from 1:15 to 5 p.m. For more in-formation, contact Beverly Cantu at727-0589.

Villa de San Agustin de LaredoGenealogical Society meeting. 3 p.m.to 5 p.m. St. John Newmann Church,Parish Hall. Presentation of “Peru andthe Legacy of the Incas,” by SylviaReasch. Contact Sanjuanita Martinez-Hunter at 722-3497.

Monday, Sept. 29Monthly meeting of Laredo Par-

kinson’s Disease Support Group. 6:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Laredo Medical Cen-ter, Tower B, First Floor CommunityCenter.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Septem-ber 6, the 249th day of 2014.There are 116 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On September 6, 1944, dur-ing World War II, the Britishgovernment relaxed blackoutrestrictions and suspendedcompulsory training for theHome Guard.

On this date:In 1861, Union forces led by

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant occu-pied Paducah, Kentucky, dur-ing the Civil War.

In 1901, President WilliamMcKinley was shot and mor-tally wounded by anarchist Le-on Czolgosz at the Pan-Amer-ican Exposition in Buffalo,New York. (McKinley diedeight days later; Czolgosz wasexecuted on October 29.)

In 1916, the first self-servicegrocery store, Piggly Wiggly,was opened in Memphis, Ten-nessee, by Clarence Saunders.

In 1939, the Union of SouthAfrica declared war on Ger-many.

In 1943, 79 people werekilled when a New York-boundPennsylvania Railroad trainderailed and crashed in Phila-delphia.

In 1954, groundbreakingtook place for the Shipping-port Atomic Power Station inwestern Pennsylvania.

In 1970, Palestinian guerril-las seized control of three U.S.-bound jetliners. (Two were lat-er blown up on the ground inJordan, along with a London-bound plane hijacked on Sep-tember 9; the fourth plane wasdestroyed on the ground inEgypt. No hostages wereharmed.)

In 1984, country music’s“Texas Troubador,” ErnestTubb, died in Nashville at age70.

In 1997, a public funeral washeld for Princess Diana atWestminster Abbey in Lon-don, six days after her deathin a car crash in Paris.

In 2002, meeting outsideWashington D.C. for only thesecond time since 1800, Con-gress convened in New York topay homage to the victims andheroes of September 11.

Today’s Birthdays: Comedi-an JoAnne Worley is 79. Coun-try singer David Allan Coe is75. Rock singer-musician Rog-er Waters (Pink Floyd) is 71.Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 70.Comedian-actress Jane Curtinis 67. Country singer-songwrit-er Buddy Miller is 62. ActorJames Martin Kelly (TV: “MobCity”; Film: “Magic Mike”) is60. Country musician JoeSmyth (Sawyer Brown) is 57.Actor-comedian Jeff Foxwor-thy is 56. Actor-comedian Mi-chael Winslow is 56. Rock mu-sician Perry Bamonte is 54.Actor Steven Eckholdt is 53.Rock musician Scott Travis(Judas Priest) is 53. Pop musi-cian Pal Waaktaar (a-ha) is 53.New Jersey Gov. Chris Chris-tie is 52. Rock musician KevinMiller is 52. ABC News corre-spondent Elizabeth Vargas is52. Country singer Mark Ches-nutt is 51. Actress Betsy Rus-sell is 51. Actress Rosie Perezis 50. Rhythm and blues singerMacy Gray is 47. Singer CeCePeniston is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Anthony(Az Yet) is 45. Actress DanieleGaither is 44. Rock singer Do-lores O’Riordan (The Cranber-ries) is 43.

Thought for Today: “Thehappiness of most people weknow is not ruined by greatcatastrophes or fatal errors,but by the repetition of slowlydestructive little things.” —Ernest Dimnet, French priest,lecturer and author (1866-1954).

TODAY IN HISTORY

DALLAS — Police in a north Dallas sub-urb Friday released new details about the in-vestigation into the deaths of a married cou-ple whose bodies were discovered this weekat the family home but declined to say whatcaused the deaths.

On Wednesday, officers found the body ofPallavi Dhawan, 39, in the family’s backyardpool and the body of Sumeet Dhawan, 43, inthe house where their son was also founddead earlier this year.

Frisco Assistant Police Chief Darren Ste-vens said Friday that Sumeet Dhawan hadblunt-force trauma to the head and a frac-tured hand. His wife had no visible signs oftrauma, Stevens said.

Pallavi Dhawan recently had testified be-

fore a grand jury reviewing the Januarydeath of the couple’s 10-year-old son, Arnav.She had been charged with murder in theboy’s death and was free on $50,000 bond.The couple through their attorney had stren-uously asserted her innocence.

A medical examiner’s report had said thechild’s death was most likely the result of anatural cause. However, police have said themother had confessed to killing the boy witha nod of her head, something the family hasdenied.

Arnav was a special-needs child, bornwith a brain cyst and microcephaly, a condi-tion characterized by an abnormally smallhead, which could have factored in his death,according to family attorney David Finn.

Stevens also said Friday that investigatorsfound a note at the home.

AROUND TEXAS

Frisco Fire and Police department officials cover back gate as they investigate the scene at the home of Pallavi and SumeetDhawan, where a woman’s body was found in the pool and another in the house, in Frisco, on Wednesday. The couple arethe parents of Arnav Dhawan, a 10-year-old boy with special needs whose body was found in a bathtub on Jan. 29.

Photo by Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News | AP

Father had head woundASSOCIATED PRESS

Laredo justice of thepeace admits extortionLAREDO — A justice of the

peace has pleaded guilty to extor-tion and admitted to taking abribe from a bail bondsman.

Ricardo Rangel is a justice ofthe peace for Webb County Pre-cinct 2. A statement from theU.S. Attorney’s Office says the 48-year-old Laredo man accepted a$250 brive from a bail bondsmanin return for granting a $1,000surety bail bond for a drunken-driving defendant.

Immigrant commitssuicide in BP custody

MCALLEN — Border Patrolofficials say a 54-year-old Mexi-can man apparently hanged him-self at a Border Patrol station.

Agents found the man unre-sponsive at the McAllen stationshortly before noon Friday.

Officials said agents began ad-ministering cardiopulmonary re-suscitation and contacted emer-gency medical services.

Perry leading economicmission to Japan, ChinaAUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is

leading a Texas economic mis-sion to Japan and China nextweek as he continues to bolsterhis foreign policy chops for apossible second presidential run.

Perry’s office announced Fri-day that he will be in Tokyo onMonday to address the AmericanChamber of Commerce in Japan.

‘Bernie’ victim’s familyfights for voice in courtDALLAS — When the morti-

cian who inspired the movie“Bernie” was let out of prison,the family of the elderly womanhe killed found out about his re-lease from reporters.

Now, they’re fighting to havetheir voices heard in a court-room at all.

Bernie Tiede’s attorneys haveopposed a request by the familyof 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent toargue their side to the TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals.

2 chains pay penalties forviolating federal law

HOUSTON — Federal author-ities have imposed more than $2million in fines against CVS andH-E-B for providing numerousprescriptions to customers whenlaws prohibited those drugs frombeing distributed.

Officials said Rhode Island-based CVS this week paid a $1.9million penalty while H-E-B,with headquarters in San Anto-nio, paid more than $262,000.

Austin officials reviewsafety for SxSW festivalAUSTIN — Officials in Austin

say they’re at a “critical point”to make the South by Southwestfestival safer after a car crashearlier this year killed four.

A new report on South bySouthwest released Thursdayfaults festival organizers andplanners of “secret shows” andunofficial events for not notify-ing the city in advance.

— Compiled from AP reports

Alaska governor wraps uphard week in politics

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alas-ka Gov. Sean Parnell has had farbetter weeks than this one.

First, Parnell’s two main oppo-nents in a three-way gubernato-rial race joined campaigns, amove expected to present a moreformidable challenge to the gov-ernor’s re-election bid.

Then, Parnell’s campaign in-advertently sent out an electionflier to state employees, a cam-paign violation. Parnell’s admin-istration then came under fireThursday with a scathing reportdetailing allegations of fraud andsexual assault in the Alaska Na-tional Guard.

Clinton rallies support forCrist in governor race

MIAMI — Bill Clinton is lend-ing his political star power toDemocrat Charlie Crist, who islocked in a tight race for gover-

nor in the nation’s largest swingstate.

The former president on Fri-day headlined a rally in Miami,where he implored Democrats todefy historical trends and turnout and vote in November.

Speaking to several hundred

supporters, Clinton painted Cristas a bipartisan conciliator whowould rebuild the middle classby raising the minimum wage,ensuring equal pay for womenand expanding Medicaid to hun-dreds of thousands of Floridians.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

This photo taken May 3 shows the wolf designated OR-7 in Siskiyou National For-est in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Range. Genetic testing shows the mate ofOR-7 is a wild wolf, and related to two packs in northeastern Oregon.

Photo by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | AP

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David Diaz Aguirre, 19,hopped on top of a mechan-ical ride at the Expomexgrounds Thursday morn-ing. Diaz Aguirre attempt-ed to find an electric powersource to get the ride going.

“Every thing has to beready tonight (Thursday),”Diaz Aguirre said, addingExpomex wanted to try outthe mechanical rides beforethe grand opening tonight.

La Feria de Nuevo Lare-do or Expomex 2014 kickedoff Friday with the crown-ing ceremony of queen-elect Karla Elizabeth I in

the Teatro del Pueblo.“To the community of

Laredo, we invite you tocome and enjoy the olddays in Nuevo Laredo, aplace with a lot of tradi-tion,” said FernandoTorres, president for theFeria and Exposición Fron-teriza de Nuevo Laredo.

The U.S. Department ofState issued a travel warn-ing Aug. 15 for Mexico. U.S.citizens should “defer non-essential travel to the stateof Tamaulipas” because ofviolent outbursts, accord-ing to the warning.

Torres encouraged peo-ple to visit Expomex andadded security has tight-

ened to ensure the safety ofvisitors and the communi-ty. He said there’s a masterplan to protect feria-goers.

Visitors wanting to visitExpomex are encouragedto take Boulevard Luis Do-naldo Colosio from Interna-tional Bridge 2 and headsouth until reaching Par-que Viveros. Motorists canexit there and head towardferia grounds. Federal,state and local law enforce-ment are expected to besafeguarding traveling mo-torists throughout Boule-vard Colosio.

“The entire city will beprotected,” Torres said.

Organizers plan to set

up metal detectors at allthree entrances. Once in-side, people can enjoy thevendors who will be sellinganywhere from Mexicancravings to handmadecrafts and more. The publiccan also enjoy a livestockexpo, charreadas, cockfight-ing and horse racing.

Mexican singer JuliónÁlvarez is set to hit thestage in the palenque Sept.13. Torres said about 7,500tickets have been sold. TheFeria runs through Sept.21. Hours are from 5 p.m. to2 a.m.

(César G. Rodriguez maybe reached at 728-2568 or [email protected])

Shown is the façade of the fairgrounds in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where the city’s annual Expomex is held. This year’s fair, which startedFriday, is scheduled to run through Sept. 21.

Photo by Cesar Rodriguez | The Zapata Times

Nuevo Laredo providingsecurity for fair visitors

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Texas Commission onthe Arts is seeking nomi-nations for the positionsof 2015 and 2016 state poetlaureate, state musician,state artist two-dimen-sional media (e.g., paint-ing, photography), andstate artist three-dimen-sional media (e.g., sculp-ture).

All Texas citizens areencouraged to make nomi-nations, and self-nomina-tions are encouraged. Thenomination form andcomplete information areavailable online at http://www.arts.texas.gov/initia-tives/texas-state-artist/.The deadline for TexasState Artists nominationsis Oct. 15.

All qualified nomineesmust be native Texans orfive-year residents of thestate. Candidates musthave received recognitionfor high levels of excel-lence and success in theirrespective disciplines.They also must have re-ceived critical reviews instate, regional or nationalpublications.

Chosen artists will jointhe company of previousstate artists such as WillieNelson, James Surls, DeanYoung, and Kathy Vargasand receive statewide rec-ognition. Texas State Art-ists also have the opportu-nity to participate in TCAevents and promotions, in-cluding participation onTCA’s Texas Touring Ros-ter and other state initia-

tives in relation to theirrespective arts discipline.

“We are fortunate tohave many outstandingartists in Texas, and weanticipate receiving nu-merous qualified nomina-tions,” said Gary Gibbs,executive director of TCA.“Being named a TexasState Artist is quite anhonor, one that bringsnew career opportunitiesand recognition from thearts community and thegeneral public.”

TCA oversees the selec-tion process for the fourpositions, in accordancewith Chapter 3104 of theTexas Government Code.TCA issues the call fornominations, oversees anevaluation review process,and provides a list of fi-nalists to the selectioncommittee. The commit-tee, composed of membersappointed by the gover-nor, lieutenant governorand speaker of the TexasHouse of Representatives,makes the final selections.The 84th Texas Legisla-ture will make the ap-pointments next springwhen they are in session.

Agency seeksnominations

for state artistsSPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The 84thTexasLegislaturewill make theappointments.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SEND YOUR SIGNED LETTER TO [email protected]

Ralph Nader is toblame. It’s that simple.I’m not talking about theelection of 2000, wherehis candidacy wasenough to hand the pres-idency to George W.Bush and all that has fol-lowed. I’m talking aboutwhen Nader went AWOLas the nation’s consumerconscience.

In the space of a week,three U.S. flights havebeen diverted because ofpassenger disturbancesover reclining seats.Would this have hap-pened if Nader of oldwere on the case?

In the mid-1960s andearly 1970s, Nader wasthe nation’s bulwarkagainst corporate excess.He may have gotten itwrong — as many haveclaimed — about thesafety of the Corvair, therear-engine compact car,manufactured by theChevrolet division ofGeneral Motors, that wasto have rivaled the Volks-wagen Beetle. No matter.Nader’s 1965 book, “Un-safe at Any Speed,”launched him as the con-sumer’s knight in shin-ing armor.

For nearly a decade,we felt that Nader wason our side and thosebig, faceless monsterslike insurance compa-nies, banks, airlines, con-sumer credit outfits andappliance manufacturerscould be brought to healby invoking the onename that would strikefear, trembling and recti-tude into the hearts ofthe titans of corporateAmerica: Nader.

It was a halcyon timefor those who wanted,like actor Peter Finch inthe 1976 film “Network,”to shout, and be heard,“I’m mad as hell, and I’mnot going to take thisanymore!”

Nader was a figure ofmythical omnipotence.You didn’t have to takeyour troubles with afaulty car or broken con-tract to Nader, you sim-ply had to threaten; thewords “cc Ralph Nader”at the bottom of a letterwere enough. Corpora-tions quaked, the earthmoved, and restitutionwas forthcoming.

We delighted in learn-ing little details aboutNader the aesthete, wholived in one room some-where in Washington,had no creature com-forts, partners, or trap-pings, but always wore asuit. People happily be-lieved he slept in it,ready to rush to court toslay a dragon of corpo-rate excess.

Journalists loved Nad-er. We learned that hekept a secret office in thevenerable National PressBuilding in Washingtonand would sneak up to

the National Press Clubon the 13th floor to pe-ruse the press releases,which were then dis-played near the eleva-tors. One presumed hewas looking for evidenceof consumer abuse infalse corporate claims.

The Vietnam War wasraging, and the nationwas divided on every is-sue except the wonder ofthe man who was called“consumer advocate.”The nation had neverhad one before and weloved it.

Oh, yes, love is not toostrong a word. We wentto bed at night knowingthat if the mattresswasn’t what had beenpromised by the DivineMattress Company, Nad-er would fix it.

Jimmy Carter prom-ised that when he waselected president, hewould have a direct tele-phone line to St. Nader.That was the zenith ofNader’s consumer advo-cacy power.

But Nader and his aco-lytes, known as Nader’sRaiders, had already be-gun to pursue broaderpolitical aims and to em-brace the extreme reach-es of the environmentalmovement. Nader, ourbeloved consumer advo-cate, saintly and virtu-ous, was becoming a par-tisan — a partisan of theleft.

It was an extremeblow for those who hadfollowed along behindNader’s standard be-cause we believed he wasthe unsullied, virtuoussupporter of the individ-ual against the institu-tion. The voice thatcould be heard when, asoften, politics had failed.

Over the years, I hadbattles with Nader. Weargued most especiallyover nuclear power and araft of related energy is-sues. I and the late phys-icist Ralph Lapp, togeth-er with the great mathe-matician Hans Bethe,put together a group of24 Nobel laureates tosupport nuclear. Naderassembled 36 Nobel lau-reates against, and wonthe argument on num-bers. He has always beena tough customer.

Poor Ralph. He had itall — and so did we —when he fought for thecommon man against thecommon enemy: thosewho stole our money orshortchanged us.

Deep in my heart, Ithink he is to blame forhigh bank fees, pay-dayloans, tiny aircraft seats,high Amtrak fares, andthe fact that corpora-tions won’t speak to us— they have machinesdo that. Ralph, it couldhave been so different ifyou had just stayed atyour post.

(Llewellyn King’s e-mail is [email protected].)

Nader wasconsumers’

big heroBy LLEWELLYN KING

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Two weeks ago I wrotein this column about thestart of the academic yearwith students from pre-kindergarten through col-lege returning to theclassroom along with pub-lic and private schoolteachers, professors, ad-ministrators and parapro-fessionals.

This weekend in theCatholic parishes through-out the Diocese of Laredoan important ministry be-gins again in a differentclassroom setting withstudents of every age.

Those of you who areolder will recall the nameConfraternity of ChristianDoctrine, or CCD, whenmany of you were taughtfrom what is commonlycalled the Baltimore Cate-chism.

We still use the termCCD but we also say Reli-gious Education for Chil-dren and Religious Educa-tion for Adults. This inte-

gral ministry begins thisweek in parishes through-out Asherton, CarrizoSprings, Cotulla, CrystalCity, El Cenizo, Encinal,Eagle Pass, Hebbronville,Laredo, Rio Bravo, Que-mado, San Ygnacio andZapata.

Numerous men andwomen throughout thesecommunities will serveGod and his church bysharing their time and tal-ent to educate Catholics ofevery age about the faithand to help prepare themto receive the Sacramentsof Baptism, Reconcilia-tion, Holy Communionand Confirmation.

Their impact on thelives of the students is im-measurable.

The prayers and thefaith formation taught inthe religious educationclassroom will resonatewith the faithful for therest of their life.

The children enrolled inCCD will have a faith-based understanding ofGod’s creation and will beguided by Judeo-Christianvalues as the children con-tinue maturing in age,wisdom and grace.

And for the teenagerspreparing for Confirma-tion, the CCD teachersprovide an environmentwhere students and teach-ers discuss the faith andmoral challenges peopleface in today’s society.

Steadfast in the faith,these teachers offer aChristian perspective andgood moral advice.

In the ministry of Reli-gious Education forAdults, those enrolled inthe Rite of Christian Ini-tiation for Adults (RCIA)

receive preparation for allof the aforementioned Sac-raments and enter into aprogram of faith informa-tion and spiritual forma-tion.

For many adults, theRCIA is a discernmentprocess with stages ofgradual conversion thattake place within the com-munity of the faithful.

In other words, theRCIA is a time of explora-tion where people can askquestions and learn moreabout the Catholic Churchand one’s relationship toGod.

And all of this happensbecause of the numerousvolunteers who sharetheir time and talent asCCD teachers.

The impact of religiouseducation teachers on ourcommunity is immeasur-able as they give witnessto the life and teachings ofJesus Christ — Todo ConAmor.

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Parishes resume catechesis“JAMES TAMAYO

Robert McDonnell madehistory this past week —but not the good kind —when he became the firstVirginia governor to beconvicted of a crime.

And not just one crime.A federal jury foundMcDonnell guilty of 11counts of public corrup-tion related to his rela-tionship with a business-man named Jonnie Wil-liams. Williams lavishedthe governor and his fam-ily with almost $180,000 ingifts, from watches toshopping sprees tostraight cash.

The five-week trial thatpreceded McDonnell’s con-

viction — his wife, Mau-reen, was convicted oneight corruption counts —depicted a personal andprofessional life that hadspiraled badly out of con-trol. The McDonnell mar-riage was supposedly inbad shape. MaureenMcDonnell, according toher own lawyers, had a“crush” on Williams.Awkward. Bob McDon-nell, during his time onthe stand, cast his wife as

insufficiently supportiveof his political career andriddled with insecurities.If their marriage wasn’tover before the trial, itsure as heck is now. A pa-rade of witnesses said theMcDonnells were willfullyunaware of the troublethey were getting them-selves into.

What was even morestunning was the fact thatMcDonnell could haveavoided humiliation, not

to mention the near-cer-tain prison time he andhis wife now face. He wasoffered, and he rejected, aplea deal proposed by fed-eral prosecutors thatwould have had him pleadguilty to a single countand allowed his wife to es-cape any charges. SoMcDonnell proved hewasn’t just corrupt but al-so inept.

Bob McDonnell, forthinking that you couldtalk your way out of anethical cul-de-sac, you hadthe worst week in Wash-ington. Congrats, or some-thing.

Cillizza covers the WhiteHouse for The WashingtonPost and writes The Fix,its politics blog.

WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON

Former Virginia governor andwife had a rough week

By CHRIS CILLIZZATHE WASHINGTON POST He was offered, and he rejected, a

plea deal proposed by federalprosecutors.


LAREDO09/06— First United

Methodist Church invita ala venta de libros usados,de 8:30 a.m. a 1 p.m. ensus instalaciones de 1220McClelland Ave. Libros depasta dura a 1 dólar; librosde pasta blanda a .50 cen-tavos; revistas y libros in-fantiles a .25 centavos.

09/06— La AsociaciónLaredo Northside invita alMercado de 9 a.m. a 1p.m. en el área de juegosdel North Central Park. Ha-brá venta de productos na-turales, de jardinería, co-mida, manualidades y or-ganizaciones comerciales ysin fines de lucro.

09/06— VOLLEY-BALL: El equipo DustdevilFemenil de TAMIU recibe aLubbock Christian Univer-sity a las 12 p.m. en elTAMIU Kinesiology-Convo-cation Building. Entradagratuita para estudiantescon identificación válida deTAMIU.

09/06— Habrá peleade box en el LaredoEnergy Arena a las 6 p.m.Puertas abiertas al público.

09/06— Los concur-santes ganadores del pri-mer Festival de las Artesdel Río Grande se presen-tarán durante el Espectá-culo de Ganadores, de 6p.m. a 7:30 p.m. en el tea-tro del Centro de BellasArtes y Artes Escénicas delCampus Fort McIntosh. Elcosto de entrada es de 10dólares. Los fondos recau-dados se destinarán a or-ganizar el evento del próxi-mo año.

09/07— SOCCER: Elequipo femenil Dustdevilde TAMIU recibe a UT –Brownsville a las 7 p.m. enDustdevil Field. Entradagratuita para estudiantescon identificación válida deTAMIU.

09/08— Evento de‘Una Ciudad, Un Libro’ conla lectura de ‘The RiverRuns Salt, Runs Sweet: AMemoir of Visegrad, Bos-nia’ de Jasmina Dervisevic-Cesic, presenta la proyec-ción de una película acer-ca de sobrevivientes deBosnia, de 3:30 p.m. a 5p.m. en la Sala de UsosMúltiples de la BibliotecaPública de Laredo, Sucur-sal Inner City, 202 W.Plum. Informes con HilaryFrazier al (956) 795-2400extensión 2252.

NUEVO LAREDO, MÉXICO09/06— Estación Pala-

bra presenta “Bazar de Ar-te”, a las 10 a.m.; “Te leoa la una”, a la 1 p.m.; Fes-tival Infantil, a las 2 p.m.Eventos gratuitos.

09/06— Feria Expo-mex 2014 presenta a MikeLaure Jr. en el Teatro delPueblo. Charreada en elLienzo Charro y Peleas deGallos en el Palenque.Evento tiene costo.

09/07— Feria Expomex2014 presenta a Jot Dogen el Teatro del Pueblo.Evento tiene costo.

09/08— Feria Expo-mex 2014 presenta a Leo-nardo González en el Tea-tro del Pueblo. Lucha Librea las 6 p.m. en el Casinode Expomex. Evento tienecosto.

09/09— El presidentemunicipal, Carlos Canturo-sas Villarreal, rendirá suPrimer Informe de Gobier-no en las instalaciones delCentro Cultural Nuevo La-redo. La hora está por de-terminarse.

09/09— Feria Expo-mex 2014 presenta a LosTerricolas en el Teatro delPueblo. Función de Box enel Casino de Expomex.Evento tiene costo.

09/10— Feria Expomex2014 presenta un Homena-je a Nuevo Laredo en elTeatro del Pueblo. Eventotiene costo.

Agendaen Breve

Un juez del Condado de Webb admitió el jue-ves haber aceptado un soborno tras que recibie-ra 250 dólares a cambio de otorgar una fianzade 1.000 dólares para beneficiar a una personaquien fuera acusada de conducir intoxicada.

Ricardo Rangel, Juez de Paz del Precinto 2,Lugar 2, del Condado de Webb, se entregó a lasautoridades federales el jueves y llegó a unacuerdo de culpabilidad. Por la tarde, Rangel,quien ha ocupado el cargo desde 2002, fue acu-sado con un cargo de extorsión frente a la Juezde Distrito de EU Diana Saldaña durante supresentación inicial.

De acuerdo a documentos de informacióncriminal, la oficina del Fiscal de EU sostieneque Rangel aceptó 250 dólares de un prestadorde fianzas a cambio de otorgar una fianza de1.000 dólares.

“En o alrededor del 25 de marzo del 2012,(Rangel) con conocimiento e ilegalmente obs-truyó, demoró y afectó, e intentó obstruir el co-mercio interestatal y extranjero por medio dela extorsión”, indican los documentos.

A través de una intercepción de medios porparte del FBI, oficiales federales pudieron obte-ner conversaciones entre el prestador de fian-

zas, conocido como “JER” y Rangel, de acuerdoa documentos de la corte. El 25 de marzo, Ran-gel llamó a la Cárcel del Condado de Webb eimpuso una fianza de 1.000 dólares sobre unapersona acusada con DWI. Más tarde, ése mis-mo día, Rangel recibió un mensaje de texto de

una mujer llamada “Yvette”, quien de acuerdoa los documentos de la corte, trabaja en BorderBail Bonds.

Hasta el jueves por la noche era incierto por-qué Rangel fijó la fianza en 1.000 dólares. Suabogado dijo que la fianza beneficiaría al nego-cio del prestador de fianzas.

Supuestamente Rangel envió a su asistente arecoger el dinero prometido en un negocio demaquinitas, de acuerdo a documentos de la cor-te. Después que su asistente recogió los 250 dó-lares, supuestamente llevó el dinero a la casade Rangel. Una cámara vial captó el intercam-bio y Rangel aceptó que la persona aceptandoel dinero en el video, era él.\

De ser condenado, Rangel pudiera enfrentarhasta 20 años en prisión federal y una posiblemulta de 250.000 dólares.

“Él cometió un error y reconoció su error”,dijo Nathan Chu, abogado de Rangel. “Eso noborra los 12 años de servicio”.

Acompañado por su hijo, Ricardo Rangel Jr.,Ricardo Rangel en ocasiones se veía jovial consu hijo, antes de presentarse ante la Juez Salda-ña. La juez ordenó una fianza de 75.000 dólaresy Rangel fue llevado en custodia federal.

(El reportero Phillip Balli contribuyó en estereporte. Localice a Aldo Amato en el 728-2538 oen [email protected])

CONDADO DE WEBB

Caso extorsiónPOR ALDO AMATOTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

El Juez de Paz del Precinto 2, Lugar 2, del Condado deWebb, Ricardo Rangel, Camina por calle Victoria en La-redo, el jueves por la tarde, de camino a la Corte Feder-al, donde se rindió ante autoridades federales.

Foto por Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

PÁGINA 6A Zfrontera SABADO 06 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2014

Más de 200 millones de dólares enpropiedad no reclamada fueron reem-bolsados a sus dueños durante el añofiscal, anunciaron autoridades de Texas.

La Contralora Susan Combs informóen un comunicado de prensa que duran-te el Año Fiscal 2014, que terminó el 31de agosto, su agencia reembolsó205.341.447 dólares en propiedad no re-clamada.

Hasta este año la mayor cantidad de-vuelta era de 177.6 millones de dólares,cifra alcanzada durante el año fiscal2013.

“Siempre he estado comprometida adevolver la mayor cantidad de propieda-des no reclamadas como sea posible”,dijo Combs. “Es por eso que hemos tra-bajado arduamente para hacer más efi-caz el proceso”.

El pago de propiedad no reclamadainició en 1962 y aproximadamente sehan devuelto 900.8 millones de dólaresen los 45 años previos al mandato deCombs.

En el comunicado de prensa se expli-ca que el dinero reembolsado ha sidoentregado en depósitos de servicios pú-blicos olvidados u otros reembolsos, pa-gos de seguros, cheques de nómina, che-ques de caja, dividendos, regalías mine-ras, las cuentas bancarias inactivas y elcontenido de cajas de seguridad abando-nadas.

Las empresas pasan a formar partedel programa de propiedad no reclama-da después de que el lugar presente unperiodo de inactividad de entre uno ycinco años.

“No hay estatuto de limitaciones parala propiedad no reclamada que el estadoalmacene, esto quiere decir que no haylímite de tiempo para que los propieta-rios presenten una reclamación”, sostu-vo Combs en el comunicado. “Puedenser reclamadas en cualquier momento”.

Para más información sobre el pro-grama puede visitar window.state.tx.us/about/up-successes.html.

Para buscar propiedad no reclamaday comenzar el proceso de reclamación,visite ClaimItTexas.org.

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TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

“Voto por Texas” es el tí-tulo de la campaña que serealiza en todo Texas a finde promocionar el voto.

Es la Secretaria de Esta-do, Nandita Berry quien en-cabeza la campaña cuyo ob-jetivo es asegurar que todoslos tejanos estén informadosy tengan los recursos quenecesitan para participar enlas futuras elecciones.

“Votar es un derecho fun-damental y una responsabi-lidad, y queremos asegurar-nos de que todos los tejanostengan la información que

necesitan conocer comocuándo y dónde votar esteotoño”, dijo Berry. “La elec-ción de noviembre será laelección más grande, que re-quiere una identificacióncon foto”.

Ciudadanos deberán pre-sentar una de las siete iden-tificaciones autorizadas pa-ra votar en persona.

Berry visitó escuelas enel Valle de Río Grande parapromover el voto entre losestudiantes de colegio.

“Queremos que los jóve-nes y los que votan por pri-mera vez se sientan confia-dos acerca de votar, y quere-

mos asegurarles que elproceso es fácil, justo y queel voto cuenta”, añadió ella.

Voto por Texas es unacampaña de educación e in-tegración al público e inclu-ye asesoramiento, manejode la comunidad y acerca-miento/participación a tra-vés de las redes sociales.

La campaña cuenta conelementos tanto en ingléscomo en español y puedenser encontrados y comparti-dos al ingresar a VoteTexas-.gov.

La fecha límite para re-gistrarse como votante paralas elecciones generales es

el 6 de octubre. Las votacio-nes anticipadas comienzanel 20 de octubre y terminanel 31 de octubre. Las eleccio-nes serán el 4 de noviembre.

Para votar en persona, losvotantes registrados necesi-tan presentar alguna de lassiguientes identificaciones:

Licencia de Conducirde Texas — emitida por elDepartamento de SeguridadPública de Texas (DPS, porsus siglas en inglés).

Tarjeta de Identifica-ción Personal de Texas —emitida por DPS.

Licencia de Texas paraArmas — emitida por DPS.

Identificación Militarde Estados Unidos con foto-grafía.

Certificado de Ciuda-danía de Estados Unidoscon fotografía

Pasaporte de EstadosUnidos— emitido por el go-bierno de Estados Unidos

Identificación de Certi-ficado de Elección — expedi-do gratuitamente por DPS.

Las identificaciones debe-rán estar vigentes o que siestán vencidas, no hayan pa-sado más de 60 días.

Para obtener más infor-mación puede visitar Vote-Texas.gov.

ELECCIÓN 2014

Comienza campaña estatal ‘Voto por Texas’TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

WASHINGTON— El Departa-mento de Agricultura de EU(USDA, por sus siglas en inglés)insta a los productores que hansufrido pérdidas relacionadascon desastres, a solicitar la ayu-da de la institución antes del 30de septiembre.

Entre los beneficios que sepueden obtener están las reduc-ciones de los pagos ordenadospor el Congreso, para llevarse acabo antes de esa fecha.

Pueden ser elegibles los ga-naderos que han sufrido pérdi-das de pastoreo desde octubrede 2011.

La Ley de Control de Presu-puesto aprobada por el Congre-so en 2011 requiere a USDAaplicar reducciones de un 7.3por ciento en el Programa deForraje ante Desastres en Gana-dería (LFP, por sus siglas en in-glés) en el nuevo año fiscal, quecomienza el 1 de octubre de2014. Sin embargo, los producto-res que han buscado apoyo deLFP y que han programado ci-tas antes del 1 de octubre, noverán reducciones en la canti-dad de operaciones de ayudaque reciben.

USDA está alentando a losproductores a inscribirse, soli-citar una cita o iniciar una soli-

citud para el Programa de Fo-rraje ante Desastres en Ganade-ría, antes del 1 de octubre de2014, para fijar la tasa actual decero por ciento.

Como una ayuda adicional alos productores calificados quesoliciten LFP, la Agencia delServicio Agrícola ha desarrolla-do un registro en línea que per-mite a los agricultores y gana-deros inscribirse antes de la fe-cha límite para evitar lareducción de su asistencia pordesastre.

Para inscribirse al Programade Desastres Ganadería Forrajeen línea, visite http://www.fsa.usda.gov/disaster.

USDA

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USDA está alentando a los productores a inscribirse, solicitar una cita o iniciar una solicitud para el Programa de Forrajeante Desastres en Ganadería, antes del 1 de octubre, para fijar la tasa actual de cero por ciento.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 Nation THE ZAPATA TIMES 7A

HUDSON, Fla. — Policeon a manhunt swarmed aFlorida hotel early Fridayand arrested a man suspect-ed in the killings of fourpeople whose bodies werefound stacked on theground and decomposing ina neighborhood some 45miles away.

Detectives found the bod-ies a day earlier when theywent to check on a 4-year-old boy believed to be thesuspect’s son, who author-ities say is autistic.

Police said they arrestedAdam Matos, 28, after trick-ing him into leaving hisroom — where he was stay-ing with the boy — on the18th floor of the historicFloridan Palace Hotel. Ma-tos had checked in underhis real name, they said.

Results were pending of aDNA test that would deter-mine whether Matos is thefather of the boy, IsmaelTristan Santisteban.

“I love my son and I hopethat he’s safe right now,”Matos told reporters as hewas led to a police car out-side the hotel. He deniedkilling the victims or know-ing who did. Officials saidan investigator who special-izes in talking to autisticchildren was interviewingIsmael. They were not surewhether he might have wit-nessed the killings.

After Matos’ arrest, theboy seemed fine, said JaneCastor, Tampa’s policechief.

“He is in good spirits,”she told a news conference.She said she did not knowwhether Matos had a weap-on in the room.

Matos is the only suspectin the deaths of the fourpeople whose bodies werefound in Hudson, some 45miles away from the Tampahotel, authorities said. Butthey released only a few de-tails about what led them tothe man, who had recentlycome to Florida from Penn-sylvania’s Lehigh Valley.Pasco County Sheriff ChrisNocco did say Matos hadbeen seen in the Hudson ar-ea recently and quickly be-came a suspect.

Court records in Pennsyl-vania show Matos had beenarrested numerous times

for harassment, theft, bur-glary, trespassing, assaultand driving under the influ-ence. He pleaded guilty tosome of the charges, andothers appear to have beendismissed.

He is due in a Hillsbor-ough County court Satur-day to face a charge of ag-gravated assault related toan incident on Aug. 28,when the boy was last seenat his home. His mothercalled police and said Matoshad threatened her with aknife and then fled, saidNocco. She told investiga-tors she was scared of Ma-tos, but authorities couldnot find him.

On Thursday, Pasco sher-iff ’s deputies were checkingon the family, but no onewas home.

They noticed a bad odorin the area and about three-quarters of a mile down thestreet found the bodies oftwo men and two women ina pile in a grassy area outin the open with birds cir-cling overhead, police said.The bodies had apparentlylain unseen for several daysin the working-class neigh-borhood with houses big

and small that abuts canalsleading to the Gulf of Mex-ico.

The names of the fourvictims were not releasedpending identification, Noc-co said.

“It’s been quiet aroundhere,” said Mark Evans,who helps run a storage fa-cility and landscaping ser-vice that overlooks the areawhere the bodies werefound. “We mow somelawns over on that street,and we didn’t see anythingout of the ordinary.”

A tip from a cab driverwho had driven a man anda boy the hour and a half orso to Tampa led officialsdowntown, Nocco said.There, witnesses said they’dseen Matos at a bus station,asking about fares. Author-ities said they thought heplanned to travel to KeyWest. A ticket wasn’t avail-able, officials said, so heheaded to the hotel.

Once he checked in —and called the front desk atleast once, asking how toconnect to the Internet —staff called police, and theSWAT team gathered in thelobby.

Suspect caught at hotelBy TAMARA LUSH

ASSOCIATED PRESS

OMAHA, Neb. — A doc-tor who became infectedwith Ebola while workingin Liberia is sick but in sta-ble condition and communi-cating with his caregivers atthe Nebraska Medical Cen-ter, officials said Friday.

Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, is be-ing treated at a 10-bed spe-cial isolation unit, the large-st of the United States’ four.It was built to handle pa-tients with highly infectiousand deadly diseases, accord-ing to Dr. Mark Rupp, chiefof the infectious diseases di-vision at the center.

Sacra— the third Ameri-can aid worker sickenedwith the virus — arrived at6:38 a.m. Friday at the Oma-ha hospital. Sacra waswheeled on a gurney off theplane at Offutt Air ForceBase, transferred to an am-bulance and then wheeledinto the hospital, said Ro-sanna Morris, chief nursingofficer for the medical cen-ter.

Sacra was conscious Fri-day and was able to commu-nicate with medical staff,Morris said.

The first two Americanaid workers infected by Ebo-la — Dr. Kent Brantly andNancy Writebol — have re-covered since being flown toEmory University Hospitalin Atlanta for treatment. Sa-cra came to Omaha insteadof Atlanta because federalofficials asked the medicalcenter to treat him in orderto prepare other isolationunits to take more Ebola pa-tients if needed.

Sacra, a doctor from Wor-cester, Massachusetts, whospent 15 years working atthe Liberia hospital wherehe fell ill, said he felt com-pelled to return after hear-ing that two other mission-aries with the North Caroli-na-based charity SIM withwhom he’d worked were

sick. He delivered babies atthe hospital, and was not in-volved in the treatment ofEbola patients, so it’s un-clear how he became infect-ed with the virus.

An estimated 2,100 peoplehave died during the out-break, but Ebola has notbeen confirmed as the causefor all of the deaths.

Dr. Phil Smith, medicaldirector of the Omaha unit,has said a team of 35 doc-tors, nurses and other med-ical staffers will provide Sa-cra with basic care, includ-ing ensuring he is hydratedand keeping his vital signsstable.

The team is discussingexperimental treatments, in-cluding using blood serumfrom a patient who has re-covered from Ebola, Smithsaid. There are no licenseddrugs or vaccines for thedisease, but about half adozen are in development.

Rupp said he’s unawarewhether Brantly and Write-bol have been asked aboutdonating blood serum forSacra.

“These folks are friendlyand know one another, and

they would presumably bewilling to help their compa-triots,” Rupp said, adding abattery of tests must first beperformed, including one toensure that any blood iscompatible with Sacra’s.

Doctors with the Omahahospital have repeatedlysaid Sacra’s transfer toOmaha posed no threat tothe public, noting Ebola istransmitted through closecontact with an infectedperson.

SIM president BruceJohnson said Friday thatSacra’s wife, Debbie, is mak-ing arrangements to carefor their three sons and pre-paring to fly to Omaha thisweekend.

“Rick would actually besomewhat embarrassed byall this attention,” Johnsonsaid, adding tearfully thatSacra apologized to SIM of-ficials in an email after hewas diagnosed earlier thisweek. Sacra told them heknew an evacuation wouldbe difficult.

“So I don’t expect one,”Sacra’s email said. “Jesus isright here with me in Liber-ia.”

Ebola doctor is stableBy MARGERY A. BECK

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The ambulance transporting Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, who was infectedwith Ebola while serving in Liberia, is escorted by police vehicles tothe Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., on Friday. Sacra isthe third American aid worker infected by the Ebola virus.

Photo by Nati Harnik | AP

ATLANTA — A federaljudge from Alabama ac-cused of hitting his wifein an Atlanta hotel roomcan have a misdemeanorbattery charge dismissedif he completes a courtprogram that includes do-mestic violence interven-tion.

U.S. District CourtJudge Mark Fuller willspend up to 24 weeks inthe pre-trial diversionprogram, which also in-cludes an alcohol andsubstance abuse assess-ment. Fulton CountyState Court Chief Magis-trate Judge Stephanie Da-vis on Friday allowedFuller to enter the pro-gram and ordered him toreport back to the courton Oct. 14.

Officers were called tothe Fullers’ room in Au-gust at the Ritz Carlton inAtlanta, where a policereport said Kelli Fulleranswered the door intears and had cuts on hermouth and forehead. She

was treated by paramed-ics but refused to be tak-en to the hospital. Theroom smelled of alcohol,according to the report.

Kelli Fuller told policeher husband became vio-lent when she accusedhim of cheating, pullingher hair, throwing her tothe ground, and kickingher. Mark Fuller told offi-cers he threw her to theground to defend himselfafter she threw a drinkglass at him while hewatched television.

During the brief courthearing Friday, MarkFuller spoke only to an-swer a question on wheth-er he had agreed to enterthe program. He left with-out speaking with report-ers but, in a statementlater issued through hisattorney, Fuller said helooks forward to address-ing the concerns of thecourt and “hopefully” re-turning to the bench.

“I deeply regret this in-cident and look forwardto working to resolvethese difficulties with myfamily, where they should

be resolved,” Fuller said. Fuller, 55, was stripped

of his cases following hisarrest and faces an ad-ministrative complaintfiled by the chief judge ofthe 11th Circuit Court ofAppeals.

Fuller’s lawyer BarryRagsdale said the pro-gram will not have a di-rect impact on the judge’sjob status.

“But we believe the factthat no criminal chargeswill be filed and the ar-rest record will be ex-punged will be helpful toJudge Fuller’s efforts toreturn to the bench,”Ragsdale said.

Ragsdale said he ex-pects a decision about thecomplaint by the end ofSeptember. The chiefjudge can dismiss thecomplaint independentlyor ask a panel of 11th Cir-cuit judges to decide ondisciplinary action, hesaid.

Federal judges are con-firmed by the Senate tolifetime terms, though theSenate can also removethem from office.

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller, right, appears in Fulton County Court in Atlanta on Friday toface charges of misdemeanor battery. Under terms agreed to Friday, Fuller will be allowed to enter acourt program to resolve a misdemeanor battery case against him.

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Judge in programBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

ASSOCIATED PRESS

8A THE ZAPATA TIMES Nation SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

WASHINGTON — TheInternal Revenue Servicehas lost emails from fivemore employees who arepart of congressional probesinto the treatment of conser-vative groups that appliedfor tax-exempt status, thetax service disclosed Friday.

The IRS said in June thatit could not locate an untoldnumber of emails to andfrom Lois Lerner, who head-ed the IRS division that pro-cesses applications for tax-exempt status. The revela-tion set off a new round ofinvestigations and congres-sional hearings.

On Friday, the IRS issueda report to Congress sayingthe agency also lost emailsfrom five other employeesrelated to the probe, includ-ing two agents who workedin a Cincinnati office pro-cessing applications for tax-exempt status.

The disclosure came onthe same day the Senate’ssubcommittee on investiga-tions released competing re-ports on how the IRS han-dled applications from polit-ical groups during the 2010and 2012 elections.

The Democratic report,released by Sen. Carl Levinof Michigan, said both liber-al and conservative groupswere mistreated, revealingno political bias by the IRS.The Republican report, is-sued by Sen. John McCainof Arizona, said conserva-tive groups were clearlytreated worse.

The IRS inspector gener-al set off a firestorm lastyear with an audit that saidIRS agents singled out teaparty and other conserva-tive groups for inappropri-ate scrutiny when they ap-plied for tax-exempt status.

Lerner’s lost emailsprompted a new round ofscrutiny by Congress, theJustice Department, the in-spector general and at leasttwo federal judges.

The IRS blamed comput-er crashes for all the lostemails. In a statement, the

IRS said all the crashes hap-pened well before Congresslaunched its investigations.

The IRS first told Con-gress in June that other em-ployees involved in theprobe also had computerproblems. At the time, IRSCommissioner John Koski-nen promised lawmakers areport on whether any hadlost emails. The report wasissued Friday.

“Throughout this review,the IRS has found no evi-dence that any IRS person-nel deliberately destroyedany evidence,” said the IRSstatement. “To the contrary,the computer issues identi-fied appear to be the samesorts of issues routinely ex-perienced by employeeswithin the IRS, in other gov-ernment agencies and inthe private sector.”

When Congress startedinvestigating the IRS lastyear, the agency identified82 employees who mighthave documents related tothe inquiries. The IRS said18 of those people had com-puter problems betweenSeptember 2009 and Febru-ary 2014. Of those employ-ees, five probably lost emails— in addition to Lerner —the agency said Friday.

Lerner, who was placedon leave and has since re-tired, has emerged as a cen-tral figure in congressionalinvestigations. The otherfive employees appear to bemore junior than she.

In addition to the Cincin-nati workers, they include atechnical adviser to Lerner,a tax law specialist and agroup manager in the tax-exempt division.

In general, the IRS saidthe workers archived emailson their computer harddrives when their email ac-counts became too full.When those computerscrashed, the emails were

lost.“By all accounts, in each

instance the user contactedIT staff and attempted to re-cover his or her data,” saidthe IRS statement.

The IRS has said it storedemails on backup tapes butthose tapes were re-used ev-ery six months. The inspec-tor general’s office is re-viewing those tapes to see ifany old emails can be re-trieved.

“The IRS has lost thou-sands of emails, but worseyet, completely lost theAmerican people’s trust,”said Sarah Swinehart, aspokeswoman for HouseWays and Means Republi-cans. “The DOJ must ap-point a special prosecutor sothe full truth can come out.”

Attorney General EricHolder has turned down nu-merous requests from con-gressional Republicans for aspecial prosecutor, citing nu-merous investigations al-ready underway.

Friday’s reports by theSenate subcommittee on in-vestigations mark the con-clusion of just one investiga-tion. The Justice Depart-ment and three othercongressional committeesare continuing their probes.

Levin is chairman of theinvestigations subcommitteeand McCain is the rankingRepublican. Their staffs rou-tinely work together on in-vestigations, and while theydon’t always agree on the re-sults, it is highly unusualfor them to issue such di-verging reports.

“The investigation foundthat the IRS used inappro-priate selection criteria, bur-densome questions andlengthy delays in processingapplications for 501(c)(4) taxexempt status from bothconservative and liberalgroups,” Levin said in astatement.

The Democratic reportslams last year’s audit bythe IRS inspector general. Itsays the IG report was in-complete because it focusedonly on the treatment ofconservative groups. TheIG’s report “produced dis-torted audit results that con-tinue to be misinterpreted,”the Democratic report said.

J. Russell George, theTreasury inspector generalfor tax administration, saidhis investigation is ongoing,with facts “still coming tolight.”

“I firmly stand behindthe audit report that we is-sued last year, showing theinappropriate treatment ofapplicants for 501 (c)(4) sta-tus, for which the IRS apol-ogized,” George said in astatement. “It is importantto remember that the IRSaccepted all of the recom-mendations contained inour audit report.”

McCain’s Republican re-port says far more conserva-tive groups were singled outfor extra scrutiny. Theywere also asked more ques-tions and were more likelyto have their applications re-jected or withdrawn.

“The IRS selected conser-vative groups out of normalprocessing, placed them ona separate list, stopped workon their applications com-pletely, forced them to an-swer intrusive questionsabout their behavior and de-meanor at meetings and de-layed their applications formultiple years,” the Republi-can report said. “Our inves-tigation has uncovered noevidence that liberal groupsreceived the same expansiveinappropriate treatmentthat conservative groups re-ceived.”

The Democratic reportsaid investigators reviewed800,000 pages of documentsand conducted 22 interviewswith current and formerworkers at the IRS and theinspector general’s office.The investigators, however,were not allowed to see con-fidential taxpayer informa-tion, so many of the docu-ments were blacked out.

IRS: More emails are lostBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

ASSOCIATED PRESS The agency also lost emails fromfive other employees related to theprobe,

WASHINGTON — Leav-ing his timing uncertain,President Barack Obamalaid out ambitious objec-tives Friday for immigra-tion steps he intends totake on his own and saidhe had already receivedsome recommendationsfrom the Homeland Securi-ty and Justice depart-ments for executive actionhe could implement with-out Congress.

Facing competing pres-sures from immigrationadvocacy groups and fromDemocrats nervous aboutNovember’s midterm elec-tion, Obama made no com-mitment about whether hewould act in the comingweeks as he had earlierpledged.

“My expectation is thatfairly soon, I’ll be consider-ing what the next stepsare,” he said during anews conference in Walesat the end of a two-day NA-TO summit.

Still, Obama spelled outhis goals with a degree ofspecificity that he had pre-viously not detailed.

He said that withoutcongressional action tooverhaul the immigrationsystem, he would takesteps to increase border se-curity, to upgrade the pro-cessing of border crossers,to encourage legal immi-gration and to give immi-grants who have been ille-gally in the United Statesfor some time a path to be-come legal residents, paytaxes, pay a fine and learnEnglish.

“I want to be very clear:My intention is, in the ab-sence of...action by Con-gress, I’m going to do whatI can do within the legalconstraints of my office,because it’s the right thingto do for the country,” hesaid.

On June 30, Obama said

he had directed HomelandSecurity Secretary JehJohnson and AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder togive him recommenda-tions for executive actionby the end of summer andpledged to “adopt thoserecommendations withoutfurther delay.”

Legal experts and law-makers have debated theextent of Obama’s author-ity, and Holder’s and John-son’s recommendations re-main closely held. It’s alsounclear how far Obamacould go without congres-sional approval in meetingthe goals he delineated Fri-day.

In 2012, Obama author-ized the Homeland Securi-ty Department to considerapplications to defer de-portations for immigrantswho had entered the coun-try illegally as childrenand to give them work per-mits. Since then, the pro-gram has deferred the de-portation of more than580,000 immigrants.

Immigrant advocatessay Obama has the author-ity to allow similar defer-rals to potentially millionsof other immigrants, be-ginning with the parentsof those young immigrantswhose deportations havealready been deferred.

The Democratic-led Sen-ate passed a broad over-haul of immigration lastyear that included boostedborder security, more visasfor legal immigrants and apath to citizenship for im-migrants illegally in thecountry. But the Republi-can-controlled House hasbalked at acting on anybroad measure.

More recently, the WhiteHouse has been underpressure from some Demo-crats to delay any actionuntil after the electionsout of fear that takingsteps now would energizeRepublican oppositionagainst vulnerable SenateDemocrats.

Immigrationgoals explained

By JIM KUHNHENN AND ERICAWERNER

ASSOCIATED PRESS


Genaro M. Sanchez, 75,passed away Tuesday, Sept.2, 2014, at Starr County Me-morial Hospital in RioGrande City, Texas.

Mr. Sanchez is precededin death by his parents, Je-sus and Concepcion San-chez; brother, Juan ManuelSanchez and a sister, GloriaSanchez.

Mr. Sanchez is survivedby his son, Genaro Jr. (Ve-ronica) Sanchez; daughter,Monica Sanchez; grandchil-dren, Sonia I. Sanchez, Li-liana Garza, Leobardo Gar-za, Luis A. Sanchez; great-grandchildren, Kively N.Barraz and Kiveira Oliva-rez; sisters, Cira Sanchezand Placida (Cesar) Garciaand by numerous nephews,nieces, other family mem-bers and friends.

Visitation hours wereheld Wednesday, Sept. 3,2014, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.with a wake at 7 p.m. atRose Garden Funeral

Home.A chapel service was

held Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014,at 10 a.m. at Rose GardenFuneral Home. The funeralprocession departed at10:45 a.m. Committal ser-vices followed at ZapataCounty Cemetery.

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

GENARO M. SANCHEZ

Nov. 2, 1938 – Sept. 2, 2014

Laura Galvan de Saave-dra, 47, passed away Tues-day, Sept. 2, 2014, at RetamaManor in Laredo, Texas.

Mrs. Saavedra is preced-ed in death by her father,Armando Galvan.

Mrs. Saavedra is sur-vived by her husband, Hu-go C. Saavedra Jr.; son, Hu-go A. Saavedra; daughters,Vanessa Saavedra andBryanna Saavedra; mother,Noema P. Galvan; brothers,Jose Armando Galvan, Ge-ronimo (Olga) Galvan,Humberto (Elizabeth) Gal-van; sisters, Rosa I. (Mar-celo) Ramirez, Noemi(Juan) Alvarado, MaribelGalvan and by numerousnephews, nieces, otherfamily members andfriends.

Visitation hours wereheld Thursday, Sept. 4,2014, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.with a wake at 7 p.m. atRose Garden FuneralHome.

A chapel service washeld Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, at10 a.m. at Rose Garden Fu-neral Home. The funeralprocession will depart at10:45 a.m. Committal ser-vices will follow at ZapataCounty Cemetery.

Funeral arrangementsare under the direction ofRose Garden FuneralHome, Daniel A. Gonzalez,funeral director, 2102 N.U.S. Hwy. 83, Zapata, Texas.

LAURA GALVAN DE SAAVEDRA

April 25, 1967 – Sept. 2, 2014

DENVER — Attorneysfor Colorado theater shoot-ing defendant JamesHolmes asked the judge tobar television coverage in-side the courtroom, sayingit would violate Holmes’right to a fair trial.

In a filing dated Thurs-day and released Friday, de-fense lawyers argued thattelevising the trial could in-timidate witnesses, exposejurors and attorneys todeath threats, and createother problems.

Six Denver television sta-tions, a Denver radio stationand the CourtTV cablechannel asked the judge lastmonth to permit a singleTV camera and an audiosystem in the courtroomduring the trial, scheduledto start Dec. 8.

Teresa Locke, an attorneyfor the broadcasters, didn’timmediately return a callseeking comment Friday.

Separately, The DenverPost has requested permis-sion to have a still photogra-pher in the courtroom whowould provide photos to thePost, The Associated Press

and others.Holmes is accused of kill-

ing 12 people and injuring70 in the July 2012 attack on

more than 400 moviegoersin the Denver suburb ofAurora.

He pleaded not guilty byreason of insanity to multi-ple counts of murder and at-tempted murder. Prosecu-tors are seeking the deathpenalty.

Defense lawyers arguedthat televising the trialwould be entertainment, noteducation, and that it wouldnot improve the public’s im-pression of the court sys-tem.

The courtroom is a work-place, and “the court shouldtake pause before trans-

forming this workplace intoa ‘set’ for the entertainmentof the public, which willmost certainly detract fromthe solemnity of these pro-ceedings,” the filing said.

They also argued theFirst Amendment does notguarantee the media theright to televise trials.

Also Friday, ArapahoeCounty District Judge Car-los A. Samour Jr. rejectedanother defense request tohave the judge review in ad-vance the statements thatvictims would make at thepenalty phase of Holmes’trial if he is convicted.

TV camera may be out at shooting trialBy DAN ELLIOTT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes is charged with theJuly 2012 Aurora shootings that killed 12 people and injured 70.

Photo by Andy Cross/pool/file/The Denver Post | AP

VICTORIA — Thumbingaround the mouth of ahorse is normal in DavidWarren’s line of work.

He’s a horse dentist. For the past 18 years,

Warren, 45, has fixed theoral problems of equines.

“There’s not many,” hesaid of equine dentists.“Regular dentists will do it,but not many just do this.”

He told The Victoria Ad-vocate he saw a need to fo-cus on the niche of equinedentistry and went intobusiness for himself in1996.

Now, he travels through-out the South Central Tex-as region as well as the oc-casional visit north to theWaco and Dallas area tomeet horses who need hisattention.

Warren’s truck is nowhis mobile clinic — full oftools and medicine for eachexam, which can last about30 to 40 minutes as long asthere are no major issues.

Fitted into his truck’sbed, there are drawers andcompartments that holdstainless steel tools thatlook like something out ofa Frankenstein novel.

“This has prongs that fitunder the gums to help yougrip the tooth,” Warrensaid, pointing at a pair of19-inch forceps.

Fortunately, it’s not oftenthat he has to use them.

During a routine he’s ex-ecuted thousands of times,he’ll use a stethoscope tolisten to the hearts of all ofhis equine patients andthen run his fingers nearthe eyes and jawbones ofthe horses to assess poten-tial issues he might findwhen he puts his handsand arms in their mouths.

This time, Warren’s pa-tient, Denver, a 7-year-oldAmerican Quarter Horsemare, has given him noth-ing to worry about.

A quick shot of sedativeswill calm her down, whichwill also keep her owner,Cathy Sullins safe from anervous buck.

“It usually takes a min-ute or two to kick in,” saidWarren, owner of TexasEquine Dentist and a long-time equine dentist basedin Weesatche.

Once it does, Sullins, 51,of Victoria and co-headtrainer for KnP Training,stands close by, strokingDenver’s gray coat as hereyelids start to droop.

Warren will prop Den-ver’s heavy head on standand drops to his knee toprepare to work. He teststhe balance of her jaw andthen checks the sharppoints of her teeth, whichcan make it painful for ahorse to not only eat but al-so wear a bridle.

“You can see a big differ-ence between the beforeand after,” Kaylon SullinsRobinson, 27, of Lockhart,who is a horse trainer andSullins’ daughter, saidabout the exam. “There’s abig difference in how theycarry a bit.”

Part of her work as atrainer includes knowingthe different kinds of bits

available and the uses ofeach one.

Sullins Robinson saidthe bits and the horse’sdental hygiene are veryclosely related to how ahorse will behave duringtraining.

“Some people will traina horse, so the horse knowsthe bit,” she said. “Peopleneed to look more at thebits they use.”

It’s also important, Sul-lins added, that peopleknow that a good bit can gobad.

Wear and tear from thehorse’s teeth is normal be-cause their teeth continueto grow well into theiradult years.

That’s when Warren canstep in and provide routinemaintenance and ensurethe horse and trainer areworking as efficiently aspossible given the bits usedin training or performanc-es.

“A good bit is one thatworks for your horse and iskind,” Sullins Robinsonsaid.

Equine dentist Dr. David Warren utilizes special tools that reach the back molars grinding down rough spots of the horse’s teeth in Vic-toria, on Aug. 26. Thumbing around the mouth of a horse is normal in David Warren’s line of work. He’s a horse dentist.

Photo by Frank Tilley/Victoria Advocate | AP

Horse dentist likes workBy JESSICA RODRIGO

THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE

10A THE ZAPATA TIMES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

the company’s market val-ue by almost $9 billion.

“Everybody talks abouthow big they are, but it’sstaggering,” David Uhl-mann, a University of Mi-chigan law professor andformer chief of the JusticeDepartment’s environ-mental crimes section,said of the price tag forthe spill.

BP previously agreed topay a record $4 billion incriminal fines and penal-ties over the DeepwaterHorizon disaster, plusmore than $27 billion incleanup costs and com-pensation to people andbusinesses harmed by thespill.

The company made $24billion in profits last yearbut could be forced again

to sell off some assets tocover the additional fines,analysts said.

Attorney General EricHolder said Barbier’s rul-ing “will ensure that thecompany is held fully ac-countable for its reckless-ness” and will “serve as astrong deterrent to any-one tempted to sacrificesafety and the environ-ment in the pursuit ofprofit.”

Barbier held a non-jurytrial last year to identifythe blowout’s causes andapportion blame for thedisaster, and on Thursdayhe ruled that BP bears 67percent of the responsibil-ity, Swiss-based drillingrig owner TransoceanLtd. 30 percent, and Hous-ton-based cement contrac-

tor Halliburton EnergyServices 3 percent.

BP made “profit-drivendecisions” during thedrilling that led to theblowout, the judge con-cluded in his 153-page rul-ing. “These instances ofnegligence, taken togeth-er, evince an extreme de-viation from the standardof care and a consciousdisregard of knownrisks,” he wrote.

Among other things, thejudge cited a misinter-preted safety test thatshould have warned thedrilling crew that the wellwas in danger of blowingout.

In a statement, BP saidthe evidence did not meetthe “very high bar” toprove gross negligence.

James Roy and StephenHerman, who representedoil spill victims in thetrial, said: “We hope thattoday’s judgment willbring some measure ofclosure to the families ofthe 11 men who tragicallylost their lives, and to thethousands of people andbusinesses still trying torecover from the spill.”

Government experts es-timated 4.2 million bar-rels, or 176 million gal-lons, spilled into the Gulf.BP urged the judge to usean estimate of 2.45 millionbarrels, or nearly 103 mil-lion gallons, in calculat-ing any Clean Water Actpenalties. Barbier hasn’truled yet on how much oilspilled.

If he goes with the gov-

ernment’s estimate, BPcould be hit with close to$18 billion in fines.

The crude that gushedfrom the sea floor killedwildlife, stained beachesand polluted marshes. BPultimately sealed the wellafter several methodsfailed.

BP pleaded guilty in2013 to manslaughter inthe rig workers’ deaths.Two BP supervisorsaboard the rig are await-ing trial on federal man-slaughter charges.

Darlene Kimball, whoruns Kimball’s Seafood onthe docks in Pass Chris-tian, Mississippi, said shehopes Thursday’s ruling,and the likelihood of hugepenalties, will prompt alloil companies to pay more

attention to safety.“Sometimes something

has to happen for peopleto realize, ‘I don’t wantthat to happen with ourcompany. Let’s go backand look at how we aredoing things,”’ she said.

BP faces still anotherset of potential penalties,under the federal Oil Pol-lution Act of 1990. Uhl-mann said those claimscould cost BP more than$10 billion. He said thoseclaims could be difficultto resolve because of var-ying assessments of howmuch damage was done tothe environment.

“We may not know foryears how badly the Gulfof Mexico and its shore-lines were damaged bythe spill,” he said.

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told the San Antonio Ex-press-News.

After demolishing every-thing but the old MunicipalAuditorium facade, with itsdomes on each corner, de-signers were able to give To-bin officials most every-thing they wanted.

Within a footprint of183,000 square feet, theywere able to create the 1,759-seat H-E-B PerformanceHall, which, with its richwooden touches, has the feelof a European opera housetransported to South Texas.

By shifting the hall offthe building’s central access— from high noon to about1 o’clock — there wasenough space to tuck the250-seat Carlos Alvarez Stu-dio Theater into the build-ing’s west side.

“We opened up the geom-etry of the building to cre-

ate a place for the studiotheater,” said LMN princi-pal Erik Indvik. “We weretrying not to attach newpieces to the existing build-ing.”

The main performancespaces are incredibly flexi-ble. An $8 million flooringsystem in the big hall cantransform it from a slopingconcert setting to a flat galasetting with the push of abutton. The black box thea-ter can be transfigured inseveral different ways fordance and small theaterproductions.

Visitors used to enteringthe dated, somewhat drabMunicipal Auditorium willbe wowed by the soaringgrand lobby.

“It’s an interesting collageof modern construction andhistoric architecture,” saidLMN partner Mark Red-

dington. “We’ve combinedthose two elements to createwhat we believe is a rich ar-chitectural experience.”

There has been some talkaround town about the To-bin’s architectural skin, orveil, which covers the build-ing in 18,955 aluminum pan-els weighing 111,000 pounds.Some have suggested itlooks like a giant cheesegrater.

“It was one of the biggestgestures of the project,” Ind-vik said. “What do you dowith the big stagehouse giv-en that a portion of thebuilding now faces the Riv-er Walk?”

So the idea was to relatethe skin of the building tothe River Walk by creatinga sort of dappled lighting ef-fect with a veil of intercon-nected rectangular piecesthat echo the original stone

facade in shape and color.“The idea was to create a

new presence on the skylinethat would change duringthe day,” Indvik said.

At night as well: The veil— officially named theAT&T Sky Wall — is outfit-ted with an interior LEDlighting system that can beprogrammed to complementa performance inside theTobin Center. They evenhired a bird consultant todevise ways of keepinggrackles from nesting in theopenings of the veil.

“There are all kinds of lit-tle prickly things to keepbirds out,” Souter said.

Acoustics was “funda-mentally important” to thedesign process, Reddingtonsaid.

That began with seatingcapacity. It was limited toabout 1,750 in the perform-

ance hall to make for amore resonant experience,said Russell Todd, principalat Akustiks, an internation-al acoustics firm based inConnecticut.

The silence in the hall is,as they say, deafening.

The hall has its own sup-porting structure so vibra-tions from other parts of thebuilding won’t affect it.Lighting and electric wiresare all filtered so they won’tbuzz. Doors have been care-fully sealed.

“Sometimes the magic ofmusic happens on the edgeof silence,” Todd said. “Ittakes a lot to create that si-lence.”

The room’s automatedacoustics system has sever-al settings, from orchestralto rock to ballet, that can bechanged at the press of abutton.

“What should really hap-pen, particularly with sym-phonic music, is it shouldbe a visceral experience,”Todd said. “The musicshould be impactful andwash over you like a tidalwave. You should be im-mersed.”

Todd said he was verypleased with the sound at arecent tune-up concert bythe Youth Orchestras of SanAntonio. He is eagerly antic-ipating the San AntonioSymphony’s performance ofMahler’s “Resurrection”symphony Oct. 10-11.

“The hall rivals some ofthe great halls in America,if not around the world,” hesaid. “And it suits San Anto-nio. It has the flexibility toserve as the city’s livingroom or home for all themusic that’s important tothe city.”

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siana Sweet every monthuntil July. The discountwas $1.27 at 4:02 p.m. onFriday.

Aramco was offering oilto the U.S. at a significantdiscount to prices in otherregions. Arab Light to theU.S. was $5.64 a barrel lessthan to Asia in 2013, fallingto a $22.64 discount in No-vember. Saudi Arabia lost$2.6 billion by selling oil tothe U.S. instead of Asia in2013, Auers said.

Shifting Sales“In some ways, it’s inevi-

table that Saudi Arabia re-alizes there are more at-tractive markets, and

they’ll rotate away, supplytheir U.S. refineries withdomestic grades and selltheir crude at a premiumto Asia,” Francisco Blanch,head of commodities re-search at Bank of AmericaCorp. in New York, said byphone Aug. 29. “As the U.S.becomes a more balancedcrude force in global mar-kets, it’ll move toward less-er imports and become de-creasingly attractive to for-eign crude sellers.”

Saudi exports to the U.S.averaged 1.32 million bar-rels a day in 2013, the sec-ond-most of any countrybehind Canada. Theyreached 1.58 million inApril, before dropping byalmost half to average

878,000 over the first fourweeks of August, accordingto U.S. Customs data com-piled by Bloomberg.

The price changes anddeclining imports mightjust be a blip, Jason Bor-doff, founding director ofColumbia University’s Cen-ter on Global Energy Poli-cy in New York, said by tel-ephone Aug. 26. Saudi Ara-bia uses more crudedomestically during sum-mer months to generatepower and meet increasingdemand for air condition-ing. Temperatures havebeen higher than normal.

“I’m not sure how muchI’d read into a couple ofweeks or even a couple ofmonths of data,” Bordoff

said. “Saudi imports havecome down, but they’restill higher than what wesaw in 2009.”

Saudi Aramco yesterdaylowered for a secondstraight month its adjust-ments versus the regionalbenchmark for crude soldto the U.S. The discount forArab Light sales in the U.S.in October was widened by40 cents a barrel from Sep-tember. Aramco reducedthe Arab Light premiumfor Asia by $1.70 a barrel.

“The Saudis continue towant to maintain a diversi-fied market for their crude,and they continue to wanta significant presence inthe U.S. market.” Bordoffsaid.

U.S. ShipmentsShipments to the U.S.

have fallen even as Saudiexports to the rest of theworld have held steady. U.S.imports from Saudi Arabiafell by 562,000 barrels a dayfrom April to June, morethan the 506,000-barrel-a-day decline of total Saudiexports, according to theU.S. Energy InformationAdministration and JointOil Data Initiative, a data-base supervised by Riyadh-based International EnergyForum.

Saudi sales to Asia willbecome more importantmoving forward as demandfor liquid fuels in the re-gion is expected to grow 44

percent through 2035, whileNorth American demandshrinks, according to BPPlc. In September Chinasurpassed the U.S. as theworld’s largest importer ofcrude oil and refined prod-ucts.

The redirecting of suppli-es to other markets and theU.S.’s shrinking depend-ence on foreign oil will in-evitably change Americaninterest in internationalconflicts, Blanch said.

“It is perhaps the biggestquestion: Is the reducedcommercial relationshipbetween the U.S. and Saudigoing to lead to lesser in-volvement of the U.S. in theMiddle East? said Blanch.

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ARLINGTON — Texas Rangersmanager Ron Washington unexpected-ly resigned Friday, saying he needed todevote his full attention to an “off-the-field personal matter.”

The stunning announcement came aday after the Rangers (53-87) lost theirsixth straight game and became thefirst team in the majors mathematical-ly eliminated from playoff contention.Only three years ago, Texas reached itssecond consecutive World Series underWashington.

Washington issued a statement in

which he said his resignation hadnothing to do with the disappointingseason. He did not disclose any detailsof why he was leaving.

“I have submitted my resignationfrom the job I love — managing theRangers — in order to devote my fullattention to addressing an off-the-fieldpersonal matter. As painful as it is,stepping away from the game is what’sbest for me and my family,” Washing-ton said. “This is in no way related tothe disappointing performance of theteam this season. We were already dis-cussing 2015 and looking forward to get-

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Washington leaves

Texas manager Ron Washington, right, is stepping down as the manager of the Rangers. Washington and his team have had a season to forget in2014, being the first team to be eliminated from the postseason at 53-87.

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Ron Washington’s Rangers are just threeyears removed from making the World Seriesin back-to-back years.

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COLLEGE STATION,Texas — Kenny Hill wowedin his record-setting per-formance in a win at SouthCarolina.

As good as he was in hisfirst game since takingover for Johnny Manziel,coach Kevin Sumlin seesplenty of ways the quarter-back can get better as No. 9Texas A&M prepares forits home opener againstLamar.

“He’s got a lot of thingsto work on,” Sumlin said ofthe sophomore. “His eyesare too much all over theplace, but he was able toget past it the other night.He took care of the ball ex-cept for a couple times, thead-lib shovel pass, it wasloud in the stadium so hecouldn’t hear exactly whatI said, which was probablygood. He threw a bad passin the back of the end zone.Those are the things that

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Texas A&M WR Ricky Seals-Jones (9) and QB Kenny Hill (7) face La-mar after their impressive Week 1 victory over South Carolina.

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IRVING — Rolando McClain dancesaround questions about how much heloves football and whether he enjoyedtraining camp.

The new Dallas linebacker keeps get-ting asked because he walked away fromthe game twice in Baltimore after Oak-land dumped its former top 10 pick justthree seasons into his career.

Ready or not, McClain is expected tostart Sunday’s opener against San Fran-cisco. The Cowboys apparently haveseen enough to believe he’s the replace-ment in the middle for Sean Lee, whoseseason-ending knee injury led them togive the Ravens a seventh-round pickjust to see if they could rekindleMcClain’s interest.

The former Alabama star remains coywith reporters about his commitment.McClain said he “loved life” when askedif he still loved football during game inCalifornia, and said he had “no expecta-tions” days before his first football gamein almost two years.

“If you live up or care about some-body’s expectations, you’ll always letthem down,” McClain said earlier this

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Cowboys linebacker Rolando McClain will be thestarting linebacker this season after the formertop 10 pick in 2010 enters his third team.

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LUBBOCK — TexasTech and UTEP had thesame goal going intotheir season openers: ballsecurity.

The Miners succeeded,with their defense andspecial teams forcingthree turnovers in a 31-24win over New Mexico,while Red Raiders quar-terback Davis Webbthrew two interceptions— one that nearly led to a

TD — in a tougher-than-expected 42-35 win overCentral Arkansas.

“We always want to beon the plus end of turn-overs,” UTEP coach SeanKugler said. “If we canstay on that end of thegig, it betters our chancesof having a winning sea-son.”

Texas Tech (1-0) hasforced just four turnoversin their past four games,dating to Nov. 16. In that

Texas Tech’s Justin Stockton and the Red Raiders won a high-ly-contested game in Week 1 against Central Arkansas 42-35.

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AUSTIN — The TexasLonghorns are having atough week.

Starting quarterbackDavid Ash is out withconcussion symptoms andcoach Charlie Strong onceagain had to lay downsome discipline, this timesuspending both of hisstarting offensive tackles.That means backup quar-terback Tyrone Swoopeswill play against BYU on

Saturday night behind apatchwork offensive linethat has a total of five ca-reer starts.

And if that’s not roughenough, remember that itwas BYU (1-0) and Cou-gars quarterback TaysomHill who rolled up 550yards rushing in a 40-21romp over Texas (1-0) lastseason.

BYU was supposed tobe a litmus test for Strongand Texas, a chance to see

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BYU linebacker Alani Fua and the Cougars tortured Texas in 2013,picking up a 40-21 win while racking up 550 yards rushing.

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can hurt you, particularlyin the red zone.”

Despite Sumlin’s criti-cism, Hill was impressiveagainst the Gamecocks, andit earned him SoutheasternConference co-offensiveplayer of the week. His 511passing yards are a schoolrecord, and he’s just thesixth player in SEC historyto throw for 500 yards ormore in a game.

Hill also isn’t satisfiedand is looking for improve-ment from himself and histeam in Week 2.

“We know we still have towork hard,” Hill said. “Westill have that chip on ourshoulders. People still feellike we aren’t that good,that beating South Carolinawas just a fluke, but I don’tthink that’s it at all. We’retrying to prove themwrong.”

After his big game, manypeople, including Manzieldubbed Hill ’Kenny Foot-ball’ in a nod to Manziel’s’Johnny Football’ nick-name. But Hill said he pre-fers the Texas rap-inspirednickname ’Kenny Trill.’

That’s just one piece of aweek that saw Hill go fromrelative unknown to one ofthe hottest stories in collegefootball. His performancealso made him one of theearly front-runners for theHeisman Trophy, hardwareManziel won in 2012.

“It’s been crazy. It’s kindof fun, but I’m just trying tolive my life,” Hill said of be-coming an overnight celeb-rity. “As for the Heisman-stuff, that’s surreal. It’ssomething I’ve dreamed ofsince I was a little kid.Watching guys growing up

like Reggie Bush and evenjust a few years ago watch-ing Johnny win it ... it’ssomething I dream of doingone day.”

The Cardinals also have arecord-setting quarterbackin senior Caleb Berry. Ber-ry threw five touchdownpasses in Lamar’s season-opening win over Gram-bling to make him theschool’s all-time leader intouchdown passes with 43.

Five things to knowabout the Lamar-TexasA&M game.

BIG CROWDOff-season renovations to

Kyle Field have increasedthe capacity from 82,600 tomore than 100,000.

The Cardinals aren’t ac-customed to huge crowds,and the biggest crowdthey’ve ever played in frontof came last year when theyfaced Oklahoma State infront of more than 59,000 inStillwater, Oklahoma.

“We have done somethings to help prepare ourguys for the noise level atKyle Field,” Lamar coachRay Woodard said. “Thereis no way to accurately rep-licate how loud it is goingto be, but we have beenworking with some thingsto make it as tough on ourguys as possible.”

STEPPING UPReceiver Malcome Kenne-

dy had the best game of hiscareer in Texas A&M’s firstouting since last year’s topreceiver Mike Evans leftearly for the NFL draft.Kennedy, who had 658 yardsreceiving last year, finishedwith 14 catches for 137yards — both career bests— against South Carolina.

RECEIVING REGGIELamar receiver Reggie

Begelton set a single-seasonschool record and led theSouthland Conference with82 receptions last season.He’s already off to a goodstart this year and had 12catches for 119 yards and atouchdown in Lamar’s 42-27win over Grambling.

WHAT A LINETexas A&M’s offensive

line has long been astrength of the team, andthat hasn’t changed in 2014.The unit has had a playerselected in the top-10 of theNFL draft the last twoyears in Luke Joeckel (sec-ond overall in 2013) andJake Matthews (sixth over-all 2014).

The star of the group thisyear is Cedric Ogbuehi, athree-year starter whomoves into the left tacklespot Matthews played lastseason. Ogbuehi is expectedto be a first-round pick in2015.

The group also has Jake’syounger brother Mike Mat-thews, who started 13games at center in 2013.The line is one of the big-gest in school history, withthe five starters combiningto weigh 1,540 pounds.

STARTING FASTSince Sumlin took over at

Texas A&M, the Aggieshave had a knack for start-ing fast. They have scoredfirst in 24 of 27 games un-der Sumlin and have scoredat least 14 points in the firstquarter of 14 of thosegames. Their first driveshave been particularlygood, with the Aggies scor-ing a touchdown 18 out of27 times.

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just how far he’d takenthe Longhorns after ninemonths and one game.But the latest wave of in-juries and suspensionshas Texas fans in a panicthat if Texas loses, theLonghorns could be in formore struggles.

“It’s not like it’s the endof the world,” Strong saidweek this of Ash’s injurybefore he suspended tack-les Desmond Harrisonand Kennedy Estelle forteam rules violations.“We know we have got togo play a football gameand that’s what we’re go-ing to go do.”

Ash played all but thefinal snaps of the season-opening 38-7 win overNorth Texas. He didn’talert Texas officials ofany problems until about90 minutes after the gamewhen he complained ofheadaches and dizziness.

Texas had no choicebut to sit Ash down for awhile. The suspensionsare just the latest exam-ple of Strong’s “gettough” approach thathave a huge impact onthe field for the coach inthe first season of a five-year, $25 million-plus con-tract.

Harrison alreadymissed the first game un-der suspension and hadonly been reinstated as ofMonday. Estelle joininghim means strong willhave at least four poten-tial starters on the side-line under suspension.

For BYU, the Cougarscan make another nation-al statement with anotherwin against Texas, wheth-

er the Longhorns are de-pleted or not. BYU playsas an independent andTexas is one of only threeopponents from the so-called power conferences.

“Our mindset is we cancompete with anybody,”Hill said.

What to watch forwhen BYU plays Texas:

SWOOPESOnce hailed as a poten-

tial star, Swoopes seemsto have regressed into aproject. Former coachMack Brown burned hisredshirt freshman seasonin 2013 for just handful ofplays and he struggled inthe Texas spring game. Itmay speak volumes thatbefore training camp,Strong declared Ash, whohadn’t played in nearly ayear, as his clear No. 1without even hinting at aquarterback competition.At 6-foot-4 and nearly 250pounds, Swoopes is big.He’ll have to be mobile ifa rebuilt offensive linestruggles to protect him.

“Ty is ready,” Texasquarterbacks coachShawn Watson said. “Hecan hurt you at runningthe football, he’s got a ve-ry strong arm.”

TEXAS OFFENSIVE LINEThis unit was a ques-

tion mark before the sea-son began and now lookslike a complete mystery.Freshman Jake Rauler-son is tall but thin at 6-5,281 and takes over at cen-ter after season-endingankle surgery to seniorDominic Espinosa. Cam-eron Hughes slides in forEstelle and MarcusHutchins likely starts for

Harrison. Espinosa had40 career starts. The unitthat lines up against BYUwill have five total.

HILL’S OPTIONHill romped through

Texas’ defense with 269yards rushing in BYU’soption offense. He turnedbroken plays into scram-bles for touchdowns. Hillwas right on form lastweek, passing for threetouchdowns and runningfor two more against Con-necticut.

TEXAS RUNNING BACKSGiven the change at

quarterback, Texas islikely to turn the ballover to the running backtandem of MalcolmBrown and JohnathanGray. Those two com-bined for 147 yardsagainst North Texas andGray showed a burst ofhis old speed afterAchilles tendon surgery.But even that strengthhas been turned into aquestion mark consider-ing the troubles in the of-fensive line.

TEXAS DEFENSELast season’s collapse

at BYU was an embar-rassment of missed tack-les, missed assignmentsand a highlight reel ofLonghorns players get-ting pushed all over thefield. If Texas has astrength this year, it’s onthe defensive line withend Cedric Reed and tack-les Malcom Brown andDesmond Jackson. If theplayers up front can get abig push into the BYUbackfield, Hill may havelittle room to crank upthe option.

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same span they’ve turnedthe ball over 10 times, fourof those interceptions.Coach Kliff Kingsbury hasmade reducing turnoversand penalties a priority thisseason. “Embarrassing”was how he characterizedthe performance last week.

“The whole deal justwasn’t good across theboard, so we’ll get thatstraightened out this week,”he said of Webb’s two inter-ceptions and the 15 penal-ties for 115 yards in the winover the Bears last week-end.

The Miners (1-0) will startsenior QB Jameill Showers,who was at Texas A&M dur-ing the 2012-13 season whenKingsbury was offensive co-

ordinator for the Aggies.Here are some things to

watch Saturday night:QUICK START

Both UTEP and TexasTech got off to slow startsand had to overcome earlydeficits to win their open-ers. The Red Raiders offensewasn’t too sharp early,something they aim tochange. “We need to startfaster and probably themost obvious thing is to cutdown on the penalties andthe mistakes like that thatput us in bad situations,”WR Bradley Marquez said.

TIME OF POSSESSIONThe Red Raiders watched

as FCS’ Central Arkansasput together drives of 18, 12,14 and 15 plays that chewed

up a lot of time (33:36 for theBears and 26:24 for TexasTech). That wearied TexasTech’s defense, which gaveup 406 total yards. UTEPneeds to keep the Red Raid-ers’ up-tempo offense off thefield.. “We’ve got our work

cut out for us,” Kugler said.“We’ve got to make our callsquickly because they willcatch out off guard if you’renot ready.”

TEXAS TECH WRsWebb hit 11 different re-

ceivers last week. The out-

side receivers were expectedto be more active this week.They were led by Marquez,who had career highs in re-ceptions (11), yards receiv-ing (184) and longest recep-tion (70 yards). “Withouthim, we wouldn’t have wonthat game,” Kingsbury said.“Lot of guys were flounder-ing around, and he steppedup and made plays.”

UTEP RUSHINGRB Aaron Jones had ca-

reer highs in yards (237yards for a 10.8-yard aver-age) and TDs (3) in the Min-ers win. He was one of sixFBS players to rush formore than 200 yards lastweek. The Red Raiders de-fense is young, so gaveJones could have another

big game. “I want the ballin Aaron Jones’ hands asmuch as we can possibly do,not only as a running backbut also as a receiver,” Ku-gler said.

QUARTERBACK MATCHUPMiners QB Showers, back

after missing the final fivegames last season becauseof a right shoulder injury, isa dual threat, which couldwreak havoc for the RedRaiders defense. He threwfor 116 yards and a TD inthe Miners’ opener. Webb,who threw two intercep-tions in the first half lastweek — he had nine all oflast season — rallied for 452yards and four touchdowns.It was his second straightfour-touchdown game.

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Texas Tech’s Jordan Davis scored a touchdown against Central Ar-kansas on Saturday in a 42-35 win.

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week. “So you set yourown expectations.”

Owner Jerry Jones lethis expectations run wildalmost as soon as McClainreported for camp, alwaysbringing up his namewithout being asked andat one point saying theCowboys have “a chanceto pull one out of our hat”with the move to get him.

McClain skipped prac-tices sporadically throughcamp, with coach JasonGarrett mostly saying hewas just getting back infootball shape.

During a steamy morn-ing practice earlier thisweek, McClain appeared

to injure something dur-ing an individual drill andspent the next few min-utes fiddling with a kneewrap instead of participat-ing in the work.

“I don’t know whatyou’re talking about,”McClain said later whenasked about the knee. “I’mready. I’m great.”

The Cowboys mightneed him to be great ifthey want to improve onthe league’s most porousdefense from a year ago.The defensive line is filledwith questions, and thelinebackers are unsettledtoo.

Bruce Carter was sup-

posed to start on the weakside in Rod Marinelli’s 4-3scheme, but will be on thestrong side instead. JustinDurant, the early pick asLee’s replacement, willcall the defensive signalsand be on the weak side, acritical spot in run sup-port.

McClain’s ability in passcoverage was the biggestreason he landed in themiddle.

“I expect him to be real-ly a heck of a linebackerfor us,” said Marinelli,who replaced Monte Kiffinas defensive coordinator ayear after both joined thestaff to implement a

scheme change. “I thinkhe has great range. He’sgot length. He’s smart.He’s a really physical play-er. So we just have to gethim going and see how itworks out from there.”

And McClain still hashis moments of passion,even with reporters.

“I still love the gamelike I’m an 8-, 9-year-oldkid,” he said. “It’s justabout getting back into it,building chemistry withsome of these guys, sometrust and just playing andhaving run really.”

Now it’s time forMcClain to show the loveon the field.

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Dallas linebacker coach Matt Eberflus, left, works with linebackerRolando McClain during training camp, getting him ready for theseason opener against San Francisco.

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ting the Rangers back topostseason contention.”

Washington, in his eighthseason and expected backin 2015, said it had been aprivilege to be part of someof the best seasons in Rang-ers history and that he wasgrateful for the opportunity.

“I deeply regret that I’velet down the Rangers or-ganization and our greatfans,” Washington said,who ended his statementasking for privacy.

General manager Jon Da-niels also refused to go intospecifics for the reasons forWashington’s decision, out-side of saying that the man-ager had given the teampermission to acknowledgethat the move “was not

drug-related.”During spring training in

2010, it was disclosed thatWashington had admittedto using cocaine once theprevious year, but team ex-ecutives stood by him. Themanager got a two-yearcontract extension in 2012,then during spring trainingearlier this year had anoth-er season added through2015.

When asked if peopleshould be concerned forWashington or someone inhis family, Daniels againwould not get into specifics.The 62-year-old Washingtonis married, but has no chil-dren.

“I certainly think well-wishes and thoughts for

him and his family are ap-propriate,” Daniels said.

Players were shocked.“It’s like losing your

dad,” pitcher Derek Hollandsaid. “I was extremely closewith him. He’s taught me alot both on and off the fieldand I didn’t see any of thiscoming at all. I’m lost forwords.”

The Rangers have beenplagued by injuries this sea-son. Slugger Prince Fielderand leadoff hitter Shin-SooChoo, the primary addi-tions last winter, are amongan MLB-high 14 players onthe disabled list. Also in-jured are ace pitcher YuDarvish and left-handersMatt Harrison and MartinPerez.

In a 10-2 loss to Seattle onThursday night, two morepitchers made their bigleague debuts for Texas.The Rangers have alreadyset major league records us-ing 63 overall players and40 pitchers this season.

“This has been a difficultseason for the team on thefield for a variety of rea-sons, but it was very clearthroughout the organiza-tion, publicly, privately, andwith Ron, that he was com-ing back,” Daniels said.“We were planning on himto be back as our managerfor 2015, and the bottomline is that you don’t have aseason like we had withouta number of things goingwrong. ... While we’re dis-

appointed, we accept Ron’sdecision.”

Washington was hired af-ter the 2006 season, replac-ing the fired Buck Showal-ter. Washington became theteam’s winningest managerwith 664 wins, and leaveswith a 664-611 record (.521winning percentage) andthe manager of the Rang-ers’ only World Series sea-sons.

The hiring of Washingtoncame a year after Danielshad become the youngestGM in major league history.Washington had been acoach the previous 11 sea-sons in Oakland, where hehad been credited for devel-oping the organization’s topinfielders.

Texas won 75 games inWashington’s first year as amanager and increased itsvictory total in each seasonthrough 2011, when theRangers set a franchise re-cord by winning 96 games.The Rangers lost at hometo Baltimore in the firstone-and-done AmericanLeague wild card game in2012, and last season lost awild card tiebreaker athome to Tampa Bay.

Washington was a skinnymiddle infielder who hadmore than twice as manygames in the minors thanthe majors in 20 seasons asa professional player. Hethen spent four years as aminor league coach beforehis 11 seasons in Oakland.

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