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‘HORNS OPEN AGAINST N. TEXASSTRONG MAKES LONG-AWAITED DEBUT TONIGHT IN AUSTIN 1B

AUSTIN — Pumping an ex-tra $3.4 billion into Texas pub-lic schools didn’t convince ajudge that the state is ade-quately funding classrooms.But how much more money itwill take — and how thosefunds should be divvied up —isn’t likely to get sorted any-time soon.

State District Judge JohnDietz ruled Thursday that Tex-as’ school finance system isunconstitutional, failing to pro-vide adequate funding or todistribute it fairly betweenrich and poor areas.

His latest, 400-page writtenopinion reaffirmed his verbaldecision from last year, whenDietz found that the state’s“Robin Hood” funding formulafails to meet the Texas Consti-

tution’s requirements for an ef-ficient system providing a“general diffusion of knowl-edge.”

This time, Dietz blockedTexas from using portions ofits current school finance sys-tem, but also put that order onhold until next July. That givesthe Legislature, which recon-venes in January, an opportu-nity to “cure the constitutionaldeficiencies,” the ruling says.

The case, though, still has along way to go — and likelywon’t be concluded until wellafter lawmakers have complet-ed the 2015 session.

Texas Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott’s office, whichhad argued that the systemwas flawed but nonethelessconstitutional, says it will ap-peal — and that means the

TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE

Questions remainJudge quiet on how much money, how to divide it

By WILL WEISSERTASSOCIATED PRESS

See SCHOOL FINANCE PAGE 11A

A Zapata County Independent SchoolDistrict official will visit the WhiteHouse in September to discuss youth’shealth.

Raul Nuques, ZCISD superintendent,will join the U.S. Fitness, Sports andNutrition President’s Council on Sept.15 to participate in the Lets Move! Ac-tive School Leadership Roundtable.

“I’m excited. It’s an honor,” he said.Nuques will discuss students’ health

with Alonzo Mourning, former profes-sional basketball player; DominiqueDawes, retired United States gymnast;Jason Collins, professional basketballcenter; and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling.

He added ZISD is trying to establisha physical education curriculumthough pre-kindergarten to 12th grade.The curriculum would motivate stu-dents to become healthier and helpfight diseases such as diabetes.

“It’s a way to keep kids actively in-volved and keep them physically fit,”Nuques said.

Nuques will be discussing the curri-culum with council members to receivefeedback.

According to fitness.gov, Let’s Move!

ZAPATA CISD

Nuques todiscusshealth

By JUDITH RAYOTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See SCHOOL PAGE 12A

A Zapata woman was arrested Mon-day accused of transporting nine illegalimmigrants for money, according tocourt records released Friday.

Federal agents identified the suspectas Racheal Jimenez, 20. A criminal com-plaint filed against her Thursday charg-es her with transporting illegal immi-grants with a motor vehicle. She re-mains in federal custody pending adetention hearing.

On Monday, a U.S. Border Patrolagent patrolling Grant Avenue in SanYgnacio observed a silver GMC Yukonget in front of him and accelerated to-ward the river. Court records state it ap-peared the Yukon’s driver wanted to getthe agent’s attention.

As the agent kept driving toward onGrant, he spotted a black GMC Denaliheading east on Grant. The Denali ap-peared to be riding “very low,” accord-ing to court documents. While attempt-ing to catch up to the Denali, the vehicleaccelerated not before several people

FEDERAL COURT

One facestransportcharges

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See COURT PAGE 12A

SAN ANTONIO — It walked slowlyalong the tidal flat, looking for somethingto eat that might have washed up on theshoreline. To its right were the sounds ofthe surf and the ancestral Gulf of Mexico.To its left was a dense forest.

Acrocanthosaurus, a fearsome meat-eat-ing dinosaur 40 feet long and 16 feet tall,was on the move.

“It’s the size of Tyrannosaurus rex —not as bulky, but as big. And here it is,walking across the beach 110 million yearsago in what is now San Antonio,” saidThomas L. Adams, Ph.D., curator of paleon-tology and geology at the Witte Museum.

It’s a striking discovery: the only public-ly known dinosaur tracks in Bexar County.Officials have known about the tracks atGovernment Canyon State Natural Areafor about 10 years, but it wasn’t until thissummer that scientists and students began

work to catalog and protect them.Dinosaur tracks might not seem to be as

interesting as fossilized bones, but scien-tists beg to differ.

“The hard parts of the animals that arepreserved are remains of dead animals,”Adams told the San Antonio Express-News.“They tell you something about a dead ani-mal.

“This was made by a living animal. Hewas moving. He was interacting with hisenvironment. It tells you many, manythings. It tells you what the shape of its footwas like because in a skeleton we can’t seethat. These are the remains of living ani-mals. They tell you a story.”

The Witte is working with the TexasParks and Wildlife Department, whichmanages Government Canyon, on a jointproject to bring the tracks to the public.Adams and John Koepke, natural area in-terpreter/volunteer coordinator at Govern-

DINOSAURS

TRACKING ANCIENT TIMES

Russell Fishbeck, deputy director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, (from left), Chris Holm, superintendent of Government Canyon State Natural Area,Jennifer Shaffer, Dr. Thomas Adams and Todd McClanahan, region director of Texas Parks and Wildlife, inspect dinosaur tracks.

Photo by Marvin Pfeiffer/San Antonio Express-News | AP

Scientists study dinosaur tracks

The best preserved Sauropod track on the lowertrackway at Government Canyon State Natural Ar-ea measures 29 ½ inches-by-19 ½ inches.

Photo by Marvin Pfeiffer/San Antonio Express-News | AP

See DINOSAURS PAGE 12A

By MARVIN PFEIFFERSAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014

Saturday, Aug. 30Martin High School 50th Anni-

versary Reunion dinner and dance. LaPosada, St. Austine ball room 7 p.m.to 12 a.m. $100.00 per couple forboth events. For more informationplease Norma Meijia Garcia at 723-1646.

Discover how Past Lives,Dreams, and Soul Travel can help youfind God. From 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. La-redo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton.Contact Greg Pape/Aurora Gonzales atgreg2u4@sbcglobal.net or Eckankar-Tex-as.org. or call 210-831-7113. Free Bilin-gual Discussion with booklet included.

Live Fest Art and Music Festival.4 p.m. to 12 a.m. 2919 N. Arkansas.All ages. $3.

Tuesday, Sept. 2Monthly Birthday Club. 11:30

a.m. Holiday Inn. The honorees will beViola Garcia, Lydia Linares, Frances Ma-dison, Mercedes Salinas and Olga Jo-vel. The Hosts are Leonore “Noni”Daves, Marina Luz Bustamante and Te-resa Saenz.

Alzheimer’s support group meet-ing. 7 p.m. Meeting room 2, building Bof the Laredo Medical Center. The sup-port group is for family members andcaregivers taking care of someone whohas Alzheimer’s. For more informationcall (956) 693-9991.

Wednesday, Sept.3Bible study 7 pm every Wednes-

day at Lighthouse Assembly of GodChurch, 8731 Belize Dr. For more infor-mation contact Ricardo Rangel Jr956.333.9294 or ricardo_grace@ya-hoo.com

Thursday, Sept. 4Grief 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 pcisneros@mhm.org.

Sisters of Mercy “Conversationswith the Sisters,” a series of discus-sions focusing on earth, nonviolence,women, racism and immigration. 6p.m. to 7 p.m. 1000 Mier St.

Los Amigos Duplicate BridgeClub will meet at the Laredo CountryClub from 1:15 - 5:00 PM. For more in-formation, contact Beverly Cantu at727-0589.

Friday, Sept. 5Women in Leadership. Positive

role models event. 12 p.m. to 1:30a.m. Palenque Grill. Contact Abby Wil-lett or Sylvia Praesel for more informa-tion at wwconnection.org.

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 fumc_office@sbcglo-bal.net.

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 ldfinfo@ldfonline.org.

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 pcisneros@mhm.org.

Los Amigos Duplicate BridgeClub will meet at the Laredo CountryClub from 1:15 - 5:00 PM. 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 ldfinfo@ldfonline.org.

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 info@stcelaredo.com.

Thursday, Sept. 18Grief 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 pcisneros@mhm.org.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, August30, the 242nd day of 2014.There are 123 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On August 30, 1954, Presi-dent Dwight D. Eisenhowersigned the Atomic Energy Actof 1954, which was intended topromote private developmentof nuclear energy.

On this date:In 1861, Union Gen. John C.

Fremont instituted martiallaw in Missouri and declaredslaves there to be free. (Howev-er, Fremont’s emancipation or-der was countermanded byPresident Abraham Lincoln).

In 1862, Confederate forceswon victories against theUnion at the Second Battle ofBull Run in Manassas, Virgin-ia, and the Battle of Richmondin Kentucky.

In 1905, Ty Cobb made hismajor-league debut as a playerfor the Detroit Tigers, hittinga double in his first at-bat in agame against the New YorkHighlanders. (The Tigers won,5-3.)

In 1945, Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur arrived in Japan to setup Allied occupation head-quarters.

In 1963, the “Hot Line” com-munications link betweenWashington and Moscow wentinto operation.

In 1967, the Senate con-firmed the appointment ofThurgood Marshall as the firstblack justice on the U.S. Su-preme Court.

In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr.became the first black Ameri-can astronaut to travel inspace as he blasted off aboardthe Challenger.

In 1984, the space shuttleDiscovery was launched on itsinaugural flight.

In 1986, Soviet authoritiesarrested Nicholas Daniloff, acorrespondent for U.S. Newsand World Report, as a spy aweek after American officialsarrested Gennadiy Zakharov, aSoviet employee of the UnitedNations, on espionage chargesin New York. (Both men werelater released.)

In 1987, a redesigned spaceshuttle booster, created in thewake of the Challenger disas-ter, roared into life in its firstfull-scale test-firing nearBrigham City, Utah.

In 1989, a federal jury inNew York found “hotel queen”Leona Helmsley guilty of in-come tax evasion, but acquit-ted her of extortion. (Helmsleyended up serving 18 monthsbehind bars, a month at a half-way house and two monthsunder house arrest.)

In 1991, Azerbaijan declaredits independence, joining thestampede of republics seekingto secede from the SovietUnion.

Today’s Birthdays: ActorBill Daily is 87. Actress Eliza-beth Ashley is 75. Actor BenJones is 73. Cartoonist R.Crumb is 71. Olympic goldmedal skier Jean-Claude Killyis 71. Actress Peggy Lipton is67. Comedian Lewis Black is66. Actor Timothy Bottoms is63. Actor David Paymer is 60.Jazz musician Gerald Albrightis 57. Actor Michael Chiklis is51. Music producer Robert Cli-villes is 50. Actress MichaelMichele is 48. Country musi-cian Geoff Firebaugh is 46.Country singer Sherrie Austinis 43. Rock singer-musicianLars Frederiksen (Rancid) is43. Actress Cameron Diaz is42. Rock musician Leon Caf-frey (Space) is 41. TV person-ality Lisa Ling is 41.

Thought for Today: “Walkon air against your better jud-gement.” — Seamus Heaney(1939-2013).

TODAY IN HISTORY

AUSTIN — A federal judge Friday threwout new Texas abortion restrictions thatwould have effectively closed more than adozen clinics in the state.

U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sided withclinics that sued over one of the most disput-ed measures of a sweeping anti-abortion billsigned by Republican Gov. Rick Perry in2013. The ruling stops new restrictions thatwould have left seven abortion facilities inTexas come Monday. There are currently 19abortion providers in the state, according togroups challenging the law.

“The overall effect of the provisions is tocreate an impermissible obstacle as appliedto all women seeking a previability abor-tion,” Yeakel wrote in his 21-page ruling.

The trial in Texas was the latest battle

over tough new abortion restrictions sweep-ing across the U.S. Texas Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott, a Republican who is the favor-ite to become governor next year, vowed toappeal to try to uphold the law.

The law would require abortion facilitiesto meet hospital-level operating standards-supporters say will protect women’s health.

Clinics called it a backdoor effort to out-law abortions, which has been a constitu-tional right since the Roe v. Wade ruling bythe U.S. Supreme Court in 1973.

“It’s an undue burden for women in Texas— and thankfully today the court agreed,”said Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO of WholeWoman’s Health, which would have beenamong the operators affected. “The evidencehas been stacking up against the state andagainst the politicians who so cynicallypassed these laws in the name of safety.”

AROUND TEXAS

The Hilltop Women’s Reproductive clinic is photographed in El Paso, on Aug. 11. A federal judge Friday threw out new Texasabortion restrictions that would have effectively closed more than a dozen clinics in the state. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakelsided with clinics that sued over one of the most disputed measures of a sweeping anti-abortion bill.

Photo by Juan Carlos Llorca/file | AP

Judge nixes part of lawBy PAUL J. WEBERASSOCIATED PRESS

2 Guard troops on bordergetting financial help

PHARR — The Texas NationalGuard says at least two of itstroops have requested financialassistance after deployment tothe Texas-Mexico border in re-sponse to a surge of childrenpouring illegally into the UnitedStates.

The National Guard had ini-tially identified 50 soldiers whomight need financial help, butonly two asked for help.

Firm’s ex-execs sentencedfor fraud

AUSTIN — The former toptwo executives of an Austin med-ical device company have re-ceived prison sentences for ascheme that defrauded investorsout of more than $750 million.

Former ArthroCare Corp.chief executive Michael Bakerwas sentenced Friday to 20 yearsin prison, while former financechief Michael Gluk drew 10-years.

Abbott says plastic bagbans are illegal

AUSTIN — Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott says municipal banson single-use plastic bags are il-legal.

In a five-page attorney gener-al’s opinion Friday, the Republi-can gubernatorial nominee saida state law prohibits local gov-ernments from prohibiting, re-stricting or charging a fee, forsolid waste management purpos-es, for “the use of a container orpackage in a manner not author-ized by state law.”

‘Historical racing’terminals get OK

AUSTIN — Regulators haveapproved gambling to includeracing terminals that look simi-lar to slot machines.

The Texas Racing Commis-sion on Friday voted to allow anew form of betting at trackscalled historical racing. The ma-chines allow people to bet onraces that have happened.

Man charged withkidnapping in van theftHOUSTON — Houston police

say a man accused of stealing adaycare center minivan contain-ing five young children has beencharged with kidnapping.

Brenton Alex Simmons, 24,has been charged with fivecounts of kidnapping. He was be-ing held in Harris County jail on$250,000 bond. Jail records didnot list an attorney.

Convicted rapistsentenced to life in prison

EL PASO — An El Paso manconvicted of rape has been sen-tenced to life in prison.

Jurors on Thursday sentenced26-year-old Arturo Valtierra-Payan to four life sentences afterhe was convicted Tuesday ofthree counts of aggravated sex-ual assault and one count of ag-gravated robbery. He also wassentenced to 99 years for burgla-ry of a habitation.

— Compiled from AP reports

HIV case proves false;porn halt called off

LOS ANGELES — The advoca-cy group for the adult film indus-try has called off a productionmoratorium after just a day be-cause a performer’s HIV testturned out to be a false positive.

The Free Speech Coalitionsaid in a statement Friday thatfurther testing showed that theporn performer does not haveHIV, and tests of the person’s pri-vate and on-screen partners alsocame back negative.

The group had called for theindustry-wide moratorium onThursday after the unidentifiedperformer had a test return posi-tive. Such moratoriums aren’tbinding but generally bring com-pliance within the industry.

Slice of Princess Diana’swedding cake auctionedLOS ANGELES — A 33-year-

old slice of cake from Prince

Charles and Princess Diana’s1981 wedding has sold at auctionfor $1,375.

The cake, still in its originalwhite and silver presentationbox, was sold online Thursdayby Nate D. Sanders Auctions ofLos Angeles.

With the box was a card stat-ing, “With best wishes fromTheir Royal Highnesses, thePrince & Princess of Wales.”

Auction house spokesmanSam Heller says the buyer is aprivate collector.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Law enforcement and park rangers train to get their certification as a taser in-structor during a two-day course in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park inGatlinburg, Tenn., on Friday.

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WINNERS HOOK THE BIGGEST FISH

The Zapata County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its Annual Back to School Kid’s Fishing Tournament. From left to right, Johnny Lee Vaughn, first place; Tanner Moreno, second place;and Cynthia Vaughn, third place.

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After media reports in the RioGrande Valley suggested thatsome National Guard troops dis-patched by Gov. Rick Perry tothe border hadn’t received theirchecks and were unable to payfor basic necessities, Democratssaw an opening.

Gubernatorial candidate Wen-dy Davis sent out a press releasesaying she would visit the RioGrande Valley on Saturday to de-liver food to National Guardtroops.

“Whether you agree that weneed the National Guard or theadditional deputy sheriffs that Ihave previously called for to se-cure the border, it is shamefulthat our troops would be sent tokeep us safe without basic sup-plies like food,” Davis said.

Perry announced last monththat he was sending up to 1,000National Guard troops to theborder to respond to a surge ofundocumented immigrants ille-gally crossing the border, at acost to the state of about $12 mil-lion a month.

State Rep. Jose Menedez, D-San Antonio, the chairman ofthe House Committee on Defense

and Veterans’ Affairs, said thatvolunteers from the NationalGuard’s soldier and family sup-port services contacted a foodbank on behalf of the Guardunits. The food bank was identi-fied as a “resource for soldierswho needed food” or other goods

while they wait on their pay-checks, he said, adding thatwhile Guard members are allot-ted $36 per day for food, theymust pay out of pocket until theyare paid.

“The problem here is that thestate is deploying them and not

asking ‘Hey, are you going to beOK until your check comes?’,” hesaid.

On Friday, Perry’s office saidthe National Guard was fullyequipped to assist any soldierwho needs help covering theircosts.

“Gov. Perry is confident theGuard stands ready to assist anysoldier who may need it, regard-less of deployment or duty sta-tus, so they can meet the needsof their family, or the missionthey are performing,” Perryspokeswoman Lucy Nashed said.

In a statement, the NationalGuard said the well-being of itstroops is a top priority.

“All members supporting theoperation are furnished withlodging, meals, transportationand the equipment required toperform their mission,” the Na-tional Guard said in a statement.“Service members supportingthis operation receive pay, allow-ance for housing and per diemfor meals on the normal statepayroll schedule.”

For Democratic lieutenantgovernor candidate Leticia Vande Putte, that was not convinc-ing. She called the deployment“nothing but a political ploy:there is no request from localleaders for this mission, no exitstrategy or even a plan to pay forit.”

“Today, we learn that our menand women of the Guard havebeen forced to contact food banksto feed themselves because theyhaven’t been paid in weeks,” sheadded. “This is unacceptable.”

Questions arise over National Guard’s needsBy BOBBY BLANCHARD AND

JULIÁN AGUILARTHE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Governor Rick Perry gives a pep talk to National Guard troops training for deployment to the Texas border at Camp Swift onAug. 13.

Photo by Bob Daemmrich | The Texas Tribune

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When is a house ahome?

That’s the questionSen. Mary Landrieu (La.)confronted this weekwhen The WashingtonPost reported that theDemocratic incumbent’slisted address in New Or-leans is in fact her par-ents’ home. Landrieulives, primarily, in Wash-ington — in a $2.5 mil-lion house she and herhusband, Frank Snell-ings, built on Capitol Hillin 2002.

In a statement on thestory, Landrieu said thatshe has “lived at myhome on Prieur Streetmost of my life and I livethere now, when not ful-filling my duties inWashington or servingconstituents across thestate.” (The home isjointly owned by Lan-drieu’s mother, Verna,and a partnership thatincludes Landrieu andher eight siblings.) Ac-cording to the state’sElection Code, a U.S. sen-ator must be “an inhabit-ant of Louisiana whenelected.”

Republicans immedi-ately pounced on the re-port as evidence thatLandrieu, who has beenin the Senate since 1996,has lost touch with thestate.

“Senator Landrieu’sphysical address is inWashington, D.C. butmore importantly, shevotes like a D.C. resi-dent,” said a spokesmanfor Republican Rep. BillCassidy’s Senate cam-paign.

Residency issues havebeen a problem for sen-

ators seeking re-electionover the past few years.Dick Lugar (R) lost a bidfor renomination in Indi-ana, at least in part be-cause of questions aboutwhether he still reallylived there. Sen. Pat Ro-berts, R-Kan., struggledin a primary this sum-mer after The New YorkTimes raised questionsabout how much time heactually spent in theSunflower State.

It’s harder to imaginesuch a negative impactfor Landrieu because ofher family’s deep ties toLouisiana; her father,Moon, was a legendarymayor of New Orleans,and her brother Mitchcurrently holds that job.

Still, in a contestedcampaign in a Republi-can-leaning state, Lan-drieu needs everythingto go right. And thisain’t that.

Mary Landrieu, forthe plague on both yourhouses, you had theworst week in Washing-ton. Congrats, or some-thing.

Cillizza covers theWhite House for TheWashington Post andwrites The Fix, its politicsblog.

WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON

Residenceraises tough

questionsBy CHRIS CILLIZZA

THE WASHINGTON POST

Residencyissues havebeen aproblem forsenatorsseekingre-election.

The following editorialappeared in the Pitts-burgh Post-Gazette onFriday:

The death last week ofU.S. citizen DouglasMcAuthur McCain whilefighting for the IslamicState and the reportedpresence of more than100 Americans in similarroles on the battlefield inIraq and Syria raiseprickly issues for theU.S. government and thepublic.

The first concern isthe normal one for par-ents and friends of theseAmericans. They face aloss, from the person’sabsence or even death.They also may be per-plexed why their lovedone abandoned Ameri-can society to fightalongside a foreign or-ganization opposed toAmerican values, if notto the United States it-self.

Although this is trou-bling, the phenomenon ofAmericans enlisting assoldiers in foreign caus-es, both good and bad, isnot new. Americans wentoff to fight in World WarI before the United Statesentered that conflict in1917. The famous Abra-

ham Lincoln Brigadenumbered 2,800 andfought against the fas-cists on the side of Re-publican Spain in the1930s. Hundreds of Amer-ican citizens are enlistedin the Israel DefenseForces at any given time.Two Americans died inthe recent Gaza war.

It is, in principle, with-in the powers of the U.S.government to prohibitsuch activities, but it isnot easy to do so withoutinfringing on the fight-ers’ personal liberties.Borders in these troubledareas are not sharply en-forced in any case.

The most serious wor-ry of loyal Americansover fellow citizens whoare engaged in combat inthe Middle East is thatthey subscribe to ideasand gain military skillsthat may be used againstthe United States and infavor of the organiza-tions they supportedoverseas.

Spying on them moreover there or back heremay help to a degree, butit may just as likely in-tensify their alienationand stealth in planning,than neutralize themwhen they come home. Itis not an easy problem tosolve.

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DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

AUSTIN — Looks likewe’re headed for an ex-panded Austin ordinancedisconnecting us from ourbeloved cellphones whiledriving. Somehow life willgo on.

In fact, it might go onlonger for some people ifthis law hits the books.

Council action is possi-ble Thursday on the law re-quiring hands-free devicesin order to use cellphonesfor pretty much any pur-pose while driving. As pro-posed, and after some backand forth, the ordinancewould cover drivers and bi-cyclists but not pedestrians.

Odd, isn’t it, that weneed laws to tell us not todo stuff we know weshouldn’t do. You know youshouldn’t text/yak/websurf/email etc. while driv-ing. You do it, however, be-cause of data you’ve collect-ed, data that show you’vedone it zillions of times andnothing bad happened. Sol-id data, bad conclusion.

So we’re probably head-ed for an expanded banthat will cover drivers andbicyclists. An effort to ex-pand the ban, or parts of it,to pedestrians got run overen route to the City Coun-

cil.The city’s Pedestrian Ad-

visory Council — every-one’s got a council — gotinvolved because of the pos-sibility of including pedes-trians in the ban. That pan-el on July 8 issued Pedes-trian Advisory CouncilRecommendation20140707-6B (Wow, howmany recommendationshas the council had?) thatreferred to the city’s Dis-tracted Driving StudyGroup draft recommenda-tions and called for “ex-cluding any language thatwould apply new regula-tions to pedestrians.”

“The PAC believes thedraft language which rec-ommends applying existingordinances to pedestriansundermines the goal of pro-viding a safe space for pe-destrians via the cross-walk,” the PAC said in aletter to the DistractedDriving Study Group. “Pe-destrians obeying trafficlights at crosswalks haveestablished the right-of-wayand our standard as a citymust be to protect thesevulnerable road users.”

In a July 18 memo, Ste-vie Greenhouse of the city’sComprehensive PlanningDivision argued against in-cluding bicyclists and pe-destrians in the new ordi-nance because that “coulddeter people from choosingthose modes and under-mining this vision.” The

“vision” is the ImagineAustin blueprint that aimsto make the city more“walkable and bikeable.”

Not for all usersThe memo pushed back

against those who say cell-phone rules should applyto all users of public thor-oughfares. Drivers, Green-house wrote, “have thegreatest capacity to causeinjury (and) are least atrisk of being injured” and“should bear increased re-sponsibility to ensure theroadway is safe for every-one.” Also, according to thememo, concerns about dis-tracted pedestrians wan-dering into streets wherethey do not have the rightof way are “overstated.”

“An ordinance that in-cludes distracted walkingobscures the true publicsafety concern: distracteddriving disproportionatelyaffects pedestrians and bi-cyclists,” the memo con-cluded. “The national dataon distracted driving clear-ly point to drivers as thedanger, not people who aredistracted while walking orbiking.”

But bicyclists wound upin the proposed ordinance.In a July 28 memo to thecity, Deputy City ManagerMichael McDonald said thestudy group “felt that thecity council would be bet-

ter served by a hands-freeordinance for both motorvehicles and bicycles.” Thelatter was included despiteopposition from the city Bi-cycle Advisory Council.

Though I’ve seen it as Ibike around town, it’s hardto believe anybody wouldbike while talking on aphone or texting. Dumb,right?

And though it looks likewe’re not going to have aban on texting while walk-ing, please be careful aboutthat. Let’s not give anyonea reason to make anotherlaw to ban us from doingsomething we know weprobably shouldn’t do.

About the banThe proposed ban, which

comes before the AustinCity Council on Thursday,would prohibit driversfrom using any hand-heldelectronics while driving.The ban would include cell-phones, tablets, laptop com-puters and hand-held mu-sic players or electronicgame devices.

Drivers could still usetheir device in an emergen-cy. Cellphones and musicplayers could be used inhands-free mode, and GPSnavigation devices wouldbe allowed as long as theyare affixed to the car or bi-cycle.

Ken Herman is a column-ist for the Austin American-Statesman. E-mail: kher-man@statesman.com.

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Leaving pedestrians out ofAustin’s texting ban

Or, why Austin’s texting while driving ban won’t affect those intrepedsouls who choose to walk from one place to another

“KEN HERMAN

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DALLAS — Texas Gov. RickPerry and Sen. Rand Paul of Ken-tucky pounced Friday on Presi-dent Barack Obama’s “we don’thave a strategy yet” commentsabout the violent militant factionattacking cities in Iraq — but oth-er potential Republican 2016 pres-idential hopefuls laid off as theywowed the crowd at an influentialconservative gathering.

Both are among four GOPheadliners addressing thousandsof delegates this weekend in Dal-las at the annual summit ofAmericans for Prosperity, backedby the billionaire industrialistKoch brothers. Also speaking areIndiana Gov. Mike Pence and fire-brand Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

“Yesterday, the president admit-ted he had no strategy to dealwith ISIS,” Perry said, drawinghoots and hisses from a packedconvention hall. “The deepeningchaos in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, andUkraine is all the clear and com-pelling evidence the world needsof a president one step behind,lurching from crisis to crisis, al-ways playing catch up.”

Paul, meanwhile, fired up theaudience by suggesting that Oba-ma’s lack of leadership showedhe’d been on the job too long —though he was more-measured incomments off-stage. And Penceand Cruz both ducked chances toding the White House.

Republicans criticizing Oba-ma’s foreign policy is nothingnew, but there are deepening divi-sions within the GOP over how tomove forward.

The broader debate pits thosewho favor the GOP’s traditionalmuscular foreign policy — a

group that includes Perry andFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio — andthose, like Paul and Cruz, whoprefer a smaller internationalfootprint. The so-called isolation-ist approach plays well withgrassroots activists and a war-weary public, but worries manyRepublican officials and donorswho prefer an aggressive Ameri-can role in world affairs.

The intra-party divisions large-ly weren’t much on display at theAmericans for Prosperity event,but will become clearer as thecrowded group of possible presi-dential candidates tries to distin-guish themselves in the comingmonths.

Obama spoke Thursday, shortlybefore convening a meeting of hisnational security advisers to dis-

cuss a range of Pentagon optionsfor confronting the Islamic Stategroup. The U.S. is already strikingmilitant targets in Iraq, and ad-ministration officials have saidthe president was consideringsimilar action in neighboring Sy-ria.

“We don’t have a strategy yet,”the president said. “I think that’snot just my assessment, but theassessment of our military, aswell. We need to make sure thatwe’ve got clear plans, that we’redeveloping them.”

Addressing the Dallas gather-ing Friday, Pence didn’t mentionObama’s comments — and toldthe Associated Press afterwardonly: “The president of the UnitedStates is the commander of chiefof our armed forces. I wouldn’t

want to prejudge what his mili-tary advisers counsel.”

Speaking to a ballroom later,some of the loudest applause forPaul came when he quipped: “Ifthe president has no strategy,maybe it’s time for a new presi-dent.”

In an emailed comment, how-ever, Paul elaborated by saying:“If I were President, I would call ajoint session of Congress. I wouldlay out the reasoning of why ISISis a threat to our national securi-ty and seek congressional author-ization to destroy ISIS militarily.”

Perry, who has in the pastclashed publicly with Paul overforeign policy, went far furtherFriday.

“President Obama’s responsehas been to minimize the threat,

as if his words have the power tomake it so,” Perry said. “Ameri-can leadership is needed now,more than ever. Presidential lead-ership is needed now, more thanever.”

The longest-serving governorin Texas history was indicted thismonth in Austin on two felonycounts related to abusing the pow-er of his office. But Perry hasgained favorable attention nation-ally by dismissing the case as apolitical ploy. He’s also beencheered in conservative circles fordeploying 1,000 National Guardtroops to the Texas-Mexico border— and Perry drew his loudest ap-plause by declaring “if Washing-ton won’t secure the border, Texaswill.”

Cruz doesn’t appear at the Dal-las summit until Saturday, andthough he’s been a frequent criticof Obama administration foreignpolicy, spokeswoman CatherineFrazier said he was decliningcomment until then.

None of those addressing theconference mentioned runningfor president, but Pence jokedthat he was sympathetic to theidea that the GOP nominee be agovernor, and took a subtle dig atever Texas-proud Perry, adding,“I’m not going to be listening forsomebody that says, ‘Send me toWashington and I’ll run the placejust like I ran my state.”’ That’sbasically Perry’s favorite rallyingcry.

Then there was Paul, who saidthe GOP needs to reach out to vot-ing blocs that have long ignoredby top conservatives.

“We should not dilute what westand for,” he said. “We need to beboldly for what we are for. But itmeans we have to reach out tonew people.”

Pair bash Obama for ‘no strategy’ on Syria

David Hassi, 14, left, plays the XBox game 2014 Just dance with sisters Adriana, center, and Andrea, no last names given, atthe Americans for Prosperity gathering Friday, in Dallas.

Photo by L.M. Otero | AP

By WILL WEISSERT AND NOMAAN MERCHANTASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — A major elec-tion year in Texas has over-shadowed an upcomingtrial on the fate of thestate’s tough new voter IDlaw, with a judge set to de-termine whether it safe-guards ballot integrity ordiscriminates against mi-norities by imposing amandate that suppressesturnout.

U.S. District Judge NelvaGonzales Ramos in CorpusChristi will begin hearingarguments Tuesday on oneof the nation’s most strin-gent voter ID measures,which Republican Gov. RickPerry signed into law in2011.

A ruling is unlikely be-fore Election Day, meaningthat 13.6 million registeredvoters in Texas would stillproduce a photo ID this No-vember. That hasn’t stoppedDemocrats from wieldingthe law as a campaign cud-gel, particularly Wendy Da-vis, who has attacked Re-publican Attorney General

Greg Abbott over his officedefending the measure incourt.

The Texas law requiresvoters to show one of sixkinds of photo ID. A Texasconcealed handgun licenseis valid while a college stu-dent’s university ID is not,which opponents say showsRepublicans trying to im-poses obstacles on voterswho typically vote Demo-crat.

The Justice Departmentis taking an aggressive rolein trying to dismantle thelaw after the U.S. SupremeCourt last year threw out akey portion of the federalVoting Rights Act, whichhad thwarted a flurry of re-cently passed voter ID mea-sures in conservative statesfrom taking effect.

U.S. Attorney GeneralEric Holder made Texas atop target after vowing togo into states to wring outwhatever remaining voterprotections he could.

Minority rights groupsthat sued Texas over thevoter ID law say the JusticeDepartment has added

muscle — and money —since joining the lawsuitlast year.

“It’s leveled the playingfield,” said Joe Garza, a SanAntonio-based attorney forthe Mexican American Leg-islative Caucus. “I think theoverall evidence is going toshow significant impact onthem minority community.”

The trial is expected tolast two weeks. AlthoughGonzales Ramos could is-sue an immediate rulingfrom the bench that couldaffect the November elec-tions, attorneys believe thatis unlikely.

Court battles over voterID laws elsewhere havebeen mixed. In August, a

federal judge in North Car-olina denied efforts to stopthat state’s newly passedvoter ID from being imple-mented this November.Measures in Alabama andIndiana also remain intact,while one in Wisconsin re-mains on hold.

Attorneys for the stateargue that despite monthsof preparation for trial,there is no evidence thatthe law was designed tosuppress certain voters.

“After deposing numer-ous state legislators andlegislative staff members,and after reviewing the re-cord of this case, DOJ is un-able to identify any state-ment made by any Texaslegislator or staffer thatevinces a desire to harm ra-cial minorities,” the statewrote in a filing thismonth.

Free voter IDs are of-fered by the state, thoughone third of Texas’ 254counties do not have De-partment of Public Safetystations that can providethe cards, and opponentssay voters must still pay for

copies of birth certificatesor other documents to ob-tain the ID.

Since the law took effectlast summer, the agencyhas issued 279 voting IDsbut reports receiving 1,700inquiries.

Texas has held two elec-tions so far since the lawtook effect, neither of whichresulted in widespread re-ports of turned-away voters.Following the November2013 elections, state elec-tions attorneys logged few-er than half the number ofcomplaints as they did in2011, according to the Texassecretary of state’s office.

Turnout in those off-yearelections is historically low,and opponents say the realramifications won’t be seenuntil November.

“Some of the most far-reaching implicationswouldn’t be fully clear untila huge election,” said Na-tasha Korgaonkar, an attor-ney for the NAACP LegalDefense Fund. “That’swhen we’re going to see anumber of voters who arevulnerable.”

Voter ID trial begins as elections ramp up

An election official checks a voter’s photo identification at an earlyvoting polling site, in Austin, on Feb. 26.

Photo by Eric Gay/file | AP

By PAUL J. WEBERASSOCIATED PRESS

Opting to skip the wait at hos-pital emergency rooms, an in-creasing number of Texans arechoosing to use urgent care cen-ters that are popping up in stripmalls and shopping districts.

Promoting themselves ascheaper and quicker alternativesto hospital emergency rooms, theclinics cater to patients who needstitches, X-rays of broken bonesor treatment of allergic reactions.Some clinics have been aroundfor years, and about 300 openeach year across the country.

The increasing number of ur-gent care centers is proving prob-lematic for Texas hospitals. Hos-pitals say they are competingwith the clinics for the same poolof insured Texans, at a time whenthey are also getting less moneyto cover the cost of treating unin-sured patients.

“Competition is generally agood thing, but it needs to be alevel playing field,” said JohnHawkins, senior vice presidentfor government relations for theTexas Hospital Association.

The clinics, he said, are at anadvantage because, unlike hospi-tals, they can treat only patientswith insurance or who can payfor the care. The clinics typically

do not accept Medicaid, whilehospitals are required to treat ev-ery patient in their ERs. Urgentcare providers contend that theyare expanding access to emergen-cy-like care while helping to alle-viate long ER wait times, partic-ularly for patients who are not inlife-threatening situations.

“Emergency rooms have beengreat for the country in providingemergency care, but obviouslymost of us aren’t dealing withtrue emergencies on a daily ba-sis,” said Dr. Jon L. Belsher, chiefmedical officer for MedSpring Ur-gent Care clinics, based in Texas.

In a state with six million un-insured residents, unpaid ER billscontribute to the $5 billion in un-compensated costs, the TexasHospital Association estimateshospitals are left with each year.Hawkins said this legal respon-sibility was a financial liabilityfor hospitals struggling with lowreimbursement rates from thegovernment on top of uncompen-sated care costs.

There are more than 450 hospi-tals in Texas. The Urgent CareAssociation of America said 435urgent care facilities are in Tex-as.

The increased competitioncomes at a time when hospitalsface additional cuts under the Af-fordable Care Act.

In an attempt to finance an ex-pansion of Medicaid under thehealth reform law, the federal gov-ernment is reducing payments tohospitals for uncompensated care.But Texas declined to expandMedicaid to provide health insur-ance for poor adults, leaving hos-pitals in the state with less mon-ey to serve virtually the same un-insured population.

The state Legislature decidedlast year to help cover uncompen-sated care by fully financing apool of Medicaid payments in thestate’s 2014-15 budget to reim-burse health care providers forcare provided to uninsured andMedicaid patients. But Texas hos-pitals argue that they are seeinglittle long-term relief because ur-gent care clinics are attracting anincreasing number of insured pa-tients who would have gone tohospitals.

While the increase in urgentcare centers precedes the Afforda-ble Care Act, clinics like MedSpr-ing have grown rapidly in recentyears. Since 2011, MedSpring hasopened 12 urgent care centers inTexas.

“There is more and more of aneed for alternative venues wherepeople can be evaluated and treat-ed,” Belsher said. “And urgentcare centers are one of those ven-ues.”

Losing patients to clinicsHospitals complain they’re losing insured patients to urgent care

By ALEXA URATHE TEXAS TRIBUNE

SAN ANTONIO — The for-mer treasurer of a Mexicanborder state has agreed to for-feit $6.5 million to Bexar Coun-ty, prosecutors in San Antoniosaid.

They allege Hector JavierVillarreal Hernandez accruedthe money during his time astreasurer of the Mexican stateof Coahuila through kickbacksfrom companies that receivedstate contracts. Bexar Countyprosecutor Cliff Herberg saidkickbacks also came from acoal mining company that hesaid was a front for the Zetasdrug-trafficking cartel.

Authorities contend Villar-real used the money to pur-chase property in San Antonioand elsewhere. Money waslaundered by using limited lia-bility companies to buy variousproperties and by shifting mon-ey through bank accounts inTexas and Bermuda, investiga-tors allege.

Villarreal resigned in 2011 af-ter it was discovered Coahuilawas nearly $3 billion in debt,the San Antonio Express-News

reports.He’s incarcerated in San An-

tonio awaiting trial on federalcharges claiming financialcrimes in the U.S.

Bexar County District Attor-ney Susan Reed says the $6.5million will be split among heroffice, the Texas attorney gener-al’s office and federal agenciesthat include the Internal Reve-nue Service.

“It has to do with our desireto keep cartels and to keep anykind of corruption of foreigngovernment from invading ourcommunity,” Reed said.

Villarreal served as treasurerunder then-Gov. Humberto Mo-reira, a rising star in Mexico’sInstitutional Revolutionary Par-ty. His political career was de-railed by the debt scandal.

Moreira was succeeded byhis brother, Ruben, the currentgovernor.

The Express-News reportedearlier this month that the U.S.government is investigating anetwork of people with connec-tions to Humberto Moreira whoauthorities believe are involvedin money laundering and drugtrafficking in San Antonio.

Losing $6.5M infed agreementFormer official was a state treasurer

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LAREDO08/30— Estudiantes de

TAMIU que integran el ModelUnited Nations Society ofSouth Texas (MUNSST) invi-tan a la carrera de 5K pararecaudar fondos para su via-je a la Conferencia Anual delMundo Harvard del Modelode Naciones Unidas (Worl-dMUN) en Corea del Sur enmarzo. Inscripciones iniciana las 7:30 a.m. en la Roton-da del Centro Estudiantil deTAMIU. Carrera inicia a las8:30 a.m. Cuota: 30 dólares.

08/30— Texas SatsangSociety, Inc., presenta pláticaBilingüe Gratuita con Folletoincluido: ‘Vidas pasadas, lossueños, y el Viaje del AlmaDescubre como vidas pasa-das, los sueños, y el viajedel alma son claves paraayudarte a encontrar a Dios’de 1 p.m. a 2:30 p.m. en elSalón ‘A” de la BibliotecaPública de Laredo, 1120 E.Calton Road.

08/30— Evento de ‘UnaCiudad, Un Libro’ con la lec-tura de ‘The River Runs Salt,Runs Sweet: A Memoir of Vi-segrad, Bosnia’ de JasminaDervisevic-Cesic, presentauna discusión de 2 p.m. a3:15 p.m. en la Sala de UsosMúltiples de la BibliotecaPública de Laredo, 1120 E.Calton Road. Informes conHilary Frazier al (956) 795-2400 extensión 2252.

08/30— ‘Rule YourSchool’ es una actividad quese llevará a cabo en Books-A-Million, 5300 avenida SanDario, a partir de las 2 p.m.Habrá refrigerios, manualida-des, y actividades gratuitas.

08/30— Evento de ‘UnaCiudad, Un Libro’ con la lec-tura de ‘The River Runs Salt,Runs Sweet: A Memoir of Vi-segrad, Bosnia’ de JasminaDervisevic-Cesic, presenta laproyección de una películaacerca de sobrevivientes deBosnia, de 3:30 p.m. a 5p.m. en la Sala de Usos Múl-tiples de la Biblioteca Públi-ca de Laredo, 1120 E. CaltonRoad. Informes con HilaryFrazier al (956) 795-2400extensión 2252.

08/30— SOCCER — Elequipo de Soccer Femenil deTAMIU recibe a Laredo Heaten un juego exhibición a las5 p.m. en el Dustdevil Fieldde TAMIU. Entrada gratuitapara estudiantes de la Uni-versidad.

08/30— La generaciónde 1984 de Martin HighSchool celebrará una reuniónpor el 30 aniversario deegreso, a las 7 p.m. en TreviFestivity Center, ubicado en208 de Shiloh Drive. Eventoes semiformal. Costo porpersona es de 20 dólares.Para más información puedellamar a Martha Laura Medi-na al (956) 740-7044 o es-cribirle a medinalau@ya-hoo.com.

NUEVO LAREDO, MÉXICO08/30— Estación Pala-

bra invita a los eventos ‘Ba-zar de Arte’ a las 10 a.m.;‘Te Leo a la Una’ a la 1 p.m.;‘Festival Infantil’ a las 2p.m.; y, ‘Lectura en Atril’ Ca-sa Tomada, a las 7 p.m. (enel Auditorio). Entrada gratis.

08/30— Compañía deBallet Laredos, bajo la direc-ción de Becky Chapa, invitaa las audiciones para El Cas-canueces 2014, en la Acade-mia de Ballet Becky, RuizCortines 3003. Niñas de 11a 13 años, de 11 a.m. a 1p.m.; niñas de 14 años enadelante, de 2 p.m. a 4 p.m.Se requiere poseer amplioconocimiento de ballet clási-co. Acudir con leotardo ne-gro, mallas rosas y zapatillasde ballet y/o puntas.

08/31— ‘Rock Fest2014’ a las 4 p.m. en el Par-que Viveros.

08/31— Domingos deTeatro Universitario presenta“Los Charcos de la Ciudad”a las 5 p.m. en el Teatro Lu-cio Blanco de Casa de laCultura.

Agendaen Breve

SAN ANTONIO— El ex tesorerodel estado mexicano de Coahuilacompensará al condado de Bexar,con 6,5 millones de dólares en me-dio de acusaciones de sobornos, di-jeron las autoridades.

Según las denuncias, Héctor Ja-vier Villarreal Hernández acumulóesa fortuna cuando era tesorero me-diante sobornos de empresas querecibían contratos del estado. El fis-cal del condado Cliff Herberg asegu-ró que también hubo sobornos deuna empresa minera de carbón que

en realidad era una fachada delCártel de los Zetas.

Las autoridades sostienen que Vi-llarreal usó el dinero para comprarpropiedades en San Antonio y otrasciudades. El dinero fue lavado me-diante empresas que compraban laspropiedades, y mediante transferen-cias entre cuentas bancarias en Te-xas y las Bermudas, según los in-vestigadores.

Villarreal renunció en 2011 aldescubrirse que Coahuila cargabacon una deuda de casi 3.000 millo-nes de dólares, reportó el diario SanAntonio Express-News.

Está en la cárcel en San Antonio,bajo cargos federales de corrupciónfinanciera.

La fiscal del condado Susan Reedsostuvo que los 6,5 millones de dóla-res serán repartidos entre su carte-ra, la de la Fiscalía General de Te-xas y diversas agencias federales,inclusive el Servicio de Rentas In-ternas.

El proceso refleja “nuestro deseode impedir que los cárteles, impedirque cualquier tipo de corrupción degobiernos extranjeros, invada nues-tras comunidades”, expresó Reed.

Villarreal fue tesorero del enton-

ces gobernador Humberto Moreira,una figura ascendente en el PartidoRevolucionario Institucional. Su tra-yectoria política fue frustrada por elescándalo sobre la deuda de Coahui-la. Moreira fue sucedido por su her-mano Rubén, quien ejerce el cargoactualmente.

El Express-News había reportadohace unos días que el gobierno esta-dounidense está investigando unared de individuos con vínculos aHumberto Moreira y de quienes sesospechan estuvieron involucradosen narcotráfico y lavado de dineroen San Antonio.

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CompensaciónEx tesorero de Coahuila entregará 6.5 mdd a condado

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En un periodo de tresdías militares mexicanoslograron el arresto deocho supuestos delincuen-tes, el decomiso de más deun millón de pesos, dro-gas, armas y municiones,tras la ejecución de 11operativos alrededor delestado de Tamaulipas.

Los once operativos,realizados del 26 al 28 deagosto por personal de laSecretaría de la DefensaNacional, sumaron la de-tención de ocho sospecho-sos, el decomiso de1.222.000 pesos, 21 armaslargas, dos armas cortas,223 cargadores, 6.266 car-tuchos útiles, nueve artí-culos, dos granadas, 300kilos de marihuana y 47dosis de cocaína.

El 26 de agosto, elemen-tos del Ejército Mexicanoaseguraron en Madero,México, 35 tambos y bido-nes de diferentes litros decapacidad, y 9.260 litros dediesel; en Matamoros, Mé-xico, un hombre fue sor-prendido en un poliducto

de Pemex, donde se le ase-guraron un vehículo y 220litros de gasolina; asimis-mo en Victoria detuvierona dos personas que se en-contraban extorsionandoa choferes de camionespúblicos y taxistas, y seles aseguraron dos vehícu-los y 57.600 pesos.

Fue el miércoles 27 deagosto que se realizaronsiete operativos, el prime-ro de ellos en Reynosa,México, donde se decomi-saron 300 kilogramos demarihuana; después enNuevo Laredo, México, unhombre fue sorprendidoen actitud sospechosa abordo de un vehículo, traslos cual fue detenido paraejecutar una inspecciónque llevó al descubrimien-to de 1.165.390 pesos enefectivo; en el municipiode Díaz Ordaz, se encon-tró un vehículo con blin-daje artesanal, ocho carga-dores y 210 cartuchos.

Este mismo día, enReynosa una redada a uninmueble se aseguraron13 armas largas, una esco-peta lanza-granadas, 160

cargadores, 4.610 cartu-chos y dos granadas; en laciudad de Madero milita-res fueron agredidos porciviles armados. Cuatrofueron detenidos y se ase-guró un arma larga, dosarmas cortas, dos carga-dores, 19 cartuchos y unvehículo.

En el municipio deGüémez, también el 27 deagosto, el personal de laDefensa Nacional detuvoa Francisco Lina Sando-val, probable líder de ungrupo delincuencial queopera en esa localidad.Fue enviado a la Ciudadde México a disposiciónde la PGR, junto con 47dosis de cocaína, cincocargadores y 97 cartuchosque le encontraron al mo-mento de su detención.

Finalmente el 28 deagosto, en el municipio deRío Bravo, personal mili-tar fue agredido por per-sonas armadas que se die-ron a la fuga. Sin embar-go aseguraron seis armaslargas, 38 cargadores,1.055 cartuchos y dos vehí-culos.

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Arrestan a 8; aseguranarmas, dinero y drogas

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TORNEO ANUAL DE PESCA

Superior: La Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata reportó que el Torneo Anual de Pesca Infantil ‘Regreso a la Escuela’, llevado a cabo el 23 de agosto, fue todo un éxi-to. Representantes informaron que se rompieron récords anteriores. Inferior izquierda: Johnny Lee Vaughn muestra su trofeo de primer lugar, recibido al concluir el evento delTorneo Anual de Pesca Infantil realizado en el Lago Falcón por la Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata. Inferior central: Tanner Moreno, al centro, recibió un trofeo alhaber obtenido el segundo lugar durante el Torneo Anual de Pesca Infantil ‘Regreso a Clases’. Inferior derecha: Cynthia Vaughn sonríe tras haber obtenido el trofeo de tercerlugar durante el Torneo Anual de Pesca Infantil que organizó la Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata.

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Con el auge petrolero, aprincipios del Siglo XX Ta-maulipas concentra inver-siones extranjeras. Detrásaparecen magnates interesa-dos en nuevo medio de trans-porte. Ello propicia que laentidad figure entre los desti-nos tempranos de la aviacióncomercial en México.

A bordo de un biplanofrancés, logra despegar Al-berto Branif de los capitali-nos llanos de Balbuena el 8de enero de 1910. Consigueasí el primer vuelo propulsa-do en nuestro país. ErnestoPugibet, al que pertenece laempresa cigarrera El BuenTono, adquiere semejante ve-hículo. Tras ajustes impues-tos por la gran altitud de la

Ciudad de México, el 15 demayo siguiente Miguel Lebri-ja al fin lo eleva. Construidopor él mismo, con la aero-nave “Pachuca” Juan Guil-lermo Villasana hace lo pro-pio en cielos hidalguenses elmes previo.

Entonces presidente de laRepública, Francisco I. Mad-ero concurre a la Semana dela Aviación, desarrollada enBalbuena el 30 de noviembrede 1911. A la larga, Maderoautoriza la compra de dosaeroplanos y comisiona a va-rios para instruirse en la Es-cuela de Aviación Moissanten EU, según relata AlbertoSánchez Hernández.

De los instruidos formaparte Alberto Salinas Car-ranza, quien con pequeñosaviones impulsa el triunfocarrancista frente a tropasde Francisco Villa en la ba-talla de El Ébano, cerca deTamaulipas, al correr 1915.por ahí pasarían los primige-nios vuelos comerciales.

(Publicado con permiso delautor, según apareciera en LaRazón de Tampico)

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Llegan primerosvuelos comerciales

a TamaulipasEste es el primer artículo de

una serie de dos partes donde elautor narra inversiones ex-tranjeras del Siglo XX en Ta-maulipas; así como los prime-ros vuelos comerciales que lle-garon a la vecina entidad.

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HOUSTON — The chiefof the largest police forcein Texas has moved toequip all of his officerswith body cameras.

The Houston Chroniclereports that Houston PoliceChief Charles McClellandsaid Thursday he wants $8million to equip 3,500 offi-cers over a three-year peri-od. He said the recordedencounters between lawenforcement officers andresidents will improve ac-countability and transpar-ency.

Since the fatal policeshooting in Ferguson, Mis-souri, of an unarmed 18-year-old, calls have in-creased for more police of-ficers in general to wearsuch cameras.

McClelland had an-nounced a pilot programlast December that fitted100 officers with the re-cording devices. That pro-gram is still underway andno results have been re-leased.

The cameras are rough-ly the size of a pager andcan be clipped to the frontof a uniform shirt. The of-ficers would have tomanually turn on the de-vices, which can record forup to four hours.

Capt. Mike Skillern, wholeads the department’sgang unit and is involvedin testing the cameras, saidthey deliver excellent day-time video and audio butdon’t work as well in lowlight. He said the pilot sys-tem has already been usedto disprove complaints that

officers were abusive dur-ing encounters.

“We as a department,and the individual officers,have all been very happywith them,” Skillern said.“It does adjust attitudes onboth sides of the camera.When folks realize they’rebeing videoed, they’re of-ten on their best behavior.”

Mayor Annise Parkersaid the cameras could beuseful.

“I support expanding thepilot project, and we are at-tempting to identify an ap-propriate funding source,”Parker said.

The City Council ap-proved a roughly $800 mil-lion police departmentbudget this summer thatdidn’t include the cameras.

Houston Police Officers’Union officials have ex-pressed concerns that anofficer could accidently orintentionally fail to activa-te a camera.

Amin Alehashem, direc-tor and staff attorney forthe Texas Civil Rights Pro-ject office in Houston,called the proposed cameraexpansion a “huge victoryfor transparency.”

“Often times a lot ofwhat happens with interac-tions on the street betweenan officer and an individu-al ends up being a ‘he said,she said’ altercation,” Ale-hashem said.

“For the criminal pro-cess, it will allow juries inthe future to see what hap-pened and make up theirmind as far as guilt or in-nocence of the individualor even the officer,” Ale-hashem added.

Police chiefseeking bodycamera funds

Houston’s top cop wants $8 million togive 3,500 officers body camsASSOCIATED PRESS

PFLUGERVILLE —With time running out inan underachieving cam-paign for Texas governor,Democrat Wendy Davis isbrandishing a darker andtougher edge in an aggres-sive courtship of femalevoters who are essential toher chances of pulling anupset in November.

The state senator, whosepush to win the support ofTexas women has longbeen symbolized by thebright coral sneakers shewore during a filibuster ofabortion restrictions,struck a far different tonein her first statewide TVad.

The spot, funded out ofa $27 million campaigntrove fortified by nationaldonors, is a shadowydramatization of a door-to-door vacuum cleanersalesman who raped a Tex-as mother in the 1990s. Da-vis then toured rape crisiscenters and blasted her Re-publican opponent, Attor-ney General Greg Abbott,

for sidingagainst thevictim whenher lawsuitreached hiscourtroomwhen he wasa judge.

“I just re-member turning it off be-cause my 11 year old wasin the room. I didn’t wantto have that conversationright then and there,” saidBeth Parli, 44, about the adafter dropping off her kidson their first day of schoolthis week in suburbanAustin.

Parli typifies the femalevoter Davis needs to con-vert. She sipped coffee in aRepublican-leaning neigh-borhood where Davis thismonth led a block-walkthrough streets that aremiles from Austin’s liberalcore in both distance andvibe. Nearby at Red’s In-door Gun Range, the mar-quee hawks Mondays asLadies Day.

Despite a national pro-file, powerhouse fundrais-ing and celebrity backers,Davis must still cobble to-

gether a formula that haseluded Texas Democratsduring a 20-year losingstreak: Turning out theirbase, getting a boost froma booming Hispanic pop-ulation and swaying sub-urban women to their side.

In 2010, Republican Tex-as Gov. Rick Perry won 53percent of the female voteand was favored nearly 2-to-1 among white womenover Democratic opponentBill White. Perry steam-rolled to victory by doubledigits.

Republicans don’t see awoman at the top of theDemocratic ticket chang-ing the outcome.

“As long as Wendy Da-vis continues to paintwomen as victims, she willcontinue to struggle as acandidate,” said CariChristman, executive di-rector of the Red StateWomen, a political actioncommittee in Texas.

Democrats mockedChristman earlier thisyear for saying womenwere “extremely busy”when she was asked aboutclosing gender wage gaps.

She said she started thePAC after watching Davislast summer stand in pinkrunning shoes on the Tex-as Senate floor and talk for13 hours to filibuster theproposed abortion limits.

In fiercely conservativeTexas, Davis hasn’t madereproductive rights a cen-terpiece of her campaign.She’s instead hammeredAbbott for not supportinga Texas version of the fed-eral Lilly Ledbetter FairPay Act and criticized hisoffice for paying men morethan women in similarjobs.

Her television spot chas-tises Abbott for casting adissenting vote on the Tex-as Supreme Court in acase brought by a rape vic-tim who won a $160,000award against the vacuumcleaner company KirbyCo. Abbott’s campaign hassaid his decision didn’tdispute the liability of thesalesman and the Kirbycontractor who hired him.

Not all females at thetop of statewide tickets aremagnifying gender somuch this election year.

Davis pushes for female votesBy PAUL J. WEBERASSOCIATED PRESS

DAVIS

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McALLEN — A Texasborder city further cement-ed its position at the centerof a surge of Central Amer-ican immigrants by open-ing its fourth foreign diplo-matic office Friday.

McAllen is a far cryfrom Houston and Dallas,where El Salvador has itsother consulates in Texas.But the majority of the63,000 unaccompanied chil-dren who entered the U.S.illegally between Octoberand July crossed nearMcAllen in this southern-most tip of Texas. Nearly15,000 of them were from ElSalvador.

Liduvina Magarin, ElSalvador’s vice minister forcitizens living abroad, saidher government had beenplanning to open a McAl-len office for some time,and she thanked the U.S.government for allowingher country to get the nec-essary approvals to do so inrecord time.

“We sped it up due to theincrease in the arrival ofSalvadoran girls, boys andadolescents at this border,”Magarin said. Guatemalaopened a consulate here inDecember 2011 and Hondu-ras opened a consular of-fice — it does not processpassports — in May of thisyear. Mexico has long had aconsulate in the city.

The 63,000 unaccompa-nied children who enteredthe U.S. from Octoberthrough July, about a quar-ter of whom were from El

Salvador, was double thenumber from the same pe-riod a year earlier. Another63,000 families — mothersor fathers with young chil-dren — were arrested dur-ing that period. The major-ity came from CentralAmerica.

Those arrests haveslowed, however. Arrests ofchildren traveling aloneand children and parentstraveling together droppedby about half in July fromthe previous month andthe trend appears to havecontinued in August. OmarZamora, a spokesman withthe Border Patrol in theRio Grande Valley, saidThursday that the agencyhas about 30 to 40 unac-companied children in cus-tody each day in recentweeks. That’s down frompeak days earlier this sum-mer when there would beas many as 300.

The reasons for the dropare unclear, but they couldinclude searing summertemperatures, a U.S.-ledmedia messaging campaignin Central America and ef-forts to crackdown on ille-gal immigration in Mexico.No one seems to expect thedrop to continue.

Magarin said El Salva-dor understood the flowhad slowed, but wanted toestablish a permanent pres-ence in McAllen nonethe-less.

“Hopefully the numberdoesn’t continue increasingbecause it doesn’t benefitanyone,” she said. “Thebest is that our people stayin the country.”

McAllen getsan El Salvador

consulateIt’s expected to serve the 63,000children who entered South TexasBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

ASSOCIATED PRESS

FARGO, N.D. — A Texasman accused of sellingsynthetic drugs to custom-ers in every state and dis-tributing the chemicalsthat resulted in the over-dose deaths of two teens inthe Grand Forks, NorthDakota, area was sen-tenced Thursday to morethan 20 years in prison.

Charles Carlton, 29, ofKaty, Texas, is the 15thand final defendant sen-tenced in the case that be-gan after 18-year-old Chris-tian Bjerk, of Grand Forks,and 17-year-old Elijah Stai,of Park Rapids, Minnesota,died within a week of eachother in June 2012 after in-gesting the hallucinogens.

Investigators said thatCarlton, a self-describedconnoisseur of hallucino-gens, sold the chemicals toAndrew Spofford of GrandForks, who cooked up thedrugs that killed the twoteens and sent three otheryoung people to the hospi-tal. Spofford was sen-tenced earlier to morethan 17 years in prison.

“It all rests on that ini-tial decision to sell drugsfor money,” U.S. DistrictJudge Ralph Erickson saidbefore sentencing Carltonto 20 years and 6 monthsin prison. “It’s as bad as itgets.”

Carlton pleaded guiltyin March to three counts:conspiracy to distributecontrolled substances re-

sulting in serious bodilyinjury and death, intro-duction and delivery of amisbranded drug andmoney laundering. Hefaced a maximum penaltyof life in prison withoutparole.

Carlton’s lawyer, Alex-ander Reichert, said dur-ing Thursday’s hearingthat the governmentwrongly fixated on his cli-ent as the “worst actorthey had ever seen” whenthere were others in theconspiracy who were justas culpable and receivedlesser sentences. Reichertsaid Carlton agreed to beinterviewed for a docu-mentary on syntheticdrugs as a public service.

“He is desperate tomake amends for what hehas done,” Reichert said.

It wasn’t immediatelyclear what prison termReichert had been seeking,and he left without takingquestions after the hear-ing.

Carlton owned 51 per-cent of Motion ResourcesLLC, a former Houstoncompany that allegedlyimported controlled sub-stances from Asia and Eu-rope and made hundredsof thousands of dollars byreselling them over the In-ternet to domestic buyers.It is illegal to sell thechemicals for human con-sumption.

Federal prosecutorChris Myers said Carltoncontinued to sell the chem-icals when he found outabout the two North Dako-ta deaths and filled out pa-perwork to change thename of the company.

Erickson ordered Carl-ton to pay back $385,000 indrug proceeds.

Myers, who asked for asentence of 25 years, saidafterward he was pleasedwith the outcome in a casethat was complex on “somany different levels,” in-cluding dealing with anunknown substance andthe wide reach of onlinesales. He said there’s noway of telling how manycustomers were hurt bythe business.

“The response by state,local and federal law en-forcement in the case wasunbelievable,” Myers said.“From the time these kidswere found deceased untilsearch warrants were exe-cuted in Texas was ap-proximately two months.They dismantled an inter-national drug traffickingorganization and undoubt-

edly saved lives.”Debbie Bjerk, as she has

in previous sentencinghearings in the case,showed a video of her sonin his football uniformduring a parents’ dayevent eight months beforehe died. She also put aphoto on a big screenshowing Christian cele-brating what would be hislast birthday. He wouldhave turned 21 on Tues-day.

“He not only stole thelives of Christian and Eli-jah, he stole the lives ofthe other 14 defendants be-fore him,” she said of Carl-ton. “There are no healingwords I can say today thatcan convey the magnitudeof our loss.”

Unlike earlier hearings,Debbie Bjerk showed aphoto of her son in hiscasket and Stai on life sup-port at the hospital.

The judge said he re-ceived 25 letters of supportfrom Carlton’s relatives,friends and co-workersand believed that by mostaccounts that Carlton was“a devoted husband, goodfather, excellent employeeand worked hard.”

When given his chanceto speak, Carlton turned tothe Bjerk family and apol-ogized.

“If I could turn back thehands of time, I would,” hesaid, fighting back tears.“I have two children of myown, and what happenedto your children is mygreatest fear as a parent.”

20 years for two drug deathsBy DAVE KOLPACKASSOCIATED PRESS

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matter is headed to the Texas Su-preme Court, a process that willlikely take months.

If the high court eventually up-holds the Dietz decision, it willbe up to state lawmakers to de-sign an entirely new fundingmethod. But until then, the sys-tem will remain unchanged.

The case grew out of lawmak-ers cutting $5.4 billion from pub-lic education in 2011, promptingmore than 600 school districts re-sponsible for educating three-quarters of Texas’ 5 million-pluspublic school students to sue.

They claimed they no longerhad sufficient resources to edu-cate students. The lawsuit citedTexas’ school enrollment growthof nearly 80,000 students per year

due to a booming population andthe Legislature’s increased de-mands for standardized testingand lofty curriculum require-ments to graduate high school.

The districts also said “RobinHood” mandates that schools inwealthy areas share portions oftheir income tax revenue withschools in poorer areas was un-fair to both.

Dietz’s verbal ruling came aftermonths of testimony, but he heldoff compiling a written rulingthat would start the appeals pro-cess. Then in the summer of 2013,lawmakers restored more than$3.4 billion to classrooms andslashed the number of standar-dized tests required for highschool graduation from 15 to five.

Dietz then reopened the case inJanuary, but new evidence on theadded funding and overhauledgraduation standards wasn’tenough to change his mind.

School advocates cheered, butacknowledged that little willchange for now.

“Filing appeals and waiting an-other year or longer may be con-venient for some politicians, butmaking students wait in a statesystem that provides roughly$600 less per student than it didsix years ago is shameful,” saidNoel Candelaria, president of theTexas State Teachers’ Associ-ation.

When they come back to Aus-tin next year, lawmakers mayagain vote to increase public

school funding. But that wouldn’tanswer underlying questionsabout the way funding is distrib-uted — and any changes to theoverall formula aren’t likely untilthe Texas Supreme Court hashad its say.

Abbott is running for governorand didn’t argue the case person-ally. Yet, despite his office appeal-ing, the gubernatorial candidatestruck a more conciliatory tone.

“Our obligation is to improveeducation for our children ratherthan just doubling down on anoutdated education system con-structed decades ago,” Abbottsaid. His Democratic opponent,state Sen. Wendy Davis, notedthat “Abbott has been in court foryears, defending overcrowded

classrooms, teacher layoffs andpublic-school closings.”

Meanwhile, added classroomfunding is no sure thing whenthe Legislature reconvenes.

State Sen. Dan Patrick, a Hous-ton Republican who heads theTexas Senate Education Commit-tee and is favored to win the lieu-tenant governorship in Novem-ber, noted that “we have spentvast amounts of money towardeducation and we’re still strug-gling to see significant improve-ment.”

Bill Hammond, head of thepowerful lobbying group the Tex-as Association of Business, said,“Simply throwing more money atour education system doesn’tmake it better.”

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.— State corrections offi-cials on Friday agreed toshift mentally ill inmatesinto separate specializedhousing that will offerthem more reatment in-stead of placing them inthe same isolation unitsas other inmates, a deci-sion that marks a majorshift in how the systemdeals with such prison-ers.

The agreement filed inU.S. District Court inSacramento comes aftera federal judge ruled inApril that California’streatment of mentally illinmates violates constitu-tional safeguards againstcruel and unusual pun-ishment.

U.S. District JudgeLawrence Karlton actedafter the release of videosmade by correctional of-ficers that showed guardspumping large amountsof pepper spray into thecells of mentally ill in-mates, some screamingand delirious.

Under the agreement,the state will create sep-arate short- and long-term housing units forabout 2,500 mentally illinmates who prison offi-cials say must be kept insolitary confinement fordisciplinary reasons. Theagreement calls for themto get more treatmentand more time out oftheir prison cells.

“These new policiesemphasize treatmentwhile in segregation, in-creased focus on thelengths of stay in segre-gation, and a thoroughreview of an inmate’srisk of decompensationfrom being housed in

segregation upon releasefrom inpatient care,” thedepartment said in its fil-ing.

Corrections spokeswo-man Deborah Hoffmansaid the departmentwould decline furthercomment.

Michael Bien, whosefirm sued the state overits treatment of mentallyill inmates, called thestate’s decision “a gigan-tic change” and “a tre-mendous step forward”in removing mentally illinmates from the state’snotorious security hous-ing units and administra-tion segregation units.Experts have said theharsh conditions andsensory deprivation ofthe isolation units canworsen psychiatric condi-tions.

The isolation units atPelican Bay and otherstate prisons drew wide-spread attention in re-cent years as thousandsof inmates statewide tem-porarily refused prison-issued meals to protestconditions.

“There appears to be arecognition after the trialand the judge’s rulingthat segregation is a dan-gerous place and itshould be used as littleas possible and for asshort a time as possiblefor the mentally ill,”Bien said.

Among the changes:Mentally ill inmates

will be housed in sepa-rate short- and long-term“restricted housingunits” instead of existingisolation units.

They will get morehours of individual andgroup therapy and morefrequent visits with men-tal health professionals.

They will be let out

of their cells more oftenfor exercise, therapy andfor communal time withother inmates.

They will have morediversions while they arelocked in their cells, in-cluding televisions andradios.

Inmates deemed tooill for segregation will bediverted to other unitswith even more mentalhealth treatment.

The state will indi-vidually review the casesof inmates with long seg-regation terms to see ifthe inmates need to be insolitary confinement andto develop a plan to getthem back into the gener-al population.

Karlton approved thestate’s plan less thanthree hours after it wassubmitted.

The separate long-termfacilities are planned atthree prisons, while theshort-term facilities willbe at nine of the state’s34 prisons. The depart-ment could not immedi-ately say how much theshift will cost, but mostof the mentally ill in-mates will be housed inexisting prison segrega-tion units that will beconverted to their use.

The changes affectmore than 30,000 inmateswho suffer from severedepression and mentalillness that is generallycontrolled by medicationand therapy. About 2,500inmates in that group arein segregation units onany given day.

The most severelymentally ill inmates, whogenerally need institu-tional care, already havetheir own specialized iso-lation units. The state al-so agreed to individuallyreview their cases.

California to care formentally ill prisoners

Inmates are to get special units, as per an agreementwith a federal appeals court ruling in April

By DON THOMPSONASSOCIATED PRESS

BELMAR, N.J. — Goodweather and greater aware-ness that the Jersey shorehas made huge strides in re-covering from SuperstormSandy helped make the sec-ond summer after the stormbetter than the first, manymerchants and elected offi-cials say.

Some business owners re-port profits up 20 to 30 per-cent this summer comparedwith last year’s, when theshore was still in the earlystages of recovering fromthe devastating October 2012storm.

“This summer wasgreat,” said Matt Riccelli,who manages Gee Gee’s res-taurants on the Manasquanbeachfront. “We’re all sad tosee it end.”

Riccelli said his businesswas up 20 percent this sum-mer from last, when it wasstill rebuilding and thebeach was much narrowerbefore an offseason replen-ishment project. Weekendweather was mostly sunny.But he and many otherssaid the biggest factor wasgetting past the images ofSandy’s destruction.

“Sandy is a memory atthis point,” Riccelli said. “Alot of the construction isdone, and more locals whowere displaced last year areback in town this year.”

Annie’s Ocean Grill hasoperated from a truck onthe Belmar beachfront thepast two summers. Thisyear was definitely better,said cook David Gelman.

“People see that thebeach is back, the board-walk is here, and thatSandy is gone,” he said.“There’s a sense that theshore is getting back to nor-mal.”

To be sure, there is stillwork to do. The whine ofpower saws and the thwackof hammers still resonateon summer afternoons inplaces like Manasquan, theOrtley Beach section ofToms River, and Mantolok-ing, where work continues

on homes wrecked by thestorm. But even those plac-es have made sure thebeach is ready for visitors.

Summer rentals bouncedback strongly. Jerry Ben-nett, a real estate agent withSeashore Agency in ShipBottom, said his businessincreased by 30 percent onLong Beach Island.

“If you’re driving aroundLBI, you wouldn’t even real-ize there was a superstormhere less than two yearsago,” he said. “The island isback to normal now andbetter than ever, because alot of places got newly reno-vated. People have gottenthe word that there’s not to-tal devastation here.”

Dan MacElrevey saidrentals at the six motels hemanages in the Wildwoods,three beach communities atthe southern tip of the state,were up by 8 percent in Ju-ly and August. At Maui’sDog House, a hot dog res-taurant that serves its foodin dog bowls, saw its salesincrease this season, partlybecause it was still rebuild-ing in early summer 2013.

Jenkinson’s Boardwalk inPoint Pleasant Beach alsosaid business was notice-ably better this year, al-though it could not give apercentage increase. Spokes-woman Toby Wolf attribut-ed the improvement to goodweather, more availablerentals and more out-of-state visitors.

“I’ve always seen someNew England license plates

here, but this year thereseemed to be an abundanceof them in the parking lotsand driving around the ar-ea,” she said.

New Jersey charges peo-ple for the privilege of walk-ing onto a beach, and beachbadge sales were up inmany shore towns.

Sea Bright Mayor DinaLong said her town, whichwas pummeled by Sandy,had taken in 50 percentmore beach revenue as ofAug. 22 compared with allof summer 2013. Belmar hadsold 9,000 more beach badg-es as of Aug. 24 than it didin the same period last sum-mer, and its beach parkingrevenue nearly tripled thissummer. Ocean City was upby $125,000 at the beginningof August.

Tom Rogers said businessat his TR’s Food Court inBelmar was about the samethis summer as last year —despite raising prices by 3percent. He said an increasein New Jersey’s minimumwage held down profits andalso customers bought few-er soft drinks, which are abig profit-maker for hisbusiness.

And despite the immi-nent closing of the casinos,Atlantic City has been hav-ing a good summer, withrestaurants and nightclubsdoing brisk business, saidLiza Cartmell, president ofthe Atlantic City Alliance,the casino-funded agencythat promotes the city toother parts of the country.

Jersey biz in recoveryBy WAYNE PARRY

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A woman seeks shade under an umbrella along the boardwalk onMemorial Day in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Photo by Mel Evans/file | AP

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is an initiative establish-ed by First Lady MichelleObama to help reducechild obesity. The pro-gram encourages educa-tors to create an activeenvironment for studentsto reach their full poten-tial.

The roundtable bringstogether a selected groupof superintendents fromacross the country to dis-cuss methods to improvehealth and the well-beingof the nation’s youth, apress release states.

For more informationon the program, visit fit-ness.gov/participate-in-programs/lets-move/

(Judith Rayo may bereached at 728-2567 orjrayo@lmtonline.com)

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bailed out of the vehicle.But the vehicle eventual-

ly stopped. An agent ap-proached the Denali andfound one man, a Guatema-lan citizen who had enteredthe country illegally. Thedriver, a U.S. citizen, wasidentified as Jimenez, ofZapata.

Back up agents who can-vassed the area found anadditional eight illegal im-migrants hiding under awood frame house. Jimenezallegedly waived her rightsto speak to Homeland Secu-rity Investigations specialagents.

She stated she was get-ting paid $500 for providingher vehicle to transport il-legal immigrants. She wastasked with driving the im-migrants to Laredo, accord-ing to court records. Feder-al agents said the immi-grants used a small boat tocross the Rio Grande nearSan Ygnacio, the complaintreads.

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

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ment Canyon, are heading the re-search.

They and a team of volunteersprimarily from UT-San Antonioand San Antonio College have beenpainstakingly cleaning, measuringand cataloging as many as 200tracks exposed in GovernmentCanyon Creek, now dry but occa-sionally filled with water after aheavy rain.

There are two main trackways atthe site, lying on either side of theJoe Johnston Trail about 2.5 milesfrom its start near the visitor cen-ter. They are accessible by foot,though the trail is rough in placesand may prove difficult for some tonavigate.

The lower trackway, believed tohave been created by Acrocantho-saurus, is at the base of a 50-footcliff created by limestone sedi-ments deposited in the millions ofyears since the tracks were made.

A second trackway, about 18inches higher, likely was created bySauroposeidon, a plant-eating dino-saur some 60 feet long and 25 feettall. It’s in another layer, made asmany as several thousands yearslater.

“You can never tell 100 percentwho the track maker was,” Adamssaid. “You can just make a scientif-ic guess based off the fossils wehave that occur at the same time inthe same geographic area.”

In addition to the Acrocantho-saurus and the Sauroposeidon, thetracks indicate there were manyother prehistoric animals travelingin the same area.

“To give you an idea where weare in time,” Adams said standingon the lower trackway, “we’re inthe Glen Rose formation, 80 feet be-low the Edwards — Glen Rose con-tact.”

Adams added, “We’re about 110million years ago in the Early Cre-taceous and we’re on a tidal flat.Sea levels have been rising butnow they’ve fallen slightly, expos-ing these large, shallow water car-bonate shelves where all this car-bonate is being put down, all thislimestone is being deposited.

“There are periodic low tidescoming in every so often and thesedinosaurs are taking advantage ofthat low sea level to walk upon thispretty much unhindered highway.”

The surface dried and hardened,

preserving the Acrocanthosaurustracks at the site, Adams contin-ued, and then the sea level roseagain bringing carbonate back inand depositing new layers of lime-stone.

“Then we have the sea level fallagain, same condition for the firsttracks and how we have a sauro-pod walk through here,” Adamssaid. “It’s pretty much the exactsame environment, the same situa-tion, the same events occurring inthe same order.”

The Witte Museum plans to dis-play the casts made of the Acrocan-thosaurus trackway underneath alife-sized skeleton of the animal inits new 3,000-square-foot DinosaurGallery, a part of the $60 millionsecond phase of renovations in the“New Witte” expected to be com-pleted in late 2017. Work on thatproject is expected to start this fall.

The casts, as well as other inter-pretive material, also will be ondisplay at Government Canyon. Aswill the original tracks.

The Witte and the state parksagency are committed to devisingmethods of “conservation and pro-tection from potential vandalism or

other loss” for the tracks. “Every visitor that comes here is

faced with a decision and it’s animportant one,” Koepke said. “Do Ileave these alone or not? You knowthe expression ‘pay it forward?’We’re asking every visitor to pay itforward so that their grandkids,their grandkids’ grandkids caneach come here and have the thrillthat they’re going to have whenthey see these.”

Adams agreed. “They’ve been there for 110 mil-

lion years,” said Adams. “They’vebeen exposed probably for the lastseveral thousand years. But justwithin the last 10 years they’restarting to disappear.”

“A lot of that has to do with hu-man interaction,” he said. “Peoplehave a tendency to speed things up.We know this is going to happen,we can’t avoid it. We have to pre-pare for it.

“These need to be here for gener-ations, so we need to make surethe public understands that here’sthis wonderful natural resource inSan Antonio that we have,” Adamssaid. “They’ll be here as long aspeople respect that.”

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Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

Oklahoma cornerback Zack Sanchez had justfound out the Sooners would be facing Alabamain the Sugar Bowl. Shortly thereafter, his gameprep began. On his cell phone.

Hours of digital video of his opponent was in-stantly available to be seen with the swipe of ascreen while he walked across campus, loungedat home or chatted with teammates.

Film-room study has long had a crucial rolein studying an opposing team, but it was te-dious and often came with long hours in a darkroom. Now, with a phone or tablet, players cansearch and scan video from almost anywhere.Something that was once a jumbled mess is assimple as a phone app.

"Immediate access," Arkansas video directorMatthew Engelbert said. "It’s as easy as that to-day."

In Sanchez’s case last season, the Sooners’cornerback had video of Alabama quarterbackAJ McCarron and the Crimson Tide’s wide re-ceivers at his disposal shortly after the bowl an-nouncement — a turnaround time days aheadof what it was like when many coaches began

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Technologychanging

how teamsprepare

John Wirtz is the Chief Product Officer of Hudl, a companythat started in 2006 and has about 15,000 clients. It isone of the most popular services for college and NFLteams to review film, which can now be accessed muchmore quickly and easily than ever before.

Photo by Nati Harnik | AP

NCAA FOOTBALL

By KURT VOIGTASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — For 16 years, MackBrown led the Texas Longhorns,reviving a dormant program into apowerhouse that won one nationalchampionship and played for an-other.

Now it’s Charlie Strong’s turn.Hired away from Louisville

when Brown was pushed out of af-ter four sub-par seasons, Strong’sfirst Longhorns team takes thefield Saturday night against NorthTexas, a bowl team last season thatis expected to contend for the Con-ference USA title.

Strong has had eight months tobreak down and rebuild a programthat hasn’t won a Big 12 title since2009, restore toughness and shedwhat he called a sense of entitle-ment that had crept in. He has

kicked players off the team, sus-pended others and turned to lastseason’s injured quarterback, Da-vid Ash, to lead his offense.

“It’s about us putting a ’T’ backinto Texas. It’s still about justtoughness, it’s about trust, it’sabout just being a total team,”Strong said.

Brown dragged an injury-rid-dled team into the final game lastseason with a chance to the winthe conference title, but a 30-10 lossto Baylor essentially shut the dooron his Texas career. He waspushed out a week later, but wasallowed to coach Texas in the Ala-mo Bowl, a punchless 30-7 loss toOregon.

Texas turned to Strong, whoseemed destined to be a career as-sistant until finally given his firsthead-coaching job at Louisville. A37-16 record over four seasons

there catapulted him to Texas,where he is the first black headcoach of a men’s sports program inschool history.

“There’s going to be a lot of emo-tion on Saturday, I know that. Justrunning through the tunnel is go-ing to be something special,”Strong said.

Some things to watch whenTexas faces North Texas:

STRONGTexas fans will be watching ev-

erything he does, from how heruns out with the team to whetherhe knows the words of the song“The Eyes of Texas” when its’ over.Will he smile and clap a lot likeBrown did, or does he scowl? At aplace like Texas, Strong is underthe microscope if he wins andmost especially if he loses.

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS LONGHORNS

Strong’s debut

First-year Texas head coach Charlie Strong will finally get his tenure in Austin underway tonight at 6 p.m. against North Texas. Strongreplaced Mack Brown, who was pushed out after 16 seasons leading the Longhorns.

File photo by AP

Longhorns start season against Mean GreenBy JIM VERTUNO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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LUBBOCK — Texas Techcoach Kliff Kingsbury namedhis starting quarterback earlyand has been impressed withthe maturation and confidenceof sophomore Davis Webb.

So much so that Webb hasstarted overruling the second-year coach, whose team hostsCentral Arkansas of the FootballChampionship Subdivision onSaturday night.

“Davis will wave me off onplay calls now if he sees stuff,”Kingsbury said. “He has a bettergrasp of the offense” than lastyear.

Webb earned the starting roleafter his MVP performance inthe Red Raiders’ Holiday Bowlwin that followed five straightlosses to close the regular sea-son. Also, two quarterbacks whowere battling with Webb lastyear have moved on — BakerMayfield, the Big 12’s offensivefreshman of the year, went toOklahoma and Michael Brewerto Virginia Tech.

“Just have fun and play mybest, because I think my best ispretty good,” Webb said of hisgoals for the opener.

Bears coach Steve Campbellmakes his debut against TexasTech. He left Mississippi GulfCoast Community College fol-lowing a 10-year stint that in-cluded sharing a national junior

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

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Texas Tech faces C.Arkansas at home

By BETSY BLANEYASSOCIATED PRESS

Now in his second year, Texas Techhead coach Kliff Kingsbury has en-trusted sophomore Davis Webb un-der center. Webb packed on a few ex-tra pounds during the offseason.

File photo by LM Otero | AP

FORT WORTH — TCU coachGary Patterson looks forwardto seeing how the HornedFrogs’ new sped-up offense doesin a game.

The defensive-minded coachis also a bit guarded, even withhis Frogs playing their homeseason opener Saturday nightagainst FCS playoff team Sam-ford.

“For the simple reason we’re

going to play a defense that haseight starters back, that has asecondary that’s been reallypretty good,” Patterson said.“They’ve got guys coming back,and they’re big. ... I don’t thinkthis is an easy one.”

The Frogs, 4-8 last seasonwith several close losses, have alot of returning starters on de-fense as well. But there aredrastic changes on offense withnew co-coordinators Doug Mea-cham and Sonny Cumbie, and a

choice of two quarterbacks tobe the starter (Trevone Boykinor Texas A&M graduate trans-fer Matt Joeckel). Pattersonsaid both quarterbacks willplay in the opener.

Samford, coached by formerTCU coach Pat Sullivan, lastseason made the FCS playoffsfor the first time since 1992.

“He has a lot of close friendshere in Fort Worth,” Patterson

NCAA FOOTBALL: TCU HORNED FROGS

TCU meets Samford in openerTCU quarterbacks Trevone Boykin (above) and Texas A&M transfer Matt Joeckel will both see playing time tonight, accordingto head coach Gary Patterson. The Horned Frogs finished a disappointing 4-8 in 2013.

File photo by Charlie Neibergall | AP

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said. “He’s a great man.”Sullivan, TCU’s coach from 1992-

97, won’t get to have a reunion.Doctors advised the coach to nottravel to Fort Worth because ofcomplications from neck surgeryin April. He expects to be on thesideline for the Sept. 11 homeopener.

“We have an incredible coachingstaff that has done a great job pre-paring our team for the seasonopener,” Sullivan said in a state-ment this week. “I have full confi-dence that our coaches and stu-dent-athletes will make the Sam-ford family proud on Saturday.”

Here are a few things towatch when TCU plays a seasonopener at home for only thefourth time in Patterson’s 14seasons as head coach:

ZERO FOR FIVESamford has five quarterbacks

on its roster — and none has

thrown a pass for the Bulldogs.The only one who has thrown apass in college is expected starterMichael Eubank, a junior whoplayed in 20 games the past twoseasons for Arizona State (38 of 59passing for 400 yards and four TDs,and seven rushing TDs). Samford’stop returning passer is RB Jere-miaha Gates, who had a 15-yardTD on his only pass last season.

FORGETABLE FIRSTTCU has won its last 12 home

openers. The last opening loss wasin 2001, in Patterson’s first homegame as head coach, when theFrogs lost in overtime to lower-di-vision team Northwestern State.Patterson has never forgotten that,and certainly won’t let his teamoverlook Samford.

YOUNG PUPSSamford’s combined offensive

and defensive depth chart lists 50players, only 11 of them being se-

niors. Seven of those Bulldogs se-niors are listed as starters, four ondefense and three on offense.

20-YEAR REUNIONThe 1994 TCU team coached by

Sullivan will be honored at half-time. Those Horned Frogs sharedthe Southwest Conference cham-pionship with four other teamswith unbeaten Texas A&M ineligi-ble for the title. They went toTCU’s first bowl in 10 seasons, los-ing to Virginia in the Independ-ence Bowl.

LONE STAR LEADERSDespite going 4-8 last season,

TCU still has the best winning per-centage since 2005 among Texas’ 10FBS teams. The Horned Frogs are88-27 (.765 winning percentage)over the past nine seasons. That isthe same number of wins in thatspan as the Texas Longhorns, butpercentage points better than the88-29 mark (.752).

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ASH’S HEADAsh missed most of last

season with concussionsymptoms and he faced se-rious questions at homewhether he should contin-ue playing. Ash insists henever seriously consideredgiving up football. Ash sayshe’s learning how to avoidhits, but 100,000 fans will bewatch to see how he getsup if he gets popped byNorth Texas.

ASH’S TARGETSAsh needs a breakout re-

ceiver. Jaxon Shipley whocatches a lot of balls butrarely scores touchdowns,has been cleared to play af-ter a training camphamstring injury. MarcusJohnson displayed big-playability in 2013 but taperedoff the second half of the

season.NORTH TEXAS QB

A title contender in Con-ference USA, the MeanGreen has a new quarter-back in junior collegetransfer Josh Greer. He’llbe protected by a veteranoffensive line, but how hehandles his first start infront of 100,000 fans willlikely determine whetherNorth Texas can make agame of it.

TEXAS HELMETSYes, Texas players will

have the burnt-orangeLonghorn decals on theirhelmet. Strong created astir in training camp bysaying they had to “earnthe right” to wear theschool’s multimillion-dollarbrand, and said this weekthey’ve done that.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.— San Francisco 49erslinebacker Aldon Smithhas been suspended fornine games by the NFL af-ter a series of off-field le-gal issues.

A statement Fridayfrom the league saidSmith had violated theNFL’s substance abuseand personal conduct pol-icies.

Smith won’t be eligibleto return until Nov. 10, theday after the 49ers’ gameagainst the New OrleansSaints.

“Our organization hasknown this decision wouldcome and we have pre-pared for it as a team,”49ers general managerTrent Baalke said in astatement. “Aldon has tak-en responsibility for hisactions and has continuedto show growth personallyand professionally. We willcontinue to support him,but it is time to put thismatter behind us and fo-cus on the season ahead.”

The 24-year-old Smith,one of the NFL’s top passrushers, missed fivegames last season to un-dergo treatment at an in-patient facility followinghis DUI arrest Sept. 20.

Just before trainingcamp began last month,the 24-year-old Smith was

sentenced to serve threeyears of probation and tospend 11 days with a workcrew after he pleaded nocontest to drunken drivingand weapons charges.

He has repeatedly saidhe has been sober sincehis DUI arrest last Sep-tember. Smith played in a27-7 home loss to the Coltson Sept. 22, two days after

he was arrested and jailedon suspicion of DUI andmarijuana possession. Af-ter the game, he publiclyapologized for his behav-ior and later announced

he would leave for treat-ment.

While the Niners wenton a five-game winningstreak without him,Smith’s menacing pres-

ence was sorely missed.The team still picked uphis 2015 contract optionthis spring.

In his latest run-in withthe law, Smith was arrest-ed April 13 at Los AngelesInternational Airport. Po-lice said Smith was ran-domly selected for a sec-ondary screening and be-came uncooperative withthe process, telling a TSAagent that he had a bomb.No charges were filed.

In November, he plead-ed not guilty to three felo-ny counts of illegal posses-sion of an assault weapon,stemming from a June2012 party at his home. In-vestigators said severalshots were fired, two par-tygoers were injured andSmith was stabbed. In thesubsequent investigation,prosecutors say detectivesfound five unregistered, il-legal weapons in Smith’shouse.

Last season, Smith fin-ished with 8 1/2 sacks and34 tackles in 11 gameswith eight starts. He wasinitially worked back inslowly, but demonstratedhe had stayed in shapewhile away.

Selected seventh overallin the 2011 draft out ofMissouri, Smith had afranchise-record 19 1/2sacks during the 2012 sea-son for the 49ers, who lostto Baltimore in the SuperBowl after that season.

NFL suspends 49ers’ Smith for nine gamesBy JANIE MCCAULEYASSOCIATED PRESS

San Francisco linebacker Aldon Smith picked up a heavy nine-game suspension from the NFL on Friday for violating the league’s sub-stance abuse and personal conduct policies. Smith missed five games last year for treatment after he was arrested for a DUI and madeheadlines for several off-the-field incidents this offseason.

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their careers. Maybe ithelped: Oklahoma won 45-31.

"I guess the coaches andfilm guys were excited,too," Sanchez joked.

The process of record-ing football practices andgames — and then usingthat as a study tool forcoaches and players —was once a time-consum-ing endeavor every bit asawful as splicing film to-gether sounds.

Engelbert began his ca-reer while a student at Io-wa, and his first season —1989 — was the last yearactual film on a reel wasused by the Hawkeyes.

They switched to videotape a year later, primar-ily because of the abilityto make multiple copiesimmediately after practicerather than waiting untilthe next morning for thefilm to return from the de-veloper.

Today, Engelbert leads astaff of 10 — includinggraduate assistants andstudents — charged withrecording every aspect ofthe Razorbacks’ practicesand games. They havefour high-definition cam-eras at games and, thanksto advances in technology,are able to provide thecoaches with video ontheir iPads as soon as onthe way home from agame.

"It takes an army of usto do this, almost," Engel-bert said.

The transition to digitalfiles began in the early2000s as teams started ex-changing video online viatransfer programs rather

than snail-mailing gametapes.

Companies that special-ized in developing effi-cient, web-based systemsfor displaying plays andvideo for schools also be-gan appearing aroundthat same time.

Today, Hudl — which iswhat Sanchez had accessto last year — is one ofmany companies thatwork with colleges andNFL teams. Others in-clude XOS digital, whichis what Arkansasswitched to this season, aswell as Krossover,DVSport and Webb Elec-tronics, among others.Some even provide videohighlights for high schoolplayers seeking the atten-tion of college recruiters.

Hudl was the brainchildof David Graff, John Wirtzand Brian Kaiser, threefriends who met as honorstudents in the Universityof Nebraska’s Jeffrey S.Raikes School of Comput-er Science and Manage-ment.

Graff worked part-timein the school’s sports in-formation department andwas well aware of the bul-ky playbooks the Corn-huskers carried withthem, as well as the cum-bersome process of re-cording and distributingvideos to coaches andplayers.

The three eventuallypitched their new systemto then-Nebraska coachBill Callahan, who quick-ly fell in love with its easeof use. The Cornhuskers,naturally, were Hudl’sfirst client — though the

company now has about15,000 clients and has alsodeveloped systems forteams in basketball, soc-cer, volleyball and a num-ber of other sports.

What started as a three-man operation in 2006 hasgrown to about 200 em-ployees, with net revenuegrowing from more than$500,000 in 2009 to $22.3million last year.

The practical benefits ofthe digital technologyaren’t limited to eagercoaches looking for videoas quickly and easily asthey can get their handson it.

Players like the abilityto study themselves —and their opponents —whenever works best forthem. Some use their tab-lets during a break be-tween classes, while oth-ers access the videothrough e-mail on theircomputers.

Team film sessions arestill a part of the dailylife, but the learning rare-ly stops when the lightsare turned back on inmeeting rooms.

Arkansas quarterbackBrandon Allen has usedthe technology this pre-season by watching asmuch video of himself andteammates as possible athome on his breaks be-tween practices.

"We’ll go to practice,and then by the timewe’re done eating andshowering after practice,the film’s already e-mailed," Allen said. "Youcan go home, lay thereand watch film, so you’renot missing anything."

Allen’s brother, Razor-backs backup quarterbackAustin Allen, also takesadvantage of the softwarethrough his iPhone. Witha simple touch of the XOS’ThunderCloud app, Allenhas video — with playsbroken down into easy-to-find files by whateversearch parameter he caresto use.

"Sometimes you want togo home and get awayfrom football a little bit,but it’s so nice to have ifyou get bored and want tostart watching film," Al-len said.

The easy access and in-formation overload isn’twithout its potentialdrawbacks. Having thevideo available at alltimes creates a type ofwork-school conflict simi-lar to that of a businessexecutive tied to hissmartphone at home.

NCAA rules limit play-ers to 20 hours of athletic-related activity per week,though no such limit ap-plies to voluntary timesuch as that spent study-ing video at home.

Razorbacks offensive co-ordinator Jim Chaneysays that balancing thetime spent on review withclass is one more opportu-nity for a lesson.

"They’re learning toeducate themselves onhow to balance that ... Weunderstand totally whythey’re here, and if it evercomes push to shove,they’re going to go to aca-demics.

"There’s no questionabout who wins that pushand shove."

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college title with ButlerCommunity College in2007. He’s never had a los-ing season. The Red Raid-ers finished 8-5 last sea-son, while the Bears went7-5.

Central Arkansas’ expe-rience is led by three All-Southland Conferenceplayers: WR Dezmin Le-wis, OL Cole Caruthersand DE Jonathan Wood-ard.

“Each possession is keywhenever you’re playing ahigh-powered offense liketheirs,” Campbell said.“We have to limit our mis-takes and make themmake some.”

Here are some thingsto watch Saturdaynight:

TURNOVER TURNAROUNDKingsbury wondered

out loud how good the RedRaiders could have beenlast season without alltheir turnovers. Webb andMayfield combined for 18interceptions and theteam lost 15 fumbles. Theyalso averaged 75.2 penaltyyards per game. This year“we’ve stepped back a lit-tle bit and put the onus onthe team,” Kingsbury said.Campbell’s well aware ofthe stats: “Turnovers willbe huge,” he said.

YOUTHFUL SECONDARYCampbell sees his re-

ceivers as one of theteam’s strength and be-lieves they will be able tofind success Saturday. (Le-wis is their biggest weap-on, catching 50 passes for721 yards last season). Tex-as Tech defensive backsare short on experiencewith three sophomores

and a freshman starting.“With our experiencedcorps of wide receivers, wehope to take advantage ofsome of their youth,”Campbell said.

WEBB PROTECTIONWebb weighs 209

pounds, up about 15pounds from last season,which he says makes himmore durable. But with afreshman backup — Pa-trick Mahomes was lastyear’s Texas AssociatedPress Sports Editors foot-ball player of the year—who is still getting used tothe Red Raiders offense,it’ll be important to keepWebb healthy. Big threatthis week? Kingsbury saidit’s Central Arkansas DEJonathan Woodard.

RUSHING RED RAIDERS?The Red Raiders prolific

pass offense wants to runthe ball more this seasonand they’re counting onDeAndre Washington (485yards, four TDs last sea-son). Kingsbury wasn’tshowing his hand on whatthe run-pass split might beSaturday. “I don’t have anumber or percentage, butjust be more confident inour run game leaving thisgame,” he said. “So hope-fully we can get that roll-ing a little bit.”

GOING FOR FIRST FBS WINCentral Arkansas, a Di-

vision I member since2006, hasn’t beaten a Foot-ball Bowl Subdivisionteam in seven tries. TheBears hope to change thatSaturday. Since 2009,they’ve lost by a combined25 points to FBS teamsColorado, Louisiana Techand Hawaii.

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Dear Heloise: Do youhave any hints for DRYINGFLOWERS? My daughter’swedding is coming up, and Iwould love to save her bou-quet for her.–– A Reader inTexas

How wonderful to thinkabout this now, rather thanlater! I do the same, andusually pick out a few flow-ers from the centerpieces,dry them, then give them tothe bride.

The easy Heloise way todry those flowers, is to hangthem upside down some-where that has plenty of aircirculation, but is not hotor in contact with directsunlight. Carefully, I stringdental floss around thestems and have a few cuphooks in the ceiling to hangthem up on. Depending onthe flowers, it may take aweek or two, or even a bit-longer for them to dry. If it’sa big bouquet, you shouldeither take it apart or stuffsome paper towels in be-tween the flowers to helpwith air circulation.

I’ve also had luck withjust putting the bouquet ora dozen roses in a big vase,

setting them on a table andletting them dry. They keeptheir vibrant colors, and aslong as they stay upright,they come out just fine! ––Heloise

P.S.: For only a few flow-ers (roses are perfect), pressthem between paper towelsor newspaper, using a heavybook.

LETTER OF THOUGHTDear Heloise: I am a se-

nior who recently has givenup driving. I use a quadcane and would set it on theempty passenger seat whenI drove. As a passenger, thecane remained in the frontseat with me.

After a sudden stop, thecane hit me. Danger real-ized. The cane now residesin the rear seat when I am apassenger. It is more troubleto retrieve, but is no longera lethal flying weapon! ––Gladys in New Hampshire

“HELOISE

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