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Several controversialitems were tabled at the Za-pata County Commission-ers Court meeting earlierthis week, but the court ap-proved a plan that will re-sult in a Little League base-ball park for the Falcon andLopeño area.

“Already everyone saidit’s about time,” CountyCommissioner Jose E. Velasaid about the park. “Theywere very happy about it.”

The court authorizedcounty staff to negotiate alease agreement with a lo-cal rancher for one acre of

land where the park will belocated. No time line forconstruction was an-nounced.

Among the many reportsand presentations made atMonday’s meeting was apetition by local residentJoel Ruiz to be compensat-ed by the county for use ofland on lot 18, block 5 inSan Ygnacio. The item wastabled to discuss in execu-tive session for further re-view and legal consultation.

The county has said thatRuiz’s property is improper-ly sitting on county land.County officials claim a sur-

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Baseballpark

comingLittle League field for Falcon, Lopeño

area moves ahead; other items tabledBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See COUNTY PAGE 8A

The Zapata CountySchool Board of Trusteeswelcomed Norma Garcia,Ph. D, to her first schoolboard meeting as interimsuperintendent before ap-proving the new admissionpolicy Tuesday night.

“I had a wonderful firstmeeting,” Garcia said. “Thewhole community has em-braced the Board’s decisionto appoint me as interim.”

ZCISD Chief PersonnelOfficer Jose Luis Moralesbrought forth an updatedstudent admission policy forthe board’s approval.

The board approved thenew policy, adding 11 newitems pertaining to theproof of residency and en-rollment of students. Theitems include penalties forfalsifying enrollment, add-ing a student records re-quirement and granting au-thority to determine resi-dency. Other items include

host family information,clarifying information for aminor living apart, recom-mendation of withdrawal ofstudents not qualified to en-roll, appeals procedures,grandparent care informa-tion, students not enrolledand withdrawal.

According to Morales, thenew admission policy issimply an update and thedistrict has not had any is-sues with enrollment thelast four years he has beenin charge. He also addedthat in a case where a stu-dent’s parent falsified infor-mation, the student wouldbe penalized temporarily bygetting expelled from theschool. The penalization on-ly lasts until the proof ofresidency is cleared andthen authorization can begranted to re-attend if theproper procedures are met.

“We don’t want to keepkids out of school,” Moralessaid.

EDUCATION

ZCISD OKsnew rules onadmissionsBy LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See RULES PAGE 8A

The Texas Depart-ment of Trans-portation isthreatening to

shut down scenic over-look rest stops in Zapataand San Ygnacio if theydon’t get cleaning helpfrom Zapata County, cit-ing a serious problemwith large amounts oftrash.

County commissionerssay there’s no money inthe budget to hire some-one just for maintenance,but they indicated at aCommissioners Courtmeeting Monday thatthey want to find a way

to keep the popular pic-nic spots open.

Illegal dumping ofhousehold items, usedtires, animal carcassesand even abandoned ap-pliances create healthand safety hazards at therest stops, state officialssaid.

“We might have toclose and dismantlethem,” said Eddie Gra-cia, TxDOT Project Engi-neer. “We spend a lot oftime and effort cleaning.”

During a recent visit,an old, plastic trash canfilled to the brim withempty beer bottles hadbeen left next to the offi-

TOURISM

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL VIEWWITH A TRASHY PROBLEM

This rest stop near San Ygnacio provides an impressive view of the Rio Grande, but it’s threatened by inconsiderate visitors.

Photos by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

A trash can full of beer bottles, empty coffee cups and othertrash litters the area of the scenic rest stop north of San Ygna-cio in Zapata County.

To keep rest stops open,state needs county help

By LORRAINE L. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See REST STOP PAGE 7A

WASHINGTON — De-claring himself as angryas the rest of the nation,President Barack Obamaassailed oil drillers andhis own administrationFriday as he ordered extrascrutiny of drilling per-mits to head off any repeatof the sickening oil spill inthe Gulf of Mexico. Engi-neers worked desperatelyto stop the leak that’sbelching out at least

210,000 gallons of crude aday.

As Louisiana wildlifeofficials reported huge tarballs littering a beach, BPPLC technicians laboredto accomplish an engineer-ing feat a mile below thewater surface. They weregingerly moving joysticksto guide deep-sea robotsand thread a mile-long, 6-inch tube with a rubberstopper into the 21-inchpipe gushing oil from the

ENERGY

Gulf spill ticks off ObamaBy ERICA WERNERASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House af-ter a closed meeting on the efforts to stop the BP oil spill Friday.

Photo by Susan Walsh | AP

See GULF PAGE 8A

PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010

SATURDAY, MAY 15The Laredo Builders Association,

Border Media and Sames Motor areteaming up once again to host thefourth annual Parade of Stars, to beheld at this year’s 13th annual Paradeof Homes at Los Ebanos, San IsidroSubdivision, off North Loop 20 (acrossfrom the new Academy). The Parade ofHomes continues Sunday. For more in-formation, check out www.laredobuil-ders.org.

Laredo Legend Riders MotorcycleClub Ride for the Hungry is today fromSouth Texas Food Bank to Tio Hut Res-taurant. The cost is $10 per biker, $5per rider. Cars are welcome. Moneycollected benefits the South Texas FoodBank. More than 100 bikers are expect-ed. There will be several stops alongthe way. For more information, call791-6633.

Walkers unite for the fifth annualAutism Walk sponsored by Families forAutism Support and Awareness todayat 8 a.m. at the SAC in Laredo. Regis-tration begins at 7 a.m. and the walkcontinues until noon. It’s $10 for adultsand children. For information, visitwww.familiesforautism.org.

Villa San Agustin de Laredo Ge-nealogical Society will sponsor The Bat-tle of Medina, a seminar, from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. at the at UTHSC auditorium,1937 E. Bustamante St. The event isfree. To RSVP or get more information,call Elisa Gutierrez at 763-7415 or BibiGarza-Gongora at 723-8419.

THURSDAY, MAY 20AARP Chapter No. 1308 joins to-

day at 12:30 p.m. for a pot luck lunch,followed by a meeting at 1 p.m. at2008 Sunset Drive.

American Legion meets tonightat 7 p.m. at the American LegionBuilding, 2213 North U.S. 83.

SATURDAY, MAY 22Texas A&M International Universi-

ty teams up with the March of Dimesfor the March for Babies this morning.Registration begins at 8 a.m. and thewalk at 9 a.m. This year’s fundraisinggoal is $150,000. Teams can sign uponline by visiting www.marchforbabie-s.org.

Border Paintball 2 presents G.I.Joe vs. Cobra today to benefit theSouth Texas Food Bank. The cost is$20 per person with equipment, $30per person with marker rental (quanti-ties limited on rentals). There is a $1donation per spectator. You can regis-ter at Border Paintball 2, 2804 SantaUrsula Ave., Laredo, TX 78040 or youcan call 796-0136. Registration will be$10 more on event day. Doors open at8 a.m. and games start at 9 a.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 27A coin toss party will kick start

the second annual Border Battle II to-day. The party is from 7 p.m. to mid-night at Buckets Bar and Grill, 5507McPherson Road. Admission is $10 atthe door. Whichever team brings in themost fans, CBP or Border Patrol, willwin the coin toss for Border Battle II, afriendly football exhibition game Satur-day, July 31, between local off-dutyU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionField Operations officers and U.S. Cus-toms and Border Protection Border Pa-trol agents.

FRIDAY, MAY 28The American Indian Council of

Laredo will have its 17th annual Pow-Wow from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. today atthe Laredo Civic Center Ballroom, 2400San Bernardo Ave. The event will in-clude arts and crafts, dancers anddrummers. Admission is free. For moreinformation, call Xavier Delapass at(210) 461-4796 or Robert Barrera at(956) 235-0848.

FRIDAY, JUNE 4Registration will be from 2 p.m.

to 8 p.m. for The Zapata CountyChamber of Commerce’s API BorderChapter Bass Tournament & BBQ Cook-off. At least one team member mustbe present at registration. The teamentry fee is $200/$100 each. At leastone person per boat is required towork in the oil and gas industry. Fish-erman Auction will start at 8 p.m. Pay-back is 80 percent. For more informa-tion, call 765-4339.

SATURDAY, JUNE 5The Zapata County Chamber of

Commerce hosts the annual API BorderChapter Bass Tournament & BBQ Cook-off today and Sunday, June 6, at Fal-con Lake. Takeoff is set at 7 a.m. withweigh-ins at 3 p.m. Food will be servedat 6 p.m. For more information, pleasecall 765-4339.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, May 15,the 135th day of 2010. Thereare 230 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On May 15, 1970, just aftermidnight, Phillip LafayetteGibbs and James Earl Green,two black students at JacksonState College in Mississippi,were killed as police openedfire during student protests.

On this date: In 1911, the U.S. Supreme

Court ordered the breakup ofStandard Oil Co., ruling it wasa monopoly in violation of theSherman Antitrust Act.

In 1929, a fire at the Cleve-land Clinic claimed 123 lives.

In 1930, registered nurse El-len Church, the first airlinestewardess, went on dutyaboard an Oakland-to-Chicagoflight operated by Boeing AirTransport (a forerunner ofUnited Airlines).

In 1940, nylon stockingswere first introduced to thepublic by DuPont.

In 1942, wartime gasolinerationing went into effect in 17Eastern states, limiting salesto three gallons a week fornon-essential vehicles.

In 1948, hours after declar-ing its independence, the newstate of Israel was attacked byTransjordan, Egypt, Syria,Iraq and Lebanon.

In 1960, the MichelangeloAntonioni film “L’Avventura,”starring Monica Vitti, wasroundly jeered by the audi-ence at the Cannes Film Fes-tival, but went on to win a spe-cial jury prize.

In 1972, George C. Wallacewas shot by Arthur Bremerand left paralyzed while cam-paigning in Laurel, Md., forthe Democratic presidentialnomination.

In 1975, U.S. forces invadedthe Cambodian island of KohTang and recaptured theAmerican merchant ship May-aguez. (All 40 crew membershad already been releasedsafely by Cambodia; some 40U.S. servicemen were killed inthe operation.)

Ten years ago: By a 5-4vote, the U.S. Supreme Courtthrew out a key provision ofthe 1994 Violence AgainstWomen Act, saying that rapevictims could not sue their at-tackers in federal court.

Five years ago: Secretaryof State Condoleezza Rice paida surprise visit to Iraq to ex-press support for its new gov-ernment

One year ago: General Mo-tors told about 1,100 dealerstheir franchises would be ter-minated. CIA Director LeonPanetta defended the agencyagainst House Speaker NancyPelosi’s charge that she wasmisled in 2002 about the use ofwaterboarding.

Today’s Birthdays: Play-wright Sir Peter Shaffer(“Equus”) is 84. Former Secre-tary of State Madeleine Al-bright is 73. Singer Trini Lo-pez is 73. Singer Lenny Welchis 72. Actress-singer Lainie Ka-zan is 70. Actor-director PaulRudd (“Knots Landing”) is 70.Country singer K.T. Oslin is68. Singer-songwriter BrianEno is 62. Actor NicholasHammond (“The Sound of Mu-sic”) is 60.Rock musician Ah-met Zappa is 36. Actor DavidKrumholtz is 32.

Thought for Today: “His-tory is a better guide thangood intentions.” — Jeane J.Kirkpatrick, former U.S. am-bassador to the United Na-tions.

TODAY IN HISTORY

HOUSTON — A teacher who was record-ed on cell phone video beating a studentapologized Friday, saying she was “withoutexcuse” for the attack on the 13-year-old.

Science teacher Sheri Lynn Davis, whowas fired by the charter school this weekover the attack, said she regrets what hap-pened and would act much differently ifgiven the opportunity.

“I apologize for the pain that the resultof this situation has brought,” she said ina brief appearance at her lawyer’s office. “Iapologize for this particular incident.”

Davis took no questions about her attackon Isaiah Reagins at Jamie’s House Char-ter School, a Houston-area alternativeschool.

Reagins suffered a black eye and other

bruises in the attack. His mother, AleshaJohnson, filed a lawsuit Thursday againstDavis and the school.

Davis’ attorney, Chip Lewis, said he be-lieved the lawsuit would bring to lightproblems at the school that led to the con-frontation. He said she was forced to be-come “not only an educator but also abouncer, an enforcement officer.”

“There is a fundamental lack of security,of support and staffing for the teachers toprovide a safe environment for these kidsto learn in,” he said. “And there’s going tobe a lot said about that.”

Davis, 40, was fired Monday night afterthe recording of the April 29 beating be-came public. It shows Davis dragging theboy by his feet and flailing him, repeatedlyslapping him as he is on the floor and triesto cover up.

AROUND TEXAS

Sheri Lynn Davis, center, and her attorneys, Chip Lewis, left, and Lisa Andrews, speak during a news conference Friday inHouston. The former science teacher was fired from a charter school after a cell phone video showing an alleged beating ofa 13-year-old student became public.

Photo by Pat Sullivan | AP

Teacher sorry for attackBy MICHAEL GRACZYK

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Customs officialpleads guilty

EL PASO — A 43-year-old U.S.Customs and Border Protectiontechnician says she’s guilty ofconspiring to smuggle marijuanaand illegal immigrants into thecountry.

Martha Alicia Garnica plead-ed guilty Friday in federal courtto charges of conspiracy to im-port more than 100 kilos of mari-juana into the United States, con-spiracy to smuggle undocument-ed immigrants, three counts ofbribery of a public official andone count of importation of acontrolled substance.

Prosecutors said Garnica, whofaces up to five years in prisonwhen sentenced later this year,admitted helping smuggle mari-juana and illegal immigrants in-to the U.S. starting in April 2009.Three other defendants have alsopleaded guilty and are scheduledto be sentenced later this year.Prosecutors say a fourth defend-ant was killed in Ciudad Juarez,Mexico, just across the Rio

Grande from El Paso, in Febru-ary.

Woman faces charges inTexas polygamist deaths

HOUSTON — FBI agents inHonduras arrested the fugitivedaughter of a polygamist sectleader wanted in a 1988 quadru-ple slaying and extradited her toHouston to face murder and con-spiracy charges, the agency saidFriday.

FBI Special Agent ShaunaDunlap said a tip led to the cap-ture of Jacqueline Tarsa LeBa-ron on Thursday. The NavalCriminal Investigative Service,Interpol and the U.S. consulate inHonduras helped to track LeBa-ron down in the city of Moroceli,the FBI said in a statement.

LeBaron, wanted since 1992,appeared before U.S. MagistrateJudge Mary Malloy Friday. Thejudge ruled that LeBaron wouldremain in federal custody and or-dered a hearing for next Wednes-day to determine whether herdetention will continue pendingtrial, said Angela Dodge, a

spokeswoman for the U.S. attor-ney’s office in Houston.

LeBaron told the court she isa Mexican citizen and com-plained that she was denied dueprocess when she was removedfrom Honduras, Dodge said.

SMU museum has artNazis stole in WWII

DALLAS — Southern Metho-dist University’s Meadow’s Mu-seum has learned that three ofits well-known paintings wereamong the millions of works ofart Nazis stole from Jewish fam-ilies more than 65 years ago.

The founder of the Dallas-based Monuments Men Founda-tion for the Preservation of Artdiscovered the paintings’ connec-tion to World War II plunderwhile doing research for twobooks.

Robert Edsel said he cameacross a black and white photoshot in Germany in 1945 thatshowed a painting he thoughtlooked “eerily like one” he hadseen at SMU’s museum.

—Compiled from AP reports

Mexico questions,releases wife of ‘El Chapo’

MEXICO CITY — The wife ofMexico’s most-wanted drug lordwas questioned and released af-ter she was found during raidson seven houses linked to fugi-tive trafficker Joaquin “El Cha-po” Guzman, prosecutors saidThursday.

The Attorney General’s Officesaid Griselda Lopez Perez was inone of the houses raided Wednes-day and was taken to the officesof investigative police, where shemade a statement and was let goearly Thursday.

6 killed in shooting nearkindergarten in MexicoMEXICO CITY — Gunmen

killed six men Friday andwounded two more in a drive-byshooting near a kindergarten ina northern Mexico region be-sieged by drug gang battles.

Gunmen in a car opened fire

on a van carrying eight men,Chihuahua state prosecutors’spokesman Arturo Sandovalsaid. Investigators said morethan 100 shots were fired at thescene, on a highway in LomaBlanca, a small town outside theborder city of Ciudad Juarez.

Dozens of children were out-side the nearby school for recess.The children panicked but noone was hurt

Towns outside Ciudad Juarezhave been terrorized by shoot-ings and torching of homes.

—Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE WORLD

A Libyan policeman guards the entrance of the hospital hosting 9-year-old Dutchboy Ruben van Assouw in Tripoli, Libya, on Friday. Authorities said the boy, thesole survivor of a plane crash in Libya, may be flown home today.

Photo by Nasser Nasser | AP

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SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010 Zlocal PAGE 3A

ASSAULTDeputies responded to an assault call Wednes-

day in the 1300 block of Falcon Lane. The complai-nant stated that a known man pushed her.

Jose Manuel Barrientos was arrested on acharge of assault on a public servant at about 11:30a.m. Wednesday in the Siesta Shores subdivision.After booking procedures, the man was transportedto Zapata Regional Jail.

CHILD NEGLIGENCEEdgardo Daniel Camarillo was arrested after a

3-year-old boy was seen walking west on Park Drivetoward U.S. 83 at about 11:30 a.m. on May 7. De-tails of the incident and the exact charge filedagainst Camarillo were not known Friday. Camarillowas booked and transported to Zapata Regional Jail.

BURGLARYDeputies responded to a burglary of vehicle

call at about 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 100 blockof Vista Hermosa. The complainant stated thatsomeone stole a CD player from his vehicle.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEFSofia Sanjuanita Treviño was arrested on a

charge of criminal mischief at about 7:30 p.m. May8 in La Loma, off FM 496. An incident report statesthat Treviño threw a large rock and smashed thevictim’s windshield of his vehicle.

DWIDaniel Aguilar-Morales was arrested on charg-

es of driving while intoxicated at about 9 a.m. onMay 9 by the Villarreal Salvage Yard, off U.S. 83.

The man was booked and transported to Zapata Re-gional Jail.

POSSESSIONDelfino Vargas-Casso was arrested on a charge

of possession of marijuana on Monday at the inter-section of 16th Avenue and Alamo Street. An inci-dent report states that Casso was stopped for atraffic violation and was found in possession ofmarijuana. After booking procedures, the man wastaken to Zapata Regional Jail.

THEFTDeputies responded to a theft call at about

8:45 p.m. Monday in the 5300 block of Siesta Lane.The complainant stated someone stole the smallmotor from his boat.

THE BLOTTER

A REALLY BUSY BEE

Courtesy photo

Delighted students at Villarreal Elementary in Zapata gather around the International Bank of Commerce Bee last week after IBC employees Eloy Lopez, VickyVela, Mayra Campos, Cristina Medina and Mark Alvarenga presented the IBC Money Buzz. IBC Money Buzz lessons help students learn the importance of sav-ing money as well as the basics of check writing and budgeting. The kids enjoyed many fun giveaways. The "Free Bee Hive," named for IBC’s mascot, was espe-cially appreciated. It serves as a piggy bank that encourages saving.

An internal DPS memo warns of abloody weekend in Mexico as a pre-caution, but officials said Friday thatthe credibility of the information, de-rived from a flier left on a car inBrownsville, could not be verified.

Tela Mange, Department of PublicSafety spokeswoman, said that the let-ter and an accompanying DPS memowere not meant for public dissemina-tion, specifically because the agency“has been unable to verify the accu-racy or credibility of the claims madein the letter.” The purpose of the me-mo was inter-agency communica-tions, Mange said.

The intelligence bulletin was wide-ly disseminated this week, going viralas it was e-mailed to recipients upand down the Texas-Mexico border.

The memo was based on informa-tion left on a flier that describes aplan by an unidentified cartel to “fin-ish the cleaning that we have beenundertaking of our rivals” and warn-ing that “it will be the most violentweekend in Mexican history.”

The letter recommends that civil-ians not dress in black or other darkcolors, and to remain indoors.

Although the Brownsville PoliceDepartment is on guard, BPD publicinformation officer Sergeant EstebanMendoza said the concern is in Mex-ico, not the United States.

“They’re beefing up on the Mexi-can side, with soldiers and so forth,but we’re always vigilant,” hesaid.

The source of the letter is not clear.Mendoza said Brownsville PD andDPS are seeking to determine its ori-gin.

(Zach Lindsey may be reached at728-2538 or zach@lmtonline.com)

DPS:borderthreat

unsureBy ZACH LINDSEY THE ZAPATA TIMES

PAGE 4A Zopinion SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010

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You don’t have tolook far for proofthat this country

must cut its dependenceon fossil fuels and developcleaner sources of energy.

It can be found in theoil-slicked Gulf of Mexico.It can be found in China’saggressive efforts to winthe global competition forgreen technologies andgreen jobs. And, most ur-gently, it can be found inthe inexorable math of ac-cumulating greenhousegas emissions.

And where is the Sen-ate? After a year of talk-ing, utterly nowhere. Par-alyzed by partisanship,hobbled by indifferentleadership, it is unable tomuster a majority (muchless a filibuster-proof 60votes) for even a modestenergy and climate bill.

Sens. John Kerry andJoseph Lieberman pre-sented a good but far fromperfect bill on Wednesdaythat would at least pointthe country in the rightdirection. For the firsttime, it would set a priceon carbon emissions thatare now dumped withoutpenalty into the atmo-sphere. A price signal isan essential prerequisitefor reducing emissionsand for shifting Americanindustry to cleaner, lesspolluting sources of ener-gy.

The measure would al-so invest widely in low-carbon technologies, re-newable fuels, more effi-cient vehicles and masstransit.

The two senators (origi-nally three, until LindseyGraham jumped ship)have worked hard to fash-ion a worthy companion

to a similar measurepassed by the House inJune of last year. They de-serve thanks. Yet the billhas no chance unlessPresident Barack Obamasteps up.

Obama pledged to “en-gage” with the Senate topass a comprehensive en-ergy and climate bill “thisyear.” This was one ofthose ticket-punchingstatements that isn’t goingto change any minds.What he should have saidis that he is going to ham-mer on the Senate until itdoes what this countryneeds.

Getting the Senate toact is not just a matter ofleadership for Obama. Itis also a matter of honorand sound science. At theCopenhagen climate con-ference in December, thepresident — who didmuch to rescue that meet-ing from failure — com-mitted this country to a 17percent reduction ingreenhouse gas emissionsby 2020.

That is the target in theSenate bill and the bareminimum that scientistsbelieve is necessary to getthe United States on tracktoward reducing its emis-sions by 80 percent bymidcentury — which itmust do to help the worldavoid the worst impacts ofa warming planet.

The United States is theworld’s second-largestemitter of greenhouse gas-es after China. UntilAmerica moves seriouslyto control emissions, thebig developing countrieswill not do so. As Obamaknows well, all senatorslike to imagine them-selves as world leaders.Well, here’s his chance,and their chance, to lead.

Obamamust lead

NEW YORK TIMES

AUSTIN — Sure, atfirst glance, thepossibility of bury-

ing radioactive waste fromas many as 36 states inTexas doesn’t sound like areally swell deal.

But think of the tourismpossibilities. We shouldtake advantage of the boy-cott of Arizona because ofthe new immigration lawthere and funnel peoplehere to enjoy the LoneStar State.

How’s this for a radiat-ing tourist attraction jin-gle? “Going on vacation?Want to grow a secondhead? Then blow off Arizo-na. Come to Texas in-stead.”

Or, for a bumper sticker:“Texas. It glows on ya.”

This summer the Low-Level Radioactive WasteDisposal Compact Com-mission, run by Texas andVermont, could decide tolet low-level radioactivewaste be buried in Texas.The burial site would bethe Waste Control Special-ists dump about half anhour west of Andrews,home of Buddy’s Drive-In,known for world-classsteak fingers.

Radiation and SteakFingers: No Place But Tex-as.

To be buried: syringes,hospital rags and hard-ware from nuclear plantsthat, if sealed in a drum,would be safe enough to siton top of. You go first, OK?

Oh, I suppose I ought to

be a teeny bit suspiciousbecause Harold Simmons,board chairman of thecompany of which WasteControl Specialists is asubsidiary, gave at least$620,000 to Rick Perry’scampaign during this dec-ade. And Waste ControlSpecialists could grossabout $3 billion on thisdeal. Maybe a Christmascard from Perry justwasn’t enough.

But what really bugs meis that the eight-membercommission that will de-cide the fate of the radioac-tive waste is made up ofsix Texans and two Ver-monters. The Vermontersare presumably NOT Benand Jerry.

Texas and Vermont sitdown at the same table:What’s up with that?That’s like Rick Perry dat-ing Lady Gaga. Are theretwo states more diametri-cally opposed politicallyand culturally than Texasand Vermont? Vermont’sidea of the death penalty isan extra pilates class. Do-ing nuke business withVermont: Is this Perry’sidea of seceding?

I smell a hose job here. Isuspect the Vermonters onthe commission are thereto talk Texas into takingthis garbage because theywant it as far away fromthe maple syrup as theycan ship it.

Hey, you won’t hearthese Vermonters trying tosend this radioactive stuffover to New Hampshire.

(Reach John Kelso atjkelso@statesman.com)

COLUMN

Texas keepson glowing

By JOHN KELSOCOX NEWSPAPERS

OTHER VIEWS

DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

WASHINGTON –The magnificentauthor and son of

the Great Santini, Pat Con-roy, began “The Prince ofTides” with these words:“My wound is geography. Itis also my anchorage, myport of call.”

Those 13 words imprint-ed on my brain when I firstread them years ago andhave stuck with me. Some-what oddly, they came tomind a few days ago uponthe nomination of Elena Ka-gan to the U.S. SupremeCourt.

Much has been made ofKagan’s career path and herprofessional trailblazing.Despite a lack of any judi-cial experience, she is thefirst of her sex in two previ-ously male-dominated do-mains – first female dean ofHarvard Law School andfirst female U.S. solicitorgeneral.

No small accomplish-ments. But though we arewhat we do, what we do isnot all of what we are. Weare also products of place.Where we grew up and howwe experienced the physicalenvironment of our forma-tion are also a part of whowe are.

What is Kagan’s geogra-phy? What is her anchor-age, her port of call?

Coincidentally, she sharesthe same hometown as theother two women on thecourt. Assuming Kagan isconfirmed, all three womenwill hail from New YorkCity. Kagan grew up on theUpper West Side of Manhat-tan, Sonia Sotomayor isfrom the Bronx, and RuthBader Ginsburg is fromBrooklyn.

If diversity on the courtis our goal, we may be mis-sing a region or two.

Cultural marinadeThese facts ultimately

may be more anecdotally in-teresting than significant interms of how a judge mightperform. Then again, spend-ing one’s formative yearswalking past the infamous-ly crime-riddled “MurderHotel” en route to school, as

Kagan did – and, say, walk-ing past the First BaptistChurch to ballet class – arenot the same cultural mari-nade.

The latter hypothetical isproffered only for the sakeof contrast and metaphor. Itseems remote to unlikelythat a woman whose lifehas involved Baptistchurches and ballet slipperswould find herself on atrack to today’s SupremeCourt, though that oughtnot to be the case. Womenare not of one cloth. (As afootnote, retired JusticeSandra Day O’Connor grewup between El Paso in Tex-as and an Arizona ranchand is a famously gooddancer.)

Both current female jus-tices and Kagan also attend-ed Ivy League schools, notthat there’s anything wrongwith that. But does a gen-der-mixed court featuringKagan, Sotomayor andGinsburg qualify as a di-verse court because theyare women? Or do thesethree represent ideologicalpurity in a lace bib? The ju-ry is still out.

President Obama hasmade clear his desire tonominate justices who arein touch with “ordinaryAmericans.” He specificallymentioned “empathy” inchoosing Sotomayor. BeforeKagan’s nomination, Oba-ma said he wanted someonewith a “keen understandingof how the law affects thedaily lives of the Americanpeople.” He wanted a justicewho, like retiring John PaulStevens, “knows that in ademocracy, powerful inter-ests must not be allowed todrown out the voices of or-dinary citizens.”

Enter Kagan?

More of the sameCertainly New York City

dwellers would argue thatthey struggle with ordinaryconcerns, just in a moredensely arranged environ-ment. But New York, likeother urban areas, tends tobe more liberal than thevast rest of the country.More than half the countryalso happens to be Protes-tant, yet with Kagan, thecourt will feature threeJews, six Catholics, and na-ry a Protestant. Fewer thanone-fourth of Americans areCatholic and 1.7 percent areJewish.

One does not have to be

from a rural Georgia back-water (Clarence Thomas),or the child of recently ar-rived immigrants (AntoninScalia and Samuel Alito), toqualify as a justice, thoughit might help in claimingidentity with ordinary peo-ple. One could even arguethat it matters only that oneregard the law with utterneutrality.

Hardly mainstreamBut the president adher-

es to the ordinary-peopleprinciple, and so the ques-tion must be asked: DoesKagan meet the standard?She may have other qualifi-cations, including her wil-lingness at Harvard to in-vite conservative scholarsto her faculty. But a NewYork City girl who attendeda prep school, Ivy Leaguecolleges and law school –who once barred militaryrecruiters from Harvard’srecruitment office and wasan adviser to GoldmanSachs – can’t be character-ized as anything close tomainstream America.

Either Obama may wantto tweak his operating nar-rative – or geography maywell be Kagan’s wound.

(Reach Kathleen Parker atkathleenparker@wash-post.com)

COLUMN

High court hardly mainstream

“KATHLEEN PARKER

EDITORIAL

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010 Zentertainment PAGE 5A

Gabriel Iglesias, the co-median known as “Fluffy,”is returning to Laredo.

He is scheduled to per-form at the Laredo EnergyArena on Saturday, Oct. 2.

Iglesias has been de-scribed as unbelievably fun-ny, electrifying and a giftedperformer who has the abil-ity to consistently deliver aquality comedy experience

in every venue he performsin.

His high-octane show is ahilarious mixture of story-telling, parodies, charactersand sound effects that bringall his personal issues tolife. Gabe’s clean, animatedcomedy style has earned na-tional crossover appeal.

Known for always wear-ing a Hawaiian shirt, the 32-year old funny man hasgained mass appeal.

Iglesias has been featuredon screen in shows such as“Last Comic Standing,”ABC’s “My Wife & Kids,”Showtime’s “ResurrectionBoulevard,” “Jimmy Kim-mel Live,” “The TonightShow with Jay Leno,”“Good Morning America,”“Mind of Mencia,” “TheLate Late Show,” “The Fam-ily Guy” on Fox, “Showtimeat the Apollo” and BET’s

“Comic View.” His big screen debuts in-

clude the independent films“El Matador” and “TheSurfer King.”

The LEA show is at 8p.m. and all seats will be$38.50.

Tickets are on sale atthe LEA box office.Check Ticketmaster-.com for availability.

THE CARNIVAL IS IN TOWN

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

The Alamo Attractions carnival is open at the Mall del Norte parking lot in Laredo. Hours vary betweenweekdays and weekends, and there is no entrance fee. It will be in Laredo until May 23.

Glow Teen Night at Mall del NorteG.B.M., radio personality Kask Kasano-

va and City Trendz are hosting a glowteen night party Saturday, May 29.

The event will be held inside Mall delNorte near Dillard’s.

The first 500 teens will get free glow-sticks. Tickets are $10 presale, available atCity Trendz inside Mall del Norte, or bycalling Kash at 744-5274.

WWE back to LEA July 28The World Wrestling Entertainment is

returning to the Laredo Energy Arena onWednesday, July 28, at 7 p.m.

According to the WWE website, some ofthe SmackDown superstars coming in-clude The Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, TheBig Show, Kane and Jack Swagger.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, May 29, at10 a.m.

— Emilio Rábago III

COMING UP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Joe Nichols is in such agood mood these days healmost glows.

The smooth baritone —called the heir to guys likeGeorge Strait and MerleHaggard — is back on topwith a No. 1 single, “Gim-mie That Girl.” Alreadyblessed with good looks,he’s fit and chiseled thanksto a healthy lifestyle andregular workouts, and heand his wife are thinkingabout expanding the familyfrom two to three.

Nichols knows all thathard, difficult work he didin alcohol rehabilitationhas paid off.

Life is good right now. “I think I appreciate it

more, too,” Nichols said inan interview. “(I feel) thehumility that came alongwith treatment — not hu-miliation — humility thatcame along with that. Andgratitude. It trickles intowhat I’m feeling today.”

Nichols’ rehab in Octo-ber 2007 — just a month af-ter getting married andtwo after releasing an al-bum — was a risky move.He faced a lot of personal

questions. Did he reallycare about his career? Didhe want to put in thework?

The success of “GimmieThat Girl” offers a resound-ing answer. The singlefrom album “Old ThingsNew” is No. 1 on the coun-try charts, his first since2005’s “Tequila Makes HerClothes Fall Off.”

“Old Things New” is no-table in a career that start-ed at top speed eight yearsago and began to fade, afate that’s befallen a greatnumber of good lookingguys with dynamite voiceswho get muscled out by the

next country heartthrob. The Arkansas-born Ni-

chols got married, but hisnew wife quickly diag-nosed a problem. HeatherNichols met the singer af-ter high school and hadkept in touch with himfrom a distance for a dec-ade.

“The person he was thenwas a very empty guy,” shesaid.

Heather had “the talk”with Nichols. She wantedhim to get better for hisown good.

Her husband is now theman she thought she mar-ried.

‘Fluffy’ returning to Laredo

Joe Nichols is backSan Antonio Express-News file photo

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Joe Nichols performs during the San Antonio Stock Show & Ro-deo at the AT&T Center in San Antonio in this February file photo.

Photo by Nicole Frugé | San Antonio Express-News file

By CHRIS TALBOTTASSOCIATED PRESS

SÁBADO 15 DE MAYOOficiales en el Parque Estatal

Internacional Casa Blanca enseña-rán a las personas cómo pescar hoycomo parte de su Torneo de PescaFamiliar, un evento gratuito para fa-miliares con niños mayores de 5años de edad. Para más informa-ción llamar a Jose Diaz De Leon al725-3826 ó visitar texasstate-parks.org/gofish.

El Consulado de México enLaredo anuncia que su Programa deJornadas Sabatinas será hoy de 9a.m. a 2 p.m., donde se brinda ser-vicio al público que requiera docu-mentación consular además deorientación en el ámbito de protec-ción. Más información en el 723-0990.

Hoy salen a la venta los bo-letos para disfrutar el espectáculodel comediante Gabriel Iglesias.Iglesias se presentará en el LaredoEnergy Arena el sábado 2 de octu-bre.

El Bubble Home Projectanuncia su concurso de canto “La-redo Idol” a fin de recaudar dinerodestino a colocar a residentes debajo ingreso en su propia casa. Elconcurso se realizará de 11 a.m. a 6p.m. Más información en www.bub-blehomeproject.com.

Pase la tarde en el PlanetarioLamar Bruni Vergara de TAMIU yexplore “One World, One Sky BigBird’s Adventure” a las 5 p.m., “At-tack of the Space Pirates” a las 6p.m., y Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” alas 7 p.m. La entrada general es de5 dólares y un dólar menos para ni-ños. Más información en tamiu.edu/planetarium.

DOMINGO 16 DE MAYOHoy es el tercer y último día

del 13vo Parade of Homes Anual de12 p.m. a 7 p.m.. El evento ofreceuna oportunidad a potenciales com-pradores de casa de ver lo últimoen diseño y construcción. El costode entrada es de 5 dólares. Más in-formación es www.laredobuilders.orgó llamando al 722-5553.

JUEVES 20 DE MAYOHoy es la Primera Cena de

Reconocimiento de Catholic SocialServices of Laredo, donde se rendi-rá homenaje a Mr. & Mirs Martin S.Cuellar, padres del CongresistaHenry Cuellar y el Alguacil del Con-dado de Webb Martin Cuellar. Elevento se realizará esta tarde en elLaredo Country Club.

El Consulado General de Mé-xico, el Instituto Cultural Mexicanode Laredo y TAMIU invitan a la pre-sentación de la compañía de danza“Ballet de Monterrey” con el espec-táculo “New directions for a newCentury” hoy a las 7 p.m. en elTeatro del Center for the Fine andPerforming Arts de TAMIU. La en-trada es gratuita, pero el cupo es li-mitado. Solicite boletos en el LCA yTAMIU. Más información en el (956)725-1715.

SÁBADO 22 DE MAYOLa Marcha por los Bebés

2010 es hoy en TAMIU. Las inscrip-ciones son a las 8 a.m. y la cami-nata iniciará a las 9 a.m. Equipospueden inscribirse en línea visitandowww.marchforbabies.org.

SAN ANTONIO — El Ballet deMonterrey, dirigido por Luis Serra-no, presentta “New Directions for aNew Century” hoy a las 7 p.m. enel Auditorio Municipal (100 Audito-rium Circle). La entrada es gratuitapero se requiere presentar boleto.Los boletos estarán disponibles enla taquilla del Alamodome.

DOMINGO 30 DE MAYOEl Women’s City Club tendrá

su 7mo Torneo de Golf Anual Ju-vencio de Anda Memorial Day, rin-diendo homenaje a Rey Palacios, eldía de hoy en el Laredo CountryClub (1415 Country Club Dr.). Másinformación llamando a Nancy deAnda en el 763-9960 ó a Elsa Milesen el 251-1559.

El programa Fishing Derby,organizado por el Condado deWebb, se realizará hoy de 9 a.m. a2 p.m. en el “Ranchito” dentro delCasa Blanca State Park.

FORT WORTH- Fort WorthOpera presenta el estreno mundialde ‘Before Night Falls’ de JorgeMartín hoy en el Bass PerformanceHall. Una presentación adicional es-tá programada para el 6 de junio.

— Compilado porTiempo de Zapata

Agendaen Breve

PÁGINA 6A Zfrontera SÁBADO 15 DE MAYO DE 2010

El precandidato del PartidoAcción Nacional (PAN) a la pres-idencia municipal de Valle Her-moso Mario Luis Guajardo Vare-la fue muerto a balazos el juevespor la mañana en instalacionesde su empresa Agro IndustriasGuajardo, en el camino a las Yes-cas.

Junto con Guajardo Varela fal-lecieron su hijo Mario GuajardoAdame y su chofer FernandoTreviño.

El gobierno de Tamaulipas in-formó en su sitio de Internet queel precandidato murió por el im-pacto de un proyectil de arma defuego.

El jueves por la noche el Se-gundo SubProcurador de Tamau-

lipas Jesús de la Garza Castro in-formó que se tienen retratos ha-blados de los sospechosos y quelos habían enviado a las agenciaspoliciacas, incluidas el ICE y elFBI ‘por si intentan cruzar lafrontera a EU’.

Durante la tarde, el Procura-dor de Justicia de TamaulipasJaime Rodríguez Inunigarro ha-bía declarado que un testigo delos hechos reportó que el triplehomicidio fue cometido por doshombres cuyas edades fluctúanentre los 22 y 28 años.

Sobre el caso se inició la averi-guación previa penal 263/2010,con las evidencias que obtuvie-

ron en la escena del asesinato.El hecho enlutó el inicio del

proceso de renovación de las 43presidencias municipales y Cám-ara Legislativa. El proceso deregistro de candidatos se venceel sábado mientras que las elec-ciones son el 4 de julio.

El Presidente Nacional delPAN César Nava dijo en confer-encia de prensa que el hechosiembra un signo oscuro en laelección de Tamaulipas.

“Mario Guajardo ya había re-cibido amenazas, ya había sidoamenazado, expresamente”, rev-eló Nava. “Había sido invitadopor la vía de la amenaza a aban-donar la candidatura de AcciónNacional”.

Nava sostuvo que otros candi-datos del PAN también han sidoamenazados, pero no dio a conoc-

er sus identidades. La Dirigencia Nacional del

PAN solicitó el jueves a las fuer-zas federales policíacas el apoyopara la protección de esos candi-datos.

El Presidente del Comité Esta-tal del PAN Javier Garza de Cossexigió que se investigue, aclare yse atrape a los responsables.

Garza agregó que este hechodemuestra la debilidad de las au-toridades a cargo de la seguridaden Tamaulipas.

El candidato del PAN a Gober-nador de Tamaulipas José JuliánSacramento también condenó loshechos.

Aunque el jueves suspendió suvisita a Matamoros, Sacramentodijo que continuará viajando alos 43 municipios y que no solic-itará seguridad.

Abaten a tiros a precandidatoPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE ZAPATAMARIO LUIS GUAJARDO VARELA: Pre-candidato del PANmuerto a balazos.

CIUDAD MIER ‘PUEBLO MÁGICO’

Puertas principales en casas antiguas de Ciudad Mier. Estas puertas, que son muestra del pasado del Pueblo Mágico, se encuentran por la calle Morelos.

Foto de cortesía | La del Miernes

PUERTAS PARA ADMIRAR

CIUDAD MIER — Más de 300 familias fueron ben-eficiadas por el programa Unidos Avanzamos Másmediante la entrega de despensas con productos bás-icos.

La entrega se realizó casa por casa y la meta esllegar a entregar 5,000 despensas este año, dijo el Di-rector del programa Jesús Guerra Ríos.

“El esquema de ‘Unidos Avanzamos Más’ formaparte de un conjunto de acciones del programa ‘Ta-maulipas Avanza’, que consiste en llevar a todas lascomunidades de la entidad obras de infraestructura,servicios y apoyos para el mejoramiento de la cali-dad de vida de las familias”, dijo Guerra.

CelebracionesEl pasado 30 de abril la Presidenta del Sistema pa-

ra el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) IsabelCristina Treviño Ruiz y la Directora del DIF MagdaEmilia Higareda coordinaron la entrega de “Mi Re-galo del Día del Niño”, un programa del DIF Tamau-lipas.

Los obsequios se enviaron a cinco instituciones denivel pre-escolar y primaria. La entrega simbólica sellevó a efecto en la Escuela Primaria Club de Leones.

“El futuro de Mier son los niños”, dijo Treviño.“Deben ser hombres y mujeres de los cuales nos sin-tamos orgullosos”.

En cuanto al Día de las Madres, el Gobierno deTamaulipas envió a Ciudad Mier 1,250 despensas pa-ra igual número de madres de familia.

“Todas las mamás de Ciudad Mier recibirán unadespensa”, dijo Mancias, quien aseguró que si la can-tidad enviada por el gobierno del Estado no alcanza,el Municipio invertiría para lograr la meta.

“Si alguna madre de familia no recibió su despen-sa, puede pasar a las oficinas del DIF ó a PresidenciaMunicipal y solicitarla”, dijo Mancias.

Mier: entregandespensas y

regalos en mayoTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

“(Los niños) deben serhombres y mujeres de loscuales nos sintamosorgullosos”.ISABEL CRISTINA TREVIÑO RUIZ, PRESIDENTA SISTEMA DIF

NUEVO LAREDO — Hoy se venceel plazo para el registro de los candi-datos a Presidente Municipal de Nue-vo Laredo.

Los Partidos Acción Nacional (PAN)y de la Revolución Democrática (PRD),

anunciaron que registrarán en el Con-sejo General del Instituto Electoral deTamaulipas de Ciudad Victoria a los43 candidatos a alcalde y 22 a las dip-utaciones de mayoría relativa.

Por el PAN se conoce que su candi-dato a Alcalde es Salvador Rosas Quin-tanilla y que jugando para las dos pos-iciones de candidata a diputada pormayoría relativa y proporcional se en-cuentre Ileana Medina.

El PRD anunció que su candidato aAlcalde es Everardo Quiroz; y, los can-didatos a diputaciones son Jorge Sali-nas Falcón, Lizbeth Marín Sánchez yRafael Orozco Domínguez.

En el Consejo Municipal Electoralel jueves se registró el candidato porla coalición ‘Todos Tamaulipas’ (Parti-do Revolucionario Institucional –PRI-,Partido Verde Ecologista –PV- y NuevaAlianza –PANAL-) Benjamín GalvánGómez; durante la tarde del jueves, endistintas direcciones, se registraronlos candidatos a Diputados por el Dis-trito I Héctor Canales; Distrito III Ro-sa María Alvarado y en el Distrito IIAurelio Uvalle Gallardo.

En el Partido del Trabajo (PT) loscandidatos son: a Alcalde Juanny Gua-dalupe Ferdín; a diputaciones localesLaura Villegas Esquivel, Ana LauraLópez Martínez e Irene López Ramí-rez.

El viernes por la tarde, el PartidoConvergencia registró a sus candida-tos, siendo a alcalde, Jorge Alejandro

García Amador; para diputados lo-cales Francisca Gladis Ál-varez Molina, Julio CésarBaldenegro y Sofía AuroraCervantes Gómez.

Registros en CiudadVictoria

El Presidente del Comi-té Municipal del PRD Ra-fael Del Orbe y Rendiz sos-tuvo que la decisión de ar-chivar los registros en elIETAM en Ciudad Victoriaes para evitar disturbios.

“Algunos personajes dela política que han busca-do crear enfrentamientoshabrían amenazado conalgún enfrentamiento”, di-jo Del Orbe. “Tenemos es-ta prerrogativa y la usare-mos”.

Lista nominalEn la lista nominal ten-

drán la capacidad de votar289 mil ciudadanos en laelección del 4 de julio.

Se han preparado 286casillas para el procesoelectoral, los represen-tantes de candidatos seránhabilitados después de quelos candidatos acudan a su

registro oficial.El Presidente del Consejo Municipal

Electoral Bernardino Cerda Aguilardijo que el proceso electoral no hamostrado hasta el momento dudas desu ejecución.

“Si existiera alguna inconformidadpor las decisiones que asuman los par-tidos ó candidatos, aquí tomaríamossu queja y la turnaríamos al ConsejoEstatal”, dijo Cerda. “Aquí tenemosrepresentantes de partidos. Ellos cono-cen los procedimientos y les atendería-mos en su caso”.

(Localice a Miguel Timoshenkov en el(956) 728-2583 y en mramirez@lmton-line.com)

NL: Se registrancandidatos a alcalde

POR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOVTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

GALVÁN

QUIROZ

RANGEL

ROSAS

El proceso electoral noha mostrado hasta elmomento dudas de suejecución.

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cial trash drum at the site. Paintcans and open bags of kitchen gar-bage littered the place.

Complaints have been receivedfrom local residents as well astravelers about all the trashstrewn around the stops anddumped in the landscaping. Gra-cia said the state cleans the reststops every Monday and Friday,but it’s not enough to keep up.

Already, the state has disman-tled two rest stops in Zapata, butGracia hopes the remaining oneswon’t have to close.

“The remaining rest stops arenicer and we’d like to keep them ifpossible,” Gracia said.

In all, 11 of the 15 rest stops inthe area have been shut down.State officials expect to make a de-cision no later than this fall onwhether to close the remainingtwo in Zapata County.

Gracia’s suggestion that thecounty hire someone specificallyto take charge of picking up trashat the sites was tabled; Commis-

sioner Jose E. Vela stated there isno room in the county budget tohire another county employee. Buthe said that perhaps a prison la-bor program could provide thenecessary staffing. Judge RosalvaGuerra suggested local organiza-tions could help by adopting therest areas.

There were also calls for im-provements on the state’s part.Each rest stop has only two trashdrums, which quickly fill up. Thecontainers don’t have lids, whichcauses lightweight trash to go fly-ing around when the wind picksup.

And there are no signs indicat-ing that dumping is prohibited atthe rest stops.

“We’re supposed to have signs,”Gracia said. “We will be checkingon that soon.”

According to Gracia, the trashcans are purposely small becausethey are meant for trash accumu-lated in a vehicle while travelingor while eating at the rest stop. If

a larger container is placed, thetrash could become an even biggerissue.

Then there’s the matter of cul-tural change. With faster vehicles,higher speed limits and moreroadside convenience stores, tripsare shorter and rest stops aren’tas needed.

Gracia noted that some of thenewer gas stations offer moreamenities than rest stops. The tripwas once as much a part of thetraveling experience as the arriv-al. These days, not many peoplestop to enjoy an outdoor picnicamid nature’s beauty.

“The leisure is not there any-more,” Gracia said.

Still, the fact that there are com-plaints indicate that the rest stopsare being used and county leaderssee a need to keep them open. Op-tions will be explored and present-ed at a future CommissionersCourt meeting.

(Lorraine L. Rodriguez may becontacted at (956) 728-2557.)

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Oil prices have dropped tolevels not seen since February.

Crude tumbled with thestock market Friday as inves-tors worried that Europeaneconomies would slow downand hurt the global economicrecovery. In afternoon trading,the Dow Jones Industrial Av-erage lost about 200 points, or2 percent. The NASDAQ andthe S&P 500 were each offabout 2.5 percent.

Benchmark crude for Junedelivery lost $2.79, almost 4percent, to settle at $71.61 a

barrel on the New York Mer-cantile Exchange. That’s downabout 18 percent from the May3 settlement of $87.15 a barrel,an 18-month high.

Analysts expect oil priceswill fluctuate for months in avolatile market created byplentiful oil supplies, sluggishdemand and European finan-cial woes that have weakenedthe euro and strengthened thedollar.

The Energy Departmentsaid this week that crude sup-plies in the U.S. rose by almost2 million barrels and werewell above the average rangefor this time of year.

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vey shows Ruiz’s propertyshould be reduced by 7 feet,4 inches.

Ruiz strongly disagreesand has his own survey thathe says shows the propertyis his.

“It’s my land,” Ruiz said.“I’m not invading in countyproperty.”

In other items, Texas De-partment of TransportationArea Engineer Eddie Gra-cia asked the county forhelp in cleaning up the sce-nic rest stops in Zapata orrisk having them closed.

According to Gracia, thepicnic rest stops have be-come a burden because ofresidential trash and ani-mal carcasses. The districthas removed 11 out of 15rest stops in the area be-cause of the problem; tworemain open in Zapata.

“We would hate to letthem go,” County Commis-sioner Eddie Martinez said.

The county is workingwith the state to determinewhat can be done to im-prove the situation andkeep the rest stops open.

Church concernAlso at the meeting, Vela

read a letter out loud froman unnamed constituentconcerning using zoningregulations to prevent a pas-tor’s plans to build a churchin a residential area.

According to Vela, thewoman’s main concern isthe traffic and parking is-sues that a new churchcould bring since the lotspurchased are next to herproperty. The letter alsoraised another concernabout possible imposition of

religion on the neighbor-hood.

“We’re setting up a boarddealing with zoning in thecounty. Hopefully by nextmeeting we have names forthem,” Vela said. “They willset up guidelines.”

Another request by Velawas for a status report onthe Higher Education Cen-ter. The program will offercollege credits for highschool students and gradu-ates.

According to ZapataCounty Projects Coordina-tor Mario Gonzalez-Davis,the center still needs theparking lot resurfaced andextended. It also needs side-walks and landscaping. Theproject is expected to becomplete by July.

Library hopeIn other business, there

was good news for AidaGarcia, the Olga V. FigueroaPublic Library director, asher request to allow Gonza-lez-Davis to seek grantfunds for the constructionof a new public library wasapproved by the commis-sioner’s court.

“We are working on it,”Garcia said. “We are gettingtogether with out governingboard and we’ll take it fromthere.”

According to Garcia thelibrary has encountered

several years of sewer flood-ing during stormy weatherthat the employees and pa-trons have had to put upwith.

County commissioners al-so:

Granted permission toCounty Judge RosalvaGuerra to modify the exist-ing “Welcome to Zapata”sign on the north side of Za-pata near the Texas Depart-ment of Transportation.Guerra didn’t specify howshe wanted to modify thesign; one commissionerasked her to “make it pret-ty” and she said she would.

Approved the extensionrequested by Southwest Mu-seum Service for comple-tion of the Zapata CountyMuseum of History. Theopening of the museum hasbeen delayed several times;it was unclear when offi-cials expect it will be openfor the public.

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

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The board also approvedseveral new positions afterdeliberating in closed ses-sion.

The new positions in-clude a math and readinginterventionist for the soon-to-be Zapata North Elemen-tary. The positions current-ly exist in Villarreal andZapata South Elementary.

According to Garcia, thepurpose of the positions in-volves pulling students thatneed additional help in ei-ther reading or math. Theinterventionists are teach-ers specializing in helpingchildren who learn differ-ently or are simply transi-tioning from Spanish toEnglish.

“This extra time will beutilized in providing themwith hands-on activities

that will help them learnand therefore catch up totheir peers.” Garcia said.

Other positions include apermanent counselor forDisciplinary AlternativeEducation Program and aBilingual and English as aSecond Language Director.ZCISD Board of TrusteeNorberto Lopez demon-strated great concern forDAEP students, curricu-lum, and the due process inthe last school board meet-ing.

“I’ve been fighting forthat for a really long timeand they really need thehelp they deserve,” Lopezsaid.

According to Lopez, hehas been fighting to get apermanent counselor forthe students because they

deserve to be treated equal-ly and to prevent furtherbehavioral issues that couldresult in having them endup in prison when they areolder.

“We cannot forget aboutthose kids,” Lopez said.“Later on instead of gettingcounselors for them to goon we’re going to have toget some jail cells. That’swhat I’m trying to avoid.”

According to Garcia, theBilingual and ESL directorposition has been in theworks for several years andhas now become more of apriority since the Bilingualand ESL students are notperforming as well as otherstudents.

(Lorraine L. Rodriguezmay be contacted (956) 728-2557.)

RULES Continued from Page 1Aocean floor — a task oneexpert compared to stuff-ing a cork with a strawthrough it into a gushingsoda bottle.

It’s the latest scheme tostop the flow after all oth-ers have failed, more thanthree weeks since the oilrig explosion that killed11 workers and set off thedisastrous leak.

Obama, whose com-ments until now havebeen measured, heatedly

condemned a “ridiculousspectacle” of oil execu-tives shifting blame incongressional hearingsand denounced a “cozy re-lationship” between theircompanies and the federalgovernment.

“I will not tolerate morefinger-pointing or irre-sponsibility,” Obama saidin the White House RoseGarden, flanked by mem-bers of his Cabinet.

“The system failed, and

it failed badly. And forthat, there is enough re-sponsibility to go around.And all parties should bewilling to accept it,” thepresident said.

Obama’s tone was amarked departure fromthe deliberate approachand mild chiding that hadcharacterized his re-sponse since the huge rigwent up in flames April 20and later sank 5,000 feet tothe ocean floor.

GULF Continued from Page 1A

Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

History will be made this af-ternoon, as Zapata High Schooljunior Marlena Garcia isscheduled to run at the UILTrack & Field State Champion-ships in Austin.

Garcia becomes the first fe-male athlete in Zapata’s historyto extend her track season allthe way into the state meet.

“This year going into the(track) season we knew whather capabilities were and herpotential was because of herwork from cross country,” longdistance coach Mike Villarrealsaid. “Being the regional cham-pion in cross country gave hera world of confidence.”

Hawk prideGarcia will carry the banner

for the entire Zapata communi-ty as she set to compete atMike A. Meyers stadium on thegrounds of the University ofTexas at Austin.

Garcia earned a silver medalat the Region IV-3A meet inFlour Bluff on the last day ofregional competition to punchher ticket to the state meet.

Zapata fans who cannotmake the trip to Austin willstill have the opportunity towatch Garcia run.

Meet events will be streamedlive at http://flotrack.org.

Garcia will compete in the1,600-meter run at 2:45 p.m.

Positive startGarcia kicked off her junior

campaign with a regional titlein cross country and help theLady Hawks make a trip to thestate cross country champion-ships this past fall.

That success carried over in-to the track season as she dom-

TRACK AND FIELD

Garcia tocompete atstate today

Distance runner making Zapata historyat UIL Track & Field Championships

By CLARA SANDOVALTHE ZAPATA TIMES

MARLENA GARCIA:Junior will competein 1,600-meter runat state meet today.

See GARCIA PAGE 2B

Former Zapata andcurrent Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsvilleathlete Jessica Marti-

nez captured third place atthe Lone Star ConferenceTrack and Field Meet in SanAngelo on May 5-9.

Martinez crossed the finishwith a time of 18:56 in thewomen’s 5,000-meter run tobreak her personal record.

Abilene Christian’s AmisBelledant captured first place,followed by Eastern NewMexico’s Nicky Reid andMartinez to earn a medal.

Martinez, who is complet-ing her second season as amember of the Javelinastrack team, is a 2008 gradu-ated of Zapata and had a stel-lar high school career.

Martinez was a three-timeregional track qualifier and afour-time state cross countryqualifier for the Lady Hawks.

Earlier this year, Martinezreached personal best in the1,500-meter run and wasnamed “Most ImprovedTrack Athlete” for the 2010

ZHS GRAD FINDINGSUCCESS AT TAMUK

Former Zapata standout and current Texas A&M University-Kingsville ath-lete Jessica Martinez (15) competes in the 5,000-meter run at the LoneStar Conference Track and Field Meet in San Angelo last week.

Courtesy photo

Martinezstars for Javs

By CLARA SANDOVALTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See MARTINEZ PAGE 2B

The Zapata CountySchool School Board re-cently honored eight Zapa-ta High School athletes fortheir outstanding per-formances on the trackand in the weight room.

Track and field dis-tance running coach MikeVillarreal introduced ju-nior Marlena Garcia, whowas honored for becomingthe first female athletefrom Zapata to reach theUIL Track & Field StateChampionships.

Garcia will compete inthe 1,600-meter run at thestate meet in Austin todayat 2:45 p.m.

Alex Wheeler and Vir-gil Alfaro, members of the

BOARD HONORS TOP ATHLETES

Coach Mike Villarreal, coach Lupe Hernandez, Alex Wheeler, Virgil Alfaro, Marisol Garcia, Marlena Garcia, Michelle Garcia, Amanda Sanchez, Kat Garcia, April Guzman, coachVeronica Arce and coach Luis Alaniz were honored by the Zapata school board, background, earlier this week.

Photo by Clara Sandoval | The Zapata Times

Powerlifting, trackstandouts lauded

By CLARA SANDOVALTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See SCHOOL BOARD PAGE 2B

Three senior Zapta ath-letes will get to lace uptheir shoes for the last timeof their high school careersnext week.

Ashley Martinez, LoryleeRivera and Kat Garcia willparticipate at the ninth an-nual Mercy-Bosom Buddiesall-star games in Laredo atSt. Augustine High School.

Martinez will participatein the girls’ basketball all-star game, while Rivera and

Garcia are schedule to par-ticipate in the volleyball all-star game.

The girls’ basketballgame will tip off at 6 p.m.Tuesday, followed by theboys’ all-star game at 7:30p.m.

The volleyball all-starswill take center stage onWednesday at St. Augustineat 6 p.m.

Tickets can only be pur-chased at the gate for only$5.

All the proceeds benefitthe Mercy Cancer Assist-

ance Program.The girls’ basketball East

All-Star roster includesMartinez; Nixon’s MichelleMartinez; United’s Saman-tha Abastta, Bianca Rami-

rez and Carolina Gonzalez;and United South’s LoriGarcia and Amanda Rivera.

The girls’ West All-Starroster includes LBJ’s Krys-tal De Leon, Martin’s Yese-

nia Rojas, Nixon’s CelinaGuerra, United’s Celina Sa-riñana and Alex Reyes andUnited South’s Jannel Cas-tilleja.

United coach Arlene Eli-zondo will coach the EastAll-Stars and UnitedSouth’s Jonathan Cherrywill coach the West All-Stars.

The volleyball East ros-ter include Rivera, Alexan-der’s Lili Garcia and Male-ny Garza; Cigarroa’s MayraGutierrez; LBJ’s Alexy Gal-legos; Nixon’s Celina Guer-

ra; and United’s NohemiBasurto, Celina Sarinanaand Priscilla Gonzalez.

The West volleyball all-stars are Garcia, Alexan-der’s Tierny Bannon-Coad,Leslie Ydrogo and MonicaStahl; Cigarroa’s JessicaQuintana; LBJ’s KimberlyLopez, Martin’s Klaire Al-varado; Nixon’s Ana In-ocencio and United South’sSamantha De La Cruz.

Becky Acosta will leadthe East All-Stars, whileAndrea Pierce-Garza willmanage the West All-Stars.

Three will represent Zapata at all-star gamesBy CLARA SANDOVAL

THE ZAPATA TIMES The girls’ basketball all-star gamewill tip off at 6 p.m. Tuesday,followed by the boys’ game at 7:30.The volleyball all-stars will takecenter stage Wednesday at 6 p.m.

PAGE 2B Zscores SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010

inated on the track in the3,200 and 1,600-meter runs.

Garcia picked up District32-3A titles in both the longdistance events and washoping for similar successat the regional meet.

In her first day of compe-tition, Garcia missed theopportunity qualify for thestate meet as she captureda bronze medal in the3,200, one of her strongerevents.

Final hopeAll her hopes and aspira-

tions were pinned on the1,600-meter run in the finalday of competition.

Garcia stuck to her race

day formula that hasworked all season long forher, sticking with the packand kicking at the end.

That game plan provedto be beneficial, even whenthe Gonzales athlete passed

her with 300 meters left inthe race.

Garcia waited patiently,and at the 100-meter markgave a all-out effort to runinto second place and intoZapata’s history books.

“It feels great to be thefirst female from Zapata torun at the state meet,” Gar-cia said. “I never thoughthat I would reach my goal.That was one of my biggestgoals.”

GARCIA Continued from Page 1B

season.Martinez also met the demands

of the classroom and was reward-

ed two academic awards of recog-nition.

Martinez was named to the

Lone Star Conference All-Aca-demic Team and to the Lone StarConference Commissioner’s Hon-

or Roll.Athletes who have at least a 3.3

grade point average were be-

stowed with the honor.Martinez is the daughter of

Carlos and Raquel Martinez.

MARTINEZ Continued from Page 1B

boys’ powerlifting team wererecognized by coach Lupe Her-nandez for their efforts in the

weight room after coming awaywith regional championships.

Coach Veronica Arce recog-

nized her girls’ powerliftingteam and the members whoreached the state meet – Mi-

chelle Arce, Kat Garcia, MarisolGarcia, April Guzman andAmanda Sanchez.

Arce won the Class 4A statetitle in the 165-pound weightclass.

SCHOOL BOARD Continued from Page 1B

SAN ANTONIO — Rainwashed out the second round ofthe Texas Open on Friday, andPGA officials said more badweather this weekend could pushthe tournament into Monday.

More than three inches of rainsoaked the Oaks Course at TPCSan Antonio, where leader MattJones and the rest of the fieldnever got on the course. They’lltry again Saturday, when Joneswill start with a one-stroke leadover Paul Stankowski.

Tournament officials delayedplay for more than seven hoursFriday before a late storm cell fi-nally forced them to give up.

“Sad. We tried,” PGA Tourtournament director SluggerWhite said. “We did everythingwe possibly could.”

Only the second round will beplayed Saturday, White said. Thehope is that the final 36 holescould then be played Sunday, butWhite did not rule out extendingthe tournament into Monday ifnecessary.

The National Weather Servicecalled for a 30 percent chance ofrain for the San Antonio areathroughout the weekend.

“A lot is going to depend on

what we do tomorrow weather-wise, how much play we get,”White said. “So probably, I wouldthink, early to midafternoonwe’ll know a little more aboutwhat’s going on Sunday.”

Jones, the 30-year Australian,shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday tofinish with the first opening-round lead of his career. He has

four top-10 finishes this year buthas yet to win on the tour.

Stankowski opened with a 67,and J.B. Holmes, Matt Weibring,Charley Hoffman and Steve Low-ery had 68s. Ernie Els, the onlyplayer in field ranked in the top10, was even.

Zach Johnson, the two-time de-fending champion, was 8 over.

The weather has put a damperon the debut of the new, GregNorman-designed course wherethe Texas Open moved after 15years at La Cantera Golf Club.The course is already proving tobe more challenging than the“birdie fest” that Els called LaCantera.

The average opening-round

score Thursday was 73.7 — thesecond-highest on the tour thisyear, behind round two of theMasters.

The tour stays in Texas withnext week’s Byron Nelson Clas-sic. White said that tournamentbeing so close has no bearing onwhether they might play intoMonday.

Second round of Texas Open delayed by rain

A sign displays weather warnings on Friday at the Texas Open in San Antonio. The second round of the PGA tournament was postponed due to thunderstorms acrossthe area.

Photo by Eric Gay | AP

By PAUL J. WEBERASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The UnitedStates proposed holding the WorldCup draw in Miami ahead of atournament in 2018 or 2022 andsuggested the possibility of host-ing the opener at the Dallas Cow-boys Stadium.

The five-volume U.S. bid book,presented to FIFA on Friday,would put the qualifying draw inNew York, its location ahead ofthe 1994 tournament. The U.S. bidcommittee has steadily been add-ing big names to its group andscheduled a news conference withformer President Bill Clinton at afield in Harlem on Monday.

“We’ve got 320 million people. Ifwe get even a small percentage in-crease of them turned onto thegame in a way that follows theteam or MLS now, it would be ex-traordinary growth,” said U.S.Soccer Federation president SunilGulati, chairman of the USA BidCommittee. “We don’t have tospend money on infrastructure,and not only don’t we have to doit, we don’t have to ask the U.S.government or any state govern-ments to do it.”

Gulati said proposals for thespecific sites for the draws and theopener were preliminary.

Proposed stadiumsThe U.S. bid proposed 18 stadi-

ums, six more than probablywould be used. In addition, new

stadiums would be considered ifthey are built for the NFL in LosAngeles, San Francisco, Minnea-polis and other places.

“There are a number of combi-nations that would work,” Gulatisaid. “Clearly New York is an im-portant city. The same goes forMiami, which has become verymuch the gateway for SouthAmerica.”

The bid committee has re-served 170,000 rooms totaling 12.8million hotel nights for 2018 and2022. It has lined up 68 base campsand 118 training sites and project-ed 5 million tickets sold and over$1 billion in revenue.

“I don’t see how anyone elsecould technically match all of thestandards at the level we’ve met,”Gulati said.

He said FIFA has not broughtup the new immigration law inArizona, but said he thinks therewill be changes in the statutemaking it more favorable to hu-man rights.

“I think there will be a betterbalance struck soon, is my view.It’s being challenged legally. It’sobviously being challenged inpublic opinion,” he said. “At thisstage, they’re part of the bid.We’ve got 18 cities, so we haveplenty of options.”

Site decisionsGulati said that if the U.S. were

hosting the World Cup in sixmonths, he would have to think“long and hard” about whether to

drop Glendale, Ariz., as a pro-posed site.

England, Russia, Australia,Spain-Portugal and Belgium-Neth-erlands are competing for bothtournaments, and Japan, Qatarand South Korea are bidding for2022 only. Because Europe haseight of 24 votes on the FIFA exec-utive committee, soccer’s top eco-nomic continent is likely to hostin 2018.

FIFA’s executive committee willvote on both hosts Dec. 2, and Gu-lati said the U.S. starts with thethree votes from North and Cen-tral America and the Caribbean.

Major League Soccer launched

after the 1994 World Cup. Thereare now several all-soccer televi-sion networks in the U.S.

“In 1994 the World Cup was akind of pilot, because for the firsttime in the history of the WorldCup not only all the tickets weresold but all the seats were occu-pied,” FIFA president Sepp Blattersaid. “Now it is passe.”

Growing promiseUSSF officials believe growth

would be even greater followinganother World Cup in America.

“The first World Cup changed

the landscape of the United Statesin an extraordinary way,” Gulatisaid. “If American television getsinvolved in the World Cup in thesame way that American televi-sion essentially funds the Olympicmovement, that would be a land-mark change in the way FIFA’srevenues and therefore FIFA’s pro-grams around the world are. It’s avery large country. We don’t needto rival the NFL to have a multi-ple increase.”

U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra,who helped hand over the bid,said a successful tournament inSouth Africa this year will be im-portant to the bid.

US proposes World Cup draw in Miami

Sunil Gulati, President of the US Soccer Federation USSF and Bid Chairman, left, Carlos Bocanegra, Captain of the U.S.men’s national team, center, and FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter shake hands during the handover of the USA bid to hostthe FIFA World Cup 2018/2022 in Zurich, Switzerland, on Friday.

Photo by Ennio Leanza/Keystone | AP

If bid is accepted, opener for 2018 or 2022games could be held at Cowboys Stadium

By RONALD BLUMASSOCIATED PRESS

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL

American LeagueDETROIT TIGERS: Recalled OF Casper Wellsfrom Toledo (IL). Optioned RHP Alfredo Figaroto Toledo.KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Fired third base coachDave Owen. Shifted first base coach Eddie Ro-

driguez to third base. Named Rusty Kuntz firstbase coach.

National LeagueWASHINGTON NATIONALS: Named Angela T.Gordon, MPT, ATC, to the teams physical ther-apy staff.

American AssociationLINCOLN SALTDOGS: Signed RHP Billy Weitz-man.

Can-Am LeagueSUSSEX SKYHAWKS: Released RHP MikeSchellinger. Acquired LHP Ryan Miller fromLincoln (AA) to complete an earlier trade.

BASKETBALLNBA

ATLANTA HAWKS: Fired coach Mike Woodson.Women’s NBA

WASHINGTON MYSTICS: Waived F Jennifer La-

cy, G-F La’Tangela Atkinson, F Kristen Mannand C Ewelina Kobryn.

FOOTBALLNFL

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Annnounced the resig-nation of vice president of player personnelRuston Webster to join Tennessee in a similarposition. Promoted Scott Fitterer to director ofcollege scouting and Eric Stokes to assistantdirector of college scouting.

HOCKEYNHL

CAROLINA HURRICANES: Signed F Jared Staalto a three-year contract.DETROIT RED WINGS: Signed F Mitchell Call-ahan to a three-year contract.NEW JERSEY DEVILS: Signed F Mattias Teden-by and F Jacob Josefson.ST. LOUIS BLUES: Signed F Anthony Nigro.

COLLEGE

MASS.-DARTMOUTH: Announced the resigna-tion of softball coach Kelly Roy-Sale.NEBRASKA: Signed women’s basketball coachConnie Yori to a three-year contract extensionthrough the 2014-15 season.PARK: Named Kenneth Cooper women’s bas-ketball coach.ST. JOHN’S: Named Derrick Wrobel assistant tothe men’s basketball coach.WINGATE: Named Keith Bell women’s assistantbasketball coach and recruiting coordinator.

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4B THE ZAPATA TIMES NBA SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010

CLEVELAND — TheCleveland Cavaliers arekeeping coach Mike Brown— for now.

Team owner Dan Gilbertrefuted a report Friday thatBrown had been fired.

“That’s not true,” he saidduring a news conferenceat Cleveland Clinic Courts,the team’s three-year-old,$25 million training facility.“We are right now just go-ing through the evaluationprocess.”

He said the team expectsto have answers “in thenext week to 10 days,” Gil-bert said. “I don’t think it’sa secret coaching is one ofthe things we’ll look at.”

Stung by the Cavs’ stun-ning loss to Boston in thesecond round of the NBAplayoffs, Gilbert said an or-ganizational review will in-clude general managerDanny Ferry, who failed inhis attempt to put a cham-

pionship team around two-time MVP LeBron James.

“Everybody will be eval-uated,” said Gilbert, whoearlier called it a “very sadday in Cleveland.”

Brown was the league’scoach of the year last sea-son when the Cavs won 66games. Cleveland lost to Or-lando in the East finals,however, and it was as-sumed Brown would haveto get closer to a champion-ship to keep his job.

Instead, the Cavs re-gressed in Brown’s fifthseason. They were badlyoutplayed by the Celtics,who won the last twogames played in Clevelandby a combined 50 points.But Gilbert insisted theteam didn’t quit againstBoston.

“It’s one of those thingsthat you can’t believe it af-ter it’s happened,” Gilbertsaid. “I feel bad for the fansmore than anybody. It’s anightmare and we’ve got toget through it.”

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James walks off the court afterhis team’s 94-85 loss to Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series on Thursday in Boston. The Cavaliers wereeliminated from the playoffs with the loss.

Photo by Elise Amendola | AP

Cavaliers notsure of future

By TOM WITHERSASSOCIATED PRESS

ORLANDO, Fla. —They were superstars insuits.

Boston’s Kevin Garnettand Orlando’s Jameer Nel-son, sidelined with inju-ries in last year’s second-round playoff series, werediminished to spectatorson the bench. The feistycompetitors could onlymake their presenceknown through words.

“We were talking somuch trash to each other,it felt like we were in thegame,” Nelson said. “Prob-ably the whole entiregame, I’d say 65 percent ofit actually, we spent look-ing down at each other’sbench talking trash toeach other.”

Anything to feel a partof the playoffs.

The injuries to each lastseason, in their own ways,became the symbol of whytheir teams fell short. Nowhealthy and playing theirbest basketball of the sea-son, both get a shot at re-demption when the Celticsand Magic meet in theEastern Conference finalsbeginning Sunday.

“I’m quite sure he’s feel-ing the same way I’m feel-ing,” Nelson said. “I havea chip on my shoulder,and I’m going to go outthere and try to seize thismoment because there’snothing promised to you.”

Last year proved that.

Cut shortThey were hit hard

with injuries last Febru-ary after making the All-Star team. The injury toGarnett’s right knee led tosurgery to remove bonespurs in the summer; Nel-son tore the labrum in hisright shoulder and had

what was then-called sea-son-ending surgery.

Garnett, the centerpieceof Boston’s 2008 champion-ship, was out for the play-offs, crushing the Celtics’dreams of a repeat. Theylost to the Magic in sevengames.

The Big Ticket wasslowed again by the kneeand other injuries this sea-son. But Garnett has re-gained his rhythm in thepast few months, and heaveraged 18.8 points pergame in Boston’s win overLeBron James and theCleveland Cavaliers.

“Over the course of theseason, I’ve been fortunateto be healthy, and I can

honestly say each monthI’ve gotten stronger,” Gar-nett said. “I don’t know,the playoffs come around,it’s time to pick it up an-other notch and that’s allI’ve been trying to do.Nothing more than that,less than that.”

Making comebacksPerhaps the only differ-

ence between the two isthat the Magic advancedenough to allow Nelson toattempt a comeback.

Nelson’s surprise re-turn in the NBA finalsdidn’t have the kind ofending he had hoped for.

He was rusty and reluc-tant to attack on theleague’s biggest stage, andOrlando lost to the LosAngeles Lakers in fivegames.

Nelson was criticizedfor disrupting the team’schemistry and has shel-tered the blame since.

“I wasn’t myself in thefinals,” Nelson said. “I’mnot making any excuses. Ishould have helped myteam out better.”

Consider this season’splayoff series their chance.

The Magic went 3-1against the Celtics thisseason, but that means lit-tle if the teams are onlynow both healthy.

Catalysts for successNelson is averaging a

team-best 20.5 points pergame in the postseason,helping the Magic to twoseries sweeps and 14straight wins. He providesan elusive point guardwho can create his ownshot, something theylacked last season.

The same goes for theguys in green.

Garnett’s resurgencehas ignited Boston’s bruis-ing style, smothering op-ponents defensively. His of-fensive game has pickedup, too, and — if he canstay healthy — has provedhe can still be a game-changing player.

The Celtics believe Gar-nett just needed time toshake off the rust.

“The key was just keep-ing him healthy through-out the season. He had hisups and downs, and Ithink right now you arestarting to see a healthyKevin the way he is elevat-ing,” Celtics coach DocRivers said. “There’s noway we can win a cham-pionship without him.”

Stars fueled by lost timeBy ANTONIO GONZALEZ

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson (14) is fouled by Atlan-ta Hawks guard Joe Johnson (92) during Game 3 of their EasternConference semifinal series on Saturday, May 8, in Atlanta.

Photo by John Bazemore | AP