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NEW YORK — Europeappears on the brink of an-other recession. Islamicmilitants have seized Iraqiterritory. Russian troopshave massed on the Uk-raine border, and the result-ing sanctions are disrupt-ing trade. An Ebola out-break in Africa and Israel’s

war in Gaza are contribut-ing to the gloom.

It’s been a grim summerin much of the world. Yetinvestors in the UnitedStates have largelyshrugged it off — so far atleast.

A big reason is that fiveyears after the Great Reces-sion officially ended, theU.S. economy is showing astrength and durability thatother major nations can on-

ly envy. Thanks in part tothe Federal Reserve’s ultra-low interest rates, employ-ers have ramped up hiring,factories have boosted pro-duction and businesseshave been making money.

All of this has cushionedthe U.S. economy from theeconomic damage abroad.And investors have re-sponded by keeping U.S.stocks near all-time highs.Not even reports Friday of

a Ukrainian attack on Rus-sian military vehicles un-nerved investors for long,with blue chip stocks re-gaining nearly all theirmidday losses by the close.

“We’re in a much betterplace psychologically,” saysMark Zandi, chief econo-mist at Moody’s Analytics.“And it’s allowing us toweather the geopoliticalthreats much more grace-fully.”

Still, the global turmoilcomes at a delicate time.

China, the world’s sec-ond-biggest economy, isstruggling to contain thefallout from a runawaylending and investmentboom that’s powered itsgrowth since before the2008 financial crisis. Theeconomies of Japan andGermany, the world’s third-and fourth-largest, shrankin the spring. So did Italy’s.

It might not take much— an oil-price spike, a pro-longed recession in Europe,a plunge in business or con-sumer confidence — to de-rail the global economy.

Here’s a look at thestrengths and weaknessesof the U.S economy and oth-ers, and why the calm inmarkets may or may notlast:

WORLD’S ECONOMY

Turmoil has not yet affected US’s economyBy JOSH BOAK ANDBERNARD CONDONASSOCIATED PRESS

See ECONOMY PAGE 11A

AUSTIN — The Texas unemploymentrate remained at 5.1 percent in July, hold-ing steady for the third month in a row,the Texas Workforce Commission report-ed Friday.

Nationwide unemployment in Julyrose slightly to 6.2 percent, compared to6.1 percent in June, officials said.

Employment growth in July acrossTexas included 46,600 seasonally adjustednonfarm jobs, according to the TWC.

“Texas employers continue to propelthe Texas economy’s expansion by adding396,200 jobs over the last year, a 3.5 per-cent annual growth rate,” said Andres Al-cantar, TWC chairman. “The Texas eco-nomic engine is strong, with every majorindustry posting positive annual growthin July.”

However, the lower Rio Grande Valley’sBrownsville-Harlingen area had the high-est statewide unemployment at 9.9 per-cent, according to TWC figures.

The Midland area had the lowest un-employment rate in Texas last month at2.9 percent. The July jobless rate forneighboring Odessa was 3.6 percent.

All major industries expanded duringJuly, a sign of the fast-growing Texaseconomy, a commission statement said.

“Every major industry in Texas addedjobs, meaning the diversity of our work-force is strong with opportunities to hiregood workers, and for workers to findjobs enabling them to meet the needs oftheir families,” said Gov. Rick Perry.

Professional and business services ledthe way by adding 10,600 jobs in July.

“The professional and business servic-es industry is thriving, with opportuni-ties that range from legal advice and rep-resentation to security guards to land-scaping,” said Commissioner RonnyCongleton. “Industries across the boardare hiring.”

Private employers added 42,400 jobs inJuly, said Commissioner Hope Andrade.

“Mining and logging posted an annualgrowth rate of 7.8 percent in July, whichmarked the 51st consecutive month ofpositive annual growth and underscoredthe industry’s role in the state’s overalleconomic success,” Andrade said.

EMPLOYMENT

Plenty ofjobs forTexans

Jobless rate has remainedsteady for third month

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Boys and Girls Club of Zapata, an agency of United Way of Laredo, board members Mark Alvarenga, left and Eloy Lopez, right, both IBC Zapata Bank em-ployees, pose Friday morning with current United Way of Laredo President Miguel Conchas and incoming president Gracie Medina following a press confer-ence in Laredo to announce the first United Way of Laredo Restaurant Week. Zapata County residents will be able to participate in the fund raising eventWednesday, Sept. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. where 20 percent of all proceeds will be donated to United Way.

Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times

AUSTIN — State lawmak-ers spent hours Thursday dis-cussing ways to better pro-vide low-income residentswith health care since Texas

has rejected the expansion ofMedicaid under the federalAffordable Care Act, but thehearing ultimately generatedmore questions than answers.

Texas is looking for mar-ket-based alternatives to ex-panding Medicaid under the

law, including negotiatingwith the federal governmentto provide Medicaid blockgrants and waivers. But Sen.Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, opened a Healthand Human Services Commit-tee hearing by saying he

didn’t see much hope ofreaching an agreement andinstead offered to “start aconversation” on different ap-proaches.

Texas leads the nation in

HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

More health careSolons mull alternatives to Medicaid expansion

By WILL WEISSERTASSOCIATED PRESS

See HEALTH PAGE 11A

A Zin brief SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Thursday, Aug. 21Grief support group. Noon to

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

Los Amigos Duplicates BridgeClub meeting. 1:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. Lare-do Country Club. Contact Beverly Can-tu at 727-0589.

Friday, Aug. 22South Texas Food Bank’s Empty

Bowls VIII, mission of feeding the hun-gry fundraiser. 8:30 p.m. Laredo Ener-gy Arena. Music by Motown Legendsand Commodores. Beaumont Founda-tion to be honored. Tickets on sale atLEA box office and Ticketmaster for$10, $15, and $25. Contact Salo Oteroat 324-2432.

Monday, Aug. 25Monthly meeting of Laredo Par-

kinson’s Disease Support Group. 6:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Laredo Medical Cen-ter, Tower B, First Floor CommunityCenter. Patients, caregivers and familymembers invited. Free info pamphletsavailable in Spanish and English. CallRichard Renner (English) at 645-8649or Juan Gonzalez (Spanish) at 237-0666.

Saturday, Aug. 26Sparkle and Dazzle 317 E. Cal-

ton will have 25th anniversary reuniontickets for JW Nixon, class of 1989,from 6:30-8pm. Reunion dates are Oc-tober 10th and 11th. $25 per reasonon Friday and $30 per person on Sat-urday. Go to JW Nixon 1989 on Face-book for more information.

Thursday, Aug. 28Grief support group. Noon to


Los Amigos Duplicates BridgeClub meeting. 1:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. Lare-do Country Club. Contact Beverly Can-tu at 727-0589.

Spanish Book Club at the Lare-do Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road,from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For informationcall Sylvia Reash at 763-1810.

Thursday, Sept. 4Grief support group. Noon to


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.

Friday, Sept. 5From 12 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at

Palenque Grill will be the Women inLeadership as positive role modelsevent. Contact Abby Willett or SylviaPraesel [email protected].

Wednesday, Sept. 10The 21st Annual Logistics & Manu-

facturing Symposium ,scheduled forSeptember 10-11, at Tamiu. The LaredoDevelopment Foundation (LDF ) can becontacted at (800) 820-0564 or (956)722-0563 or via email at [email protected].



Saturday, Sept. 13South Texas Collectors Expo. 10

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



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Today is Saturday, August16, the 228th day of 2014. Thereare 137 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On August 16, 1954, SportsIllustrated was first publishedby Time Inc.

On this date:In 1777, American forces

won the Revolutionary WarBattle of Bennington.

In 1812, Detroit fell to Brit-ish and Indian forces in theWar of 1812.

In 1858, a telegraphed mess-age from Britain’s Queen Vic-toria to President James Bu-chanan was transmitted overthe recently laid trans-Atlanticcable.

In 1861, President AbrahamLincoln issued Proclamation86, which prohibited the statesof the Union from engaging incommercial trade with statesin rebellion, namely, the Con-federacy.

In 1937, the American Fed-eration of Radio Artists waschartered.

In 1948, baseball legendBabe Ruth died in New Yorkat age 53.

In 1956, Adlai E. Stevensonwas nominated for presidentat the Democratic NationalConvention in Chicago.

In 1962, The Beatles firedtheir original drummer, PeteBest, replacing him with Rin-go Starr.

In 1977, Elvis Presley diedat his Graceland estate inMemphis, Tennessee, at age42.

In 1987, 156 people werekilled when Northwest Air-lines Flight 255 crashed whiletrying to take off from Detroit;the sole survivor was 4-year-old Cecelia Cichan. Peopleworldwide began a two-daycelebration of the “harmonicconvergence,” which heraldedwhat believers called the startof a new, purer age of human-kind.

In 1999, the U.S. version ofthe quiz show “Who Wants toBe a Millionaire,” hosted byRegis Philbin, began a limitedtwo-week run on ABC.

Today’s Birthdays: ActressAnn Blyth is 86. SportscasterFrank Gifford is 84. Actor Ga-ry Clarke is 81. Actress JulieNewmar is 81. Actor JohnStanding is 80. College Foot-ball Hall of Famer and NFLplayer Bill Glass is 79. ActressAnita Gillette is 78. ActressCarole Shelley is 75. Countrysinger Billy Joe Shaver is 75.Movie director Bruce Beres-ford is 74. Actor Bob Balabanis 69. Ballerina Suzanne Far-rell is 69. Actress Lesley AnnWarren is 68. Rock singer-mu-sician Joey Spampinato is 64.Actor Reginald VelJohnson is62. TV personality Kathie LeeGifford is 61. Rhythm-and-blues singer J.T. Taylor is 61.Movie director James Cam-eron is 60. Actor Jeff Perry is59. Rock musician Tim Farriss(INXS) is 57. Actress Laura In-nes is 57. Singer Madonna is56. Actress Angela Bassett is56. Actor Timothy Hutton is54. Actor Steve Carell is 52.Former tennis player JimmyArias is 50. Actor-singer Dono-van Leitch is 47. Actor AndyMilder is 46. Actor Seth Peter-son is 44. Country singer Emi-ly Robison (The Dixie Chicks)is 42. Actor George Stults is 39.Singer Vanessa Carlton is 34.Actor Cam Gigandet is 32. Ac-tress Agnes Bruckner is 29.Singer-musician Taylor Gold-smith (Dawes) is 29. ActressCristin Milioti is 29.

Thought for Today: “Themost persistent threat to free-dom, to the rights of Ameri-cans, is fear.” — George Mea-ny (born this date in 1894, diedin 1980).

TODAY IN HISTORY

AUSTIN — Republican gubernatorial can-didate Greg Abbott is again facing criticismfrom Democrat Wendy Davis over his rul-ings in sexual assault cases while serving onthe Texas Supreme Court.

Abbott sided four times against victimswho sued their attacker or a company fornegligence during his former tenure as a jus-tice on the state’s highest civil court.

The cases surfaced a week after Davis re-leased her first statewide TV ad, which at-tacked Abbott for not siding with a womanraped by a vacuum-cleaner salesman whoselawsuit reached the high court in 1998.

“The role of a judge is not to create laws,but rather to rule based on existing law,which is exactly what Greg Abbott did in ev-ery case that came before him,” Abbott

spokeswoman Amelia Chasse said. The ad, released as the race has just en-

tered its final 90-day stretch, signals Davis’efforts to energize moderate female voters,key to her election strategy in the GOP-heavy state. Her campaign says the decisionsshow a disturbing mindset, “a consistentpattern of ruling against Texans who needhim and for his old insider network.”

Among the sexual assault cases that cameto the court while Abbott was on the benchincluded one from 1999 that fractured thecourt and made it more difficult for a rapevictim to sue property owners.

In that case, an on-duty Houston police of-ficer abducted a woman at 3 a.m., taking herto an unattended parking garage and repeat-edly assaulting her. She sued the parking ga-rage owner, saying it took no precautionsagainst criminal activity.

AROUND TEXAS

Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott has been criticized by Democratic candidate WendyDavis over his rulings in sexual assault cases while on the state’s Supreme Court. The cases surfaced a week after Davis re-leased her first statewide TV ad, which attacked Abbott for not siding with a woman raped by a vacuum-cleaner salesman.

Photo by Eric Gay/file | AP

Davis criticizes AbbottASSOCIATED PRESS

FAA: 3 dead in rural plane crash

BOWIE — Three people aredead in a plane crash in ruralNorth Texas.

A Federal Aviation Adminis-tration spokesman said a twin-engine Cessna 414 plane crashedFriday afternoon near Bowie, 100miles northwest of Dallas.

An adult and two childrenwere on board.

Court: School districtviolates Voting Rights Act

IRVING — A federal court hasdetermined that a school districtdenies Hispanic residents anequal opportunity to vote andelect candidates of their choice.

The ruling by U.S. DistrictCourt Judge Sidney Fitzwater inDallas found the current electionprocess used by the Irving schooldistrict violates the federal Vot-ing Rights Act.

Friday’s ruling found in favorof plaintiffs that included a for-mer school board candidate.

Dallas man gets 20 yearsfor stalking, shooting

DALLAS — A man so ob-sessed with a teenage neighborthat he had 11 tattoos of hername and shot her father wassentenced to 20 years in prison.

Gabriel Ramirez was sen-tenced Thursday after earlierpleading guilty to stalking andaggravated assault with a deadlyweapon. Investigators say his in-fatuation began when the girlwas 13 years old. She’s now 17.

Marijuana found in carthat hit trooper

RIO GRANDE CITY — A carthat struck a Texas trooper yield-ed more than 300 pounds of bun-dled marijuana.

The Department of PublicSafety said the search continuesfor the driver whose open cardoor hit the trooper Wednesdaynight as the vehicle sped away.The vehicle with more than$100,000 worth of marijuana waslater found abandoned.

Execution drug costquadruples for prisonsHOUSTON — The Texas pris-

on agency is paying four timesmore for its execution drugsfrom a new supplier.

Documents obtained by TheAssociated Press show the statepaid $13,500 for its most recentbatch of pentobarbital at a cost of$1,500 per vial. This compares to$350 per dose paid last year to aprevious supplier that cut ties af-ter backlash from death penaltyopponents.

Red Cross openingdisaster warehouse

ARLINGTON — The Ameri-can Red Cross has chosen NorthTexas for the assistance group’slargest U.S. disaster supplieswarehouse.

Red Cross officials on Fridayannounced the Disaster FieldSupply Center in Arlington willhave enough items to support upto 100,000 victims.

— Compiled from AP reports

Judge denies Jodi Ariasattorney’s effort to quitPHOENIX — An Arizona

judge has denied a request byone of Jodi Arias’ attorneys toquit, setting the stage for Ariasto represent herself at the penal-ty phase of her trial.

Arias was convicted of murderlast year in the 2008 killing ofher ex-boyfriend, but jurorscouldn’t decide on a sentence. Asecond penalty phase is set forSept 8 with a new jury as prose-cutors try again for a death sen-tence.

Attorney Kirk Nurmi soughtto quit, citing conflicts withArias wanting to represent her-self. In the past, Arias has triedto fire Nurmi, and he has soughtto get off the case.

Death of suspectedmolester apparent suicide

ATLANTA — Investigators saythe death of a man accused of re-

peatedly raping and molestingunconscious girls appears tohave been a suicide.

Documents released this weekunder open records law show theGeorgia Bureau of Investigationdetermined that Matthew Coni-glio died of asphyxiation in an

apparent suicide inside a Savan-nah jail. The agency found noevidence of foul play.

Law enforcement officials ac-cused Coniglio of recording him-self raping and molesting girlswho appear to be unconscious.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Men pose for a picture during the Tiki Oasis event Friday, in San Diego. Hundredsof tiki culture aficionados, clad in tropical colors, gathered for a weekend-longcelebration that revels in the movements from the 1950s and 1960s.

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AUSTIN — A grand ju-ry indicted Texas Gov.Rick Perry on Friday forallegedly abusing the pow-ers of his office by carry-ing out a threat to vetofunding for state prosecu-tors investigating publiccorruption — making thepossible 2016 presidentialhopeful his state’s first in-dicted governor in nearlya century.

A special prosecutorspent months calling wit-nesses and presenting evi-dence that Perry brokethe law when he promisedpublicly to nix $7.5 millionover two years for thepublic integrity unit,which is run by TravisCounty Democratic Dis-trict Attorney RosemaryLehmberg’s office. It’s thesame office that indictedU.S. Rep. Tom Delay aspart of a finance probe.

Several top aides to theRepublican governor ap-peared before grand ju-rors in Austin, includinghis deputy chief of staff,legislative director andgeneral counsel. Perryhimself did not testify,though.

Grand jurors indictedPerry on abuse of officialcapacity, a first-degree fe-lony with potential pun-ishments of five to 99years in prison, and coer-cion of a public servant, athird-degree felony thatcarries a punishment oftwo to 10 years.

A spokesman for thegovernor didn’t immedi-ately return messagesseeking comment.

No one disputes thatPerry is allowed to vetomeasures approved by theLegislature, includingpart or all of the state bud-get. But the left-leaningTexans for Public Justicegovernment watchdoggroup filed an ethics com-

plaint accusing the gover-nor of coercion because hethreatened to use his vetobefore actually doing so inan attempt to pressureLehmberg to quit.

“I took into account thefact that we’re talkingabout a governor of a state— and a governor of thestate of Texas, which weall love,” said MichaelMcCrum, the San Anto-nio-based special prosecu-tor. “Obviously that car-ries a lot of importance.But when it gets down toit, the law is the law.”

In office since 2000 andalready the longest-serv-ing governor in Texas his-tory, Perry isn’t seekingre-election in November.But the criminal investi-gation could mar his polit-ical prospects as he mullsanother run at the WhiteHouse, after his 2012 presi-dential bid flamed out.

McCrum said he’ll meetwith Perry’s attorneyMonday to discuss whenhe will come to the court-

house to be arraigned.McCrum said he doesn’tknow when Perry will bebooked.

Asked why McCrumnever spoke to Perry per-sonally, McCrum said,“That’s prosecutorial dis-cretion that I had.”

Lehmberg oversees theoffice’s public integrityunit, which investigatesstatewide allegations ofcorruption and politicalwrongdoing. Perry said hewouldn’t allow Texas tofund the unit while Lehm-berg remained in charge.

Perry said Lehmberg,who is based in Austin,should resign after shewas arrested and pleadedguilty to drunken drivingin April 2013. A video re-cording made at the jailshowed Lehmberg shout-ing at staffers to call thesheriff, kicking the door ofher cell and sticking hertongue out.

Lehmberg faced pres-sure from other high-pro-file Republicans in addi-

tion to Perry to give upher post. Her blood-alco-hol level was nearly threetimes the legal limit fordriving.

Lehmberg served abouthalf of her 45-day jail sen-tence but stayed in office,despite Perry’s assertionsthat her behavior was in-appropriate.

The jail video led to aninvestigation of Lehmbergby a separate grand jury,which decided she shouldnot be removed for officialmisconduct.

The indictment is thefirst of its kind since 1917,when James “Pa” Fergu-son was indicted on charg-es stemming from his vetoof state funding to the Uni-versity of Texas in an ef-fort to unseat faculty andstaff members he objectedto. Ferguson was eventual-ly impeached, then re-signed before being con-victed, allowing his wife,Miriam “Ma” Ferguson, totake over the governor-ship.

Charged with abuse of powerPerry indicted incase of coercion

in veto threat

Governor Rick Perry was indicted Friday for allegedly abusing the powers of his office by carrying outa threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption.

Photo by Tony Gutierrez/file | AP

By PAUL J. WEBER ANDWILL WEISSERT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LIVINGSTON — Attor-neys have made a rareclemency request for one ofTexas’ longest-servingdeath row inmates, sayinghe should be freed beforeinoperable liver cancersoon takes his life.

Max Soffar, 58, has beenon death row more than 33years for a 1980 robbery ata Houston bowling alleywhere three people wereshot and killed and afourth maimed. Soffar andhis lawyers long havemaintained he’s innocent,although he has been tried,convicted and condemnedtwice.

Soffar told The Associat-ed Press that he “hurts bad... like a squeezing pain onmy liver.”

“Nothing can save me,I’m going to die,” Soffarsaid of the tumor that hesaid doctors discovered inJune. “I’ve talked to mydoctor — maybe fivemonths, maybe fourmonths, maybe threeweeks.”

There is no precedent, atleast in modern times, forthe Texas Board of Pardonsand Paroles to recommendto the governor that clem-ency be granted in a deathpenalty case under thesecircumstances. Requeststypically are filed as an in-mate’s execution is nearingor imminent. Soffar doesnot have an execution dateand an appeal for him re-mains before a federalcourt in Houston.

“The reality is that thefederal court process willlikely not be completed be-fore Mr. Soffar dies,” thelawyers said in the pet-ition. “The exigency of thissituation is the drivingforce behind what Mr. Sof-far admits is an unusualrequest for clemency atthis stage of a capital case.”

The Harris County Dis-trict Attorney’s Office willoppose the request, accord-ing to Roe Wilson, an as-sistant district attorneywho handles capital caseappeals. The prison systemhas medical facilities totreat inmates, she said.

“I haven’t seen any med-ical records verifying any-thing,” she said. “Andwhile he should be hu-manely treated, I do notthink that means he shouldbe granted compassionateleave.”

Soffar’s first convictionwas thrown out in 2004 bya federal appeals court pan-el that agreed with argu-ments he had deficient le-gal help at his first trial in1981. Wilson said Soffar’ssecond conviction was solidand dismissed argumentsfrom Soffar and his attor-neys that a convicted serialkiller in Tennessee was re-sponsible for the 1980crimes.

Jurors decided Soffarshould be executed for kill-ing Arden Alane Felsher,17. Prosecutors said shewas fatally shot as Soffarwas robbing Stephen AllenSims, 25, an assistant man-ager at the Fair LanesWindfern Bowling Centerin Houston. Sims andFelsher’s boyfriend, Tom-my Lee Temple, 17, alsowere killed in the attack.

Gregory Garner wasshot in the head but sur-vived. He lost his left eyeand had several surgeries.

According to Garner, theattacker came to the frontdoor of the bowling alleyafter it had closed and toldSims he had car trouble.Sims went outside with theman, and returned to thebowling alley with a gunheld against him by theman, who announced itwas a holdup. The fourwere told to lie face downon the floor, and then wereshot in the head.

Dying deathrow inmateeyes releaseBy MICHAEL GRACZYK

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Zopinion SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

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WASHINGTON — Lego’s groundbreakingfemale-scientists set sold out almost immedi-ately after it was released this month. Butnever fear, fans of feminist toys: A new Barbiedoll, now in stock, is also shattering the plas-tic ceiling.

Yes, that swan-necked, thigh-gapped beautyhas had a makeover and yet another careerchange. As of this summer, she’s available asEntrepreneur Barbie. She doesn’t belong to aspecific industry or business, per se, but she’ssure got a fab wardrobe.

Clad in a tight, hot-pink dress and sky-highblack heels (which presumably limit how farshe can lean in any given direction), Entre-preneur Barbie carries a patent-leather brief-case, pink clutch and what appear to be aknock-off iPhone and iPad . She also comeswith her own coterie of “Chief Inspiration Of-ficers,” real-life female founders of organiza-tions such as Rent the Runway and Girls WhoCode, who joined her for a “pink powerlunch” on Twitter. She even has her ownhashtag, #unapologetic, the same one Mattelused when Barbie teamed up with Sports Il-lustrated for its latest swimsuit issue.

I want to love Entrepreneur Barbie. I reallydo.

If nothing else, she’s a huge improvementover Barbies of years past, when they cried“Math class is tough!” and were primarily (ifnot exclusively) confined to pink-collar occu-pations such as candy-striper, ballerina, aero-bics instructor, nurse, flight attendant andmodel. Not so long ago, a line of career-orient-ed Barbie dolls called “I Can Be” even includ-ed “Bride” as a possible career aspiration.Even the more nontraditional, “empowering”jobs sometimes tended toward the twee andovertly nurturing: Barbie has been a doctorseveral times, with specialties including “kiddoctor,” “baby doctor” and “newborn babydoctor.” Likewise, Barbie has been all mannerof chef, including a cookie chef, sweets chef,dessert chef, pancake chef, pastry chef andpizza chef.

Her new job title also suggests that she’sher own boss, and she maybe even has em-ployees. In an era in which little girls are stillcalled bossy for behaviors praised as leader-like in boys, maybe this isn’t so bad.

Pop-cultural messaging matters for girls’career aspirations. Girls Who Code, which or-ganizes computer-programming boot campsfor underprivileged girls, has found that oneof the most frequent career aspirations citedby its applicants is, of all things, forensic sci-entist. Why? Think of all the badass, lab-coat-ed women on TV shows such as “CSI” and“Bones” who happen to be forensic scientists.They’re the most visible role models foryoung girls who have shown an aptitude forscience. As Reshma Saujani, the founder ofGirls Who Code, puts it, “You can’t be whatyou can’t see.” So perhaps businesswomenBarbie dolls, like paleontologist Lego ladies,can provide a useful role model to impres-sionable young girls.

And yet, and yet. Something about thiswhole Entrepreneur Barbie marketing cam-paign seems so cynical and exploitative, thecollision of two increasingly tedious, shark-jumping media trends.

One is the explosion of viral advertisingcampaigns marketed under the guise of girlpower, like Pantene’s ad on over-apologizingwomen; Always on “throwing like a girl”;Dove on “You are more beautiful than youthink”; or going back much further, VirginiaSlims’ “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.”While ads that reinforce traditional genderroles or prey on women’s insecurities aren’tdesirable either, this alternate breed of mar-keting campaigns often comes off as slick anddisingenuous.

The second is America’s peculiar pop-cul-tural obsession with entrepreneurship. “En-trepreneur” is such a vague and nebulouslytrendy profession that Mattel might as wellhave released Buzzword Barbie.

Entrepreneurship rates are tanking acrossthe country, but somehow the social status ofentrepreneurs seems higher than ever. In theage of “The Social Network,” “Shark Tank”and media narratives that mythologize mess-ianic founder-CEOs, the job title of “entrepre-neur” sounds as rarefied and glitzy as being aprincess, actress, fashion designer or any oth-er traditionally glamorpuss Barbie profes-sion. Barbie’s latest career shift seems de-signed to capture not the imaginations of 7-year-old girls (did you know what an “entre-preneur” was at that age?) but those ofparents dreaming of get-rich-quick schemesthat sound more respectable than “reality TVstar.”

Of course, the reality of entrepreneurshipisn’t nearly as glamorous as Hollywood, orMattel, makes it out to be; a more authenticEntrepreneur Barbie would come not withstylish pumps and a fuchsia clutch but a bowlof ramen and a six-pack of Red Bull. But ad-mittedly realism -- in anatomical proportions,career trajectories or otherwise -- has neverreally been part of Barbie’s appeal.

Catherine Rampell’s email address is [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter,@crampell.

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Here comesEntrepreneur

BarbieBy CATHERINE RAMPELL

WASHINGTON POST

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DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

Mike Mayfield thought thesentence was pretty badwhen he wrote it. But heknew it could be worse, so hewent to work on making itso.

This is how it wound up:“Justin was happy, like a

clam at high tide, but abrupt-ly ending his musings he re-called he had every reason tobe happy (in his own smallway) because he was a qua-hog and it was the highest oftides, and he squirted withdelight.”

First things first. Accord-ing to Merriam-Webster, aquahog is “a type of largeclam that is eaten as food.”Those last two words, Iguess, are to differentiatequahogs from large clamseaten as something otherthan food.

Quahog (use whatever pro-nunciation works in yourmouth) also is a sentence-stopper, a word that inter-rupts any kind of readingrhythm. That’s a bad thing,unless you’re talking aboutthe Bulwer-Lytton FictionContest, and that’s what

we’re talking about here.Mayfield, 64, of Austin, re-

cently won the children’s lit-erature category of the an-nual competition that, ac-cording to honcho Scott Rice,a retired English and com-parative lit professor at SanJose State University, “chal-lenges entrants to composebad opening sentences toimaginary novels.”

The contest, in its 32ndyear, is named for Victoriannovelist George Edward Bul-wer-Lytton who opened “PaulClifford,” an 1830 novel, withthe famous “It was a darkand stormy night,” which,according to Rice, was liftedfrom somebody else’s work.

This year’s top Bulwer-Lyt-ton prize went to ElizabethDorfman of Bainbridge Is-land, Washington.

“In keeping with the bigni-tude, high dignity and gener-al importance of the competi-tion,” Rice reports, “thegrand prize winner receivesa pittance — about $150.”

Here’s Dorfman’s even-worse-than-all-the-rest win-ning sentence:

“When the dead moosefloated into view the fam-ished crew cheered — thishad to mean land! — butCaptain Walgrove, flinty-eyedand clear headed thanks tothe starvation cleanse in pro-

gress, gave fateful orders toremain on the originalcourse and await the appear-ance of a second and con-firming moose.”

The contest gets thousandsof entries each year. May-field, a retired IBMer, is a fre-quent entrant. He’s earnedseveral runner-up awards butthis was his first win, and itcame with a slightly tweakedversion of previous entries.

“I first entered the sen-

tence in the 2011 contest, an-nually resubmitting it withminor edits to economize thewording so that it flowedmore smoothly,” he said,leading up to what, to me,was the game-changer thatelevated the sentence to firstplace: “In this year’s entry, Ichanged to ’quahog’ from themore general word ‘clam.”’

Genius!This is the only writing

Mayfield does these days. Hecalls it a “diversion fromlearning to play the five-string banjo.”

“I’ve written technical

manuals in my former ca-reer, but those are the oppo-site of creative writing,” hesaid.

Though entitled to do so,Mayfield’s not gloating overhis victory. He noted therewas no runner-up in the chil-dren’s literature category, afact that led him to this con-clusion: “I suspect that I wonby default. But a win’s a win,pass that trophy over here.”

(There’s no actual trophy,

just the satisfaction of a do-ing a good job of writing abad sentence. No money ei-ther.)

The obvious question: Ev-er thought about progressingto the second sentence?

“No, I haven’t,” Mayfieldreplied. “After all, how can astory about a clam be any-thing other than the worstthing you’ve ever read.”

Good point. But if it wereabout a quahog ...

Ken Herman is a columnistfor the Austin American-Statesman. E-mail: [email protected].

COLUMN

Bad writing contest simplysends people quahog wild

Annual fiction contest looks for people who can write the worst start to an imaginary novel

Mayfield, a retired IBMer, is afrequent entrant. He’s earnedseveral runner-up awards.

“KEN HERMAN


DALLAS — Dallas Coun-ty District Attorney CraigWatkins’ office used moneyfrom an asset-forfeiturefund to pay about $50,000 tothe driver of a car that Wat-kins hit while driving acounty-owned vehicle, ac-cording to a television sta-tion’s report.

The settlement was dis-closed Thursday by WFAA-TV, which also reported thatWatkins’ office did not fol-low county policy on hand-ling repairs for the accidentlast year. Watkins’ office de-nied it did anything wrong.

Watkins spokeswomanDebbie Denmon said thesettlement was handled le-gally and using money col-lected through investiga-tions rather than from tax-payers. She said Watkinswas on his way to a speech

and glancing at his remarksat the time of the wreck.

“There was no secrethere. This was out in theopen,” Denmon told The As-sociated Press on Friday.“And there was no dutyhere to go to the countycommissioners, again, be-cause no county funds wereused.”

Watkins was driving acounty-owned Ford EdgeSUV on the Dallas NorthTollway in February 2013,when he ran into the backof another vehicle. A policereport cited Watkins for“reading information” onhis phone at the time of thecrash.

Rather than turning theSUV into county employeesresponsible for repairs, thetelevision station reported,Watkins’ SUV was towed toa body shop, where it re-mained for five months un-

til it was taken to a privatemechanic in Dallas.

The head of Watkins’ civ-il division, Teresa GuerraSnelson, acknowledged thatshe didn’t know at the timeabout county policy on vehi-cle crashes, but that she no-tified a county official aboutthe wreck. Denmon saidSnelson turned over a po-lice report, but not a specif-ic form for accidents.

“It’s an accident. Acci-dents happen, and it washandled appropriately andin the normal course ofbusiness and within the au-thority that the DA and Ihave,” Snelson told WFAA.

Robert Reckendorf, own-er of the Parts Express bodyshop that repaired the vehi-cle, said the SUV’s framehad been bent and thetransmission damaged. Heestimated the cost of thework at more than $11,000.

“That should have beenone that you don’t want tofix,” he said. “Any insur-ance company would havetold them that.”

The DA’s office eventuallysettled with the driver for$47,500, and his company foran additional $4,500. Themoney came from asset for-feiture funds controlled bythe district attorney’s office.Use of those funds by prose-cutors’ offices has come un-der scrutiny due to what de-tractors call a lack of over-sight.

Watkins, a Democrat, haswon acclaim for his office’swork to free wrongfully con-victed inmates. But he hasbeen enmeshed in local con-troversy over earlier reportsof an FBI investigation andcomplaints that he has mis-handled his official duties.He is running for re-electionthis fall.

DA accused in misuse of fundsASSOCIATED PRESS

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ office used an asset-forfeiture fund money to settle damages from an auto accident.

Photo by L.M. Otero/file | AP

HOUSTON — A hearingscheduled for Friday waspostponed for a 71-year-oldNew York City real estateheir charged with criminalmischief for urinating oncandy at a Houston drugstore.

The court appearancewas rescheduled to Sept. 16on the most recent misde-meanor charge alleging Rob-ert Durst urinated on a cashregister and candy lastmonth at a store near hisHouston residence. He re-mains free on $5,000 bondhe posted a few days afterthe incident not far from hisHouston residence.

“We’ll be visiting withthe prosecutors betweennow and then,” Durst’s at-torney, Chip Lewis, said.

Durst a decade ago wasacquitted of homicide charg-es, calling it self-defensewhen he admitted to killinghis neighbor in Galveston,dismembering the body anddumping the remains inGalveston Bay.

Durst is the son of thelate Seymour Durst, patri-arch of the privately heldbillion-dollar Durst Organi-zation that owns severalNew York skyscrapers.

The gray-haired frail-looking Durst sat Friday inthe back row of a HarrisCounty criminal court-at-law courtroom, acknowl-edged his name when it wasannounced during the dock-et call, then left with Lewiswithout appearing beforeJudge Don Smyth.

If convicted of the crimi-nal mischief charge, hecould get up to six months

in jail and a $2,000 fine.The manager of the drug

store knew him and a policeaffidavit said Durst pur-chased a prescription, uri-nated on a cash register andthe candy, then casuallywalked out of the businessthat Sunday afternoon. Spe-cifically, he’s accused of ru-ining 108 candy bars worthjust over $150.

In 2001, Durst was arrest-ed as a fugitive and admit-ted killing his neighbor, dis-membering the body anddumping the remains inGalveston Bay. He said thekilling was in self-defenseand two years later in Gal-veston was acquitted ofhomicide charges.

Durst is known for his er-ratic behavior. At his Gal-veston trial, a psychiatristtestified he suffers from amild form of autism called

Asperger’s syndrome, whichcontributes to his poor judg-ment.

Durst’s record includespleading guilty in Galvestonto felony evidence-tamper-ing and bail-jumping charg-es. He served nine monthsin a New Jersey federal pris-on after pleading guilty topossessing two pistols afterhe jumped bail in October2001. He was arrested Nov.30, 2001, for shoplifting froma Pennsylvania supermar-ket. He had $38,000 in hisrental car trunk at the time.

He moved to Galveston,about 60 miles southeast ofHouston, amid an investiga-tion into the 1982 disappear-ance of his first wife, Heposed as a mute woman andlived in a dingy apartmentwhere he met Morris Black,the man whose body wasdismembered.

Real estate heir Robert Durst leaves a Houston courtroom Friday.He’s charged in an incident of urinating on candy at a drug store.

Photo by Pat Sullivan | AP

Hearing delayed in candy caseReal estate heir accused of urinating on candy at a Houston drug store

By MICHAEL GRACZYKASSOCIATED PRESS

6A THE ZAPATA TIMES State SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

FORT WORTH — Awoman who said a FortWorth police officer rapedher when she was 13 ac-knowledged on the witnessstand Thursday that shelied in part of her testimo-ny against him in 1995, butstill insisted the officerwas guilty of the attack.

She faced the now-for-mer officer, Brian Frank-lin, in an unusual state dis-trict court hearing orderedby the Texas Court ofCriminal Appeals, whichin recent years haschanged how it reviews al-legations that someone didnot receive a fair trial.

The appeals court, thestate’s highest for criminalcases, recently agreed toreview a new appeal filedby Franklin under thesame argument it deniedmore than a decade ago:that a witness potentiallylying was enough for anew trial.

On Thursday the wom-an, whose name is beingwithheld by The Associat-ed Press because the caseinvolves rape allegations,said she lied when testify-ing that she never had sexbefore Franklin raped her

in her father’s backyard inMarch 1994. A few years af-ter Franklin was convictedand sentenced to life inprison, she told authoritiesher stepfather had beenraping her years before theassault by Franklin.

Dick DeGuerin, one ofFranklin’s attorneys, askedthe woman, “But the fact isyou did lie, didn’t you?”

“Yes, I did,” the womanreplied.

She testified that shefeared her stepfather. Shesaid he stayed in the court-room during Franklin’strial and accompanied herduring police and doctorappointments beforehand.

“He was there every-where I went,” she said.

The stepfather received10 years’ probation afterpleading guilty to injury ofa child, according to Tar-rant County district attor-ney’s spokeswoman MelodyMcDonald Lanier.

The accuser, now 33, wasbrought into the courtroomin a wheelchair Thursdayand appeared to strugglewith spasms throughouther testimony. Prosecutorssaid she suffers from anautoimmune disease thathas left her with severemuscle spasms and blind-ness in one eye.

Franklin’s attorneyssaid the change in her tes-timony should warrantthrowing out the convic-tion and sentence. The case

didn’t have DNA evidencetying Franklin to the rape.Instead, it rested almostentirely on the testimonyof the accuser.

“It’s a simple case,” De-Guerin said after the hear-ing. “A conviction cannotstand if it’s based on perju-ry, in whole or part. That’sjust basic fairness and dueprocess.”

Prosecutors disagreed,arguing that the womanhad never wavered onwhether Franklin rapedher and that it wasn’t clearthe change in her testimo-ny would have made a dif-ference. Jack Strickland,one of the prosecutors, saidjurors might not have nec-essarily acquitted Franklinif they knew about a sepa-rate case of abuse.

“The truth of the matteris we don’t know with cer-tainty,” he said, adding thatit would be a “travesty” forthe case to be overturnedbased on that omission.

Strickland called onState District Judge WayneSalvant, who oversawThursday’s proceeding, toconsider potentially hold-ing a hearing to resentenceFranklin without settingaside his conviction.

Salvant is not expectedto rule for at least onemonth, though he previ-ously ruled in favor of set-ting aside Franklin’s con-viction during the formerofficer’s earlier appeal

more than a decade ago.Franklin did not testify

Thursday, although hejumped up once early inthe hearing and said hewanted to speak. His attor-neys and a bailiff quicklytold him to sit down.

Franklin’s attorneys saythe renewed case reflects ashift in the Court of Crimi-nal Appeals’ willingness inrecent years to accept ap-peals like Franklin’s thatlack new DNA evidence orclear proof of innocence.Texas lawmakers, after be-ing confronted by a seriesof overturned convictions,also have passed several re-forms in the last decade,including new require-ments for investigators toshare evidence with de-fense attorneys beforetrial.

The Court of CriminalAppeals signaled in 2009that it would reconsiderhow perjury by a witnessmight affect a criminalcase, when it set aside themurder conviction of ClayChabot after DNA proved awitness lied about his ownrole the night of the crime.Chabot would plead guiltyto murder afterward andwas sentenced to the 22years he had alreadyserved in prison.

Woman insists police officer raped her in 1995However, she admitted in court that she lied during court trial but insists he was guilty of crime. His attorneys said the

change in her testimony should warrant throwing out the conviction and sentence. By NOMAAN MERCHANT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brian Franklin stands with his children in December 1994. It took ajury 30 minutes in 1995 to convict Franklin of rape.

Photo courtesy of Paul Franklin | AP

DALLAS — Dallas’ Um-phrey Lee Elementary hasplummeted in the Texasaccountability ratingssince six educators re-signed over falsified stan-dardized test scores.

The Dallas MorningNews reports that the Dal-las Independent SchoolDistrict said it shouldhave contacted familiessooner after determiningeducators gave studentsanswers on most of the2012-2013 state assessmenttests.

Five teachers and an in-structional coach resignedwhile under investigationin October. At the end ofthe 2013-14 school year, thestudents’ STAAR resultsplunged and the school be-came the only Texasschool to tumble from thetop to the absolute bottomin the state’s accountabil-ity rankings. It failed allfour accountability index-es.

District officials neverinformed Umphrey Leeparents their childrenmay have been promotedto the next grade eventhough they weren’t ready.The district hasn’t offeredtutoring or other remedialhelp for those students ei-ther.

“Wow, I never heardanything. I never receiveda letter,” said Carol Wil-liams-Burnett, whosedaughter attended theschool. “It is a disservicebecause they aren’t giveneverything they need. Ifyou don’t get what youneed from the previousgrade then it will be real-ly hard in the next grade.”

The district said Thurs-day that it was a mistake

to wait on state action in-stead of contacting par-ents whose children mayhave been promoted inpart because of the testscores. District spokes-man Jon Dahlander saidhe’s unaware of any spe-cial resources offered tostudents whose scoreswere boosted.

“We’ve determined thatsome things probablycould have been handledbetter,” he said. “A situa-tion like this in the future... should call for parentsto be notified, both by aletter and likely a meetingwith parents to explainthe situation. We need todo this as we move for-ward.”

Texas Education Agen-cy spokeswoman Debbie

Ratcliffe said schoolsaren’t required to wait onthe state.

“A number of other dis-tricts that have had situa-tions sent information outto their own communitiesbased on their own find-ings without waiting forthe state investigation toconclude,” she said.

The former teachersidentified by the districtare Brenda Singleton andDa’Shonya Tyler, bothfifth-grade teachers; Arr-keenah Willis and MonicaBenjamin, both third-grade teachers; and Ro-nald Shepard, a scienceand social studies teacher.The instruction coach wasidentified as Lenora Cole-man. They have denied vi-olating any testing rules.

Six quit over scandalDallas school district says it mishandled cheating over

falsified standardized test scoresASSOCIATED PRESS

“A number ofother districtsthat have hadsituations sentinformationout to theirowncommunitiesbased on theirown findings.”TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCYSPOKESWOMAN DEBBIE RATCLIFFE

DALLAS — The DallasCounty district attorneywill create a two-personunit to independently in-vestigate police shootingsso prosecutors will no long-er have to wait for law en-forcement to bring thecases to them.

District Attorney CraigWatkins said he was al-ready working on estab-lishing the unit before na-tional attention shifted re-cently to Ferguson,Missouri, where the shoot-ing of an unarmed blackteenager has prompted pro-tests.

In Dallas, two separate,officer-involved fatal shoot-ings occurred within a 24-hour span this month.

The first occurred Sun-day when an off-duty policeofficer working securityshot an unarmed man. Theman tried to force his way

into a passing vehicle andthen charged at the officer,police said. Police shot an-other man on Monday af-ter authorities said he as-saulted family membersand displayed knives whileapproaching an officer.

The Dallas shootings areunder investigation.

Watkins said the recentshootings show the needfor his special unit, whichwill go to the scene of ev-ery police shooting. Its in-vestigations will run con-currently with police in-quiries, the DallasMorning News reported(http://bit.ly/1rzpjF2 ).

“I think it would besomewhat irresponsible ifwe didn’t address the factthat there is a lack of trustwith the police,” Watkinssaid. “This is 2014, and weneed to change the mind-set and how we deal withcertain things.”

Dallas Police Chief Da-

vid Brown said he sup-ports Watkins’ idea be-cause the unit will “addanother layer of oversight.”

Brown said it should im-prove public trust and con-fidence in the criminal jus-tice system.

Bob Gorsky, a lawyer forthe Dallas Police Associ-ation, said the group op-poses the unit’s establish-ment. He said the city’s po-lice department is “fullycapable of investigating of-ficer-involved shootings.”

“We do not believe that aparallel investigation bythe district attorney isneeded, nor is it an effec-tive use of taxpayer mon-ey,” he said.

The special unit is ex-pected to cost $200,000 ayear, but its funding hasnot been finalized yet. TheCommissioners Court willseal the funding when itapproves the county budgetin September.

Unit to eye shootingsASSOCIATED PRESS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 THE ZAPATA TIMES 7A

LAREDO08/16— El Consulado

General de México en Lare-do, continúa con el progra-ma de Jornadas Sabatinas2014, de 8 a.m. a 2 p.m. Sebrindará atención extraordi-naria a la demanda de servi-cios consulares y también seasesorará para efectuar trá-mites de pasaportes, matrí-culas consulares.

08/16— “Llena el Auto-bús”, en apoyo a UnitedI.S.D. se llevará a cabo en elH-E-B ubicado en Del MarBlvd. y McPherson Road, de9 a.m. a las 12 p.m. Seaceptarán artículos escolaresy uniformes con poco usopara estudiantes en necesi-dad.

08/16— La Asociaciónde Síndrome de Down enLaredo, realizará un eventode reconocimiento y aprecia-ción, dirigido al público engeneral de Laredo y áreascircunvecinas, el evento seráen Mercy Kids Rehab, ubica-do en 2335 E. Saunders,Plaza III, de 2 p.m. a 4 p.m.

08/16— Las audicionespara los papeles infantilespara “El Cascanueces” (TheNutcracker) serán en el Tea-tro del Center for the Fineand Performing Arts de TA-MIU. Las audiciones para ni-ñas de 5 a 8 años de edadserán de 3 p.m. a 4 p.m.;para niñas de 9 a 12 añosde edad, serán de 4 p.m. a5 p.m.; para niñas de 13 a17 años, serán de 5 p.m. a 6p.m. Para niños de 8 a 12años, las audiciones seránde 6 p.m. a 7 p.m. Los bai-larines deben arribar 30 mi-nutos antes de que inicie suaudición. Un padre o tutordebe estar presente para fir-mar las hojas de consenti-miento. Más informes lla-mando a Bede Leyendeckeren el (956) 326-2649.

08/16— Laredo TheaterGuild International invita alas audiciones para la obra“The 39 Steps” a las 7 p.m.en el Laredo Center for theArts, 500 avenida San Agus-tin. Habrá tres papeles varo-niles y uno para mujer. Acu-da preparado para hablar enuna variedad de acentos bri-tánicos. Otra audición el 17de agosto a las 3 p.m.

08/16— El cantante ycompositor mexicano MarcoAntonio “El Buki” Solís sepresenta en Laredo EnergyArena, a las 8 p.m. Costo:146 dólares, 85, 65 y 45(pudiera aplicar otras cuo-tas). También hay disponi-bles boletos VIP. Adquiera suboleto en la taquilla del LEA.

08/17— Laredo TheaterGuild International invita alas audiciones para la obra“The 39 Steps” a las 3 p.m.en el Laredo Center for theArts, 500 avenida San Agus-tin. Habrá tres papeles varo-niles y uno para mujer. Acu-da preparado para hablar enuna variedad de acentos bri-tánicos.

NUEVO LAREDO, MÉXICO08/16— Estación Pala-

bra presenta “Bazar de Arte”a las 10 a.m.; “Te Leo a laUna” a la 1 p.m.; “FestivalInfantil” a las 2 p.m. Entradagratuita.

08/16— Inauguración deExposición de Arte de Mi-riam Castro, a las 12 p.m.en Maquila Creativa.

08/16— En celebracióndel Día Internacional de laJuventud, se llevará a caboel #JUVEFEST 2014, en elPolyforum La Fe, a partir delas 3 p.m. Habrá varios es-pectáculos, incluyendo lapresentación de grupos mu-sicales en vivo, exposicionesde cultura y tecnología, con-ferencia para emprendedoresy rifa de regalos, entre otrasactividades.

08/17— Domingos deTeatro Universitario presenta“Los Chardos De La Ciudad”a las 5 p.m. en el Teatro Lu-cio Blanco de Casa de laCultura.

Agendaen Breve

HIDALGO — El pri-mer grupo de tropa en-viado por la GuardiaNacional tomó puestosde observación a lo lar-go de la frontera de Te-xas con México el jue-ves.

Varias decenas de sol-dados desplegados en elValle del Río Grandeson parte de un destaca-mento de hasta 1.000 ele-mentos que fue llamadoa filas por el goberna-dor Rick Perry el mespasado, informó el sar-gento Ken Walker, de laGuardia Nacional de Te-xas.

La tarde del juevesfueron vistos varios sol-dados de la guardia to-mando posesión de unatorre de observaciónjunto a la activa carrete-ra que conduce el Puen-te Internacional Reyno-sa.

El primer grupo desoldados fue entrenadoespecíficamente paradotar de personal a lastorres de observaciónen el área que pertenecea agencias locales delorden público y a la Po-licía de Aduanas y Pro-tección Fronteriza, se-ñaló Walker. Ellos pres-tarán servicio comoobservadores adiciona-les sobre la frontera yreportarán actividadsospechosa a las autori-dades.

Funcionarios estata-les han calculado que eldespliegue costará 12millones de dólaresmensuales. Perry dijoque los soldados erannecesarios para ayudara asegurar la fronteraen momentos en que laPatrulla Fronteriza esta-

ba ocupada con el au-mento de la inmigra-ción ilegal.

De octubre a julio,63.000 niños sin compa-ñía de un adulto han si-do arrestados despuésde ingresar sin permisoa Estados Unidos, el do-ble de la cifra del mis-mo período un año an-tes. Otras 63.000 familias—madres o padres conniños pequeños— fue-ron arrestadas duranteel mismo lapso.

“Ellos están ahí úni-camente para apoyar”,indicó Walker respectoa los soldados. “Estamossimplemente tratandode proporcionar algo derespiro a los muchachosde Aduanas y Protec-ción Fronteriza” y otrasagencias judiciales.

Los soldados de laGuardia Nacional vistosel jueves estaban ocu-

pando la torre de obser-vación perteneciente alDepartamento de Poli-cía de Hidalgo. RodolfoEspinoza, jefe de esaagencia, dijo que nor-malmente no tendríapersonal para las dos to-rres de su departamen-to. Éstas tienen cámarasque pueden tener una

vista panorámica delárea y grabar actividad,pero es más valioso te-ner a una persona quepueda reconocer algosospechoso y reportarlo,señaló.

“Es bueno tenerlos”,comentó Espinoza sobrelos soldados. “Es un be-neficio para todos”.

INMIGRACIÓN

Llega GuardiaPrimer tropa fue desplegada en frontera

Una torre de vigilancia del Departamento de Policía de Hidalgo es operada por soldados de laGuardia Nacional en Hidalgo, el jueves 14 de agosto.

Foto por Christopher Sherman | AP

El gobernador Rick Perry habla en la Feria Estatal de Iowa, enDes Moines, Iowa, sobre la Guardia Nacional en la frontera.

Foto por Charlie Neibergall | AP

POR CHRISTOPHER SHERMANASSOCIATED PRESS

PÁGINA 8A Zfrontera SÁBADO 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2014

Un laboratorio farmacéuticode Iowa se apresta a poner aprueba en seres humanos unavacuna para el ébola, en mo-mentos en que los científicosbuscan prevenir o combatir unvirus que ha matado a más de1.000 personas en África Occi-dental.

NewLink Genetics planea unafase inicial para examinar laefectividad de la vacuna en 100voluntarios y está informando alos reguladores sobre el estudio,dijo Brian Wiley, vicepresidentede la compañía para desarrollocomercial. No quiso revelar si ellaboratorio ha presentado unasolicitud a la Administración deAlimentos y Medicamentos deEstados Unidos (FDA).

El director financiero GordonLink dijo el jueves que todavíano se ha determinado cuándo sehará la prueba.

“Estamos recibiendo muchaasistencia de varias fuentes pa-ra acelerar este proceso, por loque saber exactamente cuántova a demorar es un poco incier-to”, afirmó.

No hay ningún tratamiento nivacuna comprobados para elébola, y el brote actual, que haenfermado a casi 2.000 personas,es el mayor de la historia. Fuedetectado en marzo en Guinea yse ha propagado a Liberia, Sie-rra Leona y Nigeria.

Otras posibles vacunas parael ébola que están en desarrolloincluyen una del Instituto Na-cional de Salud que comenzarála primera etapa de pruebas enlos seres humanos dentro de al-gunas semanas.

El miércoles, el laboratoriocanadiense Tekmira Pharma-ceuticals Corp. dijo que no estálisto para que su fármaco expe-rimental contra el ébola esté dis-ponible en África.

NewLink Genetics Corp. pla-nea probar una vacuna descu-bierta por científicos que traba-jan para el gobierno canadiense.La farmacéutica estadounidensetiene el permiso exclusivo paraefectuar ensayos clínicos y ven-derla en caso de ser aprobadapor los reguladores.

NewLink Genetics Corp. afir-mó que su vacuna ha tenido unaefectividad del 100% para preve-nir la infección del ébola en pri-mates no humanos y que actúacon suficiente rapidez para de-mostrar efectividad en animalesque habían recibido una dosisdel virus típicamente letal.

La vacuna contiene un antíge-no del virus del ébola y esencial-mente instruye al sistema inmu-nológico a combatir el virus.

Un total de 1.500 dosis ya fue-ron producidas por una empresacontratista en Alemania y el go-bierno canadiense las comprótodas. El gobierno está apartan-do algunas NewLink para el en-sayo clínico.

Además de la investigación,NewLink también se proponepreparar entre 800 y 1.000 dosisde la vacuna que el gobierno ca-nadiense donará a la Organiza-ción Mundial de la Salud

ÉBOLA

Deseanponer apruebavacuna

POR TOM MURPHYASSOCIATED PRESS

Tamaulipas es de los úl-timos estados que adecuasu régimen interior a lacarta magna de 1917.

AdministracionesCon determinadas excep-

ciones, el texto constitucio-nal aprobado en Querétaro,México, empieza a regir el1 de mayo de 1917. Salvopor lo que respecta a losmunicipios, dicho ordena-miento al principio fija ba-ses para las entidades fede-

rativas. Deja además sinprecisar el plazo en que és-tas debían organizarse se-gún el máximo código delpaís. Ello tiene repercusio-nes, por lo menos hacia elnoreste extremo de la Re-pública.

Tamaulipas pretende re-novar su propio marco nor-mativo e institucional. Re-quisito indispensable alefecto devienen las eleccio-nes legislativas y de gober-nador. En febrero de 1918,emanan dos congresos, par-tidarios cada uno de los ge-nerales Luis Caballero Var-gas y César López de Lara.Ambos se identifican con

las elites domésticas, y lati-fundistas.

Los pleitos imponen eldesconocimiento pleno delproceso electivo. Lo que dapie a que continúe vigentela constitución dictada el13 de octubre de 1871.

PromulgaciónAún bajo la presidencia

de Venustiano Carranza, elaludido estado norteño lo-gra componer un cuerpo le-gislativo. Cobra vida me-diante el sufragio ciudada-no, emitido a principios de1920.

Conforme a previo de-creto, los representantes ca-marales asumen funcionesconstituyentes que inicianel 21 de marzo. Avanzan rá-pido, basándose en la pro-puesta que presenta el go-bernador provisional Fran-cisco González, al queasesora gente del antiguorégimen.

El 20 de abril de 1921 es-tá lista la carta magna dela entidad. Cuatro días des-pués es promulgada. Así el28 de abril comienza a pu-blicarla el Periódico Ofi-cial.

El código resulta efíme-ro. Porque enseguida triun-

fa el movimiento rebelde deAgua Prieta y los simpati-zantes de Álvaro Obregónbarren con la totalidad defuncionarios leales a Ca-rranza, muerto durante elconflicto.

El 29 mayo de 1920 Emi-lio Portes Gil declara nulala suprema ley de marras.Sus camaradas victoriososinstalan otro foro parla-mentario. A partir del bo-rrador que al cierre de 1920les entrega José Morante,sucedáneo de Portes Gil,los diputados terminan lanueva constitución de Ta-maulipas, promulgándoseel 5 de febrero de 1921.

COLUMNA

Narran adopción de carta magna de 1917POR RAÚL SINENCIO

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

EL PASO — Cruzarfronteras es parte de lavida en El PasoPero paraabortar no es necesariosalir del pueblo, al me-nos por ahora.

Eso podría cambiar siun juez federal ratificanuevas leyes en Texasque podrían prohibir losabortos en 18 clínicas apartir del 1 de sep-tiembre, incluyendo unaque ofrece el procedi-miento en El Paso, dondeuna de las leyes contra elaborto más duras delpaís está bajo particularescrutinio en un juicioque terminaba el miér-coles en Austin.

Sin lugares para inter-rumpir los embarazos enEl Paso, las mujeres severán obligadas a viajarpor lo menos 885 kilóme-tros (550 millas) parapoder abortar legalmenteen Texas. Los abogadosdel estado dicen que las

mujeres en realidad notienen que viajar tan le-jos: pueden ir a una clín-ica que está a 15 minutosen Santa Teresa, NuevoMéxico.

Los que se oponen alproyecto de ley señalanque las nuevas normas

muestran que el objetivono es proteger a las mu-jeres, como dicen los queapoyan la medida.Es pre-visible que el juez de dis-trito Lee Yeakel emita sufallo pronto.

La ley dejaría sólosiete clínicas de abortosen Texas, todas en lasprincipales ciudades yninguna en el oeste delsegundo estado másgrande.

Esas siete clínicascuentan con quirófanos,sistemas de ventilaciónesterilizada y otros es-tándares hospitalariosque la ley pide a las clín-icas de abortos en Texas.Los dueños de otros cen-tros dicen que no puedenpagar estas mejorías, queconsideran innecesarias.

SALUD

Esperan fallo sobre abortoPOR JUAN CARLOS LLORCA

Y PAUL J. WEBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

En la foto de archivo una clínica en Santa Teresa, Nuevo Méx-ico. Si una ley contra el aborto es aprobada en Texas, mujerestendrán que viajar a Nuevo México para interrumpir embarazo.

Foto por Juan Carlos LLorca | AP


ST. LOUIS — For nearlya week, the police officerwho shot and killed an un-armed black teenager inFerguson, Missouri, hasbeen a shadowy figure —nameless, faceless andseemingly shielded from thefury that has filled thestreets of the town he wassworn to protect.

On Friday, the communi-ty finally learned his name— Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white officer who hasspent the last six years pa-trolling the St. Louis sub-urbs, drawing praise fromhis boss.

Ferguson Police ChiefTom Jackson provided thename and said Wilson hadnot been the focus of anypublic complaints. He de-clined to offer many detailsabout Wilson’s life or careerbut commended his policerecord and his demeanor.

“He was a gentle, quietman,” Jackson said. “Hewas a distinguished officer.

He is, has been, an excellentofficer for the police depart-ment.”

Police said Wilsonstopped 18-year-old MichaelBrown and another youngman last Saturday becausethey were walking down themiddle of the street. He or-dered them onto the side-walk.

Authorities say one of themen pushed Wilson into hissquad car, then physicallyassaulted him in the vehicleand struggled with himover the officer’s weapon.At least one shot was firedinside the car before thestruggle spilled onto thestreet, where Wilson shotBrown multiple times, ac-cording to police.

Wilson is “devastated” bylast weekend’s events, thepolice chief said.

“He never intended forany of this to happen,”Jackson added.

The killing touched offday after day of violent pro-tests, which were met by anaggressive police responsethat included officers in riot

gear pointing assault rifles,firing rubber bullets andunleashing tear gas. OnThursday, the governor or-dered Missouri State Policeto take over security in Fer-guson. Within hours, thetension in the streets beganto ease.

Wilson spent the first twoyears of his career with thepolice department in nearbyJennings, Missouri, beforemoving on to Ferguson forthe past four years. Fergu-son’s police force is nearlyall-white. The town’s popula-tion is about 70 percentblack.

Jackson had originallyplanned to release the nameearlier in the week but de-layed the announcement,citing safety concerns anddeath threats against the of-ficer.

St. Louis County policeand the FBI are conductingseparate investigations.

The St. Louis Countyprosecutor said it will prob-ably be weeks before a deci-sion is made on whether tocharge Wilson with a crime.

Officer’s name givenBy JIM SALTER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

10A THE ZAPATA TIMES State SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Before he returns to afull-time career as a trans-plant surgeon in 2015,Francisco Cigarroa in-tends to spend his finalmonths as chancellor ofthe University of TexasSystem combating what hesays are misunderstand-ings, including at the up-per echelons of academia,about his nearly six-yeartenure.

“One has to be proac-tive,” Cigarroa said, “be-cause I have not reallybeen pleased with the di-rection of where the storyhas gone, because it’swrong. We have to makeour record better-known.”He indicated an intentionto travel the country, talk-ing to editorial boards andothers to lay out a recordof which he is “extremelyproud.”

Cigarroa has spentmuch of the last threeyears caught in the middleof public conflicts amongmembers of the UT Systemboard of regents, the Uni-versity of Texas at Austinadministration, and legis-lators over how the flag-ship university should bemanaged.

While acknowledgingthat his tenure has corre-sponded with a period ofpolitical turmoil, he said italso was a time of majorinvestment by the systemin UT-Austin. He objectedto insinuations that he hasdone Gov. Rick Perry’s bid-ding on policy or person-nel decisions.

As an example, thechancellor noted a columnin The Chronicle of HigherEducation in July by Hun-ter R. Rawlings, the presi-dent of the Association ofAmerican Universities, anorganization of researchinstitutions, as an “ex-tremely troubling” exam-ple. Rawlings described aneffort orchestrated by Ci-garroa and Perry to pushout Bill Powers, the UT-Austin president andchairman of the AAU.

At the time, Cigarroahad asked Powers to re-sign or face termination.The two ultimately agreedto a timeline that allowedPowers to resign nextJune.

“While you cited the pol-iticization of higher educa-tion in your message andimplied that the situationbetween President Powersand Chancellor Cigarroawas politically driven, beassured that it was not,”Cigarroa and Paul Foster,the chairman of the UTSystem board, wrote toRawlings this month in athree-page rebuttal.

Rather than a personal-ity conflict, Rawlingswrote that UT was experi-encing a “clash betweenconflicting views of thepurpose of universities insociety.” He tied the situa-tion to a set of controver-sial higher education poli-cy proposals that Perryhad touted in 2008 and en-couraged regents through-out the state to adopt attheir university systems.The proposals included re-warding teachers finan-cially, based on studentevaluations, and separat-ing teaching and researchbudgets. Rawlings alsoquestioned Perry’s pushfor Texas universities tooffer degrees for $10,000.

“At no time have wetried to separate educationfrom research,” Cigarroasaid this week. “We havenever directed any campusto do a $10,000 degree.”

In their letter, Cigarroaand Foster said that rais-ing the specter of a six-year-old set of concepts“that were never imple-mented by the UT Systempaints an unfair picture ofthe system and higher edu-cation in Texas.”

Rawlings declined tocomment for this article.

Rather than adoptingthe governor-backed pro-posals in 2011, Cigarroaproposed his own visionfor the system, calling forestablishing medicalschools in Austin andSouth Texas and commit-ting financial resources tofaculty recruitment and re-

tention.Today, both medical

schools are under develop-ment, and the chancellorsaid that based on data re-viewed by the system, “theidea that we are losing fac-ulty is entirely false.”

But those who objectedto the policies pitched bythe governor remain wor-ried. Jenifer Sarver, aspokeswoman for the Tex-as Coalition for Excellencein Higher Education,which has been critical ofthe UT board, said, “Theideology driving those ef-forts is very much alive.”

She said there were stillconcerns about the gov-ernance of the UT System.This week, a legislativecommittee approved a mo-tion censuring a regent fordisruptive conduct. It alsochided the board for “aloss of institutional con-trol.”

Cigarroa said he hopedthe board and the rest ofthe UT community wouldmove forward.

“By any metric you takea look at across the Uni-versity of Texas,” he said,“we’ve made significantprogress. For people to beconveying otherwise, Ithink they have a differentagenda, and that agenda isnot in the best interest ofthe University of Texas.”

As The University of Texas-System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa nears the end of his administration,he wants to clear the air of misunderstandings at the Austin institution.

Photo by Gabe Hernandez/file/The Monitor | AP

Cigarroa nears endWants to clear the record of his administration as

chancellor of the University of Texas SystemBy REEVE HAMILTONTHE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Nudged by a fatherwho trained racehorses,Dr. Orlando Garza set offto study veterinary med-icine in College Station35 years ago.

Garza, who now ownsan animal hospital in hishometown of El Paso, re-members being the soleHispanic student in theveterinary program atTexas A&M University.

“There were no His-panics whatsoever,” saidGarza, 57. “I was the on-ly one.”

Decades later, the pro-fession remains onewhere few Hispanicshave applied. Garza wasone of 84 Hispanic veter-inarians in Texas in2010, making up lessthan 2 percent of thestate’s 5,728 veterinar-ians, according to the2014 book Changing Tex-as, whose lead author,Steve H. Murdock, is theformer state demogra-pher.

With a population thatis 38 percent Hispanic,the state would haveneeded 2,154 Hispanicveterinarians in 2010 —more than 25 times thenumber of Hispanic vet-erinarians that year — toreflect the population ofthe state, Murdock wrote.Hispanics are also un-derrepresented in otherhealth professions inTexas, though to a lesserdegree. The number ofHispanic doctors, for ex-ample, would need to tri-ple to reflect the state’sHispanic population, hewrote.

Dr. Kenita Rogers, as-sociate dean of A&M’sCollege of VeterinaryMedicine & BiomedicalSciences, said diversitywas as important in vet-erinary care as it was inhuman health care be-cause “every dog, cat,horse and cow is associ-ated with a person.”

Human medical re-search showed that ac-cess to care depended inpart on having a criticalmass of health profes-sionals who are minori-ties available to variouscommunities, said LisaGreenhill, associate exec-utive director of the As-sociation of AmericanVeterinary Medical Col-leges. That connection isnot as clear in veterinarymedicine, but there is agrowing understandingthat because of the bondsthat people have withanimals, the expectationsfor veterinarians aresimilar to those theyhave for doctors.

The low representa-tion among Hispanics in

veterinary medicine is notjust apparent in Texas.

“Contrary to societaltrends, veterinary medicineremains one of the least di-verse professions in theUnited States,” the Associ-ation of American Veterin-ary Medical Colleges saidon its site.

Other health professionshave been working longerto increase diversity, Green-hill said. She said she hadfound that some minoritiesdo not see veterinary med-icine as a career path thatcontributes to their commu-nities.

“You’ll see parents of col-or more apt to encouragekids to pursue careers ineducation, engineering andlaw, and human medicine,”Greenhill said.

The veterinary commu-nity has been working tochange that notion, promot-ing veterinary medicine asa meaningful career pathfor science-minded studentsby reaching potential veter-inarians long before collegewith the message that thecareer can include morethan just working with ani-mals.

There are also jobs inpublic health policy or foodinspection, said Dr. Beth Sa-bin, associate director ofthe American VeterinaryMedical Association.

“Kids make up theirmind about what professionthey want to go into at afairly early age,” Sabin said.

One barrier to recruit-ment is the fact that veter-inary education can be justas expensive as other health

training, but the startingsalaries are lower.

“Folks look at that,” Sa-bin said.“It’s not that youcan’t make a great living asa veterinarian — you cer-tainly can — but those ini-tial few years, you might bemore conscious of howmuch the tuition debt willbe.”

There has been progresson increasing diversity inthe field, Greenhill said.

Still, of the 11,483 stu-dents at 28 veterinary med-ical colleges across thecountry last year, 3.8 per-cent were Hispanic, shesaid. The percentage washigher at Texas A&M — theonly veterinary program inthe state — where 7 percentof the students were His-panic.

Meanwhile, A&M isworking to ensure that stu-dents are equipped to servediverse clients by teachingcultural competency andmedical Spanish.

Garza and six other doc-tors at his clinic in El Paso,which is predominately His-panic, perform dental X-rays on dogs and some-times draw blood fromhorses that are on theirway to cross the U.S.-Mexi-co border. Garza is the onlyHispanic veterinarian at hisclinic.

“I see a change happen-ing,” Garza said, notingthat more Hispanics are ap-plying to veterinary school.

“It’s a matter of expo-sure,” he added, “owningpets and then becoming in-terested in animals in gen-eral.”

More veterinarians

Dr. Orlando Garza walks with a dog that was boarding at his animalhospital on Monday, in El Paso.

Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre | The Texas Tribune

Animal doc eyesyoung Hispanics

in his fieldBy CORRIE MACLAGGAN

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

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SAN YGNACIO — Ro-sario “Elena” Arredondo,87, passed away Monday,Aug. 11, 2014, at her resi-dence in San Ygnacio.

Ms. Arredondo is pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Osbaldo Arredondo;grandson, Arturo E. Na-varro and a great-grand-son, Eliud Joel Garcia III.

Ms. Arredondo is sur-vived by her children, An-tonio (Marisol) Arredon-do, Rosa Maria (Eliud JoelSr.) Garcia, Martha A.(Manuel E.) Garcia, Patri-cia Arredondo, Irene (Ar-turo E.) Navarro; 15grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; one greatgreat granddaughter;brother, Angel (Maria Ele-na) Celedon Jr.; sister-in-law, Aurora Garza; and bynumerous nephews, niec-es and many friends.

Visitation hours wereheld Friday, Aug. 15, 2014,at 8 a.m. with a rosary at8:30 a.m. at Rose GardenFuneral Home. The funer-al procession departed at10:15 a.m. for a 10:30 a.m.funeral Mass at Our Lady

of Refuge in San Ygnacio.Committal services fol-lowed at Martinez Cemete-ry in San Ygnacio.

Special thanks to herson-in-law/son Manuel E.Garcia who always caredfor her.

Funeral arrangementswere under the directionof Rose Garden FuneralHome, Daniel A. Gonzalez,funeral director, 2102 Hwy.83, Zapata.

ROSARIO ‘ELENA’ ARREDONDO

May 25, 1927 – Aug. 11, 2014

STRENGTHS:MORE JOBSHiring in the United

States has surged in thefirst seven months of thisyear.

Monthly job gains are av-eraging a solid and steady230,000, based on govern-ment figures. That’s rough-ly an average of 35,000 morejobs each month comparedwith last year.

Fewer people are apply-ing for unemployment ben-efits. And fewer new hiresare working as temps. Bothtrends suggest stronger jobsecurity.

Economists say the cu-mulative effect of all thoseadditional paychecksshould propel growth andhelp insulate the U.S. econ-omy from trouble abroad.

Though low-paying in-dustries account for muchof the hiring, many econo-mists foresee more jobscoming from higher-wageindustries such as construc-tion, engineering and con-sulting.

Zandi expects monthlyjob growth to accelerate toan average of 275,000 some-time next year.

RECORD PROFITS Earnings at companies in

the Standard and Poor’s 500index are on track to jump10 percent in the secondquarter from a year earlier,according to S&P CapitalIQ, a research firm. Thatwould be the biggest quar-terly gain in nearly threeyears.

That news has helped theS&P 500 index climb nearly6 percent this year, extend-ing a bull market into itssixth year. The gains havebeen remarkably steady,too. The stock markethasn’t suffered a “correc-tion” — a drop of 10 per-cent — in nearly threeyears, twice as long as istypical.

Still, some markets out-

side the U.S. are falling. Japan’s benchmark Nik-

kei 225 is down 6 percentthis year. Germany’s DAXhas lost nearly 5 percent,and France’s CAC 40 isdown 3 percent.

At the same time, globalinvestors have been pour-ing money into U.S. Trea-surys, long seen as a safebet in troubled times. Theyield on Treasury notes ma-turing in 10 years, whichfalls when demand rises,hit 2.3 percent on Friday, itslowest level in more than ayear.

Christine Short, a direc-tor at S&P Capital IQ, wor-ries that more grim newsfrom abroad could send U.S.stocks tumbling. “Marketsare ripe for correction,” shesays. “The only question is,What is the catalyst?”

HELP FROM CEN-TRAL BANKS

The Fed has been paringits pace of bond purchasesand will end them altogeth-er this fall. The purchaseshave been intended to holddown longer-term rates andprod consumers and busi-nesses to borrow andspend. But the Fed hasstressed that it will keepshort-term rates at low lev-els even if unemploymentreaches a level usually link-ed to rising inflation.

Before raising rates, theFed wants to see “thewhites of the eyes of a realrecovery and wagegrowth,” says Diane Swonk,chief economist at MesirowFinancial.

Many economists projectthat the Fed won’t lift short-term rates until mid-2015.Another plus for econo-mies, at least in the short-term: The Fed’s low-ratepolicies have influencedother central banks.

The Bank of Japan isbuying bonds to stimulategrowth and the EuropeanCentral Bank is facing callsto do so itself.

THREATS:FOREIGN EXPOSUREThough the U.S. economy

has managed so far to with-stand the economic and ge-opolitical turmoil abroad, itisn’t immune to it.

And the bad news keptcoming this past week.

The 18-country eurozone,a key region that emergedfrom recession last yearand accounts for nearly afifth of global output, failedto grow at all in the secondquarter of the year. “TheEuropean recovery is falter-ing,” says Jack Ablin, chiefinvestment officer at BMOPrivate Bank.

Escalating tension be-tween the West and Russiaisn’t helping. Exports fromthe eurozone to Russia ac-count for less than 1 per-cent of the region’s econom-ic output. But Germany, Eu-rope’s largest economy, isvulnerable. It gets nearly allits natural gas from Russia.The German economy con-tracted 0.2 percent in thesecond quarter comparedwith the previous quarter.And business confidence inGermany is plummeting.

Tom Stringfellow, chiefinvestment officer at FrostInvestment Advisors, saysthe tit-for-tat sanctions be-tween the West and Russiaover Ukraine could pushthe eurozone over the edge.“Unless that is resolvedquickly, you could see an-other recession,” he says.

Nearly half of revenue inthe companies in the S&P500 comes from sellingabroad. And exports con-tributed 14 percent of U.S.economic output last year,up from 9 percent in 2002.

WHERE ARE THESHOPPERS?

Retail sales stalled in theUnited States last month.Wage growth has failed tosurpass inflation, leavingmany consumers unwillingor unable to spend more.

Sales at auto dealers anddepartment stores fell inJuly.

Wal-Mart this week cutits profit outlook. Macy’strimmed its sales forecast.

“Consumers are findingthey can live without a lotof the stuff they used to buyautomatically,” says JoelNaroff, president of NaroffEconomic Advisors, in a re-search note. “Right now,people are just not partingwith their hard-earnedfunds.”

It’s not just U.S. consum-ers who are spending less.Japan’s economy crateredin the April-June quarter,due to a sales tax hike. Theeconomy there shrank 6.8percent from a year earlier.And shoppers face anothersales tax increase in Octo-ber 2015.

OIL SPIKEWill fighting in Iraq and

Ukraine upend global ener-gy markets, and raise thecost of filling your gas tankand heating your home?

Europe is worried be-cause it gets much of itsnatural gas from Russia.And Iraq is the second-big-gest OPEC oil producer. Be-fore dropping last month,crude oil prices hit a 10-month high in June onnews of victories by IslamicState fighters.

In the United States, gas-oline is averaging $3.47 agallon, according to AAA.That’s down 7 cents fromlast year. But the benefits ofcheaper gas could be erasedif supplies were disrupted.Consumers would be hit bywhat economists considerthe equivalent of a tax in-crease.

One positive to come outof the dire economic situa-tion? Because so manycountries are struggling togrow, demand for oil is re-strained. On Tuesday, theInternational Energy Agen-cy lowered its forecast forglobal demand this year.

ECONOMY Continued from Page 1A

uninsured residents,with 6.4 million Texans,or nearly a quarter ofthe population, lackinghealth care coverage. Be-fore the hearing even be-gan, county judges fromthe state’s six largestcounties sent Schwertn-er a letter imploring theLegislature to find aunique, “Texas way for-ward” to expandinghealth coverage to low-income Texans.

“The current cost ofuncompensated care pro-vided to Texans by pub-lic and private providersis over $4 billion a year,”said the letter, whichwas signed by judges inHarris, Dallas, Tarrant,Bexar, El Paso and Tra-vis counties.

A recent White Housereport found that Medi-caid expansion wouldhave covered an addi-tional 1.2 million Texansby 2016. Still, Gov. RickPerry and the GOP-con-trolled Legislature haverefused expansion, re-jecting the full federalhealth overhaul as mis-guided, “one-size-fits-all”policy Washington is at-tempting to impose onthe states.

On Thursday, severalcommittee membersraised concerns aboutthe numbers of Texanswho may have lost theirjobs because their em-ployers imposed cut-backs in order to meetthe health law require-ments. Others asked ifhealth insurance rateswere on the rise as in-surers adjust to the law.

“We’re going to havemore and more people

working two jobs be-cause they can’t get onefull-time job because ofthese mandates,” saidSen. Larry Taylor, aFriendswood Republi-can.

But top state insur-ance and health officialssaid it’s still too early totell if large numbers ofpreviously insured Tex-ans lost their health cov-erage, or if health insur-ance rates will indeedrise.

Around 3.8 millionTexans are Medicaid re-cipients. But Health andHuman Services Com-missioner Kyle Janektold the committee thatTexas’ Medicaid case-load could increase by600,000-plus — eventhough the state isn’t ex-panding the programunder the federal law.

Janek said that Affor-dable Care Act-relatedMedicaid enrollmentsmay rise from around90,000 in fiscal year 2014to more than 722,000 byfiscal year 2017. That’smainly because the lawchanged income require-ments to qualify, mean-ing more young Texanswill move from thestate’s children’s healthcare program to Medi-caid.

It’s also due, however,to what Janek called“outreach,” publicity as-sociated with the federallaw which alerted manylow-income familiesaround the state thatthey did indeed qualifyfor Medicaid coverageeven though they’d nev-er previously known toapply for it.

HEALTH Continued from Page 1A

WASHINGTON — Fall-ing gasoline costs loweredthe prices that U.S. compa-nies received for theirgoods and services lastmonth, keeping overall in-flation in check.

The producer price in-dex rose 0.1 percent in July,following a 0.4 percent gainin June, the Labor Depart-ment said Friday. The in-dex measures the cost ofgoods and services beforethey reach the consumer.

Wholesale gas prices fell2.1 percent, after jumping6.4 percent in June. Thecost of pharmaceuticals,pickup trucks and rail andtruck shipping servicesrose, while the cost of vege-tables, jewelry and naturalgas fell.

Excluding the volatilecategories of food, energyand retailer and wholesalerprofit margins, pricesmoved up 0.2 percent.

Below targetIn the past 12 months,

producer prices have risenjust 1.7 percent, slightly be-low the Federal Reserve’starget.

Wholesale prices jumped0.5 percent in April, led bya big increase in food costs.That raised concernsamong some economiststhat inflation could acceler-ate. But price changes sincethen have been mostlytame.

Consumer prices havetended to track the costs forproducers. They rose 0.3percent in June, mostly be-

cause of higher pump pric-es. Consumer prices rose2.1 percent in June com-pared with the year prior.

The Fed targets inflationat about 2 percent as aguard against deflation,which could drag downwages and spark anotherrecession. At the sametime, the Fed wants toavoid excessive inflationand protect consumers andthe purchasing power ofthe dollar.

Stagnant wagesEmployers have stepped

up hiring this year andconsumers are more confi-dent in the economy. Butwage growth and spendinghave been sluggish. The un-employment rate, at 6.2 per-cent, remains elevated com-

pared with levels typical ina healthy economy.

Price quandryThose trends have made

it difficult for businesses toraise prices, because thatcould chase away custom-ers. Many retailers have re-ported disappointing salesand profits this year.

Still, low inflation hasenabled the Fed to pursueextraordinary measures toboost the economy. It hasbegun to unwind some ofthose measures, cutting amonthly bond-buying pro-gram to $25 billion, from$85 billion last year.

Those bond purchaseshad ensured low interestrates that encouraged in-vestors to pour money intothe economy.

Producer prices show July riseBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo hasn’t takena snap in a game since he played through a back in-jury to lead a drive that kept Dallas in playoff con-tention late last season.

The 34-year-old quarterback has eased his wayback in since surgery to repair a herniated disk,staying out of competitive situations during the off-season and taking frequent days off at trainingcamp.

Romo won’t play long in the Cowboys’ preseasonhome opener against Baltimore on Saturday night,but he will be the starter after skipping the first ex-hibition game last week in San Diego.

He led the offense in two joint practices withOakland this week. Dallas broke camp in Californiaon Friday.

“I felt like this was a big week for Tony,” tightend Jason Witten said. “I felt like this was a reallybig week for our team and felt he’s done a reallygreat job setting the tempo for us.”

Romo finished a winning drive after the injury tobeat Washington last December but had to watchfrom home when the Cowboys lost to Philadelphiawith a playoff berth on the line. He gets his firstchance to run the offense with new play-caller ScottLinehan.

It will be Joe Flacco’s second game with first-year Ravens offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak. Hebrings the West Coast offense to coach John Har-baugh’s staff after being fired in the middle of lastseason with the Texans on their way to 14 straightlosses after a 2-0 start.

Linehan and Kubiak had strong debuts last week.Romo backup Brandon Weeden completed 13 of 17passes for 107 yards and a touchdown against theChargers, while Flacco led an 80-yard scoring drivein his only possession against San Francisco.

And Linehan should have several more toys to

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will make his pre-season debut Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens.

Photo by Jae C. Hong | AP

Romo tostart againstBaltimore

By SCHUYLER DIXONASSOCIATED PRESS

LAREDO – The Zapata girls’ crosscountry team tested out its legs earlyFriday morning at the AlexanderFun Run.

The 1.5 mile course gave Zapata astarting point for the season as theLady Hawks are searching for fourrunners to replace a very talentedsenior class that was lost to gradua-tion including four-time state quali-fier Jazmine Garcia who is runningat Our Lady of the Lake to start hercollege career.

"We lost four outstanding seniors.Each one had an opportunity to runat the college level and one decidedto do it which is Jazmine," Zapatacoach Mike Villarreal said. "We havesome experience but it is going to beokay. It is going to be a process andit is going to be a road that we haveto climb."

Zapata returns the No. 3 girl fromlast year’s squad, Raquel Armaguez,

No. 6 girl Abby Zuniga and No. 7runner Norma Ramirez. Last year,Zapata lost their bid to head to thestate meet by 11 points and finishedin third place at the Region IV-3Ameet in San Antonio.

Once again, Villarreal heads tohis mad scientist lab to as he search-es for the right formula for anotherchampionship team that has beendominating at the district and re-gional level.

Villarreal will keep the LadyHawks away from the big meets ashe attempts to ease his team into theseason.

"We will not be attending the bigmeets like UTSA, the McNeils andthose kind of heavy-hitter meets,"Villarreal said. "One reason is thebudget cuts and also is because wehave a young team. Plus these bigschools do offer the two-mile races,but not quality two-mile races. Weare going to be going to some small-er meets like Falfurrias, San Diegoand probably the biggest meet is the

meet of champs."The season opener for the Lady

Hawks will be in Zapata on Aug. 30at the annual Hawks Stamped.

A new cross country rule takes ef-fect this year as UIL has changedhow many individual runners makeit to state along with the top fourteams, an increase from three teams.The rule increase the number ofqualifiers to the top 10 individualswho are not already on one of thefour advancing teams.

A runner can finish in 16th placeat the regional meet and still earn atrip to the state meet after all therunners who are on state teams gettaken out of the final top 10 tally atthe end of the meet.

"The new rules mean that the topfour teams get to go to state, so a fewyears ago we could have been thereseven years in a row," Villarreal saidwith a laugh. "That news is killingme. The 10 individuals not

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: ZAPATA LADY HAWKS

Zapata begins

The Zapata girls’ cross country team began its season Friday at the Alexander Fun Run. The Lady Hawks are replacing four senior runnersfrom last year’s team.

Photo by Clara Sandoval | The Zapata Times

Lady Hawks open year at Alexander Fun RunBy CLARA SANDOVAL

THE ZAPATA TIMES

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HOUSTON — J.J. Watt feelsas if he gets asked about playingwith Jadeveon Clowney everyday.

When the Texans selectedClowney with the top overallpick, they instantly created whaton paper looks like one of theleague’s most formidable passrushes. Watt is one of the game’smost disruptive forces and Clow-ney was similarly dominant atSouth Carolina. Clowney is mov-

ing to outside linebacker in Ro-meo Crennel’s 3-4 defensivescheme.

The two showed a glimpse ofwhat they could do on the sec-ond play from scrimmage in lastweek’s 32-0 loss in Arizona, withboth charging in from the rightside and Watt sacking CarsonPalmer. Watt downplayed howmuch to read into the play. TheTexans weren’t doing anythingcomplicated, and Watt wasn’teven paying attention to where

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Defensive end J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans host the Atlanta Falcons at 7p.m. on Saturday.

Photo by Matt York | AP

Houston looking torebound at home

By CHRIS DUNCANASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas — CharlieStrong has been prepping to leadthe Texas Longhorns for 30years. The evidence is tuckedaway in his office, stuffed intofile cabinets one page, one les-son, one line at a time.

Inside the drawers are dailynotes, quotes, practice reports,meeting agendas and conversa-tions that span a career from hisfirst job as a graduate assistantat Florida in 1983 to stops at Tex-as A&M, Mississippi, South Car-olina, Notre Dame and back toFlorida before his first headcoaching job at Louisville.

Some are typed on pages stillcrisp. Others are handwritten onfloppy and withered paper. Theyhave followed Strong to every jobhe’s ever had, including Texas.

“His attention to detail wasunmatched,” said Gary Darnell,who coached with Strong at Flor-ida in 1988-89. “He loves gather-ing information. He was eithergoing to be a college professor ora coach.”

And it likely explains whyStrong comes off as so confidentto face the mission in front ofhim: returning Texas to the topof the Big 12.

“It isn’t a monster,” Strongsaid of Texas, despite the factthat his office view of the stadi-

um is partly blocked by a videoboard so big its nickname isGodzillatron. “It’s a programwith all the resources you need.”

Strong will need every bit ofthat confidence — and those re-sources — as he begins his ten-ure. Strong, the first black headcoach of a men’s sport at Texas,was hired to replace MackBrown, who in 2005 delivered theLonghorns’ first national cham-pionship in 36 years and ledthem to another national titlegame after the 2009 season. Butthe run ended there. Since 2010,Texas hasn’t won more than ninegames in a season.

Texas offensive coordinatorJoe Wickline, who was withStrong as a graduate assistant atFlorida, describes him as “in-sanely organized.”

“He’s always been like that,”Wickline said. “He made notes ofdrops, missed assignments.Charted everything.”

But it was more than routinestuff. By documenting the de-tails, Strong was soaking upyears of valuable teaching fromnational championship-winningcoaches like Lou Holtz, SteveSpurrier and Urban Meyer.

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS LONGHORNS

Strong preparing for decades

Charlie Strong is using lessons from championship coaches such as Steve Spur-rier and Urban Meyer as he prepares for his first season as head coach at Texas.

Photo by Ricardo Brazziell | AP

By JIM VERTUNOASSOCIATED PRESS

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Clowney lined up.“Everyone makes a real big

deal out of it,” Watt said, “but Ididn’t notice that he was out-side of me, so it’s just one ofthose things. You’re playingfootball and some people makea bigger deal on a lot of thingsthan it really is out there.”

Watt played only one seriesagainst the Cardinals. WithWatt out, Clowney shed a tightend and tackled Stepfan Taylorbehind the line. Other thanthat, the Texans didn’t showmuch against the Cardinals.

Starting quarterback RyanFitzpatrick played the entirefirst half and completed onlysix passes with two intercep-tions. The Cardinals’ offense,meanwhile, had their way withHouston’s defense, compiling407 yards and going 11 for 17 onthird downs.

O’Brien started the weekwith a morning film session be-fore Monday’s practice, and hesaw marked improvement injoint practices with Atlantathis week. The Texans and Fal-cons play on Saturday night.

Help could be on the way for

the Texans on Saturday. Run-ning back Arian Foster, receiv-er Andre Johnson and lineback-er Brian Cushing returned topractice on Wednesday afterlong layoffs, although O’Brienwouldn’t promise that any ofthe three would play againstthe Falcons.

Watt and Clowney surely willplay after giving valuable looksto Atlanta’s reshaped offensiveline in the combined practices.Protecting the passer was a ma-jor issue for the Falcons lastyear, and they drafted tackleJake Matthews and signedguard Jon Asamoah to shoreup a front that allowed 44 sacksof Matt Ryan in 2013.

“In this league, you want tokeep your quarterback stand-ing up and that was one of ourNo. 1 goals going into this off-season was to improve our passprotection,” Atlanta coach MikeSmith said. “Working against agood defensive line definitelyhelps us prepare for the regularseason.”

The Falcons and Texansstarted last season with SuperBowl aspirations and finished

as two of the league’s biggestdisappointments.

Atlanta showed more prom-ise in its preseason opener,beating Miami 16-10. Ryan andthe first-team offense scored atouchdown on their only series,going 77 yards on 15 plays, andthe defense held Miami to 229yards and 12 first downs.

Ryan had one of his most pro-ductive seasons in 2013 despitethe problems around him, com-pleting 67 percent of his throwsand a career-high 439 passes.

“The won-loss record wasn’twhat you would want it to be,but I thought Matt had a reallygood season, showed a lot of re-siliency,” Smith said. “I think ithelped him grow as a playerand as a person. He’s becomemore vocal and we need forhim to be a vocal leader andthis is Matt Ryan’s footballteam.”

Smith was noncommittalwhen asked if receiver JulioJones would play in Houston.Jones is recovering from sur-gery on his right foot. He prac-ticed Wednesday but not Thurs-day.

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Spurrier taught him how tobuild team confidence, not justfor a game, but a swashbucklingprogram-wide swagger.

“(Spurrier) built a confidencein a team where you knew youweren’t going to lose a game. Itdidn’t matter who we played, hemade that team feel it’s time togo put on a show,”’ Strong said.“They came here to watch USplay ... No matter where wewent, Alabama or Auburn, itdidn’t matter. That’s the confi-dence you have to build in a pro-gram.”

Holtz taught him about atten-tion to detail. Not just within agame or practice or playbook,but within his players. Holtz de-manded that his assistant coach-

es know their players better thanhe did. And it was challenge be-cause Holtz seemed to know ev-erything about every player onthe roster, from their personallives to their weekly academicstatus.

Strong gives each of his play-ers a biography form to fill out.It asks personal questions, suchas naming three people theywould like to have dinner with,the last time they cried, and thehappiest days of their lives.

That’s particularly importantwhen inheriting a roster of play-ers he didn’t recruit and onlyfirst met a few months ago.

“We want to understand ourplayers,” Strong said. “I don’t ev-er want our coaches to ask a

player ‘How’s your mom?’ whenreally he lost her when he was 2years old.”

The players also have to under-stand him. And play by his rules.

He had laid down core valuesof “no drugs, no guns, no steal-ing, be honest and treat womenwith respect” in his first meetingwith the team back in January.Then he created a stir with a se-ries of dismissals or suspensionsat the start of training camp.

Wide receivers Kendall Sand-ers and Montrel Meander werekicked off after felony sexual as-sault charges and Strong saysthey won’t be allowed back evenif the charges are later droppedor they are acquitted. Three oth-er players were dismissed and

three more potential starterswere suspended for at least onegame for unspecified rules viola-tions.

“If you want to be a part ofthis team, you are going to haveto follow the rules, you are goingto have to be committed and dothings right. If you don’t want todo that, you can’t be a part ofthis team,” quarterback DavidAsh said.

“I say it all of the time, if ayoung man doesn’t want to be apart of this program, just breaka core value and you are tellingme exactly where you want tostand,” Strong said.

There have been other minoradjustments for his team.

Strong removed the iconic

Longhorn logo stickers fromplayer helmets in training camp,telling them they had to earnthem back. He eliminated thehalf-mile air-conditioned bus ridefrom the locker room to the prac-tice field. Players now walk topractice in their pads. In theheat.

Strong has been up front withfans about the team’s prospects,and practices the honesty hepreaches. Back in April on thefirst stop of his statewide “Co-min’ on Strong” tour to meetTexas fans, he warned them theLonghorns “will not be in the na-tional championship game.”

Will they ever be?Those piles of notes may have

the answer.

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play with after Witten, running backDeMarco Murray and receiver DezBryant sat against the Chargers. Healso seems to think a lot of Murray’sbackup, Lance Dunbar. The 2012 un-drafted free agent was a healthyscratch in San Diego along with thestars, so the Ravens game will be hisfirst under Linehan as well.

“He has a really good way of find-ing what his players do well andhighlighting them and featuringthem and also attacking maybe somematchups,” coach Jason Garrett said.“We’ve always tried to do that. Thetransition has been really smooth forus.”

It will be Kubiak’s second gamewith running back Ray Rice, whohad three carries for 17 yards againstSan Francisco. Rice will miss thefirst two games of the regular seasonafter being suspended following hisarrest for domestic violence.

“John and I talked about what hewanted to be on the offensive side ofthe ball, but we haven’t spent anytime talking about what happenedlast year,” Kubiak said. “Everybodyhas bought into what we’re doing.We have to go take another step thisweek.”

Linebacker Rolando McClain is ex-

pected to make his Dallas debutagainst the Ravens after Baltimoretraded him for a late-round pick be-fore training camp. The Cowboys aretrying to replace middle linebackerSean Lee, who tore a knee ligamentin the offseason and is out for theyear.

McClain never played for the Rav-ens, twice retiring after they pickedhim up when Oakland gave up onthe former top 10 pick after threeseasons.

“He just needs to play,” coach Ja-son Garrett said. “He needs to keepcoming out here and practicing welland understand what we’re askinghim to do from a defensive stand-point. Gain the trust of his team-mates and coaches.”

Both defenses have work to do.While the Cowboys struggled to stopthe Chargers, the Ravens let the49ers march to a field goal on ColinKaepernick’s only drive. Because ofinjuries, Baltimore’s focus is on thedefensive line and secondary.

“We have to start faster now,” de-fensive coordinator Dean Pees said.“I think we were a little hyped up be-cause there were a couple timeswhere we ran up field on a runningplay and the ball gashed us.”

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Kansas City Chiefs widereceiver Dwayne Bowe hasbeen suspended for the sea-son opener against Tennes-see for violating the NFL’ssubstance-abuse policy.

Bowe was pulled overfor speeding in a KansasCity suburb on Nov. 10, andwas arrested after policefound a black bag contain-ing his wallet, driver’s li-cense and two containersof suspected marijuana. Helater pleaded guilty toamended charges of defec-tive equipment and litter-ing, and his attorney saidthere was no admission ofguilt for the marijuanacharge, which was dis-missed.

Bowe issued a statementthrough the NFL Players’Association shortly afterthe suspension was an-nounced in which he apol-ogized for having to missthe Titans game on Sept. 7.

Bowe remains eligible toparticipate in all preseasonpractices and games.

Browns hope to name start-ing QB on Tuesday

CLEVELAND — Brownscoach Mike Pettine has setTuesday as his target date.That’s when he’ll saywhether Brian Hoyer orrookie Johnny Manziel isthe starting quarterbackfor the opener.

Pettine said Thursdaythat Hoyer will startagainst the WashingtonRedskins on Monday night,with Manziel getting snapswith the first-team offense.Pettine isn’t sure how he’lldivide their time and willsee how the game unfolds.His focus is making surethe “reps are close toequal.”

Hoyer started Cleve-land’s preseason opener atDetroit, with Manziel play-ing exclusively with thebackups. Pettine says theBrowns are fortunate tohave two quarterbackswith “NFL starter ability.”

Pettine would not con-firm or deny a report Man-ziel was late to a teammeeting this week.

Jaguars QB Bortles to getsnaps with starters

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —Rookie Blake Bortles willget his first opportunitywith the first-team offensethis week.

Jaguars coach Gus Bra-dley says Bortles will getrepetitions with the start-ers in practice this weekand will play about a quar-ter with them during Fri-

day’s preseason game atDetroit.

Bradley remains com-mitted to veteran ChadHenne as the team’s open-ing-day starter. Since selec-ting Bortles with the thirdoverall pick in May’s NFLdraft, the Jaguars have in-sisted that Henne wouldstart and Bortles wouldtake over when he’s ready.In the meantime, Bradleyand general manager DaveCaldwell want to foster apressure-free environmentfor Bortles to transition tothe team’s pro-style system.

But the former UCFstandout has been impres-sive in two preseasongames, completing 23 of 34passes for 290 yards andshowing he’s ready for thenext challenge.

WR Bowe suspendedASSOCIATED PRESS

Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was suspended for the seasonopener for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.

Photo by Sait Serkan Gurbuz | AP

BROOKLYN, Mich. —NASCAR added a rule Fri-day barring its driversfrom approaching thetrack or moving cars afteraccidents, less than aweek after driver KevinWard Jr. was struck andkilled during a dirt-trackrace in New York.

If a car is involved in anaccident and can no long-er keep going — and noextenuating circumstanc-es exist such as smoke inthe cockpit or fire — thedriver should not loosenany personal safety equip-ment until directed to doso by safety personnel or aNASCAR or track official.After being told to exit thecar, the driver should pro-ceed to an emergency ve-hicle or as otherwise di-rected.

The rule takes effectimmediately and appliesto all of NASCAR’s series.

“Really, we’re formaliz-ing rules that have beenthere,” said Robin Pem-berton, NASCAR’s vicepresident of competitionand racing development.“It’s reminders that takeplace during drivers meet-ings with drivers abouton-track accidents.”

Last Saturday, Stewart’scar struck and killedWard at a sprint car racein Canandaigua, NewYork. After Stewart ap-peared to clip Ward’s car,

sending it spinning, Wardleft the car during the cau-tion period, walked downthe track and was hit byStewart. His funeral wasThursday.

Stewart could facecriminal charges. He isskipping this weekend’sSprint Cup race at Michi-gan International Speed-way.

“Through time youhave to recognize whenyou get a reminder or tapon the shoulder, some-thing that may need to beaddressed,” Pembertonsaid. “This is one of thosetimes where we look out-side our sport and we lookat other things, and wefeel like it was time to ad-dress this.”

It remains to be seenhow NASCAR will enforcethe provision, and howmuch the threat of penal-ties will deter drivers inthe heat of the moment.Jimmie Johnson, six-timechampion and one ofNASCAR’s most respecteddrivers, said he thought itwas the right move.

“Will that stop a driverthat’s really upset?” John-son said. “I don’t know.It’s hard to say.”

“There’s still going tobe confrontations outthere and that’s never go-ing to change. People willstill get mad at each oth-er,” added Joey Logano.“You’ve got to keep the bigpicture of staying safe outthere and somehow con-

trolling your emotions.”The sport has thrived

thanks to the personalitiesof some of its biggest starsand that includes an occa-sional feud or angry en-counter at the track. Stew-art once threw his helmetat Matt Kenseth’s wind-shield. In 2003, Kevin Har-vick climbed on the roofof his car to shout atRicky Rudd, who hadnudged him from behindlate in a race.

SHR executive VP says Stew-art grieving

BROOKLYN, Mich. —The executive vice presi-dent of Stewart-Haas Rac-ing says Tony Stewart isgrieving — and it will beup to the star driver to de-cide when he’s ready toget back in the car.

Jeff Burton will drivethe No. 14 car in Stewart’splace in Sunday’sNASCAR Sprint Cup raceat Michigan InternationalSpeedway. SHR executiveVP Brett Frood says theyhaven’t discussed any oth-er races.

Stewart is skipping asecond straight Cup racesince striking and killingdriver Kevin Ward Jr. at adirt-track race in NewYork last weekend. Frooddid not say where Stewartwas Friday, but he saidStewart was surroundedby his closest friends andfamily.

Frood says it was Stew-art’s decision to skip thisweekend’s race.

Jeff Burton drives Tony Stewart’s No. 14 car through the garage to to practice Friday for theNASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

Photo by Paul Sancya | AP

NASCAR bars exitingBy NOAH TRISTERASSOCIATED PRESS

on the team make it tostate. This is really goodfor the runners and itmeans that we have morerunners at the state meet."

Zapata will be vying tokeep their streak that

dates back 10 years ofsending an individual or ateam to the state meet.

"If we can get one run-ner out to the state meet,it will be 11 years in a rowthat Zapata has represen-

tation at the state meetand that would be some-thing phenomenal," Villar-real said.

Clara Sandoval can bereached at [email protected].

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