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HOUSTON — Thousands oflaw enforcement officers stoodat attention to form a wall Fri-day outside one of Houston’slargest churches as a 21-gunsalute and flyover by policehelicopters were carried outin honor of a slain sheriff ’sdeputy.

The symbolic gestures fol-lowed the funeral for HarrisCounty Sheriff ’s Deputy Dar-ren Goforth, who was gunneddown at a gas pump a weekago.

“We come to this place withheavy hearts, and have ques-tions we don’t really under-stand,” Lt. Don Savell, thesheriff ’s department chaplain,said as the ceremony began.“We gather to share the grief

we all feel and perhaps to findthe strength to bear our sor-

row and to look for seeds ofhope.”

Second Baptist Church,which holds 7,000 people, wasfilled. Some officers stood out-side and watched the nearlytwo-hour service on big-screentelevisions, while other specta-tors gathered outside the sub-urban convenience storewhere Goforth was killed toview the funeral on screensset up there. Flowers, balloons,posters and written messagesin memory of Goforth stillsurround the pump where hewas shot.

Goforth, 47, was in uniformwhen he was killed while put-ting fuel in his patrol car. A

HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY DARREN GOFORTH

HONORING A DEPUTY

Friday at 11 a.m., Sheriff Alonso M. Lopez, along with other law enforcement agencies in Zapata County, joined Texas officers and citizens in supportinglaw enforcement by turning on their lights for one minute and paying their respects as the state mourns Harris County Sheriff Deputy Darren Goforth atthe time his funeral services began.

Courtesy photo | Zapata County Sheriff’s Office

Kathleen Goforth, center, reacts as a 21-gun salute sounds off during thefuneral service for her husband Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Go-forth at Second Baptist Church on Friday, in Houston. Goforth was killed aweek ago while filling his patrol car with gasoline at a suburban Houstonconvenience store. A 30-year-old Houston man is charged with his slaying.

Photo by Jason Fochtman/Conroe Courier | AP

Thousands honor manshot while pumping gas

By MICHAEL GRACZYKASSOCIATED PRESS

See FUNERAL PAGE 11A

A woman wanted out of Zapata Coun-ty was arrested in Laredo on Thursday,according to authorities.

Laredo police identified the suspectas Rosa Mayela Ramirez, 40.

Officers served her with a theft war-rant at a Laredo cardealership Thursday inthe 6300 block of BobBullock Loop.

Details on the theftwarrant were not imme-diately available.

The state jail felonycarries a punishment ofup two years in jail. Ra-mirez remained de-

tained at the Webb County Jail on Fri-day afternoon.

Ramirez has had prior encounterswith the Laredo authorities.

LPD said Ramirez, who owns Cellu-lite and Body Contouring, 1502 Laredo

THEFT WARRANT

Deputiesarrest

suspectWoman faces up to 2 years

in state jail in theft caseBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See ARREST PAGE 11A

RAMIREZ

The Obama administration’scontroversial new clean waterregulations apply in Texas af-ter all.

Clarifying an injunction heissued last week, a federaljudge in North Dakota says heblocked the federal Waters ofthe U.S. rule — aimed at betterdefining the scope of bodies of

water protected under the fed-eral Clean Water Act — fromtaking effect in only 13 statessuing in his court.

Texas is not one of them.It’s a setback for Attorney

General Ken Paxton, whocheered the injunction lastweek, arguing that it appliednationwide.

Friday’s ruling from U.S.District Judge Ralph Ericksonclears up one muddy legal

question about the rule, whichallows the federal governmentto regulate small streams andwetlands.

The confusion startedThursday of last week. Hoursbefore the regulation was set totake effect, Erickson granted arequest from a group of 13states to block the regulations,ruling that “the risk of irrepa-rable harm to the states is bothimminent and likely” if the

regulation took effect as a legalchallenge winds through thecourts.

Ranchers, property rightsadvocates and Republican crit-ics of the Obama administra-tion proclaimed victory, withPaxton saying the ruling pre-vented “a dangerous and ill-conceived set of regulationsfrom taking effect.”

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

See RULES PAGE 11A

EPA water rulesJudge: Regulations apply in Texas, 36 other states

By JIM MALEWITZTHE TEXAS TRIBUNE

A man and a woman were recentlyarrested for transporting people whohad entered the country illegally, re-cords state.

Identified as the suspects, Jacob Ca-sares and Viviana Yvette Gonzalezwere arrested and charged with trans-porting illegal immigrants.

The case unfolded Aug. 27, when Tex-as Department of Public Safety troop-ers requested assistance from BorderPatrol on a couple of traffic stops.

One trooper had pulled over a 2010Chevrolet Equinox for displaying thewrong license plate. The vehicle wasoccupied by four people. Casares wasidentified as the driver while the threepassengers were determined to be in

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Man,woman

facecharges

Federal agents accuse duoof transporting immigrants

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZLAREDO MORNING TIMES

See TWO ARRESTED PAGE 11A

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5Martin High School Class of ’75

40th year reunion from 8 p.m. to 1a.m. at The Mirage, 5411 McPhersonRd. Contact Yolanda Gonzalez-Robbinsat 286-4627 or yolandarobbins@hot-mail.com. RSVP required.

Used book sale at First UnitedMethodist Church, 1220 McClellandAve. Hardcovers $1, paperbacks $.50,magazines and children’s books $.25.Open from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Publicis welcome.

8th Annual Football TailgatingCook-Off at L.I.F.E. Downs from 9a.m. to 10 p.m. Cook-off teams in fin-ger ribs (money prizes and trophies),chicken thighs (jackpot prize) andspare ribs (jackpot prize). Also, ashowmanship contest for best deco-rated team (truck, tent and mem-bers), live music, food vendors, a carshow, Webb County Trail Riders,Ranch Rodeo and Team Roping andmore. $2 per person at gate, age 12and under free. Call 956-286-9055 toparticipate in cook-off or as a vendor.

TAMIU Lamar Bruni VergaraPlanetarium shows. 2 p.m.: AccidentalAstronaut*; 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventur-es; 4 p.m.: Extreme Planets; 5 p.m.:Led Zeppelin. General Admission is$4 for children and $5 for adults. Ad-mission is $4 for TAMIU students,faculty and staff. *Matinee Shows are$1 less. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

The Laredo Northside MarketAssociation is hosting its September2015 market day at North CentralPark’s parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. There will be games with prizesfor children.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation

Center continues with the UT Kids-Pediatric Orthopedics Clinics at thecenter, 1220 N. Malinche Ave. Dr.John Faust and Dr. Sekinat McCor-mick hold clinics every second Tues-day of the month. Prior registrationand $5 processing fee. Orthopedicclinics benefit children with cerebralpalsy, club foot, scoliosis, spina bifidaand more. Contact Norma Rangel at956-722-2431.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9LCC Fall Student Art Show at

the Visual and Performing Arts Cen-ter, West End Washington Street,from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Creations byLaredo Community College art stu-dents in the Martha FenstermakerMemorial Visual Arts Gallery.

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CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Septem-ber 5, the 248th day of 2015.There are 117 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On September 5, 1945, Japa-nese-American Iva ToguriD’Aquino, suspected of beingwartime broadcaster “TokyoRose,” was arrested in Yokoha-ma. (D’Aquino was later con-victed of treason and servedsix years in prison; she waspardoned in 1977 by PresidentGerald R. Ford.)

On this date:In 1774, the first Continental

Congress assembled in Phila-delphia.

In 1793, the Reign of Terrorbegan during the French Rev-olution as the National Con-vention instituted harsh mea-sures to repress counter-revo-lutionary activities.

In 1836, Sam Houston waselected president of the Repub-lic of Texas.

In 1914, the First Battle ofthe Marne, resulting in aFrench-British victory overGermany, began during WorldWar I.

In 1939, four days after warhad broken out in Europe,President Franklin D. Roose-velt issued a proclamation de-claring U.S. neutrality in theconflict.

In 1957, the novel “On theRoad,” by Jack Kerouac, wasfirst published by VikingPress.

In 1961, President John F.Kennedy signed legislationmaking aircraft hijackings afederal crime.

In 1975, President Gerald R.Ford escaped an attempt onhis life by Lynette “Squeaky”Fromme, a disciple of CharlesManson, in Sacramento, Cali-fornia.

In 1984, the space shuttleDiscovery ended its inauguralflight as it landed at EdwardsAir Force Base in California.

In 1995, France ended itsthree-year moratorium on nu-clear tests, setting off an un-derground blast on a SouthPacific atoll.

In 1997, breaking the royalreticence over the death ofPrincess Diana, Britain’sQueen Elizabeth II delivered atelevised address in which shecalled her former daughter-in-law “a remarkable person.”Mother Teresa died in Calcut-ta, India, at age 87.

Today’s Birthdays: For-mer Federal Reserve Boardchairman Paul A. Volcker is88. Comedian-actor Bob Ne-whart is 86. Actress-singerCarol Lawrence is 83. ActorWilliam Devane is 76. ActorGeorge Lazenby is 76. ActressRaquel Welch is 75. Movie di-rector Werner Herzog is 73.Singer Al Stewart is 70. Actor-director Dennis Dugan is 69.College Football Hall of FamerJerry LeVias is 69. SingerLoudon Wainwright III is 69.“Cathy” cartoonist Cathy Gui-sewite is 65. Actor MichaelKeaton is 64. Country musi-cian Jamie Oldaker (The Trac-tors) is 64. Actress DebbieTurner-Larson (Marta in “TheSound of Music”) is 59. Ac-tress Kristian Alfonso is 52.Rhythm-and-blues singer Ter-ry Ellis is 52. Rock musicianBrad Wilk is 47. TV personal-ity Dweezil Zappa is 46. Ac-tress Rose McGowan is 42. Ac-tress Carice Van Houten is 39.Actor Andrew Ducote is 29.Actress Kat Graham is 29.Olympic gold medal figureskater Kim Yu-na is 25. ActorSkandar Keynes is 24.

Thought for Today: “Ifmoderation is a fault, then in-difference is a crime.” — JackKerouac, American novelist(1922-1969).

TODAY IN HISTORY

HOUSTON — Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton made his first campaign appear-ance late Thursday since being indicted onsecurities fraud charges, but only vaguely al-luded to his legal troubles while addressingabout 800 cheering supporters at a tea partyrally.

The Republican was joined at the Houstongathering by presidential hopeful Ted Cruz,though the pair gave separate addresses anddidn’t share a stage.

While Paxton was still a candidate, Cruzpraised him as a conservative warrior. Bothmen rely heavily on conservative grassrootssupport, like the kind flowing freely atThursday night’s rally.

Gov. Greg Abbott and other top Texas Re-publicans, meanwhile, haven’t publicly ral-

lied behind Paxton.In an address that lasted about 10 minutes,

Paxton thanked the crowded for its supportand prayers amid “all the issues that are go-ing on.”

“God bless you all,” he said. The attorney general also talked about le-

gal challenges Texas is facing, including hisoffice’s staunch opposition to the U.S. Su-preme Court’s decision on gay marriage andits defense of a strict state law requiring vot-ers to show picture IDs at the polls that op-ponents have challenged in federal court.

Paxton also saluted the crowd for “caringabout the right things, for fighting for libertyand for actually believing the Constitutionmatters.”

When he finished, the crowd at the com-munity center in Houston’s Kingwood areagave him a standing ovation.

AROUND TEXAS

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made his first campaign appearance late Thursday since being indicted on securitiesfraud charges, but only vaguely alluded to his legal troubles while addressing about 800 cheering supporters at a tea partyrally. Paxton pleaded not guilty last week to two counts of securities fraud.

Photo by Eric Gay/file | AP

Paxton back in publicBy MICHAEL GRACZYK

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Deputies shoot manduring drug investigation

EDINBURG — Three HidalgoCounty sheriff ’s deputies are onadministrative leave after theyshot and wounded a man author-ities say rammed his pickuptruck into their patrol cars.

Authorities say the injuriesare not life-threatening.

The deputies were conductinga drug investigation Thursday ata home near Edinburg when aman inside a parked truck jump-ed out and ran.

2nd El Paso-area persondies of West Nile virusEL PASO — An El Paso-area

woman has become the secondperson in the West Texas city’sarea this year to die of West Nilevirus.

City health officials say thewoman was the fourth person inthe area to have contracted themosquito-borne virus in 2015.

Fifteen cases, but no deaths,were reported last year.

Robbery suspect shotdead had pellet pistol

DALLAS — Dallas police sayofficers who shot a robbery sus-pect during a struggle saw hewas brandishing what appearedto be a semiautomatic pistol.

The Dallas Police Departmentsaid the gun turned out to be arealistic-looking pellet gun.

Officers fatally shot 43-year-oldBertrand Syjuan Davis of Allenduring an Aug. 27 confrontationafter investigators said stun gunshad no effect on him.

SAT scores lowest in morethan 2 decades

DALLAS — Texas high schoolstudents taking the SAT have putup the lowest scores in morethan two decades.

The College Board, which ad-ministers the tests, reports Texasstudents in the Class of 2015 av-eraged 486 on the math section ofthe test — down nine pointsfrom the previous year — and470 in reading, down six points.

Initiative calls for 150miles of trails in Houston

HOUSTON — A 2020 initiativecalls for 150 miles of hiking andbiking trails along nine water-ways in Houston.

The plan advanced Wednesdayas the City Council approved $19million for the next phase oftrails in north Houston, clearingthe way for the purchase of landon which some trails will run.

Marker placed near whereLBJ sworn in

DALLAS — A bronze markerhas been installed near the spotat Dallas Love Field where Lyn-don B. Johnson took the oath ofoffice to become president afterthe assassination of John F. Ken-nedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

A City of Dallas spokesmansaid the marker was installedThursday morning. Johnson wassworn in aboard Air Force Onewhile it was parked on the tar-mac.

— Compiled from AP reports

2 accused in day care‘Fight Club’ make pleasELIZABETH, N.J. — Two day

care workers accused of instigat-ing scuffles among young chil-dren as part of what one com-pared to the movie “Fight Club”pleaded not guilty Friday tochild abuse charges.

Erica Kenny, 22, of Cranford,and Chanese White, 28, of Ro-selle, entered their pleas onfourth-degree child abuse charg-es at a hearing.

Kenny also faces a charge ofthird-degree endangering thewelfare of a child after prosecu-tors say she recorded video ofthe Aug. 13 fights and sharedthem through Snapchat.

Florida band member gets4 years in hazing deathORLANDO, Fla. — A former

Florida A&M University bandmember was sentenced Friday tofour years in prison for his role

in a drum major’s hazing death. Judge Marc Lubet announced

the sentence for 26-year-old CalebJackson, who pleaded no contestto manslaughter and hazing inApril 2013 for his part in thedeath of Robert Champion. Jack-son faced 35 years in prison.

He’ll get credit for more thantwo years he’s already served.

With his arrest in Champion’scase, a judge found that he vio-lated probation and sentencedhim to four years in an unrelatedbattery case.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

A New York Police Department officer stands watch near an entrance to the USTABillie Jean King National Tennis Center during the third round of the U.S. Opentennis tournament, Friday, in New York.

Photo by Julio Cortez | AP

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 Local and State THE ZAPATA TIMES 3A

A man from Harlingenwas recently arrested fortransporting six illegal im-migrants in the San Ygna-cio area, according tocourt documents.

The suspect, Steve Ca-sas, was charged withtransporting undocument-ed people.

On Aug. 26, a Texas De-partment of Public Safetytrooper conducted a trafficstop on a 2001 GMC Yukonfor having a defective rearlight.

Identified as the driver,Casas failed to provide adriver’s license to thetrooper, states the criminalcomplaints filed Aug. 28.

Asked about his itiner-ary, Casas allegedly toldthe trooper he had pickedup the passengers at a gasstation in McAllen, and hewas giving them a ride toLaredo.

U.S. Border Patrolagents were called out toassist.

An immigration inspec-

tion on all six passengerrevealed they were in thecountry illegally. Thetrooper then cited Casasfor not providing a driver’slicense and was given awarning the defectivebrake light before federalagents took over.

Agents then transportedCasas to the Zapata BorderPatrol Station.

Homeland Security In-vestigations special agentsand task force officers re-sponded to investigate. Ca-sas allegedly agreed tospeak to authorities.

“Casas stated he knewhe was transporting (un-documented people), andhe was going to be paid$800 for transporting the(undocumented people)from Weslaco, Texas, tothe Siesta Motel in Laredo,Texas,” states the com-plaint.

Two immigrants held asmaterial witnesses alleged-ly identified Casas as thedriver of the vehicle.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568or cesar@lmtonline.com)

DPS stop findsimmigrants inman’s vehicle

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

Two suspected guideswere recently arrestedfor using boats to smug-gle illegal immigrants bythe Falcon Lake area, ac-cording to court docu-ments.

Federal authoritiesidentified the suspects asBenito Cruz and JesusEleazar Garcia-Bautista.They were charged withtransporting illegal im-migrants.

On Aug. 19, agents as-signed to the Falcon Lakearea in Zapata receivedreports of possible illegalimmigrants in the Siesta

Shores neighborhood.Reports state one sus-

pect was wearing blueshirt and blue jeanswhile another person waswearing a tan shirt andpants, states the com-plaint filed Aug. 24.

Agents said they foundfoot prints in the arealeading toward FalconLake. Agents said theyobserved three boats inthe water.

One boat made landfallon U.S. soil. Then, severalpeople then disembarkedand ran toward the brusharea, records state. Au-thorities apprehended thesuspects and 13 immi-grants, reports state.

Homeland Security In-vestigations specialagents responded to in-vestigate.

Cruz initially claimedhe was in the area be-

cause he had gone toMexico to visit the den-tist. Cruz said he andGarcia-Bautista returnedto United States and ob-served several peoplerunning. Both got scaredand they too began run-ning, states the com-plaint.

But Garcia-Bautistahad a different story.

“Garcia-Bautista attest-ed Benito Cruz and hewere supposed to guide agroup of people throughthe brush,” states thecomplaint.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568 or cesar@lmton-line.com)

Court: Boats used in attemptBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES Cruz initially claimed he was inthe area because he had gone toMexico to visit the dentist.

DALLAS — Texas highschool students taking theSAT have posted the low-est scores in more thantwo decades, showing de-creases across the boardand mirroring a nation-wide decline.

The College Board,which administers the col-lege entrance tests, reportsthat Texas students in theClass of 2015 averaged 486on the math section of thetest — down nine pointsfrom the previous year —

and 470 in reading, downsix points. A perfect scorein each section is 800.Writing scores averaged454, off seven points.

The Texas scores mirrordeclines nationwide, al-though other stateshaven’t dropped as much.

Lower scores are due atleast in part to policies oftwo dozen districts, includ-ing Dallas and Fort Worth,where all upper-class stu-dents now take the SATeach year, Texas EducationAgency spokeswoman Deb-bie Ratcliffe said.

“The SAT takers inthose districts include notonly those who are college-bound, but the whole stu-dent population (of juniorsand seniors),” she told TheDallas Morning News.“That translates in loweraverage scores because themore test takers you have,the more scores will de-cline.”

Texas education offi-cials attributed the declin-ing SAT scores in the stateto an increase in the num-ber of minority studentstaking the exam, the news-

paper said. Students fromethnic minorities general-ly perform worse thanwhite students on standar-dized achievement testslike the SAT and ACT, thenation’s two leading col-lege entrance exams, theysaid.

This year, however, Tex-as students’ performanceswere overshadowed in abig way by students in Cal-ifornia, which has demo-graphics in its studentpopulation similar to thosein Texas. California stu-dents outperformed Tex-

ans, on average, by 20points in math and 25points in reading, the Col-lege Board reported.

Furthermore, whilemore than 60 percent of se-niors in both states tookthe SAT, California had ahigher percentage of low-income students takingthe exam as 42.1 percenthad their test fee waived.In Texas, 30.4 percent hadtheir fee waived.

The College Board alsoreported that 41.9 percentof students from thisyear’s graduating class in

the U.S. met the SAT Col-lege and Career ReadinessBenchmark. In Texas, thefigure was 31.8 percent.

High school graduateswho reach the benchmarkare more likely to enroll ina four-year college andgraduate on time thanthose who do not hit thebenchmark. Most minoritystudents continued a pat-tern of falling short, withonly 17.6 percent of theHispanic and 13.2 percentof the black students inTexas meeting the college-readiness standard.

Scores lowest in more than 2 decadesASSOCIATED PRESS

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AUSTIN — These aretough times for ex-presi-dents. William McKin-ley this week lost hisAlaska mountain. An-drew Jackson might getdumped from the $20bill. And Woodrow Wil-son had his statue un-ceremoniously relocat-ed at the University ofTexas.

What next? Is the16th president going tolose his car?

In America, we some-times reassess. Some-times it’s personal. Wil-son’s statue was movedin part because of hisnonprogressive viewsand actions on race.Sometimes it’s not per-sonal. Mount McKinleyagain became Denali,its original name. AndJackson’s picture on the$20 bill is a target offolks who believe it’stime to have a womanon our paper currency.

There was a time,and there still may be atime, when folks namedtheir kids for presi-dents. Folks don’t oftenreassess their kids’names.

UT statuesAnd that allows us to

circle back to the re-moval from UT’s cam-pus of the statues ofWilson and ConfederatePresident Jefferson Da-vis. Davis will be in-stalled in UT’s BriscoeCenter for AmericanHistory; university offi-cials haven’t said whereWilson will be placed.

Two of the prominentplayers back in theearly 20th century whenthose statues were ap-proved were Confeder-ate veteran George Lit-tlefield and Union loyal-ist GeorgeBrackenridge. Bothwere wealthy UT re-gents. One was GeorgeWashington Littlefield,the other George Wash-ington Brackenridge.

Littlefield, who diedin 1920, funded lots ofstuff at UT, includingthe statues of four Con-federates and Wilson.The move of the statuesinvolved another formof reassessment — howUT spent Littlefield’smoney.

On Aug. 27, a judgedenied the Sons of Con-federate Veterans’ at-tempt to block UT frommoving the statues. Byreputation, Littlefieldwas UT’s biggest donorin its first 50 years. Hewanted the statues he fi-nanced displayed onUT’s Main Mall or aplace of “prominence”on campus.

Littlefield was a manof his times, times de-cidedly different thancurrent times. He usedhis wealth to help keep

the memory of the Con-federacy alive.

The UT committeethat looked into thestatue situation notedLittlefield’s interest, ex-pressed in his words, inkeeping alive “thesegrand patriots who gaveup their lives for thecause of liberty andself-government.”

Though some see aWorld War I unitytheme in that, the re-port notes the multista-tue memorial funded byLittlefield “was a cele-bration of a new South-ern patriotism in whicha neo-Confederate orsouthern nationalist ap-proach was posited asthe basis of that nation-al unity through princi-ples of white suprema-cy.”

And there’s this inthe report: “Because theUniversity of Texas wasfounded as an institu-tion for the white citi-zens of Texas, Littlefieldwas operating in a fa-miliar environmentthat he supported,fought for and hoped tomaintain.”

Littlefield, the reportnotes, “wanted a cer-tain story about theSouth to be told” and“accomplished this withthe establishment of theLittlefield Fund, whichcontains one of themost extensive collec-tions of Southern histo-ry in the United States.”

That story of theSouth included UT’slandmark LittlefieldFountain and its in-scription dedicating it“to the men and womenof the Confederacy whofought with valor andsuffered with fortitudethat states’ rights bemaintained who, notdismayed by defeat nordiscouraged by misrulebuilded from the ruinsof a devastating war agreater South.”

Fact is, that “greaterSouth” at the time Lit-tlefield lived was farfrom great. It was aplace of great and dev-astating discriminationand worse.

Sometimes reassess-ment leads to some-thing as relatively insig-nificant as the renam-ing of a mountain or anew face on paper mon-ey.

Sometimes it leads tosomething more pro-found, such as a fairway to balance thewishes of a donor fromanother time with therealities of our times.

(Ken Herman’s e-mail:kherman@states-man.com.)

COLUMN

Ex-presidentsare in for atough time

“KEN HERMAN

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The much-ballyhooed“loyalty pledge” that theRepublican National Com-mittee demanded DonaldTrump sign was supposedto “box in” Trump, leavinghim no way of running asa third-party candidate ifhe fails to win the GOPnomination.

Trump announcedThursday that he hadsigned the pledge. Surelythat is not an entirely in-significant get for Republi-can leaders — it makes itperhaps marginally lesslikely that Trump willlaunch a third-party bid.

But it would not be at allsurprising if GOP primaryvoters see this in striking-ly different terms thanGOP leaders intended.They may think Trumpbent the GOP establish-ment to his will, ratherthan the other way around.

Here’s what Trump said,according to CNN: “Thebest way for the Republi-cans to win is if I win thenomination and go directlyagainst whoever they hap-pen to put up. And for thatreason, I have signed thepledge.”

Trump added: “I will betotally pledging my alle-giance to the RepublicanParty and for the conserva-tive principles for which itstands.” When Trump wasasked what he got in re-turn for signing thepledge, he replied, “assur-ance that I will be treatedfairly.”

The story line is nowthat Trump and the GOPestablishment havereached an understanding,after GOP leaders agreedto stop treating him unfair-ly. Trump said the GOPhas been “terrific” to him(he does love that word) be-cause he insisted on thattreatment. He — not Re-

publican leaders — set theagenda. Even if the notionthat Trump was ever treat-ed unfairly is absurd, isthere any reason to doubtthat a whole lot of GOPprimary voters will be ve-ry receptive to this inter-pretation of what hap-pened?

We keep hearing thatTrump’s surge is rooted inthe fact that a lot of Repub-lican voters are very angrywith GOP leaders, becausethey’re feckless and inef-fective, and think Trumpwould bang heads togetherand accomplish what theycan’t or won’t. Surely a lotof these voters are alsohappy to believe that saidfeckless and ineffectiveGOP leaders want Trumpto disappear not becausehe risks destroying theGOP brand among Latinosbut because he’d disrupttheir cozy Washington ar-rangement in which theyaren’t willing to do what it

takes to stop PresidentObama. That’s why they’vebeen treating Trump un-fairly! By threatening athird-party candidacy,Trump forced their hand.

As a special bonus,Trump also gets to definewhat “fairly” means. If atany time in coming weeksand months, Trump evenso much as hints that Re-publicans are treating himunfairly, mass panic willagain set in, without any-one even knowing by whatobjective metric “fair treat-ment of Trump” can evenbe gauged.

Okay, I don’t know forsure how GOP primaryvoters will react to thiswhole thing. But Trumphas proved astoundinglyadept at growing the ranksof his supporters by broad-casting coded messages ofall kinds — messages thathave hit their marks, andthen some. This might notprove to be an exception.

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With ‘loyalty pledge,’ Trumpsnookers the GOP again

By GREG SARGENTTHE WASHINGTON POST

You would think thatsomewhere in the giantmetropolis that is theWashington area, the localfootball team could findsomeone who understandshow to manage a crisis.You would be wrong.

Witness this past weekat Redskins Park. It start-ed with a series of reportsthat Kirk Cousins wouldbe named the team’s start-ing quarterback following

a maybe-yes-maybe-no con-cussion for former starterRobert Griffin III. (That’sthe same RGIII who headcoach Jay Gruden had, in-explicably, said would bethe starter way back inFebruary. And the sameguy for whom they tradedabout 851 draft picks a fewyears ago.)

Then came the Insta-gram post bashing the Red-skins that the now-benched Griffin “liked.”Except that he said it wasan intern who liked it. Uh-

huh.Amazingly, the best/

worst was yet to come. OnWednesday night, newsbroke that JessicaMcCloughan, the wife ofRedskins General ManagerScot McCloughan, had senta tweet to ESPN reporterDianna Russini suggestingthat she had engaged insexual acts to get scoopsabout the team.

The Redskins’ first reac-tion was to deny that anysuch tweet had been sent.Then, the organization

said that it had come froma fake Twitter account andthat the NFL’s security of-fice had been contacted toinvestigate. Then came theofficial statement, admit-ting that JessicaMcCloughan had in factsent the tweet to Russiniand apologizing for it.

The Washington Red-skins, for giving a masterclass in how not to handlecrisis communications,you had the Worst Week inWashington. Congrats, orsomething.

WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON

Redskins get kicked aroundBy CHRIS CILLIZZA

THE WASHINGTON POST

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CLASESZapata County ISD in-

forma que el lunes 7 de sep-tiembre, Día del Trabajo, seráun día regular de clases.

SUICIDIOEl jueves 10 de sep-

tiembre, el organismo PILLAR,en Laredo, estará encabezan-do una Vigilia con Velas pararecordar a aquellos quienesse han suicidado. El objetivoes crear atención a fin deprevenir el suicidio. El eventose realizará a las 7 p.m. en elDepartamento de Salud de laCiudad de Laredo, 2600 Ce-dar Avenue.

REUNIÓNEl sábado 12 de sep-

tiembre, a las 2 p.m., se lle-vará a cabo la reunión men-sual regular del Nuevo San-tander Genealogical Society.Dora Villarreal participará co-mo la oradora invitada.

CONCIERTO EN EL QUIOSCOEl sábado 12 de sep-

tiembre tendrá lugar un con-cierto gratuito en el marco delas fiestas patrias mexicanas.El evento tendrá lugar en elQuiosco de avenida Britton y2nd Street, de 6 p.m. a 10p.m. El grupo que se presen-tará es Inkieto & Nuevo Reto.Para más información llameal (956) 487-0672.

DECOMISOElementos de policía

estatal lograron el decomisode más de 1.500 kilogramosde marihuana, en Miguel Ale-mán, México, señalaron auto-ridades de Tamaulipas a tra-vés de un comunicado deprensa.

El decomiso tuvo lugartras una denuncia ciudadanadonde se informó que en dosviviendas en aparente aban-dono, ubicadas en la ColoniaLinda Vista, fueron allanadaspor personas que descargaronpaquetes en el interior, señalael comunicado.

En una de las casas seencontró un pozo con 105 pa-quetes de marihuana, con unpeso de 1.050 kilogramos. Enla segunda vivienda, ubicadaen la misma colonia, los poli-cías estatales encontraron unpozo de 2.5 metros de anchoy 2 metros de alto, cubiertocon unos troncos y en su in-terior se encontraron 90 pa-quetes con 841 kilos de mari-huana, añade el reporte.

Los narcóticos fueronpuesto a disposición del Mi-nisterio Público Federal.

FIT TAMAULIPASEl Festival Internacional

Tamaulipas 2015 contará conla República Argentina comopaís invitado de honor.

La música, danza, literatu-ra y artes plásticas estaránrepresentados a través de susmejores embajadores artísti-cos. Los tamaulipecos podránconocer los ritmos surameri-canos a través del rock y eltango; las danzas tradiciona-les y disfrutarán de la litera-tura hecha por argentinos. Enla plástica, un colectivo hadesarrollado una muestra pa-ra exponer su arte contempo-ráneo.

SEMANA DE LISTÓN ROJOEn el marco del Mes

de Prevención de Uso de Nar-cóticos a nivel Nacional, secelebrará el evento “Red Rib-bon Week” del 23 al 31 deoctubre.

El evento representa uncompromiso nacional paracrear conciencia y evitar eluso de narcóticos, entre estu-diantes.

Durante la semana se rea-lizarán diferentes actividadespara concientizar a los estu-diantes.

Para realizar donacionespuede ponerse en contactocon Norma González llaman-do al (956) 765-8389. Lo re-caudado será destinado acomprar obsequios para losestudiantes.

Ribereñaen Breve

Oficiales de El Álamo dieron elcrédito a una guía de turistas y unoficial de seguridad en el sitio his-tórico por atrapar a un hombre deLaredo, de 22 años de edad, antesde que terminara de tallar sunombre en una pared de caliza in-terior con 250 años de antigüedaden el santuario estatal el jueves

por la noche.Julio Perez fue acusado con

vandalismo criminal y fue encar-celado con fianza de 20.000 dóla-res, dijeron oficiales de la policíade Laredo.

De acuerdo a un reporte de poli-cía, la guía de turistas vio a unhombre tallando “Julio” en unmuro de contención del Monk’sBurial Room, un cuarto contiguoa la iglesia de la misión del Ála-

mo, y le dijo que se detuviera. Enuna conferencia de prensa cele-brada el viernes, oficiales del Ála-mo dijeron que el hombre y unamujer que le acompañaba, inten-taron escapar a través de unapuerta lateral. Un Oficial del Ála-mo lo atrapó, lo esposó y contactóa la policía.

“La profanación de cualquierparte de ese terreno sagrado, espe-cialmente las paredes de la capilla

en el Álamo, no será tolerada. Ybuscaremos sea procesado en todala extensión de la ley”, dijo el Jefede los Oficiales del Álamo, MarkAdkins durante una conferenciade prensa en el sitio histórico.

El cuarto ha sido cerrado tem-poralmente al público hasta queexpertos en preservación puedanestudiar el daño y determinar quéreparaciones pueden ser realiza-das.

EL ÁLAMO

ProfanaciónPOR SCOTT HUDDLESTON

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

PÁGINA 6A Zfrontera SÁBADO 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2015

ISLA DEL PADRE— Empresariosde Texas y Estados Unidos escucha-ron los avances que se han presenta-do en los proyectos energéticos ta-maulipecos, durante una conferenciacon autoridades de Tamaulipas quetuvo lugar en la Isla del Padre.

Los expositores de la conferenciafueron la Secretaria de DesarrolloEconómico de Tamaulipas MónicaGonzález García y José María LealGutiérrez, titular de la Agencia deEnergía.

“Tamaulipas y Texas no sólo sontienen una buena vecindad, sino quetambién comparten condiciones geo-lógicas similares que permiten serpotenciales energéticos para las eco-nomías de México y Estados Uni-dos”, dijo Leal Gutiérrez. “Algunasde las condiciones que tenemos sonel petróleo, gas natural y el gas sha-le, que para los tamaulipecos signifi-ca un área de oportunidad para atra-er inversionistas internacionales anuestro territorio”.

Igualmente los funcionarios parti-ciparon por separado en el foro delComité Binacional de Energía Vi-sión 2015, en el Centro de Convencio-nes de la Isla del Padre.

“Tamaulipas tiene un fuerte po-tencial energético y con la aperturaque se ha emprendido… para facili-tar la llegada de los inversionistasdel sector energético estamos traba-jando en esa ruta”, dijo GonzálezGarcía.

Entre otros temas que abordaronfrente a los asistentes fue de la ex-plotación de hidrocarburos en elmar profundo, en la zona conocidacomo Cinturón Plegado Perdido, se-ñala un comunicado de prensa.

En el marco de esta Convención,los funcionarios tamaulipecos sostu-vieron un encuentro con Carlos Cas-cos, Secretario de Estado de Texas.

ECONOMÍA

Analizanpotencialen temaenergía

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Fruto del estado laico definidopor liberales, impera en México sa-na pluralidad de credos. En relacióna esto, imperan hondas raíces sobreel protestantismo. Se distingue Ta-maulipas por ser cuna del protes-tantismo hacia la segunda mitaddel siglo XIX.

FederaciónEl régimen virreinal impone en

lo relativo severos criterios exclu-yentes. Al independizarse, Méxicolos mantiene intactos, pese a sucesi-vas pugnas internas. “La religiónde la nación mexicana es y será […]la católica, apostólica, romana […] yprohíbe […] cualquier otra”, pres-cribe la carta magna del 1824. Repli-can esto las Bases Orgánicas de1843, orientadas al modelo centralis-ta.

Los tamaulipecos hacen lo pro-pio. Dice en 1825 su primera ley su-

prema: “La religión del estado es lacatólica, apostólica, romana”, impi-diéndose “cualquier otra”. En febre-ro de 1857, el constituyente generalintroduce varias enmiendas. Díasantes, el de Tamaulipas puntualiza:“A nadie se puede perseguir” ahí“por sus creencias religiosas”. So-bre esto, hay antecedentes.

Colonizada de modo tardío, enTamaulipas varias circunstanciasimpiden que el clero desarrolle pre-sencia bajo el virreinato, sin abrirseentonces ningún convento de im-portancia. Dotada a la postre depuertos marítimos, éstos prontoconcentran colonias de extranjeros,las cuales obtienen cierta toleranciaconfesional. El territorio tambiénregistra escasas filias conservado-ras, propiciándose favorable basesocial a las causas progresistas queimpulsa Benito Juárez desde el po-der ejecutivo de la federación.

AntecedentesEl respaldo en Tamaulipas se ex-

tiende a sectores católicos. Y condu-cen hasta Ramón Lozano, párrocode Santa Bárbara, hoy Ocampo. Ins-truido y proclive a las ideas avanza-das, enseguida apoya las Leyes de

Reforma, expedidas por Juárez en1859, quitándole canonjías a los pre-lados. Aprovecha Lozano de paso elordenamiento que instituye el Re-gistro Civil, revolucionario para laépoca.

Así, el 4 de febrero de 1861 el con-greso local da entrada al “ocursodel […] presbítero don Ramón Loza-no”, donde manifiesta ser padre de“tres hijos naturales”, procreadoscon “Cesaria [sic] Quintero”. “Y de-seando [que] entren en los goces” de“los hijos legítimos”, solicita decla-rar “su legitimidad con todos losprivilegios” jurídicos. El trámite re-sulta exitoso, aunque escandaliza apropios y extraños.

Francisco de Paula Verea, obispode Linares, Nuevo León, e inmedia-to superior jerárquico, raudo le co-bra disidencias eclesiásticas. “Su co-razón será devorado por […] atrocesremordimientos”, despotrica contraél mediante carta pastoral. “Todosmis antecesores […] tuvieron hijos”,nunca reconocidos, por lo “que aúnviven en la miseria”, cita FranciscoRamos Aguirre.

DocumentoLa jerarquía rompe con Lozano,

al que atacan periódicos reacciona-rios. Con plausible congruencia, Lo-zano enarbola la bandera republica-

na ante el imperio regenteado porMaximiliano de Habsburgo. Previa-mente, a la cabeza de numerosos ve-cinos del suroeste tamaulipeco fun-da en 1862 la Iglesia Católica Mexi-cana.

Refiriéndose a “la primera con-gregación protestante formada pormexicanos”, Evelia Trejo señala:“Un clérigo de Tamaulipas organizóla Iglesia Católica Mexicana para”oponerse al “fanatismo […] Durantela Intervención Francesa ese movi-miento […] casi desapareció, perorecibiría ayuda de Benito Juárez en1867”.

Restablecida la República, partici-pa de lleno Ramón Lozano con el li-beralismo triunfante. En 1871 formaparte el cuerpo legislativo que re-dacta una nueva constitución de laentidad norteña. “Es perfecta e in-violable en Tamaulipas la libertadreligiosa. El estado protege el ejerci-cio de los cultos que en él se estable-cieren, sin más límites que el dere-cho de tercero y las exigencias delorden público”, determina el docu-mento, suscrito por Lozano en cali-dad de vicepresidente de la mesa di-rectiva.

(Publicado con permiso del autorconforme aparece en La Razón, Tam-pico, México).

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Tamaulipas fue cuna del protestantismoNota del Editor: El autor narra la

manera en que la libertad de credofue evolucionando en Tamaulipas yMéxico hacia mediados del siglo XIX.

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La Feria y ExposiciónFronteriza de Nuevo La-redo, A.C., EXPOMEX2015, inició el viernes en

Nuevo Laredo, México.“Hay expectativas muy buenas.

Quienes nos visiten podrán dis-frutar de un gran ambiente. Ade-más nos hemos coordinado conlos mandos de policía para brin-dar seguridad a la gente de NuevoLaredo, Laredo y el Valle de Te-xas”, comentó el presidente deEXPOMEX, Fernando Torres Vi-llarreal.

Durante Expomex 2014 la fiestarecibió cerca de 300.00 visitanteslocales, y unas 25.000 personas deLaredo y el Valle de Texas.

Torres Villarreal dijo que desdela salida del Puente InternacionalJuárez Lincoln hasta los terrenosde la feria y de regreso, los visi-tantes podrán observar patrullasde policía con la torreta encendi-da. Además habrá circuitos de se-guridad dentro de la ciudad haciay desde EXPOMEX para todos losvisitantes.

“Nuestros visitantes puedensentirse seguros durante el trayec-to para llegar y salir de la feria.Dentro de la misma, todas las ins-talaciones así como los juegos me-cánicos han sido supervisados porautoridades de Protección Civil”,indicó.

Alejandra Machorro Valero fuecoronada como Alejandra I, juntoa su corte real Rosa María Trevi-ño González, Princesa; Melissa Sá-enz Orozco, Duquesa; Julissa In-fante Aragón, Primera Dama deHonor; y Chelsea Kassandra Ra-mos Gaytán, como Segunda Damade Honor.

EXPOMEX, que se desarrollarádel 4 al 20 de septiembre, ofrecerádiferentes actividades como la pre-sentación de artistas en el Teatro

del Pueblo y el Palenque, ademásse contará con la presencia de 250expositores que van desde ventade artesanías, artículos para el ho-gar y antojitos mexicanos. Tam-bién habrá juegos mecánicos, y laexposición ganadera, agrícola eindustrial entre otros atractivos.

El cartel de artistas para esteaño incluye a: Axe Bahía, 5 deseptiembre; Sonora Dinamita, 6 deseptiembre; Los Dandy’s junto conEsther Tovar, 7 de septiembre; Mr.Chivo, 8 de septiembre; OscarCruz, 9 de septiembre; el come-diante Teo González, 10 de sep-tiembre; el cantante AlexanderAcha, 11 de septiembre.

También estará Rigo Tovar Jr.,12 de septiembre; Las Delaidas, 13de septiembre; el grupo Los Terrí-colas, 14 de septiembre; el espectá-

culo Viva México, 15 de septiem-bre, día que además habrá juegospirotécnicos; Los Tres Tristes Ti-gres, 16 de septiembre; Teen Topsjunto con Juan el Magnífico y sugrupo, 17 de septiembre; DulceMaría, 18 de septiembre; BandaFuriosa, 19 de septiembre; y, Salo-món Robles, 20 de septiembre, cul-minando con juegos pirotécnicos.

Dentro del palenque habrá pe-lea de gallos y la presentación deJulión Álvarez, Ha-Ash y la Arro-lladora Banda Limón.

EXPOMEX abre sus puertasdesde las 5 p.m. a 2 a.m. El costode los boletos es de 30 pesos poradulto. Niños menores de 10 añosentran gratis.

(Localice a Malena Charur en el956-728-2583 o en mcharur@lmtonli-ne.com)

NUEVO LAREDO, MÉXICO

17 DÍAS DE FIESTA

La Feria y Exposición Fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo, A.C., EXPOMEX 2015, dio inicioel viernes en Nuevo Laredo, México. Continuará hasta el 20 de septiembre.

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Esperan másde 325.000visitantes

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The 2015 Border Expositionand Fair of Nuevo Laredo, orExpomex, began Friday with acoronation ceremony to official-ly open the annual state fair inNuevo Laredo, Mexico.

The fair, now in its 58th year,is expected to receive thousandsof visitors, according to its pres-ident.

“We have big expectations.Visitors can enjoy a great atmo-sphere. In addition, we have co-ordinated with law enforcementofficials to provide security forthe people of Nuevo Laredo, La-redo and the Rio Grande Val-ley,” said Expomex PresidentFernando Torres Villarreal.

He added public safety hasbeen restored, so visitors canexpect more entries at thisyear’s fair.

“Proof of this is that duringExpomex 2014 we receivedabout 300,000 visitors. Of these,about 25,000 people visited usfrom Laredo and the RioGrande Valley,” Torres said.“We can tell this by how many

dollars we collected and accord-ing to our estimates.”

Security measuresTorres urges visitors to use

the Juarez Lincoln Internation-al Bridge to travel to the fair-grounds and back, since that

route will be lined with policecars with flashing lights.

In addition, he said there willbe safe routes within the city toand from Expomex for visitors.

“Our visitors can feel safe onthe way to and from the fair. Atthe fair, all of the facilities andrides will be supervised by Civ-il Protection authorities,” hesaid.

The Expomex president saidthe coronation began at 8:30p.m. Friday, with federal, stateand local dignitaries meeting atthe southern entrance for a flagraising.

“We will raise the nationalflag, the Tamaulipas (state) flagand the fair’s flag. We will thenproceed to honor the flags andthen move to the Teatro del Pu-eblo for crowning the queenand her court,” Torres said.

Alejandra Machorro Valero,an assistant editor for LaredoMorning Times’ El Tiempo sec-tion, was crowned Queen Ale-jandra I. Her royal court in-cludes Rosa Maria GonzalezTreviño, princess; MelissaSaenz Orozco, duchess; JulissaInfante Aragon, first lady of

honor; and Kassandra RamosChelsea Gaytan, second lady ofhonor.

Following the coronation wasa tour of the fair, where visitorscould see fireworks and listento Leonardo Gonzalez, an operasinger who is moving into anew stage of his career by sing-ing for a band.

Expomex, which runsthrough Sept. 20, will offer con-certs at Teatro del Pueblo andthe Palenque, as well as 250 ex-hibitors who will be sellinghandicrafts, household itemsand food.

In addition there will berides and exhibitions of live-stock, agriculture items and in-dustrial items.

The lineup of artists include:Axe Bahia, Saturday; SonoraDinamita, Sunday; Los Dandyswith Esther Tovar, Monday; Mr.Chivo, Tuesday; Oscar Cruz,Wednesday; comedian Teo Gon-zález, Thursday; and singerAlexander Acha, Sept. 11.

Other artists scheduled forlater in the month are Rigo To-var Jr., Sept. 12; The Delaidas,Sept. 13; Los Terrícolas, Sept.

14; Viva Mexico show, Sept.15,in addition to fireworks; LosTres Tristes Tigres, Sept.16;Teen Tops with John el Magnif-ico and y su grupo, Sept.17;Dulce Maria, Sept. 18; BandaFuriosa, Sept. 19; and SolomonRobles, Sept. 20. Fireworks willclose the fair, on Sept. 20.

Inside the palenque will becockfighting and performancesby Julión Álvarez, Ha-Ash andthe Arrolladora Banda Limón

Torres invited residents ofboth Laredos to visit the fairand enjoy what it offers.

“There are 17 days of celebra-tion. We have 19 artists sched-uled. There will be cockfight-ing, rodeos and horse riding.We have the trust and supportof the community, and that for15 consecutive years our priceshave remained the same, with-out an increase,” he said.

Expomex will be open dailyfrom 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ticketscost 30 pesos ($1.78) for adults.Children under 10 are free.

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Alejandra Machorro Valero, left, andAna Cecilia Ortiz are seen after theelection of the Expomex queen.

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NEW YORK — A highschool science teacherwas arrested Friday aftera drone plummeted intoempty seats and caused ascare at the U.S. Open ten-nis tournament.

Daniel Verley was ar-rested on reckless endan-germent and other charg-es in the drone crash dur-ing a women’s singlesmatch Thursday night, po-lice said. Verley, 26, wasreleased with an appear-ance ticket for a Sept. 16court date.

There was no immedi-ate answer to a messageleft Friday on a possiblephone number for Verley,and it wasn’t immediatelyclear whether he had anattorney who could com-ment on the charges.

The drone buzzed diag-onally over the court inLouis Armstrong Stadiumbefore plummeting intothe seats during the next-to-last game of a second-round match that 26th-seeded Flavia Pennetta ofItaly won 6-1, 6-4 overMonica Niculescu of Ro-mania. U.S. Tennis Associ-ation spokesman ChrisWidmaier said no one wasinjured.

Pennetta said shewasn’t sure what the ob-ject was and thought itmight have been a bombwhen she heard it fly by.

“A little bit scary, I haveto say,” she said. “With ev-erything going on in theworld ... I thought, ‘OK,it’s over.’ That’s howthings happen.”

Pennetta’s coach andphysical therapist, sittingin the opposite side of thestadium from where thedrone crashed, werefrightened, too, the playersaid.

Downeddrone

promptsarrest

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MOREHEAD, Ky. — As a defiantKentucky clerk sat in jail Friday,choosing indefinite imprisonmentover licensing gay marriages, herlawyers approached the micro-phones outside and compared herto Dr. Martin Luther King.

Around the country, other sup-porters reached for Biblical heroes,comparing her to Silas and Daniel,imprisoned for their faith and res-cued by God.

It’s precisely the narrative gayrights advocates had hoped toavoid. But as Kim Davis’ mug shotrocketed around the Internet, it be-came clear that the gay rightsmovement must battle this ideathat Christianity is under siege,said Kenneth Upton, senior counselfor Lambda Legal, a law firm spe-cializing in LGBT issues.

“This is what the other sidewants,” Upton said, pointing to theimage of Davis in handcuffs. “Thisis a Biblical story, to go to jail foryour faith. We don’t want to makeher a martyr to the people who arelike her, who want to paint them-selves as victims.”

Since the U.S. Supreme Court le-

galized gay marriage in June, Da-vis and a handful of other clerksand judges, advised by the Chris-tian law firm Liberty Counsel, haverefused to comply. They stopped is-suing marriage licenses to any cou-ple, gay or straight. Davis was thefirst to be challenged in court.

The American Civil LibertiesUnion, representing couples she

turned away, asked that she befined rather than imprisoned, inpart to avoid “a false persecutionstory,” said Dan Canon, one of theattorneys. But U.S. District CourtJudge David Bunning ordered herto jail anyway, reasoning that shewould be unmoved by monetary pe-nalties.

“I think he was trying to makean example of Kim Davis, and hemay well do so,” said Tony Perkins,president of the Family ResearchCouncil, which lobbies against gaymarriage. “Courage breeds cour-age, especially when it comes fromunlikely places. She may be the ex-ample that sparks a firestorm of re-sistance across this country.”

Chris Hartman, director ofLouisville’s Fairness Campaign,dismissed the small number ofholdout clerks as a “blip on the ra-dar of civil rights.”

Yet Davis is suddenly famousaround the globe as the face ofChristian resistance to gay mar-riage. The crowded field of Repub-lican presidential candidates most-ly took her side. Candidate MikeHuckabee, a former Baptist minis-ter, announced he would visit Davisin Kentucky next week, and said“we must end the criminalization

of Christianity.” But Carly Fiorina and Lindsey

Graham said she should follow thelaw or resign. And even some con-servative veterans of religious free-dom fights worry that Davis makesa bad case for martyrdom.

Her insistence on keeping herelected position while ignoring fed-eral court orders has been sharplycriticized in the this week in theNational Review and The Ameri-can Conservative, and RussellMoore and Andrew T. Walker, whoserve on the Ethics & ReligiousLiberty Commission of the South-ern Baptist Convention, wrote Fri-day that “religious liberty itself willbe imperiled” if people “cannot dif-ferentiate between the freedom toexercise one’s religion and the re-sponsibility of agents of the state tocarry out the law.”

Still, Perkins and others on thereligious right promise there aredozens of Kim Davises ready to goto jail in defense of their religiousfreedoms.

Alabama Probate Judge NickWilliams said he called Davis thenight before she was jailed, tellingher he admires her resolve, andthat he too would rather go to pris-on than resign or relent.

Lawyers: Clerk like Biblical heroesBy CLAIRE GALOFARO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kim Davis, the clerk of Rowan County inKentucky, who refused to grant a mar-riage certificate to Robbie Blankenshipand Jesse Cruz, is seen in a bookingphoto provided by the Carter CountyDetention Center in Grayson, Kentucky.

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10A THE ZAPATA TIMES National SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

WASHINGTON — WhiteHouse hopes for stopping a con-gressional challenge to the Irannuclear deal and sparing Presi-dent Barack Obama from using aveto suffered a blow Friday when

a key Senate Demo-crat announced hisopposition.

The setbackcame in the an-nouncement fromSen. Ben Cardin ofMaryland, topDemocrat on theForeign Relations

Committee, that he opposes thedeal, which he said “legitimizesIran’s nuclear program.”

Cardin’s move doesn’t affectthe ultimate outcome for the in-ternational accord to curb Iran’snuclear ambitions in exchangefor relief from economic sanc-tions. The White House alreadyclinched the necessary Senatevotes to ensure that even if Oba-ma ends up having to veto a dis-approval resolution set for a votenext week, his veto would be up-held.

But with that support in hand

and more piling up, the WhiteHouse and congressional backersof the deal had begun aiming fora more ambitious goal: enoughcommitments to bottle up the dis-approval resolution in the Senatewith a filibuster, preventing itfrom even coming to a final vote.

With Cardin’s announcement,that goal remains in reach, but itwill be tougher to attain.

“This is a close call, but after alengthy review, I will vote to dis-approve the deal,” Cardin wrotein an opinion piece in The Wash-ington Post. “After 10 to 15 years,it would leave Iran with the op-tion to produce enough enrichedfuel for a nuclear weapon in ashort time,” he wrote.

Cardin made his announce-ment as Obama met at the WhiteHouse with King Salman of Sau-di Arabia, in part to offer assur-ances that the deal signed by theU.S., Iran, Britain, France, Ger-many, China and Russia comeswith the necessary resources tohelp check Iran’s regional ambi-tions. Saudi officials have cau-tiously supported the deal butare worried about enforcementand whether an Iranian govern-ment flush with cash will wreakhavoc throughout the Middle

East.Before the meeting began,

Obama told reporters in the OvalOffice that the leaders would“discuss the importance of effec-tively implementing the deal toensure that Iran does not have anuclear weapon, while counter-acting its destabilizing activitiesin the region.”

Later, the White House issueda statement saying that the Saudiruler had “expressed his sup-port” for the agreement.

With all but a handful of Sen-ate Democrats already statingtheir positions — and only twoopposed to the deal — Cardinwas the critical outstanding vote.In addition to serving as top For-eign Relations Committee Demo-crat, he was an author of legisla-tion providing for congressionalreview of the Iran deal. As a lead-ing Jewish Democrat, he was al-so under strong pressure fromsegments of the Jewish commu-nity to turn down the deal, whichis ardently opposed by Israel.

Cardin’s announcement camemoments after Colorado Demo-cratic Sen. Michael Bennet an-nounced that he would back thedeal. Bennet, who is up for re-election next year in a battle-

ground state, said the agreementis flawed but represents an im-portant step toward the objec-tives of preventing Iran from at-taining a nuclear weapon, ensur-ing Israel’s security and avoidingwar in the Middle East.

Bennet’s support put backersof the agreement just three votesshy of the 41 they would need tofilibuster the resolution andblock it from passing. But Car-din’s opposition could be enoughto prevent those three additionalvotes from emerging. Only fivesenators have yet to announcewhere they stand: Richard Blu-menthal of Connecticut, MariaCantwell of Washington, JoeManchin of West Virginia, RonWyden of Oregon and Gary Pe-ters of Michigan.

Several of those are seen aspossible “no” votes. The othertwo senators opposing the dealare Bob Menendez of New Jerseyand Chuck Schumer of NewYork.

In the House, more than 105Democrats were on record sup-porting the deal as of Friday,with around 15 opposed.

Cardin’s opposition lent am-munition to Republican oppo-nents of the deal, who say it

makes too many concessions toIran.

“The fact that the two Demo-crats who have spent the mosttime in understanding the detailsand impact of this deal do notsupport it speaks volumes,” saidGOP Sen. Bob Corker of Ten-nesse, chairman of the ForeignRelations panel and Cardin’spartner in authoring the IranNuclear Agreement Review Act.

Cardin also announced hewould introduce new legislationto address Iran, including mak-ing it U.S. policy that Iran willnever be permitted to obtain anuclear weapon, and clarifyingthat nothing in the deal limitsCongress’ ability to pass newsanctions legislation. HoweverObama would surely veto any billthat would effectively force theU.S. and other world powers toreopen negotiations with Iran.

The deal sets Iran back so thatit is at least a year away from be-ing able to produce enough nucle-ar material for a weapon, beforethe restrictions ease after a dec-ade. Iran is currently assessed tobe only 2 to 3 months away frombeing able to enrich enough ura-nium for a bomb, if it decides todo so.

Cardin’s opposition to Iran deal sets back hopesBy ERICA WERNERASSOCIATED PRESS

CARDIN

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 THE ZAPATA TIMES 11A

Manuel “Meme” Gutier-rez 77, passed away Tuesday,Sept. 1, 2015, at his resi-dence in Zapata, Texas.

Mr. Gutierrez is precededin death by Baby, Manuel J.Gutierrez Jr.; grandson,Jose Luis “Joey” Gutierrez,parents, Jesus and MariaAna Gutierrez; brothers, Al-varo Gutierrez, Rodolfo Gu-tierrez and Ramiro Gutier-rez; and sisters, Antonia(Delfino) Guardiola and Mu-cia (Fidencio) Mendoza.

Mr. Gutierrez is survivedby his wife, Marcelina S.Gutierrez; sons, Jose Luis(Marie) Gutierrez, ArturoGutierrez, Manuel “Sonny”(Rosa Linda De Leon) Gu-tierrez, Octavio A. “Tavy”(Cristina) Gutierrez and Ra-miro (Rosa) Gutierrez;daughter, Raquel G. (JoseEmilio) Peña; 25 grandchil-dren; 27 great-grandchil-dren; sister, Rosa Linda Gar-cia; sisters-in-law, Olivia Gu-tierrez, GuadalupeGutierrez, Irma Gutierrezand by numerous nephews,nieces, other family mem-bers and friends.

Visitation hours wereheld Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015,from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a

rosary at 7 p.m. at Rose Gar-den Funeral Home.

The funeral processiondeparted Friday, Sept. 4,2015, at 8:30 a.m. for a 9 a.m.funeral Mass at Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church.Committal services followedat Zapata County Cemetery.

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

MANUEL ‘MEME’ GUTIERREZ

Sept. 6, 1937 – Sept. 1, 2015

But the EPA said it wasstill enforcing the regula-tion in the 37 states notnamed in that suit.

Paxton, whose office didnot immediately respond tomessages Friday, disagreed.“The injunction applies na-tionwide and therefore therule is not enforceable inTexas,” the Republican saidlast week.

On Friday, Erickson putthat claim to rest. Thoughhe had the power to extendhis decision nationwide, hewrote in an order, he chosenot to do so.

“Because there are com-peting sovereign interestsand competing judicial rul-ings, the court declines toextend the preliminary in-junction at issue beyondthe entities actually beforeit,” Erickson wrote.

Texas and other stateshave also sued over therule, which the farm lobbyand Republicans paint asan attack on private proper-ty rights. The Texas suit —filed along with Louisianaand Mississippi — has beenon hold since mid-August.A district judge granted astay in the case, pending aruling on whether the EPAcan consolidate the lawsuitsit faces.

“We’re happy to see thatthe federal court in NorthDakota has confirmed whatwe already knew: the Wa-ters of the U.S. rule is infull effect in Texas,” SaraSmith, an attorney with thegroup Environment Texas,said Friday in a statement.“This means loopholes inthe Clean Water Act thatthreatened more than143,000 miles of Texas’

streams and the drinkingwater for 11.5 million Tex-ans are finally closed.”

The 13 states exemptfrom the rule are: Alaska,Arizona, Arkansas, Colora-do, Idaho, Missouri, Monta-na, Nebraska, Nevada, NewMexico, North Dakota,South Dakota and Wyom-ing.

The EPA rule hassparked loud protests andplenty of questions.

Much of the concernstems from a dispute overwhether or not it actuallyenlarges the EPA’s jurisdic-tion. The 1972 federal CleanWater Act made it illegal topollute “navigable waters ofthe United States.” The ruleis supposed to clarify whatcould be defined as a “navi-gable water.”

The EPA always believedits jurisdiction stretched be-yond traditional navigablewaters, like rivers and seas,to the smaller bodies of wa-ter and wetlands that canaffect them, but it didn’thave a strong legal basis toprove it. The updated defi-nition clarifies this author-ity, leaving ranchers and in-dustry officials to wonderwhether they will have tocheck with the governmentbefore using their ownland.

According to the EPA,their purview only includes60 percent of all streams —plus millions of acres ofwetland — and it barely ex-pands the agency’s jurisdic-tion. Paxton has counteredthe change means “virtual-ly every river, stream andcreek in the U.S. will comeunder the oversight of bu-reaucrats from the EPA.”

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the country illegally,states the criminal com-plaint filed Aug. 31.

Casares was issued awarning for displayingthe wrong license platesbefore being taken intocustody by Border Patrol,records state.

Simultaneously, anothertrooper had pulled over aspeeding 2007 Saturn Au-ra XR. Identified as thedriver, Gonzalez was theregistered owner of theEquinox driven by Ca-sares, records state.

The trooper cited Gon-zalez for failure to main-tain financial responsibil-ity and speeding over the

limit. Federal authoritiesthen took over.

Casares agreed to makea statement following hisarrest. He told authoritieshe was on his way to Za-pata from Roma to visit afriend.

“As he was parked at aMcDonald’s restaurant,the three illegal immi-grants came up to himand offered him $60 totaken them to Zapata,”states the complaint.

Gonzalez too agreed tospeak to authorities, re-ports state.

She stated she was com-ing from her aunt’s housein Zapata, but she could

not provide her aunt’s ad-dress or a phone numberfor her, states the com-plaint.

Gonzalez allegedly toldagents she lent the Equi-nox to Casares so hecould use it to go toschool. She said she didnot know Casares wastransporting immigrants,according to court docu-ments.

Agents assigned to theHebbronville area saidthey had arrested Gonza-lez on Aug. 23 for humansmuggling.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 72-2568or cesar@lmtonline.com)

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cession drove away. A pri-vate burial was planned.

Officers at various Tex-as law enforcement de-partments held moments

30-year-old Houston manis charged with capitalmurder. Investigators arestill trying to determine amotive.

“Darren Goforth wasone of the good guys, onethat made a difference,”Sheriff Ron Hickman saidduring the funeral. Hesaid Goforth’s life was tak-en “senselessly and in anact of cowardice” thenight of Aug. 28 but thathe and others “will an-swer calls in Darren’shonor.”

He said about 11,000 offi-cers from “coast to coast”had come to pay respects.

Outside the church afterthe service, Hickman gaveGoforth’s wife, Kathleen,the flag that had beendraped over the casket.

A line of patrol carsformed a large cross inthe parking lot, and twoHouston fire trucks withladders extended formedan arch with a flag extend-ed at the top. People linedstreets as the funeral pro-

of silence outside theirbuildings around the timeof the funeral.

The killing brought outstrong emotions in the law

enforcement community,with Hickman suggestinglast weekend that it couldhave been influenced byheightened national ten-sion over the treatment ofblacks by police. Goforthwas white and the mancharged with killing him,Shannon Miles, is black.

The Rev. Ed Young toldthose at the funeral thathe fears evil has reachedan “almost epidemicstage” with attacks onthose who “wear the blue”— a reference to the policeuniform.

But he said he’s seensigns of hope in the wakeof Goforth’s death, withpeople being supportive ofofficers and openly pray-ing for them.

“Things are changing,”Young said. “There will bea new Houston, a newTexas, a new America.

“And you can write itdown. We have yourback,” he told officers asthe funeral crowd stoodand applauded.

FUNERAL Continued from Page 1A

Members of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard foldthe American flag that draped the casket during the funeral ser-vice for Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth on Friday,in Houston. Goforth was killed a week ago while filling his patrolcar with gasoline at a suburban Houston convenience store. A 30-year-old Houston man is charged with his slaying.

Photo by Jason Fochtman/Conroe Courier | AP

St., recently promised awoman from Zapata li-posuction and augmen-tation for $8,135.

Ramirez promisedthe complainant that aMexican licensed doc-tor would come to La-redo to perform plasticsurgery.

Ramirez was arrest-ed Aug. 6 for theft ofservice for that allega-tion because she neverprovided the service,reports state.

In mid-July, Ramirezwas arrested on thesame allegation. Policesaid she pocketed$6,710 for services shedid not provide.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568 or cesar@lmton-line.com)

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12A THE ZAPATA TIMES National SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

NEW YORK — It’s an old ad-age that investors hate uncertain-ty. Unfortunately for them, theygot more of it on Friday.

The stock market has been vol-atile for weeks on concern thatChina’s economy is slowing morerapidly than previously thought.But investors have also had tocontend with uncertainty aboutthe outlook for interest rates.

Investors had been hoping thatthe government’s August jobs re-port would give them more clar-ity on interest rates, before a keyFederal Reserve meeting laterthis month. However, a mixed re-port left them guessing as towhether policymakers will feelconfident enough about thestrength of the U.S. economy toraise interest rates from historiclows.

The report showed that theU.S. unemployment rate fell to aseven-year low in August, but al-so that employers added fewerjobs than forecast.

“It’s interesting and disap-

pointing that today’s data didn’tprovide us with that ‘Ah-ha!’ clar-ity that everyone is seeking,”said Michael Arone, Chief Invest-ment Strategist at State StreetGlobal Advisors.

The Dow Jones industrial av-erage fell 272.38 points, or 1.7 per-cent, to 16,102.38. The Standard &Poor’s 500 index gave up 29.91points, or 1.5 percent, to 1,921.22.The Nasdaq composite slipped49.58 points, or 1.1 percent, to4,683.92.

Fed policymakers have kepttheir benchmark interest rateclose to zero since late 2008 tohelp revive the economy after theGreat Recession. Those low rateshave also been good for the stockmarket, supporting a bull run

that has lasted for more than sixyears.

On Friday, the S&P 500 endedthe week down 3.4 percent, itssecond-worst weekly drop of theyear. The index is down nearly 10percent from its peak of 2,130.82reached May 21.

Much of the damage this weekwas done on Tuesday, after gloo-my manufacturing data out ofChina rekindled fears about thehealth of the world’s second-largest economy.

But despite the big drop instocks, some strategists say thatmuch of the evidence suggeststhe U.S. economy is maintainingits recovery. A report this weekshowed robust growth in the ser-vice industry.

“As China is sneezing, there isvery little to suggest that the U.S.is catching a cold,” said JeremyZirin, chief U.S. equity strategistfor Wealth Management Re-search at UBS.

Trading volume was lighterthan usual ahead of the LaborDay holiday. U.S. markets will beclosed on Monday in observanceof the holiday. However, the Chi-nese stock market, which hasbeen closed for a two-day holiday,will reopen.

Among individual stocks, Net-flix continued its slide on Friday.The company’s stock hasslumped for six straight days andclosed the week down 16 percenton speculation that competitionfrom rivals including Amazonand Hulu is intensifying. Varietyalso reported Monday that Appleis exploring a move into originalprogramming.

Bond prices edged up after thejobs report, pushing the yield onthe benchmark 10-year Treasurynote down to 2.13 percent from2.16 percent on Thursday.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 indexof leading British shares was

down 2.4 percent, Germany’sDAX fell 2.7 percent. The CAC-40in France was 2.8 percent lower.

The euro edged up to $1.1151.The dollar fell 1 percent againstthe Japanese currency, to 118.99yen.

In metals trading, the price ofgold fell $3.10 to settle at $1,121.50an ounce, silver fell 16 cents to$14.54 an ounce and copper de-clined seven cents to $2.32 apound.

The price of oil fell along withstocks but pared its losses after aclosely watched count of activedrilling rigs in the U.S. fell.Crude declined 70 cents to closeat $46.05 a barrel in New York.Brent Crude, a benchmark for in-ternational oils used by manyU.S. refineries, fell $1.07 to closeat $49.61 a barrel in London.

In other futures trading on theNYMEX:

Wholesale gasoline fell 1.9cents to close at $1.418 a gallon.

Heating oil fell 2.3 cent toclose at $1.596 a gallon.

Natural gas fell 7 cents toclose at $2.655 per 1,000 cubicfeet.

Stocks down; jobs report clouds rate outlookBy STEVE ROTHWELL

ASSOCIATED PRESS On Friday, the S&P 500 ended the weekdown 3.4 percent, its second-worst weeklydrop of the year. The index is downnearly 10 percent from its peak of 2,130.82reached May 21.

Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

COLLEGE STATION — Tex-as A&M quarterback Kyle Al-len was born and raised inScottsdale, Arizona, just 15minutes from Arizona State.

It’s a fact has the sophomoremore than a little excited forSaturday’s season-openeragainst the 15th-ranked SunDevils in Houston.

“Special one for me,” he said.“A lot of people say A&M has alot of rivals in the SEC. I didn’tgrow up in the South, I grew upin Arizona. So this is a rivalrygame for me.”

It will be the first meetingbetween these schools and theonly game between teams fromthe Pac-12 and Southeasternconferences this season. TheSun Devils are 0-6 against SECteams.

Allen started the last fiveregular-season games as afreshman in 2014, but had to

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NCAA: TEXAS A&M

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin andthe Aggies will open their seasonagainst one of the favorites in thePac-12 in Arizona State.

File photo by Butch Dill | AP

Aggiesto host

ArizonaState

By KRISTIE RIEKENASSOCIATED PRESS

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Damecoach Brian Kelly is concerned aboutquarterback Malik Zaire being over-whelmed in big moments as the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish open the seasonagainst Texas.

“He can be emotional at times. Wehave to transfer that into just being en-thusiastic,” Kelly said. “I told him, ’Youdon’t have to be the reason that we won.You just can’t be the reason why we

lost.”’The 6-foot, 220-pound lefthander got

the start for the Music City Bowl againstLSU last year because Everett Golsonkept making turnovers that contributedto Notre Dame stumbling to an 8-5 recordafter a 6-0 start. Zaire will see his firstsignificant playing time at home Satur-day night, but dismissed talk about feel-ing like a rookie.

“You can only really feel like a rookie,in my opinion, if you aren’t prepared,you aren’t confident in what you’re do-ing,” Zaire said. “That’s kind of in my

mind a rookie mentality where you’reunsure of yourself. I’ve been able to bedecisive in practice.”

While Zaire knows the job is his alone,Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopesdoesn’t have that security.

Swoopes, who started 12 games lastseason and struggled mightily, knows hewill be sharing time with redshirt fresh-man Jerrod Heard as he works to try tokeep the job. Second-year Texas coachCharlie Strong isn’t saying how the time

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS LONGHORNS

‘Horns to face Irish

Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes and the Longhorns will be tested right off the bat facing No. 11 Notre Dame in the season opener.

File photo by Eric Gay | AP

Texas squares off with Notre Dame to begin seasonBy TOM COYNE

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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LUBBOCK — Texas Techcoach Kliff Kingsbury has toldone of his quarterbacks he’llstart Saturday when the RedRaiders play Sam Houston State.

But fans won’t learn if it’ssophomore Patrick Mahomes orjunior Davis Webb until one ofthem jogs out to take the firstsnap against the Bearkats, aFootball Championship Subdivi-

sion team that shared the South-land Conference title last sea-son.

Kingsbury said the starter forthe program’s 1,000th game isthe one who’s best for the teamnow.

“We listed them as ’or’ be-cause we do feel like we havetwo starters and two guys thatcan win games and two guysthat deserve to be the starter,”

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

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Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury, left, is deciding between junior DavisWebb (7) and sophomore Patrick Mahomes for the starting quarterback spot.

File photo by Tony Gutierrez | AP

Kingsbury, Tech tounveil QB choice

By BETSY BLANEYASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A judge’s rul-ing freeing New England Patri-ots quarterback Tom Brady toplay football erased his four-game suspension but failed to ad-dress the root question of the"Deflategate" scandal: What didBrady know about a plot to de-flate balls before January’s AFCchampionship game?

U.S. District Judge Richard M.Berman thoroughly trashed NFLCommissioner Roger Goodell’shandling of the NFL disciplinaryprocess in his Thursday ruling,but did little to cast aside theperception by some that Bradyknew more than he was willingto reveal about the scheme theleague has blamed on Patriotsball handlers.

Berman noted that Brady’sstatistics were better in the sec-ond half of the 45-7 win over theIndianapolis Colts, when theballs were properly inflated. Yetconclusions about Brady himselfwere sparse after reviewing theNFL’s investigative report, Good-ell’s arbitration hearing withBrady and other evidence.

The NFL is appealing the deci-sion to the 2nd U.S. DistrictCourt of Appeals, a process thatwill likely play out much moreslowly than the urgency affordedthe initial lawsuits. And whileBrady plays, the league’s appeal

won’t focus on footballs or thequarterback, but on disagree-ments with Berman.

During the case, the NFL ar-gued that a federal judge mustdefer to the judgment of an arbi-trator who was properly chosenin a process spelled out in thecollective bargaining agreementbetween the players’ union andthe NFL. An appeal on the samegrounds would argue Bermanwent too far, that federal courtscan only overturn an arbitrator’s

award if there’s an extreme of-fense and Goodell’s mistakesweren’t serious enough to flipthe suspension.

Berman followed a path heoutlined during two hearingswhen he hammered the league,saying Goodell went "far beyond"the investigative conclusions ofattorney Ted Wells. The reportfrom Wells said Brady was likely"generally aware" of the plot;

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Judge skips Brady judgement

New England head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft will see star quar-terback Tom Brady in a Patriots uniform in Week 1.

Photo by Winslow Townson | AP

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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will be divided. Swoopessaid he and the rest of theLonghorns know theyhave to prove themselves.

“I think everybody kindof has a chip on theirshoulder and is just kindof ready to go out thereand show people whatwe’ve got,” he said.

The two programs areplaying each other for thefirst time since 1996. Ex-pectations are high forthe Irish with 15 return-ing starters. The Long-horns are coming off a 6-7finish, including big loss-es in the final two gamesagainst TCU and Arkan-sas, and are depending onfreshmen at key positions.

Other things to knowabout the Texas-NotreDame game:

VETERANS VS. INEXPERI-ENCE

Texas will start sixfreshmen, including twooffensive linemen, and 24figure in their two- and-three-deep lineup, withmany listed as the topbackups at key positions.The Irish have no fresh-men starters and only twosophomore starters, al-though some freshmen areexpected to contribute,most notably defensivelineman Jerry Tillery,tight end Alize Jones andplace-kicker Justin Yoon.

TEXAS COULDN’T HOLD ’EMThe Irish have a handful

of players from Texas whocould have an impactagainst the Longhorns, in-cluding wide receivers Co-rey Robinson of San Anto-

nio and Torii Hunter Jr.of Prosper — the sons offormer San AntonioSpurs great David Robin-son and Minnesota Twinsoutfielder Torii Hunter.Robinson was second onthe team in receiving lastseason with 40 catcheswhile Irish coaches havebeen raving about Hunter,who was slowed by inju-ries his first two seasons.

KICKING CONTESTTexas senior kicker

Nick Rose posted a videoof himself this summerkicking a 70-yard fieldgoal. His career long is 51.Yoon has been drawingpraise from Kelly, whosays the freshman hasbeen making nearly 80percent of his attemptsfrom 40 to 49 yards.

NO WALKTHROUGHTexas coach Charlie

Strong, an assistant atNotre Dame 1995-98, isn’tbringing the Longhornsfor the traditional walk-through at Notre DameStadium on Friday be-cause he knows howcrowded campus gets. “Idon’t want our guys chat-tering with their fans andhearing all that,” he said.

COTTON BOWL MEMORIESNotre Dame played Tex-

as three times in the 1970swith national champion-ships at stake. The Long-horns won the 1970 gameto claim the 1969 nationaltitle, were upset by theIrish the next season andNotre Dame upset theLonghorns again to winthe 1977 national title.

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Goodell later said Brady"knew about, approved of,consented to and providedinducements and rewards"to support the scheme.

Without addressing thepoints later, Berman re-capped portions of Wells’report and argumentsmade by an NFL attorneythat there were signs Bradywas involved, despite nosmoking gun.

The judge also referredto Brady’s extensive testi-mony to Goodell about hispreferences for footballs -testimony that was re-leased as a result of the liti-gation. Berman said he re-viewed the testimony, butoffered nothing more aboutits contents.

The June testimony byBrady included terse mo-ments when asked aboutanything related to infla-tion of footballs.

Did he ever consider ballinflation in choosing gameballs?

"Never," Brady said.Did he ever discuss the

inflation of footballs with aball handler?

"Never."In his entire career, did

he ever ask the Patriots toalter footballs once he ap-proved them?

"No."But Brady had plenty to

say about the extensive pro-cess of preparing footballsand the importance of get-ting the right grip and feel.He said one of the team’sequipment employees, JohnJastremski, used sandpa-per, dirt and even leatherconditioner obtained fromone of Brady’s collegecoaches. Jastremski andanother equipment employ-ee were fired by the Patri-ots over the deflations.

Under questioning fromGoodell, Brady said he wastold about inflation levelsafter a rainy game againstthe New York Jets last sea-

son, because he hated thegame balls.

The quarterback got an-gry, he said "because Ididn’t like - for the firsttime in my career, I didn’tlike the way the footballfelt." It turned out the ballshad been inflated to 16pounds per square inch -well above the 12 1/2 to 131/2 psi allowed by the rulebook.

Brady said he told theequipment manager tomake sure referees saw theair-inflation rules beforegames "because really Idon’t want that to ever hap-pen again."

Before the AFC cham-pionship game, Brady saidhe did something unprece-dented because of a badweather forecast: He decid-ed 36 hours before gametime to break in new ballsto try to avoid the problemshe had during the Jetsgame.

But when questionedabout the inflation of ballsthat day, the terse answerscame back. Brady said "no"when asked whether hesaid anything to Jastrem-ski about the pressure lev-els or whether he suggest-ed anything about pressureat any level.

Without addressing Bra-dy, Berman said the NFLoverreached. At one hear-ing, the judge said hedidn’t see the "-gate" in "De-flategate," the nickname be-stowed on the scandal as itmorphed into a mini-soapopera. At another hearing,Berman referred to thecontroversy as the "defla-tion situation."

Berman said he wasoverturning the NFL’s sus-pension of Brady becausethe player was neverwarned he could face sus-pension and because of"several significant legaldeficiencies" in the NFL’streatment of Brady.

DEFLATEGATE Continuedfrom Page 1Bthe third-year coach said.

“But we can only play one,so we’ll play one and seehow it goes.”

The Red Raiders arelooking for a win to start apossible rebound from lastseason when they finished4-8 and won just two Big 12games, their fewest sincethe conference began in1996.

Sam Houston State,which finished 11-5 lastseason and lost in thesemifinal to eventuallyFCS winner North DakotaState — for the third timein four seasons — returns19 starters. Bearkats coachK.C. Keeler said he, too,isn’t naming who willstart at quarterback — ju-nior Jared Johnson, whowas the starter all last sea-son, or sophomore Jere-miah Briscoe, a transferfor UAB.

“This is probably aboutas deep a team as I’vehad,” he said. “If we playwell we have a shot.”

Texas Tech is eager toshow off its defense underits eighth defensive coordi-nator since 2007. DavidGibbs led Houston’s de-fense to back-to-back top25 finishes nationally inturnovers. He coachednine years in the NFL be-fore moving to Houston fortwo seasons.

“We’ll do some goodthings, we’ll do someknucklehead things, andwe’ll grow from it,” Gibbssaid of his squad’s firstgame under his guidance.

Here are some thingsto watch for when TexasTech hosts Sam HoustonState:

CAN TEXAS TECH STOP THERUSH?

Texas Tech allowedabout 260 yards rushingper game last season tofinish near the bottom na-tionally. The Bearkats willbe a good first test afterthey led the conference inrushing last season, ave-raging about 250 yards per

game. Sam Houston State’sup-tempo offense will be achallenge for the Red Raid-ers. “I just think they’re adifferent team than theywere last year on the de-fensive side of the ball,”Keeler said. “There’s anew attitude.”

BIG STAGE FOR BEARKATSSam Houston State like-

ly won’t be wowed by theLubbock crowd, where thecapacity is about 60,000.Last year they traveled toLSU where they played infront 100,000-plus fans in aloss. Sam Houston State is29-3 against FBS teamssince 2000.

UP-TEMPO OFFENSESKeeler says he thinks

there will be as many as250 snaps in the game,which will be played in theafternoon in hot West Tex-as. “I think we’ll rotatemore guys in there, so re-gardless of who is startingeverybody’s going to play,”Gibbs said. “I think youhave to early in the sea-

son, especially againstthese spread offenses whogo so fast. But it’s going tobe a challenge.”

TURNOVERS AND PENALTIESTexas Tech wants to put

last season’s woes withturnovers behind it. Theymade too many and theydidn’t get many back. “I’lltake as many as they’llgive me,” Gibbs said of theupcoming game. The RedRaiders also really hurtthemselves with penalties,finishing last in the nationin penalty yards per game(89.2).

RUN FIRST?Kingsbury is sticking to

his plan to run the ballmore. DeAndre Washing-ton, Justin Stockton andQuinton White — gained acombined 1,630 yards lastseason. “It really comesdown to just what’s thebest way that we can bemost effective and help ourteam win the game andthat’s what we’ll do,” hesaid.

TECH Continued from Page 1B

PHILADELPHIA — Tim Tebowmade Matt Barkley expendable.

The Philadelphia Eagles tradedBarkley to the Arizona Cardinals onFriday, clearing a roster spot for Te-bow after he won a preseason com-petition for the No. 3 quarterbackjob.

Arizona sent a conditional sev-enth-round draft pick to Philadel-phia for Barkley. A person familiarwith the deal said Barkley has to beon the roster for six games for theEagles to receive the pick in 2016.The person spoke on condition ofanonymity because that part of thetrade wasn’t announced.

Barkley provides depth behindCarson Palmer and Drew Stanton.Logan Thomas and rookie PhillipSims were competing for the No. 3job. Sims already tweeted that hewas released.

The Cardinals were 6-0 with

Palmer as their starter last year and5-6 without him, including a playoffloss to Carolina. Stanton was 5-3and Ryan Lindley was 0-3. Palmermissed three games in Septemberand the final seven games after tear-ing his left ACL in mid-November.

Tebow outplayed Barkley in thepreseason and will play behind SamBradford and Mark Sanchez unlesscoach Chip Kelly makes a surprisemove this weekend.

Tebow was 11 for 17 for 189 yards,two touchdowns and one intercep-tion against the New York Jets onThursday night. Barkley was 4 for 9for 45 yards and one interception.

Tebow last played in a regular-season game with the Jets in 2012.He was cut by New England intraining camp in 2013. He worked asa college football analyst on the SECNetwork last year, but got anotherchance to play in the NFL when theEagles signed him in the offseason.

The 2007 Heisman Trophy winnerled Florida to the national cham-

pionship his senior season and wasa first-round pick by Denver in 2010.He started 16 games during two sea-sons with the Broncos, including aplayoff victory over Pittsburgh inJanuary 2012. Tebow was traded tothe Jets after Denver signed PeytonManning.

“It’s a blessing to be able to playthe game that I love,” Tebow said af-ter the final preseason game.“Sometimes when things are takenaway, you realize how much youreally love it, and sometimes youlove it more after that. So it’s notnecessarily coming back, but thetime away that makes you love itmore.”

Barkley was a fourth-round pickin 2013. He completed 30 of 50 passesfor 300 yards and four interceptionsin four games.

Barkley is the career leading pas-ser in Pac-12 Conference and South-ern California history. He had 12,327passing yards and 116 touchdownsfor the Trojans.

Philadelphia’s Tim Tebow won the quarterback competition for the No. 3 job making Matt Barkley expendable, as he was traded to Ari-zona.

Photo by Mel Evans | AP

Tebow wins 3rd stringjob, Eagles cut Barkley

By ROB MAADDIASSOCIATED PRESS

than 1,500 yards rushingand 1,500 yards receivingin his career. He ran for1,081 yards and ninetouchdowns to lead theSun Devils last seasonand was second on theteam with 62 catches for688 yards and three morescores. He had at leastone reception in eachgame last season to ex-tend his streak to 40straight games, whichleads the nation.

“This guy is electric,dynamic,” Sumlin said.

OLD FOESWhile their teams are

meeting for the first timeon Saturday, it isn’t thefirst time Sumlin andGraham have faced oneanother. The pair metthree times in ConferenceUSA games from 2008-10when Sumlin was atHouston and Grahamcoached Tulsa. Sumlinwon two of those threemeetings.

MY OH MYLESTexas A&M’s defense is

led by Myles Garrett, a 6-foot-5, 262-pound sopho-more, who had 14 tacklesfor losses last season andbroke Jadeveon Clowney’sfreshman SEC sack recordwith 11 1/2.

“You won’t play any bet-ter,” Graham said. “He’sarguably the best passrusher in their confer-ence, and would have tobe the best in the countrythat I’ve seen on film.”

HOME AWAY FROM HOMEThis game will be

played at NRG Stadium,home of the Houston Tex-ans and about a 1 1/2hour drive from CollegeStation so the crowd islikely to be heavily con-centrated with Aggies’faithful. But the Sun Dev-ils could have a goodchunk of fans in Houstonsince Texas is home to thethird-most Arizona Statealumni with 11,500. It willalso be a homecoming forGraham, who was born inMesquite, Texas, and gothis start in coaching asan assistant at Mesquite’sPoteet high in 1988. He al-so coached at Rice beforetaking the Tulsa job.

fight off talented fresh-man Kyler Murray incamp to keep the job thisyear. He was MVP of theAggies’ win over West Vir-ginia in the Liberty Bowl,and finished the seasonwith 1,322 yards passingwith 16 touchdowns andseven interceptions.

Coach Kevin Sumlinsaid Allen has becomemore of a leader since thebowl game and has beenimpressed with the 19-year-old.

“He likes where he isright now from a growthstandpoint,” Sumlin said.“Has been growing men-tally but also physically.Up to 215 pounds now. Allpart of the process. He’scome along just fine.”

Arizona State coachTodd Graham, who triedto recruit Allen, ravedabout his work so far.

“There are a lot of guysthat have strong arms andhe can make all thethrows, but he’s really ac-curate down the field andmakes quick decisions,”Graham said. “And is aguy that is able to buytime in the pocket.”

While Texas A&M willstart at teenager at quar-terback, the Sun Devilshave a senior signal-callerin Mike Bercovici. Bercov-ici threw for 1,445 yardsand 12 touchdowns lastseason, most of whichcame in four games hestarted in place of injuredstarter Taylor Kelly beforegetting the job full-timethis season.

“He’s like having acoach on the field,” Gra-ham said. “All the thingsthat Taylor did, he’s atthat level and expandedon that level. I think Tay-lor’s the best I’ve evercoached and I think thatMike’s got a chance to bebetter.”

Some things to knowabout the opener be-tween Arizona Stateand Texas A&M:

GO D.J.Arizona State receiver

D.J. Foster is the only ac-tive player in the FootballBowl Subdivision to enterthis season with more

A&M Continued from Page 1B

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