Richland Chronicle February 1, 2022 Issue

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Vol. L Issue 11, February 1, 2022

Inflation threatens economic recovery Pg. 3

• Board votes out rolling Pg. 2 contracts for faculty • Plants have to eat, too Pg. 2 • Meat Loaf remembered Pg. 4

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February 1, 2022

Trustees vote down rolling contracts for full-time faculty Josh Abraham

Staff Writer At a special meeting of the Dallas College Board of Trustees on Jan. 11 members approved the elimination of rolling three-year contracts for full-time faculty by a vote of 5 to 2. Trustees Dorothy Zimmerman and Charletta Rogers Compton voted nay.

The full statement of the policy change is to be found in the agenda packet for the Dec. 7, 2021 board meeting, under “Approval of Amendments to Policies Concerning Term Contracts.” The opening statement said, “There is no statutory requirement for the College to offer three-year contracts. The practice is not only inconsistent with that of other community colleges, but also creates a vested property right that is virtually perpetual, while limiting the ability of the College to be nimble, flexible and responsive as the needs of students, the community and programming prerogatives change.”

Eastfield Campus Faculty Association President Andrew Tolle outlined the impact of the new policy. “The change removed threeyear rolling contracts (where a fresh threeyear contract is issued after one year into the contract if faculty receive high-quality performance evaluations) to a “multi-year” contract, which is not rolling, and where the default is only one year,” he said. Tolle said that the rolling aspect was never automatic but relied upon a satisfactory evaluation from a dean.

“The default to one-year contracts means that if the college does nothing at all (i.e., does not notify a professor of nonrenewal), then the professor defaults to only a one-year contract,” he said. He added that the college would have

no incentive to offer longer contracts, and thus these changes “will cause high-performing faculty to leave Dallas College to work at colleges with better job security.”

Tolle said that the new policy was “out of sync” with most colleges in Texas seeking high-performing faculty, and that as an institution newly granting bachelor’s degrees, the need for such faculty was “now more than ever.”

Tolle said there is a lot of uncertainty about how faculty performance will be measured.

“We have no idea what the new evaluation system will entail because the Faculty Evaluation Workgroup has not finished creating that new system,” he said. “The lack of a new evaluation system at the same time that contracts are fundamentally changed to reduce job security has caused faculty to have very legitimate concerns about their ability to serve students,” he said.

“That’s because they cannot figure out how to adapt to the contractual changes, given the fact that the contractual changes hinge on a evaluation system that does not even exist,” Tolle added.

At the board’s January meeting, El Centro Professor Richard Menchaca spoke during the citizen’s comment period. He said the elimination of rolling contracts “will result in long term harm to our students and make Dallas College known to employers, universities and the community as nothing more than a worthless degree mill.”

The rolling contract was a version of tenure, he said, and that without the tenure rights, “faculty and students lose their academic freedom.”

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Carnivorous plants, sci-fi, oh my: the Texas Triffid Ranch

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Paul Riddell at the Texas Triffid Ranch.

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Staff Writer The question at the root of science fiction is “what if?” It invites you to suspend disbelief and welcome in the wild, the weird and the

out-of-this-world. The Texas Triffid Ranch, the premiere carnivorous plant gallery in Richardson, brings this theme alive — literally.

Paul Riddell has embraced a medium that succeeds in combining the visual and emotional provocation of art with carnivorous plants and a resolutely idiosyncratic creative universe. The gallery features terrarium-style carnivore enclosures imaginatively fashioned into art installations, each with an associated short story aimed to extend the viewer’s immersion in the piece. Smaller specimens line the shelves, eking out their nitrogenloving existence in apothecary jars and Erlenmeyer flasks.

Before starting the Texas Triffid Ranch in 2015, Riddell worked as a professional writer.

The gallery’s name is an homage to the postapocalyptic 1951 novel “The Day of the Triffids” by John Wyndham. In 2002, Riddell decided to pursue a new career and accepted a job in Tallahassee, Florida, where he encountered his first carnivore: the North American Pitcher Plant. Riddell, equipped with his newfound love of carnivores, found his way back to Dallas and came across several growers who were offering carnivorous plants. From

Menchaca said that without the rolling three-year contract, faculty members would not be protected if they should teach in a pattern that did not align with an administrator’s outlook or if they should criticize the administration itself.

“Consequently, faculty morale plummets and the faculty end up treating teaching as a job instead of a passion and a lifestyle. They learn to keep their heads down and bite their lips when they witness the destruction of education and real harm to students at the hands of the administration out of fear of losing their jobs and being publicly called out by supervisors and peers,” he said.

The elimination of the rolling contract was an effort to “go after faculty the administration deems to be its political enemies,” he said.

Menchaca also said the replacement of the former faculty grievance process with one that would put the Chief Human Resources officer in charge would make that individual “judge, jury and executioner” over the process.

“Stop the insanity taking place at Dallas College that is destroying this institution to the detriment of its students and turning it into a completely top-down, tyrannical, corporatized degree mill,” he said.

Tolle said the “general faculty feeling” was “one of defeatism and disappointment.”

“Faculty have a shared sense that the board does not understand or appreciate the intense amount of work and dedication that faculty put into serving the students of Dallas College,” he said.

“Faculty also tend to express confusion over a board members’ assertion for why the change was necessary,” he said, given that adequate

accountability systems for faculty were already in place.

“Professor Menchaca is not the only faculty member to have sincere concerns about the effect this will have on academic freedom,” he said, adding “We live in a time when professors are often targeted by political movements and the only thing that allows faculty to teach the truth -- no matter how unpopular that truth is during any fleeting political moment -- is the knowledge that they will have a job after that semester.”

Board of Trustees Chair Monica Bravo via email said the change to the contractual system “is tied to the changes Dallas College has successfully undergone to become a singly accredited institution.

“Meeting the goal of maintaining and creating programming that meets ever-shifting student needs – and the demands of a rapidly changing workforce – requires agility, flexibility and accountability on the part of everyone at Dallas College, including faculty,” she said.

Bravo said the removal of the rolling contract system was justified because “the College must be in a position to adapt with its students and anticipate changes that may be needed among the faculty who must teach to previously unimagined careers, which may not require a traditional two- or four-year degree.

“Having the flexibility to hire new faculty in emerging areas and transition faculty out of underperforming ones, or who may be underperforming individually, is a responsibility we have to the taxpayers of Dallas County,” she said. “And we take that obligation seriously,” she concluded.

A few of the plants under the care of Paul Riddell in the Texas Triffid Ranch.

there, Riddell began working with specialty breeders and began selling carnivores in 2008.

“A lot of this is stuff that’s been bouncing around in my head for years that I can finally go ahead and get out,” Riddell said when asked what inspires his work. “It also doesn’t hurt the fact that I’m the son of a packaging engineer. I was the kid who was too busy playing with the packaging to worry about the toy that was in it. ... [My dad] thought he was going to get another Tim Allen; he got a Tim Burton instead.”

Riddell aims to educate about these plants and hopes to serve as a resource for the community. “These are all plants that have the ability to attract, capture and digest insects and other animal prey,” Riddell said, but warns against attempting to rear an army of Venus flytraps to control your kitchen flies. “If they worked that well, Florida would be a drastically different place.”

Although some finesse is required, he reassures that most species of carnivores are actually very easy to care for, provided you do not tend your terrarium with Dallas tap water.

The Texas Triffid Ranch held its first open house event on Jan. 15. If you missed it, you can catch Riddell at the upcoming Lunar New Year Open House from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 5, or stop by for the Valentine’s Day Massacree & Carnivorous Plant Open House Feb. 12. Admittance is free. Masks are required, and weird is very much welcome.

The plants awaken from dormancy at the middle to end of March, which is less ominous than it sounds. For a chance to see these creatures in full bloom, those interested can find The Texas Triffid Ranch at the Oddities and Curiosities Expo on March 26 at Fair Park, and the Texas Frightmare Weekend at the DFW airport from April 29 to May 1. For more information, visit texastriffidranch.com

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OPINION/ANALYSIS 3

Sooner or later the Russians are coming Raymond Thomas Pronk Staff Writer

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A Ukrainian serviceman pats a dog in a shelter in the Luhansk region, Ukraine Jan. 28.

Will Russian President Vladimir Putin give the order to attack, invade and occupy Ukraine and its capital Kyiv?

Putin has positioned over 125,000 Russian soldiers along the Russian border with Ukraine including over 1,200 tanks and 1,000 heavy artillery along with motorized infantry, rocket and missiles units. Russia has repeatedly denied they have any plans to invade Ukraine to take control of more of Ukraine’s territory.

In 2014 Russia invaded Ukraine and took over the Crimean Peninsula. Today Russian forces could quickly overwhelm the much smaller Ukraine military.

What does Putin really want? Putin and Russia would like to stop if not reverse the expansion of the North Atlantic Treating Organization toward Russian borders and preclude future memberships of Ukraine as a full member of NATO. The new members of NATO have come from Central and Eastern Europe, including former countries allied with the former Soviet Union in the Warsaw Treaty Organization, more commonly called the Warsaw Pact. With the collapse and breakup of the Soviet Union in 1992, NATO’s new

members have included the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in 1999, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in 2004, Albania, Croatia in 2009, Montenegro in 2017 and North Macedonia in 2020.

Under Article 5 of NATO, “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.”

The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavaro, gave both NATO and the United States a written list of security demands in their meetings in Geneva, Switzerland Jan. 21. The Russians want to receive legal assurances that would preclude Ukraine membership in NATO. NATO and the United State replied to the Russian security demands on Jan. 26.

The United States made clear that Russian demands that NATO pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from joining NATO in the future are unacceptable non-starters. Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated “that putting things in writing” was “a good way to make sure we’re as precise as possible, and the Russians understand our positions, our ideas, as clearly as possible.” Blinken said, “Right now, the document is with them and the ball is in their court.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on the Russians to “immediately de-escalate the situation” and that “Every nation should be free to decide its own security arrangements” through dialogue.

Both the United States and Great Britain have shipped Ukraine lethal military assistance including ammunition, weapons, as well as light anti-amour missiles that can be used as defensive weapons in the event Russia invades Ukraine. Putin must now decide on whether he wants diplomatic dialogue to resolve their difference with NATO and Ukraine or use Russia’s military to invade Ukraine and run the risk of both war and economic sanction from NATO and the United States.

Inflation continues to be an issue during COVID-19 recovery

Alex Ortuno

Managing Editor Inflation has become an issue for the Biden administration as his 1.9 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package in March of 2021 was perhaps the fastest economic growth since 1984, according to the Associated Press.

However, not all would last as government interventions and the looming supply chain problems have influenced inflation to rise at

a nearly 40-year high of 7%, according to the Associated Press.

However, as we see more scenes of empty shelves and people being concerned about the term inflation, many people may not know about inflation. Todd Senick from the Bloomberg Finance lab from Richland Campus, explains what inflation is and the ways they are measured. “Inflation is the rise in prices of goods and services. There are two ways of measuring inflation, CPI is the Consumer Price Index and PCE is Personal Consumption

Expenditures,” Senick said. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the measurement of the average change in price over time for goods and services while the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) is to see how much money Americans spend on certain goods and services.

Senick also said inflation in the economy also leaves an impact for the nation. “It impacts the country because consumers must spend more on bread, paper, oil, plastics, and other materials,” said Senick.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 21. Inflation fears and concerns about the impact of higher interest rates have prompted a cautious shift in the broader market after a solid year of gains in 2021.

COVID-19 has played a part in terms of influencing inflation but isn’t the only factor.

The main issue behind inflation was the stimulus from the past year and a half.

“Economists and the Federal Reserve had been saying inflation would be transitory (short term and not broad based). We have seen inflation going on longer than expected and much broader based than previously expected by economists,” Senick said.

As of press time, the Federal Reserve has announced that it will begin a series of interest hikes starting in March. This will reverse the policies during the pandemic that influenced hiring and overall economic growth and stock gains but as well, inflation, according to the Associated Press.

This is in an effort to lower inflation but the rate hikes will make it more expensive throughout time to borrow money for a car, home or business. This is done with the intent to stabilize economic growth and relax inflation that has affected wage gains and household budgets, according to the Associated Press.

Senick stated that inflation will be something that has to be paid attention to in the upcoming year as much is still left to do and deal with.

“We still have supply chain issues from China and some labor shortages continue in many industries throughout the US. The only real way to combat inflation is to have wages keep pace with inflation which hasn’t been the case so far in this economic cycle. The last reading was negative real average wages which means people are losing money to inflation,” said Senick.

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February 1, 2022

‘Doom Eternal’ is anger personified Alex Ortuno

Managing Editor You’re in a mech suit with a bunch of guns and you’re on a mission to save Earth from the might of Hell itself. That’s pretty much the premise of “Doom Eternal,” the sequel to “Doom” (2016).

“Doom Eternal” does its wonders as it has so many parts that in a way, are excellent. Let’s begin with the first thing that everyone will see, the gameplay. The game does not let players have a cakewalk and, in a way, forces players out of their s comfort zone.

Players can’t stay in a single spot and kill off all the enemies like in many other FPS games.

They must be almost constantly moving and aware of surroundings to be dominating the battlefield. While this may sound very intimidating, it isn’t because players aren’t left with only one weapon but rather several to allow them to be creative to destroy the hell spawns.

Since not all enemies are alike and some of them have their own strengths and weaknesses, it pressures the player to find new ways to combat the demons.

From flinging themselves across the zone with a hook and shooting rockets at the same time or freezing enemies with an ice bomb and blasting them with a chaingun, creativity is the way to go for combat. Players are literally a one-man army against a dimension of hatred too angry to die.

While the combat of the game puts the player at the moment, the music enhances the scenes of combat. Composed from Mick Gordon, known for composing the songs for the latest “Wolfenstein” video games and “Doom,” his work does wonders as players fight the hordes of demons. With the rifts of metal, the rage and the anger are practically set. It encourages players to be in a fit of rage and adrenaline to rip and tear all of the demons out in front.

Even the music for the times not in combat but exploring the map are amazing, especially as they have different themes such as listening to a fallen, yet previously glorious civilization in Exultia or hearing what feels like a corrupted version of heaven in Urdak.

The story itself plays a part in why things happen in the game. To me, however, the gameplay and the music feel like they are the main attraction rather than the story. The story is OK, but it has some parts where it gets really interesting, such as how the Khan Makyr has an almost deceptive personality that tries to win players over by returning what the demons destroyed from them, only for the end to reveal its true plans.

I would heavily recommend it if you’re up for a challenging shooting game or if you’re into fast-paced action. “Doom Eternal” pushes you straight to the fight without any obstruction.

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A cacodemon prepares to attack the player along with zombies in a overrun city.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975) – With this midnight movie favorite, the late Marvin Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf who was born and raised in Dallas, had a small part as Eddie, the ex-delivery boy who actually sang a tune on the soundtrack.

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Meat Loaf performs at a concert in Germany on June 12, 2007.

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Celebrities, others remember singer and actor Meat Loaf Kendra Bailey Staff Writer

Prolific rock singer and actor, Marvin Lee Aday, professionally known as Meat Loaf, passed away Jan. 20 due to COVID-19 at 74. The Dallas native’s death came as a shock to many, bringing condolences from Mitt Romney, Cher, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boy George and others.

His six decade career produced smash song hits “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).”

He also appeared in movies, including the midnight audience cult favorite “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Aday attended the University of North Texas and Lubbock Christian University prior to his groundbreaking hit “Bat Out Of Hell,” which sold more than 43 million copies worldwide.

The album, which stayed on charts for nearly a decade, propelled his career to new heights.

He went on to appear in movies “Fight Club” and “Wayne’s World.” In 1993, he won a

“Wayne’s World” (1992) – In this Penelope Spheer is-directed comedy, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) are a couple of lifelong friends spouting their opinions and antics on a public access TV show. Meat Loaf appears briefly. With Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere and Lara Flynn Boyle.

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Grammy for his single “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”.

In a Twitter post, Cher, who collaborated with Meat Loaf for “Dead Ringer for Love,” wrote, “Am Very Sorry For His Family, Friends, & Fans. Am I imagining It, or Are Amazing Ppl In The Arts Dying every other Day?!” Meat Loaf is one of many artists who have passed away suddenly in the last year, including of Betty White, Virgil Abloh and Sophie. “The vaults of heaven will be ringing with rock. RIP Meatloaf,” stated Andrew Llyod Webber soon after the singer’s death.

Meat Loaf was one of the most unique artists of his time. He stated that he often felt like a “circus clown” when trying to get record labels to take his music seriously. Combining an odd, yet perfect mix of musicality and theatrics, Aday showed the world how brilliant an artist could be if they weren’t restrained by the rigid standards of commercial music. Selling more than 100 million records in his time, Meat Loaf will go down amongst the likes of The Beatles, Whitney Houston and U2.

“The Mighty” (1998) – Kieran Culkin and Elden Henson star in this romantic-comedy drama about a pair of friends who battle all of the elements about life and the friendships within. Meat Loaf appears only briefly in this decent flick,

“Black Dog” (1998) – In this dud of a flick. Meat Loaf portrays Red, a baddie going up against Patrick Swayze’s trucker Jack, who encounters the black dog of the title when he encounters long hours behind the wheel. Directed by Kevin Hooks.

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“Fight Club” (1999) – I know a lot of people who praise this movie to no end. I, unfortunately, am not one of those people. In this David Fincher-directed tale, split personalities develop between characters played by Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. Meat Loaf is great as Robert Paulsen.

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ENTERTAINMENT 5

Joe Exotic, the ‘Tiger King’ is dethroned to federal prison

A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Jan. 28, reducing his punishment by just a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for leniency as he begins treatment for early-stage cancer.

“Please don’t make me die in prison waiting for a chance to be free,” he tearfully told a federal judge who resentenced him on a murder-for-hire charge.

Joe Exotic — whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage — was convicted in a case involving animal welfare activist Carole Baskin. Both were featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.”

Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, Maldonado-Passage, 58, still had his trademark mullet hairstyle, but the bleach-blonde had faded to brown and gray.

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Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, also attended the proceedings, and she said she was fearful that Maldonado-Passage could threaten her.

“He continues to harbor intense feelings of ill will toward me,” she told the judge.

Baskin said even with Maldonado-Passage in prison, she has continued to receive “vile, abusive and threatening communications” over the last two years. She told the judge she believes Maldonado-Passage poses an even more serious threat to her now that he has a larger group of supporters because of the popularity of the Netflix series.

Maldonado-Passage’s attorneys told the judge their client is suffering from stage-one prostate cancer, along with a disease that

involvement in the creation of the offense for which he’s been convicted,” attorney Molly Parmer told reporters after the hearing.

“We are going to continue our post-conviction litigation, but we did preview for the court the evidence we have through our postconviction investigation.”

The former zookeeper was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in prison after he was convicted of trying to hire two different men to kill Baskin. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Maldonado-Passage that the court should have treated them as one conviction at sentencing because they both involved the same goal of killing Baskin, who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida and had criticized Maldonado-Passage’s treatment of animals.

Prosecutors said Maldonado-Passage offered $10,000 to an undercover FBI agent to kill Baskin during a recorded December 2017 meeting. In the recording, he told the agent, “Just like follow her into a mall parking lot and just cap her and drive off.” MaldonadoPassage’s attorneys have said their client — who once operated a zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City — wasn’t being serious.

Maldonado-Passage, who maintains his innocence, also was convicted of killing five tigers, selling tiger cubs and falsifying wildlife records.

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Joseph Passage answers questions for an interview on Aug. 23, 2013.

compromises his immune system, making him particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.

Stage-one prostate cancer means it has been detected early and hasn’t spread. MaldonadoPassage previously said that he planned to delay treatment until after his resentencing.

Federal officials have said Maldonado-Passage will need up to eight weeks of radiation treatments and would be unable to travel during the treatments.

His attorney Amy Hanna told the judge he’s not receiving the proper medical care inside the federal prison system and that a lengthy prison sentence is a “death sentence for Joe that he doesn’t deserve.”

Prosecutors also told the judge Friday that Maldonado-Passage received a disciplinary write-up in September for being possession of a contraband cellphone and unauthorized headphones that was not included in his presentencing report. Palk added that Maldonado-Passage had four previous disciplinary write-ups, although he described those as “relatively minor and not violent.”

Friday’s court proceedings came about after a federal appeals court ruled last year that the prison term he’s serving on a murder-for-hire conviction should be shortened.

Supporters packed the courtroom, some wearing animal-print masks and shirts that read “Free Joe Exotic.” His attorneys said they would appeal the resentencing and petition for a new trial“ The defense submitted a series of attachments that showed excessive government

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February 1, 2022

T-Ducks baseball strikes a win Cade Harris Staff Writer

The Richland Thunderducks baseball team (2-0) kicked off their 2022 season at home with a pair of wins in their Jan. 26 afternoon doubleheader against DFW Postgrad by a score of 6-2 and 9-1, respectively.

The Thunderducks got off to a quick start in Game 2 offensively, plating two runs in the bottom of the first inning. DFW Postgrad scored one run in the top of the fourth inning and then were shut out the rest of the game.

Richland answered by scoring seven more runs unanswered, highlighted by a five-run bottom of the fourth.

Parker Perez and Jadon Fratus led the Thunderducks offensively, recording two hits each. Jack Battistelli went 1-for-1 with a double, a walk and two RBIs. Russell Etheridge also tallied an RBI. The Thunderduck hitters were patient at the plate all game tallying nine walks.

Battistelli got the bats going early, doubling in the leadoff hitter, Perez, to give the Thunderducks a 1-0 lead. Kole Mayberry singled to right field to knock in Battistelli and increase the Thunderduck lead to 2-0 at the end of the first inning. Richland capitalized on four walks and two hit-by-pitches to plate five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to stretch their lead to 7-1. An RBI double to the right-center gap by Thunderduck catcher Will Bombersbach helped extend the lead to 8-1 in the fifth inning. The Thunderducks added one more run in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single from a pinch-hitting Donny Schroeder.

The Thunderducks totaled nine runs offensively on nine hits and nine walks, striking out six times.

Reid Carrick got the start for the Thunderducks. Carrick worked through two innings allowing zero runs, one hit, one walk, tallying a strikeout and earning the win. Christian Keller took over in relief to pitch two innings allowing one earned run on one hit and five walks, while fanning three.

Cam Diaz pitched the longest, coming on in relief in the fifth inning. Diaz pitched a perfect three innings, striking out five of the nine batters he faced.

Carrick got into a little trouble early, giving up a two-out triple, but was able to get the next batter to pop-out to end the inning. He also picked off a DFW Postgrad baserunner to help him get over a leadoff walk in the second.

Keller was able to pitch out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the fourth, only letting one DFW Postgrad run come in.

The curveball was working well for Diaz in his perfect three innings. Diaz was efficient on the mound, throwing 23 strikes of his 31 pitches.

The pitching staff only allowed one run on two hits while striking out nine.

DFW Postgrad sent six pitchers to the mound. Cole Prasse pitched an efficient inning, allowing no hits and walking one, striking out two Thunderduck hitters. Andrew Lyon and Jace Doelitch each recorded a strikeout in their one inning of relief work.

Offensively, DFW Postgrad had a hard time scoring on the Thunderduck pitching staff.

Timothy Johnson knocked in the lone run, singling to left field. DFW Postgrad totaled just one hit, striking out nine times.

At press time, Richland was scheduled to be back in action Jan. 28 hosting Frank Phillips College in Game 1 of a three-game weekend series.

Richland’s men’s basketball team (9-8) won comfortably against their conference rival Mountain View Lions (15-7) 109-81 on Jan. 26.

From the tipoff, the T-Ducks started offensively in a rhythm that seemed to overwhelm their opponents by converting back-to-back 3-point jumpers. Within five minutes into the first half, the T-ducks were ahead by 15 points and it wasn’t just their offensive efforts putting them ahead. It was their defense as well. Every time the Lions tried to drive into the paint for a layup, someone was there to steal the ball and convert those turnovers into points at the other end.

By halftime, the T-Ducks were ahead 56-42.

Coming into the second half, the T-Ducks plan seemed simple. That was to continue to

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do what they did in the first half, overwhelm their opponent with defensive presence and grab rebounds for second-chance scores. Early on it appeared the Lions seemed to gain their confidence by running the 2-3 zone defense.

This would put the T-Ducks in a tough position making it more difficult to convert layups and fast-break scores crossing half-court.

About six minutes into the half, the Lions forced the T-Ducks into a turnover by holding them behind midcourt longer than eight seconds after the ball was inbounded. You could see the frustration starting to set into Richland as fouls kept getting called on them putting Mountain View to the foul line. The Lions were able to bring the lead down to five points with eight minutes left in the half giving Richland plenty of time to cool down and reset their game plan.

At that moment, momentum the T-Ducks needed set in and lit a fire that let the Lions

know that their attempted comeback was just a temporary feeling. The thing about Mountain View’s plan with the 2-3 zone defense is that it has a weakness for outside shooting.

That’s exactly what Richland did alongside grabbing rebounds to be able to have secondchance shots.

Richland’s David Favorite, Brandon Jackson and Ed Trahan combined for 69 points.

Trahan finished with 27 points, eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. Jackson had 21 points, three rebounds and two steals. Favorite had 15 points, three rebounds, seven assists, and one steal. Everyone on the team contributed to this win. It shows how much the T-Ducks can quickly make adjustments. Richland finished with 33 rebounds while also shooting 56% from the field with an impressive 45% from the 3-point line.

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Cowboys owner says DC Dan Quinn staying put

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Payton did leave to become head coach in New Orleans in 2006, but informed the Saints this week that he was leaving after a 16-year tenure in which he took the team to the playoffs nine times and won the Super Bowl in 2009. Payton said he planned to stay involved in football.

The availability of Payton, and his long friendship with Jones, had led some to speculate that he could replace McCarthy as coach.

Jones said Friday that he hadn’t spoken to Payton and that he didn’t have to say anything to reassure McCarthy of his standing as coach after only two seasons with the Cowboys.

“No, I did not, because we’re sitting here building together our future,’” Jones said.

“We’ve just really kind of had our heads down and getting this staff into shape, particularly at the top, with the coordinator level.”

Offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, for the second year in a row, has also gotten interest from other teams.

“I do believe he’ll be back next year,” Jones said of Moore.

Quinn will return to an opportunistic Cowboys defense that has a couple of young playmakers in standout rookie Micah Parsons and league interceptions leader Trevon Diggs.

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Friday that defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, a candidate for several head coaching jobs, would instead remain in Dallas for “years to come.”

Quinn, the former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons who just completed his first season as the Cowboys DC, had interviewed with the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. He was also a candidate for the Miami Dolphins head coaching vacancy.

Jones went on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Friday, a week after the scheduled end of his weekly segments with the team’s flagship radio station. He said he wanted to do the extra appearance to discuss Quinn and Mike McCarthy, reiterating his support for the head coach after the Cowboys won the NFC East before losing a home playoff game to San Francisco.

“Mike was very involved in this process, and very involved in trying to give us every chance to keep Dan Quinn,” Jones said. “The idea of Mike twisting in the wind just wasn’t the case at all.”

While indicating that Quinn turned down a head coaching offer — “I believe that very much,” Jones said — the owner didn’t offer specifics or any details about a contract extension with the Cowboys.

Jones said it was third time while owning the team that he was able to persuade a coordinator to stay instead of accepting a head job.

Jones mentioned Sean Payton, then an offensive coordinator for head coach Bill Parcells, staying with the Cowboys instead of becoming head coach of the Oakland Raiders, and then-OC Jason Garrett turning down another job to remain in Dallas, where he later became head coach before getting replaced by McCarthy.

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