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MEN OF OIL SPECIAL REPORT

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Brian Nwosu talks about life as a Schlumberger employee from outside of his room at the company’s man camp in Cuero.

Employees work six days in a row and then have three days off.

During the course of the six days, they sleep at the man camp and are transported to and from work at the rig sites.

ONLINE VIDEO To see video of workers talk about life on the oil field or a video about what a drilling crew does, go to VictoriaAdvocate. com and click on the story.

BY DIANNA WRAY DWRAY@VICAD.COM

CUERO – The Schlumberger van idled in the parking lot. The men were due to go on a six-day shift in about 15 minutes, but no sign of life stirred in the man camp.

The tan door of Unit 1 creaked open. Brian Nwosu, 24, eyes still blurred from sleep, thwacked his black steel-toed work boots together, as bits of dried mud flew in all directions.

Nwosu has worked in the oil field for a year.

He is an operator with Schlumberger, one of the two big hydraulic fracturing companies working in the Eagle Ford Shale play.

Nwosu and the other men in his crew are just a few of the hundreds who have found themselves in the Crossroads working to get crude oil out of the Eagle Ford Shale formation.

Stepping into the boots, unlaced, he leaned against the porch railing and pulled a cigarette from the pack in his shirt pocket. He inhaled sharply with the cigarette clenched in his teeth, exhaling a plume of smoke.

They work six days on and three days off, staying in the sleek, furnished rooms with Egyptian cotton sheets and a flat-screen television in both the bedroom and the bathroom.

The buildings are constructed to imply permanence – the fresh cut pine stairs leading to the rooms, the newly laid plants at the entrance – but this is a transitory place.

If the price of oil drops, or if it becomes more profitable to take fracking operations to another field, Schlumberger will snap off the metal sidings that line the bottom of the domiciles, load them onto trucks and tote them to the

next big play.

Nwosu rubbed his eyes one more time and pulled on his royal blue Schlumberger jumpsuit, a duffel bag slung over his shoulder. He and the other men piled into the van, and it rumbled out of the parking lot, kicking up a cloud of white dust in its wake. It’s a tough and dangerous job, but once you start working in the field, it’s hard to imagine doing anything else, Nwosu said.

“Some of these guys have been working so long, all they do is work and they’re rich, but they can’t stop working. They can’t walk away from it,” he said.

“It’s hard on men with families, there’s a lot of divorce. That’s the point I don’t want to get to, where you know everything, but you lose everything.”

This is the fifth installment of “The Play,” the Victoria Advocate’s look at the impact of the Eagle Ford Shale on the Crossroads.

Scrutiny urged as Eagle Ford Shale boom continues, B1 See our special report, The Play, part 5, H1, H4-5

CALHOUN COUNTY

Culture fest attracts diverse, costumed crowd Attendees share universal family affair

BY CAMILLE M. DOTY CDOTY@VICAD.COM

CAMILLE DOTY/CDOTY@VICAD.COM

Raven Garcia, 12, Briley Maldonado, 9, and Catherine Garza, 14, from left to right, do a Jalisco dance during the all cultural fair in Calhoun County on Saturday afternoon.

PORT LAVACA – Calhoun County residents created a capsule of culture and time on Saturday afternoon.

Organizers managed to squeeze

2,000 years of world history during the 45-day planning period.

Their effort resulted in a downtown parade and about 375 people with wide smiles, clapping hands and ethnic attire. The remaining people watched from the audience. People’s curiosities were heightened as the sun broke from behind the clouds.

“Great outfit, Queen of France,” said Mike Dobbins to Patricia Trevino. “Like yours, too, Mythical Viking,” she responded.

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Some attendees wore outfits representing their ancestry, while others honored another to offer more diversity in the first All County Cuisine and Culture Parade of Ancestors event.

Adorned participants represented parts of Africa, Asia, Europe and Central America.

They wore nametags and shared facts about the heritage and history for inquiring

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SPOTLIGHT BLOGGER Why publish a disturbing image?

by Chris Cobler In Your Advocate: an editor’s blog

We discussed the graphic nature of Saturday’s front-page photo at length before publication and decided it told an important story.

The image showed the reality that law enforcement shot three dogs this week.

We did not publish the photo to take a side on pit bulls or to question the police. We did not publish the photo to “sell papers.”

Quite the opposite, we knew some readers would be offended and would not buy the paper in protest. Even so, we thought people should see what is happening on our streets. The news value of the photo carried the decision.

We appreciate your comments about the photograph and will further discuss the issue during our next newspaper ethics board meeting. If you would like to address the board, please contact me to arrange the conversation.

National photojournalism expert Kenny Irby offers these three tests when con-

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish. To report any error or need for clarification, please call 361-574-1222.

the lives of our best friends.

As journalists, we never know what difference our words or photos might make. Most of us get into the profession to make a difference, but we are trained to do that through fair and insightful reporting, not through advocacy. We try to leave the opinions for the editorial page.

Personally, I hope the photo compels the community to do more about the problem of irresponsible pet ownership.

We have an epidemic of stray animals roaming our streets and neighborhoods.

Loose dogs are bound to attack someone or, more likely, die of starvation, disease or being crushed under the wheel of a car.

This problem is all around us every day, yet we look the other way. Photo/video editor Todd Krainin’s image Saturday compelled us to stop, look and think. How will we act upon these emotions?

For further reading about photojournalism, please see page 2 and pages 8-13 of “Media Reasoning: Cases and Moral Reasoning” by Clifford Christians.

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sidering whether to publish a disturbing image: ■ Maximize

truth-telling: By this, he means, does the photo tell an important story? What is the news value? We decided this image told the story even more powerfully than the 887-word story that accompanied it.

■ Act independently: Make the decision regardless of outside pressures. We knew people for and against pit bulls would interpret the photo in their own way. However, we didn’t base our decision on this national debate.

■ Minimize harm: Keep in mind people will be affected by what they see.

Although we were concerned about the graphic nature of the photo, we also noted anyone walking or driving the streets of Victoria would see animal carcasses. The 12-year-old boy, quoted in the caption as saying he liked the friendly dog, provided further evidence of this in the picture.

At the same time, Irby notes, editors must consider community standards.

We live in a conservative community, but one that accepts the publication of deer hunting photos. We’re an agricultural community that accepts death as a part of life.

We also are a big-hearted community.

We support the Dorothy O’Connor Pet Adoption Center, Adopt-A-Pet and other organizations working hard to improve

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Dad’s girlfriend isn’t replacement piece Q:Dear Alice: A few years ago my

mom passed away from breast cancer. My family went through a rough patch and had a hard time getting back together. About two years ago my Dad met his current girlfriend, Tina, and he told me he wanted to ask her to marry him. I like Tina a lot, mainly because she seems to have saved us as a family and takes care of my Dad. I feel weird about it, though. I don’t want her to become

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– Missing Mom Dear Missing Mom: It’s only natural that you should feel weird about your dad marrying someone who isn’t your mom. But that doesn’t mean that your mom isn’t still your mom. She will be in your memory forever, and you carry a part of her with you wherever you go. Your dad would really help you understand that Tina isn’t the replacement puzzle piece in your

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family, but the glue that helps bind up the hole. She will help your family move toward a new direction and become stronger. I’m sure that he would show you why he feels that this is the right move for the family, and for himself. You also have to remember that your dad lost a huge part of himself when your mom passed, and he is probably lonely for someone to share his life with. If your dad does decide to propose, you can talk to Tina about your fears. She will be able to explain exactly what she will be for your family.

Send your questions to AskAlice@vicad.com.

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TROUGH SUNDAY

GOLIAD COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO ■ Goliad County Fair Grounds ■ The Carnival will remain open

Sunday from 1-6 p.m. and the PRCA rodeo will perform at 2 p.m.

■ For more information call 361-652-2539 or 361-550-3400.

SUNDAY

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NO. 1329 CHICKEN BARBECUE ■ 3610 N. Ben Wilson St. ■ 8:30 a.m.

■ $7 per chicken or 3 for $20.

■ Spanish rice and beans are

available for $1.50 per pint.

Proceeds benefit various council projects.

■ Contact: the KC Hall Sunday morning at 361-575-9214 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853.

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■ Noon-4 p.m.

■ $7 per plate ■ Fight against lung

cancer benefit for Charles Patrick Smith.

Serving barbecued brisket, potato salad, beans, and homemade barbecue sauce. Dessert shooters available to purchase for $2 each. There will also be live music. Proceeds used to help pay medical expenses and for time lost from work.

■ For ticket of donation information, call Nikki Smith, 361-218-3804 or Ambra Garret, 361-212-5019 or Gary Moses, 361-573-2853.

MONDAY

TEEN GAMING GUILD

■ Victoria Public Library ■ 302 N. Main St. ■ 4:30-6 p.m.

■ Hang out with other teens

as we play Rock Band 2, Wii Sports, Mario Kart or Super Smash Bro’s. Brawl on the projection screen. We also have an Xbox 360 with several fun games including Call of Duty. Program open to sixth -12th grade.

■ Visit victoriapubliclibrary.org or call the Victoria Public Library, 361-485-3302.

TUESDAY

FLAG CITY OPRY ■ Jackson

County Services Building Auditorium ■ 411 N. Wells St. – Edna ■ Meal at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m.

■ Meal $6 per person, show $5 per person ■ Featured performers: Lynn Landry, Slaughter, La; Curtis Barfield, Houston; Debra Poppe, Victoria; Tom Morris, Giddings; and the Flag City Opry Band. Werner’s of Shiner will serve the catered meal consisting of grilled chicken breast in mushroom sauce, rice pilaf, squash casserole, spinach salad and iced tea.

■ For more information, visit flagcityopry.com or call Charlie Kroll at 361-782-9211.

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■ 411 N. Wells St., Edna ■ Catered Meal: $6 at 6 p.m.

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■ Victoria Public Library ■ 302 N. Main St. ■ 4-5:30 p.m.

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toria; Tom Morris, of Giddings and The Flag City Opry Band.

■ Serving grilled chicken breast in mushroom sauce, rice pilaf, squash casserole, spinach salad and tea, catered by Werner’s of Shiner.

■ Contact Charlie Kroll at 361-782-9211 or visit flagcityopry.com.

build with Legos, meet other Lego enthusiasts and win a prize for fabulous Lego designs. Families of all ages are welcome.

■ Visit victoriapubliclibrary.org

VICTORIA FARMER’S MARKET ■ Patty

Dodson Health Center parking lot ■ 2805 N. Navarro St. ■ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

■ There will be fresh produce, pastries, plants and eggs. Call: 361-277-2268.

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PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: VERONICA GONZALEZ, VGONZALEZ@VICAD.COM

RAP MUSIC

Eminem drops in on 50 Cent’s ‘Get Rich’ show

AUSTIN (AP) – The rumors were true: Eminem joined 50 Cent to recreate “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” Friday night at South By Southwest.

It was a throwback to the heyday of gangster rap at the music conference and festival as 50 Cent hit the stage at the Shady Records showcase in a camouflage bullet-proof vest and a Yankees cap as clouds of chronic floated through the air. With a seven-piece band and MC Tony Yayo at this side, he laid down the 16 game-changing tracks from “Get Rich,” performing the entire album live for the first time.

“It’s been a minute,” he told the crowd of about 2,000 at the Austin Music Hall and an audience watching via Fuse and YouTube. “It’s been 10 years. That album sold 13 million copies. Damn.”

The album came out in February 2003, with Eminem and Dr. Dre serving as executive producers and featured rappers.

While Dr. Dre didn’t show in Austin, Eminem – the focus of rumors all week – joined 50

on “Patiently Waiting” and a short encore that almost didn’t come off because of lackluster crowd reaction, a commonplace occurrence at SXSW. “I guess it’s not what have I done, but what have I done for you lately, is that right?” a tweaked 50 Cent said when he returned to the stage. But perhaps showing he’s mellowed in the decade since he filled the air with the “pop pop pop” of songs like “In Da Club” and “Many Men (Wish Death),” he did the encore anyway.

Dre wasn’t the only prominent player missing from the session. Governor replaced the late Nate Dogg, who passed away a year ago this week, on “21 Questions.”

Fit and on his game, 50 seemed in high spirits throughout the show and marveled at how, against the odds, he did get rich and didn’t die tryin’.

“The money came so fast, I couldn’t (expletive) it up,” the 36-year-old said. “I was trying everything I could think of.”

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Ten years after she shook Austin, Norah Jones returns to play her entire new album, “Little Broken Hearts,” at La Zona Rosa

Soulful singer returns after 10 years to show off new songs at SXSW AUSTIN (AP) – Norah Jones unveiled something new at South By Southwest – again.

Ten years after she shook Austin and the music world with “Come Away With Me,” the 25 million-selling debut she released just weeks before the 2002 conference and

festival, she returned to play her entire new album “Little Broken Hearts” at La Zona Rosa on Saturday night.

“It seemed to make sense to come back to my new record,” Jones said. “I’m just going to play the new record. I’m not even going to play any old songs because it’s South By Southwest. It doesn’t seem wrong to do it that way. It’s fun. This is a festival. It’s for new bands but it’s also just for new stuff, so it feels right to do the new record.”

The stylish yet deeply emo-

tional 12-song collaboration with Danger Mouse is out May 1. In an interview Friday, Jones described “Little Broken Hearts” as a concept album of sorts that examines a difficult breakup. She said she and Danger Mouse, the producer whose given name is Brian Burton, wrote most of the songs as a team, working out lyrics and the instrumentation together.

It’s something of a departure for Jones and another step in her evolution away from the jazz of the Grammy-winning “Come Away

With Me.” Jones came back to SXSW in 2006 with her side project The Little Willies, a group she played two shows with on Thursday. The experience performing as a solo artist will be a little less discombobulating this time around.

“It was kind of crazy,” Jones said. “I remember 10 years ago when I came ... and it was insane. It was like we were doing four shows a day or something. I don’t know. It felt very strange, but it was fun.”

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Colombian singer Juanes performs a Woody Guthrie song during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin on Thursday

Colombian star Juanes says SXSW is life-changing Event inspires, brings musician back to ‘essence ... roots’ of music AUSTIN (AP) – Juanes didn’t get to cross Eminem off his South By Southwest bucket list, but it’s still been one of the best weeks of his life.

The Colombian rock star capped off his trip to Austin with a concert Friday night, meaning he had to miss Eminem’s appearance across town with 50 Cent. It was the only disappointment in what has been a transcendent week for one of Latin music’s biggest international stars.

“It is the greatest experience of my life,” Juanes said.

“I’m so happy and so thankful. It’s changing my life. I just feel it. It’s inspiring me, and that’s the best.”

Juanes sat down for an interview at his hotel Thursday, just a few hours after he sang live in English for the first time at a tribute to Woody Guthrie and having his mind blown by Bruce Springsteen’s keynote speech. But The Boss wasn’t the only reason the 39-year-old found SXSW so invigorating.

Wearing a t-shirt with “PEACE” emblazoned across his chest, he spoke passionately about how SXSW has shown him that the barriers between people and cultures and music have been utterly broken down in the 21st century.

“It’s such a great opportunity to interact together and exchange culture,” he said.

“I just feel the world now and the world is absolutely sick, you know, so I just see music and culture and art in general as a great idea to change at

least our own environment and just connect people to the music. You can just go and walk around the street and you can see bands from I don’t know, wherever, and they can sing in Chinese if you want. You just have the opportunity to connect with somebody else you didn’t know, and that’s good.”

On Thursday evening, Juanes put on a baseball cap and pulled up his collar and hit 6th Street as incognito as a platinum-selling artist can.

He took in a Canadian showcase, indulged his love of heavy metal and then hit the sounds of Colombia showcase to support other acts from his native country.

Latin music has long had a role at SXSW, but the conference has been rapidly expanding its palette. The 2012 conference features acts from every continent but Antarctica – from African rappers to Japanese punk rockers. And Juanes wanted to soak it all in.

His experiences could show up in his music when he begins to write new material for a studio album as he tours later this year in support of his “MTV Unplugged” album, due out May 27.

“Somehow it will bring me back to the essence, to the roots, to the music,” he said.

“No marketing, no nothing.

Just music.”

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CULTURE FEST: Everyone is part of same global family, says 76-year-old festival participant CONTINUED FROM A1 minds.

The sounds of the guitar, accordion and bagpipes filled Main Street. Food lovers had a smorgasbord selection.

Those interested in trinkets visited the local shops.

April Miles, who is African American, brought her 5-year-old daughter to learn more about other cultures. It was also a chance for the stay-at-home mom to bond with the only other female in the house.

“This was the first heritage parade we had and I wanted to see it,” said the Port Lavaca resident. Miles and TaHithia Hunter also sampled teacakes, dirty rice and other delicacies. Some vendors sold out of their food early.

The doting duo had enviable seats during the Jalisco performance from The Dance Company. The mother of three and her only daughter sat in the front row with lawn chairs. It was much softer than sitting on the concrete.

“I liked the little girls dancing,” TaHithia said.

Charlie Orr had a little jig and donned in his native

BY THE NUMBERS Organizers estimate 375 people attended the first All Calhoun County Cuisine and Culture Parade of Ancestors on Saturday afternoon.

CAMILLE DOTY/CDOTY@VICAD.COM

Betty Hicks and Mike Dobbins exchange pleasantries Saturday afternoon during the first all cultural fair in Calhoun County. Hicks dressed as Cleopatra VII, Queen of Kemet, one of the most popular African Queens.

Dobbins dressed as a mythical viking.

Scottish attire.

The 76-year-old Aransas Pass resident moved to the United States about 1955.

Orr was delighted to play the bagpipe and interact with others. It’s his opinion that everyone is family.

“We’re all John Thompson’s

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children,” he said, to describe the similarities between people as opposed to their differences.

Michael D. Clay agreed with Orr’s sentiments and said the United States is a melting pot. “It took all of us to make this country great,”

he said.

He wore a soldier’s hat to honor Sgt. William H. Barnes, who received a Medal of Honor as a member of the 38th U.S. Colored Troops unit of the Union Army. Barnes died at the Army hospital in Indianola.

Clay, a U.S. Marine Corps disabled veteran, acknowledged the racial divide in the 19th century and understood descendants from both sides of the war were present and should be celebrated at the festival.

Peggy Dobbins, one of the

event organizers, said South Texas has so many connections to the world. She said the fair came at the perfect time because the whooping cranes and “winter Texans” are gone. It was a lucky coincidence the first festival landed on St. Patrick’s Day, according to Dobbins.

The Commissioners’ Court of Calhoun County, the City Council of Port Lavaca, proclaimed that the 3rd Saturday of March is the All Calhoun County Cultures and Cuisines Parade of Ancestors.

Dobbins was more than pleased with the turnout and expects higher numbers in future years. “People think it’s wonderful even if it was a little beginning,” she said.

Miles already plans to attend next year. “It was a joyful time,” she said. Her pint-sized co-pilot TaHithia nodded in agreement.

The mother and daughter duo will make a slight change of plans in 2013. They didn’t have the chance to indulge in one of their favorite fair foods.

“The first thing I’m going to do is get a turkey leg,” Miles said.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT

Court considers Ex-inmate sues for compensation mandate of health insurance State argues he has not proven his innocence; murder case still open

WASHINGTON (AP) – Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no.

People are split over the wisdom of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, but they are nearly united against its requirement that everybody have insurance. The mandate is intensely unpopular even though more than 8 in 10 people in the United States already are covered by workplace plans or government programs such as Medicare. When the insurance obligation kicks in, not even two years from now, most people won’t need to worry or buy anything new.

Nonetheless, Americans don’t like being told how to spend their money, not even if it would help solve the problem of the nation’s more than 50 million uninsured.

Can the government really tell us what to buy?

Federal judges have come down on both sides of the question, leaving it to the Supreme Court to sort out.

The justices are allotting an unusually long period, six hours over three days, beginning March 26, to hear arguments challenging the law’s constitutionality.

Their ruling, expected in June, is shaping up as a historic moment in the century-long quest by reformers to provide affordable health care for all.

Many critics and supporters alike see the insurance requirement as the linchpin of Obama’s health care law: Take away the mandate and the wheels fall off.

Politically it was a wobbly construction from the start.

It seems half of Washington has flip-flopped over mandating insurance.

One critic dismissed the idea this way: “If things were that easy, I could mandate everybody to buy a house and that would solve the problem of homelessness.” That was Obama as a presidential candidate, who was against health insurance mandates before he was for them.

Once elected, Obama decided a mandate could work as part of a plan that helps keep premiums down and assists those who can’t afford them.

To hear Republicans rail against this attack on personal freedom, you’d never know the idea came from them.

Its model was a Massachusetts law signed in 2006 by Mitt Romney, now the front-runner of the Republican presidential race,

when he was governor. Another GOP hopeful, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, supported a mandate on individuals as an alternative to President Bill Clinton’s health care proposal, which put the burden on employers.

All four GOP presidential candidates now promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which they call “Obamacare.” Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum calls it “the death knell for freedom.”

So much for compromise.

Obama and congressional Democrats pushed the mandate through in 2010, without Republican support, in hopes of creating a fair system that ensures everyone, rich or poor, young or old, can get the health care they need. Other economically advanced countries have done it.

Doing nothing is more expensive than most people realize.

Congress found that when the uninsured go to clinics and emergency rooms, the care they can’t pay for costs nearly $75 billion a year. Much of that cost is passed along and ends up adding $1,000 a year to the average family’s insurance premium.

The overhaul is neither the liberal dream of a single government program supported by taxes and covering everyone nor the conservative vision of stripping away federal rules and putting free enterprise in charge.

McKINNEY (AP) – Billy Frederick Allen spent more than 25 years in prison before an appeals court overturned his convictions in two murders. Three years after winning his freedom, Allen is fighting the state again – this time for the $2 million he says he’s owed for wrongful imprisonment.

Although the appeals court declared the evidence against Allen too weak for any reasonable juror to convict him, Texas officials say he has not proven his innocence. Therefore, they say, he isn’t covered by a state law that generously compensates the wrongfully convicted for the years they spent behind bars.

Advocates say Allen’s case raises new questions about what evidence is needed to qualify for compensation in Texas, where more inmates have been freed because of wrongful convictions than any other state.

DNA evidence has led to most of Texas’ exonerations.

But with DNA testing essentially standard in most cases and the number of DNA-based exonerations expected to dwindle, more former inmates like Allen – whose case has no DNA evidence – are likely to account for more compensation cases.

“The only difference is the good luck, if you want to call it that, that exonerees in DNA cases had versus Billy,” said Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas, which works to free wrongfully convicted inmates. “It doesn’t make them any more innocent than Billy

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Attorney Kris Moore, left, addresses a question during an interview as his client Billy Frederick Allen, right, listens at Moore's office in McKinney, Texas. Allen spent almost 30 years in prison before an appeals court overturned his convictions in two murders.

clave of University Park. The court ruled that Allen’s trial attorney made mistakes, including failing to contradict a police officer’s claim that one victim, moments before he died, indicated Allen was his attacker.

The court ordered a new trial. Prosecutors decided to dismiss the charges, but said they still considered Allen a suspect and have kept the case open.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs’ office denied Allen’s application for compensation because “ineffective assistance of counsel was the basis for the relief he received from the court; it was not on the basis of actual innocence,” her spokesman said

Allen. It doesn’t make Billy any less innocent than them.”

Texas’ compensation law is the most generous in the U.S., according to the national Innocence Project. Freed inmates who are declared innocent by a judge, prosecutors or a governor’s pardon can collect $80,000 for every year of imprisonment, along with an annuity.

Allen, who was imprisoned for 26 years, would stand to collect almost $2.1 million.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest state court to review criminal cases, reversed Allen’s murder convictions three years ago in two 1983 murders in the Dallas en-

in a statement. Combs declined an interview request.

Allen was convicted in the fatal shootings of James Perry Sewell and Sewell’s girlfriend, Raven Dannelle Lashbrook. Allen said he’d frequently visited Sewell because he wanted to sell Sewell scraps of gold as part of a legitimate business, and that he’d leaned against Sewell’s car a few days before the couple’s deaths, according to court filings.

The court documents said Sewell was found “gagged, handcuffed and covered with blood” near an apartment building, and that Allen’s handprint was discovered on top of the car, where Lashbrook was found dead.

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Questions linger around teen’s killing at hand of neighborhood watchman

Afghan shooting suspect an enigma

Family says teenager was running to get away from shooter

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – Calls made to police show that a black teenager was terrified as he tried to get away from the white neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, and that the volunteer was not defending himself as he has claimed, the teen’s family said Saturday.

Sanford police released eight 911 calls. The neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, tells a dispatcher in the first call that he is following 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

He says Martin is running, but the dispatcher tells him not to follow the teen.

“How can you claim self-defense and you are the aggressor?” Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin’s father, told the AP on Saturday.

Zimmerman had called police to report a suspicious person walking through the gated community. He has said he shot the teen in self-defense. Zimmerman’s father said in a letter to the Orlando Sentinel that his son, who is Hispanic, has been cruelly and unfairly portrayed as a racist.

The teen had gone to a convenience store to buy candy and was walking back to his family’s home in the neighborhood.

“This guy looks like he is up to no good. He is on drugs or something,” Zimmerman told the dispatcher from his SUV. He added that the black teen had his hand in his waistband and was walking around looking at homes.

“These a-------. They always get away,” Zimmerman said on a 911 call.

He has said he acted in self-defense, but Martin’s family said they are now more convinced than ever that Zimmerman should be charged in the shooting.

Several of the 911 calls made by neighbors describe some sort of scuffle or fight outside, someone yelling for help and a gunshot.

IN BRIEF Occupy Wall Street celebrates 6 months

NEW YORK – Chanting and cheering down Wall Street on Saturday to mark six months since the birth of the Occupy movement, some protesters applauded the Goldman Sachs employee who days ago gave the firm a public drubbing, echoing the movement’s indictment of a financial system demonstrators say is fueled by reckless greed.

“I kind of like to think that the Occupy movement helped him to say, ‘Yeah, I really can’t do this anymore,’” retired librarian Connie Bartusis said Goldman Sachs manager Greg Smith, who claimed the company regularly foisted failing products on clients.

On Saturday, six months after the protesters first took over Zuccotti Park near the city’s financial district, the protesters gathered there again, drawing slogans in chalk on the pavement and waving flags as they marched through lower Manhattan.

Obama has pub pint on St. Patrick’s Day

WASHINGTON – His jacket was only moss green but his pint was true Guinness.

President Barack Obama tilted back a glass of the dark Irish brew Saturday, observing St. Patrick’s Day at a boisterous Irish pub with his ancestral cousin from Moneygall, Ireland, at his side.

At the White House, the main South Lawn Fountain burbled green water. Nearby, workers prepared for a visit Tuesday by the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.

Obama took his motorcade to the Dubliner Restaurant and Pub near Washington’s landmark Union Station.

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Trayvon Martin. “(Zimmerman) was chasing him, he was following him, and my son was afraid,” Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother, said. “He didn’t know who this stranger was.”

Tracy Martin said the calls paint a stark picture of what were his son’s final moments.

“He was yelling for help, and no one could help him.

He saw his life being taken away from him,” Tracy Martin said.

The case has been turned over to the State Attorney’s Office, which can to file charges or present evidence to a grand jury.

“We’re hoping this doesn’t happen again to another family, and that America opens their eyes ... even though this won’t bring Trayvon back, we don’t want there to be another Trayvon,” Tracy Martin said.

Moments after Zimmerman’s first call, dispatchers were bombarded by seven 911 calls from frantic neighbors describing a fight between two men, screaming and then a gunshot.

“There is somebody screaming outside,” one female caller said, as a male voice can be heard crying in the background. Then a shot is heard.

A male caller described a physical altercation between Martin and the shooter.

“I just heard a shot right behind my house,” The caller said. “They’re wrestling right behind my porch. The guy is yelling ‘Help.’”

Neighbors saw him as good father, records also show past anger issues

LAKE TAPPS, Wash. (AP) – On a winding road of wood-frame homes tucked amid towering trees, Robert Bales was the father who joined his two young children for playtime in the yard, a career soldier who greeted neighbors warmly but was guarded when talking about the years he spent away at war.

“When I heard him talk, he said ... ‘Yeah, that’s my job.

That’s what I do,’” said Kassie Holland, a next-door neighbor to the soldier who is now suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians. “He never expressed a lot of emotion toward it.”

Bales hasn’t been charged yet in the shootings, which have endangered complicated relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan and threatened to upend U.S. policy over the decade-old war.

His former platoon leader said on Saturday that Bales was a model soldier.

“He’s one of the best guys I ever worked with,” said Army Capt. Chris Alexander, who led Bales on a 15-month deployment in Iraq.

“He is not some psychopath.

He’s an outstanding soldier who has given a lot for this country.”

Holland and other neighbors shook their heads, trying to reconcile the man they thought they knew with the allegations against him.

Military officials say that at about 3 a.m. last Sunday, the 38-year-old staff sergeant crept away from the Army base where he was stationed in southern Afghanistan, entered two slumbering villages and unleashed a massacre, shooting his victims and setting many of the bodies on fire.

Eleven of those killed belonged to one family. Nine were children.

“I can’t believe it was him,” said Holland, recalling a kind-hearted neighbor who grew up in Ohio.

There, he was a “happy-go-lucky” football player and a good student at Norwood High School in a mostly blue-collar Cincinnati suburb, said Jack Bouldin, a retired Norwood High School teacher who was Bales’ physical edu-

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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, speaks with a fellow soldier during an exercise in Fort Irwin, Calif., in August. Bales is suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians, nine of them children, and burning their bodies. cation teacher.

He had a part-time job helping care for a youth with special needs, said teammate Steve Berling, who called him a “great guy with a huge heart.” Bales went on to college at Ohio State University from 1993 to 1996 with a major in economics, but didn’t graduate, according to the university.

Until Friday, military officials had kept Bales’ identity secret and what little was known about him remained sketchy, aside from the fact he was dispatched to Iraq three times since 2003.

With the release of his name, a still-incomplete portrait of the man comes into focus.

Part of it reveals the father and husband neighbors recall, and a soldier quietly proud of his 11-year record of service. He and his wife, Karilyn, had two young children.

It also shows Bales had previous brushes with trouble. In 2002, records show, he was arrested at a Tacoma, Wash., hotel for assault on a girlfriend.

Bales pleaded not guilty and was required to undergo 20 hours of anger management counseling.

A separate hit-and-run charge was dismissed in a nearby town’s municipal court three years ago, according to records. It isn’t clear from court documents what Bales hit; witnesses saw a man in a military-style uniform, with a shaved head and bleeding, running away.

When deputies found him in

the woods, Bales told them he fell asleep at the wheel. He paid about $1,000 in fines and restitution and the case was dismissed in October 2009.

Bales has not yet been charged in the killings.

It marked the tragic end of Bales’ fourth tour of duty in a war zone, one his lawyer said he had hoped to avoid.

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AFRICA

Food aid to Somalia never reached starving people In one case, official stole tons of rations from warehouse

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – A large amount of food sent by the U.N. to the Somali capital during last year’s famine never reached the starving people it was intended for, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Some of the World Food Program supplies went to the black market, some to feed livestock. One warehouse full of rations was looted in its entirety by a Somali government official. And across the city, feeding sites handed out far less food than records indicate they should have.

The British government estimates between 50,000 and 100,000 people died in Somalia’s famine, and the U.N. has

IN BRIEF

requested $1.5 billion for Somalia this year, partly to prevent a return of famine.

The World Food Program provides much of Somalia’s food aid, and the U.N. says donations of food and cash saved half a million lives in the second half of last year. In the chaos of a civil war, with the aid effort’s own personnel at mortal risk merely for being associated with the West, orderly, corruption-free food distribution could never be guaranteed.

But AP’s three-month investigation into sites providing hot meals to families in government-controlled Mogadishu reveals various shortcomings, some of which WFP says it is already addressing by changing procedures.

A critical problem was keeping track of supplies: WFP knew how much food was being shipped to the capital, but

“My children are hungry, but when I go here for food I must return empty-handed,” she said last month, holding two large bowls outside a feeding site called Hodan.

The WFP had to design a flexible program so that families could use the nearest center as they moved between neighborhoods to avoid fighting. The price of flexibility was less control over theft, officials acknowledge.

The AP, along with a network of seven Somali observers who for their safety cannot be identified, conducted more than 60 visits to 13 of the 21 sites where hot meals are preASSOCIATED PRESS pared. From those visits, inChildren line up to receive a meal at a food distribution center terviews with aid recipients provided by the World Food Program for those displaced by the 2011 and internal reports, it famine or by conflict, in the Hodan area of Mogadishu, Somalia. emerges that: ■ Somali aid groups would not how much was being Barey Muse, a mother of cook and distribute at least 30 cooked or how many people three, illustrated the frustra- percent more food when expecting visits by journalists or were showing up to eat it. tions.

OBITUARY

Vatican launches probe into leaked documents VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents that alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said Saturday.

In addition, Pope Benedict XVI himself has set up a special commission to shed light on the so-called “Vatileaks” scandal because he was so distressed by the “disloyalty” shown by those who leaked the memos, Monsignor Angelo Becciu, undersecretary in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.

The scandal – and the rare threat to punish the perpetrators within the Vatican’s own legal system of criminal and administrative sanctions – has come at an exceedingly delicate time for the Vatican, which is seeking to win European approval for its efforts to ensure its finances are transparent and that its laws to fight money laundering and terror financing meet international norms.

Leaks of memos alleging corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts, mismanagement in the Vatican’s finances, infighting and disputes over the Vatican’s new anti-money laundering efforts haven’t helped the bid.

2 suicide blasts kill 27 in Syrian capital

DAMASCUS, Syria – Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, killing at least 27 people.

There have been a string of large-scale bombings against the regime in its stronghold of Damascus that suggest a dangerous, wild-card element in the year-old anti-government revolt. The regime blamed the opposition, which denied having a role or the capabilities to carry out such a sophisticated attack. And after other similar attacks, U.S. officials suggested al-Qaida militants may be joining the fray.

The early morning explosions struck the heavily fortified air force intelligence building and the criminal security department, several miles apart in Damascus, at approximately the same time, the Interior Ministry said.

Police investigating break-in at Parliament

LONDON – Police are investigating reports of a break-in at a Parliament office of Britain’s main opposition leader, Scotland Yard and news reports said Saturday.

The Press Association reports the incident took place at offices used by Labour leader Ed Miliband, though not his personal office.

According to the news agency, a staff member had found a door forced open, but it was unclear if anything was stolen.

Labour, Britain’s main opposition party, said it could not comment on a police investigation.

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John Demjanjuk laughs in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

The 91-year-old died Saturday at a home for the elderly in southern Germany where he has been staying since his trial ended in Munich last year.

John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies Former Ohio auto worker became face of prosecuting former Nazis

BERLIN (AP) – John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name – a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 – made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions.

The conviction of the retired Ohio autoworker in a Munich court in May on 28,060 counts of being an accessory to murder, which was still being appealed, broke new legal ground in Germany as the first time someone was convicted solely on the basis of serving as a camp guard, with no evidence of involvement in a specific killing.

It has opened the floodgates to hundreds of new investigations in Germany, though his death serves as a reminder that time is running out for prosecutors.

Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk steadfastly maintained that he had been mistaken

for someone else – first wounded as a Soviet soldier fighting German forces, then captured and held as a prisoner of war under brutal conditions.

And he is probably best known as someone he was not: the notoriously brutal guard “Ivan the Terrible” at the Treblinka extermination camp. That was the first accusation against him, which led to him being extradited from the U.S. to Israel in the 1980s. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death – only to have the Israeli Supreme Court unanimously overturn the verdict and return him to the U.S. after it received evidence that another Ukrainian, not Demjanjuk, was that Nazi guard.

“He has become at least one of the faces” of the Holocaust, Israeli historian Yehuda Bauer said in a telephone interview from Jerusalem.

But attorney Yoram Sheftel, who defended Demjanjuk in the Israel trial, criticized the German conviction of Demjanjuk while higher-ranking Germans were acquitted in years past.

“I can only call it a prostitution of the Holocaust,” he said.

WFP officials.

■ Some food was trucked directly from an aid agency warehouse to the market to be sold for profit.

■ WFP’s independent monitors repeatedly sounded the alarm, saying relatives of Somali aid workers would receive large handouts while others went without. One of their reports spoke of supplies being fed to livestock.

■ A Somali government official stole 74 metric tons of food, according to an internal WFP report obtained by AP. Stefano Porretti, head of WFP’s Somalia program, said feeding programs in Mogadishu were expanded rapidly in emergency conditions, and from October to January, WFP’s independent monitoring was suspended.

“Changes to it (WFP procedures) are now being made,” he said.

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BUSINESS

HOLIDAY

TDECU announces member survey results

TOP O’ THE MORNING TO YOU

FROM NEWS RELEASE

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union earned an overall satisfaction rating of 96 percent from its member owners, according to results of a study released by Baselice and Associates, Inc. for TDECU. Forty-four percent of TDECU members report having “extreme satisfaction.� This is the industry’s highest gauge of member loyalty.

The results of the study found 94 percent of members are likely to recommend TDECU to friends and family members. The results also found TDECU members were most highly satisfied with “friendliness and courtesy� during their experiences visiting a branch lobby, utilizing drive-thru services or communicating with call-center representatives.

The highest two satisfaction scores of members’ most recent lobby visits were employee “accuracy� and “efficiency.�

TDECU leadership attributes the high scores to the institution’s Reliable, Efficient, Accommodating and Loyal standards, which are behaviors adopted and implemented to create a superior service culture throughout the credit union. “We believe these results reflect TDECU’s passion for providing our member-owners first-class customer service,� said Stephanie Sherrodd, executive vice president and chief operating officers of TDECU. “We’re able to offer this kind of first-rate service by consistently applying our real standards, the driving force behind our day-to-day interactions with members.�

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Kolleen Kiburz, of Dallas, tries to catch beads during the 33rd annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday in Dallas. Thousands of party goers celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at Dallas’ 33rd annual parade. But it was almost canceled a few weeks ago because of a lack of funding. That was until billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban stepped in and wrote a $40,000 check to the local group that puts on the parade.

Thousands celebrate, attend St. Patrick’s parade in Dallas DALLAS (AP) – Thousands of party goers celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at Dallas’ 33rd annual parade.

But it was almost canceled a few weeks ago because of a lack of funding.

That was until billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban stepped and wrote a $40,000 check to the local group that puts on the parade.

The event is held every year on Greenville Avenue.

Deputy Chief Mike Genovesi of the Dallas Police Department says large crowds and parking are always issues with the parade.

He told the Dallas Morning News Saturday that no major arrests were made but a few parking citations were issued.

Left, members of Dallas Fire Rescue Pipes & Drums lead the way during the 33rd annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday in Dallas.

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ACCUWEATHER® 5-DAY FORECAST FOR VICTORIA Tonight

Today

Windy with more clouds than sun Winds SSE at 12-25 mph.

Monday

Rather cloudy, breezy and mild

High 81

Low 67

RealFeel: 82 Precip chance: 25%

RealFeel: 66 Precip chance: 25%

Tuesday

Windy; a morning shower, then a t-storm

79

Mostly cloudy, t-storms possible; breezy

67

RealFeel: 78/66 Precip chance: 55%

Wednesday

75

Clouds and sun with a t-storm possible

50

76

RealFeel: 75/43 Precip chance: 35%

Thursday

Mostly sunny and pleasant

49

78

RealFeel: 77/41 Precip chance: 30%

53

RealFeel: 76/49 Precip chance: 5%

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effective temperature based on eight weather factors.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LOCAL WEATHER

Statistics for Victoria through 6 p.m. yesterday.

Temperatures High/low ....................................................... 80/69 Normal high/low .......................................... 74/53 Record high ........................................... 87 in 1925 Record low .............................................. 32 in 1913 Peak wind ............................................ S at 22 mph

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WORLD CITIES Map shows today’s forecasts.

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

La Grange 80/71

Precipitation Yesterday ending 6 p.m. ............................. trace Month to date ................................................. 1.93” Normal month to date ................................. 1.42” Last year month to date ............................. 0.72” Year to date .................................................. 6.94” Normal year to date ...................................... 6.11” Last year to date .......................................... 4.28”

Hallettsville 81/70

Gonzales 82/69

El Campo 76/68

Cuero 80/69

Relative Humidity

Edna 80/70

Yesterday at noon ......................................... 76%

SUN & MOON Sunrise today .......................................... 7:34 a.m.

Sunset today ........................................... 7:38 p.m.

Moonrise today ...................................... 4:57 a.m.

Moonset today ....................................... 4:22 p.m.

Sunrise Monday ....................................... 7:33 a.m.

Sunset Monday ....................................... 7:39 p.m.

Moonrise Monday .................................. 5:34 a.m.

Moonset Monday .................................... 5:19 p.m.

New

First

Mar 22

Mar 30

Full

Apr 6

81/67

Goliad 81/69

Port Lavaca 78/70 Refugio 78/69

Beeville 80/68

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

VICTORIA RAIN LOG Mon.

2012

2011

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Rec.

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Year

2.07 2.95 1.93 ---------------------------6.94

3.17 0.39 0.96 0.03 1.58 0.90 0.57 0.45 1.02 2.53 0.13 1.35 13.08

2.52 2.08 2.77 2.82 5.19 4.46 4.18 2.85 4.16 4.64 3.24 2.31 41.22

11.87 (1934) 9.08 (1992) 11.61 (1997) 11.70 (1997) 14.66 (1993) 13.50 (2004) 20.34 (2007) 10.88 (1914) 19.05 (1978) 17.25 (1960) 16.14 (2004) 8.67 (1923) 73.70 (2004)

ALLERGEN COUNT

YESTERDAY City Hi Lo Prec Abilene 71 64 0.01 Alice 83 69 Amarillo 86 55 Austin 79 66 Beaumont 80 69 0.01 Brownsville 82 70 Bryan/C.S. 81 67 Corpus Christi 84 69 Dallas/FW 78 65 T Dalhart 84 35

TODAY Hi/Lo/W 78/65/c 85/68/c 77/42/t 79/67/c 81/67/pc 84/70/c 81/70/c 81/68/c 78/67/c 77/37/pc

MONDAY Hi/Lo/W 79/44/t 87/70/c 60/31/pc 80/59/t 80/68/c 82/71/c 81/59/t 81/69/c 82/53/t 58/26/c

Parts/ cubic meter

Oak ..................................Very High........................2962 Mold......................................... High........................ 3922 Hackberry ......................Moderate...........................146 Ash...................................Moderate.............................42 Mesquite........................Moderate.............................42 Pellitory Wall ................Moderate..............................21 Total............................................................................7135

Lake Forecast Lake Texana Wind from the south-southeast at 10-20 knots today. Waters a moderate chop. Visibility clear to the horizon.

Lake Coleto Wind from the south-southeast at 10-20 knots today. Waters a moderate chop. Visibility generally clear.

YESTERDAY Hi Lo Prec 76 68 84 52 78 71 81 68 73 63 82 69 88 71 83 65 86 55 84 67

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Outer Waters Wind from the southeast at 10-20 knots today. Wave heights 3-6 feet. Visibility clear.

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Outer Waters Wind southeast 12-25 knots today.

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Filmmaker behind ‘Kony 2012’ in mental facility

SAN DIEGO (MCT) – San Diego police said Friday that they don’t expect to seek any criminal charges against Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the viral “Kony 2012” video, after a bizarre incident.

Russell was dressed only in underwear, darting in and out of traffic in the Pacific Beach neighborhood when officers spotted him acting oddly on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

Police said some callers reported that Russell was naked and touching himself.

Russell was cooperative and “no problem for the Police Department,” Lt. Andra Brown said. Officers took him to a mental health facility because they worried that he posed a danger to himself or others.

At the headquarters of Invisible Children, the San Diego nonprofit that produced the video about African militia leader Joseph Kony, security guards blocked the entrance.

Workers could be seen removing black and red “Kony

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Jason Russell’s family says he had breakdown due to stress, dehydration

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2012” banners from inside the lobby.

No one answered the phones, but people could be seen inRusell side talking on cell phones. Some were crying.

A New York-based public relations company released a statement from the organization’s chief executive, Ben Keesey, acknowledging that Russell had been hospitalized.

“Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition,” the statement said. “He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better. The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday.”

The organization skyrocketed to fame when the 29-minute video went viral. It has been viewed 80 million times on YouTube.

The video on the fugitive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army provoked a worldwide outcry about violence and the use of child soldiers.

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NATIONAL EXTREMES (FOR THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES) High 91° in Wink, Texas

Low 18° in Leadville, Colo.

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Minneapolis 78/57

Salt Lake City 44/28 San Francisco 53/42

Detroit 75/56

New York 66/50

Chicago 80/61

Denver 69/31

Washington 68/54

Los Angeles 61/45

New Orleans 80/65 Houston 82/68 Victoria 81/67

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Hermosillo 68/42

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Victoria Allergy and Asthma Clinic

YESTERDAY Hi Lo Prec 92 73 54 39 0.14 63 37 59 46 42 32 0.23 70 37 T 66 47 0.31 84 57 64 47 87 72 0.02 81 39 50 39 0.02 46 37 0.18 64 39 0.01 85 63 83 69 T 64 36 78 50 0.02 82 58 92 76 54 48 0.11 81 56 74 62 84 72 0.02 85 61 58 30 52 43 1.58

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Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

WEATHER TRIVIATM

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What was the worst tornado disaster of all time?

The Tri-State Tornado. Missouri to Indiana. 695 killed on March 18, 1925.

WEATHER HISTORY On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State Tornado hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. The deadly twister followed a mile-wide path for 219 miles, killing 695 people.

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EDUCATION

ENVIRONMENT

Scrutiny urged as Eagle Ford Shale boom continues

BY DIANNA WRAY DWRAY@VICAD.COM

CUERO – Headaches, dizziness, vomiting, skin rashes – the list went on and on as Wilma Subra catalogued the possible side effects of toxic emissions from living close to drilling and production sites.

Subra, the president and founder of Subra Company – a company that provides technical assistance to community To see video of groups dealing the community with environmeeting, go to mental issues – VictoriaAdvocate. conducted a semcom and click on inar Saturday to the story. help educate people about the Eagle Ford production area.

“A large number of people don’t have any idea what’s going on. They know there are new facilities going in ... and they don’t have any idea what impact it’s having on the environment,” Subra said.

Subra stood in the Cuero Municipal Park Clubhouse talking to about a dozen people about some of the dangers that come with drilling.

“There’s a lot of things going on.

There’s a lot of activity in your area and there aren’t a lot of state agencies policing it, so you’re at the mercy of the drilling companies,” Subra told the audience.

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COMPETITION

Just desserts awarded at livestock show auction in Goliad

BY ERIN PRADIA

EPRADIA@VICAD.COM

D’Laci Albrecht’s cake, inspired by her favorite flower and colors placed first Saturday in the decorated cake contest at the Goliad County Fair and PRCA Rodeo.

“The Gerbera daisy is my favorite flower,” D’Laci said. “And zebra print and hot pink are my favorite colors.”

This is the third consecutive year that the 17-year-old was named grand champion in the decorated cake division out of four years of competing.

Although it was her first year to compete, D’Laci’s younger sister, Mollie Albrecht, 13, won grand champion in the cake mix cakes competition.

Both girls also raise rabbits for the livestock show. Last year, Mollie won reserve champion and her sister placed fourth.

“This year they didn’t do so well,” said their mother Missy

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Mollie Albrecht, 13, won grand champion in the cake mix cakes competition with her strawberry cake at the Goliad livestock show Saturday.

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D’Laci Albrecht, 17, decorated her cake with her favorite colors and flowers for the cake decorating division of the Goliad livestock show.

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The girls both enjoy taking care of the rabbits when they are babies.

“They are so small and sweet and nice,” Mollie said. “I also enjoy showing them.”

D’Laci said she enjoys watching the rabbits grow – even over the course of a month – but it is relaxing to come into the kitchen and bake after working

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Boy hospitalized with cut throat; mom jailed MAGNOLIA (AP) – A woman accused of severely injuring her 5-year-old son by slashing his throat told investigators she was releasing demons from his body, police said Saturday.

Daphne Spurlock, 45, was in custody after being arrested on a charge of attempted capital murder, Magnolia police said.

Her young son remained hospitalized in Houston after undergoing surgery and was expected to survive, relatives told Houston television station KTRK. The Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office and Magnolia police went to the house early Saturday after the boy’s father returned home and found the little boy covered in blood, authorities said. The child’s throat was slashed from one side to the other and he had a severe head injury, authorities said.

outdoors with her bunnies.

The end product after baking in the kitchen is what brings the most satisfaction to Mollie.

“I like it when people taste what I baked and say it’s good,” she said. “And obviously when you hear your placing in the competition.”

But sometimes Mollie likes to surprise her family.

“One time she made brownies and put cayenne pepper in them – just to see how we would react,” Albrecht said.

For the Mission Valley girls, baking is not just a matter of whipping together ingredients and hoping for the best. Mollie baked her strawberry cake five times before she got it just right and D’Laci put in about 60 hours

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a week between planning the design, buying the supplies and creating the masterpiece.

The day of the livestock show arrived Saturday, bringing with it country music, western wear vendors and a carnival full of good food and fast rides.

With different events every day, the livestock show can be hectic, D’Laci said, but in the end the girls both enjoy spending time with friends and watching their hard work pay off.

As Mike Mathis said during the invocation before the auction, the livestock show is not necessarily about raising the next generation of farmers as much as teaching children hard work pays off and can be rewarding.

And the girls’ hard work did pay off – D’Laci’s cake sold for $2,000 in the auction and Mollie’s for $1,400.

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Believe it or not, school will soon be out.

It’s almost time for parents to find activities for their children to keep them busy. To help them make those decision, we will print the annual Summer Fun Zone section May 13, listing camps, vacation Bible schools, workshops and other activities for children. If you are planning a summer event, please send it to us at summerfun@vicad.com, by mail at P.O. Box 1518, Victoria, 77901, by fax, at 361-574-1220 or hand deliver to the Advocate newsroom on the second floor at 311 E. Constitution St. Please include the name of the event, dates, location, a brief description of what is planned, age limits, cost, contact number and website for more information. Deadline for submitting information is 5 p.m. April 20. For more information, contact Local Editor Becky Cooper at 361-574-1285 or by email bcooper@vicad.com.

LOCAL EDITOR: BECKY COOPER, BCOOPER@VICAD.COM, PRESENTATION EDITOR: KIMIKO FIEG, KFIEG@VICAD.COM, COPY EDITOR: ERIC JENSEN, EJENSEN@VICAD.COM

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OBITUARIES

OBITUARIES COORDINATOR: TONY VASQUEZ, TVASQUEZ@VICAD.COM

BERNICE "BLACKIE" H. GRAHAM

DEATH ELSEWHERE

Patriarch of Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church dies at 88

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt’s Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88.

His death comes as the country’s estimated 10 million Christians are feeling more vulnerable than ever amid the rise of Islamic movements to political power after the toppling a year ago of President Hosni Mubarak. The months since have seen a string of attacks on the community, heightened anti-Christian rhetoric by ultraconservatives known as Salafis and fears that coming governments will try to impose strict versions of Islamic law.

Tens of thousands of Christians packed into the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo on Saturday evening hoping to see his body.

Women in black wept and screamed. Some, unable to

get into the overcrowded building, massed outside, raising their hands in Shenouda III prayer.

“He left us in a very hard time. Look at the country and what’s happening now,” said Mahrous Munis, a Christian IT worker in his 30s who was among the crowds.

“Copts are in a worse situation than before. God be with us.”

Munis’ friend, Sherif Sabry, interrupted. “He was our rock. God help us find someone who can fill his place.”

An archbishop later announced to the crowd that the funeral would be held in three days, and in the meantime Shenouda’s body would be put on display in the cathedral, sitting in the Mar Morqos – or St. Mark –

throne from which the pope in his elaborate regalia traditionally oversaw services.

Shenouda died in his residence at the cathedral, and the state news agency MENA said he had been battling liver and lung problems for several years.

Yasser Ghobrial, a physician who treated Shenouda at a Cairo hospital in 2007, said he suffered from prostate cancer that spread to his colon and lungs.

“Baba Shenouda,” as he was known to his followers, headed one of the most ancient churches in the world.

The Coptic Church traces its founding to St. Mark, who is said to have brought Christianity to Egypt in the 1st Century.

For Egypt’s Christians, he was a charismatic leader, known for his sense of humor – his smiling portrait was hung in many Coptic homes and shops – and a deeply conservative religious thinker who resisted calls by liberals for reform.

BLOOMINGTON - Bernice "Blackie" H. Graham, 93, of Bloomington passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012. He was born January 3, 1919, in Athens, Texas, to the late John Miller Graham and Julia Etta (McFarland) Graham. Blackie worked in the oilfield as a switcher for 36 years for Amerada Hess. He enjoyed hunting and fishing with his family and friends and worked with Bloomington Little League for many years.

He was a World War II veteran with the United States Army, working as a cook. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star. He was a member of the Bloomington United Methodist Church.

Blackie is survived by his wife of 63 years, Norma Gwendolyn (Cox) Graham, two sons, Joe Graham of Victoria and Cliff Graham of Bellaire, Texas; two grandchildren, Brad Graham and Shanna Graham Hofmann, and one great-grandchild, Jordyn Hofmann; also two step-grandchildren, Marcus Weiser and Mandie Hewitt and six step-great grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Mary Ida Morgan and husband, Ernest of Athens, Texas, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters.

Visitation will be held Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Rosewood Funeral Chapel in Victoria from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Monday, March 19, 2012, at the Bloomington Methodist Church, Rev. Paul Beard officiating.

Interment will follow at Crescent Valley Cemetery with graveside services provided by the Masonic Lodge and full military honors under the auspices of the Victoria Veterans Council.

Pallbearers include Brad Graham, Tommy Maroney, Mike Maroney, Jeff Stowe, John Morgan and Jesse Morgan. Honorary pallbearers include Richard Bielec, Otis Shiller, Tommy Gideon, Domingo Robles, Jerry Peck and Daniel Garcia.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of South Texas or Bloomington United Methodist Church.

Words of comfort to the famly may be shared on the guestbook at www.rosewoodfuneralchapel.com.

HERITAGE

New Tejano monument recognizes early settlers

Memorial will be formally dedicated at state Capitol on March 29 AUSTIN (AP) – The memorials around the Texas Capitol grounds have long honored heroes and moments of Texas’ storied past, from the Alamo to the Confederacy to fallen soldiers in foreign wars.

Joining them this month is a tribute to Texas’ earliest pioneers, Tejano settlers who trail-blazed what would become the Lone Star State. On March 29, a massive granite and bronze memorial to those early Spanish and Mexican explorers, settlers and their descendants will be formally dedicated on the South Lawn of the state Capitol, the culmination of a decade-long effort to honor their history.

“We’ve been here for 500 years. For 500 years, we’ve ignored that chapter of Texas history,” said Renato Ramirez, CEO of International Bank of Commerce in the border city of Zapata and one of the leaders of the nearly $2 million project.

Ramirez’ family gave $125,000 to the effort.

The creation of the monument also coincides with the rising political importance of Tejanos, as white drop below 50 percent of the Texas population and Hispanics now make up more than 50 percent of young people.

Tejano history dates to the 1500s, when Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda first mapped the Texas coastline. Spanish missions were established in the 1600s. A group of Tejano set-

tlers led by Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara declared the first Republic of Texas in 1813. The descendants of Spanish and Mexican settlers established a thriving cattle and agriculture industry, became the first cowboys and also fought at the Alamo.

But some historians say these contributions have been overlooked by a popular history that focuses on when whites started moving to Texas from the United States.

Expands Texas history Andres Tijerina, an Austin Community College history professor and author of the book “Tejano Empire,” says the new monument enriches Texas history by recognizing the settlers who were in Texas before Lone Star State icons like Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston.

“It expands Texas history before 1821 which is what the public narrative has always used as the starting point for Texas history, when Stephen F. Austin arrived,” Tijerina said “Those families, who are such an important part of Texas, are still here.”

At 525 square feet, the monument will be among the largest on the Capitol grounds. Mounted on a 250-ton slab of pink granite, bronze statues depict a Spanish explorer, a vaquero (cowboy) on his mustang, a longhorn bull and cow and a family of settlers. A series of plaques will tell the story of Tejano history.

The slab was cut from the same quarry in Marble Falls that was used for the Capitol building. The sculpture was designed by Laredo artist Armando Hinojosa, a descendant of Don Tomas Sanchez, the founder of

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Monument planned for African-Americans The monument sits about 50 paces east of a massive tribute to the Confederacy topped by a statute of Jefferson Davis. A monument to African-Americans is planned for the west side of the grounds, but that project is still in development.

The Legislature first approved creating a Tejano monument in 2001. Lawmakers dedicated $1 million in 2007 and about $800,000 more has come from private donations, including $200,000 from Walmart.

CORBERT, JOANN GORDON, 46, of El Campo: Visitation 3 - 8 p.m. at Cook Butler Funeral Home and Chapel, El Campo, 361-782-3821.

GRAHAM, BERNICE H. "BLACKIE", 93, of Bloomington: Visitation 5 - 7 p.m. at Rosewood Funeral Chapels, 361-573-4546.

HAGAN, BONNIE R., 68, of Yoakum: Visitation 5 - 7 p.m. at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, Yoakum, 361-293-5656.

KOCIAN, TRACEY OKRUHLIK, 98, of Gonzales: Funeral service 3 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, interment following at St. James Catholic Cemetery, Buffington Funeral Home Chapel, Gonzales, 830-672-3322.

FROMME, MARJORIE N., 71, of Victoria, died Saturday, March 17, 2012. Services are pending with Colonial Funeral Home, 361-578-3535.

YOAKUM - Bonnie R. Hagan, age 68, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012. She was born on September 27, 1943 in Hallettsville to Phillip and Lela Buss Cook. She was a loving mother & grandmother, rancher and a homemaker.

Bonnie was gracious and kind, frequently thinking of others and their needs first. She gave us all such courage and hope and reminded us of the preciousness of life. Great memories of her we will always keep. Her love will be in our hearts for eternity.

Survivors: mother, Lela Cook of Hallettsville; daughter, Donna Chumchal and husband Charles of Yoakum; grandchildren, Tory Chumchal and Derek Chumchal; brother, Paul Cook and wife Lynn of Hallettsville; niece, Sarah Hill; great-niece, Abby Hill; special friend and business partner, Jesse Torres, Jr. of Yoakum.

Preceded in death by her father; husband, R.M. "Doc" Hagan, whom she married on March 17, 1974.

Family visitation on Sunday from 5 p.m. till 7 p.m. at ThieleCooper Funeral Home.

Funeral service on Monday at 2 p.m. at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home with Pastor Walter W. Hill, III officiating. Entombment at St. Joseph Catholic Mausoleum.

Pallbearers: Bruce Hill, David Heller, JoJo Machalec, Brian Knezek, Harvey Vrana and Jim Fenner.

Memorial contributions may be given to Bluebonnet Youth Ranch, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or donor’s choice.

On-line guest book may be signed at www.thielecooper.com Arrangements by Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home 361-293-5656.

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CONTRERAS, NICOLAS P., 79, of Pettus: Rosary 7 p.m. at Eckols Funeral Home chapel, Kenedy, 830-583-2533.

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The Tejano monument is not on the Great Walk, the 500-foot, tree-lined promenade that leads from Congress Avenue to the South steps of the Capitol, but occupies a prime piece of land just inside the southern gate, a popular entry point for tourists and Capitol visitors.

Getting it there required a change in state law. New monuments have been banned on the south lawn ever since the completion of a major restoration project in the early 1990s. The Tejano monument was destined for the less-visible north side of the Capitol until 2009 when the Legislature passed a special exception.

BUJNOCH, ANTON SR., 87, of Hallettsville: Rosary 2:30 p.m. with funeral Mass at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Hallettsville, burial at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kubena Funeral Home, Hallettsville, 361-798-3271.

DEATH NOTICES

Workers erect a monument in Austin to Tejano settlers, Spanish and Mexican explorers who trail-blazed what would become the Lone Star State. The massive granite and bronze memorial is set to be officially unveiled on the South Lawn of the state Capitol.

Laredo.

Project architect Jaime Beaman, whose family on his mother’s side lived along the Texas-Mexico border for generations, said the original design depicted a Roman-style monument with arches and columns and was quickly scrapped.

“We’re not Roman, we’re Tejano,” Beaman said.

“This is art.”

TODAY’S SERVICES

MARIANNE BARTASH DICKINSON Marianne Bartash, 87, of Dickinson and formerly of Victoria, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012. She was born August 11, 1924, in Hartshorne, Oklahoma to the late Charles and Nellie Balsh Yasiunas. She was retired from the nursing profession and a member of the Catholic church.

She is survived by her children.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Bartash.

Graveside services will be held at 10 am Monday, March 19, 2012, at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546.

COURTS

Teen mom gets 12 years for abandoning dead baby SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A teen mother who abandoned her abused, dead infant outside a San Antonio fire station has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Julie Navejar, now 18, had pleaded no contest to injury to a child by omission.

Her 7-week-old daughter was found in 2009. At Navejar’s sentencing Friday, prosecutors said an autopsy showed the baby died from cocaine in her system, star-

vation and pneumonia.

Navejar told the judge she’s sorry and not the same person anymore. But prosecutors said she never mentioned her baby’s name in court.

The San Antonio Express News reports that Navejar has agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of her boyfriend, Ramiro De La Rosa. The 21-year-old faces up to life in prison if convicted of first-degree felony injury to a child.

MCKINNY, FLORINE "NANNY" NUCKOLS, 95, of Bloomington, died Friday, March 16, 2012.

Arrangements are pending at Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546.

CALHOUN COUNTY MUNIZ, JESUS, 94, of Port Lavaca, died Friday, March 16, 2012. Services are pending with Artero Memorial Chapels, Port Lavaca, 361-552-2300.

GOLIAD COUNTY URBAN, GENELLE "TOOTSIE", 86, of Goliad, died Friday, March 16, 2012.

Services are pending at Goliad Funeral Home, 361-645-1104.

ELSEWHERE CONTRERAS, NICOLAS P., 79, of Pettus, died Friday, March 16, 2012. Eckols Funeral Home, Kenedy, 830583-2533.

JOANN GORDON CORBERT EL CAMPO - Joann Gordon Corbert, 46, of El Campo, passed away Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012. She was born Sept.

16, 1965, in Hempstead, N.Y. to Annie E. (Watson) Gordon and the late Joseph W. Broadus.

She is survived by husband, Mircus R. Corbert of El Campo; mother, Annie E. (Watson) Gordon of El Campo; sister, Susan Johnson of Fla.; and brother, Troy Gordon of Richmond, Va. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 3 - 8 p.m. at Cook-Butler Funeral Home & Chapel, El Campo, TX. Funeral service will be held Monday, March, 19, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Wesley Chapel, El Campo, TX. Interment will follow at El Campo Community Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Ken Robinson, Wayne Nicholus, Auther Washington, Joseph Massey, and Rodney Malone. Honorary pallbearers: Dirty South Trail Riding Club, Jo Lynn Baylor, Coet Bullock, Fannie Hargrove, Cynthia Carter, Cheryle Porter, Stan Bradshaw, and Nell Ward.

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IN BRIEF Adopt-A-Pet to hold Neuter-A-Thon Adopt-A-Pet in Victoria is holding its annual Spring Neuter-A-Thon for male cats from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 31.

Male cats receive a rabies vaccination and neuter for only $20 payable by cash or check only. Drop-off and pick-up same day; no appointment needed.

This event is open to the public with no residency, income or other requirements.

Neutering male cats not only prevents unwanted litters, but it lowers cancer rates, eliminates unpleasant odors from marking and spraying and reduces fighting, roaming and the spread of disease.

For more information, call Adopt-A-Pet at 361-575-7387, on Facebook: Adopt A Pet Victoria, TX or visit adoptapetvictoria.com.

Victoria band students earn medals at contest Two St. Joseph High School band students won first division medals on March 3 at the regional solo and ensemble contest sponsored by the Texas Private Schools Music Educators Association.

Wyatt Fraga, who plays trumpet, and Josh Guerra who plays alto saxophone, received gold medals. They will advance to the state competition on May 26 at Richland College in Dallas.

Daryl McCulloch is director of the St. Joseph High School Band.

The regional contest was hosted by The Greenhill School in Addison.

ECONOMY

Cuero may soon have four new hotels

BY SONNY LONG

SLONG@VICAD.COM

As many as four new hotels could be built in Cuero in the coming months.

With the activity associated with the Eagle Ford Shale play, the need for housing – even if temporary – exploded in Cuero and the surrounding area.

The hotel construction started with the Best Western Inn & Suites in February 2009.

That Best Western Inn and Suites has already expanded, completing the addition of 27 more rooms earlier this year, giving it a total of 79.

Four other motels are in various stages of planning and permitting, said Joe Perales, Cuero’s building official.

Perales came on board last fall with the increased demand for building permits in the city.

The proposed hotels include a proposed 100-bed facility with a restaurant at the site of the city’s recycling collection center on Broadway Street near the city park.

“A contract is pending on the property. We should know something for sure by April,” Perales said.

The city’s collection center will move to a site near the state prison on Farm-to-Market Road 766.

Three of the proposed hotel Perales projects are on the other side of Cuero, on U.S. Highway 183 toward CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Gonzales.

A permit has been issued for An architect’s rendition of the proposed Cuero municipal offices a 36-room unit south of Cuero expansion project. City offices are currently housed in two Memorial Hospital and two buildings across the street from one another. others are in various stages of negotiations and planning.

No. 2, on Broadway Street homes.

At one location, an architect across the street from the city No plans have been submithas made a site visit and also park and airport, will have 16 ted for The Quarry, Perales made contact with Perales. slots for homes. said, but site work has begun Perales said that until proThe original Pebble Ridge to prepare for underground jects have been reviewed and estates has 45 residential and utilities and a model home is building permits issued, three commercial lots. being built on Sarah Street. changes are always possible.

The Quarry Phase I, near “The way it looks, Cuero is Also on the horizon are two the existing Alamo Heights going to have some new houssubdivisions. subdivision, is expected to be ing pretty soon,” Perales Pebble Ridge Estates built to accommodate 57 said.

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The meeting lasted about three hours and members of the audience peppered Subra, Sharon Wilson and Cathy McMullen – all of whom have dealt with issues concerning the Barnett Shale in North Texas – with questions.

Wilson played four videos obtained from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through an open records request. The videos were taken during TCEQ helicopter flyovers of drill sites in the Eagle Ford Shale. Using infrared cameras, Wilson said the videos showed where these sites were leaking things into the air not visible to the human eye.

“This is a lot,” Wilson said, gesturing to the black clouds that the TCEQ film showed from a Yorktown well site. “It all leaks. At every stage there are leaks.”

As drilling continues in the Eagle Ford Shale, the Neighbor to Neighbor series is designed to give community members a place to come and get information about how the energy boom may impact their community, Event Organizer Sister Elizabeth Riebschlaeger said.

“What we’re trying to do is to develop eyes and ears and to be aware so that we can bring these things to the attention of our neighbors,” Riebschlaeger said.

McMullen acknowledged that oil production is unlikely to stop in Texas, but she urged community members to push for it to be done right.

“We’re going to have drilling, that’s just what’s going to happen, but it doesn’t have to be in a slash and burn way. It can be done responsibly,” McMullen said.

Lauren Bartholomew, of Cuero, said she and her husband came to the presentation to learn about what the potential risks are because they have a production facility two miles from their home.

“I want to learn about the real risks because I think we’re probably going to benefit from the production money, but I’m trying to get an idea of what my property will be worth in 20 years,” she said.

CUERO CITY OFFICES The city of Cuero offices, currently housed in two buildings across the street from one another, will come together when a new project is completed later this year or in early 2013. The project, which will expand the existing offices on the north side of Main Street, will allow for the police department, council chambers and utility payment offices to move to the same building as the other city departments. The project is estimated to cost about $2 million, said City Manager Raymie Zella.

The building being vacated will likely be demolished and allow space for library expansion and additional parking.

Cuero Turkeyfest returning to roots FROM NEWS RELEASE

Calhoun High School Graduates class of 1972, will hold a class reunion planning meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 26, at IBC Bank in Port Lavaca.

For more information, call Cheryl Knopp Marwitz at 361-552-2896.

SCRUTINY

For more on the impact the Eagle Ford Shale has had on the area, see the Your Money section.

CELEBRATION

Calhoun class to hold reunion planning meet

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Henry Hosek, from Hi-Pro Audio, installs a stereo in the 1994 Crown Victoria that Victoria East High School’s PTO is selling in a raffle.

East PTO raffles donated 1994 car ADVOCATE STAFF REPORT

The Victoria East High School Parent Teacher Organization is holding a raffle for a 1994 Crown Victoria, with funds raised going to scholarships and clubs across the school.

The car has 90,000 miles

and was donated by Adam’s Auto Mart. It has a new stereo system donated by Hi-Pro Audio.

Raffle tickets are $2 each and can be purchased at the high school, 4103 E. Mockingbird Lane.

The PTO will also sell tickets from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday

and Tuesday at the Cimarron Express convenience store at the corner of John Stockbauer Drive and East Airline Road.

A winner will be selected at the half time of the East and West high schools soccer game on March 23 at Memorial Stadium.

CUISINE

Tickets go on sale for May 8 Taste of Home Cooking School & Expo

BY CAMILLE M. DOTY

IF YOU GO:

Tickets go on sale for the Taste of Home Cooking School & Expo on Sunday.

The Victoria Advocate will host the largest cooking show in the country staged by the food magazine, Taste of Home.

“We’re looking to provide a fun an interactive event for the community as a whole,” said Emily Weissmiller, the advocate’s marketing manager.

She added the timing of the May 8 event is ideal because it’s the Tuesday before Mother’s Day. “It makes for a great gift,” Weissmiller said.

Tickets can be purchased online Sunday on victoriaadvocate.com/taste. The Victoria Advocate and The Cooking Depot in Cuero will sell tickets in-person on Monday.

There is a limited amount of reserved seating that cost $50. Purchasers will get seats closer to the stage and a Taste of Home cookbook valued at $30. General

■ WHEN:

CDOTY@VICAD.COM

4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 ■ WHERE: Victoria Community Center, 2905 E. North, Victoria ■ COST: $50 reserved seating, $15 general seating ■ TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: The Victoria Advocate, 311 E. Constitution St., Victoria or The Cooking Depot, 202 S. Esplanade, Cuero, or call 361-575-1451. Tickets can also be purchased online at victoriaadvocate.com/taste. seating costs $15.

Each participant will receive a goodie bag with special offers and items, including a free subscription to Taste of Home magazine.

Attendees who bring a canned food donation will be entered into a drawing for a gift basket donated by H-E-B. The proceeds benefit the Food Bank of the Golden Crescent.

Last year, 800 attendees

filled the Victoria Community Center, on 2905 E. North Street. Organizers are expecting similar numbers.

The depot will have the exposition from 4 to 6:30 p.m. will be held in the center’s dome and annex. The show from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The Cooking Depot will serve as the show’s Presenting Sponsor. The Cuero based business has been involved with the expo all three years.

Culinary Specialist Jamie Dunn will demonstrate 10 recipes, new food products, cooking shortcuts and tips and plating techniques for the cooking show.

Cooking enthusiasts will also get a chance to see the utensils used during the demonstrations, which will be available for purchase on-the-spot.

“It let’s everyone in the Crossroads know what we have to offer,” said Annette Rath, one of the depot’s owners.

The clamor in Cuero from the oil and gas field activity may be drowned out with the din of hundreds of gobblers in the next few months.

The Cuero Turkeyfest Association is looking for area families to raise turkeys to take part in a revitalization of the Turkey Trot parade of birds through downtown Cuero.

The effort is part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the original Turkey Trot. The 2012 Turkeyfest, the 40th annual, will also bring back the coronation of Sultan Yekrut XV and Sultana Oreuc XV as part of the festivities, according to a news release from the Cuero Turkeyfest Association.

A committee has been formed to organize these and other events and public input is also being sought.

Serving on the Turkey Trot organizational committee are Turkeyfest board members Brenda Martin, Cory Thamm and Erik Mc-

IF YOU GO ■ WHO:

Cuero Turkeyfest Association and Turkey Trot Committee ■ WHAT: Public planning meeting for 100th anniversary of Turkey Trot ■ WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday ■ WHERE: TrustTexas Bank community room, 121 E. Courthouse St.

Cowan. Linda Anzaldua is also on the committee to bring a fresh, outside perspective to the planning process.

The committee plans to plug in various members of the community that would like to participate in this rare event.

Dance coordinators, costume designers, stage managers and various child wranglers are needed to lend a hand in making the Turkey Trot a success, according to the news release.

The Turkey Trot Committee plans to re-enact as many of the original proceedings as possible.

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ENVIRONMENT

EDUCATION

Water quality training to Stroman teachers attend one-day focus on San Antonio Bay workshop on Texas history FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Will include overview of water quality, watershed management

IF YOU GO: ■ WHAT:

Texas Watershed Steward Workshop ■ WHEN: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, April 18 ■ WHERE: Victoria Educational Gardens, 283 Bachelor Drive ■ COST: Free FROM A NEWS RELEASE ■ FOR MORE INFO: Contact Galen Roberts at A free Texas Watershed 979-862-8070, Steward Workshop on water groberts@ag.tamu.edu quality issues related to the San Antonio Bay will be an overview of water qualifrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., ty and watershed manageWednesday, April 18, at the ment in Texas, but primariVictoria Educational Garly focus on water quality isdens, 283 Bachelor Drive. sues relating to San AntoThe training is open to nio Bay, including current anyone interested in improving water quality in the efforts to help improve and San Antonio Bay/Guadalupe protect this water body.

The training will include a Estuary region. Particidiscussion of watershed pants are encouraged to preregister at tws.tamu.edu systems, types and sources of water pollution, and ways The workshop is sponsored by the Texas AgriLife to improve and protect water quality. There also will Extension Service and the be a group discussion on Texas State Soil and Water community-driven waterConservation Board in coshed protection and manoperation with the San Anagement. tonio Bay Partnership.

Along with the free trainThe workshop will include

ing, participants receive a free copy of the Texas Watershed Steward Handbook and a certificate of completion.

The program also offers seven continuing education units in soil and water management for certified crop advisors, seven units for professional engineers and certified planners, and seven continuing education credits for certified teachers.

It also offers three general continuing education units for Texas Department of Agriculture pesticide license holders, seven for certified landscape architects and three for certified floodplain managers.

For more information contact Galen Roberts at 979-862-8070, groberts@ag.tamu.edu.

For more information about the San Antonio Bay Partnership and the Comprehensive Management Plan, contact James Dodson at 361-649-1518, jdodson27@gmail.com.

Teachers from Victoria on Feb. 10 traveled to Austin to participate in a one-day workshop on Texas history sponsored by Humanities Texas and the Texas State Historical Association.

Pamela Davis and Anna Reimann, who teach Texas history at Stroman Middle School, attended the workshop, which offered teachers the opportunity to work closely with leading scholars, studying major aspects of Texas history in the twentieth century.

During the morning, participants attended lectures and presentations. In the afternoons, they joined faculty in small workshops to examine primary sources such as his-

toric documents, maps and photographs.

The workshop included an array of experts and distinguished scholars, such as former TSHA president Alwyn Barr, University of Texas at Arlington professor George Green and University of Houston historians Monica Perales and Joseph Pratt.

Educational specialists from Humanities Texas, TSHA and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum introduced participants to the instructional resources provided by their respective institutions.

The workshop was held at the Byrne-Reed House, the Humanities Texas headquarters in Austin. Special emphasis was placed on newly

added or revised standards in the state’s Texas history curriculum.

“Humanities Texas was delighted partner with TSHA on this initiative,” said Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette.

“Bringing teachers together to learn from leading scholars and from each other is an effective way to ensure that Texas students continue to receive the best possible educational opportunities.”

The workshop was held in cooperation with the Texas State History Museum. The program was made possible with support from the State of Texas, as well as from the National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative.

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next year’s cake,” Albrecht said. “She starts as soon as planning, D’Laci said. When the competition is over.”

The key to cake decorating she gets excited about the design in the planning is perseverance, D’Laci stages, she can start to envi- said. sion success.

“Sometimes you want to “D’Laci’s already planning give up, but if you press

through, it generally turns out nice,” D’Laci said.

Mollie would add that staying focused is a key ingredient to success.

“Pay attention to what you’re doing and try not to mess up,” Mollie said.

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YOUR SCHOOLS Education reporter: Kayla Bell, 361-580-6578, kbell@vicad.com

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Victoria school district teacher Rita Ramirez commits her time during spring break to help tutor students studying for the STAAR test.

SPRING BREAK

STUDYING

Some Patti Welder students give up holiday to prep for state test ONLINE VIDEO To see video of students studying for the STAAR test, go to VictoriaAdvocate. com and click on the story.

BY KAYLA BELL

KBELL@VICAD.COM

Outside an abandoned Patti Welder Middle School, chirping birds took the place of young voices, and the late-morning temperature flirted with 80 degrees.

All signs pointed to a typical spring break – except for the students who sacrificed sleeping in to call the school their own for the week.

About 12 to 15 students a day showed up to take advantage of the school’s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) tutoring sessions, which sought to prepare eighth-graders for the state’s new assessment.

“They really could sleep in late ... They’re not doing it for the snacks,” teacher Janie King joked while taking a break from studying to enjoy popcorn with students and teachers.

The week was informal and laid back, and while certainly some students came at the behest of their parents, still others came for some one-on-one instruction that would ease their fears as the much-an-

MENTORING

VBEC honorary mentor: Lisa Washington The Victoria Business and Education Coalition is honoring mentors who donate their time to work with students in Victoria schools. To find out how to get involved, call VBEC at 361-572-8232.

This week’s spotlight mentor is Lisa Washington, a mother of two who mentors two students at Victoria East High School.

■ What made you decide to be a mentor?

When I played college tennis, I was required to mentor, and I really enjoyed it.

■ What do you feel you bring to the student?

I can usually show them an easier to understand way to solve a problem.

■ What do you enjoy most about mentoring?

I like giving back. Volunteering is very rewarding.

ticipated – or much-dreaded – STAAR test nears.

“I’m starting to learn more how to work out the problems,” said 13-year-old Treylon Fillmore. “There aren’t as many kids who disturb you.

You’re able to learn.”

When break time was over, Treylon helped teacher Caleigh Etheridge sort through a fraction problem.

“5 girls to 3 boys. How many girls if there are 123 boys?” was the question scribbled on a handheld white board.

While Treylon explained how to set up and solve the problem, his peers across the cafeteria were getting their dose of reading help for the half day of tutoring.

Teacher Rita Ramirez did an exercise in words with multiple meanings and asked students to draw the first thing that came to their minds when she said the word, “club.”

One drew a dance club with a disco ball.

Another drew friends in a school club.

And another sketched a golf club.

“That’s why it’s important to

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Justin Gabrysch, right, is just one of several teachers donating his spring break to help tutor students for the STAAR testing. Students in several small breakout groups review social studies topics ranging from the Mayflower Compact to the Bill of Rights.

STAAR TEST Grades three through eight take STAAR exams each year in reading and writing.

Fourth- and seventh-graders also take writing, while fifth-graders take science.

Eighth-graders take the most tests: reading, math, science and social studies. pay attention to how the word is used,” Ramirez told students, reminding them to look at the context of their reading.

Ramirez said Patti Welder students have shown they are motivated and eager to learn the concepts they may have struggled with during the year.

“They also know we are here giving up spring break, too, and that we care,” she said.

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT

Palacios student appointed to West Point FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Christian Garcia, of Palacios, was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a senior at Palacios High School and the son of Greg and Garcia Rhonda Garcia.

Garcia was nominated to the military academy by Congressman Ron Paul. He is a member of the National Honor Society, Business

Professionals of America and active in several sports, including track, football and baseball. He has also received numerous academic and athletic awards, including being nominated and selected for the American Legion Texas Boys State leadership program.

The nomination and appointment process is extremely competitive for admission to the military academies. Applicants are reviewed on their merit, academics, desire and more. For more information, log onto Paul’s website at house.gov/paul.

The eighth-graders will then, in high school, take end-of-course exams in the categories of reading, math, science and social studies.

There are 12 end-of-course exams, three for each area of study.

“When they see that from us teachers, that we are sacrificing too, they want to meet us halfway.”

Every hour, students rotated classes.

In Justin Gabrysch’s history class, they matched up flashcards with sayings like “14th Amendment” and “Federalist Papers” with their definitions, while country music wafted through open windows.

And in science class, stu-

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dents studied two different atom diagrams, while King reminded them either drawing could show up on the STAAR test.

Dakota McDonald, 14, said he was satisfied having dedicated the time to reviewing topics and appreciated the slower pace of the week.

When it comes to the STAAR, he’s as prepared as ever.

“Whatever happens, happens,” he said.

CHARTER SCHOOL

Charter school to hold information booth March 31 FROM NEWS RELEASE

Vista Academy of Victoria will have an information booth at the Victoria Mall on March 31.

The charter school, which is set to open in the fall, invites the public to see the choices they have in regards to a kindergarten through fifth-grade elementary school.

Vista Academy is a tuition-free public school that caters to families who are seeking an advanced education that challenges students, builds strong character and self esteem and thrives on constant communication.

Most of the Vista Academy Elementary schools have a recognized or exemplary status in Texas. The charter schools have a national blue ribbon award curriculum that meets and engages all students at all levels.

Registration is from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. March 31 or noon to 4 p.m. April 21.

Once registration begins, Vista Academy will contact all families and hold one-on-one interviews.

For more information, contact Keith Garcia at 361-582-6286 or email at kgarcia@ responsiveed.com.

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SATURDAY’S SCORES

Hail of 3-pointers lifts Baylor over Colorado Baylor

80 63 Colorado

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Colorado was one of the first dominos to fall in the massive conference realignment that overhauled college sports.

Baylor was one of the programs that had the most to lose when the Big 12 looked like it might disintegrate during that upheaval.

It is safe to say that Saturday’s meeting between these former conference foes meant as much to the commissioners and athletic directors who watch the money as it does to the players who are trying to

Syracuse

extend their stay in the NCAA tournament.

A matchup that once barely raised an eyebrow has suddenly become a statement game of sorts: Baylor, part of a strong contingent of tournament teams from the shrunken Big 12, against Colorado, the only team left in the draw from the expanding Pac-12.

And score one for Baylor, as the No. 3 Bears used a hail of 3-pointers to knock the ASSOCIATED PRESS Pac-12 champion Buffaloes from the tournament, 80-63, Baylor guard Pierre Jackson falls after being tripped by Colorado guard on Saturday, using a late run Spencer Dinwiddie during the first half of Saturday’s game. Baylor pulled away from Colorado late to win 80-63. to put the game away.

Kansas St.

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Scoop Jardine has 16 points for Orange, as they beat the Wildcats.

Ohio St.

Gonzaga

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Jared Sullinger has 18 points to lead Buckeyes.

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Indiana

VCU

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Hoosiers fight off Rams to make it to Sweet 16.

Marquette

Murray St.

62 53

Late run secures Sweet 16 berth for Golden Eagles.

Wisconsin

Vanderbilt

60 57

Late 3 for Commodores misses, giving Badgers win.

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Bob Mahaffey parks his golf cart while waiting for his turn at one of the greens during the Wild Games at Riverside Golf Course.

BY ALBERT ALVARADO AALVARADO@VICAD.COM

The players flocking to the Riverside Golf Course are competing not for a purse or a title. Instead, they are playing for something they all can use and enjoy.

The 2012 Wild Games Golf Tournament is being held to help pay for the upkeep of the public course, including renovating nine greens that were built in the early 1960s.

“We’re just continuing to try to make improvements to the course to make it better and better,” said Riverside Golf Course club manager Steve Der-

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back when they were built,” Dermit said of the greens. “You have to keep up with the times and things have changed.”

Dermit added that the course plans to renovate the greens on the red nine next year.

Renovations on the white nine is scheduled to be completed for the Labor Day Tournament at Riverside Golf Course.

The tournament is a two man low-ball on the opening day, then a two-man scramble on the second with

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CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT LEADERS ■ Doug

Wilson and Claude Bridges, 59 ■ Al Wilkes and Kerry Kahlich, 61 ■ Paulino Martinez and Chris Abila, 62 ■ Joe Flores Jr. and John Kozelsky, 63 ■ Dana Wagner and Jason Smetters, 63 ■ Scott Friggle and Curtis Mathis, 64 ■ Mark Bazan and Mark Kennon, 64

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SATURDAY’S WOMEN’S HOOPS SCORES

Tournament helping to infuse money back into Riverside Golf Course

mit. “This is Victoria’s course, it’s a public course for everybody.’

This year’s Wild Games kicked off on Saturday with 248 players teeing off in eight different flights.

Proceeds from the annual tournament go towards the operating cost and upkeep of the public course.

Riverside Golf Course is set to begin a $75,000 renovation of the greens on the white nine holes on Apr. 16.

Although this will cause a temporary inconvenience to golfers, in the long run, the course will be better off.

“These were the way to build them

Doubleheader at Riverside Stadium, vs. Fisher College. First pitch at noon.

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Paul leads Clippers over Rockets LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Paul scored 12 of his 23 points in the final 2:42, including a go-ahead layup with 24.6 seconds left, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 95-91 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.

Blake Griffin had 18 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 4.9 seconds remaining.

Randy Foye contributed 15 points in what could be his last start because of the acquisition of Nick Young on Thursday from Washington.

Courtney Lee led Houston with a season-high 25 points despite a strained tendon in the middle finger of his left hand.

Chase Budinger added 19 points, and Goran Dragic had 14 assists along with his 11 points.

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Cyclones put up fight, but Wildcats too much.

Wild days at Riverside Golf Course

Iowa St.

LAC 95, HOU 91

Texas

68 55 Texas A&M

Albany

69 47

For full story on both games, C6

OTHER WOMEN’S SCORES ■ Stanford 73, Hampton 51 ■ UConn 83, Prairie View

A&M 47 ■ Tennessee

72, Tennessee-Martin 49 ■ Kansas State 67, Princeton 64 ■ Arkansas 72, Dayton 55 ■ South Carolina 80, Eastern Michigan 48 ■ Purdue 83, South Dakota State 68 ■ Kentucky 68, McNeese State 62 ■ Maryland 59, Navy 44 ■ Louisville 67, Michigan State 55 ■ Gonzaga 86, Rutgers 73 ■ Miami 70, Idaho State 41 ■ Wisconsin-Green Bay 71, Iowa State 57 ■ DePaul 59, BYU 55

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SOCCER

GOLF ROUNDUP Goosen, Furyk tied for lead at Transitions

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) – Retief Goosen’s back hurt so badly that he pulled out of next week’s tournament to get treatment. Then he shot a 6-under 65 on Saturday for a chance to win this week.

Furyk Goosen ran off three straight birdies late in his round and finished atop the leaderboard with Jim Furyk, setting up a shootout at Goosen The Transitions Championship between a pair of past champions – and several others.

Furyk three-putted up a ridge for double on the 18th hole for a 66 to fall into a tie.

He and Goosen were at 11-under 202, one shot ahead of Jason Dufner and Sang-moon Bae, who was leading until a triple bogey on the 16th hole.

Goosen still is not eligible for the Masters. Sunday will be his last chance to qualify.

Transitions Championship Par Scores Saturday At Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $5.5 million Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71 Third Round Retief Goosen Jim Furyk Sang-Moon Bae Jason Dufner John Mallinger Ken Duke Chez Reavie Ernie Els Luke Donald Shaun Micheel David Toms Will Claxton Kevin Streelman Jamie Lovemark Jeff Overton Webb Simpson Chris DiMarco Sergio Garcia John Senden Padraig Harrington Charley Hoffman Robert Garrigus Gary Woodland Bo Van Pelt Cameron Tringale Jason Bohn George McNeill William McGirt Brandt Snedeker Jason Day Arjun Atwal Greg Chalmers Bud Cauley Kevin Na Kyle Reifers Jerry Kelly Kenny Perry Chris Couch Louis Oosthuizen Bill Lunde Greg Owen Matt Kuchar Brian Davis Michael Thompson Robert Allenby Geoff Ogilvy Troy Matteson Jimmy Walker Scott Piercy Kris Blanks Nick Watney Mark Wilson Pat Perez John Daly Joe Ogilvie Zach Johnson Justin Leonard Bryce Molder Tom Gillis Marc Leishman Sunghoon Kang Rory Sabbatini Brian Gay Justin Rose

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PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bolton's Fabrice Muamba is taken off after collapsing during the English FA Cup quarterfinal match against Tottenham at White Hart Lane Stadium on Saturday. Medics rushed onto the pitch with a defibrillator and treated the 23-year-old Muamba, pumping his chest for around six minutes of treatment.

After Muamba was carried off on a stretcher, referee Howard Webb abandoned the quarterfinal.

Soccer player critical after collapsing FA Cup game suspended after Bolton player falls unconscious on field LONDON (AP) – Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba was critically ill in a hospital’s heart attack unit Saturday night after collapsing during a match at Tottenham.

Muamba fell face-down to the field near the halfway line without any players near him. Medics rushed onto the field with a defibrillator and treated the 23-year-old, pumping his chest for around six minutes of treatment before he was rushed to a hospital.

“Fabrice Muamba has been admitted to the heart attack center at London Chest Hospital where he is currently in a critically ill condition in intensive care,” Bolton said in a statement

about three hours later. “No further information will be issued at this stage. The club has requested the media to respect his family’s privacy at this time.”

When Muamba collapsed in the 41st minute of the FA Cup quarterfinal, Bolton manager Owen Coyle shouted from the sideline: “He’s just collapsed.”

Tottenham players William Gallas and Louis Saha along with referee Howard Webb immediately beckoned for medical support as the game was immediately stopped, then abandoned.

Some players appeared to be praying as fans chanted his name between periods of silence at White Hart Lane.

After Muamba was carried off on a stretcher to applause from the crowd with an oxygen mask and with his chest still being pumped, all the players also

left the field before Webb abandoned the match.

Coyle and forward Kevin Davies were among the Bolton group that accompanied Muamba to the hospital, while the rest of the team returned to northwest England by train.

“Terrible what happened with Muamba during the game,” Rafael van der Vaart, who started for Tottenham, wrote on Twitter.

“We’re all praying for him.”

Muamba’s Bolton teammate Stuart Holden, who was watching the game on television, tweeted: “Praying for you Fab.” “Waiting anxiously for updates from teammates,” he added. “Fab is a fighter!”

Muamba was born in what was then called Zaire on April 6, 1988. His father left the country because of political turmoil and settled in England. He made his debut at age 17 on Oct. 25, 2005.

Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba runs with the ball during the English FA Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Tottenham on Saturday.

NASCAR | FOOD CITY 500

Busch hoping to snap streak of bad luck Racer hopes to put problems behind him, take advantage of chances at Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – If Kurt Busch had any doubt he’s stuck in a run of bad luck, it was probably confirmed when he hit a bird in one of the final practices for the Daytona 500.

“It was like hitting a six-pound bowling ball,” he grimaced Saturday.

Alas, there was more to come for Busch, who suffered through a horrendous SpeedWeeks at Daytona.

He was wrecked in practice for the exhibition opening race, and his new Phoenix Racing team had to thrash to put a seat in his backup car. The backup was then wrecked with two laps remaining in the race.

He was flagged for speeding on pit road in the Daytona 500 qualifying race, hit the bird in practice the day before the race in a collision that caused so much damage his team had to change the engine, and was leading when he was part of the last-lap wreck in the Nationwide Series race.

Then, after sitting through the 36-hour rain delay for the main event, he was caught in an accident on the second lap of the Daytona 500.

The next race at Phoenix wasn’t so bad, but last week in Las Vegas, his hometown, was a disaster: Busch had four different issues and his race ended with a hard crash after

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kurt Busch waits his turn to go out during qualifying for Sunday's Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn., earlier this week. he ran over debris on the track.

He goes into Sunday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway ranked 29th in points – the lowest Busch has been in the standings a month into the season since his 2001 rookie year.

“I’m walking down pit road and people are looking up at the sky, hoping they don’t get hit by the same lightning,” Busch said. “That’s just my life in general, (stuff) just keeps happening.”

All the while, the public watches

and waits for some sort of meltdown from Busch.

His ranting and raving over his in-car radio was notorious, and reached an all-time low last season.

There were a handful of other public outbursts, and he and Penske Racing decided to part ways at the end of last season. Busch believed he needed a fresh start, which he got with James Finch’s low-budget Phoenix Racing, and he went into this year determined to “put the fun back in racing.”

FOOD CITY 500 LINEUP Bristol, Tenn.

1. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 125.215.

2. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 125.207.

3. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 125.158.

4. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 125.085.

5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 124.865.

6. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 124.816.

7. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 124.719.

8. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 124.686.

9. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 124.662.

10. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 124.355.

11. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 124.339.

12. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 124.331.

13. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 124.178.

14. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 124.106.

15. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 124.106.

16. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 124.002.

17. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 123.953.

18. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 123.865.

19. (10) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 123.865.

20. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 123.833.

21. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 123.666.

22. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 123.539.

23. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 123.467.

24. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 123.419.

NASCAR | NATIONWIDE SERIES Sadler wins Nationwide Series race at Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – Elliott Sadler has won the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Sadler didn’t pit during the final caution to inherit the lead, and was out front on the final restart with 28 laps to go in Saturday’s race.

He easily held off Kasey

Kahne and Brad Keselowski to win for the second time in three weeks.

NASCAR Nationwide-Ford EcoBoost 300 Results Saturday Lap length: .533 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 300 laps, 128.4 rating, 47 points, $54,518.

2. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 300, 102.4, 0, $32,275.

3. (7) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 300, 115.8,

0, $26,225.

4. (1) Joey Logano, Toyota, 300, 128.5, 0, $32,700.

5. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 300, 102.8, 0, $25,375.

6. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 300, 118.3, 39, $29,268.

7. (10) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 300, 101, 37, $26,603.

8. (2) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 300, 120.7, 37, $26,463.

9. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 300, 107.5, 0, $19,800.

10. (15) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 300, 90.1, 34, $26,993.

11. (21) Michael Annett, Ford, 300, 82.6, 33, $25,918.

12. (9) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 300, 90.2, 32, $20,150.

13. (23) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 300, 80.8, 31, $25,518.

14. (11) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 299, 82.8, 0, $25,468.

15. (13) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 299, 77.4, 29, $19,900.

16. (14) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 299, 78.4, 28, $25,343.

17. (8) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 299, 98.1, 0, $19,025.

18. (18) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 298, 69.5, 26, $25,243.

19. (27) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 298, 67.6, 25, $25,168.

20. (25) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 297, 67.6, 24, $25,793.

21. (29) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, 297, 63.2, 23, $18,575.

22. (36) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 296, 57.1,

22, $24,993.

23. (37) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 296, 55.9, 21, $24,943.

24. (31) Benny Gordon, Chevrolet, 294, 57.5, 20, $21,025.

25. (34) Jason Bowles, Dodge, 293, 53.7, 19, $25,318.

Time of Race: 1 hour, 41 minutes, 16 seconds.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Logano, 2 times for 119 laps; T.Bayne, 1 time for 64 laps; R.Stenhouse Jr., 1 time for 41 laps; K.Busch, 1 time for 40 laps; E.Sadler, 1 time for 36 laps.

Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 178; 2.

R.Stenhouse Jr., 153; 3. T.Bayne, 149; 4.

A.Dillon, 148; 5. C.Whitt, 137; 6. S.Hornish Jr., 129; 7. T.Malsam, 116; 8. M.Annett, 115; 9. J.Allgaier, 113; 10. M.Bliss, 92.

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TOURNAMENTS DEWITT COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE: March 17 LOCATION: Cuero Golf Course Benefitting DeWitt County Crime Stoppers. Cash and prizes for longest drive, closest to the pin and more. Registration is 7 a.m. Tee time is 8 a.m. For information, call 361-275-0899.

BLUEBONNET YOUTH RANCH CLAY SHOT DATE: March 24 LOCATION: Friar-Thomas Ranch, Cuero First Rotation: 8 a.m.; second rotation 10:30 a.m. Lunch provided for participants. Activities include shooting games, raffle, ssilent and live auction and live entertainment by Smokey Wilson and Paul Kessler. For more information or registration form, call 713-598-6181 or 361-275-4274 TUTU & TIARA TEE-OFF DATE: March 24 TIME: 12:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Victoria Country Club Victoria Ballet Golf Tournament. Tournament is open to all friends of the Victoria Ballet. Fees: individual entry, $125; hole sponsor, $100; business sponsorwhip, $250; corporate sponsorship (two man team), $500; corporate sponsorship (four man team) $1,000; tournament sponsor, $2,500.

Entry fee includes green fees, cart, drinks and dinner. Proceeds benefit the Victoria Ballet. All teams will be four-man scramble. Game and drinks throughout the course. Prizes awarded for: First-, second- and third-place teams and other contests.

For more information, call 361-575-8735.

VICTORIA DREAM FUND CLASSIC DATE: March 30 TIME: 11 a.m.

CONTACT/WEBSITE: victoriadf.com/ LOCATION: Victoria Country Club Entry fee: $150 person/$600 team.

Shamble format/four person teams. Includes green fee (18 holes), two mulligans per player, cart, range balls, beverages and lunch on the course and awards dinner/auction/party after tournament play. Capacity: 120 players (30 teams). Prizes: First, second, third.

Putting challenge, longest drive, closest to the pin, hole-in-one. Awards dinner: Dinner/auction and party with entertainment included in entry fee; immediately following play at Victoria Country Club.

For more information, contact tournament chair Linda Key at 361-649-5562 or Victoria Country Club golf shop at 361-575-6161 or visit victoriadf.com or dreamfund.org.

THE BIG DOG SPRING FLING SOFTBALL/KICKBALL TOURNAMENT DATE: March 31 TIME: 8 a.m.

COST: $75 - $100 LOCATION: Victoria Adult Sports Complex (softball fields) Entry is $100 plus umpires for softball; entry $75 plus umpires for kickball.

Competitive and recreational. Call Mark 'Big Dog' at 361-570-6909.

YORKTOWN COUNTRY CLUB 25th ANNUAL COUPLES GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE: March 31 TIME: 8 a.m.

COST: $80 LOCATION: Yorktown Country Club Teams will be flighted according to handicaps. The maximum individual handicap is 32. Non-golfers may participate in Happy Hour and a meal for $8 per person. The entry deadline is March 23.

4th ANNUAL VICTORIA SHINING STARS GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE: April 14 LOCATION: Colony Creek Country Club 1 p.m. shotgun start, four-person scramble. $100 per person includes green fee, range balls, cart, meal and five drink tickets. For information, call Bob Burnes at 361-648-4097, Colony Creek at 361-576-0020 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853.

TEXAS FOUR SEASONS KARATE TOURNAMENT DATE: April 21 TIME: 11 a.m.

LOCATION: K.C. Hall Presented by American Karate Institute.

Registration is prior to start, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. For more information, call Ralph Jaschke at 361-575-2467 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853.

GEORGE W. DUMONT MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE: May 5 TIME: 10 a.m.

COST: $80 LOCATION: Karnes County Country Club Format is a four-person scramble and prize money is based on a full field.

Open to the first 88 paid players. Entry fee includes cart, green fee, food, four drink tickets, buy-a-drive and a mulligan. For more information, email Brad Dumont@ricecisd.org.

CALHOUN ELITE 13th ANNUAL SHOOTOUT DATE: May 19-20 TIME: 9 a.m.

COST: $150 Basketball tournament. Girls and boys divisions by grade: 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11 and 12. For more information, call Claude Stewart: cell 361-746-0854 or home 361-553-7167.

SIGN UP LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRES NEEDED FOR 2012 DATE: March 31 For more information, contact Michael Salazar at 649-5510 or Mike Lamas at 935-5421 BRAVOS 13U BASEBALL DATE: March 31 Looking for experienced and dedicated players for 2012 season. For information, call Mark at 361-655-0284.

RELAY FOR LIFE DATE: March 31 TIME: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

CONTACT/WEBSITE: main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY11National?sid=128433&type=fr_informational&pg=informational&fr_id=40814 LOCATION: Goliad Courthouse Square Relay For Life is a life-changing event that helps communities across the globe celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. The Relay For Life cause also helps raise money for research for a cure for cancer.

BABE RUTH SOFTBALL/CAL RIPKEN BASEBALL DATE: May 1 LOCATION: Victoria, Calhoun, Jackson Babe Ruth Softball has openings for ages 5-18 and Cal Ripken Baseball has openings for ages 5-12, and Babe Ruth Baseball has opening for ages 13-18 in Victoria, Calhoun and Jackson Counties. For information, call William Loocke at 979-532-8550 or 979-533-0148 or email wloocke@sbcglobal.net.

10U Select Baseball Team DATE: May 31 Needs dedicated parents and players for travel team to join South Texas Horns. For information, call 361-571-2411 or 361-772-3218.

AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARD CLASSES LOCATION: Victoria YMCA Classes run through June and are limited in size. Call Amanda at the Victoria YMCA at 361-575-0511, ext. 226, or email ahowe@ymcavictoria.org.

Corrections and Clarifications The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish. To report any error or need for clarification, please call 361-574-1206.

TV SPOTLIGHT

BINK GRIMES | WOODS, WINGS & WATER

SUNDAY AUTO RACING 11:30 A.M. ■ FOX

– NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn.

GOLF 8 A.M. ■ TGC

– European PGA Tour, Open de Andalucia, final round, at Marbella, Spain

NOON ■ TGC

– PGA Tour, Transitions Championship, final round, at Palm Harbor, Fla.

2 P.M. ■ NBC

– PGA Tour, Transitions Championship, final round, at Palm Harbor, Fla.

COURTESY OF BINK GRIMES

Soft plastic swim baits have taken solid trout while wading and drifting.

Fish choose to eat when hungry I can’t remember a afternoon trek, however, spring break when wind, found a good bite during weather and temperatures the last three hours of were so conducive to fishdaylight. ing.

Several good catches Moderate southeast were reported from afterwinds, an incomnoon anglers, including tide all day ing multiple trout over and trout-green six pounds. The midwater made for day bite wasn’t too perfect fishing shabby either as waweather, but someter temperatures one forgot to tell warmed to the low 70s the fish. with air temperatures Sure, they bit, busting 80 most afterBINK but at inopportune noons. times for the ev“The fish were there WOODS, eryday vacationing all the time, you just WINGS angler. had to wait for them & WATER “It was a real to eat,” said guide early bite,” said guide Charlie Paradoski. “We James Plaag of Silver stuck it out and fished King Adventures in Galve- hard for respectable boxes ston. “We caught some big of fish.” fish, but if you were not Moral of the story: Know there early, it didn’t hapyour tides and moon phaspen.” es.

The same held true in These simple but vital Matagorda. Those who pieces of info often deterfrowned at the early alarm mine if and when fish feed. from daylight-saving time 2ND ANNUAL MATAGORDA hangovers missed the best SEAFOOD FEST bite of the day. Those who Last year’s unexpected slept late and opted for an

GRIMES

huge turnout during the inaugural Matagorda Seafood Fest sent organizers scurrying for more fried shrimp as volunteers saw their supply dwindle late in the day with the hungry crowd. No problem: Fill the plate with more fried oysters. The event is set for March 24.

Committee chair and founder of the event, Buddy Treybig, donator of most of the fresh crustaceans and shellfish, promises that won’t happen again.

“Me and 39 others spend a Saturday peeling, de-veining, butter-flying and breading 18,262 shrimp,” said Treybig.

“That’s why the food is so good – it is fresh Matagorda seafood.”

Treybig estimates 3,500 people attended last year’s event and expects that number to at least double March 24.

“Of course we have the oyster-eating and oyster-shucking contests,” he

said. “And, we have the top three oyster-shuckers in the world here in little ole’ Matagorda.”

Texas musician Larry Joe Taylor takes the stage at 5 p.m. before a flip-flop wearing, lawn-chair wielding crowd. Local vendors will be on hand to show their coastal wares.

Proceeds from the event benefit Matagorda ISD, Matagorda VFD, Matagorda Community Latch Key, Matagorda Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry and Matagorda Historical Society.

Gates open at 10 a.m. and food will be served starting at 11 a.m. Admission is $5 or free with the purchase of a $15 seafood plate. For info, call 979-241-1534.

Bink Grimes is a freelance writer, photographer, author and licensed captain. Contact him at binkgrimes@sbcglobal.net.

PALACIOS – Following are results from Friday’s Palacios Shark Relays.

Boys

Team totals – 1. Sweeny, 98; 2. Taylor, 83; 3. Ingleside A, 69; 4. Stafford, 65; 5.

Palacios, 56; 6. Brazos, 47; 7. East Bernard, 38; 8. Cuero, 36; 9. Yoakum, 29; 10. (tie) Edna & Refugio, 21; 12. Smithson Valley, 14; 13. Alice, 10; 14. Yorktown, 8; 15. (tie) Goliad & Ingleside B, 4; 17. Tidehaven, 3.

Shot put – 1. Young, Edna, 50-3; 2.

McBride, Sweeny, 49-4.5; 3. Zapalac, Brazos, 44-0.5; 4. Sanchez, Palacios, 41-11.5; 6. Myers, Refugio, 41-2.

Discus – 1. Zapalac, Brazos, 144-7; 2.

Young, Edna, 135-4; 3. Myers, Refugio, 133-6.

Long jump – 1. Slanina, East Bernard, 21-11.5; 2. Nguyen, Palacios, 21-4; 3.

Bell, Sweeny, 21-0.

Triple jump – 1. Thompson, Yoakum, 43-9; 2. Alford, Brazos, 42-4; 3. Bailey, Taylor, 41-11; 4. T. Heights, Yoakum, 41-2; 5. Nguyen, Palacios, 40-7.

Pole vault – 1. A. Garcia, Palacios, 13-6; 2. Ulbricht, Smithson Valley, 13-6; 3. C. Garcia, Palacios, 12-9; 4. Knocke, Yoakum, 12-6; 5. Johnson, Edna, 11-6; 6.

Klaeveman, Refugio, 11-6.

High jump – 1. Gilmore, Ingleside, 6-1; 2. (tie) Higgins, Sweeny, T. Hights, Yoakum,

– LPGA, Founders Cup, final round, at Phoenix

6:30 P.M. ■ TGC

– Champions Tour, Toshiba Classic, final round, at Newport Beach, Calif. (same-day tape)

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10 A.M. ■ ESPN

– NIT, second round, Northern Iowa at Drexel

11:15 A.M. ■ CBS

- NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, North Carolina State vs. Georgetown

1:45 P.M. ■ CBS

- NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, Saint Louis vs.

Michigan State

4:15 P.M. ■ CBS

- NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, Creighton vs.

North Carolina

5:10 P.M. ■ TNT

- NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, Norfolk State vs. Florida

6:10 P.M. ■ TRU

TV - NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, Lehigh vs.

Xavier

7:40 P.M. ■ TNT

- NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, Purdue vs.

Kansas

8:40 P.M. ■ TBS

- NCAA Tournament, Round of 32, Cincinnati vs.

Florida State

NBA 6 P.M. ■ ESPN

– Orlando at Miami

■ ESPN

– Portland at Oklahoma

8:30 P.M. City

NHL

TRACK & FIELD Palacios Shark Relays

3 P.M. ■ TGC

11:30 A.M. ■ NBC 5-10; 4. Nguyen, Palacios, 5-10; 5. Tedder, Palacios, 5-8; 6. Kubenka, Edna, 5-8.

3200 – 1. Tesfay, Stafford, 10:19.42; 2.

Kieler, East Bernard, 10:37.25; 3. Villareal, Taylor, 11:07.60; 5. Mancera, Palacios, 11:18.10.

400 relay – 1. Sweeny, 43.44; 2. Taylor, 45.09; 3. Palacios, 45.71; 4. Cuero, 45.98; 5. Goliad, 47.88.

800 – 1. Garza, East Bernard, 1:59.62; 2.

Adame, Ingleside, 2:05.25; 3. Franklin, Refugio, 2:07.17; 6. Cruz, Tidehaven, 2:10.22.

110 hurdles – 1. Anyama, Stafford, 14.31; 2. Higgins, Sweeny, 14.63; 3.

Vasquesz, Taylor, 16.26; 5. Fisher, Tidehaven, 16.75; 6. Franke, Yorktown, 16.83.

100 – 1. Ch. Anumun, Stafford, 10.70; 2.

Ca. Anumun, Stafford, 10.82; 3. Rivera, Alice, 10.96; 4. Thompson, Refugio, 11.08; 5. Ybarra, Yorktown, 11.12.

800 relay – 1. Taylor, 1:32.41; 2. Ingleside, 1:33.01; 3. Brazos, 1:34.03; 4.

Cuero, 1:34.31; 6. Yoakum, 1:38.68.

400 – 1. Papacek, Cuero, 50.39; 2.

Robinson, Ingleside, 50.63; 3. Woodard, Sweeny, 50.73; 5. Garza, East Bernard, 51.82; 6. Thompson, Refugio, 52.11.

300 hurdles – 1. Rivera, Alice, 41.63; 2.

Higgins, Sweeny, 42.91; 3. Ulbricht, Smithson Valley, 42.92; 4. Resendez, Yoakum, 43.16.

200 – 1. Ch. Anumun, Stafford, 22.05; 2.

Kerley, Taylor, 22.12; 3. Ca. Anumun, Stafford, 22.40; 5. Rossett, Cuero, 22.97; 6. Ybarra, Yorktown, 23.06.

1600 – 1. Tesfay, Stafford, 4:42.12; 2.

Kieler, East Bernard, 4:51.61; 3. Mancera, Palacios, 4:54.30.

1600 relay – (no times available) 1. Ingleside; 2. Sweeny; 3. Taylor; 4. Cuero; 5.

Yoakum; 6. Refugio.

Girls Team totals – 1. Sweeny, 106.5; 2. Ingleside, 91; 3. Goliad, 78; 4. Yoakum, 68.5; 5. Cuero, 57; 6. Alice, 46; 7. (tie) Refugio & Taylor, 37; 9. Palacios, 33; 10. Tidehaven, 27; 11. Yorktown, 18; 12. Brazos, 13; 13. East Bernard, 6.

Shot put – 1. Shaw, Refugio, 41-4; 2.

Canchola, Refugio, 38-10; 3. Niemeir, Yorktown, 38-9; 5. West, Tidehaven, 31-8; 6. Markert, Yoakum, 31-7.5.

Discus – 1. Shaw, Refugio, 121-0; 2.

Neimeir, Yorktown, 101-3.5; 3. Ortiz, Tidehaven, 96-4; 4. Markert, Yoakum, 93-2; 5. Perez, Palacios, 90-0.

Long jump – 1. Solis, Alice, 16-5.25; 2.

As. Zamzow, Goliad, 16-5.25; 3. Wiley, Tidehaven, 16-2.5; 4. Fort, Palacios, 16-0.5.

Triple jump – 1. Solis, Alice, 35-3; 2. Fort, Palacios, 35-2; 3. McPheters, Ingleside, 35-0.5; 5. Seidenberger, Yoakum, 34-3; 6. Johnson, Cuero, 33-1.

Pole vault – 1. Williams, Yoakum, 10-6; 2. Snyder, Refugio, 8-6; 3. Morris, Yoakum, 8-6; 5. Ledweg, Tidehaven, 8-0.

High jump – 1. As. Zamzow, Goliad, 5-5; 2. Seidenberger, Yoakum, 5-2; 3. Wiley, Tidehaven, 5-2; 4. Av. Zamzow, Goliad, 5-0; 5. Sheppard, Cuero, 5-0.

3200 – 1. Alvarado, Ingleside, 12:49.08; 2. Turnham, Ingleside, 12:54.50; 3.

Aguilar, Alice, 13:06.93; 4. Perez, Palacios, 13:29.25; 5. Cabello, Yoakum, 13:31.53.

400 relay – 1. Sweeny, 50.51; 2. Goliad, 50.77; 3. Ingleside, 51.11; 4. Cuero, 51.64; 6. Palacios, 52.26.

800 – 1. Granudos, Alice, 2:25.52; 2. Urdiales, Sweeny, 2:26.00; 3. Rosas, Yoakum, 2:29.00; 4. Villafranca, Cuero, 2:31.80; 6. Guillen, Palacios, 2:48.90.

100 hurdles – As. Zamzow, Goliad, 15.03; 2. Markert, Yoakum, 15.58; 3.

McPheters, Ingleside, 16.13; 5. Kornegay, Yoakum, 17.26.

100 – 1. Thompson, Ingleside, 12.56; 2.

Hibbins, Sweeny, 12.72; 3. Rivera, Yoakum, Yoakum, 12.92; 5. Styra, Goliad, 13.03; 6. Ledwig, Tidehaven, 13.04.

800 relay – 1. Taylor, 1:49.65; 2. Sweeny, 1:50.12; 3. Cuero, 1:51.29; 4. Goliad, 1:51.83; 6. Tidehaven, 1:53.25.

400 – 1. Uradiales, Sweeny, 1:01.36; 2.

Fort, Palacios, 1:01.47; 3. Alice, 1:04.65; 4. Braun, Yoakum, 1:05.21; 5. Henderson, Yorktown, 1:05.87.

300 hurdles – 1. Sheppard, Cuero, 45.80; 2. As. Zamzow, Goliad, 47.47; 3. Saenz, Sweeny, 49.45; 4. Markert, Yoakum, 51.22.

200 – 1. Woolridge, Taylor, 27.10; 2. Seidenberger, Yoakum, 27.24; 3. Av. Zamzow, Goliad, 27.53; 5. Wiley, Tidehaven, 28.04.

1600 – 1. Alvarado, Ingleside, 5:47.00; 2.

Villafranca, Cuero, 5:51.60; 3. Walters, East Bernard, 5:51.65.

1600 relay – 1. Sweeny, 4:15.40; 2. Ingleside, 4:16.75; 3. Cuero, 4:17.02; 4.

Goliad, 4:22.97; 5. Palacios, 4:23.13.

– Pittsburgh at Philadel-

phia

6 P.M. ■ NBCSN

– Washington at Chicago

SOCCER 3 P.M. ■ NBCSN

– MLS, Colorado at Philadelphia

TENNIS 1 P.M. ■ ABC

– ATP World Tour/WTA, BNP Paribas Open, men’s and women’s championship matches, at Indian Wells, Calif.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 A.M. ■ ESPN2

– NCAA Division I tournament, first round, Ohio St. vs. Florida, at Bowling Green, Ohio; Georgetown vs.

Fresno St., at Chapel Hill, N.C.; California vs. Iowa, at South Bend, Ind.; Georgia vs.

Marist, at Tallahassee, Fla.

1:30 P.M. ■ ESPN2

SCOREBOARD TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League

Carter Hutton to Rockford (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled D Tim Erixon from Connecticut (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F Trevor Smith from Norfolk (AHL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Released RHP Carlos Silva.

NHL

NBA CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Waived F Jason Kapono. Signed G Manny Harris for the remainder of the season.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Released G T.J. Ford.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Named Jim Todd and Darrell Walker assistant coaches.

NFL INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed S Tom Zbikowski.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with G Evan Mathis on a five-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Agreed to terms with DT Jason Jones.

NHL — Fined Winnipeg D Mark Stuart $2,500 for his late hit on Washington F Marcus Johansson during Friday’s game.

BOSTON BRUINS — Reassigned D Zach McKelvie from Reading (ECHL) to Providence (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned G

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division N.Y.R. Pittsburgh Phila N.J. N.Y. I.

GP 70 70 71 72 71

W 44 44 41 41 28

L OT Pts GF GA 19 7 95 194 155 21 5 93 229 177 22 8 90 228 202 26 5 87 198 187 32 11 67 166 214

Northeast Division GP 71 72 71 71 72

Boston Ottawa Buffalo Toronto Montreal

W 41 37 33 31 28

L OT Pts GF GA 27 3 85 228 178 25 10 84 220 210 29 9 75 178 201 32 8 70 205 218 32 12 68 189 200

Southeast Division Florida Wash.

Winnipeg

GP 70 71 71

W L OT Pts GF GA 34 23 13 81 177 195 36 29 6 78 191 200 34 29 8 76 189 199

Tampa Carolina

70 32 31 7 71 198 237 72 28 29 15 71 190 214

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP St. Louis 72 Detroit 71 Nashville 70 Chicago 72 Columbus 70

W 45 44 41 39 22

L OT Pts GF GA 19 8 98 186 141 24 3 91 219 171 21 8 90 201 181 25 8 86 217 210 41 7 51 161 226

Northwest Division Vancouver Colorado Calgary Minnesota Edmonton

GP 70 73 72 71 71

W 42 38 34 29 28

L OT Pts GF GA 20 8 92 219 177 30 5 81 191 194 26 12 80 181 197 32 10 68 153 199 36 7 63 188 210

Pacific Division Dallas Phoenix San Jose L.A. Anaheim

GP 72 72 70 71 72

W 39 35 35 34 30

L 28 26 25 25 31

OT 5 11 10 12 11

Pts GF GA 83 189 192 81 188 186 80 191 179 80 163 156 71 179 200

Friday’s Scores Ottawa 2, Montreal 1, OT Winnipeg 3, Washington 2

Chicago 4, Dallas 1 Edmonton 3, Calgary 1 Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 2

Saturday’s Scores Boston 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Pittsburgh 5, New Jersey 2 Carolina 5, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, late Toronto at Ottawa, late Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, late St. Louis at Tampa Bay, late Buffalo at Florida, alte Columbus at Vancouver, late Nashville at Los Angeles, late Detroit at San Jose, late

Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 11:30 a.m.

Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 9 p.m.

4 P.M. ■ ESPN2

– NCAA Division I tournament, first round, Penn St. vs. UTEP, at Baton Rouge, La.; Delaware, at UALR; Middle Tenn. at Vanderbilt; St. John’s vs. Creighton, at Norman, Okla.

6:30 P.M. ■ ESPN2

– NCAA Division I tournament, first round, San Diego St. at LSU; Nebraska vs. Kansas, at Little Rock, Ark.; Duke vs. Samford, at Nashville, Tenn.; Michigan at Oklahoma.

FEEDBACK

COMING UP GOLIAD COUNTY FAIR PRCA RODEO DATE: March 17-18 LOCATION: Goliad County Fairgrounds Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 18, 2 p.m. For information, call Janice Urban at 361-648-4028 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853.

HOG HUNT DATE: March 24 Members of the Marine Corps League and the VFW Post 6290 are gearing up for the upcoming hog hunt scheduled for the end of the March. The entry deadline is March 24, and the deadline for weigh-in is scheduled for April 1 at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $200 per team, and each team may consist of two to four people.

– NCAA Division I tournament, first round, Baylor vs. UC Santa Barbara, at Bowling Green, Ohio; Georgia Tech vs. Sacred Heart, at Chapel Hill, N.C.; Liberty at Notre Dame; St. Bonaventure vs. Florida Gulf Coast, at Tallahassee, Fla.

There will be a first-, second- and third-place prize winners for the heaviest hog (field dress weigh-in). East team has up to three chances to bring in a heavy hog. Each team also has a chance to win $200 for the heaviest sow (field dress weigh-in). The prize money for first-, second- and third-place winners will be based on the amount of teams. At time of registration, have team name, as well as the names of each member and $200 registration fee. It is required at time of weigh-in there be at least two members of each team to eyewitness the weigh-in.

The weigh-in will be done by members of the VFW and Marine Corps League. For more information, contact Richard

Sanchez at 361-218-6982 or Ron Nelson at 361-526-6034.

TEXAS UH-OHS 14U FASTPITCH TRY-OUTS DATE: March 31 Looking to pick up two to three players.

For more information and to schedule a try-out, please call Joe at 361-676-3723 IDLE FREE JAMBOREE AND SOAP BOX DERBY DATE: May 12 TIME: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

COST: Free - $150 CONTACT/WEBSITE: victoriatx.org/ LOCATION: Riverside Park, Mccright Dr., in front of Rose Garden Soap box races, food, entertainment and

a car show! The Idle Free Jamboree youth soap box races promotes air quality. Soap box derby teams representing schools in VISD are participating in the races. To find out if your child’s school is participating please contact Environmental Services at 361-485-3230 or email environmentalservices@victoriatx.org.

The youth soap box races and all educational activities are free. Later that afternoon, Keep Victoria Beautiful will conduct a soap box derby for adults. Entry fees benefit Keep Victoria Beautiful. To register for the adult races, please contact Keep Victoria Beautiful at 361-571-0582 or email ed@keepvictoriabeautiful.org.

If you have a question, suggestion, gripe or compliment, Advocate sports department employees can be reached at the following phone numbers and e-mail addresses: John Hornberg, Sports Editor 361-574-1206/jhornberg@vicad.com Clay Whittington, Assistant Sports Editor 361-580-6507/cwhittington@vicad.com Albert Alvarado, Sports Writer 361-580-6509/aalvarado@vicad.com WIll Brown, Sports Writer 361-580-6508/wbrown@vicad.com Mike Forman, Sports Writer 361-580-6588/mforman@vicad.com To report meetings, events and registrations, e-mail the Advocate sports department at sports@vicad.com.

C4 — VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Sunday, March 18, 2012

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LOCAL SPORTS

PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: JOHN HORNBERG, JHORNBERG@VICAD.COM

UPCOMING MLB SCHEDULE MARCH 18

MARCH 19

THIS DAY IN BASEBALL: March 18, 1953: The Milwaukee Braves become the first franchise move since 1903, when Baltimore moved to New York. The Braves had been in Boston for 77 years. Milwaukee assumes Pittsburgh's place in the Western Division for scheduling purposes and night games.

MARCH 20

MARCH 21

ASTROS VS. NEW YORK METS

ASTROS AT MIAMI

ASTROS VS. ST. LOUIS

ASTROS ARE OFF WEDNESDAY

First pitch at noon In Kissimmee, Fla. No TV, radio or webcast

First pitch at noon In Jupiter, Fla. No TV, radio or webcast

First pitch at noon In Kissimmee, Fla. TV: MLBN, FS HOU

RANGERS (SS) AT MILWAUKEE

RANGERS VS. MILWAUKEE

RANGERS AT CHICAGO CUBS (SS)

First pitch at 3 p.m.

In Maryvale, Ariz.

No TV, radio or webcast

First pitch at 3 p.m.

In Surprise, Ariz.

TV: FSSW

First pitch at 3 p.m.

In Mesa, Ariz.

No TV, radio or webcast

RANGERS ARE OFF WEDNESDAY

MARCH 22

MARCH 23

MARCH 24

ASTROS AT NEW YORK METS

ASTROS VS. WASHINGTON

ASTROS AT PITTSBURGH

First pitch at noon In Port St. Lucie, Fla. TV: MLBN

First pitch at noon In Kissimmee, Fla. No TV, radio or webcast

First pitch at noon In Bradenton, Fla. TV: MLBN (Delay)

RANGERS (SS) AT CINCINNATI

RANGERS AT SAN FRANCISCO

RANGERS VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS

First pitch at 9 p.m.

In Goodyear, Ariz.

No TV, radio or webcast

First pitch at 3 p.m.

In Scottsdale, Ariz.

TV: MLBN

First pitch at 3 p.m.

In Surprise, Ariz.

TV: MLBN (Delay)

RANGERS (SS) VS. CHICAGO CUBS

RANGERS (SS) VS. CHICAGO CUBS

First pitch at 3 p.m.

From Las Vegas TV: FSSW

First pitch at 3 p.m.

In Surprise, Ariz.

TV: MLBN

MLB | SPRING TRAINING D-BACKS 8, RANGERS (SS) 6

RANGERS (SS) 12, CUBS 7

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – Jason Kubel homered twice, tripled and drove in three run Saturday as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat a Texas Rangers’ split squad 8-6.

Kubel had a solo drive in the fourth off Scott Feldman, then hit a two-run drive in the fifth against Koji Uehara.

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Derek Holland allowed one hit in four scoreless innings, and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago Cubs 12-7 Saturday in a split-squad game.

Holland struck out two and walked none, and Mike Adams struck out the side in the fifth.

The Cubs’ Jeff Samardzija retired his first nine batters before Elvis Andrus singled leading off the fourth.

Arizona R.Roberts 3b A.Eaton rf A.Hill 2b M.Davidson 3b J.Upton rf Ransom ss

TODD KRAININ/TKRAININ@VICAD.COM

Ernie Garcia tees off at Hole 5 on the blue course at Riverside Golf Course during the Wild Games. The Wild Games began in the 1960s, when local hunters would bring venison and other game to eat at the golf course.

WILD GAMES: Players compete for merchandise instead of money CONTINUED FROM C1

and we were coming out here to have a good time,” said Kevin Mobley.

The players are grouped into flights based on handicaps and past scores.

This process helps players enjoy the event no matter where the skill level.

“We’re not going to take a 20 handicapper and put them in the championship flight,” said tournament committee member Mike Garvel.

“They’re going to be paired with someone that’s in their same caliber.”

Mobley and his partner

Dave Ellis, owner of Ellis Surveying, have been playing in the event for 10 years and shot a 65 to lead fifth flight.

The tournament also gives friends an opportunity to reconnect over a weekend of golf and Dermit said he’s seen people who moved away from Victoria return to play in the tournament every year.

“When they come back it’s like they’ve been here all along,” said Garvel.

Added Dermit: “They just keep coming back and playing so it’s kind of a reunion of

Sunday 1 p.m.

(White Nine/ Red Nine)

Raphael Balboza Oscar Belghem 65 6a White Lawrence Cortez Bryan Hunt 68 6a White Tommie Collier Tracey Blake 68 7b White Glenn Martin Clinton Hicks 69 7b White Rex Regan Felix Mudd 69 7a White Chris Hill Dan Hill 70 7a White Noe Torres Robert Deleon 71 8 White B.J Rubio Victor Suarez 71 8 White David Garcia Larry Pullin 71 9b White Scott Fimbel Dan Richards 72 9b White

----

SECOND

Jimmie Williams Harold Carroll 68 1a White David Schneider Jason Schneider 68 1a White Sammy Flores Jim Davidson 68 2b White Kris Kowalik Larry Kowalik 68 2b White Don Richards Drew Richards 69 2a White Dwayne Steadman Alan Worley 69 2a White Tom Gongora Alan Rojas 69 3 White Carl Chaney Wayne Hudler 70 3 White Joe Barrera Willie C. Porter 72 4b White Gary Foertsch Charles Hull 72 4b White Sam Weaver Bill Graeber 73 4a White David J. Jenkins David N. Jenkins 73 4a White Bill Ramsey Jeff Seiler 74 5b White Tom Friedel Craig Bice 74 5b White

the players grouped into pairs then placed in different flights according to their skill level.

The players compete for merchandise instead of a purse since the tournament benefits a non-profit organization.

This makes for a different vibe compared to other tournaments around the area, and for some golfers it works..

“We came out here with the mindset of being in last place RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ---FLIGHTS NOS. 1 TO 3 AND CHAMPIONSHIP TEE TIMES

FLIGHTS NOS. 4 TO 7 TEE TIMES Sunday 8 a.m.

(White Nine/ Red Nine) ----Order: Player 1, Player 2, Saturday score, Tee, Nine ----CHAMPIONSHIP Doug Wilson Claude Bridges 59 1b White Al Wilkes Kerry Kahlich 61 1b White Paulino Martinez Chris Abila 62 1a White Joe Flores, Jr. John Kozelsky 63 1a White Dana Wagner Jason Smetters 63 2b White Scott Friggle Curtis Mathis 64 2b White Mark Bazan Mark Kennon 64 2a White Matt Martin Max Harrah 64 2a White Garry McBroom David Hoffman 66 3 White Steve Franz Donavon Dekowski 66 3 White Pablo Rivas Herber Lacerda 66 4b White Andre Vanderpost Larry Gross 67 4b White Clif Gips Bill Baker 68 4a White Steve Beller W. C. Parrott 69 4a White

FIRST Chad Brown Caleb Patterson 63 5b White Leif Toombs J.P. Sourdellia 64 5b White Mike Garvel Shawn Hallett 65 5a White Ron Dickson Chad Dickson 65 5a White Bubba Creager Kenny Vontur 65 6b White Raul Chapa Roland Reyes 65 6b White

Don Mauldin Lee Mitchell 67 9a White Joe Gomez Richard Vasquez 67 9a White Curtis Porter Mickey Daugherty 67 1b Red John H. Post John A. Post 69 1b Red Greg Norgard Ted Martinez 69 1a Red Ernie Helweg Skip Bailey 69 1a Red Troy Fric Ron Gabrysch 70 2b Red Carl Koch Stephen Koch 70 2b Red Larry Pullin Clay Pullin 71 2a Red Bud Hankins Jason Hankins 71 2a Red Gary Case Bully Cochran 71 3b Red Earl Smith John Johnston 72 3b Red Jim Quitta John Canales 72 3a Red Donny Schumaker Gene Stroman 72 3a Red Tracy Rush Karl Meyer 73 4 Red Henry Hartman Randy Hanselka 74 4 Red

THIRD Travis Dollins Glen Mason 68 5b Red Adam Gonzales David Guiterrez 69 5b Red Albert Quilanton Dallas Hagan 69 5a Red Joe Brymer Felix Garza Jr. 70 5a Red John Garcia Glenn Harris 70 6b Red John Wofford Rick Wheeler 71 6b Red Kyle Stasny Henry Sheppard 71 6a Red Moses Zavala Darrell Hogan 71 6a Red David Martinez Leo Gonzales 72 7b Red David Hensley Todd Pfuhl 74 7b Red Dan Davidson Virgil Simms 74 7a Red Brian Kennemer Russel Kennemer 75 7a Red Rodgers Weppler Greg Willmon 75 8 Red David Crockett Clay Crockett 75 8 Red Gilbert Galvan Bobby Saenz 75 9 Red Rafeal Garza Jeff Martinez 79 9 Red

FOURTH Jason Brown Mark Mueller 66 1b White Doug Harris Donal Janis 67 1b White

FIFTH Kevin Mobley Dennis Ellis 65 5a White Joe Russo Jimmy Jamison 67 5a White Willie Porter Johnny Jones 69 6b White Allen Leist Terry Charmasson 69 6b White Chris Janak Dennis Satsky 69 6a White Isaac Jefferson Larry Allen 69 6a White Waylin Spiller Mitch Thurman 70 7b White James Mullen Jim Williams 70 7b White John Pribyl Tommy Orsak 70 7a White Bruce Wise Ronnie Weise 72 7a White Danny Rokyta Bobby Lee 72 8 White Tony Kouches Mike Walton 73 8 White Tom Witte Jim Badgett 73 9b White Torrence Simmons Pete Gaona 74 9b White Doug Anders James Terry 74 9a White Ernie Garcia Herb Gaona 75 9a White

SIXTH Kenneth Herricks Tom Dooling 65 1b Red Rick Shurbet Don Edwards 71 1b Red John Gonzalez Arnold Sandoval 71 1a Red John Rodriguez Hector Valdarez 71 1a Red Royal Thomas Broderick Harris 72 2b Red Jerry Williams Rusty Thompson 72 2b Red Cleve Franks Trent Watson 72 2a Red Doug Strain Bubba Berndt 73 2a Red Robert Poss David Cates 74 3b Red Dallas Marr Terry Brown 74 3b Red A. Romero Bob Mahaffey 75 3a Red Larry Franks Jerry Franks 75 3a Red Richard Carpenter Tim Fowler 75 4 Red

NFL Manning works out for Titans on Saturday

released by the team that Saturday morning “we traveled to Knoxville and had a ASSOCIATED PRESS workout with Peyton.”

The GM says thought ManTitans general manager Ruston Webster says that ning “looked comfortable Peyton Manning has worked throwing the ball and we had out for the team in a good visit.” Webster called it “another important step in Knoxville.

Webster said in a statement the process.”

The Titans are a finalist in the Manning sweepstakes as this year’s top free agent apparently is now considering Tennessee, Denver and San Francisco.

The quarterback worked out at Duke for the Broncos on Friday and the 49ers on Tuesday night.

sorts.”

WILSON, BRIDGES LEAD AFTER FIRST DAY The due of Doug Wilson and Claude Bridges shot a score of 59 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the first day of the Wild Game Golf Tournament.

The tournament opened with a two-man low ball round. Wilson and Bridges lead Alan Wilkes and Kerry Kahlich are two strokes behind going into Sunday’s final round which is a two-man scramble.

Lester Green Brian Green 77 4 Red Daniel Chavarria Joe Olguin 78 5b Red Jim Seiler Jerry Raper 79 5b Red

SEVENTH Joel Evans Cy Perkins 69 5a Red Juan Chagoya Greg Kutac 71 5a Red Ken Miles Martin Vargas 73 6b Red John Synder Darren Blohm 73 6b Red Dan Svatek Steve Richmond 74 6a Red Sid Brown Frank Milbee 74 6a Red Pete Olguin Jr. Joe Vasquez Jr. 75 7b Red Manuel Cantu Albert Conchola 77 7b Red Sonny Gaona Silver Garza 77 7a Red Larry Hall Randy Vivero 79 7a Red Jonathon Pozzi Johnny Koenig 80 8 Red Gilbert Aguirre Ralph Giron 81 8 Red Jon Riggs Chris Kessler 82 9 Red Mickey Lange Cody Glomb 83 9 Red

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4 0 3 0 3 1 4 3 1 3

2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0

Kubel lf Budde c C.Young cf T.Harbin 2b Gldschmidt 1b Overbay 1b G.Parra dh H.Blanco c A.Pollock lf Jo.McDonald ss K.Broxton cf

Texas h bi ab 1 1 Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 AGonzalez 2b 1 0 0 Dav.Murphy rf 4 0 0 K.Hudson rf 1 1 1 Mi.Young 3b 4 0 0 Brn.Snyder 1 3b 3 3 Napoli dh 3 0 0 Solarte pr-dh 0 1 0 Hawpe 1b 3 0 0 M.Olt 1b 2 1 0 C.Jackson lf 2 0 0 J.Bolden lf 2 2 0 E.Beltre cf 4 1 1 T.Martinez ph 1 1 0 Z.Zaneski c 3 1 1 B.Nicholas c 1

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1 0 0 0 T.Mendonca c 0 0 0 0 G.Miclat ss 3 1 1 0 L.Hernandez 1 0 0 0 ss Totals 37 812 7 Totals 40 615 6 Arizona 000 152 000 — 8 Texas (ss) 210 012 000 — 6 E—A.Pollock (1). DP—Texas 1. LOB—Arizona 4, Texas 10. 2B—R.Roberts (1), J.Upton (2), Goldschmidt (2), Kinsler 2 (2), Mi.Young (4). 3B—Kubel (1). HR—Kubel 2 (2), Kinsler (2). SB—G.Parra (2).

CS—A.Pollock (1). SF—Napoli.

Arizona IP H R ER BB SO J.Saunders 3 8 3 3 1 2 Jakubauskas W,1-0 2 2 1 1 1 1 D.Hernandez 1 2 2 2 0 1 Demel 1 0 0 0 0 1 B.Lorin 1 1 0 0 0 1 J.Lewis S,1-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Feldman L,0-1 4 2/3 7 5 5 0 5 Uehara 1 1/3 4 3 3 1 0 M.de los Santos 1 0 0 0 1 0 J.Brigham 1 1 0 0 0 1 B.Snyder 1 0 0 0 0 1

YANKEES 6, ASTROS 3 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw his third consecutive scoreless inning in New York’s 6-3 win over the Astros Saturday.

Rivera needed eight pitches to extend his spring training streak of not allowing an earned run to 24 innings.

Houston ab Bourgeois cf 3 Shuck cf 2 M.Downs 4 2b-1b J.Martinez lf 4 T.Buck lf 0 Cust dh 3 Paredes ph-dh 1 C.Johnson 3b S.Moore 3b B.Snyder rf

r 0 1 0

New York h bi ab 1 0 Gardner lf 2 1 1 Bernier 2b 0 0 1 Granderson cf 2

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1 0 0 0

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Texas

Chicago

ab Andrus ss 3 L.Garcia ss 2 Borbon cf 3 L.Martin cf 1 J.Hamilton lf 3 Strausborger lf 2 Beltre 3b 3 G.Rodriguez 3b 0 N.Cruz rf 3 J.Prince rf 0 Moreland 1b 2 Bianucci pr-1b 2 Torrealba c 3 L.Martinez c 2 J.Butler dh 2 Brown ph-dh 2 Kata 2b 3 R.Osuna ph-2b 1

ab r h bi Re.Johnson rf 4 1 0 0 DeWitt 3b 5010 A.Soriano lf 3 0 1 1 J.Adduci lf 0100 Mather cf 4110 LaHair 1b 3001 W.Castillo c 3 0 1 0 T.Miller p 0000 B.Lalli ph 1000 C.Weathers p 0 0 0 0 K.Rhoderick p 0 0 0 0 J.Lake ss 4111 Cardenas 2b 4 2 3 1 Samardzija p 1 0 0 0 J.Russell p 0 0 0 0 F.Batista p 0000 Scales ph 1000 Maine p 0000 Clevenger c 2 1 1 1 Totals 37121411 Totals 35 7 9 5 Texas (ss) 000 120 054 — 12 Chicago (ss) 000 001 051 — 7 E—R.Osuna (1). DP—Texas 2. LOB—Texas 5, Chicago 4. 2B—R.Strausborger (1), Cardenas (3).

HR—R.Osuna (1), J.Lake (2), Cardenas (1), Clevenger (2). SB—L.Martin (1), R.Strausborger (1).

S—G.Rodriguez. SF—LaHair.

Texas IP H R ER BB SO D.Holland W,2-0 4 1 0 0 0 2 Mi.Adams 1 0 0 0 0 3 Ogando 3 6 6 4 1 2 R.Mendez 1 2 1 1 0 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Samardzija L,1-1 4 3 1 1 0 3 J.Russell 1 4 2 2 0 1 F.Batista 1 0 0 0 1 3 Maine 1 1 0 0 1 0 T.Miller 1 4 5 5 0 1 C.Weathers 0 1 3 3 2 0 K.Rhoderick 1 1 1 1 1 0 Ruggiano rf C.Snyder c Powell ph-c Wallace 1b Thurston 2b M.Gonzalez ss Ang.Sanchez pr-ss

1 1 2 2 2 3 1

r 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1

h bi 20 10 22 00 11 20 00 00 00 01 10 22 00 01 10 11 00 13

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

An.Jones rf Dickerson rf Er.Chavez 1b Vazquez 1b E.Nunez ss J.Nix ss Cervelli c

3 1 3 1 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 1 1 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

J.Gil c 100 0 Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 30 6 7 6 Houston 000 100 020 — 3 New York 230 000 10x — 6 E—Hall (2). DP—Houston 1. LOB—Houston 7, New York 5. 2B—J.Martinez (4), C.Johnson 2 (4), M.Gonzalez (1), Granderson (5). 3B—Shuck (1).

HR—Cano (1), Hall (1). SB—Gardner (3), J.Nix (2).

CS—Bourgeois (1), Curtis (1).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO B.Norris L,1-1 3 5 5 5 4 2 X.Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 2 Myers 2 1 0 0 0 1 R.Cruz 1 1 1 1 1 1 Fe.Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 2 New York IP H R ER BB SO Kuroda W,1-1 4 3 1 1 0 2 Ma.Rivera 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wade 2 1 0 0 0 1 Logan 1 3 2 2 0 1 Betances S,1-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Ma.Rivera (C.Snyder), by Wade (C.Snyder). WP—Kuroda.

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UHV takes two from Fisher College

Family ties help Jaguars snap home losing streak

BY MIKE FORMAN

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Family is the tie that binds and it can even help in recruiting.

Stephen Puhl kept asking his father to come watch a pitcher he coached at Houston Christian Youth Association, and Terry Puhl finally relented.

“Stephen kept on saying he can play, he can play at that level,” Terry Puhl recalled. “I said ‘Ok we’ll see if he can play.’”

Terry Puhl liked what he saw of Nathan Falkenstine, and offered him the opportunity to come pitch at the University of Houston-Victoria.

“He was nice and fluid,” Puhl said of the freshman right-hander. “At that level he really looked a lot better than the other pitchers. It’s something when you go out there you go, ‘Wow, this guy’s really some-

thing.’ But it’s just the other ones aren’t really that good.

“He was way above,” Puhl continued. “His ball was riding good. He had a good curveball, probably had better control of his curveball than I thought he would have. He threw a pretty good changeup. He’s got good stuff. He really has good stuff.”

Falkenstine showed off his stuff by pitching into the sixth inning of UHV’s 2-1 win over Fisher College in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday night at Riverside Stadium.

Brayden Blanton shut out the Falcons (0-14) for six innings to lead the Jaguars (6-12) to a 13-1 win in the second game.

Falkenstine helped the Jaguars snap their six-game losing streak at home and win for the first time this season at Riverside Stadium.

He yielded three hits and walked one while striking out four. The only run Falkenstine surrendered came on a balk in the first inning.

“The first inning was kind of

shaky,” Falkenstine said. “After that I found my changeup working and that’s pretty much all I threw. Everything was working well. I felt a lot more comfortable today.”

Falkenstine had pitched only 8 1/3 innings this season and made only one previous start.

But injuries have given him an opportunity for more playing time.

“Nathan’s got a really live arm,” said UHV pitching coach Doug Heinold. “I noticed that right at first. He’s really come along and he’s really been working hard. Every year you come in with a staff and some guys that you think are going to do really well don’t, and some guys that you don’t know if you can count on them and they step up. You just never know what you’re going to get until you get into the year.”

Falkenstine threw only 65 games, but Puhl decided to go to the bullpen in the sixth inning with two outs, a runner on third base and a left-hander coming to bat.

“It was kind of disappointing,”

Falkenstine said. “I really wanted to finish it but you’ve got to understand baseball and that’s the smart thing to do.”

The strategy paid off when reliever Clayton Fowler struck out Davidson Peguero and Corbin Mitchell worked a perfect seventh inning to earn the save.

But Falkenstine did enough to convince Puhl he belongs in the starting rotation.

“He’s young. You got to go slow with guys,” Puhl said.

“That’s why I’ve only been throwing him a couple of innings. He’ll have a good outing and you kind of build. Now what you’ll see is he will stay in the rotation to the end of the season.”

Blanton allowed two hits, walked two and hit two batters, while striking out four in his first start of the season.

“Usually I just come in and do my job and get my outs and that’s the inning,” the St. Joseph graduate said. “This time I just wanted to come out there, start strong and trust my defense the whole time.”

COLLEGE BASKETBALL | BAYLOR 80, COLORADO 63

Tyler Steiner hit a two-run home run to cap a six-run second inning and Orlando Quiroga had three of UHV’s 13 hits.

GAME NOTES UHV wore green uniforms in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The teams will wrap up the series with a doubleheader on Sunday at Riverside Stadium beginning at noon.

UHV 2-13, Fisher College 1-1 Fisher College 100 000 0 – 1 3 3 UHV 002 000 x – 2 4 0 Casey Reed and Sammy Alejandro. Nathan Falkenstine, Clayton Fowler (6), Corbin Mitchell (7) and Brandon Bohanon. W: Falkenstine (1-1). L: Reed (0-2). S: Mitchell (1). 2B: (UHV) Chad Kruse, John Longoria. Highlights: (FC) Eridani Dume 2 for 3, R, 3 SB. (UHV) Falkenstine 5.2 IP, 3, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO; Kruse 1 for 3, 2B, R, RBI; Ryan Suescun 1 for 3, RBI; Longoria 1 for 3, 2B. Fisher College 000 000 1 – 1 2 5 UHV 062 005 x – 13 13 0 Mike Callahan, Tyler Baker (3), Pedro Escarfullery (5), Daurys Batista (6) and Brett Ramon. Brayden Blanton, Clayton Fowler (7) and Mark Macias. W: Blanton (1-0). L: Callahan (0-1). HR: Tyler Steiner (2-rnn) 2B: (UHV) Chad Kruse, Juan Solis, John Longoria, Orlando Quiroga. Highlights: (FC) Kenny Kahle 1 for 2, RBI. (UHV) Quiroga 3 for 4, 2B, R, 2 RBIs; Steiner 1 for 2, HR, 2 R, 2 RBIs; Longoria 2 for 3, 2B, 2 R; Chad Kruse 2 for 5, R, RBI, SB; Andrew Thibodeaux 1 for 2, 3 R, RBI, 2 SB. Records: Fisher College 0-14; UHV 6-12.

GAME 1

UHV 2, FC 1

W: Falkenstine, L: Reed; S: Mitchell STAT: Falkenstine, 5 1/3 IP, 4 Ks, 1 ER

GAME 2

UHV 13, FC 1

W: Blanton, L: Callahan STAT: Tyler Steiner, 1 for 2, HR, 2 R, 2 RBIs

NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT

Syracuse earns berth in Sweet 16

PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado guard Nate Tomlinson leaves the court as Baylor players huddle after Saturday’s win. Baylor beat former Big 12 foe Colorado, 80-63.

SWEETNESS OF 3s Heslip’s 3s lift Baylor to win over Colorado

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The basket was as wide as the ocean for Brady Heslip, and because of that, the future looks as bright as those uniforms for the Baylor Bears.

Heslip made 9 of 12 from behind the 3-point line Saturday to lift third-seeded Baylor and their highlighter-yellow uniforms to a pullaway 80-63 victory over No. 11 Colorado.

The Bears (29-7) advance to the South Regional semifinals, their second trip to the final 16 in three seasons.

They’ll play the winner between Xavier and Lehigh next Friday in Atlanta.

Heslip, the Boston College transfer who grew up playing – and losing – lots of H-O-R-S-E games with his father up in Canada would have beaten just about anybody on

this electric day at The Pit. He made six 3s in the first half to keep his cold-shooting teammates close. Then, he helped break open a tight game late. His 3-pointer with 6:56 left came in the early stages of Baylor’s 19-3 run to close the game. And it was contagious. Shortly after that make, Pierre Jackson (15 points, 10 assists) jacked one up from three feet behind the arc. Swish.

Then Heslip, not to be outdone, made No. 9 – leaving him only two short of the NCAA tournament record set

by Jeff Fryer of Loyola Marymount in 1990 and matching the number put up by Purdue’s Courtney Moses in the women’s tournament a few hours earlier.

Heslip’s wasn’t a record, but they’ll certainly let that one go at Baylor.

The Bears came into this game taller, longer and more athletic than Colorado (24-12), but the Buffs matched their hustle through

Baylor guard Pierre Jackson shoots over Colorado forward Nate Tomlinson during the first half of Saturday’s game. the entire first half and beyond.

With the two Qs – Quincy Acy and Quincy Miller – shut down along with Perry Jones III, Heslip kept pulling up from long range and hitting nothing but net. He had matched his career high, with

six at halftime – the most in one half of the tournament since Butler’s Shelvin Mack did it in 2010.

Heslip celebrated a few of his makes by pinching together his thumb and forefinger on each hand and lifting the other three digits in the air.

LOCAL PREP BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SCORES BASEBALL Weimar Tournament Caldwell 8, St. Joseph 6 Caldwell 200 301 2 – 8 11 4 St. Joseph 020 200 2 – 6 10 7 Caldwell: Drgac, Suehs (4), Bills (7) and Payonk, Drgac (4). St. Joseph: Justin Oliver and Braylin Kasper. W: Suehs, L: Oliver.

HR: None 3B: Nomne 2B: Matt Perez.

Highlights: Jerry Vasquez 3 for 4, RBI; Stephen Boedeker 2 for 5, Kyle Marks 1 for 3, 2 RBIs, Matt Perez 1 for 2, 2 RBIs. RECORD: St. Joseph 5-8.

District 28-2A Schulenburg 3, Hallettsville 1 (8) Schulenburg 010 000 02 - 3 5 1

Hallettsville 100 000 00 - 1 8 1 WP - Ryan Havrda (4 IP, 4 H, 1 SO), LP Chris Jones ( 7-plus IP, 4 H, 3 BB, 2 SO) Highlights - Tanner Florus 2-run single in top of 8th; Schulenburg two double plays.

(S) Florus 2 for 4; Loan Lebeda, 2 for 4, R; Ross Bludau RBI (H) Will Wallace 2 for 3; Bradney Kahanek 2 for 4; Nate Kowalik 2 for 3.

Records: Schulenburg 6-4, 3-1; Hallettsville 11-3, 2-2

den Green, Reid Hubenak (6), Taylor Brown (7), Slade Schuirring (7) and Matt Edwards, Camden Green (6). W: McArthur.

L: Green. 2B: (EC) Edwards, Green. Highlights: (EC) Green 3 for 3, 2B, RBI; Greg Rod 2 for 3, R, RBI; Bryce Brandl 2 for 4; Beau Talley 1 for 3, RBI. Records: El Campo 11-4, 2-1.

District 23-4A

St. Pius 000 040 0 – 4 X 1 St. Joseph 104 200 0 – 7 3 4 W: Sarah Sainz ; L: B. Rodriguez Highlights:: Alyssa Adame, 1-2, 2B, RBI, 2 RS; Paige Terrell, 2RS: Kate Tucker, 1-1, 3B, RBI, 2 RS; Holly Parenica, 2-3, 2 RBI,

Richmond Foster 6, El Campo 4 Richmond Foster 104 010 0 – 6 3 0 El Campo 210 010 0 – 4 9 4 Robert McArthur and James DuVal. Cam-

SOFTBALL San Marcos Tournament St. Joseph 7, St. Pius 4

RS.

St. Joseph 2, Weimar 1 Weimar 000 010 0 – 1 2 0 St. Joseph 110 000 X - 2 4 0 W: Holly Parenica ; L: K. Marak Highlights: Parenica, 2 K; Kate Tucker, 1-2, 3B; RS; Mariah Clay, 1-2, 2B, RS; Amanda Sohrt, 1-2, 2B, RBI

St. Joseph 2, Wimberley 1 Championship Wimberly 000 010 0 – 1 4 1 St. Joseph 001 010 X – 2 8 0 W: Amanda Sohrt L: H. Mallory Highlights: Sohrt, 4K, 4 H; Alyssa Adame, 2-3, 2 RBIs; Peyton Cuellar, 1-3, RS; Bailey Knippa, RS; RECORDS:: St. Joseph 12-5

PITTSBURGH – Scoop Jardine had 16 points and eight assists to lead top-seeded Syracuse to a 75-59 victory over eighth-seeded Kansas State on Saturday in the third round of the East Regional.

James Southerland added 15 points for the Orange (33-2), who didn’t wait until the final minutes to seal the win as they did in the second round against 16th-seeded North Carolina-Asheville.

Syracuse plays Wisconsin in Boston on Thursday night in the regional semifinals.

Rodney McGruder had 15 points for the Wildcats (22-11), who struggled from the field against Syracuse’s 2-3 zone defense.

Neither team had its leading rebounder. Syracuse’s 7-foot Fab Melo, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, was declared ineligible by the school for the rest of the tournament earlier in the week. About 20 minutes before the start of this game, Kansas State announced that Jamar Samuels would be held out over an eligibility issue.

No. 2 OHIO STATE 73, No. 7 GONZAGA 66

horn sounded.

No. 1 KENTUCKY 87, No. 8 IOWA STATE 71 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Freshman Marquis Teague scored a career-high 24 points and top-seeded Kentucky put together another complete performance with a dominating second-half run the third round of the NCAA tournament.

Freshman Anthony Davis had 15 points and 12 rebounds, senior Darius Miller added 19 points and Doron Lamb finished with 16. The Wildcats (34-2) move on to South Regional semifinals in Atlanta and will face fourth-seeded Indiana on Friday.

Royce White scored 23 points and had nine rebounds before fouling out with 4:32 left for Iowa State (23-11), which beat defending national champion Connecticut on Thursday night. But the Cyclones couldn’t contend with Kentucky’s overwhelming offense and smothering defense.

No. 4 INDIANA 63, No. 12 VCU 61

PITTSBURGH – Jared Sullinger scored 18 points, including two big baskets in the final 3 minutes to lead Ohio State past Gonzaga and into the round of 16 for the third straight year.

DeShaun Thomas also scored 18 for the Buckeyes (29-7), while Aaron Craft added 17 points and 10 assists.

Ohio State will play Florida State or Cincinnati in the East Regional semifinals Thursday in Boston.

Gary Bell Jr. led Gonzaga (26-7) with 18 points, but the Bulldogs were unable to become the third team to knock off a No. 2 seed in less than 24 hours.

Gonzaga erased a 10-point deficit to tie it at 61 on a 3-pointer by Elias Harris with 4:05 remaining, but Sullinger knocked down two pretty hook shots late while the Bulldogs went cold.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Indiana’s Will Sheehey made a 15-footer from the baseline with 12.7 seconds left after a shot was blocked right to him.

Rob Brandenberg got a great look at a potential winning 3-pointer but it rimmed off at the buzzer, ending the Rams’ bid for another surprising March run.

Indiana advanced to the round of 16 for the first time in a decade and just four years after Tom Crean inherited a decimated program. The Hoosiers did it by rallying from down 59-53 with 6 minutes remaining, including Victor Oladipo’s driving three-point play with 46.5 seconds left that tied it at 61.

Christian Watford and Cody Zeller had 16 points apiece for Indiana (27-8). Sheehey finished with eight points; his game-winner was his only basket of the second half.

No. 4 WISCONSIN 60, No. 5 VANDERBILT 57

No. 3 MARQUETTE 62, No. 6 MURRAY STATE 53

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ryan Evans scored 11 points and grabbed a crucial rebound in the closing seconds.

John Jenkins took a 3-pointer that would have given the Commodores the lead, but it bounced high off the rim and Evans pulled down the rebound and was fouled with 2.1 seconds left.

He made the first free throw to make it a three-point game.

After a Vanderbilt timeout, he missed the second and the Commodores called time with 1.3 seconds remaining.

Jared Berggren contested the inbounds pass and got his right hand on Lance Goulbourne’s overhand heave and started celebrating Wisconsin’s fifth trip to the round of 16 under coach Bo Ryan as the

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jae Crowder scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half, and Marquette used a late run to overcome Murray State.

Trailing 46-41 with 7:43 to play, Marquette went on a 14-2 run. While Crowder and Davante Gardner took care of the offense, scoring all but two points during the spurt, the Golden Eagles used their size and strength to wear down the pesky Racers.

Isaiah Canaan scored 16 for Murray State, (31-2) which is still looking to get out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. It’s the second time in three years Murray State has fallen short of the regional semifinals.

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NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

WEST VIRGINIA 68, TEXAS 55

UConn has no problem with Prairie View A&M

West Virginia makes quick work of Texas NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Taylor Palmer wasn’t thinking about filling a void when West Virginia center Ayana Dunning went to the bench with her fourth foul and more than 14 minutes to go Saturday.

The sharpshooting sophomore did just that, though, scoring 13 of her 18 points in the second half, including a huge 3-pointer with 3:39 to play, as West Virginia squandered most of a 15-point lead before beating Texas 68-55 in the first round of the NCAA women’s tournament.

“I think that’s just how the game went,” Palmer said of her scoring, which included eight straight points. “I wasn’t thinking too much. If I was open, I took the shot.”

The biggest one came near

the end, after Texas used a 15-3 run to get within 54-51.

Both teams went several possessions without scoring, then Palmer came free and made her fourth 3-pointer, ending a scoreless drought of 5 scoreless minutes.

“I think we needed that spark,” she said, “I don’t think we thought we were going to lose the entire game, but I think that shot gave the whole team momentum.”

It also ignited a game-clinching 8-0 run for the eighth-seeded Mountaineers (24-9).

“That was really big for us,” West Virginia coach Mike Carey said. “We were running ASSOCIATED PRESS set plays and we weren’t scoring. That kind of opened it up a Texas’ Ashley Gayle hold up their horns up during the playing of their alma mater after they lost 68-55 to West Virginia on Sunday. little bit.”

TEXAS A&M 69, ALBANY 47

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 21 points to help top-seeded Connecticut beat Prairie View A&M 83-47 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

Mosqueda-Lewis matched the school record set by Jamelle Elliott in 1993 for points by a Huskies player in her first tournament game.

Bria Hartley added 18 points and Stefanie Dolson had all 15 of her points in the first half for the Huskies (30-4), who will face eighth-seeded Kansas State in the second round of the Kingston Regional on Monday night.

No. 8 KANSAS STATE 67, No. 9 PRINCETON 64

White leads A&M past Albany

COLLEGE STATION – Tyra White had started 87 straight games before missing the last three with a foot injury.

On Saturday, the Texas A&M star looked like her old self, scoring 18 points with seven rebounds to lead the defending national champion Aggies to a 69-47 win over Albany in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

She got going early, scoring 12 points in the first half, and added four points and a steal in a decisive second-half run.

The Great Danes had scored six straight points to tie it early in the second half before A&M used a 17-4 run to take a 49-36 lead with about 13 minutes remaining.

Albany had three turnovers and missed three layups in that span. Alexia Standish had two 3-pointers and Sydney Carter hit one during A&M’s spurt.

The third-seeded Aggies (23-10) were making their school-record seventh straight tournament appear-

ance and hosting games for the first time since 1994. It was the first NCAA appearance for No. 14 seed Albany, which got an automatic bid by winning the America East tournament.

The Great Danes, who moved to Division I in 1999, won 10 straight games to get into the tournament and hadn’t lost since Jan. 28.

Ebone Henry had 14 points and nine rebounds and Julie Forster added eight points and 12 rebounds for Albany

(23-10), which won 20 games for the first time since jumping to Division I. Standish, a freshman, had 12 points – all on 3-pointers – for A&M and Adaora Elonu chipped in 13 points and three steals.

The victory sets up Monday’s game with sixth-seeded Arkansas, where Gary Blair coached before coming to A&M. The Razorbacks knocked off Dayton in the first game in College Station on Saturday.

NBA STANDINGS AND SCORES Sacramento 120, Boston 95 Phoenix 109, Detroit 101 Milwaukee 120, Golden State 98 L.A. Lakers 97, Minnesota 92

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Saturday’s Scores

Atlantic Division Philadelphia Boston New York Toronto New Jersey

W 25 23 21 15 15

L 20 20 24 30 31

Pct GB .556 — .535 1 .467 4 .333 10 .326 101/2

Southeast Division W 32 29 25 10 7

Miami Orlando Atlanta Washington Charlotte

L 11 16 19 33 36

Pct GB .744 — .644 4 .568 71/2 .233 22 .163 25

Central Division W 37 25 20 16 16

Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit

L 10 18 24 25 28

Pct GB .787 — .581 10 .455 151/2 .390 18 .364 191/2

L.A. Clippers 95, Houston 91 Charlotte 107, Toronto 103 New York 102, Indiana 88 Chicago 89, Philadelphia 80 New Orleans 102, New Jersey 94 Boston at Denver, late Golden State at Utah, late San Antonio at Dallas, late

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Cleveland, 2 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

Washington at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Miami, 6 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES HOUSTON

Southwest Division W 29 24 25 24 11

L 13 18 20 21 34

Pct .690 .571 .556 .533 .244

GB — 5 51/2 61/2 191/2

Northwest Division Oklahoma City Denver Minnesota Utah Portland

W 33 24 22 21 21

L 11 20 23 22 23

Pct GB .750 — .545 9 .489 111/2 .488 111/2 .477 12

Pacific Division L.A. Lakers L.A. Clippers Phoenix Golden State Sacramento

W 28 25 22 18 15

L 16 18 22 23 29

Pct GB .636 — .581 21/2 .500 6 .439 81/2 .341 13

Friday’s Scores Orlando 86, New Jersey 70 Miami 84, Philadelphia 78 Atlanta 102, Washington 88 New York 115, Indiana 100 Portland 100, Chicago 89 Toronto 114, Memphis 110, OT San Antonio 114, Oklahoma City 105

CHARLOTTE Maggette 3-11 14-14 21, Thomas 3-6 5-7 11, Biyombo 4-8 1-2 9, Augustin 6-11 9-9 23, Henderson 11-14 2-2 24, White 4-7 0-0 8, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Walker 1-7 0-0 2, Brown 1-1 0-0 2, Mullens 1-3 0-0 2, Najera 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 36-71 31-34 107.

Toronto Charlotte

29 24 14 36 — 103 20 23 38 26 — 107

3-Point Goals:Toronto 8-18 (Bayless 5-6, Bargnani 1-2, Kleiza 1-3, Forbes 1-5, DeRozan 0-2), Charlotte 4-9 (Augustin 2-5, Najera 1-1, Maggette 1-1, Walker 0-1, Henderson 0-1). Fouled Out:Bayless, Thomas.

Rebounds:Toronto 42 (Davis 12), Charlotte 36 (Biyombo 9). Assists:Toronto 20 (Bayless 6), Charlotte 25 (Augustin 11). Total Fouls:Toronto 36, Charlotte 21. Technicals:Bayless. A:15,108 (19,077).

Rockets-Clippers, Box

WESTERN CONFERENCE

San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans

11, Gray 3-5 0-0 6, Bayless 10-16 4-5 29, DeRozan 6-12 8-12 20, Kleiza 6-9 0-0 13, A.Johnson 1-1 4-4 6, Davis 3-6 1-1 7, Forbes 4-10 0-0 9, Magloire 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 38-73 19-24 103.

Budinger 8-14 1-1 19, Scola 4-14 2-5 10, Dalembert 4-5 0-0 8, Dragic 4-10 3-3 11, Lee 9-14 3-3 25, Morris 1-3 2-2 4, Patterson 5-11 4-4 14, Fortson 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-72 15-18 91.

L.A. CLIPPERS Butler 4-15 2-2 11, Griffin 7-13 4-6 18, Jordan 2-5 2-3 6, Paul 7-16 8-8 23, Foye 6-17 2-2 15, Evans 0-1 1-4 1, Williams 5-11 0-0 11, Ken.Martin 3-5 0-2 7, Simmons 1-3 0-0 3, Bledsoe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-86 19-27 95.

Houston L.A. Clippers

23 24 19 25 — 91 19 20 30 26 — 95

3-Point Goals:Houston 6-20 (Lee 4-9, Budinger 2-6, Morris 0-2, Dragic 0-3), L.A. Clippers 6-23 (Ken.Martin 1-1, Simmons 1-3, Williams 1-3, Paul 1-4, Butler 1-6, Foye 1-6). Fouled Out:Griffin. Rebounds:Houston 43 (Scola 11), L.A. Clippers 56 (Jordan 11). Assists:Houston 25 (Dragic 14), L.A. Clippers 18 (Paul 5). Total Fouls:Houston 25, L.A. Clippers 17. Technicals:L.A. Clippers Bench. A:19,060 (19,060).

Raptors-Bobcats, Box TORONTO J.Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Bargnani 4-10 2-2

Knicks-Pacers, Box NEW YORK Anthony 6-13 3-7 16, Stoudemire 4-8 8-8 16, Chandler 3-5 2-2 8, Lin 6-10 7-8 19, Fields 3-7 3-4 9, Smith 4-12 0-0 11, Jeffries 1-5 4-4 6, Shumpert 1-6 4-7 6, Bibby 2-5 0-0 5, Novak 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 32-77 31-40 102.

INDIANA Granger 5-15 0-0 11, West 1-4 1-2 3, Hibbert 8-13 8-9 24, Collison 6-16 3-4 15, George 6-13 4-5 18, Hansbrough 2-4 1-1 5, Hill 1-7 1-2 4, Amundson 0-0 0-0 0, Price 1-5 2-4 4, Jones 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 32-79 20-27 88.

New York Indiana

33 27 17 25 — 102 35 16 23 14 — 88

3-Point Goals:New York 7-24 (Smith 3-8, Novak 2-6, Bibby 1-2, Anthony 1-4, Shumpert 0-1, Lin 0-1, Fields 0-2), Indiana 4-19 (George 2-5, Hill 1-5, Granger 1-6, Collison 0-1, Price 0-2). Fouled Out:None.

Rebounds:New York 58 (Chandler 9), Indiana 50 (Hibbert 12). Assists:New York 16 (Lin 6), Indiana 16 (George 4). Total Fouls:New York 22, Indiana 26. Technicals:Hill, Indiana Coach Vogel. A:18,165 (18,165).

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NEW ORLEANS Ariza 3-7 2-3 10, Ayon 4-8 0-0 8, Kaman 9-13 2-2 20, Jack 6-14 2-2 16, Belinelli 8-13 0-0 20, Ja.Smith 3-9 0-0 6, Henry 1-3 2-2 4, Vasquez 2-6 2-2 6, Aminu 1-3 0-0 2, Thomas 4-5 2-2 10. Totals 41-81 12-13 102.

NEW JERSEY Wallace 3-9 4-4 11, Humphries 3-10 2-2 8, S.Williams 3-3 1-1 7, D.Williams 9-24 0-0 20, Brooks 3-7 3-5 10, Petro 0-2 0-0 0, Morrow 8-13 0-0 20, Je.Smith 1-4 0-0 2, Green 6-13 2-2 16, J.Williams 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 36-86 12-14 94.

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3-Point Goals:New Orleans 8-16 (Belinelli 4-6, Ariza 2-3, Jack 2-6, Vasquez 0-1), New Jersey 10-23 (Morrow 4-4, Green 2-4, D.Williams 2-7, Brooks 1-2, Wallace 1-5, Je.Smith 0-1). Fouled Out:None. Rebounds:New Orleans 46 (Ayon 9), New Jersey 47 (Humphries 16). Assists:New Orleans 29 (Vasquez 9), New Jersey 23 (D.Williams 12). Total Fouls:New Orleans 14, New Jersey 13. A:11,271 (18,711).

76ers-Bulls, Box PHILADELPHIA Iguodala 3-10 0-0 7, Brand 1-2 0-0 2, Hawes 5-8 0-0 10, Holiday 13-27 3-4 30, Turner 2-8 2-2 6, Vucevic 0-4 2-2 2, Williams 3-9 3-5 9, T.Young 4-8 0-0 8, Meeks 2-3 1-2 6. Totals 33-79 11-15 80.

CHICAGO Deng 3-11 0-0 6, Boozer 4-10 3-3 11, Noah 3-7 7-10 13, Watson 6-15 4-5 20, Brewer 3-6 1-4 7, James 0-2 0-0 0, Gibson 4-9 3-4 11, Asik 1-2 2-3 4, Korver 4-8 1-2 11, Lucas 3-7 0-0 6, Butler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-77 21-31 89.

Philadelphia Chicago

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3-Point Goals:Philadelphia 3-13 (Meeks 1-2, Iguodala 1-4, Holiday 1-5, Williams 0-2), Chicago 6-21 (Watson 4-8, Korver 2-5, Brewer 0-1, James 0-1, Lucas 0-2, Deng 0-4). Fouled Out:None. Rebounds:Philadelphia 44 (Hawes, T.Young 7), Chicago 62 (Noah 11). Assists:Philadelphia 16 (Holiday 5), Chicago 15 (Noah, Gibson 4). Total Fouls:Philadelphia 20, Chicago 11. Technicals:Hawes, Turner, Philadelphia defensive three second, Chicago Coach Thibodeau. A:22,225 (20,917).

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Anna Martin led a balanced attack with 17 points.

BYU (26-7) fought back from a late eight-point deficit and had a chance to tie with 2.8 seconds to play. But Haley Steed’s 3 point try missed, DePaul (23-10) rebounded and Steed fouled Brittany Hrynko.

No. 2 MARYLAND 59, No. 15 NAVY 44 COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Alyssa Thomas had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 seed Maryland past in-state foe Navy.

Laurin Mincy scored 14 for Maryland (29-4), which pulled away after leading 31-23 at halftime. The Terrapins will play No. 7 seed Louisville on Monday night.

No. 2 KENTUCKY 68, No. 15 MCNEESE STATE 62

No. 7 LOUISVILLE 67, No. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 55

No. 7 GREEN BAY 71, No. 10 IOWA STATE 57 ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 7 DePAUL, No. 10 BYU

Branshea Brown scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Kansas State past Princeton.

Janala Childs added 15 points for the Wildcats (20-13).

Niveen Rasheed had 20 points, and Lauren Edwards and Devona Allgood each scored 15 for Princeton (24-5).

AMES, Iowa – Keyla Snowden scored 11 points, Azia Bishop added 10 and Kentucky squeaked by McNeese State in its NCAA tournament opener.

SEC Player of the Year A’dia Mathies had just six points for the Wildcats (26-6), who struggled to put away the Cowgirls until late in the second half. McNeese State got within 63-57 on two free throws by Martika Hull with 40 seconds left, but the Cowgirls couldn’t get any closer.

From left, Texas A&M's Kelsey Assarian, Sydney Carter, Kelsey Bone and Skylar Collins celebrate with teammates after defeating Albany on Saturday.

Tennessee vowed to get back there and win a ninth NCAA title for Summitt, who shook the sport with her announcement in August that she has early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type. Earlier this week, the icon with the most wins in NCAA history said she wasn’t sure she would coach beyond the season.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Becky Burke scored 14 points and Shawnta’ Dyer had 13 to help Louisville beat Michigan State.

The Cardinals (23-9) rattled the Spartans (20-12) with speed and defense, forcing 14 turnovers and pulling away with a 16-2 run late in the first half.

No. 6 ARKANSAS 72, No. 11 DAYTON 55 COLLEGE STATION – Quistelle Williams scored 15 points, Keira Peak and Lyndsay Harris added 14 apiece and Arkansas rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Dayton.

C’eira Ricketts had 13 points and five assists for the Razorbacks (24-8), who finished the game with a 20-2 run after trailing by as many as 14 in the first half.

AMES, Iowa – Lydia Bauer and Sarah Eichler each scored 16 points.

Adrian Ritchie added 15 for the Phoenix (31-1), who’ll take on second-seeded Kentucky in the second round Monday night.

Green Bay blitzed through No. 1 STANFORD 73, the Cyclones in their own No. 16 HAMPTON 51 gym, running out to a 42-23 NORFOLK, Va. – Nnemkadi halftime lead and barely lookOgwumike scored 22 of her 28 ing back. points in the first half and No. 11 GONZAGA 86, Stanford pulled away before No. 6 RUTGERS 73 halftime to beat Hampton.

Joslyn Tinkle added 16 SPOKANE, Wash. – Kayla Standish scored 23 points to points as the Cardinal (32-1) extended their school-record lift Gonzaga over Rutgers.

Playing before a big crowd winning streak to 29. Stanford on its home floor, Gonzaga will face eighth-seeded West (27-5) mostly handled Rut- Virginia in the second round gers’ press and used a 3-point Monday night. barrage in the second half to No. 4 PURDUE 83, hold off the Scarlet Knights.

No. 13 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. 68 Haiden Palmer added 21 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – points for the Bulldogs.

Courtney Moses scored 29 No. 3 MIAMI 70, points and set a first-round No. 14 IDAHO STATE 41 NCAA women’s tournament SPOKANE, Wash. – Shenise record by making nine Johnson scored 20 points and 3-pointers, helping Purdue pull away from pesky South added four assists.

Third-seeded Miami (26-5) Dakota State.

It sure wasn’t easy. will play Gonzaga on Monday The Boilermakers (25-8) night, with the winner adthought they had taken convancing to the round of 16.

Ashleigh Vella led Idaho trol midway through the secState (24-8) with 12 points. ond half with a 16-point lead, The 14th-seeded Bengals but it took a late 12-3 run to were winners of the Big Sky put it away.

Conference tournament.

No. 5 SOUTH CAROLINA 80,

No. 2 TENNESSEE 72, No. 15 TENNESSEE-MARTIN 49

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Meighan Simmons scored 20 points and Tennessee gave coach Pat Summitt a victory over the school where she played.

Glory Johnson added 14 points and 12 rebounds as Tennessee (25-8) pulled away in the second half. The Lady Vols set up a meeting with DePaul on Monday, hoping for their first Final Four run since winning the championship in 2008.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Markeshia Grant scored 12 points and Charenee Stephens added 11 to lead South Carolina past Eastern Michigan.

The Gamecocks (24-9) will face fourth-seeded Purdue, the site host, on Monday night in the second round.

Tavelyn James, the nation’s No. 2 scorer, had 11 points to finish her career with 2,461.

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SOCCER Vonn sets record for most World Cup points SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) – Lindsey Vonn set a women’s record for the most World Cup points in a season Saturday after finishing eighth in a slalom won by Austria’s Michaela Kirchgasser.

Vonn reached 1,980 points to beat the mark of 1,970 set

by Janica Kostelic of Croatia in 2006.

“I am very happy with that,” said Vonn, the overall champion who needs 21 points in Sunday’s giant slalom to also overtake Austrian great Hermann Maier’s 12-year-old record of 2,000 points.

Vonn will need to finish 12th or better to overtake Maier and match his record by placing 13th.

“I hope I can do it tomorrow.

I will fully attack,” she said. “I am going to take risks, but I will also ski smart.”

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October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launches into orbit Sputnik 1, the first manmade satellite. Americans panic, terrified that Sputnik will drop a virus causing them to "catch the Communism."

December 29, 1845: President James K. Polk signs a bill making Texas the 28th state. With a sweep of a pen, Polk increases the nation's gross domestic crazy by 200 percent.

August 2, 1858: The first mailboxes go up on the streets of New York and Boston. Not coincidentally, the baseball bat was invented soon after.

UNCLE HISTORY turns 1 year old Uncle History is a cartoon created and written by Nick Rogers and illustrated by Robert Zavala. The daily cartoon, which celebrates its first birthday this week, takes a satirical look at real events in history. To see more Uncle History, go to unclehistory.com.

And now a few words from Uncle History himself:

STORY BY NICK ROGERS, NROGERS@VICAD.COM ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROBERT ZAVALA, RZAVALA@VICAD.COM

Uncle History is a year old, more or less, which makes me a toddler. This is fitting since, like a toddler, I need to wear diapers and throw myself on the floor and screech until I get what I want.

This is how I was able to get this feature special on my 1-year birthday. Also like a toddler, you will notice, I have a short attention span, which the others in the car with me right now will attest to, if they can stop screaming “put your hands on the wheel” long enough to make a coherent sentence.

Some people ... don’t they know I’m trying to create? I need to concentrate because history is hard.

And that, my friends, is the point to Uncle History. Here at Uncle History Industries, we don’t want you to worry about knowing all of those facts. We boil down history for you, achieving the very essence of history itself, distilled into a palatable form for those who have busy lives or suffer from ADHD. Some of you may disagree with Uncle History, saying, “that’s not how it happened.”

Yes it did. I have a degree in history, so I know. Do you have a degree in history? No, you do not.

I win.

If you do have a degree in history and still umbrage with my historical assessments, shut up and quit bothering me. I’m trying to create.

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May 30, 1806: Andrew Jackson duels with Charles Dickinson after Dickinson talked smack about Jackson's wife. Before Dickinson could fire, Jackson sunk his fangs into Dickinson's skull. Frantic, Dickinson ran through the woods, flailing his arms and ramming into trees in an attempt to dislodge the tenacious Jackson. Eventually, Dickinson collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss.

Jackson then covered his prey with leaves and marked his territory.

November 11, 1930: Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard patent the Einstein Refrigerator. The fridge worked fine except for the unsettling tendency to move to another part of the kitchen when looked at. The appliance also would sometimes contain next week’s groceries.

PET OF THE WEEK

HUMOR

Love in the frozen food aisle There are a lot of ways to get to know your significant other. And let’s face it, no matter how much you think you know them, there are always more things you can learn about them.

Human beings are vastly complicated creatures. That’s why no one has yet been able to explain why we like sodomizing dead birds with other dead birds in the form of turducken or why we willingly inject poison into our faces so we perpetually look surprised.

For instance, you could stay up all night talking about your hopes and fears, about your secret crush on Al Roker, or how you voted for Obama but secretly wanted McCain to win so Tina Fey would keep playing Palin for the next four years on SNL. You could take an extended road trip together (as long as neither one of you

brings a weapon of any kind with you). You could even let each other read the lame poetry you wrote in junior high (shut up, we all know you did).

But nothing, and I mean APRILL nothing, helps you to see into the very core of your partner’s being like grocery shopping together. Few other activities can give as much insight into each of your personalities and values.

That whole “you are what you eat” is complete bunk. It’s actually “you are what food you buy.”

Take this past Sunday, for instance.

Now, normally, it’s my husband who does the bulk of the grocery shopping and this is for two very good reasons: 1. We only have one car and my husband

BRANDON

drives it because Boston traffic scares me to death.

2. I get irrationally angry and downright close to homicidal when I get stuck in an aisle behind some soccer mom who can’t decide between Ragu or Prego because while Prego tastes better, Ragu has less calories and little Suzie doesn’t like mushrooms but hmm ... they look cut up small enough for her not to even notice but would the four cheese or tomato and basil taste better with the ziti tonight and oh my God, move, you pink track-suit moron!

And he does a great job at it. He even knows my preferred product make and model for all my monthly lady business.

But every once in awhile on the weekends, I’ll tag along either out of sheer

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- Both vulnerable, as South you hold: ♠10 7 5♥A 8 2 ♦A Q 10 9 3♣A 10 The bidding has proceeded: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A - This is not the problem - your opening bid was. Despite only 14 high-card points, your good intermediates and three aces easily make your hand worth 15-16 points and we would have opened one no trump. Now you have to choose between an underbid of two spades and an overbid of three spades. We would choose the former because we only have three-card support.

- As South, vulnerable, you hold: ♠A K 10 7 5♥A J 9 6 ♦K 10 6♣5 The bidding has proceeded: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A - Again, your prime cards and singleton make your hand worth a game try, but not necessarily in spades - partner could easily have three spades and four or more hearts for his response.

Q2

Make your game try by bidding three hearts. This offers partner multiple choices.

- Both vulnerable, as South you hold: ♠10 7♥A 9 8 3 ♦A J 10 6 2♣A 8 The bidding has proceeded: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A - Again, your three aces and your distribution improve the value of your hand to some 16-17 points in support of hearts. That makes a raise to two hearts a woeful underbid. Jump to three hearts to tell partner the good news.

- Both vulnerable, as South you hold: ♠A K 10 6 3♥K 8 5 ♦K 10 6♣A Q What is your opening bid?

A - You have an all-prime hand with good intermediates to boot.

Its value is more like 21-22 than 19. We would prefer an opening bid of two no trump to one spade.

- Both vulnerable, as South you hold: ♠8♥A K Q 10 7 6 2 ♦A J 10 5♣7 The bidding has proceeded:

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NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST Pass Pass ?

What is your opening bid?

A - Since partner is a passed hand, chances of your being able to make a slam are remote. What you should worry about is that the opponents might have a cheap sacrifice or even a game in spades. Make life difficult for them - open four hearts!

- As South, vulnerable, you hold: ♠A 10 6 5♥Q J 9 3 ♦9 7 2♣A 7 The bidding has proceeded: WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 3♣ Dbl Pass ?

What action do you take?

A - Partner should have the equivalent of a sound takeout double had the opponent opened the bidding with one club, so you can expect to make game in a major. However, partner need not necessarily have four-card support for both majors. To make sure you land in the right suit, cue-bid four clubs and leave the choice to partner.

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SUPPORT GROUP AND MEETING NOTICES ■ 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

■ AARP Taxaide volunteers

MARCH 18

WONDERKIDS CLASSES ■ Parkway

Church, Rooms 203

and 204.

■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive ■ Designed for children and

youth with special needs. Ages 2-10 meet from 9:30-11 a.m.; ages 11-18 meet at 11 a.m.

Email krisiti@parkwayvictoria.org

CELEBRATE RECOVERY ■ Faith

Family Church, choir room ■ 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Contact: 361-652-8137.

CHRISTIANS AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CASA) ■ Central Church of Christ, annex ■ 801 E. Airline Road ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ A 12-step recovery program for

any kind of addiction. Including but not limited to drug, alcohol.

■ Contact the church at 361-573-9133.

MARCH 19

NAMI VICTORIA MONTHLY MEETING ■ St. Francis Episcopal Church ■ 3002 Miori Lane, All Saints

Room ■ 6:30 p.m.

■ No charge, all are welcome.

■ Open to the public. Discuss mental health issues.

■ Contact: Lisa, 361-935-0080.

VICTORIA BOULEVARD LIONS CLUB MEETING ■ Grapevine Cafe ■ 110 Medical Drive ■ 6-7 p.m.

■ Contact: Harvin Suggs,

available to help low to middle income; special attention to 60-year-old and older taxpayers. Bring all tax related information and Social Security cards for all dependents.

MARCH 20

VICTORIA COMPOSITE SQUADRON OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL MEETING ■ 6 p.m.

■ Building

381 on Hangar Drive at Victoria Regional Airport ■ Anyone interested in aviation, search and rescue, and the training of cadets for a future in aviation or the military are invited to attend.

■ Contact: Robert H. Brecount, 361-575-0078.

TOASTMASTERS ■ Gonzales

County Farm Bureau Community Room ■ 1731 Seydler St., Gonzales.

Visitors are welcome.

VFW POST 4146 AND AUXILIARY ■ 2001 VFW/Lova Drive ■ 7 p.m. covered dish meal;

8 p.m. meeting Winnie McCarrell, 361-574-8939.

■ Contact:

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY ■ First

Baptist Church Fellowship Hall ■ Moody Street entrance ■ 8:30-10 a.m.

■ Contact: 361-572-0523 or 361-578-1205.

MOM’S DAY OUT presi-

dent, 361-574-9591.

DIVORCE CARE ■ Faith Family Church ■ 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane ■ 7 p.m.

■ Contact: Adam Harris,

361-573-2484, Ext. 10.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY CLASSES ■ Cafe ■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive ■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Celebrate Recovery is a

Christ-centered 12-step program that provides a safe place for adults suffering from the hurt and pain of addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behavior. These include, but are not limited to overeating, overworking, overspending, sexual addiction, depression, divorce, co-dependency, drug and alcohol dependency.

■ Contact: 361-572-8340 or blowrey2002@msn.com

YOUNG-AT-HEART ■ Baptist Temple Church ■ 1804 N. Laurent St. ■ 2-4:30 p.m.

■ Contact: 361-573-9157.

KIWANIS CLUB OF VICTORIA MEETING ■ Sky Restaurant ■ 236 Foster Field Drive ■ Noon-1 p.m.

■ New members are welcome.

■ Contact: Terry Blevins,

361-573-6451 or terrylynn@suddenlink.net

FREE INCOME TAX HELP ■ Senior

Citizens Center 603 E. Murray

■ Baptist Temple Church ■ 1804 N. Laurent St. ■ 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

■ Contact: 361-573-9157.

KNIT HAPPENS ■ Hobby Lobby classroom ■ 5:30-7:30 p.m.

■ For more information, call

Parkway Church, 361-572-8340 or email becky@parkwayvictoria.org.

DIVORCE CARE FOR MEN ■ Parkway Church ■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive ■ Church offices facing Salem ■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Contact: 361-572-8340, or

becky@parkwayvictoria.org

LIVING COURAGE SUPPORT GROUP ■ Mid-Coast Family Services ■ 120 S. Main, Suite 310 ■ 2-3 p.m.

■ For female survivors of family

violence who have been affected by physical or emotional abuse, either past or present.

■ Contact the Family Violence Department at Mid-Coast Family Services to sign-up: 361-575-7842.

NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP ■ 3002 Miori Lane ■ 6-7:30 p.m.

■ Meet at 5:45 p.m.,

group starts at 6 p.m. Consumers do not have to be diagnosed, taking medications or in recovery to attend.

■ For more information, call 361-578-3935.

COMPUTER CLASS/INTRO TO MICROSOFT WORD 2007 ■ Workforce

Solution Golden

Crescent Computer Lab

atmosphere.

■ 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

■ This class introduces

basic skills in Microsoft Word 2007.

Registration is required by phone or online, victoriapubliclibrary.org.

■ For more information, call the Victoria Public Library, 361-485-3302.

GAME/BRIDGE DAY County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ Noon-3 p.m.

■ Anyone 60 or older can come play card games, board games, dominoes, Bridge, or shoot a game of pool. To reserve a place for Bridge, call Johnnie Gayda at 361-645-3763.

SELF-GUIDED COMPUTER TRAINING ■ Victoria Public Library ■ 302 N. Main St. ■ 9-11 a.m.

■ Enhance your skills with

more than 110 different tutorials.

■ Visit victoriapubliclibrary.org or call the Victoria Public Library, 361-485-3302.

BLOOD DRIVE

■ First Baptist Church ■ 301 N. Glass St. ■ 6:30 p.m.

■ Public is invited.

■ Contact church office

members will be setting up for the Guild’s Quilt Show on Friday and Saturday at First United Methodist Church. For further information, call 361-578-9767.

LUNCHEON AND BINGO ■ First

Free. All ages and skill levels are welcome, from beginner and up.

Bring a chess set along if you have one.

■ For more information, call 361-578-5054.

CHRISTIANS AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CASA)

VPEN MONTHLY MEETING/ LUNCHEON

■ Bloomington Church of ■ Corner of Fifth and Rail

■ UHV

County Senior Citizens Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Lee Fernandez will be teaching a non-denominational Bible lesson.

COMPUTER CLASS/INTRO TO THE INTERNET AND EMAIL ■ Workforce

Solution Golden Crescent Computer Lab ■ 9-11:30 a.m.

■ Learn how to find and use websites for a job search. Registration required by phone or online, victoriapubliclibrary.org.

■ For more information contact the Victoria Public Library, 361-485-3302.

PROGRESSIVE BRIDGE Christ Streets,

Bloomington ■ 7-8 p.m.

■ 12-step recovery

program for any kind of addiction. Including but not limited to drug, alcohol.

■ Contact: Robert Schmidt at 361-920-1947.

Multi-Purpose Room, University Center Building ■ 3007 N. Ben Wilson St. ■ 11:30 am-1 pm ■ Cost: Members – $15, guests – $20 ■ Contact: Wendy McHaney 361-920-4475.

BLOOD PRESSURE ■ Victoria

WII BOWLING ■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Esmeralda Robles with Retama Manor Victoria South will sponsor the event.

BINGO AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS ■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens

Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 10-11 a.m.

■ Renee Rameriz and Sandra Dominguez with Crossroads Home Health will sponsor the event.

MARCH 21

THE PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY ■ First

United Methodist, room

one ■ 814

N. San Antonio St., Port Lavaca ■ Noon-1 p.m.

■ Bring needles, hooks, and yarn.

■ Contact: the church Monday through Thursday, 361-552-7434.

DIVORCE CARE FOR WOMEN ■ Parkway Church ■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive ■ Church offices facing Salem ■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Contact: 361-572-8340, or

becky@parkwayvictoria.org

QUILTERS & CRAFTERS ■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

■ Fellowship, fun, and food while you quilt or craft items. Don’t know how? We will teach you.

Bring a friend. Come and go

County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ Laurie Koehl with Caring Senior Services will sponsor the event.

BINGO ■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 10-11 a.m.

■ Nancy Wyatt with Girling Health Care will sponsor the event.

BINGO ■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Center ■ 4009 Halsey St. ■ 10-11 a.m.

■ D’Anna Robinson with Excel Complete Home Health Care will be providing the gifts and calling the numbers for bingo.

MARCH 22

CELEBRATE RECOVERY ■ Faith Family Church ■ 2002 Mockingbird Lane,

enter at front left of building ■ 6 p.m. free meal, 7 p.m. main lesson, 8-8:40 p.m. open share small groups.

■ Contact: Pastor Leonard Johnson, 361-652-8137.

VICTORIA LIONS CLUB MEETING ■ Sky Restaurant ■ 236 Foster Field Drive ■ Noon ■ For more information,

361-573-4373.

THE VICTORIA WRIGHTPATTERSON MAHJONGG CLUB ■ 1 p.m.

■ Beginners are welcome.

■ Call 361-575-1344 for location.

■ Victoria

■ DeTar Hospital Navarro ■ 506 E. San Antonio St. ■ 9 a.m.- noon

United Methodist Church fellowship hall ■ 601 South Second St., Seadrift ■ 11:30 a.m.

■ A suggested donation of $3 will be accepted ■ All senior citizens, 60 years of age or older and their spouses (regardless of age), are invited to attend. A hot meal will be served at 11:30 a.m. Bingo will be played after lunch. The event is presented by the Calhoun County Senior Citizens Association, Inc.

■ Victoria Public Library ■ 302 N. Main St. ■ 6-9 p.m.

■ Informal chess games.

POTLUCK DINNER

■ Grace Presbyterian Church ■ 3604 N. Ben Jordan St. ■ 9-11 a.m.

■ After the general meeting,

BIBLE STUDY

■ Victoria

VICTORIA CHESS CLUB

QUILT GUILD VICTORIA

call

361-578-4003.

BLOOD DRIVE ■ Citizens Medical Center ■ 2701 Hospital Drive ■ 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 12:30-3 p.m.

■ Progressive Bridge is for the serious Bridge player. To reserve a place, call Johnnie Gayda 361-645-3763.

CHRISTIAN AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CASA) ■ Central Church of Christ, annex ■ 801 E. Airline Road ■ 7-8 p.m.

■ 12-step recovery program for

any kind of addiction. Including but not limited to drugs, alcohol. Meets on Thursday and Saturdays. The Thursday meeting is under new leadership.

■ Contact the church at 361-573-9133.

BINGO

FREE INCOME TAX HELP ■ Senior Citizens Center ■ 603 E. Murray ■ 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

■ AARP Taxaide volunteers

available to help low to middle income; special attention to 60-year-old and older taxpayers. Bring all tax related information and Social Security cards for all dependents.

BLOOD DRIVE ■ Victoria County Offices ■ 115 N. Bridge St. ■ 8 a.m.-noon

TEXERCISE ■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Rita Williams with Warm Springs Speciality Hospital of Victoria will lead the exercise.

BLOOD DRIVE ■ First

Victoria National Bank: Navarro Branch ■ 8811 N. Navarro St. ■ 2-5 p.m.

ADULT GAME NIGHT ■ 301 N. Glass ■ 6:30-9 p.m.

■ Come and join

the fun, fellowship and games and pot luck dinner. All adults welcome.

CHRISTIAN AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CASA) ■ Central Church of Christ, annex ■ 801 E. Airline Road ■ 7-8 p.m.

■ 12-step recovery program for

■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Murray Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 10-11 a.m.

■ Melinda Rogers with Comfort Keepers will be providing the gifts and calling the numbers for bingo.

any kind of addiction. Including but not limited to drugs, alcohol. Meets on Thursday and Saturdays. The Thursday meeting is under new leadership.

■ Contact the church at 361-573-9133.

BINGO

WONDERKIDS CLASSES

■ Victoria

County Senior Citizens Halsey Center ■ 4009 Halsey St. ■ 10-11 a.m.

■ Holli Hasserodt with Elmcroft Assisted Living of Victoria will sponsor the event.

MARCH 23

MARCH 25

■ Parkway

Church, Rooms 203 and 204.

■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive Designed for children and youth with special needs. Ages 2-10 meet from 9:30-11 a.m.; ages 11-18 meet at 11 a.m.

Email krisiti@parkwayvictoria.org

WOMEN RICH IN FAITH MINISTRY

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

■ Faith

■ Faith

Family Church, Kid’s Life Room.

■ 2002 Mockingbird Lane ■ 7-9 p.m.

■ A support group for women who have or had distractions with their walk with God. We invite you and your friends to join us for study, fellowship and fun. Our mission is to help and encourage women to find the true love that God has for them. Childcare provided.

■ Contact: Patrica Pruett, leader at 361-578-2677.

ADULT GAMES NIGHT AND

Family Church, choir room ■ 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Contact: 361-652-8137.

CHRISTIANS AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CASA) ■ Central Church of Christ, annex ■ 801 E. Airline Road ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ A 12-step recovery program for

any kind of addiction. Including but not limited to drug, alcohol.

■ Contact the church at 361-573-9133.

SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS Milk and bread are served with each meal.

BLOOMINGTON ISD ■ Monday

– Hot dogs, tater tots, mixed vegetables, salad, fruit ■ Tuesday – Chicken fried rice, egg rolls, green beans, salad and crackers, fruit ■ Wednesday – Tacos, Spanish rice, refried beans, salad, crackers, fruit ■ Thursday – Burrito with chili, corn, baby carrots, fruit, pudding ■ Friday – Deli-sandwich, baked chips, cucumber salad, vegetable sticks, fruit

GOLIAD ISD ■ Monday – No school ■ Tuesday – Fish burger,

tater tots, carrot sticks and pickle spears, sliced peaches ■ Wednesday – Grilled chicken sandwich, potato wedges, burger salad, fresh fruit ■ Thursday – Salisbury steak, whipped potatoes with gravy, Scandinavian vegetables, wheat roll, fresh fruit ■ Friday – Soft beef taco, Spanish rice, tossed salad, fresh fruit

HALLETTSVILLE ISD ■ Monday

– Beef tacos, refried beans, tossed salad, cheesy nachos, choice of fruit ■ Tuesday – Steak fingers, whipped potatoes, choice of vegetables, choice of fruit, homemade hot roll, gelatin

■ Wednesday

– Chicken on a bun or hamburger, oven French fries, lettuce/tomato/pickles, choice of fruit ■ Thursday – Chicken Alfredo or corndog, steamed broccoli, raw mini carrots, choice of fruit, breadstick ■ Friday – Corn chip pie or cheese sandwich, ranch style beans, mixed vegetables, choice of fruit, cornbread

HALLETTSVILLE SACRED HEART ■ Monday

– Chef salad or ham, macaroni and cheese, fruit ■ Tuesday – Spaghetti with meat sauce, carrots, green beans, fruit, bread ■ Wednesday – Burritos with chili and cheese, carrot sticks, cornbread, fruit ■ Thursday – Hot dogs with chili and cheese, tater tots, fruit ■ Friday – Grilled cheese sandwich, buttered noodles, vegetables, fruit

INDUSTRIAL ISD ■ Monday

– Chicken tenders, whipped potatoes, broccoli and cheese, pears, hot roll ■ Tuesday – Cheese burger, tater tots, salad cup, fresh fruit ■ Wednesday – Spaghetti with meat, green beans, glazed carrots, applesauce, garlic roll ■ Thursday – Chili topper, pinto beans, salad with dressing, corn chips, peaches ■ Friday – Pizza, corn, salad with dressing, fruit

MEYERSVILLE ISD ■ Monday

– Sausage stick, pork and beans, cornbread muffin, pickle spear, fruit ■ Tuesday – Macaroni and cheese with ham, cooked cabbage, black-eyed peas, biscuit, fruit ■ Wednesday – Hamburger, salad, French fries, fruit ■ Thursday – Nachos with beef, ranch style beans, salad, crackers, fruit ■ Friday – Hot dog, sliced cucumbers, carrots, pretzels, fruit

NAZARETH ACADEMY ■ Monday

– Cheese burger, salad, pears ■ Tuesday – Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, peaches, hot roll ■ Wednesday – Soft taco, pinto beans, salad, applesauce, flour tortilla ■ Thursday – Pepperoni pizza, corn, mixed fruit ■ Friday – Fish patty, steamed carrots, pears, hot roll

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST SCHOOL ■ Monday

– Chili dogs, tater tots, apple ■ Tuesday – Chicken strips, roll, green beans, pears ■ Wednesday – Fish sticks, sweet potato fries, wheat bread, fruit salad ■ Thursday – Spaghetti and meatballs, broccoli, strawberries ■ Friday –Pizza, salad, banana

NURSERY ISD ■ Monday

– Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll ■ Tuesday – Spaghetti, garden salad, diced pears, dinner roll ■ Wednesday – Meatballs with gravy, steamed rice, green peas, rosy applesauce ■ Thursday – Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, golden corn, dinner roll ■ Friday – Pizza, buttered carrots, pineapple tidbits, cookie

OUR LADY OF VICTORY ■ Monday

– Hamburger or pimento and cheese sandwich, salad, tater tots, mixed fruit ■ Tuesday – Pig in a blanket or turkey and cheese poboy, carrot sticks, fresh fruit, cookie ■ Wednesday – Crispitoes with chili or ham and cheese sandwich, pinto beans, salad, peaches and strawberries ■ Thursday – Turkey rice and gravy or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, mixed vegetables, fresh fruit, crackers ■ Friday –Fish patty on a bun or tunafish sandwich, broccoli, rosy applesauce, baked chips

PALACIOS ISD ■ Monday

– Pizza wedge, green beans, baby carrots, fruit ■ Tuesday – Hot dog with chili, baked beans, pickles, chips, fruit ■ Wednesday – Chicken spaghetti, green peas, cranber-

ry sauce, winter blend, hot roll, fruit ■ Thursday – Baked potato with barbecue, broccoli, bread sticks, fruit ■ Friday – Bean and cheese chalupas, lettuce and tomatoes, Mexican rice, whole kernel corn, fruit

ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL ■ Monday

– Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, carrots, salad ■ Tuesday – Cheeseburgers, baked fries, salad, mixed fruit or fresh fruit ■ Wednesday – Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, salad, garlic bread ■ Thursday – Crispitos with chili, beans, salad, pineapple slices ■ Friday – Baked fish, steamed rice, salad, sliced pears

VISD ■ Monday

– Beef steak fingers, gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, fruit cocktail, roll ■ Tuesday – Deli sandwich, baked chips, vegetable sticks, ranch dressing, pineapple tidbits, fresh fruit ■ Wednesday – Chicken pot pie, tossed salad, ranch dressing, broccoli, orange halves, fresh fruit ■ Thursday – Nachos with ground beef, pinto beans, tossed salad, ranch dressing, Mexican corn, grapes, cornbread ■ Friday – Cheese pizza, green

beans, Blue Bell rainbow freeze, ranch dressing, gelatin with fruit

WESTHOFF ISD ■ Monday

– Cheese burger, burger salad, French fries, cookie ■ Tuesday – Chicken tenders, scalloped potatoes, broccoli, fruit salad, hot rolls ■ Wednesday – Sausage on a stick, pork and beans, garden salad, pears, bread ■ Thursday – Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, peaches, bread ■ Friday – Pizza or fish, garden salad, corn, strawberries and bananas, crackers

E4 — VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Sunday, March 18, 2012 PAGE DESIGNER: KIMIKO FIEG, KFIEG @VICAD.COM, COPY EDITOR: JESSICA RODRIGO, JRODRIGO@VICAD.COM

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C E L E B R AT I O N S

■ Graduation ■ Weddings ■ Engagements ■ Anniversaries ■ Parties

MARRIAGE LICENSES

LongoriaHernandez

■ Brian

Roxanna Longoria and Alejandro Hernandez (Alex) were married March 3, 2012 at 5 p.m. in Victoria Texas. The couple exchanged their vows in front of a group of family and friends who gathered in the Gazebo at Deleon Plaza in front of the Victoria County Courthouse. Officiating the ceremony and giving the vows was the groom’s father, the Honorable Judge Alex Hernandez who gave his blessing over the ceremony. Reception was held afterwards at Olde Victoria at the Oak Room.

The bride is the daughter of Rene Longoria and Nora Cantu and granddaughter of Irma Cantu and the late Ray Cantu and the late Adelfa Chavana Longoria and late Rodolfo Longoria all of Port Lavaca, Texas. She is a 2000 graduate of Calhoun High School, a licensed phlebotomist, a CASA volunteer who helps advocate for children, a Certified Nursing Assistant, and part time hospice worker caring for the elderly and sick. She attends Victoria College with a concentration in Nursing.

The groom is the son of the Honorable Calhoun County Court at Law Judge Alex Hernandez and Andrea Hernandez of Port Lavaca, Texas, the grandson of Carmen Hernandez and the late Jesus Hernandez and the late Ernestina Flores and Librado Pena all of Port Lavaca, Texas. He is a 1989 Honors graduate of Calhoun High School, a I99l graduate of Victoria College, a 1994 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and was named Economics Student of the Year, a 1999 graduate of the University of Houston school of legal studies where he received a Certificate in International Law, and a 2001 graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law where obtained his Juris Doctor. He is a self employed attorney with the Law Offices of Alex Hernandez Jr. with a solo general practice in Victoria and Port Lavaca.

The two will reside in Victoria, Texas.

Cardosa-Jones Lionel and Nellie Cardosa of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Darron Cardosa of New York, NY to Mark Alan Jones of New York, NY, son of Vera Jones of Houston.

The couple will exchange vows in September 2012 in New York City.

Darron is a 1985 graduate of Stroman High School. He has a BA in theater from Hunter College in New York City, where he is an actor and writer. Darron is also a design associate for the furniture store, Room and Board.

Mark holds a degree in music from The University of St. Thomas in Houston. He is a singer in New York City and also works in costuming for Broadway shows.

Daily-Chapa Mrs. Angie G. Daily is pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of her daughter, Angela Daily to Raul Chapa, son of Ms. Anita Lopez of Victoria. Angela is also the daughter of the late Mr. Ken Daily.

The couple will exchange vows at 4 p.m. on October 27, 2012, at Spring Creek in Victoria.

Angela is a 1987 graduate of Tuloso Midway High School and a 2008 graduate of Coastal Bend College in Alice with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Management.

She is employed by Chacho’s Vacuum Service Inc. in Alice as the Operations Manager and is a member of Parkway Baptist Church in Victoria.

Raul is a 1992 graduate of Alvin High School. He is the Completion Fluids Operation Manager for RDI Fluids in Corpus Christi and a member of Parkway Baptist Church in Victoria.

Hoelscher-Loring Christine and Mike Wisenbaker of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jessica Hoelscher to Randy Loring, son of Billy and Susan Loring of Victoria.

The couple will exchange vows at 5 p.m. on April 14, 2012, at D&E Party Barn.

Jessica is a 2006 graduate of Memorial High School and has an associates degree in business management and a certificate in business management. She is employed by CL Thomas as an Operations Specialist.

Randy is a 2000 graduate of Stroman High School and is employed by XTO Energy as a Production Operator.

BIRTHS Editor’s Note: Announcements of births in Victoria County are published as a free public service based on information from local hospitals. For more information, call 361-574-1222. Those outside Victoria County, or more detailed or specially worded, are available for a fee through the classified advertising department.

Call 361-574-1226. Paid birth announcements appear on this page in a box.

DeTar Hospital ■ Lexus

Mendoza, a daughter, 7 pounds, at 7:48 a.m. on March 1, 2012 ■ Ronald and Jo Ann Bludau, of Schulenburg, a daughter, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, at 10:08 a.m. on March, 1, 2012 ■ Veronica Lopez and John G. Licon Jr., a daughter, 7 pounds, 5 ounces, at 11:45 a.m. on March, 1, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Todd Hoff, a son, 9 pounds, at 11:52 a.m. on March, 1, 2012 ■ Samantha Stirneman and Justin Wesley, a son, 9 pounds, 5 ounces, at 9:44 p.m. on March, 1, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bentson, a daughter, 7 pounds, 4 ounces, at 10:21 a.m. on March 2, 2012 ■ Kelli Saunders and Juan Ruiz Jr., of Yorktown, a son, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, at 1:09 p.m. on March 3, 2012 ■ Kris and Jennifer Kifer, of Yoakum, a son, 5 pounds, 13 ounces, at 1:34 p.m. on March

3, 2012 and Ashley Hasdorff, of Edna, a son, 8 pounds, 5 ounces, at 3:03 p.m. on March 4, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Utley, of Edna, a daughter, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, at 12:19 p.m. on March 5, 2012 ■ Ashley Garcia and Chris Garcia, a son, 5 pounds, 8 ounces, at 5:40 p.m. on March 5, 2012 ■ Danielle Hernandez, of Cuero, a son, 4 pounds, 14 ounces, at 8:48 p.m.

■ Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hartley, of Beeville, a daughter, 7 pounds, 11 ounces, at 4:09 a.m. on March 6, 2012 ■ Corina De Las Santos, a son, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, at 10:43 p.m. on March 6, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Blas Longoria, a daughter, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, at 12:19 p.m. on March 7, 2012 ■ Tamika Cunningham, a son, 8 pounds, at 1:06 p.m. on March 7, 2012 ■ Tammy Rivera, of Cuero, a daughter, 9 pounds, 1 ounce, at 8:18 a.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Edna Bustos and Jesus Reyes, of Bloomington, a son, 7 pounds, at 12:58 p.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Alexandrea Pedraza, a son, 4 pounds, 13 ounces, at 1:50 p.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Alison Midkiff, a daughter, 5 pounds, 14 ounces, at 2:33 p.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Adolfo Sr. and Melody Gutierrez, a daughter, 6 pounds, 7 ounces, at 7:02 a.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Jason

■ Josh

and Candace Kovar, of Pettus, a daughter, 5 pounds, 8 ounces, at 7:59 a.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Vangie Samuel and Derek Sembera, of Cuero, a daughter, 6 pounds, 5 ounces, at 9:36 a.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Noelia Garcia and Alfredo Garcia, a son, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, at 12:40 p.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Briana Garcia, of Austin, a daughter, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, at 10:52 p.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Promize Jimenez and Frank Alvarez, of Yorktown, a daughter, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, at 9:55 a.m. on March 10, 2012 ■ Jay and Leslie Hanslik of Thomaston, a son, 8 pounds, 1 ounce, at 10:27 a.m. on March 11, 2012 ■ Amanda Mesa and Noe Balderas, a son, 6 pounds, 3 ounces, at 7:59 p.m. on March 11, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. David and Desiree Nitsch Jr., of Hallettsville, a daughter, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, at 10:09 a.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Pedro and Erica Lucio, a son, 7 pounds, at 11:38 a.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Lillian Hernandez, a son, 7 pounds, 4 ounces, at 1:56 p.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewis of Edna, a daughter, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, at 5:44 p.m. on March 12, 2012

Citizens Medical Center

Lee Medellin to Valerie Ruiz ■ Roger Garcia Jr. to Sarina Maria Arguello ■ Miguel Angel Ramirez to Dalia Leticia Compean-Escobar ■ Gerald Marcus Garza to Cheryl Dawn Beck ■ Brandon Lynn Crow to Lorena Marie Ortiz ■ Randall Wayne Miller to Elizabeth Jane Snider ■ Jarrod Benton Westerman to Naomi Michelle Leet ■ David Matthew Tullos to Nichole Armanda Wright ■ Justin Russell Jaks to Ashley Nicole Davenport ■ Eric Joseph Amaro to Corino Michelle Sauceda ■ Clifton Ray Fernandez to Brittney Marie Milberger ■ Jimmy Garza to Linda Sue Bernal ■ David Chavez Barcenas to Melissa Rodriguez ■ Rudy Salazar III to Rita Marie Balboa ■ Abraham Gonzales to Andrea Quezada ■ Barry P. Peltier to Yvette Corpus ■ Russell Blain Brandt to Tammie Karm Horelka ■ Agustin Cedeno Jr. to Sandra Ann Charles ■ Dionicio Gonzales to Carrie Lyn Zapata ■ Donald Edward Blevins to Amy Lynn Hudson ■ Christopher Ryan Castaneda to Jessica Nicole Jaksha ■ Gabriel Lee Morin to Natalie Nicole Salinas ■ Fred Douglass Nesloney to Melissa Dianne Burns ■ Daniel Salais to Valvina Martinez ■ Kasandra

Havens and Justin Valdez, a son, 3 pounds, 10 ounces, at 12:35 a.m. on March 3, 2012 ■ Julian and Emilee Cavazos, a son, 9 pounds, at 1:28 p.m. on March 7, 2012 ■ Danny and Shelly Reissig, a son, 7 pounds, 3 ounces, at 12:46 a.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Lee, a son, 7 pounds, at 9:28 a.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. David Erdelt Jr., a daughter, 8 pounds, 7 ounces, at 2 p.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Jairo Perez, a son, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, at 6:28 p.m. on March 8, 2012 ■ Ryan and LeeAnne Smolik, a daughter, 8 pounds, 3 ounces, at 7:51 a.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Charles and Bonnie Covin, a daughter, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, at 11:12 a.m. on March 9, 2012 ■ Tiana Archangel, a son, 8 pounds, 7 ounces, at 2:04 a.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Bruce and Amy Thurlkill, a daughter, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, at 7:55 a.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Bradley Cornett and Sarah Mims, a son, 7 pounds, 12 ounces, at 12:22 p.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Marcus and Jamie Coleman, a daughter, 7 pounds, at 12:42 p.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Travis Scherer, a son, 7 pounds, 4 ounces, at 6:29 p.m. on March 12, 2012 ■ Billy and Linda Canchola, a daughter, 5 pounds, 13 ounces, at 8:17 p.m. on March 12, 2012

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ADVICE

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, March 18, 2012:

This year a lot goes on behind closed doors. The less said, the better. You often seem to be coming from out of left field with others as you become spontaneous.

Be careful when handling funds.

You could suddenly win a large amount of money or lose the same just as easily. If you are single, check out anyone you meet with care. Do not assume that someone is the person he or she claims to be. Date awhile before making commitments. If you are attached, spend more time alone as a couple. Stoke the embers of love.

AQUARIUS understands you better than maybe even you do.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) ««««You are a friend above

all else right now. You see a situation far differently because of your willingness to respond and act. Encourage a friend to be proactive, too. He or she will appreciate your caring.

Tonight: Just don’t be alone.

This Week: Monday you might feel good, but that could change by the end of the week.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)

««««Touch base with a parent or older relative. Your ability to relate to this person comes out.

Your optimism is contagious and causes his or her mood to change rapidly. Curb a tendency to overeat or overindulge in some form.

Tonight: Up late.

This Week: Do not hesitate to go for what you want, especially midweek.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

«««««Reach out for someone at a distance. Your instincts pay off as he or she guides you in making plans. You know what to do and when. You are on cruise control. If you don’t want to negotiate, don’t. Tonight: Surround yourself with music.

This Week: Zero in on a goal Monday and Thursday.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

««««Make time for a meal and a fun afternoon with a partner, even if he or she lives with you.

Dedicating time just for the two of you keeps your bond close. You could hear surprising news about someone you look up to. Tonight: Continue the theme.

This Week: You go from idealistic to practical by Thursday.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

««««You might understand a lot more if you were more receptive and used your listening skills.

What you hear could knock your socks off. Take off for a drive and visit with a dear friend. Grab a map, as you easily could get lost right now. Tonight: Go with someone else’s idea.

This Week: Others run with the ball. Know that you do not need to follow.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)

different from reality. Ultimately, making time for friends and loved ones is far more important. Remember that if you get frustrated or overwhelmed. Tonight: Easy works.

This Week: Expect to socialize a lot. Use the in-between time to accomplish what you need.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)

«««««Make time for a loved one or partner. A child also might want to put in his or her request for more of your time. This desire might come through as disruptive behavior.

Read between the lines, and you can juggle it all.

Tonight: Opt for something fun.

This Week: Face the facts: You would rather enjoy a loved one than JACQUELINE be at work. Consider taking the BIGAR’S STARS week off.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

««««How you handle a personal matter and the decisions you make could change. Sudden news puts a different perspective on your initial plans. Though you tend to hold on to a situation or an idea with determination, you might want to let go.

Give up rigidity. Tonight: Order in.

This Week: You are grounded, even if others do not agree.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

«««««Stop standing on ceremony. Pick up the phone and make the call you have been wanting to. Planning time with a special friend feels good and adds a special tone to your day. A child or loved one could be unpredictable.

Tonight: Catch up on email and calls.

This Week: Schedule meetings and network on Monday. Allow the remaining days to unfurl.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

«««Honor your own sensitivity. You cannot keep giving and giving like you have been. A personal matter earmarks your decisions.

You discover quicksand where you thought there was rock. Tonight: Make it easy.

This Week: Handle only what you must. Consider your needs, too.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

««««Your energy and charisma are great, yet they could cause a problem if a friend or loved one feels the need to keep up with you.

You could end up in a volatile situation when you least expect it.

Tonight: What you want.

This Week: Do a lot of thinking before acting, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

«««Indulge yourself, and know when you need to take a break or do something in a totally different way. Put yourself first. You cannot keep giving in this way.

Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep.

This Week: Take Monday off.

From Tuesday on, you will be too busy.

««««Your vision of what you can accomplish might be a lot

Social worker looks for best way to use her psychic gifts Dear Abby: I will graduate from college in June and be a social worker. I am psychic, although I dislike that word because it conjures up visions of crystal balls, quacks and scams.

For legitimate psychic individuals, it can be overwhelming to live this way.

I first noticed my ability when I was young, but I repressed it because my folks thought I was imagining things. It began to resurge in college. This school is haunted, so I have become used to daily interactions with ghosts – often in the dead of night. I also notice that during client counseling sessions images will pop into my head. I once gave a classmate the “willies” by perfectly describing the garden in her backyard having never laid eyes on it. My adviser says I must never tell my clients the things I “see” in them because it will frighten them.

It’s hard to separate my own thoughts and emotions from those of spirits around me. I’m concerned about my psychic ability in relation to my clients. If I pick up on abuse in the

March 18 – Exactly 200 Victorians took advantage of the Sunset excursion from this city to San Antonio yesterday. The train, which was composed of six coaches, left here at 7:30 a.m. and returned at 2 a.m., a wreck at Thomaston delaying it over an hour on the return trip. Nearly 500 people were aboard when the special rolled into the Alamo City. Most of the excursionists attended the baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the San Antonio Bronchos, which was won by the Bronchos by a score of 9 to 7.

March 24 – The Victoria Moving Picture Theatres will be open tomorrow as usual, except that there will be no admission fee. However, boxes will be arranged for free-will offerings. If the weather is fair, the largest crowds ever present in this city at such places will probably attend, and it is not thought that the proprietors will suffer any loss by the partial enforcement of a blue law.

1937 March 21 – Installation of a new two-manual organ in the First Presbyterian Church here has practically been completed by C.K. Wendell, a representative of George Kilgen and Sons, Inc., famous organ builders, of St. Louis, Mo. It will be ready for use on Easter Sunday.

March 22 – Prof. Marcel Mohaud of Rice Institute met with several Victoria committeemen here last night to make final plans for the visit here on Sunday, April 4, of the noted French Mission. A trip to Old Fort St. Louis on the Garcitas Creek in Victoria and a barbecue is ex-

ABBY

Dear Gifted: Instead of using your visions to form JUDGMENTS about your clients, use them to guide you during interviews. If you do, you will then be better equipped to provide concrete proof of the need for an intervention than revealing you “saw” something that others can’t see or wasn’t disclosed to you.

Many people have psychic abilities to a greater or lesser degree than you do, and those “vibes” can be invaluable. It is possible that your gift will give you insight into the individuals you will

serve. I wish you success.

Dear Abby: My wife has turned into a bona fide slug! We have been married 30 years. For half of them she stayed fit and trim, but over the past 15 she has put on 100 pounds and refuses to try to lose any of it. She also refuses to cook. I have to cook my own meals or we eat out.

She no longer cleans (we pay a maid) or has sex with me.

She is obviously depressed and has taken several medications over the years to no avail. She has had lab work done, but nothing shows up. Because she doesn’t have a job, she sits around in her pajamas all day playing on the computer or reading romance novels. She’ll do laundry, but only after a month, when there’s nothing left to wear.

The other thing my wife likes to do is travel. The more expensive the trip, the more she loves it. Does God really expect me to live like this until I die? I have tried everything I can think of to help her. I dread going home every night. Advice,

please?

LIVING IN HELL In West Virginia

Dear Living In Hell: The marriage you have described isn’t “living,” it is existing.

Insist, as a condition of staying in the marriage, that your wife have a thorough physical and psychological evaluation. She appears to be depressed, withdrawn and possibly not in touch with reality. Her physical health is also at risk.

Not every medication works on everyone. Your wife’s weight gain may have made the dose she was taking ineffective – or she may need a combination of drugs and talk therapy. Clearly she isn’t happy in your marriage anymore either, if she’s escaping into romance novels instead of having a relationship with you. Please get her the help she appears to so desperately need.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

ADVICE

Try to remember phrase ‘nothing works all the time’ On Valentine’s Day I took my wife to dinner and dancing. The occasion was a fundraiser for a well-established nonprofit organization in Victoria.

There was also a silent auction. If you are not familiar with silent auctions, you browse through a selection of donated items and bid on the ones you want by silently writing your name on a list in front of the item with an offer higher than the previous bidder.

The bidding goes on for a few hours so you can always check back to see if you are still the high bidder and try again if you aren’t. I like to see what’s up for bid, but I don’t do auctions. They scare me. I’m always afraid I will get caught in some crossfire bidding and accidentally buy something I either don’t want or can’t afford.

My wife, on the other hand, approaches fundraiser silent auctions from a whole different perspective. She takes it upon herself to see how high she can manipulate the bidding in order to raise more money for the sponsoring nonprofit.

She has no intention of

buying anything. She just works the bidding higher. So she pulls me up there and tells me to LANE write my name on this item, HEAD COACH then that one, and that one, and so on.

“I don’t want any of these things,” I whined.

“That doesn’t matter,” she replied. “It’s early in the bidding. Someone will raise you. This just makes more money for the fundraiser.”

She showed me how to bid on items that already have four or five names on the list. That means several people are interested in the item and at least one will bid again if I raise the stakes.

By the time we worked our way through the auction goods I had placed my name and bid on five selections. I was nervous. How was I going to pay for all of this?

“Don’t worry,” she assured me. “You won’t have to buy any of this. We’re just raising money. Someone will outbid you. It works every time.”

Well, nothing works every time. Something might work

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almost all of the time. But nothing works all of the time.

I know this because throughout life I seem to always end up as the designated exception to the rule.

It seems that any time I do something because some one assures me it works every time that’s the rare time it doesn’t.

I’m the guy who plays a slot machine just before the next guy who comes along and with one pull of the arm wins a jackpot.

So, when my wife said it works every time I felt a shiver from deep within. It was a bad omen.

You know where this is going, don’t you? My wife’s clever little plan that works every time didn’t work this time. Of the five bids I made, I won all but one of them. I was now the proud owner of several pieces of merchandise I didn’t want and couldn’t afford. What I was no longer the proud owner of was several hundred dollars.

I was, however, the not-so proud owner of another collection of lessons learned the hard way. Here’s what I learned:

■ Nothing

works all the time.

■ Auctions are for bidding, not raising.

■ Never offer to spend money you aren’t willing to end up spending.

■ Nothing works all the time.

■ Follow your instincts. Not someone else’s.

■ When in doubt, don’t do it.

■ Nothing works all the time.

■ If you set out to philanthropically raise more money for a nonprofit it may be your money that gets raised.

■ Don’t do auctions.

■ Nothing works all the time.

■ Did I mention nothing works all the time?

This is why I don’t do auctions. Every time I do, I accidentally buy what I don’t want and can’t afford. You see, even the phrase “nothing works all the time” doesn’t work all the time.

Some things actually do.

Lane Johnson, M.Div., LPC, is a licensed counselor. He welcomes your comments. You can contact him by email at lane@Strategic ConnectionGroup.com.

CENTENARIAN

100, 75, 50 AND 25 YEARS AGO 1912

mind of a child, for example, am I obligated to report it?

Being psychic is as natural to me as my having blue eyes. It will never go away. I must now find the DEAR means to manage it. I don’t JEANNE want a career PHILLIPS as a medium.

I’m dedicated to the profession I have chosen. Can you offer me advice?

GIFTED In New York

pected to be Victoria’s gesture of good will to the visiting French dignitaries. Plans are going forward now to extend the guests a royal welcome upon their arrival.

March 23 – Odorless natural gas, accumulated in and under the basement of the New London school, blew up the building killing 450 students and teachers. The military court of inquiry Monday night adjourned with this fixed opinion, after hearing a demand that two new laws be written in the Texas statutes.

1962 March 20 – Six Victorians are members of the A Cappella Choir of the Presbyterian Pan American School of Kingsville which will present a program Sunday evening at the Second Presbyterian Church here. They are Oscar and Viola Gonzalez, Vivian and Norman Santiago, Delores Candelaria and Roland Castaneda. Forty voices make up the choir.

March 21 – Plans for a coliseum, suitable for holding livestock shows, auto shows and even symphony concerts, was discussed Tuesday night at an open meeting called by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Approximately 75 persons attended the meeting and agreed that a coliseum, or some type of permanent building, is needed in Victoria. A committee was formed to study the details of such a structure and report back to the main body “within four to six weeks.” Named to the committee were Kemper Williams Jr., Louis Watson, C.T. Harkey Jr., Mrs. Clinton Barrett, Dave Sheffield, John Stockbauer, Pat Moore, Norvel McCauley and Zac Lentz.

March 23 – Eighty 4-H Club members presented 20 acts, 13 in the junior division and 7 in the senior, at the annual Share-the-Fun contest held Friday at Crain Junior High School Auditorium.

“Looneyville Fashions” placed first in the junior division, while “Peppermint Twist” took top laurels in the senior division. Members of the top junior cast were Linda Hanselka, Cheryl Spiegelhauer, Donald Kruppa, Kenneth Nitschmann, Barbara Lau, Sheila Austin, Norman Schoener, and James Pozzi. Senior top winners were Glenn Schoener, Dennis Pozzi, Leroy Hiller, Douglas Kruppa and Charles Moscatelli.

1987 March 19 – Chicken stew was the main course at Christ’s Kitchen on Wednesday. Among the volunteers working in the kitchen were Edna Stone, Margie Conaway and co-chairman Iris Baillio. The kitchen is marking its second anniversary this week – having opened in 1985.

March 20 – Redfish poachers beware. More than 18,000 feet of fish nets were confiscated in waters closed to netting in February – just in Calhoun County.

Growing demand for a Cajun dish, blackened redfish, has put increasing pressure on black market sales of illegally taken fish.

March 24 – Don Kaspar, president of Kaspar Wire Works in Shiner, and chairman of Texas Association of Business, presented the TAB Pacesetter Award to Gov. Bill Clements in recognition of his efforts to create new business and jobs in the state. Clements has designated April 1-7 as Texas Business and Industry Week.

Celebrating 103rd Birthday

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BRANDON: Grocery shopping together gives whole new perspective on relationship CONTINUED FROM E1 boredom or because I’ve had enough tranquilizers to make me relatively harmless toward my fellow shoppers.

And that’s when you discover that every aisle is a chance to bond. For example, you find yourself saying things like:

Me: “Three packages of cookies? Really?”

Him: “Wait, you need a different face cream for day than you do for night?

What’s the difference? Don’t roll your eyes at me.”

Me: “You’re honestly telling me you need two 2-liters of Diet Pepsi? At this point, do you just pee pure sugar?”

Him: “Come on, who needs

that much sausage?” (Me and him in unison: “That’s what she said.”)

Me: “Dude, put back that Easter candy or I will saw off your foot just to give you a taste of your diabetes-filled future.”

Him: “No. No! Put back the Red Bull. You act like you’re on meth when you drink that stuff and I will not spend another night talking you

down.”

Me: “Cracklin’ Oat Bran?

That’s the cereal you picked? You have the combined palette of a 5-year-old and my grandpa.”

Him: “What do you mean the ‘fancy’ bread? What the heck is ‘fancy’ bread? Bread that has a little bow tie on each slice?”

Of course, there are things we accept about each other

without question. He knows that me being a woman means I am programmed to buy any and all food and drink that claim to have “antioxidants” in them. And that I am perpetually on a diet.

And even if I’m not on a diet, I’m on a diet.

And I know that he has a deep, deep love affair with peanut butter that I can never hope to tear asunder.

But the good news is, who needs to pay for therapy when you can just work out your issues in the canned food aisle?

Aprill Brandon is a columnist for the Advocate. Her column runs every two weeks in the Your Life section. Comment on this story at VictoriaAdvocate.com.

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Multiple types of mites can cause multiple types of problems Q:I have a question con-

cerning mites in dogs, which turns into Sarcoptic mange … I have three dogs and they are all outside. They have never had this problem for eight years. I have always used a prescription flea and tick monthly topical medicine on them. My older dog, which I stopped using the flea and tick on her in De-

cember because I felt it was doing more harm than good, has this mite issue.

The worst is her hair on her ears is missing. I have used rubbing alcohol 90 percent on her and washed all the dogs with oatmeal shampoo. So my question is, is there anything I can put on her ears? Should I dip them?

If so, what should I dip

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Sarcoptic mange or scabies is a mite that can live on the skin throughout the body. It is contagious to all other animals, including humans. Severe hair loss, scabs and itching throughout the body are all clinical signs. Demodectic mange has very similar symptoms but is not contagious to anything or anybody else. It is often referred to as the hereditary mange. This mite lives on a dog’s skin naturally but some puppies inherit the inability to fight off

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an overgrowth of this pest.

Ear mites are typically found in cats and puppies.

They do not extend outside of the ear canal and can cause a buildup of dry, black debris in the ear. They also cause the ears to be very itchy. It can be hard to tell the difference between a skin infection or problem caused by Demodectic mange, Sarcoptic mange and bacterial or yeast infections. The only way to truly tell the difference is by taking a skin scraping and taping and examining these samples under the microscope.

The second part of your question mentions the discontinuation of prescription flea and tick prevention.

Most of the prescription, topical flea and tick medications are non-systemic.

This means the medication that kills the parasites is not absorbed into the blood stream.

It is stored in the hair follicle and is wicked out when the flea runs through the hair, coating the flea with medicine which then causes the flea to become paralyzed, fall off and die. The use of these medications is typically very, very safe regardless of your dog’s age.

The last part of your question mentions hair loss on the ears. True, this is typically caused by ear infections.

Whether your pet has an ear mite infection or more likely a yeast and bacterial infection, the symptoms are identical. Both cause head shaking, scratching or rubbing at the ears, brown or black debris in ears and sometimes an odor. The only way to differentiate between mites and a yeast or bacterial infection is again by sampling the ear and examining it under a microscope.

Your use of alcohol on the ears can help dry an ear out if it is trapping moisture

which is a contributing factor to yeast or bacterial ear infections. But alcohol alone will not kill the yeast or bacteria that are growing in the ears.

If your pet has ear mites, alcohol might help a little but only by killing some adult mites, but new ones will quickly hatch out. Lastly, a dip will only be beneficial if you have a skin infection caused by mites. If this is true, a veterinarian can send the dip and instructions home with you or perform the dips in their office.

Hopefully I have addressed your concerns. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.

Dr. John Beck has a veterinary practice at Hillcrest Animal Hospital in Victoria. Submit questions to Dr. Beck at drjohnbeck@hotmail.com.

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Justin Glass, far left, and his father, David, jokingly bump into each other as Justin takes his turn aiming at clay discs as Brian Carter, Monroe Koehne and Glass’ younger son, Jared, watch during the third annual American Petroleum Skeet Shoot at Hester’s Shooting Range. The annual event has made its way to the Crossroads. A boom in the Eagle Ford Shale has brought new members and prosperity to API.

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BY DIANNA WRAY DWRAY@VICAD.COM

ustin Glass swung the shotgun from his shoulder and held it to his eye, ready.

The clay disk sailed over damp green grass and exploded into bits.

“Yeah! That’s the way to do it!” his father, David Glass, yelled. All around them stood the men of the industry – rig managers, roughnecks, drill bit salesmen and oil company executives. They had all turned out on this drizzly Saturday morning to shoot skeet and celebrate.

Oil has hovered around $100 a barrel for almost a year, the Eagle Ford Shale play is booming and, for the men of the oil field, nothing was as sweet as shooting guns and trading salty jokes in the middle of an oil boom the likes of which hasn’t been seen in South Texas since the Austin Chalk was drilled in the 1970s – the likes of which they never thought they would see again.

They thought it would never happen, but Eagle Ford Shale wells are dotting the landscape. Some of the wells are producing more than 1,000 barrels a day when they first start flowing.

After years of an industry marching steadily toward decline, the U.S. oil field has come back with a roar.

The Glass family is lucky. They all work in the oil field – and have for three generations – and they’re from Victoria. Unlike the rest of

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the people coming to work the Eagle Ford, for once the job is in their backyard.

Oil is their way of life. It determines whether they live high on the hog or scrimp and scrape to get by.

The Glass family has ridden high on the booms and come crashing down in the busts time and again, but they have stayed in the oil field because it’s the life they love, the only life they’ve known.

Oil is what fuels their livelihood and, right now, with the Eagle Ford Shale, the living is good.

HARD ON RELATIONSHIPS Angela Glass cheered as a shotgun shell exploded and another clay tablet shattered.

“Nice job, honey,” she said. A petite woman with a thick rope of blonde hair and blue eyes framed by long lashes and black mascara, Angela was one of the few women out in the field that day.

She and Justin married six months ago, and though she grew up in the oil field, she is still learning the ins and outs of being an oil-field wife.

She fits in with the crowd, laughing and joking with the men.

The night before the third annual American Petroleum Institute Skeet Shoot, a charity event, the Victoria chapter of the association had a party at The Barn, a honky tonk dance hall just outside of Victoria.

The men there were from all

over, twirling the soft accents of Mississippi and Louisiana drawls and the twang of Arkansas across the floor.

Angela’s tennis shoes squeaked a little as she and her husband moved across the dance floor, but Justin moved smoothly enough in his leather-soled cowboy boots to make up for her stumbling.

A tall, brawny man with dark hair and eyes and a serious face that will light up suddenly when he smiles, Justin kept a firm hand on her back and steered her around the room through the crowd of swaying couples.

“This is what we do, you know, when we’re out on the road,” he said, looking down at his wife.

“You fit in here.”

The old code of the oil-field wife required that she was always understanding and didn’t ask a lot of questions or resent when he was out of town for a business trip, or out with the guys to blow off steam.

“It’s difficult for people who have relationships in the oil field because you have to learn to trust when they’re gone. Justin’s father was in the field for 38 years, so obviously she trusted him,” Angela said.

Angela decided she wouldn’t take things the way her mother-in-law did.

When she heard that Justin was going on a business trip to Las Vegas, her mother-in-law told her

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An exterior photo of the South Texas Oil and Gas Exposition at the Victoria Community Center taken in 1981 shows rigs set up in the parking lot. The expo was in Victoria until the oil business went bust in the late-1980s.

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Topic: Area is on the move ■ Our View: Interest, investments bring bright hopes

s mid-size American cities go, each has its own quirks and attractions. Some are notably splashy; others are downright self-effacing.

Of course, all reflect the people who reside in them and their preferences.

Some towns are downright deferent; others are flashy enough to fry your spectacles. (Las Vegas, anyone?)

Obviously, every town – from tiny rural points on the map to the enormous metropolis – has its strengths and weakness.

That definitely goes for Victoria.

Plusses include good schools, excellent hospitals, multitudes of job openings, benign (usually) weather, amenities of all kinds, and so on. Such stuff can be verified by multitudes of individuals and families looking for the Good Life.

And that goes, too, for an almost dizzying array of sights that not only do well, but do right: Downtown. Not incidentally, in the past few days, it saw a devel-

opment that could represent a new infusion of drama.

Earlier this month, two groups consisting of Louise O’Connor, Catherine O’Connor, and the Braman and Hewitt interests finalized a transaction to acquire the old Kamin Furniture building on Santa Rosa Street.

This development, along with other transactions in the downtown area, has generated flurries.

Like downtown of the past, the area is up and running. And it is not just functioning, but rocking.

It is, in fact, just one more transaction signaling the downtown’s new attractions – as we will be reminded in the coming weeks.

And there’s plenty more. In Victoria’s long and colorful civic life, there have been celebrations modest and colorful, depending on what the shindig calls for. Some are relatively modest; others are splashy and loud. All have the same idea: reach the people and bring them together.

Now comes another such occasion, and it should be a truly mem-

orable get-together.

You may not have yet heard, but at 2 p.m. April 10, Victorians will congregate on the courthouse steps to take in the Victoria Main Street dedication ceremony. Texas first lady Anita Perry will be on hand to share her thoughts about the day.

Later, she and others will meet at the DeLeon Plaza, where the merriment will no doubt continue.

It should be a memorable day, and it will remind both residents and visitors that our downtown is on a roll. It wouldn’t do to go overboard, but downtown Victoria is alive and cooking.

Don’t believe it? Spend some time to take a long look. Usable buildings that might have been ignored or forgotten are now getting closer looks and, in some cases, are being refurbished.

There are, as well, two more-than-big-time office buildings, and between them a downright amazingly kept park that could have been transported here from the 1800s.

And then there are impressive

churches virtually everywhere you turn your eye, many of them having been here for ages.

In the mood for some light (or not so light) reading? Check out the city’s well-filled and intensely used library.

Thirsty? There are two taverns on Constitution Street, and a notably larger operation a couple of blocks away that can take care fairly large groups and/or visiting citizens.

There are a number of attractions, but you owe it to yourself to take the trip in person. And when you get enough of the park and the churches, you can spend a few bucks on a downtown burger.

But there’s much more than burgers. One bit of news is at least unwelcome, though not necessarily disastrous: Victoria’s Longleaf Coffee Co. has unplugged the carafe and decided to turn the work to others.

But don’t worry, more Java will surely be on the way.

On another front, the alluring Bootfest, which brought thou-

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sands downtown for its inaugural season, will be here again next year. The festival is a homage to cowboy boots and the people who wear them and tells the world that Victoria is a place where people can be themselves.

Finally, consider another bit of whoopee in the near future: the Independent Film Festival at the Leo J. Welder Center that will run Thursday through Sunday.

Slip into that shindig and be the first on your block who knows what’s happening in Texas’ Cine-World.

Then, to decompress, amble through the neighborhoods, some downright striking, some less flashy, but all interesting.

You may find yourself pleased that Victoria’s downtown has been spared the ruination that befalls so many other cities.

Those who have taken part in our downtown’s revitalization deserve our thanks and gratitude. If you know someone personally who has taken part in saving downtown, you would do well to pause and send them a heartfelt thanks.

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Who is hurting California?

Legislature or governor?

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We’re Muppets, aka low-information voters ot easy being a Muppet. Referring to Greg Smith, formerly of Goldman Sachs, who wrote an op-ed in The New York Times about getting the hell out of Dodge, due to his company’s relentlessly spiraling moral depravity. According to Smith, associates are encouraged to pursue profit above all else, and that includes ripping out the eyeballs of their own billion-dollar clients at the same time they mockingly scorn them as Muppets.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A complete shocker – big-time brokerage firm with little or no conscience.

My God. What next? High school prom parties where beer is served? Charlie Sheen coming to on the floor of a Vegas hotel after noon? Drive-through food that tastes like hot, damp, glued-together bar coasters? Mitt Romney making his own robocalls?

Romney loves to hype his history as a private equity investment banker, so it’s not difficult to imagine him as another of the sucking pods on a waving tentacle of the vampire squid.

Wrapped so tightly in the “Me First,” and “Success at any Cost” culture that he squeaks money when he moves. A sound that surely acts as a predatory mating call.

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We’re all Muppets to him. On a daily basis Mr. Bain Capital will say or do whatever he thinks might possibly help on the campaign trail. “Pro-choice, I got your pro-choice. Oh WILL wait, not pro-choice; well, then neither am I.” “What happens in the sanctity of one’s own bedroom is nobody’s business. Oh, Yes It Is!” Surprised every time he’s not photographed wearing one of those whiplash neck braces from the twisting and turning necessary to cover his wide panoply of paradoxical convictions.

Recently, this shape shifter comically sucked up to the South, pretending to like cheesy grits. Mitt, nothing personal, but if ever there were a non-cheesy grits-eating kind of a dude, it’s you. Even while referring to your NASCAR- and NFL-owner buddies, you still don’t have a song in your heart. Probably consider them nothing more than slightly better constructed sock puppets. More realistic button eyes.

That’s it, isn’t it? We’re all annoying obstacles to be overcome in order to better provide for your family. Who would be well advised not to get too comfortable, if there is anything to be learned from the fate of your valiant Irish setter, Seamus. Is that going to be your solution to everything: hose us down?

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The Politicrats even have a name for our particular kind of Muppetism; they call us Low-Information Voters.

People not paying too close attention. The ones that pretty much believe every ounce of slop our leaders shovel at us while greedy fingers fiddle at our orbital sockets.

Consider the 50 percent of Republicans in Mississippi and 45 percent in Alabama who still believe President Obama is a Muslim. While the hard-of-hearing think he’s muslin, a loosely woven cotton fabric.

Maybe that’s the ultimate goal of Republican kingmakers like the Koch Brothers. Get rid of the messy, unpredictable human element and create their own Muppet mouthpiece. Fold a spool of muslin into a head-shaped ball, stick a hand up it, and have it say exactly what they think we Low-Information Voters, LIVers, want to hear. Or did they already do that and call it... Rush Limbaugh.

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When it’s bill paying time in Victoria, TX,

for all us older folks, money is tight, Oh! What a fright!

So why don’t we just go back to earlier times, when it was just the same – No jobs, but everyone pulled together, planting gardens for food, canning, sharing with one another, so none are hungry, homeless or cold.

Put out your hand to others.

Stretching the money, doing with less, happy together, without the stress!

Joan Balusek, Victoria

n less than 50 years they ruined my home state.

They over-taxed it, over-regulated it and bankrupted it. They strangled its vibrant economy, destroyed its education system and let its infrastructure crumble.

Who are these people who’ve turned the Golden State into Greece?

Not Big Business. Not the rich.

Not the poor. Not millions of immigrants from Des Moines or Juarez.

“They” are the career politicians in Sacramento. Their excessive lawmaking, taxing and spending have transformed California into a European welfare state with a grim future.

It’s hard for me to believe how things have deteriorated in California since the late 1960s. I can remember when Ronald Reagan was governor. We had a surplus.

He actually gave money back to the people of California.

The state once was famous for having the best education system, the best business climate, the best roads and infrastructure in America. It was a growing, dynamic paradise where people came to pursue their dreams and hopes.

Now California’s a wreck that people and businesses are leaving in droves. And Gov. Brown and his gang are offering us more of the same this fall – higher income and sales taxes and a bullet train no one wants but them.

To reverse its death spiral, California needs to return to a part-time legislature and turn its career politicians into part-time citizen politicians – which is what they are in 41 other states and what they were in California until 1967.

Today the state’s 120 legislators work year-round and their $95,000 salaries are sweetened by as much as $50,000 in tax-free per diem allowances. They are the highest-paid lawmakers in the country.

Compare California to Texas and Florida. In Texas they pay legislators $600 a month and the legislature meets 140 days a year.

In Florida lawmakers get $30,000 a year and meet just 60 days.

WORDS Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house; and said to all the people, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

Jeremiah 19:14-15 Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-born American novelist and poet

The politicians in Texas and Florida do not make politics their careers.

They have to have real jobs in the real world.

When MIKE they’re not in Austin or Tallahassee, they must live and do business under the same laws they have written.

Part-time legislators are what the founding fathers wanted lawmakers to be. My father Ronald Reagan was a citizen politician.

Politics was not a career for him.

It was a service. He gave of himself.

People have repeatedly asked me to run for the U.S. Senate against Dianne Feinstein. But I think that a new job I have – chairing the “Citizen Legislature Act” – is better for me and the state.

California citizens are in the streets collecting signatures now to put the initiative on the fall ballot. The act would return the state to a part-time legislature.

Lawmaking sessions would be cut from 230 days to 90 days. And legislators would be forced to produce on-time, balanced budgets or not get paid. What a concept.

The act also would end politics as a full-time career in California.

Legislators would be paid $1,500 a month. At $18,000 a year, they’d have to find real jobs and see what it’s like to live under the dumb and/or bad laws they write by the thousands in Sacramento.

The “Citizen Legislature Act,” which I will work hard to see become law, would shock the systems of the politicians. They’d have to start serving the people of California, not themselves.

And I bet they wouldn’t be passing any new bullet train legislation.

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■ YOUR ONLINE COMMENT Get the park back to the way it was forty years ago.

That would be progress!!!

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Celebrate, learn about Texas history in March exas has had many flags.

The flag of Spain came first, followed briefly by that of France.

Spain re-asserted their dominance of Texas until they were ousted by revolutionaries in Mexico who flew their flag over the area from 1821-1836. Revolution came again, and March 2, 1836, another flag flew over Texas – that of the Republic of Texas. Since that time only two other flags have officially flown over Texas – that of the United States and that of the Confederacy. In many ways flags have shaped Texas and its inhabitants. It is with this in mind that Victoria Public Library and the Victoria County Genealogical Society invite you to celebrate Texas history.

Join us for what promises to be an informative and engaging event with historians Stephen L. Hardin and Donald S. Frazier. In commemoration of Texas Independence Month and the

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Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, these acclaimed authors will JEFF discuss the Texas Revolution and Texas in the Civil War. The event will be in the Bronte Room at the Victoria Public Library on Saturday, March 24th from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00pm.

It is open to the public, and there is no charge to attend.

Dr. Hardin, whose book, “Texian Iliad,” is widely thought of as the definitive military history of the Texas Revolution, brings his expertise and folksy style to VPL. Fans of the latest Alamo movie may recall that Hardin served as the historical advisor on that film, one of his many forays into popular history. His most recent book, “Texian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston,” is the lively tale of a Texas Revolutionary hero whose life is

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tragically cut short, but not by enemy musket fire.

Hardin was a professor of United States and Texas History at Victoria College for many years before taking up his current position at McMurry University.

Dr. Frazier, a man who wears many hats in history and heritage tourism, brings his passion and unique style to VPL. He is currently writing the current installment of his so-called “Louisiana Quadrille,” a series of books focusing on the fascinating and oft-forgotten Louisiana theatre of the Civil War. He also wrote “Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the Southwest” and “Cottonclads!: The Battle of Galveston and the Defense of the Texas Coast.” Frazier is currently a professor of history at McMurry University, where his course offerings include Texas and United States History, as well as The American Frontier, The American Indian, and Civil War and Reconstruction.

In conjunction with our au-

thor program, VPL has a fully stocked display of Texas History books available for checkout. So pick out a couple and brush up on your Texas history before the event. You should also stop by VPL to view our exhibit, The American Civil War in Coastal Bend Texas, which is on loan to VPL from the Museum of the Coastal Bend. This wonderful exhibit includes artifacts owned by Victorians who fought in the War. Call 361-485-3302 or visit us on the web at www.victoriapubliclibrary.org for more information.

Jeff Wright is Librarian at the Victoria Public Library, 302 N. Main St. He also serves as 1st vice president of the Victoria County Genealogical Society. Mr. Wright may be reached by phone at 361-485-3309 or by email at jwright@victoriatx.org

Riverside improvements: 1. Red River entrance is an embarrassment.

2. The running trail needs to be widened and expanded.

3. Another children’s park/area by the Texas Zoo is needed.

4. Thin out the trees

roberttx Bravo Mr. Williams!!!

I know the Parks Master plan has more than a few plans for Riverside, but seeing them to fruition is an entirely different matter. If they are already squawking over maintenance issues, I cannot imagine how they intend to pull any of them off.

The roads in and out of Riverside are in desperate need of repair. I am just ashamed every time I drive in on the Red River entrance.

The duckpond area needs to be cleaned up. The city should develop some type of border around the pond to make it stay clean instead of the mud pit that it always is.

Thin out the duck and geese population. Don’t even get me started on the buzzards.

The bathrooms are only bad if you are forced to use one. I actually stopped a while back at the one near the start of the frisbee golf course and it was remarkably clean.

I agree, take care of what

you have instead of developing more. Especially if you cannot afford to take care of all of it.

jasonbourne I think the No. 1 priority should be to maintain what is currently in place. After reading a number of the comments from the survey (only around 500 people responded), lack of clean, safe restrooms appeared to be one of the most mentioned concerns.

I have experienced this myself as an event I attended at Community Center in January, one men’s stall was out of order and another did not have a door which left only 1 private, functioning commode. Last time I was in Riverside Park the rest rooms (close to stadium) were unusable due to stench from lack of maintenance, no supplies, etc.

It is also a concern to me that when a park commissioner asked for landscaping to be done at several existing parks, the response was NO because landscaping requires maintenance (Parks Commission meeting viewed on city channel) and there is not enough budget to cover it.

This is amazing that there is money to build new parks, trails, etc. but there is not money to maintain existing ones. To me a park without landscaping is just a piece of ground.

Jeff Williams

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How the south can rise again: Immigrants n the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, members of the media noticed there was widespread devastation in the South. Watching it on television, as a person of Southern heritage, to me it was clear: “Some of that was like that before the storm.”

And it was. And it still is years later. Now since the Southern states have primaries for the next few weeks – combined

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with Mitt Romney doing his best Rand McNally material at campaign stops – the South is in the spotlight once again.

However, in this election cycle there are no real Southern candidates. Newt Gingrich represented Georgia but was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (and retains that accent). To contrast that, both the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention events are being held in southern states (North Carolina and Florida).

Here’s what the nation ignores unless there’s a disaster (or an election which could also qualify as a disaster): Of the bottom 10 poorest states in the union – nine of them are Southern states east of Texas. Mississippi is the poorest state of all. Child poverty. Unemployment. Under-employment. Lack of education. Lack of resources.

The nation’s highest obesity rates are found south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Despite the TINA conservative bona fides, the South isn’t pulling herself up by her bootstraps ... mainly because she can’t see her toes she’s about to lose to diabetes. These are deeply and consistently Republican voters — but being poor and Republican is like being a cow and pro-leather.

The South is a parable as to why that is: Their prejudices are being exploited to prod them into being against their own best interests.

In the South there’s been a long (and storied) resentment of outsiders coming in and telling them how to run their lives. But without fail, when the economy is bad anywhere – historically the

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first group to be blamed are the noobs. Hence why a new wave of anti-immigrant legislation has been pouring out of the southern region of the U.S. Last year, Alabama passed HB 56 or Hammon-Beason Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act which led to a mass exodus of labor in the state. There were reports of crops rotting in the fields and an estimated cost to the state in the billions. Now the governor of Mississippi has endorsed a similar plan. Capitalizing politicians will say these heavy-handed laws are to keep out illegal immigrants but in practice it’s anyone who looks vaguely foreign being forced to show their paperwork.

Not exactly the land of the free. And sure not Southern hospitality.

Are immigrants, as these laws imply, parasites on the system? It’s actually the

poorest (and, yes, Southern) states that are the ones not carrying their own weight.

For every dollar Alabamans pay in federal taxes, they receive $1.66 in federal money.

In Louisiana it’s $1.78 per dollar. Mississippi gets $2.02 per dollar they give the dreaded federal gubmint.

There’s a way to help this region get off the federal dole: Welcome immigrants.

California has a huge immigrant population (both legal and illegal) and while certainly not void of any problems, the state still boasts of having the 8th largest economy in the world. And grumble as you will about Californians, for every dollar they pay in federal taxes – the rest of the country receives nearly a quarter of it.

Southern conservatives can bemoan “paying for someone else’s birth control” but in this way the New England states are paying for “some-

one else’s” (namely the South’s) Lipitor.

Welcome immigrants. When you welcome immigrants – you welcome tourists, you welcome tax revenue and then, counter-intuitively, the South can be more self-reliant. That’s a conservative principle in a “severely” right-leaning culture.

The best thing the South can do to save herself is welcome the world. Be a place immigrants move to. Let smart people from other countries call themselves Alabamians. Let hard working people everywhere call Mississippi home. Welcome the world to the South.

Basically enact the opposite of HB 56.

Tina Dupuy is an award-winning writer and the managing editor of Crooks and Liars. Tina can be reached at tinadupuy@yahoo.com.

HOW TO CONTACT YOUR LAWMAKERS TEXAS U.S. SENATORS ■ U.S.

Sen. John Cornyn: 317 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510, office: (202) 224-2934, fax: (202)228-2856 ■ U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison: 284 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510, office: (202) 224-5922, fax: (202) 224-0776

TEXAS U.S. REPRESENTATIVES ■ U.S.

Rep. Ron Paul: 203 Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515, office: (202) 225-2831

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Rep. Ruben Hinojosa: 2463 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515, office: (202) 225-2531 ■ U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett: 201 Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515, office: (202) 225-4865

TEXAS SENATORS ■ State

Sen. Glenn Hegar: P.O. Box 1008, Katy 77492 office: (281) 391-8883, fax: (281) 391-8818, Austin: (512) 463-0118 ■ State Sen. Juan Hinojosa: 612

Nolana, Suite 410B, McAllen 78504, office: (956) 972-1841, fax: (956) 664-0602, Austin: (512) 463-0120

TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES ■ State

Rep. Geanie Morrison: 1908 N. Laurent, Suite 500, Victoria 77901, office: (361) 572-0196, fax: (361) 576-0747 fax, Austin: (512) 463-0456 ■ State Rep. Todd Hunter: Corpus Christi 78418 Office: (512) 463-0672, fax: (512) 463-5896

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ERS COURT ■ County

Judge: 101 N. Bridge St. Victoria 77901 (361) 575-4558 (general number for the commissioners court) ■ County Commissioners:

Precinct 1 at DaCosta 77905, (361) 575-8711 Precinct 2 at Nursery Drive 77976, (361) 575-3972 Precinct 3 at Goliad Highway 77905, (361) 578-8212 Precinct 4 at Foster Field 77904,

(361) 575-5221

VICTORIA COUNTY SHERIFF 101 N. Glass St., Victoria 77901 (361) 575-0651 CITY OF VICTORIA ■ City

Manager and City Council 105 W. Juan Linn St., Victoria 77901, (361) 485-3030

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that, of course, wives weren’t allowed on these kinds of trips.

“She told me that wives don’t go. That’s how she did it, what was expected then. But I’m not going to stay home when I’ve got the chance to go with him to Vegas,” Angela said.

She has to work to be patient when Justin can’t talk during the day or when a job takes him out on the road for days and weeks at a time.

She and Justin grew up together because their families both worked in the oil field. That’s how they met.

“But some things have changed,” she said, smiling at Justin.

Justin knows how important that is; he’s seen plenty of marriages break apart when the long hours, the stress and the time on the road drive a couple apart.

His uncle, Roy Williams, came home after 24 years of marriage to find his wife standing in the kitchen, saying she was done.

Even as his first marriage was crumbling, Williams never thought of giving it up.

“I guess it get’s in your blood. I can’t imagine doing anything else. Wouldn’t want to,” he said. “I missed a lot of my children growing up because I was on the road all of the time. I missed a lot of ball games and stuff like that. What’s good about my home life now is that my wife is in the oil field and she understands. When I’m gone three weeks, she understands,” he said, grinning at his wife, Justin’s aunt, Cathy Glass Williams.

It takes effort to keep it together, to make a marriage work. He and Angela sit down with their planners and map out when they will be together and when they’ll have to be apart, charting everything out as far in advance as possible. They talk on the phone every night when he’s on the road, and as often as possible during the day.

Justin’s first marriage failed, too. In fact, the oil field is riddled with broken families and relationships that disintegrated into ash.

The Eagle Ford Shale isn’t the biggest field in America right now – that distinction belongs to the Bakken Shale in North Dakota – but the Eagle Ford is booming.

West Texas oil is also experiencing an oil production renaissance as they harness hydraulic fracturing used to get Eagle Ford wells flowing to haul crude oil from the region’s dense rock formation.

But the Eagle Ford Shale is still one of the busiest plays. It has brought oil-field workers from across the country to the Crossroads.

The newcomers are eager to bring in some of the money that companies are willing to shell out to get experienced hands on their rigs and driving their trucks.

David Glass, Justin’s father, was more interested in agriculture when he was in high school, but when he got married at 18 in 1976 he needed a job then and there.

A family friend grasped his hand in the reception line after the wedding.

“Do you want to go work?” he asked. “If you want to go to work in the oil field, I’ve got a job for you as soon as you can start.”

That was how you got the job back then – by knowing somebody. Sometimes, if you were looking for work, you’d go down to the local beer joint and scrawl your name and number onto a wall.

Much of it depended on who you knew and whether you had a good reputation to carry out there with you.

The 1970s marked the last great oil boom America saw.

Oil was thriving, flooding the market. Prices were good because of tensions with the Middle East and plays in Texas were reviving an industry that had seemed to be in the decline only a decade before.

There were more rigs jutting into the skyline and pumping hydrocarbons from the ground than had ever been seen in this country.

Not everyone lived like they were a character from the TV show “Dallas,” but, with an oil-field job, you lived well.

Glass took the job.

Since then, he has worked in every part of the oil field, and there are a million different parts. It takes all of them working together to keep the oil flowing from the ground to a gas tank.

He and his father started a business, Superior Wireline Inc., striking out on their own in 1982.

That was when the American Petroleum Institute held numerous annual events in town, when the South Texas Oil and Gas Exposition drew hundreds of industry insiders from across the country.

They filled the Victoria Community Center with all of the latest gear.

Oil derricks protruded up into the sky in the parking lot, and men in suits and cowboy hats, or freshly starched dress shirts and crisply ironed jeans and bolo ties, clasped hands, talked business, promised to meet up later in the one show in the state that offered a bigger draw – the annual oil show in West Texas.

Then the boom went bust. The industry stumbled as oil prices dropped to almost nothing, $8 a barrel, seemingly overnight.

In fact, the signs that the boom was waning had been there with declines in production, but it still took those in the industry by surprise.

“I guess you could say we didn’t know any better,” David Glass said, with a wry gruff laugh.

The last show was in 1985. Victoria became a ghost town for the industry.

BY DIANNA WRAY DWRAY@VICAD.COM

Texas is again the leading crude oil-producing state in the country, but it wasn’t always this way.

Here are some of the big finds that changed the face of the Texas oil industry:

THE START Jan. 10, 1901, Spindletop erupted in Beaumont, firing mud, gas and finally an arc of dark green oil more than 1,000 feet into the sky.

The well came in at more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day and put Texas at the forefront of oil production.

Spindletop also gave sharecroppers and their sons an alternative to farming and the Texas oil field family was born. This was the place where they learned the oil business.

Spindletop created a new language: a “well-borer” became a driller; a “skilled hand,” a roughneck; a “semi-skilled hand,” a roustabout.

WEST TEXAS BOOMTOWNS Aug. 23, 1921, Santa Rita No. 1 came gushing in, the first big well discovered in West Texas. That started a land rush and little towns like Odessa and Midland swelled with those eager to get in on the action and drill for their fortunes in the Permian Basin.

West Texas has been booming and busting ever since.

West Texas is still the biggest production region in the state, and West Texas Intermediate crude oil is still the benchmark of crude oil in North America.

GOVERNMENT GETS IN Sept. 3, 1930, the East Texas Oil Field was struck when the men drilling the Daisy Bradford No. 3 hit pay dirt.

So much oil was being produced that it sent the oil industry into a tailspin in the middle of the Great Depression. In 1931, when overproduction had driven the price down to 13 cents a barrel, Gov. Ross Sterling ordered the National Guard into the field and declared martial law to force production to slow down. The Railroad Commission, the state agency that regulates the industry, gained power in the fight to control production.

“There were a lot of us that were still in the oil field and we tried to have an oil show, but there wasn’t anybody to have a show for. It was all gone,” David Glass said.

Glass and his father struggled to hold onto their business, to keep it alive and pay their employees, but by 1987, they knew they weren’t going to make it.

It got to the point that if they went out on a job and blew a tire, they had already lost any chance of making a profit. They might not even be able to get the truck towed home.

When some buyers turned up, they sold the business.

Glass and his father managed to get jobs after selling, but his father had lost his retirement – his life’s savings – in the bust, and he had to work the rest of his life, Glass said.

They were employed in almost every facet of the business to make it through the bust.

“We were lucky, though, because we had good reputations and people knew us so at least we got something,” David Glass said.

PRACTICING POLITICS The skeet shoot was almost rained out. After months of drought that cracked the earth open, a silver wall of water kept the API members huddled in the tan metal shack on Hester’s Shooting Range, while rain drummed on the rattling metal roof and lightning split the sky.

“Don’t worry,” one man said, when someone asked whether they were going to be able to shoot that day. “That man in the White House hasn’t been able to stop us, so neither will a little rain!”

That got a laugh.

Right now, the oil field is at an interesting point.

As an industry, it is seeing the kind of action it hasn’t in years.

Tensions with Iran, concern over the dangers of deep water drilling in the wake of the British Petroleum Gulf Coast oil spill, all of this has given the mainland plays more attention and more power than they have seen in decades.

Texas is on track to issue the most oil and gas drilling permits in a single year since 1985, the year just before the entire oil industry crumbled and oil sank to less than $10 a barrel.

On top of that, the U.S. Department of Energy reported that the United States exported more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011, the first time this has happened since 1949.

At the same time, the political climate is running against them. The BP oil spill hurt public perception of the industry and caused President Barack Obama to place a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

The industry has known government incentives and tax breaks for years, but in early March the president, in an election year when the haves and have nots keep rising to the surface as an issue, called for Congress to end oil company tax breaks.

When they get together, they talk about the president’s agenda.

They firmly believe that in his moves to delay the Keystone XL Pipeline from being laid and his embrace of alternative energy, he is trying to kill the oil industry.

That’s a slap in the face to these men because they and their families live and die by the price of oil and risk their lives to bring oil out of the ground and into gas tanks and the other mechanisms that power lives across this country.

A DANGEROUS LIFE

SOURCES: DANIEL YERGIN, “THE PRIZE;” THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS; THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; BRYAN BURROUGH, “THE BIG RICH.”

ANGELI WRIGHT/AWRIGHT@VICAD.COM

David Glass flashes a smile to his sons before taking on a few clay discs during the third annual American Petroleum Skeet Shoot at Hester’s Shooting Range. The event brings together the oil workers of the Crossroads, a sign of the prosperity that has returned to the area.

David Glass saw a man die on a rig once, a friend.

He was killed instantly by a heavy steel cable.

Glass’s face went ruddy and he pressed his lips together as he spoke. Remembering, his brown eyes grew cloudy, darkened and fixed as if he was trying to see something from a long way off.

“It was a freak accident that killed a young man.

He’s here, right here one second and then he’s gone. It wasn’t even really that he wasn’t paying attention. It’s bad. It’s horrible,” he said, with a sharp shake of his head.

Working in the oil field is dangerous. That’s something anyone who’s been in it any length of time won’t hesitate to tell you. They’ll follow it up with reassurances – the accidents don’t happen as often these days. Safety is their top priority. A lot has changed, but it is still one of the most dangerous jobs, and the increase in drilling has meant a natural increase in accidents.

There were seven oil-field deaths in South Texas in 2011 alone, up from three in 2007, just before the

boom began. A Yorktown man, Adam Weise, was killed when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded into a ball of fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

Death stalks the people in this field. If you sit down and ask, nearly everyone has a story. John Braudway, an oil-field consultant from Karnes City, still can’t bear to talk about the day his friend was killed on a rig. It’s been decades, but the memory pulls the smile from his face, revealing furrows of age on his handsome head.

“That’s not a story I tell,” Braudway said, the words coming out quiet and careful, like someone dropping stones into water, trying to avoid the inevitable ripples.

That’s what they all say.

The National Occupational Research Agenda Oil and Gas Extraction Council, a council made up of industry stakeholders and researchers, began meeting in 2008 to understand why so many were dying in the oil field.

Of an estimated 422,000 oil and gas workers in the country, 710 workers were killed between 2003 and 2009, more than eight times higher than the average fatality rate for all occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But those in the oil field say the benefits outweigh the risks when a play is hot.

The money is the best some of them will ever make. The average oil-field worker gets about $100,000 a year right now, Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman recently said at the Victoria Energy Summit.

With so many different plays across the country, experienced workers are hard to come by, so those familiar with the field are in a good position to choose where they work.

At the same time, this means a lot of the guys going out to work don’t have any experience at all, and a lot can happen while you’re trying to learn the business.

The deaths are caused when workers are struck by flying debris, moving rig equipment and blowouts.

As the Eagle Ford Shale play has continued to thrive, the injuries and deaths have increased as well.

An injury can mean the loss of your hand or your foot, a limb put in the wrong place at the wrong time and lopped off. Then you aren’t able to do the work you once did without all of your digits, hobbling around on a new prosthetic leg.

The play is being drilled in a low pressure area, so there isn’t as much danger of blowouts, the kind that lead to columns of flame in the sky, like in the movies, but there are still dangers from hydrogen sulfide, which can seep up and kill a worker after just a few breaths.

Every few months a worker dies on an Eagle Ford Shale rig site – the risk is just a part of the job.

Still, this doesn’t deter them. David Glass and his sons will keep working and saving and celebrating a little when the money rolls in.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? Oil has been good to David Glass, but he warned all three of his boys to stay away from the business.

“It’s too much up and down in this industry,” Glass said, glancing at his eldest son, Justin, who looks like a younger version of himself. He paused, pulling at his bristly, well-kept blonde mustache, sprinkled with gray. “It’s feast or famine.”

All three of his sons work in the oil field now.

“When you start a boom, you don’t realize how good it is until it goes bust, and then the high rolling goes away and you know what you’ve lost.

Yeah, it’s like they say, you don’t know what you love until you lose it,” Justin Glass said.

The entire industry weathered its way through the following decades.

Sometimes there would be a boom, a flurry of ex-

citement over some play or other. But it never lasted long, a couple of years and the play was all played out.

But not the Eagle Ford. The Eagle Ford Shale play is a phenomenon with no end in sight; at least that’s what David Glass believes People in the oil field believe this could be a boom that keeps on going. Some say it’ll last 10 years, some say 25.

The Pearsall Shale formation lies 2,000 feet below the Eagle Ford Shale and the formation, rich in natural gas, may be the next big play, Braudway, a longtime energy insider, said. There’s also a formation between the Eagle Ford Shale and the Pearsall Shale that is stirring up a flurry of interest among those in the oil field.

Still, booms are as reliable as gravity. Everything that goes up must come down, and this boom will end; it’s just a question of when.

The people of the oil field believed the last big boom of the 1970s would never end. Then it did, and cars were plastered with those famous bumper stickers saying, “Oh Lord, Please Give Us One More Boom – I Promise Not to Screw it Up This Time.”

Glass has faith. Right now, he believes this will last for years to come – oil gushing up from the ground in his own backyard. He never imagined there’d be something like this – no one did. He’s being careful, though. He and his wife are treating all of their children to a cruise next year, but he’s not getting extravagant, buying Cadillacs or diamonds.

He’s always reminding his sons to be cautious, too – if he’s learned anything, oil isn’t something you can count on. But talking about the Eagle Ford, his eyes gleam, and he shakes his head in disbelief.

“It’s unlike any boom I’ve ever seen,” David Glass said. “It’s amazing.”

The Play: Eagle Ford Shale series Sept. 25: CHANGE ON THE HORIZON Oct. 30: CUERO, THE HUB Dec. 18: PRIZE OF OIL: AT WHAT PRICE? Jan. 29: GET IT IN WRITING TODAY: LIFE IN THE OIL FIELD April 29: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE BARNETT SHALE May 27: KARNES COUNTY, CYCLE OF BOOM AND BUST

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GUSHERS&DUSTERS Editor's Note: Gushers and Dusters is compiled from reports filed by oil and gas operators with the Texas Railroad Commission in Austin.

The Advocate does not independently verify the information reported.

LOCATIONREPORTS Recent location reports for the Advocate readership area.

BEE COUNTY API No.: 42-025-33815 Classification: Fld. Dev. Operator: Enco Exploration Company Lease Name: Brown Unit Well No.: 10 Field Name: Norbee Total Depth: 5,000 feet Direction and Miles: 2.8 miles northwest of Beeville Survey Name: J.E. Scott, A-304 Acres: 40

DEWITT COUNTY API No.: 42-123-32715 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Marathon Oil EF LLC Lease Name: Ann Friar Thomas Well No.: 6H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 18,200 feet Direction and Miles: 8.2 miles southwest of Yoakum Survey Name: J. McCoy Jr., A-30 Acres: 809 API No.: 42-123-32717 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. Lease Name: Hay 01 Well No.: 1H Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford Shale) Total Depth: 21,000 feet Direction and Miles: 5.8 miles northeast of Yorktown Survey Name: I RR Co, A-245 Acres: 693.87 API No.: 42-123-32716 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Burlington Resources O and G Co. LP Lease Name: Blair Unit A Well No.: 1 Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 12,800 feet Direction and Miles: 10.3 miles northwest of Yorktown Survey Name: I RR Co, Section 64, A-532 Acres: 36

GOLIAD COUNTY API No.: 42-175-00029 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Re-Entry Operator: James L. Nelson Lease Name: R.L. Leggett Well No.: 2 Field Name: Barvo (Yegua Sand) Total Depth: 4,343 feet Direction and Miles: 2 miles north of Charco Survey Name: R. Musquiz, A-29 Acres: 100

GONZALES COUNTY API No.: 42-177-32499 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Cornfield Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) Total Depth: 12,800 feet Direction and Miles: 0.1 miles east of Sample Survey Name: Isaac Baker, A-130 Acres: 832.44

KARNES COUNTY API No.: 42-255-32348 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Plains Exploration and Prod. Co. Lease Name: Julie Well No.: 11H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 13,700 feet Direction and Miles: 5.6 miles northeast of Gillett Survey Name: D.B. McConnel, A-191 Acres: 2,944.28 API No.: 42-255-32354 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Burlington Resources O and G Co. LP Lease Name: Bailey Unit A Well No.: 1 Field Name: Sugarkane (Eagle Ford) Total Depth: 13,000 feet Direction and Miles: 2 miles south of Karnes City Survey Name: J.A. Leal, A-184 Acres: 360 API No.: 42-255-32353 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Marathon Oil EF LLC Lease Name: Brown-Dupnik B Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 15,000 feet Direction and Miles: 6 miles southwest of Karnes City

Survey Name: J. Bradberry, A-24 Acres: 292.51 API No.: 42-255-32355 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Thomas Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 12,500 feet Direction and Miles: 8.5 miles east of Gillett Survey Name: D. Taylor, A-280 Acres: 640 API No.: 42-255-32357 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Victoria Unit Well No.: 8H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 11,500 feet Direction and Miles: 8.4 miles southwest of Gillett Survey Name: F. Carillo, Section 8, A64 Acres: 821.05 API No.: 42-255-32358 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Plains Exploration and Prod. Co. Lease Name: Julie Well No.: 10H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 13,700 feet Direction and Miles: 5.6 miles northeast of Gillett Survey Name: D.B. McConnel, A-191 Acres: 2,944.28 API No.: 42-255-32359 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Burlington Resources O and G Co. LP Lease Name: Korth Vickers Unit D Well No.: 1 Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 12,100 feet Direction and Miles: 0.9 miles southeast of Ecleto Survey Name: W.G. Evans, A-100 Acres: 319.38 API No.: 42-255-32360 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Marathon Oil EF LLC Lease Name: Children-Weston Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 15,500 feet Direction and Miles: 11.5 miles southwest of Kenedy Survey Name: A. Aulaner, Section 261, A-20 Acres: 718.68 API No.: 42-255-32356 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Victoria Unit Well No.: 2H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 11,000 feet Direction and Miles: 7.6 miles southwest of Gillett Survey Name: F. Carillo, Section 8, A64 Acres: 821.05 API No.: 42-255-32366 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Marathon Oil EF LLC Lease Name: Miller-Ridout Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 14,000 feet Direction and Miles: 1.5 miles southwest of Karnes City Survey Name: Francisco Ruiz, A-9 Acres: 289.89 API No.: 42-255-32367 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Thomas Unit Well No.: 2H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 12,500 feet Direction and Miles: 8.5 miles east of Gillett Survey Name: D. Taylor, A-280 Acres: 640 API No.: 42-255-32361 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Crews Unit Well No.: 3H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 11,500 feet Direction and Miles: 5.3 miles southeast of Gillett Survey Name: W.G. Evans, A-100 Acres: 619.34 API No.: 42-255-32362 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Crews Unit Well No.: 4H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 11,500 feet Direction and Miles: 5.3 miles southeast of Gillett Survey Name: W.G. Evans, A-100 Acres: 619.34 API No.: 42-255-32363 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Crews Unit Well No.: 5H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Total Depth: 11,500 feet Direction and Miles: 5.5 miles southeast of Gillett

RIG COUNT

PRICE PER BARREL

Week Ending Mar. 18 .............................109

Week Ending Mar. 18 .........................$105.11

Week Ending Mar. 11 .............................110

Week Ending Mar. 11 ...........................$106.58

The rig count is provided by the Victoria office of Halliburton, showing the number of active drilling rigs in Victoria, Goliad, Gonzales, Calhoun, Jackson, Bee, Refugio, DeWitt, Lavaca, Wharton, Karnes, Colorado and Matagorda counties.

Price per barrel figures are provided from New York by the Associated Press and reflect the cash F.O.B. price of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark grade of U.S. crude oil.

Survey Name: W.G. Evans, A-100 Acres: 619.34

LAVACA COUNTY API No.: 42-285-33629 Classification: Fld. Dev. Operator: Sev Texas Operating LLC Lease Name: Rother Unit Well No.: 1 Field Name: Valentine Total Depth: 9,500 feet Direction and Miles: 7.7 miles northwest of Hallettsville Survey Name: Hrs. J. Lyons, A-282 Acres: 122.63 API No.: 42-285-33630 Classification: Fld. Dev. Operator: Sev Texas Operating LLC Lease Name: Spies Unit Well No.: 1 Field Name: Valentine Total Depth: 9,500 feet Direction and Miles: 7.9 miles northwest of Hallettsville Survey Name: Hrs. J. Lyons, A-282 Acres: 137.61

REFUGIO COUNTY API No.: 42-391-31879 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Recompletion Operator: Hilcorp Energy Company Lease Name: Annie Reilly Et Vir Well No.: 18 Field Name: Tom O’Connor (6,550) Total Depth: 7,982 feet Direction and Miles: 9 miles northeast of Refugio Survey Name: M.J. Ximenes, A-324 Acres: 215.90 API No.: 42-391-00471 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Recompletion Operator: Hilcorp Energy Company Lease Name: Maude Williams Et Al ‘A’ Well No.: 3G Field Name: Tom O’Connor (5900 Sand) Total Depth: 6,000 feet Direction and Miles: 9 miles northeast of Refugio Survey Name: T.H. Webb, A-298 Acres: 4,000 API No.: 42-391-00568 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Recompletion Operator: Hilcorp Energy Company Lease Name: Mrs. Fannie V.W. Heard Well No.: 46 Field Name: Tom O’Connor (4,400) Total Depth: 5,923 feet Direction and Miles: 9 miles northeast of Refugio Survey Name: T.H. Webb, A-298 Acres: 1,222.50

VICTORIA COUNTY API No.: 42-469-32436 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Recompletion Operator: Future Petroleum Company LLC Lease Name: McFaddin Well No.: 169 Field Name: McFaddin Total Depth: 6,515 feet Direction and Miles: 19 miles south of Victoria Survey Name: C M B Hoyd, A-179 Acres: 2,500 API No.: 42-469-01275 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Recompletion Operator: Petra Oleum Corp.

Lease Name: J. Zimmer Well No.: 2 Field Name: Colletto Creek (2350) Total Depth: 2,400 feet Direction and Miles: 6 miles southwest of Victoria Survey Name: R. Manchola, A-87 Acres: 58.66

WHARTON COUNTY API No.: 42-481-35186 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Recompletion Operator: Apache Corp.

Lease Name: Pierce Estate Well No.: B161 Field Name: Magnet Withers (F-16) Total Depth: 7,500 feet Direction and Miles: 6.4 miles southwest of Lane City Survey Name: J. Caldwell, A-10 Acres: 7,344.70 API No.: 42-481-35231 Classification: Fld. Dev. Operator: Apache Corp.

Lease Name: Pierce Estate Well No.: B166 Field Name: Withers North Total Depth: 7,500 feet Direction and Miles: 6.3 miles southwest of Lane City Survey Name: J. Caldwell, A-10 Acres: 7,344.70

OILANDGAS COMPLETION Recent oil and gas completions for the Advocate readership area.

DEWITT COUNTY API No.: 42-123-32341 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Plug Back Operator: Lime Rock Resources A LP Lease Name: R. Green Well No.: 1 Field Name: Warmsley (Vaughn) Survey Name: D. Alderete, A-52 Direction and Miles: 5 miles south of Nordheim Oil: 0.5 MCF: 119 Choke Size: 18/64 of an inch Tubing Pressure: 330 Shut In Well Pressure: 1,750 Total Depth: 12,000 feet Plug Back Depth: 11,275 feet Perforations: 9,408-9,486 feet API No.: 42-123-32545 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.

Lease Name: Hyatt A Well No.: 4H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: F.S. Breeding, A-69 Direction and Miles: 2.03 miles southeast from Westhoff Oil: 483 MCF: 1,144 Choke Size: 8/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 6,534 Total Depth: 18,635 feet Plug Back Depth: 18,571 feet Perforations: 13,100-18,551 feet API No.: 42-123-32539 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.

Lease Name: J-Hermann E Well No.: 1H Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford Shale) Survey Name: S.P. Middleton, A-36 Direction and Miles: 9.51 miles southwest from Yoakum Oil: 576 MCF: 1,773 Choke Size: 11/64 of an inch Tubing Pressure: 6,225 Shut In Well Pressure: 7,329 Total Depth: 16,826 feet Plug Back Depth: 16,783 feet Perforations: 13,053-16,668 feet API No.: 42-123-32483 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.

Lease Name: Natho B Well No.: 1H Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford Shale) Survey Name: M. McKennon, A-340 Direction and Miles: 5.05 miles southeast from Westhoff Oil: 496 MCF: 3,335 Choke Size: 11/64 of an inch Tubing Pressure: 8,225 Shut In Well Pressure: 9,349 Total Depth: 19,380 feet Plug Back Depth: 19,355 feet Perforations: 13,893-19,335 feet API No.: 42-123-32580 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.

Lease Name: Oro Negro Unit 2 Well No.: 1 Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford Shale) Survey Name: J.E. Ross, A-404 Direction and Miles: 3.51 miles northeast from Westhoff Oil: 738 MCF: 1,052 Choke Size: 10/64 of an inch Tubing Pressure: 6,619 Shut In Well Pressure: 7,215 Total Depth: 16,944 feet Plug Back Depth: 16,710 feet Perforations: 12,870-16,843 feet

GONZALES COUNTY API No.: 42-177-31770 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Recompletion Operator: Lucas Energy Inc. Lease Name: Kuntschik Well No.: 1 Field Name: Pilgrim (Austin Chalk) Survey Name: M. Powers, A-387 Direction and Miles: 6 miles south of Gonzales Oil: 100 MCF: 0 Choke Size: None Pumping: Yes

BUILDING REPORT This is a listing of building permits issued by the city of Victoria from March 8 to 14, for new commercial, commercial remodeling, new residential construction and manufactured homes.

Commercial ■ Hardesty

and Associates, Inc., permit for The Buckle Inc., 7800 N. Navarro St, $4,000.

Residential ■ South

Texas Foundation Repair, permit for Luis Chavez, 1003 Westwood Drive, $2,500.

■ BJ Davis Construction, 104 Pebble Brook, $534,911.

■ South Texas Foundation Repair, per-

mit for Ernest Guajardo, 3304 Flamingo Drive, $7,000.

■ Coastal Bend Foundation, permit for Tom Willis, 108 Green Way, $3,520.

■ Du-West Foundation, permit for Sarah Olsousky, 308 Salisbury Lane, $5,809.

■ Coastal Bend Foundation, permit for Paula Newell, 111 Norwich Glen, $9,800.

■ Coastal Bend Foundation, permit for Betty Fudge, 202 Kelly Drive, $3,400.

■ Julian Trevino, 2312 Tibiletti Road, $1,200.

■ AV Cruz Roofing, permit for Russell Marshall, 6017 Country Club Drive, $13,900.

■ Coastal Bend Foundation, permit for

Total Depth: 11,312 feet Perforations: 8,091-11,312 feet API No.: 42-177-32398 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Penn Virginia Oil and Gas LP Lease Name: Rock Creek Ranch Well No.: 3H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) Survey Name: J. McCoy, A-46 Direction and Miles: 8.83 miles west of Gonzales Oil: 341 MCF: 258 Choke Size: 20/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 875 Total Depth: 13,441 feet Perforations: 11,323-13,226 feet API No.: 42-177-32399 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Penn Virginia Oil and Gas LP Lease Name: Rock Creek Ranch Well No.: 4H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) Survey Name: J. McCoy, A-46 Direction and Miles: 8.83 miles west of Gonzales Oil: 243 MCF: 287 Choke Size: 20/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 1,050 Total Depth: 14,173 feet Perforations: 11,607-14,010 feet API No.: 42-177-32379 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Penn Virginia Oil and Gas LP Lease Name: Rock Creek Well No.: 2H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) Survey Name: J. McCoy, A-46 Direction and Miles: 8.83 miles west of Gonzales Oil: 700 MCF: 545 Choke Size: 14/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 2,700 Total Depth: 14,753 feet Perforations: 9,669-14,572 feet API No.: 42-177-32413 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Mitchell Unit Well No.: 8H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) Survey Name: J. Billings, A-128 Direction and Miles: 13 miles southeast from Cost Oil: 3,169 MCF: 2,051 Choke Size: 28/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 2,430 Total Depth: 15,008 feet Plug Back Depth: 14,918 feet Perforations: 11,675-14,911 feet API No.: 42-177-32347 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Cusack Ranch Well No.: 6H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) Survey Name: T. Davis, A-178 Direction and Miles: 10.1 miles southeast from Cost Oil: 1,281 MCF: 1,506 Choke Size: 28/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 990 Total Depth: 14,512 feet Plug Back Depth: 14,430 feet Perforations 11,175-14,404 feet

KARNES COUNTY API No.: 42-255-32129 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Crimson Exploration Oper.

Inc. Lease Name: Littlepage-McBride Well No.: 5H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: G. Elliott, A-101 Direction and Miles: 13 miles west from Karnes City Oil: 938 MCF: 766 Choke Size: 16/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 2,122 Total Depth: 16,196 feet Plug Back Depth: 16,097 feet Perforations: 11,055-16,045 feet API No.: 42-255-32160 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Marathon Oil EF LLC Lease Name: Rippstein-Rafter Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: F. Ruiz, A-9 Direction and Miles: 3.5 miles west of Karnes City Oil: 694 MCF: 477 Choke Size: 12/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 3,572 Total Depth: 17,887 feet Perforations: 12,079-17,761 feet API No.: 42-255-32229 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: EOG Resources Inc. Lease Name: Evans Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: M.I. Leal, Section 9, A180 Direction and Miles: 7.1 miles south-

west of Gillett Oil: 810 MCF: 407 Choke Size: 32/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 466 Total Depth: 13,931 feet Plug Back Depth: 13,850 feet Perforations: 9,849-13,845 feet API No.: 42-255-32101 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Marathon Oil EF LLC Lease Name: Egbert-Miller Unit Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: F. Ruiz, A-9 Direction and Miles: 1.5 miles southwest of Karnes City Oil: 864 MCF: 852 Choke Size: 12/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 5,383 Total Depth: 16,905 feet Perforations: 12,672-16,749 feet API No.: 42-255-31858 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Burlington Resources O and G Co. LP Lease Name: Skloss Unit A Well No.: 1 Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: F.J. Haskins, A-136 Direction and Miles: 2.6 miles northeast from Helena Oil: 1,414 MCF: 1,641 Choke Size: 14/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 6,611 Total Depth: 17,430 feet Perforations: 12,777-17,219 feet API No.: 42-255-32009 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Crimson Exploration Oper.

Inc. Lease Name: Littlepage-McBride Well No.: 3H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: G. Elliott, A-101 Direction and Miles: 13 miles west of Karnes City Oil: 823 MCF: 458 Choke Size: 14/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 2,650 Total Depth: 16,615 feet Plug Back Depth: 16,522 feet Perforations: 11,025-16,399 feet

LAVACA COUNTY API No.: 42-285-33610 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Sharon Hunter Resources Inc. Lease Name: Snipe Hunter Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: D. Burket, A-4 Direction and Miles: 2.1 miles northwest of Moulton Oil: 1,511 MCF: 1,020 Choke Size: 20/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 2,175 Total Depth: 16,202 feet Perforations: 10,705-15,959 feet API No.: 42-285-33614 Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizontal Operator: Sharon Hunter Resources Inc. Lease Name: Leopard Hunter Well No.: 1H Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) Survey Name: D. Burkett, A-4 Direction and Miles: 2 miles northwest of Moulton Oil: 1,207 MCF: 755 Choke Size: 20/64 of an inch Flowing: Yes Tubing Pressure: 1,700 Total Depth: 16,936 feet Perforations: 11,041-16,689 feet

REFUGIO COUNTY API No.: 42-391-33015 Classification: Fld. Dev. Operator: Hilcorp Energy Company Lease Name: Clement Heard Well No.: 38 Field Name: Tom O’Connor (5,900 Sand) Survey Name: M.J. Ximenes, A-324 Direction and Miles: 9 miles northeast from Refugio Oil: 103 MCF: 76 Choke Size: 22/64 of an inch Pumping: (gas lift) Total Depth: 6,200 feet Plug Back Depth: 6,129 feet Perforations: 5,875-5,878 feet

WHARTON COUNTY API No.: 42-481-34175 Classification: Fld. Dev. Operator: Caza Operating LLC Lease Name: O.B. Ranch Well No.: 2 Field Name: Red Bull (Cook Mountain) Survey Name: H. Griffith, A-25 Direction and Miles: 3.96 miles southwest of Wharton Oil: 14 MCF: 521 Choke Size: 14/64 of an inch Tubing Pressure: 630 Shut In Well Pressure: 1,200 Total Depth: 13,200 feet Plug Back Depth: 12,610 feet Perforations: 12,535-12,563 feet

MY FIRST JOB Steve Kennedy, 4904 Evergreen Lane, $9,100.

■ Du-West Foundation, permit for Gregory Hermes, 205 Williamsburg Ave. $3,809.

■ Lupe Mahan, permit for Andres Pena, 1003 Virginia Ave., $2,600.

Manufactured Homes ■ Perigree,

Inc., permit for Jim Fellers, 4302 John Stockbauer Drive, $38,700.

Building values listed in this graphic are based on averages used by the city to assess fees charged builders for construction permits. The estimated costs do not necessarily reflect actual sale values or values used to figure property taxes. The city requires permits to be issued when new or used mobile homes are moved to or within the city.

■ NAME: Paige Streiff ■ AGE: 31 ■ CITY OF RESIDENCE: Victoria ■ CURRENT TITLE: Manager of Ashley Furniture HomeStore ■ FIRST JOB: My first job was as part of the stocking crew for

a clothing retail store. I worked from 1 to 6 a.m.

■ WHAT IT TAUGHT ME: I learned the back end of the retail world through that job – rules, regulations and to be precise.

It taught me a lot.

My First Job is a feature that highlights people’s first – or wackiest – job and what they learned from the experience. Please limit responses to 100 words or less. Responses may be edited for style, content or length. A photo of the jobholder accompanies the feature.

Streiff

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PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: LAUREN HIGHTOWER-EMERSON, LHIGHTOWER@VICAD.COM

SCAM ADVICE

Don’t be fooled by Wal-Mart texting scam I have told you in the past that our next onslaught of scams will come by text messaging.

Here is a good example: consumers are reporting receiving text messages on cell phones that claim they have won a $1,000 Walmart gift card. They are told they need to enter a code word on a website to receive the prize.

Investigators found that once a consumer entered information into the website, it asked the user to download a free software program that would record all keystrokes on a computer.

Downloading the software would give hackers access to personal information, including bank account pass-

words and other identifying information.

WalMart confirmed that the company was not the source of the text messages.

Investigators found that the phone number sending the texts from a “202” area ALAN code was probably from a BETTER prepaid cell BUSINESS phone and the BUREAU website domain was registered in the Bahamas.

Surprise, surprise.

We are also alerting consumers of a phone scam in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft. We have

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seen this before, but it is back with a vengeance.

The callers identify themselves as being from Microsoft tech support and have identified that the consumer’s computer had a virus.

The caller offers to solve a consumer’s computer problems or sell him or her a software license, all in an effort to gain remote control access to the consumer’s computer.

According to Microsoft, once these scammers have access to the computer, they can install malicious software, steal personal information or take control of the computer remotely.

Microsoft’s Online Safety and Security Center states

NEW DIGS

ALLISON MILES/AMILES@VICAD.COM

Olivia’s Closet opened its doors March 1 at 3404 N. Laurent St. Owned by Kimberly Lawrence, the shop offers children’s quilts, clothing and hair bows, as well as women’s purses and accessories. It is named for Lawrence’s 2-year-old daughter, Olivia Faith Lawrence.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

For more information, call 361-572-0065.

■ 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

■ Victoria County Senior

Citizens Center, 603 E. Murray St. ■ For more information, call 361-649-1106.

READY TO START A BUSINESS! ■ 10 a.m.-noon ■ UHV Small Business

Development Center, 3402 N. Ben Wilson St. ■ For more information, call 361-575-8944.

TUESDAY

VICTORIA PARTNERSHIP MEETING ■ 7:30 a.m.

■ Second floor,

700 Main Center ■ For more information, call 361-485-3190.

VICTORIA COUNTY FARMERS MARKET ■ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

■ 2805 N. Navarro St. ■ For more information,

call

361-582-6533.

INTRO TO MICROSOFT WORD 2007 ■ 9:30-11:30 a.m.

■ Workforce Solutions

of the Golden Crescent computer lab, 120 S. Main St. ■ For more information, call 361-485-3316 or visit victoriapubliclibrary.org.

WEDNESDAY

SELF-GUIDED COMPUTER TRAINING ■ 9-11 a.m.

■ Victoria Public

Library, 302 N.

Main St. more information, call 361-485-3316 or visit victoriapubliclibrary.org.

■ For

STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS ■ 10 a.m.-noon ■ 405 S. Lavaca St., Moulton ■ For more information, call

361-575-8944.

VICTORIA PROFESSIONAL EXPRESS NETWORK MONTHLY LUNCHEON ■ 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

■ UHV Multi-Purpose

Room, 3007 N. Ben Wilson St. ■ For more information, call 361-920-4475.

361-572-8340 or email becky@parkwayvictoria.org.

THURSDAY

INTRO TO THE INTERNET AND EMAIL ■ 9:30-11:30 a.m.

■ Workforce Solutions

of the Golden Crescent computer lab, 120 S. Main St. ■ For more information, call 361-485-3316 or visit victoriapubliclibrary.org.

FINANCIAL PEACE ■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Parkway Ministry

Center, 4802 N. John Stockbauer Drive ■ For more information, call 361-572-8340 or email becky@parkwayvictoria.org.

FRIDAY

FREE INCOME TAX HELP ■ 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

■ Victoria County Senior

Citizens Center, 603 E. Murray St. ■ For more information, call 361-649-1106.

GETTING STARTED IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING WEBINAR ■ 9 a.m.-noon ■ UHV Small Business

Development Center, 3402 N. Ben Wilson St. ■ For more information, call 361-485-4485.

BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA HOME PRODUCTS SHOW ■ 7-9 p.m.

■ Victoria Community

Center, 2905 E. North St. ■ For more information, call 361-578-7711.

SATURDAY

BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA HOME PRODUCTS SHOW ■ 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

■ Victoria Community

Center, 2905 E. North St. ■ For more information, call 361-578-7711.

VICTORIA COUNTY FARMERS MARKET ■ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

■ 2805 N. Navarro St. ■ For more information,

call

361-582-6533.

SUNDAY

FINANCIAL PEACE

BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA HOME PRODUCTS SHOW

■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Parkway Ministry

■ Noon-5 p.m.

■ Victoria Community

Center, 4802 N. John Stockbauer Drive ■ For more information, call

“online banking.” A file named “saved passwords” was opened by 57 percent of finders. Social networking tools and personal email were checked by 60 percent.

And a folder labeled “private photos” tempted 72 percent.

Collectively, 89 percent of finders clicked on something they probably shouldn’t have. Meanwhile, only 50 percent of finders offered to return the gadgets. Rather sad, isn’t it.

Alan Bligh is the executive director of the Better Business Bureau in Corpus Christi. Contact him by email at abligh@corpuschristi. bbb.org.

Jimmy Zaplac and Joe Ortega, sales associates with Coldwell Banker The Ron Brown Company, have been Zaplac named to the company’s International President’s Elite. Only the top 2 percent of all sales associates worldwide in the Coldwell Banker system qualified for this distinguished group.

Janet Ortega Charbula, Kathleen Coker, Penny Holz, Keith Krueger and Susan Orsak, sales associates with Coldwell Banker The Ron Brown Company, earned membership in the company’s International Diamond

Society, a level achieved by only the top 8 percent of all sales associates worldwide in the Coldwell Banker system.

Chambers Nelda Chambers, of Cornerstone Properties Downtown in Victoria, was one of more than 1,000 Texas Realtors attending the Texas Association of Realtors meeting Feb. 24-28 at the Hyatt ReWard gency Austin. Chambers serves on the nominating committee for the Texas Association of Realtors that makes decisions on incoming officers for the state organization.

Mark Ward Sr., an assis-

Charbula

Coker

Holz

Krueger

Orsak

Abston

tant professor of communication at the University of Houston-Victoria, presented a research paper titled “The Violent Organization: Toward a Theory that Accounts for Violence as an Organizational Value” at the Symbolic Violence Conference March 1-4 in Bryan.

Chad Abston was named the February Employee of the Month at the University of Houston-Victoria. He is the multimedia specialist in the School of Business Administration and has worked at UHV since 2008. Abston received a framed certificate and a $50 gift card.

SOCIAL SECURITY

DATE BOOK FREE INCOME TAX HELP

of inventory available and failing to deliver gold and silver coins purchased by consumers.

AGT American Silver and Gold has an “F” rating with BBB. Consumers are reminded to exercise diligence in researching any purchase of gold or silver.

Computer security firm Symantec Corp. recently conducted an elaborate, first-of-its-kind study on lost smartphones. The company set a trap for human nature, then sat back and watched.

The results were not pretty.

Symantec researchers intentionally lost 50 smartphones in various cities.

Some 43 percent of finders clicked on an app labeled

IN GOOD COMPANY

Olivia’s Closet opens on Laurent Street

MONDAY

that neither Microsoft nor its partners make unsolicited phone calls.

The Texas Attorney General has frozen the assets of AGT American Silver and Gold and issued a temporary restraining order against the Austin company, which sells gold and silver bullion and coins.

The AG order cites many of the same concerns the Better Business Bureau found during its investigation.

The restraining order forbids the defendants from engaging in deceptive practices, including offering a “100 percent guarantee” and “full money back,” but failing to honor said claims, misrepresenting the amount

Center, 2905 E. North St. ■ For more information, call 361-578-7711.

Need to work at least 10 years to earn benefits McClatchy-Tribune News Service/MCT

Q: How long do I need

to work to become eligible for retirement benefits?

Everyone born in 1929 or later needs 40 Social Security credits to be eligible

A:

for retirement benefits. You can earn up to four credits per year, so you will need at least 10 years to become eligible for retirement benefits. During your working years, earnings covered by Social Security are posted to your Social Security record. Learn more at

made to your children if www.socialsecurity.gov. they are: I have children at home ■ Unmarried and under and I plan to retire next fall. age 18 Will my children be eligible ■ Age 19 if still in high for monthly Social Security school, or payments after I retire?

■ Age 18 or over, who became severely disabled A child may potentially before age 22 and continbe eligible. Monthly Social ue to be disabled.

Security payments may be

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS BEEVILLE Mar. 9 Cattle on hand: 119 Horses: 3 Sheep/goats: 16 Trends: Steers and heifers, steady/high.

■ Steers: (200-300) $188-$255; (300-400) $185-$242; (400-500) $172-$235; (500-600) $136-$193; (600-700) $127-$155; and (700800) $81-$128.

■ Heifers: (200-300) $146-$207; (300-400) $134-$215; (400-500) $130-$185; (500-600) $125-$170; (600-700) $96-$110; and (700-800) $93-$115.

■ Slaughter cows: $40-$92; slaughter bulls, $75-$97; stocker cows, $67-$104; bred cows, $580$1,230; pairs, $800-$1,010; horses, $50-$260.

CUERO Mar. 16 Receipts: 906 Had 62 cows and 32 bulls. Bulls higher. Cows sold to a strong demand. Calves were steady. Nine bulls sold for over $1 a pound.

Steers sold higher. Heifers about steady.

■ Packer bulls: Heavy weights, $101-$114; lower grades, $75-$98.

■ Packer cows: cutters, $89$98; few cutters, $74-$81; low cutters, $60-$72; fat cows, $80-$89.

■ Young cows: $91-$101; palpated, $71-$110; cow and calf pairs: one at $1,120.

The calf market was very active.

■ Steer calves: (under 200) $205-$265;(200-250) n/a;(250-300) $223-$261;(300-350) $151$235;(350-400) $154-$216; (400450) $175-$210;(450-500) $164$205;(500-600) $169-$181;(600700) $157-$174;(over 700) $144.

■ Bulls: (500-600) n/a.

■ Heifer Calves: (under 200) $200-$255;(200-250) n/a; (250300) $140-$215; (300-350) $155$206; (350-400) $128-$227; (400450) $160-$193; (450-500) $154$189; (500-600) $145-$180; (600700) $129-$155.

EDNA Mar. 12 Receipts: 131 ■ Steers: (200-300) $212-$240; (300-400) $185-$238; (400-500) $186-$220; (500-600) $140-$188; (600-700) $129-$169; and (700 and up) n/a.

■ Heifers: (200-300) $200-$225; (300-400) $165-$215; (400-500) $145-$190; (500-600) $152-$174;

(600-700) n/a; (700 and up) n/a.

■ Stockers pairs: n/a; Stocker cows: n/a.

■ Packer cows: (600-800) $60$78; and (800 and up) $79-$94.

Packer bulls: (800 and up) $80$106.

EL CAMPO Mar. 13 Receipts: 262 Trend: Feeder steers and heifers were steady to $3 higher. Cows and bulls were steady.

■ Steers: (under 200) $215$260; (200-300) $197-$255; (300400) $213-$250; (400-500) $200$245; (500-600) $170-$202.50; (over 600) $158-$175.

■ Heifers: (under 200) $210$255; (200-300) $196-$270; (300400) $194-$210; (400-500) $172$195; (500-600) $156-$170; (over 600) $139-$155.

■ Slaughter cows: smooth fat, $76-$82; excessive fat, $74-$81; cutter, $82-$86; canner, $35-$55.

■ Slaughter bulls: high dressing, $100-$106; low dressing, $90$100.

■ Replacement cows: bred, n/a.

GONZALES Mar. 10 Receipts: 182 cattle Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $3 to $4 lower.

Packer cows sold steady.

■ Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1 (150-300) $230-$255;(300-400) $195-$235; (400-500) $180-$200; (500-600) $175-$190; (600-700) $132-$152; (700-800) $131-$138.

■ Bull yearlings: (700-900) $118$129.

■ Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large No. 1 (150-300) $180$215; (300-400) $175-$200; (400500) $155-$172; (500-600) $142$148; and (600-700) $130-$137.

■ Packer cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $71-$78; cutters, $84-$92; canners, $56-$64; and low yielding fat cows, $74-$78.

■ Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 and 2, good heavy bulls, $96-$106; light weights and medium quality bulls, $74-$94. Stocker cows, $850$1,000. Pairs, $975-$1,200.

HALLETTSVILLE Mar. 13 Cattle on Hand: 494 Week ago: 738; Year ago: 1,096 Compared to last week: What a wonderful rain! Calves and yearlings sold higher in all areas. Demand extremely good for all classes.

■ Packer cows and bulls sold steady on about 90 head total.

■ Packer cows: Higher dressing utility and cutter cows, $78-$96; lower dressing utility and cutter cows, $59-$78; light weight canner cows, $49-$59.

■ Packer bulls: Heavyweight bulls, $93-$107.50; utility and cutter bulls, $82-$93; light weight canner bulls, $72-$82.

■ Stocker and feeder calves and yearlings: No. 1 steer and bull calves, (150-200) $210-$260;(200300)$195-$257.50: (300-400) $190-$242.50; (400-500) $178$220; (500-600)$158-$190; (600700) $148-$170;(700-800) $138$150.

■ No. 1 Heifer calves: (150-200) $200-$255; (200-300) $180$225;(300-400) $175-$215; (400500) $162-$190;(500-600) $146$182; (600-700) $138-$160; (700800) $118-$145.

■ No. 2 and 3: Steer and bull calves, (200-300) $120-$195; (300400) $120-$188; (400-500) $118$176; (500-600) $116-$158; (600700) $110-$146.

■ No. 2 and 3: Heifer calves, (200-300) $118-$182; (300-400) $118-$176; (400-500) $115-$160; (500-600) $110-$145; (600-700) $105-$137.

KARNES CITY Mar. 10 Cattle on hand: 188 Market was very strong and active.

■ Steers: (200-300) $235-$278; (300-400) $226-$270; (400-500) $193-$245; (500-600) $145-$158; (600-700) $145-$150; (700 and up) $130-$142.

■ Heifers: (200-300) $188-$215; (300-400) $195-$230; (400-500) $176-$190; (500-600) $160-$165; (600-700) $145-$155; (700 and up) $110-$120.

■ Stocker cows (per head): Bred cows $925-$1,250, Pairs $1,100$1,450; Packer cows: No. 1 $83$85, No. 2 $70-$80, and Bulls $103-$105.

■ Goats and other (per head): 52 on hand ■ Kid goats: (25-50) $80-$125; (50-100) $90-$150. Nannies: $90$185. Billies: $135-$180. Sheep: $75-$145. Rams: $115-$300.

Piglets: $45-$85. Top Hogs: $52$58 (per pound). Sows: $42-$50 (per pound). Boars: $15-$32 (per pound). *First annual replacement sale set for April 14. Over 300 females and still taking consignments.

KARNES COUNTY Mar. 15 Cattle on hand: 197. Market stronger compared to last week.

■ Cows: 37 ■ Bulls: 6 ■ No. 1 steer and bull calves: (200-300) $240-$275; (300-400) $203-$216; (400-500) $185-$202; (500-600) $175-$192; (600-700) $150-$166.

■ No. 1 heifer calves: (200-300) $194-$213; (300-400) $187-$209; (400-500) $172-$189; (500-600) $163-$170; (600-700) $144-$158.

■ Stocker cows: Good cows and heifers, $980-$990; medium cows and heifers, n/a; medium cow/calf pairs, n/a.

■ Packer cows: higher dressing utility and cutter cows, $85-$93.50; lower dressing utility and cutter cows, $79-$84; light weight canner cows, $71-$78.

■ Packer bulls: heavyweight bulls, $89-$107.50; utility and canner bulls $80-$88; and light weight canner bulls, n/a.

NIXON Mar. 12 Volume: 157; horses: 0; sheep and goats: 0.

■ Steers: (200-300) $230-$265; (300-400) $191-$238; (400-500) $169-$210; (500-600) $132-$175; (600-700) $150-$155; (700-800) $90-$117.

■ Heifers: (200-300) $171-$225; (300-400) $163-$194; (400-500) $161-$178; (500-600) $143-$161; (600-700) $135-$145; (700-800) $85-$103.

■ Slaughter cows: $76-$93; slaughter bulls, $92-$105; stocker cows, $810-$1,060; pairs, $1,160$1,550. *We will be closed on April 9 for Easter.

WHARTON Mar. 14 Receipts: 302 ■ Steers: (200-300) $226-$275; (300-400) $198-$237; (400-500) $188-$212; (500-600) $150-$176; (600-700) $138-$167; (700 and up) n/a.

■ Heifers: (200-300) $205-$267; (300-400) $157-$199; (400-500) $159-$185; (500-600) $110-$140; (600-700) $112-$138; (700 and up) n/a.

■ Stocker pairs: $830-$1,210; stocker cows, $640-$980.

■ Packer cows: (600-800) $64$78; (800 and up) $79-$94; packer bulls, (800 and up) $83-$108.

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