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GULF BEND

Former exec charged with misusing funds

BY JESSICA PRIEST

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A former manager at the Crossroads’ mental health authority is charged with misappropriating more than $300,000 in state money.

The Gulf Bend Center’s former associate executive director, David Way, turned himself into the Victoria County

Read the criminal complaint and other documents, VictoriaAdvocate.com.

Sheriff ’s Office on Thursday.

Robert Whitaker, Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3, set Way’s bond at $50,000.

The charges are related to an $817,670 contract Gulf Bend received from the Department of State Health Services on Sept. 13, 2013.

The money was earmarked for opening and operating an extended observation unit.

The unit was supposed to cut down on trips to state psychiatric hospitals by keeping

patients with less severe mental health problems for up to 48 hours.

Gulf Bend leased a wing of Citizens Medical Center for the unlocked unit but never hired its own nurses and psychiatrists to staff it.

That’s chief among the reasons Way is charged, District Attorney Stephen Tyler said.

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Whenever people came in, he greeted them, whether it was with a ‘Hi’ or an ‘Hola.’

Way attempted to mislead auditors about whether nurses or a psychiatrist worked at the unit when they came to inspect it in August 2014. And when the auditors ordered the unit closed, Way instructed employees to continue accepting patients, Tyler said,

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DA’s office calls complaint ‘insinuation and speculation’

BY JON WILCOX

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Darlene Moya sorts through a box of donated items during the grand opening of Kevin’s Closet.

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In a back room, Moya’s mother, Angie Orta, sorted boxes of donated clothing and items. Orta pointed out a boxed cowboy hat of surprising quality, a hefty bag of beads in assorted colors and shapes, jackets, sweaters and shoes among various other items.

A poster board sign asking for information and tips about the driver who killed Kevin rested above a shelf loaded with donated toys. Orta said she will continue to stand at Victoria street corners holding that sign until the driver is found.

After Kevin’s death, Moya reopened and renamed the shop, which had been named “Crossroads Closet” when she closed it for health reasons a few years ago.

“Kevin was with me here often after school,” the grieving mother

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A secondhand clothing shop bearing the name of her deceased son is a painful but welcome reminder for Bloomington mother Darlene Moya.

“I love when they come in and say, ‘Oh, this is Kevin’s store’ – because it is his store,” Moya said in late February at the grand opening of Kevin’s Closet, 703 E. Rio Grande St. Kevin, 11, was killed the morning of Sept. 27 by a still-at-large hit-and-run driver as he was walking to school near SH 185 and Fifth Street in Bloomington.

Tucked in a quiet Victoria shopping plaza next door to a Payless ShoeSource, Kevin’s Closet attracted a fair number of curious customers on its grand opening Feb. 25. Moya busied herself working the register, folding clothes and answering questions from customers curious about the store and its name. Visitors also are invited to participate in a food drive in Kevin’s name at the shop.

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A Victoria attorney is alleging the county’s director of administrative services used her office to influence the district attorney to make an unconstitutional arrest.

“While ... Victoria County might convey various perks as a benefit of employment, the gross perversion of justice that resulted in the arrest of the defendant, the mother of Joyce Dean’s granddaughter, is not a fringe benOlguin efit,” said a motion written by family law attorney Ashley Pall.

Victoria mother Adriyanna Olguin, 24, was arrested Sept. 10 on a felony warrant for interfering with child custody after the child’s grandmother sought help from the Tyler Victoria County District Attorney’s Office about a month earlier, according to court documents.

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The ousted head of the Victoria Housing Authority plans to sue for breach of contract.

Louis Boldt said he doesn’t know why he was fired as executive director of the Victoria Housing Authority by the board during a specially called meeting Feb. 28. He wasn’t in the closed session, his Bellaire-based attorney Nitin Sud said last week.

Boldt’s contract stated he was to continue working through March 31, 2019.

“Mr. Boldt did nothing wrong,” Sud said. “He was terminated early without cause. I don’t care what explanation they come up with. Whatever they are doing is going to be created after the fact.”

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SPOTLIGHT BLOGGER Why news literacy matters

Publisher Dan Easton and I were talking recently about the many younger people who grew up as so-called digital natives and might have no frame of reference for how the traditional media operate. They have sped along the Information Superhighway their entire lives, so the signals of good journalism could be lost on them.

For them and all of our readers, we want to start a conversation about what you read on Facebook and elsewhere. We encourage you to direct your questions to me by posting comments on my blog at VictoriaAdvocate.com, emailing me at

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In Your Advocate: An editor’s blog The Information Superhighway offers a bumpier rider than ever before.

We have talked a lot about these perils during our recent Victoria Advocate editorial board and ethics board meetings. As a trusted, 171-year-old newspaper, we feel obligated to offer some guidance to our readers.

We recognize the challenge is to cut through the partisan noise and promote news literacy. We don’t want to tell our readers what to think; rather, we have a vested interest in helping you separate journalism from other sources of information.

ccobler@vicad.com or calling me directly at 361-574-1271. We want to focus on what separates good journalism from fake news, regardless of whether the source is the left or the right.

Although our country feels more polarized than any other time in my lifetime, we maintain that support for the First Amendment should be a nonpartisan issue. Our goal is to keep steering the conversation in that direction.

To help with this conversation, we will be referring to the Center for News Literacy’s new online course called “Making Sense of the News.”

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The first lesson looks at how the power of information has shifted into the hands of consumers.

Although that’s an incredible advancement in many respects, the instructor points out four key challenges created by this change: ■ Information overload.

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VANISHED FROM VICTORIA

The Old Rupley Hotel housed officers during military rule Civil War. There were shops and business establishments on the first floor and guest rooms on the second. A study of the photograph accompanying this article indicates that the hotel portion had, at most, somewhere between seven and ten guest rooms.

The structure was built

by Jacob A. Rupley, who had a plantation south of Victoria. He was also proprietor of the Ruby saloon, a much-favored watering hole in downtown Victoria.

He served the Confederacy as a Captain in the 6th Texas Infantry Regiment, returned to Victoria following the Civil War and passed away during the yellow fever epidemic of 1867.

Early in the summer of 1865, Major General David S. Stanley, USA, brought 10,000 men of his Fourth

Editor’s note: Portions of the following article originally appeared in the Victoria Advocate on July 31, 2010, under the headline “Vanished from Victoria: The Old Rupley Hotel” Older residents of Victoria will remember the southeast corner of Santa Rosa and Main streets as the site of the Hill Department Store building and later the C.R. Anthony Department Store. Today, it is a vacant lot used as parking for downtown businesses and overseen by an attractive mural overlooking the historic site.

However, prior to the Hill Department Store, constructed in 1940, this corner was the site of a building called the “Old Rupley Hotel,” a concrete – some say adobe – structure.

It was built sometime in the years just prior to the

Corps ashore at Indianola.

He brought one brigade to Victoria in July 1965 and commandeered the stately residence of Abraham Levi at 403 N. Main St. as his headquarters. He quartered his officers in other locations, including the Rupley Hotel.

Military rule in Texas came to an end in 1869, and civil authority was restored in April of the following year.

Following Jacob Rupley’s death in 1867, ownership of the Rupley building passed to the Diegel family, and the building became known for a number of years as the “old Diegel building.” Chris Sitterle operated a saloon in the south Main Street portion of the building. Alex Angerstein’s Victoria Meat Market was a fixture for many years. Abraham Simon, father of department

The Old Rupley Hotel.

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store owner M.O. Simon, were bulldozed to make owned the building in its way for the parking lot that latter days. Simon estab- currently exists at the site. lished his “New York Store” here.

Jim Cole, a retired civil In 1974, the buildings reengineer, is a Victoria maining on the site of the Preservation Inc. board Old Rupley Hotel and the member. He can be adjoining 1893 M. Diegel reached via email at Building at 208 S. Main St. jim@colemines.com.

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■ Nave Museum ■ 306 W. Commercial St. ■ Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday;

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QUILT EXHIBIT ■ The

DeWitt County Historical Museum ■ 312 E. Broadway St., Cuero ■ 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday ■ Admission is free ■ The exhibit features quilts that were made over a period of 160 years, from the 1850s to the present. The quilts were made by museum

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members, other DeWitt County residents and relatives of residents. A couple were made by ladies who once lived in the stately old Sheppard Bates home.

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GOLIAD COUNTY FAIR, RODEO ■ Goliad County Fairgrounds ■ Rodeo performances Satur-

day at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.

■ Dance, at Goliad Auditorium, with Legal Limit Band ■ Parade, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, downtown Goliad.

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FIRST DAY OF SPRING DOWNTOWN CHALK ART CELEBRATION ■ Hallet Oak Gallery ■ 115 N. Main St., Hallettsville ■ 2-6 p.m.

■ Free ■ Art sale and membership

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by Chris Rybak. Inviting schools and families to chalk the parking space in front of ‘THE LONE STAR LOVE Hallet Oak Gallery. RefreshPOTION’ ments will be served inside ■ Gaslight Theatre the Gallery. The event is free ■ 207 E. Seventh St., Shiner and open to the public. Ele■ Evening, doors open at 6:30 mentary, middle, and high p.m.; meal at 7 p.m.; perforschool students as well as mance at 8 p.m. Sunday families and professional matinee, doors open at 12:30 artists are invited to join top.m.; meal at 1 p.m.; perforgether to create a temporary mance at 2 p.m. masterpiece.

■ For reservation or more infor- ■ Schools and large groups mation, call 361-594-2079. should RSVP by calling 361-217-7030.

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at Ben Wilson Street ■ 8:30 a.m. until sold out ■ $8 per chicken, $22 for three chickens, $1.50 per pint of Spanish rice and beans.

■ For more information, contact Gary Moses, 361-550-5466.

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■ Senior Citizens Center ■ 603 E. Murray St. ■ 8 a.m.

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NURSERY VFD FUNDRAISER ■ Nursery

Volunteer Fire Department Station ■ 370 Nursery Drive ■ 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

■ $9 ■ Dine-in or to-go plates.

ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS TOURS ■ St. Joseph High School ■ 110 E. Red River St. ■ 10 a.m.

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enrollment for grades 9-12; space is limited. Experience STJ with a campus tour and see the new David Pozzi Fine Arts Center, Flyer Dome and academic halls.

■ Contact Jen Korinek at 361-573-2446 or jkorinek@stjvictoria.com.

TUESDAY

DANGAL (UNRATED, 2016) ■ Leo J. Welder Center ■ 214 N. Main St. ■ 6 p.m.

■ $9; student discounts

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■ Presented by the Victoria Film Society.

FLAG CITY OPRY ■ Jackson

County Services Building Auditorium ■ 411 N. Wells St., Edna ■ Meal, 5:30 p.m.; show, 7 p.m.

■ Meal, $8; show, $7 ■ Werner’s of Shiner will serve a catered meal beginning at 5:30 p.m.; menu includes grilled chicken breast with creamy mushroom sauce, scallop potatoes, green beans, lettuce salad, rolls and tea. Performers include Bob Appel, of Austin; Lorraine Chavana, of San Antonio; and the Flag City Opry Band.

■ For more information, contact Charlie Kroll at 361-782-9211 or visit or Flag City Opry Facebook page.

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introductory course in Microsoft Word is beneficial to anyone looking to be able to create professional-looking documents. Students will learn to create, navigate and organize documents.

■ To register or for more information call 361-485-6830 or email Mary.Pullin@VictoriaCollege.edu.

CATTLE BOOM PHOTOS ON DISPLAY ■ Victoria

College’s Emerging Technology Complex ■ 7403 Lone Tree Road ■ 4:30 p.m.

■ Free ■ The exhibit is a collection of historic ranching photographs inside the Conference and Education Center.

■ The photographs are printed in large format on acoustic panels that were installed to enhance the acoustic experience at the Emerging Technology Complex’s Conference and Education Center.

PTA INFO NIGHT ■ VC’s

Health Sciences Center, room 132 ■ 2200 E. Red River St. ■ 6-7 p.m.

■ Free ■ The session will provide information on the application process, prerequisite changes, curriculum changes, admission requirements, course requirements,

estimated tuition and financial assistance.

■ For more information, contact Frances Vasquez at 361-572-6497 or email Frances.Vasquez@VictoriaCollege.edu.

RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP ■ VC’s

Emerging Technology, room 307 ■ 7403 Lone Tree Road ■ 5:30-7:30 p.m.

■ $25 ■ This workshop offers students hands-on, one-on-one assistance. By the end of the session, each student should have a resume completed.

Students should bring a previous resume with work history on a flash drive.

■ For more information, contact Pullin at 361-485-6830 or Mary.Pullin@VictoriaCollege.edu.

COLOR FOR A CAUSE

■ Victoria Mall ■ 7802 N. Navarro St. ■ 5-7 p.m.

■ Murals will be judged

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Throughout the event, shoppers who show their receipts will earn points for participating organizations. The organization with the most points receives a prize donation at the end of the event.

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A 55-year-old Shiner man was pronounced dead at the scene after a hit-and-run Saturday afternoon, said Shiner Police Chief Ronnie Leck.

First responders were dispatched about 12:40 p.m. to the 1400 block of North Avenue E, where a 2001 Mercury westbound on U.S. 90A struck Leslie

Hanzel Jr., 55, while he was mowing grass near the roadway, Leck said.

April Riley, 34, the Riley driver of the Mercury, fled the scene after hitting Hanzel, who was propelled a distance after the impact, Leck said.

Riley was apprehended at 5:30 p.m. at a residence in

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She was charged with accident involving death - failure to render aid, a second-degree felony, Leck said.

Hanzel was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Mark Ivey at 1:55 p.m.

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ABOVE: Candace LaGrega Castillo, 45, receives a hug from her goddaughter, Jennifer Fuentes, 32, during the two-year remembrance of Michael Castillo’s death at Riverside Park in Victoria on Saturday. RIGHT: Photos of Michael Castillo are displayed on a post.

‘Michael wouldn’t want people to be sad’ Family, friends honor teen 2 years after suicide

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Michael Castillo, 14, never wanted his family or friends to cry.

“Whenever we would cry, he would try to cheer us up and say things like, ‘No, don’t cry; things aren’t that bad,’” Meghan Castillo, Michael’s sister, said. “He was a caring person, and he always wanted the best for people.”

Family and friends gathered Saturday at Grover’s Bend in Riverside Park to remember Michael Castillo, a Stroman Middle School student who died by suicide two years ago.

Katelyn Fuentez, 15, one of

Michael’s friends, organized the event. She said she plans to hold a ceremony every year she is in high school for the community.

“It only feels right to do something like this every year of high school, when Michael would have been with us,” Katelyn said.

The ceremony was held two years to the date after Michael died: March 18, 2015.

Katelyn said she wanted to honor Michael’s memory by having a day full of games and activities. The park site was decorated with streamers and bright tablecloths.

One table had stacks of glow sticks and cans of silly string, with water balloons also on standby.

On pillars were pictures of Michael with family and friends. Katelyn said she

printed photos of Michael so that attendees could take home a photo of Michael.

Balloons with handwritten messages were tied to pillars to be released later in his memory.

“We don’t want people to be sad; we wanted people to have fun today,” Katelyn said, wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Michael.

“Michael wouldn’t want people to be sad.”

The Victoria East High School student said Michael was a supportive person and a jokester. He loved making people laugh, she said.

With his caring, fun demeanor, it was a surprise to Katelyn when she was informed of his death, she said. Katelyn placed signs in front of the park tables with the phone numbers to the National Suicide Lifeline

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“It was the last thing anyone would have imagined.

But, we want the community to come together and be supportive of one another,” she said. “If anyone ever needs help, they can always reach out to us. It doesn’t matter if we don’t know each other or don’t like each other. We need to come together as a community.”

Meghan agreed with Katelyn.

“Nobody in this community is alone. People

Family members and friends of Michael Castillo gather at Riverside Park in remembrances of him. shouldn’t take suicide as a joke,” Meghan said. “Whenever someone threatens suicide, it can happen today, tomorrow, anytime. But it can happen, so you have to act on it and help them.”

Michael’s mother, Candace La Grega Castillo, said the family is working to create a scholarship fund in Michael’s name at Prosperity Bank.

The pain of losing her straight-A, devout Catholic son is still fresh. She wants to help the community so that no other parents will know her pain.

“If they feel that badly, we need to do something as parents. Sometimes, these things fall on deaf ears,” Castillo said. “We’re going to make sure Victoria isn’t deaf anymore.”

A RIVER REJ JUVENATED Generations here in Corpus Christi grew up on the Nueces River, including AEP Texas Senior Operating Supervisor Tim McWha. His grandparents owned a home on the river, and it’s where he learned to swim as a child. In recent years the river has seen an increase in pollution, so Tim took action. In 2012, he created an annual River Clean Up volunteer group. This past year, they cleaned 12 miles of the river, filling 21 40-foot dumpsters of trash because Tim and the other AEP Texas volunteers know that this beautiful natural resource needs to be passed on to future generations.

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KEVIN: ‘You need to confess and ... come in and apologize’ CONTINUED FROM A1 said. “He had fun.”

The shop’s hours are a reflection of Kevin’s love of the store. He asked her to close at 3 p.m. so Moya could pick him up from school every day, she said.

Kevin often would spend Saturdays at the shop, where he would chat with customers, help Moya and play.

“Whenever people came in, he greeted them, whether it was with a ‘Hi’ or an ‘Hola,’” she said.

As of Sunday, 173 days had passed since a driver struck the boy, leaving him critically injured on the side of the road. The Department of Public Safety has had no arrests or breaks in Kevin’s case to report, said Sgt. Ruben San Miguel, department spokesman.

San Miguel said he could not reveal any details or answer questions regarding the case because it is ongoing.

Moya’s lips tightened and her eyebrows furrowed at the thought of that driver escaping justice.

“I’m very angry at that person – very angry,” she said bitterly, her voice almost a whisper.

Since January 2010, the Texas Department of Transportation reports five pedestrians killed or injured in Victoria County, including Kevin, by hit-and-run drivers on public roadways and spaces.

Like Kevin, John Richard Garcia, a 54-year-old Victoria native, was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Unlike Kevin, Garcia survived.

Garcia was walking from his North Laurent Street home to Our Lady of Victory Cathedral to attend services about 5 p.m Sept. 30 when a car sped by a stop sign and into his body, he said. Garcia then was flown by helicopter to a San Antonio hospital, where he recovered.

“I blacked out, but I do

remember the face of that guy, the driver,” Garcia said.

“He was a young guy.”

Thursday, he stood in the front lawn of that same home, just feet from the site of his injury, slowly walking around the driveway with his walker to exercise his crippled right knee.

“I walked off that corner one step, and he just … He came out of nowhere,” Garcia said.

His knee, which he cannot extend fully, is still damaged as a result of the impact from the car. Garcia also suffered a fractured wrist and a bruised head.

Despite the injury, Garcia said he is not haunted by what happened and has forgiven the driver in his heart.

The Victoria Police Department continues to search for that driver, said Lt. Eline Moya, department spokeswoman.

Garcia said he carries no ill will for the driver who

WHAT TO DO AFTER A WRECK ■ Participants

in any traffic crash involving two parties should remain at the scene to exchange information and/or provide help if needed.

■ Officers who respond and investigate hit-and-run crashes, in particular incidents that involve pedestrians, rely on victim and witness information along with any physical evidence that can be located or obtained.

■ Anyone who is a witness to a hit-and-run crash or a crime should call 911 so officers investigating the offense can use the information in the investigation.

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seriously injured him, but he still would like that person to do the right thing.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO “You need to confess and come in and apologize to the John Richard Garcia, 54, has permanent injuries from a person you hit,” he said. hit-and-run driver who struck him in September.

DISTRICT: Attorney says county administrator passed over usual methods to get DA’s help CONTINUED FROM A1 office strongly denied Pall’s allegations.

“Insinuation and speculation might be considered evidence on some conspiracy theory website, but they are not evidence in a court of law,” said the district attorney’s office in a written answer to Pall’s complaint.

Dean could not be reached for comment.

Unusual criminal case In a 21-page motion to dismiss prosecutors’ case against her client, Pall argued the rarity of such arrests and charges in Victoria County demonstrate prosecutors went out of their way to appease Dean and target Olguin. Pall described Olguin’s arrest as a form of discrimination known as “selective prosecution.”

“Director (Joyce) Dean marched one block from the courthouse where her office is located into the office of District Attorney Tyler to execute an affidavit ... to save a buck or two at the

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District Attorney Tyler was ‘under the influence’ of Director Dean.

ASHLEY PALL

Family law attorney

expense of the defendant’s liberty,” Pall said.

In the past three decades, almost all Victoria parents and guardians involved in custody disputes have relied on hiring civil attorneys to regain the custody of children, Pall said, but Dean instead used her political power to coerce the District Attorney’s Office at the cost of taxpayers.

“District Attorney Tyler was ‘under the influence’ of Director Dean, whose regular job duties include the review of county budgets. ...

There is simply no other explanation,” she said.

According to an affidavit

by Victoria County District Clerk Cathy Stuart, such a criminal charge has been filed only once before in the county – in 1990.

The alleged selective prosecution of Olguin, Pall said, is a violation of her

client’s constitutional rights, including those under the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments as well as the Texas Constitution.

Motion denied Last week, Judge Skipper Koetter denied Pall’s motion to dismiss the case and found the attorney violated ethical rules by making allegations against prosecutors without sufficient evidence.

However, he did not impose any sanctions against her.

The district attorney said Pall could face punishment from the Texas State Bar. “It’s usually an admonishment and a warning,” he said.

A jury trial for Olguin is set for 9 a.m. April 19.

In March 2015, Olguin signed over custody of her 7-year-old daughter to Dean. That agreement allowed Dean to designate

where and with whom her granddaughter could live.

Dean’s son, Robert Alan Dean, who died in November, is the father of that child.

According to an affidavit, Olguin’s daughter began living at Dean’s home in August 2015 after the mother’s addiction to pills prompted her roommates to kick her out. Olguin joined her daughter in Dean’s home after completing about two and a half months at a drug treatment program in Mathis. After about eight months, Olguin moved out with her daughter in June 2016 under an agreement that she would remain in regular contact with Dean to allow her to monitor the girl’s living conditions.

But, by August 2016, the grandmother had lost contact with her granddaughter and learned from the mother’s boyfriend that Olguin was using illegal drugs again.

“On Aug. 9, 2016, I sent her a message and told her she was in violation of the court order, and I would enforce

the order,” said an affidavit

by Dean. “Adriyanna’s response was, ‘Go ahead.’”

In search of her granddaughter, Dean visited Olguin’s place of employment and home. When Dean messaged her on Facebook, Olguin blocked her account.

When Dean requested information about her granddaughter from Victoria ISD, she learned the girl was not enrolled.

The usual process In her motion, Pall pointed out that she had not received any evidence from prosecutors that Dean had taken normal steps to find the girl, such as contacting the Victoria Police Department, Department of Family and Protective Services or Victoria County Sheriff ’s Office.

Instead, the district attorney’s office relied on its own investigator to find Olguin and determine whether Dean’s granddaughter was in danger.

Although Tyler said Friday that he could not reveal exactly what the investiga-

tor found, his office’s written response to Pall’s motion said Olguin was using illegal drugs and “may have been engaged” in prostitution.

Tyler said Friday that his office was compelled to action after learning from the investigator that Olguin’s daughter was in imminent danger.

The response said Pall’s allegations against the district attorney were offensive.

“He believes ‘duty, then, is the sublimest word in the English language.

You should do your duty in all things,’” the district attorney’s written response said.

Although prosecutors so far have successfully argued their case, Pall said she will have the opportunity to persuade a jury in April as well as appeal.

“I am convinced that my client’s constitutional rights have been violated, and I am going to continue to assert that to the appellate court if necessary,” Pall said.

IN BRIEF

Records: ‘DWI Dude’ stole from rebel group

AUSTIN — Federal prosecutors said a Texas lawyer who bills himself as the “DWI Dude” conspired to steal more than $1 million from Colombia’s largest rebel group.

Court records contend that 56-year-old Jamie Balagia conspired with two others to launder $1.2 million provided by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Authorities said FARC leaders were told the money would be used to bribe judges and others involved in the prosecution of a rebel leader on drug charges in Texas.

The San Antonio Express-News reported Balagia pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in North Texas to charges that include obstruction of justice.

Balagia is a former Austin police officer who markets himself to people facing drunken-driving and other charges.

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JAMES M. JASCHKE VICTORIA James M. Jaschke, 91, of Victoria, passed away March 16, 2017.

James was born April 3, 1925 in Victoria County to the late Awald and Lula Hausmann Jaschke. James served in the United States Army and fought in WWII. He was also a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

James is survived by his daughter, Susie Starkey (Travis) of Victoria; brothers, James Jaschke, Jr. (Penny) and Ronald Jaschke both of Victoria; granddaughters, Amanda Sparks (Duane) of Goliad, Kelly Alvarez (Matthew) of Victoria, Jennifer Lalumandier; and 6 greatgrandchildren.

James was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Marcella Joyce Jaschke.

A visitation will be held Monday, March 20, 2017 from 6-8 pm at Rosewood Funeral Chapel.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 10 am at Rosewood Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery with flag folding honors under the auspices of the Victoria County Veterans Council.

Pallbearers will be Matthew Alvarez, Stanley Zieschang, Travis Starkey, Patrick Pickett, Derrick Flowers and Billy Ortiz.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.rosewoodfuneralchapel.c om

TODAY SERVICE GIPS, GRACE, 97, of Cuero: Visitation 4 - 6 p.m. at Freund Funeral Home, 361-275-2343.

NINO, RAMONA, 88, of Victoria: Visitation 4 - 8 p.m. with Rosary at 6 p.m. at Artero Memorial Chapels, 361-575-3212.

RATLIFF, MARGIE, 77, of Kingsland: Memorial service 2 p.m. at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Marble Falls, Putnam Funeral Home, 325-388-0008.

SMITH, VIRGINIA, 93, of Hallettsville: Funeral service 2 p.m. at Kubena Funeral Home, burial at Speaks Cemetery, Kubena Funeral Home, 361-7983271.

DEATH NOTICE VICTORIA COUNTY ADAMES, SEFERINO, 61, of Victoria, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017.

Services are pending with Grace Funeral Home, 361-573-4341.

ELSEWHERE MENDEZ, ERASMO, 80, of Tomball and formerly of Victoria, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Services are pending with Artero Memorial Chapels, 361-573-3212.

RODRIGUEZ, LUIS, 83, of Houston and formerly of Victoria, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017.

Services are pending with Artero Memorial Chapels, 361-575-3212.

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Purchasing director for CPS placed on leave AUSTIN (AP) — A purchasing director for state Child Protective Services has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into a contract proposal involving a nonprofit that employs the director’s husband.

The Austin American-Statesman reported lawmakers were told of the investigation into a “substantial procurement” that involved CPS’ Frianita Wilson.

The contract process has been halted as the matter is reviewed.

It’s the second time Wilson has been placed on leave amid contract questions.

She was a figure in a 2014 contracting scandal in which the Health and Human Services Commission awarded a lucrative contract to an Austin-based tech company outside the normal bidding process.

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QUIRINO "KENO" CUELLAR, JR. PORT LAVACA - Quirino "Keno" Cuellar, Jr. 68, of Port Lavaca, Texas passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017. He was born in Port Lavaca, Texas on March 18, 1948 to the late Quirino and Maria Louisa Cuellar, Sr. He is survived by his loving wife of 31 years, Patricia Morales Cuellar; daughters Antonia Buitron and husband Ignacio, Antonia Weaver and Maria Louisa Morales and husband Jerry Longoria; sons Joe "Keno" Cuellar and wife Cathy and Judas Christopher Cuellar; sisters Juanita Fuentez, Dora Taylor, Santos Ramirez, Alicia De La Garza and husband Elias and Teresita Cuellar; brothers Raymond Cuellar, Joe Luis Cuellar, Sr and wife Faye, Jimmy Cuellar, Tony Cuellar and Fidel Cuellar, Sr.; thirteen grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Keno is preceded in death by his parents and sister Virginia Aguilar.

Keno was a Christian, enjoyed barbequing with his family and friends, fishing and truck driving.

He loved Spanish music and was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan, but most of all he enjoyed spending his time with his family, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

A visitation with the family will be on Monday, March 20, 2017 from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm with a rosary starting at 7:00 pm in the Chapel of Grace Funeral, Port Lavaca.

A Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, 10:30 am on March 21, 2017 celebrating the life of Keno at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Point Comfort.

Interment will follow in Port Lavaca City Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jerry Longoria, Mario Morales, Sr., Antonio Cuellar, Armando Gonzalez, John Thomas Morales and Chris Cuellar.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jaiden Longoria, Jaekob Longoria, Jason Galindo and Larry Farias.

Condolences and memories can be shared online to www.gracefuneralhome.net.

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of Grace Funeral Chapel.

LARRY HARTMAN SHINER - Larry Hartman, age 69, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017.

He was born November 1, 1947 in Cuero to Edgar and Ella Janssen Hartman.

He worked in the plating department at Kaspar Wire Works. He was a Lutheran and member of Hermann Sons.

Survivors: mother, Ella Hartman of Shiner; brother, Gary Hartman (Darlene) of Shiner; niece, Alexis Rainosek.

Preceded in death by his father, Edgar Hartman.

Visitation from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, March 20, 2017 at the funeral home.

Funeral service at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home with Rev. Elaine Gomulka officiating. Burial at Shiner Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to Shiner Lutheran Church Building Fund or Shiner Volunteer Fire Department.

On-line guest book may be signed at www.thielecooper.com Arrangements by ThieleCooper Funeral Home 361-2935656.

VICTORIA Mary Ellen Gomez, age 75 of Victoria, TX passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

Mary Ellen worked as a floral designer for many years and later retired from Sam’s Club bakery in 2008. Mary Ellen was a member of St. Patrick Church and a devoted member of Schoenstatt. She was a loving Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and friend; always putting other’s needs before her own.

She was born July 17, 1941 in Victoria to the late Juan Rodriguez, Anastacia Cortez Martinez, and Eduardo Martinez.

She is survived by her daughters, LaVerne Ann (Daniel) Hernandez of Selma, Vanessa Ann Peterson (Brian Benardin) of Staunton, IL and Leticia Ann (Ronald) Zirbes of Corpus Christi; son, Arturo (Yvonne Denise) Gomez, Jr.; sisters, Lucy Silva of Victoria, Dolores (Leo) Cortez of Harlingen and OBeth Ledesma of Mercedes; brothers, John (Janie) Rodriguez of San Pablo, CA and Joel (Sonia) Rodriguez of Brownsville. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Arthur V. Gomez and brother, Israel Rodriguez.

Visitation will begin Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 4 - 8pm with a rosary to be recited at 7pm at Artero Memorial Chapels in Victoria. Visitation will resume Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 8:15am at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church with a funeral mass to be celebrated at 9am by Father Gabriel Espinosa. Burial to follow at Resurrection Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Peter Delgado, Jesse Joseph Silva, Nolan Hernandez, A. Patrick Gomez, William Creager, and Edward Rodriguez.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Jessie Hernandez, Nathaniel Peterson, Richard Gomez, Joey Garza and Louie Auscunsion.

In lieu of flowers- Donations may be made to Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, 134 Front Street, Rockport, TX 78382-7800 Under the direction of Artero Memorial Chapels in Victoria, 361575-3212.

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VICTORIA - Mary Ann LeBlanc, 84, of Victoria passed away Friday, March 17, 2017.

She was born April 1, 1932 in Yoakum to the late Frank and Lillian Friedel Herchek. Mary Ann was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order, The Stephen Ministry and the Poor Clare Sisters. She volunteered as a Pink Lady at Citizens Medical Center. She worked for 20 years as a secretary for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church where she also served as a Eucharistic minister. Mary Ann enjoyed traveling, cooking and gardening. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.

Survivors include her daughters, Donna Palmer (Larry) of Humble, Diane Huddleston (Rick) of Rockport, Janine Smith of Shiner, Carol Goodwin (Jack) of Victoria, Teresa Ramirez (Fabian) of Victoria; sons, Jeff “J.D” Dickinson (Denise) of Victoria, Craig Dickinson of San Antonio, Ted Dickinson of Victoria, Keith Dickinson (Judy) of Mechanicsville, MD; brother, Charles Herchek of Columbus; grandchildren, Ashley Palmer, John Aaron Huddleston, Leigh Anne Huddleston, Stefanie Dickinson, Melanie Silva, Matthew Dickinson, Alicia Martin, Kimberly Ramirez, Trey Smith, Cody Smith, Candace Smith, Mackenzie Goodwin, Stephanie Goodwin Filla, Jaci Dickinson, Mason Dickinson, Alexis Gainer, Cameron Gainer, and 19 greatgrandchildren.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, John Dickinson; second husband, Probe LeBlanc; brother, Milam Herchek and grandson Dustin Smith.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 57pm at Rosewood Funeral Chapels with a rosary to be recited at 7 pm.

Funeral mass will be Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 10 am at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Father Albert Yankey officiating with Msg. John Peters co-officiating.

Pallbearers will be John Aaron Huddleston, Matthew Dickinson, Daniel Silva, Weldon Herchek, Travis Herchek and Robert Herchek.

A special thanks to the Crown Hospice Team for their special and loving care they gave to our mother, Mary Ann. Memorials may be made to Crown Hospice, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church or Msg. John Peter’s Seminary Fund.

Words of comfort may be shared at www.rosewoodfuneralchapel.com.

FREDERICK "FRED" HASTINGS JUNKIN VICTORIA Fred Junkin passed away Friday, March 10th, following a courageous struggle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Don Beth; a son, Jerry and his wife Stephanie, of Austin; a granddaughter, Allison Owen and her husband Jeffery of Austin, and a great granddaughter, Madeline Owen of Austin, in addition to two brothers, Samuel MacDowell Junkin and his wife Adele, and Edward Dixon Junkin and his wife Nancy. He was preceded in death by a son, James Whittington Junkin, and by his parents, Frederick Hastings Junkin and Martha MacDowell Junkin of Kerrville.

Fred Junkin was born on July 9, 1927 in Corpus Christi. He attended public schools in Kerrville from grades 1 to 7, and then graduated from Schreiner Institute High School in 1944. He served in the Asiatic theatre with a Navy band in Japan until discharged in 1946. He attended The University of Texas, graduating with honors in 1950. During the 1951 school year he was band director at Teague, while finishing his master’s degree.

From 1951 to 1954, he was the band director at Hogg Junior High School in Tyler.

On June 4, 1953, he married Don Beth Whittington and in 1954, they moved to Victoria where Fred became Supervisor of Music and band director at Victoria High School. As was stated when he was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame for Outstanding Bandmasters: "Think of Victoria, you think of Fred Junkin. Think of Fred Junkin, and you think of Victoria. That is what 30 years at one school can bring. Mix that tenure with performance time as a clarinetist, arranger, orchestra conductor and TMEA officer. The old adage is true, if you want something done, ask someone who is busy and they will do the job well."

Several pages would need to be used to list the honors and recognition which were afforded the Victoria bands under his leadership. 93 First Divisions, 24 Sweepstakes, a performance at Midwest International Band Clinic in Chicago in 1977, a concert for the joint American and Japanese Bandmasters Associations in Tempe, AZ in 1980, the Outstanding Band in class at the Six Flags Over Texas Festival in 1983, to name but a few.

During his 30 years at Victoria High School and in the time following his retirement in 1985, Fred served as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the state and nation. He received the Mac Award from the American School Band Directors Association in 1974. He was selected for membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association in 1979, and in 1984 he was named Texas Bandmaster of the Year. Additionally, he served as Principal Clarinet, Personnel Manager and Assistant Conductor of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra for many years. An active performer, he also played in many jazz performance groups and managed a big band and combo for several years as well.

Fred served on the board of the Texas Music Educators Association from 1960 to 1968, serving as president in 1965 and 1966. In retirement, Fred was ever the loyal Longhorn, frequently attending performances of the UT Wind Ensemble and Longhorn football games. He was an active participant in the life of Grace Presbyterian Church, which he devotedly served in the roles of deacon, elder and long-time member of the chancel choir. He truly loved fishing on the Texas Gulf Coast and was a fixture in Port O’Connor fishing circles. He leaves behind an adoring family, a legion of dear friends and countless former students.

One of those students summed up their feelings by saying, "A large portion of the musician I am today is due to Fred Junkin.

He taught us that there is a difference between simply playing notes and truly making music. I will forever be grateful for all those lessons."

Fred Junkin and Victoria will always be synonymous.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dan Fultz officiating. Private Burial services will be held by the family.

Memorial donations may be made to Grace Presbyterian Church or the Victoria Symphony. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.colonial funeralhomevictoria.com

MARTIN F. HARRAS

SISTER ANITA RODRIGUEZ

SHENANDOAH, TX - Martin Frederick Harras, 95, formerly of Victoria, passed away March 16, 2017. He was born May 5, 1921 in New York, NY to the late Hans and Helen Harras.

He proudly served in the US Army during WW II. Martin loved to travel and was a passionate photographer. He had the gift of finding beauty in everyday events. The highlight of his year was following the Texas Water Safari from San Marcos to Seadrift.

He is survived by his children, Alexandria (Will) KingvonKirschner and John Mark (Marie) Harras; sister, Louise (Will) Woelzllein; grandchildren, Molly and Josephine Harras, Teresa O’Connor and Taran vonKirschner; great grandchildren, Griffin and Dylan O’Connor, Owen Sullivan and Miles vonKirschner. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary Elizabeth Rice Harras; and brother, Richard Harras.

A Graveside Service will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery on Monday, March 20, 2017 at 11:00 am officiated by Reverend Douglas Richardson.

The family would like to give special thanks to the Congregation at First Christian Church.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family a t www.colonialfuneralhomevicto ria.com

VICTORIA Sister Anita Rodriguez, MCSH a member of the Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary since 1971, passed away at the age of 78, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. She was born July 27, 1938 in Brownsville, TX to the late Manuel Rodriguez and Benigna Reyes Rodriguez.

She is survived by her siblings Manuela Rodriguez, Ruperto Rodriguez and Modesta Rodriguez.

She is preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Gregorio Rodriguez, Domingo Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez, Asuncion Rodriguez, Manuel Zaragoza Rodriguez, Maria del Refugio Yanez, Jesus Rodriguez, Jose Maria Rodriguez and Modesto Rodriguez.

Visitation will begin Monday, March 20, 2017 from 5 - 8pm with a rosary to be recited at 7pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 105 N. Williams St., in Victoria. Funeral mass to be celebrated Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 10am at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish presided by Reverend Albert Yankey. Burial to follow at Catholic Cemetery #3.

Pallbearers will be her family members.

Under the direction of Artero Memorial Chapels in Victoria.

ROGER C. MERTZ SR.

MARIE GARZA REFUGIO - Marie Garza, 102, passed away March 14, 2017.

She was born February 18, 1915. Services will be Monday, March 20, 2017, Mt. Pilgrim Baptist church at 2:00 p.m.

Burial to follow at Refugio Community Cemetery.

HALLETTSVILLE - Roger C. Mertz Sr., 85, of Hallettsville.

Funeral Service: 2 pm, Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Kubena Funeral Home with Visitation starting at 12 Noon.

Officiant: Rev. Felix Malpica.

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Liberty is not for wimps

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■ Our View: City, district need working relationship

ictoria County has the makings for a modern-day Boston Tea Party. Instead of throwing tea into the Boston Harbor, Victoria officials want to throw the drink into the drainage ditches.

The discussion is all about taxation without representation.

Drainage District No. 3 collects taxes from property owners who live in the boundaries of the district as well as inside the Victoria city limits, but does not service the ditches that are in the district and the city.

Taxes paid by those city residents make up 83 percent of the district’s tax revenue.

Mayor Paul Polasek is right in requesting the district work with the city to maintain the ditches within the city. He is asking the district pay the city $120,000 annually – the amount it costs the city to maintain the ditches in that part of the city.

Such an agreement would be a win for both entities. If one cannot be worked out, then the district’s lines should be redrawn to remove the city from its taxing authority.

The drainage district was formed in 1915 to maintain the ditches to keep down flooding. At the time the lines were drawn none of the land was in the city.

As the city has grown, those areas have been annexed by the city and developed.

Polasek initially asked the county commissioners court to approve a resolution asking the legislature to redraw the district’s lines. He introduced a similar resolution to the City Council. He has since withdrawn that part of the request, but taxpayers should keep asking hard questions.

The city has been trying since the 1990s to get the district to sign an interlocal agreement without success.

In 2000, the city sent the district a letter about a 1998 interlocal agreement with the city, but the district never sign it.

The district appears to be sitting comfortably with the taxpayers money, but is unwilling to provide services or answers to those it taxes.

City residents of the drainage district who pay property taxes deserve both.

We are not sure how the district has spent the taxpayers’ money over the years.

When the Advocate asked for copies of the district’s budgets, the drainage district instead spent more taxpayers money to hire an expensive law firm that specializes in keeping public records from the public. The law firm also represents Victoria County and the Victoria County Sheriff ’s Office. Budget information is unquestionably open to the public.

The district has flown under the public radar for so long that its three-member, elected board appears unaware of or have disregard for the rules of conducting public business.

Until the drainage district lets

the public know how it has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money, taxpayers have every right to question the appropriateness of the board’s actions and whether the agency should even exist. Too often, these relatively small taxing entities fly under the radar of public scrutiny and thus become ripe for abuse.

The city and drainage district need to work together to come up with a plan so all city and county residents of the drainage district receive equal services. If such a partnership cannot be formed in an open and transparent way, then Victoria residents should revolt in much the way our forefathers did.

This opinion reflects the views of the Victoria Advocate’s editorial board.

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ost Americans, whether liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, do not show much understanding or respect for the principles of personal liberty. We criticize our political leaders, but we must recognize that their behavior simply reflects the values of people who elected them to office. That means we are all to blame for greater governmental control over our lives and a decline in personal liberty.

Let me outline some fundamental principles of liberty.

My initial premise is that each of us owns himself. I am my private property, and you are yours. If we accept the notion of self-ownership, then certain acts can be deemed moral or immoral. Murder, rape and theft are immoral because those acts violate private property. Most Americans accept that murder and rape are immoral, but we are ambivalent about theft. Theft can be defined as taking the rightful property of one American and giving it to another to whom it does not belong. It is also theft to forcibly use one person to serve the purposes of another.

At least two-thirds of federal spending can be described as Congress’ taking the rightful property of one American and giving it to another American, to whom it does not belong.

So-called mandatory spending totaled $2.45 trillion in 2015. Thus, two-thirds of the federal budget goes toward Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, food assistance, unemployment and other programs and benefits that fall into the category of taking from some and giving to others. To condemn legalized theft is not an argument against taxes to finance the constitutionally mandated functions of the federal government; we are all obligated to pay our share of those.

Many say government spending guarantees one right or another. That’s nonsense. True rights exist simultaneously among people. That means the exercise of a right by one person does not impose an obligation on another. In other words, my rights to speech and travel impose no obligations on another except those of noninterference. For Congress to guarantee a right to health care, food assistance or any other good or service whether a person can afford it or not does diminish

someone else’s rights – namely, their right to their earnings.

Congress has no resources WALTER of its very own. If Congress gives one person something he did not earn, it necessarily requires that Congress deprive somebody else of something he did earn.

Another area in which there is contempt for liberty, most notably on many college campuses, is free speech. The true test of one’s commitment to free speech does not come when he permits others to say things with which he agrees. Instead, the true test comes when one permits others to say things with which he disagrees.

Colleges lead the nation in attacks on free speech.

Some surveys report that more than 50 percent of college students want restrictions on speech they find offensive. Many colleges have complied with their wishes through campus speech codes.

A very difficult liberty pill for many Americans to swallow is freedom of association. As with free speech, the true test for one’s commitment to freedom of association does not come when one permits people to voluntarily associate in ways that he deems acceptable. The true test is when he permits people to associate in ways he deems offensive. If a golf club, fraternity or restaurant were not to admit me because I’m a black person, I would find it offensive, but it’s every organization’s right to associate freely. On the other hand, a public library, public utility or public university does not have a right to refuse me service because I am a taxpayer.

The bottom line is that it takes a bold person to be for personal liberty because you have to be able to cope with people saying things and engaging in voluntary acts that you deem offensive. Liberty is not for wimps.

WILLIAMS

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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BOLDT: Former coworker thinks ousted director ‘was doing his job, and it upset the old guard’ CONTINUED FROM A1 After Boldt was fired Feb. 28, Victoria County Sheriff ’s Office deputies came to the housing authority on Halsey Street as a precaution.

Boldt, who is a licensed peace officer, kept a firearm in his desk, and the deputies returned it to him, said Chris Janak, an attorney who represents the housing authority.

Additionally, someone locked Boldt’s computer so neither he nor anyone at the housing authority could access or alter the information stored on it.

Janak, who has been

doing employment law for 26 years, said that’s common practice.

“It protects the housing authority, and it protects Louis,” Janak said. “That doesn’t imply we think he’d do anything.”

Victoria County District Attorney Stephen Tyler also said Boldt was not being investigated for any criminal wrongdoing.

Janak maintained the board can’t discuss why it fired Boldt because it was discussed in closed session, but he added that he was present as the board’s counsel to answer their questions.

Board members get

certified in the Open Meetings Act by watching an hours-long video on the Texas Attorney General’s Office’s website, he said.

The Victoria Advocate made three open records requests of the housing authority in the past week.

The newspaper requested a copy of Boldt’s employment reviews for the past three years, communication between Boldt and the board for the past six months and board meeting minutes since December 2016. Janak indicated he would ask the Attorney General for an exemption from disclosure because of pending litigation.

Boldt can appeal his termination first by going before a five-member panel.

That hasn’t been scheduled yet.

Boldt has been a peace officer for more than 30 years.

He worked for the Victoria Police Department from 1986 to 2005 and is currently a reserve deputy at the Victoria County Sheriff ’s Office, according to his record with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

At the police department, Boldt worked with Alton Johnston. Johnston described him as man of impeccable character who

was probably fired from the housing authority “because he was doing his job, and it upset the old guard.”

Boldt became executive director after former executive director Debbie Gillespie resigned in October 2015.

Gillespie and other employees have since been charged with felonies related to an Office of Inspector General investigation that found more than $800,000 had been mismanaged.

They are all awaiting trial.

Sud said Boldt is trying to “wrap his head around” the firing.

“He worked 12- to 16-hour days on a regular basis,” Sud said. “I think he’s taking a short break, but ultimately, he was pretty dedicated to the housing authority and its mission. I think we’ll go to court and prevail, but our concern is that the ones who will suffer are the people who rely on the housing authority.”

The housing authority board meets at noon every third Monday at The Sendera because it is affordable and provides a free meeting space where the public can attend and where the board can hold closed sessions, Janak said.

WAY: ‘Our organization, I think, has always ... delivered on its mission the best we could’ CONTINUED FROM A1

make sure they took it.

If those medications were pointing to a 13-page report controlled substances, only by the Office of Inspector a licensed nurse would be General, or OIG, he filed in able to administer them, court.

Tyler said.

That report concluded Way’s history that from September 2013 to When contacted last week, August 2014, Gulf Bend was overpaid $315,445.44 despite Way, former executive diviolating the state contract. rector Don Polzin and board The OIG has worked to members denied witnessing any malfeasance at the find that missing money.

While combing through unit or at Gulf Bend.

“I am a credentialed, corthe Gulf Bend’s banking records in Victoria, the OIG porate health care complifound an account at another ance professional, and corbank in Boston that was porate compliance and integrity programs are what I possibly related.

After some legal wran- believe in,” Way said. “I gling during the course of have full faith that the Gulf several months, the bank Bend Center and all of its honored a subpoena for agents, employees and records, but nothing was board of trustees have done nothing but the best to found.

“If it was, then I would steward the public dollar.”

Way declined to comment have charged him with theft,” Tyler said about further because he had just learned about the allegaWay. tions.

The investigation According to his employTyler said the report reads ment records, Way first apa lot like one the OIG com- plied for a job with Gulf posed about Victoria Hous- Bend in 1992. Before that, ing Authority several years he said, he worked for Vicago because Gulf Bend, too, toria ISD as a teacher’s asappears to have not had sistant. policies in 2014 that would Way moved up the ranks, guard against fraud. also serving as director of One of the many people quality management and dithe OIG interviewed for this rector of operations during case was Madonna his time at Gulf Bend, which Coughenour, the chief nurs- was interrupted briefly ing officer at Citizens. from January to August She said Gulf Bend re- 2011. He accepted a job then quired Citizens nurses to as the chief executive offisign in and out of the ex- cer at the Padre Behavioral tended observation unit.

Hospital in Corpus Christi.

Tyler said that gave the In June 2012, that hospital appearance that Citizens was sanctioned by the state nurses were tending to Gulf for incomplete medical Bend patients at the unit, records and failing to probut Coughenour told the vide a qualified dietitian.

OIG they were not.

That investigation was conTyler also was troubled by ducted by the Department what the OIG found when of State Health Services in interviewing Tim Serrano, June 2011 after a complaint, the crisis team lead. according to an article in Serrano told the investiga- the Corpus Christi tors no medication was pre- Caller-Times, which makes scribed at the unit, but if pa- no mention of Way and tients came in with medica- whether he played a role. tion, then staff, most with no When he left Gulf Bend in higher than a high school 2011 for the Corpus Christi diploma, would help the pa- job, Way wrote in his exit intients count the prescribed terview: “Enjoyed working amount from the bottle and here? I did not work here. I

lived Gulf Bend Center’s mission. For the past 18 years, I can honestly say a day did not go by that I did not consider the Center.”

Way’s career with Gulf Bend ended in April 2015, the same month the board of trustees selected Jeff Tunnell as Polzin’s successor.

Way was one of 50 applicants for the job. After he was not chosen, he elected to leave Gulf Bend, board chairman Steven Hipes said.

But, a letter from Tunnell dated April 14, 2015, indicated Way was terminated because his position had been eliminated.

When he left, Way had an annual salary of $113,564, having last received an about 10 percent raise approved by the board the year before.

Way received mostly glowing reviews during his years at Gulf Bend, but shortly before his termination, Polzin reprimanded him for trying to meet with other employees to discuss a wrongful termination lawsuit he and Gulf Bend were embroiled in, failing to show up at work on time and failing to provide the Jackson County Hospital District with tele-health services as promised.

“easy, nor one that particularly wins you friends.”

“You have to make tough decisions. I’m surprised, and I wish I could tell you more,” Polzin said.

Both he and Gary Burns, a Victoria County commissioner who has served on Gulf Bend’s board of trustees for more than a decade, said they hoped the allegations wouldn’t overshadow Gulf Bend’s good work in the 46 years it has existed.

“Our organization, I think, has always been credible and delivered on its mission the best we could, given the capacity and resources that we have, which were very limited,” Polzin said.

Burns said he doubted the allegations were true and likened them to “slinging mud.”

“My experience on the board has always been very positive and very upfront and just trying to do the best for our clients,” Burns said.

Burns and others have participated in the Gulf Bend Community Collaborative in recent months.

The collaborative is made up of representatives from law enforcement, the medical profession and nonprofits and is seeking $11.6 million from the state for a four-year plan to divert peoReaction ple with mental illness from Polzin and others said Crossroads county jails. they were shocked by the allegations.

Polzin remembered the OIG coming unannounced to Gulf Bend to investigate in 2014 and 2015. He said the OIG never disclosed what it was investigating, and that caused some employees to feel uneasy as they went about their duties.

“They never did tell me or anybody if there was a person of significance that they were particularly interested in. They kept things very close to the chest,” he said.

“I worked with the man (Way) for 20 years, and I trusted him.”

He said Way’s job was not

Civil lawsuit Some former employees were not surprised by the allegations, though.

Three former employees sued Gulf Bend and Way in February 2015, claiming a violation of their free speech rights.

This came after the former employees were terminated, they say, for speaking up about the staff shortages at the extended observation unit and other improper behavior.

The lawsuit was settled in April 2016 with neither Gulf Bend nor Way admitting wrongdoing.

Another former Gulf Bend employee who was not a plaintiff in the February 2015 lawsuit, Daniel Rodriguez, said he resigned from Gulf Bend.

It seemed odd Gulf Bend did not hire a psychiatrist to work in the extended observation unit after receiving a significant amount of

money from the state to open it, he said.

Rodriguez remembered Gulf Bend’s upper management stating it was too expensive to hire a psychiatrist for that purpose.

“It’s expensive, yes, but not that expensive,” Rodriguez said.

Perhaps, he said, those employees who spoke up and were terminated because of it have now been vindicated.

Tyler hoped the truth would come out after a jury of 12 of Way’s peers heard all the evidence at trial.

Way has hired Tali Villafranca to defend him from being convicted of the first-degree felony, which carries a punishment of five to 99 years or life in prison.

“I think you can clearly say there’s some smoke on the horizon,” Tyler said.

“Maybe there’s a fire, maybe there’s not, but there’s definitely some smoke.”

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President Trump’s first budget proposal to Congress last week specifi­ cally identified steep cuts to hundreds of domestic pro­ grams, but Meals on Wheels wasn’t one of them.

The popular program which mainly uses volunteer drivers to provide hot meals to older Americans across the country — doesn’t directly re­ ceive federal funding. As Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters Thursday: “Meals on Wheels is not a federal program.”

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Every time you see a rocker strutting the stage, slinging their guitar around and cutting loose with a killer riffs, Chuck Berry’s musical DNA is at work.

Berry, who died Saturday at 90 according to the St Charles County, Missouri, police de­ partment, created the rock star blueprint more than 50 years ago and generations later, there’s still nobody who can touch the original. It’s no won­ der that when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland inducted its inaugural members

in 1986, the Brown Eyed Hand­ some Man was at the head of the class.

From the time Berry first hit the scene with Maybellene in 1955, he defined the sound, the swagger, the style of a rock and roll star. He was the show. And to this day, guitarists pay homage banging out his wicked licks and imitating his signature duck walk.

He blew the fuse in many a jukebox with songs like School Day that spoke directly to the teens that embraced him: “Soon as three o’clock rolls around/you finally lay your burden down/ Close up your books, get out of your seat/Down the halls and

Trump budget's impact on iconic program to help seniors is far from certain because it doesn't get direct federal funding

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Nevertheless, Meals on Wheels quickly became the poster child for the impact of Trump’s cuts. Even before the budget’s release, Rep. Keith El­ lison, D-Minn., tweeted that Trump had called for the “elim­ ination” of Meals on Wheels, and the Congressional Progres­ sive Caucus quickly dubbed it the “Starvation Budget.”

The truth: Trump’s budget calls for the elimination of one program that some of the na­ tion’s 5,000 Meals on Wheels groups rely on: community de­ velopment block grants, a $3 billion program that started in the Ford administration to give states and cities more flexi­ bility in how they combat poverty.

But Trump’s proposal known as the “skinny budget” because it’s the first, vague out­ line of a more formal submis­ sion to come — is largely silent about the program that pro­ vides the vast majority of feder­ al funding for senior services.

Chuck Berry set a standard for rock music and catchy lyrics that still draws imitators.

Jack Zimmer delivers a meal to Mar­ tha Scott in 2014 as a volunteer for the Commu­ nity Emer­ gency Assis­ tance Pro­ gram in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

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T-Rex could make Monopoly nerds forget about thimble Hasbro shakes up iconic game pieces Mary Bowerman (®MaryBowerman USA TODAY Network

Everyone lias their favorite Monopoly token, but those who tend to reach for the wheelbar­ row, thimble or boot token might have to pick a new favorite game piece.

The familiar thimble, boot and wheelbarrow will be replaced by T-Rex, rubber ducky and penguin

tokens this falL The iconic game pieces met their fate after millions of fans voted on which eight tokens they’d like to see in the next ver­ sion of the game during Monopo­ ly Token Madness Vote in January, Hasbro said in a state­ ment.

So who made the cut? The Scottie dog, top hat, car, battle­ ship, cat, T-Rex, rubber ducky and penguin tokens are the eight game pieces that will be featured in the next generation of the game.

In mid-February, fans learned the thimble’s days were num­ bered, but the game maker waited until two days before Sunday’s

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World Monopoly Day to reveal that two other iconic pieces were also getting the axe.

“The next generation of tokens clearly represents the interests of our fans around the world, and we’re proud to have our iconic game impacted by the people that feel most passionate about play­ ing it,” Jonathan Berkowitz, sen­ ior vice president of marketing for Hasbro Gaming, said in a state­ ment.

The last time a token was dropped and a new one added was in 2013. The oh-so-exciting iron was dropped in favor of a cat to­ ken. The Scottie dog was added in 1950.

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CHUCK BERRY ALWAYS HAD A PLACE TO GO which would later become Maybellene that sealed the deal. When into the street.” They may not the song came out that summer, have wanted to learn the Golden it hit No. 1 on the R&B charts and Rule from mean-looking teach­ No. 5 on the pop charts.

Over the next five years, he ers, but “tight dresses and lip­ stick,” and Cadillacs “doin’ about toured extensively and was a hit ninety-five” sure struck their machine with winners like Wee Wee Hours, Thirty Days (To Come fancy.

Berry was so energetic, charis­ Back Home), Roll Over Beethoven, matic and unique that he ren­ Rock and Roll Music, Sweet Little dered moot the prevailing racial Sixteen, and of course, Johnny B. barriers of the 1950s that kept Goode. Bolstering his crossover most African American musi­ appeal was influential New York cians out of the mainstream He DJ Alan Freed, who booked Berry had a knack for gauging what his for his rock and roll stage extrav­ audience liked and then giving it aganzas and appearances in to them. His witty, libidinous lyr­ Freed-produced movies Rock, ics spoke of girls, motorin’, and Rock, Rock, Mr. Rock and Roll, footloose fun: “If you get too and Go Johnny Go. But Berry’s ambitions went be­ close, you know I’m gone like a cool breeze,” he crooned on You yond just being a star. He invest­ Can’t Catch Me. Who can’t empa­ ed heavily in real estate in the St. thize with him on No Particular Louis area and in 1958, he opened racially-integrated Club Place to Go, when his plans for a the little moonlight romance are Bandstand in what was then a thwarted by a balky seat belt or segregated area of the city. A year his lament about life’s pressures later, he hired a young woman that he’d met on tour in El Paso, on Too Much Monkey Business.

His virile concoction of coun­ Texas, to work at the club as a hat try hillbilly guitar licks and spirit­ check girL She was fired after two ed R&B was the high-test that weeks, but after working as a fueled the rock and roll engine. prostitute at a local hotel for sev­ Even being locked up in 1962- eral nights, she called her home­ 1963 couldn’t keep his fire from town police in Yuma, Ariz., to spreading on both sides of the At­ help get her home.

Berry woimd up being charged lantic. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys and others with violating the Maim Act, gained traction during that time transporting a woman across by covering Berry songs. Even El­ state lines for immoral purposes. vis dipped into his catalog. More He was found guilty, but the ver­ than 75 different artists have dict was overturned because the done Berry songs. Johnny B. judge made racist remarks. He Goode alone has seen at least two was convicted again in 1961 and sentenced to three years in pris­ dozen versions.

Berry and his music were built on and a $10,000 fine. He served to last. Scandals couldn’t keep two years, though he emerged an him down. Neither could passing embittered.

Fortunately for him, the fads or changing tastes. His sala­ cious euphemisms and rebellious emerging white rock bands were keeping his music alive and he spirit still resonate.

Charles Edward Anderson Ber­ came back blazing with another ry was bom in St. Louis in 1926. run of hits including Nadine, Lit­ He started taking guitar lessons tle Marie, Promised Land and No after he wowed his peers at a high Particular Place to Go. Over the next eight years, the school talent show singing Jay McShann’s big band song Confes- stream of hits dried up, but he sin' the Blues. It would foreshad­ found a new audience on the ow choices he’d make as his blues and hippie festival circuit. career blossomed. By 1952, he In 1972, he scored his last hit, My was playing in a band that played Ding-a-Ling. He played himself in 1978 Freed biopic American Hot everything from blues to country.

In 1955, he went to Chicago Wax and in 1979, he played at the where he befriended bluesman White House at President Jimmy Muddy Waters. Waters intro­ Carter’s request. A month later, duced him to Leonard Chess of he was jailed for five months for Chess Records. His homemade income tax evasion. demo included some blues songs, but it was the countrified, up­ Contributing: Carly Mallenbaum, tempo R&B number, Ida May, Alison Maxwell ► CONTINUED FROM IB

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Trump Organization hasn’t yet donated profits from hotels President promised to give Treasury any funds from foreign governments Steve Reilly @BySteveReilly USA TODAY

In the days before taking office, President Trump vowed that his companies would donate any profits made from foreign gov­ ernment patrons at his hotels to the U.S. Treasury to avoid any questions about conflicts of inter­ est. Almost two months into his presidency, that hasn’t happened yet. The Trump Organization now says it plans to make the do­ nation after the end of the calen­ dar year.

The president’s company has developed a policy to help identi­ fy and donate profits from foreign government customers and is im­ plementing it, spokeswoman Amanda Miller said Friday.

Miller would not provide a copy of the policy or otherwise explain how Trump hotels and similar businesses will separate profits from foreign govern­ ments’ rentals of rooms and suites, conference rooms and banquet facilities, and payments for other services at its hotels and deliver the money to the Trea­ sury, as the president and his law­ yers spelled out in a January news conference.

'The donation will be made on an annual basis after the end of each calendar year,” Miller said.

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not believe he is required to do so, he is taking the steps to put to rest any concerns about potential conflicts of interest between his leadership of the federal govern­ ment and his family’s vast busi­ ness empire.

“This way, it is the American peo­ ple who will profit.”

While Miller did not answer a request to describe how the com­ pany determines which payments come from foreign government patrons, she said that in calculat­ ing profits the Trump Organiza­ tion will “apply the accounting and financial reporting guidance provided for in the Uniform Sys-

While some ethics experts have said any foreign government business at a Trump property potentially runs afoul of the Constitution, Trump's attorneys have maintained otherwise.

The Trump Organization also would not provide USA TODAY with the dollar amount of profits it has accrued from foreign gov­ ernments during Trump’s presi­ dency so far. While foreign patronage at Trump properties in recent months has included the Kuwait Embassy’s celebration of Kuwait National Day at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C, in February, it is unknown how much business the Trump Organization has con­ ducted from other national gov­ ernments at its properties in the U.S. and abroad.

Sheri Dillon, an attorney rep­ resenting Trump, said at a Jan. II news conference that the thenpresident-elect had directed that profits from foreign government hotel business would be donated to the Treasury because “he wants to do more than what the Constitution requires.”

“President-elect Trump has decided, and we are announcing today, that he is going to volunta­ rily donate all profits from for­ eign government payments made to his hotel to the United States Treasury,” she said at the time.

tem of Accounts for the Lodging Industry.”

“The concept of profit is well understood in the hospitality in­ dustry, as are the pertinent ac­ counting rules, for the Trump Organization to comply with the President’s voluntary directive,” she said.

The Constitution's Emolu­ ments Clause prohibits U.S. offi­ cials from accepting gifts or titles from foreign states without con­ gressional approvaL While Trump’s critics and some ethics experts have said any foreign government business at a Trump property potentially runs afoul of the Constitution, Trump attorneys have maintained that the Emoluments Clause does not prohibit payments in exchange for goods or services provided at fair market value.

The U.S. Treasury Department did not respond to questions for this report regarding how the do­ nations would be processed and communications with the Trump Organization. A spokeswoman for Dillon’s law firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, referred questions to the Trump Organization.

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“The budget will adversely im­ pact older adults," said Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. “We just don’t know how much.”

Here’s why: The majority of Meals on Wheels programs get most of their federal funding through the Administration for Community Living, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services that serves the elderly and disabled. That agency has a $227 million line-item for “home-delivered nutrition services.”

Those programs are autho­ rized though the Older Ameri­ cans Act, a law so popular that its renewal passed Congress last year without any recorded oppo­ sition. And while Trump didn’t single out that specific program, Health and Human Services will receive a 16% across-the-board cut.

“We’re very concerned. We’re concerned about the cuts that

were explicit in the skinny bud­ get, but we’re also concerned about what we see as the hand­ writing on the wall with the per­ centage cuts to HHS,” Markwood said. “Some of these details we won’t know for a while.”

Meals on Wheels America, a national group that represents 5,000 programs throughout the country, said it was bombarded with questions about the budget and could not respond to press inquiries.

The impact is likely to vary from place to place. Every Meals on Wheels affiliate gets money from a different mix of state, local and federal government funds, along with individual donations and philanthropic organizations.

“We like to say that when you’ve seen one Meals on Wheels program, you've seen one Meals on Wheels program,” said Sandra Noe, the executive director of Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana.

Like many programs, it gets funding from an area agency on aging through the Older Ameri-

"The budget will adversely Impact older adults. We just don’t know how much.”

Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

cans Act. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which administers the community de­ velopment block grant program that Trump targeted for elimina­ tion, couldn’t say how much of that money ultimately flows to Meals on Wheels.

It’s certainly a small fraction: Social services are capped by law at 15% of the block grants, and the most recent HUD figures show all senior services receive about $33 million.

"We’ve spent $150 billion on those programs since the 1970s,” Mulvaney said, referring to the block grants. And since the feder­ al government started to apply

more performance measure­ ments to federal programs in the Bush administration, those block grants have been "just not show­ ing any results,” he said. <fWe can’t do that anymore. We can’t spend money on programs just because they sound good.

And great, Meals on Wheels sounds great. Again, that’s a state decision to fund that particular portion — to take the federal money and give it to the states and say, look, we want to give you money for programs that don’t work,” Mulvaney said.

But scientific studies have found Meals on Wheels programs are effective in improving nutri­ tion among the elderly. And they’re cost-effective because keeping older adults in their homes is less expensive than nursing-home care.

“It’s not just a meal but a well­ ness check,” Noe said. “That vol­ unteer, that driver is able to tune into whether that person’s health is failing. And we’re delivering re­ lief from isolation and relief to their family as well.”

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Airport attacker shouted ‘I want to die for Allah* in Paris

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A 39-year-old man shot and killed while wrestling with a secu­ rity officer at Paris Orly Airport on Saturday shouted "I want to die for Allah” as he tried to seize the soldier's assault rifle, the Paris prosecutor said.

Prosecutor Francois Molins said the attacker, identified as French-born Ziyed Ben Belgacem, apparently wanted to wrest the rifle away so he could shoot people at random in the busy airport.

The deadly struggle, which prompted officials to partially evacuate Orly and divert flights to other airports, erupted about 90 minutes after the suspect fled the scene of a traffic stop for speed­ ing. At that site, he shot a pellet gun at a police officer and then commandeered another car and drove to Orly, according to authorities.

Molins told reporters the sus­ pect yelled that he wanted to “die in the name of Allah” and that “whatever happens, there will be deaths.”

Molins said the attacker initia­ lly held a pistol to a female securi­ ty soldier’s head, using her as a shield while he grabbed her pow­ erful military-grade assault rifle.

He said the attacker apparently intended to use it to shoot people in the busy Paris airport but was killed by three shots from two other security officers.

Molins said the attacker also carried a container of gasoline that he tossed to the ground.

The Paris prosecutor’s office

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At left, a policeman stands guard Saturday at the airport after a man attacked a threeperson security patrol.

said earlier that the suspect was not listed on the government’s database of terrorist suspects or people deemed a threat to na­ tional security. However, his house was among scores searched in November 2015 following ter­ rorist attacks in Paris that killed

130 people. Prosecutors also said his criminal record contained nine unspecified infractions.

French defense minister JeanYves Le Drian said the three-per­ son patrol that the suspect en­ countered was part of the Sentinel special force deployed

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around France at sensitive sites after a string of terrorist attacks.

Le Drian said the other two soldiers accompanying the first officer fired “to protect her” and the public. Molins said they shot a total of eight rounds.

Paris’ anti-terrorism section is investigating, the prosecutor’s of­ fice confirmed.

Airport authorities, who asked the public to avoid the area, said Orly was partially evacuated and flights diverted to Charles de Gaulle airport.

Contributing: Associated Press

From increases in deadly dis­ eases to choking air pollution and onslaughts of violent weather, man-made climate change is making Americans sicker, accord­ ing to a report released Wednes­ day by 11 of the nation’s top medical societies.

The report was prepared by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, a new group that represents more than 400,000 doctors.

“Doctors in every part of our country see that climate change is making Americans sicker,” said Mona Sarfaty, the director of the new consortium and a professor at George Mason University.

“Physicians are on the front lines and see the impacts in exam rooms,” she said. "What’s worse is that the harms are felt most by children, the elderly, Americans with low income or chronic ill­ nesses, and people in communi­ ties of color.”

The report pinpointed three types of harms from climate change: ► Direct harms, such as inju­ ries and deaths due to increasing­ ly violent weather; asthma and other lung diseases exacerbated by extremely hot weather and wildfires; and longer allergy seasons. ► Increased spread of disease through insects that carry infec­ tions like Lyme disease or Zika vi­ rus and through contaminated food and water. ► The effects on mental health resulting from the damage cli­ mate change can do to society, such as increasing depression and anxiety.

Lawyer: Mich, police use fake Facebook profile Officers apparently knew men with guns were on their way Robert Allen Detroit Free Press

Members of the Kurdish community in Germany gather to celebrate Newroz in Frankfurt on Saturday.

Newroz is a traditional celebration of the Iranian new year holiday in Kurdish society.

A lawyer says Dearborn, Mich., police, used the Facebook profile name “Olivia” to secretly monitor a network of Second Amendment activists and ambush two men who filmed themselves walking into police headquarters last month.

Nicholas Somberg, who repre­ sents 40-year-old Brandon VreeARMANDO BA8AV, EUROPEAN PRESSPMOTO AGENCY land of Jackson, said the Feb. 5 incident was a “political witch ROCK ’N’ ROLL LEGEND TRUMP: PAY UNITED STATES CHUCK BERRY DIES AT 90 MORE TO DEFEND GERMANY hunt” in which his client and James Baker, 24, of Leonard, Chuck Berry, the rock ’n’ roll President Trump said Saturday Mich., were arrested. In a You­ founder who defined its joy and that Germany owes “vast sums of Tube video, Baker can be seen in rebellion in "Johnny B. Goode” money” to NATO, and the US. a black ski mask with a short-bar­ and other classics, has died in St. “must be paid more” for provid­ reled rifle slung over his chest Charles County, Missouri, west of ing defense, reiterating his stance and a semi-automatic pistol St. Louis. He was 90. that European allies need to meet strapped to his hip; Vreeland had on body armor but left his gun in St. Charles county police say their obligations. they responded to a medical “Despite what you have heard the car, instead bringing along emergency Saturday afternoon from the FAKE NEWS, I had a cameras to videotape the encoun­ and found Berry unresponsive. GREAT meeting with German ter that was about to take place.

“After the discovery, it is very He could not be revived and was Chancellor Angela Merkel,” he pronounced dead. wrote. “Nevertheless, Germany clear that Dearborn (police) knew Berry hit the Top 10 in 1955 owes ... vast sums of money to that they were coming, knew who with “Maybellene” and went on NATO & the United States must they were and planned the am­ to influence generations of musi­ be paid more for the ... defense it bush,” Somberg said. “It’s not that they were reacting to a situation cians. Among his other hits were provides to Germany!”

“Johnny B. Goode” and “Roll they thought was going to be vio­ DEATH TOLL RISES TO 72 IN lent. They actually knew it was Over Beethoven.”

PERU FLOODING, MUDSLIDES not violent, knew who they were and just wanted to teach these SECRET SERVICE BLOCKS WHITE HOUSE INTRUSION The intense rains, overflowing guys a lesson.” rivers, mudslides and flooding be­ In the February video, police A Trump administration ing experienced in Peru are the officers with guns drawn were spokesman says an individual was worst seen in two decades and af­ waiting, and a tense standoff oc­ apprehended near the White fect more than half the nation, curred as the two men initially House on Saturday, a week after authorities said Saturday, as the refused to comply with orders to an intruder was caught on White death toll since the beginning of drop to the ground as they argued the year hit 72. they had a right to cany weapons.

House grounds.

The rains have overwhelmed “Put it on the ground or you Press secretary Sean Spicer wrote on Twitter that the individ­ the drainage system in cities are dead,” one of the officers ual “jumped bike rack on Penn­ along Peru's Pacific coast, and the screams in the video that was sylvania Ave” but did not make it health ministry has started fumi­ live-streamed online by Baker onto White House property. Spic­ gating around pools of water in and Vreeland. “I will shoot you. I er added: “Great response by the streets to kill mosquitoes that will put a round in you. What the hell is the matter with you?” @SecretService.” carry diseases like dengue.

Somberg said the two men did President Trump was spending nothing illegal. On Thursday, he the weekend at his Palm Beach, Staff and wire reports posted a photo of a page from the Fla., resort

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Dearborn Police arrest­ ed two men who came to the police station wear­ ing masks and carrying rifles.

“If it's a public account, to some extent It's treated like a natural conver­ sation you could observe at a bus stop.”

Thomas Holt, criminal justice professor at Michigan State University

criminal case’s discovery on Face­ book with the words: “If you ever wondered if the police monitor what you post on Facebook, the answer is YES. Dearborn PD goes by the name 'Olivia’.”

He said the documents show that police, logged on as Facebook user “Olivia,” lurked on publicly posted conversations. He said it didn’t appear that the user had interacted with his client.

“My clients have other activist friends," Somberg said. “They have a whole network, so they’re just screen-shotting everybody."

Thomas Holt, criminal justice professor at Michigan State Uni­ versity, said Friday that social media is "definitely becoming a more common tool for law en­ forcement” to monitor for public safety and to watch trending problems.

“If it’s a public account, to some extent it’s treated like a nat­ ural conversation you could ob­ serve at a bus stop — you’re talking very loudly in a public place,” Holt said.

The Dearborn Police Depart­ ment and a statewide open carry group previously condemned Vreeland and Baker's Feb. 5 ac­ tion as irresponsible and reckless.

“Let us be clear, Michigan Open Carry Inc. in no way sup­ ports the actions of these individ­ uals,” Tom Lambert, president of Michigan Open Carry Inc., said in a statement. “It is our belief that their actions were reckless and primarily designed to draw atten­ tion and a response.”

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Humanitarian crisis worsens in Mosul As refugees stream into camps by the thousands, aid groups struggle to fill their needs Igor Kossov Special for USA TODAY

HAMAM AL-ALIL, IRAQ The flight of tens of thousands of Iraqis from the besieged city of Mosul would create a humanitarian cri­ sis, the United Nations predicted.

Now that stark warning has turned out to be cruelly accurate.

Thousands are sleeping on the ground outside an overflowing refugee camp in this town near Mosul, and a thousand more ar­ rive every few horns to wait for spaces. Food, water and medicine are increasingly scarce, refugees said.

‘This is my blanket,” said Kha­ lil Ibrahim, 45, gesturing to his dusty clothing. “This is all that I have.”

Ibrahim, a farmer from the outskirts of western Mosul, ar­ rived at the camp with 40 rela­ tives last week. The patch of land where he sleeps outside a semi­ collapsed building is already filled with 500 people.

Gen. Bashar Ahmed, an official with the Iraqi Ministry of De­ fense, said the Ham am al-Alil camp, built before the Feb. 20 launch of the western Mosul of­ fensive to oust the Islamic State, is "completely full,” with more than 20,000 occupants.

The Iraqi military is slowly driving the militants out of their last major stronghold in Iraq. As they liberate the remaining parts of the city faster than planned, far more civilians trapped in the country’s second-largest city are seeking temporary shelter, food, water and medicine, creating a huge challenge for the govern­ ment and aid groups.

The area just outside the camp, which also serves as a central processing area for the internally displaced, is an arrival point for new refugees. People are given food, and men are screened to make sure they aren’t Islamic State fighters trying to sneak out of Mosul.

“We give them three options,” Ahmed said. “If they want to stay in the camps, if they want to go to the (liberated) east side of Mosul or if they want to go stay with one of their relatives."

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Many refugees are being sent to a refugee camp near Kliazer east of Mosul. It has 1,700 tents and can accommodate about 10,200 people, according to the United Nations High Commis­ sioner for Refugees. The U.N. agency added spaces in other camps around Mosul that can take another 25,000 people.

Those spots are also filling up quickly, as truckloads and bus­ loads of refugees arrive one after the other. More than 1,000 peo­ ple filed off trucks in two hours Saturday, and more kept coming without a slowdown.

Refugees at the Hamam al-Alil screening center are transported to camps around Mosul. So far, about 60,000 people from west­ ern Mosul have gone to camps, including 22,000 people at Ha-

“You only get food and water one time, when you come.”

other 39,000 people. Tens of thousands of people are staying in private residences, according to Vennize.

Many families get separated as women and children arc trans­ ferred to camps while men are detained for screening, the U.N. Mohammed Abdullah, 23, who was said. displaced from western Mosul, Iraq, and is now staying at a nearby refugee camp New arrivals can pick up food and water, but chaos often ensues mam al-Alil, Inger Vennize, a when crowds converge to get reg­ spokeswoman with the World istration slips that prevent people Food Program, said on Facebook from taking water multiple times The Iraqi government said and leaving others with none. more than 75,000 people have ‘There is no water. We didn’t get been displaced from the west side water,” multiple refugees told of Mosul, Iraqi media reported. USA TODAY. The U.N. predicted at least “You only get food and water 250,000 people might be dis­ one time, when you come,” said placed during the offensive.

Mohammed Abdullah, 23, of The U.N. is building two addi­ western Mosul. tional camps near Mosul for an­ Many families rely on volun­

teers from neighboring villages who cook hot meals, such as chicken and rice, and deliver it to Hamam al-Alil and other camps.

“We ask the people (from our village) to give us money to buy food,” volunteer Salah Juboori said as he took a break from dis­ tributing food to a crowd of peo­ ple, including many impatient children. “Every day, we cook the food and bring it here.”

Juboori said his group collects $215 to S250 a day, enough to give a daily hot meal to 1,100 peo­ ple. He said people stuck outside the camp have no access to hot meals.

“Where will they cook?” he said. “They just came out of their house. They have nowhere to go. ... So our families are cooking for them.”

Russian parliament orders probe of U.S. media in Moscow tigate RT America’s potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The senator, in introducing her bill, noted that a recent report by the U.S. Director of National In­ Doug Stanglin telligence concluded RT News of­ @dstanglin ficials structured their affiliate USA TODAY organizations to deliberately cir­ cumvent U.S. reporting and dis­ Russia’s parliament has called closure requirements under the for an investigation into U.S. FARA media operating in its country in “We have good reason to be­ response to what it says are at­ lieve that RT News is coordinat­ tacks on Russian media in the ing with the Russian government U.S., particularly state-funded to spread misinformation and broadcaster RT News. undermine our democratic proc­ The state Duma, or lower ess,” Shaheen said. “The Ameri­ house of parliament, called on its can public has a right to know if committee on information policy, this is the case. RT News lias information technology and com­ made public statements boasting munications to conduct an “au­ that it can dodge our laws with dit” of Radio Liberty, the Voice of shell corporations, and it’s time America, CNN and other U.S. for the Department of Justice to media “for compliance of their investigate.” activities with Russian legisla­ tion,” according to the legislative "We have good body’s website. reason to believe that VOA is a federal entity, while Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty RT News is coordi­ is a private, nonprofit organiza­ nating with the tion funded by a grant from the Russian government US. Congress. to ••• undermine our Konstantin Zatulin, a member of parliament from the pro- democratic process.”

Kremlin United Russia party, re­ Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. quested the probe Friday to com­ Shaheen told RFE/RL that it bat what he called a “repressive" appears her legislation struck a move by the U.S. against RT. RT News runs numerous nerve with the Kremlin and some media operations worldwide, in­ Duma members.

Maria Zakharova, spokesper­ cluding RT America, a slick Engson for the Russian Foreign Min­ lish-language network Zatulin said he was responding istry, criticized Shaheen’s to U.S. politicians who have legislative move this week, quip­ moved “from words to deeds" af­ ping that the New Hampshire ter long complaining that Russian senator should have also drawn media interfered in the internal up a list of books for burning, affairs of the US. and particularly Reuters reported.

Margarita Simonyan, RTs ediits presidential election.

He specifically singled out Sen. tor-in-chief, told the Russian Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who newspaper Izvestia this week that this week introduced a bill in such moves were reminiscent of Congress to give the Justice De­ Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s 1950s partment new authority to inves­ anti-Communist campaign.

Radio Liberty, VOA, others to get scrutiny

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi escorts U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Bering.

China seeks ‘coolheaded’ U.S. reaction to N. Korea the U.S. not to abandon diplomacy.

“No matter what happens, we have to stay committed to diplo­ matic means as a way to seek peaceful settlement,” Wang said, according to the Post.

Deirdre Shesgreen “We hope all parties, including USA TODAY our friends from the United States, could size up the situation Washington China’s foreign in a coolheaded and comprehen­ minister urged the United States sive fashion and arrive at a wise to soften its saber rattling against decision,” he said.

North Korea after Secretary of Tillerson is on his first trip to State Rex Tillerson warned that Asia as President Trump’s top müitary action is “on the table” as diplomat, making stops in Japan, one option to stop North Korea's South Korea and China.

On Friday, Tillerson signaled a nuclear weapons program.

Tillerson arrived Saturday in more aggressive approach to China, where he said tensions North Korea, saying that the “pol­ with North Korea had readied a icy of strategic patience has end­ “dangerous level” and urged Chi­ ed” and suggesting that the na to help pressure Pyongyang to Trump administration would abandon its nuclear ambitions, consider military, diplomatic and according to The Washington economic measures to persuade Post.

North Korea to halt its nuclear China’s foreign minister, Wang program.

Yi, called for a “coolheaded” ap­ North Korea recently launched proach to the situation and urged four missiles, with the apparent

Both nations agree 'course correction' is needed by Pyongyang

— and unsuccessful - aim of hit­ ting U.S. airbases in Japan.

Tillerson stressed the need for a “results-oriented” relationship with China in comments follow­ ing his meeting with Wang on Saturday.

“We renewed our determina­ tion to work together to convince North Korea to choose a better path and a different future for its people," he said.

Tillerson said Wang agreed on the need for a “course correction” with Pyongyang.

Bringing North Korea “to a dif­ ferent place” is a matter to be ap­ proached with “a sense of urgency,” he said.

Wang restated Beijing’s calls for dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea and called Tillerson’s visit an important step to­ ward a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump, expected next month.

Contributing: Associated Press

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Use your biological age in your financial planning Most people plan how much they'll spend in retirement based on their chronologi­ cal age. But in the not-too-distant future, they might consider using something entirely different: their biological age. Why so? "A person's true age doesn’t move in lockstep with calendar time,” said Moshe Milevsky, in-house professor at York University and co-author of a just-posted research paper, Retirement Spending and Biological Age. Inspired by the growing body of medical literature that has identified biomarkers of aging that offer better estimates of how old you really are, Milevsky and his colleagues sought to determine how much retirees can spend optimally in retirement given their biological age rather than their calendar age. A Q&A with the author:

you are — obviously — since the later you retire (all else being equal), the more you should be able to spend. Well, what we are saying is that this rule should and can be modified based on your biological age as opposed to chronological age. One day very soon you will be wearing a patch, phone or shirt that will tell you how old your body really is, and we want to be prepared for that time with algorithms that will (also) tell you how much to save, spend and invest based on your true age.

Given your research, what should retirees and pre-retirees do or not do with their nest eggs given that they don’t have access to a device with their biological age in real time? Should retirees spend, consume and draw down their assets based on their life expectancy?

Health status? Length of the telomeres? Something else?

A: Our research is forwardlooking and perhaps speculative at this point, but I think that, at the very least, financial advisers must get a better sense of their client’s true (biological) age be­ fore they give any financial ad­ vice. In this era of “fiduciary awareness,” part of the process should be to get this number es­ timated properly. Perhaps the device isn’t quite ready yet, but perhaps they can use a blood test (using telomeres, which we discuss in the paper) or even a medical questionnaire. This is coming sooner than you think.

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Moshe Milevsky

ln your research, you argue that biological ago is not a sufficient statistic for making economic decisions and that you need information about both your ages biological and chronologi­ cal - to behave rationally.

Why is that?

A: Well, to put it very simply, if you visit your doctor or physi­ cian and, after a careful exami­ nation, he informs you that you are “not a day older than 70,” that is great news if you are 85 but really scary news if you are 50. In other words, you need to know how old you are biologi­ cally as well as chronologically to truly assess your situation — and make proper financial decisions about spending and withdrawals.

Q

What other actionable advice might you have for pre-retirees and retirees, given the conclusions of your study?

A: Generally speaking, we are advocating for a more economic-based approach to retire­ ment withdrawals and spending. An ap­ proach that moves away from trying to maximize a probability and more toward a trade-off be­ tween spending earlier (more) and later (less) in retirement. If there is only a 5% chance that you will live to be a centenarian, how much of your money do you want to set aside or budget for that eventuality?

That is a question that anyone retiring must ask himself or her­ self sooner or later.

Q

You suggest

that if retirees had access to a device with their biological age in real time, you could show them how to draw down - spend, consume - their assets in a way that is consistent with a rational life*cycle model. What does that mean in plain English?

A: Everyone is famil­ iar with something called the 4% rule, which is a suggestion or recommen­ dation for how much to spend retirement. That rule has to be updated depending on how old

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Hubert Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, TheStreet and Market Watch. Have questions about money? Email Bob at rpowcU@aUthinjrBrctiremcnt.com.

Double your down payment — with a catch Shared appreciation mortgage deals are getting renewed interest from jumbo mortgage borrowers

of every aspect of the agreement.

The deal also gave the O’Keefes the ability to have some money on hand to address maintenance issues in the aging house they wanted to purchase.

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Lindsay and Trevor O’Keefe are early-30s parents to a grow­ ing family. In fact, just hours be­ fore Trevor was interviewed, Lindsay had given birth to their third child. Trevor soimded tired.

Unsurprisingly, Lindsay didn’t come to the phone.

Even before their family’s new addition, the O’Keefes were living in a yardless condo and looking to move to a larger home. However, relying on one income — Trevor is a pastor at a suburban San Die­ go church — they were priced out of the city’s expensive real estate market.

Then their lender suggested a third-party provider that would help them put more money down, borrow less and have a lower monthly payment.

It soimded almost too good to be true. There is a catch, though: You generally give up more than a third of your home’s future value.

SHARED APPRECIATION MORTGAGES The company the lender rec­ ommended was Unison, a home equity investor that offers

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If you’re in a super-expensive housing market and don’t have the accumulated down payment you need, shared appreciation mortgages offer an alternative. “shared appreciation” mortgages.

Companies like Unison — two others are Patch Homes and Point — allow homeowners to tap the equity in their homes without taking out a loan; the investment company takes a share of growth in the home’s future value in­ stead.

But the Unison Homebuyer program takes the idea a step fur­ ther, by splitting down payments with homebuyers.

“Shared appreciation mort­ gages have never really attracted that much attention,” said Antho­ ny B. Sanders, professor of fi­

nance at George Mason University.

However, a down-payment-assistance version of the strategy is likely to appeal most to jumbo mortgage borrowers, especially “if you have to go into a super-expensive housing market and you don’t have the accumulated down payment,” he said.

“I think any time you first hear about an investment group who wants to help you out, you can be a little leery,” O’Keefe acknowl­ edged.

But he said that Unison’s pres­ entation made the couple aware

If you remodel and it adds val­ ue to the property, a 100% adjust­ ment of that value will be made at the end of the agreement.

THE INVESTORS WHO FUND SUCH A PROGRAM HOW SHARED APPRECIATION What kind of company would make such a long-term MORTGAGE PLANS WORK Here’s how the Unison pro­ investment?

“We come from a background gram works on a 20% down pay­ of managing large pools of assets ment plan: ► The company splits a 20%for pension funds and endow­ down payment with you. It’s an ments,” said Thomas Sponholtz, investment, not a loan. You make chairman and co-CEO of Unison.

These institutional investors no payments to Unison until you sell, and the company has no have generation-spanning invest­ ment time frames and seek diver­ ownership or occupancy rights. sification beyond stocks and ► Unison takes 35% of the fu­ bonds, which a U.S. housing in­ ture change in the home’s value. ► A transaction fee, paid at vestment provides, he said.

James Riccitelli, co-CEO of loan closing, amounts to 2.5% of Unison’s investment. For exam­ Unison, said that the program ple, if Unison is providing also allows homeowners to keep $50,000 — half of the 20% down more of the proceeds from the payment on a $500,000 home — sale of their current house — for example, when they downsize. the fee would be $1,250. ► You can buy back Unison’s Now, about the home the O’Keefes purchased. Lindsay’s interest before you sell. great-grandfather died last sum­ ► Or, if you sell the home, you pay back Unison’s share of the mer. The couple loved the idea of down payment from the pro­ keeping the house in the family ceeds, as well as 35% of the and are now the fifth generation to occupy it. “It's a great fit for home’s gain in value. us," Trevor O’Keefe said. ► If you never move and even­ For the O’Keefes, a shared ap­ tually pay off the mortgage, you’ll still have to pay Unison’s share of preciation mortgage seemed to be appreciation, plus its portion of the perfect solution. the down payment. ► If the home doesn’t gain val­ Hal Bundrick is a staff writer at ue, you simply pay back Unison’s XerdWaUct, a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, share of the down payment. commentary and coverage from ► If the home loses value, it’s around the Web. Its content is pro­ deducted from the down pay­ duced independently of USA TODAY. ment reimbursement.

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Donald Trump won big in Wisconsin farm country, but now the presi­ dent's hard-line stance on undoc­ umented workers is threatening large dairy farms that rely on im­ migrant labor.

That, in turn, could raise the price of milk, yogurt, ice cream and cheese for consumers. Wis­ consin is No. 1 in cheese produc­ tion across the United States with more than a quarter of the mar­ ket, according to the Department of Agriculture; California comes in second with about 21% of the U.S cheese produced.

The realities of Trump’s presi­ dency are sinking in, said John Rosenow, a Buffalo County dairy farmer who milks about 550 cows at Rosenholm Wolfe Dairy here and has employees from Mexico.

Rosenow has become an outspo­ ken advocate for comprehensive immigration reform nationally because it’s needed to provide a stable, secure dairy workforce.

He’s worried about the presi­ dent’s call to deport millions of undocumented workers.

“Trump said in his campaign he was going to do all this stuff,” Rosenow said.

By some estimates, up to 80% of the hired help on large Wis­ consin dairy operations is immi­ grant labor, and a large percentage of those workers are undocumented.

Without the foreign-born help, many farmers said they would be forced to quit milking cows be­ cause not enough other people are willing to accept physically demanding jobs for $13 an hour.

“If you remove Mexican labor, farms would go out of business.

That’s a given,” Rosenow said.

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Some California vegetable growers are experimenting with technology to harvest lettuce and spinach, but they must plant rows that are mathematically precise and have lettuce heads that are evenly spaced.

Humans have to interact with animals to check on their health and the cleanliness of their milk­ ing machines even if farmers have automatic milking systems.

And those without that expensive equipment still have to have workers attach the equipment to

a cow’s teats.

Rosenow said a significant number of his western Wisconsin neighbors who don’t employ im­ migrants probably would want the government to deport undoc­ umented workers, citing Trump’s pledge to end illegal immigration.

“But it’s not their business on the line,” Rosenow said.

Immigrants, including undocu­ mented workers, play an impor­ tant role in the US. economy because they fill the jobs that most Americans won’t do.

Dairy farmers say they get al­ most “zero response” from na­ tive-born job applicants.

Wisconsin’s workforce is now shrinking rather than growing, especially in some northern counties, said Mark Tyler, chair­ man of the Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment and presi­ dent of OEM Fabricators in Woodville, Wis. A few farmers said they've tried recruiting help from cities, thinking that a higher jobless rate in places such as Milwaukee would be in their favor. But that hasn’t worked, said Jason Vorpahl, owner of Rockland Dairy near Random Lake, Wis. “We need some way to keep our (immigrant) labor force that’s here intact. I am OK with deport­ ing the felons. And I am OK with deporting people who are looking for a handout and aren’t working.

But I am not OK with deporting the hard-working, taxpaying im­ migrants who are here right now,” said Vorpahl, who employs about 26 people.

Some Mexican immigrants say they came here thinking of dairyfarm jobs as temporary work, hoping to make enough money so

they could return home and do something like start a business.

But once they get to the U.S., they often find that it’s tough to put away much money and pay off their debt from coming here.

“Expenses come up that they hadn’t anticipated,” said Julie Keller, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Rhode Island and co-author of a report titled “Milking Workers, Breaking Bodies: Health Inequal­ ity in the Dairy Industry.”

While dairy farm jobs offer some stability because they are year-round positions, most are far from ideal, she said.

“Immigrants are clustered in arduous, entry-level positions with low wages, late shifts, mo­ notonous work, extreme temper­ atures and constant exposure to manure,” the report says. These are also some of the most danger­ ous jobs in America, with many injuries and a few deaths.

Contributing: Mackensy Lunsford, Asheville (N.G) Citiien-Times; Eliza­ beth Weise, USA TODAY

Snapchat clones rile Messenger, WhatsApp users Copycat features ruin familiar interface, even create confusion Jessica Guynn @jguynn USA TODAY

francisco Ever since Snap turned down its $3 billion-plus offer, Facebook has opted for the next best thing to owning the parent company of the buzzy chat app: It’s been cloning Snapchafs features.

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The backlash stems from new features on chat apps Messenger and WhatsApp that mimic Snap­ chat Stories, which are popular with smartphone-toting teens and adults.

Last week WhatsApp back­ tracked after the app’s ratings had plunged to one- and two-star reviews as people groused about the new “Status” feature that en­ couraged them to share images, GIFs and videos along with draw­ ings and emojis that disappeared after 24 hours. What some of WhatsApp’s 1.2 billion users wanted back: the simple text up­ date next to each user’s profile.

And now they’re getting it.

“We heard from our users that people missed the ability to set a persistent text-only update in their profile, so we’ve integrated this feature into the ‘About’ sec­ tion in profile settings,” What­ sApp said in a statement.

None too soon for Tania Hinds, 26, a part-time blogger from Brighton, England, who works in retail. She said she uses WhatsApp daily to stay in touch with friends and family.

“I would prefer they looked into developing useful features ... relevant to communication rath­ er than trying to compete with Snapchat,” Hinds said. “It feels like a completely redundant fea­ ture and could not be further from the reason I use WhatsApp. “Who really needs another

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“Who really needs another platform to share disappearing images?” says Tania Hinds, a blogger from Brighton, England. platform to share disappearing images?”

That’s the question Facebook is grappling with as some people express frustration with another new feature: Messenger Day, which encourages them to share video diaries that disappear after 24 hours.

Messenger Day sits at the top of the list of active threads in Facebook Messenger with no op­ tion to hide or remove it And that has been extremely distracting for Julian Maha, 40, founder and CEO of KultureCity in Birmingham, Ala., who uses Messenger to communicate with his startup team internationally.

“Messenger used to be a rela­ tively clean interface. Adding Snapchat-like features to it serves to not only clutter this up but also create confusion about the purpose of Messenger,” he

said. “Messenger needs to stick to what it is designed to do best.

The Snapchat cloning features have added no benefit at all.”

Facebook Messenger declined to comment.

Facebook had good reason to think people would embrace Snapchat-like features. Snapchat Stories, launched in 2014, was the inspiration behind Instagram Stories, with which users can cre­ ate text, photo and videos that vanish after 24 hours. The fea­ ture has been such a resounding success that Snap had to warn IPO investors that Instagram could clip its growth. Facebook is testing a version of Stories for its main Facebook app, too.

But what worked for Insta­ gram — and might even work for Facebook — does not work for Messenger and WhatsApp, said Anjelika Petrochenko, co-foun­

der of ArrowPass, a tech startup in Oakland, Calif.

“I don’t feel like I need anoth­ er way to express myself online,” said Petrochenko, 37, who is ac­ tive on Facebook, Instagram Messenger, WhatsApp and Snap­ chat and used to work for LiveJournal and Russian social network Kroogi. “I already use Snapchat for personal updates.

And if I would want to share those with my friends who aren’t on Snapchat, I would probably copy my Snaps to Instagram like some people do.”

Prompts that pop up when people share images in a Messen­ ger chat window have led to some unintended posts in Messenger Day, Jon Russell wrote in tech news outlet TechCrunch.

“One friend posted confirma­ tion of a bank transfer, sent as confirmation to the receiver via Messenger, to ‘Messenger Day.’ Because it wasn’t clear how to re­ move the image, he cringed all day as it sat there for all to see for 24 hours before finally disap­ pearing,” Russell wrote.

Will people just learn to love the new features? Or will Facebook*s latest bid to poach the at­ tention of young people flop?

That remains to be seen. But Jan Dawson, chief analyst with Jackdaw Research, warned that Facebook has gotten too aggres­ sive in trying to force consumers to adopt new behaviors. The re­ sult, he said: New features that undercut the user experience.

SPORTS

Today in Sports, C2, C5 • 3rd&Short, C3 • 4th&Long, C4 • NCAA Tournament, C6 • Final Minute, C7

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AUTO RACING

New car has couple revved up for upcoming Texas Mile

BY MARCUS GUTIERREZ MGUTIERREZ@VICAD.COM

DRAGVVAY

Victoria native reflects on time spent at Six Flags Dragway

BY REY CASTILLO RCASTILLO@VICAD.COM

Victoria native Gilbert "Kupp” Kupfernagel recalls the days when he and his friends worked countless hours at Victoria’s Aloe Army Air Field so that racers could fulfill their need for speed in drag racing.

Kupfernagel, who served as a manager at the time, didn’t care to earn so much as a penny.

“As a manager, you’re trying to keep 22 people working, while organizing 150 race cars,” Kupfernagel said. “It was exciting be­ cause all of the employees, including myself, worked for free because we wanted to be on the race track.”

When race enthusiasts meet at the Victoria Regional Airport March 24-26 at the Texas Mile, it won’t be the first time racers took center stage in the crossroads.

Before the Texas Mile existed, Six Flags Dragway owned the raceway.

“Six Flags Dragway started with a bunch of guys wanting to put on a drag race,” said SEE DRAGWAY, C4

Dana Durham is used to getting roses and chocolates on Valentine’s Day from her husband, Pat Durham.

But this year, Dana received a gift that she couldn’t wait to use.

“We had talked about getting me a car for a while,” said Dana, a Port Lavaca native.

“On Valentine’s Day, my husband got me a car, and I was excited because now I can go faster on the track when we go to the Texas Mile.”

Dana will take her 1970 silver Porsche Carrera to the Texas Mile at the Victoria In­ ternational Airport on March 24.

"I’m excited for her because she used to go around 150 mph in her Porsche Boxster, and with the Carrera, she has more horse­ power and will be able to go 170 to 180 mph,” Pat said. “We’re both excited to race at the Texas Mile.”

Dana has raced at the Texas Mile for three years and Pat has raced at the event for five years with his 2006 silver Hayabusa motorcycle.

The Texas Mile began in October 2003 in Goliad and was moved to Beeville in 2011.

This year, this race will be in 'Victoria for the first time.

“When we first heard that the Texas Mile was coming to Victoria, we were thrilled,” Dana said. “We knew that a lot of our family would come since it’s not that long of a drive from Port Lavaca.”

“The first thing I thought about was the track,” Pat said. “The other tracks, you would hit some bumps, but I have heard great things about the track at the airport in Victoria.

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CONTRBUTEO PHOTOS BY HLBERT KUPFERNAGEL/JENNIFER MATUS

Top: Six Flags Dragway held drag races at Aloe Field in Victoria from 1963-1975.

Above: Racers line up from all over the world to take part in the Texas Mile at Chase

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THE TEXAS MILE When: March 24-26 Where: Victoria Regional Airport

Dana and Pat Durham will participate in the Texas Mile at the Victoria International Airport on March 24.

For more photos from October's Texas Mile, see page C4.

NCAA TOURNAMENT

PREP BASEBALL

No. 1 Bobcats roll to district win over Pettus

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Victoria East assistant Mike Yates signals safe, but Gavin Trevino is called out as Victoria West first baseman Brock Blanton shows the bal.

BY MIKE FORMAN MFORMAN@VlCAD.COM

REFUGIO - Pettus pitcher Steven Morgan yelled to the home plate um­ pire as Refugio’s Jared Kelley ap­ proached the batter’s box.

“I need a ball,” Morgan said. “He hit it out of the park.”

D’Mond LaFond’s drive over the left-field fence late Saturday afternoon didn’t just leave Bobcat Park, the ball landed in the driveway across the street.

LaFond’s first home run of the season put the finishing touches on No. 1 Refu­ gio’s 8-0 District 31-2A win over Pet­ tus.

“Yes, I was,” LaFond admitted when asked if he was trying to hit the ball out of the park. “It was at the end of the game, we were up and I was just doing the best I could to put the ball over the fence.”

The Bobcats improved to 9-0 overall and 5-0 in district for the most part be­ hind their usual formula of pitching and defense.

Jacobe Avery pitched a complete game, scattering six hits and striking out six.

The Eagles (5-4,3-2) loaded the bases twice, but Avery escaped both jams.

SEE REFUGIO, C7

The Warriors (9-6, 2-0) not only main­ tained a share of the district lead, but ended an eight-game losing streak to the Titans (9-5-1,1-1) in the process.

“That’s what I told them after the game,” Alvarado said. “We could have

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — No. 1 and done.

Top-seeded Villanova was bounced from the NCAA Tourna­ ment by eighth-seeded Wisconsin, which overcame foul trouble for two of its stars in the second half Satur­ day to upset the defending champi­ ons 65-62 in the East region.

Nigel Hayes scored 19 points, dropping a layup in traffic with 11.4 seconds left to put Wisconsin ahead 64-62, and Bronson Koenig added 17 for the tourna­ ment-toughened Badgers (27-9), who are going back to the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight year.

They’ll play next week at New York’s Madison Square Garden af­ ter knocking off Villanova (32-4).

Josh Hart scored 19 to lead Vil­ lanova, but the senior guard was stripped by Wisconsin center Ethan Happ on a drive in the final seconds. Wisconsin’s Vitto Brown then split a pair of free throws with four seconds left, but Villano­ va couldn’t get off a final shot.

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SEE TOURNAMENT, C6

West shows staying power in win over East

BY MIKE FORMAN MFORMAN@VICAD. COM

Victoria West wore green tops for Fri­ day’s District 27-5A game against Vic­ toria East.

But the Warriors will be back in their regular uniforms when the teams meet again April 11 at Riverside Stadium.

“This was just for St. Patrick’s Day,” said West coach Manuel Alvarado. “We had a little bit of the luck of the Irish tonight.”

West showed a great deal of persever­ ance as it rallied from deficits of 3-0 and 6-2 to claim a <*■€ win in eight innings.

Villanova stunned, knocked out

by Wisconsin

TUESDAY'S DISTRICT 27-5A SCHEDULE Angleton at Victoria West. 7 p.m.

Victoria East at Richmond Foster. 7 p.m.

Rosenberg Terry at Calhoun, 7 p.m.

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AUTO RACING

NFL

Fresh generation of drivers emerging Jets sign former AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NASCAR kids keep coming on strong.

Five of the highest-starting eight drivers in NASCAR’s lineup for its Monster Energy Series race Sunday are 26 or younger.

Ryan Blaney, starting next to pole-sitter and teammate Joey Logano on the front row, is 23. Kyle Larson starts in the second row, and he’s all of 24.

Blaney finished second in this year’s Daytona 500; Larson won at Michigan last year and finished second in the last two Cup races.

The age keeps dropping down the grid, and the fourth row consists of Chase Elliott, who is finally old enough to drink, and Erik Jones, who doesn’t turn 21 until the end of May. Elliott was third last week in Las Vegas and won a preseason qualifying race at Daytona.

“Obviously, there’s a lot of talent out there,” said Martin Truex Jr., winner last week in Las Vegas. “We’ve seen what the young guys are doing. They’re nipping at our heels and making me feel old.”

Also in the field is rookie Ty Dillon (24) and Trevor Bayne, who six years ago became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500 one day after his 20th birthday.

He’s 26 now and practically a Cup veteran.

Of course, pole-sitter Logano is no old-timer at 26, but he’s well established as one of the circuit’s stars.

He has 17 NASCAR wins, including last year’s

CALENDAR GOLIAD COUNTY PRCA RODEO

DATE: Sunday LOCATION: Goliad County Fairgrounds March 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and March 19 at 2 p.m. Mutton Bustin’ at each rodeo performance. Pre-sale tickets for March 17-18 are $10 and $12 at the gate.

Pre-sale for March 19 will be $8 and $10 at the gate. Pre-sale tickets available at High Brehm Hats and Western Wear, Ag Med Supply, the Goliad Extension Office and the Goliad Chamber of Commerce.

For information, contact Gary Moses at 361-550-5466.

SENIOR LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION, TRYOUTS

DATES, LOCATION: Academy Sports & Outdoors March 23; Lowe Field Sunday, 26 West and East Senior Little Leagues (Northwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast Little League zones) registration will be held for 13-16-year-olds. Registration will be held at Academy from 6 to 9 p.m. March 23. On Sunday and March 26, registration will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and tryouts will be from 3 to 5 p.m. The cost is $110 (cash or check).

Please bring an original birth certificate and three proofs of residence. For more information, contact Southwest zone vice president Gerald Garcia at 361-676-5398, Northwest zone vice president Patrick Patek at 361-484-5253, Northeast zone president Leslie Gonzales at 361-571-2534 or Southeast zone president Vanessa Parker at 361-652-7816.

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Perry Perez pitches for the St. Joseph baseball team. His name was mispelled in a story on Page C4 on Saturday.

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Joey Logano drives through Turn 1 during practice for a NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday in Avondale, Ariz.

November race in Phoenix.

He’s also in a little bit of a firestorm — he came to Phoenix embroiled in controversy after hard-racing with Kyle Busch last week led to a scuffle on pit road.

But Logano isn’t considered part of this group of fresh new NASCAR stars, among them Larson, who keeps flirting with another win.

Truex said today’s young drivers are helped by the cooperation between teams in the same ownership group or part of an alliance.

Truex and his Furniture Row Racing group benefit as the sister team to Joe Gibbs Racing. The deep resources and sharing practices differ greatly from when he started his career driving for Dale Earnhardt.

Blaney drives a Ford for Wood Brothers Racing, but

the team is essentially a B Team for Roger Penske, who has Logano and Brad Keselowski starring for Team Penske.

NASCAR - Camping World 500 Lineup Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday At Phoenix Raceway Phoenix (Car number in parentheses)

1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 137.321 mph.

2. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 136.877 mph.

3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 136.783 mph.

4. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 136.654 mph.

5. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 136.302 mph.

6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 136.193 mph.

7. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 136.152 mph.

8. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 136.137 mph.

9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 135.926 mph.

10. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 135.859 mph.

11. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 135.839 mph.

12. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 135.695 mph.

13. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 135.731 mph.

14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 135.624 mph.

15. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 135.603 mph.

16. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 135.532 mph.

17. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 135.405 mph.

18. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 135.349 mph.

19. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 135.166 mph.

20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 135.019 mph.

21. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 134.973 mph.

22. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 134.821 mph.

23. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 134.469 mph.

24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 134.394 mph.

25. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 133.889 mph.

26. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 133.789 mph.

27. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 133.764 mph.

28. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 133.467 mph.

29. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 133.309 mph.

30. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 133.195 mph.

31. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 133.062 mph.

32. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 133.033 mph.

33. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 133.013 mph.

34. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 132.935 mph.

35. (15) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 132.052 mph.

36. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 131.488 mph.

37. (55) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 129.218 mph.

38. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 128.032 mph.

39. (51) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 126.596 mph.

Allgaier holds on to win Xfinity

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Justin Allgaier held on to the lead in a restart with four laps to go and won the NASCAR Xfinity race in scorching heat, his first victory in five years.

Allgaier, who took four tires on his Kelley-Earnhardt-Miller Chevrolet in one of the late cautions, held off Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones. Blaney, who started the day 33rd after missing the qualifying, pulled ahead of Jones before the final lap to finish second.

Jones and Blaney won the first and second stages of NASCAR’s three-stage format.

There were nine caution flags for 54 laps of the 200-lap race.

The temperature at Phoenix International Raceway in the barren hills southwest of the city was 93 degrees when the race started and 96 by the end.

Elliott Sadler finished fifth and remained the series points leader.

Austin Dillon and his crew chief were summoned to meet with NASCAR officials after he appeared to retaliate by knocking Cole Custer’s car into the wall during the final caution.

Custer tapped Dillon’s Toyota into the wall to force the caution initially.

When Custer came

around during the caution flag, Dillon ran Custer’s Ford, it’s back end smashed by the earlier collision, into the wall and the yellow flag became a red flag with spilled fuel on the track.

The final restart came with four laps remaining, Allgaier taking his car high into the first turn to hold off Jones’ Toyota.

NASCAR XFINITY-DC Solar 200 Results Saturday Lap length: 1.00 miles (Start position in parentheses)

1. (5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 0 laps, 0 rating, 54 points.

2. (33) Ryan Blaney, Ford, ontrack, 0, 0, 0.

3. (2) Erik Jones, Toyota, ontrack, 0, 0, 0.

4. (1) William Byron, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 43.

5. (6) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 45.

6. (7) Darrell Wallace Jr, Ford, ontrack, 0, 0, 39.

7. (35) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 32.

8. (17) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 32.

9. (12) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 28.

10. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 0.

11. (11) Ryan Reed, Ford, ontrack, 0, 0, 26.

12. (8) Matt Tifft, Toyota, ontrack, 0, 0, 25.

13. (4) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 26.

14. (15) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 31.

15. (37) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 22.

16. (18) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, ontrack, 0, 0, 21.

17. (36) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, ontrack, 0, 0, 20.

18. (22) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 19.

19. (19) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 18.

20. (14) Drew Herring, Toyota, ontrack, 0, 0, 17.

21. (9) Cole Custer, Ford, ontrack, 0, 0, 16.

22. (38) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 15.

23. (20) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 14.

24. (23) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 13.

25. (39) B J McLeod, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 12.

26. (31) Timmy Hill, Toyota, ontrack, 0, 0, 11.

27. (10) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 10.

28. (28) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 9.

29. (21) Ray Black Jr, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 8.

30. (24) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 0.

31. (30) Mike Harmon, Dodge, ontrack, 0, 0, 6.

32. (27) David Starr, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0, 0, 5.

33. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 190, 0, 0.

34. (16) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, accident, 189, 0, 3.

35. (25) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, accident, 151, 0, 2.

36. (29) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, accident, 33, 0, 1.

37. (40) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, accident, 24, 0, 1.

38. (32) Carl Long, Toyota, accident, 18, 0, 1.

39. (34) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, accident, 11, 0, 0.

40. (26) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, accident, 3, 0, 0.

NEW YORK (AP) — Morris Claiborne is getting a chance to revive his career and give the New York Jets’ secondary a boost.

The former Dallas Cowboys cornerback signed a one-year deal with the Jets on Saturday. Claiborne, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, will help the Jets replace Darrelle Revis, who was released last week.

The Jets announced the signing by posting a photo of Claiborne signing his contract. Financial terms weren’t immediately available, but multiple outlets reported that the deal is for $5 million.

Claiborne’s promising career has been hampered by a laundry list of injuries since being a standout playmaker at LSU. He played 15 games as a rookie after recovering from a surgically repaired wrist, but appeared in only 10 games the following season because of a dislocated left shoulder and a hamstring injury.

Claiborne’s third season lasted only four games because of a torn left patellar tendon. He returned to start 11 games in 2015 despite dealing with hamstring and ankle injuries.

He was an unrestricted free agent after that season, but re-signed with Dallas on a one-year deal. Claiborne was again beset by injuries as he sat out the last nine regular-season games with a groin injury.

Claiborne returned for the Cowboys’ NFC divisional-round playoff loss to Green Bay, but left that game with a rib injury.

He has four interceptions, 26 passes defensed, a forced fumble and four fumble recoveries in 47 career NFL games.

If he can stay healthy, Claiborne would help fill the void at cornerback left when the Jets chose to part ways with Revis. New York also has Buster Skrine, Marcus Williams, Juston Burris and Darryl Roberts at cornerback, all of whom have starting experience.

So far in free agency, the Jets have also signed kicker Chandler Catanzaro and offensive tackle Kelvin Beachum, and re-signed offensive linemen Brian Winters and Ben Ijalana, linebackers Josh Martin and

Corey Lemonier, and long snapper Tanner Purdum.

Spread offenses in college make NFL a guessing game INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The spread offenses that dominate the NCAA produce a parade of points but also prospects that aren’t quite ready for the NFL. Quarterbacks have to learn to line up under center and scan the field while backpedaling.

Running backs have to learn to scurry straight ahead.

Wide receivers have to dramatically expand their route tree.

“The football being played from the high school level to the college level is a different brand of football than they’re going to be asked to play,” 49ers general manager John Lynch said.

Nowhere is that gulf more evident than in the trenches where the vast majority of offensive linemen are no longer the plug-and-play types like Ryan Clady or Joe Thomas were a decade ago.

Now, teams have to project how shrewdly and swiftly these big men will adjust to the pro game because most of them have never gotten into a three-point stance to blow an opponent off the ball or been asked to maintain a block for several seconds while his quarterback searches for his target.

While every team sprinkles in some college-style plays, the spread hasn’t really infiltrated the NFL, where teams fear their quarterbacks would get exposed to more hits. So it’s up to the O-linemen to quickly adapt to protect the passer – and the owner’s chief investment.

That puts the onus on personnel evaluators to pinpoint which linemen are going to be able to make that leap.

Checking the crystal ball Titans coach Mike Mularkey looks for play-to-thewhistle attitude: “You can see it on tape, whether they’ve got that in them,” Mularkey said. “I can see body language. You can see. Film doesn’t lie.”

It does hide, though.

They look for fluid footwork and flexibility in addition to seeing how strong and smart they are.

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 91.017 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 11 minutes, 51 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.741 seconds.

Caution Flags: 9 for 55 laps.

Lead Changes: 13 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: W.Byron 0; E.Jones 1-19; J.Allgaier 20-28; E.Jones 29-64; A.Dillon 65-81; J.Allgaier 82-109; R.Blaney 110-124; A.Dillon 125-138; J.Allgaier 139-159; M.Tifft 160-163; E.Jones 164; J.Allgaier 165-172; E.Jones 173-181; J.Allgaier 182-200 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Allgaier, 5 times for 80 laps; E.Jones, 4 times for 61 laps; A.Dillon, 2 times for 29 laps; R.Blaney, 1 time for 14 laps; M.Tifft, 1 time for 3 laps; W.Byron, 1 time for 0 laps.

Wins: J.Allgaier, 1; R.Reed, 1.

Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 144; 2. W.Byron, 133; 3. R.Reed, 121; 4. J.Allgaier, 115; 5. D.Wallace, 109; 6. D.Hemric, 104; 7.

B.Poole, 98; 8. M.Tifft, 91; 9. M.Annett, 89; 10. D.Armstrong, 84.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne runs against the New York Giants during a game in East Rutherford, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2015.

TV SPOTLIGHT (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

SUNDAY

AUTO RACING 2:30 P.M.

FOX — NASCAR, Monster Energy Series, Camping World 500, at Avondale, Ariz.

BASEBALL 5 P.M.

MLB — 2017 World Baseball Classic, second round, tiebreaker game (if necessary), at San Diego

COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 A.M.

CBS — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA ESPN — NIT, second round, Belmont at Georgia Tech

1:30 P.M.

CBS — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

4 P.M.

CBS — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA ESPN2 — NIT, second round, TCU at Iowa

5 P.M.

TNT — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

6 P.M.

6:30 P.M.

Tucson Conquistadores Classic, final round, at Tucson, Ariz.

7:30 P.M.

GOLF — LPGA Tour, Bank of 7 A.M. Hope Founders Cup, final NBCSN — Premier League, round, at Phoenix Manchester United at MidMLB dlesbrough

TBS — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA ESPNU — NIT, second round, Oakland at Richmond TRU — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA TNT — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

8:30 P.M.

TBS — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

DRAG RACING NOON

FS1 — NHRA, Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals, finals, at Gainesville, Fla.

GOLF

11:30 A.M.

GOLF — PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, final round, at Orlando, Fla.

1:30 P.M.

GOLF — Ladies European Tour, World Ladies Championship, final round, at Hainan, China (same-day tape) NBC — PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, final round, at Orlando, Fla.

3:30 P.M.

GOLF — Champions Tour,

6 P.M.

NOON

MLB — Spring training, Minnesota vs. Boston, at Fort Myers, Fla.

3 P.M.

MLB — Spring training, Milwaukee vs. San Francisco, at Scottsdale, Ariz.

NBA

5 P.M.

NBA — Indiana at Toronto

6 P.M.

FSSW — Sacramento at San Antonio

8:30 P.M.

NBA — Cleveland at L.A. Lakers

SKIING NOON

nals, Alpine Skiing, Men’s Slalom, at Aspen, Colo. (same-day tape)

SOCCER

9:15 A.M.

NBCSN — Premier League, Southampton at Tottenham

9:30 A.M.

FS1 — Bundesliga, Mainz vs. Schalke

11:30 A.M.

WINTER SPORTS 6 P.M.

NBCSN — Bobsledding, IBSF World Cup, Four-Man Bobsled, at Pyeongchang, South Korea (same-day tape)

8 P.M.

NBCSN — Curling, World Women’s Championship, Canada vs. United States, at Beijing

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 A.M.

ESPN2 — NCAA TournaNBC — Premier League, Liv- ment, second round, teams erpool at Manchester United TBA

6 P.M.

FS1 — MLS, N.Y. Red Bulls at Seattle

SPECIAL OLYMPICS 1 P.M.

ABC — Special Olympics World Winter Games, at Schladming and Rohrmoos, Austria

TENNIS

NBCSN — FIS World Cup Fi1 P.M. nals, Alpine Skiing, Women’s ESPN — ATP World Tour & Giant Slalom and Men’s WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Slalom, at Aspen, Colo.

Open, men’s and women’s championships, at Indian 7 P.M. NBCSN — FIS World Cup Fi- Wells, Calif.

1:30 P.M.

ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

6 P.M.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

8 P.M.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament, second round, teams TBA

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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

NBA

Puerto Rico defeats United States to advance While the Big 3 get rest,

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yadier Molina and Puerto Rico are moving on to the World Baseball Classic semifinals after scoring four runs in the first inning and then holding on for a wild 6-5 win against the United States on Friday night.

Puerto Rico advances to the championship round for the second straight WBC. It reached the championship game in 2013 before losing to the Dominican Republic.

By clinching Pool F with a day to go, Puerto Rico (2-0) will play the Netherlands on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

The other semifinal spot from Pool F will go to the winner of Saturday night’s game between the United States (1-1) and the Dominican Republic (1-1).

That team will play Japan on Tuesday night.

With most of the 32,463 fans on their feet and chanting in the top of the ninth, a U.S rally fell just short. Brandon Crawford hit a two-run triple to the left-center gap off Edwin Diaz with two outs to pull the Americans within a run. Diaz then struck out Josh Harrison to end it and send the Puerto Ricans into a wild celebration on the infield.

Puerto Rico can sweep the pool when it plays Venezuela (0-2) on Saturday afternoon. Puerto Rico beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Clippers rout Cavaliers

ASSOCIATED PRESS

United States’ Brandon Crawford is safe at third with a two-run triple as Puerto Rico third baseman Carlos Correa applies the tag during the ninth inning of a second-round World Baseball Classic game Friday in San Diego. Puerto Rico won 6-5.

Puerto Rico took a 4-0 lead on six straight singles and a sacrifice fly in first inning off Marcus Stroman.

The United States pulled to 4-3 on Eric Hosmer’s RBI single in the second and then impressive homers by Buster Posey leading off the fifth and Adam Jones with one out in the sixth, both off starter Seth Lugo. Posey’s second homer of the tourney went an estimated 398 feet to left-center. Jones, who played at San Diego’s Morse High, homered for the second time in two games.

Puerto Rico regained a

cushion in the sixth on a two-run, two-base, two-out error by Gold Glove third baseman Nolan Arenado, who short-hopped a throw to first after fielding a grounder by Angel Pagan that took a high bounce.

Puerto Rico wins 6th straight in WBC, routs Venezuela SAN DIEGO – Mike Aviles got four hits and drove in three runs as Puerto Rico, already assured a spot in the World Baseball Classic semifinals, beat Venezuela 13-2 Saturday for its sixth straight win in the tournament.

Puerto Rico, runner-up to

the Dominican Republic in the 2013 WBC, will play the Netherlands on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

Kennys Vargas hit a two-run homer and Angel Pagan added a double and two singles as Puerto Rico got 17 hits. A day earlier, Carlos Correa, Carlos Beltran and Yadier Molina helped Puerto Rico hold off the United States 6-5.

Starter Jose De Leon pitched 22/3 scoreless innings for the win. Martin Perez took the loss.

Venezuela lost to Puerto Rico for the second time in this year’s WBC. COMPILED FROM ADVOCATE WIRE REPORTS

MLB

Rangers RHP Gonzalez a no-throw with partial ligament tear

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Rangers pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez has been diagnosed with a partial tear of a ligament in his right elbow and will not throw for at least six weeks.

Gonzalez, who had been in contention for the fifth spot in the Texas rotation, had an MRI and was examined Friday in Arizona by Rangers team physician Dr. Keith Meister. The exam came after Gonzalez felt discomfort in his elbow.

The Rangers said Gonzalez will get a platelet-rich plasma injection Monday and will be re-evaluated again after not throwing for six weeks.

Team officials are hoping that a conservative approach can help the 25-year-old pitcher avoid surgery.

In his last two spring training appearances, Gonzalez allowed 15 earned runs in 81/3 innings.

ing out seven for Houston.

Trea Turner hit an RBI single and scored on the same play after three Astros errors. Joe Nathan, trying to make the Washington bullpen at 42, pitched a perfect inning.

Rangers (ss) 3, Reds 3 Cincinnati starter Bronson Arroyo, who hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2014 and is trying to make a comeback at 40 after three injury-marred seasons, was struck in the head by catcher Devin Mesoraco’s throw on a steal attempt. Arroyo left the game, but said he didn’t expect to miss a start.

Texas starter Yu Darvish went 42/3 innings and allowed one earned run, two hits and two walks, striking out six. Joey Gallo hit a two-run homer.

Rangers (ss) 8, Indians (ss) 4

Texas starter Dillon Gee gave up three runs on six Astros 5, Nationals 4 hits and two walks over 31/3 Charlie Morton gave up innings.

Indians starter Mike Cletwo unearned runs on three hits over four innings, strik- venger walked four and

gave up a hit and three runs for Baltimore. in 11/3 innings.

CC Sabathia went four innings and allowed three Tigers (ss) 5, Marlins 4 runs on three hits and a Detroit starter Justin Ver- walk, striking out five. Gary lander pitched five shutout Sanchez had a two-run douinnings, giving up four hits ble. and striking out four. Alex Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Presley, who replaced the injured Martinez, hit a solo Tim Tebow hit an oppohome run. site- field single off a 95 mph Miami’s Dan Straily al- fastball from Cardinals star lowed a run on three hits Michael Wacha. Kevin and struck out six over five Plawecki and Juan Lagares innings. Miguel Rojas went homered for New York.

3-for-3 and Moises Sierra Robert Gsellman went five had a solo homer. innings and allowed a run on four hits and a walk.

Tigers (ss) 7, Braves 5 Wacha gave up three runs Nick Castellanos hit an on five hits and a walk, strikRBI double and two-run sin- ing out four over four ingle for Detroit. Mike Pelfrey nings. went 32/3 innings and alRays 3, Blue Jays 2 lowed two runs on five hits and two walks.

Journeyman Mat Latos, Bartolo Colon was trying to make the Blue Jays roughed up for six runs on his seventh team in four eight hits and two walks seasons, allowed one hit over 32/3 innings. over 32/3 innings. He struck out three and walked two.

Orioles 5, Yankees 4 Jake Bauers connected off Dylan Bundy gave up Latos for his fourth home three runs on four hits and run this spring and is hitting three walks over four in- .423. C nings while Chris Johnson COMPILED FROM and Pedro Alvarez homered ADVOCATE WIRE REPORTS

LOS ANGELES – Blake Griffin scored 23 points and the Los Angeles Clippers capitalized on the Cavaliers’ decision to rest their top three players with an easy 108-78 victory over Cleveland on Saturday night.

LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving sat out for the Cavaliers, and the Clippers snapped their three-game losing streak by feasting on the defending champions’ supporting cast.

J.J. Redick added 16 points for the Clippers, who swept their season series with the Cavs. Cleveland’s personnel decision also allowed the Clippers to rest Griffin, Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan for the entire fourth quarter while their reserves turned a comfortable win into a blowout.

Griffin sat out Thursday’s loss at Denver to rest, and he poured in 13 points in the third quarter while the Clips pulled away.

Thunder 110, Kings 94 OKLAHOMA CITY – Russell Westbrook had 28 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to help the Oklahoma City Thunder roll past the Sacramento Kings.

The Thunder won their fifth straight – the longest current streak in the NBA – and moved into a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference, pending the result of the Los Angeles Clippers’ game against Cleveland later Saturday.

Westbrook had a triple-double in each of the first four games of the streak to raise his season total to 34. He needs seven more in Oklahoma City’s final 13 games to tie Oscar Robertson for the NBA single-season record, set during the 1961-62 season.

Georgios Papagiannis had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Sacramento, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Hornets 98, Wizards 93

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cody Zeller scored 19 points and Charlotte snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over Washington.

Kemba Walker had eight of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, and Marvin Williams added 16 points and eight rebounds as the Hornets handed the Wizards their second straight defeat.

The Hornets limited the Wizards to 37 percent shooting from the field.

John Wall had 19 points and eight assists for the Wizards, and Bradley Beal scored 18.

Charlotte entered the night 41/2 games back of Miami for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 14 games remaining.

Trail Blazers 113, Hawks 97 ATLANTA – Damian Lillard scored 27 points and Portland took control with a dominant opening quarter to beat Atlanta.

C.J. McCollum had 22 points and Allen Crabbe added 16 for Portland, which raced out to a 17-3 lead and never trailed.

The Trail Blazers, who have won seven of nine, began the night 21/2 games behind Denver for the Western Conference’s final playoff spot. The Hawks have lost three straight, including the last two at home.

Bulls 95, Jazz 86 CHICAGO – Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Bobby Portis added a career-high 22 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz.

In their second game without Dwyane Wade, who will miss the remainder of the season with a broken elbow, the Bulls leaned on their second team. Denzel Valentine, who had his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

COMPILED FROM ADVOCATE WIRE REPORTS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

San Antonio Spurs’ Pau Gasol, right, gets past his brother, Memphis Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol, in the first half of Saturday’ s game in Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies won 104-96. A full recap was not available at press time.

SCOREBOARD MLB – SPRING TRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Seattle Baltimore Minnesota Oakland Los Angeles Tampa Bay Kansas City Chicago Boston Houston Cleveland Detroit Texas Toronto

NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Los Angeles Arizona Colorado New York Washington Cincinnati Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco San Diego Miami Atlanta

W 16 15 12 11 11 12 10 11 11 10 9 10 9 8 6 W 14 12 12 13 11 11 12 8 10 9 8 9 7 5 6

L 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 10 12 13 13 13 L 7 7 10 11 10 10 11 9 12 11 10 13 13 11 15

Pct. 0.727 0.652 0.600 0.579 0.579 0.571 0.526 0.524 0.524 0.476 0.474 0.455 0.409 0.381 0.316 Pct. 0.667 0.632 0.545 0.542 0.524 0.524 0.522 0.471 0.455 0.450 0.444 0.409 0.350 0.313 0.286

Saturday’s Games

Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 12, Minnesota 5 Detroit (ss) 7, Atlanta 5 Houston 5, Washington 4 Detroit (ss) 5, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 5, St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 13, Philadelphia 8 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 Texas 8, Cleveland (ss) 4 Chicago Cubs 6, Japan 4 Milwaukee 13, Chicago Cubs (ss) 7 Cleveland (ss) 4, Kansas City 4, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 13, Chicago White Sox 7 Oakland 2, San Diego 1 Texas (ss) 3, Cincinnati 3 Arizona 12, Netherlands 5 L.A. Angels 9, Colorado 3 Seattle 6, San Francisco 5

Sunday’s Games

Detroit vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Miami (ss) at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Miami (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12:10 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

TBD vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Oakland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Baltimore vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:07 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Fla., 5:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Texas vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 9:10 p.m.

NBA

Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia Brooklyn

W 44 40 27 25 13

L 25 29 42 43 55

Pct .638 .580 .391 .368 .191

Washington Atlanta Miami Charlotte Orlando

W 42 37 34 30 25

L 27 32 35 39 45

Pct .609 .536 .493 .435 .357

Central Division W 45 35 34 33 32

Cleveland Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Chicago

L 23 33 34 36 37

Pct .662 .515 .500 .478 .464

GB — 4 17 181/2 301/2

Sunday’s Games

GB — 5 8 12 1 17 /2 GB — 10 11 121/2 131/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division x-S. Antonio x-Houston Memphis Dallas N. Orleans

W 52

L 15

Pct .776

GB —

47 39 29 28

22 30 39 41

.681 .565 .426 .406

6 14 1 23 /2 25

Northwest Division Utah Oklahoma C. Denver Portland Minnesota

W 43 40

L 26 29

Pct .623 .580

GB — 3

33 31 28

35 37 40

.485 .456 .412

91/2 111/2 141/2

Pacific Division z-Golden St. L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers

W 54 41

L 14 29

Pct .794 .586

GB — 14

27 22 20

42 47 49

.391 .319 .290

271/2 321/2 341/2

x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched division

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia 116, Dallas 74 Washington 112, Chicago 107 Boston 98, Brooklyn 95 Toronto 87, Detroit 75 Miami 123, Minnesota 105 New Orleans 128, Houston 112 Orlando 109, Phoenix 103 Milwaukee 107, L.A. Lakers 103

Saturday’s Games

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Southeast Division

Oklahoma City 110, Sacramento 94 Portland 113, Atlanta 97 Charlotte 98, Washington 93 L.A. Clippers 108, Cleveland 78 San Antonio at Memphis, late Utah at Chicago, late Houston at Denver, late Milwaukee at Golden State, late

Dallas at Brooklyn, 11 a.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 12 p.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Atlanta at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Utah at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Denver at Houston, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New York at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Chicago at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Portland, 9 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

GRIZZLIES 104, SPURS 96

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Montreal Ottawa Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Florida Buffalo Detroit

W 40 39 38 32 34 31 29 28

L 23 23 27 23 28 28 31 31

OT 8 8 6 15 9 11 12 11

Pts GF GA 88 195 179 86 187 181 82 205 188 79 212 208 77 194 197 73 180 200 70 180 210 67 177 210

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA 71 46 17 8 100 228 159

Washington Columbus Pittsburgh N.Y. R. N.Y. I. Carolina Philadelphia N. Jersey

70 70 72 71 69 70

46 44 45 33 30 32

18 6 98 224 163 17 9 97 245 198 24 3 93 231 189 26 12 78 210 218 27 12 72 179 199 30 8 72 182 210

70 26 32 12 64 163 205

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

SAN ANTONIO

Leonard 6-15 8-9 22, Aldridge 9-18 3-3 21, Dedmon 1-1 0-0 2, Parker 2-8 0-0 4, D.Green 0-2 4-4 4, Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Bertans 1-2 0-0 3, Lee 1-3 0-0 2, P.Gasol 3-5 2-2 8, Forbes 1-1 0-0 3, Mills 2-8 0-0 6, Ginobili 2-5 0-0 5, Simmons 4-6 4-4 14. Totals 33-75 21-22 96.

GP 71 70 71 70 71 70 72 70

Chicago Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg Dallas Colorado

GP 71 70 71 70 71 71 70

W 46 43 35 37 31 28 20

L OT Pts GF GA 20 5 97 212 175 21 6 92 228 173 25 11 81 209 201 28 5 79 194 193 33 7 69 212 226 33 10 66 195 233 47 3 43 135 228

Pacific Division

MEMPHIS

GP 70 71 71 70 70 70 70

W 42 37 40 37 34 28 26

L OT Pts GF GA 21 7 91 195 163 23 11 85 184 177 27 4 84 196 191 24 9 83 205 186 29 7 75 173 174 33 9 65 161 205 35 9 61 172 224

J.Green 4-7 3-3 13, M.Gasol 6-14 3-3 16, Conley 5-12 6-7 19, Carter 3-9 2-2 10, Allen 3-10 1-2 8, Ennis 0-1 2-2 2, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Randolph 7-12 3-5 18, Wright 0-0 0-0 0, Harrison 0-2 5-5 5, Daniels 4-9 0-0 11, Selden 0-0 2-2 2.

Totals 32-76 27-31 104.

San Jose Anaheim Calgary Edmonton L. Angeles Vancouver Arizona

San Antonio Memphis

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

18 25 3023— 96 29 15 3129—104

3-Point Goals:San Antonio 9-28 (Simmons 2-3, Leonard 2-6, Mills 2-8, Forbes 1-1, Bertans 1-2, Ginobili 1-3, P.Gasol 0-1, D.Green 0-2, Parker 0-2), Memphis 13-30 (Daniels 3-6, Conley 3-6, J.Green 2-3, Carter 2-7, Randolph 1-1, M.Gasol 1-3, Allen 1-3, Harrison 0-1). Fouled Out:None. Rebounds:San Antonio 42 (P.Gasol, Aldridge 9), Memphis 35 (Conley, Randolph, Allen 7). Assists:San Antonio 18 (Aldridge 4), Memphis 20 (M.Gasol 7). Total Fouls:San Antonio 25, Memphis 18. Technicals:Carter. A:18,119 (18,119).

Friday’s Games

Florida 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Pittsburgh 6, New Jersey 4 Calgary 3, Dallas 1 Buffalo 2, Anaheim 1, SO

Saturday’s Games

Detroit 5, Colorado 1 Columbus 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3 Carolina 4, Nashville 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Minnesota 2 Montreal 4, Ottawa 3, SO Chicago 2, Toronto 1, OT

St. Louis at Arizona, late Vancouver at Edmonton, late Anaheim at San Jose, late

Sunday’s Games

Columbus at New Jersey, 12 p.m.

Florida at Pittsburgh, 12 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Boston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Nashville, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta United FC New York Orlando City Toronto FC New York City FC Columbus Chicago Montreal Philadelphia D.C. United New England

W 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

L 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

T Pts 0 6 0 6 0 6 2 5 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0

GF GA 11 3 3 1 3 1 4 2 5 2 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 0 6 1 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L FC Dallas 2 0 Portland 2 0 Houston 2 0 San Jose 2 1 Sporting KC 1 0 Colorado 1 1 Seattle 0 1 Real Salt Lake 0 1 Vancouver 0 2 Los Angeles 0 2 Minnesota United 0 2 NOTE: Three points for point for tie.

T Pts GF GA 1 7 4 2 0 6 6 1 0 6 5 2 0 6 5 4 2 5 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 11 victory, one

Saturday, March 18

Montreal 1, New York City FC 1, tie Atlanta United FC 4, Chicago 0 Toronto FC 2, Vancouver 0 Columbus 2, D.C. United 0 Orlando City 2, Philadelphia 1 FC Dallas 2, New England 1 Sporting Kansas City 2, San Jose 1 Minnesota United at Colorado, late Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, late Houston at Portland, late

Sunday, March 19

New York at Seattle, 6 p.m.

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Racers reach prepare to take off at Chase Field Industrial Complex during October’s Texas Mile in Beeville.

TEXAS MILE CONTINUED FROM C1 “It has a lot more so that you can let your car cool down after pushing it to the limit, which is good for all drivers.

We’re going to save some money not having to get a hotel room for the weekend.”

The Texas Mile currently welcomes amatuer and professional drivers of street-legal sports cars, motorcycles, trucks and concept race cars to test their top speeds.

Pat, a machine specialist, is ready to take his motorcycle down the track.

“I blew out my engine a couple of months ago, so I will not be able to go all out right off the bat,” said the 61-year-old.

“The first couple of runs will be test hits, and then I will open it up. You’re always looking to go fast on the track.

I have 700 horsepower on my bike, and I’m hoping to go 230 to 240 mph.”

Dana, a school counselor at Hopkins Elementary in Victoria, is always thinking about the Texas Mile.

“If the Texas Mile was every month, we would be there each time,” said the 51-year-old. “We have the

need for speed, and that’s why we continue to go.”

The Durhams have been married for 30 years and the Texas Mile brings their family together.

“The Texas Mile has a family atmosphere,” Dana said.

“It’s not just about racing at the Texas Mile. Everyone is welcoming and people help each other out if you need help. People will let you look at their cars that they have worked on and even let you take pictures. If something happens to your car, people will lend a hand to help you fix your car.”

Pat enjoys watching Dana speed down the track.

“It always exciting to see her going down the track fast,” Pat said. “My family told me that she’s screaming and cheering for me jumping up and down when I’m racing on the track. We both want each other to be safe while we’re on the track.”

Dana and Pat are counting down the days until they can take their place at the starting line.

“I’m out with my car almost every day tuning it and getting it ready for the track,” Dana said. “I’m even starting to wax it so that it will shine in the sun.”

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY PAT DURHAM

Dana Durham will use her 1970 silver Porsche Carrera, which was given to her by her husband, at the Texas Mile at the Victoria International Airport on March 24.

RECORDS

FASTEST SHELBY GT500 IN A STANDING MILE: Patrick O’Gorman 247.9 MPH FASTEST CAMARO: Snappy Racing and driver Chase Dooley 226.3 MPH FASTEST CORVETTE: Rick Harden 1992 Red Corvette 238.6 MPH FASTEST BIKE: Phillip Jamison 2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 218.7 MPH FASTEST PORSCHE: Steve Ott 201.2 MPH

One of many Mustang GTs that took part in October’s Texas Mile

DRAGWAY CONTINUED FROM C1 Victoria native Godfred “Junior” Berger, who helped form the Rod Benders Club in the 1950s.

The club consisted of members of the National Hot Rod Association.

Aloe Army Air Field, which at the time, was an Air Force establishment used for advanced flying school programs throughout World War II, is where the racers took part on the dragstrip.

“At that time, the Aloe Army Air Field was in limbo,” Berger said.

“The government wasn’t doing anything with it; it was just land.”

With Berger and his friends racing, people around town started to take notice.

“We found people that were interested in racing and wanted to be involved in drag racing,” Berger said. “We went out there and started charging admission, and people paid us. We stretched out and borrowed some timing clocks from California. Then, we were sanctioned by the NHRA, and starting putting on drag races.”

“The Texas Mile is bit different than drag racing, Kupfernagel added. “Drag racing is a quarter of a mile with two cars side by

FASTEST CTS-V: Brandon Barr 216.5 MPH White 2010 Cadillac CTS-V FASTEST LAMBORGHINI: Jack Cooper 246.1 MPH FASTEST CHALLENGER: Sam Uthman 211.8 MPH Dodge Challenger FASTEST GT-R: Curtis Adams 207.6 MPH Blue 2016 Nissan GT-R. LONGEST HAUL: Bob Canestrini Suzuki GSX1100 F

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY JENNIFER MATUS

SCHEDULE

9:30 a.m. Driver/rider mandatory meeting inside tent next to registration 2 p.m. Sponsors and vendors will 12-1 p.m. Lunch (tech closed) be allowed to enter facility.

12:30 p.m. Driver/rider mandatory 4 p.m. Registration opens for meeting: meet Ryan (race director) Driver/Rider check-In and tech at the start line for drive through opens (must check-in first) and then meeting will follow next to 5 p.m. All participants will be the registration tent. allowed to enter the facility.

1 p.m. Tech re-opens 6:30 p.m.

6 p.m. Driver/rider mandatory Driver/rider mandatory meeting. meet ryan (race director) at the start meeting inside tent next to registration tent line for drive through and then 7 p.m. Registration and tech close meeting will follow next to the Saturday, March 25, 2017 registration tent. (mandatory for 8 a.m. Driver/rider check in and those participants who wish to run tech open first thing friday morning) 8 a.m. Spectator gate opens: tickets 7 p.m. registration and tech close. are $25 per person /kids 12 and FRIDAY, MARCH 24 under are free 8 a.m. Driver/rider check in and 8:15 a.m. 7:00 p.m. (Dusk): Track tech open 8 a.m. Spectator gate opens: tickets Open, Competition Runs 8:30 a.m. Driver/Rider mandatory are $25 per person / kids 12 and meeting inside tent next to under free 9 a.m. Track open, competition runs registration.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23

side with the process of elimination, while the Texas Mile is a running mile with one car running.”

Victoria native John Clegg, who bought Six Flags Dragway from Kupfernagel in 1973, remembers his time on the track like it was yesterday.

“The first time I raced there was in 1962, over 60 years ago,” Clegg said. “I was in high school, and the very first time I raced there, I didn’t have a driver’s li-

cense. My theory was that you didn’t need a driver’s license to get stopped. I didn’t know a whole lot of what I was doing, and that was the start of my drag racing career.”

“It was more of a business venture for me,” Kupfernagel said.

“At the time, I was interested in drag racing, and I didn’t think it was a big deal at the time, but after looking back, I realized now that Six Flags Dragracing was a bigger deal than I thought.”

Racers line up for October’s Texas Mile in Beeville.

Racers hope to continue the Texas Mile tradition when they take the raceway at the Victoria Airport

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BOWLING

Stacy repeats as high roller Last week, Mike Stacy captured the weekly high honors in the Sugar & Spice League. This week, he topped all bowlers while competing in the Sundowner League. He posted the only 700 set for the week with individual games of 231, 245 and 238 for a 714 total. He also rolled a 653 in another league.

Looks like Stacy is heating up his game for the upcomABEL ing city tournament.

BOWLING Senior bowler Gerald Brooks blasted the pins for a great individual high game of 258 contributing toward a 690 series in Over The Hill League for the second high total.

Other bowlers breaking the 250-650 mark were Kim Blake (688), Randy Viveo (678), T.J. Mooney (667), Tom Crowe, with two nice sets of 657 and 655, Michael Conchola (650) and Ron Waterbury with a nice 252 high individual game.

Joanna McNary was high for the ladies while competing in the Sugar & Spice League. She posted a 215 high game and 561 set.

GARCIA

Tournament deadline

A reminder that the tournament entry deadline for the Women’s and VUSBC Open is March 24.

League bowlers, this is an opportunity to put your bowling skills to good use in the city tournaments.

The tournament is based on handicap so that everyone has a chance win.

RESULTS

TURKEY TROTTERS 1ST PIN – UPS Women: L. Hempel 387; SPRING SUNDAY STRIKERS 1ST IT’S NOT MY FAULT Women: R. Wortham 494; Men: M. Osteson 230-648; J. Cass 225-617; W. Matous 571; D. Johnson 563; B. Turek Jr. 552; S. Kenney 546; OVER THE HILL (tie) THE SENIORS and JUST FRIENDS Women: C. Goode 453: MEN; G. Brooks 258-690; T. Bennett 562; J. Cavazos 558; E. Fingers 207; MONDAY MIXED 1ST ALVA & THE CHIPMUNKS Women: D. Kerr 480; Men: R. Waterbury 252-626; P. Alva 595; J. Silgero 236-594; L. Hall 577; J. Holbert 573; J. Cooper 569; S. Dickinson 569; J. Stastny 246-568; V. Merkel 567; M. Mathieu 561; J. Guerra 233-552; SUGAR & SPICE 1ST HANG DAT ASS Women: J. McNary 215-561; S. Guinn 543; Men: K. Blake 247-688; R. Vivero 240-678; T. Crowe 245-655; M. Stacy 225-653; M. Conchola 238-642; B. Simmons 631; S. Zeplin 225-618; K. Schupbach 233-617; L. Conner 227-616; J. Tweedle 590; J. Silgero 584; B. Hilbig 247-570; T. Bennett 227-566; M. Wortham 225-551; CAPTAIN’S 1ST GIRLFRIENDS Women: L. Davidson 467; J. Brown 461; SUNDOWNERS 1ST SST Women: T. Mason 210-540; J. Sims 5528; J. McNary 524; O. Jackson 519; D. Gabrysch 513; Men: M. Stacy 245-714; T.J. Mooney 247-667; T. Crowe 234-657; M. Conchola 224-650; P. Delgado 244-638; G. Hatter Jr. 637; J. Silgero 610; S. Miller 232-598; G. Mason 591; S. Zeplin 590; S. Dickinson, 590; R. Bassano 584; C. Hammack 566; M. Unger 564; M. Michalec 563; L. Boyd 553; G. Brooks 227-550; B. Hammack 236; D. Loya 233; B. Beyer 225; SPRING NO TAP LEAGUE A. Whitehead 279-790; J. Blount 255-665.

UHV SCHEDULE TUESDAY SOFTBALL

vs. Texas Southern, doubleheader, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL

at St. Edward’s, Austin, 2:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

SOFTBALL

vs. Langston, doubleheader, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL

vs. Texas College, doubleheader, 1 p.m.

SATURDAY SOFTBALL

vs. Langston, doubleheader, 11 a.m.

BASEBALL

vs. Texas College, doubleheader, noon

5-DAY FORECAST FOR VICTORIA TODAY

TONIGHT

MONDAY

84

63

82 62

Fog in the morning; partly sunny Precip chance: 5%

Mainly clear; patchy late-night fog Precip chance: 0%

Fog in the morning; partly sunny Precip chance: 0%

High

Low

TUESDAY

High

High

83 66

Low

83 68

Low

Mostly sunny; breezy in the afternoon Precip chance: 5%

Low

Some sun; breezy in the afternoon Precip chance: 5%

NATIONAL WEATHER

Statistics for Victoria through 6 p.m. yesterday.

THURSDAY

High

81 65

Low

LOCAL ALMANAC

WEDNESDAY

High

Breezy with some sun Precip chance: 5%

MARINE STATISTICS

Precipitation

Offshore (Port Arthur to Port O'Connor) Inner Waters Wind south 4-8 knots today. Seas 1-3 feet. Mostly sunny. Water temperature: 69.

Outer Waters Wind southeast 4-8 knots today.

Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility under a mile in fog. Water temperature: 73.

(Port O'Connor to Port Brownsville) Inner Waters Wind southeast 6-12 knots today.

Seas 2-4 feet. Partly sunny. Water temperature: 73.

Outer Waters Wind southeast 6-12 knots today.

Seas 2-4 feet. Partly sunny. Water temperature: 74.

SUN & MOON

Port O’Connor Tides

Temperatures

High/low ...................................................... 83/62 Normal high/low ......................................... 75/53 Record high ......................................... 90 in 2013 Record low ............................................. 31 in 1915 Yesterday ending 6 p.m. ............................. trace Month to date ............................................... 4.13" Normal month to date ................................. 1.51" Year to date ................................................. 12.73" Normal year to date ..................................... 6.11"

Sunrise today ......................................... 7:33 a.m.

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

Moonrise today ....................................... 1:11 a.m.

Moonset today .................................... 12:10 p.m.

Sunrise Monday ...................................... 7:31 a.m.

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

Moonrise Monday ................................. 2:01 a.m.

Moonset Monday ................................ 12:56 p.m.

Last

New

First

Full

Mar 20

Mar 27

Apr 3

Apr 11

VICTORIA RAIN LOG Mon. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Year

2017

2016

3.76 4.84 4.13 ---------------------------12.73

3.15 1.79 4.32 4.59 6.37 3.18 0.66 5.52 2.55 0.06 4.05 3.01 39.25

Avg.

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)

NATIONAL CITIES YESTERDAY

Rec.

TODAY

MONDAY

TODAY

MONDAY

86/61/s 86/61/pc 90/48/s 84/61/pc 82/61/pc 85/66/pc 83/62/pc 82/64/pc 87/63/s 91/46/s

89/59/t 87/61/s 91/48/pc 85/57/pc 81/61/pc 84/68/pc 84/61/pc 83/64/s 88/62/s 89/42/pc

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

Abilene 83 Alice 86 Amarillo 81 Austin 84 Beaumont 85 Brownsville 83 Bryan/C.S. 83 Corpus Christi 81 Dallas/FW 85 Dalhart 84

57 63 46 56 58 67 63 67 65 38

YESTERDAY

TODAY

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W

Hi/Lo/W

City

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W

Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Baton Rouge Birmingham Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland

78 23 72 55 82 75 36 45 48 41

80/51/pc 29/10/s 71/56/pc 56/42/pc 82/59/pc 73/58/pc 46/33/pc 55/35/c 59/40/c 50/33/c

Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock

81 35 79/49/pc 76/42/c 54 31 66/45/pc 59/38/c 44 34 0.12 46/33/pc 49/31/c 10 -25 12/-12/s 12/-15/pc 83 67 84/73/s 84/73/pc 45 36 0.01 52/38/pc 57/40/t 79 39 68/40/s 72/46/s 65 36 77/55/pc 71/44/pc 90 63 89/65/pc 85/63/pc 79 59 0.01 70/56/pc 83/57/s

0.21 0.03 0.35 T 0.12

81/50/s 28/13/pc 62/41/s 49/31/pc 81/58/pc 65/44/s 38/28/sn 53/43/s 51/35/pc 43/32/pc

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Normal Level Canyon 909.0ft Texana 44.0ft Coleto 98.5ft Travis 681ft

Actual Level 909.36ft 44.1ft 98.09ft 681.75ft

Release 412 0 23 NA

PREP SOCCER PAIRINGS

Mon.

0.6 ft.

5:31 a.m.

0.0 ft.

5:36 p.m.

YESTERDAY

Del Rio El Paso Galveston Houston Kerrville Kingsville Laredo Longview Lubbock Lufkin

Hi/Lo/W

TODAY

MONDAY

85/62/c 89/58/s 77/67/s 83/62/pc 80/57/pc 85/62/pc 88/63/pc 84/59/pc 90/55/s 83/59/pc

86/61/s 89/62/pc 76/68/pc 83/60/pc 82/56/s 86/63/s 89/63/s 85/59/pc 92/55/s 83/59/pc

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

82 88 79 84 76 86 89 77 83 82

65 52 67 59 62 64 65 63 52 58

YESTERDAY

TODAY

MONDAY

City

Marfa McAllen Midland Orange Port Arthur Presidio San Angelo San Antonio Waco Wichita Falls

YESTERDAY

TODAY

MONDAY

43 T 67 52 58 58 53 58 61 62 57

84/43/s 90/67/pc 89/58/s 80/62/pc 79/63/pc 93/53/s 87/58/pc 83/61/pc 84/59/pc 88/59/s

85/44/c 89/67/s 92/58/pc 80/63/pc 79/64/pc 93/57/s 89/56/t 83/59/pc 85/57/s 91/60/t

YESTERDAY

TODAY

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

85 88 85 80 85 93 87 81 80 86

MONDAY

City

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W

Hi/Lo/W

City

Hi Lo Prec Hi/Lo/W

Hi/Lo/W

Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix

75 78 43 67 80 39 83 58 42 95

67/54/pc 76/60/s 52/30/pc 76/57/t 79/61/pc 48/40/s 91/58/pc 60/37/c 52/40/pc 94/64/pc

Pittsburgh Raleigh St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Syracuse Tampa Wash., D.C.

45 64 59 79 69 69 57 34 75 59

53/36/c 64/48/s 74/47/c 73/52/c 65/57/pc 65/55/r 54/43/pc 41/30/pc 74/54/s 58/45/pc

58 64 30 51 59 33 56 27 37 64

73/53/pc 81/63/s 56/36/pc 0.22 61/43/s 76/58/pc 0.13 43/32/pc 86/61/s 74/44/s 0.03 48/30/pc 95/67/s T

32 45 39 53 55 54 44 15 53 40

0.02 45/29/pc 0.55 56/34/pc 59/49/pc 74/51/c 68/58/pc 67/55/c 0.24 51/38/pc 0.13 40/15/pc 77/52/s 0.06 50/36/pc

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, prcp-precipitation, T-trace.

LAKE FORECAST AND RIVER LEVELS (as of 9:30 p.m. Saturday)

Ht.(ft) 0.0 ft.

SOURCE: ACCUWEATHER.COM

City

MONDAY

City

51 1 54 39 53 57 23 37 38 34

Low 4:24 a.m.

Tree ......................................HIGH Grass .........................MODERATE Ragweed .............................. LOW Mold .................................... LOW

TEXAS WEATHER FORECAST YESTERDAY

Ht.(ft) 0.5 ft.

ALLERGEN COUNT

Shown are noon positions of weather and precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for the day.

City

High Today 5:01 p.m.

Guadalupe Gonzales Cuero Victoria Near Bloomington San Antonio Falls City Goliad Navidad Sublime Speaks

Flood Stage

Yest.

24-hr change

31ft 24ft 21ft 20ft

13.7ft 10.7ft 10.3ft 19.8ft

0ft -0.3ft -0.6ft -2.8ft

12ft 25ft

1.7ft 8.0ft

0ft -0.2ft

24ft 24ft

5.8ft 4.6ft

0.1ft -0.1ft

Flood Stage Morales 29ft Lavaca Edna 21ft Colorado Wharton 39ft Bay City 44ft La Grange 26ft

24-hr Yest. change 8.2ft 0ft 6.0ft

0.2ft

12.1ft 7.1ft 4.5ft

-0.3ft -0.5ft -1.5ft

DATA COMPILED FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM, MILITARY WEBSITES, WEATHER.GOV

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Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.

Bellville vs. Bay City boys, MARCH 24 Victoria East girls vs. San An- Bay CIty Memorial Stadium, tonio Jefferson, San Antonio 5 p.m.

Needville vs. Bay City girls, Alamo Stadium, 5:30 p.m.

Bay City Memorial Stadium, Victoria West girls vs. San 7 p.m.

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Victoria East’s Gavin Trevino, left, reacts after hitting the ball and running two bases as Victoria West’s Matthew DeLaGarza walks behind him during Friday’s District 27-5A game at Riverside Stadium.

WEST CONTINUED FROM C1 given up a long time ago.”

The Warriors did not have a hit against East starter Hudson Oliver until the fifth inning and had only one hit when they came to bat in the top of the seventh trailing 6-3.

But West tied the game on a two-run single by Karsten Hallett and a sacrifice fly by Kasey Kalich.

“I thought we were hanging in there,” Alvarado said.

“I was really upset with all the free bases we were giving them with the walks and hit batters, but even with that happening, we were still in the ball game the whole way.”

East had base runners in every inning but the second thanks in a large part to eight walks and seven hit batters.

But the Titans went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left the bases loaded three times.

“We did a good job of getting guys on, but we did a poor job of getting guys in,” said East coach Wes Kolle.

“We’ve got to have somebody come through with the clutch hit whether it’s with no outs, one out or especially with two outs. When we have guys in scoring position, we have to have somebody who has a good approach at the plate and realizes the situation and comes through with the clutch hit.”

The Warriors strung together six hits around a sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning.

Clayton Wenske, Noah Rodriguez, Logan Terry, Jack Bordovsky, Hallett and Kalich had hits in the decisive inning.

“Oliver did a great job of shutting us down. He really did,” Alvarado said. “We were able to get to their bullpen, and we were finally able to put the ball in play.”

East loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, but Matthew

DeLaGarza got a ground out to end the game.

“Matthew did a real good job for us,” Alvarado said.

“We put him in that situation during our scrimmages and in tournaments. He just gets in there and throws strikes and lets the ball get put into play, and that’s all we can do.”

West returns to Riverside Stadium on Tuesday against Angleton.

“It’s good momentum for us going into Tuesday night,” Alvarado said. “I told the kids to enjoy it, but don’t let this be our season.

We’ve still got work to do and we need to get back out there.”

East will look to rebound Tuesday when it travels to Richmond to play Foster.

“That’s what we talked to the guys about,” Kolle said.

“We had a chance to win the ball game. We just didn’t get it done. I tip my cap to West and coach Alvarado. They fought, and they won the game. They took that game and won it. We have to do a better job of finishing.”

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TOURNAMENT CONTINUED FROM C1 When the final horn sounded, Wisconsin’s red-clad fans erupted in celebration and the Badgers stormed the floor after taking down a No. 1 seed for the third time in four years. Wisconsin beat Arizona in 2014, Kentucky in 2015 and now can add Villanova to its list.

Flushed with pride, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard hugged his wife and children as the Badgers’ pep band played their hearts out.

For Villanova, it’s a bitter end to a great season by the Big East champions, who came into the tournament expected to at least escape the East’s bracket but had their hopes busted and will have to relish those moments from last year when they won their first title since 1985.

Wildcats coach Jay Wright was concerned about Wisconsin, calling them a “great No. 8” seed.

As it turned out, the Badgers were more than that, as savvy seniors Koenig and Hayes made several key plays in the closing minutes.

his career, and No. 4 seed Florida handled fifth-seeded Virginia.

Justin Leon added 14 points and nine boards for the Gators (26-8), who advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 11th time in school history and fifth in the last seven years.

Gonzaga 79, Northwestern 73 SALT LAKE CITY – Top-seeded Gonzaga fought off a wild Northwestern comeback for a victory with help from an untimely technical foul on Wildcats coach Chris Collins.

Northwestern trimmed a 22-point deficit to five and had the ball when Gonzaga’s Zach Collins reached up through the basket to reject Dererk Pardon’s shot with 4:54 left.

There was no call, and Collins, jawing with the officials all day, ran onto the court and was slapped with a technical foul.

West Virginia 83, Notre Dame 71

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Jevon Carter scored 24 points, and West Virginia is headed to the Sweet 16 for the third time since 2010 following a win over Notre Dame.

Tarik Phillip added 12 points and Esa Ahmad Florida 65, Virginia 39 Devin Robinson had 14 had nine rebounds for the points and 11 rebounds, Mountaineers (28-8), the the fifth double-double of West region’s fourth-seed-

ed team.

Xavier 91, Florida St. 66 Trevon Bluiett scored 29 points and Kaiser Gates came off the bench to contribute 14 as the 11 seed Xavier pulled off its second upset of the NCAA Tournament with a 91-66 victory over third-seeded Florida State during Saturday’s second round.

The Musketeers (23-13) advance to the West Region semifinal marking the second time in two years and the eighth time in program history they have made it to the Sweet 16.

Arizona 69, St. Mary’s 60 SALT LAKE CITY – Lauri Markkanen and Allonzo Trier combined for 30 points and No. 2-seeded Arizona rallied to defeat No. 7 Saint Mary’s and advance to the West Regional’s Sweet Sixteen.

Butler 74, Middle Tennessee St. 65 MILWAUKEE – Kelan Martin scored 19 points, and Butler limited Middle Tennessee’s athletic scorers with smothering defense to advance to the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals.

The Bulldogs (25-8) are going to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011, when they wrapped up back-to-back appearances in the national title game.

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WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

Baylor opens tournament with most lopsided win WACO – Kalani Brown scored 21 points and top-seeded Baylor overwhelmed much smaller Texas Southern 119-30 on Saturday night in the most lopsided women’s NCAA Tournament game ever.

The Lady Bears (31-3) were ahead 22-0 after Alexis Jones, on her first shot in her first game since Feb. 20, hit a 3-pointer just more than 6 minutes into the game.

The 79-point margin broke the previous record 74-point win by Tennessee over North Carolina A&T (111-37) in 1994.

Baylor’s 119 points were the most ever scored in regulation of a women’s NCAA Tournament game, surpassing the previous record 116. Ohio State scored 116 in a 1998 game, and UConn matched twice, including earlier Saturday.

Joyce Kennerson had 19 points for Texas Southern (23-10), which made the NCAA Tournament for the first time after winning the SWAC Tournament.

Brown, at 6-foot-7 about 3 inches taller than Texas Southern’s tallest player, was 9-of-10 shooting. All her baskets came in the paint, including a half-ending tip-in for a 61-13 lead.

Beatrice Mompromier, at 6-4, scored 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting off the bench for Lady Bears, and 6-4 freshman Lauren Cox had 17 points with three 3-pointers.

All 12 Baylor players who got in the game scored, six of them in double figures.

All of them also had a rebound, and only one of them didn’t have an assist.

UConn 116, Albany 55 STORRS, Ct. – Napheesa Collier and Kia Nurse each scored 24 points as top-seeded UConn routed Albany 116-55 on Saturday for the program’s 108th straight win and 25th straight in the NCAA Tournament.

Gabby Williams added 20 points for UConn. She and Collier each pulled down 10 rebounds for the Huskies (33-0), who are going for their fifth consecutive NCAA title. They haven’t lost in the first round since 1993.

Imani Tate had 19 points and Jessica Fequiere scored 16 to lead Albany, which ends the season at 21-12.

The Great Danes, who upset Florida in the openASSOCIATED PRESS ing round of last year’s Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes, right, scores the game-winning basket against Villanova guard tournament, were never reMikal Bridges with 11 seconds to play of a second-round game in the NCAA Tournament on ally in this game Saturday, in Buffalo, N.Y. UConn opened each of

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Baylor forward Nina Davis (13) drives between Texas Southern center Artavia Ford (24) and forward Breasia McElrath (22) in the first half of the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday in Waco. the first three quarters with 9-0 runs. The Huskies hit 62 percent of their shots and outscored Albany 52-18 in the paint.

Syracuse 85, Iowa St. 65 STORRS, Ct. – Brittney Sykes scored 28 points and Alexis Peterson added 25 to lead eighth-seeded Syracuse to a win over Iowa State.

Freshman Gabby Cooper added a season-high 24 points, all from 3-point range, for the Orange (22-10), who will face top-seeded UConn on Monday in a rematch of last year’s national championship game.

Seanna Johnson hit seven of her 10 shots and had 21 points for Iowa State, which finishes its season at 18-13.

Iowa State actually outscored Syracuse 57-52 over the final three quarters, but the game was decided in the first 10 minutes.

Oregon 71, Temple 70 DURHAM, N.C. – Ruthy Hebard hit a jumper with 5.5 seconds remaining to lift Oregon past Temple.

Hebard finished with 23 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 16 points to help the 10th-seeded Ducks (21-13) win a wild game that had three lead changes in the final 30 seconds and advance to Monday night’s second round.

UCLA 83, Boise St. 56 LOS ANGELES – Monique Billings scored 19 points and Jordin Canada had 15 points and 16 assists to help fourth-seeded UCLA roll to a win over Boise State.

The Bruins (24-8) opened the game with a 15-0 run and were never seriously threatened the rest of the way.

Stanford 72, New Mexico St. 64 MANHATTAN, Kan. – Alanna Smith had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Karlie Samuelson hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and No. 2 seed Stanford survived a spirited upset bid to beat No. 15 seed New Mexico State.

Kansas St. 67, Drake 54 MANHATTAN, Kan. – Breanna Lewis had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Kindred Wesemann added 16 points and seventh-seeded Kansas State beat No. 10 seed Drake.

Louisville 82, Chattanooga 62 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Asia Durr scored 27 points to lead fourth-seeded Louisville to a victory over Chattanooga.

Tennessee 66, Dayton 57 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Diamond DeShields scored 24 points to lead fifth-seeded Tennessee over Dayton.

Oklahoma 75, Gonzaga 62 SEATTLE – Vionise Pierre-Louis had 17 points, nine rebounds and nine blocked shots and No. 6 seed Oklahoma used its early hot shooting to hold off 11th-seeded Gonzaga.

Quinnipiac 68, Marquette 65 CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Jennifer Fay scored 20 points and 12th-seeded Quinnipiac held on in a frantic final minute to upset fifth-seeded Marquette.

Miami 62, Florida Gulf Coast 60 CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Keyona Hayes scored 16 points, including the go-ahead basket inside with 1.5 seconds remaining, and fourth-seeded Miami rallied to beat 13th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast.

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS NCAA Men’s Tournament Friday, March 17 At Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C.

Duke 87, Troy 65 South Carolina 93, Marquette 73

At BOK Center Tulsa, Okla.

Baylor 91, New Mexico State 73 Southern Cal 66, SMU 65

Second Round Saturday, March 18 At KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.

Wisconsin 65, Villanova 62

At Amway Center Orlando, Fla.

Florida 65, Virginia 39

Kentucky (30-5) vs.

(31-4), 1:45 p.m.

Wichita

State

At Amway Center Orlando, Fla.

At Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif.

UCLA (30-4) vs. Cincinnati (30-5), 8:45 p.m.

At FedEx Forum Memphis, Tenn.

Regional Semifinals Friday, March 24

Butler-Middle Tennessee winner North Carolina-Arkansas winner Kentucky-Wichita State winner UCLA-Cincinnati winner

vs. vs.

MIDWEST REGIONAL

Regional Championship Saturday, March 25

Semifinal winners

Second Round Saturday, March 18 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee

At BOK Center Tulsa, Okla.

Villanova-Wisconsin winner vs. Florida-Virginia winner Duke-South Carolina winner vs. Baylor-Southern Cal winner

Regional Championship Sunday, March 26

Semifinal winners

SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Saturday, March 18 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Butler 74, Middle Tennessee 65

Sunday, March 19 At Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C.

North Carolina (28-7) vs. Arkansas (26-9), 5:10 p.m.

At Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis

At SAP Center San Jose, Calif.

Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 23

Gonzaga-Northwestern winner vs. West Virginia (28-8) Florida State-Xavier winner vs. Arizona-Saint Mary’s winner

Sunday, March 19 At Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis

At Madison Square Garden New York Regional Semifinals Friday, March 24

At Vivint Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City

Regional Championship Sunday, March 26

Purdue (26-7) vs. Iowa State (24-10), late

Baylor (26-7) vs. Southern Cal (26-9), 6:45 p.m.

Xavier 91, Florida State 66

Gonzaga 79, Northwestern 73 Arizona 69, Saint Mary’s 60

Sunday, March 19 At Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C.

Duke (28-8) vs. South Carolina (23-10), 7:45 p.m.

West Virginia 83, Notre Dame 71

Kansas (29-4) vs.

(20-14), 4:15 p.m.

Michigan

State

Regional Championship Saturday, March 25

Semifinal winners

WEST REGIONAL Second Round Saturday, March 18 At KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.

NCAA Women’s Tournament BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL

Oregon (30-5) vs. Rhode Island (25-9), 6:10 p.m.

Purdue-Iowa State winner Kansas-Michigan State winner Louisville-Michigan winner vs. gon-Rhode Island winner

National Championship Monday, April 3

Semifinal winners

At Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif.

At The Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 23

FINAL FOUR At University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Ariz.

National Semifinals Saturday, April 1

East champion vs. West champion South champion vs. Midwest champion

Louisville (25-8) vs. Michigan (25-11), 11:10 a.m.

At BOK Center Tulsa, Okla.

Semifinal winners

Ore-

Monday, March 20 At Storrs, Conn.

Regional Semifinals Friday, March 24 At Oklahoma City

UConn (33-0) vs. Syracuse (22-10)

At Los Angeles

UCLA-Boise State winner vs. Texas A&M-Penn winner

At Durham, N.C.

Temple-Oregon winner vs. Duke-Hampton winner

Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 25 At Bridgeport, Conn.

UConn-Syracuse winner vs. UCLA-Boise State-Texas A&M-Penn winner Maryland-West Virginia winner vs. Temple-Oregon-Duke-Hampton winner

Kentucky 73, Belmont 70 Ohio State 70, Western Kentucky 63

OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL First Round Friday At Starkville, Miss.

At Austin, Texas

NC State 62, Auburn 48 Texas 78, Central Arkansas 50

DePaul 88, Northern Iowa 67 Mississippi State 110, Troy 69

Saturday, March 18 At Manhattan, Kan.

Saturday, March 18 At Waco

Baylor (30-3) vs. Texas Southern (23-9), 5:30 p.m.

LSU (20-11) vs. California (19-13), 8 p.m.

At Louisville, Ky.

Oklahoma (22-9) vs. Gonzaga (26-6), 5:30 p.m.

Washington (27-5) vs. Montana State (25-6), 8 p.m.

Second Round Sunday, March 19 At Starkville, Miss.

At Los Angeles

DePaul (27-7) vs. Mississippi State (30-4), 1:30 p.m.

At Durham, N.C.

Monday, March 20 At Waco

UCLA 83, Boise State 56 Texas A&M 63, vs. Penn 61 Oregon 71, Temple 70 Duke 94, Hampton 31

Second Round Sunday, March 19

Baylor-Texas Southern LSU-California winner

winner

At Louisville, Ky.

LEXINGTON REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 17 At South Bend, Ind. At Lexington, Ky.

Semifinal winners

At Seattle

UConn 116, Albany (NY) 55 Syracuse 85, Iowa State 65

Regional Championship Sunday, March 26

Purdue 74, Green Bay 62 Notre Dame 79, Robert Morris 49

Regional Championship Monday, March 27

First Round

Saturday, March 18 At Storrs, Conn.

Baylor-Texas Southern-LSU-California winner vs. Louisville-Tennessee-Dayton winner DePaul-Mississippi State winner vs. Oklahoma-Gonzaga-Washington-Montana State winner

Semifinal winners

Friday, March 17 At College Park, Md.

At Seattle

Oklahoma-Gonzaga winner vs. Washington-Montana State winner

Louisville 82, Chattanooga 62 Tennessee (19-11) vs. Dayton (22-9), 3 p.m.

Maryland 103, Bucknell 61 West Virginia 75, Elon 62 vs.

At College Park, Md.

Maryland (31-2) vs. West Virginia (24-10), 1:30 p.m.

vs.

Louisville (28-7) vs. Tennessee-Dayton winner

Stanford 72, New Mexico State 62 Kansas State 67, Drake 54

Second Round Sunday, March 19 At South Bend, Ind.

Purdue (23-12) vs. Notre Dame (31-3), 8 p.m.

At Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky (22-10) vs. Ohio State (27-6), Noon

At Austin

NC State (23-8) vs. Texas (24-8), 1:30 p.m.

Monday, March 20 At Manhattan, Kan.

Stanford (29-5) vs. Kansas State-Drake winner

Regional Semifinals Friday, March 24 At Lexington, Ky.

Purdue-Notre Dame winner vs. Kentucky-Ohio State winner NC State-Texas winner vs. Stanford-Kansas State-Drake winner

Regional Championship Sunday, March 26

Semifinal winners

STOCKTON REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 17 At Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina 90, UNC-Asheville 40 Arizona State 73, Michigan State 61

At Tallahassee, Fla.

Missouri 66, South Florida 64 Florida State 87, Western Illinois 66

Corvallis, Ore.

Oregon State 56, Long Beach State 55 Creighton 76, Toledo 49

Saturday, March 18 At Coral Gables, Fla.

Quinnipiac 68, Marquette 65 Miami 62, Florida Gulf Coast 60

Second Round Sunday, March 19 At Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina (28-4) vs. Arizona State (20-12), 6 p.m.

At Tallahassee, Fla.

Florida State (26-6) (22-10), 6 p.m.

vs.

Missouri

Corvallis, Ore.

Oregon State (30-4) vs. Creighton (24-7), 8 p.m.

Monday, March 20 At Coral Gables, Fla.

Quinnipiac (28-6) vs. Miami-Florida Gulf Coast winner

Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 25 At Stockton, Calif.

South Carolina-Arizona State winner vs.

Quinnipiac-Miami-Florida Gulf Coast winner Missouri-Florida State winner vs. Oregon State-Creighton winner

Regional Championship Monday, March 27

Semifinal winners

FINAL FOUR At Dallas National Semifinals Friday, March 31

Bridgeport winner vs. Oklahoma City winner Lexington winner vs. Stockton winner

National Championship Sunday, April 2

Semifinal winners

VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Sunday, March 19, 2017 — C7

VictoriaAdvocate.com PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: REY CASTILLO, RCASTILLO@VICAD.COM

PREP POWERLIFTING

Kenedy lifter places first at state meet eighth place Hallettsville’s WACO – Kenedy’s Gabby Jordan Moore (123) placed Albiar (165) finished in first ninth, and Edna’s Tiffany place in the Class 2A/1A Goranson placed tenth.

165 weight class at the THSWPA state meet Texas High School WomExtracto Event Center en’s Powerlifting AssociaTeam results 3A tion state meet Saturday at Class 3A the Extracto Event Cen1. San Antonio Brooks Academy, 17 ter.

2. San Diego, 17 Albair lifted a total of 835 3. Hebbronville, 15 Winnsboro, 14 pounds for the Lady Cats. 4.

5. Little River Academy, 13 Teammates Larissa Miller 6. Van Alstyne, 12 (181) finished in sixth 7. Natalia, 10 8. Buna, 10 place, Aleman Amberosia 9. Mathis, 9 (220) finished seventh, and 10. Cotulla, 10 Bruceville-Eddy, 9 Adriana Martinez (198) 11.

12. Hempstead, 7 placed fifth.

13. Tolar, 7 Witchita Falls City View, 7 Kenedy finished in ninth 14.

15. Lago Vista, 5 place as a team with a total 16. Skidmore-Tyan, 5 17. Van Vleck, 5 of eight points.

18. Dilley, 5 Weimar’s Amy Jo Wick 19. Trinity, 5 (12) finished in second 20. Franklin, 5 Howe, 3 place, Alexis Mojica (132) 21.

22. El Maton Tidehaven, 3 from Gando finished in 23. Dimmitt, 3 West, 3 third place, and Louise’s 24.

25. Edinburg Idea College Prep 2 Kaitlyn Suratt (114) and 26. Palacios, 2 Danielle Puentes (105) fin- 27. Bishop, 2 28. Lone Oak, 2 ished in eighth place.

29. Malakoff, 2 Runge’s Kayci Monila 30. Eustace, 2 31. Rogers,1 (148) placed third.

32. Tulia, 1 Yorktown’s Annie Ochoa 33. San Angelo Grape Creek, 1 Palmer, 1 (105) placed six, Alexis 34.

35. Elkhart, 1 Longoria (105) followed in 36. Nocona, 1 seventh place, and Robin Individual results Naranjo (114) placed sixth.

In Class 3A, Van Vleck’s 8. Clarissa Garcia, 97 Yoakum, 605 Kelsey Lopez (105) fin- 14. Kaitlyn Lucio, Tidehaven, 540 ished in second place and 105 lifted a total of 72 pounds. 2. Kelsey Lopez, Van Vleck, 720 Tidehaven’s Shamaurie 8. Danielle Puentes, Louise, 550 Williams (181) finished in 123 third, Atana Garay (132) 9. Jordan Moore, Hallettsville, 740 placed eleventh, and Kait132 lyn Lucio (97) finished in 11. Ariana Garay, Tidehaven, 665 fourteenth.

148 Palacios’ Karina Ramon 4. Karina Ramon, Palacios, 895 (148) finished in fourth 165 place, Industrial’s Tia Hart 7. Tia Hart, Industrial, 860 (165) finished in sixth 181 place, Yoakum’s Clarissa 3. Shamaurie Williams, Tidehaven, 970 Garcia (97) finished in 259

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1. Mertzon Orion County, 14 2. Cumby, 14 3.Shelbyville, 13 4. Ozona, 12 5. La Pryor, 12 6. Moody, 12 7. Center Point, 10 8. Tahoka, 8 9. Kenedy, 9 10. Thrall, 7 11. Joaquin, 7 12. Seagraves, 7 13. Snook, 7 14. Freer, 5 15. Weimar, 5 16. Detroit, 5 17. Saratoga West Hardin, 5, 18. Electra, 5 19. Rocksprings, 5 20. Junction, 5 21. Petrolia, 4 22. Ganado, 3 23. Alvord, 3 24. Runge, 3 25. Crawford, 3 26. Gladewater Union Grove, 3 27. Dawson, 3 28. Irann, 3 28. Chilton, 3 30. Axtell, 2 31. Hawley, 2 32. Three Rives, 2 33. Rosebud-Loft, 2 34. Hermleigh, 2 35. Holland, 2 36. Chico, 2 37. Ralls, 1 38. Post, 1 39. Cross Plains, 1 40. Simms Bowie, 1 41. Olney, 1 42. La Villa, 1 43. San Augustine, 1 44. Forsan, 1

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6. Annie Ochoa, Yorktown, 590 7. Alexis Longoria, Yorktown, 575

114

6. Robin Naranjo, Yorktown, 600 8. Kaitlyn Surratt, Louise, 570

123

2. Amy Jo Wick, Weimar, 725

132

3. Alexis Mojica, Ganado, 760

148

3. Kayci Molina, Rungue, 815

165

1. Gabby Albiar, Kenedy, 835

181

Baylor hopes NCAAs will help scandal

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Baylor’s players are hoping a deep NCAA Tournament run can help improve the school’s reputation amid a sexual assault scandal that sparked a federal lawsuit and prompted the university to fire its football coach and demote its president.

“We want to do something positive for our school and represent Baylor in the way we know it should be represented,” guard King McClure said as the third-seeded Bears prepared to play No. 11 seed Southern California in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

Baylor faces several federal lawsuits from women who say the school mishandled, ignored or suppressed their claims of assault for years, including several cases involving football players. The school also faces a federal civil rights investigation. Baylor fired football coach Art Briles in May 2016 and demoted then-university President Ken Starr, who later resigned, after an outside law firm determined the school had mishandled cases.

Additionally, two football staffers were recently fired , one for soliciting prostitution and the other for sending inappropriate text messages to a teenager.

After the Baylor women’s basketball team defeated Texas Tech late in the regular season, women’s coach Kim Mulkey added to the negative attention when

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Size, speed and power.

Texas had way too much of everything for Central Arkansas to handle.

Brooke McCarty scored 15 points and the No. 3-seed Longhorns overwhelmed the No. 14 Sugar Bears in the first half before cruising to a 78-50 victory Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Joyner Holmes added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Longhorns (23-8).

Texas came in needing something good to happen after losing four of its final six in the regular season, a disappointing finish after the Longhorns challenged for the Big 12 title. A rousing rout at home could be just the thing that gets them ready for another deep run into the NCAA Tournament after making it to the reginal final in 2016.

“I was very pleased with our tempo in the first half and our intensity and attention to detail,” Texas coach Karen Aston said.

The Longhorns leaned on their considerable athletic

Southwest completes sweep of Jaguars REFUGIO tie the game with four UHV travels to Austin to runs in the top of the sev- play St. Edward’s in a sinenth – highlighted by gle game at 2:30 p.m.

Derek Maciejeski’s Tuesday.

UHV 000 010 410 – 6 7 2 three-run homer.

Southwest 020 300 71x – 13 16 1 But Southwest retook Collin Quinn, Bo Sheridan (7), Andrew the lead in the bottom of Richards (7), Marco Ynclan (8) and Chase Almendarez. Alex Goodman, the inning with seven hits Josiah Acton (8) and Chris Aviles. W: Goodman. L: Sheridan (1-3). Highand a UHV error.

(UHV) Dalton Rodriguez 2-for-4, The Mustangs had 16 lights: Derek Maciejeski 3-run HR; Almendarez hits off of four UHV pitch- solo HR. (S) Felipe Lopez 3-for-5, 2B, 3 R; Isaiah Peters 2-for-3, R, 2 RBIs; ers.

Chris Aviles 2-for-4, 3 R, RBI, SB; Nate Chase Almendarez hit a Caban 2-for-5, 2B, 4 RBIs; Danny Rosolo home run, and Dalton driguez 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI. Records: UHV 6-12, 3-6; Southwest 16-12, Rodriguez had two hits for 7-2. the Jaguars.

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Jaguars drop doubleheader to LSU-Alexandria ADVOCATE STAFF REPORT

ALEXANDRIA, La. – No. 18 UHV dropped both games of Saturday’s doubleheader Saturday against No. 22 LSU-Alexandria in a Red River Athletic Conference battle.

The Generals (24-6, 7-1) rallied from a four-run deficit to win Game 1 5-4 and 4-3 in the night cap.

The Jaguars (14-10, 7-5) struck for four runs in the second inning of the open-

ing game behind a sacrifice fly from Torey Dumont, an RBI single by Michelle Revels and a pair of LSUA errors.

The Generals answered with a pair of runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to claim the win.

LSUA broke through with a four-run fourth and then fought to hold off the Jaguars after UHV struck back with three runs in the fifth.

After Gabby Davila

double-digit deficits in the second half in two tourney wins.

Motley said the way the Bears closed out against New Mexico State — outscoring the Aggies 53-33 in the second half of a 91-73 win — will give them a chance against USC. “Just playing to win and not to lose,” he said. “We kind of started doing that in the New Mexico State game. We just made sure we kept attacking. You can’t get complacent.”

A win would put Baylor in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2014 and bring some attention back to the playing surface.

“I think it would mean a lot to our fans,” Baylor guard Al Freeman said. “Everybody’s goal is to get to the championship game and to win it. We’re just going to try to stay focused and do what we’re going to do, and we’re hoping we can bring back some joy to the Baylor community.”

McCarty leads Texas over Central Arkansas

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HOBBS, N.M. – The University of the Southwest scored seven runs in the seventh inning and went on to a 13-6 Red River Athletic Conference win over UHV on Saturday at Jake Williams Field.

The Mustangs swept the three-game series and improved to 16-12 overall and 7-2 in conference.

The Jaguars (6-12, 3-6) rallied from a 5-0 deficit to

she decried the hit the school’s reputation has taken. She told Baylor fans if people tell them they will never send their daughters to Baylor, they should “knock them right in the face.”

Forward Johnathan Motley said the best way the basketball team can lift Baylor’s name is to focus on the task at hand.

“We’re just worried about us and what kind of guys we are in this locker room,” he said. “Winning would be good for us to be able to say we made it to the Sweet 16.

But that’s not just what we’re all focused about.

We’ve just got to take it one game at a time and make sure we handle our business on and off the court.”

Baylor was upset in its tournament opener the past two years before breaking through with a win over New Mexico State on Friday. To reach the Sweet 16, it will have to beat an 11th-seeded USC team that has already rallied from

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Baylor guard Manu Lecomte, front, is fouled by New Mexico State guard Matt Taylor (24) in the second half of the first-round of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Tulsa, Okla. on Friday.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — last two holes for a 65 and Charley Hoffman finished climbed within five shots. a lot better than he startSaturday ed, closing with three At Bay Hill Lodge & Resort straight birdies for a 1-unOrlando, Fla. der 71 that allowed him to catch Kevin Kisner for a Purse: $8.7 million share of the lead in the Yardage: 7,419; Par 72 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Kevin Kisner 70-67-68 — 205 -11 Hoffman opened with two Charley Hoffman 68-66-71 — 205 -11 Tyrrell Hatton 72-69-67 — 208 -8 sloppy bogeys and his Marc Leishman 71-66-71 — 208 -8 fourth bogey dropped him Matthew Fitzpatrick 67-69-72 — 208 -8 four shots behind. The last Adam Hadwin 70-70-69 — 209 -7 Lucas Glover 68-69-72 — 209 -7 of his three straight birdies Rory McIlroy 74-71-65 — 210 -6 came after a chop-and-run Kyle Stanley 73-68-69 — 210 -6 69-72-69 — 210 -6 from the rough left of the Greg Chalmers Rickie Fowler 74-72-65 — 211 -5 18th fairway, and a 70-foot Justin Rose 71-70-70 — 211 -5 Paul Casey 68-72-71 — 211 -5 birdie from the fringe.

Varner III 70-70-71 — 211 -5 Kisner ran his birdie at- Harold Billy Horschel 72-73-67 — 212 -4 73-71-68 — 212 -4 tempt on the 18th about 6 Martin Kaymer Smith 74-69-69 — 212 -4 feet by and three-putted Cameron Francesco Molinari 70-68-74 — 212 -4 from the fringe. He shot Pat Perez 74-70-69 — 213 -3 Michael Kim 72-71-70 — 213 -3 68.

Russell Henley 72-71-70 — 213 -3 They were at 11-under Keegan Bradley 71-71-71 — 213 -3 Emiliano Grillo 67-68-78 — 213 -3 205, three shots clear of Hudson Swafford 73-72-69 — 214 -2 Tyrrell Hatton, Marc Aaron Baddeley 70-75-69 — 214 -2 73-71-70 — 214 -2 Leishman and Matt Fitz- Brandon Hagy Tommy Fleetwood 78-66-70 — 214 -2 patrick.

Graeme McDowell 72-71-71 — 214 -2 Rory McIlroy birdied his Brandt Snedeker 72-71-71 — 214 -2

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walked and Revels singled to left, Aubri Hockenbury hit her third home run of the series, a three-run shot to left on a 0-1 count.

But that would be all the Jaguars would muster the rest of the way against the Generals.

The Jaguars return home to host Texas Southern in non-conference play on Tuesday with a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. at the Victoria Youth Sports Complex.

CONTINUED FROM C1 “That’s what we expect of him as our No. 3,” Refugio coach Anthony Quintanilla said of Avery. “Just to throw strikes and keep them off-balance. Our defense can make plays behind him, and a majority of the time, they were there for him.”

The Bobcats had some players in different positions and committed two

advantages from the opening tip. Texas stormed to 24-4 lead by end the end of the first quarter and led 48-20 by halftime.

Everything Texas did early worked. With McCarty’s bursts of speed running the ball up court, and a dominant front line posting up for easy baskets, Texas shot 63 percent in the first half and swamped the Sugar Bears for the rebounds on the few times they did miss. McCarty, the Big 12 player of the year, was the catalyst, leading the Longhorns’ transition attack and making three 3-pointers.

Maggie Proffitt scored 17 for Central Arkansas (26-5).

The Sugar Bears cut the Texas lead under 20 by the end of the third but couldn’t make a run to seriously threaten the Texas lead down the stretch.

Texas was so dominant in the post the Longhorns won the rebounding 55-23 and outscored the Sugar Bears 40-18 in the paint.

“We were sending five to the boards and they were still able to get the rebound,” Proffitt said. “They

errors.

But they also made some outstanding plays in the field.

Left fielder Casey Henderson came off the bench to make five putouts in left field, including a running catch, where he threw to second base to double off a runner.

“I see my role as someone who can help the team,” Henderson said. “I can help with my base running and my play in the outfield.”

La Fond, who had three RBIs, Jared Kelley and

SPORTS IN BRIEF

Wawrinka eases into Indian Wells final

hard courts, and has won their last three meetings, including in the Australian INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Open semifinals in January.

Roger Federer defeated Doctor didn’t disclose USA Jack Sock 6-1, 7-6 (4) Saturday to reach the BNP Gymnastics investigation Paribas Open final in purEAST LANSING, Mich. – suit of his record-tying fifth Records show a Michigan title in the desert.

State University doctor reFederer will play Stan signed in January after Wawrinka in an all-Swiss ti- learning the school was contle match after Wawrinka sidering her termination eased past Pablo Carreno because she didn’t disclose Busta 6-3, 6-3. that USA Gymnastics was Federer’s last Indian investigating Dr. Larry NasWells title came in 2012. He sar. owns a 19-3 edge over COMPILED FROM ADVOCATE WIRE REPORTS Wawrinka, including 14-0 on

are bigger, faster, stronger, and they were maybe a little more of all of those than we even expected.”

Big picture Texas got a physical mismatch in the first round they won’t get the rest of the tournament. And building the big early lead let coach Aston keep a steady rotation of fresh legs attacking the Sugar Bears at the basket. Texas played its entire roster and everyone got at least 11 minutes on the court.

Central Arkansas got their NCAA bid by winning the Southland Conference tournament and coach Sandra Rushing hoped her players wouldn’t be intimidated by playing the Longhorns on their home court. Nerves may not have played a role at all. The Sugar Bears have only two players taller than 6-feet while Texas has six who are 6-3 or taller.

“I wouldn’t mind sitting in the stands and watching (Texas),” Rushing said. “It wasn’t very pleasant on the side over there on the bench.”

Trent Ross each had two of Refugio’s nine hits.

“I see that we still need to work on our hitting,” LaFond said. “Our defense is getting where it needs to be and our pitching is always going to be there.

At the sticks, that’s where we need to work the most.”

Pettus 000 000 0 – 0 6 3 Refugio 231 101 x – 8 9 2 W: Jacobe Avery. L: Joseph Prieto.

Highlights: (P) Kaden Morin 1-for-4, 2B. (R) Avery 7 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 1 HP, 6 SO; D’Mond LaFond 2-for-4, solo HR, 3 RBIs; Jared Kelley 2-for-3, R, 3 SB; Trent Ross 2-for-3, R, RBI; Anthony Delgado 1-for-1, 2 RBIs; Jamel LaFond 1-for-1, R, SB. Records: Pettus 5-4, 3-2; Refugio 9-0, 5-0.

PREP BASEBALL SCORES District 27-3A

Yoakum 10, Nixon-Smiley 6

Yoakum 001 421 1 - 10 8 1 Nixon-Smiley 110 030 1 - 6 7 2 L - Devin Hester Highlights - (Nixon-Smiley) Colby Newman 2-for-4, 2B, SB; Devin Hester 1-for-4, RBI; Ricky Flores 2-for-4, 2 RBI; Jason Yell 1-for-3, 1 RBI.

PREP SOFTBALL SCORES District 29-3A Mathis 12, Bloomington 5

Mathis 050 400 3 - 12 12 2 Bloomington 020 000 3 - 5 6 7 W - Saninas L - Huerta.

Highlights - (Bloomington) Jenna Martinez 2-for-4, RBI; Arionna Huerta 2-for-5; Arendy Dealba 1-for-2.

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Sale numbers increase by more than $41,000 students are doing.”

BY AMBER ALDACO

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Sale numbers have increased for the Shiner Livestock Show, the Shiner Independent School District agriculture teacher announced.

Bruce Pohler, the agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America sponsor at Shiner High School, said numbers from the March 3 sale have increased more than $41,000 from last year’s numbers.

This year’s total came to $270,000, an increase from last year’s number of $229,000.

“It was a fantastic sale.

The kids did incredible,” Pohler said.

In addition to a growth in general sales numbers, a couple of all-time high records for animals were also set.

The grand champion lamb sold for $30 a pound, and the grand champion hog was sold for $32 a pound, Pohler said. He commended the community for supporting the livestock show children every year.

“The community of Shiner just really steps up and supports the youth,” Pohler said. “It makes me feel like the community really believes in what these

The grand champion steer of Ryan Panus, senior, sold for $10,279 to Plastech Vacuum Forming. The steer weighed 1,082 pounds.

The reserve champion steer, sold by senior Mackinly Pilat, sold for $8,281 to Leon and Joyce Svetlik. The steer weighed 1,183 pounds.

Kason Landman’s grand champion lamb sold for $4,800 to Spoetzl Brewery. Kason is a sophomore at Shiner High School.

The reserve champion lamb sold for $5,248.25 to Maeker’s Sausage and Processing. The lamb was sold by sophomore Ariana Lerch.

The grand champion hog sold for $8,064 to Shiner Dental PLLC, Atzenhoffer Auto Group-Victoria; First State Bank-Yoakum; Community Bank of Moulton; Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home; Wendel Motor Co.; Wood’s Body and Fender Shop; Yoakum National Bank; Heiman Station; Red Eye Safety; Boedeker Ag Supply; SouthStar Bank; Lavaca County Propane; The Bunch; Fikac Distributing; Werner’s Restaurant and Catering; Cuero Livestock Commission; Brandon, Carilynn and Adelynn Siegel; Henry and Peggy Halamicek; Harold and Lisa Koenning; Reg and Amy Othold; Kenny and Roberta Caka; Jake Kram Insurance Agency; Jack and Linda Wooley; Michale Pokluda; Robert Adamek Insurance Agency; Allen Bayer; CPA; Ronnie and Mary Leck; David and Kristine Schroeder; Don and Gina Valis; and Simplot Growers Solutions.

Freshman Carissa Murrile sold the hog.

The reserve champion hog of senior Dylan Lauer sold for $8,381.38 to Ranch Hand and Kaspar Companies.

Sophomore Presley Kostelnik’s grand champion broiler sold for $3,000 to Shiner Youth Builders Boehm Tractor Sales; Bucky and Lauren Boehm; Shoppa’s John Deere; XL Oil Field Services; LLC; Tex Propane; Cody and Jennie Chrismon; Wende’s Jewelry; Grafe Chevrolet and GMC;

LIVESTOCK MARKETS BEEVILLE

March 10 Cattle on hand: 280 Horses: 1 Sheep/goats: 2 Trends: Steers and heifers, steady/active.

Steers: (200-300) $140-$206; (300-400) $127-$200; (400-500) $117-$169; (500-600) $119-$164; (600-700) $107-$155; and (700800) $97-$127.

Heifers: (200-300) $118-$167; (300-400) $111-$167; (400-500) $118-$240; (500-600) $109-$215; (600-700) $98-$139; and (700-800) $82-$116.

Slaughter cows: $48-$66; slaughter bulls, $50-$90; stocker cows, $66-$91; bred cows, $510-$910; pairs, $810-$1,025; horses, $150$300.

CUERO

March 17 Receipts: 1,245 There were 252 cows and 27 bulls today. The packer market was a little light in the strength of higher protein prices. The special consignment of cows and cow/calf pairs sold as high as $2,025 on p airs and $1,625 on bred cows/heifers.

An individual bull brought $3,300.

The calf market is higher by as much as $4/cwt. There is a very active demand for all classes.

Stronger fat market boosted the heavier calf market and continued grass demand is taking care of the lighter end. No weaknesses any-

where in the market today.

Packer bulls: All weights, $64$87.

Packer cows: canners and cutters, $58-$74; light and weak, $27$45.

Palpated dry cows (84 bred): $1,000-$1,625; 6 pairs: $1,050$2,025.

Steer calves: (under 200) $233$260; (200-250) $192-$215; (250300) $186-$200; (300-350) $172$189;(350-400) $166-$182; (400450) $171-$180; (450-500) $160$178; (500-550) $139-$158; (550600) $143-$155;(600-700) $133$141; (700-800) none.

Bull Calves: (under 250) $179$247; (250-300) none; (300-350) $172-$190; (350-400) $173-$182; (400-450) $171-$176; (450-500) $168-$171; (500-550) $155-$160; (550-600) $138-$153;(600-700) $134-$138; (700-800) $112-$136.

Heifer Calves: (under 200) $218-$265; (200-250) $158-$188; (250-300) $153-$162; (300-350) $142-$154; (350-400) $144-$150; (400-450) $141-$148; (450-500) $140-$167; (500-550) $129-$136; (550-600) $130-$136;(600-700) $117-$128; (700-800) none.

EDNA

March 13 Receipts: 182 Steers: (200-300) $132-$192; (300-400) $151-$186; (400-500) $148-$172; (500-600) $144-$159; (600-700) $129.50-$139.

Heifers: (200-300) $127.50-$156; (300-400) $136.50-$160; (400-500)

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Grand Champion Hog: Carissa Murrile

Grand Champion Steer: Ryan Panus

Reserve Champion Steer: Mackinly Pilat

Grand Champion Broilers: Presley Kostelnik

Reserve Champion Broilers: Devin Lehnert Pesek Property Team; John and Kim Harrington; David and Kristine Schroeder; SouthStar Bank; Robert S. Mikes

$132-$143; (500-600) $129-$138; (600-700) $117.50-$121; (700 and up) $103-$117.

Stockers pairs: $1,000-$1,400 Packer cows: (600-800) $40$59; and (800 and up) $60-$72.

Packer bulls: (800 and up) $68-$75.

EL CAMPO

March 14 Receipts: 406 Trend: Feeder steers and heifers were steady to $4 higher. Cows and bulls were steady to $2 higher.

Steers: (under 200) $172-$220; (200-300) $170-$210; (300-400) $169-$185; (400-500) $158-$180; (500-600) $142-$166; (over 600) $123-$139.

Heifers: (under 200) $165-$210; (200-300) $143-$190; (300-400) $140-$175; (400-500) $136-$205; (500-600) $124-$155; (over 600) $121-$126.

Slaughter cows: high dressing, $67-$76; lower dressing, $52-$62; thin, $45-$50.

Slaughter bulls: high dressing, $80-$90; low dressing, $75-$84.

Replacement cows: bred, $725$910.

GONZALES

March 11 Receipts: 527 cattle Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $2 to $3 higher.

Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1 (150-300) $195-$205;(300-400) $183-$190; (400-500) $167-$178; (500-600)

Reserve Champion Hog: Dylan Lauer

Inc.; Paul and Delise Koone; Wink’s Tech Solutions; Ramirez Construction; Klozik Financial Services Services Inc.;

and Boedeker Brothers Armory.

$140-$160; (600-700) $128-$135; (700-800) $118-$125.

Bull yearlings: (700-900) $100$115.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large No. 1 (150-300) $160$170; (300-400) $145-$150; (400500) $137-$140; (500-600) $126$136; and (600-700) $119-$125.

Packer cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $55-$61; cutters, $66-$72; canners, $45-$52; low yielding fat cows, $55-$60.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 and 2, good heavy bulls, $83-$87; light weights and medium quality bulls, $75-$80. Stocker cows, $1,000$1,300. Pairs, $1,100-$1,600.

HALLETTSVILLE

March 14 Cattle on Hand: 695 Week ago: 816; Year ago: 863 Compared to last week: The market was strong again this week.

Light weights continue to get higher each week. All weights and classes were higher. Wonderful rainfall has pasture conditions in excellent shape. Packer cows and bulls sold $2 higher on approximately 100 head total.

Packer cows: Canner and cutter cows, $60-$76; utility and fat cows, $55-$72; light weight canner cows, $40-$54.

Packer bulls: Heavyweight bulls, $84-$92; utility and cutter bulls, $75-$86; light weight canner bulls, $65-$77.

Stocker and feeder calves and yearlings: No. 1 steer and bull

calves, (under 200) $165$230;(200-300) $160-$220;(300400) $155-$207.50;(400-500) $148-$182.50; (500-600) $130$165;(600-700) $120$142.50;(700-800) $110-$128.

No. 1 Heifer calves: (under 200) $160-$225; (200-300) $148$185;(300-400) $138-$162;(400500) $130-$150;(500-600) $123$145; (600-700) $116-$131;(700800) $106-$120.

KARNES CITY

March 11 Cattle on hand: 97 Market was strong on all feeder calves. Cows also stronger.

Steers: (200-300) $155-$175; (300-400) $155-$170; (400-500) $140-$158; (500-600) $130-$145; (600-700) $125-$140; (700 and up) $110-$118.

Heifers: (200-300) $140-$170; (300-400) $140-$160; (400-500) $135-$155; (500-600) $125-$135; (600-700) $120-$130; (700 and up) $105-$125.

Stocker cows (per head): Bred cows $875-$1,300, Pairs $1,000$1,350; Packer cows: No. 1 $68-$75, No. 2 $58-$65, and Bulls $85-$92.

Goats and other (per head): 103 on hand Kid goats: (25-50) $85-$120; (50100) $155-$230. Nannies: $145$200. Billies: $165-$275. Sheep: $65-$185. Rams: $120-$250.

Piglets: $30-$55. Top Hogs: $20$32 (per pound). Sows: $18-$25 (per pound). Boars: $5-$15 (per pound).

Grand Champion Lamb: Kason Landman

Reserve Champion Lamb: Ariana Lerch The reserve grand champion broiler of freshman Devin Lehnert sold for $2,999.99 to Delago Resources-Natalie Johns.

All students represented Shiner FFA.

KARNES COUNTY

March 16 Cattle on hand: 363. Market stronger compared to last week.

No. 1 steer and bull calves: (200-300) $169-$190; (300-400) $164-$176; (400-500) $161-$180; (500-600) $140-$165; (600-700) $123-$146’ (700-800) $109-$120.

No. 1 heifer calves: (200-300) $147-$156; (300-400) $133-$156; (400-500) $139-$163; (500-600) $127-$161; (600-700) $110-$152; (700-800) $106-$111.

Packer cows: (high yielding) $70-$73; (medium yielding) $61$66; (low yielding) $55-$58.

Packer bulls: (high yielding) $94.50; (medium yielding) $74$84.

Bred cows: (good) $1,250$1,335; (plain) $850-$1,150.

Pairs: (good) $1,550-$1,750; (Plain) $ 1,075-$1,250.

NIXON

March 13 Volume: 246; cows: 27; bulls: 5 Steers: (200-300) $167-$200; (300-400) $155-$185; (400-500) $142-$176; (500-600) $124-$167; (600-700) $116-$134; (700-800) $87-$120.

Heifers: (200-300) $147-$176; (300-400) $132-$150; (400-500) $124-$143; (500-600) $119-$136; (600-700) $111-$124; (700-800) $104-$118.

Slaughter cows: $30-$70; slaughter bulls, $60-$88; stocker cows, $825-$1,125; pairs, $860.

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Fisher Auto Sales, 1302 Sam Houston, is needing a FT EXP. MECHANIC. Must have own tools/transportation. Top $$$, uniforms 4 insurance. 578-0043

TRADESCONSTRUCTION ....235 INSTRUMENT FITTERS NEEDED. HOUSTON CONTROLS, POINT COMFORT, TX (361) 987-5210.

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SAMSUNG stainless jas range, 5 3507 Mtadwtane, Victoria# burners. Tike new $450 Stainless Wed March224Thurs.March23 9.00 AM to 5:00 kti wall mount hood $103.

361-935-9037 ESTATE Of JIMMY 4 ROSIE GRANT Lots of sreat items inside don't let GOHIM GET-EM Ihe outside fool you. Over 50 years Dr/ers. Refrij., Washers, of treasures. AI items are priced to FreeRfS, Etc. Va«!!! Sales sell. Antique sofa set, china {. Repair. 361-218-529! cabinets, dining roxn taWe, and coffee tables, bed room furniture, brass ted, kitchen items, refrigerator, wall art, glassware, SPORTING EQUIPMENT books whatxits too much to list; a little bit of everything. All items must 90.

WANTED USED GUNS. Check with us before you sell 8est ESTATE SALE selection in tow\ Don's 1107 HwkSt-Cuero Firearms 2302 N. Item Sat, W Sun., 1-3 (1/2 Price Day) 572-9S66 Antiques, linens, furniture, kitchen appliances, Boos butcher btoct, be$Sr$, waste, electric <iyer, ■OATS, TRAILERS, (mucti much more.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.......301 JA2Z AROUND HANDICAPPED SCOOTER $675 CALL 361-275-9923/ 361-243-11«

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This Tuesday, March 21st (310 AM - Alice, Texas Over 50 big trucks, trailers, constmctioo iNdtay & much, much mere Peterbitt Western Star, Freightliners & Kenwortti Constnxtiof> machinery... (AT, Case, John Deere & more — Bid Online or In Person — 1W online buyer's premium A on site burr's premium

LIVESTOCK A SUPPLIES LIVESTOCK A SUPPUES UVfSTOCK A SUPPLIES UVESTOCK A SUPPLIES .......................... 450 ..........................450 ..........................450 .......................... 450

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PORT O'CONNOR-Covered boat stall w/ lift. Holds w to 30 ft boat Adjacent parking. Gated entrances. $3,6C0/annual lease. 361-576-1058

Auction * i UCTtONEERS^ Terry Dickerson, Lie. 11534 GARAGE SALES .350 2701 BON AIRE AVENUE Friday & Saturday 8 am - 4 pm unday 99 am Sunday am •• 12 12 pm pm Brand new futon, addino dress, bach spa, office supplies, í a lot of house hold items 1701N. EAST STREET Sat.4Sun.7-r Gently used ad>jtt & children’s clothes. Sorra furniture, miscv some things you just know »’ey can't irre without. Reasc^bly priced, even I can afford.

1686 FM ROAD 523 (Tetferner, TX 77988) 8AM-4PM FRI.-SUN. Gas dryer, dishwaser, 40 pieces stratáerry dish set, hardback books, shoes/clothing, full we mattress & boi sprirw, arts S crafts materials, items fcr Easter, odds & ends & lots of misc.

2015 COLETOVILLE RD. SUNDAY ONLY 8-5 Tools, headache rad«, boat motor, furniture, heme decor, clothing bikes, toys. Very cheap ard willing to bargain1

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31k. ANGUS & 81k. LIMOUSIN Bulls ii Heifers. Breeding açes. Family oared since 1975, using top of the line sires Del. avart 979-263-5829.

BULLS FOR SALE 22 mo. old Red Angus bull. Coming 2 yr. dd CHAROLAIS bulls. Coming 2 yr. ok! homed HEREFORD bulls.

Polled HEREFORD bulls. ANGUS bulls. ANGUS MAINE cross bulls.

BRAN6US bulls. 361-772-6830 Breeding Age ANGUS Bulls $2,500 & Up. J BAR ANGUS, 361-798-6558.

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Great fcr heifers. Bull is sentie, red-eyed, & ready to breed Tom Karnes City 830-7W-3439 (nights)

Chaparral Portable Buildings.

Many styles & colors.

On lot to browse thru or can design 4 custom build to suit yoj needs. 361-575-0419

DISCOUNT APPUANCES. Fridges, Washers,^rj'Ks, Electric/Gas Ranges & Freerers. 8uy & Sei. Ap­ pliance foftair. 578-7Z32/550-4459

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WANTED: Working or non iwrking washers 4 dryers; refra. & stows; freezers & A/C's 361-578-7232 or 550-4459

40-ft. sl'song/storage containers, good condition guaranteed, wind 6 weather tight. $2,395 delivered.

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(9) Op» CHAROLAIS cross heifer's, Mmos-.TCOIbs,,

Sale cattle listing available online Friday, March 24 at www.JohnsonCattleMarketina.com

ANGUS BULLS low birth neijht, fertility tested, wormed, vaccinatei $2250 each.

Call 361-319-6034.

_ (50) CHOCOLATE & JU TIGERSTRIPE 8RAF0RD 1 heifers, weigh 700 lbs, they are cycling daily.

TRAILERS: UTILITY t (55) Fancy HEREFORD heifers, all off one ranch, will be ready for bui GOOSENECK....405 later this summer. They mature into awesome cows, $1,300 per . 2016 40-ft 30K lbs. heifer.

Just imagine • in a couple + HYDRAULK DOVETAIL years these ladies will be raisina Ready for Work! Reduccd true FI BRAFORD heifers that will $2K-NOW: $24,600.361-433-3069 be worth more than the $L300 asking price of these heifers (20) BRANGUS heifers, heavy breds CAMPERS, MOTOR HOMES & pairs. AISO, we have a nice ......................... 410 SELECTION OF BULLS HEREFORDS, ANGUS. SIM ANGUS, WRTHSIDE SANTA GERTRUDIS, BRAHMANBo>: & RV Storage.

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I hare pictures & videos of all these 575-404L cattle - 979-541-6703 ^-v RV & BOAT STORAGE/ Nice BRAMGUS Heifers (^) STORE ROOMS AVAILABLE Reserve today! Sues from Big & Gentle, 850 lbs, Ready for 104-50x12.5 Call 361-433-3069 Your Bull All Shots. 361-243-2933 2014 Redwood 5th Yflveel, *5 HORNED HEREFORD BULLS, 15-16 MONTHS OLD. “5 BLACK WCaS<S^Mt°' ANGUS BULLS, 2 YEARS OLD, ask for Phil or Shirley. *5 SANTA GERTUDIS8UUS, 12-15 MONTHS OLD. ALL TO SELL TUES., 2C06 FLEETWOOD, 31 ft? no< your MARCH 21ST. AT HALLETTSVILLE typical trailer, leather sofa, full sue UVESTOCK COMMISSION fridge, extra lr$. slide out, Irg. bath.

COMPANY. 361-293-4720 $7700 080. Can/Text 361-218-1445

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This is a very choice set of replacement cattle cosigned by leading commercial ranches throughout Texas. Cattle will be palpated and sold in uniformly sorted groups to fit any cattleman’s needs.

For information contact: Tom Johnson

Replacement HEIFERS-VERY gentle 8 Red 45 Black Bald Face from a HEREFORD BULL ÄBiack Bald Face cows $800. Midfield. 979-332-5369

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(50)5ood, Good,young ywng cr crossbred Cows Palpated ted bred. bred.(55) (55) Choke Choke SANTA SANTA GERTUDIS Heifers. Exposed to Wack bulls. (165) Choice BRANGUS Heifers, eiposed to black Mis. 361-368-9005 / 442-6132 COWS FOR SALL

Motel Accomodations: Groesbeck - Quality Inn & Suites, 254-729-0077

aft Bred Cows, BRANGUS & ANGUS; Cww of Excellent Quality, Young & Gentle. Call 713-249-5154.

Groesbeck - Days Inn & Suites, 254-729-3335 Groesbeck - Express Inn & Suites, 254-729-3017

6 Gentle Slack BRAHMAN Cross Heifers Call Patrick Murray 361-571-0069

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STUFF LIVESTOCK I SUPPLIES ...........................450

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John Oeere 300 w/Frcnt end loader. 45HP,«esel.SWQ0.

Kawasaki Mule 4010,4x4, $3,750.

Kawasaki Mule 3010,4x4,4 seater, 3,750.3pl hitch high lift forks, w/ hydraulic cyl. $650.361-649-4583

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FEED, SEEDS, ETC.

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Otto's Coastal Hay Variety of Square & Round Bales Alfalfa Small Scuare Bales Avail.

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550-9169 or 550-9167

French Bred Charolais Bulls All Bulls out of TB Free Certified Herds Trich & Fertility Tested

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BOSTON TERRIER pupees for sale, 4 females & 3 males, ready to 90 torre on 3/19/17; will be wormed k giiffl 1st shots. Call 361-354-1096.

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MINIATURE SCHNAUZER1* Fcr Sale. White Parti/Merle Male SCHNAUZER, Blue Eves, Blue Merle Male SCHNAUZE* Blue Eyes, Chocolate SCHNAUZER, female, Green Eyes.

All shots, ready to go.

Call or text 361-920-3060.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE ...........

Car Wlie, New Tires, Good Condition, Asking $900.

Call 715-577-9430.

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2 FREE Jacks and Jennys Call 361-549-9563/ 361-578-0545

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2015 CHEVROLET 1/2 ton, ranch hand brush 9ajid, like ne* $300; running boards for 2012 FORD 1/2 torv $45 361-434-2649,8274640.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of a Execution issued out of Honorable County Court at Law No.2 of Harris County, Texas on a judgment rendered in said such Court in favor of Resurgence Financial, LLC in Cause No., 878302,701 in such Court wtierein, on the 26th day of March, 2007, OLD WEST CAPITAL CO., a Texas corporation "Assignee" WELLINGTON ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC, a Florida Corporation "Assignee/Assignor" Resurgence Financial. LLC “Assignor recovered a judgment against Paz Trevino, for $6,160.80 plus together with attorney's fee, Prejudgment interest, Post-Judgment interest and all costs of suit The Honorable County Court at Law No. 2 of Harris County TX placed in my hands for service, I, T Michael O'Connor, as Sheriff of Victoria County, Texas did on the 28th of February, 2017, levy upon the following described tract of land, situated in Victoria County, Texas, as the property of the Defendant, Paz Trevino, to wit: All of Lot Number (12) in Block Number (9) of the S.M. Crum Addition to the Town of Bloomington, in Victoria County, Texas, according to the map and plat Of said Addition recorded in Volume 73, Page 470, of the Deed Records of Victoria County, Texas and all improvements, and more frequently known as 149 L 7th Street, Bloomington, Texas 77951

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Victoria County will sealed competitive bids for the ADCOCK DAIRY ROADWAY REHAB IN PRECINCT NO. I TO PROVIDE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT TO RECONSTRUCT ROADWAY, until £00 p.m., Friday, March 24,2017. Bids will be received by Ben Zeller, County Judge, in Room 102 of the 1892 Courthouse at 101N. Bridge Street, Victoria, Texas 77901. Bids will then be held unopened until Monday, March 27,2017, and be opened and read aloud at a meeting of the Victoria County Commissioners' Court beginning at 10:00 a.m. located in Room 234 of the 1967 Courthouse at 115 N. Bridge Street, Victoria, Texas 77901.

Bid shall be based on unit pricing and must include all equipment, labor, permits, fees, bonds and insurance.

Funding for this project will be from Operating Funds.

Bidding Documents may be obtained by contacting the Engineer, CivllCorp, LLC at 4611E. Airline Rd., Ste. 300, Victoria, Texas, 77904, telephone 361-570-7500.

A non-refundable deposit of $25.00 is required for each set of documents. A PDF of these documents may also be obtained by calling or emailing rjanakflcivilcorp.us.

The following types of bonds are required: Bid Bond, Performance Bond, and Payment Bond.

Victoria County reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and to accept any bid deemed by the County as being most beneficial to the County, and to waive all formalities in bidding.

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Notice To Abate Health Nuisance Notke is hereby given to tte owrters end to the unknown heirs of the following lots which constitute pvbfic nuisances because of weeds, brush, rubbish, junk, unsightly matte, debris, trash and/or stagnant water. If the condition of your lot is not brought Into compTiaixe within se-ien (7) dars, the City mar arrange to ha»« the necessary work dor* and you could be billed for the cost. If at any time in the next tweta (12) months yeur lot is again found to be in violate«, the Gty may arrange to ha*« the necessary wort done ar*d you could be billed for the cost with no further notice given.

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The Victoria Auto Auction has been commissioned by the Victoria County Criminal District Attorney’s Officc, under the direction of the County Sheriff, to sell auctioned vehicles which have be«n seized and forfeited to the State of Texas. Every vehicle will be sold “As is** and with “All faults" to the highest bidder.

VEHICLES: 1998 Chevrolet Silverado Z-71

2000 Ford Expedition

1998 Ford F150 P/U

2001 Dodge Ram P/U

1988 Chevrolet P/U

2000 Oldsroobile Intrigue

1999 Chevrolet Tahoe

2001 Dodge Ram P/U

2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

2006 Pontiac G6

2000 Lincoln Town car

2006 Chevrolet Suburban

2003 Jeep Liberty

2007 Ford Focus

1996 Chevrolet Caprice

2004 Chevrolet Cavalier

2002 Ford Ranger

1996 Chevrolet Camaro

1997 Dodge ISOOP/U

2004 Jeep Liberty

2004 Dodge Durango

1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse

INSPECTION: THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 10:00 A.M.-NOON SEIZED VEHICLES ONLY! TERMS:

Address. PIW. Proxrtv Out# 903 S East #63966 Manuela Cof onasto

Notice is hereby 9r«n to the owners and to the unfcnwn heirs of the feeing un-occuoied or abandoned structures) which coffistitute a substandard building because of dilapidated conditions (broken windows, doors, etc. or is unlit for human habitation), and is a hazard to the public health safety, and welfare and may Invite vagrants or other uninvited persons as a place of Iwbora«? or could be entered or used by<hildrerv if the conditions of ywr substandard structure are not brought Into compliance by repairing, securing or demolishing «itto tw (10) days, tte Gty may arrange to have the necessary work dene and could 6« billed for the cost

PUBLIC AUCTION THURSDAY, APRIL 6,2017 12:00PM VICTORIA AUTO AUCTION 835 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR. (ALOE FIELD AREA)

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Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Mixed Beverage Permit, Mixed Beverage Late Hours Permit, and Beverage Cartage Permit by Brown Bag Saloon, LLC doing business as Brown Bag Saloon, LLC, 8609 N. Navarro, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas 77904.

Officers are Charles Hauboldt Manager and Heather Hauboldt Manager.

WITNESS MY HAND, this 28th day of February 2017.

MOBILE A6RICULIURAL&Farm Efluipmart REPAIR. Coker's farm arid Ranch Servie« 361-245-6263

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and on the 4th day of April, 2017, being the first Tuesday of said month, at 10 a.m. at the courthouse door of said county, in the City of Victoria, Texas 115 N. Bridge Street, by virtue of said levy and said Writ of Execution, I will offer for sale and sell at public sale, for cash, to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of the said property. And in compliance with the law, I give this notice by publication, in the English Language, once a week for three consecutive weeks immediately proceeding said day of sale, in The Victoria Advocate, a newspaper published in Victoria County.

CONTACT: ROGER TR08L (9 361-573-7146 email: roger^si^indercomp.can 235 Leepcr Larve, Victoria TX 77954

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Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Wine and Beer Retailer’s Permit by Jeremiah L. Cano dba Pancho’s Bar, to be located at 1008 S. Laurent, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas.

Jeremiah L. Cano Manager.

The State of Texas, County of Victoria County

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Full payment is due on day of sale, cashier’s check, certified check, money order, or cash with proper identification. The public must register inside the Victoria Auto Auction Office prior to the 12:00pm auction. ONLY SEIZED VEHICLES MAY BE BID ON BY THE PUBLIC. NOTE: The Victoria County Criminal District Attorney’s Officc makes no guarantees or warranties either expressed or implied as to the condition of the vehicles listed herein. Announcements made on the day of sale supersede any printed material.

STEPHEN B. TYLER CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY 205 N. BRIDGE ST., SUITE 301 VICTORIA, TEXAS 77901 (361)575-0468

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and issued pursuant to judgment decree(s) of the District Court of Victoria County, Texas, by the Clerk of said Court on said date, in the hereinafter numbered and styled suit(s) and to me directed and delivered as Sheriff or Constable of said County, I have on March 9, 2017, seized, levied upon, and will, on the first Tuesday in April, 2017, the same being the 4th day of said month, at the East Door of the Courthouse building, located at 115 North Bridge Street of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Victoria, Texas, between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. on said day, beginning at 10:00 AM, proceed to sell for cash to the hiqhest bidder all the right, title, and interest of the defendants in such sult(s) in and to the following described real estate levied upon as the property of said defendants, the same lying and being situated in the County of Victoria and the State of Texas, to-wit

CAUSE NO, STYLE QF CASE, LEOAL DESCRIPTION, ESTIMATED MINIMUM B!P 99-4-12,149, Victoria County vs. Felix Garcia, ET AL Ail that certain tract of land containing 2.00 acres, more or less, situated in Farm Lot 2, Block 4, Range t west of the river in the Original Four League Grant, Town of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, described as follows: a. that certain 0.50 acre, more or less, as described in deed dated March 2,1955, from Anton Alkek to Felix Garcia, in Volume 391, Page 579, Deed Records of Victoria County, Texas, and b. that certain 1.50 acres, more or less, as described in deed dated February 17,1961 from Richland Investment Company to Felix Garcia, et ux., in Volume 539, Pa$e 411, Deed Records of Victoria County, Texas, and being that same property identified on Plaintiff's tax rolls as Account #R48105. $6,701.68 07-11-14,639, Victoria County vs. Dan White, Estate, ET AL, Lots 7 and 8, Block 8, Original Townsite, City of Bloomington, Victoria County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 58, Page 222, Deed Records of Victoria County, Texas. $17,738.29 10-8-15341, Victoria County vs. Francis Gilbert Sloan, JR., Lots 2 and 3, Block 95, Original Townsite to the City of Bloomington, Victoria County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 73, Page 39, Map Records of Victoria County, Texas. $2,700.00 11-5-15612, Victoria County vs. Reva Mae Bennett, ET AL, 0.18 acres, more or less, out of the Northeasterly side of Farm Lot 3, Block 2, Rage 4, EBT, Original Townsite to the City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, as described in Clerk's File #200706811, Official Records of Victoria County, Texas. $720.00 14-02-16086, Victoria County vs. Candelario Cardenas JR., ET AL, Beck-Williamson Lot 4 Block 2 in the City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas $1,30625 14-06-16123, Victoria County vs. Anna Maria Garcia, ET AL, 0.07 acre, more or less, out Farm Lot 4, Block MA", East of Town, Original Four League Grant Town

of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, as described in deed dated September 3,1986, from Anthony Osburne, Jr., to Henry Lester Rhodes, Jr. etux, in Volume 1393, Page 579, Deed Records of Victoria County, Texas. $890.00 15-05-16295, Victoria County vs. Frances Trevino Briones, ET AL, 0.113 acre, more or less, being Lot 32 of Farm Lot 1, Block 2, Range 7, City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, as described in deed dated October 13,2005, from Dan V/. Davidson etux to Guadalupe A. Trevino, in Clerk's File #200514254, Official Public Records of Victoria County, Texas. $6,538.46 15-06-16314, Victoria County vs. Mike 0 Bernal, ET At* Lot 2, Block 1, Michael's Landing Subdivision, an addition to the City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 512, Page 514, Deed Records of Victoria County, Texas. $6,384.93 15-06-16317, Victoria County vs. Sandy Hernandez, ET AL 00870 R Manchola ABST 87 Tract 87 Acres 1.82 in Victoria County, Texas $3,153.54 15-06-16328, Victoria County vs. Ophelia G Salinas, ET AL, Lot 1R, Block 1, Hernandez Subdivision i)3, Resubdivision #L an addition to the City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 8, Page 159D, Plat Records of Victoria County, Texas. $4,632.99 15-06-16359, Victoria County vs. Juan Antonio Coronado, ET AL, Vina Subd No 1 Block 1 Lot 1 in the City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas $2,11179 15-06-16364, Victoria County vs. Dorena Harris, Owens E 62' of Lot 3 Block 1 in the City of Victoria, Victoria County, Texas $3,174.73 15-11-16440, Victoria County vs. Rose De Leon, ET AL, All that certain tract of land situated in Farm Lot 2, Block 5, Range 2, East Below Town In the Original Four League Grant, Victoria County, Texas, described as 1.00 acre, more or less, in deed dated September 6,1995, from Francis G. Williams, Jr. to Rose DeLeon, in Volume 189, Page 187, Official Public Records of Victoria County, Texas; SAVE & EXCEPT however, that certain 0.50 acre tract described in Volume 225, Page 691, Official Public Records of Victoria County, Texas, leaving herein a residue of 0.50 acre, more or less. $1,789.19 (any volume and page references, unless otherwise indicated, beino to the Deed Records, Victoria County, Texas, to which instruments reference may be made for a more complete description of each respective tract) or, upon the written request of said defendants or their attorney, a sufficient portion of the property described above shall be sold to satisfy said judgment(s), interest, penalties, and cost; and any property sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the said property, or their Interest therein, within the time and In the manner provided by law, and shall be subject to any other and further rights to which the defendants or anyone interested therein may be entitled, under the provisions of law. Said sale to be made by me to satisfy the judgment(s) rendered in the above styled and numbered cause<s), together with interest, penalties, and costs of suit, and the proceeds of said sales to bo applied to the satisfaction thereof, and the remainder, if any, to be applied as the law directs.

Dated at Victoria, Texas, March 9,2017 Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor Victoria County, Texas

By Veronica Serenil Deputy Notes: The Minimum Bid is the lesser of the amount awarded in the judgment plus interest and costs or the adjudged value. However, the Minimum Bid for a person owning an interest in the property or for a person who is a party to the suit (other than a taxing unit), is the aggregate amount of the judgments against the property plus all costs of suit ana sale. ALL SALES SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE ON THE PROPERTY WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSESSED SINCE THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT. For more information, contact your attorney or UNEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP, attorney plaintiffs, at (855) 650(131)

D4 — VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Sunday, March 19, 2017 PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: SAMANTHA HANKINS, SHANKINS@VICAD.COM

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Let’s go for a ride

Riverside Ride offers scenic views, choice of distances

STORY AND PHOTOS

BY BARCLAY FERNANDEZ BFERNANDEZ@VICAD.COM

More than 230 riders packed into the parking lot of St. Mary’s Activity Center in downtown Victoria on Sunday morning.

Don Muchow, 55, traveled from Dallas to ride the 100 miles of rural pastureland of Victoria County.

“I’m looking forward to the scenery,” he said minutes before embarking on the ride. “It’s really beautiful out here.”

Attendance at the 9th annual Riverside Ride was up by more than 40 riders compared to last year.

With six different distances to choose from, riders from across Texas were drawn to the ride.

Proceeds will support activities and projects for Kiwanis Club of Victoria.

Cyclists start the Riverside Ride.

Cyclists listen to the national anthem at the Riverside Ride.

Cyclists head to Riverside Ride start line at St. Mary’s Church in downtown Victoria on Saturday.

Cyclists gather at St. Mary’s Church for the Riverside Ride.

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VictoriaAdvocate.com

Education reporter: Gabriella Canales, 361-580-6578

Laughing and learning

COMMUNITY

Students take on computer coding, calligraphy with Victoria Library

BY GABRIELLA CANALES GCANALES@VICAD.COM

In the world of anime, Sebastian Gomez could be a hero, so Thursday he went dressed as a firefighter to the Victoria Public Library.

Gomez, 6, said “Yuri on Ice” is his favorite anime series.

“I’m having fun,” he said.

His sister, Genevie Baladez leaned against Sebastian’s wheelchair and adjusted his back brace to help guide his hand as he spelled his name in katakana.

“I’m glad to be here with him,” Genevie, 16, said.

“This is about people getting together who share the same interests, so you don’t feel alone.”

The library hosted Anime-nia and Minecraft Hour of Code Kids as part of Spring Break at the Library.

During the coding event, participants learned JavaScript.

“I had fun playing with my brothers,” said Ray Martinez, 6, of Houston.

Education and learning are the reasons his stepmother, Christina Rosales, of Victoria, brings the children to the library’s events, she said.

The event was created for the first time for the spring break period, said Katherine Henley, training services manager.

“It’s a way to collaborate and learn new skills in a fun way,” Henley said.

At Anime-nia, Harley Quinn, Pokemon and Assassin’s Creed characters learned how to write their names in katakana.

Calligraphy is an ancient writing technique using flat-edged pens to create artistic lettering using thick and thin lines depending on the direction of the stroke.

A frequent participant at the library’s events was Kendall Mireles, 10, Industrial Elementary West third-grader, who was dressed as Charizard from Pokemon.

“If she’s willing to come to learn, I’m willing to try and teach,” said her grandmother, Josie Cano, of Victoria, who was helping Kendall draw the different symbols.

SCHOOL MENUS Milk and bread are served with each meal.

HALLETTSVILLE SACRED HEART Monday – Sausage roll, sweet potatoes, sauerkraut, broccoli and cheese ■ Tuesday – Chicken parmesan pasta, buttered carrots, garden salad, garlic bread ■ Wednesday – Tater Tot casserole, corn, green beans, fruit ■ Thursday – Corn dog, pork and beans, corn, fruit ■ Friday – Catfish or fish sticks, french fries, salad, fruit

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PHOTOS BY BARCLAY FERNANDEZ/BFERNANDEZ@VICAD.COM

Lupe Espinoza, 35, and Araya Espinoza, 8, learn the basics of coding by participating in the Minecraft Hour of Code at the Victoria Public Library.

Sloan Gaines practices calligraphy.

KATAKANA ■ The

katakana syllabary was derived from abbreviated Chinese characters used by Buddhist monks to indicate the correct pronunciations of Chinese texts in the 9th century.

■ At first there were many different symbols to represent one syllable of spoken Japanese, but over the years the system was streamlined. By the 14th century, there was a more or less one-to-one correspondence between spoken and written syllables.

Sloan Gaines, 10, of Port Lavaca, learns calligraphy during Anime-nia at the Victoria Public Library. ■ The word katakana “part (of kanji) syllabic script.” The “part” refers to the fact that katakana characters represent parts of kanji.

“This is something new and in programming services. to access. interesting.”

Anime and graphic novels “Reading graphic novels is ■ The katakana syllabary consists of 48 syllables.

Foreign languages are are the highest circulating a good way to introduce ■ Since the 20th century, katakana have been used mainly to write non-Chinese loan words, onomatopoeic words, foreign names, not identical when translat- section for teens, she said. reading,” Burton-Williams in telegrams and for emphasis (the equivalent of bold, italic or ing, said Barbarajean The library also organized said. “As long as you’re upper case text in English).

Burton-Williams, who works the section to make it easier reading.”

OMNIGLOT.COM

lettuce, fruit Thursday – Chicken Alfredo or sausage kolache, sweet potatoes, steamed broccoli, fruit ■ Friday – Meatless spaghetti or fish nuggets, corn, cabbage, fruit ■

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST SCHOOL Monday – Salisbury steak, green beans, roll ■ Tuesday – Chicken noodle soup, carrots, pineapple ■ Wednesday – Hamburger, lettuce and tomato, pear ■ Thursday – Popcorn shrimp, sweet potato fries, hush puppies, peaches ■ Friday – Mini corn dogs, Tater Tots, mixed fruit ■

NURSERY ISD

MEYERSVILLE ISD Monday – Grilled ham and cheese, mixed vegetables, black-eyed peas, peaches ■ Tuesday – Chicken spaghetti, broccoli, peas, tossed salad, pear with cherries ■ Wednesday – Chicken taco casserole, baked squash, spinach salad, corn ■ Thursday – Bean chalupa, Spanish rice, broccoli salad, green beans, rosy applesauce ■ Friday – Catfish hoagie sandwich or steak fingers, French fries,burger salad, pineapple ■

Monday – Chicken Alfredo, green beans, garden salad, diced peaches, dinner roll ■ Tuesday – Pizza sticks, golden corn, garden salad, fruit mix, marinara sauce ■ Wednesday – Breaded chicken burger, lettuce, tomato, pickle, green beans, Mandarin orange ■ Thursday – Beef tacos, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, fruit mix ■ Friday – Pizza, green beans, buttered carrots, fruit mix ■

OUR LADY OF VICTORY

NAZARETH ACADEMY Monday – Pepperoni pizza or burrito, corn, scalloped potatoes, fruit ■ Tuesday – Crunchy beef taco or corn dog, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beans, fruit ■ Wednesday – Sausage wrap or grilled chicken, macaroni and cheese, green beans, ■

Monday – Steak fingers or meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, chocolate pudding ■ Tuesday – Chicken spaghetti or ham and cheese sandwich, green beans, breadstick, pineapple slices ■ Wednesday – Frito pie or ■

peanut butter and jelly substitute sandwich, rice, beans, Jell-O ■ Thursday – Meatball sub or turkey wrap, potato salad, spinach, Mandarin oranges ■ Friday – Domino’s pizza cheese slice, salad, peaches and strawberries

VICTORIA ISD Monday – Mini corn dogs, chicken fried steak sandwich, green beans, sweet potato fries, fruit, peaches ■ Tuesday – Grilled chicken sandwich, hot dog, broccoli, corn, fruit, juice ■ Wednesday – Pizza, Mozzarella stick, yellow squash, tossed salad, fruit cocktail, fruit, pizza sauce ■ Thursday – Enchiladas, bean and cheese burrito, Spanish rice, pinto beans, cherry tomato with celery, fruit, juice, pico ■ Friday – Fisherman’s platter, cheeseburger, crinkle-cut fries, carrots, fruit, pineapple tidbits, Kellogg’s Chocolate Rice Krispie Treat ■

WESTHOFF ISD Monday – Steak fingers, mashed potatoes, broccoli, roll, pudding ■ Tuesday – Tacos, pinto beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, peaches ■ Wednesday – Hamburger, baked beans, burger salad, mangoes ■ Thursday – Chicken spaghetti, salad, corn, breadstick, tropical fruit ■ Friday – Tuna or grilled cheese sandwich, macaroni, salad, tomato wedge, oranges ■

MENTOR OF THE WEEK

Carol Bludau FROM A NEWS RELEASE

The Victoria Business and Education Coalition is honoring mentors who volunteer their time to work with students in Victoria schools.

This week’s spotlight mentor is Carol Bludau, who serves as a mentor to one student at Hopkins Elementary School this school year. She is employed by the Adult Probation.

How long have you been a mentor for the district?

Eight years What made you decide to be a mentor?

Mentoring is something I knew I could do to help.

What do you feel you bring to the student?

An opportunity. The opportunity for the children to have extra time toward developing important needed skills.

What do you enjoy most about mentoring?

The children’s reactions or emotions when they have successfully completed a book or other curriculum. They smile and are eager to

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Q: A:

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Mentor Carol Bludau poses with student Jasiah Hill. show or talk about their success. You can see their confidence grow each week.

What have you learned from the student, educational system, etc. that has enlightened you?

Everyone working together, everyone benefits, everyone succeeds!

Q: A:

TO VOLUNTEER ■ WHAT:

Become a Victoria Business and Education Coalition mentor for students in the Victoria school district ■ WHEN: 30 minutes a week ■ WHERE: Victoria school district classrooms ■ HOW: Contact Lanell Mantey at 361-572-8232 or lanellmantey@sbcglobal.net.

PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: NICOLE CRAPPS, NCRAPPS@VICAD.COM

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S E C T I O N

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YOUR LIFE

TEXAS ZOO

“

Interacting and seeing how all of these animals operate intrigues me. I interact with the primates differently than I would an alligator.

KASH CLARK

Texas Zoo animal keeper

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ABOUT THE TEXAS ZOO

110 Memorial Drive Hours of Operation 9 a.m.-5 p.m. every day; last guest admission at 4:30 p.m.

General Admission Pricing ■ $5.50 Seniors (age 55+) ■ $8 Adults (age 13+) ■ $7 Children (age 3-12) ■ $4.50 Active/Retired Military ■ Free for toddlers

(age 2 and younger) for annual pass holders

■ Free

HOW TO HELP

To volunteer at The Texas Zoo, visit texaszoo.org and click on the volunteer tab.

LEFT: Kash Clark, 24, puts barn owl Cora back in her cage after a training session.

WILD WORK PHOTOS AND STORY BY BARCLAY FERNANDEZ BFERNANDEZ@VICAD.COM

Kash Clark spends his workdays bonding with creatures from the wild. And every day, he tries to discover a new personality trait about each of the animals he cares for.

Clark, 24, is one of five animal keepers at the Texas Zoo, where he has worked the past four years.

Growing up, Clark was intrigued by animals and fascinated with how the animal brain works.

“I’ve always wanted to take care of them,” said Clark, who grew up in Victoria. “Our lions, just like any other cats, love cardboard boxes. We put other animal scents on the boxes so the lions may smell it or tear it up.”

One of the best parts about being an animal keeper, he said, is when he trains the zoo animals.

Clark has been training Cora, a barn owl, for the past year.

“She is the closest animal to me,” he said.

A few times a day, Clark trains Cora by walking around with her on a glove. He also feeds her and talks to her while she perches on his hand. This allows him to get to know Cora more intimately, he said.

The goal of training is to make Cora familiar with perching on a glove as they walk around the zoo, Clark said.

He also spends time with the red rust lemur and the goldenhanded tamarin by touching, petting and bonding with them.

SEE ZOOKEEPER, E6

Clark weighs the food for the big cats at the Texas Zoo.

Clark carries food to the lion exhibit. The Texas Zoo animal keeper says he grew up fascinated with how the animal brain works and always wanted to care for wildlife.

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E2 — VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Sunday, March 19, 2017

VictoriaAdvocate.com

CLUB AND SUPPORT

PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: J.R. ORTEGA, JRORTEGA@VICAD.COM

SUNDAY

WONDERKIDS CLASSES

Parkway Church, Rooms 203 and 204 ■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive ■ 11 a.m.

■ Designed for children and youth with special needs, ages 2-10 and ages 11-18.

■ Email kristi@parkwayvictoria.org.

■

MAP TO SUCCESS ■ ■ ■ ■

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Faith Family Church, Room 113 ■ 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Contact Mark Longoria at 361-573-2484. ext. 31.

■

MONDAY

FREE INCOME TAX HELP ■ ■ ■ ■

Senior Citizens Center 603 E. Murray St. 8 a.m.

Aarp Tax-Aide Volunteers: available to help low to middle-income workers.

Special attention to 60-year-old and older taxpayers. Bring all tax-related information, Medical insurance papers, photo ID and Social Security cards for all dependents.

CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER

1501 E. Red River St., Suite C-1 ■ 1-4 p.m.

■ The Crisis Pregnancy Center is a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps pregnant women find local resources for prenatal care and also guides them through the adoption process.

■ For more information, call 361-575-6171.

■

GULF COAST VET LIFE COMMUNITY

■ American Legion Post 166 ■ 1402 E. Santa Rosa St. ■ 6:30 p.m.

■ Faith-based veteran and vet-

eran families peer-support program. Meetings are veteran run at not cost to the veteran and their families participating in the program. Strict adherence anonymity, confidentially, no current or former military rank or employment position; no last names, no requirement to talk until one is ready.

■ For more information, go to OperationNotForgotten.com.

Call 361-400-6862 or email vlc.tx.usa@gmail.com.

VICTORIA BOULEVARD LIONS CLUB MEETING ■ ■ ■ ■

Grapevine Cafe 110 Medical Drive 6-7 p.m.

Contact Billye Jo Mathiews, president, at 361-570-7594.

WEIGHT WATCHERS SUPPORT GROUP

YMCA 1806 N. Nimitz St. Meeting starts at 6 p.m.

Registration begins 30 minutes before meeting.

■ Contact Pat Babb at 361-576-4705.

■ ■ ■ ■

DIVORCE CARE FOR ADULTS ■ ■ ■ ■

RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP

Victoria College Emerging Technology Complex ■ 7403 Lone Tree Road ■ 5:30 p.m.

■ $25 ■ Does your resume pass the 10 second glance? This two-hour session will give you the tools needed to transform your current resume (or create a new resume) that will get you noticed. Bring work history and previous resume (on a flash drive if you have one) in order to complete a resume during class. All course materials included.

Cost for the course is $25.

■ Registration can be made online at VictoriaCollege.edu/WCE, by phone at 361-582-2528, or in person at the Workforce and CE office, Suite 309 in VC’s Emerging Technology Complex, Conference and Education Center.

■

PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT PROGRAM INFO SESSION

Victoria College Health Sciences Center, Room 132 ■ 2200 E. Red River St. ■ 6 p.m.

■ Interested in a career as a Physical Therapist Assistant? Victoria College is holding a Physical Therapist Assistant program information session which will include prerequisite changes, curriculum changes, admission requirements, course requirements, estimated tuition and fees and financial assistance. Attendees will receive information about the application process. VC’s Physical Therapist Assistant Program (PTA Program) offers a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree.

Successful completion of the PTA Program will enable graduates to take the National Physical Therapist Assistant licensing examination.

■

BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE SEMINAR ■ ■ ■ ■

Faith Family Church 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane 7-8:30 p.m.

Contact: Dr. Chris Royael at 361-573-2484 or email croyael@myffc.com.

DIVORCE CARE FOR KIDS

Faith Family Church 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane 7-8:30 p.m.

Curriculum is designed for children ages 5 to 12.

■ Contact: Dr. Chris Royael at 361-573-2484 or email croyael@myffc.com.

■ ■ ■ ■

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Parkway Cafe 4802 John Stockbauer Drive 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Group led by Becky Hirschhauser.

■ A place of healing for life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits.

■ Call 361-572-8340.

■ ■ ■ ■

YOUNG-AT-HEART ■ ■ ■ ■

Baptist Temple Church 1804 N. Laurent St. 2-4:30 p.m.

Call 361-573-9157.

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Sky Restaurant 236 Foster Field Drive Noon-1 p.m.

New members are welcome.

Contact Terry Blevins at 361-573-6451 or email terrylynn@suddenlink.net.

KIWANIS CLUB OF VICTORIA MEETING

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS SUPPORT GROUP

Grace Presbyterian Church 3604 N. Ben Jordan St. 10-11 a.m.

OA offers help for those with an eating disorder to overcome that problem through the 12-step program.

■ Call 361-575-4409 or visit oavictoria.org.

■ ■ ■ ■

VICTORIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Victoria County Courthouse 115 N. Bridge St. 10 a.m.

Free Victoria County Commissioners meet every Monday morning to discuss and vote on county business.

TUESDAY

BUSINESS PLANS: ROAD

UHV University North 3007 N. Ben Wilson St. 10 a.m.

No-cost workshop. A business plan increases your chances of business success. Workshop will cover the top 10 reasons for a business plan, the 7 critical pieces of a business plan and learn how to a unique business plan that reflects your plans and strategies.

Register at uhvsbdc.com or call 361-485-4485, toll free at 1-877-895-7232 or email sbdc@uhv.edu.

Victoria Art Guild 905 S. Bridge St. 6:30 p.m.

Learn from HRT Specialists Pharmacist and Nurse Practtioner Steve and Cherise Branch, how low-dose hormone replacement and other preventative strategies can help safely achieve a high quality of life.

VFW MEEETING

Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall ■ 2001 Lova Drive ■ 7:30 p.m.

■ If you are a veteran of a foreign war, join us. $21.50 for a year’s membership if you join in March. Our post has plenty to offer, and we would love to have you join us. Unsure if you qualify?

Bring your DD214 to our meeting, and we will help you with the details. Come at 1900 and join us for a free meal with the Auxiliary.

Bring your spouse!

■

THE VICTORIA WRIGHT-PATTERSON MAHJONGG CLUB ■ ■ ■

1 p.m.

Beginners are welcome.

Call 361-575-1344 for location.

VICTORIA ROTARY CLUB MEETING

Victoria Country Club 14 Spring Creek Road Lunch served at 11:30 a.m.

Meeting at noon There will be a guest speaker as well as a student speaker. Guests and prospective members are welcome.

■ Contact club secretary Linda Caldwell at 361-579-7137.

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

CHRISTIANS AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Church of Christ 286 N. Rail St., Bloomington ■ 7-8 p.m.

■ Twelve-step recovery program for any kind of addiction, including but not limited to drugs and alcohol.

■ Call the church at 361-897-1313.

■ ■

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall ■ 301 N. Glass St. ■ Moody Street entrance ■ 8:30-10 a.m.

■ Call 361-935-1202 or ■

361-550-1203.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Northside Baptist Church Student Center ■ 4100 N. Laurent St., building A ■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Doors open at 6 p.m.

■ A biblical, balanced program that helps us overcome our hurts, hang-ups and habits so that we may become all that God intends us to be.

■ Contact Pastor Dean Meade at 361-578-1568.

■

KNIT HAPPENS

Parkway Church 4802 John Stockbauer Drive 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Knitting and support group for any life challenge.

■ Contact Debra Yencer at 361-582-6384.

■ ■ ■ ■

CELEBRATE RECOVERY-PORT LAVACA Safety Council of the Texas Mid-Coast ■ 3731 State Highway 35 South, Port Lavaca ■ 6:30-8 p.m.

■ Group led by Becky Hirschhauser.

■ A place of healing for life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits.

■ Call 361-572-8340.

■

TAPESTRY, THE PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY

First Presbyterian Church, 2408 N. Navarro St. 10 a.m.

Gathering of friends to knit and crochet prayer shawls to give comfort and support to those in need. One need not know how to knit or crochet; lessons will be given.

■ Contact Mary Ann Oakley at 361-578-4502 or call the church office at 361-575-2441.

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DIVORCE CARE FOR ADULTS ■ ■ ■ ■

Faith Family Church 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane 7 p.m.

Email rachelhernandez06@yahoo.com.

DIVORCE CARE FOR KIDS ■ ■ ■ ■

Faith Family Church 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane 7 p.m.

Email williamsa@uhv.edu.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT GROUP

Call 361-573-4357 for location.

■ 7-8 p.m.

■ For female survivors of family violence who have been affected by physical or emotional abuse, either past or present.

■

VICTORIA WOMEN’S ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GROUP MEETING

Grace Presbyterian Church 3604 N. Ben Jordan St. 5:30 p.m.

Weekly meeting is designed for women and is a nonsmoking group. We follow the 12-steps/12-traditions.

■ Call the AA Hotline, available 24 hours a day, at 866-672-7029 or visit swtadist7aa.org.

■ ■ ■ ■

VICTORIA MEN’S ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GROUP MEETING

Christ the Victor Church 202 Stanly St. 6 p.m.

This weekly meeting is designed for men and is a nonsmoking group. We have open discussion.

■ Call the AA Hotline, available 24 hours a day, at 866-672-7029 or visit swtadist7aa.org.

■ ■ ■ ■

SEXAHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Victoria area meeting Noon Troubled by your sexual thinking and behavior? Sexaholics Anonymous can help. We also have meetings at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays.

■ For locations and questions, call 210-541-1299 or 866-424-8777 or email victoriatexassa@gmail.com.

■ ■ ■

VFW POST 4146 AND AUXILIARY

2001 VFW/Lova Drive Covered dish meal at 7 p.m.; meeting at 8 p.m.

■ Contact Winnie McCarrell at 361-574-8939.

■ ■

AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION-VICTORIA MEETING

Location to be determined.

Visit website to obtain address.

■ 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.

■ Guest speaker ■ AAF-Victoria meets the third Tuesday of each month. The program is open to advertising, marketing and business professionals. Nonmember cost to attend the lunch meeting is $25.

■ Visit aafvictoria.com and click on the “Event Calendar” link.

■

1501 E. Red River St., Suite C-1 ■ 1-4 p.m.

■ The Crisis Pregnancy Center is a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps pregnant women find local resources for prenatal care and also guides them through the adoption process.

■ For more information, call 361-575-6171.

■

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BINGO FUNDRAISER

KC Hall 3610 N. Ben Wilson St. Doors at 6 p.m.

Bingo games at 7:30-10 p.m.

■ $10 – 10-pack of bingo sheets ■ Food and drinks are available. Proceeds benefit various council projects.

■ Call KC Hall at 361-575-9214 or Gary Moses at 361-550-5466.

CLOGGING CLASS

Englein Haus 115 N. Main St., Hallettsville 5-7 p.m.

Clogging class is every Wednesday.

■ Contact Nancy Braus at 361-798-9295.

■ ■ ■ ■

LUNCHEON AND BINGO

First United Methodist Church fellowship hall ■ 601 South Second St., Seadrift ■ 11:30 a.m.

■ $3 – suggested donation ■ All senior citizens, 60 years of age or older and their spouses, are invited to attend the luncheon. 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. ■

CELEBRATE RECOVERYLONE TREE

Parkway Lone Tree 1802 Lone Tree Road 12-1:30 p.m.

Group led by Becky Hirschhauser.

■ A place of healing for life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits.

■ Call 361-572-8340.

■ ■ ■ ■

FINANCIAL PEACE

Drive

361-572-8340.

PINE STREET ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GROUP MEETING

Pine Street Community Center ■ 803 E. Pine St. ■ Noon and 6:30 p.m.

■ This weekly meeting is a nonsmoking group and has open discussion.

■ Call the AA Hotline, available 24 hours a day, at 866-672-7029 or visit swtadist7aa.org.

■

BLIND COURAGE SUPPORT GROUP

Victoria Mall Community Room ■ 7802 N. Navarro St. ■ 9:30-11:30 a.m.

■ Your care provider or family member is welcome to accompany you.

■ Contact Debbie Ross at 361-573-2424 or Donna Munsch at 361-580-1998.

■

THURSDAY

LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING: ‘MYSTIC SAILS, TEXAS TRAILS’

Museum of the Coastal Bend ■ 2200 E. Red River St. ■ 5:30 p.m.

■ The John W. Stormont Lecture Series: Authors Mickey Herskowitz and Bob Davant discuss Captain Grimes, Shanghai Pierce, Range Wars, and Raising Texas.

“Mystic Sails, Texas Trails” is available for purchase in the museum store. Regular museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is pay-what-you-want. For more information, including a calendar of events, visit MuseumOfTheCoastalBend.org.

■

WEIGHT WATCHERS SUPPORT GROUP

YMCA 1806 N. Nimitz St. Meeting starts at 12:15 p.m.

Registration begins 30 minutes before meeting.

■ Contact Pat Babb at 361-576-4705.

■ ■ ■ ■

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

PURPLE HEART GROUP

Faith Family Church, Kids Life Auditorium ■ 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane ■ 6 p.m., dinner; 7 p.m., class ■ Free childcare and dinner are provided.

■ Contact Mark Longoria at 361-573-2484. ext. 31.

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■ ■ ■

VFW Hall 2001 Lova Drive 9:45 a.m.

All wounded warriors from all wars are welcome.

■ For more information, call John Alvarez at 361-576-3481.

WEDNESDAY

CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER

Grace Presbyterian Church 3604 N. Ben Jordan St. 9 a.m., social and refreshments; 9:30 a.m., meeting starts ■ We meet the fourth Thursday of each month.

■ Visit quiltguildvictoria.org or our Facebook page.

■ ■ ■

FRIDAY

FREE INCOME TAX HELP

■ ■ ■ ■

■ Parkway Church ■ 4802 John Stockbauer ■ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

■ Contact Chris at

victoriatexassa@gmail.com.

QUILT GUILD OF VICTORIA

■

SEXAHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Victoria area meeting 6:30 p.m.

Troubled by your sexual thinking and behavior? Sexaholics Anonymous can help. We also have meetings noon Tuesdays.

■ For locations and questions, call 210-541-1299 or 866-424-8777 or email

■ ■ ■ ■

Senior Citizens Center 603 E. Murray St. 8 a.m.

AARP Tax-Aide Volunteers: available to help low to middle-income workers.

Special attention to 60-year-old and older taxpayers. Bring all tax-related information, Medical insurance papers, photo ID and Social Security cards for all dependents.

cardiac arrest recognition, cardiac compressions, first aide, and use of Automated External Defibrillator. Class is designed for non-Healthcare Providers, including school teachers, athletic trainers, baby sitters, day care centers, volunteer responders, industrial and construction safety personnel, and other lay rescuers.

Pre-registration is required.

■ Contact us at 361-582-2412 or HealthCareers@VictoriaCollege.edu. HeartSaver First Aid, CPR and AED - $35, Textbook - $15.

WALK WITH A DOC ■ ■ ■ ■

CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER

1501 E. Red River St., Suite C-1 ■ 1-4 p.m.

■ The Crisis Pregnancy Center is a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps pregnant women find local resources for prenatal care and also guides them through the adoption process.

■ For more information call 361-575-6171.

■

WOMEN RICH IN FAITH MINISTRY

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. Child care provided.

■ Contact Patricia Pruett, a leader, at 361-578-2677.

■

ADULT GAMES NIGHT AND POTLUCK DINNER ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

First Baptist Church 301 N. Glass St. 6:30 p.m.

Public is invited.

Call 361-573-4373.

SATURDAY

HEARTSAVER FIRST AID, CPR, AND AED CLASS

Victoria College Allied Health Building ■ 2200 E. Red River St. ■ 8 a.m.

■ $50 ■ Course includes lecture, discussion and skills practice following the current American Heart Association guidelines for HeartSaver CPR, ■

Citizens HealthPlex 9406 Zac Lentz Parkway 9 a.m.

Every Saturday we will have a physician walking and talking with the public at the Citizens HealthPlex for free. No membership required. The physician will give a short talk about a health-related topic followed by a walk where individual questions are addressed with each attendee.

MEET THE ARTIST ■ ■ ■ ■

Hallet Oak Gallery 115 N. Main St., Hallettsville 9-11 a.m.

Contact Mieko Mahi, founder and executive director, at 361-217-7030.

SQUARE ART CLUB ■ ■ ■ ■

Hallet Oak Gallery 115 N. Main St., Hallettsville 3-4 p.m.

Contact Mieko Mahi, founder and executive director, at 361-217-7030.

VICTORIA AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY SPRING EXHIBIT

Victoria Mall Center Court 7800 N. Navarro St. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Repotting and grooming will be demonstrated at 1 p.m.

■ The show will have a display of plants and information on the hobby. Bring your African violet plants to be repotted for $2 each.

African Violet plants will also be available for sale.

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MARCH 26

WONDERKIDS CLASSES

Parkway Church, Rooms 203 and 204 ■ 4802 John Stockbauer Drive ■ 11 a.m.

■ Designed for children and youth with special needs, ages 2-10 and ages 11-18.

■ Email kristi@parkwayvictoria.org.

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Faith Family Church, Room 113 ■ 2002 E. Mockingbird Lane ■ 9-10 a.m.

■ Contact Mark Longoria at 361-573-2484. ext. 31.

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ARTS

VC to hold auditions for music scholarships April 21-22 FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Victoria College will hold music scholarship auditions April 21 and April 22 at the Victoria College Fine Arts Building.

Friday’s auditions will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday’s auditions will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The auditions will be held both days in Room 110 of VC’s Fine Arts Building.

The auditions will be for band, choir, choraliers, jazz, orchestra and private lessons.

“The music scholarships are available to students who participate in the instrumental and choral

courses at Victoria College,” said Marylynn Fletcher, VC music professor. “Students will perform selections of music for the music faculty members.”

The auditions will determine the music scholarships awarded for 2017-18.

All students must enroll in an ensemble each semester to receive the award. Students can schedule an audition time by calling 361-582-2530 or emailing SandraDrozd@VictoriaCollege.edu.

VC’s Fine Arts Building is located between entrances 6 and 7 at 2200 E. Red River St., in Victoria.

EXHIBIT

Victoria College Emerging Technology Complex to display historic ranching photographs FROM A NEWS BRIEF

Victoria College’s Emerging Technology Complex will exhibit a collection of historic ranching photographs inside the Conference and Education Center beginning with a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Coordinated by the Museum of the Coastal Bend, the exhibit will feature photographs collected for the museum’s 2011 exhibit, “Cattle Boom!”

“The photographs are printed in large format on acoustical panels that were installed to enhance the acoustical experience

at the Emerging Technology Complex’s Conference and Education Center,” said Tempi McLeod, manager of VC’s Emerging Technology Complex. “By viewing the panels, visitors to the center will learn about an important part of the Crossroads’ unique heritage.”

The images are courtesy of the photograph collection at the VC/UHV Library and Mary Sue Koontz Nelson.

The Emerging Technology Complex is located at 7403 Lone Tree Road in Victoria.

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UHV to host education job fairs in Victoria, Katy FROM A NEWS RELEASE

University of Houston-Victoria students, alumni and area community members looking for jobs in teaching and related education fields can meet with representatives of area school districts at two upcoming job fairs.

The job fairs – hosted by UHV Career Services and the School of Education, Health Professions and Human Development – will take place in Victoria and Katy on separate days.

The Victoria job fair will be from 10 a.m. to noon March 22 in the University North Multi-Purpose Room, 3007 N. Ben Wilson St. The Katy job fair will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 20 in the

UHV Katy Campus Multi-Purpose Room, 2002 W. Grand Parkway N., Building 2.

The Multi-Purpose Room is on the third floor.

Both fairs are Varghese free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally and bring copies of their resume.

“The education job fairs are really helpful for our education students graduating in May,” said Sharron Varghese, UHV Career Services coordinator. “Our students may have a few contacts at the district where they are doing

their student teaching, but this allows them to talk with a number of districts – both big and small – all at once.”

Varghese said about 20 school districts have signed up to attend in Victoria. Victoria Independent School District will have a booth along with many school districts in the surrounding areas, such as the Edna, Beeville, Wharton and El Campo districts.

There also will be several school districts present from the Houston area, including those from Katy and Fort Bend.

“We get really good feedback from employers about the quality of our students,” she said. “Employers are impressed with our students and the education pro-

AUTHOR

Upcoming book gets starred review FROM A NEWS RELEASE

“Slipping,” a darkly comic novel about to be published by Dalkey Archive Press at the University of Houston-Victoria, recently received a coveted starred review from a national book review magazine.

Kirkus Reviews gave “Slipping” by John Toomey a Kirkus Star, which it awards to books of exceptional merit. The book will be available March 24.

“Kirkus is used by people in the book business and also serious readers to gauge a book in advance of publication,” said Jake Snyder, Dalkey Archive Press associate director. “A starred review by Kirkus usually means increased sales for the book.”

“Slipping” is about Albert Jackson, a delusional middle-aged school teacher who murders his wife, Valerie. Incarcerated after his crime, Jackson provides a recorded first-person confession to a local novelist, Charlie Vaughan, and asks him to write a novel about the murder.

The story includes witness accounts about the events leading up to the murder and a strange third-person account written by Jackson himself.

The novel starts with Vaughan receiving the confession: “It came via an unsolicited and unmarked parcel. Left under the cover of darkness. Hand-delivered to my doorstep but not to my person. Enclosed: a covering note; the audio recording; and a roughly constructed though typed transcript, telling of a man’s life and of a crime. Not the kind of thing one ought to be greeted with of a morning.”

Kirkus Reviews described the novel as a whodunit where the reader knows the “who” up front

and then learns about the “how” and the “why” of the murder.

“Toomey is aiming to do more Toomey than solve a mystery and achieves a psychologically intriguing, unnerving character study,” the review stated.

Snyder compared “Slipping” to another Dalkey book, “Inquisitory” by Robert Pinget, and said Irish author Toomey’s writing is deceptively simple.

“While he doesn’t embellish with luxurious prose or engage in a lot of experimentation, there are several layers of meaning in John’s work,” Snyder said. “Most of it is what is written in between the lines.”

Toomey said a sentence he typed on the computer was the inspiration for “Slipping.” “It wasn’t that I didn’t love her,” he typed.

“Then I left it alone, but there was enough there to keep bringing me back to it, and during the course of six or eight months, I found I had a body of words, an emerging story, and a character, a voice,” he said.

Toomey was born in 1975 in Dublin, where he now teaches English at Clonkeen College. He is the author of two other novels published by Dalkey. Those are “Sleepwalker, published in 2010 in the U.S., United Kingdom and Ireland, and the 2012 novel “Huddleston Road.”

Toomey said he was delighted that “Slipping” got a Kirkus Star.

“I had more or less discounted any possibility of gaining recognition or praise or affirmation from any credible source,” he said. “So the idea of a

starred Kirkus review was beyond all expectations.”

Jeffrey Di Leo, dean of the UHV School of Arts and Sciences, also was happy to hear the news.

“I am glad that ‘Slipping’ is generating positive buzz,” he said. “When one of the Dalkey authors is successful, it is good for both the press and the university.”

Dalkey is an internationally renowned nonprofit literary organization that moved its publishing operations to UHV in 2015. The press publishes about 60 books a year with an emphasis on translations from more than 50 countries.

Last summer, Dalkey began offering its Applied Literary Translation certificate at UHV. Those who go through the program have their book-length translation published by Dalkey. They also complete 12 credit hours toward a UHV Master of Fine Arts in creative writing or Master of Science in publishing.

“Slipping” will be available in Victoria for $15 at the UHV Center for the Arts, 204 N. Main St., and Dalkey Archive Press, 3402 N. Ben Wilson St. It also may be purchased through the Dalkey website at www.dalkeyarchive.com and other online book sources.

Museum to host ‘Mystic Sails, Texas Trails’ book signing The John W. Stormont Lecture Series continues Thursday at the Museum of the Coastal Bend with a book signing and lecture by Mickey Herskowitz and Bob Davant, authors of “Mystic Sails, Texas Trails.”

The free event will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Herskowitz and Davant will discuss the roles of Captain Richard Grimes and Abel Head “Shanghai” Pierce in Texas history.

Grimes sailed 2,400 miles to bring settlers, troops, gunpowder, whisky and provisions to assist Texas in its quest for freedom from

Mexico. He later built an open range empire in the Republic of Texas and became engaged in a range war with Pierce.

“The Museum of the Coastal Bend is excited to host this event to promote the book about two prominent figures in Texas ranching history,” said Sue Prudhomme, VC’s executive director of cultural affairs.

The Museum of the Coastal bend is located at 2200 E. Red River Street in Victoria.

For more information on the event, call the museum at (361) 582-2511 or visit MuseumOfTheCoastalBend.org.

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A book signing for ‘Mystic Sails, Texas Trails’ will be held Thursday at the Museum of the Coastal Bend.

WORKSHOP Brown Bag Lunch Series continues with ‘Behavioral Communication’ FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Victoria College’s Brown Bag Lunch Series will continue with “Behavioral Communication” at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, in Room 302 of VC’s Emerging Technology Complex.

The 90-minute workshop will cost $25. Guests should bring their own lunches.

The Brown Bag Lunch Series is intended to provide professional development for busy professionals.

“It is vital for employers and employees to understand the different behavioral styles and dynamic personalities in today’s workplace,” said Sherri Pall, VC’s director of workforce and continuing educa-

programs the school offers.

Varghese said it’s smart for education students to attend even if they aren’t graduating this year.

“It’s good to get in front of employers early on,” she said. “It’s important to make those contacts. Even if a student isn’t 100 percent sure they want to go into education, it’s worth talking with employers to hear about the various opportunities.”

Employers still can register for the Victoria job fair by contacting Varghese at vargheses3@uhv.edu or 361-570-4369.

The registration fee is $55. There is limited room at the Katy fair.

Those interested also should contact Varghese.

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grams we offer.”

Representatives from some private and nontraditional schools also will attend. Those include St. Joseph High School in Victoria, YES Prep Schools in Houston and the Texas Teachers Alternative Teachers Certification program, which has offices in Houston, Austin and San Antonio. The job fairs are good places for students majoring in something other than education to get information about alternative teaching certifications, Varghese said.

UHV School of Education, Health Professions and Human Development staff also will be on hand at both job fairs to discuss the undergraduate and graduate

tion. “This workshop will teach techniques that are unique to the diverse behavior styles.”

The Emerging Technology Complex is located at 7403 Lone Tree Road in Victoria.

For more information, contact Mary Pullin at (361) 485-6830 or MaryPullin@VictoriaCollege.edu.

A donation from Victoria residents Billy and Carolyn Whitfield allowed UHV to purchase a golf cart for the UHV security team. Standing with the cart are Mike Sylvester, left, security officer; Travis Gundelach, UH Police Department sergeant; UHV President Vic Morgan; Carolyn; Billy; and Courtney Middleton Sides, UHV senior director of corporate and foundation relations.

UHV security gets donation for golf cart FROM A NEWS RELEASE

The University of Houston-Victoria campus security team has a new golf cart thanks to a donation from a Victoria couple.

Billy and Carolyn Whitfield recently donated $11,000 to the university for the purchase of the golf cart. The cart is being used to patrol the area around the UHV residence halls in Jaguar Village on the Houston Highway.

“We are glad to be able to help the university,” Carolyn said. “We know higher education is a tool that leads to the betterment of our nation, state and city. We want our donation to help create and maintain a safe living and learning environment

for the students.”

The donation is a much-appreciated addition to the UHV security team’s resources, said Travis Gundelach, a UH Police Department sergeant. The university already has a cart used at the main UHV campus on Ben Wilson Street, but it isn’t safe to take the cart across the Houston Highway to the residence halls.

“Security officers at Jaguar Village have had to do their patrols on foot, which can get uncomfortable and tiring during bad weather,” Gundelach said.

“This cart will reduce fatigue and risk of injury as well as improve response times for any incidents that may occur at the

residence halls.”

The golf cart is a model specifically designed for police and security applications, Gundelach said. It has a hard cab with a windshield that flips down and a rear window flap that can be opened with a zipper. The cart also has LED lights on the roof for traffic direction, door panels that fold back and custom UHV decals.

“UHV is grateful for this donation and the interest the Whitfields have shown in the university,” UHV President Vic Morgan said.

“The cart already is benefiting our security team, and it is a comfort to know that our supporters are willing to invest in all areas of the university as it grows into a destination university.

CURRICULUM

UHV adds graduate English as Second Language concentration FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Graduate students in the University of Houston-Victoria School of Education, Health Professions and Human Development soon will be able to pursue a concentration that focuses on teaching English or other languages to non-native speakers.

Students working to earn a Master of Education in curriculum and instruction can choose to pursue a concentration in English as a Second Language/Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. The concentration will start in the fall.

“There is a considerable demand for teachers who are equipped to work with ESL students,” said Liping Wei, a UHV assistant professor of curriculum and instruction. “In the Houston area alone, there is a hugely diverse international presence, and those students need people who can teach them English and other languages. This program is suitable for those who want to teach or administer a program of not only English but also any language as a second language.”

The school developed the concentration in response to a growing need for ESL/TESOL educators in the U.S. and the world, Wei said. The need expands past an increase in the number of young students

who need to learn English.

There also are immigrants, refugees and international businessWei people who want and need to learn English. In addition, the program will teach students strategies for teaching other languages as well.

“With English serving as an international language, tens of thousands of people around the world learn English in order to achieve success in their careers and lives,” Wei said. “There is a considerable demand for qualified teachers of English and those who can take a leadership role in training teachers and administering programs in this high-need area within and outside the U.S.” The concentration, which is part of the 30-hour Master of Education in curriculum and instruction, will be offered completely online.

Of those hours, 12 will be education core courses, 15 will focus on the area of study; and three hours will be a professional research capstone course.

The courses will focus on the skills necessary to teach English language learners and other foreign language students. Students will learn the meth-

ods, techniques, strategies and factors that contribute to an effective multicultural and multilingual learning environment.

Current teachers can pursue this degree to widen their professional opportunities and help their students learn English.

Graduates of the concentration can pursue positions as ESL instructors, curriculum developers, instructional specialists, program coordinators, administrators and professors in a variety of settings. These include K-12 schools, school districts, regional service centers, intensive English language programs, adult basic education programs, government or military schools, private international language schools, community-based language programs for immigrants and refugees, corporate training and consulting, and community colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad.

“The ESL/TESOL concentration will be an excellent addition to the School of Education, Health Professions and Human Development’s offerings,” said Fred Litton, dean of the school. “It is the school’s goal to meet the needs of the teachers, students and communities we serve, and this concentration will prepare the teachers to address the rising number of students who need these services.”

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Enjoy each moment while you can

I am unashamed to say that I live for the weekends, and I especially love Saturday mornings. This past Saturday, I awoke to cool temJOHANNA peratures, with a bright SMELLY shining sun.

SOCKS I shrouded myself in my favorite soft, enormous, pink, polka-dotted robe. I need to clarify that this is not one of those cute robes with a belt that allows you to have a waist or show a sliver of skin. This is one of those non-fitted, zip-front models that just scream ultimate mom comfort.

I sat in my overstuffed chair with my legs tucked under me, sipping my Victoria Roasters Breakfast Blend with my eyes closed in complete contentment soaking in the peace and quiet. In that moment, all is right with the world, and as cliche as it sounds, life is good. This one sacred Saturday morning I was alone.

Completely and utterly alone. I took a deep breath and savored my laziness without guilt or judgement.

John and my youngest son, 13-year-old Jamison,

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were off camping and roughing it with his Boy Scouts troop, and my oldest son, 16-year-old Austin, had roped Mimi and Popsy into taking him car shopping. Austin is wise and realizes that when it comes to cars it doesn’t take much arm twisting to get Popsy on-board.

So, for this moment, it is just me, the dogs and the ranch kitties who look like they have the same idea I do as they are sprawled out on the back porch.

Don’t get me wrong, I like activity and going as much or more than anyone does.

During the week, I am always the first person up. I brew the coffee, pack the lunches, make the breakfasts, drive the boys to school, pick them up and chauffeur them around to their activities. John rolls out of bed and into the shower as the boys gently ease their way to breakfast. But I don’t get ease at all my feet hit the ground running at 5:30, and they usually don’t stop until late at night as I wash the boy’s athletic clothes for the next day, do the dishes, lock the doors, and turn off the lights. I am the last to go to bed and the first to rise.

I absolutely love being a mother and I take my job very seriously, but when a

Saturday like this comes along, I savor every last drop out of it. It is not very often that I can have my hair up in an un-brushed topknot, warm in my huge robe, with my fuzzy house shoes on.

As you would expect, that moment was fleeting.

I heard the roar of a large truck hit our cattle guard as the familiar flash of white, blue, and red streaked by my window.

The squealing breaks of a Fed Ex truck alerted the dogs that they, at last, had some excitement and proceeded with their job of barking their heads off and running playful circles around the truck and driver. The doorbell rang and I was caught. I was in an emotional battle, torn between ignoring the doorbell, hiding in my bedroom, and hoping the driver just leaves the package on the porch bench. But I am on an island caught in the den which is slightly visible from our front door if you cared to look. So, what would a rational, intelligent, grown woman would do? I decided that no one could handle seeing me in this state. I quite nimbly slithered down the chair in a melting motion to my knees. I then threw myself flat on the ground. Right then I

FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR PET

Avoid giving your pet table scraps, bones, leftovers in the same condiMany owners treat tion they were swaltheir pets by feeding lowed. These fragthem table scraps, ments can scrape bones or leftovers. the colon and/or Not only can human anus on the way out food be toxic to our causing constipation pets, but feeding and gastrointestinal bones can cause seSHANA bleeding. rious health problems.

FOR THE LOVE Setting aside all the Some problems OF YOUR PET mechanical damage that bones can do to that arise from feeda dog, think about the nuing bones can start from tritional aspect. The small the beginning of the gasamount of meat (usually trointestinal tract. Mouth majority fat) left on a bone and tongue injuries are is not enough to provide a very common. We will see patients who have severely good amount of nutrients for your pet. But, it can be cut the sides of their mouths or their tongues so just enough to cause stomach upset, pancreatitis, badly that they are unable and/or hemorrhagic gasto eat their regular food. troenteritis (bleeding from Sometimes a fragment of the intestinal tract caused the bone can lodge in just the right place causing the from inflammation). Sometimes these can easily be dog to be unable to close his/her mouth all the way. corrected with antibiotics It is sometimes not obvious and medication to sooth and coat the intestinal linto the owner, and the dog ing. Other times, these can have this foreign obproblems can become exject stuck there for weeks or months, eventually treme where severe dehycausing infection with dration sets in and hospidamage to the teeth and talization with intravenous gum line that can be irfluids as a necessity.

If you would like to treat reparable. The bone can be harder than the dog’s teeth your pet and help clean their teeth, there are a lot and actually cause the of good products on the tooth to chip or fracture.

This is just as painful for market. Many major dog your dog as it would be for food companies make bone you if you had a tooth type treats specifically for crack. this purpose. They make chews that are the right Fragments can also get density, with the correct stuck in the esophagus, shape and impressions for windpipe, stomach and inthe most optimal teeth testines. Just like in the mouth, these fragments cleaning. You can also use can cause major laceradehydrated sweet potato, tions and even punctures turkey breast, chicken to the intestinal wall. Dam- breast or bananas as a chewy that will preoccupy age to the esophagus and windpipe can cause trouble your dog without causing major incident. eating, breathing, a hacking cough, etc. If irritation is the cause of the cough, a Dr. Shana Bohac is a simple cough suppressant veterinarian at Lone and antibiotics can help.

Star Animal Hospital in Other times surgery is the Victoria. She works on both small animals and only option to remove the equine patients. Submit bones from the gastroinquestions to drshanabotestinal tract. hac@hotmail.com also Finally, bones are not digested easily, therefore visit lonestaranimalthey usually pass through hospital.com.

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CLASS

VC offering Microsoft Word workshop FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Victoria College will host a Microsoft Word Level 1 workshop from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 21 in Room 305 at VC’s Emerging Technology Complex.

The cost for the class is $45.

“This introductory course in Microsoft Word is beneficial to anyone looking to be able to create professional-looking documents,”

said VC Workforce and Continuing Education Program Specialist Mary Pullin. “Students will learn to create, navigate and organize documents.”

The Emerging Technology Complex is located at 7403 Lone Tree Road in Victoria.

To register for the course and get more information, call Pullin at 361-485-6830 or email her at Mary.Pullin@VictoriaCollege.edu.

silently praised all of the shoot ’em and survivor movies that the boys forced me to watch over the years. Then I performed the most impressive belly crawl on my elbows clad in my polka dot robe and fuzzy slippers, until I was out of sight. I then threw on some jeans, and a T-shirt, and rushed to the front door. I caught sight of the truck heading back down our road with a cloud of caliche dust trailing behind, as I watched breathlessly. I caught a look at myself in the nearby mirror and I saw that my hair was still twisted in a lazy clip and my fuzzy slippers still adorned my feet.

The bliss was gone and my adrenaline was officially pumping just as I heard John’s truck shifted into park. The camping trip was over and so was my moment of bliss. I walked out to hug Jamison and John, but their smell made my stomach turn. Jamison resembled Pig-Pen from the Peanuts comic strip with dirt smudges on his face, spotted glasses, and unidentifiable stains on every piece of clothing he took and wore. John appeared haggard and kept rubbing his neck and back as sleeping in a tent made him realize that he is deep

in the throes of mature adulthood. Wide-eyed and holding my breath, I lightly tapped their shoulders and directed them both to the showers. They each had their own moment of bliss as they were enjoying hot water, shampoo, soap, and clean towels. I began the unpleasant task of unloading their bags. I doused their clothes in stain fighter and washed more “heavy duty” loads than I could count.

Jamison comes out of the bathroom with dripping wet hair, “Um, what’s to eat? I am super hungry.” I took a deep breath and smiled. “Yep,” I thought to myself, “I take this mom job seriously.”

As I headed to the kitchen to make the requested macaroni and cheese I let out a little giggle at my sudden realization, “My moment of bliss was fun while it lasted. But this is my reality and I love every minute it.”

Johanna is a proud seventh generation Texan. She lives on her family's South Texas ranch with her husband and two lively boys.

Email Johanna Bloom at smellysocks@vicad.com or visit her blog at morethansmellysocks.com.

BIRTHS March 7, 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Cody Cobb, of Port Lavaca, a son, 7 pounds, 1 ounces, at 9:26 a.m. March 7, 2017 ■ Jessica Ramos and Michael Carr, a daughter, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, at 1:08 p.m.

■ Candice Canion and John Leal, of Port Lavaca, a daughter, 6 pounds, 4 ounces, at 1:21 p.m.

March 7, 2017 ■ Aubrena Barnes and Pyree Harper, of Hallettsville, a son, 5 pounds, 6 ounces, at 12:41 a.m. March 8, 2017 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo and DeTar Hospital Michelle J. Bonez, a son, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, at ■ Lauren Stridde and Roy 7:532 a.m. March 8, 2017 Kowis, a son, 6 pounds, ■ Jennifer and Danny Bal9 ounces, at 12:39 p.m. lard, a son, 8 pounds, 9 March 3, 2017 ounces, at 2:58 p.m.

■ Emily Gonzalez and March 8, 2017 Matthew Garcia, of Goli■ Josh and Hannah Smith, ad, a son, 9 pounds, 5 of Shiner, a daughter, 7 ounces, at 9:12 a.m. pounds, 8 ounces, at March 4, 2017 4:31 p.m. March 8, 2017 ■ Sheena Ruddick and ■ Julia and Brian Babcock, Ramiro Baladez Jr., a a son, 6 pounds, 7 son, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, at 5:20 p.m. ounces, at 9:29 a.m.

March 8, 2017 March 5, 2017 ■ Hilary Ramos and Andrew ■ Britney Vogel and Hayden Hebert, of Beeville, a Crenshaw, of Hallettsville, daughter, 4 pounds, 5 a daughter, 6 pounds, 3 ounces, at 9:58 a.m. ounces, at 5 p.m. March March 9, 2017 5, 2017 ■ Troy and Mindy White, a ■ Sarah Barkley and Nathan son, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, Perez, of Kenedy, a son, at 12:05 p.m. March 9, 9 pounds, 6 ounces, at 2017 8:53 p.m. March 5, 2017 ■ Mr. and Mrs. John Limon, ■ Aimee Anderson and Jose Contreras, a daughter, 7 of Seadrift, a daughter, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, at pounds, 9 ounces, at 1:40 p.m. March 9, 2017 1:24 a.m. March 6, 2017 ■ Amanda Dominguez and ■ Mr. and Mrs. Brent and Ryan Guzman, a daughLindsey Strickland, of Edter, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, na, a daughter, 6 pounds, at 2:44 p.m. March 9, 13 ounces, at 12:57 p.m.

2017 March 6, 2017 ■ Sadie Anzaldua and Ter■ Pricilla Moreno and Carrick Durham, of Bloomlos Martinez, a daughter, ington, a son, 7 pounds, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, at 11 ounces, at 9:22 a.m.

9:27 p.m. March 6, 2017 March 11, 2017 ■ Bridget Graham and ■ Brandon and Katherine Justin Rich, of Jones Chavez, of Goliad, a son, Creek, a son, 6 pounds, 6 7 pounds, 1 ounces, at ounces, at 6:02 a.m.

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 361-580-6524.

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.

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12:08 p.m. March 11, 2017 ■ Bianca Mendez and Damon Conchola, a daughter, 7 pounds, 3 ounces, at 2:31 p.m. March 12, 2017 ■ Mr. and Mrs. David Artiaga, a daughter, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, at 5:57 p.m.

March 12, 2017 ■ Jazmun Gonzales and Ramon Cavazos, a son, 7 pounds, 15 ounces, at 7:49 p.m. March 13, 2017 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Natho Jr., of Cuero, a son, 6 pounds, 4 ounces, at 9:24 p.m. March 13, 2017 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Akinbami Akinyombo, of El Campo, a daughter, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, at 12:06 a.m.

March 14, 2017 ■ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin John, a son, 9 pounds, 7 ounces, at 2:15 p.m.

March 14, 2017

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Dylan Rhodehamel and Amanda Villarreal, a son, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, at 3:47 p.m. Feb. 26, 2017 ■ Daniel Harvell Jr. and Michelle Homan, twins: a son, 4 pounds, 15 ounces, at 10:39 a.m.; a daughter, 6 pounds, 5 ounces, at 10:40 a.m.

March 10, 2017 ■ Alec and Brittany Rodriguez, a son, 8 pounds, 14 ounces, at 10:56 a.m.

March 10, 2017 ■ Troy and Lindsey Koenig, a daughter, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, at 2:07 p.m.

March 13, 2017 ■ Chris and Carly Waters, a son, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, at 6:41 p.m.

March 13, 2017 ■ Jordan and Kathryn Quinn, a daughter, 6 pounds, 5 ounces, at 5:25 p.m. March 15, 2017 ■

MARRIAGES Victoria County Jesse Luke Rodriguez to Isabel Garcia Perez ■ Diana Rodriguez Villegas to Angel Nicole Martinez ■ Rico Louis Perry to Kaitlyn Danielle Anzualda ■ Eric Thomas Hoffman to Cassie Marie Lane ■ Brandon Shane Henson to Ashley Christine Trafton ■ Jose Gabriel Rodriguez to Jill Ann Miller ■ Taylor Clinton Quinney to Ashlynn Sheree Sievers ■ Zachary Taylor Cornwell to M. Taylor Blackman ■ Gabriel Ramirez to Serbrina Nicole Cano ■ Sandro Alarcon Rangel to Franchesa Moria Lopez ■ Joe Garcia to Rosa Lynn Paez ■ Felix Baladez to Ashley Marie Weber ■ Brian L. Guseman to Sarah Ann Guseman ■ Elmo Cano Jr. to Michelle Lynn Garza ■

WORKFORCE

VC offering resume writing workshop FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Victoria College will hold a resume writing workshop from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in Room 307 of VC’s Emerging Technology Complex.

The cost for the workshop, which is open to the public, is $25.

“This workshop offers students hands-on, one-on-one assistance,” said Mary Pullin, VC workforce and continuing education program coordinator. “By the end of the session, each student should have a resume completed.”

Students should bring a previous resume with work history on a flash drive.

The Emerging Technology Complex is located at 7403 Lone Tree Road in Victoria.

For more information, contact Pullin at 361-485-6830 or Mary.Pullin@VictoriaCollege.edu.

COURSES

PTA Info Night at VC scheduled for March 21 FROM A NEWS RELEASE

Victoria College will hold a Physical Therapist Assistant Information Night from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in Room 132 of VC’s Health Sciences Center.

The free session will provide information on the application process, prerequisite changes, curriculum changes, admission requirements, course requirements, estimated tuition and financial assistance.

“This event is always beneficial for those interested in a career in the physical therapy profession,” said Laura Crandall, director of VC’s Physical Therapy Assistant Program.

VC’s Health Sciences Center is located at 2200 E. Red River Street in Victoria.

For more information, contact call PTA Administrative Assistant Frances Vasquez at 361-572-6497 or email her at Frances.Vasquez@VictoriaCollege.edu.

MUSIC

Country star Frankie Ballard returns to Texas San Angelo Standard-Times, Texas (TNS)

There’s a restless spirit in Frankie Ballard’s voice as he sings, “I’m getting tired of this white bread town/Same ol’ people just hanging around/walking in circles nowhere bound,” in “El Camino,” the centerpiece of his latest hit album, “El Rio.” Ballard, 34, says the song reflects the feeling he had when he decided to shake things up and record the album in Texas, far from “the distractions of Nashville,” which he now calls home.

“I’ve recorded a lot in Nashville and I get distracted easily,” said Ballard, who recorded “El Rio” at Sonic

Ranch Studios in Tornillo, a small border town in El Paso County. “I wanted to get away and focus.

“A picture popped into my head through ‘El Rio.’ It sounds like a guy wandering the desert who goes into a small Texas town and ends up in a relationship and they have a baby.”

The album Ballard gave birth to has been hailed as one of the best country albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone and several other national publications. “El Rio” is Ballard’s third album and peaked at No. 9 on Billboard’s Country Music chart.

Ballard will return to Texas to perform at Brewster Street Ice House in Cor-

pus Christi on Thursday and Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth on Friday.

Ballard, who was born and raised in Battle Creek, a small town in southwest Michigan, cut his teeth listening to artists including Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Bob Seger. The influences are evident in his music, but Ballard has forged his own distinct sound that incorporates traditional country and rock ’n’ roll.

“I have a deep and abiding respect for old, traditional country,” said Ballard, who bears a striking resemblance to legendary movie actor James Dean. “But I have my own recipe for

rhythm and blues, old country and blues influences, and when they come together it’s American rock ’n’ roll.”

Ballard’s current single from the album is a finger-snapping, amped up cover of Seger’s “You’ll Accomp’ny Me.” Ballard dedicated the love song to his longtime girlfriend Christina Murphy, whom he married March 12. The couple wed at Star Hill Ranch in Bee Cave. The wedding is a brief respite for Ballard, who has been touring nonstop for the past 10 years. He started off playing birthdays and graduation parties before eventually opening for such stars as Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift and Seger.

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HOROSCOPE HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2017 This year you open up to new opportunities that often come through your professional or community commitments. If you remain diligent, you will gain in stature. Your personal life becomes even more exciting come fall.

If you are single, you could fall JACQUELINE madly in love.

Know that this experience is likely BIGAR’S STARS to occur when you least expect it to.

If you are attached, never lose sight of the importance of your significant other. Plan a vacation and/or head in a new direction together. Sagittarius has a very special quality, but you become tense around him or her.

BIGAR

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)

««««Only your mental outlook

could mar this close-to-perfect day.

Don’t allow yourself to overthink a problem; instead, welcome a new approach. Let go of hassles, and be grateful for what feels great right now. Your actions could delight a loved one. Tonight: Be spontaneous.

This Week: You get an extra push of energy.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)

««««You might be overly focused on one individual, to the point of being possessive. Ask yourself what draws you to this person.

Make choices that build your sense of well-being. You will move from a sense of insecurity to greater comfort. Tonight: Surprises mix with insight!

This Week: No one will doubt your commitment and strength.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

««««You might feel as if you are somewhat responsible for someone else’s mood, as he or she becomes more difficult the longer he or she is in your presence. Consider moving to a mellower environment for now. You know how to find out what is wrong. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

This Week: Be willing to have some long talks, even if they sometimes bore you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

««««You could be more in touch with your feelings than many others seem to be. Honor your boundaries, but don’t become withholding with your immediate circle.

An older relative or friend surprises you with an invitation or a token of affection. Tonight: Reflect on your desires.

This Week: Let others take charge.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

««««Your inner child is often close to the surface. Today is an excellent example of how playful you can be. Be reasonable about what you take on, and remember your true age. Nevertheless, you’ll delight a loved one to no end. Tonight: Greet a surprise with a big smile.

YEARS AGO 1917 March 21 – All arrangements have been made to hold the chautauqua on the lot at the corner of Common and Liberty Streets, opposite the Zirjacks blacksmith shop. The lot is owned by the Presbyterian congregation, which bought it some time ago for a church site. The Friar Revival was held on this lot.

March 23 – A convict guard who was conveying three convicts to Sugarland on yesterday afternoon’s passenger train from Houston shot one of the convicts in the leg while the convict was in the act of jumping off the train. Several Victorians who were on the train state that the shooting created intense excitement among the passengers.

1942 March 19 – To Eusebio Casillas, 709 South Bridge Street, goes the honor of being the first Victorian to have his serial number withdrawn from the famed goldfish bowl in the nation’s third draft lottery of World War II. March 20 – Frank Guittard, well-known Victoria attorney, will be one of 10 selected officials from throughout Texas to attend a special Civilian Defense School to be held at College Station, starting March 23. The school, which is being held on the campus of Texas A&M College, is sponsored by the War Department.

March 24 – Typical of the splendid spirit in which Victorians are entering into civilian defense work was the meeting here Monday night to organize an air raid warden setup. Over 75 interested persons attended the meeting in the district court room of the Court House and called by Chief Air Raid Warden E.L. Atzenhoffer.

March 25 – A Victoria County deputy sheriff, who usually patrols county roads by himself, had a companion for a brief period Friday morning. The companion didn’t say much and only grinned when the officer, Tommy Rakowitz, tried to make conversation. And he even went to the scene of a theft investigation with Rakowitz but suddenly got cold feet and decided to stay in the car. The pair finally parted company at Victoria’s Children’s

This Week: Tear into work Monday with an eye to accomplishing the impossible!

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)

«««Don’t be surprised that tension mounts. You might not be sure which way to go with a certain issue. Hang close to home, or at least be near the person with whom you need to resolve this problem. A surprising event could lead to an intense discussion. Tonight: Do not back off.

This Week: You might have difficulty recovering from the weekend.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)

««««A friend or loved one might appreciate your bond more if you made an effort to reach out more. A neighbor also might seek you out, as he or she has some news to share. Be sure to sort fact from gossip when speaking with this person. Tonight: Choose a favorite pastime.

This Week: Defer to a loved one if you can.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

««««Be more aware of the costs of continuing as you have been. You seem bent on diversion and might be careless with your budget. Stop and consider how you will feel tomorrow. Your instincts help you to make a strong decision.

Tonight: Change gears only if you want to.

This Week: Ask for what you want.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

«««««You could be touched by how a friend comes through for you. This person is nothing but lucky for you. Think back on your many experiences with him or her, and you’ll see that this is true. A child demands some time; make it your pleasure. Tonight: Go with the flow.

This Week: Sort out a financial matter ASAP.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

«««You are likely to become more in touch with your inner voice than you have been in a long time.

Try to give up judgments for now, and gently attempt to change or break a pattern. A family member will help you sort through your different thoughts. Tonight: Not to be found.

This Week: You hit your power days Monday and Tuesday.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

DEAR ABBY

Dispatcher hopes to clear emergency lines Dear Abby: I’m a 911 dispatcher and I am shocked by the abuse of the 911 system. We are here to help in times of emergency, but our DEAR lines are continuousJEANNE ly tied up PHILLIPS by people who don’t have one. please help by passing along this plea to your readers: 1. Please don’t call to ask for phone numbers; we are not Information.

2. If you are on a speakerphone or shouting, We can’t hear you clearly! We know you are upset, but we can’t help if we can’t understand where you are or what type of assistance you need.

3. Do not assume that our computers can pick up your location. We can get an idea of where you are, but there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

ABBY

4. Every question we ask is important. You may not think so, but we wouldn’t ask if the information was not vital.

5. And please, don’t call us asking for directions or the time!

A dispatcher’s job is to keep our responders and the public safe. When our lines are tied up by people who abuse the system, we are unable to help those in dire need of our help. We spend our days dealing with high-stress situations, and we do our best to guarantee a safe outcome for everyone involved. Please respect the 911 emergency system and call only for true emergencies.

911 dispatcher

Dear 911 dispatcher: I’m printing your letter because it boggles my mind that anyone would be so stupid or inconsiderate as to deliberately call the emergency phone number asking for directions or the time. It is my understanding that some of the 911 systems are an-

tiquated, and too many calls can tie them up, leaving someone with a real emergency unable to get through. In times like that, minutes can be critical. Perhaps the problem would be solved if callers who did not have a true emergency were fined for doing so – since I’m sure you have the number from which the call was placed.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been together for 10 years and have four children. Two years ago, we went through a rough patch and separated. After working through our problems, we moved back in together recently.

Over the last few months, I have noticed that I become depressed whenever he’s around.

It’s nothing he does.

He’s nice and has improved himself over the last two years, but I miss living without him.

I wish we would get a divorce so I could go back to living with just

Dear Second thoughts: It appears that although you and your husband worked through your problems enough to move back together, there’s still more work to be done to repair your relationship.

Be careful what you wish for. Whether your attraction to him has simply grown stale or you have fallen completely out of love with him, I can’t guess. But with four children in the picture, I hope you will schedule some sessions with a licensed marriage counselor before making any final decisions about making that wish of yours come true.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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«««««You feel closer to a friend at a distance than you have in a while. Make plans to get together in the near future. Just planning the get-together changes your mental frame of mind. You suddenly might want to change your plans altogether. Tonight: In the limelight.

This Week: Do some deep thinking before you act.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

««««You might want to cocoon at home, but an immediate responsibility demands your attention.

Know that you will feel better once you are in the midst of carrying out this particular task. You’ll gain insight into a person who has always confused you. Tonight: Till the wee hours.

This Week: Don’t lose sight of your goals.

Zoo in City Park. Rakowitz figured the monkey had escaped from the zoo when he spotted it in the southern part of the city shortly before 7 a.m. He said he got out of his car and called for it to come to him. But instead, the monkey went behind him, spotted an open door and climbed in.

1967 March 19 – Federal customs agents climaxing 13 months of surveillance, seized 18 ounces of heroin carrying an estimated dope market value of “half a million dollars” late Friday night after apprehending four men at separate points here.

March 22 – City Manager John Lee said the city is “continuing to study the problem” of solving the emergency ambulance situation brought about by the dropping of ambulance service by one funeral home and the announcement by another funeral home operator, Joe Duckett, that he would like to get out as soon as possible. Lee said “the city is reluctantly ready to take on the service” should the funeral homes get completely out of the picture.

1992 March 20 – At least two council members said Thursday they are concerned about plans calling for the city of Victoria to become a landfill operator for the seven-county region.

“The more garbage we bring into this landfill, the less land we have left for Victoria,” Councilman David Dinkins said. “Once we fill this landfill up, then what are we going to do?”

He said more than likely, Victoria would be forced to haul its garbage to landfills miles away.

Dinkins said that could become expensive.

Mayor Pro Tem Gary Breech said if the city’s landfill is to become a regional dump, then maybe the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission should be responsible for running it.

Breech explained the liability is having to keep up with the increasingly expensive and complex Environmental Protection Agency regulations. They force landfill operators to deal with such things as monitoring groundwater for contamination and lining garbage dumps to prevent leaks.

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Do I feel this way because of low self-esteem, or is it something else?

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ZOOKEEPER: Learning more about animals highlights job, employee says CONTINUED FROM E1 The first thing Clark does when he gets to the zoo is survey all the animals. He visually inspects the animals for any injuries they might have suffered during the night.

“I pick up my keys and my radio,” he said. “I always need a radio because we are at a zoo with dangerous animals.”

After checking on all the animals, Clark inspects the exhibits to make sure they are not damaged.

“A long time ago, a tree landed on an exhibit,” he said. “No harm came to the animals because they were inside a concrete building.”

Next on Clark’s list is the morning cleaning. He gives all of the animals clean drinking water and cleans out the pond in the tiger exhibit.

He is the animal keeper in charge of the wild cats.

Shifting the cats from its bedding area to the exhibits requires two people for safety.

“We want to have two sets of eyes and hands on each lock,” he said.

The animals’ diets are prepared a day in advance.

Each animal has a specific amount of food in their meals, which are closely monitored and recorded.

Many of the animals have a night house, and each wild cat has their own quarters.

They are cleaned every day with sanitizer, water and a scrubbing brush.

“It is also where they eat, so we try to get it super clean,” he said.

Clark also answers questions from zoo guests throughout the day.

In the evening, the animals that need to be shifted back inside are moved.

The most rewarding part of Clark’s job is what he has learned, he said.

“Interacting and seeing how all of these animals operate intrigues me,” he said. “I interact with the primates differently than I would an alligator.”

As an animal keeper, Clark said he is able to form relationships with a variety of creatures.

“It’s the best part,” he said. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s a lot of fun.”

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Kash Clark, 24, bonds with the Bengal tiger named Krista.

Clark walks to the tiger night house.

LEFT: Food is weighed and recorded for every animal at the Texas Zoo. Each gets a unique diet customized to their species’ specific nutritional needs.

Clark scrubs the wall of the lion night house.

ARTS

Poets to bring love of language, inspiration to community FROM A NEWS RELEASE

A spoken word artist and a returning American Book Review author will bring their passion for expression through poetry to Victoria as part of the University of Houston-Victoria Downtown Arts Series.

E. Ethelbert Miller and Tere Fowler-Chapman will read some of their poetry to the community at 7 p.m.

March 25 at the UHV Center for the Arts, 204 N. Main St. After the reading, there will be a question-and-answer session. The event is free and open to the public.

Miller first came to UHV in 2011 as part of the UHV/ABR Reading Series.

At that time, the Washington, D.C.-based writer and poet shared some of his love poems and spoke about how they related to issues of the day. This

time, he plans to address topics that have been in the news the past few months.

“I use my work as a way to have and inspire dialogue,” Miller said. “I want to get people to think, even if we disagree. If I can get people talking, then I think I’ve done my job.”

He started his writing career in college in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.

For Miller, writing was a way to express what he was seeing and how it impacted himself and others.

“There was a lot happening, including some major political issues, that became my baptism into writing and activism,” he said. “I started by reflecting on what was going on around me, and that gave me a better appreciation for the world and what it

means to be a writer.”

Today, Miller writes about what he sees as America faces a difMiller ferent struggle: what does it mean to be American? He sees the division in the country demonstrated by protests and knows many people in the country are no longer communicating.

“E. Ethelbert Miller’s work has a beautiful focus on the importance of connections and relationships, especially in context of the world we occupy,” said Jeffrey Di Leo, ABR editor and publisher, and dean of the UHV School of Arts & Sciences. “I am excited to see him return to Victoria, and I encourage everyone to come hear him share his

work and perspective.”

Miller hopes attendees will be inspired to return to his work Chapman and take the time to meditate on the message he shares.

“If someone wants to appreciate a poem, it’s best to read it more than once,” Miller said. “Take it in slowly, and let that deep listening create an understanding and build bridges between communities.”

For Tere Fowler-Chapman, a spoken word artist and creative writing teacher at East Pointe High School in Tucson, her writing stems from a desire to tell her own story.

Her creative perspective blossomed early in life, and she learned that she ex-

presses herself best through writing.

“It’s important for me to share my own story because I’m the only one who can,” Fowler-Chapman said. “I try to make myself available to listen to the journey of life and be open to wherever it goes.”

Her poetry often stems from personal observations or experiences, which then are recreated through the lens of poetry. Over time, that writing developed into sharing her poetry through word spoken performances.

“I try to give a voice to the voiceless, especially with things not typically spoken about,” Fowler-Chapman said. “I want to show how people can relate to different aspects of society, particularly things outside their comfort zones.”

It was during a spoken word performance in Tuc-

son that Fowler-Chapman met Charles Alexander and Cynthia Miller, co-founders of the UHV Downtown Arts Series.

“Tere Fowler-Chapman seems to live poetry, seeing and breathing it everywhere, in our streets, our culture, our environment,” Alexander said. “It bubbles up in her performances that give you something you’ve never heard before, yet lives in rhythms that seem to have always been there. She expresses deep care for this often difficult, always demanding human universe.”

During her presentation, Fowler-Chapman hopes attendees simply will enjoy themselves.

“I want people to take away a moment that touches them,” she said. “I want them to hear a multidimensional story, think about the world we live in and share some laughter.”

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Create a spring wreath for your front door In November and December, fall and Christmas wreaths adorn many front doors. However, the rest of the year, the door often lacks attention. If you’d like to welcome spring as the winter fades away, there’s no better way to brighten your home KATHRYN than adding spring wreath to your front LIVING SPACE door. So, give your entry a burst of life with a friendly wreath that welcomes spring and your guests.

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Red with yellow bi-color freesia are shown growing at Victoria Educational Gardens during last year’s blooming season. Notice the sword-shaped leaves along with several different stages of opening buds on stems surrounding the fully open bell-shaped flowers.

Sweet scent of freesia Plant emerges with new growth in spring

BY VICTORIA COUNTY MASTER GARDENER SUZANNE LABRECQUE

Edited by Victoria County Master Gardener Charla Borchers Leon

Every fall, Grace Margaret gave several bulbs to her friends to plant. The first time she gave me freesia bulbs, she had to demonstrate how to plant them. Actually, at that time, I’d never heard of freesia flowers, so it was time to learn.

Freesias are native to South Africa and are named for German physician and botanist Friedrich Heinrich Theodore Freese. They are herbaceous perennials with succulent green stems that die back in the winter but emerge with new growth in the spring.

Freesias have very distinct characteristics in scent, color and appearance.

■ Sweetness Freesias are considered one of the most sweetly scented of all flowers. Freesias have long lasting, bell-shaped blooms and a delightful, fresh floral scent that make

them perfect for flower arrangements and bridal bouquets. Gifts of cut freesia flowers symbolize innocence, sweetness and friendship.

■ Myriad of colors Freesia flowers come in GARDENERS’ a myriad of colors – blue, white, lavender, mauve, VICTORIA orange, pink, purple, red COUNTY and bi-colors. The most MASTER popular colors are blue, GARDENER pink and white while the ASSOCIATION pink and red varieties are the most highly scented.

■ Leaf and bloom appearance Freesia plants grow from small, solid bulbs or corms that send up a cluster of long narrow leaves with a slightly branched stem. Freesia leaves are light green and sword-shaped and may grow to twelve inches in height.

The freesia flowers are zygomorphic, which means the flowers grow along one side of the stem in a single plane. When

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FRAGRANT FREESIA FACTS ■ PLANT:

Has one of most sweetly scented flowers ■ FLOWERS: Scented, long-lasting blooms for arrangements/bouquets ■ FLORAL GIFTS: Symbolize innocence, sweetness and friendship ■ PERFUME: Light, sweet, soap-like floral scent ■ SCENTED USES: In soaps, lotions, oils, oil burners, to refresh potpourri

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VICTORIA COUNTY MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION SPRING PLANT SALE ■ Featuring Texas Superstar plants ■ Saturday, April 8 ■ Look for more info in next week’s

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Wreaths have shown up in history and in important works of art, in plaster adornments in European buildings and in beautiful upholstery fabrics.

Wreaths symbolize unity, the circle of life and the seasons, and the continued growth of nature. When you think about it, a spring wreath is the perfect way to announce the coming renewal and reawakening of the natural world.

Wreaths are also a common springtime sight in cities like San Antonio, where spring wreaths filled with colorful flowers in bright, bold colors and long, flowing ribbons adorn many of the homes there to commemorate the spring fiesta season.

Pick-me-up Look for wreaths that complement your home’s style. If you have a more formal style home, opt for a wreath that is more reserved, like a simple ring of solid-colored flowers with a satin bow. Think, too, about the size of the wreath and the size of your door. Try to match the scale of your wreath to your door. A small wreath on a large door will tend to get lost, just as an oversized wreath will overwhelm a smaller door. If you have double doors, hang a wreath on both so they look balanced.

Shape, color The color of your door should also dictate your wreaths’ color choices. If the colors aren’t right, it will be easy for your wreath to be lost or washed out. For instance, a dark-colored door will look beautiful with either a bright wreath or whites and ivory for a more subdued look. Light-colored doors will require a bold color so the wreath stands out against the door.

Shape is another consideration that can make all the difference in your wreath. While a round wreath is traditional, try an oval or square shape for something unique. You can even paint

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One of a kind home with GUADALUPE RIVER FRONTAGE & your own BOAT RAMP!!! Properties like this are hard to find!! This home features 2BR/2BA, large living room and dining area on a raised 16x76 Champion/Stonebrook manufactured home with an attached 480 s.f. game room with fireplace. You will love the large covered back deck overlooking the Guadalupe River.

This property consists of 2 1/2 lots to be surveyed with its own shared BOAT RAMP into the river. It also has stairs down to a fishing deck. If you have been looking for that peaceful getaway with large trees this is it!!! This property will not last long! $89,900

Mark Manning, REALTOR® RE/MAX 361-550-8021

Melvin Chaloupka, REALTOR® RE/MAX 361-550-3798

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112 Champlain OPEN HOUSE - SUN. 2-4PM

103 Charleston

OPEN HOUSE - SUN. 2-4PM

In Lakeview Subdivision on approx 1 ac. & 3 BR/2 BA, 2 dining & 1 living & wine room.

Stone is carried throughout this home in the entry, dining & kitchen areas. Beamed ceiling, tile floors, french doors. SS appls., gas cooktop, microwave & eating bar. Master BR suite w/beamed ceiling, dual sinks, jetted tub & large shower. Extra support in the foundation, water softener, on demand gas & propane tank buried. Cov’d patio & privacy fenced yard. $309,900

Colony Creek Garden Home 1769 sq ft.

Beautiful 3 BR/2BA & Large living with a room that could be formal dinning/ study or second living. Make it your home. This home sits at the end of the Golf course, off of #15 green. You do not have to worry about stray golf balls. Located steps away from The Club at Colony Creek.$229,500

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101 eton Green

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TThis home was Built for Entertaining.

Located in Colony Creek, Beautiful Georgian style. Four large BR/ 2 1/2 BA, possibly 3. Open floor plan with oversized dining room and formal living, Supersized Utility room. Two car garage, Covered back patio.

You will appreciate how well cared for this home is. Elegant custom millwork throughout. $424,000

Charming 3BR/2BA brick home!

Features stainless steel appliances, tile flooring, cathedral ceilings, wood burning fireplace, 17 SEER Lennox HVAC system and Tiled Jacuzzi/Shower tub combo. New master bath cabinetry with quartz countertop and soft close drawers.

Recently painted interior with updated doors and trim. $139,900

Bert Jones

REALTOR® 361-489-9555

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306 Hampshire

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$225,861 • 3 BR/2 BA/1632 Sq. Ft.

This great starter home located in TerraVista is ready now! Enjoy cooking in your gorgeous kitchen with your natural gas range, stainless steel appliances, large eating bar, granite countertops and gorgeous backsplash. Enjoy the natural light that is abundant in this open concept floorplan. Come see your new home Sunday from 2-4pm and take advantage of our offer of Free Backyard Sod and Blinds.

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3148 FM 884 W. Weesatche Texas, 78164 $997,600 112+ Acres 2BR/2BA

Looking for country living? Hunting is exceptional, cattle grazing is wonderful, fishing is available, relaxing is a given. Spacious country home with front & back covered porches. Two ponds, front pond is naturally fed.

Dog kennels. Move in ready. 40 X 40 Barn, 40 X 20 Barn. Apartment is 40 X 12 w/ its own laundry room. Cattle pens, 3 cross fenced pastures. Home is energy efficient. MLS# 223935

668 & 700 Coleto Park Road

24257 HWY 77 North

191 Adcock Road

$259,900 2.35 acres of land • 4 BR, 2 BA • 60 x 40 Shop Vickers, Cade & West High Schools is the district this home is in. Very spacious home with plenty of room outside with 2.35 acres of land with 60x40 Shop.

MLS #223367

$259,900 5 BR/2.5 BA Gorgeous home with a lot of room! Enjoy wide open spaces with 2 living areas, beautiful fenced backyard, and 2 car over-sized garage. Relax on the wonderful front porch.

Plenty of parking for guest. MLS #222593

$94,000 3 BR 2 BA Great Corner lot with big fenced in backyard. Inside of the home has been completely updated. MLS# 223374

$349,900 6.2 acres of land Two for One all on 6+ acres of land just outside of Victoria. Large 5 horse stall barn and commercial building along with a 3 BR/2 BA home. MLS# 223375 & 223376

2801 N. Arroyo

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511 Meadowbrook

228 W. Fannin St.

$179,900 $274,900 2 BR, 2.5 BA 1.15 acres • 3 BR, 2 BA Magnificently update home on large corner lot. Home Great neighborhood on large corner log. 3 BR/2BA/2 car features two master suites (3rd bedroom could easily be garage, home with huge fenced in backyard. Front yard added) 2 car attached carport with large fenced in back offers in ground sprinkler system. MLS# 223645 yard. MLS #223623

702 Anaqua

$196,000 $169,000 1.5 acres • 3 BR 2 BA 3 BR 2 BA French Country Charmer located on 1.5 acre lot lined with Well maintained home in Goliad School District and gorgeous oak trees in Goliad School District. 3 BR/2 BA, 2 walking distance to downtown. 3 BR/ 2 BA home situated Dinings, 3 Living areas. MLS# 223209 on an extra lot, total lot size is 0.052. Large covered front porch. This home is move in ready. MLS# 223209

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101 Tanglewood

$455,000.00 $125,000 $105,000 15.64 acres of land • 3 BR 2 BA 3 BR 2 BA 2 BR 1 BA Completely updated 2 BR/1 BA home or office just off Great corner lot in Tanglewood subdivision. 3 BR/2BA/2 Move in Ready: 2016 Custom built home with a 3 BR/2 Livings/2 Dining Rooms. Very spacious home with BA all on 15+ acres of land & an insulated shop. Must Goliad Square. MLS# 223250 See MLS# 223470 attached 2 car garage. MLS# 223361

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April Goldman, REALTOR®

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2042 CR 294 Shiner, TX $640,000 3 BR 2 BA • 3 Bay Pole Barn (40x60) • 56.90 acres of land Beautiful hill top views and always a nice breeze. Home has many features including gas fireplace, electric cook top stove, dishwasher, double oven and a great covered porch. MLS# 222832

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Letha Petrash, REALTOR®

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oxygen that’s in rainwater helps plants tolerate large amounts of rainwater.

Plants usually get the majority of their oxygen and nitrogen from the soil.

So that is exactly where nature sends it to – the soil. And when we gardeners collect rain water we too can then supple our plants with the best type of water there.

Until next time, let’s try to garden with nature, not against it and maybe all our weeds will become wildflowers.

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salts and chemicals that plants do not like or need.

Rainwater contains LAURIE nitrogen, which is GARDENING WITH one of the LAURIE three key nutrients can that keep our plants healthy and beautiful.

Rainwater is also loaded with oxygen. The more oxygen in the water means less chance of a plant drowning.

Have you ever noticed that cactus and succulents seldom seem to struggle from excess rainwater but can quickly suffocate in tap water? Both of these plants only require small amounts of water. All the

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All living things need water to survive including plants. Gardeners realize the importance of water especially during the summer.

Nature has been supplying many of us with an abundance of water the past few weeks. Natures rainwater is one of the best types of water for your plants. Nature has a very simple recipe for rainwater – it’s water with a perfectly balanced pH. City water can contain hundreds of different types of toxins and can be treated to be alkaline to protect metal pipes from corroding.

So what is it that makes rainwater so much better than the water we drink?

Nature’s rainwater is completely free of things like

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Laurie Garretson is a Victoria gardener and nursery owner. Send your gardening questions to laurie@vicad.com or in care of the Advocate, P.O. Box 1518, Victoria, TX 77902.

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Tips for beautiful freesia Feel free to cut blooming freesia flowers for beautiful bouquets and sweet fragrance. Place the cut flowers in 3 to 4 inches of warm acidic water immediately after cutting them. If your tap water is fluorinated, use purified water. Fluorides are detrimental to freesias. Allow blooms to stand in the water two to

The Gardeners’ Dirt is written by members of the Victoria County Master Gardener Association, an educational outreach of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension – Victoria County. Mail your questions in care of the Advocate, P.O. Box 1518, Victoria, TX 77901; or vcmga@vicad.com, or comment on this column at VictoriaAdvocate.com.

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12 hours or overnight before arranging them.

Another tip is to keep freesia bulbs and cut flowers away from fruit. The fruit gives off ethylene gas that negatively affects freesia.

Freesias are not houseplants. However, if they are gown in a greenhouse or a container, a few pots can be brought into the home when they are ready to flower.

Look for emerging new growth of freesia this spring. Both the beautiful bloom and its scent will draw your attention in the garden.

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When freesias are about 6 inches tall is the best time to fertilize them. Water them about 1” deep once per week but don’t saturate or flood them.

Freesias will not thrive in soggy soil.

After its blooming season leave the foliage in place: do not cut it off. The leaves will gather sunlight, thus creating food through photosynthesis and strengthen the bulbs for future seasons. Later in the summer, when the leaves yellow and the plant becomes dormant, foliage may be removed. The freesia will rest for a few months before its next growing cycle.

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These red freesia were found in bloom in a local garden setting during the recent unseasonably warm weather before the frequent rains of the past couple of weeks. A tendency of freesia, the stem is beginning to turn sideways below the last flower which will make its blooms face upward with the stem running almost parallel to the ground.

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When planting bulbs, select a sunny spot in your garden because freesias do best in areas where they get 8-10 hours of sun per day. They need a moderately fertile, well-drained soil. They also need cool night temperatures between 40 and 45 degrees.

■ In the garden In the garden plant them 1 1/2 to 3 inches deep and about 3 inches apart. Position the bulbs with the pointed end facing up. Because flowers grow on the sides of their stems, freesia beautifully fill the area where they are growing. It is recommended that freesias be planted in clumps or borders.

■ In pots/containers Freesias also do well in pots. In containers, corms should be planted close.

For example, in a 5-inch pot, six corms will grow and be very attractive.

Plant the bulbs in the fall so the roots can develop.

Bring freesias into the garage when temperatures are below freezing.

■ Bloom late spring/early summer Winter will bring taller growth and flower stems will form in the spring.

Freesias will bloom in late spring or early summer with flowers lasting up to four weeks. Be sure to use a good quality, well-drained soil and pots that have several drainage holes.

Freesia bulbs will rot in water-logged soil. Position containers in full sun for optimal growth conditions.

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Cheery yellow and white flowers on this spring wreath brighten up the entry into the home.

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Even an old watering can or a pair a brightly colored rubber boots sprouting flowers makes a statement.

a picture frame in a bold color, such as turquoise or shell pink, and create a small bouquet to anchor one corner.

It’s simple, yet unexpected.

Some other unique options include using a basket with a handle for your wreath for a just-picked look or a wreath in the shape of your initials covered in moss or flowers.

If creating a wreath from scratch isn’t for you, try buying a premade spring wreath at your local arts and crafts store; then bulk it up with some additional flowers.

For the creative types who can put together a wreath, have your local florist or arts and craft flo-

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ral expert make a bow for you to finish off your wreath. You won’t have to buy a whole roll of floral ribbon, and you’ll get a professional-looking bow to boot.

Kathryn Weber is a home and decorating columnist and publishes the Red Lotus Letter feng shui ezine. For more information, contact Weber through her website, redlotusletter.com.

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10% OFF For FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, ACTIVE DUTY AND VETERANS The Villas Apts. & Vista Alta TH Thank you for your services 573-0236 or 573-1300 807 Simpson C, 904 Simpson D, 906 Simpson A, C, D. $650/$650.

2 weeks Free Rent with new lease.

All 2/1’s w/ water, garbage, yd. pd.

No pets/no smoker. Owner/agent.

361-550-7545 130 C Sherwood 3BR/2BA, upstairs $795 rent/$500 dep. No pets/ smokers. Complete Kitchen.

Call Summit Rental 361-576-6517 REDUCED & MOVE IN READY REMODELED 2/1 @ 508 CONVENT $695/MO + $550 DEP. CALL FOR INFO 361-217-6992 AVAIL. FOR RENT IN APRIL 1/1 APTS @ 1811 LAWNDALE $499/MO.+$400 DEP. INCL. WATER/TRASH. 361-217-6992

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Bills included. Access to washer and dryer. $300 month Call 361-564-7258

THE RESERVE APARTMENTS 8602 NE Zac Lentz Parkway Victoria, TX 77904 361-572-0664 1 & 2BR Units Available!

Controlled Access Gates, 24 Hour Fitness Center & Valet. Trash Service. Sat. 9-1 803 A SIMPSON: 2BR/1BA. Downstairs. Has washer/dryer connections. Water paid. $675 rent/ $600 deposit. No pets, no smokers.

Call SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 Mosswood Apartments 1906 Sam Houston Drive 361-578-0951. Mon. thru Fri. 8:30am-5:30pm. Sat. 9-1

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2 BEDROOM APTS. $99 TOTAL MOVE IN W/APPROVED CREDIT STONEBROOK APARTMENTS 2406 E. Mockingbird Ln. 361-573-9711 Spacious 3 x 2 upstairs apartment located in Tanglewood.

Has refrigerator, stove, OTR microwave, dishwasher and W/D in unit. $950 + dep. To schedule an appointment call 361-485-1260.

Central Park Apartments 361-578-5001 1603 E. Brazos St. Victoria, TX 77901 M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat. 8:30-12:30 Treemont Apartments 3104 Sam Houston Dr. 1, 2 & 3BR Available Now Sat. 8:30-12:30 361-579-6611 Carriage Park Apartments 1810 E. Colorado, 1, 2 & 3 BR. Open. Sat. 10-2. Call about our specials.576-5122 New Year Resolution Move to the VILLAS, get More for less $. Call now.

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(361) 578-6822 402 W. POWER # 4: Updated townhome with new appliances and flooring. Water paid.

No pets/no refrig. No smokers. $850 rent/ $850 deposit.

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103 Winston Ct., 2BR/ 2BA, w/ add’l study/ office. Stove, Dishwasher. $1295 mo./$1000 dep.

Woolson Real Estate 361-578-3623 1BR to 4BR houses, unfurnished, can work w/ deposit, pet deposit required; also have apts.

Call 361-571-9290.

NEW MOBILE HOME PARK MOVE IN READY 775 GUADALUPE 3/1 $845/MO. +$550 DEP. INCL. WATER/TRASH CALL/TEXT 361-217-6992 MOVE IN READY IN TOWN CALL/TEXT 361-217-6992 3/2 @ 1706 DELMAR W/LOT $995/MO. + $750 DEP.

Upgrade for less $ Move to newer 2/2.5 Vista Alta Townhome Get comfort and quiet Call now 573-1300 or www.vistaaltavctoriatx.com Tanglewood Townhomes Updated 2/2 from $995.

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1 & 2BR duplexes.

Newly remodeled, Call 361-489-2555

CALL 361-655-6388

Northcrest - 304 Dundee 3BR/2BA,2 car garage, fenced,trees, central air, storage bldg., carport in front & covered patio in back.

1307 Love St. 4BR/2BA, attached garage, CAH, fenced yard, near schools, $1,450 mo., $1,000 dep.

No pets/smokers. 361-652-7541. www.victoriapremierhomes.com 105 Brenna, 3/2, $1,345 111 B Monterrey, 2/2, $1,075 105 Gemini, 3/2, $1275 203 A Lancelot, 2/1, $795 Victoria Property Management (361) 570-8934 Cute! 2BR/2BA in Tangerine, CA/H, NEW paint & carpet, $1000 mo./$1000 dep.

Ready NOW!! 361-648-0381 417 COTTONWOOD: Large country home, 4 BR/3BA, in Mesquite Wood on 3/4 acre. Approx. 3000 sq. ft. No pets, no smokers. $1400 rent/ $1400 dep.

Call SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517.

2905 KIPLING: Charming 2BR /1 BA with 2 dining or 2 living areas. You have to see to appreciate! No refrig, pets or smokers. $1175 mo./$1100 dep.

Call SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 808 Linwood 2/2 $950 9 Northshire, 3/2, $1250 1303 E. Warren 2/1 $850

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1005 LAWNDALE: 3 BR/ 1 BA. New carpet in bedrooms. Fresh paint. No pets, no smokers, no refrig. $875 rent/$875 deposit.

Call SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517

NEW MOBILE HOME PARK LOTS AVAIL. @ 775 GUADALUPE $350/MO. INCL. WATER/TRASH CALL 361-217-6992 FOR INFO

1425-FT. Doctors office. 9 office suite. Beautifully finished. Bills paid. 1501-A2 Red River. $750.

578-1258 19,248-FT. Multi office building.

Professional building by YMCA. Will lease half or all.

1910 Commerce. $.55 sq ft 578-1258 4000 to 8271-FT. Will divide. Outstanding bldg. Nicely decorated.

2002-ACommerce. $.60 sf 578-1258 8500 FT. Multi Offices. Great visibility. Nicely decorated.

2403 N. Laurent $3560. 578-1258 Office for rent. Large 1000 sq. ft. office space. Has 4 offices and a reception area, kitchen and 2 bathrooms. Located at 101 Palmwood. $1000 per month as is.

For more infor call 361-485-1260.

2 Bedroom House. Washer & Dryer Conn. 2506 Prince St. Near Dudley Elementary School. Call 361-484-3588 or 254-421-6700.

2200-FT. Perfect for retail. Open floor plan. 1501-D Red River. $1350 578-1258

1000-FT. Office/shop. A/C warehouse. Very secure.

108-C Circle. $400.578-1258 1200-FT. Office/warehouse. Private restroom. Very secure. 1904-C Stolz. $450. 578-1258.

4BR/1BA in Lone Tree Acres, near Torres Elementary, CA/H, lg. fenced yard, remodeled. Pets OK. $1,200 1600-FT. Industrial Park. Two large Rent & $1,200 dep. 361-489-0207 O/H doors. Very secure. 2802-AB Wildwood. $550. 578-1258

Country Club Area 104 Kreekview, 2/2.5, $1200/$1200 110 Kreekview, 2/1.5, $895/895 114 Kreekview, 2/1.5, $895/$895 RBC Property Management 361-580-9240

18,800-FT. (4800-ft. deluxe office) 10 huge O/H doors. 6-acre fenced yard. Concrete aprons & driveway.

Equipped with 5 ton crane less than 10 yrs. old with 48 ft. span. In perfect condition. 1 month free rent. 7506 Hwy. 59 (Loop). $9212 578-1258

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115 RATTAN: Tangerine 3BR/2BA, 2 dining areas. No pets/smokers, no refrig. $1100 mo./$1100 dep.

SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 1111 AIRLINE: 2BR/1BA, window units and panel heat.

No pets/no smokers, no refrig. $775 rent/$700 deposit.

CALL SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 109-B Milann. 3/2 Brick duplex, NEW central A/C, pets negotiable, $900 per mo.

361-580-3203 or 361-935-2767.

201 Pasadena - 4BR/3BA, Country Club home, $1,900 mo., $1,000 dep.

Call 361-489-2555.

220 Sunset, 4/2, $1500/$1500 2905 Wildwood, 3/1, $900/$900 RBC Property Management 361-580-9240 www.victoriapremierhomes.com 203 A Lancelot in Castle Hill West.

2BR/1BA, 1 car garage. All kitchen appliances. Very clean. No smokers, no pets $795 monthly.

Victoria Property Management (361) 570-8934 122 RIATA: Large 3 BR/2 BA, Split bedroom plan. No refrig., no pets, no smokers. $1345 mo./$1345 dep.

SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 109 Angus, 3/2, $1395/$1000 301 Richmond, 3/2, $1250/$1250 211 Versailles 2/2, $795/$600 No pets/no smokers.

All Star Properties 361-570-4663

110 MAJESTIC, 2BR/ 2BA 2 living areas, Stove & D/W Inside utility, $1400 mo./$1000 dep.

Woolson Real Estate 361-578-3623

HOG HUNTING SPECIAL $125 Hunt 3,000 acres of river bottom & brush in Victoria County for $125 per day. Bow and/or Rifle.

Ranch has feeders going year round. Lodging included.

2 Day/4 Person Minimum NOW BOOKING FOR 2017 More information & pictures at: www.dcwildlife.com 361-550-0282

RV & BOAT STORAGE/ STORE ROOMS AVAILABLE Reserve today! Sizes from 10x8-50x12.5 Call 361-433-3069

REDUCED, SELLER FINANCE. 1408 Mesquite. 4/1.5, C H/A, $3,900 +/- down, $899/mo. (incl. ins. & taxes), 20 yrs. 979-229-2866

On 50 acres, 2BR/1 BA Partially Furnished, Appliances $1,750 mo./$1500 dep.

Woolson Real Estate 361-578-3623 201 PARKSTONE: 3/2with study, 2 garage, inside utility.

No pets, no smokers. $1275 rent/$1200 deposit.

Call SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 103 PARK VIEW: Executive 5BR/3BA home, 2 dining areas and pool.

No pets and no smokers. $2995 mo/ $2995 dep.

SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 www.victoriapremierhomes.com For the best selection in newer 3 BR/2 BA Victoria home rentals call Victoria Property Management.

Rents starting at $1,125. 570-8934.

306 MAGDALENA: 3BR/2BA in Cimarron on corner lot.

Split bedroom plan.

No pet/refrig. or smokers. $1225 rent/$1200 deposit.

Call SUMMIT RENTAL 576-6517 907 S. Glass, 1 Bedroom starter home. Good for couple or single person. Non smoker. CA/H, fridge, stove, fenced yard. $650 mo. $600 dep. 655-0971

103 Laramie-In Cimarron, 3/2/2, totally remodeled & updated. New floors, all kitchen counter tops & stove, 1 year complete home warranty, move in ready, great neighborhood. $148,900. Seller will finance. 361-550-0445

2403 E. Rosebud-GORGEOUS fully remodeled 3/2, open concept, new SS kitchen, new baths, lrg. fen. yard & more. $159,900. 361-571-5758

REDUCED $5000. 804 E. Rosebud, 3/1/1, 1204 sq. ft., Central air, fenced, cov’d patio. $84,900. Owner fin. w/ $6000 dn. 361-433-6474

1BR/1BA 35-ft. RV w/ slideout, $600 mo., all bills paid, 299 King Drive.

Call 361-489-2555

1500-FT. Open floor plan. Great for a retail location in a very busy strip center. 6412-K N. Navarro. $1500 578-1258

Small 1BR home w/ carport, W/D conn., yard maintenance incl., no smokers, no pets, $550 mo., $500 dep. Call 361-571-6512

PERFECT for the growing family!

Beautiful 2-story home, on corner lot, in Tangerine! 4 BR, 2 full & (1) 1/2 BA, large open concept, everything is updated. Move-in ready!

Reduced $210,000. 361-648-7617

Tanglewood-103 BIRCHWOOD DR. 3BR/2BA. NEW carpet, flooring, appliances, paint.

Lots of updates! Pool, wet bar.

Metal bldg. Call 361-935-6537.

3BR/2BA Mobile Home 378 King Dr. Lot #3 Victoria, Tx. $700 monthly. $300 deposit.

Call 361-489-2555

2406 E. BRAZOS 2BR/1BA/1 car garage, window units, no pets. $750 monthly & $750 deposit. Call 361-212-0638.

Available now! 3208 Mayfair, 3BR/1.5BA, central air, fenced backyard. Call 361-935-3270. houserentalslocal.com

Cuero-208 W Clayton, Brick 2 BR, 2 BA, 2 LA, 2 DA, large rooms, attached garage CA/H $148,500 Eling Corp 361-277-3424

FSBO Beautiful- 92 Superior St. 4/2/2 2,183 sq. ft. home in Lakeview Subdivision off FM 236.

Close to Loop, Must see!

Call Jim at 361-652-6927. $269,900, too many amenities to list!

Cuero-701 E Hamilton-2BR possible 3BR/1.5 bath woodframe, CA/H. Motivated Seller $95,000 Eling Corp 361-277-3424 CUERO-905 E. Main, Very nice 2BR/ 1BA wood frame, close to park & golf course, Move-In Ready $119,500. Eling Corporation 361-277-3424 Cuero-705 McArthur, Neat 2 BR/2 BA wood frame, kitchen appl., CA/H Priced to Sell $87,500 Eling Corp 361-277-3424

FSBO. 508 RATTAN DR. 2BR/2BA located in Tangerine Subdivision. $115,000 Call 361-652-3706

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103 & 105 Lexington – Fleetwood, Section 1, 67’ x 115’; 706 Duck – Quail Creek. 217 Coleto – River Oaks. Magnolia Beach – Turpin Addition, 50’x120’, water available.

Call 361-649-2894.

1406 N BEN JORDAN, private offices, warehouse plus fenced yard. $1000. All Star Properties Management 361-570-4663.

FSBO: 340 ACRES 6 mi. North of Victoria on US Hwy 77N. 1,500 ft. of hwy frontage, water well, pond, fenced. $5,800/acre. Call 361-571-9931 32.9 ACS. on HWY 77 & Stubbs School Rd. $295,000, with 25% minerals. (956)740-4849. www.thorntonranchsales.com 15 ACRES, Hwy 119 South of Yorktown, Electricity, Water well, Wooded, Great hunting, 1/4 minerals, $99,950.

Wolf Realty, 361-564-2452 73 Acres near Schroeder Hall, Goliad County. Quiet Dead end Blacktop Road 2/3’s Wooded, 1/3 Cleared. Very clear pond w/ fish & swim pier. Many mature oaks, water well & Distribution System for sprinklers, 2/2 trailer w/ 2 attached porches, 1 w/ kitchen, hot tub, bunk house w/ 5 beds, 2 tool sheds/double tractor shed, good fences,improved road.

281-827-6011 Dewitt County 142+/- acres, hunting, good fishing, older home on black top road. Call Gary Miller @ 830-672-2094 GOLIAD COUNTY RANCHETTES ----- Santa Rita Ranch Estates ----Range from 15-20 acs. in size.

Electricity on site.

Private road & entry leading to each tract. 512-350-3532 www.PremierRanchProperties.com New-109 acres! Caldwell County just north I10, on highway 304 and County Road. Creek Rolling with big oaks, open grazing, brush for wildlife. $590,000 with some minerals-no production.

Rockport-106 acres just minutes from beach and fishing. Good oaks ,grazing, some brush. Subdivision potential. 2/2 custom home plus manufactured home, pens, water wells tank, Call Randy Smith/Smith Ranch Investments 361-277-9332

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NURSERY-Serenity Estates, all lots REDUCED, 3+ acre tracts, restrictions apply, Eling Corporation 361.

277.3424 elingcorp.com 5 Ac.Tracts. -Victoria. Owner fin. is avail. w/ $500 dwn. N. of Victoria City limits. Remax Land& Homes 361-649-1300 willowcreekranches.com Cuero-404 C L Duckett Dr-large lot to build your dream home in beautiful Pebble Ridge Estates.

Eling Corp 361-277-3424

Cuero-109 E Bailey, 2 BR/1 BA, great investment property $49,900 Eling Corp. 361-277-3424

Meyersville-914 H Haun Rd, 5 acres with 3BR, 1 BA Vintage Farm House, Rolling Hills, Barns, Cattle Pens, great location in highly desired school district $140,000 Eling Corp 361-277-3424

Cuero-610 N Gonzales, Custom built brick, 3 or 4 bedroom/3.5 BA, att gar and much more,move-in ready.

CFP .Eling Corp 361-277-3424

(2) 5 Acre Tracts - Old Goliad Rd. Trees, dream home location, easy access to Loop 463. (1) for $75,000 or both $150,000. 361-564-4541

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CELEBRATING OVER 50 YRS OF SERVICE Nancy Garner Broker/Owner 361-571-0161

2704 Bon aire ave.

Impressive! Over 3100 sq. ft., 5 sets of French doors surround fireplace & look out to lush backyard. 3 BR/ 3 BA, 4 living areas, formal dining & spacious breakfast area. Many closets. Granite in baths, Jacuzzi tub & separate shower w/ 2 dressing areas in master. 2nd bath has separate dressing area. 2 extra LA could be bedrooms. Call Nancy Garner 361-571-0161.

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329 Flato 3/2 Updated home on corner lot in Westhoff. Just minutes from Cuero! This home has had a major facelift. Kitchen, bath, plumbing and HVAC just to name a few! Step away from the hustle and take the short scenic drive to your new home! Call for showing, Jennifer Hill 361-218-0660.

Jeanette Hernandez REALTOR®/Broker, GRI 361-648-0325

361-676-6228

Sheryl Murphy REALTOR®, GRI 361-652-3979

Dan Murphy REALTOR® 361-652-4355

Chris Vega REALTOR® 361-649-5239

Kevin Epley REALTOR® 361-649-6666

James Wearden REALTOR®, GRI 361-649-9157

George Alexander REALTOR® 361-550-7497

Bruce Wooley REALTOR® 361-319-5971

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Look at this 2 BR/2BA Beauty! Updated flooring, no carpet, paint colors, appliances, and exterior hardiplank. A must see for the price. $103,000. Jeanette Hernandez, 361-648-0325.

3BD/2BA in the Country Club Area. Beautiful hardwood floors, a gas fireplace, formal dining, large breakfast area, huge kitchen, plenty of workspace & cabinets, an oversized laundry room w/ add’l storage, & plantation shutters throughout. Call Nancy Garner at 361-571-0161.

Fabulous layout with all the right spaces! 4BD/3.5BA has 2LA, 2 DA w/ study; Possible 5th BR! Kitchen has granite, 2 elec. cook tops, & dbl. oven. New hardwoods downstairs, new plumbing & light fixtures throughout. 16x45 Covered Patio and Fig, Pomegranate, & Pecan trees on 1.5 lots in Country Club.

Call Nancy 361-571-0161.

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3202 GaYle

Freshly updated in Cimarron! This 3/2 features a vaulted great room with fireplace and wet bar. New interior doors and crown molding. Tree-shaded front yard and covered back patio. Call James at Woolson for a private showing (361) 649-9157.

$79,900. This Home shows pride of Ownership. Charming 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, 2 Living areas, possible 4th Bedroom, Carport. Home has lots of updates. Fenced backyard, Move in Ready and Great Place to call Home. A Must See! Call Chris Vega for an appointment 361-649-5239.

Main Street Great investment! 2 houses for the price of one on over an Acre. Can be used for commercial or residential. Needs TLC. Reduced to only $169,000. Call Elaine McDaniel 361-935-1154.

2605 n. Ben Jordan

316 BrookWood

HWY 87 SoutH

Ready for college? This 3/2 sits across from VC and features hardwood floors, large yard and multiple entrances. Priced under $110,000. Call James Wearden Wearden 361-649-9157.

Reduced to $175,500! 3/2 with Study on a corner lot in Deer Chase Subdivision. Don’t wait! Call Jennifer Hill today for a showing at 361-218-0660!

Approx. 48.44 ac. of Farm/Agricultural land w/ over 5 ac. of wooded area for ONLY $189,000.00! Three parcels on US-87S. Approx. 890 ft. of Hwy 87 frontage & just under 1,300 ft. of Ripple Rd. frontage. Approx. 7.5 from Hwy 59 intersection. Call Nancy Garner 361-571-0161.

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102 Milton Move In Ready! 4 BR with large living area. Granite countertops, custom cabinets, stainless appliances, & an island in the kitchen. Bathrooms have granite, tile, & updated lights & fixtures. Washer & Dryer Included in Sale. Double closets in every bedroom. Security system, both A/C replaced in 2016 Call Nancy Garner 361-571-0161.

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362 drY Creek rd.

Great Buy! Near Quail Creek on this 2 Br 1 Ba home with new central air and heat, metal roof, new vinyl flooring plus kitchen appliances w/ washer & dryer. Plus large lot and storage building. $74,500. Call Elaine McDaniel 361-935-1154.

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409 eaSt $99,500 in Cuero! Well Maintained 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2 Car Detached Carport on a Spacious Corner Lot. Large Backyard. New Roof, Home recently leveled, new ceiling fans, Home freshly painted inside and outside, new solar screens, new chain link fence, Great Place to call Home. Call Chris Vega at 361-649-5239.

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Gary Crick REALTOR® 361-649-5540

2 SoMerSet Prestigious address in a beautiful setting. This lovely townhome has it all - tons of storage, great deck with a view, 2 master suites, large kitchen, and so much more! Call Dianne to see it. 676-6228.

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Now $170,000! Seller says, “We are motivated! Let’s Make A Deal!”. 4/3, two master suites. Close to desirable schools, shopping, and restaurants. Now is your Chance, DO NOT WAIT any longer! Call Jennifer 361-218-0660.

Great Location for a Business!! 6ac. w/ 325 Ft. of Hwy 59 frontage. Ingress/egress from Fisher Rd. (access rd. for Hwy 59) & Evelyn Ave. 260 Ft. of frontage from Evelyn. 8’ Security Fence surrounds property. 40x200 covered storage/parking w/ 14’ eave ht. On 12’ piers w/ 25’ spans. Water/Sewer/Elec. avail. Call Nancy Garner 361-571-0161.

Woodway Beauty - 4/3/3 Over 3,350 SF w/ rear entry 2 Car gar & CP. Kitchen has granite, island, microwave, frig, dbl. oven, cook-top & desk area. Built ins & FP in LR. Laminate, carpet & tile. MBA has 2 dressing areas, sep shower & garden tub. Coffered ceilings, alarm & sprinkler sys cov. patio, wood & wrought iron fence. Call Gary Crick at 361-6495-5540.

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has granite, eating bar, pantry, microwave, elec range. Open concept living area with a fireplace.

Built in buffet and cabinets in Dining Room. Split bedroom plan. Master suite with granite, garden tub, lg shower, dual sinks. Only $349,500!

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1851 Nursery Rd

Unique beauty in the Lakeview Subdivision! Just a few miles out of town this home is placed on approx 1 acre and has 3/BR/2BA, 2 dining and 1 living and a wine room! The wine room has a sink, cooler and TV connection. The stone is carried throughout this home in the entry, dining and kitchen areas. Beamed ceilings, tile floors, french doors. The kitchen opens to the living with SS appliances, gas cooktop, microwave and eating bar. Master bedroom suite w/beamed ceiling, dual sinks, jetted tub and large shower. Extra support in the foundation, water softener, on demand gas and propane tank buried.

Covered patio and privacy fenced yard. $309,900

Custom built Barndominium on 12.5 acres in Nursery with 3BR/2BA and 2 living and 1 dining areas. A 6 car attached carport that provides a covered area for entertaining with a relaxing country view in a peaceful quiet setting.

Has a separate 12 x 24 metal building on a cement slab for storage. $284,900

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Goliad, TX - Great location, This 109.97 acres with a 4/2.5/2 3025 sq ft two-story home is a great family home.

Large living area, in-ground pool, large stock tank, approximately 4800 sq ft metal shop, cattle pens, pasture land, improved grass, deer, etc. What more could you ask for; lower taxes, in Ander area. Seller is motivated to sell. A must see to pre-approved buyers. $895,000

1411 Walker Rd. Goliad

410 Ashland Creek Beautiful home in Eagle Creek that displays pride of ownership! This 4BR/2.5BA home has 9’ ceilings.

The kitchen is open to the living with granite counters, pantry and eating bar. Formal living and dining have wood floors. Study downstairs. Family room with fireplace. Spacious master bedroom and bathroom with granite, double sinks, separate shower and garden tub.

All bedrooms and utility are upstairs. Arbor covered patio with beautiful trees, sprinkler system. This is a lovely home that won’t stay on the market long! $249,900.

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Lovely home in the tree shaded neighborhood of Woodway! This home has 4BR/3.5BA, 2 living and 2 dining. Island kitchen with granite counter tops, stainless appliances, double ovens, microwave, wine cooler and large pantry. Very nice large bedrooms. wood and tile flooring, indoor laundry with ice maker with refrigerator space and desk area. Special touch of Venetian plaster walls in some rooms. Lush landscaped backyard with stamped concrete covered patio and sparkling pool with waterfall and hot tub. Dog run on the side of the home. Security and sprinkler systems. $434,900

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New Construction Home on the San Antonio River! 1000 Ft of River frontage! Gorgeous home with 3BR/2BA, 9’ ceilings, wood floors, double pane windows, 2 wood blinds. Master bath garden tub, separate shower. Stone fireplace in spacious living. Open kitchen with beautiful cabinets, stainless appliances, eating bar. 2 water wells, aerobic septic. 30 x 60 shop w/full bath, 3 insulated overhead doors and 25 x 60 covered area. Perimeter fenced with electronic gates.

An AMAZING deck to entertain family and guests! A unique find in a beautiful area and New Construction! $498,900

197 Houston

Renovated cottage- 3BR/2BA. Zoned central A/C and Heat. Great kitchen cabinets and appliances.

Wood, tile, carpet floors throughout home. Double pane windows. Heavily insulated between and under home. Like new condition. Has outside storage building with ATV storage shed, above ground pool if the buyer wants it, or seller will remove.

MLS#223524. $109,000

216 CR 326

Beautiful home located on 28.697 acres of land, very well maintained property, great landscaping the home features two living areas, two dining areas, fireplace, large kitchen, 3BR/2BAwith office, master has separate shower and tub, walk-in closet, indoor laundry, two car garage with shop area or storage.

Outdoor entertaining game room, RV Storage, Equipment Storage, livestock barn and pens, stock tank for fishing. A must see. MLS# 222927. $399,900.

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76 post Oak Trail Spectacular one of a kind custom built home in Post Oak Estates! Features a 4BR/3.5BAhome beautifully placed on 3.09+/- acres. A few of the custom features include (ICF) Construction (250+MPH wind rated), lg island kitchen, quartz counters, SS appl, induction cooktop and convection oven, dual dishwasher a 2nd cooking area w/propane range dual oven convection. Knotty Alder cabinetry.

Laundry w/sink, refrig and is a SAFE ROOM! This home is completely climate controlled w/dehumidifier system.

Stained concrete flooring! 1200 Sq Ft solarium w/an indoor heated salt water pool, completely climate controlled.ADA compliant, 4 door 2100 sqft gar/workshop w/restroom, kennel and a 450 sq ft apartment. $524,900

REALTOR/C.R.S.

johnquitta@remax.net

Great potential for this property Residential or Commercial. Currently a wig salon and an area for a beauty salon not currently occupied.

An apartment upstairs. A separate office space currently rented. 2 car garage detached and 1 car attached for apartment tenants. Paved parking. $129,900

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Very nice home in the great neighborhood of Colony Creek on the golf course! With 4BR/2.5BA, 3 living areas one would be a great game room. Spacious family home, built-ins, volume ceilings, upstairs balcony and covered patio with beautiful views of the golf course, golf cart garage, security system and sprinkler system. Water softener, wet bar.

Large kitchen with Corian counters, lots of cabinets. 2 wood blinds throughout, wood and tile flooring. Fenced backyard! $319,900

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208 Woodglenn

This spectacular home situated on 1 +/- acre nestled among 150 year old oak trees with pecan trees. It features an abundance of windows with breathtaking views including the Victoria Country club and golf course. Gleaming hardwood floors, a glamorous master suite w/updated amenities. It comes complete with 5BR/4.5BA including a Mother-in-law suite w/private entrance. Gas log fireplace separating the family and breakfast room. Security and Sprinkler systems. Oversized 3 car garage w/storage attached, a studio w/half bath and much more. $369,900

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This spectacular home situated on 1 +/- acre nestled among 150 year old oak trees with pecan trees. It features an abundance of windows with breathtaking views including the Victoria Country club and golf course.

Gleaming hardwood floors, a glamorous master suite w/updated amenities. It comes complete with 5BR/4.5BA including a Mother-in-law suite w/private entrance. Gas log fireplace separating the family and breakfast room.

Security and Sprinkler systems. Oversized 3 car garage w/storage attached, a studio w/half bath and much more. $649,000

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206 amberglow court

This BJ Davis custom built home in Lake Forest is an adorable home and just like new! This beautiful home has 3BR/2BA, 1 living and 1 dining. You will love this home once you enter the beautiful glass front door including the arched stone wall. The front area could be a 2nd dining, office or 2nd living your choice. The spacious living is open to the kitchen which has granite, tile backsplash, microwave, ss appliances. Large master suite with tray ceiling, master bath with separate garden tub and shower with double sink vanity. Covered patio, fenced backyard and security system. $239,900

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711 Morgan

4892 St Hwy 111 E

No expense spared in this 4364 sq ft, 3/3.5, 2 story home on 3 acres. This Victorian beauty, built in 1986, located 4 miles outside Yoakum. Detached 2 car garage has 1/2 bath & bonus room above. Updated kitchen w/granite counters & tile backsplash, wrap around porches, oak floors, oak moldings, solid oak doors, tin ceilings, stained glass windows, and entertainment room with oak bar. It also has large, walk-in closets and an extra-large amount of storage. $389,000

1404 E St Hwy 111

Great home for family with chance to make extra money from addition rental suite. Main home is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath, has current renter at $1200.00 per month, suite is 1 bedroom, 1 bath, and laundry, was rented at $700 per month. Need a 24 hour notice. $199,900

Custom built brick home on 4.62 manicured acres.

4/2.5, formal living, dining rooms, large family rooms and bedrooms. Great for entertaining. 3 Fire place’s, wet bar, breakfast area, kitchen has big pantry, 1000’ cvd porch. Master b/b- his/her closets, 2 vanity sinks, dressing table, large tub, nice shower.

4 car Att Garages. Picturesque yard, large wk/shop with storage and work tables & kitchen area. Patio area for H/tub,pool. Hot House, dog pen. 1 car garg w/ workshop. Storage everywhere. Must see. Too much to mention here. If you have kids you can inherit 2 kid ponies if you wish at no cost. MLS# 223633. $449,000.

9983 E St Hwy 111

Ranch property for horses or cattle, currently used for horses, located 10 miles outside of Yoakum. This 11.46 acres has large scattered oak trees, great grass, 8 horse stalls, storage barn, Hydraulic powered horse walker, numerous small pens. Home is a 4/2/2 1660 sqft home, has 3 year old roof, numerous updates to the kitchen, bedrooms and baths. Wood burning Fire Place, On Demand WH. Home is move in ready.

MLS #223599. $320,000

Mark Manning REALTOR 361-550-8021

1414 N Laurent

Vocation Welding School, Warehouse, Fab Shop are just many of the uses for this building. It is currently set up for a Welding school. Comes with over 35 Welding booths, 19+ welding machines, various welding and cutting equipment, class room space with desk, offices, etc. Will consider selling equipment and leasing back the building if used as a school or shop. Great Location in the center of the city. A must see. $499,900

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Melvin Chaloupka REALTOR 361-550-3798

This beautiful CUSTOM BUILT home on 28 Oak covered acres will not last long!! Home features 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, formal living / dining rooms, den, breakfast area, oversized kitchen with an island, double ovens and cooktop. You will love the raised ceilings, wood burning fireplace, master bedroom and bath that you could only dream about. Master bath has separate shower, dual sinks, and double closets. Spend your evening on the large relaxing patio overlooking your property. The 28 acres consist of huge Liveoak trees, improved grasses (Coastal), cattle pens, hay storage area, horse stalls and storage building. Fences are great shape and you located close to town. No minerals to convey. $695,000 CASTLE HILLWEST • 313 Buckingham.......4BR 2Ba.......................2121 S/F......................$194,000 • 117 guineveRe.............3BR 2Ba.......................2253 S/F......................$198,000 HALL • 202 W BRazos................3BR/2Ba.......................1605 S/F......................$149,000 ThuRmond • 404 e nueces .................3BR/2Ba.......................1496 S/F.........................$89,900 Tuscany • 107 gaBBiano cT........3BR/2Ba.......................1553 S/F......................$215,500 TROpICALACRES • 201 TRopicaldR 3BR/2Ba........2027 S/F...............79ACRE ...........$183,000

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