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There will
‘bee’ a bee
Men at work
Rescheduled spelling
competition Saturday
By LYNDEL MOODY
Staff Writer
HERALD photo/Lyndel Moody
TxDOT crews were out making repairs on the Gregg St./FM 700 overpass Wednesday, causing some
traffic congestion on the northbound lanes.
Hoops, Dreams and Goals March 27
Special to the Herald
Teams from across West Texas
will compete March 27 in this
year’s 11th Annual Hoops, Dreams
and Goals Basketball Tournament
at Howard College’s Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.
“The country may have March
Madness that they love and embrace, but at West Texas Centers,
we have our own version of March
Madness, and that’s
‘Hoops, Dreams and
Goals,’” West Texas
Centers CEO Shelley
Smith said.
“We were looking for
a special event many
years ago that our conSmith
sumers could enjoy in
honor of Intellectual
and Developmental Disability
Awareness Month,” Smith added.
“We thought that basketball was
something that everyone could
enjoy from those who like to compete, to those who like to support
through pep squads and cheerleading. It just took off that first
year and we have enjoyed it every
year since.”
Ten basketball teams will make
their entrance down the ramp to
See HOOPS, Page 3
Reschedule, R-E-S-C-H-E-D-U-LE, Reschedule.
Barring more heavy snow or ice,
the 28th annual Midland-Reporter
Telegram Spelling Bee will be held
at 10 a.m. this Saturday with five
Canales
Big Spring ISD students competing
against students from across the
region.
The competition was originally
scheduled for Feb. 28 but inclement weather prompted a reschedule. Unfortunately, one Big Spring
school champion — Mario Alanis
of Big Spring Intermediate School
Kocak
— will not be able to attend due to
scheduling conflicts, according to
the Midland-Reporter Telegram.
BSI’s runner-up Sarah Wood will
step in and represent the school.
Also attending from Big Spring
ISD are: Ananya Limaye, Goliad Elementary School; Hannah Peckenpaugh, Marcy Elementary School;
Emily Kocak, Moss Elementary Limaye
School; and Joe Canales, Washington Elementary.
The competition will be held in
the Allison Fine Arts Building at
Midland College.
The winner will receive an allexpense-paid trip to Washington,
D.C. and a chance to represent Midland at the 2015 Scripps National Peckenpaugh
Spelling Bee set for May 27-28. The
top five students at the bee will also
receive prizes.
Texas House passes sweeping border bill
by PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press
Index
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Obituaries
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Opinion
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Sports
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AUSTIN, Texas — Hiring
hundreds of new troopers for
the Texas-Mexico border is
part of sweeping border security measures tentatively
passed Wednesday by the
House, but closing a $300 million gulf with Senate proposals remains as the Legislature
lurches toward the halfway
mark.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott put heightened border
security — even above the
muscular show of force Texas
deployed under Rick Perry
— at the top of his to-do list
for his first 100 days in office.
Conservatives are quickly
delivering on Abbott’s vision
— and their own campaign
promises to GOP voters back
home.
Vastly outnumbered Democrats, who for years have
hotly opposed calls to “militarize” the Texas border, mostly sat out this fight and let the
bill pass without fireworks.
But settling on a price tag
for new spy planes, boats
“We’ve been doing starts and stops and
starts and stop along the border. This is
about creating a consistency that people
can count on.”
State Rep. Dennis Bonnen
mounted with machine guns
on the Rio Grande and intelligence gathering could
make for rocky negotiations
between GOP budget writers
in the last half of the 140-day
session. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
and the Senate have set aside
$815 million — more than
double what Texas currently
spends on border security.
The House has put roughly
a half-billion dollars on the table, which still would amount
to a record spending spree.
“We’ve been doing starts
and stops and starts and stop
along the border,” said Republican state. Rep. Dennis
Bonnen, who is carrying the
bill. “This is about creating
a consistency that people can
count on.”
Only now have the House
and Senate begun making major votes in the first session
under Abbott, and the first
bills up are symbolic reminders of dominating Republican
victories last November. As
the House spent hours finetuning border security plans
Wednesday, the Senate was
giving the OK to concealed
handguns on college campuses.
Beyond hiring new troopers
and putting some retired back
on duty, the bill offers a path
for the Texas National Guard
to leave the border. Perry ordered 1,000 guard members
to the Rio Grande Valley last
summer, and Abbott has said
Happily Ever
After Has
A Ring
To It!
that mission can’t end until
Texas has state troopers and
technology to replace them.
The bill overwhelmingly
advanced 131-12. Democrats
did not plot to derail the bill
on procedural snags or hours
of protests as they might have
in previous sessions when
amplifying border security
was on the table, saving their
energy for harsher anti-immigrant proposals that may
yet come down the pike.
Concerns raised instead
surrounded milder issues:
safeguards on Department of
Public Safety contracts for
big-ticket purchases like helicopters, and keeping regular
tabs on spending and crime
statistics to make sure the
measures are paying off.
Texas has spent nearly $1
billion on border security in
the past eight years. The bill
still needs to pass the Senate.
“The goal it seems is to
prove how serious we are
about border security by
throwing money at it,” Democratic state Rep. Armando
Walle of Houston said.
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Local
James LaBrew
Obituaries
James LaBrew, 81, of Big Spring,
died Wednesday, March 11, 2015,
at the Veterans Administration
Medical Center. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday,
March 19, 2015, at Myers & Smith
Chapel.
He was born on July 24, 1933,
to Emma (Rivers) and James
LaBrew in Brooklyn, NY. He relocated to Webb Air Force Base in
1951 and had been a resident of
Howard County since then. He married Pat Palmer
on Dec. 23, 1990, and she preceded him in death on
March 5, 2003.
He was a master plumber and was the first African-American to co-own a plumbing business in
Big Spring, James & Annie LaBrew Plumbing, later
LaBrew’s Plumbing. He retired in 2010. He spent
his leisure time playing dominoes every day. After
Patricia’s death and his retirement, Pamela Palmer
Laura Hopper
Laura “Missy” Hooper, 49, of
Colorado City, formerly of Big
Spring, died Wednesday, March
18, 2015, at Snyder Oaks Care Center in Snyder, Texas. The family
will receive friends from 7 p.m.
until 8 p.m. Thursday at Myers
& Smith Funeral Home. Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Friday
at Myers & Smith Chapel, with
the Rev. Joey Bacon, associate
pastor of Trinity Baptist Church,
officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park.
She was born Jan. 23, 1966 in Big Spring, Texas to
Brenda Sue (Henry) and Larry Gene Chandler. She
graduated from Forsan High School in 1985. She
Bernard A. Fischer Sr.
Bernard A. Fischer Sr., 84, of Big Spring, died
Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at his residence. Private
family services and burial at Mount Olive Memorial Park will be held at a later date.
He was born Nov. 15, 1930 in Louisville, Ky. to
Julia (Reisz) and Henry Fischer. He was a veteran
of the United States Navy. He was an electronic
engineer and mathematician at White Sands Missile Range in Alamogordo, N.M. He had been a resi-
Ester De Hoyos Gomez
Ester De Hoyos Gomez, 40, of
Big Spring, died Wednesday,
March 11, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Prayer
service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at
Myers & Smith Chapel. Funeral
service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday
at Myers & Smith Chapel with
Pastor Reynaldo Bennett, pastor
of Lighthouse Restoration Center,
officiating.
She was born Aug. 2, 1974,
in Napoleon, Ohio to Ludin A.
(Alaniz) and Severino De Hoyos Jr. She was a
homemaker but had also worked at WalMart. She
came to Big Spring from Lamesa in 1997. She was a
was a dedicated daughter and caregiver.
He is survived by one son, Ralph LaBrew of Dallas; two daughters, Pamela Palmer of Big Spring
and Tanitra Lincoln of Fort Worth; a god-daughter,
D-Kazhanae “Poonie” Ward of Big Spring; one sister, Pearl Taylor of Eastover, S.C.; four grandchildren, Iesha Simpson and fiancée Marcus, Moshae
Hurrington and fiancée Lance, Siara LaBrew and
Quindon Smith; four great-grandchildren, Adonis,
Acealynn, Adyssey and Ayrius; and a host of nieces
and nephews including Carol Ann Scaggs of Dallas,
Annie Mae Simpson of Dallas and James LaBrew,
his name-sake.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by two wives, Annie Bell in 1987 and Pat in
2003; two brothers, Raymond and Paul; four sisters,
Willie Mae, Beatrice, Alberta and Jessie Mae, who
died March 2, 2015.
Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral
Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com
Paid obituary
was a lifetime resident of Howard County. She was
a homemaker and was a member of Trinity Baptist
Church.
She is survived by two sons, Mitchell Hooper and
wife Brittney of Big Spring and Robert Hooper of
Big Spring; two granddaughters, Scarlett Hooper
and Sophie Hooper, also of Big Spring; mother,
Brenda Rolo and husband Larry of Colorado City;
her father, Larry Chandler of Big Spring; one brother, Michael Chandler of Kermit; and several aunts,
uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Mitchell Hooper, Codee Barraza, Jeremy Bedwell, Billy Kinsey, Michael Chandler, Frank Marsh and Keith Fontana.
Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral
Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com
dent of Big Spring since 1982.
He is survived by one daughter, Betty Towers, and
one son, Bernard A. Fischer Jr., both of El Cajon,
Calif; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;
and one niece, Sherri Palomino of Big Spring.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his wife, Christine, on Dec. 11, 1998, and
one son, Gene Salazar.
Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral
Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com
member of Lighthouse Restoration Center.
She is survived by one son, Adrian De Hoyos;
three daughters, Jessica De Hoyos of Colorado,
Antolina De Hoyos and Estrella and husband Star
Paiz, all of Lamesa, two sisters, Maria Norma Alvarez and husband Susanno of Big Spring and Norma
Lee Gomez of Beeville, Texas; four brothers,
Richard De Hoyos and wife Mary of Kansas, J.R.
De Hoyos of Rio Grande City, Victor De Hoyos of
Lamesa and Pablo De Hoyos and wife Janie of Big
Spring; eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by two sisters, Raquel De Hoyos and Felicita
Garcia; and one brother Bobby Valentine.
Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral
Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com
• MINOR ACCIDENT was reported at the intersection of 11th and FM 700.
• BURGLARY OF A HABITATION was reported in the 1600 block of Donley St.
• ANIMAL PROBLEM was reported in 8700
block of Ray Rd.
• STOLEN VEHICLE was reported in the 1100
E. 5th St.
The Howard County Sheriff’s Office reported the
following activity:
Note –Officials with the Howard County Jail
reported having 72 inmates at the time of this
report.
• JASON DEWAYNE ROBERTS, 35, was
booked by the BSPD on a warrant for driving while
intoxicated 3rd or more offense.
• JACOB ALEXANDER GALAN, 24, was
booked by the HCSO on a warrant for move to
revoke probation for evading arrest or detention.
• EDWARD GARCIA, 36, was booked by the
HCSO on charges of disregard a stop sign.
• LOGAN EARL ROSE, 32, was booked by the
BSPD was arrested on warrants for bail jumping
and fail to appear, and charges of possession of a
controlled substance less than 1 gram.
Support Groups
FRIDAY
• 7 p.m. — The Stepping Stone Group of Narcotics
Anonymous meets at Spring Town Plaza (inside
the mall, across from the movie box office, next to
Sears).
• AA open discussion meeting from noon until 1
p.m. at 605 Settles. Open Big Book study meeting, 8
p.m. until 9 p.m.
SATURDAY
• Alcoholics Anonymous open discussion meeting, 615 Settles, noon to 1 p.m. Open podium/speakers meeting 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. Open birthday
night, no smoking meeting the last Saturday of
each month at 8 p.m. Covered dish supper at 7 p.m.
SUNDAY
• Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting from 11
Obituaries
Elodia Holguin
Elodia Holguin, 76, of Glendale, Ariz., formerly of
Big Spring, died Monday, March 16, 2015. Funeral
services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral
Home.
Melissa Cahil
Melissa Cahill, 48, died on Wednesday, March 18,
2015 at a local hospital in San Angelo. Services are
pending with Johnson’s Funeral Home.
Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Fri
Sat
3/20
83/49
Sun
3/21
66/51
Mon
3/22
66/49
Tue
3/23
3/24
81/54
85/55
Intervals of
clouds and
sunshine.
Afternoon
showers.
Highs in the
mid 60s and
lows in the
low 50s.
Cloudy with
rain. Highs
in the mid
60s and
lows in the
upper 40s.
Times of sun
and clouds.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
mid 50s.
Abundant
sunshine.
Highs in the
mid 80s and
lows in the
mid 50s.
Sunrise:
7:51 AM
Sunset:
7:56 PM
Sunrise:
7:50 AM
Sunset:
7:57 PM
Sunrise:
7:48 AM
Sunset:
7:58 PM
Sunrise:
7:47 AM
Sunset:
7:58 PM
Sunrise:
7:46 AM
Sunset:
7:59 PM
Texas At A Glance
Amarillo
63/40
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Police/Sheriff’s Office reports
The Big Spring Police Department reported the
following activity:
• JOSEPH RYAN CHAPA, 20, of Midland was
arrested on warrants for fail to report change of
address and fail to appear.
• RAUL JOE AGUILAR III, 26, of 1207 Wood St.
was arrested on charges of criminal mischief more
than $500 but less than $1500.
• JASON DEWAYNE ROBERTS, 35, of 2106
Monticello St. was arrested on a warrant for another agency.
• JACOB ALEXANDER GALAN, 24, of 1607 S.
Main St. was arrested on a warrant for evading
arrest/detention.
• DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE was reported in
the 1900 block of Martin Luther King Blvd.
• THEFT was reported in the 3200 block of E.
I-20 and the 3600 block of W. Hwy 80.
• IDENTITY THEFT was reported in Craigmont
Court.
• WARRANT SERVICE was reported in the
2100 block of Monticello St. and the 300 block of S.
Main St.
• DISTURBANCE was reported in the 700 block
of N. Douglas St.
Big Spring Herald
Thursday, March 19, 2015
a.m. to noon at 615 Settles. Open meeting 7 p.m.
until 8 p.m.
MONDAY
• VA Alcoholics Anonymous support group, 7-8
p.m., Veterans Healing Center.
• Reformers Unanimous International is a faithbased addictions program helping people find freedom from addiction. Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
Mondays at Trinity Baptist Church in Big Spring.
Enter at the main entrance of the church.
• Stepping Stone Group of Narcotics Anonymous
meets at Spring Town Plaza (inside the mall, across
from the movie box office, next to Sears).
Open meeting at 7 p.m.
Dallas
77/63
Big Spring
83/49
El Paso
71/49
Austin Houston
79/63
77/65
San Antonio
78/63
Area Cities
City
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Brownwood
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Dallas
Del Rio
El Paso
Fort Stockton
Gainesville
Greenville
Houston
Brownsville
77/65
Hi
81
63
79
76
77
80
73
76
77
83
71
76
73
74
77
Lo Cond.
50 t-storm
40 rain
63 foggy
63 cloudy
65 pt sunny
55 t-storm
63 pt sunny
64 cloudy
63 rain
66 cloudy
49 pt sunny
53 cloudy
54 t-storm
61 rain
65 cloudy
National Cities
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
Hi
51
34
51
77
51
77
75
85
Lo Cond.
45 rain
19 sunny
37 cloudy
63 rain
34 rain
65 cloudy
58 pt sunny
68 pt sunny
City
Kingsville
Livingston
Longview
Lubbock
Lufkin
Midland
Raymondville
Rosenberg
San Antonio
San Marcos
Sulphur Springs
Sweetwater
Tyler
Weatherford
Wichita Falls
Hi
78
75
75
78
78
79
82
77
78
77
74
80
75
79
75
Lo Cond.
64 cloudy
63 cloudy
63 rain
44 pt sunny
64 cloudy
48 pt sunny
65 pt sunny
64 rain
63 rain
63 cloudy
63 rain
49 pt sunny
65 rain
57 cloudy
50 t-storm
City
Minneapolis
New York
Phoenix
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington, DC
Hi
54
43
74
71
62
52
54
Lo Cond.
34 pt sunny
30 sunny
57 t-storm
52 mst sunny
49 cloudy
42 cloudy
35 pt sunny
Moon Phases
Last
New
Mar 13
First
Mar 20
Full
Mar 27
Apr 4
UV Index
Fri
3/20
7
High
Sat
3/21
3
Moderate
Sun
Mon
3/22
3/23
3
Moderate
8
Very High
The UV Index is measured on a 0 - 11 number scale,
with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater
skin protection.
Tue
3/24
8
Very High
0
11
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• For information on Garett Parrish’s condition,
or to post messages of support, visit his Facebook
page (#GPSTRONG). Parrish was seriously injured
in a recent sledding accident.
• An account has been set up at Wells Fargo Bank
for Briana Mendoza to help with medical cost. Briana was recently diagnosed with cancer.
• The Big Spring Symphony Board of Directors
meets every second Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the symphony office, 808 Scurry Street
• The All-School CHS Reunion date has been
scheduled for Saturday, July 25, 2015. This year’s
focus will be on recognizing and honoring Coahoma ISD teachers from throughout the years.
• Crossroads Hospice needs volunteers for patient
care. Contact Eva at 263-5300.
• A hungry child cannot learn. Food2Kids - Big
Spring was created to provide nutrition for hundreds of children who do not get a substantial meal
on the weekends. F2K began last November and
HOOPS
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the home floor of the
Howard College Hawks
at 8:30 a.m. — accompanied by the raucous beat
of the Big Spring High
School Drumline —
where they will be met
by Howard College and
BSHS cheerleaders.
Big Spring Mayor
Larry McLellan and
118th District Judge Tim
Yeats will greet team
members, cheerleaders
and guests and welcome
them to a day of basketball with an inspirational pep rally punctuated
by bursts of pump-up
music.
“It’s truly the best
day to work at West
Texas Centers,” Smith
said. “Everyone looks
forward to this day the
minute we drape medals
around their necks from
last year’s event. It’s a
fun day for not only our
consumers, but for our
staff who help them prepare for this day.”
Teams from the 23
counties served by West
Texas Centers will compete throughout the day
along with teams from
the Betty Hardwick
Center, Permian Basin
Community
Centers,
and MHMR Services for
the Concho Valley.
Teams participating
in bracket play are: the
Big Spring Heat, Sweetwater Red Rattlers,
Ballinger
Longhorns,
Snyder Wildkatz, Seminole Pink Panthers, Monahans/Pecos Warriors,
Midland
Panthers,
Take Note
this volunteer program now serves more than 300
children weekly. Once the need has been identified,
F2K fills a sack of food to send home each Friday
during the school year. You can help. Volunteers
are needed and donations can be sent to Food2Kids
- Big Spring, P.O. Box 1641, Big Spring 79721. Find
us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Food2Kids
• Order of the Eastern Star Big Spring Chapter 67
meets the third Tuesday of each month at 219 Main
St. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Lodge meeting begins
at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact Jimmy Ruth at 270-7263.
• Staked Plains Masonic Lodge No. 598 meets the
second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. (dinner
is at 6 p.m.) at 219 ½ Main St. All Masons are welcome.
• The Crossroads Young Marines is taking applications for another boot camp. For more information, call 432-517-4791. Young Marines welcomes
boys and girls ages 8 to 18 who are still attending
school.
• The Big Spring Senior Center dance is open to
all ages. No alcohol or smoking. Our parking lot is
now well lit, and we are handicapped-accessible.
Cost is $8 per person.
• Victim Services is a non-profit independent community-based program serving victims of all violent
Odessa Tigers, Abilene
Chili Peppers, and the
San Angelo Bobcats.
Team members will be
accompanied by coaches, cheerleaders, pep
squads and friends and
family, totaling more
than 1,100 people, Smith
said.
“We always have large
crowds, and we love it,
as do our consumers.”
Practices have been
underway for the past
few months, not only
on the hardwood but
for cheerleaders and
the pep squads, as well,
Smith said. Not only
do the teams battle it
out on the court, but so
do the men and women
who lend support to the
teams.
“We award the coveted ‘Spirit Stick’ at the
end of the day-long com-
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petition,” Smith said.
“That is awarded to the
teams and the fans who
display a high level of
spirit even when watching other teams play.
Our judges watch them
throughout the day. It’s
almost as sought-after
as much as a first place
trophy for the basketball competition.”
“Our athletes enjoy
participating in front of
their fans,” Smith said.
“I hope everyone comes
out and watches our
athletes play basketball
and cheer and perform
their skits for the fans.
It’s just such a joyous
day for everyone in attendance.”
The event is sponsored
by West Texas Centers,
Howard College, The
Arc of Howard County,
ALON USA, Atmos En-
crime, including, but not limited to, assault, sexual
assault and domestic violence. Victim Services
advocates are available 24 hours of day, 365 days a
year to provide crisis intervention or accompaniment to the hospital and law enforcement agencies
as needed. If you can commit to 30-hour training,
an interview process and a background check, we
need you. For more information, call Linda Calvio
at 432-263-3312.
• Big Spring and surrounding counties are in need
of foster families. Foster parents are the caretakers for the children in the community who have
been abused or neglected. For more information on
becoming foster parents or adoptive families, call
the Children’s Protective Services office at 432-2639669.
• The mission of CASA
mote and support quality volunteers who speak
for the best interest of
abused and neglected
children in court in
an effort to find each
child a safe, nurturing
and permanent home.
We need your help. If
you’re interested in volunteering, contact Sara
Basaldua at 1-877-3168346.
of West Texas is to pro-
ergy, Kent Companies,
Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., KBST Radio
Stations, KBYG Radio
Stations, State National
Bank, SUPEROD, Stellar Automation, Prescription Services Inc.,
and Cowboys Steakhouse.
The event is free and
open to the public.
For more information, call Amy Vidal at
432 264-3256.
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James LaBrew, 81, died
Wednesday. Funeral service was at 11 a.m. this
morning at Myers & Smith
Chapel.
Laura “Missy” Hooper,
49, died Wednesday. The
family will receive friends
from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.
tonight at Myers & Smith
Funeral Home. Funeral
service will be at 11 a.m.
Friday at Myers & Smith
Chapel with burial at
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Ester De Hoyos Gomez,
40, died Wednesday.
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Coahoma.
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Monday. Funeral services
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family services and burial
at Mount Olive Memorial
Park will be held at a later
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What Congress can’t do
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Addresses
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GOVERNMENT
Austin, 78768
Phone: 512-463-0331
• BARACK OBAMA
President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
•KEL SELIGER
State Senator
Texas 31st District
401 Austin, Suite 101
Big Spring, 79720
Phone: 432-268-9909
• Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator
B40B Dirksen Senate
Office Building
Washington, D.C. 205104305
Phone: 202-228-0462
• John Cornyn
U.S. Senator
517 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 205104305
Phone: 202-224-2934
• Randy
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U.S. Representative
19th Cong. District
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Big Spring
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ere’s the short answer:
Anything.
If you can’t even
move a bill creating a
fund for the victims of sex trafficking, and if the president’s
noncontroversial
and, indeed, much
praised nominee
for attorney general isn’t moving forward as a
result, then you
can pretty much
conclude that
Congress is poised
Susan
to accomplish less
Estrich
than nothing, and
any talk about
bipartisan agreement is nothing but partisan
blather.
The bill is pretty simple and
has been languishing for some
time despite what appeared to be
bipartisan support. It would take
fees and funds collected from sex
traffickers and create a fund to
help cover the costs faced by the
injured and abandoned victims.
How could this be controversial?
In this Congress, easy.
When the bill showed up on
the floor on Tuesday, it included
a new provision that would
prohibit the use of any of the
funds to finance abortions for
the trafficking victims. Rather
than recognize the abuse these
women have suffered and respect their right to autonomy,
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and
his colleagues would deny this
fundamental right even to the
victims of sex trafficking. How
cruel can you be?
I
Letter policies
Daily Prayer
But this isn’t about decency
and humanity. Forget about the
victims of sex trafficking when
you’re dealing with the petty
despots of the United States Senate, who will reduce themselves
to playing politics even with
the victims of sex trafficking.
Shame.
Meanwhile, just to add to the
ugliness, Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, well known
for his tirade against Ashley
Judd (McConnell was recorded
making it clear that he would
use her sexual victimization
against her if she had the audacity to run against him for Senate), has vowed to hold up the
confirmation vote on Loretta
Lynch, a career prosecutor and
public servant with no partisan
vulnerabilities except that she
was nominated by a Democrat.
What kindergarten do these
children attend? Did no one
teach them any fundamental
rules of dignity and respect?
Using the victims of sex trafficking as pawns in partisan
playground battles is simply
inexcusable.
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What kindergarten do
these children attend?
Did no one teach them
any fundamental rules
of dignity and
respect?
Victimized once by cruel traffickers, how can senators ignore
that what they are doing is nothing less than victimizing them
again?
At least some members of the
Republican Party have come to
realize that their extreme positions on social issues — including abortion — are hurting the
party more than helping it. At
least two would-be senators in
recent elections self-destructed
because of their gross insensitivity to the victims of rape. And
yet, it seems, they never learn.
Do Republicans really mean to
force a woman who was trafficked to carry to term the child
of the man who ravaged and
abused her? And then they complain when Democrats call it a
“war against women.” What else
would you call it?
In the meantime, as Hillary
Clinton pointed out in one of her
latest tweets, the Republicans
are delaying confirmation of the
first African-American woman
to be named attorney general
for reasons having nothing to do
with her qualifications.
“Enough is enough,” Democratic Sen. Patty Murray declared of the current situation.
Wishful thinking.
How much contempt
for the law can a chief
executive of the United States government
demonstrate?
might ask you, “how does that
make you feel?”
Adding insult to injury — and
aggravation to anarchy —
Obama’s White House is playing
fast and loose with the truth on
this matter. Shocker.
In November, an administration official told reporters that
these immigrants would not
be eligible for Social Security
benefits. But as The Daily Caller
notes, the White House changed
its tune in December, saying
the official had misspoken in
November and that immigrants
protected under Obama’s action
will be eligible for those benefits.
Who really believes that the
administration official misspoke
in November, as opposed to misrepresenting the facts to soften
the blow of this already-outrageous executive action? Sen. Jeff
Sessions wasn’t buying it, and
one of his spokesmen pointed
out that this new eligibility “is
an attack on working families
(because) the amnestied illegal
immigrants are largely older,
lower-wage and lower-skilled
and will draw billions more in
benefits than they will pay in.”
Seriously, how much more bad
news could there be with this
executive action?
It’s funny you should ask.
In fact, there is more to consider. Indeed, I must add more
questions to my list at the beginning of this column. Do people
truly realize that our entitlement
programs, including Social Security, are in dire straits? Do they
understand that at some point in
the near future, entitlement benefits will consume 100 percent of
federal tax revenues, such that
there will be no money left over
for discretionary spending? Do
they realize that the president
who is unduly burdening our
fiscal condition is the same man
who just exacerbated the pressures on that system by making
these immigrants eligible for
benefits?
More importantly, do they
realize he’s the primary person
standing in the way of structural
entitlement reform, which is
necessary to avert the inevitable
federal fiscal calamity? This is
the same man who wants us to
alter our entire way of life, block
the Keystone XL pipeline and
further burden us with quixotic
spending on fantastic “green”
projects because he sees global
warming as the greatest threat
to this nation and the world. So
we have a tangible, undeniable
fiscal crisis looming over our
heads — it will most likely materialize within 20 years — and he
chooses to ignore it while demanding radical action on global
warming, which wouldn’t make
an appreciable difference in
global temperature in a century,
even if you believe the alarmism
underlying this hysteria. But I
digress.
Just in case you thought there
are no further outrages to report
here, I must inform you that
the Justice Department filed an
emergency motion last week
asking a federal appeals court to
suspend the injunction issued
by a U.S. District Court in Texas
against Obama’s lawless amnesty order. In its motion, the highhanded DOJ characterized the
District Court’s injunction as
“interfering with immigration
enforcement.” That would make
George Orwell proud, for in fact,
the District Court is doing just
the opposite; it is trying to make
the administration enforce the
existing law, not the illegal one
that Obama whisked into existence with his pen and phone.
The DOJ motion also argued,
speciously, that the District
Court injunction “offends basic
separation-of-powers and federalism principles and impinges
on core Executive functions.”
You’ve got to admit that these
people have chutzpah. Again,
their words are wholly at odds
with the facts. Obama is the one
who has grossly offended separation of powers and federalism
principles and has exceeded his
executive authority.
What a colossal, disgraceful
nightmare we’re experiencing.
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Cowboys agree to deal with new pass rusher
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys made their big play
in free agency with defensive end
Greg Hardy. Now they wait to see
how soon the former Carolina player will boost their mediocre pass
rush.
With Hardy facing a league suspension for violating the NFL’s domestic conduct policy, the team
signed him Wednesday to a oneyear deal valued at up to $13.1
million if he meets incentives. A
person with knowledge of the contract provided details on condition
of anonymity because terms were
not announced.
Hardy played just one game last
season because he was placed on
the commissioner’s exempt list after a judge in North Carolina convicted him on domestic violence
charges.
The case was thrown out on appeal when Hardy’s accuser couldn’t
be located to testify, and the NFL
filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking evidence from the trial. League
spokesman Greg Aiello said Hardy’s
status was still “being reviewed for
potential discipline.”
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said
the contract was “heavily weighted
toward his participation in games”
after the team spent weeks researching Hardy’s background.
“Obviously a great deal of our
study was dedicated to the issue of
domestic violence, and the recent
events that associated Greg with
that issue,” Jones said. “Our organization understands the very serious nature of domestic violence in
our society and in our league. We
know that Greg has a firm understanding of those issues as well.”
The league is seeking evidence
from Hardy’s case through North
Carolina’s open records laws after
prosecutors refused to release anything. His ex-girlfriend testified that
Hardy threw her in a bathroom and
onto a futon filled with guns and
threatened to kill her.
Hardy denied the allegations in
his testimony, and prosecutors say
he reached a civil suit agreement
with the accuser.
Without evidence from the trial,
it could be difficult for the NFL to
enforce a tougher personal-conduct policy approved by owners
after Hardy’s conviction. First-time
violations involving assault, sexual
assault and domestic violence can
result in six-game suspensions.
The 26-year-old Hardy tied a
Carolina club record with 15 sacks
in 2013, and made $13.1 million on
the franchise tag last season despite playing just one game.
He tweeted a picture of the Dallas skyline Wednesday and wrote,
“My new city baby ... can’t wait to
show out for my old and new fans.”
“We have spent a great deal of
time over the last two days in meeting with Greg directly and gaining
a solid understanding of what he is
all about as a person and as a football player,” Jones said.
The 6-foot-4, 275-pound Hardy,
a sixth-round pick by the Panthers
in 2010, had 26 sacks over two seasons before his legal troubles arose.
Settlement reached
in 2008 Clemens
defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — A longrunning defamation lawsuit
against former Boston Red
Sox and New York Yankees
pitcher Roger Clemens by his
ex-trainer has been settled
for an undisclosed amount of
money to be paid by his insurer, attorneys said Wednesday after meeting with a federal judge.
The deal, reached after
closed-door
negotiations
before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Cheryl L. Pollak in Brooklyn,
will not require the seventime Cy Young Award winner
to contribute any money or
release any claims against extrainer Brian McNamee, attorneys for both men said.
McNamee sued Clemens
for defamation in 2008 after
the pitcher said McNamee
lied and manufactured evidence when he accused Clemens of using banned performance-enhancing drugs.
The case was moved to federal court the following year.
Clemens didn’t attend the
settlement talks. His attorney Chip Babcock was disappointed he didn’t get to try
the case.
“And so is Mr. Clemens,” he
said.
McNamee’s attorney Richard Emery said the agreement was fair and allowed everyone involved to move on.
“At this point it’s water over
the dam,” he said. “It’s high
time. This is old news these
days.”
A spokesman for AIG, the
insurer backing Clemens’
homeowner’s insurance policy, declined to comment.
That lawsuit alleged Clemens pursued a publicrelations attack against McNamee after the onetime
strength coach told federal
agents and Congress he routinely injected the hardthrowing right-hander with
steroids and human growth
hormone from 1998 through
2001.
Clemens, who pitched until he was 45, has denied the
charges and told ESPN McNamee’s case was an example of
“somebody out there that is
really crawling up your back
to make a buck.”
Clemens, who also played
for the Toronto Blue Jays
and the Houston Astros in
his two-decade-long career,
was found not guilty in 2012
of charges of obstructing
Congress, making false statements in a deposition and
committing perjury when
he denied using steroids or
human growth hormone injected by McNamee.
On Wednesday, McNamee
told reporters the deal hadn’t
sunk in.
“I got to digest this,” he said.
“I got to go home and have a
good meal. Let me sit with it.”
Boeheim’s Syracuse
reign done in 3 years
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) —
Jim Boeheim became the
face of Syracuse University
over the past five decades,
first as player, then as coach
— revered for wins and delivering a national title to a
struggling city in 2003. But
the coda to his decorated
career has become tinged
with undeniable blemishes,
laid out in harsh penalties
for violations the NCAA says
show Boeheim and the university lost control of athletics.
Boeheim and Syracuse
officials acknowledged the
unwanted ties Wednesday
in announcing he will retire
after three more seasons,
while insisting they don’t
agree with parts of the
scathing NCAA report and
will appeal to try to save
scholarships and wins.
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud said
Boeheim decided to make
the
announcement
to
“bring certainty to the team
and program in the coming years” and to allow for a
smooth transition.
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Big Spring’s doubles tandem of Josh Baker and Kieran Atherton breezed to the doubles’
title at the Hornet Relays recently. The two won all four of their matches by identical 6-0,
6-0 scores.
Baker, Atherton highlight BS’
efforts at Hornet Invitational
After getting snowed, iced and
rained out, the Big Spring High
School Steer tennis team branched
out a little further and played in the
inaugural Hornet Invitation at Irion
County. Irion County just completed the construction of eight new
purple and green courts and the
players were privileged to be the
first to play competitive matches
on them.
The Steers’ top tennis doubles
team had the perfect tournament.
Josh Baker and Kieran Atherton
dominated the event by not losing
a single game. They defeated three
consecutive opponents 6-0, 6-0 before facing BSHS teammates – and
Big Spring’s No. 3 doubles team of
Noe Arguello and Brandon Hilario.
Baker and Kieran kept their streak
perfect by winning the finale, again
with a 6-0, 6-0 performance.
“Its very hard to win this many
matches without losing a single
game,” said BSHS coach Dana
Jones. “Usually in the course of a
tournament, there are little mental lapses or your opponent has a
good service game. But this time,
no one could solve the riddle.”
The duo recently won the doubles title at the Midland Tall City Invitational so they are playing well.
They weren’t the only ones to
have success.
In singles play, the Steers finished 1-2-3. William Grigg defeated teammate Tristian Turner
in the boys’ singles final, 2-6, 7-5,
6-3. Charlie Correa defeated Irion
County’s Hank Dareing, 6-4, 6-4, for
third place. “
A very good win for Charlie. He
played an excellent match,” said
Jones.
Rockets should get
Howard back real soon
HOUSTON (AP) — Dwight
Howard is feeling better and
is close to returning from
swelling in his right knee that
has kept Houston’s center off
the court from almost two
months.
Howard, who has missed
the past 23 games with the
injury, returned to practice in
the past week. He wouldn’t
give a timetable for his return,
but said he’s ‘pretty close’.
“I had a good eight weeks
of really training and working on my body and mentally
I feel good, physically I feel
great so I can’t wait to get
back on the floor,” he said.
Howard hasn’t played since
Jan. 23 and had a bone marrow aspirate injection in his
knee on Feb. 9. Since then
he’s gone through a grueling
rehabilitation process that
has included spending an inordinate amount of time on
the treadmill.
“We did some extremely
tough workouts on the treadmill. Anytime anyone says
treadmill I lose it,” Howard
joked. “I don’t think anybody
understands what they had
me doing on the treadmill. I
was just begging them: ‘Can I
just play so I don’t have to do
this?’
In girls’ doubles, Taylor Olivo and
Cassidi Redlin reached the finals
and fell to Miller and McNutt of
Irion County in three close sets.
Girls’ singles finished out the action with freshman Robbie Downing defeating teammate Daisi Salazar for third place. Sarah Marshall,
Elisa Hernandez and Victoria Deubler all had wins for the Steers.
The strong performance by the
Steers earned them the team title.
“It was nice to finally get some
match play,” said Jones. “Because
of this year’s weather, we have lost
a lot of practice and playing time.
The weather was beautiful both
days. It was nice to have some
warm weather for a change.”
Next match for the Steers is
the Abilene Eagle Invitational on
March 27-28.
Green, Spurs bounce back
to beat Milwaukee, 114-103
Tony Claxton photo (www.claxtonphotography.com)
The Big Spring High School Lady Steers
will return to action on March 24 when
they host Lubbock Estacado as the BSHS
Softball Complex.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — One
night after coach Gregg
Popovich said his team put
forth “a pathetic performance” in an embarrassing
104-100 overtime loss to the
New York Knicks, the Spurs
used a strong second half to
easily beat the Milwaukee
Bucks 114-103.
“I gave up a long time ago
trying to understand the
game of basketball,” said Parker, who scored 15 points. “It is
weird. We just did a better job
tonight of shooting the ball
and playing the game better.”
Veteran star Tim Duncan,
who had 19 points and seven
assists, offered a similar explanation for the reversal in
play by the defending NBA
champions.
“It’s just basketball,” he
said. “We played much better tonight and did all the
little things you need to do.
We shot the ball better and
played much better defense.
It is what we expect from our
team.”
Popovich said his team had
a good night.
“It’s basketball, not magic,” he said. “You have to do
things consistently and well
more than the other team for
the 48 minutes.”
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experience necessary will train.
Inquire at WAGON WHEEL,
2010 Scurry St. No phone call
Please!
LAQUINTA INN & SUITES-Accepting applications for all
Positions. Must be able to work
weekends. Apply at 1102 West
I-20. No phone calls please.
LEGAL SECRETARY- resume
required. Excellent computer
skills. Send resumes to 608
Scurry, Big Spring, TX 79720
or Fax to 432-267-1043.
LIMESTONE IS Hiring Full
Time
Porter/Housekeeper
Please Call For an
Appointment @ 432-263-7300
or Come In & Apply 1401 N
Hwy 87 Big Spring, Tx 79720
GILLIHAN PAINT & Body is
looking
for a shop porter.
Driver license needed. Must be
honest and dependable, apply
in person at 821 W. 4th St.
NEED EXPERIENCED dozer
operator (CDL preferred but
not required) for independent
oil and gas company in Big
Spring. Work close to home,
competitive pay and benefits.
Please call 432-813-7376 or
send resume to PO Box 1888,
Big Spring, TX 79721.
NEED EXPERIENCED
trackhoe operator (CDL
preferred but not required) for
independent oil and gas
company in Big Spring. Work
close to home, competitive pay
and benefits. Please call
432-813-7376 or send resume
to PO Box 1888, Big Spring,
TX 79721.
NEEDED
EXPERIENCED
Welders and Laborers.
Welders Must Have Helmets
Gloves and Boots. Laborers
Must Have Gloves and Boots.
Wage D.O.E. Apply @ 700 N.
Owens
Big
Spring
432-263-2276
NEIGHBORS CONVENIENCE
Store now hiring cooks,
cashiers, stockers. All Shifts.
Apply at 3315 E. FM 700.
NOW HIRING full time/ part
time employees at WES-T-GO.
Apply in person, 1800 Gregg.
NOW HIRING Bartender &
Combination
Cocktail/Food
Waitstaff Legacy Restaurant
125 E. 3rd For Application Call
432-213-0946 Must Be @
Least 18.
NOW HIRING
CDL CLASS A DRIVERS
Phoenix Lease Services - Big
Spring, Texas
Requirements:
N or X Endorsement
Good MVR and Work History
1 Yrs. Experience (preferred)
Driver Benefits:
Sign-On Bonus
Safety / Performance Bonus
FREE Health insurance for
Employee
Excellent Benefits
Local runs ONLY
Paid holidays and vacations
time
Apply in person at 2705 North
Hwy 87 OR contact
432-263-1300
OFFICE MANAGER needed
for Auto Service
Company. Computer Skills a
Must. Great Attitude.
Competive Pay. Refrences
Required. Send resume:
c/o P.O. Box 1431/218, Big
Spring, TX 79721-1431.
PARKVIEW NURSING and
Rehab is currently hiring for a
6a-2p /2p-10p Charge Nurse.
We
offer Competitive
Pay, Benefits and
a Great
Family working environment!
You can apply on line at
www.parkviewnursing.net or in
person at 3200 Parkway.
PARKVIEW NURSING and
Rehabilitation is ALWAYS
hiring Nurse Aides, both
certified and non-certified. If
you are not already certified,
we will help you obtain your
certification .
You can apply on-line at
www.parkviewnursing.net or in
WESTERN TRUCK, TRAILER
& WELDING
BIG SPRING, TEXAS
NOW HIRING
EXPERIENCE DIESEL TECH
**MUST HAVE
EXPERIENCE**
*DRIVER LICENSE AND
TOOLS REQUIRED
*EXCELLENT PAY
*GREAT WORKING
CONDITIONS
*MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY
*8AM TO 5PM
CALL AND TALK TO JERRY
432-264-9667
CAUSE NO. P-14383
IN THE ESTATE OF
BETTY CARPENTER BARR,
DECEASED
IN THE COUNTY COURT
OF
HOWARD COUNTY, TEXAS
NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS
HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE
ESTATE OF BETTY CARPENTER
BARR, DECEASED
Notice is hereby given
that original Letters of
Testamentary for the Estate of
BETTY CARPENTER BARR,
DECEASED were issued on
February 20, 2015, in Cause No.
P-14383 pending in the County
Court of Howard County, Texas, to
MARK JAMES BARR and
MAXWELL ANDREW BARR.
The residence of MARK
JAMES BARR is 600 Mathews, Big
Spring, Texas 79720. The
residence of MAXWELL ANDREW
BARR is 11000 NCR 45,
Coahoma, Texas 79511.
All
persons
having
claims against this Estate which is
currently being administered are
required to present them within the
time and the manner prescribed by
law.
DATED the 20th day of
February, 2015.
MARK JAMES BARR
MAXWELL ANDREW BARR
#8651 March 19, 2015
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
FLUID INJECTION WELL PERMIT
ConocoPhillips
Company, 3300 North A Street,
Building
6,
Midland,
Texas
79705-5490 is applying to the
Railroad Commission of Texas for
a permit to inject fluid into a
formation which is productive of oil
and gas. The applicant proposes
to inject fluid into the Glorieta and
Clearfork formations of the Chalk
Estate 24 well. The proposed
injection well is located 6.0 miles
East of Forsan, Texas in the
Howard Glasscock (Consolidated)
Field in Howard County, Texas.
Fluid will be injected into the
subsurface depth interval of 2,483
feet to 2,968 feet.
LEGAL
AUTHORITY:
Chapter 27 of the Texas Water
Code, as amended, Title 3 of the
Texas Natural Resources Code, as
amended, and the Statewide Rules
of the Oil and Gas Division of the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
Requests for a public
hearing from persons who can
show they are adversely affected
or requests for further information
concerning any aspect of the
application should be submitted in
writing, within fifteen days of
publication, to the Environmental
Services Section, Oil and Gas
Division, Railroad Commission of
Texas, P. O. Box 12967, Austin,
Texas
78711
(Telephone
512-463-6792).
#8652 March 19, 2015
HUGE SALE! 6 Glenwick
Cove. 4-7:00 pm, Friday, and
7:30am-1:00 Saturday the 20th
and 21st.
Help Wanted
- TEXASTONE QUARRIES
Is hiring full time laborers to
work in the plant and also in
the quarry. Benefits available.
Apply in person: 1400 Sherrod
Rd., Garden City or call
432-354-2569
Area Routes
Open
Great opportunity for
extra income.
Ideal for retired person
or stay at home mom
Must have reliable
transportation,
drivers license and
insurance.
Stop by the
Big Spring Herald,
710 Scurry St.
for application.
No Phone Calls Please
BIG SPRING CARPOOL
AVAILABLE
COLORADO CITY CARPOOL
AVAILABLE
LAMESA CARPOOL AVAILABLE
RNs – All Shifts
Job Posting # 252983
Earn up to $4408.55 per month
(DOE)
LVNs – DAY & EVENING Shifts
Job Posting # 252975
Earn up to $2720.05 per month
(DOE)
Psychiatric Nursing Assistants
Job Posting # 250720
Varied Shifts
Starting salary $1877.42 per month
Contact our Job Center for Job Descriptions
or to Arrange a Campus Tour
432-268-7341 or 432-268-7298
Or
Complete an application online at
https://jobshrportal.cpa.texas.gov/E
NG/careerportal/
Once you have completed your application
Big Spring State Hospital
1901 North Highway 87
Big Spring, TX 79720
CASHIER and STOCKERS
Needed. Weekend Mornings &
Afternoons Available. Starting
pay $9.00 per hour. Apply at
Fast Stop, 1500 E. 4th St.
CRISPY'S CAFE now hiring
dishwasher, cook and deep fry
cook. Experience
preferred. Come by 1904 S.
Birdwell Ln.. No phone calls
please.
LICENSED PHYSICAL
THERAPY ASSISTANT dynamic home health company
looking for an LPTA to work in
Big Spring. Great pay, easy
computer system, lots of
friendly peers. Call us!
Dynamic Therapy Services,
432-685-3505.
person at 3200 Parkway.
PIZZA INN Now Hiring Smiling
Faces Come In Today & Talk
To Us About Joing Our Team
700 E. FM 700
THE COLORADO River
Municipal Water District is
accepting applications for
following positions:
Central Control Operator Responsible for monitoring
water flows, pressures, and
tank levels using SCADA
system. Perform administrative
support including recording
readings, monitoring phone
and basic data entry. Basic
computer skills including Excel
needed. This position involves
shift work.
Equipment Operator Responsible for maintaining
the District’s raw water
pipelines, pump stations, and
wells. Entry to intermediate
level position
For additional information visit
www.crmwd.org
R DIRT CO. LLC has the
following positions open for
Class B Dumpt Truck Drivers.
Health insurance provided for
employees. Overtime available.
Come by 610 South Main
Street, NO PHONE CALLS
PLEASE!
ELROD’S FURNITURE
Now Hiring!
Accepting Applications for a
Full Time Sales
Representative.
If you are friendly, reliable and
eager to learn, we encourage
you to apply. Please apply in
Person at Elrod's Furniture for
further detail and applications
No phone calls please
2309 Scurry
Big Spring, TX 79720
SHELL STAR STOP looking
for New Team Members &
Assistant Managers. Full &
Part time employees needed.
Apply in person at any Shell
Star Stop in Big Spring.
Excellent wages! Drug Free
Environment.
STERLING COUNTY Nursing
Home is taking applications for
housekeepers. We offer
medical, dental, and vision
insurance
plus
retirement
benefits. for more information
please call Amanda Arispe @
325-378-2134
VACUUM TRUCK Operators
Wanted
Class A CDL Required,
experience preferred but not
necessary.
Starting
Pay
$16-$19/Hour. Safety Bonuses,
Holiday Pay, Overtime, Health
Insurance & New Equipment.
Please call Native Transport at
806-317-4841 or email
[email protected].
WE ARE Needing a Flatbed
Operator/Wrecker. Must Be
Very Clean Cut! Punctual and
Professional. TDLR Licensed
Preferred. Towing Experienced
Not Mandatory. Basic
Automotive Knowledge is a
Must! We Are EOE. Apply in
Person @ 3000 N US Hwy 87.
Do you have
a service to offer?
Place your ad in the Herald
Classified Professional Service
Directory
Call 263-7331 Today!
Items for Sale
FOR SALE 2001 Wildwood
Fifth Wheel Toy Hauler by
Forest River, one slideout.
Almost new tires. One leak
around forward air conditioner.
$6000. 512-767-4561.
Real Estate for Rent
1004 LANCASTER, Very Nice
2 bedroom, 1 bath, CH/A,
granite counter tops,
appliances. $875 month, $750
deposit. No HUD or Pets. Call
(432)517-2876.
1102 HWY 176 #3 3 Bedroom
2 Bath Large Carport Very
Nice! CH/A $1050.00 a Month
$1000.00
Deposit
Call
432-517-2876
1403 MARIJO Clean 2 Bdrm,
1 bath with stove and window
units. $650.00 Month, $650.00
Deposit. Must have Rental
references.
Call
(432)270-3609
3/1 BATH older home in the
country with acreage available
for oil companies in the Forsan
School District. CH/A will be
ready April 1 $1500 monthly
Call (325) 949-2194
AFFORDABLE
COUNTRY
Living- OASIS RV Park has
Spaces & Travel Trailers for
Rent, Call 432-517-0062 or
264-9907.
KENTWOOD AREA, 3 Bdrm,
2 bath, 2 living areas, fenced
yard, workshop, very nice
house.
$1600.00
month,
$1600.00 deposit. First & Last
month rent, credit/back ground
check. Call 432-517-4123.
NICE RV for Rent on 1 acre
$600.00 all bills paid except
propane. Furnished $300.00
deposit (432) 213-4671
RV SPACE for Rent, NOT in
RV Park. Quiet, Secluded area.
Country Living. ALL BILLS
PAID! Call (432) 816-1107
Travel Trailers & Spaces for
rent. Peaceful Country setting.
Call Cindy at 432-213-0243 for
trailers,
or
Brandy
432-213-3608 for spaces.
Real Estate for Sale
Legals
MITCHEM WRECKER
5715 W I-20
BIG SPRING, TX, 79720
432-267-3747
FAX: 432-263-8337
ON March 03/07/2015 we pick up a
PT Crusier red left in parking lot in
coahoma with Missouri tags
YHZU5K
VIN
3A4FY58B86T326544
it
at
Mitchem Wrecker yard
#8650 March 19, 2015
Discover Another
World,
Read!
You never know
what you
might find.
HUNGER
BLOGS,
TOO.
3 BEDROOM House 2 Full
Bathrooms Need Work 68,500
Call
For
More
Info
432-270-0053 You Must
Provide Your Own Financing
FOR SALE Land and nice
3Bed 2Full Bath Nice Mobile
home Plus 2 bonus rooms and
a building formerly the SunSet
Bar on 1.5 acres must see
1800 N Birdwell Ln BigSpring,
Tx432-263-6292 432-270-4438
cell $55,000
FOR SALE by Owner 3/2 bath
on half acre lot in Coahoma
School District No owner finance $179,000
Call 432-935-8553
HOUSE FOR Sale By Owner 3
Bedroom 2 Bath 1802 E. 11th
No Owner Financing Serious
Callers Only Call For
Appointment 254-768-3884 or
254-733-2430
Vehicles
2000 CHEV Camaro. 143,000
miles. Front end damage but
hood not damaged. Most of
body in good condition. Good
drive train. Make a reasonable
offer. 432-816-4958.
sudoku
ANSWERS
1 IN 6 AMERICANS STRUGGLES WITH HUNGER.
TOGETHER
WE’RE
Hunger is closer than you think. Reach out to your local food bank
for ways to do your part. Visit FeedingAmerica.org today.
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Classified
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
265831
$55.60 Per Month
Call 263-7331 to place your ad today!!
AUTO PARTS
AVON
CARPET CLEANING
Specialize in late model quality Pickup parts
262449
Email:[email protected]
http://www.youravon.com
/kroubison
GLASS
and
• Residential • Commercial
• Chain Link • Metal
• Cedar
• Dog Kennels
Now Accepting
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL
ROOFING - PAINTING
MASTER REMODELER
METAL BUILDINGS
CELL
(432) 517-0133
ROBERT P. SHAFFER
OWNER
432-268-3318
Top Notch Landscaping
Landscape design • Swimming pools
Ponds • Irrigation • Rockscaping
Landscape lighting • Complete lawn care
Pavers• Brick & stone• Patios & walkways
Complete tree service • Retaining walls
Commercial & Residential
Get Our Price & Compare
Robert Marquez - Owner
263-1613
1-800-525-1389
HOME IMPROVEMENT
HOME IMPROVEMENT
ENTRY DOORS/
GARAGE
DOORS/OPENERS
Gibbs Remodeling
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Call 263-8285 or 270-3282
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
CLEANING
RS Home Repair
432-213-8722
Call Randy
(432) 816-3030
Weekly, Monthly
or occasionally.
Call For
Free Estimate.
265792
Add On's, Baths,
Kitchens, Carports,
Garages, Garage Doors,
Remodeling, Painting
And Etc.
HOME AND
OFFICE CLEANING
AND ODD JOBS
432-270-2116
266184
MUSIC
(432) 301-5827
270-7733
Call Bryan @
LANDSCAPING
Mowing, weedeating, hauling, hedge & tree trimmings,
cleanup of lots, alleys &
storage buildings.
M&S
Lawn Care
Moonridge
Landscaping
6305 E. Midway Rd.
Big Spring, TX 79720
Tree Service
Complete Lawn Care
Large Lot Mowing
Complete New Grass
Installation
Senior Discount
Tree Removal, Tree Trimming,
Landscape, Small Home
Repair, Hauling.
(432) 213-8338
OR
(512) 800-0809
(432) 517-5554
YOUR AD
This Could Be Your Ad
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CALL 432-263-7331
Herald Classifieds
Free Estimates
All Remodel Needs Of Any
Room In Your Home.
267-5811
ALL OF YOUR
LAWN CARE
200419
409 E. 3RD
Free Estimates
LAWN SERVICE
Room Additions,
Drywall Hanging & Finishing,
Bath & Kitchen Remodels, Ceramic
Tile, Insallation & Repair.
BOB'S CUSTOM
WOODWORK
Mowing, Weedeating,
Trimming, Edge The Yard
LAWN SERVICE
Call 267-5460
Cell 816-6150
Free Estimates
Big Spring
Lawn Care
Yards, Trees, Clean-Up,
Hauling, Garden,
Planting, etc.
Scoggin
Lawn Service
(432) 213-0031
Big Spring, TX
Remodeling • Contractor
Repaired/Remodeled
Refinishing
Kitchen & Bath Specialist
PAINTING
Pro Painting
Const & Coating
30+ Yrs. Exp./Union Trained
• Master Remodler
• Commercial/Residential
• New Home Const.
• Oilfield Painting/Coating
• Quality Craftsmanship
• Christian Based Ethics
San Angelo - Big Spring
Call Monday thru Friday 8-5
PEST CONTROL
PLUMBING
Expert Plumbing and
Drain Cleaning Service
Now Offering
Electronic Leak Detection
And Sewer Camera
Inspection.
Call
Southwestern
A-1 Pest Control
432.263.0441
Max F. Moore
(432) 270-3911
432-213-0489
2008 Birdwell Lane
www.swa1pc.com
M-36107
TREE TRIMMING
DID YOU KNOW?
YOUR AD
THIS COULD
BE
YOUR AD
There is a Music Shop
in the Mall?
258866
FOR MORE
INFORMATION
FOR SALE
ROOFING
ROOFING
Trying To Get Rid Of
Unwanted Items
Johnny Flores
Roofing &
Construction
Timmy D's
Roofing
CALL 263-7331
Herald Classifieds
Shingles, Hot Tar & Gravel.
All type of repairs!
Work Guaranteed.
Specializing in Hot Tar Roofs.
Doctor of Repairs
Free Estimates!!
267-1110
432-466-1102
Free Estimate
Metal, Shingle, Flat Roofs
Specializing In Metal
Whole Roof or Patch Jobs
Also (Home Remodeling)
Satisfaction Guaranteed
(432) 935-1835
CALL
263-7331
Herald Classifieds
258531
(432) 714-4277
257712
Gary's B's Music
263886
233551
Pat's Tree and
Yard Service
LANDSCAPING
You Choose Your Payment Plan!!
Free Estimates
(432) 263-1580
FAX
(432) 263-3711
LAWN SERVICE
RAINBOW
LANDSCAPING
• Tree Trimming
• Yard Manicuring
• Light Hauling
• Water Hauling
220352
VOTED BEST IN BIG SPRING
BDA Companies
432-267-3349
LANDSCAPING
OUTSIDE
SPRING CLEAN-UP
220763
B & M Fence Co.
101 NW 2nd St.
LAWN SERVICE
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Free Estimates
(432) 466-3619
261235
FENCES
258681
3208 E. FM 700
Big Spring, TX 79720
252128
816-6839
Wood &
Chainlink
Emergency Service Available 24/hr
229714
806-759-1036 / Cell
Finest In
Fencing
Locally Owned
Residential and Commercial
Garage • Shed • Carports,
etc.
NO JOB TOO SMALL
CALL
258667
Call:
Domingo Ortiz
Jimmy Marquez-Owner
Commercial/Residential
Metal Building
Steel Buildings
Quality Fence Co.
A & B Glass Company
264650
Quality Concrete
258652
40 Years Plus Experience
FENCES
265370
CONCRETE
262477
CONCRETE
233435
Monday – Friday 8a.m. – 5:30p.m.
Ortiz Concrete
Const.
236409
Buy or Sell
K & Friends
Independent Reps
Call or Text Kim
at 432-664-6007
Since 1947
1511 HWY 350 ● (432) 263-5000
Big Spring, Texas 79720
256909
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8
CLASSIFIED
BIG SPRING HERALD
Thursday, March 19, 2015
BIG SPRING HERALD
Thursday, March 19, 2015
CLASSIFIED
9
Tomorrow’s Horoscope
New Moon Prep
Tomorrow the sky has
"Fresh Start" written in
large sparkling letters
across it, as the total
solar
eclipse, the
new moon
and the
spring
equinox
will occur
over the
course of
the day.
Consider
H OLIDAY
this prep
M ATHIS
time. As in
all
preparations, think about
your ideal end result
(which in this case is the
new you) and plan your
way backward.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). You don't want them
to feel overly persuaded
by you, because you
know they'll push back.
That's why you might act
like you don't want the
choice you advocate or
that it hurts you
personally to want it.
Tricky, but effective.
what's good for you.
Luckily, today your
interests align perfectly
with the better half of the
group.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). You have the
situational awareness of
Jason Bourne now and
can apply it to solve the
mystery of what's really
going on in your
environment, as well as
the deeper question of
"Who am I?"
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Every person has a
set of behaviors that he
or she would normally
enact in a given
situation. When someone
departs from this baseline
of activity, it's a clue for
you and a signal to figure
out what's really going
on.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Like the seasoned
performers know, the
best show in the world
can go unappreciated by
the wrong audience.
Market what you do so
you can find your right
audience.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Your influence is
strong in part because
people trust you to do
what's good for the
majority instead of only
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Most people around
you are just like you:
trying to get along. That's
why the person
Dear Annie: My dad
was a proud veteran of
WWII. When he died 20
years ago, he willed his
medals to my brother
"Jim" and the Bible he
carried during the war to
my brother "Ray."
Eventually, Ray gave the
Bible to Jim. My mother
also gave other army
memorabilia to Jim,
thinking it should all be
together.
Jim recently informed
me that when he dies,
he's passing on all of
Dad's things to "Margret,"
his second wife. Margret
met my father only once.
Jim has no children, but
the rest of us do. Several
of my nieces and
nephews have a keen
interest in their ancestry
and would love to own
these war mementos.
I suggested to Jim that
he consider passing on
Dad's things to the next
generation, but was
forcefully told they were
going to Margret. I realize
that these items belong to
Jim now, and he can do
what he wishes with
them, but I'm extremely
upset that such precious
memorabilia will end up
being lost to us forever. I
can't speak to Jim further
about this. Margret was
also shocked by Jim's
reaction, but he has
forbidden her to talk to
us about it.
None of us lives
nearby, and we cannot
see Jim in person. I
haven't shared this
information with other
family members yet and
would hate to involve my
mother, because it would
upset her. I guess all I
can do is hope that
Margret will do the right
thing and give these
exhibiting dominant
behaviors feels
threatening. It's worth
paying attention to,
because if you can put
this person at ease, it will
be good for all.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). It's obvious (and
repellent) to you when
another person is trying
too hard. That's why
whenever you feel like
you're edging toward this
state, you take a few steps
back, regain your
composure and reframe
the situation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You're so bright and
imaginative that you
need interesting
challenges to keep your
mind busy. You'll
struggle when the
environment is dull. The
best thing to do is plan
your escape.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21). It's good to
know your weaknesses,
but don't change a thing
until you've first
considered the advantage
that lies within each
weakness and how you
counter it with a
strength.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). As you take in
items to Dad's
grandchildren when Jim
dies. Do you have any
other suggestions? -- The
Oldest Sibling
Dear Sibling: Has Jim
had a falling out with the
family? Does he expect
his nieces and nephews
to contact him more
often? Does he feel
obligated or pressured to
leave all of his
belongings, including
Dad's things, to Margret?
We would first suggest
that the nieces and
nephews get to know
their uncle a bit better.
Jim may feel estranged
from or neglected by his
family. A warmer, closer
relationship would
benefit everyone. You
also should stay friendly
with Margret, because
she may well be the final
arbiter of your father's
the view, you can't help
but wonder whether
you're looking for and
paying attention to the
right things. Stay relaxed
and alert. Don't doubt for
a minute that something
inside you knows the
right answer.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). There will be
those around you who
talk a good game, but you
have a special talent for
spotting posers, frauds
and wannabes. You may
heroically intervene for
someone who isn't as
savvy as you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). When it's their job,
their desire or their duty
to take care of you, let
them. If it's their
obligation, however, pass
on the care. It's likely to
be tainted and costly.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY
(March 19). Your
intellectual interests are
pathways to many forms
of riches. April will
demand practical action
and follow-through. You'll
reach an important
milestone by May.
Complicated relationships
will smooth out in June.
Brilliant joint ventures
will mix love and
business. July brings an
things. We agree that it
would be a shame for
them to end up with
strangers.
Dear Annie: I am
married to an amazing
man who is caring and
supportive. The problem?
His breath.
Our sex life isn't as
good as it could be
because I can barely kiss
him. He complains that
I'm not interested
enough, but obviously,
that's not the issue. He
brushes his teeth, so it
might be medical. I think
he's terrified to look into
it. How do I get him to
see that this is something
he needs to address? -Holding My Breath
Dear Holding: Bad
breath can come from a
lack of dental hygiene,
but also from gum
disease, infections or
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important step forward in
love. Libra and Leo
people adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 40, 11,
37, 14 and 17.
ASTROLOGICAL
QUESTIONS: "After five
years with an incredible
woman, I'm back at this
place again, and I can
hardly believe it. Woody
Allen says it best in
"Annie Hall": Love fades.
At this point, there is a
lot of research that backs
up this idea.
Yep, I cheated, she left,
and now I'm wondering
whether I'm ever going to
be in it for the long haul
again. This is one I
shouldn't have let go, but
I lost the feeling, and
then I messed up. I
definitely want her back,
but truthfully, won't this
scenario just repeat
somewhere further down
the line? What is the
point, pray tell? It doesn't
help that I'm a Sagittarius
and she is a Leo."
Gotcha: the wandering
Sagittarius and the royal
lioness, two fire signs and
a stellar match. But once
her Leo pride has been
wounded, there's no going
back to the way things
were. You could start
from scratch and rebuild
even gastrointestinal
problems. Most of these
are things that can be
treated. Tell your
husband you are
concerned about his
health because of his
terrible halitosis. Suggest
that he see his dentist to
check for underlying
problems, and if that
doesn't remedy things,
that he talk to his doctor.
You must be honest and
explain that you want to
kiss him more, but he
first needs to deal with
this. Dentists are more
sensitive to patients'
phobias these days and
will take gentle care of
him.
Dear Annie: Can I add
one final word to the
letter from "Traveling
Man," whose husband has
developed a phobia about
car travel and they don't
trust over time. Or have
you considered seeking
love with someone who
wants an open
arrangement? Perhaps
you're just not suited for
the traditional model at
this time in your life.
One thing you definitely
have going for you is that
you seem to really know
yourself and have a
realistic view of your
relationships.
CELEBRITY
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vacation together
anymore?
I don't understand her
thinking. Just because
you are married doesn't
mean you are attached at
the hip. She should just
go by herself. I was
married to a wonderful
man who didn't want to
travel, so I went without
him. He was very happy
to stay home and was so
glad to see me when I got
back. -- Happy Wanderer
Annie's Mailbox is written by
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,
longtime editors of the Ann Landers
column. Please email your questions
to [email protected], or
write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o
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This Date
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WIZARD OF ID
AGNES
HI AND LOIS
THE OTHER COAST
SNUFFY SMITH
BEETLE BAILEY
Today is Thursday,
March 19, the 78th day
of 2015. There are 287
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 19, 1945,
during World War II,
724 people were killed
when a Japanese dive
bomber attacked the
carrier USS Franklin
off Japan; the ship,
however, was saved.
Adolf Hitler ordered
the destruction of German facilities that could
fall into Allied hands
in his so-called “Nero
Decree,” which was
largely disregarded.
On this date:
In 1863, the Confederate cruiser Georgiana,
on its maiden voyage, was scuttled off
Charleston, South
Carolina, to prevent it
from falling into Union
hands.
In 1918, Congress approved daylight saving
time.
In 1920, the Senate
rejected, for a second
time, the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) by a
vote of 49 in favor, 35
against, falling short of
the two-thirds majority
needed for approval.
In 1931, Nevada Gov.
Fred B. Balzar signed
a measure legalizing
casino gambling.
In 1955, the inner-city
school drama “Black-
board Jungle,” starring Glenn Ford, was
released by MGM.
In 1965, the wreck of
the Confederate cruiser
Georgiana was discovered by E. Lee Spence,
102 years to the day after it had been scuttled.
In 1976, Buckingham
Palace announced the
separation of Princess
Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years of
marriage.
® 2015 The Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The
fresh-faced coach who orchestrated one of college basketball’s most unlikely success
stories is gone. The guy who
replaced him too. The Horizon
League is a distant memory,
replaced by the decidedly
sexier Big East.
Yet things haven’t really
changed for Butler. It’s March.
The Bulldogs are the underdogs.
Same as it ever was.
Five years ago it was coach
Brad Stevens and gangly
Gordon Hayward that came
within a halfcourt heave of a
national title. Now it’s former
assistant turned unlikely head
man Chris Holtmann and Kameron Woods and another
group of unheralded unknowns who have sixth-seeded Butler (22-10) facing another daunting path through
the bracket starting on Thursday against 11th-seeded Texas (20-13) in the second round
of the NCAA Tournament.
And guess who’s favored?
It’s not the team that beat
North Carolina and finished
tied for second in the Big East.
It’s the one that lost nine of its
last 15 and struggled to play
as well as the sum of its considerably talented parts.
“Certainly there’s a difference in some ways,” said
Holtmann, who took over in
October when Brandon Miller
stepped away for medical
reasons and never returned.
“People have mentioned
it because we’re a smaller
school. We’ll always be that.
It’s what makes us special.”
Holtmann paused ever so
slightly for effect before adding the Longhorns come from
“not such a small school.”
On the court or off.
Texas — whose undergraduate student enrollment of
40,000 is about 36,000 higher
than Butler’s — boasts one of
the nation’s most intimidating
frontcourts in 6-foot-11 freshman forward Myles Turner,
6-10 center Prince Ibeh and
6-9 Cameron Ridley. The
Longhorns lead the nation in
blocks (260) and mystifying
losses. Texas rose as high as
No. 6 in December before sliding toward sixth in the Big 12.
Only a late mini-surge kept
them on the right side of the
bubble.
Not that it matters now.
Texas is in. The shortcomings
of the last three months can
vanish with a win. Or two. Or
three.
Seavey
wins 2nd
Iditarod
NOME, Alaska (AP) — Dallas Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on
Wednesday morning.
The Alaska musher crossed
the finish line in the Bering
Sea coastal town of Nome
at 4:13 a.m., completing the
route in eight days, 8 hours,
13 minutes and 6 seconds.
That’s about five hours longer
than the record he set in winning the 2014 race.
Seavey’s father, Mitch,
finished in second place
Wednesday. Veteran musher
Aaron Burmeister was third,
arriving in Nome at 9:47 a.m.,
followed by Jessie Royer in
fourth place at 11:51 a.m.
Before the race, some
wondered if musher Pete
Kaiser would have an advantage because of his experience racing on ice. Kaiser
won this year’s Kuskokwim
300, which is run entirely
on a river. He was in 13th
place en route to Nome on
Wednesday afternoon.
BASEBALL
Spring Training Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W
L
Pct
Kansas City
11
5
.688
Houston
7
4
.636
New York
10 6
.625
Boston
9
6
.600
Oakland
10 7
.588
Minnesota
7
5
.583
Tampa Bay
7
6
.538
Texas
7
6
.538
Los Angeles
7
7
.500
Seattle
7
7
.500
Toronto
8
8
.500
Chicago
6
7
.462
Cleveland
6
9
.400
Detroit
6
12 .333
Baltimore
5
12 .294
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W
L
Pct
Los Angeles
8
3
.727
Miami
9
5
.643
Arizona
10 6
.625
St. Louis
7
5
.583
Pittsburgh
7
6
.538
Philadelphia
8
7
.533
Colorado
7
7
.500
San Diego
8
8
.500
Cincinnati
7
8
.467
New York
7
8
.467
Chicago
7
9
.438
Washington
6
8
.429
Milwaukee
5
9
.357
Atlanta
5
10 .333
San Francisco
4
12 .250
NOTE: Split-squad games count in
the standings; games against nonmajor league teams do not.
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore 3, Minnesota (ss) 2
Miami 5, Washington 4
Boston 3, Minnesota (ss) 2
Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 3
Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 4
Chicago White Sox 9, Cincinnati 4
Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Dodgers 5
Seattle 4, Oakland 0
San Diego 10, Colorado 3
N.Y. Yankees 12, Atlanta 5
Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 6
Arizona 6, Colorado 2
Thursday’s Games
Detroit vs. Washington at Viera,
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee,
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore at Sarasota,
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port
Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. St. Louis at
Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla.,
1:07 p.m.
Houston vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port
St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Colorado vs. Kansas City at
Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. L.A. Dodgers at
Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Milwaukee at
Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear,
Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at
Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at
Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:40 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Seattle at Peoria,
Ariz., 10:05 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL —
Promoted Kathleen Torres to executive
vice president-finance, Mike Mellis to
executive vice president and general
counsel, Lara Pitaro Wisch to senior
vice president-business and legal affairs for MLB Advanced Media, Steven
Gonzalez to senior vice president and
deputy general counsel-labor and human resources and Bernadette McDonald to senior vice president-broadcasting. Named Chris Park senior vice
president-growth and strategy.
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned
INFs Travis Shaw and Sean Coyle
to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned RHPs
Miguel Celestino, Keith Couch and
Noe Ramirez and 1B/OF Bryan LaHair
to minor league camp.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned INFs Matt Davidson and Tyler
Saladino, Cs Adrian Nieto and Kevan
Smith and OF Trayce to Charlotte (IL)
and RHPs Raul Fernandez and Michael Ynoa to Birmingham (SL). Reassigned RHP J.D. Martin and Tyler
Danish, OF Jared Mitchell and INFs
Dan Black, Andy LaRoche and Tim Anderson to minor league camp.
DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned
RHP Luke Putkonen and LHPs Omar
Duran and Joe Mantiply to minor
league camp.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Aaron Brooks, INF Orlando Calixte and OFs Lane Adams
and Jorge Bonifacko to Omaha (PCL).
Reassigned RHPs Brian Broderick and
Casey Coleman, LHPs Buddy Baumann and Joe Paterson, OF Bubba
Starling and INFs Hunter Dozier, Matt
Fields and Raul Mondesi to minor
league camp.
TEXAS RANGERS — Released
LHP Scott Cousins from a minor
league contract.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned OF Scott Schebler to Oklahoma
City (PCL). Reassigned INFs Buck
Britton and Corey Seager, INF/OF
Darnell Sweeney, Cs Shawn Zarraga
and Chris O’Brien to their minor league
camp.
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP
Andre Rienzo, C J.T. Realmuto and
INFs Derek Dietrich, Justin Bour and
Miguel Rojas to New Orleans (PCL).
Reassigned LHP Chris Narveson to
minor league camp.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned RHP A.J. Cole to Syracuse (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MIAMI HEAT — Signed F Michael
Beasley for the remainder of the season.
Women’s National Basketball
Association
LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Resigned C Jantel Lavender.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Re-signed
DE Kroy Biermann.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Agreed
to terms with DEs Chris Canty and
Lawrence Guy on two-year contracts.
Released RB Bernard Pierce.
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed WR
Percy Harvin.
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LS
Thomas Gafford to a one-year contract.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Agreed to
terms with DE Greg Hardy.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS —
Signed team president Mark Lampingave to a five-year contract extension.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Resigned DL Alan Branch. Signed CBs
Bradley Fletcher and Robert McClain.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DT
Kenrick Ellis.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS— Signed
DL Mitch Unrein to a two-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS —
Signed RB Reggie Bush to a one-year
Scoreboard
contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended Toronto F Nazem Kadri four games for an illegal
check to the head of Edmonton F Matt
Fraser.
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled D Danny Biega from Charlotte
(AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS —
Reassigned G Joonas Korpisalo to
Springfield (AHL).
DALLAS STARS — Recalled G
Henri Kiviaho from Idaho (ECHL) to
Texas (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned
D Alexey Marchenko to Grand Rapids
(AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Reassigned F Stefan Fournier from Wheeling (ECHL) to Hamilton (AHL).
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Recalled D Jeremie Blain from Kalamazoo (ECHL) to Utica (AHL).
American Hockey League
ALBANY DEVILS — Assigned F
Alexandre Carrier to Orlando (ECHL).
HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Recalled D Bobby Shea from Wheeling
(ECHL).
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE —
Signed G Jacob DeSerres to an amateur tryout agreement. Released G
Joe Howe from a professional tryout
agreement.
SPRINGFIELD
FALCONS
—
Signed F Tyler Sikura to an amateur
tryout agreement. Returned F James
Livingston to Idaho (ECHL). Assigned
G Oscar Dansk to Kalamazoo (ECHL).
TEXAS STARS — Assigned D William Wrenn to Idaho (ECHL).
ECHL
ALASKA ACES — Signed D Nilan
Nagy.
COLORADO EAGLES — Signed D
Dax Lauwers.
EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Signed
D Kyle Shapiro to an amateur tryout
agreement.
FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Signed
F Spencer Pommells to an amateur
tryout agreement.
GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS
— Signed F Massimo Lamacchia to an
amateur tryout agreement.
GWINNETT
GLADIATORS
—
Signed D Kevin Albers.
IDAHO STEELHEADS — Released
F Tom Serratore.
TENNIS
ITF — Banned American Wayne
Odesnik 15 years for a second doping
violation.
COLLEGE
FORDHAM — Fired men’s basketball coach Tom Pecora.
MARQUETTE — Announced F
Steve Taylor Jr. is leaving the men’s
basketball team and will transfer.
ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) — Announced
the retirement of men’s basketball
coach Jim Smith.
SYRACUSE — Announced men’s
basketball coach Jim Boeheim will
retire in three years. Announced the
resignation of athletic director Daryl
Gross.
UALR — Fired men’s basketball
coach Steve Shields.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
DNA tests help California shelter speed up dog adoptions
Lynn and Tony Mazzola sit with their new dog, Lily, at their home in San Carlos, Calif. Through
DNA testing in the “Who’s Your Daddy?” campaign at the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA,
Lily was found to be part miniature pinscher, part Yorkie terrier and part Chihuahua. The shelter
called her a “Chorkie.” The DNA-tested dogs are being placed in homes twice as fast as before
the shelter began the testing program. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
BY SUE MANNING
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quarter of the dogs
taken in by one California animal shelter look like
Chihuahuas. So how do you make a pet stand out
when it’s similar to so many other dogs at the shelter? Check the DNA.
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The Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA in
Burlingame, a 30-minute drive south of San
Francisco, began free DNA tests under the slogan
“Who’s Your Daddy?” Scott Delucchi, the shelter’s
senior vice president, came up with the idea to
speed up adoptions of Chihuahua-centric dogs.
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Because pets become part of the family, the $50
tests allow owners to find out the background of
their pooches and certain traits they could exhibit.
The tests also allow the shelter to get creative by
coming up with clever breed names that can boost
adoption odds.
For example, the Chihuahua-Australian shepherd-Jack Russell terrier-collie became a “Kiwi
collier”; a Yorkshire terrier and beagle mix became
a “Yorkle”; and a golden retriever-miniature pinscher-Chihuahua was proclaimed a “golden
Chinscher.”
In February, the shelter tested 12 lookalike dogs.
One of the results was inconclusive, but 11 showed
mutt combinations that the facility had never seen
before. The tested dogs were all placed within two
weeks — twice as fast as any 11 untested small,
brown dogs in the previous months.
Twelve more dogs were tested, and once the last
few in that group are placed, 24 more dogs will find
out their breed backgrounds, Delucchi said.
In the two batches of tests, only 10 of 23 dogs had
no Chihuahua in them. Chihuahuas took over
from the glut of pit bull mixes that dominated the
shelter until five or six years ago, Delucchi said.
There are a lot of reasons Chihuahuas became so
popular, he said, citing Hollywood stars toting
them in purses and the “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”
movies.
Seeing one of the tiny dogs at the shelter changed
Lynn Mazzola’s mind about what kind of pet she
wanted.
Mazzola of San Carlos, California, wanted a big
dog, but 2-year-old, 6-pound Lily stole her heart.
DNA results showed her that her new dog was part
miniature pinscher, part Yorkie terrier and part
Chihuahua, which the shelter dubbed a
“Chorkie.”
Knowing Lily’s DNA gives you clues to her
behavior, Mazzola said. For example, “it explains
why she goes after birds and mice and she’s not
nervous like a Chihuahua,” she said.
Mazzola’s husband was about to undergo surgery
and she wanted the dog to keep him company while
he recovered.
After his operation, “he walked in the door, she
ran up to him and hasn’t been out of his lap since,”
Mazzola said of the dog that had been at the shelter
for seven months.
The adoption promotion helped Lily, but it’s
going to take more than a gimmick to reduce the
“alarming” number of Chihuahua mixes coming
in, Delucchi said.
“Another part is making spay-neuter low-cost or
free to the community,” he said. “If you have a lot
of one breed, you target that breed and those owners and make it easy for them to do the right thing
and get them fixed.”
He said facilities also work with states that need
small dogs, such as Florida and New York, by flying in as many as they can handle.
Despite the promotion’s tagline, the question that
never gets answered is “Who’s Your Daddy?” The
DNA tests describe two parents, but they don’t
reveal which one is dad.
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