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NATION R. Bowen Loftin are
stepping aside.

Leaders resign
amid protests,
racial tension
By John Eligon and
Richard Pérez-Peña
NEW YORK TIMES

COLUMBIA, Mo. —
Associated Press Months of student and
Starbucks says its faculty protests over ra-
cups are not really cial tensions and other is-
Christmas cups. sues that all but paralyzed
the University of Missouri
Starbucks’
campus culminated Mon-
holiday cups day in an extraordinary
catching heat coup for the demonstra-
Coffee maker
tors, as the president
Starbucks has come
of the state’s university
under fire from some
system resigned and the
Christians who say
chancellor of the flagship
the company is
campus said he would
underselling Jesus
step down to a less promi-
on this year’s holiday
nent role at the end of the
cups. Page A2
year.
The threat of a boycott
POLITICS by the Missouri football
team dealt the highest-
Peers dispute profile blow to President
Cuban stories Tim Wolfe and Chancel-
by Cruz’s father lor R. Bowen Loftin, but
The family narrative anger at the administra-
that has provided fire tion had been growing
to Ted Cruz’s cam- since August, when the
paign is, his father’s university said it would
former comrades stop paying for health
and friends say, an insurance for graduate
embroidered one. teaching assistants.
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not before the graduate
BUSINESS assistants held demon-
strations, threatened a
Homebuyers walkout, took the first
appear to be in steps toward forming a
waiting game union and joined forces
Sales of newly built with students demon-
homes in the area strating against racism.
were off sharply in Then the university
September, with the Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle came under fire from
number of closings Studio owner Noah Quiles and artist Anat Ronen check out the second mural Ronen created on a Republicans for ties its
falling 27 percent. utility box in the Westchase District after the first was painted over by a graffiti abatement worker. medical schools and med-
Page D1 ical center had to Planned
By Mike Morris District-sanctioned produce nearly three dozen mini- Parenthood. The univer-
murals around the city. Even more sity severed those ties,
Anat Ronen painted the street art project first are planned for next year as part drawing criticism from
Westchase District’s first “mini- mistaken for graffiti of an effort aimed at fostering civic Democrats that it had
mural” last Thursday, turning pride through street art. caved in to political pres-
a gray electrical box at the corner of exuberant renderings of a frog, a “I just think that it’s complete- sure.
Richmond and Rogerdale into art. crocodile and a pelican on the traf- ly ironic that a piece of art, or a But it was charges of

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Houston Chronicle
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took photos. Neighborhood beau-
tification in action.
Hours later, the municipally
sanctioned tableau was spotted
by the district’s graffiti abatement
guy who, well, abated it. Ronen’s
fic box’s sides were redacted with
gray paint, leaving bits of marshy
green and watery blue visible
around the edges.
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Elder Cruz’s
Castro tales
questioned by
Cuban peers
Senator, father a 1959 article in The Daily
Texan, the student news-
defend accounts paper at the University of
of battle, actions Texas at Austin, which he
attended after fleeing to the
against regime United States, reported he
By Jason Horowitz had lost “half of his upper
NEW YORK TIMES denture” in the beatings.

MATANZAS, Cuba — Stories take turn

Since he was a boy, Sen.
Ted Cruz has said, all he
wanted to do was “fight for
liberty” — a yearning that
he says was first kindled
Michael Stewart / The Meridian Star via Associated Press when he heard his father’s
Parking lot swallows 14 cars tales of fighting as a rebel
Engineers are trying to determine what caused a drainage structure to collapse beneath the parking lot of a leader in Cuba in the 1950s,
new restaurant, opening a gap that swallowed at least 14 vehicles in Meridian, Miss. Meridian Mayor Percy throwing firebombs, run-
Bland said the city will hire engineers to assess the collapse. No one was hurt when the parking lot collapsed ning guns and surviving
Saturday night at an IHOP restaurant that had opened four days earlier along Interstate 20. The collapse torture.
opened a hole 30 feet wide and 360 feet long that follows a culvert channeling water to a creek. Those stories, retold
by Cruz and by his father,
Rafael, have hooked Re-
The reason Cruz was
arrested, however, is less
clear, and he has offered
different explanations. In
an interview alongside his
son in March, Cruz said he
had sought to recruit to the
revolutionary cause some-
one who turned out to be
an informant working for
Batista’s regime. The 1959
account, though, did not
mention any informant;
Rafael Cruz said then that

Starbucks holiday cups brew anger publican audiences and

given emotional power to
the message that the Texas
the authorities were alert-
ed to his involvement in the
resistance by another man,

by some for lacking Christian theme senator is pushing as a

WASHINGTON POST
Some say Jesus Christ
healed the sick and died to
redeem humankind. Little
is said about his views on
the Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Still, secular coffee mak-
er Starbucks has come un-
der fire from some Chris-
tians who say the company
is underselling Jesus on its
this year’s holiday cups.
The problem? Political cor-
rectness, according to one
evangelical.
“I think in the age of po-
litical correctness we be-
come so open-minded our
brains have literally fallen
out of our head,” Joshua
Feuerstein said in a widely
viewed anti-Starbucks
rant on Facebook titled
“Starbucks REMOVED
CHRISTMAS from their
cups because they hate Je-
sus.” “Do you realize that
Starbucks wanted to take
Christ and Christmas off
of their brand new cups?
That’s why they’re just
plain red.”
Feuerstein, an Arizona-
based evangelist and “so-
cial media personality,”
according to his website,
had a plan. He didn’t want
a boycott. He wanted a
movement.
“It’s not just about a
cup,” he explained in an
email. “The cup is symbol-
ic of a larger war against
Christianity in this coun-
try. The policemen of po-
litical correctness have
Karen Bleier / AFP
These cups, debuted for the holidays by Starbucks
earlier this month, have come under fire by some
who say they don’t emphasize Christmas enough.
demanded that the silent WAYS KEEP CHRIST IN
majority bend its knee to a CHRISTMAS.”
vocal minority.” However, some com-
Feuerstein’s message menters — a few claiming
was quickly embraced by to be current or former
many. Posted on Thursday, Starbucks employees —
his video had been viewed said that the company has
more than 11 million times never endorsed explicitly
by early Monday. Christian messages.“I nor-
Some supported the mally like your post but not
message. this one,” one commenter
“Love it Joshua,” wrote. “Starbucks is try-
one commenter wrote. ing to remain neutral and
“AMEN AMEN. I will AL- be culturally sensitive to
everyone by leaving them
blank. You are offended
that they don’t say Merry
Christmas, but Jewish
people would be offended
if it only said that, not Hap-
contender for the party’s
presidential nomination.
its red holiday-themed In their telling, the fa-
cups last week — cups ther’s experience in Cuba
that, as the company made — when the country was
clear in a news release, are swept up by the charis-
not really Christmas cups. matic, young Fidel Castro,
In many ways, the cups only to see him become
seemed designed to be un- a Communist dictator —
remarkable — unlike, say, becomes a parable for the
the “Race Together” cups son’s nightmarish vision
the company tried to push of government overreach
in the wake of unrest in under President Barack
Ferguson, Mo., earlier this Obama.
year. But the family narrative
Holiday cups have been that has provided such in-
a tradition at Starbucks spirational fire to Cruz’s
since 1997. The design “has speeches, debate perfor-
told a story of the holidays mances and a recently
by featuring symbols of the published memoir is, his
season from vintage orna- father’s Cuban contempo-
ments and hand-drawn raries say, an embroidered
reindeer to modern vector- one.
illustrated characters,” ac- The elder Cruz, 76, re-
cording to the company. calls a vivid moment at a
“We have anchored the watershed 1956 battle in
design with the classic Santiago de Cuba, when
Starbucks holiday red that he was with a hero of the
is bright and exciting,” Jef- revolution, Frank País, just
frey Fields, Starbucks vice hours before he was killed
president of design and in combat.
content, said in a state- In fact, País was killed
ment. seven months later and in
“This year’s design is a different place and man-
another way Starbucks is ner.
inviting customers to cre-
ate their own stories with A savage beating
a red cup that mimics a In interviews, Rafael
blank canvas,” the com- Cruz’s former comrades
pany said. Fields added: and friends disputed his
“This year we wanted to description of his role in
usher in the holidays with the Cuban resistance. He
a purity of design that wel- was a teenager who wrote
comes all of our stories.” on walls and marched in
A writer for the conser- the streets, they said —
vative website Breitbart not a rebel leader running
wasn’t buying it. guns or blowing up build-
“You can see what’s ings.
going on here,” Raheem Leonor Arestuche, 79, a
Kassam wrote, offering student leader in the ’50s
a detailed rundown of whom the Castro govern-
the history of Starbucks ment later hired to verify
Christmas cups. “More the supposed exploits of
open? You mean, you’re revolutionary veterans,
trying not to ‘offend’ any- said a term existed for peo-
who gave up only Cruz’s
name after Batista’s forces
beat it out of him.
Mario Martínez, who
Cruz confirmed was part
of his small revolutionary
cell, said he did not recall
Cruz’s being apprehended
for trying to recruit some-
one and said he believed
that the cause of his old
comrade’s detainment was
possession of a revolver —
one that Cruz had never
used.
Martínez declined to be
directly interviewed and
relayed answers to ques-
tions posed by The New
York Times about Cruz
through Arestuche. Ac-
cording to Martínez’s ac-
count, he and Cruz had
belonged to the youth
brigade of Castro’s 26th
of July Movement in their
hometown, Matanzas, but
had done little besides join
in protest marches. They
never turned to violence,
he said.
The fog of almost 60
years can cloud even the
clearest of memories, and
it is possible that witnesses
who can back up Cruz’s ac-
count might exist and come
forward. But none of the
Cuban historians, former
comrades of Cruz in his
hometown or veterans of
the Santiago battle reached
by The Times could cor-
roborate his story.
‘No such confusion’
Approached in Mari-
etta, Ohio, on Oct. 13, be-
tween wooing campaign
donors and headlining a
Republican dinner, Cruz
was unable to provide the
name of any participant
from the Santiago assault.
“I mean, we were scat-
tered,” he said.

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NATION

Lawyer: No threats as officers killed boy

Police body camera
shows child’s dad
with his hands up
By Michael Kunzelman
and Rebecca Santana
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARKSVILLE, La. — A po-
lice body camera recorded the
father of a 6-year-old autistic boy
with his hands up and posing no
threat as police fired into his car,
severely wounding the motorist
and killing his son, the man’s law-
yer said Monday.
“This was not a threatening sit-
uation for the police,” said Mark
Jeansonne, an attorney for Chris
Few, who remained hospitalized
and could not attend Monday’s
funeral of his son, Jeremy Mardis.
Derrick Stafford, 32, of Man-
sura, and Norris Greenhouse Jr.,
23, of Marksville, were ordered
held on $1 million bail Monday
on second-degree murder and at-
tempted second-degree murder
charges, Jeansonne said.
The lawyer said he hasn’t seen
the video himself, but its contents
were described during the hear-
ing. Louisiana’s state police chief,
Pallbearers carry the casket of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis to the grave site Monday at Beaumont
Cemetery. Jeremy’s father, Chris Few, remained hospitalized and could not attend the funeral.
Col. Mike Edmonson, said Fri-
day that “it’s the most disturbing
thing I’ve seen — and I will leave
it at that.”
Few’s condition was improving
Monday, but he had not been told
Eli Baylis / Hattiesburg American via Associated Press
as of midday that his son is dead, assistant prosecutor for District
Jeansonne said. His stepfather, Attorney Charles A. Riddle, who
Morris German, said last week recused himself from the case on
that Few had bullet fragments in Monday, calling it “not good for
his brain and lung. any of us.”
Greenhouse is the son of a top Judge William Bennett set the
officers’ bail during a hearing he
held inside the jail after refusing
media requests to open the pro-
ceedings. No transcripts were
made available, and the judge
later issued a sweeping gag order
prohibiting anyone involved in
the case, including potential wit-
nesses and victims, from provid-
ing information to the media.
Investigators have not suggest-
ed that race is a factor in the shoot-
ing. Booking records describe the
officers as African-American;
no available records describe the
race of the father and son.
Stafford is a Marksville police
lieutenant; Greenhouse is a city
marshal. Both were on marshal
duty Tuesday night. Initial re-
ports suggested they were trying
to serve Few with a warrant when
he fled onto a dead-end road and
then reversed his car in their di-
rection at about 9:30 p.m.
But Edmonson said there was
no evidence of a warrant, nor any
gun at the scene.
The officers were moved from
the jail in Marksville to a lockup
in the central Louisiana city of
Alexandria after Monday’s bond
hearing, for reasons no one would
explain, citing the gag order.

4 things to watch for in 4th Republican presidential debate

By David Lightman
MILWAUKEE — Ben
Carson and Marco Rubio,
trying mightily to survive
and thrive in the unrelent-
ing spotlight surging pres-
idential candidates must
endure, face a huge new
test at Tuesday’s Republi-
can debate.
Donald Trump and Ted
Cruz also are in for a cru-
cial night, while the rest of
the field is fading fast.
The latest McClatchy-
Marist Poll finds Carson
slightly ahead nationally,
Trump close, Rubio climb-
ing and Cruz not too far be-
hind. The stakes are high
for national newcomers
Carson, Rubio and Cruz,
because the more people
heard about them the more
they appeared to like.
This debate will have a
different look. The main
stage’s eight contenders
in the year’s fourth GOP
debate is the smallest yet,
as Chris Christie, the gov-
ernor of New Jersey, and
Mike Huckabee, the for-
mer governor of Arkansas,
failed to qualify. They’ll
join Rick Santorum, a
former U.S. senator from
Pennsylvania, and Bobby
Jindal, governor of Louisi-
ana, in an earlier debate.
The debate’s focus is
supposed to be the econ-
omy. That also was billed
as the topic of the last one,
which at times became a
free-for-all. The furor over
the debate’s tone prompted
campaign officials to seek
changes in the format.
They couldn’t agree, and
the format’s not changing.
The two-hour debate
at the Milwaukee Theatre
will start at 8 p.m. CST.
Moderators will include
Fox Business Network’s
Neil Cavuto and Maria
Bartiromo and Wall Street
Journal editor-in-chief Ge-
rard Baker. The undercard
will run for an hour start-
ing at 6 p.m. CST.
Here are four questions
for the main debate:
Can Rubio take more
hits?
His surge to prominence
last month began with his
passionate, pointed debate
defense of his Senate vot-
ing record. Jeb Bush, the
former Florida governor,
kept tumbling after his
wan challenge to Rubio, a
U.S. senator from Florida.
Since then, Rubio’s faced
questions about using a
Republican Party credit
card for personal expens-
es while in the Florida
legislature. Saturday, his
campaign released an ac-
counting of the expenses,
and chances are Rubio will
be armed with pointed re-
sponses to any critic. Can
he stay cool when defend-
ing himself?
Can Carson keep
cool?
The retired neurosur-
geon has been tackling
questions about his per-
sonal background and
views. He could be grilled
Tuesday on his history
with Mannatech, a nutri-
tional supplements firm,
as well as dealings with
the U.S. Military Academy,
and just how violent he
may have been as a teen-
ager.
Will Trump be bom-
bastic or reasonable?
The real estate mogul
toned down his rhetoric
at the last debate. But in
recent media and cam-
paign appearances he’s
berated his rivals. Rubio,
Trump said, is “a disas-
ter with his credit cards.”
After a new national poll
last week showed Carson
ahead, Trump told Fox
News, “Ben can’t do the
job.” Trump has to be more
statesmanlike, but there’s a
risk for Rubio and Carson,
too. They need to show
they have what it takes to
stand up to world lead-
ers, but first they have to
show they can stand up to
Trump.
Can anyone new break
out of the pack?
Cruz is the best bet.
The poll found the more
a majority of Republicans
see of the senator from
Texas, the more they like
him. Earlier bids to be dis-
tinctive haven’t worked.
Former executive Carly
Fiorina was the star of the
September debate, but her
momentum fizzled. John
Kasich, the governor of
Ohio, went on the attack at
last month’s debate, but it
didn’t help.

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FROM THE COVER

Missouri football team dealt major blow

Missouri from page A1
time and again, sparked the
strongest reactions, along with
complaints that the administra-
tion did not take the problem seri-
ously enough.
Wolfe, 57, was hired in 2012
from the corporate world, not aca-
demia, an outsider brought in to
cut costs in the four-campus sys-
tem. That was no recipe for popu-
larity, but the last three months
left him particularly isolated.
He announced his resigna-
tion just before a meeting of the
university’s governing body, the
Board of Curators, amid specula-
tion that it might try to oust him.
Wolfe said he took responsibil-
ity for the anger and frustration
on campus, asserting that conver-
sations with community leaders,
students, faculty, donors and oth-
ers led him to his decision, more
than just the football players’
threatened boycott.
“What was starting to become
clear was the frustration and an-
ger was evident, and it was some-
thing that needed to be done that
was immediate and substantial
for us to heal,” Wolfe said.
New initiatives announced
As the resignations of Wolfe
and Loftin were announced, the
Board of Curators unveiled a slate
of new initiatives to address ra-
cial tensions on campus, includ-
ing hiring a diversity, inclusion
and equity officer for the entire
University of Missouri system.
The university also will provide
additional support to students,
faculty and staff members who
experience discrimination; create
a task force to create plans for im-
proving diversity and inclusion;
and require diversity and inclu-
sion training for all faculty, staff
members and incoming students.
Officials said Loftin, who came
to Missouri from Texas A&M in
2013, would remain at the univer-
sity in a research role.
Opposition to the administra-
tion reached a crescendo in the
last week. A graduate student,
Jonathan Butler, who was a veter-
an of the Ferguson protests, held
a highly publicized hunger strike,
saying he would not eat again un-
til Wolfe was gone.
Protesters formed an encamp-
ment on a campus plaza and
stayed there around the clock. A
coalition of Jewish groups told
Loftin that they were “dismayed”
by his lack of action after a swas-
tika was drawn on a dormitory
wall. Deans of nine of the schools
on the Columbia campus called
for Loftin’s removal.
On Monday, the student gov-
ernment demanded Wolfe’s oust-
er, and much of the faculty sent
word to students that classes were
canceled for two days, in favor of a
teach-in focused on race relations.
But it was the football team
that may have dealt the fatal blow
to the university’s leaders, when
players announced on Saturday
that they would refuse to play as
long as the president remained in
office, and their head coach, Gary
Pinkel, said he supported them.
The prospect of a strike by a
team belonging to the country’s
most dominant football league,
the Southeastern Conference,
drew national attention, and of-
ficials said that just forfeiting the
team’s game Saturday against
Brigham Young University would
cost the university $1 million. The
team is 4-5 and in danger of not
being invited to a bowl game.
“That got the attention of the
alumni and the board, along with
a substantial penalty they would
have been facing,” said U.S. Rep.
William Lacy Clay, a Democrat
who represents part of the St.
Louis area. “That would have
been a disaster for their recruit-
ing of black athletes and of black
students to the university.”
Not everyone was pleased with
the resignations. Dudley Mc-
Carter, a former president of the
university’s alumni group, said
that alumni, in calls and emails
on Monday, had expressed disap-
pointment in Wolfe’s decision.
“They feel like he was backed
into a corner and was made a
scapegoat for things he didn’t do,”
McCarter said.
Loftin was popular at A&M
Loftin, a native Texan, was the
president of Texas A&M from
February 2010 to July 2013, where
he was especially popular.
He worked the crowd at the
80,000-fan stadium at Aggies
games and took photos with stu-
dents calling out to “Dr. Loftin”
as he roamed the campus.
He enjoyed a particular wave
of popularity after moving the
Aggies football program to the
Southeastern Conference.
Before leading A&M, Loftin
worked as a research associate at
NASA, chaired the department
of computer science and led a re-
search institute in NASA virtual
environments at the University of
Houston.
He left his top role at A&M
to direct an academic institute
focused on homeland defense
in the university’s engineer-
ing college, he said at the time,
but chose to head to Columbia
after the opportunity to lead
another prominent public uni-
versity was too good to pass up.
Houston Chronicle staff writer
Emma Hinchliffe contributed
to this report.

Mental health care in Texas called ‘terrible’

Mental from page A1
system for children and adults.”
The House Select Commit-
tee on Mental Health will study
mental health care, as well as
substance abuse treatment, rec-
ommend ways to improve early
identification and treatment, and
increase collaboration and mea-
surement of outcomes. Straus or-
dered the committee to pay partic-
ular attention to services in rural
parts of the state and for veterans
and the homeless.
“We owe it to taxpayers to make
sure the system is as effective and
efficient as possible,” Straus, R-
San Antonio, said in a statement
announcing the committee.
Republican Four Price of Am-
arillo will chair the committee,
with Democrat Joe Moody of El
Paso as the vice chair. Democrats
Garnet Coleman and Senfronia
Thompson and Republican Sar-
ah Davis, all of Houston, will be
among the 13 members.
The announcement came as
welcome news to mental health
advocates and providers, many of
whom expressed optimism while
also noting the long way the state
has to go.
49th in spending
Sue Adams, a spokeswoman
for the Tarrant County branch of
the National Alliance on Mental
Illness, summed up the state of
Texas mental health care in one
word: “Terrible.”
First, there is the issue of state
spending. Texas spends about
$900 million on mental health
care. The state placed 49th in per
capita mental health spending in
a recent ranking by the national
nonprofit Kaiser Family Foun-
dation. That was based on 2010
funding, but a Houston Chronicle
analysis last year found that the
latest numbers would only slight-
ly improve the state’s ranking.
The consequences include few-
er community programs to iden-
tify and treat those suffering from
mental illness, less money avail-
able for training of psychiatric
professionals and others such as
public school officials, lower rates
for potential Medicaid providers
— which lowers the number of
providers willing to accept Med-
icaid — and fewer state hospital
beds for those in crisis.
The Chronicle has reported
that by some estimates, Harris
County should have one-third
more psychiatric beds, and one
of the county’s biggest psychiatric
hospitals closed suddenly in July.
Texas also has the highest rate
of residents without health insur-
ance in the nation, reducing the
number of those who can seek
help before reaching a crisis.
There also are not enough pro-
viders to help those who can seek
out help, especially in rural areas.
About 200 of the 254 counties in
the state are federally designated
as Mental Health Professional
Shortage Areas, which means
there are more than 30,000 people
per psychiatric professional, a ra-
tio experts say is problematic.
According to the advocacy
group Mental Health America,
just 36 percent of Texas adults
with mental illness receive help
— 44th in the nation. For kids,
the estimate of 40 percent is from
Kaiser.
As a result, the state’s criminal
justice system has become the big-
gest provider of psychiatric treat-
ment. Around 76,000 people with
mental illness were arrested in
Texas for minor crimes last year,
according to the Texas Depart-
ment of State Health Services.
Innovation can be found
There are some bright spots:
Texas has launched several in-
novative pilot programs aimed at
providing wraparound treatment
and reducing incarceration rates
for those with mental illness.
The Assertive Community
Treatment team in Travis County
is well-regarded, as is a special
court for residents with mental
illness in Bexar County and one
for veterans in Harris County.
Lawmakers also have in-
creased spending on mental
health by about $200 million an-
nually over the past few years,
drastically reducing waiting lists
for services, among other moves.
This year, the extra funding
targeted access by increasing
medical student residency slots
in Texas and paying off student
loans for psychiatric profession-
als who choose to practice in un-
der-served areas.
John Hawkins, a lobbyist for
the Texas Hospital Association,
said officials have recognized that
“behavioral health care is not a
political issue.”
brian.rosenthal@chron.com
twitter.com/brianmrosenthal

A Service in Honor of
Our Nation’s Veterans
Sunday, Nove mber 1 5 · 6 p.m.
7 1 7 S a g e R oa d at W o od way
U.S. Army Lt. General
Rick Lynch (Ret.) Please join us for this special service honoring our veterans which
Commander of III Corps
and Fort Hood, Texas is set within the context of evening prayers and patriotic music.

U.S. Navy Captain
Eugene A. Cernan (Ret.)
Naval Aviator, second person
to walk in space and last man
on the moon
The Honorable
James A. Baker, III
U.S. Marine Corps Captain
61st U.S. Secretary of State
Susan Garrett Baker U.S. Navy Vice
V Admiral
Co-founder of the National William E. Ram
amsey (Ret.)
Alliance to End Homelessness First Commanding Officer of
Author of Passing It On the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Very Rev. Anthony P. Clark, U.S. Army Lt. Colonel

Command Chaplain James B. Montgomery (Ret.)
Florida Army and Air National Guard Army Medical Service Corps
Officer and Healthcare Executive

7 1 3 - 6 2 1 - 3 0 4 0 • S T M A R T I N S E P I S C O P A L . O R G
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Cautious victory for Myanmar democracy
Suu Kyi party ahead from winning the presidency.
The constitution bans parties
in early returns, but from selecting a presidential can-
challenges remain didate who has foreign kin, such
as Suu Kyi’s two sons, who hold
By Stuart Leavenworth British passports.
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Despite that provision, Suu
Kyi vowed during her campaign
YANGON, Myanmar — Po- that, if the NLD triumphed, she
litical pundits urged the masses would be the de facto leader of
not to rush to conclusions about the country, serving “above the
Sunday’s election in Myanmar. president,” as she stated in a
But at Aung San Suu Kyi’s head- news conference last week. Ana-
quarters on Monday, people were lysts say that pledge was at least
ready to get the party started. partly designed to persuade vot-
Leaders of Suu Kyi’s National ers that their vote would put her
League for Democracy said Mon- in power, as opposed to a lesser-
day they were winning precincts known presidential candidate
in convincing fashion in early the National League for Democ-
counts. Most of those were in racy would name later.
central Myanmar and especially The strategy may have
in Yangon, the former Burmese worked. An estimated 80 per-
capital known widely as Ran- cent of Myanmar’s 30 million
goon. registered voters turned out at
As those results were an- the polls, and many made clear
nounced, Suu Kyi’s supporters they were only voting because of
started dancing on the sidewalks Mark Baker / Associated Press “Mother Suu” — Aung San Suu
and into the street, creating a Supporters of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy party cheer as election results are Kyi.
scene more reminiscent of Rio de posted Monday outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon. On Monday evening, Suu
Janeiro than Yangon, where qui- Kyi’s party announced it had
et, humble Buddhist monks walk civil society group called Paung contested general election in 25 ceed. won 44 of Yangon’s 45 seats in
the streets in their maroon robes. Ku who was amid the throng at years in Myanmar, which the Military leaders have long the lower house of Parliament. It
The celebration continued until a NLD headquarters on Monday military ruled for decades and feared Suu Kyi taking the reins also claimed that it had won all 12
heavy rainstorm drove partiers afternoon. “Everyone is aware where it still remains very much of power and diminishing their seats of Yangon’s seats in the up-
to cover. there are many challenges ahead a force. Suu Kyi’s supporters see influence, including control of per house.
“It is time to celebrate, but (for Suu Kyi) with the handover this election as their chance to key businesses in Myanmar. As There also were signs Suu
with a cautious celebration,” of power.” abandon that history, but it re- a result, they designed a 2008 Kyi’s party was doing unexpect-
said Kwah Thu Aung, leader of a Sunday’s election was the first mains to be seen if they can suc- constitution that would keep her edly well in remote ethnic areas.

Judge OKs $21 million for abuse victims in Milwaukee archdiocese

By Greg Moore The plan confirmed by turned the corner in the gust, includes some of the mittee, said he didn’t like said all claims have been
ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Bankruptcy Judge history of the archdiocese.” smallest per-victim pay- the classification plan for investigated, and reforms
Susan Kelley splits most of At several points as he ments — a heavily criti- abuse victims, and that “in have been put in place to
MILWAUKEE — A re- the money among 355 peo- spoke, however, a packed cized aspect of the deal. a lot of ways, I think I failed prevent future abuses.
organization plan for Mil- ple. Another category of gallery of victims and ad- Several victims have you.” The agreement follows
waukee’s Roman Catholic 104 victims will get about vocates coughed, groaned said they wished settle- Still, he didn’t object to a yearslong process that
archdiocese that will dis- $2,000 each. There also are and even quietly booed. ment amounts had been the deal negotiated among revealed the scope of the
tribute $21 million to hun- provisions for victims to A dozen Catholic dio- larger and that they want- the archdiocese, the credi- Milwaukee archdiocese’s
dreds of clergy sex-abuse receive counseling. ceses nationwide have filed ed to see a deeper investi- tors’ committee and attor- involvement in the clergy
victims won approval Shortly before the deal for bankruptcy in the past gation of abuse claims to neys for abuse survivors. sex abuse scandal. The
Monday from a federal was approved, Archbishop decade over abuse claims make sure no one remains After the hearing he de- church made sweeping
bankruptcy judge, bring- Jerome Listecki addressed in a widespread scandal at risk. clined to elaborate on what reforms meant to stop mo-
ing a measure of closure to the court and repeated his that rocked the church. In court Monday, he wished had gone differ- lesters and help victims,
a long-running and emo- apology to victims as well Milwaukee’s settlement, Charles Linneman, chair- ently. including a pledge to oust
tional case. as his hope that “we have announced in early Au- man of the creditors’ com- Church lawyers have abusers.

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Maqdis managed to pen-
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and heavy security to carry
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tacks.
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Now the same group, op-
erating as the Sinai Prov-
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is the prime suspect in yet
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believe it increasingly like-
We also want to be ly that the group planted a
some analysts said, risked
a broad backlash against
the Islamic State itself.
If the militants in the
Sinai found an inside man
who could help bring down
a Russia-bound jet, “did
the ISIS guys in Syria say,
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enemies the merrier?’”
asked William McCants,
a researcher at the Brook-
ings Institution and the
author of “The ISIS Apoca-
lypse,” a study of the group.
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FROM THE COVER
White coat hypertension
raises heart disease risk
White coat from page A1
author of the study. “Many
in the medical community
have viewed it as a benign
condition. But our research
suggests that white coat
hypertension is associated
with an increase in heart
and vascular disease.”
Results of the study take
on added significance with
the release of another blood
pressure study Monday
suggesting patients would
benefit if doctors used a
lower target for ideal blood
pressure. About 30 percent
of Americans have high
blood pressure, although
many have never been di-
agnosed. It is the primary
cause or a contributing fac-
tor in some 362,000 deaths
in the U.S. each year.
Home monitoring
The UT researchers
tracked some 3,000 people
who had their blood pres-
sure taken both at home
and in a doctor’s office from
2000 to 2002 as part of the
Dallas Heart Study, follow-
ing up with them between
2007 and 2009. The study
also considered the reverse
effect, known as masked
hypertension, when pa-
tients had normal blood
pressure at the doctor’s of-
fice but high at home.
The researchers found
about 12 percent of the pa-
tients had high blood pres-
sure in both settings, 3.3
percent had white coat hy-
pertension and 18 percent
had masked hypertension.
Seven years later, about
one in 300 patients with
normal blood pressure had
experienced a cardiovascu-
lar event such as a heart at-
tack or stroke. Those events
were more frequent among
those with any high blood
© pressure readings — about
1 in 100 for those with white
coat or masked hyperten-
sion, and 1 in 50 for people
with sustained high blood
pressure.
After accounting for
other risk factors, having
either white coat or masked
hypertension doubled a
patient’s risk of an adverse
cardiac event.
“Actually more surpris-
ing was that the prevalence
of masked hypertension is
18 percent,” Vongpatanasin
said. “That’s almost one out
of five adults in the com-
munity, and they would not
know it unless they tested
their blood pressure at
home.”
Someone might have
higher blood pressure at
home than in a clinical set-
ting, Vongpatanasin said,
due to changes in behaviors
in the days leading up to a
doctor’s appointment.
“Before you go to the
dentist, you brush your
teeth a little more,” Vong-
patanasin said. “With high
blood pressure, it might
not be well-controlled be-
cause they don’t always eat
healthfully or exercise, or
take the medicine consis-
tently. But right before the
doctor’s appointment, they
do (all the right things) and
take the medicine regularly
so that the doctor thinks ev-
erything is fine.”
While white coat hyper-
tension is well-known, it’s
unclear why such patients
might be at higher risk even
when their blood pressures
at home seem normal.
“It may tell us something
about the reaction of their
body to stress, and conceiv-
ably, people who have more
stress in their lives could
sustain higher blood pres-
sures than others,” said Dr.
William Zoghbi, director
of cardiovascular imaging
at the Houston Method-
ist DeBakey Heart & Vas-
cular Center. “I think the
message is clear that home
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blood pressure monitoring
is definitely a worthwhile
investment.”
People can lower blood
pressure through lifestyle
changes such as diet or ex-
ercise, reducing alcohol
and tobacco use, or taking
blood pressure medica-
tions. But after lifestyle
changes, Zoghbi’s number
one recommendation for
patients with suspected or
diagnosed high blood pres-
sure is to get a blood pres-
sure monitor at home.
“If we don’t measure
blood pressure in differ-
ent situations, at home
and otherwise, we’re really
completely in the dark as
to whether blood pressure
control is good ... and what
you need to do about it.”
‘Really tricky’
Doctors at Kelsey-Sey-
bold Clinic in Houston
started using 24-hour blood
pressure monitoring devic-
es in 2012 to get a better idea
of which patients needed
treatment.
“High blood pressure
is a really tricky disease to
treat,” said Dr. Jonathan
Aliota, a cardiologist with
the clinic. “It’s up and down
moment to moment during
the day. It’s up with salt. It’s
up with stress. It’s down
with caffeine. It’s down
with sleep. … What does
that one point in time really
mean to you?”
“I think it’s a very strong
study, and it does suggest
that when you see white
coat hypertension, you do
need to look one step fur-
ther,” Aliota said. “You’re
getting a signal; the signal
is saying the blood pres-
sure is abnormally high.
Sure, it may be anxiety, or
it could be anxiety on top
of an underlying condition
that needs to be evaluated.”
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FROM THE COVER
Mini-murals inspiring
neighborhood pride
Mini-murals from page A1
ally funny.”
More than a dozen art-
ists have painted 34 utility
boxes to date, most of them
in City Councilman Larry
Green’s District K in the
southwest. Another 52 are
planned next year in Dis-
trict K, in the area around
Hobby Airport, and in
Westchase, Midtown and
the East End.
Houston has 2,400 traf-
fic control boxes, plenty of
8-foot-by-4-foot canvases
to go around. Each mu-
ral costs $2,500, $1,000 of
which goes to the artist.
An honest mistake
Louis Jullien, who co-
ordinated the mural for
Westchase, offered a sim-
ple explanation for the
snafu: The district’s graf-
fiti abatement employee
hadn’t heard about the
project because he works
part time and doesn’t at-
tend staff meetings.
“It was an honest mis-
take. Our public safety
director called him and
he said, ‘Wow, these graf-
fiti artists are getting really
good,’ ” Jullien said, recall-
ing the graffiti staffer’s re-
action to the mural. “But
it also speaks to how good
he is at his job because it
wasn’t up for more than
24 hours. Even going back,
if we had a little sit-down
and were like, ‘OK, who
needs to be aware of this?’
I still don’t think we would
have thought of him to say,
‘Hey, don’t paint over the
artwork.’ ”
Jullien said he hopes to
commission another 10
mini-murals next year at
similarly busy intersec-
tions; Richmond and Rog-
erdale, right outside Belt-
way 8, sees an estimated
40,000 cars per day.
The marsh scene was
the seventh mini-mural
for Ronen, an Israeli who
came to Houston to work
in real estate and became
a painter six years ago.
She also has painted a 250-
foot mural at Blackshear
Elementary School, an
armadillo in the East End
at Polk and St. Emanuel,
and contributed to the mu-
ral series promoting the
Houston Zoo’s new gorilla
habitat.
“When this started, I
was kind of skeptical be-
cause I was like, it’s so tiny,
how much of a difference
would it make? But it does
a lot,” she said. “It’s just a
sparkle of color in the cor-
ner of your eye, and it really
makes a difference.”
Linda Scurlock, who
lives in Green’s District K
and leads the South Hous-
ton Concerned Citizens
Coalition, said the program
dovetails with residents’ ef-
forts to plant trees and keep
abandoned lots mowed.
She also likes that the
murals near Madison and
Westbury high schools
display a marlin and a hus-
ky, the schools’ respective
mascots.
“It brings some value to
the neighborhood, some
beautification. Everybody
has noticed them,” Scur-
lock said. “Out here in Hi-
ram Clarke, we’re cleaning
it up and greening it up, so
anything that can help us
look better, we appreciate
it.”
Green said he pursued
the program in his district
in part for beautification
and in part for economic
development, to spur re-
newed interest in the area.
“Prior to the mini-mural
project, District K only had
two pieces of civic art. And
so I would see all this arts
funding around the city,
xx
and it was focused inside
the Loop, and there was
really no civic art outside
of the Loop,” Green said,
noting the vast majority of
his district is outside Loop
610. “I saw it as an inexpen-
sive way to bring art into an
area but also a way to instill
civic pride.”
‘Civic pride’
Quiles, whose studio
handles the program’s lo-
gistics so artists have only
to paint, initially was con-
cerned that Ronen’s work
had been tampered with
by another street artist,
one disgruntled enough
to break all conventions of
underground art and tag
another’s work. His first
emotion upon learning it
had been mistaken for graf-
fiti was not anger, he said,
but relief.
“The streets generally
tend to police themselves.
If a piece of art is created,
you’re not to ruin it unless
you mean to deface it, and
when one defaces it, one
can be ostracized from the
street art or the art commu-
nity,” Quiles said.
“It’s a true affront to an
individual and organiza-
tion. That’s why I was tre-
mendously relieved, be-
cause our mission is civic
pride through civic art.”
As a painter and not a
graffiti artist, as well as old-
er than many of the young
men drawn to the field,
Ronen said she couldn’t
imagine who would have a
“beef” with her.
“It was a great relief that
it wasn’t anything politi-
cal,” she said.
Still, she liked her origi-
nal version more than the
second attempt, which she
finished Sunday.
mike.morris@chron.com
www.twitter.com/mmorris011
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The Supreme Court
has made it harder
to sue police for
using deadly force.
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Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron
Pasadena ISD teen gets $60K settlement
Student — who was severely bruised by school officer
using metal nightstick — had requested up to $1 million
By Cindy George
A teen who was severely
bruised in a “brutal and
excessive” nightstick at-
tack by a Pasadena ISD
school resource officer has
settled his federal lawsuit
for $60,000.
Obama
plan hits
more
hurdles
Appeals court
backs block on
immigration order
By Kevin McGill
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack
Obama’s plan to protect
from deportation an es-
timated 5 million people
living in the United States
illegally suffered another
setback Monday in a rul-
ing from a New Orleans-
based federal appeals
court.
In a 2-1 decision, the
5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals upheld a Texas-
based federal judge’s
injunction blocking the
administration’s immi-
gration initiative.
Republicans had criti-
cized the plan as an illegal
executive overreach when
Obama announced it last
November. Twenty-six
states challenged the plan
in court.
The administration
argued that the execu-
tive branch was within its
rights in deciding to defer
deportation of selected
groups of immigrants,
including children who
were brought to the U.S.
illegally.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
praised the ruling.
“President Obama
should abandon his law-
Ruling continues on B5
Carnegie Vanguard may lose its sports teams
By Ericka Mellon
Although Carnegie
Vanguard High School is
known for its elite academ-
ics, parents and students
are urging Houston ISD
officials to keep UIL sports
at the campus, saying the
athletic opportunities bol-
ster a top-notch education.
The Houston Inde-
Bushes appear
at A&M for
book launch
Former first lady
Barbara Bush
acknowledges the crowd
Monday during an event
at the Bush Presidential
Library at Texas A&M
University to launch Jon
Meacham’s latest book,
“Destiny and Power: The
American Odyssey of
George Herbert Walker
Bush.” The biography of
the 41st president, who
also made the trip out
to College Station, will
be released nationwide
Tuesday.
David J. Phillip / Associated Press
CITY | STATE
Houston Chronicle | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | HoustonChronicle.com and Chron.com
Cesar Suquet Jr. was
16 in May 2014 when he
went to the principal’s of-
fice at South Houston High
School to retrieve his cell-
phone, which had been
confiscated earlier that day.
His request was declined
and he was told to leave.
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A different kind of pitch at Minute Maid
Workers use a large crane Monday to install the cricket pitch at Minute Maid Park for Wednesday’s
Cricket All-Stars Series 2015 match. Two teams, comprising 28 retired superstar players from eight
countries, will compete in the second-most popular sport in the world.
pendent School District
is considering stripping
Carnegie of its teams that
play in the University In-
terscholastic League. The
league governs competi-
tive high school sports in
Texas.
Carnegie, a magnet
school for gifted students,
is HISD’s only specialty
high school with its own
As he was escorted out
of the building by Pasa-
dena Independent School
District officer Michael
Y’Barbo and an assistant
principal, the teen uttered
profanity.
Y’Barbo told the student
that he was under arrest
UIL teams. At the other
campuses, such as De-
Bakey High School for
Health Professions and
the Mickey Leland College
Preparatory Academy for
Young Men, interested
students have to play for
the neighborhood school
to which they are zoned.
HISD spokeswoman
Holly Huffman released a
and attempted to hand- Cesar
cuff him. Suquet claimed Suquet Jr.
he never heard commands was struck
from the officer but turned at least 18
to see Y’Barbo swinging a times by
metal nightstick. the officer’s
The teen was struck at nightstick.
least 18 times, including
nine blows while he was Suquet’s parents that night
on the ground. The beating document bruises and
was recorded on school cuts as well as swelling on
surveillance cameras. the back of the boy’s arms,
Photographs taken by legs, elbow and neck.
James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle
›› In another part of Houston, parents play charter
school lottery: HoustonChronicle.com/KippLottery
statement that said no de- take place as early as Fri-
cisions had been made re- day and should be open to
garding athletic changes. the public, Huffman said.
It said a committee of high “HISD is working to
school principals, includ- address inconsistencies
ing the leader of Carnegie, related to non-compre-
was expected to discuss hensive high school partic-
the issue. A meeting could Carnegie continues on B5
Local arrest tied
to judge shooting
By Mike Glenn
Police have made an ar-
rest in Houston of a per-
son in connection with the
shooting Friday of a state
district judge in Austin,
authorities confirmed late
Monday.
“The arrest was for un-
related charges,” Austin
police said in a statement.
Because of their ongo-
ing investigation, Austin
police declined to make
any other comments
about the person in cus-
tody whom they have
deemed a “person of in-
EDITORIAL
Polling places
open to all take the
confusion out of
voting.
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“It hurt. It hurt to the
point that I couldn’t feel
it anymore,” the teen said
at a news conference with
his parents in February
to discuss the civil rights
lawsuit, which claimed
the beating was unconsti-
tutional and requested up
to $1 million in damages.
“I mean, he wasn’t gonna
stop, and I was getting
District continues on B3
Sex felon
housing
rules
disputed
Group fighting
small cities’
restrictions
By Mike Ward
AUSTIN — Forty-six
small cities across Texas
are facing a new legal
challenge to their ordi-
nances regulating where
registered sex offenders
can live, the latest devel-
opment in a national trend
to relax residency limita-
tions that opponents say
create more problems
with ex-convicts than
they solve.
On Monday, Texas
Voices for Reason and
Justice, a statewide crim-
inal-justice advocacy
group, announced it has
”initiated action to com-
pel, through litigation
if necessary,” the repeal
of the ordinances in so-
called “general law” cities
— those with populations
of 5,000 or less. Houston-
area cities include Brazo-
ria in Brazoria County,
Clear Lake Shores in
Harris County, El Lago
and Jamaica Beach, both
in Galveston County, and
Meadows Place in Fort
Bend County.
Similar ordinances ex-
ist in hundreds of larger
“home rule” Texas cities,
which officials say have
the legal authority to
enforce them. Nonethe-
less, several larger cities
already face litigation on
the issue, on that grounds
that residency restrictions
violate the U.S. Constitu-
tion.
Mary Sue Molnar, the
group’s executive director,
said the small cities “are
attempting to justify vio-
lating the Texas Constitu-
tion by relying on a uni-
versally discredited myth
that residency restrictions
will actually improve pub-
lic safety.
“We know from expe-
Restrictions continues on B3
terest” in the shooting of
Judge Julie Kocurek.
She was last listed in
stable condition at an Aus-
tin hospital.
The judge was shot
Friday night in the drive-
way of her home in west
Austin. Although other
people were with her, Ko-
curek was the only person
who was struck by gun-
fire, Austin police said
during a news conference
after the shooting.
Citing local law en-
forcement officials, the
Austin American-States-
Judge continues on B2
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CITY | STATE Editor, Tony.Freemantle@chron.com • @TonyFreemantle Houston Chronicle

High court gives police more immunity

Justices rule officers
may use deadly force
during car chases
By David G. Savage
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON — The Su-
preme Court made it harder Mon-
day to sue police for using deadly
force against fleeing suspects, rul-
ing that officers are immune from
lawsuits unless it is “beyond de-
bate” that a shooting was unjusti-
fied and clearly unreasonable.
By an 8-1 vote, the justices
tossed out an excessive force suit
against a Texas police officer who
ignored his supervisor’s warning
and took a high-powered rifle to
a highway overpass to shoot at
an approaching car. The officer
said he hoped to stop the car but
instead shot and killed the driver.
The high court said the benefit
of the doubt in such cases always
goes to the police officer who sees
a potentially dangerous situation.
The court has “never found the
use of deadly force in connection
with a dangerous car chase to
violate the Fourth Amendment,”
the justices said in an unsigned 12-
page opinion.
In dissent, Justice Sonia So-
tomayor faulted the majority for
“sanctioning a ‘shoot first, think
later’ approach to policing.”
110-mph chase
The court’s decision comes at
a time of growing concern over
police shootings, including the
shooting last week of a 6-year-
old Louisiana boy who was in the
back seat of his father’s car.
The two officers in that case
have been arrested on suspicion
of murder.
In cases where officers are not
prosecuted, families sometimes
sue in federal court and allege a
violation of the Fourth Amend-
ment’s ban on unreasonable
searches and seizures.
The case decided Monday be-
gan when a man in Tulia fled from
a drive-in restaurant when police
tried to arrest him. He was be-
lieved to be drunk and carrying a
gun. He led officers on a chase that
reached 110 mph.
Texas state Trooper Chadrin
Mullenix heard about the chase
over his radio and drove to a spot
where officers were putting a
strip of spikes across the highway
to puncture the tires of the fleeing
car. He had been criticized for not
reacting decisively in the past, and
he decided on his own to shoot at
the fleeing car.
His commander advised him
to “stand by” and “see if the spikes
work first.” But Mullenix fired six
shots and killed the driver, Israel
Leija Jr.
His family sued, and a federal
judge ruled the case could go to a
jury to decide whether Mullenix’s
actions were “reckless,” or rea-
sonable under the circumstances.
The 5th Circuit Court in a 2-1 de-
cision agreed and said the officer
was not entitled to immunity.
That decision was upheld by a
9-6 vote of the full appeals court.
‘Rogue conduct’
Texas state attorneys appealed,
and after considering the cases for
at least six weeks, the high court
ruled in Mullenix v. Luna that the
officer was immune from being
sued.
“By the time Mullenix fired,
Leija has led police on a 25-mile
chase at extremely high speeds,
was reportedly intoxicated, had
twice threatened to shoot offi-
cers and was racing towards an
officer’s location,” the court said.
“Ultimately, whatever can be
said of the wisdom of Mullenix’s
choice, this court’s precedents do
not place the conclusion that he
acted unreasonably in these cir-
cumstances beyond debate.”
Sotomayor said the court “ren-
ders the protections of the 4th
Amendment hollow” by sanc-
tioning the officer’s “rogue con-
duct.” She noted he had not been
trained in shooting at a fleeing
car and was told not to shoot be-
fore the vehicle encountered the
spikes across the highway.
“When Mullenix confronted
his superior officer after the
shooting, his first words were,
‘How’s that for proactive?’ ” she
wrote. “The glib comment seems
to me revealing of the culture this
court’s decision supports when
it calls it reasonable — or even
reasonably reasonable — to use
deadly force for no discernible
gain and over a supervisor’s ex-
press order to ‘stand by.’ ”

Broken water main floods street

Watchdogs ask
House to suspend
privately paid trips
By Kevin Diaz
Citing revelations about
an all-expenses-paid trip
to Azerbaijan by Texas
lawmakers and others,
a group of congressional
watchdog organizations is
asking new House Speak-
er Paul Ryan to suspend
privately-financed foreign
trips until new rules are
put in place.
“Recent embarrassing
revelations about trips by
Members and staff of the
U.S. House of Represen-
tatives from both parties
highlight the failure of cur-
rent travel rules to protect
the integrity of the House,”
Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle the groups said in a two-
Water stands in the eastbound lanes of Beechnut Street just before Fondren Road after a water main broke page letter to Ryan. “Until
early Monday near Houston Baptist University. the American public can
have confidence that the
House rules and prac-
“Recent embarassing
revelations about trips
by Members and staff of
the U.S. House ... from
both parties highlight
the failure of current
travel rules to protect
the integrity of the
House.”
Letter sent by watchdog groups
Jackson Lee and Ruben
Hinojosa, as well as two
Republicans from Texas,
Ted Poe and Steve Stock-
man.
The Ethics Committee
ruled in July that while the
funding for the trip might
have been improper, the
lawmakers involved ap-
pear to have been misled
about the true source of the
funding.

11 teens held in alleged crime ring tices adequately disclose

By Emma Hinchliffe
Eleven teenagers and
one 21-year-old had the
idea this summer to steal
from cars and houses in
the Fairfield area and resell
the stolen goods, including
TVs and guns, for cash.
Their crimes became in-
creasingly violent and in-
cluded aggravated assault
and a drive-by shooting
until they were arrested
this weekend as an orga-
nized crime ring, Harris
County Precinct 4 Consta-
ble Mark Herman said at a
news conference Monday
afternoon.
The 12 members of the
alleged teen organized
crime ring were tied to at
least 74 burglaries to cars,
11 burglaries to homes, two
aggravated robberies, one
aggravated assault and one
auto theft.
The arrests included one
juvenile, six 18-year-olds,
four 19-year-olds and the
21-year-old. The charges
included engaging in orga-
nized crime, theft of fire-
arms, burglary of a habita-
tion, burglary of a motor
vehicle, failure to stop and
give information, aggra-
vated assault, possession of
a controlled substance and
tampering with evidence.
Not gang-related
The 11 adult suspects
whose names and charges
have been released are held
on bail up to $20,000 on the
charge of engaging in or-
ganized crime. Some sus-
pects are held without bail.
The eight male and three
female suspects are: Raul
Behena, Victor Behena,
Jasmine Dubec, Anthony
Burrus, Brian Hernandez,
Darian Weinberg, Eliza-
beth Mendez, Isaiah Johns,
Miguel Mujica, Sami Cha-
bane and Michael Hughes.
One suspect, 18-year-
old Daniel Lopez, remains
at large, and investigators
expect to find more indi-
viduals associated with
the group. The crimes took
place near where some, but
not all, of the suspects live.
The group resold the
items they stole, online
and in parking lots. They
didn’t look for anything in
particular in the burglar-
ies, many of which were of
unlocked cars or homes.
Investigators are not
certain how those involved
knew each other, but many
are friends and some are
related. Some of the young
suspects are enrolled in
school, although Herman
would not specify where.
Herman said investigators
did not think the ring was
gang-related and that the
group did not seem to have
a hierarchy.
Investigators with pre-
cincts 4 and 5 of the Har-
ris County Constable read
thousands of pages of text
messages and sent out sev-
eral search warrants over a
four-month investigation
that led to the arrests. One
suspect who was arrested
after fleeing the scene of an
accident told officers about
the ring, prompting the in-
vestigation.
‘Crime will diminish’
Herman said his office
will run a data analysis
of these and other area
crimes and expects that
burglaries will decrease
now that this group has
been broken up.
“When you take this
many people off the street,
your crime will diminish in
that area,” Herman said.
emma.hinchliffe@chron.com
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who is paying for their
elected Representatives’
foreign travel and protect
against special interests
gaining inappropriate ac-
cess to Members and staff
through these trips related
to Members’ official du-
ties, all privately-financed
foreign trips should be
halted.”
The letter was sent on
Thursday by the Cam-
paign Legal Center, Com-
mon Cause, Democracy 21
and the League of Women
voters, among others.
The moratorium request
follows the decision by the
House Ethics Committee
to clear lawmakers who
participated in a 2013 trip
to an energy conference in
Azerbaijan that appears to
have been funded by that
nation’s state oil company
through a pair of Houston
nonprofit groups.
Among those who took
part in the conference were
Texas Democrats Sheila
Congressional investi-
gators said they would re-
fer the matter to the Justice
Department to determine
whether Houston busi-
nessman Kemal Oksuz
and other “third parties”
involved in arranging the
travel engaged in a “crimi-
nal conspiracy to lie to
Congress.”
The groups called on
Ryan to create a biparti-
san task force to study the
problem.
“The amount of pri-
vately-sponsored travel,
once slashed by the Hon-
est Leadership and Open
Government Act (HLO-
GA) to one-third its previ-
ous levels, is again rising
to near the level of the Jack
Abramoff travel junket
era,” the groups asserted.
Ryan’s office said that
as of Monday he had not
responded to the groups’
demand.
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SeaWorld tries to overhaul State District

Judge Julie

image by revamping parks

By Richard Webner
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
SAN ANTONIO — Sea-
World Entertainment plans
to shake off its troubles
by overhauling its public
image and building up its
parks, including the one
on San Antonio’s west side,
where attendance has de-
clined in recent months.
Company executives
Monday unveiled a road-
map to “stabilize and grow”
the company by, among
other things, developing
resorts in San Antonio and
the other two cities where it
has water parks.
The roadmap also tar-
gets SeaWorld’s public im-
age, which was tarnished in
2013 when the “Blackfish”
documentary criticized its
treatment of killer whales.
The company suffered
from negative publicity
during a recent legal battle
in California over its ability
to breed whales.
On Monday, SeaWorld
said that in response to cus-
tomer feedback, it is ending
its theatrical orca show in
San Diego next year. In-
stead, it will showcase the
orcas in “natural settings”
and displaying “natural be-
haviors” with a strong con-
servation message, execu-
tives said. No changes are in
store for orca shows in San
Antonio and Orlando.
In a webcast to investors,
CEO and President Joel
Manby said he wants Sea-
World to be thought of as
a “brand with a purpose,”
such as Whole Foods Mar-
ket and Tom’s Shoes, which
donates a pair of shoes to a
needy child for every pur-
chase a customer makes.
“I don’t see any reason
why SeaWorld can’t be one
of those brands,” he said. “I
knowwearen’ttheretoday.I
know we have a ways to go.”
The company will be
more aggressive in touting
its animal rescue programs
and will make more of an
effort to educate visitors
about the plight of ani-
mals such as cheetahs and
sharks, Manby said. It will
turn its parks “inside out”
to give visitors a look at
employees taking care of
animals.
Park employees soon
will be known as “animal
ambassadors” and will
wear nametags with state-
ments such as “I protect
penguins,” executives said.
They will sometimes lead
season pass holders on vol-
unteer excursions such as
rescue operations.
The Humane Society re-
sponded to SeaWorld’s an-
nouncement by criticizing
the company for not ending
the orca shows in San Anto-
nio and Orlando.
“We urge SeaWorld to
make its pledge more explic-
it and to phase out orca acts
at all of its facilities, to end
its breeding program, and
to work with us on a plan to
put the orcas in suitable en-
vironments,” the nonprofit
said in a news release.
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Judge likely was targeted
Judge from page B1
man said Kocurek prob-
ably was targeted by the
gunman in retaliation for
a case with which she had
been involved.
Kocurek is a former
prosecutor who was ap-
pointed to the bench in
1999 by then-Gov. George
W. Bush. She was later
elected in her own right to
the Austin-based court as
a Republican but switched
parties in 2006.
Some people who live
in the well-to-do neigh-
borhood reported hearing
gunfire about 10 p.m. but
couldn’t see anything be-
cause it was so dark.
Police responded and
swarmed the area near
Lake Austin, searching
both in the air and on the
ground for any signs of the
assailant.
In 2014, Kocurek made
headlines suggesting that
comments made by then-
Gov. Rick Perry following
his indictment on accusa-
tions of abuse of power
Kocurek,
shown in
March 2014,
remained
hospitalized
Monday night
in stable
condition at
an Austin
hospital.
Laura Skelding /
Austin American-
Statesman via AP
could be considered a
threat. Perry called his
prosecution “a farce” that
“will be revealed for what
it is, and those responsible
will be held accountable.”
According to the Aus-
tin American-Statesman,
Kocurek said at the time:
“I have a duty to make sure
that our members of the
grand jury are protected. I
am defending the integrity
of our grand jury system.”
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CITY | STATE

Muslim groups
raise eyebrow
at jail sentence
By Dane Schiller
Two national Muslim groups
are questioning the sentence giv-
en to a Katy man who planned to
launch an “American Insurgent
Movement” by spraying a mosque
with gunfire, as well as rob an ar-
mored car and kill a state trooper
before heading to Washington to
unleash more bloodshed.
Robert James Talbot recently
was sentenced in Houston to just
under seven years by U.S. District
Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. Prosecu-
tors asked he get 20.
“It sends the message that the
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle file penalty will depend on who you
Guadalupe Suquet and her son, Cesar Jr., confer with attorney Mark Montgomery, right, on Jan. 15 target and who you are,” Ibra-
about the photos showing Cesar’s injuries from being beaten by a Pasadena ISD school resource him Hooper, a spokesman for the
officer. The officer used a metal nightstick to strike Cesar at least 18 times. Council on American-Islamic Re-
lations, said Monday.
attack, but also questioned the
outcome.
“Terrorism is terrorism — re-
gardless of where it happens and
who commits it — it should be
responded to by equal measure
across the board,” said Ahmed,
whose group has staff in Wash-
ington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
When Talbot was arrested in
2014 by a Houston-based Joint
Terrorism Task Force, he alleg-
edly wanted to attack a mosque
during a prayer session when it
would be most crowded.
As the FBI monitored Talbot,
it quietly inserted undercover
agents and civilian informants
into his life.
One posed as an oil platform
worker who could get explosives
and another pretended to have

District makes ‘quick settlement’ “In this case, Muslims were

District from page B1
ready for the worst. I didn’t know
what was going to happen.’’
Guadalupe and Cesar Suquet
Sr. sued the district and the offi-
cer on behalf of their son because
he was a minor. The teen turned
18 this summer.
Suquet Jr. will split a $60,000
payout, which was covered by
a Pasadena ISD insurance pol-
icy, with his legal counselors
— Houston criminal and family
lawyer Mark Montgomery and
Pearland attorney J. Scott Siscoe,
both retired Houston Police De-
partment lieutenants.
“It was a quick settlement,”
Montgomery said before offer-
ing his opinion of why the claim
was resolved swiftly before trial:
“I think they were worried that
the videotape might get out. ... I
would imagine we would have
gotten more money if the tape
would have been released be-
cause the media pressure would
have been so damaging to the po-
lice department.”
Entered into the court record
as part of discovery, the footage
was under a federal nondisclo-
sure agreement, Montgomery
said, but could have been pre-
sented in open court to a jury.
After the incident, Suquet Jr.
left Pasadena ISD for another
school district but still felt un-
safe. He decided to pursue his
GED and go to community col-
lege.
“Even though he had switched
school districts, he still felt like
he was looking over his shoulder
a lot,” Montgomery said.
Another filmed case of school
police excessive force sparked by
a cellphone controversy made
headlines last month. A South
Carolina officer was fired for
yanking a teen girl out of her
chair and tossing her across a
classroom after she refused to
stop using her mobile device. A
10-second tussle before she was
cuffed was captured on video by
several other students.
“Basically, (Y’Barbo) struck
Mr. Suquet about 20 times in 20
seconds with a metal baton. I
think our case was a little uglier,”
Montgomery said, adding that he
is still waiting for prosecutors to
present the case to a grand jury.
Jeff McShan, a spokesman
for the Harris County District
Attorney’s Office, confirmed
that grand jurors have not had
an opportunity to consider the
incident for potential criminal
charges because there are “other
cases ahead of it.”
Unlike some other excessive
force settlements, the terms did
not include changes to Pasadena
ISD police training or policies.
“As far as I know, they haven’t
changed anything in regards to
our lawsuit,” Montgomery said.
A Pasadena ISD spokeswom-
an did not respond to several re-
quests for comment on the settle-
ment. A call to the school district
police department about the em-
ployment status of Y’Barbo has
not been returned.
U.S. District Judge David
Hittner signed a final order dis-
missing the case on Nov. 2.
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targeted and the perpetrator
was not Muslim,” said Hooper,
whose group is a Washington,
D.C.-based civil rights and ad-
vocacy organization. “If it would
have been reversed, the outcome
would have been much different.”
Talbot’s lawyer, Winifred
Akins Pastorini, said Talbot had
mental health issues, apologized
for his actions and was trying to
get better.
Talbot, 39, didn’t conspire with
an army of supporters but with
undercover government agents
who got close to him to make a
case, she said.
“I was so impressed with Judge
Werlein’s compassion for some-
one who is showing he was not
himself when this happened; and
nobody was injured; and he is do-
ing everything in his power to get
help,” she said.
“Here is a man who said, ‘I
was not in my right mind. There
were issues I didn’t even know I
had that caused me to think crazy
thoughts.’”
Rabiah Ahmed, spokeswom-
an for the Muslim Public Af-
fairs Council, commended law
enforcement for preventing an
contacts in another militia move-
ment.
Talbot allegedly spelled out
his plans, which included send-
ing “that White House worth-
less piece of dirt and his Muslim
brotherhood a message they will
never forget,” according to an af-
fidavit used to file charges against
him.
Talbot is accused of telling the
undercover agents he needed to
rob banks and armored cars for
funds to buy bigger weapons.
There was also a personal score
to settle for Talbot, who said he
wanted to kill a Texas state troop-
er who arrested him in January
for driving under the influence,
and set a trap for more officers.
Hooper, of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, said
the sentence wasn’t suitable given
the allegations.
“It seems the prosecutors were
doing their job and the FBI was
doing its job,” he said. “You’d have
to ask the judge why he felt six
and a half years was an appropri-
ate sentence for someone plotting
a massacre.”
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Restrictions called ineffective

Restrictions from page B1
rience in other states that
residency restrictions do
absolutely nothing to make
children safer, that they
have forced thousands of
registrants into homeless-
ness, that they have forced
entire families to relocate,
and that they have wasted
an enormous amount of
public resources that could
have been appropriately
expended elsewhere,” she
said.
For the smaller commu-
nities, the new issue centers
on a 2007 ruling by then-
Attorney General Greg Ab-
bott that determined that,
under state statute, general
law cities cannot enact lo-
cal ordinances that regu-
late where registered sex
offenders can live. Most of
those smaller cities enacted
those ordinances since the
ruling, said Richard Glad-
den, a Denton attorney who
sent the notice on behalf of
the advocacy group.
Support for ordinances
Bennett Sandlin, execu-
tive director of the Texas
Municipal League that
represents cities’ interests
in Austin, disputed the
groups’ legal claim.
“Many of the city attor-
neys for our member cities
believe that there are nu-
merous provisions in the
Local Government Code
that permit general law cit-
ies to enact basic health and
safety rules, which would
include sex offender dis-
tance requirements,” he
said. “We would certainly
argue in support of those
cities should the issue ever
go up on appeal to a court.”
He said his organization
supports passage of a law to
clarify the right of cities to
regulate where registered
sex offenders can live. Two
similar bills failed to pass
the Legislature earlier this
year.
Krum, a city near Den-
ton, already has been sued
and has asked Texas’ 2nd
Court of Appeals to allow it
to keep its ordinance intact.
Alvarado, near Fort Worth,
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is considering a repeal of a
related ordinance after a
separate challenge.
Pasadena, the largest city
in Harris County outside of
Houston, recently was sued
for its ordinance, which op-
ponents say limits almost
any registered sex offender
from living there, court fil-
ings show. Another case is
pending against Lewisville,
just northwest of Dallas.
Under current law, Texas
has no statewide residency
restriction for registered
sex offenders, even though
county probation and state
parole rules require that
they do not live within
specified distances from
schools, parks, day care
centers and other sites
considered “child safety
zones.” Instead, cities and
local police jurisdictions
have enacted their own
rules, with distance zones
ranging from 500 to 3,000
feet.
“It renders registered sex
offenders like illegal aliens
in many places because
they can’t live anywhere,
even with their families,”
Gladden said. “There’s nev-
er been any study that we
can find that shows these
ordinances make children
safer, and more than 60
studies from prominent
criminologists that show
the opposite, that there are
significant adverse effects.”
Other states have faced
the same issue. In August,
the Massachusetts Su-
preme Court struck down
that state’s residency laws
concerning registered sex
offenders, comparing them
to internment camps for
Japanese-Americans dur-
ing World War II.
Last February, New
York’s high court ruled that
communities could not en-
act laws restricting where
registered sex offenders
can live. Such residency re-
strictions have been struck
down in Pennsylvania, and
recently were loosened in
California.
Marc Levin, policy direc-
tor for the national Right on
Crime Initiative and direc-
tor of the Austin-based
Center for Effective Justice
at the conservative Texas
Public Policy Foundation,
said extensive academic re-
search has shown that resi-
dency requirements do not
reduce recidivism among
registered sex offenders,
but “no one wants sex of-
fenders living near them so
these ordinances are popu-
lar.”
Laws struck down
William Habern, a
Houston attorney who has
represented ex-offenders
who have challenged local
residency ordinances, said
Texas has “a patchwork of
laws that varies from place
to place.”
He said the issue is sig-
nificant but seldom chal-
lenged in court “because
the white-shoe law firms
don’t want to represent sex
offenders, and the offend-
ers have no money to pro-
tect their rights.”
Conroe lawyer Scott
Pawgan said he challenged
the Pasadena ordinance
because it “effectively pro-
hibits any registered sex
offenders from living in
the city,” because it is inter-
preted to cover all neigh-
borhood. Pawgan’s client,
who formerly was held in
the state’s civil commitment
program for sex offend-
ers, had been approved by
state officials to move to his
mother’s home last sum-
mer, but could not because
she lived in Pasadena, he
said.
Instead, he said, the man
was forced to buy a home in
Houston, where no such
residency restrictions ex-
ist. Because of that, he said
his lawsuit soon will be
dropped, but the issue re-
mains.
Pasadena officials could
not be reached for com-
ment.
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B4 | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
Amonett, Kristy
Bonner, John
Boucher, Jack
Kristy Nace amoNett
1971-2015
Kristy Nace Amonett, 44,
of Ottawa Hills, Ohio passed
away peacefully on Sunday
evening, surrounded by
family, following a courageous
two-year battle with cancer.
The beloved daughter of
Lyn (Brody) Nace and John
Nace of Beaver, Pennsylvania,
Kristy was born on June 27,
1971 in Rochester, Pennsylva-
nia. She graduated from Bea-
ver Area High School, where
she was valedictorian, and
went on to Princeton Univer-
sity where she graduated with
an AB in Psychology. There
she was on the novice crew
team that won 1991 Eastern
Sprints and was a member of
Pi Beta Phi. It was there that
she met her future husband,
John Amonett.
After graduation she
worked at the National Insti-
tutes of Health in Bethesda,
Maryland for two years and
then enrolled at the Univer-
sity of California, Davis for a
Ph.D. in Neuroscience. It was
during this that she and John
began dating and married in
1999.
In 2000 Kristy began the
vocation that would be her
life’s work as the couple wel-
comed the first of their four
children, daughter Morgan,
followed by Abigail, Zach-
ary and Lucie. Kristy and
her family lived in a number
of cities, most memorably
Melbourne, Australia, before
settling in Ottawa Hills in
2008. There, Kristy was ac-
tive in a number of commu-
nity organizations, including
the Ottawa Hills Moms Club,
Green Bear Ball and as a
volunteer at Ottawa Hills
Elementary School. She and
her family are members of St.
Jack cofer Boucher
1926-2015
Jack Boucher was born
on February 12, 1926 in
Waco, Texas. He grew up
in Longview, Texas and
served his country in the
United States Army from
1944 to 1946. He pursued
his education and graduated
from the University of Texas,
Austin in 1950. A few years
later, he started is career
with General American Life
Insurance Company of St.
Louis. He became a mortgage
lender and later became the
District Manager in Texas.
Mr. Boucher loved his work
and made numerous friends
and later retired from the
company in 1993.
He is preceded in death
by his parents, Bernard and
Sudie Boucher, his brother,
Bernard “Buddy” Boucher
and his sister, Joyce Elise
Boucher. He is survived
by family and friends...
Dorothy Boucher, Renee
and Greg Graham, Bernard
Boucher III, Mark and
Rudolph Espinosa
1923-2015
Rudolph “Rudy” Espinosa
passed away at his home on
Nov. 7, 2015, at age 92. He
was the 16th child born to
Mariano and Tomasa Dimas
Espinoza, in a lumber camp
in Gladstell, Texas, on Octo-
ber 23, 1923. Surviving him
from his immediate family
is his remaining sister, Mary
Lou Boatman of Vernon,
Texas.
Preceding him in death are
his sons, Michael Angel, Rob-
ert Xavier, Ralph Edward,
great-grandson, Christopher
Joseph, and son-in-law, Ron-
nie Patterson.
Surviving Mr. Espinosa is
Mary Soledad Espinosa, his
wife of sixty-nine years; his
OB HurlBut
1930-2015
OB Hurlbut, 84, passed
away November 7, 2015.
Born December 31, 1930 in
Houston, Tx. Gunsmith by
trade, enjoyed hunting and
fishing. Preceded in death
by parents DB and Naomi
and brother, Leslie. Survived
Clovis Jean Madden
1929-2015
Clovis Jean Madden,
86,of Hearne, Texas Passed
away peacefully in her sleep
November 5, 2015. She was
proceeded in death by her
husband of 52 years Joe R.
Madden Sr., her parents
Clovis O. and Lottie M.
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Daro, Johnnie
Espinosa, Rudolph
Harvey, Chicilla
Pius X Parish in Toledo..
Friends and family
remember her fondly for her
competitive spirit, devotion
to her Catholic faith and love
of family.
She is survived by husband
John, daughters Morgan, Abi-
gail and Lucie, son Zachary,
parents, Lyn and John Nace,
brothers Jon Nace of Roches-
ter, PA, Michael Nace (Sandy)
of Tega Cay, SC, Patrick Nace
(Frauke Frahm) of Sewickley,
PA and nieces Franziska and
Gwendolyn Nace of Sewickley,
PA. She is the daughter-in-
law of Tom Amonett (Clair)
and Judy Amonett, both of
Houston, TX.
Visitation will be at the
Walker Funeral Home at
5155 W. Sylvania Ave. (west
of Corey Rd.), Toledo, on
Thursday, November 12,
2015 from 2:00 PM - 8:00
PM concluded with a prayer
service and remembrances at
8:00 PM. A Requiem funeral
Mass will be held at 10:00
AM on Friday, November 13,
2015 at St. Adalbert Church
at 3233 LaGrange St., Toledo.
Graveside services will take
place at 3:00 p.m., Saturday,
November 14, 2015 at Beaver
Cemetery in Beaver, PA.
In lieu of flowers, contribu-
tions may be made in Kristy’s
honor to The Victory Center
of Toledo or Heartbeat of
Toledo.
Brenda Boucher and grand
nieces and nephews Allison
Boucher, Matthew Boucher,
Max Boucher, Julia Boucher,
Rebecca Graham Mason and
long time friend, Terry Moore.
Graveside services will be
at Memorial Oaks Cemetery,
13001 Katy Freeway, Hous-
ton, Texas 77079, Saturday
November 14, 2015 at 12:30
PM.
son Rudy Arthur Espinosa
and his wife, Annie Chavez;
daughters, Maria Rebecca
Patterson, and Anna Maria
Espinosa; and daughter-in-
law, Debbie Espinosa, fifteen
grandchildren, twenty-four
great-grandchildren, two
great-great-grandchildren
and several nieces and
nephews.
Visitation will be 5-9pm,
with a Rosary at 7pm, on
Wednesday, November 11,
2015 at Forest Park Lawndale
Funeral Home.
Funeral Mass will begin at
10am, on Thursday, Novem-
ber 12, 2015 at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic
Church. Burial to follow
at Forest Park Lawndale
Cemetery.
by twin brother DC and wife
Virginia; sister Virginia;
sister-in-law Betty; nephews
Michael Hurlbut, Corey
Smith, Jerimiah Allen; nieces
Janet Hopkins, Donna Bailey
and Julie Childress; many
other family members and
friends. Celebration of Life to
be held at a later date.
Williams And her brother
Jimmie C. Williams. Clovis
Jean is survived by her daugh-
ter Karen R. Serna, her son
Joe R. Madden Jr. and two
Grandchildren, Justin Hop-
per and Rebecca Serna.
life tributes
Hurlbut, OB
Jetton, Suzanne
Lara Gonzalez, Carlos
RobeRt Ralph logan
1930-2015
Robert Ralph Logan was
born March 16,1930 on
a small cotton farm near
Farmersville, Texas and
joined our Lord November 7,
2015. He was the sixteenth
child to Newt Logan and the
eighth child to Louie Roberts
Logan.
He attended the traditional
one room (two rooms by
closing a folding partition)
school before it consolidated
with the Farmersville Public
School System where he was
President of his 1947 gradu-
ating high school class. He
was the place kicker and right
end on the football team.
He was self-supported,
sometimes working two jobs,
through most of his college
years despite dealing with
a life threating illness that
ravaged his body, until the
end of his junior year when
modern science developed a
cure. Notwithstanding, he
completed one years’ study
in the school of engineer-
ing, two years in business
administration and he earned
a Bachelor of Science degree
in Agriculture from New
Mexico A & M, now New
Mexico State University. He
was a Distinguished Military
Graduate, Cadet Lt. Colonel
and commander of the Corps
Army Battalion his senior
year. Following graduation,
he completed advanced of-
ficer training at Ft Benning,
Georgia, and then served
on the Regimental staff as a
trainee instructor at Ft. Riley,
Kansas before assignment to
the 40th Infantry Division
in Korea as a Rifle Platoon
Leader. His loving wife,
Shirley and newborn baby
son Michael stayed with her
parents during this trying
Johnnie Pete Daro
1922-2015
Johnnie Pete Daro
of League City passed away
on Thursday, November 5,
2015 in Webster, Texas at the
age of 93. He was born on
March 14, 1922 in League
City, Texas to Pete and
Carolina Daro. Johnnie was
a vegetable farmer in League
City his entire life and was the
last of the originally settled
vegetable farmers in Galves-
ton County. He was known as
the “Cantaloupe Man”. During
World War II from 1942 to
1945, Johnnie served in the
5th Army 349th Infantry
88th Division under General
Mark Clark. Being very fluent
in the Italian Language, he
interpreted for General Clark
and the Lieutenant Colonel.
His tour included Casa
Blanca, Africa, Algeria
and Italy. He received five
battle stars for combat on the
Gothic Line, Gustav Line,
Rome-Arno Line, PO Valley
Line and North of Apennine
Line. Two of his three years
of service were spent in com-
bat. He marched in combat
from Naples, Italy to Brenner
Pass into Austria where the
war ended.
Johnnie was a member of
VFW, American Legion and
Saint Mary Catholic Church.
He was preceded in death
by his wife of 36 years, Rufine
Ubanoski Daro, parents
Pete and Carolina Daro, and
brother-in-law Don Palermo.
He is survived by his sisters
Catherine Daro Palermo
and Margaret Daro Bilotta
(George); nieces and nephews
Franklin Palermo (Lois),
Diane Palermo Mock, Steven
Palermo (Lisa), Laura Bilotta
Sanchez (Steve), Karen
Suzanne Menefee-
Jetton
1927-2015
Suzanne Menefee-Jetton,
88, of Conroe went to be with
her Lord Thursday, Novem-
ber 5, 2015. She was born
May 29, 1927 in Dallas, TX
to Melvin and Marie Smith.
Suzanne is survived by her
loving children: David P. Me-
nefee, Luke Menefee and wife
Melinda, Susan “Marthie”
Yeager and husband Ronald;
Grandchildren; Lauren,
Ashley, Rebecca, Tim, Robin,
Laura, John and wife Sarah,
Jennifer, Kimberley, Mike,
Kelly, Mindy, and Heather;
Great-grandchild; Meelea:
Many nieces, nephews,
other relatives, and friends. A
celebration of Suzanne’s life
will be 10:00 AM Wednesday,
November 11, 2015 at Klein
SUNSHINE FADES AND SHADOWS FALL,
but sweet remembrance outlasts all.
Logan, Robert
Madden, Clovis
Mamou, Jacqueline
period.
On February 22, 2008, he
was recognized as a Distin-
guished Army ROTC Alum-
nus of New Mexico State
University, and inducted into
the Army ROTC Alumni
Honor Company, the highest
award given to a graduate.
Following service he spent
one year with General Mills
as a Junior Executive Trainee,
followed by a year in sales.
He then spent 12 years as a
field man and district sales
manager with CIT Corpora-
tion, Industrial Finance. He
then joined Chemical Bank in
Houston as a Vice President
in charge of lending. Dan
Mahoney was President and
W. E. Dyche, Jr. was Chair-
man of the Board. One year
later Bob was promoted to
Executive Vice President and
Advisory Director, and fifteen
months thereafter was made
President of the first of three
Houston Banks he helped
organized under the aus-
pices of W. E. Dyche, Jr. and
Governor Allan Shivers. He
served as founding President
& CEO of Peoples National
Bank of Spring Branch,
Interim Chairman of the
Board of Heritage National
Bank of Spring Branch, and
Chairman, President & CEO
of Park National Bank of
Houston. He also served as
a consultant to Allied Bank of
Texas and Vice Chairman of
Allied Memorial Bank. He
retired at ages 48 and 55 and
devoted his remaining years
to his dear family and man-
aging the family interest.
He was active in church,
civic and community affairs
and served as President of
the Spring Branch-Memorial
Chamber of Commerce. He
Bilotta Finke (Mike), Linda
Bilotta Liechty (Tom); and
many loving great-nieces and
great-nephews, family and
friends.
The family will receive rela-
tives and friends on Wednes-
day, November 11, 2015 at
5:00 PM with a Vigil Service
at 7:00 PM at St. Mary
Catholic Church, 1612 East
Walker, League City, Texas.
Mass will follow on Thurs-
day, November 12, 10 AM
at St. Mary Catholic Church
with Father Howard Drabek
officiating. Interment will
be at Mount Olivet Catholic
Cemetery in Dickinson, Texas.
Serving as pallbearers are
Franklin Palermo, Steven
Palermo, Steve Sanchez,
Mike Finke, Tom Leichty
and Chad Sanchez. Honorary
pallbearers are Scott Palermo,
Anthony Mock and Cody
Sanchez.
In lieu of flowers, memori-
als may be sent to St. Mary
Catholic Church, 1612 East
Walker, League City, TX
77573.
Funeral Home Chapel. Visita-
tion will be 1 hour prior to the
service. Interment will be at
Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
McGeorge, Roy Webre, Arnold
Pagoni, Beatrice
Walsh, Sister Audrey
is listed in Marquis Who’s Son Steven & wife Mary of
Who in Finance and Industry Houston, and their children
in 1977/1978. He was a Garrett and Clare.
member of the Memorial He is also survived by his
church of Christ since 1966. brother Ed Logan of Caddo
Bob was an entrepreneur, Mills, Texas; sisters-in-law
part time rancher, author, Edwina Logan of Terrell,
patriot, caring Christian Texas and Darlene Blagowshy
husband, father, grandfather of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and nu-
and great-grandfather. He merous nieces and nephews.
was trustworthy, decent, and Remembrances may be
compassionate by nature but made to Memorial Church of
tough minded when neces- Christ Building Fund, Echo
sary. Early hardships and a Lane, Houston Texas; or “In
common background, built a Search of the Lords Way”,
strong desire to excel, helped Box 371 Edmond, Oklahoma;
shape an uncommon man or a charity of your choice.
of high honor and integrity Visitation will be
whose accomplishments were Wednesday, November 11th
extraordinary. Nonetheless, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at
he would tell you that his Memorial Oaks Funeral
greatest credits were his won- Home, 13001 Katy Freeway,
derful marriage to Shirley Houston, Texas 77079. A
and having the respect and private family entombment
love of the families of their will occur Thursday, Novem-
three sons, each of whose ac- ber 12th at 10:00 a.m. with
complishments exceeded his. an 11:30 memorial service
He is survived by Shir- for friends and loved ones to
ley, his loving wife of 64 follow at Memorial Church
years; son Michael & wife of Christ, 900 Echo Lane,
Susan, their son Jason and Houston, Texas 77024.
wife Laura, son Josh and
wife Anne Marie, and their
children Anna Leigh and
Alex, all of Houston; Son, Dr.
Scott Logan, wife Janet, of
Huntsville, Texas, and their
children Kinsey and husband
Jon Dulaney, and son Kirby;
Carlos lara Gonzalez
1934-2015
Carlos Lara Gonzalez was Castro (Ralph) and German
born on September 6, 1934, Lara, grandchildren Juan
in Linares, Nuevo Leon, and Carlos Castro (Summer),
made his journey to heaven Erica Castro, Mitchell Barton,
on Saturday, November 7, Jared Barton, Summer Lara,
2015 in the comfort of our Rio Lara and Tristan Lara,
family home. As a child and great-granddaughter
living on his family’s ranch in Aubree Castro. Visitation will
Linares, our father dreamed be held on Tuesday November
of a brighter future and of 10, at Crespo Funeral Home
one day traveling the world Navigation Chapel from 5pm
he only read and heard about. – 9 pm, with a Rosary to be
His dream began after he recited at 7pm that evening,
married our mother, Tayde and also on Wednesday,
Moral and left Monterrey November 11, from 9 – 11:15
to bring his young family am. Funeral procession will
to live in Houston, Texas. depart at 11:15 am, for a
Our father was an amazing
Noon mass at Immaculate
husband, father, grandfather,
Heart of Mary. Internment to
great-great grandfather,
follow the mass at Forest Park
and dear friend with a kind
Lawndale Cemetery.
heart. Survived by wife Tayde
Lara, children Juan Tomas,
Hortencia Lara Barton
(Douglas), Carlos A. Lara,
Julio F. Lara, Cristina Lara
Jacqueline “Jackie”
Denise MaMou
1970-2015
Jacqueline “Jackie” Denise
Mamou passed away on
November 6, 2015. Visitation
Wednesday, 9:00 AM - 11:00
AM at the South Union
Missionary Baptist Church,
3550 Lydia Street. Funeral
Services begin at 11:00 AM.
Rev. Michael V. Smith, Pastor,
officiating. Interment-Hous-
ton Memorial Gardens.
Beatrice Pagoni
courtney
1925-2015
Beatrice Pagoni Courtney
passed away on Friday,
November 06, 2015 in Dallas,
TX. She was born on March
16, 1925 in Cairo, Egypt to
Armando and Zoe Pagoni.
Survivors include her daugh-
ter, Lynda K. Herauf and
husband, Fred of Allen, TX; a
sister, Maria Montgomery of
Houston, TX; grandchildren, Funeral Home, 13001 Katy
great grandchildren, nieces, Fwy, Houston, TX, 77079. A
and nephews. A visitation funeral mass service will be
will be held on Thursday, held at the Memorial Oaks
Chapel on Friday, November
November 12, 2015 from
5-8 p.m. at Memorial Oaks 13 at 12:30 p.m.
 xxx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | B5

CITY | STATE

Daughters learn father died in floodwaters

By Jaimy Jones
Tiffannie and Ta’Quana
Watson hadn’t spoken to
their father in 15 years.
They were both teenag-
ers then, but they already
knew he had been through
some difficult times.
As adults, they had tried
to find him, pursuing leads
that would send them on a
path of heartache. Tiffan-
nie sometimes would hear
that he was working some-
where in Houston, but by
the time she reached some-
one at that location, he had
moved on.
On a stormy weekend in
October, Kelvin Watson’s
body was discovered on a
downtown highway un-
derpass, one of two people
swept away in floodwaters
that ravaged Houston. Au-
thorities said the 55-year-
old man was homeless.
The sisters said Monday
they were not surprised to
discover that their father
may have been living on
the streets. They said he
was never the same after
the death of his mother.
“He took it real hard,”
said Tiffannie Watson, 32.
“He was her favorite.”
She said her father was
a strong-willed man who
didn’t want to take hand-
outs from anyone and that
demeanor may have con-
tributed to his way of life.
“He just kind of lost
himself,” Tiffannie Wat-
son said Monday, the same
day of her father’s funeral.
Kelvin Watson was born
in the West Texas com-
munity of Crane, south of
Odessa, and worked in the
oil field for most of his life,
the daughter said.
He and the girls’ mother
had divorced. They had
three daughters — the el-
dest now lives in Califor-
nia. Charlene Tipton is 33.
Ta’Quana Watson is 31.
For much of the 15 years
of her father’s absence, his
own father helped raised
the three girls, said Tiffan-
nie, the middle child.
The sisters remember
their father as a good man,
and Tiffannie said he was
good-looking, too, adding
with a chuckle that he was
a bit of a ladies man.
Watson’s body was
found about 5 a.m. Oct. 31
at 2300 St. Joseph’s Park-
way. Witnesses told police
he appeared to have been
swept away by high wa-
ter in a location prone to
flooding.
About 11 a.m. that same
day, police found the body
of Maria Diego-Martinez
in a ditch in the 1900 block
of Bering Drive.
Relatives
said Kelvin
Watson
was badly
affected by
his mom’s
death.
Nine hours earlier, she
was westbound in the 6300
Beverly Hill Street when
she lost control of her vehi-
cle and struck a fence, po-
lice said. The vehicle went
through the fence and into
Bering Ditch. The vehicle
floated in the water, even-
tually coming to a stop at
a bridge near Richmond
Avenue. She and her hus-
band got out of the vehicle,
police said. He tried to get
help and she stayed on the
roof of the vehicle, police
said.
About 30 minutes after
the crash, the man flagged
down a passing motorist,
who telephoned for help.
He returned to the
bridge, but his wife and the
vehicle were gone.
The vehicle was found
a short distance away, po-
lice said, pushed up by the
water.
The body of the 30-year-
old woman was recovered
in the ditch, after water
had receded, police said.
jaimy.jones@chron.com

Carnegie parents defend school sports teams
Carnegie from page B1
ipation in University Inter-
scholastic League sports,”
the statement said.
As of Monday morn-
ing, more than 730 Carn-
egie supporters had signed
an online petition urging
HISD’s athletic direc-
tor, Marmion Dambrino,
to keep UIL sports at the
school.
“Our athletes are not
willing or likely to play
for any other schools,”
the petition says. “We are
a smaller atmosphere,
so students interested in
sports are more likely to
make our teams. We have
worked hard to build a
competitive athletics pro-
gram, and in doing so two
of our UIL teams made it to
playoffs!”
Being well-rounded
Carnegie’s girls’ vol-
leyball team advanced
to playoffs this year, and
cross-country athletes
reached the regional meet.
The school also has boys’
baseball and co-ed tennis.
Carnegie has had a vol-
leyball team for roughly
a decade, since shortly af-
ter the school broke from
the Jones High campus.
Baseball followed, and the
other sports started more
recently.
The district, however,
has not allowed its newer
specialty schools, includ-
ing the all-boys and all-
girls campuses that opened
in 2011, to offer UIL sports.
One problem, according
to district officials, is that
if a school has some UIL
teams, the league does not
allow students to play at
other campuses for those
sports not offered. In addi-
tion, the specialty schools
must participate in the 6A
conference for the largest
high schools, even though
they typically are smaller.
Ari Purcell, whose
daughter runs cross-coun-
try at Carnegie, said he
never would have chosen
the school if it did not have
UIL athletics. He said he
liked that it offered a well-
rounded high school expe-
rience.
He also questioned
whether it would be prac-
tical for students to leave
the campus, near down-
town, and make it to other
schools for practice.
“Additionally,” he wrote
in an email, “no Carnegie
student wants to compete
for another high school.
They want to compete for
their school, the school
they have pride in. If HISD
strips UIL athletics from
Carnegie, the result will be
that no Carnegie students
participate in competitive
sports programs, and we
believe this creates an un-
fair/unequal access situa-
tion.”
‘Makes no sense’
Purcell added that par-
ents are frustrated that
district officials have not
responded to their ques-
tions, though at least one
school board member has
been sympathetic to their
concerns.
“I hope this is a mis-
understanding,” trustee
Anna Eastman wrote to
another Carnegie parent.
“I cannot imagine why
anyone would want to
eliminate the vibrant UIL
sports programs at Carn-
egie for all the reasons you
mention and simply be-
cause it makes no sense to
stop something that works
and is good for children.”
ericka.mellon@chron.com
twitter.com/e_mellon

Ruling further dims prospects of plan’s implemenation

Ruling from page B1
less executive amnesty program
and start enforcing the law to-
day,” Abbott said in a news re-
lease.
The ruling further dims pros-
pects of implementation of the
executive action before Obama
leaves office in 2017. Appeals
over the injunction could take
months and, depending on how
the case unfolds, it could go back
to the Texas federal court for
more proceedings.
The administration could ask
for a re-hearing by the full 5th
Circuit but the National Immi-
gration Law Center, and advo-
cacy group, urged an immediate
Supreme Court appeal.
Justice Department spokes-
man Patrick Rodenbush said in
a statement they were reviewing
the opinion to determine how
best to proceed.
“The department is commit-
ted to taking steps that will re-
solve the immigration litigation
as quickly as possible in order
to allow DHS (Department of
Homeland Security) to bring
greater accountability to our im-
migration system by prioritizing
the removal of the worst offend-
ers, not people who have long
ties to the United States and who
are raising American children,”
he said.
Part of the initiative included
expansion of a program called
Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals, protecting young im-
migrants from deportation if
they were brought to the U.S.
illegally as children. The other
major part, Deferred Action for
Parents of Americans, would
extend deportation protections
to parents of U.S. citizens and
permanent residents who have
been in the country for years.
The 70-page majority opinion
by Judge Jerry Smith, joined by
Jennifer Walker Elrod, rejected
administration arguments that
the district judge abused his dis-
cretion with a nationwide order
and that the states lacked stand-
ing to challenge Obama’s execu-
tive orders.
They acknowledged an ar-
gument that an adverse ruling
would discourage potential ben-
eficiaries of the plan from coop-
erating with law enforcement
authorities or paying taxes. “But
those are burdens that Congress
knowingly created, and it is not
our place to second-guess those
decisions,” Smith wrote.
In a 53-page dissent, Judge
Carolyn Dineen King said the
administration was within the
law, casting the decision to de-
fer action on some deportations
as “quintessential exercises of
prosecutorial discretion,” and
noting that the Department of
Homeland Security has limited
resources.
“Although there are approxi-
mately 11.3 million removable
aliens in this country today, for
the last several years Congress
has provided the Department
of Homeland Security with only
enough resources to remove ap-
proximately 400,000 of those
aliens per year,” King wrote.

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EDITORIAL
No
hassle
Polling places
open to all take
the confusion
out of voting.
Acknowledging that
voting is a right to be en-
couraged and not a privi-
lege to be discouraged,
Fort Bend County officials
last week adopted a new
system that turned out
even better than expected.
It turned out so well, in
fact, that it should serve as
a model for Harris County
and the rest of the state.
Instead of casting
their ballots in particu-
lar precincts, Fort Bend
voters were able to cast
ballots at any polling place
in the county on Election
Day. When results were
finally tallied last Tuesday
night, voter turnout was
13.4 percent. That’s still
low, of course, but it beats
the 8.7 percent turnout in
the county’s November
2013 election, which also
included a bond proposal.
“We think it played out
well,” Elections Adminis-
trator John Oldham told
the Chronicle.
As Oldham explained,
the aim of opening up
polling places is not neces-
sarily to increase voter
turnout, but to remove
the hassle and confusion
of voting so that residents
don’t give up in frustra-
tion. Higher turnout is a
welcome side effect, he
said.
Fort Bend County Judge
Robert Hebert recalled
his own days as a polling
official and having to turn
away people who arrived
at the wrong polling place
just before it closed and
wouldn’t have time to
get to the right one. “It’s
something you didn’t
want to do,” he said.
Under the countywide
plan, there’s no wrong
place to vote. Fort
Bend Republican Party
Chairman Mike Gibson
noted that residents living
in and around Cinco
Ranch and Katy often
commute to downtown
Houston for work, and
if they get caught in
Interstate 10 gridlock on
the way home, they might
not make it back to their
precinct by 7 p.m. to vote.
Last week they were able
to stop at the first polling
place they got to after
crossing the county line.
Fort Bend County
was among six Texas
counties with populations
of more than 100,000
to use the so-called
“Countywide Polling
Precinct Program.”
Four other counties
with populations of less
than 100,000 also tried
the system. Legislation
passed in 2009 allows
counties to participate in
the new method, although
counties must meet
certain criteria. After
conducting an election
under the countywide
rules, a county can apply
for “successful” status,
which means they don’t
have to reapply to use the
program each election.
Fort Bend expects to
add more voting centers
before the presidential
primaries in March.
Oldham told the
Chronicle he expects the
county will apply for per-
manent status; 27 coun-
ties already have achieved
that status. Harris County
isn’t one of them but
should be. Although voter
turnout in Houston’s mu-
nicipal elections last week
was unusually high, 26.9
percent, we can do better.
We would urge county
officials to give the new
system a try.
Send letters to the editor: Viewpoints c/o Houston Chronicle, P.O. Box 4260, Houston, Texas 77210 or viewpoints@chron.com, Fax: 713-362-3575
We welcome and encourage letters and emails from readers. Letters must include name, address and telephone numbers for verification purposes only. All letters are subject to editing.
Paul Barbetta, Executive VP and COO
Political games over Ex-Im bank must end
By Tony Bennett
Until about a year and a half
ago, most Americans had probably
never heard of the U.S. Export-
Import Bank (Ex-Im), which is our
nation’s export credit agency that
finances exports of American-made the political din and discuss real-
products. The Bank is a must-have
economic tool for exporters in the
United States to compete globally,
as all major exporting countries
have a similar credit agency. Sadly,
Ex-Im Bank has become a pawn in
hyperpartisan politics of the worst
kind and the fallout for small busi-
nesses in Houston and beyond has
been real and lasting.
A determined It’s time to move
band of congress-
men has been doing beyond political
its dead-level best games and let Texas
to kill the agency businesses get back to
and the thousands work.
of Texas companies
and employees that depend on
exporting to stay in business. Amid
political jockeying — which has
nothing to do with good govern-
ment — the authorization that
allows the Ex-Im Bank to extend
credit to private companies expired
in June and the agency has been un- win deals that benefit U.S. workers
able to finance exports ever since.
The congressmen’s opposition?
They claim the bank benefits only
large corporations. They couldn’t
be more wrong. More than 1,000
Texas companies — of all sizes —
benefit from Ex-Im Bank and small
business exports represent the top
category of Ex-Im Bank-supported
exports.
The lapse in Ex-Im Bank fi-
nancing is especially troubling
in Houston, the top metropolitan
exporter in the nation with some
Gun facts no match for worst nightmares
Leonard Pitts says we live
in a media culture that has
the effect of maintaining fear
in perpetuity.
It was the kind of a statistic that
would have left a sane country
stunned and shamed.
This country barely noticed it.
It came last month, courtesy
of the Washington Post, which
reported that, as of mid-October,
toddlers in America have been
shooting people this year at a rate
of one a week. You know how
the story goes. Little one finds an
inadequately-secured gun and
starts playing with it, too young to
know that death lurks inside. The
thing goes off with a bang, leaving a
hole — sometimes a fatal one — in
human flesh.
Sometimes it’s Da-da.
Sometimes, it’s Nana. Sometimes,
it’s the toddler himself.
That’s how it was for Darnal
Mundy II. As detailed by Charles
Rabin in Tuesday’s Miami Herald,
Darnal, age 3, was looking for
an iPad one morning in early
August when he climbed a chair
and opened the top drawer of his
father’s dresser. Instead of a tablet
computer, he found a Smith &
Wesson. With the gun pointing
directly at his face, he pulled the
trigger. A .40-caliber bullet struck
him between the eyes, exiting the
left side of his skull.
Improbably, Darnal survived.
More improbably after brain sur-
gery and rehab in a Miami hospital,
xx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
Nancy C. Barnes
Executive VP / Editor
Jack Sweeney, Chairman
$119 billion in exported merchan-
dise in 2014. Ex-Im Bank is essen-
tial for Houston-area exporters like
Gaumer Process and Bishop Lifting
Products, whose representatives
recently traveled to Washington,
D.C., in attempt to break through
world consequences of allowing
the Bank’s authorization to expire.
Likewise, according to news re-
ports, Houston’s CECA Supply and
Services said it will likely lose 30 to
40 percent of its sales if Ex-Im Bank
is not renewed.
Olney-based Air Tractor, which
manufactures agriculture and fire
suppression air-
planes, recently testi-
fied before a congres-
sional hearing that
the company already
has lost sales due
to the lack of Ex-Im
financing. Rock-
wall-based Special Products and
Manufacturing said that the lapse
of Ex-Im is one reason the company
put a planned expansion on hold.
These are examples of small and
medium-sized companies that can
only compete on a global scale and
if Ex-Im Bank is renewed. Renew-
ing the bank will also allow larger
companies to once again compete
for foreign contracts that require
export credit-agency financing,
supporting thousands of smaller
businesses in the supply chain.
Thankfully, a bipartisan su-
permajority in the U.S. House of
Representatives last month voted
overwhelmingly to renew the Ex-
Im Bank, continuing an 80-year his-
tory of broad congressional support
for this critical economic tool U.S.
he is walking, talking, laughing
and playing and has recently begun
feeding himself. Darnal still lacks
full use of his right arm and leg, but
seems, in most other respects, to
be perfectly fine, not counting the
depressed area on the left side of
his head where doctors removed a
piece of his skull.
He and his family, it seems
superfluous to say, were very lucky.
Indeed, they were blessed.
The gun that so nearly proved
fatal is now kept disassembled in a
safe. We do not know why Dar-
nal’s father, who works as a fitness
attendant, feels the need to own it
in the first place. But who would
be shocked if it turned out that he
keeps it for home security? Put-
ting aside the crackpots who think
they’re going to have to defend
Texas against the U.S. Army, that
seems the most common rationale
for gun ownership. People fear be-
ing caught empty-handed when the
bad guys come.
It is, of course, a fear completely
at odds with statistical fact.
Like the fact that, according to
the FBI, crime has fallen to historic
lows and your life, property and
person are safer now than they
have been in decades.
Like the fact that, according to
the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence, for every gun that is used
Executive VP / Executive Editor Editorial pages
Vernon F. Loeb
Managing Editor
LETTERS
Real issues
Regarding “Some
local restrooms
outpace politics”
(Page A1, Friday), it
is heartbreaking that
someone has to plan and
agonize over where she
or he is going to use the
restroom when going
crosstown.
Talk about cruelty
and a denial of basic civil
rights, which is somehow
not quite in keeping
with the self-proclaimed
high moral values of the
opponents of the defeated
Houston equal right
ordinance.
I do not care where
someone uses the
bathroom or what gender
she or he claims. I do care
that every third person
Reps. Ted Poe, Randy Weber and
Kevin Brady, representing Hous-
ton-area congressional districts,
along with 15 other members of the
Texas delegation, were among those
who supported renewing Ex-Im
Bank. As representatives of the na-
tion’s largest exporting state, these
leaders understand that Ex-Im
Bank matters to Texas exporters of
all sizes.
But the fight over Ex-Im Bank
isn’t over. Even as missed economic
opportunities mount, opponents
of Ex-Im are attempting to thwart
the will of the majority in the U.S.
House and Senate by offering
“poison pill” amendments to a bill
that includes Ex-Im provisions.
Their goal — tone deaf as it is — is
to prevent the bank from doing its
job in support of U.S. exporters
small and large.
Opposition to Ex-Im Bank was
never about jobs or growing U.S.
businesses. Obviously, the agency
makes economic sense. Rather,
opponents orchestrated this
political ruse. They are using the
demise of Ex-Im to score partisan
points and win favor among special
interests.
Enough is enough. It’s time to
move beyond political games and let
Texas businesses get back to work.
Hopefully, Congress will prioritize
smart policy over politics in the end
and reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank
for many years to come. Putting
this ugly chapter of politicking
behind us will be welcome news to
exporters in Houston and beyond.
Bennett is president of the Texas As-
sociation of Manufacturers, which
represents over 500 companies from
every manufacturing sector.
to wound or kill in self-defense,
four are used in accidental shoot-
ings.
Like the fact that toddlers are
now shooting themselves and oth-
ers at the rate of one a week.
But it’s not just that fact is no
match for fear; it’s that we live in
a media culture that has the effect
of maintaining fear in perpetuity,
keeping it a low-grade fever sim-
mering within the body politic, a
heat that abides, but never abates.
A 2014 study by the Annenberg
Public Policy Center at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, for instance,
found that exposure to violent
crime on TV dramas intensifies the
fear that one may become a victim.
“CSI,” anyone? And a 2003 study
from the same source found that
the more people watch local TV
news — where if it bleeds, it leads —
the greater their fear of crime.
And here, it bears repeating: We
have less to fear from crime now
than we’ve had in many years.
But, though lacking cause to fear,
we fear just the same, fear all the
more, making life and death deci-
sions about personal security based
on perceptions that have little to do
with reality. We fixate on stopping
the stranger kicking in the front
door. Meantime, there goes the
toddler, balancing atop the chair,
chubby little hands closing on the
gun in the top drawer.
The irony is as sharp as the bang
of a gunshot down the hall. We fear
so many things. But some things,
we don’t fear nearly enough.
Email Pitts at lpitts@miamiherald.
com.
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Jeff Cohen
Veronica Flores-Paniagua
Outlook Editor
on the freeway is on the
phone drifting around,
slowing down and
otherwise impeding the
flow of traffic.
Phoning on the
freeways is a clear and
present danger. Our
legislators and voters
need to quit trying to
force their narrow views
of morality on others and
do something about truly
dangerous behavior.
Margaret Sweeney,
Houston
Don’t forget Rice
Regarding “UT’s move
could hurt UH” (Page A1,
Friday), the article about
the proposed University
of Texas campus in
Houston states “the move
will increase competition
for the city’s own
research institution, the
University of Houston.”
Out on South
Main there is another
“research institution,” a
little school called Rice
University. True, Rice
is small in size, but over
the 100-plus years it has
enriched our city and the
world, it has always kept
the quality up and the
numbers down, holding
true to its founding
president’s challenge to
“assign no upper limit to
its educational endeavor.”
Fredric J. Attermeier,
Houston
Keystone
Regarding “Keystone
denial piles on oil’s woes”
(Page A1, Saturday), the
Keystone pipeline pitch
was that it would create
jobs and reduce gas
prices; the economy has
created jobs and reduced
gas prices without the
Keystone XL pipeline.
It is in Texas’ best
interest to reduce
reliance on dirty energy
projects and set our
vision on the clean
energies of the future.
For real job creation,
Congress is late
in passing a solid
infrastructure bill that
will not only create
dozens times more jobs
than a single pipeline
would, but it also would
make our communities
more climate-change
resilient.
Jose Carlos Gonzalez,
Houston
Veterans’ service
Regarding “Veterans
need more access to legal
aid” (Page B9, Monday),
over the years, a small
percentage of Americans
have served in our armed
forces defending our
country, our freedom and
our way of life. Nov. 11 is a
day of remembrance and
a day to say “thanks.”
The only reason the
rest of us are able to
be “career civilians” is
because of the service
of these brave men
and women and the
sacrifices both they and
their families made and
continue to make. In
return, we have a duty
to support our military
personnel and to find a
way to contribute to the
USO, Wounded Warriors
Project, VFW, DAV,
the DeBakey Veterans
Hospital Social Work
Emergency Fund or other
worthy organizations.
My utmost and sincere
thanks go to our veterans
and their families,
whether they served in
the past or are serving
today.
Chuck Hoffheiser, The
Woodlands
BIBLE VERSE
The Lord is good, a
strong hold in the day of
trouble; and he knoweth
them that trust in him.
Nahum 1: 7
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Tampico
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Berlin 60/55/cd 57/49/r Clear Creek Friendswood 12 1.6 +0.1
mostly cloudy.
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Acapulco Dublin 60/51/pc 53/45/r Bastrop 25 4.4+0.2
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then partly cloudy then mostly Guatemala
Tegucigalpa Geneva 58/38/s 59/41/s Columbus 34 14.8+0.5
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the entire metro area: Measurements taken at George Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Prague 59/52/pc 56/42/pc Comfort 26 3.8 0.0
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City of Houston: Other readings San Angelo 79/61/pc 75/40/s Los Angeles 67/53/pc 70/54/s Sao Paulo 85/66/ts 90/69/ts Burkeville 43 22 -1.4
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Solar power plant also using natural gas, but is that a bad thing? Page 2

Investigators want to know Technical issues on Election Day Grass-roots activists can take
what Exxon knew about carbon’s left longtime voters in Houston’s some credit for the rejection of
influence on climate change. Precinct 344 frustrated. the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Grayy M
Matters

Why is a solar plant using natural

al gas?
g And is that a bad thing?

T
By Daniel Cohan | Rice University noting that its CO2 emissions top has increased sharply. It’s likely that
a federal threshold that requires the added flexibility to use more
reporting as a greenhouse gas natural gas, together with an extra
he giant Ivanpah solar power plant in the emitting facility. Not mentioned year of experience, has contributed
is that Ivanpah’s emissions are to the big boost in output.
California Mojave Desert recently detailed just half the threshold of a “major As a cutting-edge energy
stationary source,” denoting large project, Ivanpah received $1.6
how much natural gas it burned to generate facilities such as fossil fueled power billion in loan guarantees from
plants or factories. the Department of Energy, plus a
power when the sun wasn’t sufficient — the $660 million tax refund under the
Transitional technology? 30 Percent Investment Tax Credit.
equivalent to 46,000 tons of co2 emissions in Critics rightly note that Ivanpah’s Ivanpah also benefits from the
natural gas use and associated tradeable renewable energy credits
its first year, according to reports. emissions are far higher than it generates under California’s
originally anticipated, with gas-fired Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Along with its impacts towers, where steam but unexpectedly cloudy auxiliary power now at times needed Critics of government incentives
on wildlife and its receipt turns turbines to generate conditions dampened 4.5 hours per day rather than one for renewable energy may oppose
of federal incentives, news electricity. electricity generation to as originally expected. Some critics the policies that enabled those
of the CO2 emissions has This “concentrating” below intended levels. specifically attack the use of natural incentives and credits. Also, as costs
renewed criticism of the solar thermal approach Thus, soon after opening, gas with solar as “dirty power.” have fallen faster for utility scale
377-megawatt facility, is even more sensitive Ivanpah petitioned Indeed, natural gas is a solar photovoltaics than for solar
which supplies 140,000 to clouds and particles the California Energy nonrenewable fossil fuel whose use thermal, Ivanpah is no longer seen
California homes during than PV panels, since the Commission to increase causes CO2 and methane emissions. as representing the most affordable
peak hours of the day. mirrors can concentrate its use of natural gas. However, unless we expect to switch possible future for solar.
Why is a solar power only the sunlight that The commission’s staff to completely renewable fuels In terms of environmental
plant using natural gas, arrives in a direct beam analysis noted that the overnight, which is unrealistic, fossil impacts beyond CO2, Ivanpah has
and does the associated from the sun. Clouds and request would increase fuels will remain a major part of our been linked to 3,500 bird deaths.
CO2 disqualify it as particulate matter scatter the plant’s carbon dioxide energy mix in the decades ahead. Environmentalists have also
“green”? the light into directions equivalent emissions I believe using those fossil fuels criticized Ivanpah for its proximity
The use of natural that can still be utilized by limit from 62 pounds synergistically with renewables to some endangered species such
gas to complement photovoltaic panels but per megawatt hour (lb/ offers great potential. The joint as the desert tortoise.
solar in fact highlights not the precisely angled MWh) to 75 lb/MWh. Of deployment of natural gas with Indeed, Ivanpah does not
a trend toward what I mirrors. course, actual emissions solar thermal energy, sometimes deserve to be considered the pure
call “speckled green” Ivanpah was designed are lower if sunnier referred to as a “hybrid solar” plant, electric green energy source that
electricity generation and built to burn conditions negate the is one such approach. At Ivanpah, we might seek in an ideal world.
— approaches that are some natural gas to need for extra natural gas natural gas provided less than 5 But all energy sources have
not completely green, maintain peak power use and increase solar percent of the energy, yet may have environmental impacts, whether
but in which natural generation during times output. substantially boosted solar power from emissions of combustion or
gas enables more of intermittent clouds. On a percentage basis, output by keeping the turbines obtaining the fuels or building the
widespread, reliable, and Without the natural this looks like a big online. power plants and solar panels.
affordable deployments of gas, Ivanpah’s steam increase. But context is More broadly,the adjustable The bird deaths from solar are
renewables. turbines could trip off- needed. U.S. power plants nature of natural gas and its ability tiny compared to those from fossil
line, interrupting power in 2012 emitted an average to generate power on demand means fuels.
Power tower generation. The extra 1,137 lb/MWh of CO2 — 15 that it makes variable wind and At least from a climate
Unlike the solar energy from natural gas times Ivanpah’s dirtier solar generators more viable on perspective, I believe this
photovoltaic (PV) panels can enable peak power new limit. In fact, this the electric grid, where reliability particular case of “speckled
that are proliferating production to continue number understates the matters. green” energy is doing pretty well,
on rooftops such as my until sunny conditions gap, since the Ivanpah reducing CO2 emissions per MWh
own, Ivanpah generates resume or the turbines limit includes associated Desert tortoises by over 90 percent compared to
its power by angling pause for the night. maintenance vehicle There are, however, other our national average for electricity.
mirrors to gather the Ivanpah, which emissions not counted in arguments that critics could lodge For costs and more flexible siting,
intense sunlight of the is the largest solar the national average. against Ivanpah. though, other approaches are likely
Mojave Desert to produce concentrating plant Fox News and others Its electricity output to displace Ivanpah as exemplars
heat. The mirrors reflect in the world, began have branded Ivanpah Jacob Kepler / Bloomberg underperformed expectations in its of the path toward greener, more
sunlight onto three power operation in early 2014, a “carbon polluter” by Solar panels at the Ivanpah plant. The 392-megawatt plant was developed by Google, NRG
G and Bright
Brig Source. initial year, though output in 2015 affordable electricity.
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Outside the Boardroom

Exxon pressured to come clean on climate change

U.S. energy
companies
forced to
acknowledge
carbon causing
problems
By Chris Tomlinson

Investigators are forc-

ing energy companies,
including Exxon Mobil,
to finally come clean
on what their research
proves: man-made
climate change is happen-
ing.
Exxon Mobil received
subpoenas from the New
York attorney general’s
office on Thursday asking
for all of the company’s
documents pertaining to
climate change. The im-
portant documents will
cover public statements
and investor disclosures.
The question is what did
Exxon know, and when
did it know that carbon
dioxide is contributing to
climate change.
Ken Cohen, vice presi-
dent of public and govern-
ment affairs for Exxon,
told a hurried media call
Thursday afternoon that
the company has ac- Associated Press
knowledged the reality of In this March 29, 2006, photo, a skier poses for a photograph on Portage Lake in front of Portage Glacier, about 50 miles south of Anchorage,
climate change in public Alaska. The Portage Glacier, a major Alaskan tourist destination, has retreated so far that it no longer can be seen from a multimillion-dollar
disclosures since 2007. visitors center built in 1986. The shrinking of the glacier has been attributed to climate change.
The question for
investigators is whether New York Attorney Gen- climate change is caused nies like Exxon have been Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson they can continue to
the company held back eral Eric Schneiderman is by human activity. charging themselves a has been one of the most deliver shareholder value
information that some- likely to send subpoenas What Exxon does next carbon tax strident in this regard. by selling an important
one would want to know to other companies too is what’s important. I’ve internally, That needs to end product without
before buying stock in that funded organizations pointed out several times but in pub- now. Unlike tobacco destroying the planet.
the company. Or did they that created public doubt that foreign oil and gas lic state- companies, whose These businesses can
spread information that about climate change. companies are actively ments have mission was to turn their help create a smooth
they knew to be false to I don’t think the in- acknowledging climate remained customers into addicts glide path to new and
improve the company’s vestigation will lead to a change, adapting busi- silent on for a product they don’t cleaner forms of energy,
stock price. If they did, criminal prosecution of ness plans to address it climate need, oil and natural or they can continue to
then they broke the law. Exxon, but the company’s and engaging policymak- Tomlinson change or gas companies supply deny the problem and
Peabody, a coal com- internal research dating ers on a carbon tax that is denied that something the world create a crisis. The better
pany, is also under a back to the 1970s will fur- acceptable to all. the government should will always require: corporate citizens will
similar investigation, and ther quiet those who deny American oil compa- do anything about it. energy. If they evolve, choose the first option.

At Precinct 344, lousy wiring and the hard-won right to vote
Dispatches from Harris County
By Gabrielle Banks |
Houston Chronicle
First one machine
blinked out. Then two
were down. By 7:03 a.m.,
three minutes into regular
voting on Election Day,
six out of six devices were
malfunctioning. It wasn’t
long before the group
of voters waiting to cast
ballots at the Greater
Love Missionary Baptist
Church — most of them
elderly, most of them
African-American — be-
gan to despair.
“They feel like it’s a
conspiracy,” said Amy
McCan, the election judge
at the polling station. “I’ve
never seen my elderly
frustrated like they were
frustrated today.” She
estimated that 15 or 20
voters, some with walkers,
canes and accompanied by
caregivers, opted to leave
during that busy morning
stretch.
Each set of three ma-
chines was linked like a
daisy chain to an operating
machine, and the electric-
ity kept flickering in and
out, taxing the breaker. An
electrician said the wiring
in the ramshackle out-
building named Precinct
344’s polling place needed
an overhaul. The wires
might have been chewed
by rodents. Two different
Harris County election
technicians came out at
different times to unplug
and reboot the system.
The set-up was working
at 10:30 a.m. But by 2 p.m.,
four of the six machines
were out again. “I can’t cut
the A/C on because sparks
are going to fly,” said
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Gray Matters
McCan said, juggling two
phone calls on her own
and a borrowed cell phone.
She leaned over an elbow
to examine a machine’s
display screen with a co-
worker.
“We need a better poll-
ing location,” she said.
“They need to X this one
off. I’ve been telling them
that for years.”
For more than two
decades, McCan, 44, has
been overseeing voting at
this site just north of the
610 Loop. She first helped
as a clerk in 1991, when she
supported Gov. Bill Clin-
ton and her cousin kept
arguing that H. Ross Perot
should be in the White
House. When she was 21,
Rev. Samuel H. Smith, of
Mount Horeb Missionary
Baptist, and a woman she
knew as Miss McLemore,
the previous judge, both
encouraged McCan to take
over the Greater Love poll-
ing location. Elizabeth Conley photos / Houston Chronicle
“They taught me to care Election judge Amy McCan talks with the county clerk’s office about electrical problems at the Greater Love
for my voters and make Missionary Baptist Church polling station on Election Day.
it as easy as possible for
them to vote,” she said. “I one voter told McCan that
let them know what the his father was blasted
provision of votes stands with the firehose during
for. I have a lot of elderly civil rights protests in
here. That’s their right. All Alabama.
I can do is help them.” Standing on the porch
McCan is the mother of the precinct’s outbuild-
of three grown daughters ing, she drew a deep
and the youngest of 10 breath, watching a county Election
children. On work days, technician pour gas into volunteer
she serves drinks at NRG, a generator to provide Kenneth
Toyota Center, Minute backup electricity. McCan,
Maid and BBVA Compass. “My ancestors, their Amy’s
Her grandmother, who ancestors, fought for this brother,
was born in 1919, made right,” she said. “To see wipes
McCan and her older sib- my elderly go through this off his
lings and cousins promise was a problem for me. To forehead
they would never take go through what they went in the
their votes for granted. through and then have polling
On Tuesday morning, this... it is not fair.” station.
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Grayy M
Matters

Environmentalists won the battle.

How activists tank
anked Keystone XL intensive source of oil the arrests through digital
But what about the war? than conventional wells. platforms to demonstrate
Activists referred to Key- the extent of opposition

C
Luis Hestres | University of Texas at San Antonio
ontrary to predictions from energy industry
insiders, President Obama has rejected Trans-
Canada’s application to build the Keystone
XL pipeline across the United States-Canada
border.
The president down-
played the pipeline’s
contribution to carbon
emissions, but he did say
that approving it would
have undercut America’s
role as the “global leader”
on tackling climate
change. This makes
Keystone XL the first
major transnational fossil
fuel extraction project to
be rejected expressly on
climate-related grounds.
Although no one factor
is likely responsible for
the president’s deci-
sion, the climate change
activists who mobilized
grass-roots opposition to
the pipeline can rightfully
take some credit for it.
According to my
research into climate
change activism, 350.
org – an advocacy orga-
nization cofounded by
environmental author Bill
McKibben – and its allies
employed a number of
communication tactics to
achieve what is one of the
biggest symbolic victories
for the US climate move-
ment to date.
Specifically, climate
activists embraced the
following strategies to
scuttle the pipeline: shift-
ing the final decision from
the State Department to
the White House; effec-
tively counter-framing
pro-pipeline arguments;
and successfully combin-
ing digital organizing
with offline actions.
In some ways, however,
these successful tactics in
influencing the public dis-
cussion on Keystone may
have hurt activists’ cause
by further polarizing the
climate movement.
Politicized the issue
After prominent cli-
mate scientist Dr. James
Hansen declared that
allowing the Keystone XL
project to proceed would
mean “game over” for the
planet in terms of carbon
emissions, 350.org and
its allies decided to try to
stop the pipeline.
But although the presi-
dent took center stage in
announcing the pipeline’s
demise, the decision tech-
nically resided with the
State Department, as it
does with similar trans-
national infrastructure
projects. Presidents then
usually just affirm their
agencies’ decisions.
This presented a chal-
lenge for climate activists:
unlike the presidency
and Congress, which are
heavily politicized arenas
of public contention that
receive plenty of attention
and media coverage, few
people follow the ins and
outs of federal regulatory
decisions and even fewer
journalists cover them
beyond the specialized
press.
The solution: Place
the decision squarely on
the president’s shoul-
ders. Activists targeted
the president as the final
decision-maker, which
politicized the issues and
brought public attention
to it. For example, activ-
ists staged a massive civil
disobedience campaign in
2011, during which more
than 900 people were
arrested in front of the
White House.
Digital activism
Before 350.org and
its allies began its cam-
paign, supporters framed
Keystone as a job-creation
engine and a tool for U.S.
energy independence.
The climate movement
instead emphasized the
potentially catastrophic
consequences of extract-
ing oil from Canada’s tar
sands, a more carbon-
stone as a “carbon bomb”
and incessantly repeated
Dr. Hansen’s “game over”
assertion, even as they
downplayed Keystone’s
job-creating potential.
Activists also framed
Keystone XL as a question
of public accountabil-
ity for the president. As
they saw it, Obama had
promised to fight climate
change and support
clean energy – and they
expected him to keep his
word. This call to hold the
president accountable for
his campaign promises
was even echoed in the
signs that some activists
brought to the Keystone
demonstrations. Protest-
ers were often seen with
signs that said “NOXL,”
in which the letter “O”
consisted of the well-
known Obama campaign
logo.
Although 350.org is
well versed in the lat-
est social media-based
forms of activism, it did
not rely solely on these
tools to campaign against
Keystone. Instead, the
group used technology
to support and augment
the power of the offline
actions that were the cen-
terpieces of its campaign:
civil disobedience and
rallies.
350.org relied heavily
on digital technology to
recruit volunteers to get
arrested in front of the
White House and others
who could support it in
various ways: spreading
word about the arrests
online, helping with bail,
J. Scott Applewhite / STF etc. The group also circu-
Environmental activists gathered outside the White House last year to protest the Keystone
one XL pipeline
pipe project. lated videos and photos of
to the pipeline and raise
morale within the move-
ment.
Hollow victory?
This victory will em-
bolden the climate move-
ment as we approach the
Paris climate talks which
start later this month.
Unlike 2009, when
activists went to
Copenhagen dejected
from the United
States’ failure to enact
comprehensive climate
legislation, this time
they will head to the UN
climate talks with a win
under their belts.
The most vocal ele-
ments of the movement
will point to Keystone as a
demonstration that their
demand to keep as much
fossil fuel as possible “in
the ground” can work,
and will push for this ap-
proach in Paris.
Activists will also use
this victory to bolster
their calls for various
institutions to divest from
all their fossil fuel hold-
ings.
The legacy of the Key-
stone campaign in U.S.
politics, however, is more
uncertain and, perhaps,
less positive.
By overtly politicizing
the issue, the activists
may have further
polarized attitudes
about climate change
and moved the country
closer to a scenario in
which climate change is
considered a Democratic
issue, while opposition to
climate-friendly policies
becomes a litmus test for
Republicans.
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Gray Matters

ICYMI: Seven voters decide billions in bonds, and more

The Chronicle’s
top in-depth
stories
By Lauren Caruba

In area MUD elections,

a handful of voters de-
cide $1 billion in bonds
On the west side of
Conroe in Montgomery
County, just seven voters
were eligible to decide
$1.07 billion in bonds for
roads, water, sewer and
recreational facilities this
week. That’s because they
were the only residents
in newly created munici-
pal utility districts, also
known as MUDs, that
have been carved out as
the county north of Hous-
ton continues its rapid
population growth. How
have MUDs have surged
in the counties surround-
ing Houston?
By Cindy Horswell, @
chorswell

Only four miles sepa-

rate those who vote
from those who don’t
Houston’s voting
Precinct 403 near Meyer-
land sits just four miles
away from Precinct 359
in Westwood. Yet the two
areas couldn’t be more
different when it comes to
demographics and voting
behavior. While Precinct
403, a neat residential
neighborhood, saw a 39
percent voter turnout in
the last municipal elec-
tion, just 18 percent of
voters in Precinct 359 —
home to many immigrants
who are ineligible to vote
— appeared at the polls.
The contrasting precincts
shed light on civic engage-
ment in Houston.
By Katherine Driessen
Marisa Bishop, 9, left, dismounts a balance beam during gymnastics class at Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston.
The center is at the middle of the precinct with Houston’s highest voter turnout.
(@KatDriessen) and Mike
Morris (@mmorris011)
Doctor accused in rape
unlikely to be held li-
able in civil court
Columnist Lisa
Falkenberg follows up on
her reports on a Houston
doctor accused of raping
a patient - and how tort
reform limits the patient’s
right to sue. @Chron-
Falkenberg
Houston area struggles
with domestic violence
spike
The Montgomery
County Women’s Center is
the only domestic violence
resource in a county of
half a million. It is among
just 13 organizations in
Houston and outlying
cities that specifically
provide emergency
shelter to victims,
totaling just 741 beds. The
greater Houston area’s
burgeoning population
growth has translated into
a spike in local domestic
violence cases, stressing
very limited resources.
This year, area shelters
Michael Ciaglo / Houston Chronicle
have operated at capacity the renowned University
and fielded more calls, of Texas M.D. Anderson
struggling to keep up with Cancer Center. But in late
a growing problem. September, Gardenier
By Lauren Caruba, and as many as 2,000
@LaurenCaruba other M.D. Anderson
patients received a letter
Loss of insurance saying they were being
plans could devastate dropped from their
cancer patients Preferred Provider
Martha Gardenier has Organization plans. The
struggled to fight back move made financial
from a rare bone marrow sense for Blue Cross
disease and leukemia. Blue Shield, but for some
She was able to do so patients, it could be a
because her insurance matter of life or death.
carrier, Blue Cross Blue By Jenny Deam,
Shield of Texas, included @jenny_deam
How Houstonians
voted on HERO
On Election Day, voters
soundly rejected Hous-
ton’s embattled equal
rights ordinance, one of
the most controversial
ballot items in recent
memory. Yet support
and opposition to HERO
varied widely across the
city, data shows. Most
of the support for the
measure was centralized
in the inner Loop, near the
Heights and Montrose.
By John D. Harden,
@Jdharden
College team shows power sports figures hold but rarely wield
If you think this doesn’t af-
fect you, you’re wrong.
If you don’t like politics in
your sports page, too bad.
If you’re already tired of
hearing about it, just keep read-
ing.
Because Missouri is worth
your time.
The college kids who called
out a university and changed
a culture simply by sitting
out. A 4-5 football team that
accomplished more during
the last two days than every
BASEBALL
Ken Griffey Jr.
is the biggest
newcomer to the
Hall of Fame ballot.
Page C5
Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron
ROCKETS
Jones
can see
what
he’s been
missing
By Jose de Jesus Ortiz
Terrence Jones was in a
jovial mood Monday after
participating in his first
practice with his Rockets
teammates this month.
The power forward even
poked fun at the eye injury
that had kept him out of ac-
tion since Oct. 30.
Jones missed the last
five games while recover-
ing from a lacerated right
eyelid suffered in the sec-
ond game of the season
when the Warriors’ Ste-
phen Curry accidentally
poked him.
Jones didn’t hesitate
when asked if there were
some things he saw from
watching his teammates
play that might help him
upon his return. Before
answering the question,
he shut his right eyelid and
smiled.
“Barely. I’m like this
watching the game,” he
said with a wink of the
right eye. “I tried to see as
much as I could. I talked to
the coaches, went over a lot
of film just to try to get bet-
ter, even though I wasn’t
on the floor.”
It’s good Jones could
find some humor in his lat-
est in a series of ailments
and injuries over the last
year. After playing a ca-
reer-high 76 games with
71 starts in the 2013-14 sea-
son, Jones was limited to 33
games last season.
Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle
Jones’ continues on C4
Rockets
update
Saturday: Rockets
109, Clippers 105.
Record: 4-3.
Wednesday: Brooklyn at
Toyota Center, 7 p.m.
TV/radio: Root; 790 AM,
850 AM (Spanish).
ASTROS
Luhnow isn’t wed Cougars don’t mind driving in fast lane
to the K.C. model
By Evan Drellich
WEST PALM BEACH,
Fla. — If one were to boil
down the types of players
the Astros need most this
winter, hard-throwing re-
lievers and contact hitters
seem the most obvious.
Not because that’s a catch-
all Kansas City Royals for-
mula but because of a de-
sire for balance.
Yes, those 2015 World
Series champion Royals
had contact hitters and
overpowering relievers
who got a franchise to
two straight Fall Classics.
But in a copycat industry,
recent events can leave a
skewed perception of the
right formula.
Astros relievers fin-
ished the year with the
BRIAN T. SMITH generation has its own voice. That’s not an easy position to be Campus leaders out
Commentary If it chooses to use it. Which in, so I commend them for it,” ›› The president and chancellor
boycotting Tigers did Saturday, Texans left tackle Duane Brown announce plans to step aside after
when a single social-media said. “I don’t know the back- protests at Missouri. Page A1
tweet shook up everything — a story on it. But I commend the
school, a city, a region, a sports coach, professors and everyone dence hall bathroom wall. All
country, all of college football who backed the football team.” in the shadow of Ferguson, Mo.,
— then took down tone-deaf The stories leading up to the which lies about 120 miles to
Missouri president Tim Wolfe strike are as ugly as they are the east and became a national
and chancellor R. Bowen Loftin disgusting: Missouri’s student racial divide barely a year ago.
on Monday in the same rapid- association president racially There was a week-long
other program will pull off the fire news cycle. abused; the N-word directed hunger strike by a Missouri
entire year. Monday’s stunning “It’s impressive they decided at Legion of Black Collegians student and threats of walk-
reminder that sports are never, to bond together and the coach members; feces smeared in the outs by faculty. But nothing
ever just about sports and every (Gary Pinkel) backed them. shape of a swastika on a resi- Smith continues on C3
SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
The top story lines
and matchups in this
week’s first round of
the football playoffs.
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ON THE TEXANS
Showing the way
“I’m familiar with their personnel and their scheme. I didn’t have
to look at the scouting report because I know them by name and
number. … With my familiarity with their personnel, I can try to
use that to help our team this week.”
Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer
Hoyer draws on wins vs. Bengals to plot another upset
If familiarity really them by ceptions.
does breed contempt, name and In 2013, Hoyer led the
the Cincinnati Bengals number. Browns to a 17-6 victory
should despise Brian “They at Cleveland. He com-
Hoyer. don’t pleted 25 of 38 passes
In his first season with change for 269 yards and two
the Texans, Hoyer needs JOHN much. touchdowns.
to be as efficient and McCLAIN They do a In 2014, Hoyer helped
consistent as he was the good job the Browns earn a 24-3
last two seasons when he of keeping their players. Thursday night victory
helped Cleveland defeat They’re a tough team, at Cincinnati. He went
Cincinnati two times. and they’re winning big 15-of-23 for 198 yards and
The Texans, 3-5 and games and close games. no touchdowns.
coming off their open With my familiarity with “It was a Thursday
date, play the undefeated their personnel, I can try night game, and no one
Bengals on Monday night to use that to help our gave us a chance, kind of
at Paul Brown Stadium. team this week.” similar to what we’re go-
After getting five days Hoyer wasn’t spectac- ing into,” Hoyer said. “I
off, the players returned ular in his two victories remember as a team, we
to practice Monday to over the Bengals. He felt confident going in.
start preparing for the turned in a pair of work- “I think that kind
Bengals, a team Hoyer manlike performances of (confidence) begets
studied four times over that included no inter- success. We were able to
the last two seasons get up on them early and
but played against only finish the game.
twice. Texans “The first one (2013)
“I’m familiar with at Bengals went down to the fourth
their personnel and their When: 7:30 p.m. quarter.”
scheme,” Hoyer said after Monday. That’s when Hoyer
practice. “I didn’t have TV/radio: ESPN, threw a touchdown pass
to look at the scouting KIAH; 610 AM, 100.3 FM that secured the victory.
report because I know and 1180 AM (Spanish). O’Brien continues on C2
Live chat
›› John McClain answers your Texans questions at noon today at chron.com/texanschat
UH FOOTBALL
Hoops preview By Adam Coleman
Few teams in the coun-
›› Kelvin Sampson eyes turn-
around in 2nd season as UH
fifth-highest strikeout rate try score at a rate faster basketball coach. Page C3
in the majors, so they did than UH.
get swings and misses. Yet And that goes hand in
their primary relievers hand with the Cougars’ be one of those teams that
lack velocity. quick ascent this season. tries to run as many plays
“We’re going try to No. 16 UH welcomes as you can on offense,”
make some improvements No. 25 Memphis on Satur- UH coach Tom Herman
with the team,” Astros day at TDECU Stadium said. “We believe offense,
owner Jim Crane said in a matchup of high- defense and special teams
of the offseason plan. “I powered offenses and two are not mutually exclusive,
think we’ve got a good mi- of the American Athletic and there is a manage-
nor league system now in Conference’s best signal ment-of-the-game compo-
place — what we set out to callers. nent of using the clock and
do. We’ve got a nucleus of What’s UH’s edge? Pace making first downs. But I
great players developing. and ability to apply imme- think when we get rolling,
You get in the playoffs un- diate pressure on oppos- you normally see if we get
der a little pressure, and I ing defenses. a first or second first down
think we played well. Our The Cougars have 20 in the series, we’ll start to
guys got some experience. touchdown drives of two pick up the tempo.”
“I think we’re just going minutes or less this sea- As far as one-minute
to try to fill in a few holes Joe Buvid son. They have 10 touch- drives are concerned,
— I think those are fairly UH quarterback Greg Ward Jr. scores against Texas down drives of one minute Oklahoma leads the nation
obvious — and go from State to complete what passes for a lengthy drive for or less, which ranks 15th in with 17. Baylor, Oklahoma
there.” the Cougars. It required eight plays but took only the nation. State and Tulsa have 16
Astros continues on C4 2:39 off the clock. “We’re never going to UH’s continues on C3
C2 | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
PRO FOOTBALL
TEXANS REPORT
Wide receiver Cecil Shorts will return for the Texans against the Bengals on Monday night after suffering a
hamstring injury against the Jaguars.
Brown, McKinney cleared
after having concussions
Texans Pro Bowl left
tackle Duane Brown
and rookie starting inside
linebacker Benardrick
McKinney returned to
practice after recovering
from concussions.
Brown and McKinney
passed baseline neuro-
logical exams required
under the mandatory
NFL concussion-testing
protocol.
Brown left the Texans’
win over Tennessee prior
to the open week but is
set to play Monday night
against Cincinnati.
Just one of those things.
Never experienced that
before, so good to be back
out there, good to be
amongst my teammates
getting ready for Monday
night,” Brown said. “It
was tough. I’m feeling a
lot better. I felt a lot better
the next day. It’s some-
thing that takes a little bit
of time. The trainers did
a great job of helping me
out, and I’m feeling great
now.”
McKinney has been
sidelined since the
Texans’ win over Jack-
sonville, missing the last
two games. He has started
O’Brien downplays Hoyer’s past
O’Brien from page C1
In both games, Hoyer
relied heavily on an
outstanding Cleveland
defense that didn’t allow
a touchdown. The Texans
will have to produce a
similar defensive perfor-
mance if they hope to win.
No one knows more
than Hoyer how fragile
success can be. That
prime-time victory at
Cincinnati last year gave
the Browns a 6-3 record
and left them alone in
first place in the AFC
North.
Then the underdog
BEARS 22, CHARGERS 19
Cutler guides rally
to atone for miscues
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — Zach
Miller made a one-handed
grab of a 25-yard touch-
down pass from Jay Cut-
ler with 3:19 to go, and the
Chicago Bears beat the San
Diego Chargers 22-19 on
Monday night.
Cutler, who overcame
an interception return for
a touchdown and a fumble
to throw for 345 yards,
calmly led the Bears on
the winning 10-play, 80-
yard drive after the Char-
gers opened a 19-14 lead
on rookie Josh Lambo’s
22-yard field goal.
Miller made a leaping
grab with his right hand
and scored. Rookie Jeremy
Langford, subbing for the
injured Matt Forte, ran in
Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com x x x
three games and has 17
tackles, one for a loss.
“I never had a concus-
sion before,” McKinney
said. “It was a new experi-
ence. I just wasn’t feeling
well. I feel good now. I’m
out there trying to get
better and make some
plays, man. The bye week
helped me a lot, getting
my mind right.”
Jackson to miss
Shorts completes 3rd game in row
WR triumvirate The Texans ruled out
The Texans have wait-
ed weeks to have their top
three wide receivers in the
lineup together.
With the return of
veteran Cecil Shorts on
Monday night against Cin-
cinnati from a hamstring
injury sustained against
Jacksonville, the Texans
will be able to have him
operate in tandem with
starters DeAndre Hop-
kins and Nate Washing-
ton in three-receiver sets.
Shorts missed the
last two games after
being sidelined earlier
this season against the
Indianapolis Colts with a
dislocated shoulder.
“You have to take care
Texans came to Cleve-
land the next week and
stunned the Browns, who
collapsed in alarming
fashion over the last seven
games of the season.
In recent years, the
Texans have been awful
in prime time. They need
Hoyer to play his best
game to have even the
slightest chance of pulling
a monumental upset in
the nationally televised
game.
Hoyer and coach Bill
O’Brien disagreed when
they were asked Monday
if Hoyer’s success against
the Browns the last two
the 2-point conversion.
It was the first lead for
Chicago, which scored 15
points in the fourth quar-
ter.
Cutler’s two TD passes
gave him a franchise-re-
cord 139 with the Bears.
The Bears (3-5) snapped
a two-game losing streak.
San Diego (2-7) lost its fifth
straight.
Cutler never wavered
in another tight game for
Chicago. He continually at-
tacked San Diego’s deplet-
ed secondary, completing
27 of 40 passes.
Two plays before the TD
throw to Miller, Cutler was
hit and still completed a 12-
yard pass to Alshon Jeffery
on third-and-6.
San Diego’s Philip Riv-
ers was 26-of-42 for 280
NFL
While Romo sits,
playoff hopes sag
for Cowboys
IRVING — The Dallas
Cowboys are on the verge
of making the return of
quarterback Tony Romo
a moot point — if they
haven’t already.
The team’s longest los-
ing streak since 1989 — all Welker Bridgewater
six games that Romo has
missed with a broken left Rams sign
collarbone — has the de- receiver Welker
fending NFC East cham-
pions facing this sobering The Rams signed wide
stat: Only one team has receiver Wes Welker,
made the playoffs in NFL hoping he can help them
history after starting 2-6. dig out of a third-down
“I think you always problem.
want to address that, the The Rams are 4-for-37
perspective of where we on third down conversions
are, where we’ve been, the past three games.
and where we’re going Welker, 34, had 49
and what’s out there,” catches for a career-low
Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle coach Jason Garrett 9.5-yard average last year
said Monday, a day after with Denver. He became
Philadelphia beat Dallas a free agent and has not
33-27 on Jordan Matthews’ played this season.
41-yard touchdown catch
in overtime. “But I don’t Gabbert remains
think you want to spend
too much time on that.”
49ers’ starter
The Cowboys have one
more game before Romo
is eligible to return — the
first of consecutive games
As expected, 49ers coach
Jim Tomsula will stick
with Blaine Gabbert as
his starting quarterback
of it early,” said Shorts, Griffin’s return in Florida at Tampa Bay after the off week.
who has 25 catches for on Sunday. Dallas visits The 49ers’ website re-
299 yards and one score.
appears likely Miami the next week, ported that Tomsula met
“I felt really good. The Texans tight end Ryan when Romo can come with the quarterbacks
best feeling is being out Griffin is shedding rust, back. Monday and said Gabbert
there with the guys. It’s returning to practice Two of the losses have would start over Colin
tough not being out there, Monday for the first time been on opposing touch- Kaepernick at Seattle
watching everybody else since he sprained the downs to start overtime on Nov. 22, and a team
playing, knowing you can medial collateral ligament (New Orleans and the spokesman confirmed the
contribute and play your in his knee in the season Eagles), another thanks report Monday evening.
role and help.” opener. to a go-ahead kickoff
Although Griffin return for a touchdown QB Bridgewater
remains on the injured in the fourth quarter
better after hit
reserve-designated to (Giants), and a fourth on
return list, the plan is for a late drive to a field goal Vikings quarterback
him to be activated and (Seattle). Teddy Bridgewater has
veteran cornerback Ka- play against the Bengals. The only blowout was passed his first post-con-
reem Jackson for Mon- “I’m jacked for it,” something of a given — a cussion test.
day, the third consecutive Griffin said. “It’s going to 30-6 loss to undefeated Coach Mike Zimmer
game he’ll miss. take a little bit, but it was New England. said Monday he believes
Jackson has been a good first step.” Matt Cassel had his Bridgewater “will be good
sidelined since spraining The Texans have 21 best game in three starts to go” when the Vikings
his right ankle against days to activate Griffin against Philadelphia, but play at Oakland this
Jacksonville. or place him on injured he and Brandon Weeden weekend.
With Jackson sidelined, reserve for the remain- are both 0-3 trying to fill Bridgewater’s injury
rookie cornerback Kevin der of the season. Based in for Romo. occurred in the fourth
Johnson again will start on how he practiced “We have to address quarter Sunday when St.
opposite Johnathan Monday, they’ll likely why it hasn’t been good Louis cornerback Lamar-
Joseph. activate him later in the enough,” said Garrett, cus Joyner hit him with
Outside linebacker week. whose previous longest his shoulder, causing his
Jadeveon Clowney “He’s moving around losing streak in five years head to bounce off the turf.
remains out with a lower pretty good. I thought he as coach was two games. From wire reports
back injury. His status for looked pretty good,” Tex-
Monday’s game is unde- ans coach Bill O’Brien
termined, but Clowney is said. “I would see him
just starting to regain his being ready for Monday
mobility. night.”
Aaron Wilson
NFL AT A GLANCE
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in Monday’s game. ing on his confidence en- Houston 3 5 0 174 205 Philadelphia 4 4 0 193 164
“I don’t think any of tering the game or during Jacksonville 2 6 0 170235 Washington 3 5 0 158 195
that matters,” O’Brien the game. Tennessee 2 6 0 159 187 Dallas 2 6 0 160204
said. “I think it’s more “I don’t think so,” he East W L T PF PA South W L T PF PA
about how’s he practicing said. “This league is con- New England 8 0 0 276 143 Carolina 8 0 0 228165
this week, which looked stantly changing. I was on N.Y. Jets 5 3 0 200162 Atlanta 6 3 0 229190
good today, (and) where a different team. I’m on a Buffalo 4 4 0 209 190 New Orleans 4 5 0 241268
he is with his game plan. different team now. Miami 3 5 0 171 206 Tampa Bay 3 5 0 181 231
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ripping it around pretty You have to be ready to Pittsburgh 5 4 0 206 182 Green Bay 6 2 0 203167
good. He’s playing confi- play every Sunday.” Baltimore 2 6 0 190214 Chicago 3 5 0 162 221
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less of what his record is If not, Hoyer won’t West W L T PF PA West W L T PF PA
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Hoyer, who’s on pace Bengals. Oakland 4 4 0 213 211 St. Louis 4 4 0 153 146
for 26 touchdown passes Kansas City 3 5 0 195 182 Seattle 4 4 0 167 140
and six interceptions, john.mcclain@chron.com San Diego 2 7 0 210 249 San Francisco 3 6 0 126 223
agreed his record against twitter.com/mcclain_on_nfl Week 9 results/schedule
Thursday’s result N.Y. Jets 28 Jacksonville 23
Cincinnati 31 Cleveland 10 Pittsburgh 38 Oakland 35
Bears 22, Chargers 19
Sunday’s results San Francisco 17 Atlanta 16
Chicago 0 7 0 15 — 22 Kickoff returns............................ 2-46 1-24
San Diego 7 9 0 3 — 19 Interceptions ret.......................... 0-0 1-68 Tennessee 34New Orleans 28 (OT) N.Y. Giants 32 Tampa Bay 18
First quarter Comp-att-int......................... 27-40-1 26-42-0 Minnesota 21 St. Louis 18 (OT) Indianapolis 27 Denver 24
SD—Woodhead 14 pass from Rivers (Lambo Sacked-yards lost..........................1-8 2-18
Carolina 37 Green Bay 29 Philadelphia 33 Dallas 27 (OT)
kick), 6:50. Punts......................................... 2-42.5 4-39.8
Second quarter Fumbles-lost...................................1-1 1-1 New England 27 Washington 10 Monday’s result
SD—Verrett 68 interception return (kick Penalties-yards.......................... 6-55 8-54 Buffalo 33 Miami 17 Chicago 22 San Diego 19
failed), 9:58. Time of possession .................. 33:35 26:25
Chi—Bennett 1 pass from Cutler (Gould Individual statistics Off: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle
kick), 6:53. Rushing—Chicago, Langford 18-72, Carey Week 10 schedule
SD—FG Lambo 31, :03. 7-28, Smith 1-11, Cutler 3-(minus 2).
Fourth quarter San Diego, Woodhead 6-33, Gordon 11-31,
Thursday’s game
Chi—Langford 1 run (Gould kick), 14:02. Brown 2-13. Time Open. line Cur. line O/U TV
SD—FG Lambo 22, 7:53. Passing—Chicago, Cutler 27-40-1-345. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 7:25 N.Y. 3 N.Y. 3 43½ NFL
Chi—Miller 25 pass from Cutler (Langford San Diego, Rivers 26-42-0-280. Sunday’s games
run), 3:19. Receiving—Chicago, Jeffery 10-151, Bennett
Time Open. line Cur. line O/U TV
A—68,033. 8-57, Langford 3-70, Mariani 2-23, Miller 2-23,
Chi SD Wilson 1-15, Bellamy 1-6. Detroit at Green Bay noon G.B. 12 G.B. 11½ 48½
First downs ......................................25 19 San Diego, S.Johnson 7-68, Woodhead Carolina at Tennessee noon Car. 4½ Car. 4½ 42½
Total net yards.............................446 339 6-78, Gates 6-69, Inman 3-28, Gordon 3-25,
Chicago at St. Louis noon StL 8 StL 8 NL
Rushes-yards.......................... 29-109 19-77 Herndon 1-12.
Passing ...........................................337 262 Missed field goals—Chicago, Gould 47 (WL), Dallas at Tampa Bay noon T.B. 1½ T.B. 1½ 43½ Fox
Punt returns ................................ 2-22 0-0 34 (WL). New Orleans at Washington noon N.O. 1½ N.O. 1½ 50½
Miami at Philadelphia noon Phil. 6½ Phil. 6½ 46½
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UH BASKETBALL
Sampson sees turnaround in offing
Talent infusion
gives Cougars
variety of options
By Joseph Duarte
On more than a few oc-
casions last season, Kelvin
Sampson would turn to his
left and see a mostly empty
bench.
Even finding enough
available bodies to run
5-on-5 in practice became a
problem.
In Sampson’s first sea-
son, injuries and attrition
forced the University of
Houston to plug holes with
the wrong parts. They had
a 195-pound center and a
point guard who had never
played the position.
The Cougars lost 19
games, the most for the
once-proud program in
more than a decade. Samp-
son, however, saw a glim-
mer of hope with wins in
four of the last five games.
“Sometimes you have to
trick ’em,” Sampson said.
“We were tricking them at
the end.”
Help is on the way in Year
2.
The Cougars welcome
six newcomers, an influx
of depth and talent that will
give Sampson options as the
COLLEGES
UT seeks solution to road struggles of a minute or less
AUSTIN — Before
Shaka Smart took his
Texas men’s basketball
team on a weeklong trip
to China for its season
opener, he placed a phone
call to Longhorns football
coach Charlie Strong.
If Smart expected to
receive any advice from his
longtime friend, he wound
up disappointed.
“I don’t know about
playing games overseas,”
Strong said. “I like playing
right here.”
Strong’s distaste for
traveling is understand-
able, considering the
disasters he’s found even
in domestic destinations.
In three true road games
this season, his Longhorns
have found a new form
of humiliation each time
while being outscored by a
combined 112-10.
Now they’re bracing for
their fourth trip, which
will take them to West
Virginia for a Saturday
game that could determine
whether they qualify for a
bowl.
“Oh, it’s important,”
Strong said. “There’s no
denying it. Our players
understand that.”
With three regular-
season games remaining,
UT (4-5, 3-3 Big 12) needs
to win two to qualify for
the postseason. The Long-
horns can get one of them
at home against Texas
Tech on Thanksgiving, but
the other will need to be
earned on the road, either
against the Mountaineers
or No. 4 Baylor on Dec. 5.
For obvious reasons, the
Longhorns would prefer to
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Smith from page C1
moved the 24/7 meter
until more than 30 united
African-American players
at a mostly white school
vowed to boycott the
Tigers’ game Saturday
against BYU at Arrow-
head Stadium — home of
the NFL’s Chiefs — un-
less a hesitant Wolfe first
stepped down.
Potentially expensive
There was a $1 million
loss on the line for Miz-
zou. There were centuries
of hate, ignorance and
intolerance in the hands
of student-athletes living
up to the best part of their
collective name.
“The athletes of color
on the University of Mis-
souri football team truly
believe ‘Injustice any-
where is a threat to justice
everywhere,’ ” the tweet
read.
Wolfe finally fell
Cougars begin the season
Nov. 18 against Prairie View
A&M.
“Forget last year,” Samp-
son said. “We’re going to be
good this year.”
For starters, the Cougars
have more depth at guard.
Ronnie Johnson, a two-year
starter at Purdue who is
eligible after sitting out last
season, and true freshman
Galen Robinson Jr., whose
father played for the Cou-
gars in the mid-1990s, offer
two options at point guard.
Rob Gray Jr., who origi-
nally committed to Tennes-
see, is a bona fide scoring
threat at shooting guard,
while another transfer,
guard Damyean Dotson,
averaged double figures in
two seasons at Oregon.
Forward Devonta Pol-
lard is the team’s top return-
ing starter. He averaged 11.4
points and 6.4 rebounds.
More help inside
Aside from point guard,
the area that will benefit
most from help is center,
with 6-10 Kyle Meyer, who
began at Iowa, and 6-8 Ber-
trand Nkali, the projected
starter before a groin injury
sidelined him all last sea-
son.
That leaves a deep bench
that includes forwards
UH’s 10 TD drives
Johnathan
rank 15th in FBS
Gray’s
warnings
about UT’s
last road
game went
unheeded.
get one of those victories
out of the way against
West Virginia (4-4, 1-4).
But merely keeping the
game competitive would
be a step forward for a
team that never gave itself
a chance to win at Notre
Dame, TCU or Iowa State.
So why has UT been
so terrible in opponents’
stadiums?
“A lack of focus, a lack
of detail, and a lack of
execution,” senior UT
tailback Johnathan Gray
said.
He tried to warn his
teammates about those
things prior to the Long-
horns’ humiliating shutout
at Iowa State. According
to Strong, Gray was the
one player who said UT
couldn’t take the Cyclones
lightly, that games in Ames
had been tight before, and
that players should expect
to be tested.
The message wasn’t
received.
“With young guys,
they kind of sit there, and
they go, ‘Well, we’ll see,’ ”
Strong said. “And they
don’t really get it until they
get there.”
Rice may lose
RB Stewart
Rice running back Sam
Stewart might be out for
the second time this sea-
Monday. His immediate
resignation was followed
by the announcement
that Loftin, Texas A&M’s
former president, will
step down at Missouri at
the end of the year. Then
there were the prom-
ises of new initiatives
to address on-campus
racial turmoil, a first
chief officer in charge of
equality and diversity,
and increased support
for those who experience
discrimination.
All because some foot-
ball players — “dumb,”
“egotistical,” “narcissistic”
football players — threat-
ened not to play a stupid
game.
“Regardless of where
people may fall on the
issue itself, I just applaud
the fact that student-
athletes — many of whom
we criticize for not being
involved in the campus,
outside of their sport —
were willing to take on an
xxx
After averaging 11.4 points, UH forward Devonta
Pollard, left, will have a lot more help this season.
Xavier Dupree and Danrad
“Chicken” Knowles and
guards LeRon Barnes, a
graduate student who tied
for the team lead with 6.4 re-
bounds per game, Eric Wea-
ry Jr. and Wes VanBeck.
A wild card is the return
of point guard L.J. Rose,
who has undergone mul-
tiple foot surgeries over the
son. The redshirt fresh-
man sat out for several
weeks this season due to a
concussion.
On Monday, he was
getting an MRI for an
upper-body injury. The
results will be known
later this week.
Meanwhile, Rice senior
defensive tackle Stu-
art Mouchantaf played
against UTEP. Mouch-
antaf dislocated his left
elbow against Western
Kentucky and returned
to play against Louisiana
Tech. Against the Miners,
his elbow was still caus-
ing Mouchantaf signifi-
cant pain.
Redshirt freshman
Preston Gordon and true
freshman Carl Thompson
shared playing time at
defensive tackle.
Illinois fires
athletic director
Illinois fired athletic
director Mike Thomas
on Monday, saying he
had done nothing wrong
but that a change was
needed after football
and women’s basketball
players alleged they had
been mistreated by their
coaches.
Thomas, who will be
paid $2.5 million to buy
out the remainder of his
contract, said he believes
he acted appropriately
but accepts the decision.
“I believe it is a good
time to turn the page
and put the focus of this
organization back on the
success and welfare of
our student-athletes,”
issue, especially one that’s
not related to compensa-
tion or unionization,”
said Daron Roberts, a
former NFL and college
football coach who serves
as founding director of
the Center for Sports
Leadership and Innova-
tion at the University of
Texas.
We’ve become numb
to the fantasy of sports.
Endless games blend
with innumerable stats.
Everything’s constantly
televised, always over-
sold, and ridiculously
overhyped.
Sam back in school
Monday in Columbia,
Mo., was proof of the
hearts and brains beneath
all the armor. And for the
second consecutive year,
football in the Midwest
checked the country’s
pulse.
Michael Sam was once a
Tiger. The former Hitch-
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past three years. He’s not
expected to return before
the start of American Ath-
letic Conference play in late
December.
“That’s the strength of
this team. We’ve got a lot
of ways we can go,” Samp-
son said. “Bottom line is we
have a really good bench.
There are going to be some
Thomas said in a pre-
pared statement.
Thomas is the latest
high-profile leader to be
swept aside in the turmoil
at the university’s flagship
campus this year, fol-
lowing the resignation
of one of his top backers,
chancellor Phyllis Wise,
and the August firing of
football coach Tim Beck-
man.
The school also re-
leased final reports on
independent investiga-
tions into the players’
allegations.
The football report
found that Beckman pres-
sured players to play hurt
and interfered in medi-
cal decisions, echoing
details that were disclosed
when he was fired. But
the women’s basketball
investigation found no
evidence of racially moti-
vated player mistreatment
as alleged by seven former
players.
Ohio State goes
back to Barrett
J.T. Barrett is again the
starting quarterback for
No. 2 Ohio State after re-
turning from a one-game
suspension.
Coach Urban Meyer
announced Barrett as
the starter Monday, two
days after backup Cardale
Jones led the Buckeyes to
a 28-14 win against Min-
nesota.
Barrett was suspended
by Meyer after being
cited for driving while
impaired.
Staff and wire reports
cock High School star
— who became the first
openly gay player drafted
in the NFL in 2014 by St.
Louis — was back on his
college campus when Mis-
souri again spoke out loud
for the nation to hear.
“It always starts with
sports. Not just the
football team, but sports
in general,” Sam told
Bleacher Report. “Jackie
Robinson, Arthur Ashe.
… Black or white, gay or
straight, we are a fam-
ily. And family sticks
together.”
Not nearly as often as it
should.
Missouri’s roar is
rarely heard anymore
in the image-saturated
world of sports.
Owners won recent
labor wars in the NFL
and NBA because players
were too selfish and cash
flow-driven to stick to-
gether. Strip away charity
acts — most of which are
nights when you don’t re-
ally see much of a difference
between them and who
starts the game.”
Sampson said the Cou-
gars benefited from a 10-day
summer exhibition tour in
China. While UH won three
of the four games against
teams from the Chinese
Basketball Association,
Sampson said more came
from the trip.
“We built chemistry,” he
said. “When we left, we had
12 guys wearing a uniform
with ‘Houston’ across the
middle. When we got back,
we had a really good team.”
Major facility upgrade
Another step in the right
direction: UH is set to open
the $25 million Guy V. Lewis
Basketball Center later this
month.
“It’s a game-changer,”
Sampson said.
An early schedule that
includes eight of the first
nine games at Hofheinz Pa-
vilion allows the Cougars
the opportunity to get off to
a fast start.
“We’ve been through the
hard times,” Knowles said.
“We’re looking forward to
getting off to a good start.”
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apiece for a tie at second.
The Cougars’ 10 scor-
ing drives of one minute or
less are tied with Oregon
and Ohio State.
In its most time-con-
suming drive this season,
UH went 71 yards in 16
plays, taking 8:38 off the
clock. Nothing else comes
close.
The fastest was the Cou-
gars’ first offensive play
in a 42-7 win over Tulane.
Greg Ward Jr.’s pass found
Chance Allen for a 49-yard
touchdown that took nine
seconds off the clock.
That kind of pace was
absent last year.
UH offensive coordi-
nator Major Applewhite
said quick drives are no
accident. But UH (9-0, 5-0
AAC) can do more to make
sure they occur at a higher
rate.
“It’s twofold,” Apple-
white said. “We can do
some things to help create
those drives as coaches,
certain calls to continue
to stay aggressive. But
we also have to execute.
It’s very easy to stay fast
tempo and aggressive with
play calls when you’re both
playing behind the chains.
At the same time, we have
to create some as coaches.
It goes hand in hand.”
The Cougars regularly
practice at a quick pace,
Herman said.
“You slow down, kind
fueled by public relations
personnel — and only
a special few are ever
willing to speak atop the
unprecedented platform
they’ve been given.
Pros too hesitant
What if the Cowboys or
an opposing team refused
to take the field while
accused woman-beater
Greg Hardy was wear-
ing a Dallas uniform for
self-obsessed owner Jerry
Jones?
What if it didn’t take
the shooting of a hoodie-
wearing 17-year-old
for some of the biggest
entertainment names
in sports to actually use
their public voice?
There was no what-if in
Missouri. The Tigers just
saw it, felt it and acted.
Like anyone would when
they’re not living in a
fantasy. Like proud young
men with clear eyes, full
hearts and something big
C3
Cougars preview
2014-15: 13-19, 4-14
American Athletic
Conference.
2014-15 postseason: Lost
in the second round of the
AAC tournament to Tulsa
59-51.
Coach: Kelvin Sampson
(second season).
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
F Devonta Pollard:
Second on the team in
scoring (11.4) and rebounds
(6.4) last season.
G Rob Gray Jr.: Brings
much-needed ability to
score after averaging 14.5
points in four games on
China trip.
G Damyean Dotson:
Another newcomer who
should make immediate
impact, the former Yates
star averaged nearly 11
points in two seasons as a
starter at Oregon.
SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
Dec. 2. vs. Murray State:
Racers won 27 games last
season but were snubbed
for NCAA Tournament.
Dec. 13 vs. LSU: The Tigers
are No. 21 in preseason poll
and feature 6-10 freshman
Ben Simmons, who could
be the No. 1 pick in the NBA
draft.
Jan. 17 vs. UConn: UH has
upset the Huskies, ranked
No. 20 in the preseason, in
their last two meetings at
Hofheinz Pavilion.
of grind it out, and then
boom — you ratchet it back
up,” Herman said. “I think
a lot of our successes do
come when we are ratchet-
ing up the tempo.”
Ward echoed Apple-
white’s sentiments. There
is room to grow on offense,
and the team hasn’t been
as crisp as it wants.
“It’s been very success-
ful,” Ward said. “It’s just
we have to finish drives.
We have to go out there
and get two first downs.
We can’t have three-and-
outs. We can’t put our de-
fense in bad field position.
We just have to keep fin-
ishing.”
They have no choice but
to do so Saturday.
As Herman noted Mon-
day, not many teams are
going through a two-week
gauntlet of quarterbacks
like UH is. The Cougars
held off Gunner Kiel and
Cincinnati over the week-
end, but in comes sizable
Paxton Lynch and Mem-
phis (8-1, 4-1).
Lynch (6-7, 245 pounds)
is eighth in the Football
Bowl Subdivision in pass-
ing yards with 3,014.
“That dude, he’s a crea-
ture, man,” Herman said
of Lynch. “There’s really
no knock on him. He’s a
fantastic quarterback. Go-
ing to play on Sundays,
certainly.”
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct. GB L10 Str. Home Away Conf.
San Antonio 5 2 .714 — 5-2 W-2 2-0 3-2 1-1
Houston 4 3 .571 1 4-3 W-4 2-2 2-1 3-2 WEST PALM BEACH, and Nats are to share the Baseball Prospectus’
Dallas 3 3 .500 1½ 3-3 W-1 1-2 2-1 3-1 Fla. — Three Astros won main yard and will have database. In 2014, the
Memphis 3 4 .429 2 3-4 L-2 1-1 2-3 1-3
MLB Players Choice separate training and opening-day payroll was
New Orleans 0 6 .000 4½ 0-6 L-6 0-3 0-3 0-4
Northwest Division
awards on Monday. Dal- front-office facilities on about $50 million.
Minnesota 4 2 .667 — 4-2 W-2 0-2 4-0 2-1 las Keuchel was named roughly 160 acres.
Utah 4 2 .667 — 4-2 W-2 1-1 3-1 2-1 the American League’s In his search for a better Tal’s Hill removal
outstanding pitcher, facility from the current
Oklahoma City 4 3 .571 ½ 4-3 W-1 3-1 1-2 3-1
shortstop Carlos Correa one in Kissimmee, Crane
still in the works
Portland 4 4 .500 1 4-3 L-2 2-2 2-2 4-3
Denver 3 4 .429 1½ 3-4 W-1 1-2 2-2 3-4 was voted the AL’s out- wanted to keep the Astros The Astros were wor-
Pacific Division standing rookie, and Jose in Florida, where he owns ried they’d run out of time
Golden State 8 0 1.000 — 8-0 W-8 5-0 3-0 7-0 Altuve became the first a golf course. But there are in removing Tal’s Hill this
L.A. Clippers 4 2 .667 3 4-2 L-2 3-1 1-1 4-2 AL recipient of the Al- also benefits of proximity offseason, as was origi-
Phoenix 3 4 .429 4½ 3-4 L-2 2-2 1-2 3-3 ways Game award, given for the team. The Astros nally planned, owner Jim
L.A. Lakers 1 5 .167 6 1-5 L-1 0-3 1-2 0-4 to players demonstrating will have an easy time Crane said. Eventually,
Sacramento 1 7 .125 7 1-7 L-6 1-5 0-2 1-7 grit and perseverance. playing not only the Na- though, the wrecking ball
EASTERN CONFERENCE Players vote on the tionals but the Mets, who is coming.
Atlantic Division
awards, which are train in nearby Port St. The target remains to
W L Pct. GB L10 Str. Home Away Conf.
Toronto 5 2 .714 — 5-2 L-2 2-0 3-2 3-2
handled by the union. Lucie, and the Cardinals eliminate the hill by the
New York 3 4 .429 2 3-4 W-1 1-3 2-1 2-3 All three Astros receive Karen Warren / Chronicle and Marlins, who share a start of the 2017 season.
Boston 2 3 .400 2 2-3 W-1 2-2 0-1 2-2 $20,000 grants to give to a Astros owner Jim Crane complex in Jupiter.
Brooklyn 0 7 .000 5 0-7 L-7 0-3 0-4 0-4 charity of their choice. said the team has “quite Luhnow wants
Philadelphia 0 7 .000 5 0-7 L-7 0-4 0-3 0-6 On Tuesday, the a bit of room” in the Crane willing to keep Rasmus
finalists for the Baseball payroll.
Southeast Division
Atlanta 7 2 .778 — 7-2 L-1 3-2 4-0 6-1 Writers’ Association of
to raise payroll General manager Jeff
Miami 4 3 .571 2 4-3 W-1 3-1 1-2 2-3 America awards — Cy said after he, Nationals Astros owner Jim Luhnow didn’t comment
Washington 3 3 .500 2½ 3-3 L-2 1-1 2-2 2-3 Young, MVP, Rookie of owner Mark Lerner and Crane said Monday he Friday when the Astros
Orlando 3 5 .375 3½ 3-5 L-1 1-2 2-3 2-3 the Year and Manager of area politicians spoke and had no idea what the extended Colby Rasmus
Charlotte 2 4 .333 3½ 2-4 L-1 1-1 1-3 1-3 the Year — will be named dug shovels into dirt under team’s payroll will be in a $15.8 million qualifying
Central Division at 5 p.m. on MLB Net- a tent on a hot and humid 2016 but indicated the offer. On Monday, Luh-
Cleveland 6 1 .857 — 6-1 W-6 4-0 2-1 5-1
work. The winners will be day in West Palm Beach, amount that could be now didn’t mince words.
Detroit 5 2 .714 1 4-2 L-1 2-1 3-1 2-1
Chicago 5 3 .625 1½ 5-3 W-1 3-1 2-2 4-2
announced Nov. 16-19. commemorating the start added isn’t small. “We obviously want to
Milwaukee 4 3 .571 2 4-3 W-4 2-2 2-1 4-3 of a project that took three “We’ve got quite a bit keep Colby,” he said.
Indiana 4 4 .500 2½ 4-3 W-1 3-2 1-2 4-2 Ground broken years to get off the ground of room if we need it,” Qualifying offers have
and may cost upward of Crane said. “We’ll focus on to be accepted or declined
Results/schedule on spring facility $145 million. spending money wisely by Friday, a week from
Sunday’s results San Antonio 106 Sacramento 88 The Astros’ new spring The new stadium is and adding a dimension or the day they were extend-
Cleveland 101 Indiana 97 Golden State 109 Detroit 95 home, Ballpark of the to hold more than 6,400 two that we might need.” ed. A player who declines
New York 99 L.A. Lakers 95 Memphis at L.A. Clippers late Palm Beaches, is expected fans, with another 1,250 The Astros’ opening- an offer can still stay with
Miami 96 Toronto 76 Today’s games to open on time in 2017, potentially able watch day payroll in 2015 was his team.
Oklahoma City 124 Phoenix 103 Utah at Cleveland 6 Astros owner Jim Crane from a berm. The Astros about $72 million, per Evan Drellich
Detroit 120 Portland 103 Oklahoma City at Washington 6
Monday’s results New York at Toronto 6:30
Indiana 97
Chicago 111
Minnesota 117
Orlando 84
Philadelphia 88
Atlanta 107
L.A. Lakers at Miami
Charlotte at Minnesota
Dallas at New Orleans
6:30
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Astros could stand more contact
Denver 108 Portland 104 Boston at Milwaukee 7 Astros from page C1 like we need a guy throw- with the Royals. bring value to the club-
ing 97 or else we’re not go- “Playoffs, everything is house.”
Crane did not say what ing to be successful. We’ve intensely scrutinized be- Moore said he values
NBA BOX SCORES those holes are. And been successful with the cause every play matters his analytics guys and
Bulls 111, 76ers 88 3-point goals—Minnesota 7-15 (Bjelica 3-5, early this offseason, gen- guys that we’ve had. If we so much more,” Luhnow called them special. He
Chicago — McDermott 7-15 1-1 18, Mirotic Martin 2-5, LaVine 1-1, Wiggins 1-2, Rubio
6-11 5-7 20, Gasol 7-17 2-2 16, Rose 6-14 0-1 0-1, Towns 0-1), Atlanta 13-31 (Millsap 3-5, eral manager Jeff Luhnow find a guy that throws hard said. “But if you’re good said they’re smart and
12, Butler 2-6 2-2 7, Snell 3-7 2-2 10, Gibson Sefolosha 2-3, Horford 2-5, Schroder 2-5, hasn’t emphasized partic- and gets outs, obviously, enough to get to the play- work “their butts off” and
2-5 3-4 7, Brooks 3-8 4-4 10, Portis 1-3 0-0 2, Korver 1-1, Scott 1-1, Teague 1-4, Bazemore 1-5,
Moore 4-8 0-0 9, Bairstow 0-2 0-0 0, Felicio Holiday 0-1, Splitter 0-1). Fouled out—Baze-
ular needs outside of lefty we’re interested. offs, you’re probably good have made him better.
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-96 19-23 111. more. Rebounds—Minnesota 47 (Towns 12), relief, an area easy to point “Same thing on the of- enough to win in the play- “Everybody’s success is
Philadelphia — Grant 4-12 3-4 11, Holmes
4-9 3-5 11, Okafor 9-25 3-8 21, McConnell
Atlanta 34 (Bazemore, Horford 6). Assists— to simply because the As- fensive side of the equa- offs. We certainly think tied together,” Moore said.
Minnesota 27 (Rubio 8), Atlanta 30 (Teague
3-8 0-0 6, Stauskas 2-13 0-0 5, Sampson 9). A—12,016
12,016 (18,729).
tros don’t have any bullpen tion. We produced a lot of about how our team would “Look, when we build
2-4 2-2 6, Wood 4-10 1-2 9, Canaan 1-5 0-0
3, Thompson 2-8 0-0 5, Pressey 4-6 1-2 11. Nuggets 108 southpaws on the 40-man runs last year. We had a stack in a short series, even our team … with our field,
Totals 35-100 13-23 88. Trail Blazers 104 roster, aside from minor unique profile because we as we’re constructing a Kauffman Stadium, we’ve
Chicago 31 21 24 35 — 111 Portland — Aminu 5-16 0-0 12, Leonard 5-10 leaguers. had a lot of guys who hit team from right now.” got to build it with athleti-
Philadelphia 22 21 19 26 — 88 0-0 11, Plumlee 5-7 5-7 15, Lillard 9-22 9-9
3-Point Goals—Chicago 10-25 (McDermott 30, McCollum 6-15 2-2 16, Crabbe 4-12 2-3 11,
On Monday, the first for power and had some Kansas City was cer- cism; we’ve got to build it
3-6, Mirotic 3-7, Snell 2-3, Moore 1-1, Butler 1-3, Davis 0-1 3-4 3, Harkless 2-5 1-2 6, Vonleh 0-3 day of the GM meetings, swing-and-miss in ’em. tainly built to win, but with defense.
Bairstow 0-1, Brooks 0-1, Rose 0-3), Philadel-
phia 5-25 (Pressey 2-2, Canaan 1-3, Thomp-
0-0 0. Totals 36-91 22-27 104. Luhnow downplayed the That’s not going to nec- there was no chest-thump- “If you get a group of
Denver — Gallinari 2-10 2-2 6, Faried 8-13
son 1-4, Stauskas 1-7, Wood 0-1, Sampson
1-4 17, Hickson 7-11 5-11 19, Mudiay 6-12 5-7 18,
idea that a high-velocity essarily continue. It de- ing at Citi Field, no dec- people around that believe
0-1, McConnell 0-2, Grant 0-2, Holmes 0-3).
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago Harris 3-8 0-0 7, Foye 4-6 2-2 13, Arthur 1-5 reliever and some better pends on who’s available laration from Royals GM in one certain philosophy
63 (Mirotic 10), Philadelphia 71 (Okafor 15). 0-0 2, Jokic 3-3 4-4 10, Barton 4-7 2-2 11, Pa- bat-on-ball ability are his and how they fit into our Dayton Moore — who and they all sell out for
panikolaou 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 40-77 21-32 108.
Assists—Chicago 28 (Rose 7), Philadelphia
19 (McConnell 8). Total Fouls—Chicago 19, Portland 33 25 22 24 — 104 targets. Nonetheless, he lineup.” comes from a more tra- one another, it’s going to
Philadelphia 13. A—13,879
13,879 (20,318). Denver 29 28 22 29 — 108 appeared to acknowledge Put the regular season ditional scouting back- work. You’re going to win.
Pacers 97, Magic 84 3-point goals—Portland 10-29 (Lillard
3-7, McCollum 2-5, Aminu 2-7, Harkless 1-1,
contact is an area where aside. What about play- ground — that he and his It’s just about getting ev-
Orlando — Fournier 7-13 3-4 21, Harris 3-13 1-2
8, Dedmon 2-3 1-2 5, Payton 3-7 5-6 11, Ola- Leonard 1-4, Crabbe 1-5), Denver 7-19 (Foye the Astros could better off roster construction? Is team had proved anyone erybody on the same page.
dipo 7-18 0-0 15, Gordon 1-5 2-3 4, Frye 5-10 3-4, Papanikolaou 1-1, Barton 1-2, Mudiay themselves. that where the Royals left a else wrong. There’s no right way or
1-3, Harris 1-3, Arthur 0-1, Gallinari 0-5).
0-0 14, Hezonja 1-4 0-0 2, Watson 2-4 0-0 4,
Napier 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-78 12-17 84. Fouled out—Leonard. Rebounds—Portland
Manager A.J. Hinch has lesson to be learned — in a “I remember as an wrong way to do this.”
Indiana — Miles 3-8 1-2 9, George 7-17 10-11 49 (Leonard 9), Denver 59 (Hickson 13). previously said as much. short series? A lineup with area scout, one of the first As Luhnow keeps his
27, Mahinmi 4-6 0-0 8, G.Hill 8-13 3-4 23, Ellis Assists—Portland 20 (Lillard 7), Denver 20 The Astros had the sec- some contact hitters at the things I was told: Pick cards close to the vest, the
1-9 0-0 2, J.Hill 2-7 2-3 6, Stuckey 3-8 0-0 6, (Mudiay 5). Total fouls—Portland 22, Denver
Turner 4-6 2-2 10, Budinger 2-3 0-0 6, Robin- 9,153 (19,155).
20. A—9,153
ond-lowest contact rate in very least sounds like it players just like you’re in bottom line would seem
son III 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-77 18-22 97.
Spurs 106, Kings 88 the majors, 75.9 percent of should be more reliable in gym class,” Moore said to be this: If the holes are
Orlando 25 23 23 13 — 84
Indiana 25 24 23 25 — 97 San Antonio — Leonard 10-13 1-2 24, Duncan swings, behind the Cubs’ a handful of games, that it in the dugout as his play- “fairly obvious,” as Crane
3-point goals—Orlando 10-33 (Frye 4-9, 4-8 3-4 11, Aldridge 7-12 2-2 16, Parker 6-10
0-0 13, Green 2-6 0-0 5, Diaw 3-4 0-0 6, Mills
74.8. would eliminate some of ers celebrated on the field. said, they involve creating
Fournier 4-9, Harris 1-3, Oladipo 1-5, Napier
0-1, Watson 0-2, Gordon 0-2, Hezonja 0-2), 4-11 0-0 9, Ginobili 2-7 2-3 6, West 4-5 0-0 8, “The outcomes we’re the all-or-nothing sense “Pick the guys you want a different, balanced look
Indiana 11-25 (G.Hill 4-6, George 3-6, Budinger K.Anderson 0-3 0-0 0, R.Butler 3-5 0-0 6, Mc- looking for are to create the ’15 Astros gave. on your team, and that’s in the bullpen and lineup.
2-3, Miles 2-6, Stuckey 0-2, Ellis 0-2). Fouled Callum 0-1 0-0 0, Marjanovic 1-2 0-0 2. Totals
out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 52 (Harris 46-87 8-11 106.
outs with our pitching staff But baseball’s playoffs what we’ve always tried Otherwise, they’re not
10), Indiana 47 (Mahinmi 9). Assists—Or- Sacramento — Gay 5-15 0-0 10, Cousins and create runs with our are unpredictable, and the to do. We pick players all that obvious.
lando 16 (Payton 7), Indiana 25 (George 7).
Total fouls—Orlando 20, Indiana 16.
5-20 11-15 21, Cauley-Stein 2-3 0-0 4, Rondo offense, and there’s many Astros did use the long that we like watching play
4-10 0-0 8, J.Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Belinelli
Technicals—Frye, Payton, Orlando Coach 7-13 0-0 17, Koufos 1-2 0-2 2, Casspi 7-14 0-0
different formulas,” Luh- ball to great effect in their that bring energy, bring evan.drellich@chron.com
Skiles, Orlando defensive three second, 16, McLemore 2-6 2-2 7, Acy 1-1 0-0 3. Totals now said. “We don’t feel five Division Series games value to the community, twitter.com/evandrellich
Stuckey. A—13,104
13,104 (18,165). 34-84 13-19 88.
T-Wolves 117, Hawks 107 San Antonio 23 26 23 34 — 106

Jones’ ailments
Minnesota — Prince 2-4 0-0 4, Garnett 2-5 Sacramento 24 19 26 19 — 88
0-0 4, Towns 5-7 7-8 17, Rubio 4-10 2-2 10, 3-point goals—San Antonio 6-23 (Leonard ROCKETS REPORT

Harden is West’s aren’t run-of-mill

Wiggins 15-22 2-4 33, Bjelica 3-5 2-2 11, Martin
4-11 3-4 13, LaVine 5-7 2-2 13, Dieng 3-5 0-0 6,
Muhammad 3-3 0-0 6, Miller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
46-80 18-22 117.
3-4, Parker 1-1, Green 1-4, Mills 1-5, Diaw 0-1,
R.Butler 0-2, Aldridge 0-2, Ginobili 0-4), Sac-
ramento 7-19 (Belinelli 3-4, Casspi 2-4, Acy
1-1, McLemore 1-3, Rondo 0-1, Gay 0-2, Cousins

Player of Week
Atlanta — Bazemore 4-11 0-0 9, Millsap
9-15 1-2 22, Horford 5-15 2-2 14, Teague 10-17 0-4). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—San
3-3 24, Korver 2-5 0-0 5, Splitter 2-3 0-0 4, Antonio 51 (Duncan 14), Sacramento 49
Sefolosha 4-5 0-0 10, Schroder 5-10 0-0 12, (Cousins 12). Assists—San Antonio 34 (Mills
Holiday 0-1 0-0 0, Scott 3-4 0-0 7. Totals 8), Sacramento 25 (Rondo 12). Total fouls— Jones’ from page C1 with two again, so it’s good.”
44-86 6-7 107. San Antonio 19, Sacramento 14. Technicals—
Minnesota 30 42 21 24 — 117 San Antonio defensive three second, Cousins. James Harden’s slow Jones has no explana-
Atlanta 19 23 42 23 — 107 A—17,317 (17,317). start is officially over. Most notably, the 6-9 tion for the ailments that
The NBA named powerforwardwasplagued have plagued him over the
Harden the Western Con- by a nerve issue that robbed last year.
NBA ference Player of Week him of any feeling in his “It just comes with play-

T-Wolves rebound after her averaged 38.5

points, 5.5 rebounds and
5.5 assists as the Rockets
left foot, costing him nearly
three months of the sea-
son. A year ago at this time,
ing the game,” he said. “I
can’t control nothing like
that. I just try to continue
late to beat Hawks went 4-0 for the week of
Nov. 2-8.
Harden scored 43
Jones was at Memorial Her-
mann undergoing tests to
determine what had caused
to get back, get right, and
get back there and help my
team get a win.”
ATLANTA — Andrew in his return to the lineup, points at Sacramento on the nerve issue, which kept It remains to be seen
Wiggins tied a career but the Kings dropped Friday, followed by 46 him out from Nov. 3 until how long Jones can play
high with 33 points, Karl- their sixth straight game. against the Clippers the Jan. 28. He also missed time Wednesday when the Rock-
Anthony Towns added 17, next night. He became with a collapsed lung later ets put their four-game
and the Minnesota Tim- BULLS 111, 76ERS 88 the first Rocket to score in the season. winning streak on the line
berwolves blew a 34-point Nikola Mirotic had 20 at least 43 in consecu- He still averaged 15.6 against the Brooklyn Nets at
lead before snapping the points and 10 rebounds, tive games since Moses points per game, a slight Toyota Center. Coach Kevin
Atlanta Hawks’ seven- and Pau Gasol scored 16 Malone had two streaks Brett Coomer / Chronicle decrease from the career- McHale wasn’t ready to say
game winning streak points to lead Chicago of three such games dur- James Harden became high 16 points per game of how he plans to integrate
with a 117-107 victory on past winless host Phila- ing the 1981-82 season. the Rockets’ first player the previous season. Jones back into the team.
Monday night. delphia. His first three games since Moses Malone to Jones was hurt again “Terrence has missed
Atlanta never led until Philadelphia (0-7) has of the season weren’t score at least 43 points in before this season even a lot with a lot of different
Paul Millsap’s runner lost 17 straight games dat- vintage Harden. He shot consecutive games. started. He bruised his stuff,” McHale said. “He’s
with 3:26 remaining made ing to March 27, 2015. 22 percent from the field ribs in training camp and just got to get himself in
it 107-106, but Wiggins
NUGGETS 108, BLAZERS 104
(12-of-54 overall and 3-of- Beverley held sustained a concussion great shape so he can go
scored the next seven 32 from 3-point range) against the Heat in the pre- out there and help us.”
points to prevent one of J.J. Hickson scored 19 and averaged 18 points
out of practice season. Then he suffered Although he has missed
the biggest collapses in points, and rookie Em- per game as Houston lost Guard Pat Beverley, the fluke eye injury. the last five games, Jones
NBA history. manuel Mudiay hit two its first three. who suffered a concus- Jones tried to open his is optimistic it won’t take
Jeff Teague finished game-sealing free throws That all changed last sion against Orlando last right eyelid to remain in him long to get back in the
with 24 points, and Mill- with 18.3 seconds remain- week. Wednesday, was held out that game against Golden flow with his teammates.
sap had 22 for the Hawks. ing, helping Denver defeat “I never was worried of practice again Monday. State, but he couldn’t ad- “It’s very early,” he said.
visiting Portland. about James,” coach He has missed the team’s just his vision. He ulti- “Everybody is pretty much
SPURS 106, KINGS 88 Kevin McHale said. “I last two games while mately needed stitches on now just getting a little
Kawhi Leonard scored PACERS 97, MAGIC 84 knew he would find his going through the NBA’s his right eyelid. flow. It shouldn’t be too
24 points, Tim Duncan Paul George made a rhythm.” concussion protocol. “I didn’t really have too much — just getting out
had 11 points and 14 re- pivotal go-ahead basket Since the start of the The Rockets did not give much time to lose any type there as much as I can and
bounds, and San Antonio late and finished with 27 2014-15 season, Harden an update on his status for of rhythm that I was build- making plays.”
won at Sacramento. points to lead Indiana to a has the most 40-point their next game against ing off,” he said. “I came in
DeMarcus Cousins had win over visiting Orlando. games of any player in the Brooklyn on Wednesday. here working out with one jesus.ortiz@chron.com
21 points and 12 rebounds From wire reports league with 12. From staff reports eye, and now I’m out here twitter.com/ortizkicks
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MLB

Griffey, Hoffman
AROUND SPORTS
Peter Malnati
kisses

headline Hall ballot

“Reveille,”
the trophy
he earned
Monday for
his one-stroke
NEW YORK — Ken last year and returns period to sign Park to a victory in the
Griffey Jr. and Trevor along with Jeff Bagwell contract. In the interim, he Sanderson
Hoffman are among 15 (55.7 percent), Tim Raines will remain under control Farms
newcomers on this year’s (55.0), Curt Schilling of the Heroes. If for some Championship
Hall of Fame ballot and (39.2), Clemens (37.5) and reason a deal isn’t reached, at Jackson,
will face a newly trimmed Bonds (36.8). the Twins would get their Miss.
electorate along with bid money back.
steroid-tainted holdovers Twins win rights
Barry Bonds, Roger Cle-
to Korean star Pujols, Brantley Rogelio V. Solis /
mens, Mark McGwire and
Sammy Sosa. The Minnesota Twins
to miss time Associated Press

Billy Wagner, Troy

Glaus, Mike Hampton
and Mike Lowell are
won the bidding for ne-
gotiating rights to Byung
Ho Park, a 29-year-old
Angels first baseman
Albert Pujols and Indians
outfielder Michael Brant-
Malnati finishes strong,
among the players eligible
for the first time on the
32-man ballot announced
first baseman who totaled
105 home runs over the
past two seasons with
ley are recovering from
surgeries that could keep
them from starting the
claims first PGA Tour win
Monday. A vote of at least the Nexen Heroes in the 2016 season on time. JACKSON, Miss. — in Los Angeles starting HOCKEY
75 percent from the Base- hitter-friendly Korea Pujols had surgery to Peter Malnati won next year. GMs to review
ball Writers’ Association Baseball Organization. repair the planter plate for the first time on the The tour said the
of America is needed for The posting fee was in his right foot and is PGA Tour, closing with a PowerShares QQQ Cham-
rule changes
election. Results will be not disclosed by either expected to resume full 5-under 67 to capture the pionship will be played NHL general managers
announced Jan. 6. MLB or the Twins, who baseball activities in 4½ Sanderson Farms Cham- Oct. 24-30 at a site to be are expected to review
The Hall’s board of said they wouldn’t com- months, which would be pionship. announced. Newly reno- rule changes and discuss
directors announced a ment on the process “out late in spring training. Malnati finished at 18 vated Sherwood Country the controversial coach
change in July, cutting of respect” for Park and Brantley likely will under in a rain-soaked Club in Thousand Oaks, and executive compensa-
voters from about 600 to the Heroes. But multiple miss the start of next tournament that was Calif., will host in 2017 tion policy at their annual
450 by eliminating writers reports put the amount at season following right forced to complete play and 2018. November meeting on
inactive in the game for $12.85 million. shoulder surgery. He will Monday. He was one shot The tournament will be Tuesday.
more than 10 years. Per KBO rules, the need five to six months to behind going into the final the first of three events in For the first time, the
Mike Piazza (69.9 Twins have a 30-day be game-ready. round but closed with the new Charles Schwab league has three-on-three
percent) fell 28 votes short exclusive negotiating From wire reports five birdies over his final Cup Playoffs, with the play in overtime and
12 holes to beat William Dominion Charity Classic coach’s challenges for
McGirt and David Toms and the Charles Schwab goaltender interference
SCOREBOARD by one stroke. Cup Championship and offside plays. Deputy
America’s Line Television The event at the rounding out the inau- commissioner Bill Daly
(Home team in CAPS) Col. football Toledo at Central Michigan ESPN2 7 p.m. Country Club of Jackson gural playoffs that will doesn’t expect any poten-
Basketball Col. football Kent St. at Ohio ESPNU 7 p.m. was delayed five times, determine the season- tial changes to those rules
Favorite Points Underdog Pro basketball Oklahoma City at Washington NBA 6 p.m. either by rain, lightning long champion. to take place right away.
NBA
WIZARDS NL Thunder Pro hockey Buffalo at Tampa Bay NBCSN 6:30 p.m. or darkness. The final day The top 72 players in A year ago, GMs got rid
CAVALIERS 7½ Jazz Pro hockey Toronto at Dallas FSSW 7:30 p.m. was a long one for several the standings will com- of the dry scrape of the ice
HEAT
RAPTORS
12
8
Lakers
Knicks
golfers, with some playing pete in the Los Angeles surface before overtime,
PELICANS 2 Mavericks as many as 30 holes. tournament for a $2 mil- which was designed to
Hornets 2½ T’WOLVES
Ricky Barnes, $21,662.......... 68-67-74-70—279
Graham DeLaet, $21,662 .... 66-72-69-72—279
Soccer In other golf news: lion purse, with the field create more offense in
BUCKS 1 Celtics MLS
College football
Dawie van der Walt, $21,66267-73-68-71—279 • The Champions Tour trimmed for the following overtime and cut down on
Favorite Open.-Curr. Underdog
Tim Wilkinson, $21,662........ 68-71-70-70—279 Playoffs will stage the first leg of week’s Dominion Charity shootouts.
Luke Guthrie, $21,662.............71-70-71-67—279 Conference Semifinals
Toledo 5-4 C. MICHIGAN
Kelly Kraft, $21,662.................71-70-71-67—279 Eastern Conference its playoffs at a new event Classic. From wire reports
OHIO NL-NL Kent St.
Jonathan Byrd, $14,402 .....69-70-73-68—280 N.Y. Red Bulls 2, D.C. United 0
Wednesday
Henrik Norlander, $14,402. 69-69-70-72—280 Leg 1 — N.Y. Red Bulls 1 ................ D.C. United 0
Bowl. Green 3½-3 W. MICHIGAN
Blayne Barber, $14,402 ....... 69-72-71-68—280
No. Illinois 6-6 BUFFALO
Jason Bohn, $14,402............ 67-70-70-73—280
Leg 2 — N.Y. Red Bulls 1................ D.C. United 0
Columbus 4, Montreal 3
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Thursday
GA. TECH 3½-3½ Va. Tech
Lucas Glover, $14,402........ 69-68-74-69—280 Leg 1 — Montreal 2........................... Columbus 1 Boys Craig Chambers said:
John Huh, $14,402............... 70-70-68-72—280 Leg 2 — Columbus 3 ..............Montreal 1 (AET)
S. ALABAMA 1 -2½ La.-Lafayette
Sung Kang, $14,402............. 68-72-69-71—280 Western Conference
Terio Brown “She scored a goal in each
Friday
Usc 15½-16 COLORADO
Carl Pettersson, $14,402......67-69-73-71—280 FC Dallas 4, Seattle 3 Humble of the games. But more
Saturday
Brian Stuard, $14,402......... 70-70-75-65—280 Leg 1 — Seattle 2................................FC Dallas 1 Notable: The junior dramatically, she scored
Harold Varner III, $14,402 .... 71-70-68-71—280 Leg 2 — FC Dallas 2...............................Seattle 1
DUKE 3½-3½ Pittsburgh
Boo Weekley, $14,402 ..........68-67-74-71—280 Dallas wins 4-2 on penalty kicks. had five carries for 308 the winning goal, the only
CINCINNATI 16-17½ Tulsa
Utsa 6-5½ CHARLOTTE
Michael Bradley, $9,984 ..... 69-70-69-73—281 Portland 2, Vancouver 0 yards and touchdown goal in the semi game and
UMass 7-7 E. MICHIGAN
K.J. Choi, $9,984 ......................69-71-70-71—281
Derek Fathauer, $9,984........70-71-70-70—281
Leg 1 — Vancouver 0............... Portland 0 (tie)
runs of 85, 68, 53 and 96 final game after time had
Leg 2 — Portland 2 .......................Vancouver 0
Mid. Tenn. St. 5-5½ FLA. ATLANTIC
Ollie Schniederjans, $9,984 70-70-69-72—281 Conference Championship yards as Humble defeated Brown Copeland expired in each.”
Michigan 12-12½ INDIANA
MARSHALL 11½-12 Florida Int.
Mark Hubbard, $9,307 ........ 69-70-73-70—282 Eastern Conference Galena Park 55-13.
Smylie Kaufman, $9,307 .......71-67-73-71—282 N.Y. Red Bulls (1) vs. Columbus (2)
Akron 7-7 MIAMI, OHIO
Will MacKenzie, $9,307........71-68-73-70—282 Leg 1 — New York at Columbus....TBD Nov. 22
What Wildcats foot- over Aldine. Other nominees
MICHIGAN ST. 17½-16 Maryland
HOUSTON 5-6½ Memphis
Rob Oppenheim, $9,307..... 71-69-68-74—282 Leg 2 — Columbus at New York .. TBD Nov. 29 ball coach Charles West Jirmail Proctor, Corin Evans, Cinco
Ohio St. 16½-16½ ILLINOIS
Jeff Overton, $9,307 .............74-64-72-72—282 Western Conference said: “He just dug down North Forest: Had 15 car- Ranch: Had 11 kills and
Tyrone V. Aswegen, $9,307 .67-71-76-68—282 FC Dallas (1) vs. Portland (3)
ARMY 2½-2½ Tulane
Andres Gonzales, $9,020 .. 68-70-69-76—283 Leg 1 — FC Dallas at Portland ......TBD Nov. 22
deep. I don’t know where ries for 150 yards and four eight digs in a bi-district
Clemson 26½-27½ SYRACUSE
Temple 4½-3 S. FLORIDA Scott Langley, $8,897 ......... 68-70-73-73—284 Leg 2 — Portland at FC Dallas..... TBD Nov. 29 it came from, but it was TDs in a 31-14 win over sweep of Carnegie Van-
Nebraska 9½-9 RUTGERS Ted Purdy, $8,897.................68-69-73-74—284 something I’ve never seen Sharpstown that wrapped guard and 12 kills with 19
OLD DOMINION 3½-4 Utep Billy Hurley III, $8,569 .......... 70-70-74-71—285 Transactions before.” up the 20-5A title. digs in a win over Cy-Fair.
TCU 44-45 Kansas Michael Kim, $8,569.............66-74-72-73—285
TEXAS TECH 5½-5½ Kansas St. Frank Lickliter II, $8,569 ......70-70-72-73—285 Baseball Julia Heymach,
VANDERBILT 4-3½ Kentucky Jarrod Lyle, $8,569................ 71-68-72-74—285
Billy Mayfair, $8,569.............70-70-72-73—285
MLB Other nominees Girls Lamar: Won individual
NORTHWESTERN 13-14½ Purdue OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
FLORIDA ST. 9½-9½ N.c. State Darron Stiles, $8,569............ 69-70-71-75—285 BASEBALL — Suspended St. Louis minor
Shane Gosson, Ridge Kate Copeland Class 6A gold at the UIL
AIR FORCE PK-PK Utah St. Steve Flesch, $8,282 ............ 68-71-75-72—286 league RHP Alex Reyes (Springfield-Texas) Point: Completed 18 of St. John’s State Cross Country
Robert Garrigus, $8,118.........67-69-78-73—287
TEXAS ST. 4½-3½ Georgia St.
Tim Herron, $8,118................. 70-70-74-73—287
50 games after a second positive test for a 29 passes for 266 yards Notable: The junior Championships with a
Arkansas St. 14½-14½ LA.-MONROE drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League
UCLA 8½-9½ Wash St. Tom Hoge, $8,118....................71-68-72-76—287 Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. and three touchdowns in forward scored three time of 18 minutes, 19.6
W. VIRGINIA 7½-8½ Texas Trey Mullinax, $7,954........... 68-70-74-77—289 National League leading the Panthers to a goals in the SPC Field seconds.
Tommy Gainey, $7,872.......... 70-71-74-75—290 PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed RHP Guido
NOTRE DAME 27½-27½ Wake Forest
Knudson off waivers from Detroit. Promoted
second district title. Hockey championships Caroline Shecterle,
Alabama 7-8 MISS ST.
N. CAROLINA 12-12½ Miami Hockey pro scout Ron Hopkins and national supervi- Braylon Jefferson, last weekend. Two goals Pearland: Had 28 assists
So. Miss 8-7½ RICE NHL sor Matt Ruebel to special assistants to the Eisenhower: The senior were off penalty corners against Channelview
general manager and Southeast Region
NAVY
Oklahoma St.
21-21½
14-14
Smu
IOWA ST.
Eastern Conference supervisor Rodney Henderson and Midwest
defensive end had five as the school won its in the bi-district round
LSU 8½-8 Arkansas
Atlantic Division Region supervisor Everett Russell to profes- tackles, five quarterback fourth title. and 32 assists in the area
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
AUBURN PK-1 Georgia
Montreal 16 13 2 1 27 59 29
sional scouts. hurries/knockdowns and What Mavericks round against Clear Falls.
ARIZONA ST. 3½-3 Washington
Ottawa 14 7 4 3 17 42 42
Football two sacks in the 49-0 win field hockey coach Adam Coleman
BAYLOR 4-3 Oklahoma NFL
Tampa Bay 16 7 7 2 16 38 38
Byu-k 4½-4 MISSOURI Suspended St. Louis WR Stedman Bailey four
Ga. Southern 7-6 TROY Boston 14 7 6 1 15 47 45
Detroit 14 7 6 1 15 33 36 games for violating the league’s substance
NEVADA 2-1 San Jose St.
Florida 14 5 6 3 13 37 35 abuse policy. Suspended Denver CB Aqib AREA FOOTBALL RANKINGS
CALIFORNIA 20-20 Oregon St. Talib one game for forcefully poking an
App’chian St. 16½-17½ IDAHO Buffalo 14 6 8 0 12 32 41 Class 6A 15. Cinco Ranch ...................................9-1 12 8. Texas City .......................................7-3 7
Indianapolis opponent in the eye after a play, 16. Lamar..............................................9-1 16 9. New Caney .....................................7-3 10
COLORADO ST. 7½-7½ Unlv Torontox 14 2 8 4 8 29 45 W-L Prev.
a violation of safety-related playing rules. 17. Alief Taylor......................................8-2 18 10. Dayton ............................................7-3 NR
LOUISVILLE 10-13 Virginia Metropolitan Division 1. Katy..................................................10-0 1
BUFFALO BILLS — Released WR Titus Davis 18. La Porte ..........................................8-2 19
Utah 5-6 ARIZONA GP W L OT Pts GF GA 2. Pearland.........................................10-0 3
from the practice squad. Signed CB Sammy 19. Reagan............................................9-1 20
TENNESSEE 41-41 N. Texas N.Y. Rangers 14 10 2 2 22 42 25
Seamster to the practice squad.
3. Westfield ........................................8-2 4 Class 4A/others
Florida 8-7½ S. CAROLINA Washington 13 10 3 0 20 43 31 4. Clear Creek.....................................10-0 6 20. Cypress Falls .................................8-2 NR W-L Prev.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived LB Jayson
STANFORD 8½-9½ Oregon Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 18 31 28 5. Manvel ............................................8-2 2 1. Navasota.........................................10-0 1
DiManche and DB De’Ante Saunders. Signed
BOISE ST. 30-30 New Mexico New Jersey 14 8 5 1 17 37 36
OL Garth Gerhart to the practice squad.
6. The Woodlands.............................9-1 5 Class 5A 2. Stafford ..........................................10-0 2
IOWA 11½-11½ Minnesota N.Y. Islanders 15 7 5 3 17 40 37 7. Klein Collins....................................9-1 8 W-L Prev. 3. St. Thomas.....................................9-1 5
DETROIT LIONS — Placed DT Andre Fluellen
SAN DIEGO ST. 23-23½ Wyoming Philadelphia 14 5 6 3 13 28 39 8. Spring..............................................9-1 7 1. Crosby ..............................................10-0 1 4. La Marque ......................................8-2 6
on injured reserve.
HAWAII 4-4½ Fresno St. Carolina 14 6 8 0 12 30 40 9. Hightower ......................................10-0 9 2. George Ranch ................................10-0 2 5. Episcopal........................................9-2 3
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived CB Tony
k- Kansas City Columbus 15 4 11 0 8 35 54 Carter. Placed DT Henry Anderson on injured 10. North Shore ...................................7-2 10 3. Stratford.........................................9-1 3 6. El Campo........................................7-3 7
Western Conference reserve. 11. Atascocita .......................................9-1 11 4. Foster..............................................8-2 5 7. East Bernard...................................8-2 8
College football Central Division NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed RB 12. Cypress Ranch ...............................9-1 15 5. Magnolia ........................................9-1 4 8. St. Pius X ........................................8-2 4
GP W L OT Pts GF GA 13. Dickinson ........................................9-1 13 6. Ridge Point ....................................7-3 8 9. Kinkaid............................................7-3 NR
Schedule Dallas 15 12 3 0 24 54 39
Dion Lewis on injured reserve.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed OL Jarvis Har- 14. Dawson...........................................7-3 14 7. C.E. King ..........................................8-2 6 10. Lutheran South.............................9-1 10
Today’s games
St. Louis 14 10 3 1 21 40 31 rison to the practice squad.
Kent St. at Ohio ....................................................7
Minnesota 13 8 3 2 18 38 35 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed LB
Toledo at Central Michigan ................................7
Nashville 13 8 3 2 18 35 31 Jordan Hicks on injured reserve.
Wednesday’s game
Bowling Green at Western Michigan ................7
Winnipeg
Chicago
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15 8
5 2 18 42 41
6 1 17 39 38
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Thursday’s games
Pacific Division ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed WR Wes Welker.
Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama ..6:30
GP W L OT Pts GF GA TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated OT
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech......................6:30
Los Angeles 14 9 5 0 18 35 29 Demar Dotson from the injured reserve-return
Friday’s game

Southern Cal at Colorado .................................. 8
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Monday’s final-round scores
at Jackson, Miss.
Peter Malnati, $738,000 ...69-66-68-67—270
William McGirt, $360,800 ..71-66-66-68—271
David Toms, $360,800 .......67-69-66-69—271
Aaron Baddeley, $154,570.. 64-73-67-68—272
Roberto Castro, $154,570 ... 62-67-75-68—272
Patton Kizzire, $154,570 .....67-69-66-70—272
Bryce Molder, $154,570 ...... 64-69-70-69—272
Jhonattan Vegas, $154,57066-67-70-69—272
Brice Garnett, $118,900..... 68-68-68-69—273
Andrew Loupe, $106,600.... 66-71-70-67—274
D.J. Trahan, $106,600............67-67-69-71—274
Tyler Aldridge, $86,100........71-67-68-69—275
Martin Flores, $86,100 .........67-72-67-69—275
Jason Kokrak, $86,100 ..........69-71-71-64—275
Gonzalo F. Castano, $65,600 69-72-67-68—276
Cameron Percy, $65,600... 68-70-68-70—276
Michael Putnam, $65,600. 69-70-70-67—276
Brett Stegmaier, $65,600.68-69-70-69—276
Johnson Wagner, $65,60069-69-69-69—276
Bronson Burgoon, $41,359 ..68-70-68-71—277
Derek Ernst, $41,359........... 69-69-69-70—277
Seung-Yul Noh, $41,359..... 70-69-69-69—277
Patrick Rodgers, $41,359 .....70-64-70-73—277
Andres Romero, $41,359.......66-72-72-67—277
Nick Taylor, $41,359 ............... 69-66-71-71—277
Vaughn Taylor, $41,359........68-71-68-70—277
Michael Thompson, $41,359.67-67-71-72—277
Brian Davis, $27,880............. 65-69-71-73—278
Adam Hadwin, $27,880....... 65-71-73-69—278
Luke List, $27,880................70-68-72-68—278
Scott Stallings, $27,880 ....... 67-73-67-71—278
Marc Turnesa, $27,880........ 68-73-67-70—278
Vancouver 15 6 4 5 17 43 36
San Jose 14 7 7 0 14 38 36
Arizona 13 6 6 1 13 35 38
Anaheim 14 5 7 2 12 22 33
Calgary 15 5 9 1 11 37 59
Edmonton 15 5 10 0 10 39 47
Note: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
Saturday’s results
Buffalo 3 .......................................... Vancouver 2
Los Angeles 4 .........................................Florida 1
Montreal 4 ............................................. Boston 2
Washington 3 ............................. Toronto 2 (SO)
Carolina 3 .................................... Ottawa 2 (OT)
Philadelphia 3 ..................................Winnipeg 0
St. Louis 4 ......................................... Nashville 0
Minnesota 1 ....................................Tampa Bay 0
N.Y. Rangers 4........................................ Arizona 1
Calgary 5 .......................................... Pittsburgh 2
Anaheim 1 ........................................... San Jose 0
Sunday’s results
Dallas 4 ....................................................Detroit 1
New Jersey 4.......................... Vancouver 3 (OT)
Boston 2 ...................................... N.Y. Islanders 1
Chicago 4......................................... Edmonton 2
Monday’s result
Arizona at Anaheim ......................................late
Today’s games
St. Louis at New Jersey..................................... 6
Carolina at N.Y. Rangers ................................... 6
Colorado at Philadelphia ................................. 6
Vancouver at Columbus................................... 6
Washington at Detroit ............................... 6:30
Buffalo at Tampa Bay................................. 6:30
Calgary at Florida........................................ 6:30
Ottawa at Nashville........................................... 7
Winnipeg at Minnesota .....................................7
Toronto at Dallas.......................................... 7:30
Arizona at Los Angeles ............................... 9:30
N.Y. Islanders at San Jose .......................... 9:30
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WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR
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C6 | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
HIGH SCHOOLS
Road to state paved
with good attractions
By Angel Verdejo Jr.
It’s playoff time in
Texas, as hundreds of
teams begin a six-week
march to NRG Stadium
for the UIL state champi-
onships. Each week, the
Chronicle will look at five
story lines, games and
players to watch.
Story lines
Home sweet home
The UIL adopted a
pilot program for the
opening round of the 6A
playoffs this year, giving
the higher-seeded team
the option to host its bi-
district game or agree to a
neutral site. The majority
chose to play at home.
Teams like La Porte
and Pearland will open on
campus. And teams like
Arlington Bowie, Midland
and Copperas Cove will
travel up to five hours.
Repeat?
Allen has won the last
three Division I champi-
onships in the state’s larg-
est classification. And the
state’s top-ranked team in
6A could make it four.
It isn’t alone. Cases to
repeat can be made for
nearly all of the 11-man
2014 champions.
Navasota (Div. I-4A)
and Canadian (Div. I-2A)
are No. 1 in their classes,
while Gilmer (Div. II-4A)
and Bremond (Div. II-2A)
are second.
Starting fresh
A year ago, Scarbor-
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
Class 6A Division I
Bi-district
Region II
Skyline (8-2) vs. Lake Highlands (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Forester Field, Dallas
Garland Rowlett (8-2) vs. Belton (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Johnson Stadium, Garland
RR Cedar Ridge (9-1) vs. Austin Bowie (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Reeves Complex, Round Rock
Klein Collins (9-1) vs. Atascocita (9-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Memorial Stadium, Klein
N. Mesquite (8-2) vs. Irv. MacArthur (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Memorial Stadium, Mesquite
Kill. Shoemaker (8-2) vs. Garl. Sachse (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Killeen
Austin Westlake (9-1) vs. Round Rock (8-2)
7 p.m. Friday; Chaparral Stadium, Austin
The Woodlands (9-1) vs. Klein Oak (6-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Woodforest Stadium
Region III
Cypress Falls (9-1) vs. Aldine Nimitz (2-8)
1 p.m. Saturday; Berry Center
Bellaire (5-5) vs. Katy Cinco Ranch (9-1)
1 p.m. Saturday; Rhodes Stadium
GP North Shore (7-3) vs. Pasa. Dobie (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Galena Park ISD Stadium
Alief Taylor (8-2) vs. Clear Springs (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Crump Stadium
Al. Eisenhower (7-3) vs. Cy. Fairbanks (6-4)
6 p.m. Saturday; Thorne Stadium
Lamar (9-1) vs. Katy Morton Ranch (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Delmar Stadium
Pearland (10-0) vs. Beau. West Brook (6-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Pearland ISD Stadium
Dickinson (9-1) vs. Alief Elsik (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Dickinson
Region IV
Converse Judson (9-1) vs. SA Churchill (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Converse
SA Northside O’Connor (7-3) vs.
SA Southwest (4-6)
7 p.m. Thur.; Gustafson Stadium, San Antonio
Laredo United (8-2) vs.
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; SAC, Laredo
Los Fresnos (9-1) vs. Weslaco (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Weslaco
SA Reagan (10-0) vs. Smithson Valley (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Fri.; Comalander Stadium, San Antonio
SA East Central (4-6) vs.
SA Northside Stevens (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; SA East Central
McAllen Memorial (10-0) vs.
Laredo United South (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; McAllen ISD Stadium
Edin. Economedes (5-5) vs. Harlingen (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Boggus Stadium, Harlingen
Class 6A Division II
Bi-district
Region II
Dallas Jesuit (9-1) vs. Mesquite Horn (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Postell Stadium, Dallas
Rockwall (7-3) vs. Copperas Cove (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Fri., Wilker.-Sanders Stadium, Rockwall
Pflugerville Hendrickson (8-2) vs.
Austin High (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Pflugerville Hendrickson
Spring(9-1)vs.TheWoodlandsCollegePark(3-7)
7 p.m. Friday; George Stadium
Highland Park (9-1) vs. Irving Nimitz (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Dallas Highland Park
Waco Midway (7-3) vs. Garland (6-4)
6 p.m. Friday; Hewitt
Lake Travis (10-0) vs. Pflugerville (3-7)
7 p.m. Thursday; Lake Travis
Kingwood (6-4) vs. Spring Westfield (8-2)
7 p.m. Friday; Turner Stadium
Region III
Cypress Ranch (9-1) vs. Memorial (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Berry Center
Katy (10-0) vs. Houston Westside (4-6)
7 p.m. Friday; Rhodes Stadium
La Porte (8-2) vs. Pearland Dawson (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; La Porte
FB Hightower (10-0) vs. Friendswood (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Hall Stadium
Aldine Davis (6-4) vs. Cypress Creek (6-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Thorne Stadium
Strake Jesuit (6-4) vs. Reagan (8-1)
7 p.m. Saturday; Delmar Stadium
Manvel (8-2) vs. Channelview (7-3)
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ough became the first 0-10
football to make the UIL
playoffs. The Spartans are
back in the postseason, but
this time at 1-9 after end-
ing their 59-game losing
streak.
A bigger playoff field
means more chances
teams with losing records
get in. Thirteen 6A teams
have losing records, as do
six 5A teams.
Salado (Div. II-4A) and
Plains (Div. I-2A) are also
1-9.
Mojo magic
This year marked
the 25th anniversary of
“Friday Night Lights,”
the famed best-seller
from Buzz Bissinger, who
followed the 1988 Odessa
Permian Panthers as they
eventually reached the
state semifinals.
“Mojo” can make its
first deep playoff run in
seven years. The Panthers,
at 9-1, likely won’t face a
powerhouse until the third
round.
Canutillo, Part 2
A year ago, Canutillo
became the first El Paso
football team to reach the
state semifinals.
This year’s version
could be El Paso Eastlake.
The Falcons went 9-4 a
year ago (like Canutillo)
and were competitive in
the third-round loss (like
Canutillo).
The team also finished
9-1 (like Canutillo) and has
a winnable region — Div.
II-5A’s Region III is the one
7 p.m. Friday; Alvin
Clear Creek (10-0) vs. Fort Bend Travis (6-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Clear Creek
Region IV
Cibolo Steele (10-0) vs. SA MacArthur (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Lehnhoff Stadium, Schertz
SANorthsideBrennan(8-2)vs.CCKing(8-2)
7 p.m. Thursday; Farris Stadium, San Antonio
Del Rio (7-3) vs. La Joya Palmview (4-6)
2 p.m. Saturday; Del Rio
Brow. Memorial (7-3) vs. Weslaco East (7-2)
7 p.m. Thursday; Weslaco
PSJA North (5-5) at San Benito (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday
SA Johnson (7-3) vs. Schertz Clemens (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Heroes Stadium, San Antonio
CCCarroll(8-2)vs.SANorthsideBrandeis(6-4)
7;30 p.m. Fri., Buccaneer Stadium, Corpus Christi
McAllen (5-5) vs. Laredo Alexander (4-6)
4 p.m. Saturday; McAllen ISD Stadium
San Benito (8-2) vs. PSJA North (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; San Benito
Class 5A Division I
Bi-district
Region II
Frisco Wakeland (8-2) vs. Wylie (6-4)
2 p.m. Saturday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Carrollton Creekview (8-2) vs.
Rockwall-Heath (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Clark Stadium, Plano
Kimball (6-4) vs. Mansfield Summit (9-1)
7 p.m. Thursday; Midlothian
Longview (8-2) vs. Lufkin (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Rose Stadium, Tyler
WylieEast(9-1)vs.LewisvilleTheColony(5-5)
5;30 p.m. Friday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
MesquitePoteet(7-3)vs.CarrolltonSmith(4-6)
7;30 p.m. Fri.; Standridge Stadium, Carrollton
Lake Ridge (10-0) vs. Samuell (4-6)
7 p.m. Thur.; Gopher-Warrior Bowl, Grand Prairie
Tyler (7-3) vs. Texarkana Texas (8-2)
2 p.m. Saturday; Lobo Stadium, Longview
Region III
Temple (9-1) vs. Willis (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Bowers Stadium, Huntsville
Stratford (9-1) vs. Houston Waltrip (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Delmar Stadium, Houston
King (8-2) vs. Beaumont Central (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Pearland ISD Stadium
FB Elkins (8-2) vs. Richmond Foster (8-2)
7 p.m. Friday; Traylor Stadium, Rosenberg
Bryan (7-3) vs. Manor (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Bryan HS
Madison (7-3) vs. Magnolia West (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Mustang Stadium, Magnolia
Nederland (7-3) vs. New Caney (7-3)
6 p.m. Saturday, Thomas Center, Beaumont
George Ranch (10-0) vs. FB Bush (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Mercer Stadium, Sugar Land
Region IV
Austin Vandegrift (8-2) vs.
Bastrop Cedar Creek (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Monroe Stadium, Austin
Lockhart (7-3) vs. SA Highlands (7-3)
7;30 p.m., Friday; Lockhart
Uvalde (6-4) vs. Victoria East (6-4)
4 p.m. Saturday; Alamodome, San Antonio
Edinburg Vela (10-0) vs.
Brownsville Porter (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Sams Stadium, Brownsville
Austin LBJ (8-2) vs.
Cedar Park Vista Ridge (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Nelson Field, Austin
SA Harlandale (6-4) vs. San Marcos (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Fri.; Memorial Stadium, San Antonio
Victoria West (9-1) vs. Laredo Nixon (5-5)
Noon Saturday, Alamodome, San Antonio
Mission Veterans (7-3) vs. Donna High (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Donna
Class 5A Division II
Bi-district
Region II
Frisco Lone Star (9-1) vs. Prosper (6-4)
9 p.m. Friday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Dallas Adams (7-3) vs. Forney (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Allen
Dallas South Oak Cliff (7-3) vs.
Mansfield Timberview (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; DeSoto
Marshall (9-1) vs. Lindale (5-5)
1 p.m. Saturday; Lobo Stadium, Longview
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Games
Cedar Hill (9-1) vs.
Southlake Carroll (8-2),
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dragon
Stadium, Southlake
The two-time defend-
ing champions have
their hands full. Playing
Southlake Carroll, an
eight-time state champion,
is hard enough, but Cedar
Hill has to do it on the
road.
Atascocita (9-1) vs.
Klein Collins (9-1), 7
p.m. Friday, Klein Me-
morial
One of the state’s better
first-round matchups
could lean toward Klein
Collins and its dominant
ground game or Atascocita
with its high-octane of-
fense.
Houston Chronicle file
Navasota wide receiver
Tren’Davion Dickson
has 20 TDs this season.
Lucas Lovejoy (7-3) vs. Frisco (8-2)
5;30 p.m. Saturday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Terrell (9-1) vs. Dallas Wilson (7-3)
7 p.m. Thursday; Johnson Stadium, Garland
Lancaster (7-3) vs. Seagoville (7-3)
7 p.m. Thursday; Wilmer-Hutchins
Ennis (6-4) vs. Hallsville (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Van
Region III
Waco (6-4) vs. A&M Consolidated (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Waco ISD Stadium
Sharpstown (7-3) at Magnolia (9-1)
7 p.m. Friday
Crosby (10-0) vs. Lumberton (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Porter
Fort Bend Ridge Point (7-3) vs.
Port Lavaca Calhoun (7-3)
7 p.m. Thursday; Freeport
College Station (8-2) vs. Hutto (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; College Station HS
North Forest (9-1) at Brenham (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday
Port Neches-Groves (8-2) vs. Dayton (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Stallworth Stadium
Angleton (5-5) vs. Texas City (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Freeport
Region IV
Cedar Park (10-0) vs. Bastrop (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Thur.; Gupton Stadium, Cedar Park
Kerrville Tivy (10-0) vs. SA McCollum (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Alamodome, San Antonio
Somerset (9-1) vs. Gregory-Portland (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Gregory-Portland
Roma (8-2) vs. Edcouch-Elsa (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Landry Stadium, Mission
Austin Reagan (7-3) vs. Georgetown (7-3)
7 p.m. Thursday; Georgetown ISD Complex
SA Sam Houston (10-0) vs.
Boerne Champion (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Boerne ISD Stadium
CC Calallen (8-2) vs.
Castroville Medina Valley
7;30 p.m. Friday; CC Calallen
Mercedes (7-3) vs. Mission Sharyland (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Thompson Stadium, Mission
Class 4A Division I
Bi-district
Region II
Kennedale (10-0) vs. Dallas Carter (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Cedar Hill
Athens (7-3) vs. Princeton (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Hanby Stadium, Mesquite
Argyle (9-1) vs. Lake Worth (4-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; Birdville Complex, NRH
Pittsburg (9-1) vs. Crandall (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Lindale
Texa. Liberty-Eylau (9-1) vs. Van (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Pirate Stadium, Longview
Sanger (9-1) vs. Springtown (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Sanger
Kaufman (9-1) vs. Paris (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Greenville
Alvarado (8-2) vs. Wilmer-Hutchins (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Midlothian
Region III
Kilgore (7-3) vs. Huffman Hargrave (6-4)
7;30 p.m. TBD; Lufkin HS
El Campo (7-3) vs. Wheatley (5-5) 7;30 p.m.
Thursday; Butler Stadium
Silsbee (8-2) vs. Tyler Chapel Hill (3-7)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Lufkin
Sealy (5-5) vs. Needville (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Traylor Stadium, Rosenberg
Navasota (10-0) vs. Columbia (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Waller
Jasper (6-4) vs. Brownsboro (5-5)
1 p.m. Saturday; Lufkin
Stafford (10-0) vs. Sterling (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday
Carthage (7-3) vs. Bridge City (7-3)
7:30 p.m. Saturday; Lufkin
Region IV
Waco La Vega (10-0) vs.
Fischer Canyon Lake (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Georgetown
Kingsville (6-4) vs. Rockport-Fulton (6-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Sinton
Liberty Hill (8-2) vs. Burnet (6-4),
7;30 p.m. Friday; Gupton Stadium, Cedar Park
Gonzales(4-6)vs.RioGrandeCityGrulla(4-6),
7 p.m. Friday; CC Flour Bluff
La Vernia (6-4) vs. Zapata (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Alice
Taylor (4-6) vs. Gatesville (4-6)
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Stadium, Tyler
In these rivals’ last two
meetings, Longview beat
Lukfin 43-42 to open the
2014 playoffs and blocked
an extra point to win the
2015 opener 21-20.
West (9-1) vs. Troy
(8-2), 7 p.m. Saturday,
Waco ISD Stadium
West is still recover-
ing from a fertilizer plant
explosion that killed 15
and damaged or destroyed
three of its four schools.
The new high school is
expected to open in 2016.
Mercedes (7-3) vs.
Mission Sharyland
(6-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Thomson Stadium, Mis-
sion
It’s a family affair in the
first round. Roger Adame
Jr. is in his second year at
Mercedes and will face
cousin Ron Adame, who
is 39-8 in four seasons at
Sharyland.
Players
Quardraiz Wadley,
RB, Kennedale (vs. Dal-
7;30 p.m. Friday; Belton HS
La Feria (8-2) vs. Beeville Jones (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Shirley Field, Laredo
China Spring (9-1) vs. Boerne (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Pflugerville Connally
Class 4A Division II
Bi-district
Region II
Gilmer (10-0) vs. Tex. Pleasant Grove (6-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Mount Pleasant
Shepherd (8-2) vs. Mexia (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Bryan HS
Center (8-2) vs. Emory Rains (6-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Pirate Stadium, Longview
Fairfield (7-3) vs. Diboll (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Bullard
Lorena (7-3) vs. Tarkington (4-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; College Station HS
Gladewater (5-5) vs. Canton (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Hallsville
Coldspring-Oakhurst(6-4)vs.Groesbeck(5-5)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Madisonville
Bullard (7-3) vs. Atlanta (6-4)
2 p.m. Saturday; Hallsville
Region III
West Orange-Stark (9-1) vs.
Scarborough (1-9)
7 p.m. Thursday; Stallworth Stadium
Wharton (7-3) vs. La Grange (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Victoria
La Marque (8-2) vs. Liberty (4-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; Channelview
Caldwell (6-4) vs. Columbus (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Giddings
Giddings (10-0) vs. Sweeny (2-8)
7;30 p.m. Friday; El Campo
Worthing (7-3) vs. Orangefield (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Barbers Hill
Bellville (8-2) vs. Salado (1-9)
7;30 p.m. Friday; A&M Consolidated
Hamshire-Fannett vs. Kashmere (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Channelview
Region IV
Geronimo Navarro (9-0) vs. Poteet (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Thur.; South San Stadium, San Antonio
Rio Hondo (7-2) vs. Yoakum (5-5)
7 p.m. Thur.; Buccaneer Stadium, Corpus Christi
Devine (9-1) vs. Lytle (3-7)
7;30 p.m., Friday; Devine
Cuero (5-5) vs. Port Isabel (6-3),
7;30 p.m. Fri.; Cabaniss Stadium, Corpus Christi
Sinton (9-0) vs. Raymondville (4-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Javelina Stadium, Kingsville
Crystal City (8-2) vs. Llano (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Bandera
Orange Grove (9-0) vs. Ingleside (2-8)
7;30 p.m. Saturday; CC Calallen
Wimberley (3-7) vs. Pearsall (8-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Edgewood
Class 3A Division I
Bi-district
Region II
Pottsboro (10-0) vs. Commerce (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; McKinney
White Oak (8-2) vs. Winnsboro (7-3)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Lindale
Sunnyvale (9-1) vs. Van Alstyne (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Williams Stadium, Garland
Daingerfield (4-6) vs. Sabine (4-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; Marshall
Redwater (5-5) vs.Big Sandy Harmony (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Tatum
Scurry-Rosser (7-3) vs. Callisburg (8-2)
7:30 Friday; Kimbrough Stadium, Murphy
Mineola (10-0) vs. Prairiland (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Emory Rains
Whitesboro (4-6) vs. Caddo Mills (8-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Little Elm
Region III
Grandview (9-0) vs. LR Academy (5-4)
1 p.m. Saturday; Waco ISD Stadium
East Chambers (9-1) vs.
Palestine Westwood (8-2)
7 p.m. Thursday; New Caney
Cameron Yoe (9-1) vs. McGregor (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Waco ISD Stadium
Malakoff (9-1) vs. Buna (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Dragon Stadium, Nacogdoche
Teague (8-1) vs. Woodville (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Bowers Stadium, Huntsville
Rockdale (8-2) vs. Comanche (5-5)
las
Cart-
er, 7:30
p.m. Friday,
Cedar Hill)
Simply put, Wadley’s
numbers are outstanding.
He has 190 carries for 2,220
yards, which comes out to
11.7 yards per rush. And
he’s recorded 43 touch-
downs.
Tren’Davion Dick-
son, WR, Navasota (vs.
Columbia, 7 p.m. Friday,
Waller)
Last year’s MaxPreps
National Junior of the Year
hasn’t slipped, catching 66
passes for 1,191 yards (18
yards per receptions) and
20 touchdowns.
Zach Smith, QB,
Grandview (vs. Little
River Academy, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Waco ISD
Stadium)
Dating to his Stephen-
ville days, Baylor’s Art
Briles has the Midas touch
when it comes to quar-
7;30 p.m. Friday; Marble Falls
Kirbyville (9-1) vs. Kemp (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Carthage
West (9-1) vs. Troy (8-2)
7 p.m. Saturday; Waco ISD Stadium
Region IV
Luling (4-6) vs. Vanderbilt Industrial (2-8)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Bastrop
Lyford (6-3) vs. Goliad (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Alice
Edna (7-3) vs.Universal City Randolph (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Beeville
Mathis (8-2) vs. San Diego (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; San Diego
Hallettsville (8-2) vs. Falfurrias (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Somerset
Hitchcock (8-2) vs. Marion (7-3)
7;30 p.m., Thursday; Waller
Aransas Pass (7-3) vs. George West (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Taft
Comfort (5-5) vs. Rice Consolidated (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Seguin
Class 3A Division II
Bi-district
Region II
Howe (9-1) vs. Edgewood (4-6
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Royse City
New London West Rusk (9-1) vs.
Hughes Springs (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Lobo Stadium, Longview
Alba-Golden (8-2) vs. Leonard (6-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Royse City
Omaha Pewitt (6-4) vs. Winona (7-3)
7;30 Friday; Lobo Stadium, Longview
Hooks (9-1) vs. Arp (5-5)
7;30 Thursday; Gilmer
Lone Oak (4-6) vs. Sadler S&S Cons. (4-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Princeton
Waskom (10-0) vs. DeKalb (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Gilmer
Gunter (7-3) vs. Grand Saline (5-5)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Princeton
Region III
Dublin (4-6) vs. Blooming Grove
7;30 p.m. Friday; Burleson
Trinity (7-3) vs. Corrigan-Camden (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Woodville
Jarrell (10-0) vs. Maypearl (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; McGregor
Crockett (7-3) vs. Lexington (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Groesbeck
Newton (6-4) vs. Buffalo (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Huffman Hargrave
Marlin (5-5) vs. Rio Vista (4-6)
6 p.m. Saturday; Alvarado
Franklin (10-0) vs. Garrison (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Palestine
Palmer (3-7) vs. Clifton (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Alvarado
Region IV
East Bernard (8-2) vs. Karnes City (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Edna
Dilley (6-4) vs. S.Gertrudis Academy (7-2)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Dilley
Blanco (10-0) vs. Van Vleck (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Yoakum
Freer (3-7) at Taft (9-1)
7 p.m. Saturday
Odem (10-0) vs. Cotulla (4-6)
7;30 p.m.Fri.,SouthsideISD Stadium,SanAntonio
Stockdale(5-5)vs.Tidehaven(6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Schulenburg
Hebbronville (4-6) vs. Banquete (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Mathis
Boling (9-1) vs. Poth (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Edna
Class 2A Division I
Bi-district
Region II
Valley View (6-4) vs. Wolfe City (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Little Elm
Mart (8-2) vs. Tolar (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Waxahachie
Clarksville (4-6) vs. Bells (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Cooper
Hico (4-6) vs. Bosqueville (6-4)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Robinson
Goldthwaite (8-2) vs. Axtell (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Copperas Cove
Quinlan Boles (4-6) vs. Alvord (3-7)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Denton ISD Stadium
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Smith’s verbally commit-
ting says plenty.
Dee Anderson, WR,
DeSoto (vs. Coppell,
7:30 p.m., DeSoto)
The West Mesquite
transfer was ruled
ineligible but received a
temporary restraining
order and played last
week. Is it worth playing
the LSU pledge in the
postseason?
Trevor Speights,
RB, McAllen Memorial
(vs. Laredo United
South, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
McAllen ISD Stadium)
Speights, who set the
Rio Grande Valley’s all-
time rushing mark early
this season, is hoping to
become the exception to
the rule for South Texas
football.
Crawford (10-0) vs. De Leon (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Granbury
Blue Ridge (9-1) vs. Bogata Rivercrest (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Cooper
Region III
Harleton (5-5) vs. Pineland W. Sabine (5-5)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Henderson
Centerville (4-6) vs. Grapeland (4-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; Buffalo
Shelbyville (9-0) vs. Big Sandy (7-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Carthage
Price Carlisle (9-1) vs. Anderson-Shiro (4-6)
7 p.m. Friday; Palestine Westwood
Alto (10-0) vs. Groveton (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Madisonville
Beckville (9-1) vs. Glade. Union Grove (4-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; Rose Stadium, Tyler
Lovelady (10-0) vs. Cayuga (2-8)
7 p.m. Thursday; Crockett
Ore City (9-1) vs. San Augustine (5-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Henderson
Region IV
Holland (8-2) vs. Harper (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Buda
Three Rivers (6-4) vs. Weimar (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Saturday; Victoria
Mason (10-0) vs. Rosebud-Lott (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Burger Stadium, Austin
Refugio (8-2) vs. La Villa (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Thursday, Javelina Stadium, Kingsville
Shiner (10-0) vs. Riviera (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Three Rivers
Johnson City (8-2) vs. Moody (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Liberty Hill
CC London (8-1) vs. Flatonia (5-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Refugio
Thrall (7-3) vs. Junction (7-3)
7 p.m. Thursday; Marble Falls
Class 2A Division II
Bi-district
Region II
Iraan (10-0) vs. Miles (4-6)
4 p.m. Friday; Grande Stadium, Midland
Baird (8-2) vs. Electra (7-3)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Jacksboro
Roscoe (6-4) vs. Wink (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Big Spring
Hamlin (6-4) vs. Santo (7-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Moore Stadium, Abilene
Seymour (8-2) vs. Cross Plains (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Sweetwater
Menard (8-2) vs. Eldorado (5-5)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; San Angelo Stadium
Albany (9-1) vs. Haskell (7-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Tuscola
Van Horn (7-3) vs. Bronte (4-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Crane
Region III
Muenster (9-1) vs. Meridian (6-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Springtown
Iola (8-2) vs. Timpson (2-7)
7 p.m. Thursday; Palestine
Hubbard (8-2) vs. Celeste (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Forney
Maud (7-3) vs. Evadale (6-4)
7 p.m. Thursday; Shelbyville’
Tenaha (5-5) vs. Colmesneil (3-7)
7 p.m. Thursday; San Augustine
Italy (6-4) vs. Era (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Joshua
Normangee (8-2) vs. Overton (3-7)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Whitehouse
Lindsay (7-2) vs. Chilton (4-6)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Roughrider Stadium, Saginaw
Region IV
Bremond (10-0) vs. Kenedy (2-7)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Bastrop
Woodsboro (4-6) vs. Rocksprings (3-7)
7;30 p.m. Friday; Jourdanton
Falls City (10-0) vs. Burton (5-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Bulldog Stadium, Seguin
D’Hanis (6-4) vs. Agua Dulce (4-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Poteet
La Pryor (10-0) vs. Benavides (3-7)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Hondo
Yorktown (8-2) vs. Milano (5-5)
7;30 p.m. Thursday; Giddings
Bruni (9-1) vs. Leakey (3-7)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Dilley
Granger (5-5) vs. Louise (7-2)
7 p.m. Thursday; Brenham
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FUELFIX
AT A GLANCE
Report about Apache
Corp. sends its stock DOW 17,730.48, down 179.85 (-1.0 %)
S&P 500 2,078.58, down 20.62 (-1.0 %)
up 13 percent. CRUDE OIL $43.87, down 42¢ (-0.9 %)
NATURAL GAS $2.300, down 7.1¢ (-3.0 %)
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Many buyers in a waiting game to happen in Houston and a survey of 23 homebuild-

Sales of newly built homes were off oil prices. They’re think- ers, which account for
sharply in September, according ing, are they better off wait- about 65 percent of the
to report on Houston-area market ing or pulling the trigger?” new single-family hous-
Compared with this ing activity in the Hous-
By Nancy Sarnoff before signing a contract. time last year, many seem ton market according to
“The buying process to be waiting. third-quarter starts activ-
Builder Gary Tesch has elongated for the buy- Sales of newly built ity. Based on that percent-
senses a growing economic ers out there today,” said homes were off sharply age, Metrostudy estimates
skittishness in some of the Tesch, president of Mc- in September, with the that builders in the greater
Houston neighborhoods Guyer Homebuilders. number of closings fall- Houston area sold 1,498
where his company builds “There’s competition. ing 27 percent from 2014, homes in September.
houses. There are choices. There’s a monthly report from “This is kind of the sign
Prospective buyers, he opportunity out there for housing research firm the market has peaked and
Bob Levey said, are visiting model buyers. They’re seeing the Metrostudy shows. we’re on the downward
Lennar is building this home in the Richmond area. homes three or four times headlines of what’s going The data are based on Builders continues on D2

Q&A ANNUAL REPORT

Cheap oil
a concern
for global
security
By Collin Eaton

If crude prices don’t bounce back

by the end of the decade, an era of
cheap oil could consolidate more
oil-market power into the hands of a
few low-cost producers in the Middle
East — raising concerns about en-
ergy security for oil-
importing nations, ›› Follow the
the International latest energy
Energy Agency says. news at
The IEA’s closely FuelFix.com
watched World En-
ergy Outlook, an an-
nual report released Tuesday, said
the world’s reliance on Middle East-
ern oil exports could “eventually es-
calate to a level last seen in the 1970s,”
most profoundly in developing Asian
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle countries like India and China, if oil
This Conn’s HomePlus is on the North Freeway. Conn’s is aggressively moving into the furniture market, its CEO says. prices stay low well beyond 2020
and force higher-cost producers out

‘Our model is unique’

of the market over the next 25 years.
The Paris-based group, which con-
sults 29 oil-importing nations, is a
Cheap continues on D2

Conn’s CEO says retailer will keep serving
those without access to credit and
financing through regular channels
By Mike D. Smith
The Woodlands-based
Conn’s expanded into seven
additional states over the past
year while also tightening
credit standards, discontinu-
ing items that contributed to a
stubbornly high delinquency
rate and selling off a $1.4 billion
consumer loan portfolio that
company officials said was
dragging down profits.
In 2016, the company ex-
pects to keep growing, fueled
by the cash freed up by the
consumer debt sale.
Norman Miller, who was
named Conn’s CEO in Septem-
ber, says he will continue the
company’s tradition of serving
populations that wouldn’t have
access to credit and financing
through regular channels.
Miller formerly was presi-
dent of Sears Automotive and
worked with the “unbanked
and underbanked” — a group
that makes up 80 percent of
Conn’s customer base — while
with DFC Global Corp.
Miller spoke with the
Chronicle at corporate head-
quarters last week. Edited
excerpts follow:
Q: What is an “under-
banked” customer?
A: There’s about 25 mil-
lion people that fall into that
category that we consider some
of our prime customers. ...
They exist in every city across
the United States and that
customer demographic is con-
tinuing to grow, which makes
it very attractive for Conn’s,
obviously. And that customer:
They’re not at poverty level by
any stretch but they typically
have a household, two people
working in that household,
and they live basically pay-
check to paycheck, but people
don’t participate in the banking
system because they don’t have
disposable income at the end
of the day. Even if you have a
banking account ... there’s not
nearly the level of value in the
banking system.
Q: Seems like a risky
group.
A: The risk is absolutely
higher, but it’s part of the
reason our model is unique
Q&A: continues on D2
LOW PRICES
Natural gas
surplus not
going away
By Robert Grattan
It’s been a tough summer, and an
even tougher year for anyone selling
natural gas.
Benchmark natural gas prices
have fallen from last November’s $4
per million British thermal unit to
today’s prices closer to $2 per million
British thermal unit and three-year
lows at the end of October. Even with
winter — and the extra demand for
natural gas that cold temperatures
bring — right around the corner, few
expect natural gas to mount a true
recovery until the end of this decade.
Instead, the same enthusiasm for
drawing natural gas from shale rock
James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle that launched a boom has trans-
Conn’s CEO Norman Miller says, “We put a great deal of formed it into another bust. And so
resources and energy and effort into customer service.” far, there’s little sign drillers are will-
ing to pull back enough to cut off the
Conn’s at a glance surplus holding down prices.
Headquarters: The Woodlands The bust has had a powerful and
Stores: 100 in 12 states mixed effect on Houston’s economy.
Planned stores: 20-25 over the next year Producers and the drillers who chase
Stores in Texas: 55 the gas have laid off workers and
Stock price, 12-month high (low): $43.95 ($14.02) shrunk budgets amid falling rev-
Stock price, Monday’s close: $24.59, up 3 percent from Friday Natural continues on D2

Decision on Keystone XL is no cure for climate change

CHRIS TOMLINSON
Commentary
Rejecting the Keystone XL
pipeline will do nothing to help
fight climate change.
President Barack Obama said
last week he was sending a signal
about his commitment to fighting
climate change when he chose to
reject the pipeline, but that’s all
he did. Companies will continue
to extract oil from Canadian tar
sands, they will continue to ship
it to Texas refineries, and global
consumers — including environ-
mentalists —will burn that fuel.
My colleague Robert Grattan
writes that oil from tar sands is
not profitable at current prices,
and that has led many companies
including Shell and Statoil to sus-
pend projects in Alberta. But that
is a temporary lull that will end
as soon as prices rise again. And
they will rise again when supply
tightens, prompting reconsidera-
tion of those projects.
Oil remains the world’s main
transportation fuel, and no other
source of transportable energy
can compete with it at current
prices. Even high-priced Cana-
dian crude is far cheaper than en-
ergy from a battery, natural gas
or a fuel cell, when all costs are
included.
Until an alternative form of
affordable and accessible trans-
portation fuel is on the market,
the world will continue to con-
sume more than 90 million bar-
rels a day of crude. And demand
is growing. Susan Walsh / Associated Press
The only thing that Obama got President Barack Obama, with Joe Biden and John Kerry,
Pipeline continues on D3 announces he’s rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline.
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FROM THE COVER

Builders likely to offer housing specials

Builders from page D1
slope of that peak, but we’ll still
be able to sell lots of houses,” said
Scott Davis, Metrostudy’s Hous-
ton regional director, adding that
closings for the year are flat.
Across the Houston area,
builders constructed 15 percent
fewer spec homes in Septem-
ber compared with the same
month a year earlier, according
to Metrostudy. Spec homes are
those that break ground without
buyers in tow. The inventory of
homes sitting finished and va-
cant was up “a shocking” 38 per-
cent over last year, the firm said.
In another indication of the
slowing market, the average
cancellation rate jumped to
26 percent in September. A can-
cellation is when a buyer backs
out of a contract before closing.
Typically, the cancellation rate is
below 20 percent.
Davis said the market is about
nine months into a slowdown,
which would have happened
even without falling oil prices be-
cause it has largely been driven
by prices and supply.
Steep price increases for new
homes pushed buyers to the ex-
isting home market. The median
price of a new home, Davis said,
is about $70,000 higher than an
existing home.
“We’re seeing declines in our
starts and we’ve seen pricing
that’s really gone through the
roof. If we can bring our pricing
in line, I don’t think it’ll be a real
significant downturn at all,” Da-
vis said.
Amy Rino, Houston division
president of Darling Homes, said
buyers are a little spooked about
what they’ve read and heard
about the economy and oil prices,
but traffic is still strong in the lo-
cal master-planned communities
where her company builds.
Though employment growth
across the area has fallen to a
fraction of what it was during
the recent energy boom, and
thousands of energy workers
have lost their jobs, economists
predict the region still will gain
20,000 or 30,000 jobs by year’s
end.
“If anything, buyers are just
taking a little more time to move
forward,” Rino said.
Builders are adjusting their
production and offering specials
to unload inventory.
David Weekley Homes re-
cently promoted a $30,000 “dec-
orator allowance” on some of its
homes in Cinco Ranch that sold
for $350,000 and up.
Through the end of the year,
McGuyer Homebuilder brands
Coventry Homes and Plantation
Homes are offering buyers up
to $50,000 toward closing costs
or upgrades when buying a re-
cently completed or under-con-
struction home in communities
throughout this area.
Tesch said it’s not uncommon
for builders to have year-end
sales.
“We’re not doing any bigger
promotions we typically do,” he
said. “We don’t have a ton of in-
ventory sitting on the ground.”
Tesch said traffic among the
company’s local model home
parks is up compared with last
year in new communities like Po-
mona south of town.
Overall, the company’s sales
in Houston are down between 10
and 15 percent from 2014. Some of
that, though, could be from fewer
lots available to build on.
“It’s taking longer due to the
weather, financing, permitting,
all that is compounded,” Tesch
said. “It just takes longer today to
get lots on the ground.”
Another concern going into
next year is the presidential cam-
paign.
“I feel really good of how we’re
positioned for 2016,” Tesch said,
“but obviously there’s a lot of
static out there about oil prices
and what that means for Hous-
ton. And it’ll also be an election
year, and usually in election
years ... there’s static as well,
which usually hurts consumer
confidence.”
nancy.sarnoff@chron.com
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Q&A: CEO says Conn’s tries ‘to work with the customer’
Q&A: from page D1
and effective. Unlike other
companies, we’re not just
a retail company ... our
credit and our financing
business are in house. We
don’t outsource. We do all
the underwriting, we do
all the collections and we
do that pretty effectively.
... It’s a different mentality
from a collections stand-
point. It’s not a demand-
ing, “We need our $500,”
but we’re trying to work
with the customer to say,
“What do we need to do to
help you get current so you
can pay your loan off and
do business with us in the
future?”
Q: Is it a competitive
field for unbanked or
underbanked custom-
ers?
A: You’d think so
because there’s so many of
them. There’s really no one
nationally or regionally
who does what we do.
Q: In your last
quarterly report, your
60-day delinquency rate
was 9.2 percent. Is that a
healthy figure?
A: Well, we’d always
like to get it lower, but long
term, we’re looking for our
static loss rate to be in the
high single digits. When
it’s in the high single digits,
it’s very effective for us, it
tells us we’re underwriting
at the right levels and very
profitable for us at the end
of the day, as well.
(The company reported
a 10.2 percent delinquency
rate as of the end of Octo-
ber.)
Q: This summer,
Conn’s stopped selling
gaming software, cam-
eras, tablets. Electron-
Conn’s is “significantly enhancing our furniture mix as well,” its CEO says.
ics typically do well
during the holidays.
Was that too soon?
A: The losses we were
experiencing with those
products were such
that it just didn’t make
sense at the end of the
day for us to carry them.
Simultaneously, we were
significantly enhancing
our furniture mix as well.
(It’s now about 50 to 55
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle
percent of each store.)
Within Texas, many know
us as an electronics and
appliance business.
But if you go into our
newer markets in the
Carolinas and Colorado
and Las Vegas, they see
us as a furniture retailer
first. We’ve been
aggressively moving into
that market because the
margins are very good on
the products.
Q: I’m sure you’re
aware from the custom-
er service stand-
point over the years,
there’s been criticism.
Are there changes
coming to how that’s
done?
A: We do mystery
shops in all of our stores
every month. We do video
mystery shops where they
go in wearing cameras we
score and rate it, and we’re
very, very focused on it. ...
We get the highest ratings
from the Better Business
Bureau, which not only
measures the number of
complaints you have but
how do you handle them
when you do have com-
plaints. I think we put a
great deal of resources and
energy and effort into cus-
tomer service. Unfortu-
nately, when you have the
hundreds of thousands of
customers that we have,
sometimes we do fall short
or we disappoint someone.
And when we have had
those instances in the past,
I’m not sure we’ve been as
reactive and proactive in
some of those as possibly
we could have or should
have.
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Cheap oil could hinder energy efficiency, agency says

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well-respected oil-market
forecaster.
“It would be a grave
mistake to index our atten-
tion to energy security to
changes in the oil price,”
IEA Executive Director
Fatih Birol said in a writ-
ten statement. “Now is not
the time to relax. Quite the
opposite: A period of low
oil prices is the moment to
reinforce our capacity to
deal with future energy se-
curity threats.”
Plus, the world’s in-
creased dependence on
cheap oil could crowd out
$800 billion in possible
energy efficiency improve-
ments in automobiles and
aircraft by 2040, eliminat-
ing 15 percent of the effi-
ciencies the IEA otherwise
expects to see. In other
words, technological ad-
vancements and policy
prescriptions for renew-
able resources might not
make as big an impact in
the market if fossil fuels are
cheaper to buy.
But the IEA’s gloomy
scenario, describing a
world with cheap — and
more tempting — oil until
2040, was just one possible
oil-market future consid-
ered by group.
For its “Low Oil Price
Scenario” to come true,
the IEA said, global eco-
nomic growth would have
to remain sluggish for
years, violent uprisings
in the Middle East would
have to subside and the
Organization of the Petro-
leum Exporting Countries
would have to live with
revenues falling by 25 per-
cent in the pursuit of much
higher market share. In
this lower-price scenario,
the IEA predicted crude
prices would hover around
$50 a barrel for the next
five years and gradually
increase to $85 a barrel by
2040.
U.S. crude fell 42 cents to
$43.87 a barrel on the New
York Mercantile Exchange
on Monday. It has plunged
8.4 percent since Nov. 3 as
fresh worries about glob-
al demand weigh on the
market. Brent, the inter-
national standard, which
is affected by roughly the
same market forces as U.S.
crude, declined 43 cents to
$47.19 a barrel on the ICE
Futures Europe.
The IEA’s more moder-
ate oil-price forecast pre-
dicts oil prices will rise to
$80 a barrel by 2020, with
further increases as global
energy use grows by a
third over the next quarter
of a century, as demand in
India and China continues
to surge.
All told, the IEA said,
the world’s daily oil de-
mand could grow by
900,000 barrels each year,
though the projected climb
of global demand to 103.5
million barrels a day in
2040 could be offset if pric-
es rise and governments
adopt more policies push-
ing the use of alternative
fuels.
In the United States,
Japan and the European
Union, demand for crude
could fall by a combined 10
million barrels a day over
that same time.
But the oil industry will
have to spend $630 billion
a year just to keep pro-
duction levels even with
output this year. The U.S.
shale plays at the center
of the nation’s energy pro-
duction surge could reach
their peak output levels
by the early 2020s before
they start to decline. “The
current overhand in sup-
ply should give no cause
for complacency about oil
market security,” the IEA
said.
The IEA said India
could eventually overtake
China as the country with
the highest demand for
energy, as the direction
of the Chinese economy
shifts from heavy steel and
cement to growth in the
services sectors, requir-
ing 85 percent less energy
for each unit of future eco-
nomic growth.
Meanwhile, the 240 mil-
lion people living in India
without access to electric-
ity will drive the largest
surge in global energy de-
mand, overtaking China
as the world’s largest user
of coal and boosting oil de-
mand to 10 million barrels
a day – roughly equivalent
to China’s daily demand
now. The IEA believes In-
dia will import 90 percent
of its oil by 2014, as its pro-
duction “falls well behind
the growth in demand.”
India’s policymakers
and private sector will have
to draw $2.8 trillion to meet
the nation’s energy needs
over the next 25 years.
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Natural gas market has had ‘just too much production’

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enues from selling the fuel.
Across town, chemical fac-
tories fueled by cheap gas
are expanding and bring-
ing on thousands of work-
ers to build and operate
systems.
The low prices are likely
to be the norm until the end
of the decade.
“There’s just too much
production,” said Pearce
Hammond, managing di-
rector at Houston energy
investment bank Simmons
& Co. International. “It’s
certainly a very negative
outlook for natural gas at
this moment.”
The U.S. Energy Infor-
mation Administration’s
most recent data shows
U.S. production climbing
by 1.2 percent from 89.8
billion cubic feet in July
to 90.9 billion cubic feet
in August. Production
growth has slowed some-
what, but is still about 7.2
percent higher than in Au-
gust 2014.
There are other, more
exotic problems for natural
gas bulls as well.
Uncharacteristically
warm ocean surface tem-
peratures in the equato-
rial Pacific have created
a strong El Niño effect
this season. The weather
pattern typically means
warmer winter tempera-
tures across parts of the
northern U.S., which could
mean much less demand in
a region generally hungry
for the fuel each winter.
To make things worse
for natural gas bulls, the
country is headed into the
winter months with a re-
cord amount of gas in stor-
age.
Storage is built up in the
warmer summer months
and drawn down in the
winter, and how much is
available has a major effect
on prices. This summer,
gas in storage rose to a re-
cord-setting 3.9 trillion cu-
bic feet — enough to serve
as a powerful cushion,
even if weather turns out to
be cold.
About the only posi-
tive sign for prices as win-
ter approaches is that gas
doesn’t have much further
to fall, said Tim Evans, a
commodities expert at Citi
Futures. Traders have al-
ready set prices anticipat-
ing a warm winter, so cold
temperatures could cause a
larger shift up in price than
warm temperatures would
cause down.
“We’re very conserva-
tively valued where we are
now,” Evans said. “There’s
at least some potential for
prices to pop back up to
a number like $3, maybe
somewhere above $3.”
Still, $3 per million Brit-
ish thermal unit would be
25 percent cheaper than
last year’s high. For a sig-
nificant and sustained ral-
ly, Evans said, either pro-
duction would need to fall
off or demand would have
to close the gap.
Demand is gearing up,
but the needed growth isn’t
quite here yet.
Several billion-dollar
projects that will liquefy
natural gas and ship it
abroad are currently un-
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ects, such as gas-consum-
ing power and chemical
plants, are also underway.
And a portion of the U.S.’s
gas is already making its
way south to consumers
in Mexico on newly built
pipelines, with more ex-
pected to follow.
According to financial
services firm Morningstar,
those projects could con-
tribute to an additional 22
billion cubic feet per day of
additional gas demand, an
about 20 percent increase
from current levels. Sim-
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BUSINESS
HEALTH CARE
Half-million-plus
sign up for ACA
By Jenny Deam
More than a half-million
applications to buy health
insurance under the Af-
fordable Care Act were
submitted nationwide to
healthcare.gov during the
first four days of enroll-
ment for next year, the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services said Mon-
day.
Department spokesman
Benjamin Wakana added
in an email that a quarter
of million applications ar-
rived in the first 48 hours.
U.S. enrollment for 2016
opened Nov. 1 with many
eyes watching to see if the
number of uninsured in
the country will continue
VW
offers
gift
cards
By Tom Krisher
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Owners of 482,000 die-
sel Volkswagens and Au-
dis in the U.S. are eligible
for $1,000 in gift cards and
vouchers as the automaker
strives to placate custom-
ers dismayed by an emis-
sions-rigging scandal.
VW announced the of-
fer Monday. The car own-
ers have been in limbo
since mid-September,
when VW admitted the
cars are equipped with
software that turns on pol-
lution controls during gov-
ernment tests and turns
them off while on the road.
VW has yet to unveil
a fix for the cars. The U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency says the cars, with
2-liter four-cylinder diesel
engines, emit 10 to 40 times
the allowable amount of
harmful nitrogen oxide
while being driven.
The $500 Visa gift card
can be used anywhere,
while the $500 voucher can
be used at a VW dealership
for things such as an oil
change or new set of tires,
or even a down payment on
a new car. The offer also in-
cludes free roadside assis-
tance for the diesel vehicles
for three years.
To get the gift cards and
vouchers in the U.S., own-
ers will not be required to
sign anything giving up
their right to sue Volks-
wagen or force them into
arbitration, spokeswoman
Jeannine Ginivan said.
Volkswagen already
is offering $2,000 to cur-
rent VW owners to trade
in their cars for new vehi-
cles, and the gift cards and
vouchers would add $1,000
to that.
IN BRIEF
WALL STREET
Market
uneasy
about job
report
NEW YORK — The
stock market stumbled
Monday as investors
worried that the global
economy could be slowing
just as last week’s block-
buster U.S. jobs report ap-
peared to open the way to
the first rate hike from the
Federal Reserve in nearly
a decade.
It was the first notable
decline for the market in
six weeks.
October’s unexpectedly
strong jobs report greatly
increased expectations
that Fed policymakers
are likely to raise short-
term interest rates, which
have been close to zero
since the 2008 financial
crisis
to drop.
Nationally, more than 16
million people have gained
health insurance coverage
since the Affordable Care
Act went into effect, ei-
ther through buying plans
through the federal mar-
ketplace or state exchang-
es, expanded Medicaid
coverage in some states or
because young adults can
stay on their parents’ plans
until age 26, according to
federal statistics.
In the first six months
of 2015, 28.5 million people
of all ages remained unin-
sured, dropping the rate
to 9 percent, a report last
week by the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control’s Na-
tional Center for Health
Popular noodles return to India
Maggi noodles are back on shelves in India five months after the popular snack was found to contain lead
above permissible limits. The Indian unit of Swiss food company Nestlé said Monday that samples of newly
made Maggi instant noodles had been cleared for consumption by three food-testing laboratories in India.
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Ruling could expose General Motors
to large verdicts in ignition lawsuits
By Tom Krisher
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — A fed-
eral bankruptcy judge has
ruled that people suing
General Motors over faulty
ignition switches can seek
punitive damages that
could cost the company
millions of dollars or more.
When General Mo-
tors emerged from a 2009
bankruptcy, it became
known as “New GM.” The
new company essentially
was shielded from liabili-
ties of the old company that
was left behind.
But Judge Robert Gerber
in New York ruled Monday
that employees and knowl-
edge transferred from the
Monday’s approval by union leadership paves the
way for voting on a four-year agreement by 53,000
workers at Ford Motor Co.
LABOR
Union leaders
back proposed
pact with Ford
DETROIT — The Unit-
ed Auto Workers’ pro-
posed contract with Ford
Motor Co. — approved
Monday by local union
leaders — is the richest of
the Detroit Three, with
a promise of $10,250 in
bonuses for most workers
this year alone.
The union released
details of the agreement
Monday. Workers must
xx
Statistics showed. That
is 7.5 million fewer than
in 2014 and 16.3 million in
2013.
Texas continues to lead
the nation in the number
and rate of uninsured, but
those numbers have also
dropped significantly since
the ACA took effect. By
some estimates, 20 percent
of Texans, or nearly 5 mil-
lion people, remain with-
out health insurance.
It is not yet known how
many Texans signed up
in the first week of enroll-
ment.
Many involved in the ef-
fort to enroll the uninsured
admit that as time goes
on, it may become harder
to reach the uninsured as
“Old GM” to the new com-
pany. Plaintiffs, he ruled,
can seek punitive damages
if they can show that “New
GM” knew of the faulty
switches but covered it up.
The ruling has the po-
tential to open GM to large
jury verdicts, because the
company has admitted
knowing about the faulty
switches for a decade or
more but failed to recall the
cars until February of 2014.
Many of the engineers, at-
torneys and safety investi-
gators who had knowledge
of the switches went from
the old company to the new
one.
But in a statement, GM
said the ruling was not a
victory for those suing the
Alan Diaz / Associated Press file
now vote to ratify it.
Ford’s deal would
eliminate the two-tier
wage system the union
agreed to in 2007 when
the companies were near
bankruptcy. The agree-
ment would also add bo-
nuses for many workers,
investment in plants and
more.
The four-year deal cov-
ers 53,000 workers at 22
U.S. plants.
Ford’s agreement also
promises $9 billion in U.S.
plant investments over
four years
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many without coverage
have now signed up.
Health and Human
Services Secretary Syl-
via Burwell said in a brief
stop in Houston last month
that President Barrack
Obama’s administration
would be focusing on the
10.5 million people nation-
wide who were eligible for
coverage through public
insurance exchanges, or
marketplaces.
Anupam Nath / Associated Press file
company. Although the
court ruled that New GM
could be liable for puni-
tive damages for claims
based solely on its conduct,
“plaintiffs to date have not
established any such in-
dependent claims against
New GM,” the statement
said.
The ignition switches
can slip out of the run
position and shut off the
engine, knocking out the
power steering, power
brakes and air bags. They
are responsible for crashes
that killed at least 169 peo-
ple and injured hundreds
of others.
Attorney Robert Hill-
iard, who has several
wrongful death and injury
ECONOMY
Global group
says figures point
to recession
PARIS — A slow-
down in international
trade could be a harbin-
ger of a new recession
for the world’s leading
economies, a leading
global policy organization
warned Monday.
The Organization for
Economic Cooperation
and Development says
trade figures are worri-
some because the stagnat-
ing or declining rates of
trade seen this year have,
in the past, been associat-
ed with global recession.
In its outlook issued
Monday, the group pro-
jected global trade growth
at only 2 percent this year.
RETAIL
Target expects
to open at 6 p.m.
on Thanksgiving
NEW YORK — Target
will open its doors at 6
“We hope to reach one in
four,” she said at an event
in advance of the start of
the enrollment period.
Texas was one of four plac-
es the administration had
targeted to boost signups.
Wakana on Monday
had a message to those in
the state undecided about
enrollment: “We want to
remind Texans that finan-
cial assistance is available.
More than 7 in 10 current
lawsuits pending against
GM, said the ruling was a
complete win for plaintiffs.
Gerber’s ruling also
applies to cases in which
plaintiffs allege that the
value of their cars declined
because of GM’s conduct.
Carl Tobias, a law pro-
fessor at the University
of Richmond, says both
sides are posturing about
the ruling. The plaintiffs,
he said, must show “egre-
gious misconduct” to get
punitive damages, which
is a heavy burden. But he
said they can rely on the
Justice Department docu-
ments to do that. “I think
that makes it pretty strong
on the plaintiffs’ side,” he
said.
p.m. on Thanksgiving
Day, the same time as last
year.
But shoppers don’t
have to trek to a store
after eating turkey and
stuffing; the same deals
will be available online at
Target.com on Thanksgiv-
ing morning, the retailer
said.
Its plan is the latest
sign of retailers spreading
their deals beyond Black
Friday, the busiest shop-
ping day of the year.
DATING
Match Group
plans to raise up
to $466 million
NEW YORK — The
owner of Tinder, Match.
com and OkCupid hopes
to raise as much as $466.2
million in an initial public
offering, which would put
the value of the dating site
company in the neighbor-
hood of $3 billion.
Match Group disclosed
in a regulatory filing
Monday that it will price
D3
Michael
Hill of the
Harris Health
System,
talks with
Secretary
of Health
and Human
Services
Sylvia
Burwell last
month.
Steve Gonzales /
Houston Chronicle
Marketplace enrollees
could find a plan for $75 or
less a month in premiums
after tax credits.”
Enrollment will con-
tinue through Jan. 31,
although officials have
urged that people should
consider enrolling by mid-
December to ensure unin-
terrupted coverage.
jenny.deam@chron.com
twitter.com/jenny_deam
Pipeline
choice a
political
decision
Pipeline from page D1
right on Friday was that
the Keystone XL pipeline
had taken on far greater
significance that it de-
served. It was never a large
source of employment, and
it was never a major threat
to the climate. Politicians
were using a steel pipe,
intended to deliver crude
safely to a refinery, to blud-
geon each other.
Placed in this political
situation, Obama took a
political decision. He made
his supporters happy and
eliminated an issue that
Republican candidates had
hoped to use against the
2016 Democratic nominee.
But that’s all he did.
He did not approve a safe
method for transporting
Canadian crude. He did
not stop the mining of tar
sands. He did not stop tar
sands from arriving in the
U.S. by rail or barge. He did
not stop the refining of tar
sands oil. All he did was
require companies to use
more dangerous and costly
forms of transportation.
If you want to do
something about climate
change, then use public
transportation and spend
a little more money to buy a
less-polluting vehicle. But
don’t think for a moment
that defeating a pipeline
made the planet a better
place to live. It most defi-
nitely did not.
Tomlinson is the Chronicle’s
business columnist. His
commentary appears on
Sundays and Wednesdays.
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its IPO of about 33.3 mil-
lion shares between $12
and $14 per share.
About 31 million Amer-
icans have used a dating
site or app, according to a
2013 Pew Research Center
study.
IN OTHER NEWS
• Arch Coal said
it may file for bankruptcy
in the “near term” as the
St. Louis-based com-
pany’s cash flow can’t
sustain its $5.1 billion in
debt.
• The Treasury De-
partment auctioned
$29 billion in three-month
bills at a discount rate of
0.135 percent, up from
0.11 percent last week.
Another $27 billion in six-
month bills was auctioned
at 0.340 percent, up from
0.280 percent.
• The Federal Reserve
said the average yield for
one-year Treasury bills,
jumped to 0.41 percent
last week from 0.31 per-
cent in the previous week.
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C Date Open High Low Settle Chg Unit Last Pvs $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Lt Sw Crude DEC 15 44.52 45.12 43.64 43.87 -0.42 barrel surveyed by Bloomberg: Name Price Day Unit return return return
Natural gas DEC 15 2.373 2.387 2.274 2.300 -0.071 MMBtu 2015 2016 2017 Unleaded Gasoline - NY 1.44 1.43 gallon Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr
Gas blend DEC 15 1.38 1.40 1.37 1.37 0.00 gal Forecast Forecast Forecast North Sea Brent 46.29 46.60 barrel XLE Energy Select Se 1,002 857 809
Heating oil DEC 15 1.50 1.52 1.47 1.48 -0.01 gal Crude oil 50.40 55.00 65.00 W. Texas-Int. - Cushing 43.87 44.29 barrel XES SPDR Oil & Gas E 953 712 600
Ethanol DEC 15 1.52 1.52 1.50 1.51 -0.01 gal Natural gas 2.82 3.25 3.50 Nat Gas - Henry Hub 2.13 2.17 MMBtu USO US Oil Fund 881 690 473

METALS
BLOOMBERG/CHRONICLE ENERGY INDEX $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
return return return
Top and bottom performers among Houston-based and other major energy companies: Performance of a basket of Houston-based and other Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr
major energy companies over the past 12 months: IAU iShares Gold T 942 916 926
DAILY GAINERS DAILY LOSERS SLV iShares Silver T 919 881 920
Last % Last % Aug. 2007=100
Tick Name Price Chg Volume Tick Name Price Chg Volume
120 SOFT/LIVESTOCK/GRAIN
APA Apache Corp 53.94 13.2 15,120,377 EVEP EV Energy 4.18 –23.4 3,497,069 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
BTU Peabody Energy 15.09 3.4 782,443 FTK Flotek Indst 14.60 –19.3 15,391,910 return return return
RDC Rowan Cos Plc 20.89 3.0 5,049,791 MCF Contango Oil&G 8.16 –7.2 135,751 100
Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr
WTI W&T Offshr 3.80 2.4 850,315 EPM Evolution Ptr 6.20 –4.6 70,589 80.05 JO DJ-UBS Coffee 890 826 555
UPL Ultra Petro 5.41 1.9 2,688,887 PKD Parker Drlng 2.78 –4.5 439,779 CORN Teucrium Corn 960 954 866
HDYN Hyperdynamics 1.78 1.7 15,403 AROC Archrock Inc 11.34 –4.5 1,290,584 80 CANE Teucrium Sugar 986 897 729
WG Willbros 2.38 1.3 221,250 EGY VAALCO 2.09 –3.2 411,777 CATL* ETFS Live Cattle 962 843 812
ESV Ensco PLC 18.29 1.3 6,590,837 XOM Exxon Mobil 81.95 –3.0 13,438,958 COW iPath DJ-UBS Liv 891 813 720
NKA Niska Gas Stor 3.22 1.3 70,393 HLX Helix Enrgy 6.29 –2.9 1,077,349 60
COG Cabot O&G 22.57 1.2 4,243,042 OIS Oil States 30.67 –2.8 1,491,528 N D J F M A M J J A S O *Trades on London Stock Exchange

U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL WHAT A U.S. DOLLAR TREASURIES, BAKER HUGHES

STOCK INDEXES IS WORTH IN . . . INTEREST RATES RIG COUNTS
Daily close and change in value for selected Value of the U.S. dollar Yields for the most recently issued securities: Current rig count:
stock indexes: in selected currencies:
TREASURIES Total U.S. Texas
1-Mo 6-Mo 1-Yr
U.S. INDEXES Currency Last Ago Ago Ago Yld Yld 771 340
Index Last Price Chg. % Chg YTD Australian Dollar 1.42 1.36 1.27 1.16 Pvs 1 Day Yld Yld Yld Yld One-year trend
Dow Jones Ind. 17,730.48 –179.85 –1.0 –0.5 Brazilian Real 3.80 3.76 3.06 2.55 Last Day Net Wk Mo 3-Mo Yr 25%
Nasdaq Composite 5,095.30 –51.82 –1.0 7.6 British Pound 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.63 Bill/Note Yld Clo Chg Ago Ago Ago Ago
S&P 500 2,078.58 –20.62 –1.0 1.0 Canadian Dollar 1.33 1.29 1.21 1.14 3-month t-bill 0.08 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.21 0.02
0%
BBG Houston 150 460.88 –5.29 –1.1 –12.6 Chilean Peso 702.57 678.00 609.83 586.91 6 month t-bill 0.30 0.31 –0.01 0.27 0.07 0.21 0.05
DJ US Total Stk p 21,536.77 –215.54 –1.0 0.5 Chinese Ren (yuan) 6.36 6.35 6.21 6.12 2-year t note 0.89 0.89 0.00 0.78 0.68 0.83 0.97
Russell 2000 1,184.43 –15.31 –1.3 –1.7 Colombian Peso 2,926.00 2,869.11 2,386.94 2,108.53 5-year t note 1.75 1.73 0.01 1.55 1.40 1.57 1.58
–25%
Euro 0.93 0.88 0.90 0.81 10-year t note 2.35 2.33 0.03 2.17 2.09 2.16 2.30
Indian Rupee 66.45 64.74 63.86 61.51 30-year t bond 3.12 3.09 0.03 2.94 2.92 2.82 3.03
INTERNATIONAL INDEXES Japanese Yen 123.19 120.27 120.08 114.86
–50%
Index Last Price Chg. % Chg YTD Mexican Peso 16.77 16.43 15.36 13.61
FTSE 100 6,295.16 –58.67 –0.9 –4.1 Norwegian Krone 8.66 8.08 7.57 6.81 PRIME, FED FUNDS
Hang Seng 22,726.77 –140.56 –0.6 –3.7 Singapore Dollar 1.42 1.39 1.34 1.29 6-month 1-year –75%
Mexico IPC 44,479.23 –764.62 –1.7 3.1 S. African Rand 14.30 13.35 12.08 11.27 Rate change change N D J F M A M J J A S O
Nikkei 225 19,642.74 377.14 2.0 12.6 S. Korean Won 1,157.44 1,144.26 1,091.42 1,084.95 Bloomberg Prime Rate 3.25 0 0
Source: Baker Hughes
S&P/Toronto S E 13,482.62 –70.68 –0.5 –7.9 Taiwan Dollar 32.75 32.32 30.74 30.57 Fed Funds Target 0.25 0 0

S&P 1500
MOVERS

Top and bottom performers based on one-day percentage change in stock price: Top and bottom S&P 500 Industry Groups, based on 1-day change:
DAILY GAINERS DAILY LOSERS INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT
Last 1-day 1-month Last 1-day 1-month
Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Industry 1 day chg –90% 1 yr chg +90%
PCL PlumCreekTimber 47.26 17.3 14.7 13,592,452 FTK Flotek Indst 14.60 –19.3 –27.4 15,391,910 Road & Rail 2.42%
MPAA Motorcar Parts 38.70 13.8 17.5 1,123,840 LXU LSB Industries 7.34 –19.2 –59.4 3,348,133 Electric Utilities 0.52%
APA Apache Corp 53.94 13.2 16.1 15,120,377 MNK Mallinckrodt 58.01 –17.0 –13.1 12,284,136 Construction & Engineerng 0.30%
EXTN Exterran Corp 16.56 12.6 1,069,370 TWI Titan Intl 4.65 –12.8 –39.7 2,636,106 Leisure Equipment & Prod 0.25%
NSC Norfolk Sthrn 88.62 11.0 6.9 8,624,094 CENX Cen Aluminum 4.04 –10.0 –41.7 3,604,770 Multi-Utilities 0.12%
EBIX Ebix Inc 34.21 8.9 30.3 843,861 PCLN Priceline.com 1,311.15 –9.6 –0.2 2,645,382 Metals & Mining –1.83%
LFUS Littelfuse Inc 114.09 8.8 22.8 493,910 GSM GlobeSpecMetals 10.56 –9.0 –26.3 1,221,172 Containers & Packaging –2.16%
PVA Penn VA 0.80 8.1 –23.8 1,361,056 GIII G-III Apparel 47.34 –8.2 –27.1 1,118,573 Multiline Retail –2.34%
RGLD Royal Gold Inc 38.28 7.8 –24.1 2,717,347 WYNN Wynn Resorts 68.15 –7.9 –9.6 7,476,681 Power Prodct & Enrgy Trdr –2.41%
DF Dean Foods 19.25 7.3 7.5 6,426,721 JNPR Juniper Ntwrk 29.24 –7.8 –0.5 16,282,067 Internet & Catalog Retail –2.70%

BLOOMBERG COMMODITY
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 150 PRICES
The Bloomberg Houston 150 includes major companies based in Houston and significant employers in the area. The table shows the
Closing values for the most active contract of various commodities:
current value of $1,000 invested in different stocks six months ago and a year ago, assuming dividends are reinvested. The divi-
dend reflects the most recently announced annualized yield. The day’s top gainers/losers are highlighted. METALS
Contract Last Pvs Day YTD
Last Chg % Chg 6-Mo 1-Yr Div Last Chg % Chg 6-Mo 1-Yr Div Name Date Price Close % Chg % Chg Unit
Name Ticker Price Day YTD ago ago Yld Name Ticker Price Day YTD ago ago Yld Palladium DEC 15 596.95 612.95 –2.6 –25.3 usd/oz
ABM Industries ABM 28.42 –0.22 –0.8 894 1,066 2.25 Kirby Corp KEX 66.27 –1.01 –17.9 794 628 … Copper DEC 15 2.23 2.24 –0.5 –21.2 usd/pd
Amer Natl Ins ANAT 105.28 –0.63 –7.9 1,075 942 3.04 Kroger KR 37.20 –0.37 15.9 1,042 1,302 1.13 Gold DEC 15 1,088.10 1,087.70 0.3 –8.1 usd/oz
Anadarko Petro APC 67.90 –0.70 –17.7 772 730 1.59 Linn Energy LINE 2.65 0.10 –73.8 218 126 … Platinum JAN 16 914.40 940.00 –2.7 –24.8 usd/oz
Apache Corp APA 53.94 6.27 –13.9 832 718 1.85 Luby's Inc LUB 4.87 –0.10 7.0 928 966 … Silver DEC 15 14.41 14.69 –1.2 –7.8 usd/oz
Archrock Inc AROC 11.34 –0.53 –42.5 576 558 5.29 LyondellBasell LYB 94.49 –1.69 19.0 926 1,117 3.30
AT&T Inc T 32.84 –0.32 –2.2 1,002 995 5.72 Macy's Inc M 46.24 –2.66 –29.7 709 789 3.11 AGRICULTURE
Atwood Oceanics ATW 16.96 –0.43 –40.2 507 464 5.90 Marathon Oil MRO 18.36 0.07 –35.1 639 552 1.09 Contract Last Pvs Day YTD
Baker Hughes BHI 51.66 –0.42 –7.9 767 996 1.32 Mattress Firm MFRM 45.91 –2.68 –21.0 798 702 … Name Date Price Close % Chg % Chg Unit
Banco Bilbao BBVA 8.51 –0.05 –9.4 846 836 4.14 McDermott MDR 5.25 –0.14 80.4 996 1,306 … Live Cattle DEC 15 1.32 1.35 –2.2 –14.7 usd/pd
Bank of America BAC 17.68 –0.27 –1.2 1,081 1,031 1.13 Midcoast Energy MEP 11.92 –0.75 –12.9 964 937 12.00 Coffee DEC 15 1.18 1.18 0.0 –33.6 usd/pd
Benchmark Elec BHE 20.33 –0.33 –20.1 847 847 … MRC Global Inc MRC 14.57 –0.03 –3.8 904 691 … Corn DEC 15 3.67 3.73 –1.7 –12.9 usd/bu
BHP Billiton BHP 29.94 –0.81 –32.5 651 568 8.28 Nabors Indst NBR 10.15 –0.21 –21.8 629 585 2.36 Cotton MAR 16 0.62 0.62 0.6 –5.1 usd/pd
BoardwalkPipeln BWP 12.98 –0.33 –27.0 793 788 3.08 NatOilwellVarco NOV 38.93 –0.86 –40.6 747 551 4.73 Lumber JAN 16 245.30 246.70 0.4 –27.2 usd/
Boeing BA 145.98 –1.96 12.3 1,016 1,203 2.49 Natural Res NRP 1.70 –0.06 –81.6 374 149 10.59 1k bd ft
BP PLC BP 34.88 –0.25 –8.5 844 882 6.88 NCIBuilding Sys NCS 11.18 –0.35 –39.6 736 574 … Orange Juice JAN 16 1.39 1.37 1.5 –4.3 usd/pd
Bristow Group BRS 30.67 –0.06 –53.4 513 427 4.43 Newfield Expl NFX 39.45 0.08 45.5 1,083 1,175 … Soybean JAN 16 8.66 8.67 –0.1 –14.2 usd/bu
Buckeye BPL 66.32 0.32 –12.3 863 904 7.09 Newpark Res NR 6.12 –0.10 –35.8 613 520 … Wheat DEC 15 5.02 5.23 –4.1 –18.4 usd/bu
Cabot Oil&Gas COG 22.57 0.27 –23.8 645 673 0.35 NiskaGasStorage NKA 3.22 0.04 8.8 1,610 595 …
Calpine Corp CPN 14.70 0.09 –33.6 699 606 … Noble Corp plc NE 13.63 0.09 –17.7 831 678 4.40
Camden Property CPT 73.56 –0.43 –0.4 990 1,011 3.81 Noble Energy NBL 37.22 0.43 –21.5 765 670 1.93 MARKET
Cameron Intl CAM 67.92 –0.70 36.0 1,272 1,147 … NOW Inc DNOW 18.01 –0.03 –30.0 722 643 … INDEXES
CARBO Ceramics CRR 19.49 –0.23 –51.3 449 389 2.05 NRG Energy Inc NRG 13.30 –0.21 –50.6 513 406 4.36
Cardtronics Inc CATM 34.78 –0.34 –9.8 907 907 … Oasis Petroleum OAS 12.47 –0.52 –24.6 725 449 …
Carrizo Oil&Gas CRZO 39.50 0.31 –5.0 762 740 … Occidental OXY 75.21 0.11 –6.7 985 926 3.99
Daily close of the Nasdaq Composite index and the S&P 500 over the past six months:
CB&I CBI 44.39 0.19 5.7 927 804 0.63 Oceaneering Int OII 43.77 –0.51 –25.6 820 626 2.47 NASDAQ S&P 500
CenterPt Energy CNP 17.50 0.04 –25.3 866 726 5.66 Oil States OIS 30.67 –0.87 –37.3 708 531 … 5,095.30
5,400 2,190
Cheniere Energy CQP 26.96 –0.56 –15.8 870 893 6.31 Par Pacific PARR 24.73 0.92 52.2 1,053 1,560 …
-1.0% 2,078.58
Chevron Corp CVX 92.32 –1.71 –17.7 869 810 4.64 Parker Drilling PKD 2.78 –0.13 –9.4 745 647 … -1.0%
Cobalt Intl CIE 8.94 0.05 0.6 840 814 … Patterson-UTIEn PTEN 16.17 0.00 –2.5 740 740 2.47
Columbia Pipeln CPPL 14.27 0.09 … 549 … 4.83 Phillips 66 PSX 92.01 –0.74 28.3 1,143 1,265 2.43 5,100 2,080
Comcast Corp CMCSA 61.35 –0.26 5.8 1,059 1,131 1.63 Plains All Am PAA 28.15 –0.29 –45.1 604 554 9.95
Comfort Sys USA FIX 30.52 –0.79 78.3 1,409 2,061 0.85 Plains GP PAGP 12.94 0.12 –49.6 448 513 7.14
ConocoPhillips COP 54.64 –1.13 –20.9 845 795 5.42 Powell Indst POWL 33.32 –0.25 –32.1 933 752 3.12
Contango Oil&G MCF 8.16 –0.63 –72.1 391 213 … PROS Holdings PRO 21.63 –0.62 –21.3 1,185 763 … 4,800 1,970
Crestwood Eqy CEQP 2.62 –0.05 –67.7 550 340 20.99 Prosperity Bncs PB 55.53 –0.65 0.3 1,059 942 2.16
Crown Castle CCI 83.94 –0.78 6.7 1,024 1,095 4.22 QuanexBuldngPrd NX 18.49 –0.86 –1.5 992 931 0.87
CVR Energy Inc CVI 44.97 –0.12 16.2 1,157 964 4.45 Quanta Services PWR 21.24 0.39 –25.2 738 626 … 1,860
4,500
CVS Health Corp CVS 97.99 –0.71 1.7 980 1,124 1.43 Rowan Cos Plc RDC 20.89 0.60 –10.4 925 859 1.91 M J J A S O M J J A S O
Devon Energy DVN 46.98 0.11 –23.2 699 736 2.04 RoyalDutchShell RDS/A 51.92 –0.21 –22.4 833 775 7.24
Diamond Offsh DO 23.16 –0.02 –36.9 691 605 2.16 Schlumberger SLB 77.91 –1.15 –8.8 853 807 2.57
Dow Chemical DOW 51.70 –0.14 13.4 1,016 1,083 3.56 Service Corp SCI 26.59 –0.48 17.1 958 1,256 1.81
Dril-Quip Inc DRQ 62.47 –0.22 –18.6 803 705 … Southwestern En SWN 11.80 –0.11 –56.8 408 323 … LARGEST
DXP Enterprises DXPE 29.92 –2.34 –40.8 678 456 … Spectra Energy SE 27.75 –0.21 –23.6 766 730 5.33 MUTUAL FUNDS
Dynegy Inc DYN 17.52 –0.58 –42.3 530 504 … Stage Stores SSI 10.19 –0.49 –50.8 521 612 5.88
Enbridge Energy EEP 26.19 –0.32 –34.4 734 783 8.90 Stewart Info STC 41.04 –0.59 10.8 1,128 1,186 2.44 Net asset value of selected major U.S. mutual funds two trading days
Energy XXI EXXI 1.91 –0.05 –41.4 505 268 … Sunoco LP SUN 35.25 –0.75 –29.2 741 816 8.46 ago. Returns annualized. Dividends reinvested.
Enterprise Prod EPD 26.64 –0.15 –26.2 820 744 5.78 SuperiorEn Svcs SPN 15.66 –0.04 –22.3 640 637 2.04
EOG Resources EOG 85.37 0.10 –7.3 917 864 0.78 SWest Airlines LUV 46.37 –0.48 9.6 1,077 1,221 0.65 Mgmt YTD 1-Yr 3-Yr 5 Yr
EP Energy Corp EPE 6.42 0.10 –38.5 458 422 … Swift Energy SFY 0.57 0.00 –86.0 227 76 … Last Annual % Tot % Tot % Tot % Tot
EV En Partner EVEP 4.18 –1.28 –78.3 289 172 47.85 Sysco Corp SYY 40.47 –0.46 2.0 1,123 1,095 2.97 Name Ticker Price Fee% Ret Ret Ret Ret
Exxon Mobil XOM 81.95 –2.52 –11.4 946 878 3.56 Targa Resources NGLS 28.34 –0.76 –40.8 652 523 11.64 Amcap Fund-A AMCPX 28.11 0.31 3.7 4.1 17.4 13.8
Flotek Indst FTK 14.60 –3.50 –22.1 1,182 650 … Target Corp TGT 76.23 –0.99 0.4 957 1,222 2.94 Amer Bal Fund-A ABALX 25.07 0.23 2.9 4.3 11.2 10.3
Fluor Corp FLR 49.12 –0.02 –19.0 830 752 1.71 Team Inc TISI 38.14 –0.56 –5.7 973 893 … Amer Cap Incm Bl CAIBX 57.43 0.23 –1.1 –1.8 6.8 6.5
FMC Tech FTI 34.62 –0.49 –26.1 809 607 … Tesco Corp TESO 8.24 –0.05 –35.7 689 522 2.43 Amer Cap Wrld G& CWGIX 45.82 0.37 1.0 –0.1 10.5 7.4
Forum En Tech FET 14.30 –0.46 –31.0 665 516 … Tetra Tech TTI 7.84 –0.11 17.4 1,148 875 … Amer Europac Gr- AEPGX 48.35 0.42 2.6 1.2 7.9 4.2
FreeportMcMoRan FCX 10.49 –0.26 –54.8 456 382 1.91 TOTAL SA TOT 49.53 –0.48 –3.3 948 902 5.59 Amer Fundm Inv ANCFX 53.86 0.25 5.6 6.9 15.4 12.3
Gen Electric GE 29.75 –0.17 17.7 1,106 1,167 3.09 Transocean Ltd RIG 15.05 –0.02 –17.9 797 553 … Amer New Persp-A ANWPX 39.02 0.38 7.6 8.5 13.5 9.8
Genesis Energy GEL 41.06 0.06 –3.2 913 875 6.24 Ultra Petroleum UPL 5.41 0.10 –58.9 323 227 … Amer Smallcap Wr SMCWX 47.28 0.63 4.3 6.3 12.3 8.0
Geospace Tech GEOS 17.51 –0.86 –33.9 939 531 … United Contl UAL 60.15 –1.34 –10.1 963 1,110 … Amer Wash Mut In AWSHX 41.09 0.24 1.7 2.9 14.3 13.0
Goodrich Petro GDP 0.64 –0.03 –85.6 177 71 … UPS Inc UPS 104.01 –0.98 –6.4 1,051 987 2.81 Davis NY Vent Fd NYVTX 35.24 0.50 6.7 8.3 15.5 11.2
Group 1 Auto GPI 85.06 –1.61 –5.1 1,064 984 0.99 Valero Energy VLO 70.49 –1.46 42.4 1,208 1,426 2.84 Dodge & Cox Bal DODBX 100.70 0.50 0.5 2.0 12.5 10.8
GulfMark Offsh GLF 6.00 –0.32 –75.4 393 194 16.67 VanguardNat Res VNR 7.31 –0.34 –51.5 471 330 19.29 Dodge & Cox Intl DODFX 39.76 0.60 –5.6 –7.3 8.2 3.9
Halcon Res HK 0.73 –0.04 –59.1 535 225 … Verizon VZ 45.30 –0.48 –3.2 926 934 4.99 Dodge & Cox Stk DODGX 177.95 0.50 0.2 2.2 16.5 13.4
Halliburton HAL 39.10 –0.25 –0.6 820 738 1.84 W&T Offshore WTI 3.80 0.09 –48.2 632 412 … Fdlty Bl Chip Gr FBGRX 70.13 0.71 7.8 10.2 20.6 15.4
Helix Enrgy Sol HLX 6.29 –0.19 –71.0 372 233 … Walgreen WBA 83.48 –1.19 9.6 990 1,269 1.73 Fdlty Contrafund FCNTX 105.66 0.49 8.9 10.3 17.4 13.5
Hess Corp HES 61.98 –0.78 –16.0 841 742 1.61 Wal-Mart WMT 58.49 –0.29 –31.9 750 761 3.35 Fdlty Diver Intl FDIVX 36.01 0.71 4.5 3.9 9.7 5.5
Huntsman Corp HUN 13.20 –0.21 –42.1 589 548 3.79 Waste Connect WCN 55.35 –0.38 25.8 1,172 1,125 1.05 Fdlty Equity-Inc FEQIX 55.52 0.45 –1.2 –0.2 11.4 9.8
Insperity Inc NSP 44.16 –0.21 30.3 835 1,409 1.99 Waste Mgmt WM 53.69 –0.74 4.6 1,105 1,119 2.87 Fdlty Free 2020 FFFDX 15.31 0.00 1.8 2.1 7.0 6.3
ION Geophysical IO 0.35 –0.02 –87.4 177 139 … Weatherford Int WFT 10.92 –0.23 –4.6 746 697 … Fdlty Grth & Inc FGRIX 30.15 0.45 1.2 2.1 14.6 13.3
Jacobs Eng JEC 41.10 –0.11 –8.0 939 852 … WeinRlty WRI 33.47 –0.77 –4.2 1,007 959 4.12 Fdlty Grth Co FDGRX 144.19 0.65 9.5 12.5 20.3 16.5
JC Penney JCP 8.53 –0.21 31.6 1,004 1,091 … Wells Fargo WFC 55.47 –0.38 1.2 1,003 1,058 2.70 Fdlty Low Pr Stk FLPSX 49.75 0.63 2.8 5.0 15.1 12.8
JPMorgan Chase JPM 67.39 –1.07 7.7 1,043 1,126 2.61 Western Gas WES 49.44 –1.13 –32.3 725 747 6.27 Fdlty Magell Fd FMAGX 95.35 0.52 6.4 8.3 18.2 12.1
KBR Inc KBR 18.98 0.02 12.0 1,053 1,003 1.69 Westlake Chem WLK 60.61 –0.62 –0.8 866 894 1.20 Fdlty Puritan Fd FPURX 20.70 0.15 3.2 4.4 11.4 10.0
Key Energy Svcs KEG 0.55 –0.01 –67.1 204 218 … WholeFoodsMarkt WFM 30.48 –0.63 –39.5 721 659 1.77 Fdlty Spar 500 FUSEX 74.12 0.03 3.7 5.4 16.0 13.6
Kinder Morgan KMI 25.56 –0.50 –39.6 614 697 7.98 Willbros Group WG 2.38 0.03 –62.0 960 423 … Fdlty Value FDVLX 111.27 0.55 –1.8 0.0 15.5 12.2
Fidelity Bal Fd FBALX 21.75 0.15 2.3 3.2 10.9 9.7
Franklin Gr Fund FKGRX 78.04 0.45 4.5 6.5 16.4 12.6
BLOOMBERG HOUSTON CHRONICLE Franklin Income FRIAX 2.19 0.37 –3.3 –4.9 5.4 6.4
150 MOVERS Harbor Intl HAINX 65.34 0.75 0.9 –0.6 5.2 3.3
Income Fd of Am AMECX 21.03 0.22 –0.2 –0.5 8.7 8.6
Top and bottom performers based on one-day percentage change in stock price: Pimco Tot Ret II PMBIX 9.91 0.50 –0.7 –0.1 0.6 2.3
Pimco Tot Ret-In PTTRX 10.46 0.46 0.5 1.2 1.4 3.0
DAILY GAINERS DAILY LOSERS
T Rowe Pr Equity PRFDX 31.19 0.52 –3.5 –2.2 10.7 10.2
Last 1-day 1-month Last 1-day 1-month T Rowe Pr Gr St PRGFX 58.55 0.52 12.7 13.6 20.2 15.4
Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume
The Bond Fd of A ABNDX 12.65 0.20 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.8
APA Apache Corp 53.94 13.2 16.1 15,120,377 EVEP EV En Partner 4.18 –23.4 –43.7 3,497,069 The Inv Co Amer- AIVSX 36.97 0.24 1.6 1.4 14.9 11.8
LINE Linn Energy 2.65 3.9 –21.1 1,704,981 FTK Flotek Indst 14.60 –19.3 –27.4 15,391,910 Vgrd 500 Idx Fd- VFINX 194.01 0.11 3.6 5.4 16.0 13.6
PARR Par Pacific 24.73 3.9 15.1 175,136 DXPE DXP Enterprises 29.92 –7.3 –10.3 181,179 Vgrd Eur Stk STK VEURX 27.73 0.23 0.8 –0.6 7.4 4.0
RDC Rowan Cos Plc 20.89 3.0 4.2 5,049,791 MCF Contango Oil&G 8.16 –7.2 –19.2 135,751 Vgrd Ins Tot Stk VITNX 47.47 0.04 3.2 5.0 16.1 13.6
WTI W&T Offshore 3.80 2.4 5.8 850,315 MEP Midcoast Energy 11.92 –5.9 2.1 43,485 Vgrd Tot Int St VGTSX 15.08 0.17 –1.2 –3.2 4.6 1.8
UPL Ultra Petroleum 5.41 1.9 –26.2 2,688,887 MFRM Mattress Firm 45.91 –5.5 6.0 251,763 Vgrd Tot St Mk I VTSMX 52.45 0.15 3.0 4.9 15.9 13.4
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BUSINESS
Houston-based Apache Corp. reportedly hired Wall Street investment bank
Goldman Sachs to help fight off a possible hostile takeover. Goldman Sachs and
Apache declined to comment Monday on the report.
INVESTING
Apache stock jumps
on buyout report
By Collin Eaton
Apache Corp. shares
surged 13 percent on Mon-
day after a report the previ-
ous day claimed the Hous-
ton-based oil company has
rejected a buyer’s offer and
has hired Goldman Sachs
to help fend off a possible
hostile takeover.
Bloomberg’s report, cit-
ing anonymous sources,
said it’s not clear if nego-
tiations will continue after
the rejected offer. Goldman
Sachs and Apache, which
was worth $25 billion in en-
terprise value on Monday,
declined to comment.
Apache’s stock-price
surge came on a bad day
for the broader oil market
and energy stocks, as fresh
concerns about global oil
demand helped push U.S.
crude down to $43.76 a bar-
rel. In mid-day trading, in-
vestors erased $9.14 billion
from the stock-market val-
ue of the two largest U.S. oil
companies, Exxon Mobil
PRODUCTION
Marathon Oil DuPont
to sell some stakes names
in Gulf of Mexico CEO
By Collin Eaton
Marathon Oil Corp.
is selling its stakes in ag-
ing oil-producing fields
in the Gulf of Mexico for
$205 million, part of an ef-
fort to concentrate more of
its financial muscle in U.S.
shale plays.
The Houston oil pro-
ducer said Monday it is
holding onto minority
stakes in two Gulf projects,
including the Gunflint pro-
ject that’s expected to start
pulling up its first barrels
of oil next year, and its
stake in Anadarko Petro-
leum Corp.’s deep-water
Shenandoah discovery.
But Marathon said it has
agreed to sell off the Gulf
fields it operates, which are
in the Ewing Bank blocks,
64 miles off the coast of
Louisiana. Oil companies
began drilling there more
than two decades ago.
The company is also
selling two non-operated
interests in Gulf fields —
Marathon said all the fi-
nancial obligations tied to
abandoning the wells in
those fields will be trans-
ferred to the buyer, which
the company did not dis-
close. Marathon produced
17,000 barrels a day from
its Gulf fields last year.
The transaction, expect-
ed to close before the end of
the year, is its latest move to
reshuffle its corporate pri-
orities.
Marathon last week
told investors it would sell
off $500 million in non-
core assets and has cut its
shareholder dividend in a
bid to shore up more cash it
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Corp. and Chevron Corp.
The report on Apache
also comes amid specula-
tion that crude prices have
been flat and low for long
enough to prompt oil com-
panies to put themselves
on the auction block for
prices that reluctant buy-
ers would pay.
There have been a few
corporate oil mergers this
year, including Shell’s
proposed purchase of BG
Group and Noble Energy’s
acquisition of Rosetta Re-
sources, but deal activ-
ity has been nowhere near
the wave that analysts had
predicted at the start of the
year. That’s because inves-
tors and sellers believed
crude prices might recover
quickly, and selling them-
selves when crude prices
were low for only a short
time could prove foolish.
Analysts at Simmons
& Company International
believe Exxon Mobil and
BP are the most likely
prospective buyers for
can use to squeeze oil from
lucrative onshore shale
plays, primarily in Texas,
North Dakota and Okla-
homa.
Marathon also informed
employees that it will shed
200 jobs this month as it
restructures its upstream
business into distinct
units, one operating its
shale assets and the other
covering its conventional
fields. That round of lay-
offs will bring its job cuts
this year – 640 – to about
19 percent of its workforce.
Analysts at Simmons
& Company International
said Marathon’s sale price
for its Gulf assets — about
$14,000 per barrel of oil
equivalent — came in well
below the average value of
35 similar deals over the
last five years, which was
about $55,000 per barrel
produced. “Obviously (the
deal is) in a far different oil
price environment,” the
Simmons analysts wrote.
Shares in Marathon Oil
closed at $18.36 Monday, up
7 cents.
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Apache, writing Monday
that after the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill Apache
bought BP assets in West
Texas, Canada and Egypt –
which would do well back
in BP’s portfolio.
And Exxon Mobil has
long been analysts’ favorite
to make a corporate pur-
chase this year.
The Irving-based oil gi-
ant hasn’t made a big play
since it bought Houston
shale gas driller XTO En-
ergy in 2010 and it has the
biggest and best-equipped
balance sheet for an acqui-
sition.
“Apache offers an ac-
quirer a solid asset base
in North American with
some quality international
exposure in Egypt and the
North Sea,” the Simmons
analysts wrote.
Shares in Apache closed
at $53.92, up $6.25 or just
over 13 percent.
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CHEMICALS
BLOOMBERG NEWS
DuPont Co. named Ed
Breen as chairman and
chief executive officer,
raising the prospect of a
breakup of the 213-year-old
Delaware-based chemical
company amid continued
pressure from an activist
shareholder, Trian Fund
Management.
Breen, 59, previously
held the positions on an
interim basis, after the res-
ignation of Ellen Kullman
last month.
Breen has already had
discussions about po-
tential deals involving
DuPont’s seed and crop-
chemicals unit. He told
analysts last month that
“consolidation should hap-
pen” in the agricultural in-
dustry. Dow Chemical Co.
is evaluating options for its
own seeds and pesticides
unit.
The appointment of
Breen increases the prob-
ability that the DuPont
and Dow businesses will
merge, Jonas Oxgaard, an
analyst at Sanford C. Bern-
stein & Co., said Monday in
a note to investors.
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& PROPOSALS
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
EVERGREEN VILLAS, LTD
ON BEHALF OF
GREENWOOD
UTILITY DISTRICT
EVERGREEN VILLAS
SECTION 1 WS&D
Sealed Bids for the con-
struction of the EVER-
GREEN VILLAS SECTION 1
WS&D will be received, by
EVERGREEN VILLAS, LTD
ON BEHALF OF GREEN-
WOOD UTILITY DISTRICT,
at the office of the Engi-
neer, A&S Engineers, Inc.,
10377 Stella Link Road,
Houston, TX 77025, until
10:00 am, local time on
November 24, 2015, at
which time the Bids re-
ceived will be "publicly"
opened and read. The
Project is the construc-
tion of water, sanitary,
and drainage to serve a
single-family subdivision
called Evergreen Villas
Section 1 in Harris County
(Key Map No. 416-Z).
Bids shall be on a lump
sum and unit price basis
as indicated in the Bid
Form.
The Issuing Office for the
Bidding Documents is:
A&S Engineers, Inc., 10377
Stella Link Road, Houston,
TX 77025, telephone 713-
942-2700, George O. Puig,
gop@as-engineers.com.
Bidding Documents may
be examined online at
www.CivcastUSA.com.
A mandatory pre-bid con-
ference will be held at
10:00 am on November 17,
2015, in the office of the
Engineer at the above ad-
dress. Attendance is a
prerequisite for qualifica-
tion of Bidders. Failure of
a bidder to attend the
pre-bid conference will
be cause for rejection of
the bid.
Bid security shall be fur-
nished in accordance
with the Instructions to
Bidders.
Aldine ISD will rebid/re-
accept sealed proposals
for Roof Renovations until
12/1/15 at 1:30 pm and
will also rebid/re-accept
sealed proposals for
Building Automation Sys-
tems at Calvert Elemen-
tary and Wilson Interme-
diate until 12/1/15 at 1:45
pm at the Aldine ISD Ad-
min. board room, 14910
Aldine Westfield Rd.,
Houston, TX 77032.
A pre-proposal meeting
will be held on 11/17/15 in
the Maintenance building
at 14910 Aldine Westfield,
Houston, TX 77032 at the
following times:
Roof Renovations-
9:00 am
Building Automation
Systems- 10:30 am
View specifications at
www.aldineisd.org
FORMAL BID
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
will receive proposals for:
Printing Services #15-11-
4596, 11/24/15 3:00 PM.
Bids 281-897-4578. 12510
Windfern Rd., Houston
77064. www.cfisd.net
INVITATION TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids in duplicate
addressed to Northpointe
Development Partners,
Ltd., on behalf of North-
pointe Water Control and
Improvement District,
Owner, will be received in
the office of Benchmark
Engineering Corporation,
2401 Fountainview, Suite
500, Houston, Texas
77057, until 3:00 p.m., on
Tuesday, November 17,
2015 at which time all bids
will be opened and pub-
licly read for the furnish-
ing of all material, equip-
ment, labor, and supervi-
sion necessary or
incidental for the “Con-
struction of Earth Move-
ment Phase 2 serving En-
clave at Northpointe
Phase Two within North-
pointe Water Control &
Improvement District
with related appurte-
nances.
A prebid conference will
be held in the office of
Benchmark Engineering
Corporation, 2401 Founta-
inview, Suite 500, Hous-
ton, Texas 77057, on Tues-
day, November 10, 2015,
at 3:00 p.m. (attendance
is not mandatory).
Plans, specifications and
bid documents shall be
purchased at Benchmark
Engineering Corporation
to be able to bid this proj-
ect for a $100.00 non-
refundable fee.
A cashier’s check, certi-
fied check and/or bid
bond meeting the re-
quirements of the con-
tract documents, in the
amount of 5% of the total
amount bid must accom-
pany each bid. The suc-
cessful bidder will be re-
quired to provide a per-
formance bond and a
payment bond, as provid-
ed for in the bid docu-
ments, for full amount of
the contract. The Owner
reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids. All
bids received after the
closing time designated
will be returned un-
opened.
A complete property de-
scription of the proposed
Lone Star College System boundaries of the Mon-
Bid Requests: trose Zone is on file with
K RFP # 407 Health Sci-
the Mayor’s Office of Eco-
nomic Development.
ences Supplies/Equip-
ment Workforce Solu- All persons are invited to
tions Lone Star College. attend the hearing and
RFP Due: 12/01/15 @ speak for or against the
10:00a.m. Online WebEx creation of the Montrose
pre-proposal meeting will Zone,
be held on Wednesday, boundaries, or the con-
November 18, 2015 10:00 cept of tax increment fi-
1100 a.m.; call-in number nancing. Owners of prop-
832-813-6701. Contact erty in the proposed Mon-
Michelle.Allen@Lonestar. trose Zone may protest
edu 832-813-6299 orally or in writing on the
inclusion of their prop-
For information to regis- erty in the proposed Mon-
ter and bid, please visit: trose Zone. .
http://wwwappsdstc.
lonestar.edu/istar/ Persons wishing to speak
supplier.htm at this public hearing
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LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE
FOR PUBLIC HEARING
WITH VARIANCE
The Houston Planning
Commission has received
an application to allow
the partial replatting of
103 W Grenfell ln., Hous-
ton, Texas. 77076 being
part of lot 8 block 2 as re-
corded in Volume 57 Page
46 of the Harris County
Map/Deed Records for
the purpose of "To create
an unrestricted reserve
and to reduce a building
line". The new subdivi-
sion name is "Lusco Ter-
race partial replat num-
ber 1".
The City will send out
written notice of a public
hearing with variance(s),
or special exception(s) to
all owners of property
within 250’ of the bound-
ary of the plat and all par-
cels along or across from
a blockface that abuts
any street or private
roadway extending 500
feet from the plat as mea-
sured along the center-
line of any street or pri-
vate roadway that abuts
the boundary of the plat.
State law allows for pro-
test when the proposed
replat requires a variance
or special exception. The
protest must be filed in
writing prior to the close
of the public hearing. If
owners of 20% of the land
area within the original
plat boundary that is
within 200 feet of the re-
plat protest the replat,
approval of the replat
must receive an affirma-
tive vote of at least three-
fourth (3/4) of the Hous-
ton Planning Commission
Members present. In
computing the percent-
age of land area for the
purpose of protest,
streets and alleys are in-
cluded.
You may speak on this re-
plat at the public hearing
on Thursday, December 3,
2015 at 2:30 p.m. in City
Hall Annex Building, 900
Bagby Street, City Council
Chamber, Public Level,
Houston, Texas. Contact
the applicant at 713-384-
8031 or the City of Hous-
ton Planning Department
at (832)393-6600 for any
additional information.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE
DESIGNATION OF
REINVESTMENT ZONE
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN,
CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
(MONTROSE ZONE)
FOR TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING PURPOSES
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER
311, TEXAS TAX CODE
Notice is hereby given
that the City Council of
the City of Houston will
hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, November
18, 2015, beginning at 9:00
a.m. in the City Council
Chambers, Second Floor,
City Hall, 901 Bagby,
Houston, Texas 77002, on
for the designation of Re-
investment Zone Number
Twenty-Seven, City of
Houston, Texas (Mon-
trose Zone), as autho-
rized by Chapter 311 of
the Texas Tax Code.
The tentative plans for
the development of the
proposed Montrose Zone
include the expenditure
of public funds for eligible
project costs including
the planning, engineering
and construction of new
streets, water distribu-
tion facilities, wastewa-
ter collection facilities,
storm drainage improve-
ments, roadway and
street reconstruction
projects, sidewalk infra-
structure improvement,
cultural and public facil-
ity improvements, afford-
able housing, parks and
other related improve-
ments, as well as the cost
of organizing and estab-
lishing the Montrose
Zone. The general impact
of the proposed Montrose
Zone will be to increase
the value of taxable prop-
erties through the con-
struction of new public
and private improve-
ments.
Located within a contigu-
ous geographical area of
the City of Houston gen-
erally known as the Mon-
trose area, the proposed
Montrose Zone consists
of approximately 347
acres generally bounded
by the following streets: :
K Montrose Boulevard
between W. Dallas Street
and US 59;
K W Gray Street between
S Shepherd Drive and Taft
Street;
K Westheimer Road be-
tween S Shepherd Drive
and Bagby Street;
K W Alabama Street be-
tween S Shepherd Drive
and Spur 527, and;
K Richmond Avenue be-
tween S Shepherd Drive
and Spur 527.
its
proposed
BIDS
& PROPOSALS
Lone Star College System
Bid Requests:
K RFP # 410 Laminar Flow
Workstations for Phar-
macy Tech Lone Star Col-
lege Tomball. RFP Due:
12/2/15 @ 10:00a.m. On-
line WebEx pre-proposal
meeting will be held on
Wednesday, November
18, 2015 11:00 a.m. 12:00
p.m.; callin number
832-813-6703. Contact
michelle.allen@Lonestar.
edu 832-813-6299
For information to regis-
ter and bid, please visit:
http://wwwappsdstc.
lonestar.edu/istar/
supplier.htm
LEGAL NOTICES
CAUSE NUMBER:
2015-15082
IN THE 164TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT OF
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
Plaintiff: AMEENAH LEWIS
and FREDERICK RANDLE
vs.
Defendant: ABDULKERIM
AHMIDU
CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Harris
To: ABDULKERIM AHMIDU
YOU ARE HEREBY COM-
MANDED to be and ap-
pear before the 164th Ju-
dicial District Court of
Harris County, Texas in
the Courthouse in the city
of Houston, Texas at or
before 10:00 o’clock A.M.,
Monday the 16th day of
NOVEMBER, 2015, being
the Monday next after the
expiration date of forty-
two days after this cita-
tion is issued, and you are
hereby commanded and
required then and there
to appear and file written
answer tot he Plaintiff’s
Original Petition, filed in
said Court on the 16th day
of March 2015, in a suit
numbered 2015-15082
docket of said court,
wherein AMEENAH LEWIS
and FREDERICK RANDLE,t
he Plaintiff’s, and AB-
DULKERIM AHMIDU, the
Defendant,t he nature of
plaintiff’s demand and
the said petition alleging:
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCI-
DENT
SUMMARY
Plaintiff’s, Ameenah
Lewis and Frederick
Randle, filed suit against
Defendant, Abdulkerim
Ahmidu, to recover dam-
ages for personal injuries
sustained by plaintiffs in
a collision in Harris
County, Texas which was
collission was proxi-
mately caused by the
negligence of the Defen-
dant Abdulkerim Ahmidu.
The case is styled, Cause
no. 2015-15082: Ameenah
Lewis and Frederick
Randle v. Abdulkerim Ah-
midu, In the 164th Judicial
Court of Harris County,
Texas.
Notice hereof shall be
given by publishing this
Citation once a week for
four consecutive weeks
previous to the day of No-
vember 13th, 2015, in
some newspaper pub-
lished in the County of
Harris, if there be a news-
paper published therein,
but if not, then the near-
est county where a news-
paper is published, and
this Citations hall be re-
turned on the 13th day of
November, 2015, which is
forty-two days after the
date it is issued and the
first publication shall be
at least twenty-eight
days before said return
day.
HEREIN FAIL NOT, but
have before said court on
said return day this Writ
with your return thereon,
showing how you have
executed same.
WITNESS: CHRIS DANIEL,
District Clerk, Harris
county, Texas
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
AND SEAL OF SAID COURT
at Houston, Texas this
2nd day of October, 2015.
(SEAL)
CHRIS DANIEL,
District Clerk
Harris County, Texas
201 Caroline
Houston, Texas 77002
P.O. Box 4651
Houston, texas 77210
By: /s/ B. Evans
Deputy District Clerk
Newspaper:
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Issued at the request of:
Leena T. Joseph
Address: 525 N. Sam
Houston Parkway, #255
Houston, TX 77060
(281) 260-6825
Bar Number: 24084374
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE
THIRD AMENDMENT TO
THE PROJECT PLAN AND
REINVESTMENT ZONE
FINANCING PLAN FOR
REINVESTMENT ZONE
NUMBER ELEVEN,
CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
(GREATER GREENSPOINT
ZONE) FOR TAX INCRE-
MENT
FINANCING PURPOSES
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER
311,
TEXAS TAX CODE
Notice is hereby given
that the City Council of
the City of Houston will
hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, November
18, 2015, beginning at 9:00
a.m. in the City Council
Chambers, Second Floor,
City Hall, 901 Bagby,
Houston, Texas 77002, on
the Third Amendment to
the Project Plan and Rein-
vesment Zone Financing
Plan (Plan) for Reinvest-
ment Zone Number Elev-
en, City of Houston, Texas
(Greater Greespoint
Zone), as authorized by
Chapter 311 of the Texas
Tax Code.
On October 13, 2015, the
Board of Directors of both
the Greater Greenspoint
Redevelopment Authority
and Reinvestment Zone
Number Eleven ("Greater
Greenspoint Zone") ap-
proved amendments to
the Project Plan and Rein-
vestment Zone Financing
Plan for the Greater
Greenspoint Zone and
transmitted a proposed
Third Amended Project
Plan and Reinvestment
Zone Financing Plan (the
"Amended Plan") to the
City for consideration by
City Council. The
Amended Plan will ad-
dress the costs associ-
ated with the newly cre-
ated skate park, BMX
park and remediating
blighted and deteriorat-
ing multifamily units to
encourage
growth.
economic
All persons are invited to
attend the hearing and
speak for or against the
third amendment to the
Greater Greenspoint
Zone or the concept of
tax increment financing.
Persons wishing to speak
at this public hearing
should call the City Secre-
tary of the City of Hous-
ton at (832) 393-1100 be-
fore 8:30 a.m. on Wednes-
day, November 18, 2015.
Anna Russell
City Secretary
City of Houston
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Notice of Application and Opportunity to Request a
Public Meeting for a Municipal Solid Waste Facility
Registration Application No. 40286
Application. Eco 1 Development LLC, 832 Yale
Street, Houston, Texas 77007 has applied to the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) for proposed Registration No. 40286, to
operate a municipal solid waste Type IX Landfill
Mining Facility. The proposed facility, Olshan
Landfill Mining Facility will be located at the closed
Olshan Landfill on the west side of Kirkwood Road,
2700 feet north of the intersection of Bissonnet Street
and Kirkwood Road, in Houston, Harris County. The
Applicant is requesting authorization to excavate
buried waste and process the excavated waste and
soil for recovery of material for beneficial use. The
registration application is available for viewing and
copying at the Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood
Library at 3223 Wilcrest Drive, Houston and
may be viewed online at www.skaconsulting.
com/notices/landfill/olshan_lf_mining_reg_app.
pdf. The following link to an electronic map of the
site or facility's general location is provided as a
public courtesy and is not part of the application
or notice: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/
public/hb610/index.html?lat=29.6827&lng=-
95.587656&zoom=13&type=r. For exact location,
refer to application.
Public Comment/Public Meeting. Written public
comments or written requests for a public meeting
must be submitted to the Office of Chief Clerk at the
address included in the information section below. If
a public meeting is held, comments may be made
orally at the meeting or submitted in writing by
the close of the public meeting. A public meeting
will be held by the executive director if requested
by a member of the legislature who represents
the general area where the development is to be
located, or if there is a substantial public interest
in the proposed development. The purpose of the
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60 calendar days after this notice is published. The
comment period shall be extended to the close of
any public meeting. The executive director is not
required to file a response to comments.
Executive Director Action. The executive director
shall, after review of an application for registration,
determine if the application will be approved or
denied in whole or in part. If the executive director
acts on an application, the chief clerk shall mail
or otherwise transmit notice of the action and an
explanation of the opportunity to file a motion to
overturn the executive director's decision. The chief
clerk shall mail this notice to the owner and operator,
the public interest counsel, to adjacent landowners
as shown on the required land ownership map and
landowners list, and to other persons who timely
filed public comment in response to public notice.
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KEN HOFFMAN
Commentary
Here’s how I would write
up Donald Trump’s job per-
formance as host of “Saturday
Night Live” last weekend:
He turned in a solid effort,
although he should have memo-
rized his lines and relied less
on the Teleprompter. You know
how he always brags about not
needing a Teleprompter on the
campaign trail? Things were
different on “SNL.” He looked
like he was reading to the class.
The opening monologue,
with dueling Trump imitators,
and Trump presidency dream
sequence, were wickedly funny.
Larry David yelling “Trump
is a racist” was a wonderful
surprise. Protesters had offered
$5,000 to anybody who would
disrupt the show from the audi-
ence, and David did the honors.
David said he did it for the
money, poor baby.
Trump said, as a business-
man, he understood.
The thing that has me won-
dering, though, why would
David, one of Hollywood’s most
outspoken liberals, do anything
that might help Republican
candidate Trump win votes?
As the show wore on, and
spun out of laughs, another NBC
thought occurred. This time “SNL” cast member Cecily Strong welcomed presidential
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Antiques
give décor
a fresh
new feel
By Alyson Ward

No matter what kind

of house she’s decorating,
Jane Osborne likes to mix
in some antiques.
The Houston designer,
who has a background
as an antiques dealer, is
a firm believer that an
antique console table or
an old clock can enhance
anyone’s décor. Whether
a room is traditional or
contemporary, she said, “I
really try, in all of those, to
mix in some antiques.”
Osborne will be part
of the Designers Walk, a
new addition to the Theta
Charity Antiques Show,

“I contemplate how I
can contrast the pieces
with more modern ones
to breathe new life into
the old and new.”
Ben Johnston, interior designer

which opens Friday. Six

Houston-area interior
designers will take small
groups through the annual
show’s vast marketplace,
pointing out the pieces
they love and discuss-
ing how to decorate with
antique furniture and Melissa Aguilar photos / Houston Chronicle
accessories. Fall is a great time to evaluate front door and front porch decorations.
“We just want to make

Adore your door

it a fun time and give a
little bit of education along
the way,” said Osborne,
who will lead a tour Sat-
urday morning. If space
is still available, Designer
Walk tickets are $25 for a

Five tips for unlocking

small group session with
Osborne, Lindsey Herod,
Ben Johnston, Robert N.
Wakefield, Courtnay Tartt
Elias or Bill Stubbs. a welcoming fall entryway
Designers continues on E2
By Holly Crawford “It’s amazing how just a good

A
welcome mat isn’t
the only thing that
greets guests at
your front door.
Your entire porch
area, including
the door itself, can rise up to meet
everyone who enters.
“Your front porch can be an
extension of the interior of your
home, so think of it as added square
footage or an outdoor room,”
said Tamara Menges, owner
and lead designer of bou-
tique floral and design firm
Tamara Menges Designs
(tamaramenges.com). “Put
as much care and thought into
your front porch as you do the
inside of your home, and you will
not only create a cozy space to wel-
come guests but also have a place to
enjoy the fall temperatures.”
Houston interior designers
agreed on these five keys to creating
Ben Johnston an inviting pre-entrance space:
Designer Ben Johnston
used a curvy Cherner
chair and Sputnik
chandelier to give this
1. Keep it clean: When in doubt,
give your porch a dusting.
cleaning can transform a front
porch,” said Ashley Rose, founder
and editor of SugarAndCloth.
com. “Front doors are definitely
something that goes unnoticed on
weekend chores, but remembering
to wipe down outdoor elements is
super important when making a
‘wow’ factor for visitors.”
Even if your house is a mess and
you haven’t hit everything on your
to-do list, a clean entry can have a
calming effect — and no one has
to know about whatever dis-
array is behind closed doors.
HOME “A tidy porch sets the tone
DESIGN when you come home from a
long day,” said Maggie Bailey,
lead designer and owner of
Bramble & Bee floral design
studio (brambleandbee.com). “At
least this one thing is organized
and helps keep up appearances,”
she said.
What to do: Sweep, including
dusting off and washing away cob-
webs, dust or pollen that’s accumu-
lated on exterior surfaces like the
door, siding or stair railings. Keep
Front continues on E2

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Front porch design sets welcoming tone
Front from page E1
glass clean and free of
fingerprints. For stubborn
stains like mildew, power
washing will make a vast
improvement. “A little
bucket of soap and water
will make a huge differ-
ence on your porch, your
mood and your holiday,”
said Houston interior de-
signer Seneca Cantrelle of
Seneca Cantrelle Designs.
2. Hang a wreath:
They’re not just for
Christmas.
“It’s a very organic and
natural way to warm up
the porch, and it doesn’t
need to be watered,
tended, adjusted — or
even season-specific,”
said Bailey, who is host-
ing a free wreath-making
workshop at the Highland
Village Anthropologie next
month. “You can forage for
currently blooming green-
ery in your own backyard
to make a fresh wreath
that will live forever,” she
said. Many natural materi-
als (like grapevine, thistle
berries, leaves, pinecones,
twigs, moss, magnolias,
ivy, eucalyptus, fern, feath-
ers and cotton) will dry
well and stay fresh-look-
ing. And you can often find
them while wandering
your own neighborhood or
Hoffman: Billy Joel plays hits from Texas artists at concert
Hoffman from page E1
a conspiracy theory: Is
it possible that “SNL”
producer Lorne Mi-
chaels, who will not be
the keynote speaker at
next year’s Republican
convention, threw the
show to sabotage the
Trump campaign? It was
that excruciating ... rock-
bottom stuff.
Nothing but the hits:
The best thing about Billy
Joel’s concert at Toyota
Center: He didn’t say the
most frightening words
in the world of clas-
sic rock ’n’ roll … “Let’s
slow it down and play a
few songs from my new
album.”
Aarrghh! New mate-
rial from oldies acts? The
worst!
While Joel remains
one of the most popular
concert draws (17,000
fans in sold-out Toyota
Center Saturday night)
Designers create balance with antiques
Designers from page E1
In the meantime, we
asked a few of these
designers to tell us why
— and how — to decorate
with antiques.
A single antique can
warm up a room. Even
if your style is modern
or contemporary, adding
something old will prob-
ably enrich it. Antiques
can give a space “more
character and life,” says
designer Ben Johnston of
Avondale Design Studio,
who likes to mix antiques
into any space he deco-
rates.
Just adding a small
piece can make a big
difference, said Courtney
Tartt Elias of Creative
Tonic Design. “Even
something as simple as an
old textile will add a whole
layer to your house.”
If you find a beautiful
vintage shawl in Venice,
bring it home and drape
it over your furniture. It’ll
add texture, color and a bit
of your personality.
The best rooms are
a mix of old and new.
It might seem easier to
just buy new furniture,
and that’s what plenty of
Osborne’s clients want
to do. Young clients,
especially, “go through the
Pottery Barn, Restoration
Hardware stage,” she said,
fashioning rooms in which
everything coordinates
and everything is new. But
then their tastes evolve,
and they want something
more personal. That’s
when Osborne tries to
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Designer Regina Gust used pine and magnolia for the
front door of this spare, crisply decorated home.
a public park.
What to do: To make
your own, buy a wire
wreath form in any size
and 20-gauge crafting wire
at a hobby store, then use
your outdoor finds to cre-
ate small bunches that you
can then stagger around
the wreath form and
secure with wire. Graphic
and biggest record sellers
in music history (99.5 mil-
lion albums and singles),
he hasn’t released a pop
album in more than two
decades.
His last album of new
material was “River of
Dreams” in 1993.
Coolest thing about a
Billy Joel concert: Wher-
ever he plays, he does
songs made famous by
artists from that state. For
his Toyota Center show,
he performed “Boys of
Summer” (Don Henley),
“Piece of My Heart” (Janis
Joplin), “Peggy Sue” (Bud-
dy Holly), “Rock Around
the Clock” (Bill Haley)
and “Oh Pretty Woman”
(Roy Orbison).
Then he said, “This
guy’s from Texas,” and
went into “Dance to the
Music” by Sly and the
Family Stone. It got the
crowd, including those
lucky ticket holders
behind the stage, up and
Theta Charity Antiques Show
Where: Bayou City Event Center, 9401 Knight
When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday. Preview party is 7-10 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: General admission is $15; preview party
admission is $200. Lectures, Designers Walk and
other special events require additional tickets; go to
thetacharityantiquesshow.com and click “Buy Tickets” to
see prices and purchase.
Information: thetacharityantiquesshow.com
bring in antiques, long-
lasting investment pieces
that introduce a sense of
history and timelessness.
“What I hope to do is say,
‘OK, let’s find things that
will be long-term, that
you’ll want to keep.’ ”
When he shops for an-
tiques for clients, Johnston
said, “I contemplate how
I can contrast the pieces
with more modern ones to
breathe new life into the
old and new.”
For instance, he’ll find
an old Queen Anne chair,
reupholster the seat with
a fresh, bold fabric and
then pair it with a sleek
midcentury dining table.
“The result is timeless
design that will never go
out of style,” he said.
Make old pieces
look new. Maybe you’ve
furnished your whole
house with antiques (and
near-antiques) passed
down from your parents
or grandparents. Your
space doesn’t have to look
musty and old. “I say, keep
the old things,” Elias said.
“Let’s paint them, let’s
change them up a bit. You
can take something old
and paint it to look new.”
And if the rest of your
Julie Soefer
ribbons are a nice accent
and make for easy display-
ing. For hanging, consider
removable wall hooks like
Command Brand, which
come in clear, bronze and
gold finishes and won’t
hurt your door. “A good
rule of thumb is mak-
ing the wreath centered
around the doorknocker
dancing. But Sly Stone is
from Texas? Didn’t know
that. I thought he was a
San Francisco disc jockey
who put together a band
in the ’60s and created the
“psychedelic soul” sound.
Came home and looked
it up. Sly Stone was born
in Denton. Learn some-
thing new …
Coming up: The
greatest one-hit wonder
of them all, Debby Boone,
will perform March 11 and
12 at the Tobin Center in
San Antonio. Her only
hit song was “You Light
Up My Life” in 1977. But
it was No. 1 for a then-
record 10 consecutive
weeks. She never cracked
the charts again.
One week later, her fa-
ther Pat Boone, who had
slightly more hit singles
(38 of them between 1955
and 1962), will perform at
Dosey Doe on I-45 in The
Woodlands.
His No. 1 hits: “Ain’t
house is contemporary,
you can make an antique
fit your style. Just update it
with paint, lacquer or new
hardware. For one client’s
bedroom, Johnston found
an old Witco cabinet from
the 1960s. He made the
piece look fresh by having
the body ebonized and
the doors gold-leafed.
He accessorized with a
mix of old (World War
II-era prints) and new (a
contemporary vase and
lamp). “Looking at the
space now, it feels fresh
and contemporary, but
it’s largely made up of
antiques,” Johnston said.
Collect something.
Displaying a collection of
antiques “can really make
your house have just a
little more interest to it,”
Osborne said.
It doesn’t matter what
you like — a certain type
of porcelain, maybe, or
old tea caddies, match
strikers, or alabaster
boxes. Having a collection
gives you something to
look for when you shop
and travel, Elias said: “It’s
fun to have your eye on
something.” Collecting
something over the years,
she said, “brings things
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When hanging a wreath on the front door, try
centering over the doorknocker or house numbers.
or apartment number or
centered to the average eye
height,” Rose said.
3. Accessorize in
threes: If you’re
grouping anything —
pumpkins, gourds, plants
or other seasonal items —
have fun mixing it up with
varying sizes and textures,
but when in doubt, a trio is
the way to go.
“I always defer to the
rule of three,” Cantrelle
said. “Working with
sets of three keeps your
eyes moving and looking
around.”
She recommends plac-
ing larger, darker objects at
the bottom or in the back
of the lighter, more colorful
That a Shame,” “I Almost
Lost My Mind,” “Don’t
Forbid Me,” “Love Letters
in the Sand” (seven
weeks), “April Love”
(six weeks) and “Moody
River.” Tickets for the
March 19 show, which
includes a three-course
dinner, are $98 to $158,
available at doseydoe.
com. I recommend the
chicken-fried steak and
smashed potatoes.
Looking good: For
the second consecutive
week, the University
of Houston played in a
downpour at TDECU Sta-
dium. But when it rains,
UH pours it on.
The undefeated
Cougars beat Cincinnati,
33-30, and moved up to
No. 16 in both the AP and
USA Today coaches polls.
If UH wins out, and
Ohio State stumbles, the
Coogs could meet the
Buckeyes in the Peach
Bowl in Atlanta on New
into your home that help
tell your story.”
When in doubt, look
for art. “Art is always so
important” in any room,
Osborne said, but you
don’t have to limit yourself
to old paintings. Maybe
you want to cover a wall
with antique barometers,
she said. That’s fine. “I just
have fun with it.”
Old prints are an
excellent — and usually af-
fordable — way to add art,
Elias said. She recently
bought a collection of 19th-
century drawings from a
metal fabricator outside
London for her own home
— sepia-toned images of
old gates and fireplace
grates. “We framed them
in real contemporary
frames, a lot of them,” she
said. “They look so good
together.”
Trust your own taste.
You don’t have to follow
the rules. Want to mix
pieces from several time
periods? Hang a bunch of
old clocks on the wall? Go
for it, designers say. But
use pieces you genuinely
like, not just the ones
you think you should
appreciate.
When you’re shopping
a flea market, a resale
shop or an antiques show,
“go through with an open
mind and see what catches
your eye,” Osborne said.
If you like something, you
can make it work in your
home, and it’ll give your
space a bit of personality.
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objects. And perfection
is overrated. How much
is enough? “If it’s hard to
navigate, see the house
numbers or requires a lot
of agility for people to get to
your door, it’s too much.”
4. Mind the details:
The little things, like
a splash of fresh paint,
hardware and a welcome
mat can make a big impact.
“Beautiful door hardware
is the perfect jewelry for
any door, in any season,”
Cantrelle said, and “you
never know whose feet
may be stepping on your
mat as they ring your
doorbell.”
“House numbers or a
new doorknocker are a
Year’s Eve. Adding
spice to the bowl, UH
head coach Tom Her-
man would be facing his
former team. He was Ohio
State’s offensive coordina-
tor before taking the UH
job last year.
Nothing beats beating
your old boss.
Home cooking tip:
The other night, I got the
urge to make French toast
at home. I ran to the clos-
est supermarket, which
happens to be Whole
Foods, to pick up a loaf
of any old white bread.
There I saw Authentic
French Brioche, $5.99,
from a company called
Euro Classic Imports
Specialty Foods.
French toast made with
real French bread from
France! Why use simple
white bread when I can go
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great place to show some
personality, too,” she said.
And a new color is every
designer’s answer for a
simple update: “Paint is
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and you only need a small
pint,” she added. Vibrant
colors, such as teal and
yellow, feel fresh and
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“When you work to make
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pride in it and get excited
about what you made hap-
pen, and from others’ per-
spective, it says ‘welcome.’
and ‘we love our home!’ ”
5. Let there be light:
Last, but not least,
make sure your porch light
works, emitting a warm,
inviting glow. Lanterns
look good paired with
other objects and make a
charming addition to any
porch, Menges said. Solar
lighting is another, energy-
efficient option. “The front
door definitely sets the
tone of a welcoming atmo-
sphere for dinner parties,
holidays and weekend
guests right from the get-
go,” Rose added. “It’s a lot
like judging a hotel by the
lobby.”
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upscale for three or four
times the price?
This bread made
incredible French toast.
Better than IHOP, Buf-
falo Grille, the Egg and
I, Peeps and all the other
breakfast joints. The
brioche was so soft and
buttery, it really soaked
up the egg mixture. The
finished French toast was
soggy and mushy in the
middle … perfect!
I shook on some cin-
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it with syrup. Log Cabin?
Aunt Jemima? Mrs. But-
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amuse me. I sprung for
the hard stuff, real maple
syrup from Vermont.
One of the best break-
fast for dinners I’ve ever
had.
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Bizarro
JaCQueline Bigar
Your Horoscope for Tuesday, November 10
aries (march 21-april 19) HHHH
You’ll get an earful early on. What you are
hearing could be good information, but it
also might be somewhat overwhelming.
Consider allowing the person with the
ideas to carry the banner on this issue.
taurus (april 20-may 20) HHHH
You might be stubborn and want to have
your way. However, someone else is
determined to run the show. Go off and
enjoy those in your life.
gemini (may 21-June 20) HHH All
mother goose and grimm work and no play isn’t healthy, but today
you might not have a choice. Stick to your
vision when making a decision about a
key project. Is this idea worth pursuing?
Only you can decide.
CanCer (June 21-July 22) HHHHH
Your energy seems to soar. You’ll need it
to dive into your work, an artistic project
or something that allows you to create
and manifest.
leo (July 23-aug. 22) HHH Someone
might be pressuring you. Most likely, this
person wants you to do something that
you have no interest in doing. You have
been saying “no” in your own way, but this
person is refusing to listen.
hagar the horriBle Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22) HHHH You
can’t complain about people not appre-
ciating your ideas if you are not sharing
them. Start being more open about what
you desire.
liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22) HHHH You
could be exhausted by everything that is
occurring. However, you can deflect any
negativity or energy that feels off. Use
caution with your finances.
sCorPio (oct. 23-nov. 21) HHHHH
Your natural style encourages agreement
where there otherwise would be uproar.
Stay on top of a situation that is a high
priority. Only you can create what you re-
ally want here. Someone else can try, but
he or she won’t be as successful.
sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
HHH You might want to slow down be-
fore you take a leap of faith. Consider the
pros and cons of your decisions. Adrena-
line runs high as you consider a new path.
You are likely to head in that direction
sooner rather than later.
CaPriCorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH
Once others get that you aren’t going to
change your direction, they will want to
join you. You can’t blame them for want-
ing to have their ideas acknowledged,
though. Your determination is clear.
aQuarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18) HHHH
Be willing to take a stand and let others
decide whether to join you. You know that
what you are doing has financial impli-
cations. You might wonder what others
think.
PisCes (feb. 19-march 20) HHHH
Investigate other ways of viewing a
problem or situation. You recognize how
unique each person’s vision is. Much of
what we see and say emerges from our
backgrounds. Do your best to detach and
take in the whole picture. You might be
surprised!
haPPy Birthday (nov. 10) This
year your imagination feeds your creativ-
ity to such an extent that others often are
dumbfounded by your ideas and solu-
tions. Sometimes you could be a bit self-
absorbed. Be aware of this tendency.
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in a special-needs child.
Alex is not living in real-
ity when it comes to our
daughter’s disabilities, and
his family is not present in
her life.
Our daughter,
“Meghan,” spent months in
the hospital before she was
healthy enough to come
home, and Alex’s family
visited only a few times.
I have tried to resolve the
issues with Alex’s family
so our daughter can have
a relationship with them,
but it is still one-sided.
Meghan’s paternal family
will send a present for her
birthday or Christmas,
but they spend no time
with her. They have other
grandchildren in other
states that his mother
drives hours to see, but she
won’t drive five minutes to
see my daughter.
I’d like to start rejecting
the gifts they send Meghan
with a note explaining why.
I find it disturbing that
they’ll spend money on my
child, but are unwilling
to spend time with her. I
feel the gifts are a payoff. I
don’t want Meghan to feel
like the odd
man out
when she’s
old enough
to realize
how she
ABBY is treated
compared
to the other grandchildren.
End of My Rope
Dear End of My Rope:
I hate to see you sever
your already tenuous ties
with Meghan’s paternal
family. Their behavior
toward her may have
something to do with the
fact that she has disabili-
ties, or the “turbulence” of
your five-year relationship
with their son.
If they would consent
to it, I would recommend
family counseling for all
of you. However, if they
won’t, and because you feel
that their lack of involve-
ment in Meghan’s life will
eventually become hurtful
to her, you are within your
rights to reject their gifts
and find more support for
her within your family.
Dear Abby:
My son tells me no one
wants to hang out with
him at the small commu-
nity college he attends.
He is a handsome, loving,
polite young man who
earned the citizenship
award three years in a row
in elementary school. His
sister and I were discuss-
ing that maybe he is being
too polite and it could turn
people off. No one likes the
rex MorGan, M.D.
“nice guy.” Do you have
any advice I can give him?
Raised a Good Boy
Dear Raised a Good Boy:
I disagree with your
statement that no one likes
a nice guy. Nice people like
nice people. From this dis-
tance, I am unable to guess
what your son’s problem
might be.
However, it is telling phantoM
that you are seeking advice
about his social problems,
not him. The best advice
you could convey to your
son would be to talk about
this with a counselor at
school. Together, they may
be able to figure out why
he has trouble fitting in.
You should also encour-
age him to get involved in
activities, which should
widen his circle of ac-
quaintances. argyle sweater hoCus foCus
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Dear Abby
P.O. Box 69440
Los Angeles, CA 90069
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clock in the bathroom,
I put one of my wrist-
watches near my makeup.
This way, with a simple
glance, I am on time when
going out.
Alice R., Ventura, Calif.
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and mois- use an old toothbrush as
ture in the an excellent a cleaning
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Heloise shavings.
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STAR
THEATER REVIEW

‘Silent Sky’ a starry winner for Main Street

By Everett Evans
Main Street Theater
has always aimed high,
artistically speaking.
So it’s no surprise to
find the company looking
to the stars as it reopens
its theater following an
extensive, $2 million reno-
vation.
With its admirable
Houston premiere of Lau-
ren Gunderson’s “Silent
Sky,” both the company
and founding artistic
director Rebecca Greene
Udden are working con-
fidently in characteristic
mode.
Start with the intel-
ligent script, with its his-
toric setting and feminist
perspective. It’s the fact-
based saga of trailblaz-
ing early-20th-century
astronomer Henrietta
Leavitt — a figure virtu-
ally unknown despite her
important contributions
to the field. Add Udden’s
graceful, quietly effective
direction and an engag-
ing cast led by Shannon
Emerick, spot-on in a
role she was born to play,
and you have what fans
have come to recognize
as a typical Main Street
Theater production.
The added dimension
is that, with the new
technical and scenic capa-
bilities and more gener-
ously proportioned stage,
Main Street can apply
production values several
degrees above what was
previously possible.
Spanning 1900-20, the
play begins with the hero-
ine’s brief speech, setting
the mood and theme. The
first scene shows Henri-
etta leaving her home in
Wisconsin to take a job
at the Harvard Observa-
James Monaghan and Shannon Emerick star in Main Street Theater’s production
of “Silent Sky.”
tory and establishes the
loving yet conflict-ridden
relationship between the
heroine and her sister,
Margaret. Henrietta is a
modern woman, career-
oriented, inspired and
upheld by scientific ex-
ploration. Margaret is the
more traditional family-
oriented sort, inspired
and upheld by religious
faith. It sounds schematic,
yet it’s surprising how
well the play works this
dynamic, without getting
obvious — especially
when the story takes a
darker turn in Act 2.
At Harvard, Henrietta
discovers she’s been hired
as one of the “women
computers” whose job
is to catalog the stars on
the basis of glass photo
plates made by their male
colleagues. Women aren’t
even allowed to use the
nized, it’s not Henrietta ‘Silent Sky’
but her male colleagues When: 7:30 p.m.
who get the chance to Thursdays-Saturdays, 3
apply her findings. Then p.m. Sundays, through Nov.
ominous stomach pains 29
signal more pressing con- Where: Main Street
cerns for the heroine. Theater, 2540 Times
Gunderson’s writing Tickets: $36-$39; 713-524-
strikes a balance between 6706, mainstreettheater.
the cerebral and poetic com
that’s ideal for this subject
matter. She has a flair
for a nicely turned line, humanity — and in
as when Peter says: “For times of trial, especially,
weeks, you’ve been the sisterliness.
brightest object in my James Monaghan
life — and we work with amuses with his initial
stars.” Henrietta’s open- fussiness as Peter. He
ing and closing mono- grows more sympathetic
logues, the latter project- as he recognizes
ing into the future, are Henrietta’s qualities;
examples of exceptionally then later, is believably
effective stage writing. conflicted when
Udden’s direction cap- circumstances separate
tures the spirit of the play them.
James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle and its heroine. The atmo- As budding suffrag-
sphere, blending wonder- ette Annie, Elizabeth
ment and matter-of-fact Marshall Black is sober
modesty, proves subtly and severe yet a sweet-
telescope. Nor does Hen- luminosity relationship.” affecting. Udden brings heart underneath. Claire
rietta have access to the It would prove the semi- charm and the right light Hart-Palumbo makes a
observatory director who nal principle necessary touch to the hesitant jovial, down-to-earth Wil-
hired her; she must deal for accurately measuring romance; and later, quiet liamina.
with his assistant, Peter. the distance of stars, the depth and dignity to the Liz Freese’s handsome,
Henrietta and Peter make size of the known uni- profound scene between airy setting features a sky-
bad first impressions, he verse and everything else Margaret and the ailing light high upstage, made
by stressing the impor- in modern astronomy. Henrietta. up of six panels showing
tance of “knowing her Meanwhile, the ani- Emerick invests an ever-changing array
place” and staying there, mosity between Henrietta Henrietta with a quality of evocative projections.
she by challenging him and Peter gives way to perhaps best described Margaret Crowley’s
every step of the way. attraction. Yet when it’s as intellectual vivacity. neat period costumes,
But as she gets to know about to blossom into an She’s bright, determined, Eric L. Marsh’s lighting
her colleagues, Annie and actual romance, Henri- driven to know, know, and Shawn W. St. John’s
Williamina, Henrietta etta’s father has a stroke know about everything — sound design all enhance
realizes the importance and she’s called home to or at least, to know why the proceedings.
of the work and applies help care for him. When she can’t know. The play’s title is
herself. She works twice she returns a few years Jennifer Dean, playing “Silent Sky” — but I could
as hard in extra hours on later, Peter is cool and the opposite type as swear I heard the stars
her own research, which distant. And though the Margaret, strikes the right faintly singing.
eventually leads to her importance of Henrietta’s contrast. She finds the
discovery of the “period- breakthrough is recog- exceptional in ordinary everett.evans@chron.com

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