Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 1

-1 THURSDAY Tagle wins federal confiimation Below Union Pacific a stop taking US C7 Thumbs down for Darden B6 The madness begins today ci New aits entertainme column Mid-50s mid-40s 30 chance Irfrain WeadKi tide chart BIO B6 CoffBlflitO IMS CdhMVnw PuMUNng Cnwpwy 1 March 12 1998 Fifty cents More than 199940 daily readers miM like Me byprednct BWowtottwpw--canteg turnout by pradnct in NuoomT County Thu county- turnout primary Ji1- par aik i VW nWM 30 yean Border Patrol mounts recruitment campaign Patrol is or that it is a federal law enforcement Sherman said The fact that new agents are generally assigned to isolated towns along the Southwest border and are required to pay their own moving expenses also hurts recruitment Sherman said people love those towns but if from Neyv York City you might Sherman said By JlM Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON Unde Sam wants you to patrol the border Under congressional pressure to hire 1000 new agents a year and saddled by low name recognition the US Border Patrol is turning to a national advertising campaign to recruit agents Newspaper and full-page national magazine advertisements for the agency will carry the slogan US Border Patrol a career with borders but no The ads aimed at attracting young college graduates women minorities and ex-soldiers will appear this year in national publications induding Jet magazine said Robert Sherman director of human resources at the nology in law Low unemployment high standards and foe congressional directive to add 1000 more agents every year through 2003 has forced the agency to beef up its recruitment efforts Sherman said Focus groups showed that lot of folks know what the Border Immigration and Naturalization Service New agents earn from $25000 to $35000 AnH recruiters describe the job of apprehending illegal immigrants as great career for people who love foe freedom of the great outdoors and want to work with some of foe most sophisticated tech iMRKIVM APARTMENT LIFE CATCHING ON DOWNTOWN irj -jvJ 130 8 '4r 1 1 £jO'i'Mvi7-9: -1044 565 i-V 412 519 is 144585 99 It 16 iVvi3i $17-44175 4204ii5j 44 -A7r-h 25 26 £4:4 55 £'274451 4 28 444155 30 V44 55 31 '4-75- r- 32 334-477 34 1' '4105 8 36 '129 745! 55 4 91 -4485 '40 £4t £V42 iV 57 57 5 43 It (tarace epkalr Bush retains clear lead for governor By Steve Bay Scripps Howard Texas Poll Syndicate 1998 Scripps Howard Texas Poll Hie race for lieutenant governor is neck-and-neck between Democrat John Sharp and Republican Rick Perry but many voters are undecided according to The Scripps Howard Texas Poll Sharp has 41 percent of likely voters compared with 35 percent for Republican Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry in their campaign for election in November But 19 percent of likely voters are undecided who they would vote for if the election were today The race is dose because the margin of error for the likely vot-ers is plus or minus 38 percentage points meaning the responses could vary by that much in either direction In the November Texas Poll Sharp received 32 percent Perry 30 percent and 35 percent were undecided The lieutenant race was among three general election contests induded in this quarter's Texas Poll That position is considered the most powerful office because it has control over many issues considered by the Legislature Meanwhile the state race to replace Sharp is also dose between Republican Railroad Commissioner Carole Rylander and Houston businessman Paul Hobby Rylander has 36 percent of support compared with 30 percent for Hobby Twenty-nine percent of the voters are undedded One race that is not dose is the campaign for governor Gov George Bush continues to have a commanding lead over challenger Garry Mauro the David AdanxCaNw-TIniM Artist Terry Janies looks out the window of his loft onto in his loft derides suburban apartment complexes as the Mesquite Street James who lives and works McDonaldizatk)n of living spaces Dowvrowv Loft Im Above the storefronts behind those curtains: Home 91 65 125 -w 49 444 5-0 50 4 4 155 4 51 (4105 52 44115 4 53 14 11 9: '54 4590 "55 595 4i 59 57 59 58 fvi135" 59 4:4138 4 60 81 61 95 62 5516 1 63 4 169- 44 510 65 155 66 105 67v4 1 131 lv 66 86 69 4119 4 70wi78 -fl71 177 72 "4115 73 55 4 74 4121 1 75 4 109 76 465 77 4 4479' 78 120 79 55 80 4 137 81 15 82 4 55 -83 4 95 84 126 typical apartment complexes calling them the of living spaces is not foe of America? be says pointing to the combination of wooden support beams and brick walls that give his downtown loft a funky still-underconstruction look just a more natural feel Sure I can hear the traffic and the noise but then again I paint at night so it bother In downtown Corpus Christi and across Texas loft-style apartments are sprouting from converted ware- Please sae D0WNT0WRA12 mahogany staircase lpads to an expanse of open space 14-foot ceilings loom oveniead and double-hung windows interrupt exposed-brick walls every few feet Terry James is a local folk artist who has lived in New York and New Orleans In Corpus Christi he chose to live in this $600 per- month space a former cluster of second-floor offices with business lettering still painted on some of the frosted-glass doors because suburbia 1 is where says James who pooh-poohs By Diane La Morte CiDerltaes 1 ome of downtown -1-Corpus greatest 1 spaces are hidden behind peeling street-level doorframes and second-story rows of leaded glass windows From the sidewalk the stirrings of life are subtle: A flutter of curtains through an open window the underleaves of a hanging plant But step through one of foe nondescript thresholds and a grand Ptnat Me P0UA7 Senate approval puts Tagle on federal bench in Valley Baltazar is sentenced to death for slaying of Adriana Marines Defense team pleading for his life cites troubled childhood From staff reports MORUIKG Ann Landera B7 Bridge B7 Business C7 Classified D1 Comics B4-5 Crosswords B4-5 Deaths B9 Editorials A10 Funerals B9 Horoscope B7 Jumble B4 Living B6 Local B1 Movies D9 Sports Cl TV D9 wwwcallercofn county-court-at-law judge before being elected to the 148th District Court judge showed real integrity and patience throughout the suid US Sen Kay Bailey Hutchinson R-Texas congratulate Judge Tagle on her Although Clinton nominated Tagle to the federal bench in 1995 action on her confirmation did not begin until February Her term on the bench of the 148tli District Court was set to expire Dec 31 1998 US Rep Solomon Ortiz D-Corpus Christi said he is very pleased about Tagle confirmation Please in TMIEM i sentendng John Richard Baltazar 25 to death He also received life sentences for two counts of aggravated assault for shooting father Jose Arturo Marines and her 11 -year-old cousin Vanessa Marine! Although the parents were pleased with the sentence it could never make up for HeaNaNKUWH The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed District Judge Hilda appointment to the federal bench making her the first female Hispanic federal judge in Texas Tagle said is a dream come true: a culmination of my Thgle noting that March is History Month said she hopes her success will inspire other women to set lofty goals started off as a beautician and I wanted to go to she said you have a dream you should pursue A native of Robstown Tagle 51 was a By Jim Day CiUer-Tmes The parents of Adriana Marines drove to Seaside Memorial Park Wednesday evening to tell their tie girl her killer was sentenced to die helps some I can move on now somewhat of a said Ma tilde Cuellar the mother of the 5-year-old girl who was killed in a shooting spree in her home on Sept 27 1997 A 12-member jury deliberated for about three hours Wednesday before.