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NEWS
Thursday,Ji
THE BATTALION
Second Texas inmate
executed this month
Father of Soria victim attends injection
Above the rim
hursday, July 27 -
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP)—A con
victed killer who last month nearly
severed the hand of a prison chaplain
in a razor attack on death row was ex
ecuted Wednesday for the abduction
and slaying of a Fort Worth teenager
15 years ago.
"I guess we'll see everyone after this
surgery is performed," Juan Soria said
at the conclusion of his final statement.
"It is finished."
The lethal drugs were administered,
Soria gasped slightly, and then was pro
nounced dead seven minutes later.
Soria, 33, condemned for the death
of Allen Bolden, was
covered with a sheet
up to his chest in the
death chamber. A tow
el covered his arms.
Prison officials said he
had numerous self-in
flicted cuts.
He spoke slowly
and barely audibly for
several minutes, men
tioning "Allah" and
"love" repeatedly.
"I call to all of my
“I'm still
short a son
This execu
tion doesn't
fix that. ”
— Edward Bolden
Father of Soria's victim
least six executions are scheduled for
August.
Soria's punishment drew none of the
attention that was focused on last
month's lethal injection of Gary Gra
ham, whose claims of innocence and an
unfair trial spotlighted Texas as the na
tion's most active execution state and
the support of the death penalty by Gov.
George W Bush, the presumptive Re
publican presidential nominee.
Soria's attorneys did not seek a re
prieve from Bush, who could have is
sued a one-time 30-day halt to an exe
cution. The U.S. Supreme
Court refused Tuesday to
reconsider his case and the
Texas Board of Pardons and
Paroles earlier voted 18-0
against clemency for Soria.
Allen Bolden, 17, was
leaving the Fort Worth
Boys Club, where he
worked as a lifeguard and
swimming instructor,
when Soria and Mike La
gunas, then 18, asked for a
ride in his father's Oldsmo-
brothers and sisters and to members of
the human race that still have some
knowledge for what love, divine love,
is," he said. "Love is brought by this
prophet Allah. ... We extend our love
to everybody."
He never made eye contact with Ed
ward Bolden, the father of his victim,
who watched through a window nearby.
"I'll never have to get up and look at
a letter from yet another court from yet
another attorney filing yet another ap
peal, most of which were just absolute
ly asinine," Bolden said. "That, if any
thing, makes me glad.
"I'm still short a son. This execution
doesn't fix that."
Soria's execution was the second this
month in Texas and the 26th this year. At
bile Toronado.
When they all were in the car. Lagu
nas pulled a gun and threatened to kill
Bolden if he did not cooperate.
According to court documents, Bold
en was ordered to drive to a secluded
area under a bridge in north Fort Worth
where he was taken from the car. After
Lagunas hit Bolden in the head with a
rock, knocking him to the ground, Soria
told police that at Lagunas' urging, he
"bent down and stabbed the guy twice
in the soft spot at the back of the head."
The knife severed Bolden's spinal
cord and killed the nationally ranked
swimmer who had earned a scholarship
to Texas Christian University and
planned to be a sports doctor.
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Arts
Continued from
Page 1
(PMK), concluded a
study presented by the
arts council. Romei said
audience members, per
formers, sponsors and
government officials
were interviewed to de
termine whether a new
performing arts center
was needed.
"In a phone poll taken
two years ago, it showed
about 84 percent of peo
ple in the Brazos Valley
wanted a new perform
ing arts center," Romei
said. "The phone poll led
to the study and the
study led to the concep
tualization stage that we
are now in."
Romei said that, at
the end of the study,
three options were clas
sified by price.
"The first option is to
build a center that would
cost $5 to $7 million,"
Romei said. "The second
option is about $10 to $12
million, and the third op
tion is $18 to $20 million.
The options differ. For in
stance, one option has
only one theater and in
another option there are
two theaters. People are
leaning toward the sec
ond option."
Talitha Marburger, a
junior nutrition major,
thinks the performing
arts center will benefit the
whole community.
"I think the new arts
center will be very bene
ficial because it will
bring more variety of
arts to this area," said
Marburger. "The com
munity will be able to get
more involved by hav
ing programs provided
by OPAS and in the new
arts center."
Romei said the new
performing arts center is
still in planning stages
and a site has not been
chosen.
"A site has not been
decided on because we
are in the stage of con
ceptualizing," Romei
said. "There is a commit
tee set up to decide the fu
ture fate of location. We
are in works with the
school of architecture and
a firm in New York. I
think it will be completed
in two years."
Romei said there are
several ways to fund the
center.
"The funding will be a
partnership between the
government, private and
business contributions,"
he said.
DALLAS (AP) — In the latest spin
on the age-old pyramid scheme,
women are draining their bank ac
counts and taking out loans they can
not always afford for a shot at the big
bucks.
A bit pricey, perhaps, but it sounds
innocuous enough: a women's club
Ibtrt eoste" Whbfe imem- *
bers mingle and exchange cash gifts in,
restaurants and homes.
The best part? The promise of a re
turn on their initial investment to the
tune of $40,000.
But, as always, hype rarely lives up
to reality, and most participants either
wind up penniless or in trouble with
the law.
Two women in Princeton, in rural
Collin County, were arrested Tuesday
for partaking in one such gifting
scheme, which is illegal under Texas
law.
Princeton police said Shannon
Ford, 29, and 52-year-old Judy Gipson
were arrested after Ford refused to re
turn a $5,000 investment she made to
Gipson.
Both were charged with a felony
count of promoting an illegal pyramid
scheme.
Police said new club members paid
$5,000 to join. They then became eligi
ble to receive money from the next
eight participants, reaping a potential
windfall of $40,000 during planned
dinner meetings.
Princeton Police Chief Tim Risit
refused to comment further on
matter Wednesday/
Similar clubs have croppt
elsewhere in the United States.
In March, Washington Atti
General Christine Gregoiresued 13p:
moters of a gifting chib, aavsmfa
of OpHaflhg an illegal pyramidsdier
called the Renewal Celebration.
And last week, several male and:
male police officers in Auburn,Mail
were suspended or forced to resign;
ter spending $2,000 to join thelo:
"Changing Liyes" pyramid schemt
Back in Texas, the problembeca:
an epidemic of sorts in March in
lington, southwest of Dallas,"
dozens of calls streaming in tob
police.
"We had so many complat
about it. It became really sow
spread it became the talk of the to*
There were so many people getting
volved," police spokespersonDee
derson said Wednesday.
Authorities eventually teamed
with the Better Business Bureau:
held a news conference wan
women of the clubs.
No arrests were made, andn
members’were stuck to dwell ont
financial losses.
Arlington resident Det
Lindquist borrowed $5,000 fror
bank in March to join one suclid
but never saw a penny of it a
THE
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