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"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. Local latin pulse of Bryar lege Station's jano is one of I in the area. Se ElTejano, Lul, and deejayed Big-name Perez, one of in the indusl formed at Tej Tejano mi music, and it country musi principal | Seven-year-old Tori Tackett slam dunks in a game of pool I at the Recreation Center’s backyard pool. Illegal gift clubs surfaci 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 BATTALION Beverly Mireles, Jeff Kempf, Managing Editor Jason Bennyhoff, Aggielife/Radio Editor Beth Ahlquist, Copy Chief Jennifer Bales, Night News Editor April Young, City Editor Jeanette Simpson, Asst. 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