Spc. Jeffrey Hinojosa, who works at Camp Mabry was the first person on the scene. He helped rescue the two children from the car.

A local bishop with the Catholic Church told YNN that the short-term lenders have been on the church’s radar for about a year.

According to Bishop Joe Vasquez, about $1 million from Catholic charities statewide has gone to fix the messes left behind when people use payday lenders.

“We are not against business,” Bishop Vasquez said. “We are not against fair lending policies. We are saying this seems to us very clearly to be taking advantage of the poor.”

Bishop Vasquez said the church is dealing with a high number of young people swimming in debt from payday lenders.

“To take out a loan is not a problem, we all find ourselves, maybe, in situations where we need assistance and help. The question here is ‘Are these predatory policies?’” Bishop Vasquez said. “We think they are.”

Nola, a product of Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, is a four-year starter for the Tigers and helped lead LSU to the 2009 national championship. This season, he is hitting .301 with 11 doubles, one homer and 25 RBI, and he has a .970 fielding percentage with only four errors on the year.

Nola was named to the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll with a 3.25 gpa in sport administration. He is also the leader of the LSU baseball program’s community service effort, earning 2011 Southeastern Conference Community Service Team recognition.

Nola, who has started in 195 games during his LSU career, was a 2010 second-team all-SEC selection, and he was the MVP of the 2010 SEC Tournament.

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The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 candidates announced in February. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to determine the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award website through June 11. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I men’s head coaches’ votes to determine the winner.

High-stakes testing has been on the minds of the Austin school community lately.

In recent weeks, students have been taking the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam for the first time. This year, Texas schools are transitioning from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test (TAKS) to the STAAR exam. State education officials have said that for this year alone, STAAR test results would not count for 15 percent of students’ final class grades.

At the meeting, AISD Board President Mark Williams said the district needed to balance wanting higher levels of achievement with creating a rich learning experience for every child.

AISD’s resolution is similar to a model Texas Association of School Administrators resolution that takes a harder line on the issue.

Both commend Commissioner of Education Robert Scott for his concern on the overemphasis of high-stakes testing and continued support of high standards and local accountability. The TASA resolution goes on to say that over-reliance on standardized high-stakes testing is strangling public schools and undermining any chance of educators turning the education system into one that can prepare children to compete on the global stage.

Williams said more than 250 school boards have adopted the TASA resolution or some variation of it.

During citizens communication, resident Mike Corwin said the number of supporting districts had grown to 380.

The board’s vote followed several passionate condemnations of high-stakes standardized testing during citizens communication. Speakers opposed the rote memorization, stifled creative learning and stressful cramming associated with such testing.

Kealing Middle School student Callier Creadle said that even if the board did not listen to parents and teachers, it should listen to students, “the reason you’re here today,” and vote to adopt the resolution.

The couple jumped over from Keller Williams Realty Inc. to build the Redfin book of business. Redfin now operates in 19 metro areas nationwide.

Redfin first launched in Austin in 2010 but referred online visitors to real estate agents working for other brokers.

The company touts a discount model, which rebates a portion of its commission back to the client at closing. The other radically different aspect of the Redfin model is that agents are paid a salary plus bonuses based on customer reviews rather than a commission. Those reviews are published online, as well.

Any commissions that aren’t rebated to consumers, go back to the company. Cyndy Stewart would not say how much she and her husband are paid, but in an article previously published in sister publication, the Phoenix Business Journal, company officials said agents there could expect an annual average base of about $50,000.

Stewart said that the company is a full-service brokerage even though prices for Redfin’s side of any residential transaction are discounted.

“We do what’s right for the customer first and foremost,” Cyndy Stewart said.

Redfin also is known for providing timely data about area real estate transactions online. Many visitors to the Redfin site are interested in monitoring that data, she said.

Redfin expects to hire another three to four agents in Austin before the end of the year, Cyndy Stewart said.

An Austin police statement says officers answering a family disturbance call at a north Austin apartment Monday night found a naked, severely burned 29-year-old man on the floor, with his 25-year-old wife nearby and a strong smell of gasoline in the air.

Fire Capt. Andy Reardon said the man was expecting his wife to massage him with oil. The oil turned out to be gasoline.

The police statement says the man, whose name hasn’t been released, is in critical condition at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo apologized to Cisco’s owner Michael Paxton during the “Dudley and Bob Morning Show” on KLBJ FM Radio. “My heart goes out to him. I think if you ask everybody in the department, believe it or not, we’re animal lovers, just like everybody else,” Acevedo said, according to ABC News’ Las Vegas affiliate KVUE.

“I definitely appreciate the apology, Art,” Paxton replied. “It does me a lot, considering I haven’t been contacted by anybody. To hear that from you, it does mean a lot to me.”

The incident has garnered national attention and anger. A Faebook page called “Justice for Cisco” has more than 71,000 supporters that have left messages of support and, often, outrage.

The shooting happened on Saturday afternoon when Paxton, 40, and his Australian cattle dog were relaxing and playing Frisbee in his Austin backyard when he decided to go get something from his truck in the driveway.

He encountered a police officer who immediately drew his weapon and told Paxton to put his hands up, he said.

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And Chadwick had a hand in the goal, laying the ball off to Diaper, who rifled a shot from 20 yards which struck both posts before crossing the line.

“It was certainly a goal worthy of winning the game,” said manager Alan Alsop, whose side are now five points clear of Brantham having played a game more.