Contra-Minuteman group in opposition is planning to monitor the monitors About 700 Minuteman volunteers patrolling South Texas this April will be one of the more visible results of what Michael Vickers hopes to accomplish as Texas state director of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. Vickers, a veterinarian and ranch owner in Falfurrias, was appointed state director Thursday and said he'll appoint regional directors to organize the minuteman corps around Texas. His goal is to have a rotating force of volunteers monitoring 600,000 acres across South Texas for undocumented immigrants for a week or more at a time. Between 40 and...