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SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 2
El Paso’s Ambassa-
dor of Good Will, Rosa Guer-
rero, has a mantra every
morning which she offers to
God as she steps out the door
to do the amazing acts of
good which she does: “All I
need is Your love and Your
grace to help me with the
human race.” She also whis-
pers to herself a prayer she
learned from Mother Theresa
– “Live simply, so that others
can simply live.”
Guerrero, who is
one of the most honored
women in El Paso since she
started her teaching and danc-
ing career, says that Hispan-
ics shouldn’t just wait for
September-October to cele-
brate Hispanic Heritage
Month. “We should celebrate
it every day of our lives,”
Guerrero said. “You should
have God in your life every-
day, you should be proud to
be a Hispanic, honor the lan-
guage, honor the culture; cel-
ebrate yourselves.”
Guerrero said that
isn’t always so easy to do, be-
cause many young Hispanics
don’t know their own history,
“A chamuco is a
devil, who lives in
Chamucolandia,”
Guerrero said.
they see themselves in nega-
tive stereotypes as portrayed
by the media, and they be-
lieve those unfortunate as-
pects of who they are. “They
see the negative stereotype of
a Mexican sleeping under a
By Joe Olvera ©, 2010
cactus tree, and they laugh, or
they are ashamed of it. How
do you see the positive side
of something like that? You
must imagine that the Mexi-
can is sleeping under that cac-
tus because he just got off
Guerrero has been a
teacher since 1970, when she
became the first Hispanic
woman to teach at Austin
High School. She became a
teacher because her own
teachers in the 1940s and
1950s were not “kind” to her.
She swore that when she be-
work, and he is dead tired.
came a teacher she would
After all, we Hispanics have
never punish her students for
the strength of our arms; we
speaking Spanish and would
have the strength of our cul-
always respect other ethnici-
ture. That poor Mexican was
ties for their cultural differ-
tired, so he took time off to
ences.
rest.”
Guerrero, who
earned her BA and MA from
then-Texas Western Col-
lege, has been named a
Distinguished Alumni of
U.T. El Paso, was in-
ducted into the Texas
Women’s Hall of Fame.
She was honored with a
lifetime membership in
the Texas PTA, and is
the first Hispanic
woman in El Paso to
have a school named
after her – the Rosa
Guerrero Elementary
School.. Her honors
are too many to men-
tion, but, she still
maintains a humble
spirit, one that in-
cludes talking with
people of all nation-
alities.
“National
Hispanic Heritage Month is
good for us, but, my Indian
heritage is just as important to
me, Guerrero said. “And, yes,
things have changed for the
better, but, there are still too
many Hispanic teachers who
don’t know their own culture,
so how are they going to
teach their students what they
don’t know? Our young peo-
Perhaps it was Jose
Antonio Burciaga, or, per-
haps, it was Abelardo Del-
gado – two great Chicano
legendary writers who called
Guerrero the “poet who com-
municates with her feet,” but,
either way, she has taken their
words to heart and is now be-
ginning a new career as the
author of a children’s book,
“Cuidado con el chamuco,” to
ple need to understand who
be illustrated by the great
artist Francisco Delgado and
they are and where they came
to be published by Cinco
from, but, this is difficult be-
cause in Texas, the curricu-
Puntos Press sometime next
year.
lum in the schools is not
meant to teach about our his-
“A chamuco is a
devil, who lives in Chamu-
tory.
colandia,” Guerrero said.
“If you asked any
“What I’m saying is for
student who is Cesar Chavez,
young people to stay away
that student will invariably
from negatives, because they
answer that he was a boxer.
are all around us. Drugs, sin,
And, yes, Julio Cesar Chavez
crime - everyday we’re
was a great boxer, but, he
tempted by el chamuco – who
wasn’t a great farm worker
may be the devil, el pingo, el
leader and organizer. That’s
Diablo, el cucuy, or satanaz.”
where parents come in. They
She’s got another book in the
are the first educators these
works to be titled “Rosita
students know, thus, the par-
Loves To Dance.”
ents
And for
the future of
Hispanic Her-
itage Month
and the future
or young Chi-
canitos? “I hope
that it penetrates
into the minds
and the hearts of
our young peo-
ple. They need to
feel proud of who
they are, forget
the low self-es-
teem, we’ve got
much of which to
be proud. I’m
happy to have a
month in which to
celebrate ourselves,
our accomplish-
ments. But, the
should
mothers need to get
become more involved in
involved. I’m getting in-
teaching at home what the
volved by becoming a writer
children are not learning in
– if I leave a legacy, it will be
the schools. Parents and chil-
through the written word.
dren need to read, read, read.
From the womb to the tomb,
Read to them in English, read
we don’t need to lose our cul-
to them in Spanish, teach
ture, and, remember, la fa-
them about their past, and
milia is the greatest treasure,
make them feel proud about
the greatest gift we have.
who they are.”
Enjoy it!
 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 3

UIL REGION 22 MARCHING CONTEST Ray Sanchez:

OCT. 16, An American Hero
By Joe Olvera ©, 2010
SOCORRO ACTIVITIES CENTER (SAC)
Legendary U.T. El Paso Basketball
The UIL Region 22 Marching Contest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Coach Don Haskins once said of Ray Sanchez:
the Socorro Activities Center (SAC) on Joe Battle. “Ray Sanchez was totally responsible for
‘Glory Road’ being produced and shown as
close to the way it really happened as Holly-
It will start at 11:30 a.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. Twenty-five bands from 1-A to wood would allow.”
5-AAAAA will be competing. Sanchez, now retired, but, still ac-
tively writing columns and articles, said that’s
not the way he started his career when, in
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1950, he began writing sports for the El Paso
937-0537, nponik@sisd.net Herald-Post. “As Hispanics, we’ve made
progress in the United States, but that’s just
PRIMARY CONTACT: LINDA EAST, EAST COMMUNICATIONS because of our sheer numbers. We’re big,
433-3827, lindaj814@aol.com we’re getting power, but, in the beginning it
was rough.
“Unfortunately, that’s only in El
UILRegion22MarchingContest Paso,” Sanchez said. “However, in other parts
of the nation, it’s still tough.” Sanchez said
October16,2010 that when he first started at the Post as the first Ray Sanchez and Josh Lucas
Hispanic sports writer, he would receive nasty
letters and telephone calls from people who by the Post before him. One time, I saw him
Orderto
WarmUp MoveTo Performance didn’t think that he should’ve been hired. “I leaving the newspaper building with a dejected
Class Time guess they didn’t think that an Hispanic could look on his face. I asked him what had hap-
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write in English. But, Ed Pooley, the Post edi- pened. Ruben told me that he had been re-
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tor, believed in me and he didn’t listen to all jected by the El Paso Times. So, I took him by
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3 FortDavis A 11:35Ͳ11:50 11:55 12:00PM Sanchez said he was also responsi- we went to see Ed Pooley. Well, Pooley hired
ble for another legendary writer to begin his him on the spot.
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career. “Ruben Salazar and I were writers for “And, of course, you know the rest
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SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 4
Fast Track College Education
On Tuesday September 14,
my office (I was in Austin)
attended the most recent
opening of a unique Commu-
nity College/school district
collaborative. The program
is called the Early College
High School Initiative. It is
designed to provide courses
to high school students that will allow them to
graduate with a high school diploma and an Asso-
ciate Degree from Community College.
The program is a result of very strong partnerships
between several school districts and the EPCC.
Before the September 14 opening, there were in
place 4 Early College High School Initiative cam-
puses: Mission del Paso, Northwest, Transmoun-
tain, and the Valle Verde campus.
The newest campus is the Cotton Valley Early Col-
lege High School located on the Campus of Fabens
High School.
I attended the initial class sometime back which
took place within the Socorro Independent School
District and on the Mission del Paso campus near
Eastlake. That initial class was a very small num-
ber. Now the program has over 1,500 students
throughout El Paso County.
What is very unique with the Cotton Valley Cam-
pus is that students from Ft. Hancock are partici-
pating in the program.
There are some very definite benefits from provid-
ing this opportunity to our high school students.
This is a faster track to getting a college degree.
With their graduations, these students will then be
entering higher education as juniors. They are that
much closer to entering the professional world and
getting good salaries.
For the parents, this program saves each family the
cost of going to college during the freshman and
sophomore years. Dr. Richard Rhodes, the presi-
dent of the EPCC, informed the guests that the sav-
ings would be over $20,000. That is a tremendous
savings to either parents or to the students if there
are student loans involved. Too many students
leave higher education with staggering amounts of
debt. Any option to reduce that debt is certainly
worth taking advantage of.
This program has the impact of raising the bar to
our students. The standard of excellence is reset by
the students who apply and are accepted into the
Early College High School Initiative. Whenever
the standard of education is moved, either upward
or downward, there are students who are influ-
enced by that. In this case, there are hundreds of
other students who will now be motivated to
achieve better results in school.
I am so impressed by this program that Dr. Rhodes
has offered to the many school districts in El Paso
County. I offer my thanks to the many Community
College staffers and to the different school district
employees who worked hard to make the new cam-
puses a reality. I am also very proud that my wife
Gracie, a sitting board member of the EPCC, has
been very passionate in supporting the program.
What makes me most proud is the students who are
participating and earning their early college de-
grees through hard work. These young adults, who
happen to reside in rural communities, are demon-
strating to El Paso and to Texas that there are very
intelligent and determined students from such com-
munities.
Chente Quintanilla
State Representative
Ray Sanchez...
Continued from page 3
...Ruben Salazar became one of the
greatest writers our community has ever
known. We both faced many prejudices,
but, we persevered and we overcame the
doubts against us. From that respect,
things have changed, but, there are still
many problems to overcome.”
Sanchez, who, as the Sports
Editor for the Herald-Post, interviewed
many big names and big teams, also
wrote six books during his tenure. They
include “The gods of racing (a humor-
ous novel about the many trials and
tribulations of horse racing fans);”
“Haskins: The Bear Facts (A biography
of legendary UTEP basketball coach
Don Haskins);” “Basketball’s Biggest
Upset (Texas Western changed the sport
with a win over Kentucky in 1966);” “El
Paso’s Greatest Sports Heroes (A histor-
ical novel);” “From Browns to Diablos
(The history of professional baseball in
El Paso, written with Bob Ingram);” and
“The Miners (the history of sports at
University of Texas at El Paso, written
with Bob Ingram).”
He has also been honored by Scripps-
Howard for his column writing and
news reporting; received the Hicks-Mid-
dagh Award in 1993 for Excellence in
Journalism from U.T. El Paso; has been
inducted into five El Paso sports halls of
fame, including the El Paso Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1978, the El Paso High
School Hall of Fame in 1985, the El
Paso Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, the
El Paso Boxing/Karate Hall of Fame in
1993 and the El Paso Golf Hall of Fame
in 1995.
But, there is still some angst
over the way the United States and, es-
pecially, the Republican Party continues
to harangue His-
panics. “Take the
Tea Party, for in-
stance, they are
outrageous. They
want everyone out
of the country, ex-
cept themselves.
They keep saying
that they want their
country back – but,
this country belongs to all of us. After
all, who built it? We did, we Hispanics,
blacks, Asians – we put the country on
our backs and made it what it is today.
“But, that’s not enough for some peo-
ple,” Sanchez said. “As for Hispanic
Heritage Month, it does some good, why
shouldn’t we celebrate our culture, our
traditions, our language? The Germans
do it with Oktoberfest, the Irish, the
British, everyone celebrates their cul-
ture, but, we’re not supposed to? I’m a
full-blooded American, but, some people
still don’t see me that way.”
Sanchez said that Hispanics are still
fighting over the language issue, but, it’s
all about communicating, about commu-
nications. “That’s the main thing. Why
can’t we all be bilingual, or trilingual.
Why does there have to be only one lan-
guage for all of us? Hispanic Heritage
Month is good, it gives us pride. But, the
problem with many Anglos - and they’re
not all racist – is that many of them
don’t want to share this country with us,
they don’t want us to have power of any
sort. It’s okay if they hire us to clean
their house, but, they don’t want us liv-
ing near them. But, it’s all relative. I feel
good and strong. I can still write, and
I’m still doing what they tried to deny
me so many years ago.”
 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 5

WEATHER 101 By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman

When is it the
Coldest?
This is the time of year in El Paso that I love.
We get a bit chilly in the morning and then rapidly
warm up into the 70’s and 80’s by the afternoon. That
early morning chill we get typically happens when
many of you are likely rolling out of bed – sunrise!

Do you know why our temperatures are typically lowest around sunrise? Dur-
ing the day, energy arriving from the sun exceeds energy that the Earth radiates
back into space, so temperatures usually rise. At night, incoming solar energy
drops off, but the Earth continues to radiate energy, so temperatures typically
fall. Dawn comes after a full night in which the Earth has lost energy and re-
ceived very little.

Often the temperature does fall for a short time after sunrise, though it is only a
degree or two at most. And even if the temperature doesn’t fall as the sun is ris-
ing, the air may actually feel colder to you. That’s because we are used to it
being colder when it’s dark and warmer when it’s light. So, as the sky begins to
brighten in the morning and the temperature remains nearly the same, we might
perceive that it is colder than it actually is. Also, wind generally increases dur-
ing the day. The air sometimes begins to stir just after sunrise, and an increase
in wind would make us feel colder.

If there are no fronts or precipitation nearby, the daily temperature cycle is pri- Weather Trivia:
marily controlled by the radiation budget. This is a comparison between the in-
coming radiation from the sun (sunlight) and the terrestrial radiation given off
What is El Paso’s average low temperature for the
by the earth’s surface (felt as heat.) When the sun goes down, the incoming ra- month of October?
diation from the sun stops, but there is still a lot of radiation that has been ab-
sorbed by the earth, so we still feel heat near the earth even after the sun goes
down. At night, the loss of terrestrial radiation continues, and the ground and
the air near it cools. Earth’s surface is typically in radiation “debt” from a cou- A. 68 degrees
ple of hours before sunset to near sunrise. When the sun comes up and the in-
crease of incoming radiation from the sun equalize with the loss of radiation B. 62 degrees
from earth, we get the coolest temperature of the day. Sometimes in winter
when the sun is low in the sky, the earth’s surface can remain in radiation debt C. 55 degrees
longer, and the coldest temperature of the day can actually occur as much as an
hour after sunrise. As the sun gets higher in the sky, earth’s surface is in radia-
D. 49 degrees
tion surplus, so the ground and the air near it warm.

“Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You can watch
his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler
Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at Dopplerdave@kvia.com.
Answer: D – 49 degrees
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 6
President Barack Obama must know
about the great friendship between
blacks and Chicanos in El Paso
When President
Barack Obama came to El
Paso recently, some folks got
upset because he didn’t
spend more time in El Paso.
However, they missed the
point. He came to honor sol-
diers at Fort Bliss, especially
those who just returned from
fighting one of our wars - in
Iraq. With that in mind, he
came to thank them and their
families for their sacrifice.
He wasn’t here to do any-
thing else, he didn’t cut the
ribbon at the latest new
restaurant and he wasn’t here
to extol the virtues of any-
one’s new salsa.
And, of course, he will come
to El Paso again because we
voted for him big-time when
he won the Presidency. I
would like, however, to ex-
tend my own invitation to a
great president. He must
come back, and, this time, he
must make the time to honor
our beautiful city for its
open-mindedness. I’m
speaking of our city being
the only one in Texas, and
probably in the United
States, who welcomed the
black basketball players
who, in 1966, brought honor
to our city by winning the
NCAA Championship.
Do you think that
the 1966 Miners could’ve
happened anywhere else in
Texas, or anywhere else in
the south? No way. El Paso
was the only city that had an
open mind about welcoming
and cheering on the Miners,
albeit, they were black. But,
you see, El Paso, being pre-
dominantly Chicano had a
great deal of experience
working with and living with
African Americans. El Paso
was the first city in the na-
tion to embrace blacks when
they finally were desegre-
gated in 1957.
Allowed to attend
only Douglas Elementary
prior to that time, blacks
opted to attend Bowie, and,
of course, Jefferson after
they were freed up to attend
whichever school they
wanted. Did we spit at them
when they entered our
school grounds? No. Did we
By Joe Olvera ©, 2010
not saying that Democrats ican flag, but, look, people,
are Angels sent from we’re in the U.S. now. Fly
Heaven. But, at least they’re our flag too, why don’t you.
not pushing to eliminate There are many issues in
Amendment 14, nor did they which Hispanics refuse to
create Senate Bill 1070 in become involved, and, even
Arizona. those who are citizens and
And, let’s not just can vote, refuse to do so.
focus on those issues that Why? Because many of
PHOTO BY RICK CARRASCO
impact Hispanics. Let’s look them insist that they are,
at all the issues; look at all someday, returning to Mex-
the ways in which Republi- ico. Sorry, but, you can’t
cans are hindering our have it both ways.
progress and our growth. I Sure, Obama is
hear complaints about what going to return to El Paso
protest and demonstrate Obama has done or hasn’t someday, but, give him time.
against their presence among done for Hispanics, but, do He doesn’t know too much
us? No. Did we not, at Jef- we really have a right to about our beautiful city, but
ferson High School, elect the complain so much? How give him the chance to learn
first black student body pres- about those Hispanics who more about us. Blacks and
ident in 1959 in Chance are legal residents? How Chicanos in El Paso? We go
Williams? Yes, we did. Was come they’re not becoming together like great friends,
he not the first black student U.S. citizens? How about como gran amigos. Isn’t that
body president elected any- Hispanics educating them- the way it’s always been?
where in the U.S.? I’m going selves, and how about His- Simon, que si!
to say yes, because, where panics honoring the United
else, but, in El Paso. States? Sure, I love the Mex- Sin Fin
That’s what we’ve got going
for us, Mr. President. That’s
why I believe that you will UTEP Kicks Off 2010
come back to El Paso, so that
you can honor the most Homecoming Week with
color-blind city in Texas,
and, possibly, the nation. Annual Pageant
Even our great player-coach
Nolan Richardson said that The University of Texas at El Paso will kick off Homecom-
El Paso was “a color-blind ing 2010 with the annual Homecoming Pageant.
city.” He said it just before
he took his Arkansas Razor- UTEP’s Student Government Association (SGA) will host
the pageant at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, at the Magoffin Audi-
backs to the finals of the
NCAA title, a title which torium on the UTEP campus. Admission is free for UTEP
students, faculty and staff with a UTEP Miner Gold Card or
Richardson won.
Please keep in $5 for members of the community.
mind that Obama has done a
great job for our nation. Al- Nineteen females and 12 male students will compete for this
year’s Homecoming king, queen, prince, princess, duke and
though we Chicanos are
pushing hard for immigra- duchess crowns.
tion reform, the President
Contestants will participate in a formal and spirit-wear fash-
has done his best to accom-
ion show. The theme of this year’s pageant is Around the
plish that difficult task. Do
World.
you think for one minute that
if he could pass a bill to sat- The winners will be chosen based on academic achieve-
isfy us that he wouldn’t? Of ment, campus involvement, leadership, school spirit and
course, he would. But, what personality. UTEP’s Homecoming king and queen each will
stands in his way? Republi- be awarded a $250 scholarship that will go toward their
cans. Make no mistake about UTEP tuition.
the hatred and fear that Re-
publicans have against more A live band is scheduled to perform after the introduction of
Chicanos or Hispanics be- all contestants.
coming legal in the U.S.
Why, they hate us and fear The Homecoming court will be introduced to UTEP alumni
us so much that they’re even and fans during the UTEP Miners vs. Rice Owls Homecom-
willing to obliterate the 14th ing Halftime Show on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Amendment. If you don’t
know what that entails, I For a list of all UTEP Homecoming events, visit
suggest you look it up. I’m alumni.utep.edu/homecoming.

Sharon Mosley
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cinched in
with skinny
belts. Just
make sure
you wear
them with a
form-fitting top or jacket.
— The pencil skirt.
Another tailored basic that
gives jackets a classic
edge. The pinstriped ver-
sion is an all-time fa-
vorite. Leave the fuller
skirts behind when you go
to work.
— Get vested. One of
the best layering pieces
you can own, the vest in-
stantly gives you a pol-
ished finish when worn
under jackets or over tu-
nics, dresses and sweaters.
This menswear-inspired
outfit also looks great this
season in longer lengths
worn over leggings or
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 7
skinny jeans.
— Invest in power
accessories. Tailored
looks demand structured
accessories. We're talking
pointy-toe pumps, lace-up
oxford shoes, boxy top-
handle handbags or horn-
rimmed glasses. For a
modern edge to your
menswear look, pair over-
the-knee boots with your
pencil skirts.
— Keep it minimal.
Less is more when it
comes to this season's
tailored looks.
Pare down to a
streamlined silhouette
and don't let "fussy"
jewelry get in your
way. Fit is the key to
the newest tailored
separates and suits.
Get the proportion
right: volume on top,
slim on the bottom,
or vice-versa.
— Use color wisely.
There are lots of stylish
neutrals around this fall —
camel, gray, black — but
if you want to wear color
with your tailored classics,
do it in small touches. One
bright pop of red, orange
or purple is all you need.
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DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
ROOMMATE'S BINGE DRINKING IS
WEEKLY WORRY FOR FRIEND
DEAR ABBY: I live with
two of my best friends. We
get along great because we
respect each other's personal
space and business. My prob-
lem is my roommate
"Michelle" drinks alone in
our apartment. She consumes
eight to 12 alcoholic bever-
ages in an evening. She does
this once a week, usually dur-
ing the week. The next morn-
ing she'll complain that she's
"sick" when she has to get up
for work, but I know she's
hung over.
Our other room-
mate spends little time at our
place and doesn't want to
speak to her about this, even
though he agrees she has a
problem.
How should I ap-
proach Michelle about this?
I'm afraid if I say anything
she'll think I'm accusing her
of being an alcoholic. I want
to maintain peace in our
home, but I'm worried about
her. Any suggestions for how
I should handle this? --
FEARFUL IN FAIRBORN,
OHIO
DEAR FEARFUL: You
are right to be concerned
about Michelle. If she isn't an
alcoholic, she is well on her
way to becoming one. From
your description, she is
bingeing on a regular basis.
The way to ap-
proach her is to tell her you're
worried. Eight to 12 drinks in
an evening is a huge amount
of alcohol. And if she's going
to work hung over, it is al-
ready having a negative im-
pact on her job.
Offer to attend an
AA meeting with Michelle.
(They are listed in
most telephone di-
rectories.) When
you get there you'll
find pamphlets are
available
that con-
Dear
tain a
Abby
self-test
people can take to determine
whether they need help. I
know for sure she will have
to answer yes to at least one
of the questions -- "Do you
wish people would stop nag-
ging you about your drink-
ing?" -- because by the time
you get there, YOU will have
nagged her.
**
DEAR ABBY: I have just
become engaged to "Egon,"
who is from Norway. He has
a great job and is studying to
be a masseur. He tells me
often that he loves me and
would never fall for another
woman.
My problem is my
sister "Ellen." She's happy
about our engagement, but
she keeps asking my fiance
for lower back and thigh
rubs. She claims she gets
cramps from being on her
feet all day.
Well, I'm on my
feet all day and my thighs
have never cramped up. What
bothers me is Ellen makes
embarrassing sounds of
pleasure when Egon mas-
sages her. I'm upset with her
because she constantly asks
my fiance for massages, but I
also get annoyed with Egon
because -- in a weird way -- it
feels like he's cheating on me.
He says it's his job
and I'm being silly. What I
want to tell my sister is,
"Sorry, but those intimate
rubdowns belong to me now.
Find someone else for
yours!" Abby, am I being un-
duly jealous or is what she's
doing wrong? -- RUBBED
THE WRONG WAY IN
FLORIDA
DEAR RUBBED THE
WRONG WAY: If you are
going to marry someone who
makes his living as a
masseur, you need to under-
stand clearly, in advance, that
he will be working on all
kinds of clients. This means
men and women, some old
and saggy, and others who are
young, buffed and may be
drop-dead gorgeous. Your fi-
ance may enjoy his work, but
it IS work and he will receive
compensation for his efforts.
If the back and thigh rubs
Ellen is requesting have be-
come so frequent that it's
making you uncomfortable, I
suggest you and Egon agree
that he shouldn't be giving
away what he's selling, and
instead he should offer your
sister a "family" discount.
**
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Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
Phillips, and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips. Write
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Energy Express
What, Me Worry? Seven Ways
to Take the 'I' out of Anxiety
Marilynn Preston
Uncontrolled anxiety is
a giant obstacle to per-
sonal happiness. Worry
causes stress, and stress
saps our strength, dis-
turbs our sleep, fries our
brain and consistently
mucks up our best ef-
forts to stay healthy, re-
laxed and fat-free.
And yet there is so
much to worry about
these days. Jobs, money, kids,
Afghanistan.
Of course, my list will be dif-
ferent from your list — is this
a harmless spider bite or the
start of necrotizing fasciitis?
— but we all share a common
need to deal with our anxiety
in clever, productive ways.
That's why I want to offer
some coping strategies rec-
ommended by psychologist
Robert L. Leahy, director of
the American Institute for
Cognitive Therapy and author
of 17 books, including "Anxi-
ety Free: Unravel Your Fears
Before They Unravel You."
Some may sound truly weird,
but try a few anyway. Leahy
has seen these methods work
wonders for hundreds of pa-
tients:
1. Turn Your Anxiety Into
a Movie. One creative way
to let go of a worry, Leahy
says, is to disconnect yourself
from it. Imagine your anxiety,
your fear presented to you as
a film or piece of theater.
You're in the audience. You're
listening to the guy in the
funny hat sing and dance
about your overdrawn bank
account or your underwhelm-
ing marriage. He's acting out
your worries all right, but
you're detached from the
drama. You are the witness.
You are calm.
2. Set Aside Worry Time.
Worries show up, constantly
and unannounced. You're in
the midst of washing your car,
and bam!, you begin to panic
about missing your friend's
birthday. Healy suggests you
set aside a specific time every
day to worry about your wor-
ries. Let's say you decide on 5
p.m. If it's morning and a
worry hits, jot it down and
decide to focus on it later. Do
that all day long. By the time
5 p.m. rolls around, many of
your worries will seem too
silly to deal with, and you'll
have spent most all the day
worry-free.
3. Breathe It Out. You don't
have to be a yogi to practice
this one, but it sure helps.
Next time you feel tense, no-
tice your breath. You're prob-
ably holding it. Ask yourself:
Where is my breath now?
Where is my mind? Link
them by listening to your in-
halations and exhalations, an
easy and ancient strategy for
calming your nerves. Breathe
in, breathe out, moment by
moment. When your mind
wanders to Worryville, and it
will, bring your attention
back to your breath. You can
do this 10 times a day if you
need to.
4. Repeat Your Worry
Until You're Bored Silly.
Leahy calls this the boredom
cure. Take the worry that's
nagging at you and say it over
and over, silently, slowly. For
example: "I'm afraid I'll be
fired ... I'm afraid I'll be fired
..." Leahy claims that the
boredom that comes from
repetition will eventually re-
place your anxiety, and you
won't feel overwhelmed any-
more.
5. Don't Fight the Crazi-
ness. It's normal to have
crazy thoughts, says Dr.
Leahy. He had a client, a
lawyer, who kept imagining
she'd lose control and start
screaming in court.
Our minds are cre-
ative, he told her.
Sometimes our little
synapses make wacky
connections, and a
crazy thought results.
It happens to every-
one. Don't judge your-
self. See your anxiety
as though it were a cu-
rious object on a shelf,
he says. And then
move on.
6. Take Your Hand Off
The Horn. Worriers con-
stantly check the weather be-
fore a big event. If they make
a stupid comment, they play it
back over and over in their
mind. And yes, in traffic, they
honk their horn. What is, is.
Some things just cannot be
controlled, like rush hour.
Leahy teaches his clients to
surrender to the moment. It's
a paradox, he says — the
more you surrender to the
moment, the more in control
you actually feel.
7. Make Peace With Time.
When you're a worrier, every-
thing can feel like an emer-
gency. And yet, every feeling
of panic comes to an end.
Next time you feel your anxi-
ety building to a crisis, ask
yourself: "How will I feel
about this is a week? In a
month?" If you allow your
anxiety to pass ... poof!
ENERGY EXPRESS-O!
AVOID MELTDOWNS
"Worry is as useless as a han-
dle on a snowball." — Mitzi
Chandler
Marilynn Preston — fitness
expert, personal trainer and
speaker on healthy lifestyle
issues — is the creator of En-
ergy Express, the longest-run-
ning syndicated fitness
column in the country. She
has a website, http://marilyn-
npreston.com and welcomes
reader questions, which can
be sent to MyEnergyEx-
press@aol.com.
COPYRIGHT 2010 ENERGY
EXPRESS, LTD.

Sustainable Living
“Omnivore, Vegetarian or Vegan?
Which is more sustainable?”
Shawn Dell Joyce
Picture in your
mind the food ladder. Starting
at the bottom rung, we have
the most abundant and free
source of energy on the
planet, solar, which is con-
sumed by plants (next rung)
to make food energy, which is
consumed by animals (next
rung) to make protein, which
is consumed by man. Except
in a few rare cases involving
bears, sharks, wild dingoes or
cannibals, the food ladder
ends with us humans.
Each rung on the ladder rep-
resents about a 10 percent
loss of resources. The plants
waste 10 percent of the sun
growing things the animals
won't eat. The animals waste
10 percent of the plant by
growing things like feathers,
fur and bones that we won't
eat — you get the picture.
What does that innocuous 10
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 9
percent really look like? grain a year. In poorer coun-
tries, grain is consumed di-
To produce a pound of wheat rectly, skipping a rung in the
takes about 25 gallons of ladder.
water, a lot of sun and less
than an acre of land. Yet it "Imagine sitting down to an
takes 16 pounds of that wheat eight-ounce steak dinner,"
(plus soy) and 2,500 gallons writes author Frances Moore
of water fed to a cow to make Lappe in "Diet for a Small
one pound of beef. More than Planet," "then imagine the
half our farmland and half our room filled with 45 to 50 peo-
water consumption is cur- ple with empty bowls in front
rently devoted to the meat in- of them. For the 'feed cost' of
dustry. A 10-acre farm could your steak, each of their
feed 60 people growing soy- bowls could be filled with a
beans, 24 people growing full cup of cooked cereal
wheat, 10 people growing grains."
corn but only two producing
cattle, according to the British Continues on next page
group Vegfam. We eat most
of our grain in
the form of
meat, 90 per-
cent actu-
ally,
which
trans-
lates
into
2,000 pounds of
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 10
Boast About Your Roast
Maggie Reed
You don't have to go out and
spend a bundle to get a per-
fect cup of coffee. From
Hearthware, the i-Roast 2 is a
coffee roaster filled with fea-
tures that make roasting cof-
fee easier than ever. It offers
programming options for both
time and temperature in up to
five roasting stages, allowing
you to customize the roast.
To make the process consis-
tent from roast to roast, the
machine's memory function
can store up to 10 roast pref-
erences. Or you can select one
of two pre-programmed set-
tings.
"Just like wine, coffee beans
are complex and individual,"
says Tom Keenan, national
sales manager for Hearth-
ware. "Taste is affected not
only by the type and origin of
the bean, but also by the
roasting process itself."
From a light cinnamon roast
to a dark French roast, and
everything in between, the i-
Roast's patented temperature
control gives users personal-
ized roasting performance.
The roaster ensures maximum
flavor and freshness by allow-
ing consumers to roast their
coffee whenever they want.
No need to head to a cafe for
your coffee when you have
the i-Roast 2 Coffee Bean
Roaster. Photo courtesy of i-
Roast.
A glass-roasting chamber dis-
plays every stage of the roast-
ing process, enabling users to
experiment to find just the
right roast. Another visual
feature is the LCD display
that shows time, temperature
stages and other important in-
formation.
The i-Roast 2 has the capacity
to roast enough beans for 24
cups of coffee, and it's easy to
maintain. A double filtration
chaff collection easily disas-
sembles for cleaning.
The i-Roast 2 retails for $199.
For more information, call
888-689-2831 or visit www.i-
roast.com or www.hearth-
ware.com.
NUWAVE OVEN
This appliance may be your
new best friend in the kitchen
for cooking and baking on a
daily basis.
By combining infrared,
conduction and convec-
tion heat to prepare
food, the NuWave Pro
Infrared Oven saves
time, energy and calo-
ries in the kitchen. This
oven cooks food up to
50 percent faster and
saves up to 70 percent
of the energy compared
to conventional ovens.
It saves time as it re-
quires no preheating
and you don't have to With the NuWave Pro Infrared Oven Cook,
defrost food before you can cook your meals in half the time
cooking. and with half the fat. Photo courtesy of
NuWave.
The NuWave Pro In-
frared Oven cooks meals with
less fat than traditional ovens
as there is no need to add fats
or oils. The cooking tray and
the oven's unique triple cook-
ing power further help reduce
“Omnivore, Vegetarian or Vegan?...
Continued from page 9
We Americans don't often see
the unappetizing effects of
eating 260 pounds of meat per
person, per year. We waste 90
percent of the carbs, fiber and
plant protein by cycling grain
through animals for meat.
Harvard nutritionist Jean
Mayer estimates that reducing
meat consumption by just 10
percent in the U.S. would free
enough grain to feed 60 mil-
lion people. This year, about
20 million people will starve
to death this year, mostly chil-
dren.
We don't often see the hungry
and malnourished in our cul-
ture, so it's difficult to make
that connection when standing
by the grill waiting for your
hamburger. Consider ways to
replace meat for two or three
main meals a week. Marge
Corriere, a Blooming Hill
the amount of fats left in your
food.
It is also a convenient way to
cook an entire meal all at
once. The three-level system
allows you to cook meat, fish
or poultry, vegetables and
even desserts on separate
racks without the flavors min-
gling.
As an added benefit, the
NuWave doesn't heat up the
kitchen when in use, making
it ideal to use during hot sum-
mer months. It provides you
with a second oven when en-
tertaining, as well.
Other features of the
NuWave include:
— A patented locking mecha-
nism securely holds the dome
Farm customer, said recently:
"Treat meat like a condiment.
Use just a small amount for a
meal, much like they do in
other countries." By eating
lower on the food chain, even
just a few meals a week, we
reduce our health risks for
heart disease, obesity, hyper-
tension and colon (and other)
Steak is not only high in calo-
ries, it's high in carbon. Steak is
the most resource-intensive and
environmentally damaging meal
you could eat.
cancers, and save valuable re-
sources that could be put to
better uses elsewhere.
"It boils down to a simple
equation," says Alan Durning,
and the power head in place,
even when the oven gets hot.
This prevents the pieces from
separating and releasing hot
steam, which may cause
burns.
— NuWave Oven uses a long-
lasting 1500-watt sheath
heater (can last up to 30
years), similar to most con-
ventional ovens. NuWave
Oven does not use a halogen
bulb as a heat source. Halo-
gen bulbs will most likely cre-
ate smoke when grease
splatters and it has a shorter
life span.
— Any cooking utensils
that can be used in a con-
ventional oven can also
be used in the NuWave
Oven.
— Containers made out
of foil, metals, Pyrex as
well as prepared frozen
entree trays are safe in
the NuWave Oven.
Retail price for the
NuWave Oven is $150.
For more information,
call 888-689-2831. You
can also visit
www.nuwaveoven.com
or www.hearthware.com.
Maggie Reed may be reached
at trocar2000@hotmail.com.
COPYRIGHT 2010
CREATORS.COM
head of the Northwest Envi-
ronment Watch. "We currently
consume close to our own
body weight in natural re-
sources every day. These re-
sources are extracted from
farms, forests, fisheries, mines
and grasslands, all of which
are essential to the health of
the planet — and to the health
of human beings."
Adding more vegan meals to
your diet, and treating animal
products (meat, dairy, eggs) as
condiments and using very lit-
tle, improves your health and
the health of the planet.
Shawn Dell Joyce is an
award-winning columnist and
founder of the Wallkill River
School in Orange County,
N.Y. You can contact her at
Shawn@ShawnDellJoyce.co
m.
COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
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berantly scaled
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The Right Arrangement Can Outwit Awkward Room Space
Rose Bennett Gilbert
Q: Our master bedroom is
long and on the narrow side.
We like to watch TV in there,
but not always from bed. We'd
like a couple of lounge chairs,
but I'm not good at furniture
arranging. Should we put the
bed against the end wall or
the side wall (crosswise in the
room)? To complicate things,
there are two windows on the
end wall.
I need help.
A: Help is here: Study this
photo of a bedroom where
problems similar to yours
have been masterfully solved
by interior designer Jamie
Herzlinger (www.jamieher-
zlingerinteriors.com), who is
widely celebrated for her sig-
nature blend of diverse ele-
ments, design periods and
cultures.
Herzlinger has tamed the
awkward space in this
longish, narrow bedroom by
imposing classic formal bal-
ance — mirror-image furnish-
ings that create an innate
sense of calm — and a soft
gray-and-blue color scheme
that's equally calm, cool and
collected. And at the same
time it's expressed in over-
scaled, almost baroque pat-
terns on the wallpaper and
rug.
Typical of Herzlinger's work,
there's an intriguing interplay
of the familiar and the surpris-
ing. Is that Chippendale-style
fretwork on the bedside ta-
bles? Is that a leather
Barcelona bench at the foot of
the bed? Is it a traditional bar-
ley twist bed, painted white?
To your question, the arrange-
ment of the furniture is as cre-
ative as the mix of styles. The
designer has carved two activ-
ity areas out of the elongated
space: In the sleeping area,
the bed fits neatly between the
windows in the far end wall,
balanced by the white bedside
tables on either side.
The seating area in the fore-
ground (facing the entertain-
ment center) pairs low chairs
with matching, moveable ot-
tomans. Anchored by a small
table conveniently within
arm's reach, the arrangement
is both comfortable and much
more flexible than the pair of
one-piece lounges you have in
mind.
Q: Is yellow appropriate for
a dining room? A formal din-
ing room, not a breakfast
room. Everyone keeps telling
me yellow is for kitchens, but
I love it! It's sunny and happy.
I need encouragement to go
ahead and follow my own
taste.
A: Don't just take my word
that yellow is a classic color
for a dining room (for almost
any room in the house, in
fact). Get the word from
Thomas Jefferson, no less.
Yes, I'm talking about the
fourth president of the United
States. About the connoisseur,
gourmet, gentleman farmer
and taste-maker who not only
designed his elegant home,
Monticello, on that Virginia
mountaintop, but he also
chose the furnishings and dec-
orations — ordering wallpa-
pers from Paris and deciding
what colors to paint the
rooms.
What did he choose for his
dining room? Chrome yellow!
Curators digging through cen-
turies of paint on the dining
room walls found a layer of
brilliant yellow. They think it
was applied about 1815, soon
after the color was first made
available in America.
"Jefferson's bold and fashion-
able color choice cost twice as
much as Prussian blue," they
report, "and 33 times more
than white lead."
So, now Monticello's for-
merly blue dining room has
been repainted Jefferson's
brilliant yellow. Follow his
lead, and tell your color crit-
ics that a yellow dining room
is your personal declaration of
design independence.
Rose Bennett Gilbert is the
co-author of "Manhattan
Style" and six other books on
interior design. To find out
more about Rose Bennett
Gilbert and read features by
other Creators Syndicate writ-
ers and cartoonists, visit the
Creators Syndicate Website at
creators.com.
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enjoys doing home improvement projects at home and is a 49er fan. time to get the vaccine is in the
fall before flu viruses start to cir-
Way to go Irene! culate, but anytime throughout the
winter months when flu season
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EL PASO, TEXAS 79922 •What is available? FDA has li-
Phone: 915.581.3345 Fax: 915.833.4581 censed two forms: the flu shot and
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Phone: 575.589.4864 Fax: 575.589.4852 The CDC says, “People with dia-
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well-man-
aged, are at
increased
risk of se-
vere dis-
ease and
complica-
tions, like
hospitaliza-
Daniel Polanco MD tion and
even death,
as a result of getting the flu. This
is because diabetes can make the
immune system less able to fight
severe influenza disease. (The
nasal spray vaccine should not be
given to people with diabetes.)”
Here are steps to further protect
you from catching the flu:
•Cover your nose and mouth with
a tissue when you cough/sneeze.
•Wash your hands often with soap
and water (or alcohol-based hand
cleaners).
•Avoid touching your eyes, nose
and mouth.
•Take antiviral drugs early (within
the first two days of symptoms) to
treat people who are very sick
with flu symptoms, and/or at risk
of severe flu illness, such as peo-
ple 65 and older and people with
certain chronic health conditions.
As a Physicians Health Choice
member, you receive the flu and
pneumonia vaccines at no charge
to you, through your Primary Care
Physician.
Daniel Polanco MD
Physicians Health Care Associates
7430 Remcon Cir Bldg A
Physicians Health Choice
www.PHCcares.com
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MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 4

gardenALCHEMY More making their own

By Debbie Arrington
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
lmost as old as dirt, com-
‘black gold’ — compost
O2Compost system. Instead of
relying on hand-turning, it
uses a blower to periodically

A post is going high-tech. The

surge in organic gardening
is fueling new ways to make
compost faster and with less
effort.
As a longtime gardener,
Steve Hauser was used to
making compost “the old-fash-
ioned way.”
“My wife and I have been or-
ganic gardening for 25 years,”
said the Carmichael, Calif.,
technician. “It would take six
to eight months to get some-
thing out of a small bin, and
then there wasn’t that much
compost after such a long
wait.”
Then he discovered a high-
tech approach to making the
black gold of gardening — an
circulate air through pipes
within the bin, which speeds
the composting process.
Now, Hauser and business
partner John Pefley have
started helping other garden-
ers and businesses set up
O2Compost systems. Popular
with stables, dairies and grape
growers, the system can be
solar-powered, too, and turns
out high-quality organic fertil-
izer in under 60 days — 30
days to actively compost and
30 days to mellow. SHNS PHOTOS
“There’s no smell and little ABOVE: A long thermometer helps determine the temperature of a com-
or no flies,” Hauser said. “And post pile at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in Fair Oaks, Calif.
no turning. It’s a really neat an O2Compost system in an horse generates 350 pounds of
process.” attempt to recycle its constant manure a week.
Los Lagos Equestrian Center supply of manure and used Continues on page 14
in Granite Bay, Calif., installed horse bedding. An average

One Day Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Launched in May this year, the Cancer
Radiation & Specialty Clinics of El Paso, lo-
cated at 7812 Gateway Blvd East, provides
women with breast abnormality with answers
in one day, instead of weeks or months.
Women referred to the clinic can have a physi-
cal exam, a mammogram, an ultrasound, even
a tissue biopsy – and get the results from a
breast surgeon, all on the same day. The center
has digital mammography, ultrasound and a
breast surgeon, radiation oncologist and med-
ical oncologist on staff.
nary results from a
"It would very often take many weeks, if not hospital study in
months, for some women to be diagnosed Canada suggest the
once a breast mass was discovered, whether rapid diagnosis does
they felt it or it was found on screening mam- indeed reduce patient
mogram or by their primary care physician," anxiety. Patients con-
said Dr. Stephanie Han, the radiation oncolo- tinually voice their
gist at the center. That kind of waiting can cre- preference to hear
ate enormous stress and anxiety for patients, their diagnosis – whether positive or negative
especially when they have to wait days or – as quickly as possible.
weeks between appointments, shuttling be-
tween primary care doctors, radiologists, sur- "I don't know how I would have coped for the
geons, and oncologists. It arose from a real two weeks (waiting for biopsy results) if I had
clinical need. The novel program is unique in gone the traditional route," a patient says, re-
El Paso. calling the stress of the initial diagnosis. "I'm
a go-getter. I want to know what I'm fighting."
The doctors were initially worried that women
might be getting too much information in one For immediate appointment, please contact
day, that overloading them with treatment de- Cancer Radiation & Specialty Clinics of
tails would create even more stress on top of El Paso at 915-598-3888.
diagnosis of a malignancy. However, prelimi-

7812 Gateway Blvd East, Ste 120 • 915-598-3888

 MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 5

Social Security Column

By Ray Vigil port as proof of the crime. Infor-

Social Security Public Affairs
Specialist in El Paso, Texas
These days, everyone needs to be
cautious of scams -- Internet, mail,
and even phone scams – which can
damage your credit score
and pocketbook. Any time
someone asks for your per-
sonal information, you
should be wary. Particularly
cruel are swindles that target
Social Security beneficiar-
ies.
Recently, Social Security
became aware of a scam tar-
geting beneficiaries in the
Southern California area.
Scammers telephoned bene-
ficiaries to tell them they were due
a “stimulus payment.” The scam-
mer offered to deposit the payment
to each beneficiary’s account once
the personal and bank account in-
formation was provided. The
scammer then contacted Social Se-
curity by telephone to request the
benefits be deposited into a new
account—the scammer’s account,
to steal the payments. In a similar
version of this criminal ploy, the
scammer calls the beneficiary to
“confirm” the beneficiary’s per-
sonal and financial information.
As a rule of thumb, Social Security
will not call you for your personal
information such as your Social
Security number or banking infor-
mation. If someone contacts you
and asks for this kind of informa-
tion, do not give it.
You should never provide your So-
cial Security number or other per-
sonal information over the
telephone unless you initiated the
contact, or are confident of the per-
son to whom you are speaking. If
in doubt, do not release informa-
tion without first verifying the va-
lidity of the call by contacting the
local Social Security office or So-
cial Security’s toll-free number at
1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-
0778).
Another way to protect yourself is
to keep your Social Security card
and other important documents
locked away in a safe place. Do
not give personal information to
just anyone. Also, check your So-
cial Security earnings record.
You can request a Social Secu-
rity Statement online at
www.socialsecurity.gov/state-
ment. When you receive your
Statement in the mail, you can
verify the accuracy of the re-
ported earnings and request
correction if necessary.
If you’ve fallen victim to fraud
or identity theft, be sure to file
a report with the local police or
the police department where
the identity theft took place,
and keep a copy of the police re-
mation on how to prevent scams
and protect yourself can be found
at www.ftc.gov/idtheft. You can
also read Social Security’s publica-
tion, Identify Theft And Your So-
cial Security Number, available
online at
www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/100
64.html and Your Social Security
Number and Card, available at
www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/100
02.html.
Be alert when dealing with people
who want your personal informa-
tion, such as your bank account
number, date of birth, and Social
Security number. By using a little
caution, you can protect yourself
from scams.
Learn more about Social Security
at www.socialsecurity.gov.

“Bravo to Seniors” Day

Bravo Health, a Medicare Advantage Plan, invites members
of the community to join us for “Bravo to Seniors” Day on
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, form 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
at the Auditorium in the EPCC Administrative Service Center
Building A – 9050 Viscount Blvd. The event is held to cele-
brate the life and contributions of the seniors in our commu-
nity. There will be informational booths, arts & crafts, casino
games, entertainments, and much, much more!

For more information please contact 915-577-4175.

MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 6
Wheater Trivia:
Prior to initiating specific dates to the Monsoon,
how did the National Weather Service determine
when the season started?
A. Three consecutive days or more where dew points aver-
aged 55 degrees or higher
B. When we received three consecutive days of .15” of rain
or more
C. When we reached our first 1” of rain in June
D. Winds shift to the south for at least a 48 hour period.
average 55 degrees or higher
Answer: A - Three consecutive days or more where dew points
“Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in
El Paso. You can watch his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7
(channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler Dave to address
(explain) any weather issues you can email him at
Dopplerdave@kvia.com.
WEATHER 101
It’s No Longer
Monsoon Season
By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman
Our Monsoon Season came to an end
September 30th. This was the second
year the Monsoon had a specific be-
ginning and ending date, much like
the hurricane season. It wasn’t a mon-
soon that will be remembered for any-
thing spectacular.
The season began in late June, giving us the impression
that it good be a very active season. Several rounds of
thunderstorms in June produced some heavy rain and
flooding. We ended up with 1.08” for June which was
.21” above normal for the month. June did bring with it
plenty of heat. We recorded 13 days of triple digit temper-
atures. A record high of 110 degrees was set on the sixth
which beat the old record of 105 in 1996.
July was a fairly tranquil month. We didn’t have as much
heat as June (only 5 days of triple digits). Our rainfall
was nearly one half inch below normal for the month
coming in at 1.07”.
Much of August was dominated by high pressure which
kept our thunderstorm activity at bay and the heat turned
on high. We were well below normal for rainfall only get-
ting .31” which was 1.44” below normal for what is typi-
cally our wettest month of the year. Temperatures were
well above normal as we recorded 10 days of triple digits.
September was a very active month for severe weather.
Golfball size hail hit parts of east El Paso on the 15th
along with flash flooding and wind gusts of 60 mph. The
month witnessed 1.62” of rain which was .13” above nor-
mal. Most of the rain occurred on the 23rd as we set a
record with 1.09” for that date. We only hit triple digit
temperatures one time on the second.

Calendar of upcoming events for El Paso/ Southern New Mexico for October 2010
If you want your upcoming event listed in SPOTLIGHT’S Out & About section, please send all your relevant data by e-mail to: editorial@spotlightepnews.com
CENTRAL/NORTHEAST
Network Tour de Tolerance —
The 5th annual bicycling and run-
ning event, benefiting the El Paso
Holocaust Museum and Study
Center, is Sunday, Oct. 24, at Fort
Bliss. 100K, 50K, 10K rides and
5K run. Information, entry fees
and start times: 351-0048, or tour-
detolerance.com.
Amigo Airsho 2010 — The
United States Air Force Thunder-
birds precision jet demonstration
team will appear at the 29th annual
air show is Saturday and Sunday,
Oct. 16-17, at Biggs Army Air-
field, featuring military and civil-
ian aerial performers, static
displays and more. Tickets/infor-
mation: 562-6446 or amigoair-
sho.org.
Concordia Cemetery Walk
Through History — The annual
“living” history tour is 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Concor-
dia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell (be-
tween Boone and Stevens). Pro-
ceeds benefit the ongoing
preservation and improvements at
the cemetery. Volunteers dress in
period costume and share histori-
cal vignettes “in character” of
many of Concordia Cemetery’s
eternal residents. Information:
591-2326 or
concordiacemetery.org.
Fall Antiques, Collectibles, Arts
& Western Memorabilia Show &
Sale — The fall show and sale is 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct 9-10, at
El Maida Shrine Auditorium, 6331
Alabama. Admission: $3; ages 6
and younger free. Information:
851-0687 or 443-0824.
‘No Sex Please, We’re British’ —
The wild British farce by Alistair
Foot and Anthony Marriot is Oct.
8-30 at El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana. Directed by Mario Ro-
driguez. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Ticket information: 532-1317, el-
pasoplayhouse.com.
Celebration of Our Mountains
— The 17th annual Celebration of
Our Mountains is a six-week-long
festival of events to encourage ap-
preciation of the El Paso region’s
environment. The celebration in-
cludes hikes, field trips, driving
tours, nature walks, bicycle rides
and other activities throughout the
month. Most events are free. Infor-
mation: celebrationofourmoun-
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 7
tains.org.
‘The Wise Men of Chelm’ —
Kids-N-Co. opens its season with
the stage adaptation of Jewish Folk
Tales by Sandra Fenichel Asher
Oct. 2-24, at Kids-N-Co. Perform-
ance Center, 1301 Texas. Directed
by Francesca Moore. Showtime is
7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket in-
formation: 351-1455 or
kidsnco.org.
El Paso Chopin Music Festival
— The 2010 fall series of piano
concerts continue at 7:30 p.m. Sat-
urday, Oct. 2 and Oct. 23, at the
Chamizal National Memorial, 800
S. San Marcial. Admission is free,
but people are advised to arrive
early because the concerts are al-
most always standing room only.
Information: 584-1595 or elpaso-
chopin.com.
• Oct. 2 — Agustin Anievas
• Oct. 23 — Lucy Scarbrough
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 8

‘Music Then and Now’ —— The tion 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24. mission is free. Information: 541- Studio presents the stage show
Bruce Nehring Consort’s opening Selected works will be on display 1000 or saddleblanket.com. highlighting the passion and fire of
season concerts are 7:30 p.m. Sat- in the church parish 4 to 7 p.m. the tango at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2
urday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. Saturday, Oct. 23. Information: Dog Lovers Fair — The Humane p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9-10, at
2-3, at The Chapel at Loretto 855-1661 or Society of El Paso’s 4th annual Chamizal National Memorial. Ad-
Academy, 1400 Hardaway at sritchey72419@elp.rr.com. benefit fair and Dog Adoption Ex- mission: $10 and $15. Information:
Trowbridge. Bruce Nehring directs travaganza is Saturday, Oct. 9, at 532-2043 or shundodance.com.
the Consort Singers. Guest per- Indian and Spanish Market — El Paso Saddleblanket Co. parking
formers are Lester Ackerman, or- El Paso Saddleblanket, 6926 Gate- lot, 6926 Gateway East. Admission Disney on Ice ‘Let’s Celebrate’
ganist, and The Quintessential way East, hosts the 4th annual is free. Information: 532-6971, ext. — Mickey and Minnie and friends
Brass. Tickets: $15 ($10 event 9 15. host their colossal party in Disney
senior/military; $5 students). Infor- a.m. to 5 on Ice’s latest show Oct. 6-10, at
mation: 534-7664. p.m. MISSION VALLEY the El Paso County Coliseum,
Mark O’Connor — El Paso Pro- Satur- Mariachi Los Toritos — Mariachi 4100 Paisano. Performaces are
Musica opens its 2010-11 season day, Los Toritos perform a concert of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Fri-
with the violinist-fiddler at 7:30 Oct. 23, traditional Mexican mariachi day and noon, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.
p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at the Scottish featur- music at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 Saturday and Sunday. Thursday’s
Rite Temple. Tickets: $25 ($20 ing all p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30-31, at the performance in Spanish. Tickets:
senior/military, $5 student). Infor- day en- Chamizal National Memorial The- $15 and $21 (reserved seating),
mation: 833-9400 or eppm.org. tertain- ater, 800 S. San Marcial. Tickets: $26 balcony and box seats; $30
ment, $10. Information: 532-7273 or VIP and $42 front row (Ticketmas-
EASTSIDE Native 731-2454. ter). Group ticket information: 1-
Cross Art Auction - St. Stephen Ameri- 888-770-1876.
Deacon & Martyr Catholic can dancers, costumes, multicul- Boo at the Zoo — The El Paso
Church, 1700 George Dieter, pres- tural exhibits, arts and crafts, food, Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano, will host its Fiesta of the Nations — Open
ents its 3rd annual Cross Art auc- music and more. Keynote artist is 5th annual Arms Community of El Paso pres-
Southwest artist Amado Peña. Ad- “merry, not ents its 6th annual weekend of eth-
scary” safe nic variety, with traditional foods,
trick-or-treat- crafts, folk music and dance, fam-
Do You Have ing event 10 ily games and fun Oct. 8-10, at
a.m. to 3 p.m. 8240 North Loop, east of Loma-
Neighborhood Needs? Saturday and land. Hours are 5 p.m. to midnight
It is estimated that approximately $2 million Sunday, Oct. 23-24. Children age Friday and Saturday and 3 to 10
is available from the Federal Government 2 to 12 are invited to dress in cos- p.m. Sunday. Information: 595-
(HUD) for new projects to benefit low-and- tume and enjoy candy, snack foods 0589 or openarmscommunity.org.
moderate income neighborhoods and other special treats from treat
stations sponsored by local busi- WESTSIDE/
CDBG Funds CAN BE USED for the following types of nesses, as well as other special DOWNTOWN
projects: family-friendly activities. Informa-
Accessibility Improvements tion: 532-8156, 521-1850 or elpa- Biz Tech 2010 — The El Paso His-
Street Lighting Improvements sozoo.org. panic Chamber of Commerce pres-
Street and Drainage Improvements
ents the 12th annual business
Parks and other Public Facility Improvements El Paso Rhinos — El Paso’s Jun- technology show Wednesday, Oct.
ior League ice hockey team’s first 13, at the El Paso Convention and
Your Neighborhood May be Eligible for home games of the season are Oct. Performing Arts Center. Admission
Funding with the 22-24 against the Boulder Bison at
37th Year (2011-2012) is free. Information: 566-4066.
Community Development Block Grant the Sierra Providence Events Cen- Web: biztechep.com.
ter, next to the Coliseum, 4100 E.
Paisano. Regular games times are ‘Power of the Purse’ Party —
For complete details, please pick up a
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and The Women’s Fund POP 2010
City of El Paso 37th Year (2011-2012) CDBG
5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $5-$20. fundraiser and shopping celebra-
CITIZEN REQUEST FORM Information: 479-PUCK (7825) or tion, “The Thrill of the
at any City of El Paso Library, Police Station, Recreation Center or elpasorhinos.com. PURSEuit,” is Thursday, Oct. 14,
Department of Community Development - City Hall, 8th floor
at the Union Depot, downtown.
‘Gotta Swing!’ — Shundo Dance Continues on next page
For More Information, Call # 541-4643

Continued from page 8
‘Power of the Purse’ Party ....
The event includes a handbag mer-
cado with designer handbags, some
donated by celebrities. Informa-
tion: 532-4673 or womensfund-
ofelpaso.org.
Momentum Dance Company —
The company performs at 7 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 14-15,
at Chamizal National Memorial,
800 S. San Marcial. Admission: $8.
Information: 532-7273.
UTEP Football — The Miners’
home games are Saturdays at Sun
Bowl Stadium. Ticket information:
747-5234, 544-8444 or utepathlet-
ics.com.
• Oct. 9 — Rice (Homecoming)
• Oct. 23 — Tulane
Farmer’s Market at Ardovino’s
Desert Crossing — The market
opens for its 8th season 7:30 a.m.
to noon Saturdays through mid-
October. Information: (575) 589-
0653, ext. 6.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra –
Guest violinist Joan Kwuon per-
forms with the Symphony, con-
ducted by Sarah Ioannides,
welcomes gat 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 22-23, in the Plaza
Theatre. Selections include Bar-
ber’s “Music for a Scene from
Shelley,” op. 7, Mendelssohn’s Vi-
olin Concerto in E minor, op. 61,
and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5:
Adagietto and “Totenfeier.” Ticket
information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Price’s Give ‘Em Five Punt, Pass
and Kick — The annual sectional
competition hosted by the El Paso
Sun Bowl Association is 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Sun Bowl Sta-
dium. Boys and girls ages 8-15
years will compete separately in
punting, passing, and place kicking
skills. Information: 534-0254.
UTEP Volleyball — All home
games are at Memorial Gym. Tick-
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 9
ets: $7 ($3 children). Information:
747-6150 or utepathletics.com.
• Noon Sunday, Oct. 3 — Houston
• Oct. 8-9 — Marshall. Game time
is 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Satur-
day.
• 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 — Mem-
phis
• 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 — UAB
Benise — The Nuevo Flamenco
stars perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 5, at The Plaza Theatre. Tick-
ets: $28-$48, plus service charge.
Tickets available through Ticket-
master.
Bombay Bollywood— The show-
case of Middle Eastern dance in
the “Art of Bellydance” tour is
Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the UTEP’s
Magoffin Auditorium (Ticketmas-
ter). Information: bellydancesuper-
stars.com.
‘Singin’ In The Rain’ – UTEP
Dinner Theatre opens its season
with one of the most loved musi-
cals of all time based on the 1952
MGM film Oct. 22-Nov. 7 with
music by Nacio Herb Brown and
lyrics and Arthur Freed. Showtime
is 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sat-
urday; dinner matinee performance
is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24; non-
dinner matinees are 2:30 p.m. Sun-
day, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. Tickets
$26-$38 dinner shows; $12-$22
non-dinner matinee. Information:
747-6060.
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 10
El Paso Animal Services Urges Pet Owners to
Vaccinate Dogs Against Canine Parvovirus
El Paso, Texas – The Animal Serv-
ices Division of the City of El Paso
Department of Public Health and
El Paso area veterinarians have re-
cently seen an increase in the num-
ber of dogs with Canine
Parvovirus, (CVP) commonly
known as Parvo. Therefore, Ani-
mal Services is urging dog owners
to have their pets vaccinated
against Canine Parvovirus (CPV).
Parvo is a potentially deadly, but
preventable disease that most com-
monly attacks the canine intestinal
tract and is transmitted though the
feces and vomit of infected dogs
and puppies. Parvo is contagious to
other dogs but is not transmissible
to humans or other animals, except
for wild animals of the canine fam-
ily such as foxes,
coyotes or wolves.
Canines most at risk
include puppies
younger than four
months of age, any
dog that has not been
fully vaccinated and
immunocompromised
dogs. The virus may
exist in the environment for many
months. Because it is so difficult to
kill, the virus can be carried on the
hands, clothing or shoes of anyone
• Dry pet food has been repeatedly
linked to salmonella outbreaks in
who comes into contact with it – as people. The U.S. Centers for Disease
well as the paws or hair of fully Control and Prevention analyzed out-
vaccinated dogs that may become breaks from 2006 and 2008 and
carriers but don’t get linked both to contaminated kibble.
sick. It is believed Especially at risk are young children
that contaminated who play with the food and then put
flies can be the num- their hands or the food in their
ber one transmitter mouths. Pet food needs to be handled
of the disease. with as much concern for safety as
with all food: Wash hands after han-
dling, keep food preparation areas
Symptoms appear properly cleaned and wash pet food
after the disease’s bowls in soap and water and store be-
incubation period, tween uses.
which is usually 3 to
14 days after exposure. The initial
symptoms of parvo include; loss of
appetite, vomiting, dehydration,
lethargy, fever and depression.
These are often accompanied by
very foul smelling, bloody diar-
rhea. If left untreated parvo can
lead to serious illness or death
within the first 48 to 72 hours after
a dog first exhibits symptoms. • Secondhand smoke is a haz-
ard to pets as well as people.
Although the disease can be fatal, Shorter-nosed breeds are at greater
getting proper veterinary treatment risk for lung cancer, while longer-
soon after symptoms appear can nosed breeds like collies and German
save an infected dog’s life. If pet shepherds are more likely to get nasal
owners do not have a veterinarian, cancer. Dr. John Reif, a professor at
they should seek one out to get the Colorado State University Col-
their dogs and puppies vaccinated. lege of Veterinary Medicine and Bio-
In addition, since the virus can medical Sciences, released the results
exist in the environment for many in a podcast for the American Veteri-
nary Medical Association. Previous
months, it is extremely important studies had noted that cats exposed to
to disinfect one’s house and yard if second-hand smoke had double the
they have previously had a dog risk of cancer compared to other cats.
with the disease. Four ounces of • The Veterinary Pet Insur-
household bleach to a gallon of ance company’s analysis of its claims
water is considered an excellent shows that accidental ingestion of pet
disinfectant for hard non bleach- or human medications was the top
damaging surfaces. poison hazard for pets, with an aver-
age cost of $791 per claim. These in-
For more information about par- cidents accounted for close to a
vovirus the public should consult quarter of all claims to the company
for poisoning. The ASPCA’s Animal
their pets’ veterinarian. They
Poison Control Center also puts
may also visit www.avma.org or human and pet medications at the top
call the Animal Services Division of its poison risks list. — Dr. Marty
at (915) 842-1000. Becker and Mikkel Becker
 MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 11

IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Bunker play:
three
is enough
Research shows that a tour player
over the course of a full season will
make only 50 percent of his putts
from 7 feet. You don’t see a lot of
putts going in until you arrive at the 3-
foot range, where the pros make about
99 percent, and not even the pros reli-
ably get the ball within 3 feet of the
hole coming out of the sand.
So even if you’re one of the best
players in the world, on average
you’re going to get up-and-down
from a greenside bunker about 50
percent of the time. Thus for the av-
erage amateur, hitting out of a green-
side bunker is a three-stroke event,
meaning that you can expect to take
three shots: one to get on the green
and two more into the hole. The key
is not to take more than three
strokes.
Golf pro John Bierkan sets up in
the first photo below with his weight
on the left side and his sternum just
behind the ball, ...
Continues on next page
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 12

DON’T MISS IT TROUBLE SHOTS BIRDIES AND BOGEYS

Be a champ Mr. Miller is

It looks like something you’d find
in a physics lab, and you might, if the
researchers are golfers.
The Club Champ Swing Groover
lets you exercise and condition the
muscles you use for playing golf. The
ball automatically resets itself, and
you can use it with any club — irons
and woods — whether you’re right-
or left-handed.
The Club Champ Swing Groover
costs $30 and is available at
www.kohls.com.
The next time you find your ball on
a downhill slope near the green,
here’s what to do:
For starters, take the highest-lofted
club in your bag. This is because the
slope of the hill automatically delofts
the club. Put most of your weight on
your front leg, and let your shoulders
lean down until they’re parallel to
the slope.
Take about a half-swing and make
sure to keep your forearms from ro-
on the case
One of the reasons Johnny
Miller is such a good announcer is
that he’s not afraid to tell it like it
is. With Paul Casey leading the
BMW Championship by three
shots, the other announcers were
bemoaning the fact that Casey
was not chosen as a captain’s pick
for the European Ryder Cup team.
Miller went against the flow:
“There is a reason why he has
only won one time in the U.S.,
and we are
going to see if it

Caryn Levy/PGA TOUR

is manifested in
tating through impact — keep the the next hour.”
underside of your trail forearm point- Casey ended up
ed at the sky all the way into your frittering the
follow-through — thus, valuable loft tournament
is preserved. away just as Miller
Miller predicted.

Bunker play...
Continued from page 11.....where is expected, two is surprising, one
he wants the clubhead to enter the is a miracle.
sand (where the arrow is). Notice
how open and laid back the club- ABOUT THE WRITER
face is. This sand is wet, and he’s Dr. T.J. Tomasi is a
using his lob wedge, which has teaching
only about 4 degrees of bounce. If professional in Port
he used the 56-degree wedge with St. Lucie, Fla. Visit
the 12 degrees of bounce, the club his Web site at
might skid into the ball, producing tjtomasi.com.
a skull shot.

In the second photo, you can see

that John’s shoulders, feet and hips
are pointed quite a bit left of the
target. From down the line you can
see how he swung along his shoul-
der line, causing a cut-across divot
(indicated by the arrow at his feet).
If he’s swinging to the left, why
doesn’t his ball go to the left?
The answer is the key to the
bunker shot: Because he does
not rotate his forearms, at im-
pact the face of his club looks
at the target exactly as it did at
address. Thus his clubface is Some people would say this ball is in a
open to the swing path and the “trap,” but there is no such word in the
ball has a slight left-to-right rules. The correct name for a sand-filled
spin on it after it hits the hazard is “bunker.” But whatever you call
green. it, it’s a challenge to get your ball out and
next to the pin.
The takeaway: Three strokes

By Jim Buchta
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
At El Jibarito, a cafe in the
heart of Old San Juan, diners
ate platters of fish with the
heads still on and vegetables I
didn’t recognize. Chicken Cor-
don Bleu was the only thing
on the menu that looked fa-
miliar, so I asked the waiter to
order for me. Just not the fish,
I said.
The dish he brought, pollo
criollo with yucca mofongo,
had the creamy sauce of a
basic chicken stew, but also a
spicy lime kick. The texture
was familiar, but the taste ex-
otic. The same could be said
for Old San Juan, where a
16th-century stone fortress
stands five blocks from a Mar-
shall’s discount store and
you can buy a Puerto Rican
vejigante mask with U.S. dol-
lars.
I went to Puerto Rico in part
because it’s easy. Flights
are nonstop, I didn’t need a
passport and most people
speak English. A couple of
A staircase at El Morro, a fort in Old San Juan, that looks toward the
my friends discouraged me, Atlantic.
saying that San Juan was a
lot like Miami, but I also
wanted a Caribbean experi-
ence that I knew I couldn’t get
while sipping fruity drinks at
an all-inclusive resort in Mex- stood amid shade trees and
ico or strolling Miami’s South park benches. The afternoon
Beach.
I stayed in Old San Juan, a
small island that’s connected
to the rest of San Juan —
Puerto Rico’s largest city —
by several causeways. As I
made my way there by taxi, I
passed rows of high-rise con-
dos and resorts that stand
shoulder
to shoulder along
the Atlantic coastline.
My taxi dropped me at
Plaza Colon, near my
hotel on a pedestrian-only
street. There a statue of
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 13
the plaza’s namesake, on the stucco facades of build-
Christopher Columbus, who ings.
became the first European to Continues on page 15
land on the island in 1493,
air was heavy with humidity
and the streets quiet except
for the thumping of my roller
suitcase as I dragged it over
hazy blue cobblestones to my
hotel. Those same worn stones
— made from the ballast of
Spanish ships that stopped
here on their way to plunder
the riches of the New World
nearly 500 years ago — line
many of the streets of Old San
Juan.
I felt grateful that I would
have several days to explore
the city. After dinner, I ven-
tured out into the damp,
empty streets lined with dark
storefronts and glistening cob-
blestones. At night, I could see
what Old San Juan must have
looked like before the tourist
boom in the 1960s. Moonlight
filled the narrow alleys and
streets, exposing cracks like
wrinkles in an old man’s face
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 14

8 Bon ___: Paris depart- COMPOST

ment store Continued From Page 4
9 Man: prefix
10 Passport, visa, etc. Ten horses can generate al-
11 Mata chaser most 7 tons a month.
12 Skip “You’d be amazed at how
13 Bridge response much compost a stable pro-
18 Domed home: var. duces,” said Hauser.
23 Gaelic Composting has been around
25 Shocked as long as people have made
27 Move like a rattler garbage. Prehistoric humans
29 Legal posting mixed manure from their do-
31 Being a burden mesticated animals with straw
32 Fixed routine and plant waste where they
33 Time frames grew crops. This mix gradually
34 “ER” roles broke down and helped the
35 ___ fixe crops grow. That basic method
36 Boiling is still used by some gardeners.
38 George Eliot’s Adam “Many people just pile their
41 Uneven yard and kitchen waste and let
44 Piedmont commune it break down slowly over
48 Sketch afresh time,” noted Chuck Ingels, hor-
49 Mame, to Patrick ticulture adviser for the Uni-
51 Some sgts. versity of California
53 Brown pigment Cooperative Extension. “This
54 Moon valley can work, but some woody ma-
55 Devoutness terials still won’t be completely
56 Composer Nino broken down, rodents can take
57 Reunion member up residence and flies can be-
ACROSS 38 Odds-taker
39 Reputation
67 Gabby or Helen
68 Hat material
58 Bar sign come a nuisance.”
1 Accomplishment 60 Seine feeder
40 Pineapple fiber 69 Iowa city 64 Study
5 Food factor 42 Smidgen 70 Nobel, e.g. An unturned heap can take
10 Karate move 65 Sternward up to a year to break down,
43 Bowl filler 71 Deuce beater
14 Irish cry 45 Coal scuttle and it releases smelly methane
15 Played over gas as the ingredients rot.
16 Incarnation of Vishnu
46 Mirrors
47 Start of some things
DOWN But compost is key to a
17 Plastic big? 1 Diamond sur- healthy garden.
19 Ill-tempered goddess 48 Abrogate legally face “In the garden, compost
20 Indefinable time 50 Declares 2 Mispronuncia- makes a big difference in im-
21 ___ filtration 52 Take by force tion proving the soil and growing
22 Film list 56 Came back 3 Battle zone healthy plants,” Ingels said.
24 Tamiami, e.g. 59 Tiriac, of tennis 4 Young’un During the 20th century,
26 Walking the beach 61 Calpurnia’s 1002 5 Commedia dell most commercial farms re-
28 Marriageable 62 Hodgepodge ‘ ___ placed composting with syn-
30 Drum 63 Praiseworthy 6 Calls back thetic fertilizers. Composting
34 Platter 66 “Les Sylphides” garb 7 Domesday Book was considered old-fashioned
37 “___ the one?” ounce and too much work. Home gar-
deners also switched to chemi-
cals. But in the past decade,
interest in composting has
gone mainstream.
“Absolutely, no question
about it, we saw a real tidal
shift,” said Peter Moon, presi-
dent of Seattle-based O2Com-
post. “Five, six years ago,
composting was still viewed as
something for back-to-earthers.
Continues on next page

Continued
from page 13
And every
once in a while, the silky
voice of some Puerto Rican
pop star floated from an open
window above the storefronts.
I worried that San Juan had
lost itself to the cruise ships
that bring in nearly a third of
all tourists who visit every
year, so early the next morn-
ing I walked the town from
end to end in hopes of getting
my bearings — geographically
and culturally — before the
crowds arrived.
COMPOST
Continued From Page 14
The 02Compost system, a method of composting referred to as aerated
static pile composting, uses solar power to operate an electric blower
to induce airflow through piles to maintain aerobic conditions at all
times.
Now, people are composting
everywhere. They’re not just
making compost, but buying
compost, creating a market.
It’s all good.”
Moon, who grew up in the
San Francisco Bay Area, is
working on a pilot program in
Nevada County, Calif., to turn
biosolids (treated sludge from
sewage treatment) into com-
post. He’s installed about 500
systems, from sites ranging
from a Sonoma, Calif., worm
MATURETIMES OCTOBER 2010 PAGE 15
At El
Morro, one of two
forts perched along
the high cliffs along San
Juan’s Atlantic coastline, a
park employee explained the
various influences on the cul-
ture of San Juan. In the 1500s
the Spaniards built the forts at
the entrance to the Bahia de
San Juan (Bay of San Juan) to
SHNS PHOTOS
protect access to other parts of ABOVE: Old San Juan was once completely enclosed by a wall that
the New World, including the helped prevent attack.
Caribbean, Mexico, Central
America and South America. by Taino Indians when the side the old town. On my last
The island had been inhabited Spaniards arrived, but they day in Puerto Rico, I rented a
couldn’t survive exposure to bike and rode along the At-
the diseases introduced by the lantic coastline into the old
newcomers. African slaves town for the last night of the
were brought to the island by annual San Sebastian festival,
the Europeans. In more recent held each year in January.
years, the island’s relationship By nighttime, crowds had
with the United States has in- clogged the streets and I was
standing shoulder to shoulder
with people from all over the
Caribbean. Revelers hung
from balconies, and I watched
two elderly couples dance the
night away, getting lost in the
sweaty beat of a salsa band
that played on a stage over-
looking the bay.
I was getting lost in the mo-
ment, too, and had long
stopped wondering if San Juan
fluenced its culture. had sold its soul and had be-
After several days of seeing come just another Miami. Now
the ocean from a distance, I I was sure it hadn’t.
moved to a small resort out-
farm to a prison in Washing-
ton state. Designed to handle
a lot of waste, his basic kits
start at $675, plus lumber,
and make about 2-1/2 cubic
yards of compost per batch.
But no matter the method,
every load of kitchen scraps,
grass clippings or leaves that
goes into a compost bin
makes a difference.
Said Hauser, “You’re keep-
ing your garbage out of land-
fills. It all adds up.”
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THE KARATE KID (2010) (PG) 12:00 | 4:50 sionate romance that threatens to take them both down a Hendricks, Jean Smart,
THE LAST AIRBENDER (PG) 2:40 | 7:30 |
9:40 dangerous, and potentially deadly, path. Melissa McCarthy, Ma-
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE (2010) (PG)
12:30 | 2:45 | 5:05 | 7:20 | 9:30
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy jandra Delfino, Faizon Love, Will Sasso, Hayes
VAMPIRES SUCK (PG-13) 12:40 | 2:35 | 5:00 Renner, Blake Lively MacArthur
| 7:25 | 9:50

EL PASO, TX – Have you
ever wondered what you
have in common with a
mouse? Do you think about
what affects growth and
aging? Get answers and ex-
perience the amazing world
of human DNA by visiting
Cracking the Code: Human
DNA, at Lynx Exhibits, 300
W. San Antonio Downtown,
Sept. 18, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.
The interactive exhibition ex-
plores the mysteries of the
human gene and why the
genome – the DNA in an or-
ganism or cell - is being
mapped. Visitors learn the
potential of gene re-
search,
such as
preventing and curing dis-
eases, living longer, solving
crimes, and producing better
food and drugs. Cracking the
Code recounts the 200-year
history of genome science
and the individuals who
shaped it – from Gregor
Mendel, who uncovered the
rules of inheritance by culti-
vating peas in a monastery
garden, to Jim Watson and
Francis Crick, who discov-
ered the form and process of
genetic replication - the now-
famous DNA double helix.
“There is no more exciting
frontier than that presented
by our increased understand-
ing of genome science,” said
Deborah Chaney, Lynx Edu-
cation Director. “We are
thrilled to bring this extraor-
dinary exhibition to El Paso
where visitors can take full
advantage of its cutting edge
information and hands-on op-
portunities for personal learn-
ing.”
Cracking the Code uses
hands-on displays, visually
rich environments and fam-
ily-friendly activities de-
signed to help visitors
understand the
genome’s function
and its role in daily
life. Among the
many displays visi-
tors will see are:
• Giant helix -
An eight-foot-
tall, 25-foot-long
model of DNA’s
double helix structure
with video and light show.
• Discovery The-
ater - Scientists explain, in
everyday terms, genetic re-
search discoveries, their im-
pact, and the people and
stories behind them.
• Hereditary Slot
Machine - A working slot
machine that demonstrates
the odds that children will in-
herit genes for certain charac-
teristics.
• Cell Explorer -
A moveable flat video screen
allows visitors to navigate a
large map of a cell and dis-
cover the workings of its
parts and processes.
• The Cookie
Factory - An animated cookie
machine shows how a cookie
company cranking out cook-
ies is a lot like a cell making
proteins.
Cracking the Code opened at
the Smithsonian as
“GENOME: The Secret of
How Life Works,” and was
made possible by Pfizer Inc.
It was produced by Ever-
green Exhibitions in collabo-
ration with the National
Human Research Institute
(NHGRI), a division of the
National Institutes of Health
(NIH) and the Whitehead In-
stitute/MIT Center for
Genome Research.
Lynx, Downtown across from
the convention center parking
garage, is dedicated to bring-
ing first-class, family friendly
exhibits to the El Paso re-
gion. Open Tuesdays through
Sundays. For more informa-
tion, call 533-4330 or visit
the website at www.LynxEx-
hibits.com
PREMIERE
MONTWOOD 7
2200 N. Yarbrough
Schedule good for October 2, 3 & 5
CATS AND DOGS (PG)
7:00p 9:05p
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (PG-
13) 12:00p 2:25p 4:50p 7:15p
9:40p
GROWN UPS (PG-13)
12:20p 2:35p 4:55p 7:15p 9:30p
LOTTERY TICKET (PG-13)
12:05p 2:15p 4:30p 6:50p 9:10p
NANNY MCPHEE (PG)
12:00p 2:20p 4:40p 7:05p 9:35p
RAMONA AND BEEZUS (G)
12:00p 2:15p 4:40p 7:05p 9:30p
SALT (PG-13) 12:05p 2:25p 4:45p
7:00p 9:20p
SHREK FOREVER AFTER (PG)
12:10p 2:25p 4:40p
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Schedule good for 10/01 ­ 10/07
SUPER STIMULUS WALL STREET 2 (PG-13)
TUESDAY: $1 DRINK, 11:00 1:00 1:55 4:00 5:00
$1 POPCORN, or $5.00 7:00 8:00 10:00 (11:00
OFF ANY REGULAR FRI/SAT)
COMBO YOU AGAIN (PG)11:00
MILITARY DISCOUNT @ 1:20 4:15 7:10 9:45 (12:10
BOX OFFICE & FRI/SAT)
CONCESSION STAND! THE TOWN (R) 1:20 4:15
GUARANTEE TICKETS @ 7:10 10:05 (12:10 FRI/SAT)
FANDANGO.COM DEVIL (PG-13)11:00 1:00
1:55 3:05 4:00 5:10 6:05
SOCIAL NETWORK (PG- 7:15 8:10 9:20 10:15 (12:00
13) 11:00 1:30 4:15 7:00 FRI/SAT)
9:45 (12:15 FRI/SAT) EASY A PG-13 11:30 1:45
LET ME IN (R) 11:20 1:55 4:20 7:05 9:30 (12:00
4:40 7:20 10:00 (12:20 FRI/SAT)
FRI/SAT) ALPHA & OMEGA 3D (PG)
CASE 39 (R) 11:15 1:40 *3D SURCHARGE AP-
4:25 7:10 9:55 (12:15 PLIES* 10:50 1:00 3:10
FRI/SAT) 5:20 7:30 9:45 (12:00
LEGEND OF THE FRI/SAT)
GUARDIANS 3D (PG) RESIDENT EVIL: AFTER-
*3D SURCHARGE AP- LIFE 3D (R) *3D SUR-
PLIES* 11:00 1:40 CHARGE APPLIES 11:00
4:20 7:15 9:40 (12:00 1:00 1:40 3:35 4:20
FRI/SAT) 6:10 7:15 8:45 9:50 (11:20
LEGEND OF THE 12:10 FRI/SAT)
GUARDIANS 2D (PG) THE EXPENDABLES (R)
11:00 1:40 4:20 7:15 9:40 12:10 2:35 5:00 7:25 9:50
(12:00 FRI/SAT) (12:15 FRI/SAT)
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Calendar of upcoming events for El Paso/ Southern New
Mexico are from October 1st. thru October 7th. 2010
If you want your upcoming event listed in SPOTLIGHT’S Out & About section,
please send all your relevant data by e-mail to: editorial@spotlightepnews.com
NORTHEAST/
CENTRAL
Catholic Schools Fall
Bazaar — Northeast El
Paso Catholic Schools Con-
sortium’s 2nd annual bazaar is
2 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2-
3, at Most Holy Trinity
School, 10000 Pheasant, fea-
turing food, games, carnival
rides, dance groups, cheer-
leaders, mariachis, other live
music. Outside vendors wel-
come. Admission is free. In-
formation: 630-1969.
‘The Wise Men of
Chelm’ — Kids-N-Co.
opens its season with the
stage adaptation of Jewish
Folk Tales by Sandra Fenichel
Asher Oct. 2-24, at Kids-N-
Co. Performance Center, 1301
Texas. Directed by Francesca
Moore. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and
2:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket in-
formation: 351-1455 or kid-
snco.org.
Kicker Arenacross –
The motocross bike event is 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 1-2, at Cohen Stadium,
hosted by Cycle City Promo-
tions. Tickets: $15 ($10 kids
age 10 and younger) in ad-
vance; $17 ($12 kids) at the
gate. Military with ID get $3
off ticket price; and group rate
for 20 or more persons is $12
adults; $7 kids. Information:
755-2000.
Mark O’Connor — El
Paso Pro-Musica opens its
2010-11 season with the vio-
linist-fiddler Friday, Oct. 1, at
the Scottish Rite Temple, 301
W. Missouri. Tickets: $25
($20 senior/military, $5 stu-
dent). Information: 833-9400
or eppm.org.
A product of America’s rich
aural folk tradition as well as
classical music, O’Connor has
melded and shaped these in-
fluences into a new American
Classical music, and a vision
of an entirely American
school of string playing. As
The Los Angeles Times re-
cently noted, he has
“crossed over so many bound-
aries, that his style is purely
personal.”
‘Music Then and
Now’ — The Bruce
Nehring Consort’s opening
season concerts are 7:30 p.m.
Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 1 and 3, at The Chapel
at Loretto Academy, 1400
Hardaway at Trowbridge.
Bruce Nehring directed the
Consort Singers. Guest per-
formers are Lester Ackerman,
organist, and The Quintessen-
tial Brass. Tickets: $15 ($10
senior/military; $5 students).
Information: 534-7664.
MISSION
VALLEY
Sembra Salud 5K —
The 5K run and 1-mile Fun
Walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
2, at Ascarate Park. Entry fee
is $20 by Sept. 27; register at
raceadventuresunlimited.com,
or mail to Up and Running,
3233 N. Mesa Ste 205. Late
and onsite registration is $25.
Teams of 10 or more must
register as a group by Sept.
28. Information: Lily Limón,
253-1616 or
lblimon@elp.rr.com.
El Paso Chopin
Music Festival — The
2010 fall series of piano con-
certs is sponsored by El Paso
Community College and the
El Paso Chopin Festival Soci-
ety. Agustin Anievas performs
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2,
at the Chamizal National Me-
morial, 800 S. San Marcial.
Admission is free, but people
are advised to arrive early be-
cause the concerts are almost
always standing room only.
Information: 584-1595 or
chopinfest@sbcglobal.net.
Web: elpaso-chopin.com.
Dubbed a “Lion of the Key-
board” by The New York
Times, Anievas was selected
by Angel Records to mark the
centennial of Rachmaninoff’s
birth by recording all of his
concertos and preludes. His
additional releases include
recordings of Brahms,
Chopin, Liszt, and Schubert.
A graduate of the Julliard
School, Anievas has per-
formed in the leading halls of
Europe and the United States.
Los Temerarios – The
romantic Mexican group per-
forms at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
2, at El Paso County Coli-
seum. Tickets: $45.75, plus
service charge. (Ticketmas-
ter).
Los Temerarios, consisting
of brothers Adolfo Gustavo
Angel and Fernando Angel,
have released more than 18
albums, and won several
awards including Billboard
nominations in the Latin cate-
gories. Their latest CD is
“Evolution de Amor.”
EASTSIDE
St. Paul’s Arts &
Crafts Bazaar — The
St. Paul’s Methodist Women’s
fall bazaar is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 1, at St. Paul’s
United Methodist Church,
7000 Edgemere, with arts,
crafts, bake booth, commer-
cial vendors and more. Light
lunch for sale. Information:
772-2734.
‘Buddy Walk’ 2010 —
EPCC Diversity Programs
host the walk benefiting dis-
abled student scholarships 10
a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at
EPCC’s Valle Verde campus,
919 Hunter. Registration be-
gins at 9 a.m. Cost: $40 fam-
ily; $20 individual; $10 EPCC
students, military and seniors.
Event t-shirt for every $20 do-
nated to the scholarship fund.
Information: 831-6531.
St. Luke Craft
Bazaar — St. Luke’s
United Methodist Church,
9915 Montwood, hosts its fall
bazaar 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-
day, Oct. 2.
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St. Luke Craft
Bazaar..Continued from
page 20...The “new, im-
proved” bazaar includes more
vendors, as well as many sea-
sonal crafts, a sweet shop. and
a Granny’s attic. Lunch
served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Infor-
mation: 598-6821.
Fall Music Festival —
Bethany Christian Church’s
music ministry under the di-
rection of Vicki Myers hosts
its annual festival at 4 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 3, at 10453
Springwood Drive. This
year’s theme is “Higher
Ground.”
The Chancel Choir and other
church groups will perform.
Day care provided. Refresh-
ments will be served after-
ward. Admission is free,
donation taken. Information:
592-5977.
DOWNTOWN/
WESTSIDE
‘Wit’ — The UTEP Depart-
ment of Theatre and Dance
presents Margaret Edson's
semi-autobiographical work
Oct. 1-10, at UTEP’s Wise
Family Theatre, 2nd floor of
Fox Fine Arts Center. Di-
rected by Carlos Saldana. Per-
formances are 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, plus a Sunday night
show at 7 p.m. Oct. 10. Tick-
ets: $12 ($10 non-UTEP stu-
dents, UTEP faculty, staff and
alumni, seniors, military,
alumni and groups of 10 or
more; $9 UTEP students and
children under 12). All seats
general admission. Informa-
tion: 747-5118 or
theatre.utep.edu.
‘I Am Woman” with
Josephina Lopez — The
award-winning playwright
and author best known for her
work “Real Women Have
Curves” will screen her movie
Saturday,Oct. 2, at Camino
Real Hotel, 101 S. El Paso
Street, benefiting Centro Mu-
jeres de la Esperanza. “Real
Women Have Curves,” won
the Audience Award at Sun-
dance in 2002, and many
awards since. Her novel
“Hungry Woman in Paris,”
came out last year to rave re-
views. Her latest play “De-
tained in the Desert,” about
immigration bill SB1070
opens in Los Angeles Oct. 1.
Tickets: $25, plus service
charges. (Ticketmaster).
Border AIDS Part-
nership Gala — The
“Spotlight 2010” gala is 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at
Magoffin Auditorium, UTEP.
The performing arts showcase
features dancers, actors, musi-
cians and singers form El
Paso, Las Cruces and Juarez.
Tickets: $25; $100 VIP. (Tick-
etmaster). Information: 533-
4020 borderaids.org.
Since 1996, the Partnership
has distributed more than $1
million to support innovative
HIV education and prevention
programs in our communities.
For every two dollars raised
locally, the Partnership gets a
one-dollar match from the Na-
tional AIDS Fund through the
Elton John AIDS Foundation.
UTEP Volleyball — All
home games are at Memorial
Gym. Tickets information:
747-6150 or
utepathletics.com. Tickets:
$10.90 (including service
fee). (Ticketmaster).
• Noon Sunday, Oct. 3 —
Houston
UTEP Department of
Music — Performances are
at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts
Recital Hall, unless listed oth-
erwise. Information: 747-
5606 or utep.edu/music.
• “Celebrating Melody” —
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, as
part of its Faculty Recital Se-
ries. UTEP Music Professors
flutist Melissa Colgin-Abeln,
pianist Dominic Dousa, and
guests oboe player Andrea
Shaheen and flutist Luke V.
Franco gather for an entranc-
ing afternoon of works by
Beethoven, Milhaud, Saint-
Seans, Dring and more. Tick-
ets: $3-$8.
Swing for Scholar-
ship — Leadership El Paso
Class XXXII will host a golf
tournament benefiting the
Junior Leadership program.
Friday, Oct. 1, at Painted
Dunes Golf Course, 12000
McCombs. Information: 534-
0526.
SOUTHERN
NEW MExICO
Grant County Fair —
The fair is Sept. 29-Oct. 3, at
the Cliff Fairgrounds, Cliff,
N.M. The fair includes ex-
hibits, a midway, livestock
auction and a barbecue. Infor-
mation: (575) 388-4223 or
(575) 313-5825.
Southern New Mex-
ico State Fair — The
44th annual fair is Wednesday
through Sunday, Sept. 29-
Oct. 3, at the Doña Ana
County Fairgrounds, 12 miles
west of Las Cruces off I-10.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, 8
a.m. to midnight Friday and
Saturday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Admission to fair and
special events includes the
Speedway, rodeo and live en-
tertainment: $10, $8 ages 7-
12. Children age 6 and
younger free. Information and
event times: (575) 524-8602
or snmstatefair.com.
The fair offers livestock ex-
hibits and shows, live enter-
tainment, carnival rides, arts
and crafts, food and more.
This year’s headline concert is
Reckless Kelly at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 2.
Aspenfest — The Village
of Ruidoso’s celebration of
fall colors, is Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 2-3. This year’s
theme is “A Red, White and
Blue Ruidoso Valley.” Events
include a chili cook-off, arts
and crafts fair, street vendors,
Aspenfest Parade and vintage
car show. Information: (575)
257-7395
The Aspenfest Parade starts
at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Sud-
derth and Mechem. Informa-
tion:
ruidosonow.com/aspenfest.
Arts and crafts booths will
be open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday and 9 to 5 p.m. Sun-
day at Schoolhouse Park on
Sudderth. Admission: $2 (free
for children under 12). Infor-
mation: Bonnie Richardson,
(575) 378-4661
The Rod Run Car Show is 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the
Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
Admission is free. Informa-
tion: Ron Duscha, (915) 598-
0621.
The Ruidoso Chili Society’s
annual Chili Cook-Off is all
day Saturday at the Ruidoso
Downs Race Track. Informa-
tion: Rick Thomas (575) 336-
8399.
Cloudcroft October-
fest — The 33rd annual Oc-
toberfest Juried Art Show is
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-
Sunday, Oct. 2-3, at Zenith
Park in Cloudcroft. About 60
booths will range from oil
paintings to sketches, pottery
to blacksmithing, leather to
yarn spinning and blown
glass. Live music and family
activities also featured. Ad-
mission is free. Information:
(575) 682-2733.
Pinos Altos October
Fiesta — The mountain vil-
lage of Pinos Altos, N.M. will
host its 12th annual fall fiesta
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 2. Most events are in the
historic Main Street area. The
fair offers live entertainment,
children’s activities, arts and
crafts, collectibles, gold-pan-
ning, antiques and various
food vendors. Proceeds bene-
fit the Pinos Altos Volunteer
Fire Department. Information:
gilarangers.com/octoberfi-
esta.htm
Taste of Downtown
Silver City — The annual
event featuring a “walk-about
tour” of 15 area restaurants,
cafes and coffeehouses is Sat-
urday, Oct. 2, in downtown
Silver City. CONT/P/24
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Taste of Downtown Sil-
ver City...The event features
food samples from various
menu items from different
restaurants and shops, a
fake/bake sale and music
showcase, vendors and more.
Information: (575) 534-9005
or silvercitymainstreet.com.
• Taste of Downtown Walk-
About Tour is 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. at 15 participating loca-
tions. Cost is $15; informa-
tion: (915) 534-9005.
• Non-Profit Fair & Music
Showcase is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in the Morning Star parking
lot. Continuous entertain-
ment.
Carrizozo Cider Day
— The fall street festival is
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
3, along 12th Street in Carri-
ACROSS 6 Admit knowing
zozo, N.M., with music, ven-
1 Strip artist? 7 Clef or drum
dors, informational booths,
5 Collector’s book 8 Dos Passos trilogy
9 Oily fish artisan demonstrations and a
10 Scat lady concession stand benefiting
10 This ___: words on a
14 Cohan tune: “___ the Little League Ball Field
crate
There” improvements. Kids games
11 Durocher and the Lion
15 Legal document and activities also featured.
16 Gaseous element 12 Theater box
13 Reply to a ques. Admission is free. Informa-
17 Mimics meet rainy day
18 Plains man tion: (575) 648-2757.
duo?
19 Capitol topper
20 Wonderment
Spencer Theater for
21 Bible book 24 Type of candle
22 On the ___: free 25 Oktober and song Performing Arts —
“Conga del Fuego Nuevo”
and Rimsky-Korzakov’s
“Capriccio espagnol.” Show-
time is 7:30 p.m. Saturday
and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:
$35, $40 and $45. Informa-
tion: (575) 646-3709 or
lascrucessymphony.com.
‘The Comedy of Er-
rors’ – American Southwest
Theatre Company opens its
2010-2011 season with
William Shakespeare’s com-
edy Sept. 23-Oct. 10 at the
Hershel Zohn Theatre. Show-
time is 8 p.m. Friday and Sat-
urday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $10-$15. Informa-
tion: 1-800-525-ASTC
(2782).
‘Lone Star’ and
‘Laundry and Bour-
bon’ — No Strings Theatre
Company presents a pair of
one-act comedies by James
McLure Sept. 24-Oct. 10, at
Black Box Theatre, 420 N.
Downtown Mall, in Las
Cruces. Directed by Dale
Pawley. Performances are 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3 and
10, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
7. Tickets: $10 ($9 students
and seniors over 65, $7 all
Relationships will be the focus as the sun, the moon, Mer-
cury and Saturn all traverse the realm of Libra this week. If
you need a second chance at love, your best bet is to ask for
one during the Libra new moon on Thursday. There will be
compassion in the air. Just make sure that you make the
most of the grace you're given. Venus goes retrograde in
Scorpio on Friday, putting a scintillating twist in the plot.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll let your friends be the
way they are naturally, and you'll be careful not to push them
in directions that are uncomfortable for them. But when it
comes to family, you feel differently. It's like you have a re-
sponsibility to stretch and challenge your kin. This is espe-
cially true of your children if you are a parent.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have many outgoing
friends and relatives. You also love someone who has a more
solitary style of operation. You might have to find a hobby to
occupy yourself with while this person does things on his or
her own this week. That won't bother you in the least. In fact,
you'll be glad for the change of scenery.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Though you hear stories about
lucky success seekers who get taken under the wing of a
powerful rainmaker, the truth is that no one can do it for you.
You'll get help, but ultimately, you'll find success because
you take hold of your own business and make it happen. Dig
deep inside yourself and find the moxie to do just that.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your independent streak con-
tinues. Others may feel that it's necessary to give an expla-
nation for their actions. They seek approval. In contrast, you
maintain a "no explaining, no complaining" policy. You do
not need anyone else to understand your particular view-
point. You understand it, and that's what matters.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your vision of the world is different
from the way it appears to the average citizen on the street. So
when you feel alone or out of step with the common interests
and activities of those around you, this is positive. It's actually
a sign that you're right where you should be. You were meant
to do your own thing.

23 Reagan, to Nancy 26 Gesundheit! prompter Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, seats on Thursday). Informa-
27 Raccoon’s cousin VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It would be far too easy to let
24 Highway feature N.M. (about 12 miles north of tion: (575) 523-1223 or those around you in on the secret: You don't exactly know
25 Aspects 28 Tar’s patron saint downtown Ruidoso). Free nstcbbt@zianet.com. Web: what you're doing. You have not faced a scenario like the one
29 Protuberance 29 Kind of truth public guided tours are 10 no-strings.org. you'll see this week, that's true. But you have taken on similar
tasks and found your way, no problem. This week's adventure
30 Half of a lively dance 30 Dagger adjunct? a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays is no different. Become your own ally in this matter.
33 Place for eleves 31 Split in twain (except show dates). Informa- ‘Vintage Hitchcock:
32 Actress Kirstie
34 Hollywood “Auntie”
34 1,103, to Nero
tion: (575) 336-4800, (888) A Live Radio Play’ - LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You'll be an expert at the dance of
love. You'll know how close to get and when. You'll let a
35 Israeli airline 818-7872 or Las Cruces Community The- partner know that you're there to support and accompany
35 Therefore
36 Clover meets musical spencertheater.com. atre presents an evening of them, but you won't follow so closely that the other person
style? 37 Panel feature • “A Celebration of Jazz” - can't move and flow as desired. There will be a sense of free-
38 Singer Vic “radio” adaptations of Alfred dom inside the structure of your relationships.
39 Dorothy’s dog 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, as
43 Purdah Hitchcock classics Oct. 1-17.
40 ___ Bien Phu part of Aspenfest Weekend.
44 Ear bone The program features interna- Directed by Les Boyse. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). In some regard, it will benefit
41 Century plant you to call it off, stop the subscription, cancel the member-
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It’s always hard to single out a short list
of the greats of the game because there are so
many, but if you are new to golf, this little sum-
mary is a good starting place.
Walter Hagen (1892-1969)
Walter Hagen’s swing wasn’t perfect, but his
demeanor was. Unperturbed by bad outcomes,
he hit more off-line shots in one round than Ben
Hogan did in a year. Sequence photos show that
while Hagen was often accused of sliding ahead
of the ball, his lower body was very active and
his head was in the correct position at impact.
And when he did hit it in the bushes, oh what a
scrambler he was.
Byron Nelson (1912-2006)
The father of the modern swing, Byron
Nelson’s one-piece takeaway created maximum
swing width. Nelson set the club so perfectly at
the top of his swing that all he had to do was
“nothing” on the way back to the ball. And an
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 25
By T.J. TOMASI
absence of manipulation is a good thing if you’re Sam Snead (1912-2002) swing arc with elbow flying, Jack’s swing re-
going to win 11 tour events in a row — which he The third (Hogan and Nelson being the other flected his teacher Jack Grout’s admonition,
did in 1945. two) of the best three golfers to ever reach their “Reach for the sky” — and 18 majors later that
turned out to be really good advice.
Ben Hogan (1912-1997) peak together. They were all born within six
Hogan turned months of one another in 1912. Snead won more Lee Trevino (1939- )
himself into a great than 160 tournaments worldwide as a pro and 82 A one-of-a-kind who
ball striker by ex- official events on the PGA Tour, which is the always played to a full
perimentation and most in history. Never has there been such a per- house, Lee Trevino was
a grinding practice fect blend of power and tempo. When asked and still is one of the most
regime. He actually what he thought of Hogan’s swing, Snead said popular golfers of all time.
trained himself to that he never watched Hogan because he was One reason is his swing, a
hit balls while ex- afraid to “catch” his tempo — a perfect example configuration only his
hausted, more of “Snead on the snide” when it came to his rival banker could love. In his
Navy Seals train- Hogan. championship period,
ing than golf prac- Jack Nicklaus (1940- ) Trevino aimed his anti-
tice. Hogan was “Ferociousness under control” describes Jack hook assembly 30 yards
like a scientist, studying and then experimenting left, looped the club to the inside coming down
Nicklaus’ attack on the ball. But Nicklaus was
in his laboratory — the practice tee. And it not just long, he was accurate, hitting so many and cut the ball exactly to target. Someday there
worked because nobody has ever hit it better may be “the next Nicklaus” or the “next Tiger,”
greens in regulation that he didn’t need (nor did
from tee to green. he have) a world-class short game. An upright ...Continues on page 27
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Continued from page 25

.... but there will never be another Lee Buck Trevino.
Tiger Woods (1975- )
In his never-ending quest to keep ahead of the pack, Tiger
has once again modified his swing. Surely he holds the
record for tournaments won with different swings. When
Tiger first came on tour in 1996, he was a can’t-miss. After
the 2000 season, when he led the tour in almost every signifi-
cant category, he was labeled by some as the greatest golfer
ever. By 2009 many saw him as just another good player —
good but not great.
No great player has had such a staggered profile and there
are still a few more chapters to go. It is my opinion that when
it’s all been written, Tiger will take his place as a great (but not
the greatest) player.

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By RICK MINTER / Cox Newspapers

Hamlin not afraid to steer

into controversy
NASCAR officials wanted to
hear. They also didn’t go over
well with Bowyer’s teammate
Kevin Harvick, who bumped
into Hamlin in practice then had
a heated exchange with him af-
terward.
Hamlin started it off by say-
ing there was a good reason his
second-place car at New Hamp-
shire passed the post-race tech-
nical inspection while Bowyer’s
winning car did not.
“Our car came back and it
was correct, but it wasn’t built
incorrectly and … [Bowyer’s]
Denny Hamlin (left) has a heated exchange with Kevin Harvick after an incident on the track during practice car was built incorrectly,” Ham-
for the AAA 400 at Dover on Sept. 25. (NASCAR photo) lin said, adding that the fact that
long with his successes leged use of “debris” cautions to During his weekly media the difference between a pass-
60-thousandths didn’t help
him perform any better …
that is a crock,” Hamlin said.
“Let me tell you something,
that helps a lot.
“I know when we gain five
points of downforce, our car
runs a ton better …
“NASCAR has been very,
very lenient, I feel like, on this
car, and they’ve given those
guys chances. … I think that
[Bowyer’s team] should just be
happy that they’re in the Chase
at this point. They were warned
and they were warned before
Richmond. Everyone in the
garage knows that. They’re the
ones who wanted to press the
“They’ve been warned for a long
time, way before Richmond. …
They wanted to get everything
they could. What did they have
to lose really? You almost can’t
fault them for that.”
NASCAR apparently didn’t
say anything to Hamlin about his
comments, but an ESPN report
indicates his team president, J.D.
Gibbs, did tell Hamlin to tone it
down.
For their parts, Bowyer and
team owner Richard Childress
continued to say their car was
legal when it arrived at New
Hampshire, and they say the rea-
son it failed to pass inspection
was that the car was damaged ei-

A on Sprint Cup race tracks

this year, Denny Hamlin
also stands out because he has
become one of the few drivers
who doesn’t mind speaking his
mind.
And even though his outspo-
kenness over NASCAR’s al-
liven up races has cost him a
$50,000 fine from series offi-
cials, he weighed in heavily
about Clint Bowyer’s penalty for
an illegal car at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway, something
most other top drivers declined
to do in detail.
session at Dover International
Speedway last Friday, Hamlin
offered his insight on the situa-
tion that led to Bowyer being
docked 150 points, which
dropped him from second in the
standings to 12th. And his com-
ments likely weren’t what
ing height and a failing height
on Bowyer’s car was just 60
thousandths of an inch doesn’t
mean it didn’t create a big ad-
vantage on the track.
“You can talk about how
small the thing was off and
you can really try to say that
issue and get all they could to
make sure they got in the
Chase.”
And Hamlin said the Bowyer
ther during the race or when it
was pushed to Victory Lane by a
tow truck.
They’ll make their case in an
car has been wrong for a lot appeal scheduled for Wednes-
longer than it might appear. day.
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known it for months,” he said.

Not your dad’s Buick
– the 2010 LaCrosse
I have to say, the
last time I was this excited
about a Buick, it was the mid-
dle of the 1980’s, Ronald
Reagan was President, “Top
Gun” was the movie to catch,
the Bangles were walking like
Egyptians and the all-black
Buick Regal Grand National
was the fastest American-built
car on the road. But for the
past twenty years, Buick has
been plagued with the image
that its cars are best suited for
the retirement community,
leaving car buffs with nothing
to get excited about.
That’s all changing with the
2010 Buick LaCrosse – the
first “new Buick” from the
“new GM.”
Buick has reinvented, re-
shaped and redone everything
for the 2010 LaCrosse. To-
tally forget the 2009 model
(easy to do) and take a look at
the new LaCrosse. First
thing that you will notice is
that it’s sharper and edgier –
and very attractive. In fact, it
may be the best-looking
sedan that has come out of
GM in recent years. More
than once I was asked if my
LaCrosse test car was a
Lexus. I’m sure Buick will
take that as a compliment.
As most people will like the
styling of the new LaCrosse,
some of the vehicle’s best as-
sets can be found inside. The
interior is elegant and con-
temporary that will impress
everyone – even those used to
much higher priced luxury
vehicles. The dashboard
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Hamlin...
Continued from page 28 and in my opinion that’s not the way the car was raced on the race
And Bowyer didn’t hold back when airing his thoughts on the
issue, saying among other things that the NASCAR rumor mill
track,” he said. “I think that’s something to be said.”
forced series officials into issuing such a hefty penalty, one that he’ll
flows gracefully from door to
door and the center stack - al- find difficult to overcome.
He said that it makes no sense for a team that knows it’s under
though a bit busy - flows
along nicely. At night, it gets scrutiny to try to slip something past the inspectors.
“Who in their right mind, knowing that [inspectors] are going to
even better with ambient
lighting done in a soothing take that car, wouldn’t have made triple sure that thing was right be-
fore it went to the race track?” he said, while also raising questions
blue – matching the gauges in
front of the driver. about the inspection process that officials used to check the car once
it was taken back to Concord, N.C..
“They take the car apart, completely apart to measure this thing, Denny Hamlin spins out at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sept. 19. (NASCAR photo)
GM has learned you can’t
have form without function,
and the interior of the
LaCrosse functions well. The
seats are comfortable and
very supportive, and the inte-
rior is library quiet, thanks to
Buick’s “Quiettuning” – a
combination of acoustic lami-
nate glass, triple door seals
and liquid applied deadening
material.
Pop the hood and you may be
disappointed to find no V8
option in the new LaCrosse.
Last summer when the
LaCrosse first became avail-
able, the standard engine was
a 3.0 liter V6 that makes 255
horsepower. That engine,
which is what I think most
LaCrosse buyers will opt for,
is still available, but as an op-
tion. The base engine is now
a 2.4 liter four-cylinder that
will make 182 horsepower. If
you really want V8 power, a
3.6 liter V6 that makes 280
horsepower is also available.
Every LaCrosse uses a six-
speed automatic transmission
and drives the front-wheels,
although when equipped with
the 3.0 V6, all-wheel drive is
available.
Buick offers the LaCrosse in
three trim levels: CX, CXL,
and CXS.
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SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2010 PAGE 30
2010 LaCrosse
Continued from page 29
The base CX is perfect for
those that loved Buicks prior
to this year. It’s simple with-
out unnecessary gadgets or
complex systems. It comes
with 17-inch wheels, cloth in-
terior and good old-fashion
buttons and knobs. A/C is
standard on the CX with a
dual-zone climate control
being available as an option.
Move up to the mid range
CXL and the LaCrosse really
starts looking good. Wheel
size is increased to 18 inches
and the car gets foglamps, in-
tegrated turn signals, leather
interior and heated seats,
along with more modern inte-
rior controls. Options for the
CXL include rear-parking sen-
sors, a power rear sunshade,
keyless ignition, and an 11-
speaker Harman-Kardon
sound system.
The LaCrosse CXL is the
model Buick plans to sell the
most of.
The big-daddy LaCrosse is
the CXS which gets even
larger wheels (19-inchers),
heated and cooled seats, and
the larger 3.6 liter V6 engine.
Adjustable shocks are avail-
able as an option on the CXS.
A navigation system with a
rearview camara, a rear-enter-
tainment system with dual
headrest displays, blind spot
alerts and a heads up display
are options available on both
the CXL and the CXS.
My test car was a base CX
with the new four-cylinder en-
gine. Most of my driving was
in town, where the LaCrosse
performed flawlessly. Yeah, I
missed the extra pep from the
V6 and if I had my way, I Laps led by
would go that route. But not
everyone has the need for
speed, so I would imagine the
211 Matt Kenseth
in the past five
four-cylinder will suffice Nationwide races at
Kansas Speedway (of
which he’s only run four),
top among drivers
Laps led by Jeff
2 Burton and Denny
Hamlin in the past
five Sprint Cup races at
many buyers. Kansas Speedway, the
fewest of any driver in the
And I do think there will be a
lot of buyers for the new Chase for the Sprint Cup
LaCrosse. The test car gener-
ated lots of conversation
Laps led by
wherever I drove it - and
mainly from young people,
proving that Buick has fo-
837 Kevin Har-
vick in the
cused in on a younger genera-
tion with the LaCrosse. past 11 Cup races at
Dover, the fewest of any
Can Buick recapture its glory
days of the late-1930s to mid- driver in the Chase for the
1950s with the new Sprint Cup
LaCrosse? It’s tough to call.
But the LaCrosse is a huge
Laps led in
step in that direction. Best of
all, the new LaCrosse can
help Buick shake that whole
284 the past five
Cup races at
old-folks image thing. And
that alone would make the Kansas by Jimmie John-
LaCrosse a success. son, top among all drivers
-- Christopher A. Randazzo
By The Numbers:
2010 Buick LaCrosse CX FWD
Base Price: $26,245.00
Price as Tested: $27,345.00
Layout: front-engine / front-wheel drive
Engine: 2.4 liter four-cylinder
Transmission: six-speed automatic
Horsepower: 182 hp
Torque: 172 lb/ft
EPA Fuel Economy:19 city / 30 highway mpg
[Questions/Comments/Feedback can be sent via email to
car@delorean.net]
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