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Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 122, No. 161 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

July 6, 2013

SATURDAY

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INSIDE NEWS

GOATS HELP PREVENT FIRES Last month, officials at San Francisco International Airport hired a herd of part-time employees to toil on the west side of the property and engage in an unusual — but... - PAGE B5

TOP 5 WEB

Mark Wilson Photos

UF—Oh yeah!

For The Past 24 Hours

TOP LEFT: Families carry alien souvenirs during the first day of the UFO Festival, Friday. ABOVE: Gabriel Olivas and nieces Alexis and Diana, along with young son Diego, pose with a giant alien, Friday. LEFT: Guitar virtuoso Robin Scott and his Robin Scott Trio tear up the stage playing their mix of rock, blues and funk, Friday.

• Sparks fly as city celebrates American... • Elks honor vets • NMMI lawsuit moves to Carlsbad •.Conference to shed light on aliens, UFOs • Fun and Fireworks

Roswell residents and visitors revel in annual UFO Festival

INSIDE SPORTS

AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER

White tents lined Main Street Friday morning as people with antennas and bright shirts walked by, high on the wafting smells of funnel cake and barbecue that hung over downtown. Live music played a cover of Simon and Garfunkel and a young girl shows off her hula-hoop

RIGHT: Abigail Wagoner tries out a body hoop, Friday. BELOW: Crowds steadily increase during the first day of the UFO Festival, Friday.

EVERY TAKES LEAD WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — The first page of the Greenbrier Classic leaderboard is filled with golfers who’ll get to do something they’re unaccustomed to lately...

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TODAY’S OBITUARY

• Lillian Marie Island

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TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........B6 COMICS.................B4 ENTERTAINMENT.....A8 FINANCIAL .............B5 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........A8 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ..............A8

INDEX

skills as the annual UFO Festival kicked off. Traveling from Santa Fe, Diana Lopez is experiencing her first festival. She makes hula-hoops and has a fitness studio. “The music seems good and there are a lot of interesting things,” Lopez said of her first morning. She talked to a few people about her hoops, so it seemed like a promising day. Author J.M. Surra also had a productive morning. Displaying his newest sci-fi book, “T.I.T.O.R.” Surra has already sold a few copies. Mixing science fiction with history, Surra’s book takes a whole new perspective on the 1947 Roswell crash. Embracing the UFO and alien-ology, lectures were held all day — some about aliens, some by simple rocket scientists providing a wealth of science knowledge. Coming from all over the nation, some people make it a point to attend the UFO Festival every year; but some tourists are not

from so far away and not all are seasoned veterans of the festival. Jay and Kaley Espindola are first-timers, but they are completely embracing everything regarding aliens. Kaley’s arms were full as she held an alien Tshirt, two pairs of alien sunglasses and an alien cup. “When in Rome,” she said about her souvenirs, shrugging. This is something that was on their bucket list. “It’s funny to see people in antennas and glasses and really getting into it,” Jay said, smiling. “It’s pretty much what we’ve expected.” And he meant that in a good way. As they soaked in the downtown atmosphere, the Espindolas had to admit that, although not super intense alien lovers, they do recognize the possibility of their existence. “Mathematically speaking there is a pretty good chance (other life is out

For Orrison, activity is the key to longevity AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER

He was bor n May 26, 1911, in El Paso, Texas. He played sports, spent time in the military and did accounting – nothing he saw as particularly unique; just a normal man living a normal life. But clearly something was dif ferent for Lowell Orrison, because he did something not many can claim to have done: he reached 102 years of age. “I don’t know why I’m living so long,” Orrison said. “But the best thing I could tell you is I did sports all my life. Sports.” It sounds simple, but he said the importance of exercise and involvement is the key to longevity in life. “When I was a child my

father was the secretary of the YMCA in El Paso so I was in the Y all the time,” Orrison recalled. “Well if you start life out, if you start with gymnastics and as you get older you play softball and Little League baseball, and church basketball for church leagues, and as I got older … of course I was going to college. … I played handball … I played volleyball. And I was hunting and fishing all the time.” He was always doing something. Both of his wives were equally as active. He married Margo Orrison in 1937, and they were married 44 years until her death in 1982. Then in 1983 he remarried to Helen Riley Orrison, whom he remained married to for 25 years until she passed about six years ago.

And in both of his marriages his wives were both good golfers, so they golfed all the time. He even traveled with about 10 to 20 other couples all around the country on golf trips, visiting the best resorts, he said. Orrison played golf until he was 94 when eventually his body couldn’t walk and stand in order to play. “I think that’s what helped me to live longer was exercise. To have something else involved besides just drinking beer or something,” Orrison laughed. He was also involved in other ways: going to barbecues, having bridge parties and joining all sorts of frater nities such as Lion’s See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3

Lowell Orrison

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