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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown of Tucson.

Giffords arrived in the dining hall at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base at midday .

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Good Samaritans make day special

Good eats and great company at the Sale Barn Café, Thursday.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA PALMER

Between 450 and 750 people attended the Roswell Community Volunteer Program’s Thanksgiving dinner, Thursday.

So many people were lined up outside the Veterans Memorial Hall on Montana Avenue that they

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opened the doors early, at 10:30 a.m.

Johnny Gonzales, the dinner’s organizer and creator of the volunteer program, had been worried that they would not have enough food to feed allcomers, but the community came through to help out.

Gonzales was pleased that they not only had enough

food, but were able to send some food home with those who needed it.

Gonzales estimated that nearly 100 volunteers came in to cook the food and serve the dinner. One woman, Nita Clary, drove all the way up from Carlsbad to help with the event.

By 12:30 p.m., the food line was closing down, but those attending the event were treated to music, hymns, dancing in the aisles and prayers.

The Sale Barn Café, 900 N. Garden Ave., also opened its doors to the community to give thanks on this day of feasting.

When the Montana Avenue dinner was starting to slow down, the food tables at the Sale Barn were still laden with food.

Valerie Sanchez, the restaurant’s owner, was the sole cook. She had been working on the affair for the last four days.

“I cooked the pies on

Monday,” she said. The selection included pumpkin, apple, pecan and chocolate fudge pecan. The salads, macaroni and pota-

Sanchez said she was pleased with the turnout for the second annual Thanksgiving dinner, which was provided free to anyone

A fraction of the hundreds who attended Johnny Gonzales’ annual Turkey Day feast at Veterans Memorial Hall, Thursday.

to, were completed on Tuesday. She spent Wednesday preparing chili and homemade cornbread.

On Thanksgiving, she and her family were in the restaurant at 5 a.m. to bake the turkey and the ham and to put the finishing touches on the feast.

who cared to join her and her family in their celebration.

After the Sale Bar n closed its doors, the family planned to visit the homeless people throughout in Roswell and deliver free meals to each of the camps.

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The Snoopy balloon floats over Times Square during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, Thursday.

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Close your eyes and think back to your childhood.

Picture you and your friends playing dodgeball or king of the hill. What was the strategy in those games?

The odds are that you tried to get the best player out in dodgeball and attempted to knock the biggest kid off his perch atop the hill.

Regardless of when your childhood was, when you were in a competitive situation the goal was to be No. 1 and whoever held the proverbial crown got everyone’s best shot.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Spectators cheered and sang at annual Thanksgiving Day parades from New York to Philadelphia to Detroit and friends enjoyed feasts with strangers at Occupy protest gatherings, reminding each other there is much to be grateful for despite the country’s hard economic times.

Delighted crowds gathered Thursday for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on the streets of Manhattan under brilliant sunshine. Millions more viewed the live broadcast of the annual holiday production on television from the comfort of their homes.

“Here comes Snoopy!”

said an excited Regan L ynch, 5, nudging her grandfather, Nick Pagnozzi.

Pagnozzi, 59, of Saddle River, N.J., drove into the city at 6 a.m. to get a seat on the bleachers along Central Park West. He said Regan wanted to make sure he took pictures of every balloon.

With winds gusting to 22 miles per hour and temperatures in the mid30s, parade-goers in Detroit bundled up. Before the celebration, 21,000 runners followed the course for the Turkey Trot races. A cluster of Ford Model T cars in the parade testified to the city’s status as America’s battered but rebounding auto capi-

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Santa Claus arrives to usher in the Christmas season at the close of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York City, Thursday. tal.

“I know that for many of you, this Thanksgiving is

more difficult than most,” President Barack Obama said in his weekly radio

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Fred Flintstone makes his way down 16th Street in Philadelphia, Thursday.

address. “But no matter how tough things are right now, we still give thanks for that most American of blessings, the chance to determine our own destiny.”

The president later telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and praise their military service.

Dishing up Thanksgiving meals, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Gif fords appeared at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz.

She used only her left hand as she served, a sign that physical damage remains from the injuries she suffered when she was shot in the head Jan. 8 as she met with constituents.

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Holly-Day Magic shares the wealth with Police Athletic League JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

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From left: The Holly-Day Magic committee, Nancy Forrest, Trina Padilla, Debora Lucas and Joyce Tucker. Foreground, PAL representative, Officer Travis Holley.

The Police Athletic League received $5,000, Tuesday, from the proceeds raised by the Holly-Day Magic Art and Craft Show.

Joyce Tucker said that together with a grant from Walmart, more than $8,000 was raised. Funds were given to Assurance Home, The First Tee Program and to area high schools.

The Holly-Day Magic show is a collaborative effort, with a four -person committee of volunteers, Nancy Forrest, Trina Padilla Debora Lucas and Tucker. “We have to give a special thanks to Carl and Shirl Rempe who worked

on this program for years.”

Tucker repeated what a staff member mentioned to her when the Assurance Home received its funds.

“First comes food and shelter, then their other needs.”

The Roswell’s PAL hopes to provide for some of the needs for healthy and health-full entertainment.

“We gave out over $4,000 to dif ferent students and teams in 2010.”

Some of the dif ferent organizations that have received assistance from PAL include Little League football, Little League baseball, Mesa Middle School cheerleaders and college rodeo. “One student wanted to go deer hunting. We thought it a worthwhile cause, we helped,” said

RPD spokesman Of ficer Travis Holley.

“The Holly-Magic has provided 99 percent of the budget. Thanks to them we have a cushion,” he said.

He explained the procedure to get assistance is easy. “There’s no formal process. It is as simple as bringing it to our attention.

A three-person panel, including Cmdr. Alan Stevenson, Detective L.J. Harrell and Holley, reviews all requests. Although there’s no hard and fast rule, we usually give $150 to individuals and $250 to teams.”

Anyone interested in getting assistance from PAL should contact Holley at 624-6770. j.palmer@roswell-record.com

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Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin site.

Most experts had cited only one surviving reference to the date in Mayan glyphs, a stone tablet from the Tortuguero site in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco.

But the National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement that there is in fact another apparent reference to the date at the nearby Comalcalco ruin.

The inscription is on the

carved or molded face of a brick. Comalcalco is unusual among Mayan temples in that it was constructed of bricks.

Arturo Mendez, a spokesman for the institute, said the fragment of inscription had been discovered years ago and has been subject to thorough study. It is not on display and is being kept in storage at the institute.

The “Comalcalco Brick,” as the second fragment is known, has been discussed by experts in some online forums. Many still doubt that it is a definite reference to Dec. 21, 2012, or Dec. 23, 2012, the dates cited by proponents of the theory as the possible end of the world.

“Some have proposed it as another reference to

2012, but I remain rather unconvinced,” David Stuart, a specialist in Mayan epigraphy at the University of Texas at Austin, said in a message to The Associated Press.

Stuart said the date inscribed on the brick “‘is a Calendar Round,’ a combination of a day and month position that will repeat every 52 years.”

The brick date does coincide with the end of the 13th Baktun; Baktuns were roughly 394-year periods and 13 was a significant, sacred number for the Mayas. The Mayan Long Count calendar begins in 3114 B.C., and the 13th Baktun ends around Dec. 21, 2012.

But the date on the brick could also correspond to similar dates in

Judge clears Las Alamos mom

SANTA FE (AP) — A Las Alamos mother was cleared of child abuse charges in the death of her newborn son who authorities said did not receive immediate medical attention after his birth.

Prosecutors said Katrina Vigil, 25, finally took baby Grey Vigil to a clinic about three days after he was born. The child died eight days later in 2010.

However, a district judge dismissed charges Wednesday against Katrina Vigil and her parents after a preliminary hearing.

An autopsy showed the

boy was bor n without a cerebral cortex and likely would have died regardless of medical care.

State District Judge Michael Vigil said he saw no evidence that suggested the boy was abused, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported. The judge is not related to the defendants.

Charges were also dismissed against the boy’s grandparents, who had been accused of not immediately taking the child to a hospital when they discovered him in their Los Alamos home three days after he was born.

the past, Stuart said.

“There’s no reason it couldn’t be also a date in ancient times, describing some important historical event in the Classic period. In fact, the third glyph on the brick seems to read as the verb huli, “he/she/ it arrives.”

“There’s no future tense marking (unlike the Tortuguero phrase), which in my mind points more to the Comalcalco date being more historical that prophetic,” Stuart wrote.

Both inscriptions — the Tortuguero tablet and the Comalcalco brick — were probably carved about 1,300 years ago and both are cryptic in some ways.

The Tortuguero inscription describes something that is supposed to occur in 2012 involving Bolon

The institute repeated Thursday that “western messianic thought has twisted the cosmovision of ancient civilizations like the Maya.”

The institute’s experts say the Mayas saw time as a series of cycles that began and ended with regularity, but with nothing apocalyptic at the end of a given cycle.

Given the strength of Inter net rumors about impending disaster in 2012, the institute is organizing a special round table of 60 Mayan experts next week at the archaeological site of Palenque, in southern Mexico, to “dispel some of the doubts about the end of one era and the beginning of another, in the Mayan Long Count calendar.”

Yokte, a mysterious Mayan god associated with both war and creation.

However, erosion and a crack in the stone make the end of the passage almost illegible, though some read the last eroded glyphs as perhaps saying, “He will descend from the sky.”

The Comalcalco brick is also odd in that the molded or inscribed faces of the bricks were probably laid facing inward or covered with stucco, suggesting they were not meant to be seen.

The Institute of Anthropology and History has long said rumors of a world-ending or worldchanging event in late December 2012 are a Westernized misinterpretation of Mayan calendars.

Angela Prosecutor “Spence” Pacheco said she proceeded to a preliminary hearing despite the autopsy results because of serious concerns about Grey Vigil’s quality of life while he was alive.

Included in those concerns was a five-hour window in which authorities said Katrina Vigil and her mother drove to Santa Fe to shop the day after the boy was born.

Judge Vigil said he shared the concer n but there was no indication of criminal conduct.

Man accidentally shoots himself

Police were dispatched to the 1500 block of South Adams Avenue, Thursday at 4:30 a.m., after a man shot himself as he was preparing his gun for going shooting. He stated that he had loaded it, racked it, but the slide jammed. His finger was on the trigger and the gun went off. The bullet penetrated through his left shoulder. He was transferred to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center for treatment.

Burglary •Police were called to the 700 block of East Tilden Street, Thursday, where subjects gained entry into a home and removed jewelry, a Virgin mobile phone and 80 DVDs. The missing items were valued at $1,780.

•Police were sent to the 1500 block of South Madison Avenue, Wednesday,

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after subjects took a Craftsman orbital saw with case and blades from the bed of a pickup truck.

Criminal damage Police responded to call from the Masonic Lodge, 2305 W. College Blvd., Wednesday. The person reporting the incident said someone egged the building. No damages were done.

Found property Police were dispatched to the 400 block of North Missouri Avenue, Wednesday, after a homeowner discovered a spool of copper in the bushes next to the residence.

Identity theft and fraud •The police took a walkin report of fraud, Wednesday. The victim reported that he had opened a store

Justin Britton, 25, is wanted for forgery. He is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weight 142 lbs, with green eyes and brown hair. Anyone who has information on Britton’s whereabouts should contact Crime Stoppers, 888-594-TIPS (8477). Callers may

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Wyoming officials disappointed with grizzly ruling

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A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 6. A federal appeals court said, Wednesday the decline of a food source for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region is sufficient reason to keep the animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead and other top Wyoming officials took issue Wednesday with a court ruling that keeps Yellowstone region grizzly bears on the federal endangered species list, with some saying the state could appeal in hopes of gaining jurisdiction over bear manage-

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Many Wyoming residents, including outfitters and cattlemen, say the state must take over grizzly bear management to allow controlled hunting that would reduce the bear population. Some environmentalists, however, say public opinion nationwide goes squarely

against allowing sport hunting of the majestic predators.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from turning management of grizzly bears over to Wyoming and other states in the region. The judges said the future of bears is uncertain because whitebark pine trees, which provide nuts for the bears, are in decline.

Mead spokesman Renny MacKay said Tuesday’s ruling troubles Mead because population goals for the bears have been met. There are an estimated 600 grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone region, which includes Yellowstone National Park and surrounding lands in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

Mead “is disappointed about the court’s ruling on whitebark pine and we will evaluate Wyoming’s options over the coming weeks.” MacKay said. He did note the governor “is pleased that the court held there are adequate regulatory mechanisms in place

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Eighteen others were injured and six people died in the assault.

Giffords donned a ball cap and an apron with her nickname of “Gabby” sewn on the front. Her retired astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, supported her from her left side as she worked the turkey station on the serving line.

“Happy Thanksgiving, thank you for your service,” she told Airman 1st Class Millie Gray of Kansas City, Mo. Others in San Francisco, Oakland, Calif., and New York celebrated the holiday, serving turkey or donating their time in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street movement triggered by frustration with the slow pace of the economic recovery.

Some 3,000 meals were served in New York City. In Las Vegas, Occupy organizer Sebring Frehner said protesters had a potluck Thanksgiving meal at their campsite near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He said he was happy to skip the traditional meal at home.

“Instead of hunkering down with five or six close individuals in your home, people you probably see all of the time anyway, you are

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Chilly Willy a 300-foot tall penguin appears in America’s Thanksgiving Parade, in Detroit, Thursday

celebrating Thanksgiving with many different families — kind of like the original Thanksgiving,” Frehner said.

The thousands lining the parade route in Detroit for the 9 a.m. start, watched dozens of floats and hundreds of marching musicians, including the 170person Viking Marching Bad from Walled Lake Central High School.

Forty dancers from Deborah’s State Door dressed as hot dogs, and a 41st costumed as a bottle of mustard, made up a contingent sponsored by the National Coney Island restaurant group.

Philadelphia’s Thanksgiving parade, which began in 1920 and considers itself the nation’s oldest, went off with one hitch. Before the parade, in a preparation area, a balloon of the lasagna-loving comics feline Garfield burst while being inflated.

Organizers weren’t sure if it popped from over-inflation, a problem with the strings, or some other issue. Maybe it was too much lasagna?

In all, the Macy’s parade featured more than 40 balloon creations, 27 floats, 800 clowns and 1,600 cheerleaders. Star appearances included Mary J.

Death most fowl: Turkey crashes into eatery PENN HILLS, Pa. (AP) — A wild turkey smashed through a plate glass window at an empty western Pennsylvania restaurant and ended up where millions of its fellow gobblers did on Thanksgiving: a dining room.

Penn Hills police Officer

Bernard Sestili tells the WTAE-TV the feathered fowl didn’t survive impact when it barreled into the dining room of the Eat’n Park in Penn Hills on Thursday afternoon. The restaurant was closed at the time.

Sestili says he respond-

ed when the building’s alarm went off.

He suspects the turkey may have been roosting in a nearby tree when it “got up this morning and went for his mor ning flight and flew into the window.”

Penn Hills is about 10 miles outside Pittsburgh.

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vate property.

“Unlike the wolf, the bear is destructive in many dif ferent ways,” Magagna said. “The wolf generally kills livestock or maybe pets. The bear can do a lot of property damage as well.”

Todd Stevie, a Pinedale outfitter who serves as president of the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, said Wednesday he believes the court made the wrong decision.

He said grizzlies are having a large effect on other wildlife in some areas of Wyoming.

“Science plays no part in the Endangered Species Act anymore,” Stevie argued. “The anti-hunting groups don’t want anything to get hunted, and they use the Endangered Species Act to keep them from getting hunted.”

The Greater Yellowstone Coalition, a Montana conservation group, filed the lawsuit against ending federal protections for grizzlies that led to Tuesday’s ruling.

Mike Clark, executive director of the coalition, insisted Wednesday that

to conserve the recovered grizzly bear population after delisting.”

Deputy Attorney General Jay Jerde said that the state’s options could include asking the appeals court to reconsider, appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court or allowing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to come up with another plan for delisting the grizzlies.

Rep. Pat Childers, RCody, has worked on wildlife issues for years.

He said constituents increasingly are complaining about conflicts with the bears, which have killed four people in Wyoming and Montana in the last two years.

“There’s going to be a child killed one of these days, and then possibly the judges out there in the 9th Circuit will realize that we’ve got a problem out here,” Childers said.

Jim Magagna, executive vice president of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, said his group supports giving the state game department the flexibility to respond to bears infringing on people’s pri-

Blige, Cee Lo Green, Avril Lavigne and the Muppets of Sesame Street. Some performances were at a stage at the end of the route in Herald Square; others were on floats.

“I feel like a kid all over, man, you know?” said Green, who rode a float featuring young hockey players.

Giant balloon versions of a jetpack-wearing monkey and a freakish creation from filmmaker Tim Burton made inaugural appearances. Paul Frank’s Julius and Burton’s B. joined fan favorites like Snoopy and Spider -Man. The parade also featured an elf balloon designed by Queens resident Keith Lapinig, who won a nationwide contest.

In the crowd along Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue, tourist Wilfred Denk of Munich, Germany, said he was most impressed by the high school marching bands. The procession featured bands from as far away as Hawaii.

Suddenly, a float bearing a replica of Mount Rushmore came into view.

“Look, Neil Diamond!” said Bethina Denk.

The crowd started singing “Sweet Caroline!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!” as Diamond waved from a platfor m in front of the Mount Rushmore heads.

Near the beginning of the

route, Conor Jones, 5, of the Bronx, ducked as a troupe of clowns dressed as firefighters doused the crowd with multicolored confetti. He and his twin brother, Nolan, have attended the parade three years in a row.

“I like the bands best,” he said. His brother preferred the Spider-Man balloon.

Dozens of handlers got revved up with a cheer heralding their cartoon balloon character: “Buzz!

“the spectacle of sports hunting where people can go out and take bears for trophies or for fun is not something I think is going to go over well with the American public.”

Louisa Willcox, senior wildlife advocate with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Livingston, Mont., said Wyoming game managers already have considerable authority to help ranchers and others deal with bears that might pose a threat. Her group filed papers with the appeals court on the whitebark pine issue.

Willcox said it may be possible to end federal protections for the grizzly even with the decline of the whitebark pine if the bears are allowed to reestablish sizeable populations in suitable areas, such as the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming.

“It is a social question of where on the landscape we want bears and how we’re going to ensure that we’re ahead of the curve in terms of conflict,” Willcox said. floating pumpkin. He’s been volunteering in the parade for more than 15 years.

“When it’s windy it’s a struggle,” he said. “But today is great weather.”

Macy’s predicted 3.5 million people could crowd the parade route, while an additional 50 million watched from home.

All the balloons are created at Macy’s Parade Studio in New Jersey, and each undergoes testing for

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Neil Diamond rides on the South Dakota float that features Mount Rushmore, in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday.

Lightyear! Buzz! Lightyear!”

Nearby, balloon handler Joe Sullivan, a retired banker, held one of six nylon lines securing a huge

flight patterns, aerodynamics, buoyancy and lift. The floats are driven into New York through the Lincoln Tunnel before the parade.

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Some options to improve redistricting process for state

SANTA FE — Two months ago, I asked if there might be a way to take all politics out of redistricting. It stands to reason that with the stakes being so high for the two political parties, they will do anything possible to game the system.

New Mexico Democrats, of course, deny they did anything to help their party in the redistricting plans they passed and which Republicans now are challenging in court. New Mexico Republicans claim Democrats produced fewer competitive districts in which Republicans might have a chance to win and eventually gain a majority.

The courts will decide. But then courts aren’t free of politics either.

We have seen courts tilted in both directions that have been accused of deciding elections.

So how do we design a completely nonpartisan redistricting system? I described some state plans two months ago in which independents cast the deciding

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votes. I liked neighboring Arizona’s system in which Republican and Democratic leaders choose two members apiece and those four choose an independent to be chairman.

But we have just learned that this method isn’t working either.

Why? Because the plan had too many competitive districts that Democrats might win. Wait a minute. In New Mexico, Republicans wanted more competitive districts.

It depends on who is in control.

It is good for voters to be in competitive districts because their vote is more likely to count. But the party in control wants as few

competitive districts as possible.

It has nothing to do with what is best for voters.

But what could Arizona Republicans do about the independent who voted for more competitive districts? They didn’t appoint the person so they couldn’t remove her. But, wait a minute. Another part of Arizona law gives the governor power to remove a member of any state committee for gross misconduct. So that’s what Gov. Jan Brewer did.

The Arizona Supreme Court said that wasn’t good enough.

Brewer at least needed to explain the actions that constituted gross misconduct. Brewer said whatever she said was gross misconduct.

The Supreme Court disagreed.

She said the court needed to explain.

But Brewer isn’t giving up. She is meeting with her top advisers to determine what she can do to the decisions of the independent redistricting committee. Evidently her options will not include

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explaining what sort of gross misconduct the independent redistricting chairman committed.

Gov. Brewer’s defense reminds me of former President Richard Nixon’s Watergate defense that if the president did it, it was legal.

Even Nixon’s friends didn’t buy that one.

A better explanation came from former New Mexico Senate President Pro Tem Les Houston. When told that what he was trying to do was unlawful, he replied that anything for which he could get 22 votes (in the 42-member body) was legal.

Houston was closer to correct.

The Senate is a lawmaking body and therefore can make decisions that a chief executive of a state or nation cannot.

So would it be possible to give independent redistricting commissions powers that a governor cannot override? To be constitutional, the courts would need to be in on the final action. Could the burden of proof for overriding an inde-

pendent redistricting commission decision in court require something stronger than a preponderance of evidence?

Could overturning a redistricting decision require evidence beyond a reasonable doubt?

Of course, New Mexico will never have such an independent redistricting process until voters have the ability to put items on the ballot. It is called an initiative and referendum process. Gather enough signatures from registered voters and an issue can be put on the ballot for a public referendum.

Republican legislators have tried in the past to convince the Legislature to put initiative and referendum on the ballot. But Democrats, who almost always have been in control since 1930, don’t like seeing voters going over their heads.

(Write to Jay Miller at 3 La Tusa, Santa Fe, NM 87505; by fax at 984-0982; or by e-mail at insidethecapitol@hotmail.com)

Health insurance costs

It is true that when you tally the costs connected to health care in the United States in 2010, you come up with about $2.6 trillion.

It also is true that $2.6 trillion amounts to nearly 18 percent of $14.6 trillion, the U.S. gross domestic product for 2010. GDP is the total value of all economic activity in every area and aspect of American life.

And it is true that if the United States could spin off health care and make it a separate country, our GDP still would rank No. 1, but the new country of Healthcaristan would be tied with France for the fifth largest economy in the world after China, Japan and Germany.

The problem with these kinds of truths is that it is very difficult for anybody to relate to a trillion anything. An eye-opening new report on the costs of health insurance offered by private employers tackles this bignumber problem head-on. It boils the figures down to family-budget proportions, breaks them out state by state and connects them directly to other family financial concerns.

The findings strongly suggest that even the limited reforms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 can help slow the growth of health care costs and save money for employees and their families, businesses and the overall American economy.

That assumes that the law survives next year’s legal review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The report, released this month by the Commonwealth Fund, documents the growth of private health insurance premiums paid by businesses and employees between 2003 and 2010.

The average worker in Missouri is a good case study: In 2003, that worker paid $2,286 per year as her share of premiums for family coverage offered through her employer. By 2010, that had risen to $3,280.

And there was another important escalation over those eight years. In 2003, the same average Missouri worker paid $922 to cover the cost of deductibles. By 2010, deductible costs had jumped to $2,146.

The pattern was the same in Illinois: In 2003, an average worker paid $2,212 in premiums and $1,102 in deductibles for his share of family coverage. By 2010, he was paying $3,928 in premiums and $1,943 in deductibles.

The impact on family finances has been direct and dismaying: In 2003, 14 percent of the average Missouri worker’s median household income went to cover premium costs for health insurance through her employer. By 2010, that household was paying 19.6 percent of its income for health insurance.

The more of a family’s income that’s spent on health insurance costs, the less there is to pay for housing expenses, utilities, transportation, college education for children and savings for emergencies and retirement.

Instead of looking toward the future, families find themselves scrambling to cover the rising expenses of the present.

The Commonwealth Fund report points to provisions of the Affordable Care Act that require health insurers to spend at least 80 percent or 85 percent of premium revenue on actual health care. This gives them a financial incentive to reduce duplicative billing and other administrative costs.

The law also expands the review of premium increases by state and federal agencies.

States also must set up insurance exchanges that should increase competition among private insurers and make it easier for individuals and businesses to do apples-to-apples comparison-shopping for coverage.

The stakes of the heated debate over the Affordable Care Act are not merely ideological, but also financial. If premiums continue increasing at the rate they did from 2003 to 2010, family coverage for an average Missouri worker will cost $16,704 by 2015 and $21,877 by 2020. If reforms help cut the rate of increase of health care costs by just 1.5 percent, those figures would be $15,550 in 2015 and $18,959 in 2020.

We’re confident that American families, including those in Missouri and Illinois, would have no trouble putting those savings to good use.

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The secrets of Soros, Obama, Occupiers (Part 2)

Last week, I discussed how Occupy protesters are being directly aided by the mainstream media and indirectly aided by White House stimulus money, as well as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s and even Vice President Joe Biden’s households. I also detailed how the mainstream media are accelerating their progressive blitz not only to hasten the second coming, or election, of President Barack Obama but also to help him and other progressives in reaching their final goal of “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”

I believe the MSM are also bent to coronate a particular

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DEAR DOCTOR K: My ears have been ringing for the past seven months or so. When I was younger, this would happen to me for short periods, usually after a loud concert. But this is the first time it’s gone on for so long. What can I do about it?

DEAR READER: It sounds to me like you’ve got a condition called tinnitus. Tinnitus is sound you hear in your head with no external source.

The good news is that you’re not crazy. (Now if you told me that you kept hearing people talking to you, people who weren’t there, I’d be more

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GOP candidate whom they feel could be beaten most easily by Obama. I believe that candidate is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, for the sole fact that the powers behind the MSM believe his presidential run would fracture the Republican Party and cause a third-party candidate to run, dividing the conservative vote,

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concerned!)

Tinnitus is a common condition. Many of my patients have it. Occasionally, I have it. It doesn’t usually af fect your hearing. But it can be really annoying and distracting, enough so that it affects people’s level of function. It’s as hard to concentrate when there’s a sound inside

just as Ross Perot did in 1992 and 1996.

With still two months before the Iowa caucuses and three top-tier candidates vying for the GOP nomination, should Romney become the GOP nominee, as the MSM and the White House believe? I pray that what they believe will not be the case.

Obama himself is only a pawn in the parade of progressivism. And behind the White House and MSM curtains are progressive billionaire power brokers and globalists, such as George Soros, who are wielding their finances and pulling the strings in more than 30 major puppet networks, including

your head as when there’s a jackhammer outside your window.

Like you, many people describe having a ringing sound in one or both ears. For others, the sound is more like a whistling, buzzing, chirping, hissing, humming, roaring or even shrieking.

Tinnitus occurs occasionally in many people, often after being around extremely loud noise. It can come on after a rock concert, as in your case, or even after listening to loud music through headphones.

Some medications can See DR. K, Page A5

The New York T imes, The Associated Press, The Washington Post, NBC and ABC. And those progressive agents are at it again right now in the series of GOP presidential debates. Does anyone really believe questions coming from MSM moderators aren’t ultimately asked to trip up the candidates and then elevate and orchestrate the reelection of their supreme leader? The entire debate system should be derailed from the MSM and played out exclusively on C-SPAN with questions being fed in via the Internet from people around

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Nov. 25, 1986 • Marjorie K. Wagner, a retired librarian, continued to show her appreciation of libraries and animals when she named the Roswell Public Library and the Roswell Humane Society as beneficiaries of her will. The proceeds from her estate will be divided equally between these organizations according to Loretta Clark of the library. In the same spirit, Theone Rogers of Professional Services Real Estate and Velma Guest of Coldwell Banker Taylor and Taylor Realtors have contributed part of their commission from the sale of the Wagner house to the estate, Clark said. These funds will be used to supplement and enhance various projects at each agency.

Wagner died earlier this year.

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Michael Martin Murphey continues holiday tradition Roswell Daily Record

Christmas is a season of tradition, and no one knows that better than Michael Martin Murphey.

For the past 19 years, the iconic musician has worked diligently to keep alive the spirit of the first Cowboy Christmas Ball.

The iconic singer will launch his 19th annual Cowboy Christmas Tour on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at Pearson Auditorium in Roswell.

“The first time I came to the annual Cowboy Christmas Ball in Anson, Texas, where the community has celebrated the holidays with this event every year since 1934, I was floored that the community had worked so hard to keep it going,” Murphey said. “I fell in love watching the older couples dance and the dances being passed on to the younger people. It reconnected me to the tradition.”

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Light and Dark Geese Snow Goose 79 Ross’ Goose 29 Light Goose 151 Total: 259

Ducks

Mallard 545 Northern Pintail 1896 Green Winged Teal 299

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Arriving in Anson, Texas, on Christmas night, 1885, native New Yorker Larry Chittenden chronicled a dancing spectacle unparalled in those days by composing the rhythmic, rollicking lines of The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball, a six stanza verse that is still remembered and anthologized many times in print and song.

Modeling a show after the annual Anson event, Murphey took the celebration on the road, and has over the past two decades, performed the ball in such prestigious venues as Bass Hall (Ft. Worth), The National Cowboy and Wester n Heritage Museum (Oklahoma City, OK), the National Hispanic Cultural Center Jour nal Theater (Albuquerque, NM) and The Performing Arts Center at Texas A&M University (Austin, TX).

This year’s tour begins

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the 50 states.

Soros is spreading his dominion to control states’ voting processes, too.

Bubbling up in the progressive boiler for months has been the state of Wisconsin, which The New York Times called “a swing state in more ways than one.”

Snopes.com researchers actually just confessed a week ago that they couldn’t verify the report that Soros holds a “significant ownership stake” in the companies that are tabulating the electronic votes in Wisconsin, but what about a “partial” ownership stake?

What we can document for certain is that Media Trackers, a “non-profit, nonpartisan investigative watchdog dedicated to promoting accountability in the media and government across Wisconsin,” discovered that Soros and his Open Society Foundations are financing the new Wisconsin section of the website MapLight, allegedly designed to draw “back the curtain on how money influences legislation around the issues that people care most about.” Right.

Draw back the curtain? Meaning a voting curtain? Interesting terminology.

MapLight is the 15th organization in Wisconsin financed by Soros’ grants.

But those progressive political connections are all just coincidental, conspiratorial and inconsequential, right?

And I suppose Soros’ five visits to the White House were only to hang out in the Rose Garden and sip Obama’s new beer? More likely, they were talking about the implementation of Agenda 21, a United Nations program launched in 1992 for the nebulous purpose of reaching global “sustainable development” but which actually promotes a European socialist system that would chip away our freedoms, liberties and rights.

At the heart of that global and social change agenda is the use of nongovernmental organizations, civil resistance movements and class warfare protests, such as Occupy’s “Day of Action” last week in New York. One Occupy website even embraces Agenda 21 as the agenda for the movement.

Indeed, the MSM have fueled the Occupy movement by broadcasting its

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cause tinnitus, too. For example, high doses of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pain medications can cause it. But in cases like this, the ringing or other noise usually goes away when you stop taking the medication.

It sounds like you have chronic tinnitus symptoms that last more than six months. You may worry that your tinnitus is a sign that you’re going deaf or have another serious medical problem.

The good news is that this is rarely the case.

Unfortunately, it’s very hard to predict the course of chronic tinnitus.

Sometimes the symptoms remain the same, sometimes they go away and sometimes they get worse. Even though there’s no cure for chronic tinnitus, it often becomes less noticeable and more manageable over time.

There are several ways to help tune out the noise and minimize its impact.

Friday, Nov. 25, and will cover stops in at least 16 cities before Christmas.

“The Cowboy Christmas Ball is steeped in everything I hold dear of growing up in Texas at Christmas time,” Murphey said. “All the old dances are here... the waltzes, the mazurkas, the Paul Jones, the Virginia Reel... all these dances are still done here. The women make their own costumes and clothes and the men still wear string ties and frock coats. It’s a family reunion of friends.”

With his Acoustic Christmas Carols: Cowboy II (Rural Christmas Rhythm), Murphey is more excited than ever about the upcoming holidays. “This is my favorite season of the year,” Murphey continued.

“We remember our fathers and mothers. We celebrate our children and we treasure our friends and the many blessing given by our Hooded Merganser 4 Ruddy Duck 46 unidentified duck 188 Total: 6284

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every move for thousands of hours, exaggerating its expansion and even condoning and minimizing the violent acts of the protesters. For example, though at least 12 New York police officers were injured last week during the protest, the MSM insinuated law enforcement exaggeration, noting that they were merely “reported injured.”

MSNBC even jumbled the number of injured law officers, appearing to place a numerical emphasis on injured protesters: “Seven police officers and 10 protesters were injured. Five other officers were treated after being hit in the face with stinging liquid.”

Bottom line, these Occupy protests are nothing short of plays taken straight from the playbook of another Chicago progressive, Saul Alinsky, who pioneered civil disobedience in his “Rules for Radicals.” In it, Alinsky plotted: “The job of the organizer is to maneuver and bait the establishment so that it will publicly attack him as a ‘dangerous enemy.’ ... The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression.” But do Americans really want to get their social marching orders from a book that was dedicated to the “first radical” himself, Lucifer? No joke.

You’ve got to hand it to progressives for their success in erecting their kingdom and implementing their plan: Take over the institutions of higher education, and indoctrinate our youth; then commission them into key areas — such as journalism, government and teaching — where they can feed the progressive machine via media networks, politics and public schools, creating minions for the next generation.

(In Part 3, I will address not only exactly what the meaning and goal are of progressives’ “fundamentally transforming the United States of America” but also what I believe we can do to stop that onslaught from overturning our republic.)

Follow Chuck Norris through his official social media sites, on Twitter @chucknorris and Facebook’s “Official Chuck Norris Page.” He blogs at http://chucknorrisnews.blogspot.com. © 2011 Chuck Norris Behavioral strategies and sound-generating devices, used together, can often help. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help change the way you think about and respond to tinnitus — to make you so accustomed to the sound that you notice it less.

There are also devices, wor n like hearing aids, that generate low-level white noise. These can reduce the perception of tinnitus and sometimes make it less noticeable for a short time after the device is turned off.

Your general health can affect your tinnitus. Now is a good time to take stock of your diet, physical activity, sleep and stress level. If you find problems, take steps to improve them. And if the ringing doesn’t stop and is affecting your quality of life, talk to your doctor about treatment options.

(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School.

Go to his website to send questions a n d get additional infor mation: www.AskDoctorK.com.)

Lord. It really brings out the very best in all of us.”

Michael Martin Murphey has been a major part of America’s musical landscape for four decades. His hits include “Wildfire,” “Carolina In The Pines,” “Long Line of Love,” “What’s Forever For,” “Geronimo’s Cadillac” and “Cowboy Logic.”

A multiple Grammy nominee and an inductee into the Western Music Hall of Fame, the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and winner of the Texas Music Award for Best Album, Murphey’s most recent release, Tall Grass and Cool Water, is the third in a series of Murphey’s exploration into the similarities between American cowboy music and bluegrass music, called “Buckaroo Bluegrass. His previous releases in that series are Buckaroo Blue Grass II: Riding Song, the 2009 Western Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 11 Snowy Egret 8 American Coot 3627 White-faced ibis 3 Total: 29,063

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Ring-billed Gull 57 Forster’s Tern 2 Total: 59

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Grammy nominated release, Buckaroo Blue Grass.

Tickets are $100 which includes a pre-show meet and greet with Mr. Murphey at Quarters 1 for hors d’oeuvres and drinks beginning at 3:30 p.m. $35 Tickets for mid-level seating.

Shorebirds:

American Avocet 11 Kildeer 13 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Greater Yellowlegs 13 Log-billed Dowitcher 10 Stit Sandpaper 12 Western Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 4 Sandpiper (peep) 13 Total: 81

Eagles, Hawks, Falcon

$25 T ickets for cadets and balcony seating.

There will be a silent auction beginning at 5 p.m. in Pearson Auditorium.

Curtain rises at 7 p.m.

All proceeds benefit NMMI’s Campaign for the Corps.

and Owls

Northern Harrier 13 Red-Tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 1 American Kestrel 4 Burrowing Owl 1 Total: 21 Noteworthy Sigthings: Off-Refuge Crane-3,500.

Observed a arge falcon and 2 Chihuahuan Raven at the Farm.

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Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal at Ariz. base

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown of Tucson.

Giffords arrived in the dining hall at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base at midday Thursday wearing a ball cap and an apron with her nickname “Gabby” sewn on the front. She was accompanied by her retired astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, who also donned an apron.

Giffords used only her left hand as she served, a sign that physical damage remains from the injuries she suffered when she was shot in January.

Kelly supported her from her left side as she worked the turkey station on the serving line. He served ham.

Afterward, she mingled with service members, exchanging pleasantries and mostly one word greetings and responses.

She did tell Airman 1st Class Millie Gray, of Kansas City, Mo., “Happy Thanksgiving, thank you for your service.”

Gray said she had intended to only grab a plate and head back to her dor m to eat, until she heard that Gif fords was going to be there.

“She’s such an inspiration and her story is so inspirational, it really made me proud. I felt very proud and very humble,” Gray said. “It just feels really good to see that she is out here supporting the troops, and just continuing to be an inspiration and a strong role model for Americans in general.

“She was very war m,

asked how our meal was, which, of course, was amazing. The food is awesome,” Gray said. “She and her husband were very, just delightful and asked a lot of questions. It was just very warm-hearted, and I told her she was an inspiration and she was very thankful for that.”

Gif fords and Kelly left after less than an hour.

Giffords has been undergoing intensive rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. She was among 19 people shot Jan. 8 as she met with constituents outside a Tucson supermarket. Six people died.

The congresswoman arrived in Tucson on Tuesday evening from Houston for a private visit with her parents and other family

members and friends.

“It’s always special to have a member of Congress come and spend time with the troops and show support,” said Brig Gen Jon Norman, acting commander of the Acting commander of the 12th Air Forces, Southern. “But after everything that she’s been through, it’s a little bit more special.”

Giffords’ staff said base officials originally asked a member of the congresswoman’s staff to take part in the annual Thanksgiving dinner. When the staf f member told Giffords about the event, the congresswoman decided she wanted to go herself.

Gif fords previously returned to Tucson for the Father’s Day and Labor Day weekends.

BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT (AP) — After a summer of fire and floods, of ficials at Bandelier National Monument reopened the park’s backcountry trails to hikers on Thanksgiving Day. Visitors were welcomed to explore the norther n New Mexico park, but Superintendent Jason Lott said they should be prepared for rough conditions.

Flames from the largest blaze in the state’s recorded history passed through almost two-thirds of the park. The flames were followed by severe flash flooding in all the canyons.

Many sections of trail were severely eroded, and some were destroyed.

“Between the Las Conchas Fire in June and the floods that followed it, the Bandelier Wilderness is a much wilder place than it used to be, beautiful but in a dif ferent way than before,” Lott said.

Since thousands of forested acres were burned, park officials also warned of the resulting hazard of trees falling across trails.

All bridges have also washed away, meaning hikers might have to do some scrambling in certain areas.

Park of ficials recommended that hikers bring their own water, since streams are still carrying sediment and ash, and that they bring along a good

map and be familiar with wilder ness wayfinding.

Many of the directional signs along the trails are gone.

All park trails except the wooden ladders that lead up to Alcove House will be open for day use. Backpack camping will be allowed on mesa tops but not in canyons. Wilderness permits are required for overnight trips.

National forest lands on the wester n edge of the park remain closed, so trailheads in that area aren’t accessible.

It was three months after the fire that park officials first allowed visitors to return via shuttle bus to the monument, which

showcases a collection of prehistoric Native American archaeological sites and a historic visitor center at the bottom of Frijoles Canyon.

Some 8,000 visitors took advantage of the shuttles until late October, when park officials began allowing vehicular traffic down the winding road that leads to the canyon bottom.

Several day-use trails, including the Tyuonyi Overlook, Burnt Mesa and Cerro Grande, remain open along with the Main Loop T rail that takes visitors through the largest concentration of archaeological sites.

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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., waves to airmen while serving a Thanksgiving meal at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson, Thursday.

Bandelier reopens trails after fire Parts of Bastrop to reopen Dec. 2

BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Parts of Bastrop State Park will reopen Dec. 2, three months after devastating wildfires turned the park’s picturesque Central Texas hills into a blackened sea of torched pine trees.

Park Superintendent Todd McClanahan says there is “a lot of green” and he thinks visitors will be pleasantly surprised by the amount of green they see. But he says he knows people probably won’t be inclined to visit after the devastating Bastrop County Complex fires burned 96 percent of the park’s 6,600 acres.

Some camping, hiking and day-use areas will be open. But the Austin American-Statesman reports that park cabins are getting new roofs, and primitive camping areas are closed indefinitely.

The park, one of the most popular in the state, has an annual budget of about $280,000 but needs an estimated $8.5 million in restorative care, the newspaper reported.

Ruth Stone, award-winning poet, dies in Vt. at 96

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Ruth Stone receives the 2002 National Book Award for poetry in New York, Nov. 20, 2002.

UNDATED — Ruth Stone, an awardwinning poet for whom tragedy halted, then inspired a career that started in middle age and thrived late in life as her sharp insights into love, death and nature received ever -growing acclaim, has died in Vermont. She was 96.

Stone, who for decades lived in a farmhouse in Goshen, died Nov. 19 of natural causes at her home in Ripton, her daughter Phoebe Stone said Thursday. She was surrounded by her daughters, grandchil-

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Betty Joyce Andrus

Betty Joyce Andrus was born on Dec. 25, 1933, in Athens, Ga., to Charles and Sarah Whitfield. She went to be with the Lord on Nov. 21, 2011, in Roswell, at the age of 77. She is survived by her brother, Charles

dren and great-grandchildren.

Widowed in her 40s and little known for years after, Ruth Stone became one of the country’s most honored poets in her 80s and 90s, winning the National Book Award in 2002 for “In the Next Galaxy” and being named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for “What Love Comes To.” She received numerous other citations, including a National Book Critics Circle award, two Guggenheims and a Whiting Award that enabled her to have plumbing installed in her Goshen home.

She was born Ruth McDowell in 1915, the daughter of printer and part-time drummer Roger McDowell. A native of Roanoke, Va., who spent much of her childhood in Indianapolis, Ruth was a creative and precocious girl for whom poetry was almost literally mother’s milk; her mother would recite Tennyson while nursing her. A beloved aunt, Aunt Harriette, worked with young Ruth on poetry and illustrations and was later immortalized, with awe and affection, in the poem “How to Catch Aunt Harriette.”

By age 19, Stone was married and had moved to Urbana, Ill., studying at the University of Illinois. There, she met Walter Stone, a graduate student and poet who became the love of her life, well after his ended. “You, a young poet working/in the steel mills; me, married, to a dull chemical engineer,” she wrote of their early, adulterous courtship, in the poem “Coffee and Sweet Rolls.”

She divorced her first husband, mar-

Whitfield Jr., and his wife Edie, of Sherman, Texas: her husband of 56 years, Lawrence Andrus; their three children, Betsy Winfrey and her husband Mike, of Lubbock, Texas, Beth Andrus and Ronnie Devenport, of Roswell, and Jim Andrus and his wife Lori, of Lubbock. She was the very proud grandmother of Larry, Ryan, Jason, Brian, David, Kadi and Daniel, and the most proud greatgrandmother of 8.5 beautiful boys and girls.

Betty was employed at the Roswell Daily Record, retired from the Boy Scouts of America after 19 years, and most recently delivered for Betty K Flowers. She was a member of the Red Hot Red Hat Society and the Grace Community

Church of Roswell. She was an active volunteer with the Rainbow Girls, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Roswell High and Goddard High choir boosters when her children were involved.

She continued her selfless devotion to her entire family throughout her life.

Her family invites you join them in a celebration of her life and of her Savior at Grace Community Church on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. She will be interred at the Memory Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in a private family ceremony. In lieu of flowers, you are welcome to make donations in her name to the American Cancer Society or Vista Care Hospice.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of

ried Stone and had two daughters (she also had a daughter from her first marriage). By 1959, he was on the faculty at Vassar and both were set to publish books. But on a sabbatical in England, Walter Stone hanged himself, at age 42, a suicide his wife never got over nor really understood.

In the poem “Turn Your Eyes Away,” she remembered seeing his body, “on the door of a rented room/like an overcoat/like a bathrobe/ hung from a hook.”

He would recur, ghostlike, in poem after poem. “Actually the widow thinks/he may be/in another country in disguise,” she writes in “All Time is Past Time.” In “The Widow’s Song,” she wonders “If he saw her now/would he marry her?/The widow pinches her fat/on her abdomen.”

Her first collection, “In an Iridescent T ime,” came out in 1959. But Stone, depressed and raising three children alone, moving around the country to wherever she could find a teaching job, didn’t publish her next book, “Topography and Other Poems,” until 1971.

Another decade-long gap preceded her 1986 release “American Milk.”

Her life stabilized in 1990 when she became a professor of English and creative writing at the State University of New York in Binghamton. Most of her published work, including “American Milk,” “The Solution” and “Simplicity,” came out after she turned 70.

Her poems were brief, her curiosity boundless, her verse a cataloguing of

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Malcolm Holstun

Malcolm Courtney Holstun was welcomed to heaven with open arms by his Lord and grandparents.

Malcolm passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 11, 2011, in Temple, Texas. He was born July 17, 1978, in Germany, to Bill Holstun and Debbie FinchCallaghan.

He is survived by his children, Aramis Holstun and Jethro Holstun; his mother, Debbie FinchCallaghan and her husband Pat, of Seminole, Texas; his father Bill Holstun and Judy Polidoro, of

what she called “that vast/confused library, the female mind.” She considered the bottling of milk; her grandmother’s hair, “pulled back to a bun”; the random thoughts while hanging laundry (Einstein’s mustache, the eyesight of ants).

“I think my work is a natural response to my life,” she once said. “What I see and feel changes like a prism, moment to moment; a poem holds and illuminates. It is a small drama. I think, too, my poems are a release, a laughing at the ridiculous and songs of mourning, celebrating marriage and loss, all the sad baggage of our lives. It is so overwhelming, so complex.”

Aging and death were steady companions — confronted, lamented and sometimes kidded, like in “Storage,” in which her “old” brain reminds her not to weep for what was lost: “Listen — I have it all on video/at half the price,” the poet is warned.

Stone was not pious — “I am not one/who God can hope to save by dying twice” — but she worshipped the world and counted its blessings. In “Yes, Think,” she imagines a caterpillar pitying its tiny place in the universe and “getting even smaller.” Nature herself smiles and responds: ——— “You are a lovely link in the great chain of being Think how lucky it is to be born.”

Copperas Cove, Texas; his sister Falon Morales and her husband Sammy, and children Caitlin, Sammy and Lilly. He is also survived by his grandfather Courtney P. Holstun Jr. of Roswell; and uncles, aunts and numerous cousins.

Malcolm was preceded in death by his grandparents, Luther and Joyce McCarty, and Pauline Holstun.

Malcolm’s favorite scripture was John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He sent his only begotten, Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Malcolm has been cremated and no services will be held.

You may pay your respects online at crawford-

bowerscopperascove.com.

You may make a donation to your favorite animal shelter in Malcolm’s honor.

Tiffany Moon

Graveside services are scheduled for Tiffany “Tiff” Michelle Moon, 24, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at 1 p.m., at South Park Cemetery. Tiffany passed away on Nov. 19, 2011, at her home. The Rev. Rick Hale of Grace Community Church will officiate.

A complete announcement will be made at a later date.

Friends may pay their respects online at lagronefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.

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India opens more to foreign retailers

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Cabinet decided Thursday to allow more direct foreign investment in the nation’s huge retail industry, a move that could strengthen the country’s food supply chain and open India to giant global retailers such as Wal-Mart.

The Cabinet approved 51 percent foreign direct investment in multibrand retail and increased the FDI cap in single-brand retail to 100 percent despite resistance from both allies and opposition parties.

India currently allows 51 percent foreign investment in single-brand retailers and 100 percent for wholesale operations.

Top retailers like WalMart, Carrefour, Tesco and IKEA have long lobbied to free the policy further. Foreign multibrand retailers have Indian partners in wholesale operations now but have no retail presence in the country of 1.2 billion people.

The spokesman for the ruling Congress party, Abhishek Manu Singhvi called the decision “centrist and reasonable.” He was speaking to NDTV news channel.

The main opposition, the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party, decried the move.

“The gover nment has clearly bowed to international pressure,” Chandan Mitra, a spokesman told the same TV channel.

Wal-Mart, British-based Tesco PLC and Frenchbased retailer Carrefour welcomed the decision.

“We believe that allowing 51 percent FDI in multibrand retail is a first important step,” Raj Jain, president of Walmart India, said in an e-mailed statement. “However, we will need to study the conditions and the finer details of the new policy and the impact that it will have on our ability to do business in India,” the statement added.

“Allowing foreign direct investment in retail would be good news for Indian consumers and businesses, and we await further details on any conditions,” Tesco said in its statement.

Tesco currently has a franchise arrangement with Tata Group’s Star Bazaar hypermarket chain, supplying merchandise to outlets in India.

Carrefour opened a New Delhi store last year and would not say what expansion plans might lie ahead.

“This legal evolution should contribute to modernize the Indian food supply chain and to fight against food inflation for

the benefit of Indian customers,” its statement said.

It added the decision would help India’s farmers and the nation’s general economic development.

Ashish Sanyal, managing director of AMP Retail Services Pvt. Ltd, said, “It’s a good decision that will benefit everyone.” He is a consultant who helps retailers enter India.

More details on the Cabinet decision were not immediately available.

India’s $400 billion retail market is the nation’s second-largest employer, after agriculture, according to consulting firm Deloitte.

Advocates see the move as a way to strengthen India’s almost absent food supply chain — which is so beset by spoilage, poor infrastructure, hoarding and middlemen that the government estimates some 30 percent of produce rots in a nation with soaring food costs and tens of millions who go to bed hungry each night.

If companies like WalMart and Tesco are allowed to open shops of their own, they may invest billions in improving farming techniques and getting produce into stores more efficiently, bringing down food inflation — which has averaged 10.5 percent over the last year — and possibly improving rural incomes.

The Ministry of Commerce says it will cost 76.9 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) to build the additional 35 million metric tons of food storage India needs.

In a July paper, it suggested that loosening restrictions on foreign investment in India’s retail sector could be the best way to get more storage space built.

Yet the country has struggled to find consensus because of concerns about what it would mean millions of small shopkeepers as well as the poor.

Sanyal said small businesses had nothing to fear.

“At the end of the day this is like the high tide. All boats will rise. We will learn from the big retailers.”

Political deadlock on long-promised reforms like this has helped cool foreign investor interest in India.

Policymakers are under acute pressure to find ways to attract foreign currency to help strengthen the rupee, which hit an all-time low against the dollar this week.

Traders say the central bank has been buying rupees in recent days but those measures are unlikely to reverse the currency’s plunge absent more far sighted policy reform.

Anne Frank’s apartment open to public for 1 day AMSTERDAM (AP) — Paying guests are to be given a one-off chance to view the apartment where Jewish diarist Anne Frank lived with her family before they went into hiding from the Nazis during World War II, the housing corporation that owns it said Thursday.

Ymere corporation said in a statement that a maximum of 300 people will next month be allowed to wander through the building where Anne lived from 1933 to 1942.

The corporation bought the apartment on Merwedeplein, a street in southern Amsterdam, in 2004 and with the help of the Anne Frank Foundation restored it to 1930s style — “the same atmosphere as the Frank family left behind,” Ymere said in a statement.

A Dutch foundation now uses it for a writerin-residence program for foreign writers who are oppressed in their home country.

On leaving the apartment, the family moved to a small hidden apartment behind a canal house where Anne wrote most of the diary that turned her into a symbol of Jewish suffering during the Holocaust after it was posthumously published.

Anne and her family were captured after two years in hiding. She died in a German concentration camp in 1945.

The apartment will be opened on Dec. 10 with (euro) 7.50 ($10.00) tickets sold at the nearby Jimmink bookstore.

Spokesman Andre Bakker said the group would give preference “to people from the neighborhood.”

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LOCAL SCHEDULE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25 H.S. FOOTBALL 4A State Semifinals 7 p.m.

• Artesia at Goddard MEN’S BASKETBALL 8 p.m.

• NMMI vs. Carl Albert State JC, at Collin County CC Invitational

SP OR TS SHORTS REINDEER RUN SET FOR DEC 3

The 27th annual Rio Pecos Medical Association Reindeer Run will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3. The event will feature a 10K run and walk and a 2-mile run and walk.

Races begin at 2 p.m. Entry fee is $20 and includes sweatpants and a shirt.

Packet pickup and registration will be held Dec. 2 from 4-6 p.m. and Dec. 3 from 7-8:30 a.m. at the Civic Center lobby.

For more information, call 624-6720.

YUCCA YOUTH LEAGUE TAKING REGISTRATIONS

Registrations for the Yucca Recreation Center’s youth basketball league will be accepted through Nov. 30. The league is open to boys and girls in grades 4-8.

The cost is $30 for the first child and $25 for each additional child.

For more information, call 624-6719.

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NA T I O N A L BRIEFS FLORIDA STATE TOPS UMASS

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Michael Snaer had 18 points and 10 rebounds and No. 22 Florida State took advantage of Massachusetts’ dismal shooting in a 73-53 victory Thursday in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

Luke Loucks added 12 points, and Bernard James had nine points and five blocks for the Seminoles (5-0).

Raphiael Putney scored 11 points for Massachusetts (4-1). The Minutemen were 19 of 68 from the field and 2 for 23 from 3-point range.

The Seminoles will face the Harvard-Utah winner in the second round, while the Minutemen will play the loser.

Trailing by one late in the first half, Florida State went on a 15-4 run to close out the period. Snaer had seven points during the spurt.

Florida State kept up the defensive pressure in the second half and the Minutemen continued to struggle from the field. The Seminoles made 11 of their last 12 free throws.

Florida State is 5-0 for the second straight season.

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LAWRENCE FOSTER RECORD ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Close your eyes and think back to your childhood.

Picture you and your friends playing dodgeball or king of the hill.

What was the strategy in those games? The odds are that you tried to get the best player out in dodgeball and attempted to knock the biggest kid off his perch atop the hill.

Regardless of when your childhood was, when you were in a competitive situation the goal was to be No. 1 and whoever held the proverbial crown got everyone’s best shot.

Last March the Goddard boys basketball team entered the NMAA 4A state tournament with the No. 8 seed and advanced to The Pit after surviving three potential game-winning shots by No. 9 Grants in a 6463 win. Once at The Pit, the Rockets exploded onto the scene with blowout wins over top-seeded Gallup (72-54) and fourth-seeded Piedra Vista (73-46) and held a 5point lead with 1:41 left in the state title game over second-seeded Espanola Valley. Even though Goddard ended up losing the title 5552, the Rockets announced themselves as the front-runners to win the 4A crown in 2011-12.

With a majority of its team returning this season, the Rockets will no longer sneak up on teams and, as anyone who has played with a target on their backs can attest, being the favorite is an entirely different ballgame.

Goddard football coach Sam Jernigan, who knows a thing or two about having a team that is heavily favored to win a title entering a season, said that having the target on your back means every team gives you its best shot.

“I don’t know what maybe other people do, but we have recognized for a while that we have that target on our back,” he said. “People are trying to shoot you with a highpowered rifle, arrow, or whatever and all that really means is that it

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is a sensitive spot. It hurts when it hits. Every team prepares harder for you and plays harder against you.

“Everybody talks about if they are the team that can upset you. We’d just as soon not have that target to be honest with you, but you don’t always get to put it there yourself.”

Jernigan added that the first few times a team has that target on its back is the toughest.

“Honestly, the first few times you have the target on your back it is probably harder to deal with,” he said. “If you get acclimated to it, it is really just an everyday thing.

Having been there the first time you are ranked No. 1, I think it takes a lot more focus to keep everyone’s ego under control.”

Roswell boys basketball coach Britt Cooper, who coached the Coyotes to back-toback titles in 2008-09 and 2009-10, knows all about the challenges awaiting Goddard this season.

“I think everyone puts a target on you,” Cooper said about being the favorite to win state. “If you are labeled the No. 1 team, you are going to get the best shot from everyone. I know that we got everyone’s best game, whether they could handle it or not. It is a little easier to sneak up on somebody.”

Cooper said that the pressure may be a little bit different for the Rockets than it was on his team because the Coyotes entered the season as the defending state champions, while the Rockets were the state runners-up.

“There could possibly be pressure on (them) because they didn’t win it,” he said.

“That is a double-edged sword. Goddard could be really hungry to get to that next step (of being champions) or the pressure of it all will get to them. They aren’t the defending state champs, but there is pressure to do well. “ When a team takes on the “Cinderella” roll, it is often driven by a

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hunger to prove to people that they belong.

Once they prove they belong, the challenge for the players is to maintain that hunger and drive to succeed and

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not rest on past accomplishments.

NMMI coach Randy Montoya said both players and coaches have responsibility to make sure overconfidence doesn’t hinder a team.

“You know a key is to just make sure that the team doesn’t get overconfident,” said NMMI football coach Randy Montoya. “With a team that has almost everyone coming back, it is just one of those things that, as a coaching staff, you make sure you don’t let the kids take anything for granted. It is also very important to have senior leadership.”

Getting every team’s best shot each week can either wear a team out or prepare it for the playoffs and Cooper said that, for his team, it was the latter.

“For us, I think (getting every team’s best

shot) made us better,” he said. “We play a tough schedule and I think it made us better. I don’t think it drains them.

I think it does help because it prepares them for the state tournament.”

Jernigan said that getting the best shot from each team can wear on a team.

“It wears on you and each week you are going to see a different strategy,” he said. “Some coaches are going to do the allout and leave no stone unturned and some kids get more fired up.

It can be hard to keep your focus on it. Basketball is a completely different sport, but people are always aware when they are playing somebody that is good. Either you pick up your level of play (as a team) or your teams fall apart.”

With the pressure of being the favorite to win a state title, it can be easy for a coach to focus solely on winning and not enjoy the ride, something both Montoya and Cooper said you have to do.

“Everyone is different and (Goddard coach Kevin) Jones has his style,” Cooper said. “I am sure that he has everything in his mind the way he wants it. It is hard to give advice when teams are different, but I would tell him to enjoy the ride, because the thing about it is, those teams come around only every now and again.”

“My belief is to try and treat every year the same, whether we are the same team or not,” Montoya said. “It is just another year and you have to keep working hard. I would say (as a coach) to enjoy the kids and being around them. Do business like every other year and let the chips fall as they may.

Sometimes you don’t have a say in how it happens.” l.foster@rdrnews.com

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1925 — Red Grange, playing his first game as a professional with the Chicago Bears, is held to 36 yards in a 0-0 tie with the Chicago Cardinals.

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1934 — The Detroit Lions suffer the first defeat in franchise history, 3-0 to the Green Bay Packers. The Lions had won the first 10 games of the season.

1976 — Buffalo’s O.J. Simpson rushes for 273 yards on Thanksgiving Day to lead the Bills to a 27-14 victory over the Detroit Lions.

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ARTESIA AT GODDARD NMAA 4A State Semifinals Wool Bowl (Roswell), 7 p.m.

Records: Artesia 6-5; Goddard 11-0 Last week: Artesia beat Los Lunas, 3513; Goddard beat Moriarty, 42-21 Coaches: Artesia, Cooper Henderson; Goddard, Sam Jernigan Last meeting: Goddard won 21-14 in Week 9 of the regular season Coach Lynn’s thoughts This game is always interesting, no matter the records or circumstances. But when it’s a playoff game, it makes things even more interesting between these two.

Last year’s loss to Artesia in the state semifinals seems to be a driving force for the Rockets this year. In most cases, I’d say that the Bulldogs have the advantage in this one because they lost to Goddard earlier in the year. That means they can go back, watch the tape of the game and get a good gameplan together to beat the Rock-

ets. However, I don’t know if that is really true in this case. I think Goddard is a much better team than Artesia. Even with the chance to watch the tape and fix their mistakes from the first game, I don’t know if Artesia can match up. The Bulldogs played Goddard tough earlier in the year, but the Rockets beat themselves a lot in that game. As long as the Rockets play the way they are capable of playing, they should be able to win this game. I think the fact that this game is being played at the Wool Bowl is a huge advantage for Goddard as well. Artesia doesn’t lose very often at the Bulldog Bowl in the playoffs, so getting the game at home is important for the Rockets.

Coach Lynn’s keys for the Rockets 1. Get David Anaya going early and

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often. I don’t think Artesia can stop Anaya, so if he gets rolling early, that would be bad news for the Bulldogs.

2. Build an early lead. If the Rockets can put Artesia in an early hole, it will be tough for the Bulldogs to climb out of it against the Goddard defense. Artesia’s most effective weapon in the game earlier this year was its running attack, so, while it sounds crazy, forcing the Bulldogs to throw might be exactly what the Rockets need to do.

3. Take advantage of every opportunity.

Artesia, probably better than any team in the state, will make you pay for your mistakes. The Rockets need to make Artesia beat them and that’s something I don’t think the Bulldogs can do.

4. Don’t commit silly penalties. The

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Rockets had several big plays called back against Artesia earlier this year because of silly penalties. If the Rockets eliminate those mistakes, it will be hard for Artesia to stay in the game.

5. Play with a purpose. Last year, Goddard was overconfident going into the semifinal game with Artesia and the Bulldogs took advantage. The Rockets need to go into this game with a purpose and understand that they will get beat if they’re not focused.

Packers beat Lions 27-15 to improve to 11-0

DETROIT (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are working on a perfect season. The Detroit Lions have plenty to work on following a slew of physical and mental mistakes.

Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and the Packers built a big lead in the third quarter, taking advantage of Ndamukong Suh’s ejection and beating the Detroit Lions 27-15 Thursday.

The defending champion Packers are 11-0 for the first time in franchise history and have won a team-record 17 straight, including the playoffs.

Green Bay easily passed what was expected to be one of its toughest tests toward joining the 2007 New England Patriots as the NFL’s only teams to have 16-0 regular seasons.

The Lions fell to 7-4 — losing a franchise-record eighth straight Thanksgiving game — and added to their misery in ugly fashion.

Suh was tossed for stepping on Evan Dietrich-Smith’s arm in the third quarter and Matthew Stafford threw three interceptions.

The Packers turned Stafford’s interceptions into two TDs and a field goal, going ahead 24-0 late in the third.

Detroit finally scored when Keiland

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Williams scores 18, Dayton beats Wake Forest, 80-76

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Paul Williams scored 18 points, Chris Johnson hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer in the final minute and Dayton beat Wake Forest 80-76 in the opening round of the Old Spice Classic on Thursday night.

Johnson’s shot from the corner gave Dayton (3-1) a 77-75 lead with 35.4 seconds left. Wake Forest (3-1) turned the ball over on its next possession, and then fouled Williams, who made 1 of 2 free throws for a three-point advantage with 9.2 seconds to go.

After Wake Forest’s Kevin Dillard connected on one of two from the foul line, Johnson made two free throws for an 80-76 lead.

A back-and-forth contest saw Dayton go up 67-66 with 4:23 remaining on Williams three-pointer. Wake Forest responded with five straight points, all from Travis McKie, to take a four-point lead.

Matt Kavanaugh had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Dillard finished with 15 points for Dayton.

Wake Forest got 20 points from Travis McKie. C.J Harris added 18.‘ Chase Fischer connected from beyond the arc and Harris hit a short jumper as Wake Forest took a 61-55 lead with eight minutes left.

Wake Forest grabbed a 46-44 advantage on Fischer’s 3-pointer six minutes into the second half.

Williams hit three 3’s as Dayton went ahead 44-37 with 16 1/2 minutes to play.

Harris had 12 first-half points, including a late 3 that pulled Wake Forest even at 33.

There were six ties and eight lead changes during the first half.

Dillard hit a 3 as Dayton scored the game’s first seven points. Wake Forest, keyed by long-range jumpers by Harris and McKie, then scored eight points in a row.

Both teams went through a cool stretch after the strong starts. A pair of baskets by Kavanaugh put Dayton up 18-17 midway through the half.

Kavanaugh had 10 points in the opening 20 minutes.

The game marked the first time the teams played each other since Dayton beat Wake Forest in a matchup of Top 20 teams in 1960.

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By The Associated Press All Times Mountain AMERICAN CONFERENCE East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct New England . . .7 3 0 .700 N.Y. Jets . . . . . . .5 5 0 .500 Buffalo . . . . . . . . .5 5 0 .500 Miami . . . . . . . . .3 8 0 .273 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct Houston . . . . . . .7 3 0 .700 Tennessee . . . . .5 5 0 .500 Jacksonville . . . .3 7 0 .300 Indianapolis . . . . .0 10 0 .000 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct Baltimore . . . . . . .8 3 0 .727 Pittsburgh . . . . . .7 3 0 .700 Cincinnati . . . . . .6 4 0 .600 Cleveland . . . . . .4 6 0 .400 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct Oakland . . . . . . .6 4 0 .600 Denver . . . . . . . .5 5 0 .500 San Diego . . . . . .4 6 0 .400 Kansas City . . . .4 6 0 .400

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PA 254 247 259 252

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PA 225 228 213 205

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Dallas . . . . . . . . .7 4 0 N.Y. Giants . . . . .6 4 0 Philadelphia . . . .4 6 0 Washington . . . . .3 7 0 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T New Orleans . . . .7 3 0

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Williams ran for a 16-yard TD with 13:11 left and added a 2-point conversion pass from Stafford to Titus Young.

It also scored a meaningless TD on Stafford’s 3-yard pass to Calvin Johnson with 11 seconds left.

The Lions raised expectations for their ability to compete and entertain during their annual showcase after losing the last seven games by three-plus TDs on average.

They kept it close early — in a puntand penalty-filled first half — then simply couldn’t keep up with Rodgers’ passing attack and failed to stay disciplined.

Rogers was 22 of 32 for 307 yards with two TDs — a 3-yard pass to Greg Jennings with 4:51 left in the first half to make it 7-0 and 65-yard pass to James Jones in the third for a 21-0 lead. He fumbled once, but a teammate recovered the football.

“Second half, we got under center a little bit more, started running some regular offense and just kind of got things going,” Rodgers said. “We had a good bead on what they’re going to do there in the third quarter and James ran a nice post route and I didn’t underthrow him too bad and he ran in

Atlanta . . . . . . . . .6 Tampa Bay . . . . .4 Carolina . . . . . . .2 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W Green Bay . . . . .11 Chicago . . . . . . . .7 Detroit . . . . . . . . .7 Minnesota . . . . . .2 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W San Francisco . . .9 Seattle . . . . . . . . .4 Arizona . . . . . . . .3 St. Louis . . . . . . .2

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Thursday, Nov. 24 Green Bay 27, Detroit 15 Dallas 20, Miami 19 Baltimore 16, San Francisco 6 Sunday, Nov. 27 Arizona at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Washington at Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Denver at San Diego, 2:15 p.m.

New England at Philadelphia, 2:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 6:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 28 N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1 Philadelphia at Seattle, 6:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 Kansas City at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 11 a.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Washington, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Miami, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at New England, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:15 p.m.

Dallas at Arizona, 2:15 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 2:15 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 6:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 5 San Diego at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.

Smith keeps it simple for Falcons

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith worked two full-time jobs before joining his family for dinner on Thursday.

The event-filled Thanksgiving was a nonstop whirlwind that included practice and meetings at the Falcons’ training complex in Flowery Branch and community service 50 miles south in downtown Atlanta.

Smith wouldn’t have it any other way, but you would hardly know it.

In his fourth season as an NFL head coach, Smith has 39 career victories, two playoff appearances and one NFC South title, yet he’s a master at deflecting from himself and to his team.

“Smitty,” as his players and fellow coaches call the 52-year-old coach, is long accustomed to putting his family, players, assistants and fans ahead of his personal agenda.

A few fans approached him to say hello and take pictures Thursday as Smith mingled among 6,000 people at Atlanta’s annual Hosea Feed the Hungry event at the Georgia World Congress Center. But Smith mostly blended in and worked quietly without notice.

He and wife Julie stood next to Falcons owner Arthur Blank for about an hour serving Thanksgiving meals. After Blank left, the Smiths picked up plates and brought them to needy people sitting at tables throughout a big ballroom.

Asked to describe the experience, Smith didn’t want to give himself any credit. He was more interested in discussing those that worked with him at the event — tight end Tony Gonzalez, safety William Moore and linebacker Mike Peterson, defensive line coach Ray Hamilton, not to mention Blank’s family members and other Falcons staffers.

“I believe that you want to be a humble person all the time,” Smith said. “And I think the thing that we want to do as an organization, it comes from the top. Mr. Blank is very involved and our team is very involved with this.”

for a touchdown. That kind of got us going.”

Stafford was 32 of 45 for 276 yards with a TD in the final seconds and three interceptions, getting picked off

by Charles Woodson, Clay Matthews and Robert Francois.

Detroit became the NFL’s first team to win three games in a season after trailing by 17 points with Sunday’s comeback win over Carolina, but the Packers proved they weren’t as vulnerable as the Panthers.

Green Bay’s winning streak, including its run in the 2010 playoffs, equals the streak the Oakland Raiders had during the 1976-77 seasons.

New England won 18 straight during the 2007 season only to lose to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints were the last teams to start a season 11-0, pulling off the feat two years ago.

Detroit’s best shot to beat the Packers — as it did at home last year — was to knock Rodgers out of the game like they did last year. The Lions gave that tactic their best shot, hitting him even if he had gotten rid of the ball.

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That’s the Smitty way.

“He’s by far the best coach I’ve ever played for,” said center Todd McClure, who played under former Atlanta coaches Dan Reeves, Jim Mora and Bobby Petrino.

“Smitty is completely genuine. You want to work as hard as you can for a guy like that.”

Smith’s reputation as a players’ coach took root in 1999, his first season in the NFL as a defensive assistant with the Baltimore Ravens. By the time he was promoted to linebackers coach in 2002, the word was out.

His players loved him.

“He’s a guy who kind of came out of nowhere to be a head coach,” Atlanta running back Michael Turner said. “He wasn’t high on everybody’s list, but the Falcons did a great job of hiring him and he did a great job of putting a staff together that works well with the players.”

During his four years as an assistant with the Ravens, Smith often spent Thanksgiving with former Baltimore head coach Brian Billick. They are married to sisters, but the holiday grew bigger when the Smiths moved to Jacksonville when Mike took over as the Jaguars’ defensive coordinator in 2003.

Mike Smith grew up in Daytona Beach, Fla., as the oldest of eight kids.

When he and Julie and their daughter moved to Atlanta in January 2008, Smith had taken his career to the highest level, but added responsibilities didn’t affect the traditional holiday weekend.

Julie Smith said the family was expecting 14 guests at their home in Suwanee on Thursday night.

“I’ve always been used to having what seems like a huge crowd at Thanksgiving,” Mike Smith said. “That’s why I feel at home here with all these people. It’s a blessing to give back. For me, this is a great time to give thanks and help those let fortunate than you are.”

By Sunday, when Atlanta (6-4) faces Minnesota (2-8) at the Georgia Dome, Falcons linebacker Curtis Lofton knows Smith will have on his game face. The holiday distractions will be a distant memory.

The only thing that will matter is beating the Vikings.

“If he says something he means it,” Lofton said. “It’s not a guessing game. You don’t wonder where he stands, so as players, we know Smitty’s got our back and we got his back. Whatever we go through, we’re going to go through as a team.”

Though Smith won’t say much about himself or his accomplishments, he does acknowledge feeling his players’ affection.

“I always want to be a consistent person,” he said. “That’s something we try to do each and every day. Some days we are not able to do that, but for the most part we want to be consistent and you want to treat people the way you want to be treated. That’s how I’ve approached coaching and how I’ve approached interacting with other folks.”

Smith was about to leave with Julie and drive home. He was still wearing the com-

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munity service nametag he filled out with a pen a couple of hours earlier.

It was simple and to the point: Coach Mike.

“It’s great to get out and have an opportunity to see our fans,” he said. “To me, that’s part of one of your duties as a head coach.”

Eagles’ Samuel eager to play former team

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Asante Samuel struts around after making big plays, dances in the end zone whenever he goes the distance and constantly chatters on the field and sideline.

That’s his personality every week against any opponent.

There’s no telling what Samuel will do if he picks off a pass from old friend Tom Brady when the Philadelphia Eagles host New England on Sunday.

Samuel spent his first five seasons with the Patriots and established himself as one of the premier playmaking cornerbacks in the NFL. He knows Brady well after facing him in practice every day from 2003-07.

“I’d see him get red in the face and the neck when I was getting the best of him in practice,” Samuel said. “He’s a die-hard competitor, a true soldier, true warrior, a lot of heart. You love to play with a guy like that.

We had some great competitions in practice.”

Samuel won two Super Bowls with the Patriots and was a big part of their undefeated team that lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl in February ‘08. Samuel was an All-Pro that season, but Patriots coach Bill Belichick let him go in free agency. The Eagles gave Samuel a six-year, $57 million contract, and he’s made the Pro Bowl in each of his first three seasons in Philadelphia.

“Asante was a good player for us, he did a good job,” Belichick said. “He’s found a way down there in Philadelphia. Ball-hawking corner that plays the ball well, reads the quarterback, very instinctive, has a good feel for route combinations, anticipates well, has good quickness and very good hands.

He’s around the ball quite a bit.”

The 30-year-old Samuel leads the NFL with 38 interceptions since 2006, including five returned for TDs. He has seven interceptions in the playoffs and his four TD returns are the most in postseason history.

“He makes a lot of plays and he always has made a lot of plays,” Brady said. “He’s a great player and I loved playing against him because I thought he really brought the best out in our receivers and our passing game.

He’s always a threat to intercept the ball. As a quarterback, you’re always paying attention to those guys. He does it as well as anybody that I’ve ever played against.”

The respect is mutual.

“All he wants to do is win and be perfect,” Samuel said. “That’s what he strives for every day. He’s real close to it. He knows

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Green Bay’s Brandon Saine (33) runs away from Detroit’s during the third quarter of their game, Thursday. that.”

It’s been a tough year for Samuel on and off the field. He has just two interceptions, including one returned 20 yards for a touchdown in a 21-17 loss to Arizona on Nov. 13.

The biggest reason for Samuel’s discontent was the fact he was on the trading block after Philadelphia acquired two Pro Bowl cornerbacks in the offseason. The Eagles traded for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and signed Nnamdi Asomugha on consecutive days in July, making Samuel the odd man out.

Samuel blasted the front office after the trade deadline passed last month, saying team president Joe Banner and general manager Howie Roseman were “playing fantasy football with the owner’s money.” He also said he didn’t have a problem with coach Andy Reid.

It’s likely the loquacious Samuel will be elsewhere next year. He’s due to earn $8.4 million in 2012 and $10.4 million in 2013.

“He obviously likes to play the game and he’s very good at it,” Reid said. “Our team here, he brought very good energy and we enjoy having him. He loves the game.”

Samuel remains Philadelphia’s best cornerback. Asomugha has struggled in a new defensive scheme and injured his left knee during practice Thursday. RodgersCromartie has had trouble adjusting to playing a new position and has been sidelined with an ankle injury.

The Eagles had no comment on the extent of Asomugha’s injury and a team spokesman said his status would be updated on Friday.

Samuel hasn’t let the trade talk affect his demeanor. He has the same swagger wherever he goes and talks louder than anybody on the team.

“He’s a funny guy,” Asomugha said.

“He’s just been loud and the guy that’s always running around yelling something or doing something where everyone is watching him and stuff like that. It’s fun being around him. He’s a guy that likes to help out and give his experience in any situation that he’s in. I like playing with him a lot and I’ve liked him since as long as I’ve known him. I met him at an All-Star game in Hawaii and we just talked there and didn’t know we would be playing a few years later. I like the guy.”

Longhorns beat Aggies 27-25 in thriller

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas spoiled Texas A&M’s going away party.

Justin Tucker kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give the Longhorns a 2725 victory over Texas A&M on Thursday night in the likely end of a more than century-old rivalry.

Texas A&M’s last Big 12 game and the 118th meeting between these bitter rivals before the Aggies depart for the Southeastern Conference next season was a thriller befitting one of college football’s oldest and most storied matchups.

The Aggies were down 24-19 before Ryan Tannehill found Jeff Fuller on a 16yard touchdown pass with less than 2 minutes left. But the 2-point conversion failed, leaving A&M ahead 25-24.

round, at Hainan Island, China MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10 a.m.

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The Longhorns’ winning drive was helped by a 15-yard personal foul penalty and a 25-yard run by quarterback Case McCoy.

Golf

O’Hara, Kruger share lead at South African Open

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Steven O’Hara and local favorite Jbe Kruger each shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the South African Open.

The pair led a group of four South Africans by a stroke on the undulating Jack Nicklaus-designed course at Serengeti Golf Club. Two-time champion Retief Goosen (66) was in that group after hitting an eagle, seven birdies and three bogeys at the European Tour event.

Defending champion Ernie Els began his defense with a 69. The five-time winner holed six birdies but also made three bogeys.

Needing at least a fourth-place finish to retain his tour card next season, O’Hara picked up five birdies after starting at No. 10.

He dropped a shot at the fourth — his 13th — but had another birdie and an eagle to finish strongly.

“I hit a lot of great shots,” O’Hara said. “I had it inside 10 feet pretty much every hole and felt I could have made more.”

Kruger, who led last weekend’s Alfred Dunhill Championship after 36 holes, joined him at the top of the leaderboard. The South African went bogey-free to once again be in contention for his first European Tour title.

Simon Dyson, the highest ranked player in the field at No. 32, shot a 70 at the (euro) 1 million ($1.3 million) tournament, which is also co-sanctioned by South Africa’s Sunshine Tour.

Goosen, winner of the South African Open in 1995 and 2005, had five birdies going out and eagled the par-4 No. 2, his 11th, by pitching in. But he slipped up with back-to-back bogeys before another birdie when he almost holed his tee shot at the short No. 9.

“It was a disappointing finish. It could’ve been one of those rounds of nine or 10 under,” Goosen said. “But I’ll take 6 under at the SA Open. It’s where you want to be.”

Tyrone Mordt, David Hewan and Merrick Bremner joined Goosen at 6 under, while Felipe Aguilar (67) held a share of seventh.

Teammates at the Presidents Cup last week, Goosen and Els are expected to renew their regular rivalry at the South African Open. Els beat Goosen to the title by a shot last year in a captivating final-round tussle. But the five-time winner was subdued on Thursday, with three dropped shots breaking up his run of birdies.

“I’d love to be better, but it’s been a good start,” the No. 53-ranked Els said. “I feel the way I’m playing there is a low one out there.”

With the season-ending Dubai World Championship approaching, there’s a batch of players at Serengeti looking to either save their cards or squeeze into the European Tour finale.

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Romo rallies Dallas to victory over Miami SPORTS

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo doesn’t care about winning in style.

He’s leading the Dallas Cowboys to victories, and that’s all that matters.

Romo overcame a pair of early interceptions by throwing two touchdown passes to Laurent Robinson and rookie Dan Bailey made a 28-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Dallas Cowboys a 20-19 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.

The Cowboys (7-4) were never able to grab control, but also never trailed by more than six points. The defense gave up scores on four straight series, but limited the damage because three of those were field goals. They finally got a stop with Dallas trailing 19-17.

Romo took over on his 36-yard line with 2:59 left.

He completed a few passes, then rookie DeMarco Murray kept grinding out yards and winding down the clock to set up Bailey’s winner.

“We did enough to give ourselves a chance to win the game,” Dallas coach Jason Garrett said.

This was the second straight game that Bailey ended with a field goal, and the fourth time he’s done it this season. The kick was his 26th straight made field goal, matching the second-best in club history.

It also was a measure of redemption for Cowboys fans, coming 18 years after the Dolphins won a Thanksgiving game on a last-second field goal following Leon Lett’s memorable gaf fe on a snowy afternoon. This time, conditions were so balmy that the glass end-zone doors at Cowboys Stadium were

opened for the first time all season.

Dallas won its fourth straight, continuing its best streak since a division championship season in 2009. The Cowboys also grabbed sole possession of first place in the NFC East, moving a half-game ahead of the Giants. New York plays at New Orleans on Monday night.

Miami (3-8) had won three straight. The Dolphins hadn’t allowed a touchdown for 13 quarters before Robinson’s first TD with 55 seconds left in the first half.

Matt Moore set up that touchdown by letting a shotgun snap go through his hands for a fumble that was recovered by Dallas only 5 yards from the end zone.

He bounced back by leading Miami to scores on four straight possessions.

He had three straight drives of at least 70 yards in the second half, putting the Dolphins up 19-17 with 7:14 left. He didn’t score on his final drive, and that wound up being the difference.

Romo ended a streak of 128 straight passes without an interception, but he completed 22 of 34 for 226 yards. Many of those came while scrambling and some while also being hit or grabbed. He was patient waiting for the 5-yarder to Robinson to develop, and the pair were in sync on an 18-yarder made with Romo moving to his left.

“He just kind of kept hanging in there,” Garrett said. “I thought he moved in the pocket really well. In critical situations, he ... allowed us to make plays.”

Murray ran 22 times for 87 yards. He bloodied an elbow on the opening

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Dallas’ DeMarco Murray (29) escapes a tackle attempt by Miami’s Paul Soliai late in the second half of their game, Thursday.

drive, leaving red smudges on his jersey and pants throughout the afternoon.

It was a fitting touch for the way he played on the final series, gaining 27 yards on five straight runs as the clock went from 2:41 to :17, forcing the Dolphins to take their final two timeouts as well as the two-minute warning.

Robinson caught seven passes for 79 yards. Jason Witten had four catches for 43 yards and Murray had 41 yards on four catches. Dez Bryant caught three balls for 35 yards and had a 20-yard punt retur n to start the winning drive.

Moore was 19 of 32 for 288 yards and a touch-

down. He took four sacks and had trouble handling several snaps, although losing only one.

The part he’ll regret the most is getting within 10 yards of the end zone four times, and always settling for field goals. Shayne Graham hit them from 23, 26, 27 and 28 yards.

Reggie Bush ran 16 times for 61 yards and had 35 more on three receptions. Brandon Marshall had 103 yards on five catches, including a terrific touchdown catch made while cornerback Terence Newman had him in a headlock.

The game was so sloppy from the start that TV viewers who’d already had

their Thanksgiving feast may have had no trouble dozing off.

Romo threw an interception on the opening drive, then the Dolphins couldn’t even get a first down.

Dallas followed with a pair of false starts and a third-down pass that was dropped with no defender anywhere in sight, forcing a punt from the end zone.

Miami had great field position again, but wasted it with a fumbled snap that led to a sack. Then Romo threw another interception and the Dolphins had to settle for a field goal, despite taking over just 26 yards from the end zone.

Moore not only wasted several chances to break

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the game open, he set up Dallas’ first touchdown by letting a shotgun snap go through his hands; it rolled to the 5 and was recovered by DeMarcus Ware. Romo hit Robinson on the next play, ending Miami’s streak of 13 quarters without giving up a touchdown with just 55 seconds left in the half.

Down 10-3, the Dolphins got a field goal as the first half expired and another on the opening drive of the second half.

Moore finally got into a groove later in the third quarter, hitting Brian Hartline for 41 yards on third-and-13, then throwing the 35-yard touchdown pass to Marshall.

LSU-Arkansas rivalry takes on higher stakes Ravens beat 49ers 16-6

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As huge and heavy as the trophy known as “The Boot” may be, Arkansas and LSU both have much bigger things to play for when their annual Thanksgiving week rivalry is renewed on Friday.

This is arguably the biggest game to be played in venerable Tiger Stadium in more than half a century.

“This is a game that we really look forward to,” LSU coach Les Miles said, indicating in his own way that the contest between No. 1 LSU and No. 3 Arkansas could be even more important than the so-called “Game of the Century” that the Tigers won in Alabama earlier this month.

“It is a game of significance unlike other similar games we have played this year,” Miles said. “Our guys are poised to play a game of significance and (for) an opportunity to achieve all the things they want to achieve.”

Death Valley hasn’t hosted a matchup of top-three teams since the famed Halloween night game between No. 1 LSU and thirdranked Mississippi back in 1959, when Billy Cannon’s 89-yard punt return lifted the Tigers to a 7-3 victory.

This time, LSU (11-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) is looking to go 12-0 for the first time, and both teams are in the running for a bid to the BCS national championship game in New Orleans on Jan. 9.

Arkansas’ only loss came at No. 2 Alabama in September, and the Hogs (101, 6-1) have steadily climbed the rankings ever since while winning seven straight games.

“We’ve certainly improved a lot as a football team since the Alabama game,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “We’re playing well right now, so we’ve got to carry it over.”

If the Tigers win, they’ll wrap up the SEC West and

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LSU safety Eric Reid (1) celebrates with safety Brandon Taylor after intercepting the ball from Alabama during the second half of their game, Nov. 5.

look forward to facing Georgia in the conference championship on Dec. 3 in Atlanta, where a 13th victory would virtually assure LSU a chance to play for at its third national title in nine seasons.

“This is probably the biggest game for us because this determines whether we go to the SEC championship,” LSU safety Brandon Taylor said. “The media hyped up the Alabama game a lot, but this is still a big game for us.”

If the Razorbacks, who are nearly two-touchdown underdogs, pull of f the upset, things get a little more complicated — and a lot more appealing to those who take pleasure in the prospect of BCS chaos.

An Arkansas victory would leave as many as a half-dozen one-loss teams arguing that they belong in the national title discussion.

At the same time, because Arkansas lost to Alabama, which in tur n lost to LSU, all three could end up tied atop the SEC West with 7-1 league

records. That is, if the heavily favored Crimson Tide beats Auburn in Saturday’s Iron Bowl.

In SEC divisional races, the next tiebreaker is highest BCS ranking. Theoretically, the computers still might keep LSU on top because its victories over both Oregon and Alabama might trump what would be Arkansas’ most impressive win of the season.

Taylor said Miles and the LSU coaching staff have urged players to avoid reading about the game and all the possibilities that could unfold.

They’d rather the Tigers focus more on things like slowing down the most prolific passing attack in the SEC, led by Tyler Wilson, who’s thrown for 292.3 yards per game with the help of top receivers Jarius Wright and Joe Adams.

“He’s definitely the best quarterback, (and Arkansas has) the best passing attack that we’ve faced,” LSU defensive end Barkevious Mingo said.

“Their receivers are outstanding and they make big

plays, and the quarterback, he delivers the ball on time and right on the money.

“It’s just one of those things, as a defense, you have to try to scheme around. You have to make them make mistakes.”

LSU will try to keep Arkansas’ offense off the field by controlling time of possession with a deep and power ful running game that has averaged 209.5 yards. Arkansas ranks eighth in the SEC in defending the run, giving up 164.2 yards per game.

If LSU has to throw, Miles is not saying whether Jordan Jefferson, who has started the past two games, or Jarrett Lee, who started the first nine, will get the bulk of the work. He hasn’t let the senior quarterbacks speak to reporters for several weeks, either.

Arkansas has shielded all of its players from the media this week, asking that they be given space to grieve for tight end Garrett Uekman, who died Sunday from what a coroner determined was a previously undetected heart condition.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Big brother got the best of little brother in a unique NFL duel.

The Baltimore Ravens tied a franchise record with nine sacks and beat the San Francisco 49ers 16-6 Thursday night, giving John Harbaugh reason to celebrate after the first NFL game featuring brothers as opposing head coaches.

The Ravens (8-3) chased, hindered and battered Alex Smith for much of the night despite playing without middle linebacker Ray Lewis, the team’s leading tackler and spiritual leader.

Lewis was inactive for a second straight game with a foot injury.

Terrell Suggs had three sacks for Baltimore, which moved a half-game ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North.

The nine sacks tied a franchise record, accomplished twice previously.

San Francisco (9-2) had its eight-game winning streak broken under rookie coach Jim Harbaugh.

John, 49, and Jim, 47, grew up dueling each other in all sorts of games. Competing this time on a national stage, John secured an emotional win over his little brother.

During the final minute, John got a Gatorade bath from his players — twice. After the final whistle, the brothers hugged at midfield.

Baltimore broke a 6-6 tie with a 76-yard, 16play drive that lasted more than 7 1/2 minutes and ended with an 8yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to tight end Dennis Pitta with 14:56 left. Flacco went 4 for 4 for 34 yards and a

touchdown on third down during the drive.

Billy Cundiff wrapped up the scoring with his third field goal, a 39yarder with 4:16 remaining.

In a game dominated by both defenses, Flacco finished 15 for 23 for 161 yards and Ray Rice ran for 59 yards on 21 carries.

Smith completed 15 of 24 passes for 140 yards and an interception. He never could get into a rhythm against an aggressive defense that rarely let him set up in the pocket.

The 49ers began the third quarter with a 13play drive that lasted 7 1/2 minutes and produced a 52-yard field goal by David Akers for a 6-6 tie. The key play was an 18-yard completion from Smith to Michael Crabtree on a third-and17 from the San Francisco 26.

The Ravens responded with their lone touchdown drive of the game.

Baltimore sacked Smith four times in the first half and picked off a pass in taking a 6-3 lead.

The Ravens took the opening kickoff and moved 55 yards — 38 of them on a pair of Flaccoto-Anquan Boldin completions — before Cundiff kicked a 39-yard field goal.

Late in the first quarter, a 20-yard completion from Smith to tight end Vernon Davis set up a 45-yard field goal by Akers.

The 49ers blew a chance to take the lead when Frank Gore was penalized for a chop block on a 75-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Ted Ginn, who got behind Cary Williams deep down the middle.

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that when my older sister died, it left a void in her life no one can fill, including me and my other sister.

Several months ago, I visited Mom and she wasn’t feeling well. She has a heart condition and osteoporosis, which makes her unsteady on her feet. A few weeks later, I called to check on her but couldn’t reach her by phone. Because I live 150 miles away, I asked my uncle to check on her. He went to her house several times and rang her bell, but got no answer at the door. I called other family members and friends, fearful that she had fallen — or worse.

Finally, that night at 10 p.m. I called the local police department. When the officers knocked on the door, Mom finally answered and told them that where she was or

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what she was doing was no one else’s business! She later told my uncle the same thing.

This is a cautionary tale to the elderly or infirm who tell us to leave them alone. WE WILL DO SO. But do not complain when you don’t hear from us, because you can’t have it both ways.

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Dear Readers: A recent column about USES FOR BUTTONS brought a great response! What trends came up?

You’ll be surprised how creative some are.

Lots of teachers said buttons make great teaching tools.

Adding, subtracting, grouping by colors, sizes, number of holes, etc., all were on the lesson plans.

These exercises help students learn thinking skills, the teachers said.

Seniors can benefit from counting and sorting buttons.

One reader bought a container of buttons at a yard sale to help his mother, who had had a stroke.

Some other creative ideas from our readers? * Terri M. says, “A pretty dish full of a variety of buttons looks special in a guest bedroom or bath.” * Susan says: “When my daughter got married last year, buttons from her grandparents and great-grandparents were incorporated into the flower arrangements, including the bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages. The florist was thrilled to help us with this personal touch.” * Patti says: “When my mom passed away six years ago, she had a large amount of old buttons. I came up with the idea to hot-glue them on the limbs of a Christmas tree.” * Pat writes, “I cut the shanks off the back of buttons, glue on a post and have fun earrings.” * Kathleen writes, “My grandson likes to help me find pretty buttons to adorn gifts.” * Dianne spilled bleach on her shirt and sewed pretty buttons on the spots to hide them.

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JK Rowling: UK press left me feeling under siege LONDON (AP) — Writer J.K. Rowling and actress Sienna Miller gave a London courtroom a vivid picture on Thursday of the anxiety, anger and fear produced by living in the glare of Britain’s tabloid media, describing how press intrusion made them feel like prisoners in their own homes.

The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter told Britain’s media ethics inquiry that having journalists camped on her doorstep was “like being under siege and like being a hostage.” Miller said years of car chases, midnight pursuits and intimate revelations had left her feeling violated, paranoid and anxious.

“The attitude seems to be absolutely cavalier,” Rowling said. “You’re famous, you’re asking for it.”

The pair were among a diverse cast of witnesses — Hollywood star Hugh Grant, a former soccer player, a former aide to supermodel Elle Macpherson and the parents of missing and murdered children — who have described how becoming the focus of Britain’s tabloid press wreaked havoc on their lives.

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030. Education & Instructions

ALLIED HEALTH career training- Attend college 100% online . Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV certified.

Call 800-481-9409 www.CenturaOnline.com

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soul-searching about the balance between press freedom and individual privacy.

Rowling, 46, said media interest in her began shortly after the publication of her first novel in 1997 and soon escalated, with photographers and reporters frequently stationed outside her home. She eventually moved after stories and photographs revealed the location of her house.

“I can’t put an invisibility cloaking device over myself or my house, nor would I want to,” Rowling said. But, she added, “it feels threatening to have people watching you.”

Rowling said she had always tried to keep her three children out of the media glare, and was outraged when her eldest daughter came home from primary school with a letter from a journalist in her backpack.

“I felt such a sense of invasion,” Rowling said. “It’s very difficult to say how angry I felt that my 5-year-old daughter’s school was no longer a place of complete security from journalists.”

By the time her younger children were born in 2003 and 2005, Rowling said, the scrutiny

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Employment Opportunities CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE/ ROUTE DRIVER Requisition Number-103857

High School Diploma/GED, experience with Route Sales desired, ability to work directly with our customers, build relationships with our customers by providing resolution to problems and/or complaints, conduct customer satisfaction reviews, clean driving record, ability to lift up to 50 lbs, and ability to pass a Department of Transportation Drug Screen and physical.

Competitive salary and benefits. Application available at 515 N. Virginia, Roswell, NM 88201 from 10/20/2011 to 12/01/2011.

EOE EMPLOYER

BUSY OPTOMETRIST office seeking Full Time Employee. Individual must be dependable, well organized and hard working. Experience and bi-lingual a plus.

Please send resume to P.O. Box 1897, Unit 288, Roswell, NM 88202.

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NOTICE is hereby given that on October 31, 2011, Hobson Farms, Inc., 6291 Hummingbird Lane, Roswell, New Mexico 88203 filed Application No. RA-1507 & RA-1515 et al with the STATE ENGINEER for permit to combine underground water rights consisting of a total of 658.5 acre-feet per annum, plus carriage allowance, of shallow groundwater diverted from the following described wells: WELL NO. RA-1507 RA-1515 RA-1515-S

SUBDIVISION SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4 NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4 SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4

SECTION 31 36 36

TOWNSHIP 11 S. 11 S. 11 S.

RANGE 25 E. 24 E. 24 E.

SOURCE Shallow Shallow Shallow

Water rights under State Engineer file No. RA-1507 is presently authorized to use shallow well RA-1507 for the diversion of up to 124.2 acre-feet per annum, plus carriage allowance of shallow groundwater, for the irrigation of up to 41.4 acres described as being Part of the NE1/4 Section 31, Township 11 South, Range 25 East, N.M.P.M.

Water rights under State Engineer file No. RA-1515 are presently authorized to use shallow wells RA-1515 & RA-1515-S for the diversion of up to 534.3 acre-feet per annum, plus carriage allowance of shallow groundwater, for the irrigation of up to 178.1 acres of land described as followed:

SUBDIVISION Part of N1/2 Part of S1/2 Total

SECTION 36 36

TOWNSHIP 11 S. 11 S.

Friday, November 25, 2011

RANGE 24 E. 24 E.

ACRES 133.1 45.0 178.1

Application is made to combine the shallow groundwater rights described under State Engineer File No. RA-1507 Smith Farm Unit with the shallow groundwater rights described under State Engineer File No. RA-1515 et al the Home Place Farm Unit owned by Hobson Farms Inc. The combine will allow for more efficient farming practices on the 219.50 acres of irrigated land and allow the applicant greater flexibility during the irrigation operations.

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Employment Opportunities

LOOKING FOR a Bartender/Manager. Please come by 2000 N. Main, ask for Robert Lee, GM. Busy Medical office seeking CMA MUST HAVE 2 years experience and strong background in medical field. Applicant must be able to work under pressure, multi-task, be a team player and have and excellent attitude. Bilingual is a must. Serious inquires only. Please e-mail your resume to bianca@roswellmedical.com

No Phone Calls Please.

045.

Employment Opportunities Dexter Consolidated Schools Notice of Vacancy Middle School Math Teacher

Accepting Applications until 12/16/11 or until filled

Applications are available from Human Resources, PO Box 159, Dexter, NM 88230 or on our website www.dexterdemons.org.

Preliminary screening will be made on the basis of information received. Selected applicants will be invited to interview. EOE.

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------Publish November 25, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID ITB NO: 2011-1212

The Board of Education, Dexter Consolidated Schools, is requesting bids for 2011 or 2012 New Ford 8-passenger SUV.

The Invitation to Bid (ITB) may be reviewed at www.dexterdemons.org, NM E-Procurement/Bidding System or by contacting the District.

Proposals will be received no later than Monday December 12 at 10:00 am. Sealed bids must be delivered to: Dexter Consolidated Schools Business Manager PO Box 159 / 100 North Lincoln Dexter, New Mexico 88230 575-734-5420x311

The Dexter Consolidated Schools Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or cancel this ITB in its entirety.

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Case No. D-504-CV-2011-00673

Plaintiff,

LAND HOLDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, v.

“very violated and very paranoid and anxious, constantly.”

“I felt like I was living in some sort of video game,” she said.

“For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily,” she said.

“Spat at, verbally abused.

“I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me.

And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.”

The 29-year-old actress told the inquiry that a stream of personal stories about her in the tabloids led her to accuse friends and family of leaking information to the media. In fact, her cell phone voice mails had been hacked by the News of the World.

Miller, the star of “Layer Cake” and “Alfie,” was one of the first celebrities to take the Murdoch tabloid to court over illegal eavesdropping. In May, the newspaper agreed to pay her 100,000 pounds ($160,000) to settle claims her phone had been hacked.

The newspaper’s parent company now faces dozens of lawsuits from alleged hacking victims.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CHAVES FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

HEIDI MANN, CINDY MANN, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF HEIDI MANN, IF ANY AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CINDY MANN, IF ANY, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SUIT

STATE OF NEW MEXICO to the above-named Defendant(s) Heidi Mann and The Unknown Spouse of Heidi Mann, if any.

GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof being to foreclose a mortgage on property located at 604 Serena Dr, Roswell, NM 88201, Chaves County, New Mexico, said property being more particularly described as:

Lot 4, EXCEPT the South 35 feet thereof and All of Lot 3, Block 3 of Lomitas Encantadas Addition, in the City of Roswell, County of CHAVES and State of New Mexico, as shown on the Official Plat recorded October 17, 1960 in Plat Book C, Page 133, Real Property Records of CHAVES County, New Mexico.

Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the complaint in said cause on or before 30 days after the last publication date, judgment by default will be entered against you.

Respectfully Submitted, CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC

By: __________________________ Elizabeth Mason Keya Koul Steven Lucero 20 First Plaza NW, Suite 602 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Telephone: (505) 848-9500 Fax: (505) 848-9516 Attorney for Plaintiff

The proposed move-from well and place of use is located near the intersection of Hobson Road and Hummingbird Lane. The proposed move-to wells and place of use are located near the intersection of Hobson Road and State Road 2. Both are located within the City of Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico.

Any person, firm or corporation or other entity having standing to file objections or protests shall do so in writing (legible, signed, and include the writer’s complete name and mailing address). The objection to the approval of the application must be based on: (1) Impairment; if impairment you must specifically identify your water rights; and/or (2) Public welfare/conservation of water; if public welfare or conservation of water within the state of New Mexico, you must show you will be substantially affected. The written protest must be filed, in triplicate, with John R. D’Antonio, Jr., P.E., State Engineer, 1900 West Second Street, Roswell, New Mexico 88201, within ten (10) days after the date of last publication of this Notice. Facsimiles (fax) will be accepted as a valid protest as long as the hard copy is sent within 24-hours of the facsimile. Mailing postmark will be used to validate the 24-hour period. Protest can be faxed to Office of the State Engineer, (575) 623-8559. If no valid protest or objection is filed, the State Engineer will evaluate the application in accordance with Sections 72-2-16, 72-5-6, and 72-12-3.

was “like being under siege and like being a hostage.”

She also described how, early on in their relationship, her nowhusband Neil Murray gave personal details over the phone to a reporter who was pretending to be a tax official. An article about him duly appeared in a tabloid paper.

“That was a not-very-nice introduction to being involved with someone famous,” Rowling said.

Rowling told the inquiry she had gone to court or to Britain’s press watchdog more than 50 times over pictures of her children or false stories, which included a claim by the Daily Express that unpleasant fictional wizard Gilderoy Lockhart had been based on her first husband.

Before the final Potter book appeared in 2007, a reporter even phoned the head teacher of her daughter’s school, falsely claiming the child had revealed that Harry Potter died at the end, in an apparent bid to learn secrets of the plot.

Miller, who became a tabloid staple when she dated fellow actor Jude Law, said the constant scrutiny left her feeling

WITNESS the Honorable FREDDIE J. ROMERO, DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, of the Fifth Judicial District Court, Chaves County, New Mexico, this _28___ day of ___October___, 2011.

Kennon Crowhurst CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By:_____Janet Bloomer_________ Deputy

NM00-03186_FC01

Case No. CV-2010-967

Plaintiff, v.

No. CV-2010-967

ROSWELL NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, SCS ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, KENNETH S. KLEIN and CYNTHIA R. KLEIN,

Defendants.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MASTER’S SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 8, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. the undersigned Special Master, or his designee, will, on the front steps of the Fifth Judicial District Courthouse, 400 N. Virginia, Roswell, New Mexico, sell and convey all of the rights, title and interest of the above-named Defendants, in and to the hereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash in lawful currency of the United States of America. The sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master.

The property to be sold is located at Blue Mountain Road and North Main Street, Roswell, New Mexico, 88201, being tax parcel number 10-24332, (if there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address or tax parcel number, the legal description shall control) and is more particularly described as follows:

Lot five (5) Sam's Club Subdivision, in the City of Roswell, County of CHAVES and State of New Mexico, as shown on the Official Plat filed in the Chaves County Clerk's Office on May 19, 2005 and recorded in Book X of Plat Records, CHAVES County, New Mexico, at Page 50B,

including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments. The property will be sold “as is,” without warranties, express or implied, subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to a one (1) month right of redemption by the Defendants upon entry of an order approving sale.

The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a judgment in favor of the Plaintiff, Land Holding, LLC, rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on September 7, 2011, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the above-described property.

The judgment in favor of the Plaintiff is $2,622,071.39, and the same bears interest at the rate of 4% above a fluctuating “prime rate” per annum, commencing on July 19, 2011.

The property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash in lawful currency of the United States of America. In payment of a bid, the Special Master will accept only cash or a bank cashier's check issued by a federally chartered and insured bank or a New Mexico state chartered and federally insured bank or savings and loan association. The cash or cashier's check from the successful bidder must be received by the Special Master no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of the Special Master's sale.

Plaintiff may bid and purchase the property at the Special Master's sale, may bid all or a portion of its judgment in lieu of cash towards the purchase price and may submit its bid verbally or in writing.

Proceeds of the sale will be distributed first to the Special Master to satisfy his fees, costs and expenses, and then to payment of the above-referenced judgment owing to the Plaintiff. Any excess proceeds will be distributed pursuant to further order of the Court.

MARION “JIMMY” CRAIG III, Special Master P.O. Box 1436 Roswell, New Mexico 88202-1436 Telephone: (575) 622-1106

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Employment Opportunities

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Employment Opportunities

ACCOUNTANT - Begin your public accounting career with us! Immediate opening for entry level Staff Accountant with regional public accounting firm.

Bachelor in Accounting required. Must possess strong computer skills.

Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills required. Competitive salary/benefits, plus opportunities for personal/professional growth. Submit resume/transcripts by FAX: 575-748-3244; by mail: Staff Accountant, P.O. Box 1323, Artesia, NM 88211-1323; or e-mail to artesiapic@sproles.com.

ACCOUNTANT - Immediate opening for Tax Accountant with regional public accounting firm.

Bachelor in Accounting required, CPA a plus.

Minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in tax accounting and return preparation. Proficiency in computer skills a must (Excel, Word, Windows).

Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills required.

Competitive salary/benefits package, plus great opportunities for personal/professional growth. Submit resume

by FAX: 575-748-3244; by mail: Staff Accountant, P.O. Box 1323, Artesia, NM 88211-1323; or e-mail to artesiapic@sproles.com.

AIRLINES ARE HIRING – Train for hands on Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified – Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 888-886-7324.

HIRING FOR Assistant General Manager. Please bring resume and apply in person. Hotel experience required. 1201 N. Main COMFORT KEEPERS A non-medical in-home care agency is seeking mature, dependable people to fill open positions caring for the elderly. If you would enjoy providing companionship, preparing meals, housekeeping, personal care and shopping for our clients then we want to hear from you. Applicants must have very neat, clean appearance, possess a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Must have Caregiving or CNA experience and be available evenings and weekends. Apply in person at: 1410 South Main, Roswell.

ROSWELL ELK’S Lodge needs a dependable part time certified Bartendar/Server for split shift. Pay is $5.15 an hour plus tips. See Sergio between 9:00-11:00 A.M. Monday through Friday at 1720 N. Montana.

Accepting confidential applications for Journeyman Electrician. Industrial, Commercial & Agricultural experience preferred. Will consider all applications.

Pay DOE plus Benefits.

575-734-5111 950 SQFT Apartment Furnished / Unfurnished for a single or couple in consideration of performing light maintenance and duties on the property grounds. A $125/mo charge for pro-rated utilities required. No Smoking. A security deposit of $500 required. Please respond to PO Box 1897, Unit 289, Roswell, NM 88202

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Employment Opportunities

WANTED OFFICE person in a small Roswell firm to handle excel spreadsheets; word documents; publications for advertising and/or sales; incoming phone calls; faxes; copying; supply ordering; and stocking of materials room. Person hired will cross train on other activities in the office to allow promotion as available. Vacation, sick leave, health insurance and IRA benefits available - some with waiting periods. Salary dependent on individual’s qualifications. Please send resume to PO Box 1897, Roswell, NM 88202, Unit # 290.

SOLITAIRE HOMES of Roswell is offering a position in sales. Applications are being accepted in person. No phone calls please.

4001 W. Second St. Roswell, NM 88201.

NOW HIRING customer service representative. 107 S. Union or 575-625-1400 THE ROSWELL Daily Record is now accepting applications for the position of: OUTSIDE SALES The ideal candidate must possess excellent customer service skills, superior organizational skills a self-starter and strong work ethic. Experience or background in advertising also helpful. Must be computer literate. This is a full time position. Interested Applicants please send resume & references to: ROSWELL DAILY RECORD Attn: Charles Fischer, 2301 N. Main, Roswell, NM 88201 or e-mail to: cfischer@ roswell-record.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

CLASSIFIEDS

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Employment Opportunities

Yates Energy Corporation has an immediate opening for a Receptionist. The ideal hire should be professional, dependable, have good telephone etiquette, the ability to multitask and strong computer skills.

Accounting and Land background desirable.

Please email a cover letter, resume and three references to jprichard@yatesenergy.com.

Yates Energy Corporation, P.O. Box 2323, Roswell, NM 88202.

PROMOTOR(A) JOB Posting

La Casa Family Health Center is accepting applications for a full-time Promotor(a) in Roswell.

The Promotor(a) provides outreach and liaison to patients and families regarding the promotion of health and wellness.

The Promotor(a) position is responsible for interviewing potential and new patients and assuring that all patients registered with La Casa Family Health Center are eligible for services received, this includes home visits.

Person interested must have good communication skills and be familiar with all programs and services that La Casa offers.

Bi-lingual required.

High school graduate or GED required; college courses helpful.

Demonstrated knowledge of basic office procedures, including knowledge of computer functions and operations, typing, filing, and other related secretarial skills. Must obtain New Mexico MOSAA certification.

Good communication skills, Bi-lingual in English/ Spanish required. Must have valid NM driver's license and reliable transportation and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public.

Interested applicants should send resume or application to: La Casa Family Health Center Attn: David Briseno, Director of Outreach 1521 W. 13th Street Clovis, NM 88101 La Casa is an EOE.

CHEMICAL TRUCK TREATER Catalyst Oilfield Services has truck trading positions open in Artesia, NM. Competitive hourly pay with overtime. Our company offers 401K, paid employee health insurance and local route with weekends off.

Class B CDL with HAZMAT required. Apply at local workforce connection with Job order #223219.

3 LINES OR LESS . . . ONLY $ 68 9 NO REFUNDS • Published 6 Consecutive Days

• Ads posted online at no extra cost

(includes tax)

MAIL AD WITH PAYMENT OR FAX WITH CREDIT CARD NUMBER Call (575) 622-7710 #45 --- 625-0421 Fax 2301 N. Main TO BUY-SELL-RENT-TRADE ANY AND EVERYTHING

CLASSIFICATION

PUBLISH THIS AD STARTING DATE ENDING DATE

SEND TO: Roswell Daily Record, Classified Department, P.O. Box 1897, Roswell, N.M. 88202 WE ACCEPT:

EXPIRES ________

Card # __________________ 3 Digit # (ON BACK OF CARD)________ NAME ____________________________________________ ADDRESS _________________________________________ PHONE ___________________________________________

WORD AD DEADLINE

Dog Bather/ Groomer.

Drug test is required.

(575)910-8166 or 910-0730

SERVICES

105. Childcare

NEED CHILD care? Find the widest range of available childcare for your children and their needs.

1-800-691-9067 or www.newmexic okids.org.

You may also call us; Family Resource & Referral 622-9000 and we can help you navigate the system.

COUNTRY KIDS Family Daycare has opening for day, evenings & weekends.

State licensed.

575-622-0098

185. Electrical

BIG HORN Electric Professional work, affordable price. 575-317-8345 NM Lic#367662.

195. Elderly Care

DEPENDABLE PRIVATE Caregiver to the rescue, yrs. of exp. Tina 420-8877

200. Fencing

M.G. HORIZONS free estimates for installation.

Chainlink, wood, metal & block. 575-623-1991 ALL TYPES of fencing.

Wood, chainlinks, metal, block, etc. 624-7734

210.

Firewood/Coal

Cordova Chimney Sweep.

623-5255 or 910-7552 SEANSONED FIREWOOD delivered & stacked.

626-9803.

PECAN FIREWOOD, $150 per pickup load, delivered.

317-8536 FIREWOOD -$125 per cord Saturday only by appointment mixed hardwoods 624-1611 Cash only.

220. Furniture Repair

REPAIR & Refinish furniture & build furniture.

Southwest Woods. 1727 SE Main. 623-0729 or 626-8466 Hrs 7-3pm. Call before you come in case he’s out running errands.

Firewood available.

225. General Construction

HARVEST BUILDERS All types of construction.

Lic/Bonded 575-910-3000 MILLIGAN CONTRACTING Quality service for all your home improvement needs.

Free Est. I show up & on time. Call Geary at 575-578-9353 Renovation projects?

Need help? No job too big/small. 25 yrs. exp.

Qualified in framing, trim carpentry, on-site custom cabinets, painting, sheet rock, drywall, doors, & windows. FREE est. Call Jerry Martin at 910-6898 or 622-8682 Leave Message.

Free estimates, complete remodeling + plumbing, additions. Guaranteed Work.

910-7035 Miguel.

230. General Repair

CARPENTRY, DRY wall, painting & concrete. We guarantee. 626-2050

232. Chimney Sweep

CHIMNEY SWEEP Have your woodstove or fireplace inspected and cleaned. Dust free Guarantee. 36 years Experience, Licensed, Insured. Bulldog Janitorial Services 575-308-9988

235. Hauling

PROPERTY CLEANUPS Tear down old bldgs, barns, haul trash, old farm equip. 347-0142/317-7738

270.

Landscape/ Lawnwork

140. Cleaning

LANDSCAPE, LAWN cut, gravel, trees cut down and etc. Free est. 626-8587

HOUSE & office cleaning at good, cheap price.

973-3592 or 973-2649

Greenscapes Sprinkler Systems Lawn mowing, field mowing, gravel, sod-hydro seed, pruning, tilling, For dependable & reliable service call 622-2633 or 910-0150.

JD CLEANING Service, Licensed and bonded.

References. 623-4252

HOUSE CLEANING and offices. One call cleans it all. 575-626-8587.

150. Concrete

ALL TYPES of concrete work. Patios, driveways, sidewalks, etc. 624-7734

185. Electrical

ALLIANCE ELECTRIC Any size electrical job.

Lic#367386. 575-840-7937

Fall Clean-up rake leaves, tree trimming, weed eating, haul trash, property clean-up & much more.

Call Joseph, 317-2242.

LAWN SERVICE & much more work at low price.

914-0803.

WEEKEND WARRIOR Lawn Service mowing, property cleanup, residential rain gutter cleaning, and much more 575-626-6121

To Place or Cancel an Ad

COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOON SATURDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FRIDAY, 2:00 PM SUNDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FRIDAY, 2:00 PM TUESDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MONDAY, 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TUESDAY, 2:00 PM THURSDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WEDNESDAY, 2:00 PM FRIDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THURSDAY, 2:00 PM POLICY FOR CLASSIFIED ADTAKING

Personal Advertising totaling less than $20 will not be billed on an open account, unless the advertiser already has a history of good credit with us. Visa, Master Card & Discover are accepted as prepayment. There will be no refunds or credit on prepaid cancellations. All individuals who are not in our retail trade zone must prepay their advertising.

All new commercial accounts must have a standard application for credit on file. If we do not have an approved credit application on file, the advertising must be charged on a credit card until credit is approved.

CORRECTING AN ERROR — You are responsible for checking your ad the first day it appears in the paper. In the event of an error, call the Classified Department immediately for correction. THE ROSWELL DAILY RECORD WILL ONLY ALLOW ONE ADDITIONAL DAY FOR INCORRECT INSERTIONS.

CLASS DISPLAY AND STYLE ADS

NOON - Two Days Prior To Publication.

OPEN RATE $10.18 PCI NATIONAL RATE $11.26 PCI. _________________________________________ Contract Rates Available _________________________________________

LEGALS

11:00 AM Two Days Prior To Publication. _________________________________________ CONFIDENTIAL REPLY BOXES Replies Mailed $6.00 - Picked Up $3.50

www.rdrnews.com

Add 12 word count to word ad for approved addressing directions.

Roswell Daily Record

310. Painting/ Decorating

TIME TO PAINT? Quality int./ext. painting at affordable prices. Call 637-9108.

312. Patio Covers

M.G. HORIZONS Patio covers, concrete, decks & awnings Lic. 623-1991.

PATIOS, CARPORTS, decks, etc. 624-7734

316. Pet Services

Jacque’S PET SERVICES. 1002 E. 2nd. 622-4002.

Boarding available.

345.

Remodeling

BERRONES CONSTRUCTION. Remodeling, painting, ceramic tile, sheds, additions, fencing. Licensed, Bonded. Ray: 625-9924 / 626-4153.

490. Homes For Sale

NO JOB too small, repair, remodeling, etc. Reasonable rates, quality work. Licensed and bonded. 5-C Const., Inc. 626-4079 or 622-2552.

3BR, 1 ba $55k inside remodeled. Please call 575-405-9075

350. Roofing

Guaranteed Shingle Roof jobs. Locally owned. Licensed and bonded. 5-C Const. 626-4079 or 622-2552.

395. Stucco Plastering

Stucco, Lath, synthetic, guaranteed work. Memo 575-637-1217 NEW STUCCO & repairs, color, coating, etc.

624-7734

410. Tree Service

STUMP GRINDING. Big Stumps & back yard stumps. Tree and shrub work. Free estimates.

623-4185 Collins Tree Service Professional Tree Trimming, Removal & Stump grinding. Fully insured. Certified Line Clearance Arborist. Call 575-308-1902 Allen’s Tree Srvc. The oldest tree service in Roswell.

Million $ ins. 626-1835

FINANCIAL

REAL ESTATE

490. Homes For Sale TOWNHOUSE, 1400 sqft, 2br/2ba, laundry room/ study, new roof, cedar fence, stucco, porch, tile & carpet. Refinished kitchen, bath cabinets & new paint throughout, w/d. Large corner lot. Call 575-491-4235 4Bd 1Ba, 703 E. Grnwd, $60k, cash offers, new carpet, etc. M-Th 624-1311 FSBO: 3 or 4br/4ba, 3.5 car garage, 10 acres, 40X75 shop 1/2ba, see at www.forsalebyowner.com listing #23362953 3 BR 1 ba at the base $42,500 owner financing with $5k down 420-1352 FSBO: MOVE in ready, 1921 sqft, total electric, brick home located on a quiet street in NE Roswell.

3br/2ba, kitchen w/bay window, spacious lvng rm w/FP, plus 2nd lvng area.

New carpet, ht pump & roof. Sprinkler system front & back. Covered patio + storage or small shop.

3113 La Tierra Dr., $182k.

624-2893 or 626-3659 FSBO: 1107 & 1109 W. 1st & adjacent lot, $59k.

Call Greg 720-404-0467 2br/1ba, large living room & kitchen, $60k, willing to make trade. 578-9741.

2800 SQFT house & mobilel home on 6 acres, $1500/mo + TNI w/$20k down, irrigation, N. Roswell. 575-973-2353

Roswell Ford Employment Opportunities Largest distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases in the United States’, Airgas Southwest, Inc. is seeking a

Branch Manager Roswell, NM

Direct activities of counter sales, warehousing, production, and route deliveries. High school diploma/ equivalent, five years related industry experience and/or training or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience should include managing a team of employees, enter and extract data, ability to work effectively under deadlines with little supervision.

Please visit www.airgas.com to review complete job description and apply online. You may also e-mail your resume to susan.fitch@airgas.com.

Airgas is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE/M/F/V/D

Dennis the Menace

SERVICE WRITER Thorough understanding of automotive systems.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Superb telephone and clerical skills.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE Great career move for top producers.

“With Growth Comes Opportunity” Roswell Ford offers great pay and benefits and an excellent working environment.

Please apply in person 9am-3pm Monday-Friday.

Roswell’s longest running dealership

821 N. MAIN ST.

3 BR 1.5 bath remodeled $127,900. 803 S Plains Park Dr. 361-401-0049

FIXER UPPER for sale, $18,500 OBO, located at 413 S. Hemlock. Serious buyers please call 575-495-9521.

FSBO 3BR 1 bath will finance $7500 down. South Monroe. 575-652-9682

495. Acreages/ Farms/ Ranches/Sale

640 acres+/-,Dry farm, NW of Clovis. Asking Price $272K. Call (801)715-9162 for more information.

5 ACRES, $25K as is, septic system, 3809 Zinnia, appt M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331

505.

Investment/ Commercial/ Business Property

Main & Poe, 4600 sf $275k cash/trade for Ruidoso prprty, M-Th 624-1331 FOR SALE: 4000sf metal building (near downtown area) w/warehouse, 2 offices, 2 bathrooms. Call 626-4685 for info.

515. Mobile Homes - Sale

WE BUY used mobile homes. Single & Double wides. 575-622-0035.

D01090 2002 FLEETWOOD, double carport, 2 storage buildings, 1000 E. College #38.

622-7703

520. Lots for Sale

PREMIUM 5 acre tracts, good covenants (no mobile homes), Pecan land West on Brown Rd between Country Club & Berrendo.

Owner will finance with 10% down. 622-3479, 624-9607, 626-6790, 626-6791, 626-3848.

RENTALS

540.

Apartments Unfurnished

VALLE ENCANTADA YOUR BEST $ RENTAL VALUE! LARGE 1,2,3 BEDROOMS. FREE UTILITIES. unfurnished, laundry room, playground, pool, ample parking. 2001 South Sunset. 623-3722.

Clean 1br duplex, no pets, smoking or HUD. Mature adults. 405 S. Richardson $450 $450dep 420-0720

WILSHIRE GARDENS, a 40+ community has 1br for $625/mo & 2br for $725/mo available. Resident pays electric & water. Move-in special: Half off this month only. Please call 575-623-3733 or stop by 2727 Wilshire Blvd for application.

Town Plaza Apartments Utilities paid - Gas and Water. New Owners, friendly new managers. New Renovated EXTRA LARGE 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms. Each 2 & 3 bedroom is multi level, upstairs/downstairs w/ large closets, stove & refrigerator, private patios, and private parking. Complex has a pool, laundry room, and a quiet garden setting environment.

Friendly managers on-site.

Seniors 55yrs plus, law enforcement & military will receive discount. No HUD. Good credit? Pay less rent! 575-623-2735. 2nd year, 1 free month rent PICK UP A LIST OF AVAILABLE RENTALS AT PRUDENTIAL ENCHANTED LANDS, REALTORS, 501 NORTH MAIN. EFFICIENCY 2 BR, downtown, clean, water paid.

Stove & frig. No Pets/HUD Call 623-8377

EFFICIENCY 1 br, wtr paid, No pets, laundry fac, stove/ref. Mirador Apts, 700 N. Missouri. 627-8348.

ALL BILLS PAID 1 br $530 2 br $630, 3br/2ba $730 mo., ref air, new carpet, new paint/tile.

502 S. Wyoming. 622-4944

540.

Apartments Unfurnished

Spacious 2/2, all elec., $600/mo, $400/dep, no Hud, w/d hookup, Big yard, outside pets ok. 910-0827 2/1, $600/mo., $400/dep., wtr pd, no HUD/pets, 300 W. Mescalero. 910-1300 1BR APT., all bills paid $200/dep, No HUD. 420-5604 950 SQFT Unfurnished/Furnished.

See Ad under “Employment-Opportunities” for “950 sqft Apartment”.

1 or 2bd, furnished-unfurnished, no smoking/Hudpets all bills pd. 623-6281 1br/1ba, wtr pd, quiet area, HUD ok. $350/mo, $200 dep. 625-9208 after 5pm 2BR, 1Bath Apt, $650, utilities all paid. N. Lea. 575-652-9682 1&2Br, wtr pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, appt M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331

545. Houses for Rent-Furnished

5404 CACTUS Ave, North of Mall, clean sm. furnished 2br/1ba, W/D, utilities pd, yard care, carport, couple or single, no HUD, no pets, $700/mo, $500/dep.

625-0684 or 626-2545 NW ROSWELL all new 2br furnished townhome, 2 car garage, FLETC ready.

575-420-0519 FLETC Homes for rent.

Long & short term rentals.

5 minutes from FLETC. Brand new & beautiful! Visit our website: www.lgrentalhomes.com or Call 420-0519.

550. Houses for RentUnfurnished LOOKING FOR a place to rent? Let us help you!!

Prudential Enchanted Lands Realtors, 501 N. Main. (575) 624-2262 Stop by to pick up a list of our available rentals or check them out online at www.roswellforrent.com!

3BR, 1 3/4ba, w/garage, $600/dep, $900/mo, no HUD or pets. 420-5930

2BR/2BA, GARAGE, townhouse, no HUD or pets, $925/mo, $625/dep.

420-5930 1BR, STOVE, refrig., fenced yard, $425/mo.

624-2111 ask for Martin TIRED OF Landlord Headaches? We can help! Prudential Enchanted Lands Realtors Property Management 575-624-2262 400 E 5th 1 bedroom stove, refrig., water paid, $325 mo. $200 dep. 910-9648 1BR, 1BA, $425/mo, $300/dep. 602 B S. Wyoming. Call Julie 505-220-0617.

FOR RENT or sale 2br, big living room, room for w/d avail., fenced, lot avail. next to house. 575-791-0282 3BR/2.5BA, NICE house, nice area, fenced backyard, no HUD, $1395/mo, avail.

12/17/11. 575-637-0777 1415 W. Tilden, 2br, stove, refrig, $500/mo, $300/dep, no pets/HUD, must have references. 625-0512 Executive home NW, 602 Trailing Heart, 4br/2ba, garage, appliances, fenced yard, patio, wood stove, mature landscaping, pets w/fee, no HUD/smokers, $1300/mo, $650/dep, 575-405-0163 Private Room w/bath kitchen & washer/dryer privileges $100 per week 637-6520 Avail. Now, 2br/1ba, large yard, upgraded, w/d hookup, $575/mo, $475/dep, 1505 W. Hendricks. 914-9389 VERY NICE & clean 3br/2ba, For more info please call 420-0794.

401 MISSION Arch, move-in ready, 3/2/2, $1100/mo, $1000/dep.

Call Ruth at Wise Choice Real Estate, 575-317-1605.

Roswell Daily Record 550. Houses for RentUnfurnished REMODELED 3 br, 2 ba. $850 mo, $600 deposit.

703 Fruitland, No Pets, No HUD. 626-3816

2 BR garage, nice quiet area 803 W. Summit $400 $150 dep., minimum 6 mo. lease. Call Jo 622-2495 VERY NICE North 2br mobile home, central ht, ref air, all appliances, $600 + no pets. 910-9357 2503, S. Lea, 3br/2ba, new construction, no smokers or pets, $1000 plus $500 dep.

575-317-4050 2BR/1BA, STOVE, refrig, w/d hookup, wtr pd, adults only, no pets. 317-2248 2br/1ba, stove, refrig., w/d hookup, wtr pd, no pets.

317-2248 39 Kelly, 3br/1ba, $600 mo. $350 dep stove, fridge Hud ok after 4pm 703-4025 4BR/2BA, $1000/MO, $600/dep, big backyard, outside pets ok, no HUD, 1106 Avenida Del Sumbre.

910-0827

1100 S. Washington clean 4br, 1 3/4ba, no HUD/pets, $750 mo, $750 dep.

575-937-1798 2BR1BA, 2 pers, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, appt M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 2BR/1BA, 1 car garage + detached studio. Includes stove & refrig, w/d hookups, large fenced yard, $650/mo. Drive by 705 N. Kansas if interested.

Call 575-973-1332 or 575-653-4654.

550. Houses for RentUnfurnished 1204 S. Missouri, spacious 2 or 3br, 1ba, good area, close to schools, garage, fenced, freshly painted, $700/mo, $400/dep, no HUD. 622-2485 639 E. Cherry 2br/1ba with carport, no Hud or pets 626-9347 CLEAN 2BR/1BA, w/d, carport, storage, $600 + deposit, utilities. 623-3589 3BR/1.5BA, avail. December, no pets, $900/mo, $900/dep. 317-1981 3BR/1.5BA, CENTRAL air, 1 car garage, $600/dep, $900/mo, 404 Oakwood Dr. 622-2796

570. Mobile Home Courts

SOUTH FORK. A 55 & above community w/large quiet and attractive lots for people that care. 624-1742 500 W Brasher Rd.

580. Office or Business Places FOR RENT: 2000sf warehouse & office space available 12/16, $575/mo. Call 626-4685 to look at.

FOR LEASE - Space in Sunwest Centre aka the Bank of America Building.

Various size spaces available. Owner-paid utilities and janitorial. Suite customization available. Call Ed McClelland, Broker or come by Suite 606. Office 623-1652 or mobile 420-2546.

580. Office or Business Places Office space: newly remodeled, 750 sf $800, 350sf $400 all bills paid 622-2564

TWO BUILDINGS available, approximately 5400 and 4000 square feet.

Combination of offices, warehouses, large fenced areas. 1601 & 1603 W. 2nd. 208-8020 Professional office 4 rent, 111 S. Kentucky @ Walnut St.,150 or 185sq. 623-8331 Beautiful suite includes waiting room, kitchen area, new carpet & paint, utilities & janitorial paid. 317-8717

585. Warehouse and Storage 8x8 - $45/mo, 8x12 $58/mo. Rent to own.

575-420-1274

MERCHANDISE

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

NEED FURNITURE? Shop Blair’s Trading Post for the best prices in town for your household items.

We buy & sell furniture, appliances, home decor, collectibles, electronics, saddles, jewelry, tools, fishing & camping items, movies plus everything else from A-Z. Including many hard to find items. Serving Roswell for 40 years.

Open daily 9-5. Accept Visa & MC. 5611 Hummingbird Ln. 627-2033

CLASSIFIEDS INDEX

005 010 015 020 025

Announcements Special Notice Card of Thanks Personals/Special Transportation Lost & Found

Instruction

030 Education 035 Music – Dance/Drama 040 Instructions Wanted 045 050 055 060

Employment

Employment Opportunities Salesperson/Agents Employment Agencies Jobs Wanted – M & F

Services

070 Agricultural Analysis 075 Air Conditioning 080 Alterations 085 Appliance Repair 090 Auto Repair 100 Babysitting 105 Childcare 110 Blade Work 115 Bookkeeping 120 Carpentry 125 Carpet Cleaning 130 Carpeting 135 Ceramic Tile 140 Cleaning 145 Clock & Watch Repair 150 Concrete 155 Counseling 160 Crafts/Arts 165 Ditching 170 Drafting 175 Drapery 180 Drilling 185 Electrical 190 Engraving 195 Elderly Care 200 Fencing 205 Fertilizer 210 Firewood – Coal 215 Floor Covering 220 Furniture Repair 224 Garage Door Repair 225 General Construction 226 Waterwell 230 General Repair 232 Chimney Sweep 235 Hauling 240 Horseshoeing 245 House Wrecking 250 Insulation 255 Insurance 260 Ironing & Washing 265 Janitorial 269 Excavating 270 Landscape/Lawnwork 280 Masonry/Concrete 285 Miscellaneous Service 290 Mobile Home Service 293 Monuments 295 Musical 300 Oil Field Services 305 Computers 306 Rubber Stamps 310 Painting/Decorating 315 Pest Control 316 Pets 320 Photography 325 Piano Tuning 330 Plumbing 335 Printing 340 Radio/TV’s/Stereo’s 345 Remodeling 350 Roofing 355 Sand Blasting 356 Satellite 360 Screens/Shutters 365 Security 370 Sewer Service & Repair 375 Sewing Machine Service 380 Sharpening 385 Slenderizing 390 Steam Cleaning 395 Stucco Plastering 400 Tax Service 401 Telephone Service 405 Tractor Work 410 Tree Service 415 Typing Service 420 Upholstery 425 Vacuum Cleaners 426 Video/Recording 430 Wallpapering 435 Welding

440 441 445 450

Window Repair Window Cleaning Wrought Iron Services Wanted

455 456 460 465

Money: Loan/Borrow Credit Cards Insurance Co. Oil, Mineral, Water, Land Lease/Sale Investment: Stocks/Sale Mortgages for Sale Mortgages Wanted Business Opportunities

470 475 480 485

Financial

Real Estate

490 Homes for Sale 495 Acreage/Farm/Ranch 500 Business for Sale 505 Commercial Business Property 510 Resort Out of Town Property 515 Mobile Homes/Sale 520 Lots for Sale 525 Building Transfer 530 Real Estate Wanted

Rentals

535 Apartments, Furnished 540 Apartments, Unfurnished 545 Houses, Furnished 550 Houses, Unfurnished 555 Mobile Homes – Rental 560 Sleeping Rooms 565 Rest Homes 569 Mobile Home Lots/Space 570 Mobile Home Courts 571 RV Parks 575 Resort Homes 580 Office/Business Rentals 585 Warehouse & Storage 590 Farms/Acreage – Rent 595 Miscellaneous for Rent 600 Want to Rent

Merchandise

605 Miscellaneous for Sale 610 Garage Sales, Individuals 611 Garage Sales, Businesses 615 Coins/Gold/Silver 620 Want to Buy – Miscellaneous 625 Antiques 630 Auction Sales 635 Good Things to Eat 640 Household Goods 645 Sewing Machines 650 Washers & Dryers 652 Computers 655 TV’s & Radios 660 Stereos 665 Musical Merchandise 670 Industrial Equipment 675 Camera/Photography 680 Heating Equipment 685 Air Conditioning Equipment 690 Business/Office Equipment 695 Machinery 700 Building Materials 705 Lawn/Garden/Fertilizer 710 Plants/Flowers 715 Hay & Feed Sale 720 Livestock & Supplies 721 Boarding Stables 725 Livestock Wanted 730 Poultry & Supplies 735 Poultry Wanted 740 Show Fowl 745 Pets for Sale

Recreational

750 Sports Equipment 755 Bicycles for Sale 760 Hunting & Camping Equipment 765 Guns & Ammunition 770 Boats & Accessories 775 Motorcycles 780 RV’s/Campers 785 Trailers Wanted

Transportation

790 Automobiles for Sale 795 Trucks & Vans 796 SUV’s 800 Classic Automobiles 805 Imported Automobiles 810 Auto Parts & Accessories 815 Wanted – Autos

CLASSIFIEDS

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

VERY NICE used carpet $100, 2 bar stools $60, size 5 & 6 excellent shoes $2 per pair. 622-7703 Power wheelchair, hospital bed, wheelchair lift, lift chair. 622-7638

Couch & love seat, dining rm table w/6 chairs, electric fireplace, 4ft lighted fountain, pictures, & clock. See @ 3103 S. Lea. 626-5011 LAZY BOY couch and 2 recliners $150; western saddle, blanket & saddle rack $500; Ab lounger $30; 3 wheel adult bicycle $200; ladies’ & men’s golf clubs and bag $30; Lady Hammer bowling ball, bag and shoes $50. Call 626-0855 or 622-0854.

Pair Walton speakers 200 watt speakers 42 1/2”H 18 1/2”W 16 1/2” Deep $100.

Alum. Wheelchair or scooter carrier receiver hitch $100. Call 623-1622 BLACK FRIDAY SALE The Treasure Chest Wed-Sun, 9-5 1204 W. Hobbs Storewide 10% - 50% OFF 575-914-1855 MATHEWS SOLO Cam Switchback S2 Bow - Just in time for Christmas, like new, 2yrs old w/case, 28” draw $450. 623-2538

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

REMODELING SALE New Never used Items: 2ft 6in. by 6ft 8in mahogany door for bedroom, hall or closet $75, New Mexican style bowl sink (blues) $75, New pedestal sink (white) $75, New Pfizer faucet (beautiful) sells for $539.

Call 622-9821 or 637-9476

615. Coins, Gold, Silver, Buy, Sell, Trade

U.S. & FOREIGN coins and currency, buy, sell or trade, gold and silver coins.

622-7239, 2513 W. 2nd CASH FOR gold and silver jewelry, and silverware.

578-0805

620. Wanted to Buy Miscellaneous WE BUY junk batteries, automotive & industrial. $4.00 each, 311 S. Virginia. 622-4160

WILL BUY your unwanted washing machines.

626-7470 PAY CASH for household items, furniture, appliances, antiques, collectibles, tools, saddles. Entire households & estates welcome. Call 627-2033 or 623-6608.

625. Antiques

Barry’s Movie, TV & Advertising collectibles is having a Happy Holidays sale in a new and larger space 89 at the Roswell Antiques Mall, 208 N. Main St.

Friday, November 25, 2011

630. Auction Sales

ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION in 33 New Mexico newspapers for only $100.

Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 288,000 readers. Call this newspaper for more details. Or log onto www.nmpress.org for a list of participating newspapers.

700. Building Materials

STEEL BUILDINGS Reduced Factory Inventory 30x36 – Reg $12,300 Now $9,970 36x58 – Reg $20,300 Now $16,930 48x96 – Reg $42,400 Now $36,200 81x130 – Reg $104,800 Now $89,940 505-349-049.

Source# 0R6 18x26 -10ft peak - $2850.

24x31-10ft peak - $4560.

30x40 -10ft peak - $8345.

Affordable Portables, 575-420-1274.

720. Livestock & Supplies

SADDLE & TACK AUCTION TUE. NOV. 29TH 7:30 PM CHAVES CTY SHERIFF’S POSSE BLDG 1403 E. POE / ROSWELL 100’s of Saddles! 1000’s of Tack items!

Work & show gear, cowhides, decorative items and more!

Bringing BIG savings to you for over 40 yrs!

Saddle trade-ins welcome!

10 % buyers premium Bobby Teskey (817) 235-1757

720. Livestock & Supplies 8yr old horse registered Buckskin Paint Mare $1000. 626-0941

Beautiful champagne & red registered paint horse stud for sale due to health, make an offer. 627-2279

745. Pets for Sale

IF YOUR PET IS NOT BECOMING TO YOU... you should be coming to us Gini’s Pretty Pets 1612 S. Main 622-1414 (10% discount tilThanksgiving)

AKC REG. Yorkie puppies for sale. Call Alex 575-637-9626

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745. Pets for Sale

IRISH SETTER pups born 8-9-11. Call 575-760-3811 in Roswell.

RECREATIONAL 780. RV’s & Campers Hauling

MAIN TRAILER Sales Inc. New & Used Travel Trailers & 5th Wheels. Parts & Service. 2900 W. 2nd St. 575-622-1751.

Mon-Fri, 8-5:30, Sat. 9-2. maintrailersalesinc.com

TRANSPORTATION 790. Autos for Sale

NKC American Bulldog puppies, shots, $650.

734-837-4368, Roswell.

1964 IMPALA convertible, good condition, $9500 OBO. 575-390-5488

PEKINGESE FOR sale, 1 male $300, 1 female $350, 6 wks old. 623-8714

2003 BMW 5-Series 525i Sedan M Sport, 4door, Titanium Silver color, automatic, navigation, leather seats, moon roof, keyless entry, 6 disc CD player, blue tooth, new tires, $8300 obo, call 625-9500 or 317-3092.

GREAT DANES for sale.

Call 575-734-6023.

AKC/CKC French Bulldog puppies $1000-$1100.

575-626-9813 BOXER PUPS $200 840-9756, tails docked & dew claws removed.

PUPPY LOVE Grooming Large Dogs Welcome, Cats also - 575-420-6655 AKC REG. adorable loving standard poodle puppies, 6 wks old, 1st shots, 1st litter, 1M, 5F, $600.

575-653-4524 or 703-8939

‘84 CAMARO Z28, custom wheels, rebuilt engine, $2100 OBO. 625-1952 ‘08 CHEVY AVEO LS clean, great mileage, 5 spd, 44k miles, $6900. Call 575-626-9803

795. Pickups/ Trucks/Vans

‘56 Ford, 350 eng. Can be seen 1404 Meadow Lane in backyard. Ask for Steve, 627-5761 or 840-2290

B8 Friday, November 25, 2011

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Consider your alternatives. You could be looking at breaking a pattern, which might involve the holidays. Be prepared to travel a little more often or farther than you anticipated. You could be tired, but you also want to run an errand. Tonight: Exercise your mind.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ Make it a point of letting another person know how important it is to you to have a talk. You could struggle or disagree trying to make it so. A child could be very difficult, no matter what you do.

Tonight: A special talk with a loved one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ You could defer to someone else. You have a lot going on, and just to clear it all takes talent. Recognize when you have had enough, and let others know. A roommate or family member could be touchy at best. Tonight: Go with someone else’s suggestion.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★ You might have a preordained ritual that you do on this weekend.

Quite clearly, someone tries to waylay you into doing something else. Stay centered. You really do have a lot to do, even with the onset of the holiday season.

Tonight: Make it early.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★★ Your imagination seems to know no limits. You have pushed very hard to achieve certain results. You could be touchy. Make a gift and card list before going shopping. T ry not to risk so much. Take a more conservative approach. Tonight: Make this Friday night special!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) ★★★★ You are extremely feisty and know exactly what you want. Do a better job of listening to a family member or roommate. If you relax, you will understand much more and not feel as irate. Drop your judgments for now.

Tonight: Happy at home.

LIBRA(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Put your best foot forward. Take time to visit with key people to see how their holiday went. You might feel frustrated and

JACQUELINE BIGAR

YOUR HOROSCOPE

angry about a personal matter. Try to clear up this situation ASAP. Drop your judgments.

Tonight: Eggnog with a friend.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ Look at the costs of the holidays. You also might be spending more money than you want in order to make someone happy. Be willing to say no, later, you will need to establish boundaries. Know what works. Tonight: You are treating, too.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) ★★★★ You might want to back of f when a boss, older friend and/or parent makes demands. You won’t be able to short-circuit this situation no matter what you do.

Note that you don’t always have the control you want.

Tonight: Now make plans for yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) ★★ A lot is going on behind the scenes.

Detach and don’t work off of hunches. Watch situations prove themselves. You will know when you have the facts. Say little; listen much. Ask appropriate questions. Don’t feel intimidated. Tonight: Not to be found.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18) ★★★★★ A new beginning with a friendship could delight you far more than you think. Because of your awareness of this person and the depth of your caring, you are at least 60 percent responsible. Let go of grudges. Everyone handles situations differently.

Tonight: Where people are.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Take charge of a situation. You don’t want to hesitate to do what you think is necessary. Someone appreciates your takecharge attitude. Still, your abilities could be tested by a boss. Don’t worry so much — you won’t, if you give 100 percent. Tonight: The lead player.

BORN TODAY Actress Christina Applegate (1971), actor John Larroquette (1947), baseball player Joe DiMaggio (1914)

Oscar-winning director starts film on Lech Walesa

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda said Thursday that his new film on former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa will be his greatest challenge in 55 years as a director.

“This will be the most difficult movie I have made in my life,” Wajda, 85, told a news conference. “I don’t want to, but I have to,” he said, quoting a line Walesa coined and often used while president in the early 1990s.

Wajda — the director of “The Promised Land” and “Katyn” — begins shooting “Walesa” on Dec. 1 in the Baltic port city of Gdansk, where in 1980 then-unemployed electrician Walesa seized the reigns of a shipyard wage protest and turned it into a nationwide Solidarity movement that helped lead to the downfall of communism a decade later.

Wajda described Walesa as a hero who had a “true victory” in leading Poland out of decades of Moscow-imposed communism and into sovereignty, without any lives being lost.

The director said documentary footage from the Walesaled strike in the Gdansk shipyard and the ensuing successful talks with communist authorities will be woven into the movie that is to debut in Poland in the fall of 2012.

Janusz Glowacki — an off-Broadway Polish playwright — has written the screenplay. Glowacki said the aim of his script is to portray Walesa as a “fascinating person,” not build a monument to him.

“I tried to put together things heroic with funny things,” Glowacki said, adding that he wanted to show Walesa as a “giant who stumbles, falls but then rises.”

Polish actors Robert Wieckiewicz and Agnieszka Grochowska will play the roles of Walesa and his wife, Danuta.

The movie will span the period between the worker street protests of 1970, in which Walesa took part, to his speech before the U.S. Congress in the fall of 1989, shortly after the end of communism in Poland and a year before he became the first popularly elected president.

Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his work in leading Poland towards freedom. His wife, Danuta, traveled to collect it because Walesa feared that the communist authorities would not let him return if he left the country.

ENTERTAINMENT

Roswell Daily Record

Kazakh leader made hero of allegorical play BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — On stage, the leader of the nation treks into a nighttime magical forest and begins talking to the trees, which turn into his opponents.

The premise of a new play about Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev may sound like biting political satire, but the intent is just the opposite. “Deep Roots,” debuting Thursday in the capital Astana, is the latest example of the mythologization of the man who has run the sprawling Central Asian country since its independence from the Soviet Union two decades ago.

Nazarbayev already has been heralded this year in a book of illustrated children’s fables portraying his diplomatic accomplishments and in a glowing

movie depicting his early life in a shepherd’s family.

In the commercial capital Almaty, a statue of Nazarbayev stands in a park named after him.

Kazakhstan is far from the suffocating and bizarre personality cults of countries such as North Korea and Turkmenistan, but the increasingly elaborate adulation of the leader underlines Nazarbayev’s dominance. The government has tirelessly quashed opposition to Nazarbayev’s rule and maintains a tight grip over the political system and the media.

The play clearly had the government’s approval.

“The action of the characters reflects the realities of our time,” Kazakhstan’s Culture Ministry said in a statement.

In a televised interview prior to a preview in July,

“Deep Roots” playwright Erkin Zhuasbek said telling the tale of Kazakhstan’s independence through allegory was a way of airing a variety of viewpoints “without serious consequences.”

“There’s nothing to hide, there are different opinions in society and these are all heard in this play,” Zhuasbek told TDK-42 television station.

Kazakhstan has generated vast revenue from its vast oil, gas and mineral wealth, although huge disparities persist between its rich and poor citizens Even so, Nazarbayev enjoys genuine popularity and is widely seen as a guarantor of stability in a multicultural nation that has largely been spared the ethnic and political unrest that has rocked countries like neighboring Kyrgyzstan.

Alarm has grown, however, over a series of unprecedented Islamistinspired attacks across the country since the summer in which dozens have been killed, including several law enforcement officers. A long-running oil workers’ strike in the west has also strained nerves for authorities unused to sustained union activity.

Without an obvious successor in sight, the 71year -old Nazarbayev is expected to retain his grip on power for the foreseeable future. He was reelected as president with an astonishing 95 percent of the vote in April polls that were criticized by international observers.

Last year, Kazakhstan’s single-party Parliament voted to anoint Nazarbayev with the title of Elbasy — “leader of the nation.”

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