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A total of 36 people were arrested, Wednesday, by a multijurisdictional taskforce in what was called Operation Wrap-Up. It is the second operation of this kind in the past two years.

Warrants were served on 30 people. An additional six were arrested. The operation still has six outstanding warrants to serve.

“The vast majority have prior drug charges,” said District Attorney Janetta Hicks.

During the raid, seven firearms and 9.5 pounds of illegal drugs — methamphetamines, heroine and marijuana — with an estimated street value of $15,000 were seized.

The operation started around 6 a.m. By noon, the last warrants had been served, but the operation had been in the planning stages for three to four months.

The raid was spearheaded by the Chaves County Drug Taskforce and the District Attorney’s Office, 5th Judicial District, with

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the support of 13 other agencies, including: the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, the Roswell Police Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Ruidoso Police Department, the Ruidoso Downs Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Lea County Drug Task Force, the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force, the Lincoln County Drug Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firear ms and the National Guard.

Hicks also credited the

Magistrate Court Records Department, which worked all day Tuesday to prepare the warrants, and Chaves County Detention Center, which processed the prisoners. She said Chaves County has the ability and the resources close by to effect such a massive operation.

A number of the assistant district attorneys rode along with the law enforcement while they conducted their raid. Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Murphy said: “Agencies throughout Southeast New

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Mexico were involved in this operation. Such coordination allowed law enforcement to make multiple arrests within the first 10 minutes.”

Roswell Police Chief Phil Smith expressed his appreciation for ef forts of the drug task force and coordination of Cmdr. Alan Stevenson.

Lt. Gary Smith, of the New Mexico State Police Criminal Investigation Division in Santa Fe, acknowledged the cooperation of the City of Roswell and agencies from across the

state.

“This an example of what can be accomplished when agencies work together. It takes resources. It takes time and they were on top of it,” said former FBI agent Dennis Kintigh.

Hicks predicted that the citizens of Roswell may see a drop in burglaries. “A lot of people steal to support their habit.”

Chaves County Sheriff Rob Coon agreed. “It’s good to see a number of drug dealers and burglars off the

If you feel hungry Saturday morning, head over to Applebee’s on North Main Street for breakfast and to support the Animal Welfare Alliance.

AWA volunteers will be serving meals of pancakes, sausage, coffee and orange juice at $5 a plate between 7 and 9 a.m. to help raise money for spaying and neutering of cats and dogs.

AWA President Jo McInerney says there will be plenty of food for plenty of people to eat. She said that last year, the fundraiser drew in between 100 and 150 diners.

AWA offers to “fix” cats and dogs at low costs the third weekend of each month at its 927 E. McGaffey Ave. clinic.

The nonprofit organization will offer services next from Dec. 13 through 15. Interested parties should call the clinic at 575-317-7439 one week ahead of time to

reserve a spot. Caretakers of animals should arrive with their animals between 7:15 and 9 a.m. the day of the appointment.

The clinic focuses on small dogs on Fridays, dogs over 40 pounds on Saturdays and cats on Sundays. The clinic treats feral cats each day of the weekend and tries to schedule all pets the same day when a family brings in multiple animals.

The cost is usually $25 to treat a cat and $70 for a dog.

Feral cats can be fixed at discounted prices.

McInerney says there are multiple benefits to having an animal fixed. She said that spaying or neutering a stray makes the stray friendlier and reduce stray populations, can reduces dogs’ risk for cancer and other diseases and generally makes animals more comfortable.

“It’s a win-win for everybody,” she said.

grandparents, siblings and other relations of deceased youth. It has 660 chapters through the United States and its territories, as well as chapters abroad.

Werckman became involved in TCF in Saint Paul, Minn., a month after her daughter, Mandy Wolak, died at age 33 in Dec. 2010. Wolak had been ill with pneumonia for four days when she passed.

“You feel like you’re going crazy, you really do ... because your child has died,” Werckman said.

She said she found it natural to reach out to others in similar situations

because that was what she had done all through Wolak’s life. Wolak was born with Down syndrome and Werckman was accustomed to being in contact with other parents of special needs children.

Before moving to Roswell, she researched the nearest TCF chapters and found that the closest ones were in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. She got in touch with TCF to find out how to start her own chapter.

Werckman said her contact with TCF so soon after Wolak died is rare and that

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3 drive-by shootings The Compassionate Friends offers support take place in one night for families grieving the death of a child JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

The Roswell Police Department responded to three drive-by shootings, Tuesday night. Two occurred in the 300 block of East Bonney Street, around 7 p.m., after dispatch received several calls about shots fired. Witnesses reported hearing 10 to 15 shots, and one of two houses was hit multiple times.

The third incident took place in the 1200 block of East Alameda Street, around 9:30 p.m., where

a vehicle was struck by gunfire, damaging a fender and the driver door.

One of the Bonney Street locations subjected to rifle fire was the home of Leroy Acosta, 31, who is wanted on charges of attempted murder for a shooting incident that occurred on Nov. 1 on East Frazier Street. Danielle McClain, 22, was arrested at the Bonney Street address on Nov. 25. She is charged as an accessory to attempted murder.

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Those who face the loss of a child may struggle to find comfort during the grieving process. There is now a group in Roswell to support individuals and families of children who have died.

Terri Werckman, who moved to the city in July, recently started a local chapter of inter national grief support group, The Compassionate Friends.

Since September, the chapter has held meetings the first Thursday of every month from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

at the Roswell Adult Center, 807 North Missouri Ave. The group meets again today.

“You’re with a group of people who understand what you’re feeling,” said Terry Novy, chapter services coordinator for TCF. “They simply know why you’re there.”

The Compassionate Friends began more than 40 years ago in England, when a chaplain at a hospital arranged a meeting between two sets of grieving parents. The organization was incorporated in Illinois in 1978.

TCF caters to parents,

First Baptist Church brings back 118-year-old bell JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

The First Baptist Church in downtown Roswell is preparing to ring-in Christmas this year by reviving its past.

A cast-iron bell that was first rung in 1895 by the church’s founding members has been restored and is ready to serve again.

A Bible study class at the church started the idea of bringing back the bell, said Joyce McCol-

laum, a member of the church’s historical committee.

“They started talking about why they hadn’t heard the bell in a long time,” McCollaum said.

After many years of sitting idle, the bell was corroded and had lost its color. With the help of a local handyman, it was scrubbed and restored in time to ring for Christmas after its first debut 118years ago.

The congregation will meet at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 24

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in front of the church to ring the bell. One member from each Bible study group will get a tur n, McCollaum said.

The congregation will then walk into the sanctuary for a candlelight service.

The bell first rang at the church’s groundbreaking in 1895.

A letter written by Dr. O.P. Miles to the Roswell Daily Record in 1948 described the history of the church’s beginnings in 1895. The bell was ordered

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“We had already ordered a bell, or at least a hardware company had donated one to us, and it soon arrived,” Miles wrote. “Mr. Pelfrey, a contractor, who did the woodwork on the church, had his men haul and put it on the lot and we all took a turn in ringing it.”

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GENERAL

Rare state death penalty case goes to jury

In closing arguments, prosecutors portrayed John McCluskey as a dangerous, remorseless, cold-blooded killer who deserves nothing less than execution for the August 2010 slayings of Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, Okla., as they passed through the state.

A life sentence for John McCluskey “would be like putting a child in the corner,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Warbel argued.

Defense attorney Gary Mitchell, however, told jurors McCluskey “is a human, he’s a man.”

Mitchell said McCluskey has a low IQ and has suffered a hard life of abuse, brain damage, a prison rape and addiction.

McCluskey shouldn’t have to pay the ultimate price “because the good Lord didn’t bless him with what you and I have,” Mitchell said.

“Life in prison without release is more than sufficient,” Mitchell told the jury. “It’s a horrific sentence.”

McCluskey, 48, was convicted in October of murder, carjacking and other charges in the slayings of the high school sweethearts and recent retirees, who were making their 11th annual trek to Colorado to go fishing.

Warbel said serious crimes deserve serious punishment.

“The defendant wants you to sentence him to life in prison,” he said. Warbel

noted McCluskey is a repeat violent criminal who has spent much of his life behind bars and is used to a routine that includes meals, coffee, showers and exercise.

“Don’t give the defendant what he’s asking for. Give him what he deserves.”

The case was sent to the jury late Wednesday, four months after the panel was seated to hear what was only the second federal death penalty case in the state in a decade. New Mexico outlawed the death penalty for state crimes in 2009.

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A defense lawyer says a former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear physicist who admitted communicating classified nuclear weapons data may try to withdraw his guilty plea.

Leonardo Pedro Mascheroni and his wife, Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni, were accused of offering to help develop a weapon for nuclear Venezuela through dealings with an undercover FBI agent posing as a representative of the Venezuelan government.

The couple pleaded guilty

in June in federal court in Albuquerque, but a Nov. 27 court filing by a federal public defender says Pedro Mascheroni may withdraw his plea.

The filing was made in connection with Mascheroni’s pending request to obtain new court-appointed lawyers.

The public defender, Richard Winterbottom, said it was a “future possibility” that Mascheroni would change his plea but did not elaborate.

In the filing, Winterbottom asked a judge to keep confidential a 35-page let-

ter that Mascheroni had written the judge to express dissatisfaction with his current lawyers and to ask for appointment of new ones. Release would disclose Mascheroni’s defense strategy, Winterbottom wrote.

Federal prosecutors have yet to respond to Mascheroni’s request that they not be allowed to see his letter.

Mascheroni worked in Los Alamos’ nuclear weapons design division from 1979 until he was laid of f in 1988. His wife, a technical writer, worked

there between 1981 and 2010.

The couple had initially pleaded not guilty in 2010 after they were indicted on charges of violating the Atomic Energy Act. The U.S. government did not allege that Venezuela or anyone working for it sought U.S. secrets.

Under the plea agreement, Pedro Mascheroni faces up to 5 1/2 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release. His wife could be sentenced to a maximum of two years in prison and nine years of supervised release.

Governor seeks $2.5M for medical provider training

expert veterinarian was unable to say several dying horses were victims of abuse.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, prosecutors also couldn’t prove that Dennis V. Chavez had control of the emaciated animals for a long time or that there was a delay in euthanizing the ailing animals.

Animal cruelty and other misdemeanor charges were filed against Chavez in 2012 after an animal-rights group recorded video of the horses’ final hours, but he only ended up pleading guilty Nov. 25 to four counts of not having a bill of sale for the animals.

Other charges were dismissed under a plea agreement.

the theft occurred Sunday afternoon.

Bush says the trailer and its contents were insured but that the theft is frustrating and one reason why he plans to move New City into a permanent space.

San Juan County voters OK alcohol measure

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — The fate of an Arizona inmate who kidnapped and murdered a retired Oklahoma couple following a 2010 prison break went to the jury Wednesday, the final phase in a rare and lengthy New Mexico death penalty trial.

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Much of the three-phase trial focused less on whether McCluskey was guilty than whether he was capable of controlling his impulses and making reasoned decisions when he kidnapped and killed the couple.

McCluskey was serving 15 years for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm when he and two other prisoners escaped from a mediumsecurity prison near Kingman, Ariz., in July 2010 with the help of his cousin and fiancee, Casslyn

Welch.

One of the inmates was quickly captured after a shootout with authorities in Colorado. McCluskey, Welch and inmate T racy Province headed to New Mexico, where they kidnapped the Haases for their truck and travel trailer.

Province and Welch pleaded guilty last year to carjacking resulting in death, conspiracy, use of a firear m during a violent crime and other charges.

They both fingered McCluskey as the triggerman.

Former nuke lab scientist may change plea Ford Taurus stolen

STATE BRIEFS

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez plans to ask the Legislature to provide nearly $2.5 million next year to train more family practice physicians and nurse practitioners.

To address a shortage of health care providers, Martinez proposed Tuesday to allow 24 additional nurse practitioners to be educated through a University of New Mexico program. Currently, 16 are admitted to the program annually. The funding also would provide for seven additional family practice residency positions. There currently are 27 residency slots.

Nurse practitioners don’t have to work under the supervision of a physician and can operate their own clinics.

The governor has recently announced several health care proposals, including streamlining the licensing system for nurses who move to New Mexico from more than two dozen states that aren’t part of compact for multistate licensure.

Horse abuse case unraveled over evidence

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — The case against a Los Lunas feedlot operator unraveled when a paid ROSWELL LODGE #18 AF & AM

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Albuquerque church on wheels stolen

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A brazen thief has made off with an Albuquerque pastor’s church on wheels.

New City Church’s Nate Bush says a man with a red pickup cut the lock on a fenced parking lot and then towed away the church’s trailer loaded with equipment, supplies and donated toys.

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SANTA FE (AP) — A New Mexico Air National Guard unit has a new name that reflects its current mission as a special operations unit.

The Air Guard says the 150th Fighter Wing on Sunday became the 150th Special Operations Wing.

According to the Air Guard, the change reflects the wing’s new mission of training mission-ready aircrews in special operations and personnel recovery.

The wing will continue to per for m other missions, including providing targeting and intelligence and making civil engineering heavy repairs.

According to the Air Guard, the change is made as part of a three-year reorganization of the 58th Special Operations Wing located at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.

FARMINGTON (AP) — Voters in rural areas of northwestern New Mexico’s San Juan County have voted to allow restaurants to obtain state licenses to serve beer and wine.

According to unofficial results, voters in Tuesday’s special election approved the initiative measure by a vote of 458-311.

The Daily Times reports the 769 ballots cast represents a tur nout of just under 2 percent of registered voters in the county’s unincorporated areas.

Police were called to the 200 block of West Deming Street, Tuesday, where a 1997 Ford Taurus was reported stolen.

Burglary / larceny

• Police went to the 1100 block of South Pennsylvania Avenue, Monday. The 71-year-old victim reported a washer and dryer, valued at $700. Officers noted that the water lines to the appliances had been cut.

• Police responded to the Sam’s Club parking lot, 4400 N. Main St., Tuesday, after a New Mexico license plate was removed from a 2009 Toyota Corolla.

• Police were dispatched to the corner of

Garden Avenue and Deming Street, Tuesday, after subjects entered an unlocked vehicle and took a truck key, identification papers and bank cards.

• Police were called to the 1700 block of South Monroe, Tuesday, where subjects entered a vehicle and stole a wallet containing debit/credit cards and driver’s license.

Anyone having information about these or any other crimes should contact Crime Stoppers 888-594-TIPS (8477). Callers may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward.

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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Three days after a suspect was shot by Albuquerque police, questions remain over whether he was armed as originally reported, and the department has provided few answers.

Shaine Sherrill was shot Sunday by at least two Albuquerque police officers following a domestic violence call and later was rushed to a hospital where he was listed in critical condition, officials said.

But since the initial update at the scene of the shooting, the Albuquerque Police Department has not given much more information about the case, although police released the names of of ficers involved on Wednesday.

Albuquerque acting Police Chief Allen Banks told reporters at the scene that an of ficer had announced that Sherrill had a gun. Yet, Banks added that it was unclear whether Sherrill, 34, was indeed armed.

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Department spokeswoman Tasia Martinez said the officers linked to the shooting were Luke McPeek, Jim Edison and David Munoz.

The Albuquerque Police Department has not responded to repeated emails and phone calls from The Associated Press to inquire on the condition of Sherrill. The department also has declined to give updates on Sherrill’s condition.

The Albuquerque police union did not retur n a voice mail left after-hours by the AP after the officers’ names were released.

Meanwhile, Sherrill’s mother, Karri Sherrill, told KOAT-TV hospital officials that her son is suffering from several gunshot wounds. She said his spleen was removed, he has a collapsed lung and a broken arm and leg.

Sherrill also said her son has undergone several surgeries and has several more to go.

“He’s got a big heart, though. He’s more scared

of getting hurt than hurting someone,” Karri Sherrill said. She told other media outlets that her son suffers from depression, may be bipolar and had threatened suicide in the past.

Banks said Shaine Sherrill had at least 12 felony warrants at the time of the shooting.

It was the fourth shooting involving police in the state’s largest city in just over a month.

The Albuquerque Police Department has been involved in more than two dozen of ficer -involved shootings since 2010, including 19 in which suspects were killed.

Critics have blamed the shootings on a departmental culture that fosters brutality, and the U.S. Department of Justice last year launched a civil rights probe of the agency. Albuquerque police of ficials have said they are instituting several reforms, including raising the standards for new officers.

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Note: This is a list of people who had warrants issued for their arrest (which explains the discrepancy between the total 36 arrested and the 30 names here). The DA did not give us a list of the additional people arrested.

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street.”

DA Investigator Pat Barncastle said: “This is clear and convincing evidence of the magnitude of the drug problem. If you insist on traf ficking in Chaves County, you can be sure that they will be coming around and knocking on your door.”

Hicks concluded: “This was phenomenal police work. My staff also worked very hard. We will be glad to see their

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most parents wait several months before seeking support. She said that through her past experiences with the support group organization, she understands that everyone grieves differently.

“I just kind of knew from being at the meetings that everyone needs a chance to talk and you really have to respect where everyone is at in the grieving process,” she said.

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Baptist near Roswell at a tank on their ranch, were instrumental in building Baptists’ first stone church.

On Feb. 11, 1895, at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, a small stone structure was built at the cost of $4,000, according to the letter.

“For this ground breaking ceremony, a few members gathered on the lot, and Mrs. Chisum with a spade removed the first dirt,” Miles wrote. “Thus began the first building

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drug activities curtailed. There are a few more warrants, but this puts a dent in it.”

City Councilor Jason Perry praised the operation. “It goes to show if you don’t do drugs, you can live quite happily and safely in Roswell.”

Those arrested on warrants were all charged with second-degree felony drug trafficking, with bonds of $50,000.

both said that oftentimes, attendees of meetings do not want to speak. They said that that’s okay — you don’t have to.

Today’s meeting at the Adult Center will focus on tactics for getting through the holidays. Werckman said she plans for discussions to center in part on learning how to excuse oneself from events and gatherings when necessary.

She said it’s important to be able to say to yourself, “I can’t do this,” even at the last minute.

“It’s hard to be around parents who have kids owned by the Baptists in Roswell.”

The bell ringing apparently caused a stir and a man passing by asked the group about all the commotion.

“Mrs. Chisum remarked that we wanted the community to know that the Baptists had arrived,” Miles wrote. “One of the newspapers was kind enough to say the Baptists were the first to ring a bell in the community and its tones were an indication of an increasing civilization.”

An Irish stonemason completed work on the building in mid-1895. In less than a decade, the congregation had outgrown

and [are] celebrating,” she said.

There is no requirement to call ahead if you wish to attend a TCF meeting.

To find the exact room of the meeting at the Adult Center, ask at the front desk when you arrive.

Werkman invites grieving families to light a candle in their homes in honor of their deceased child at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, as part of an international candlelight vigil organized by TCF. Werkman can be contacted on her cell phone at 651-335-3355. Her email address is twerckman@yahoo.com. it and two lots were purchased at its current site at Fifth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

The newer building was built in a Greek style, with stained glass, but the bell wasn’t installed, McCollaum said. In 1962, the church built an addition with a new sanctuary and a tower with three electronic bells that don’t regularly ring.

The cast-iron bell was recently placed inside the tower, beneath the three bells.

“When they decided to hang the old bell, they rang it one time,” McCollaum said.

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Tourism Department makes case for more ad money HAROLD MORGAN NEW MEXICO PROGRESS

An old marketing rule is that if the organization has a marketing problem or perhaps an image problem, the problem should be attacked rather than being allowed to continue causing damage. For our tourism businesses, the perception is that low wages somehow make the industry less worthy.

Major contributions to the view come from an urban snootiness grounded in the “high wage, high tech” mantra mostly useful to Albuquerque and Santa Fe with some value in Las Cruces.

To be sure, entry-level jobs—the busers in restaurants, housekeepers in hotels—start low. One has to start somewhere. My first job was as a janitor. At least the people in these entry jobs are in the labor force, working, unlike bunches of New Mexicans.

To start a Nov. 20 summary budget presentation to the Legisla-

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tive Finance Committee in Santa Fe, Secretary Monique Jacobson, of the Department of Tourism, stepped up to the issue. Nationally, she said, 20 percent of workers starting in the travel industry eventually earn $100,000 annually.

Jacobson came well equipped to bolster her main request that another $2.5 million be added to her advertising budget.

Tourism is “an economic development driver,” she said. Leisure and hospitality, the statistical job category that is the proxy for tourism, added 2,200 jobs in the year between October 2012 and October 2013. Jacobson estimates

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another 3,000 jobs will appear next year.

The sector employs 88,400 in wage jobs, third among the basic economy sectors and ahead of mining and manufacturing. The sector, which has grown year over year for months and months, is bigger than the numbers allow. Art dealers (galleries to you and me) are in retail with florists. But those galleries are a central part of tourism, as are the people who pack paintings for shipment, and the government employees of the Museum(s) of New Mexico in Santa Fe and national parks and monuments.

The new $2.5 million in ad money would take the budget to $7 million for the budget year (fiscal 2015) ending June 30, 2015. For the current budget year, the department’s $2 million ad increase meant a $4.5 million program.

We are continuing to build our momentum, Jacobson told the LFC. The $2 million increase was

“the right amount this year,” allowing the department to increase promotion in “a smart and measured manner.”

Of course, how could Jacobson say otherwise? Really, she could not, though some of her predecessors have gone before committees and whined.

Current department programs reach cities such as Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Denver with Chicago a recent addition. The present campaign is a “fully integrated winter campaign,” perhaps the department’s first.

A new multi-media campaign with Southwest Airlines will target Southwest passengers when they plan the trip. Half the visitors that fly here fly on Southwest, Jacobson said.

All of the state’s regional tourism campaigns operate under the department’s New Mexico True “umbrella branding.” These promotions target people who drive to the state. The New Mexico True mes-

sage now spreads across advertising from 27 communities. Taos, Gallup and Roswell show double digit growth, Jacobson said.

A culinary tourism campaign is under way, pitching more than chile.

The only downer for the Jacobson presentation came from Sen. Howie Morales, Silver City Democrat and candidate for governor.

Morales, a career government guy, demonstrated no understanding about advertising.

A group of industry representatives told the LFC nice things about Jacobson and the Tourism Department. Chris Stagg of Taos Ski Valley, a longtime senior figure (though not that old) in New Mexico tourism, put it this way. “Secretary Jacobson has done a remarkable job.”

Yep. And the Richardson administration’s lizards? No, not New Mexico True, not at all.

Evolution away from history, toward peace

Four years ago Dec. 10, President Barack Obama traveled to Oslo, Norway, to accept a Nobel Peace Prize he’d done very little to earn except for not being George W. Bush, which was good enough for the prize committee.

Four years on, Mr. Obama has burnished his peacemaker’s credentials in ways that might not be Nobel-worthy, but surely have made the world a safer place.

— In 2010, his administration negotiated a replacement for the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with Russia. Each nation agreed to limit its nuclear stockpiles to 1,550 over seven years, a 30 percent reduction. Each nation will reduce long-range missiles and launchers to 700.

— He finally extricated U.S. forces from Iraq and began the long process of bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. All except a residual force were scheduled be home a year from now, but Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai may want to accelerate the schedule.

— Taking advantage of Secretary of State John Kerry’s slip of the tongue in September, Mr. Obama seized an opening from Russian President Vladimir Putin that has resulted in the ongoing destruction, under U.N. auspices, of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles.

— Mr. Obama saw another opening in March, created by the approach of Iran’s presidential election. The volatile Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on his way out, and Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, was on his way in. A back-channel diplomatic effort was opened, followed by a public channel after the election in June. The efforts culminated Sunday with the signing of a six-month standdown of Iran’s nuclear program.

Does Mr. Obama deserve all the credit for these initiatives? Of course not. But it’s clear that his willingness to recognize an opportunity when it presents itself was important to all of them.

Mr. Obama appears to understand the adage that there’s no limit to what someone can accomplish if he doesn’t care who gets the credit. It was he who appointed Mr. Kerry as secretary of state, understanding that an iron will and a willingness to talk at great length sometimes are useful assets.

The agreement signed with Iran and other states recently in Geneva will not halt the Iranian nuclear program. But it buys six months to reach a broader agreement even as it allows Iran access to assets and banking networks frozen by Western nations.

The deal introduced the world to a new term, “dash-time.” That’s defined as how long it would take a nation to extend the peaceful development of nuclear capabilities to military capabilities. Iran’s dash-time is now longer, and that can be nothing but good.

Naturally there were critics. We’ve noted before that Mr. Obama couldn’t announce a cure for cancer without someone whining, “What about heart disease?”

This time the prize for stupidest criticism went to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who tweeted” Amazing what WH (White House) will do to distract attention from O-care (Obamacare).”

Peace in the Middle East a distraction?

Bringing what Mr. Bush called a “rogue state” back to reasonable discourse? Learning to talk with a nation whose fingerprints are all over Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan and Iraq? This is a distraction? Republicans like Mr. Cornyn are bidding fair to make their entire party a distraction.

It sounds odd, but among Mr. Obama’s other peace-keeping achievements has been his willingness to use or threaten force — in air-support over Libya, in arming and training Syrian rebels and in prosecuting the war on al-Qaida. We have reservations about tactics — the CIA’s too-broad targeting policies for drone warfare, the NSA’s too-broad electronic surveillance of American citizens — but they too have made America more secure.

In his June 1963 address at American University in Washington, D.C., perhaps the most important but least-known of his speeches, Mr. Kennedy said, “Let us focus on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions.”

Mr. Obama echoed that last line, “A gradual evolution in human institutions,” he said.

This is evolution we can all believe in.

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U.N. climate change talks: all about the money “Rich countries are still not pledging enough money to begin financing a shift to a cleaner global economy,” reports the Financial Times, in its coverage of the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw that ended with little more than a “vague road map on how to prepare for a global climate pact.”

Leading into what has now been called an “unsatisfactory summit,” predictions suggested the “talks could collapse because of a lack of financial support from rich nations.”

On the opening day of the climate talks, November 11, Australia’s Prime Minister

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DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor says I have “functional dyspepsia.” Medications haven’t helped. Could something more serious be wrong?

DEAR READER: Dyspepsia is a medical term for persistent upper abdominal pain or discomfort. When doctors use the word “functional,” they mean that there is no identifiable cause for the problem. By this definition, the majority of people with dyspepsia may have functional dyspepsia. I dislike the term “functional,” for reasons I’ll explain later.

For a diagnosis of functional dyspepsia (FD), a person has to have the following symptoms: fullness after meals, an appetite that is quickly quieted by a meal,

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Tony Abbott’s gover nment produced a document, outlining its position at the Warsaw conference, which boldly stated: “Federal cabinet has ruled that Australia will not sign up to any new contributions, taxes or charges at this week’s global summit on climate change.” The Australian points out: “This rules out Australia playing any role in a

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and burning or pain in the high middle part of the stomach. In addition, there has to be no evidence of anything being wrong (such as an ulcer) in the anatomy of the esophagus (swallowing tube), stomach or small intestine.

Lastly, the symptoms have to have been present for at least three months.

Before you can be given a

wealth transfer from rich countries to developing nations to pay them to decrease their carbon emissions.” But, perhaps, the most dramatic line in the government document is: Australia “will not support any measures which are socialism masquerading as environmentalism.”

A few days later, on Nov. 15, Japan announced that “its emissions would increase slightly rather than fall 25 per cent as promised in 2009.”

Japan was struggling to meet its previous emissions promises — which were the most aggressive of any big devel-

oped country — even before the Fukushima accident prompted the shutdown of its 50 still-operable nuclear reactors and its corresponding rise in the supplemental use of fossil fuels.

Then on November 20, news came out of England stating that Prime Minister David Cameron is telling everyone: “We’ve got to get rid of all this green crap.”

All of this is on the foundation of Todd Stern, the Obama Administration’s chief climate diplomat, dialing back expectations when, during an Octo-

diagnosis of FD, the doctor should have done tests to look for an underlying condition that could explain the symptoms, such as an ulcer or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). You may be tested for the bacteria that cause many ulcers: H. pylori.

You may also have an upper endoscopy. During this uncomfortable but nonsurgical procedure, a flexible scope is passed through your mouth and down into the esophagus and stomach to look for abnormalities.

Unfortunately, no truly effective drug exists to treat FD. Your doctor may prescribe drugs to decrease contractions in the gastrointestinal tract or rid the gut of excess

gas. Low doses of tricyclic antidepressants may also improve symptoms.

Herbal remedies are worth a try. Enteric-coated peppermint oil and caraway oil can reduce fullness, bloating and gastrointestinal spasms. (Peppermint oil may trigger reflux if you are predisposed to it.)

Finally, your symptoms may improve through lifestyle modifications. I’ve put a detailed list of helpful modifications on my website, AskDoctorK.com.

So why do I dislike the word “functional” — whether it’s attached to dyspepsia or any other condition? Because it implies that the problem isn’t

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All Civic Club Luncheon honors service organizations Roswell Daily Record

TESS TOWNSEND RECORD STAFF WRITER The Kiwanis Club of Roswell honored more than 20 local civic clubs for their services to the community at the 64th annual All Civic Club Luncheon that took place earlier this week.

“Because they’re service clubs and they don’t do it for the recognition, we do this on an annual basis to recognize them,” said Kiwanis Club President Ed David.

About 250 civically-minded individuals, including Mayor Del Jurney, attended the luncheon Tuesday to honor 24 organizations for their accomplishments over the past year, according to David. Attendees dined on a meal catered by Peppers Grill & Bar. Among the organizations honored were the Altrusa Club of Roswell, which provided more

than $4,000 in scholarships to Eastern New Mexico UniversityRoswell students; student organization Goddard Key Club, which contributed efforts to the Mud, Sweat, and Tears Mud Run and Buddy Walk; and Habitat for Humanity, which builds homes at low-cost for low-income families.

The theme of the event at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center was “Thinking Outside the Box,” and the event included in the agenda guest speaker Cindy Wilson, who will begin work Monday as executive director of the Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults.

Wilson, who said she put herself through college while working full time, previously worked in upper management at Hughes Aircraft Company.

Wilson gave an of f-the-cuf f speech about the importance of

optimism and creativity. She also touched on the debate of whether women can have families and careers, telling the audience that yes, women can.

She challenged audience members to tackle problems by brainstorming solutions rather than getting frustrated or tired.

David said recognizing community service organizations is “something that’s of huge importance.

“Whether it’s providing a scholarship to a student that can better their lives in the future, or if it’s giving clothing to the Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults or if it is working with youth programs it actually makes a huge difference,” said David.

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Ed David, left, president of the Kiwanis Club of Roswell and Master of Ceremonies for the All Civics Club Luncheon, stands with Doug Austin, treasurer and past-president of the Kiwanis Club of Roswell. Austin gave an Invocation at the event.

African safari at Ruidoso Public Library Donate new clothing to Catholic Charities African safari RUIDOSO—At the Ruidoso Public Library on Friday at 11 a.m., travel with Kai Brown to a South African animal reserve dedicated to wildlife ecology. Learn about pure preservation of the species and natural resources.

See unfamiliar characteristics of the safari animals.

Brown will discuss the impact of illegal poaching.

Light opera

CLOUDCROFT—The Cloudcroft Light Opera Company presents the holiday melodrama, “Keep

the Home Fires Burning.”

Come join the fun when the curtains open on Saturday at 6 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Cloudcroft Middle School commons area. This is a chance to boo the villain, who is described as a “crabgrass on the lawn of life,” but more importantly root for the good girls.

CLOC presentations are normally free, with dona-

tions accepted that are given out in scholarships.

For this show, entrance to “Keep the Home Fires Burning” is just a few cans of food. What’s collected will be given to local organizations to provide to the less fortunate in our community.

Community supper

RUIDOSO—The free community suppers continue at Church of the Holy Mount and St. Eleanor Catholic Church.

The next supper is on Monday at Church of the Holy Mount, 121 Mes-

calero Trail in Ruidoso, from 5:30-7 p.m. The menu will include beef stroganoff, a vegetable medley, salad and ice cream. No reservations are needed. The community supper is offered each second Monday of the month by Church of the Holy Mount. St. Eleanor Catholic Church at 40 Junction Road provides the community supper each fourth Monday of the month. Join us and bring your family and friends. If you have questions, call the church office at 575257-2356.

Texas Tenors to titillate Roswell with their melodies “America's Got Talent” finalists The Texas Tenors are coming to Roswell this holiday season.

The Tenors will perform their holiday show, “Deep in the Heart of Christmas,” Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2:30 p.m., at Pearson Auditorium on the campus of New Mexico Military Institute. The concert will include music from the Tenors’ recently released album “O Night Divine.”

The Roswell Symphony Orchestra is hosting the group as part of the 2013-14 Romancing the Pecos sea-

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The Tenors were finalists on televised talent competition “America’s Got Talent” in 2009. Since then, they have been to more than 20 countries, including tours in the United Kingdom and China.

When not on tour, the Tenors can be found in cities across the country. They've done extended runs including more than 60 concerts each fall at the Starlite Theatre in Branson, Mo., where they were Critic’s Choice Group of the Year and Ensemble of the Year in 2011 and

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ber 22 speech in London, he addressed U.S. involvement: “an international agreement is by no means the whole answer.” He pointed out “the need to be creative and flexible” and acknowledged the “hard reality” that “no step change in overall levels of public funding from developed countries is likely to come anytime soon.”

Stern added: “The fiscal reality of the United States and other developed countries is not going to allow it.”

Toward the end of the conference, six environment and development groups walked out, saying:” the annual round of talks had delivered little more than hot air.”

Samantha Smith, leader of the World Wildlife Fund’s climate and energy initiative called the meeting a “farce.” She told the FT: “Finance is one of the big reasons we walked out. Expectations were that developed countries were going to put money on the table, but what happened when we got here was exactly the opposite.”

Just as it looked like predictions of collapse would come true, a last-minute compromise came through: the Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage (IMLD). Stern led the 36 straight hours of “bad-tempered negotiations” — including a standoff between the U.S. and developing nations — in which “countries of the South … finally won.”

Addressing the IMLD, the Associated Press (AP) reports: “agreements were watered down to a point where no country was promising anything concrete.”

While the IMLD was agreed upon, according to The Hindu, “deciding how this mechanism would get the funds in future” remained unresolved.

So, while a deal was reached that allows “just enough to keep things moving,” little is really expected. The AP states: “In two-decades, the U.N. talks have failed to provide a cure to the world’s fever.” Even Connie Hedegaard, European climate commissioner, acknowledges: “the process needs to provide a ‘substantive answer’ to global warming in two years to remain relevant.”

Fortunately, Mother Nature can’t be bought. Despite the billions the world’s wealthy nations have provided

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“real.” It says that a person is faking or exaggerating symptoms in order to gain something — attention, sympathy, even money.

“Functional” conditions are defined as symptoms without an identifiable cause for the problem. No cause may have yet been “identified,” but that does not mean that a cause will not be identified in the future.

We doctors are supposed to figure out the cause of a

2012.

The Dec. 15 concert is sponsored in part by Xcel Energy, a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company operating in eight Western and Midwestern states.

Tickets for the show can be purchased by contacting the symphony of fice at 623-5882, online at roswellsymphony.org, or at the door the night of the concert. Prices are $30, $35 and $40 per ticket. Learn more about the Tenors at thetexastenors.com.

to poorer countries, global CO2 emissions have continued to rise. As the Washington Post reports, from 20102012 only about $5 billion of the $35 billion actually went toward helping poor countries prepare for actual climate change impacts. $100 billion per year is expected by 2020 but “most developed countries are failing to demonstrate promised increases.”

Britain was one of the “wealthier nations” to promise billions in aid, but it is balking, too. Ed Davey, energy and climate secretary, believes that paying additional compensation to poorer nations is “not fair or sensible.”

Douglas Carswell, Tory MP, sums up the so-called climate compensations: “We’re spending money that we don’t have to solve a problem that doesn’t exist at the behest of people we didn’t elect.”

Canada, Australia, Britain, and even Japan — home of the landmark Kyoto climate talks two decades ago — are coming to their senses. The U.S. held out until the very last minute — and then capitulated by agreeing to the IMLD. It really is all about the money.

The Abbott Administration has stated: Australia’s efforts on greenhouse gases will be conditioned by “fiscal circumstances.” Japan, acknowledges its need for energy: “Although Japan’s economy is one of the world’s most energy efficient, the country is still the fifthbiggest CO2 emitter, owing to its large-scale concentration of manufacturing industries.” Britain’s Carswell says: “The rethinks that have happened in Japan and Australia and elsewhere desperately need to happen here as well.” Ditto for America. After all, they’ve had their way for twenty years — global CO2 emissions have gone up, the world economy has gone down, and planet has stopped warming (some suggest it is now cooling).

The author of Energy Freedom, Marita Noon serves as the executive director for Energy Makes America Great Inc. and the companion educational organization, the Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy (CARE). Together they work to educate the public and influence policy makers regarding energy, its role in freedom, and the American way of life. Combining energy, news, politics, and, the environment through public events, speaking engagements, and media, the organizations’ combined efforts serve as America’s voice for energy. person’s symptoms. When we can’t, we may regard it as a failure. And since we don’t like to fail, sometimes we react by implying or saying: “There’s nothing wrong with you. It’s all in your head.”

In my opinion, for a doctor to use the term “functional dyspepsia” is to play a sad old game: Blame the victim. Instead of playing that game, why not try even harder to find causes of the symptoms?

(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.)

Catholic charities

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Las Cruces is sponsoring an underwear drive for the Roswell community. Many families obtain clothes from thrift stores and clothing banks.

However, they are unable to receive underwear at those locations. Please drop off your donations of new, packaged or tagged underwear at the following locations: Washington Federal Bank, St. Peter Church, St. John the Baptist Church and Assumption Catholic Church. Items needed are underwear, T-shirts, bras and socks. Distribution will be Dec. 14 at St. Peter so please drop your donations by Dec. 12. Have a blessed Christmas. Your generosity is appreciated. Any questions, please contact Vicki at St. Peter Church at 622-5092 or Delma Manzanares at Washington Federal, at 622-6201.

Flu shot clinic

The New Mexico Department of Health’s Roswell Public Health Office will host a flu shot clinic Saturday from 1-5 p.m. at the Roswell Mall. Services are offered to the public at no change. The New Mexico Department of Health offers vaccinations for people without insurance or who are otherwise not able to get immunized. Those with Medicaid or other health insurance should bring their insurance cards with them to the clinic. For more information on the no-charge flu shot clinic, call the Roswell Public Health Office at 624-6050.

Museum open house

In conjunction with the Southeast New Mexico Historical Museum’s open house on Sunday, the Enchanters will sing a program of Christmas music in the Archives Annex. The open house will take place at 200 N. Lea Ave. from 1-4 p.m.; the Enchanters will sing at 3 p.m.

White Mountain Christmas

The Flying J Wranglers of Ruidoso will bring their White Mountain Christmas Special to Roswell on Sunday with performances at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The concerts will be held at Christ’s Church, 2200 N. Sycamore Ave. The public is invited to attend. There is no admission fee and a love offering will be taken for the band. Child care will not be provided. For additional information, please contact Christ’s Church at 6234110.

DENVER ZOO ANIMALS SEEK SHELTER

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Zoo, which has about 4,000 animals, reptiles and other exotic species, is closed because of the cold weather and snow.

Zoo spokesman Sean Andersen-Vie said the polar bears were having a field day Wednesday, along with some of the camels, wolves and grizzly bears. He said other animals have chosen to stay in their warm living quarters.

Even the lions, which have special heated boulders, chose to stay inside as temperatures dropped into the single digits, Andersen-Vie says the primary reason for closing was guest safety. He said the zoo has special accommodations for some of the animals, including hay beds.

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Train derailment Stakes even higher for Detroit retirees highlights risk of ‘highway hypnosis’ NEW YORK (AP) — It’s sometimes called “highway hypnosis” or “whiteline fever,” and it’s familiar to anyone who has ever driven long distances along a monotonous route.

Drivers are lulled into a semi-trance state and reach their destination with little or no memory of parts of the trip. But what if it happened to an engineer at the controls of a speeding passenger train?

The man driving the Metro-North train that went off the rails this week in New York City, killing four passengers, experienced a momentary loss of awareness as he zoomed down the rails, according to his lawyer and union representative, who called the episode a “nod,” a “daze” or “highway hypnosis.”

Their accounts raised questions about just how widespread the problem is in the transportation industry and what can be done to combat it.

At the time of Sunday’s crash, the train was going 82 mph into a sharp turn where the speed limit drops to 30 mph. That’s when the engineer snapped out of it and hit the brakes, but it was too

OBITUARIES

Roy Charles Gentry Aug. 10, 1935 Dec. 1, 2013

Charles Gentry, 78, passed away on December 1, 2013, at a local care facility.

Roy Charles Gentry was born on a farm near Dexter on Aug. 10, 1935, to Roy and Neva Gentry. He married Gerry DeSmith Hardy on June 25, 1994, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Charles graduated high school in Roswell in 1952 and New Mexico Military Institute in 1956. While attending NMMI, Charles was elected All-Conference in football for four years as well as winning the State Golden Gloves boxing heavyweight title. He was inducted into the NMMI Hall of Fame in 1986.

Upon graduation, he entered the Army Corps of Engineers. During active duty, he flew Army fixed and rotary wing aircraft with four overseas assignments in Germany, Libya, Iran and Vietnam. Charles was medically discharged in 1966 as the result of wounds sustained when his helicopter was shot down in Vietnam. During his military service, he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross and numerous Air Medals.

Charles graduated top student at Texas Tech School of Law in 1969, and served as a trustee of the Texas Tech Law Foundation. Before entering private law practice in Washington, D.C., Dallas, and Austin, he served as legislative director for U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, special assistant to the attorney general as a White House Fellow, legal advisor to the National League of Families

late. The train hurtled off the tracks, leaving a chain of twisted cars just inches from a river in the Bronx.

While the term highway hypnosis has been around for decades, there’s no technical definition of it and scant specific medical study of the problem, although multiple studies have found that long driving times on straight roads can cause people to lose focus.

Some experts equate highway hypnosis with a sort of autopilot state — performing a task, usually competently, without awareness of it. Sleep experts say the daze could really be a doze, especially if a driver has undiagnosed sleep problems.

Whatever it is, nearly every bus or train driver has experienced the feeling of being momentarily unaware while driving long hours, said Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated T ransit Union.

Hanley, who spent eight years driving a bus in New York City, recalled spending a week on the midnight-to-8 a.m. shift and sometimes stopping to pick up passengers who weren’t there.

of POW’s and MIA’s in Vietnam, and director of the Clean Lakes Program at the newly created Environmental Protection Agency. In 1992, he returned to Washington, D.C., as chief of staf f to U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici. Upon public service retirement, he consulted in Washington, D.C., on public policy issues related to science and nuclear weapons.

After retirement, he and Gerry logged thousands of miles in overseas travel, as well as domestic adventures in their RV. Their home was a log cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. In 2005, they moved to T ierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville.

Those left to cherish and honor Charles’ memory are his wife, Gerry Gentry of Kerrville; son, Geof frey Gentry, of San Antonio; daughter, Cheryl Estrada and husband, Noel, of Lubbock; sister, Nancy Nalda; grandchildren: Maranda Buchanan, Jacob Estrada, Leahnna Estrada, and R yan Gentry; nephew, Scott Nalda; along with many neighbors and friends.

Family and friends are planning a celebration of Charles’ life at a later date.

Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, Kerrville Humane Society or the charity of your choice.

The family invites you to leave a message or memory at kerrvillefuneralhometx.com. Select obituaries, select “guestbook” at the top right of the individual memorial.

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of the professionals at Kerrville Funeral Home.

(830) 895-511.

Edward Jerome Kindley Jr.

Edward Jerome Kindley Jr., 72, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. The family would like to give thanks for all your prayers and support. No service will take place.

Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register at andersonbethany.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of AndersonBethany Funeral Home and

DETROIT (AP) — Shirley Lightsey’s phone keeps ringing. As head of a group of Detroit retirees, she’s trying to keep up with calls from anxious pensioners who fear their monthly payments are at great risk now that a judge says the bankrupt city can cut them.

Unions and pension funds are pledging to appeal a historic decision

by Judge Steven Rhodes that found Detroit is broke and public pensions in a bankruptcy aren’t protected by the Michigan Constitution. Although union leaders have appealed, bankruptcy experts say it’s now a critical time to nego-

tiate the best deal possible for 23,000 retirees and thousands more current employees.

Most city retirees have a pension of less than $20,000 a year.

“You’re talking about thousands of people who need to know what to anticipate six months from now, a year, 18 months,” said Melanie Cyganowski, a former bankruptcy judge in New York. “Can I live in the same house? Do I need to sell my house? Can I afford to live in a nursing home?”

An out-of-court deal would bring certainty, she said.

“You’ve bargained some-

thing and it will be there,” said Cyganowski, a judge for 14 years.

For months, Detroit’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, has said two pension funds are short by $3.5 billion, about 20 percent of the $18 billion in long-term debt that the city is trying to erase at a steep discount in bankruptcy court.

Retirees are even more agitated because they still don’t know how much of a real hit they could face. Orr is expected to present a plan to settle all debts by early January, a way out that still would need the judge’s blessing.

Rhodes said he’ll be very

sensitive to how retirees are treated, insisting he won’t “lightly or casually” approve any cut in benefits.

Lightsey, 79, who worked in the water department and leads the Detroit Retired City Employees Association from her home in Southfield, said she doesn’t consider Rhodes’ decision this week as the last word.

Orr and his team “are ledger -driven, red ink, black ink people,” she said.

“Retirees did everything they were supposed to do.

They were not a drain on the system. They worked.

They retired. Not one penny should be touched.”

phone around the world, and map the relationships o f t h e c e l l p h o n e u s e r.

The Post said a powerful a n a l yt ic c o m pu t e r p r ogram called CO-TRAVELER crunches the data of billions of unsuspecting people, building patterns of relationships between them by where their phones go. That can reveal a previously unknown terrorist suspect, in guilt by cell phone-location association, for instance.

of ficials explaining the program, saying they spoke with the permission of their agency.

used for intelligence purposes and that the testing was reported to congressional intelligence committees.

“Console the low and lonely, Show charity to one and all.

Help lift them up when saddened.

If perhaps they should stumble or fall.”

I put His words to practice.

Every day I try my best, To do as He has told me By spreading joy and happiness.

“Let charity and love prevail, Help others find their way,” Are my Lord’s words of wisdom That I try to live by every day.

Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register at andersonbethany.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of AndersonBethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

with the day of her birth.

She loved the flag. It was a prevalent theme at her birthdays.

She was blessed with a brother, Joseph Paul Brod at 5 years of age. Together, they and their loving family endured the Great Depression in Lakeview, Texas.

Her mother was devoted to God and a lifelong Methodist.

Dorothy acquired from her a love of God and a mild touch of mischief. Her father was a musician and a carpenter.

Dorothy was a talented writer and editor contributing much to her school newspaper at Waco High School. She graduated college at Texas State Women’s College in Denton, Texas, during World War II with a degree in nursing and dietetics. She was known as a good friend and loved an occasional prank.

During these years, she acquired the nickname of Demon. Some said it was due to her hard work and attitude. Others sort of smiled and sort of agreed.

Dorothy worked as a dietician at the hospital in Amherst, Texas, after college.

She married Edwin S. Huckabee, a then Olton, Texas, farmer, in Amherst, Texas, on May 3, 1947.

After 48 years of marriage, he preceded her in death in 1995.

After a short stint in Lubbock, Texas, where Ed ear ned his accounting degree, Dorothy and Ed moved to Roswell in 1953.

She was a homemaker and active in the First United Methodist Church. She was employed by the Department of Human Services as a social worker for several years. She loved and worked with children for 42 years, including 11 years on the church staf f as Director of Children’s Ministries. Her children’s work also included membership in the New Mexico Christian Educators Fellowship and serving as district children’s coordinator in the conference. She was a proud member of the Bishop’s Sunday School Class.

She was an honorary member of the El Divino Spanish Methodist Church and served as co-director, with her good friend Carolyn Ballard, of an afterschool

Report: NSA tracks billions of cell phones daily

WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cell phones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The NSA inadvertently gathers the location r ecor ds of “tens of millions of Americans who travel abroad” annually, along with the billions of other records it collects by tapping into worldwide mobile network cables, the newspaper said in a report on its website.

Such data means the NSA can track the movements of almost any cell

Crematory.

Pat Medina Otero

Services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory for Pat Otero, 86, who passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Casa Maria Health Care Center.

A further announcement will be made once arrangements have been finalized.

Dolores D. Anderson

Ms. Dolores D. Anderson passed from this earthly land into a far better place on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2013.

She is now home with her mom and dad. She leaves behind her husband, Donald Taylor; her sister; son; grandchildren; and a host of loved ones. DeeDee was a great person to everyone.

She was cremated per her wishes, and she will be missed by everyone who knew her, Don Taylor, Robert, Dream, her brother, Ken and lots others.

Dolores was born Aug. 8, 1956, in New York, N.Y., to Gerald Westbrook and Mary Anderson.

The Love Within My Heart I know not where to begin, my friend, I know not where to start.

I only know that I must share The love within my heart.

For my dear Lord did plant it And tended it with care Then whispered words of encouragement, “Now is the time to share.”

“Help those in need,” He told me, “Give them care and hope.

If they are plunged in misery Help them find the strength to cope.”

The program is detailed in documents given to the newspaper by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. The Post also quotes anonymous NSA

Dorothy Brod Huckabee

Services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at First United Methodist Church for Dorothy Brod Huckabee, 87. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Dr. Douglas Mills will officiate.

Special music will be provided by organist Michelle Olsen and soloists John Fuss and Tom Blake. Serving as pallbearers will be: Peter Huckabee, John Huckabee, Kevin Ballard, Jim McDevitt, Bill Bonham, Matthew Batista, Steven Smith and Marc Reischman.

Dorothy was bor n to Joseph Paul and Edith Marie Brod on June 14, 1926, in Lubbock, Texas.

Bor n on Flag Day, she always celebrated our great country’s banner along

Shawn T u r n e r, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, declined to comment on the report.

The DNI’s general counsel, Robert Litt, has said that NSA does not gather location data on U.S. cell phones inside the U.S. — but NSA Dir ector Keith Alexander testified before Congress his agency ran tests in 2010 and 2011 to see if it was technically possible to gather such U.S. cell-site data.

Alexander said that the information was never

But Sen. Ron W yden, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said at the time that Alexander could have explained more. “The intelligence leadership has decided to leave most of the real story secret,” Wyden said, though he would not elaborate on the extent of the program.

Wyden is among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have introduced legislation to trim NSA’s surveillance powers.

children’s program in that church for several years.

She is remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, wife and friend.

Dorothy is survived by one brother, Joe Brod, and wife, Norma, of Amarillo, Texas; sister, Joye Autry, of Amarillo, Texas; and brother, Bob Huckabee, of Ponca City, Okla. Survivors also include sons: Edwin S. “Dusty” Huckabee III and his wife, Heidi, of Roswell, Michael Huckabee, his wife, Michelle, of Roswell, and their children: Aaron and his wife, Roxanne, of Austin, Texas; great-grandson Phineas Peter, of Roswell, John, of Socorro, Faith, of Roswell, Jeffrey Huckabee and his wife, Jennifer, of Las Cruces, and their children: Kathryn Rebecca, Elaine Zoey, all of Las Cruces; and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given to the Cowboy Bell Scholarship Fund c/o First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell, NM 88201.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at ballardfuneralhome.com.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You will be distancing yourself until it becomes obvious that you need to deal with a situation that could implode. Expressing your caring is important, especially when dealing with an older relative. A call to someone at a distance will mean a lot.

Tonight: Till the wee hours.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) A partner seems to have assumed control of a key matter. This change of responsibilities could be all right with you; however, you might want to discuss the long-term implications of the situation. A conversation like this is important. Tonight: Choose to do something new.

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Tonight: Listen to a suggestion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could be quite creative in the morning when faced with a difficult situation. Lighten up and have an important discussion once others seem more relaxed. The tone of those around you will be more significant than you might realize. Tonight: Make it early.

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tough questions, like why he makes a crazy laugh on the single “Mama” from Genesis’ 1983 self-titled album. The answer: It was tribute to the granddaddy of hip-hop Grandmaster Flash.

“But they don’t know who Grandmaster Flash is,” he said. Collins credits his boys’ interest in his concerts for encouraging him to even consider getting back on the stage.

Critics also give him pause about returning.

“I can’t believe that amount of hate that is out there,” he said, referring to the online reaction to his declaration earlier this year that he might consider touring.

Even after all these years, the Grammy- and Oscar -winning artist still

pleasantly surprised at how certain songs have held up over time, such as “Easy Lover” and “In the Air Tonight,” which was featured in the 1980’s hit TV show “Miami Vice.”

“That’s going to be on my headstone. He came. He wrote ‘In the Air Tonight.’

He ... died.”

As for his charity, Collins said he often used to

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Phil Collins says he is writing songs again

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Phil Collins, the former Genesis drummer whose earnest ballads made him a star in the 1980s, is penning songs again. Although he dreads the idea of extended touring because it would take him away from his five children, Collins says he has missed the creativity of music since he retired in 2010.

Collins spoke in Miami Beach on Wednesday. He was in town to promote the expansion of his nonprofit Little Dreams Foundation, which he co-founded with his now ex-wife Orianne Collins to help youth realize their artistic, musical and athletic dreams.

“I’ve decided I kind of missed that writing creative stuff, so I’m trying to get back into writing, and that’s getting into a certain headspace and personal drive,” he said.

There’s no magic for getting into the groove, “just banging away at it,” he said.

Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

“I’ve got some lyrical ideas on paper that are good. I’ve started to thrash around at the piano. A lot of it is hit and miss,” he said. “All you need is something to hang an idea on and you’re off.”

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Collins said putting on live shows is fun, but he doesn’t like missing his children’s birthdays.

“I’ve been like that pretty much most of my life, and I don’t want to do that anymore,” he said.

Collins has three adult children from his first two marriages and two young sons with Orianne. They divorced in 2008.

Pressed when he might hit the road again, he said it wouldn’t be before the end of next year. He didn’t say whether it would be a solo show or a Genesis reunion.

Collins said he gets a kick out of watching his concerts with his young sons Nicholas and Matthew.

He said they ask him

takes critics to heart. Over the years, they’ve often panned his pop tunes for being safe, bland and overproduced.

“Knowing that I’m just thinking of it, and someone saying, ‘No, God, please don’t do that!’ It kind of under mines your confidence,” he said. “We’re all sensitive chaps, you know.”

Collins said he was

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Before his out-of-the-blue four touchdown breakout at Kansas City last weekend, the only starring role Eric Decker enjoyed this year was in his reality TV show about his wedding to country and pop singer Jessie James.

“Eric & Jessie: Game On” was filled with tantalizing shots of the beautiful couple.

In between the pillow talk and steamy hot tub scenes, Decker was shown fretting over his future with the Denver Broncos last summer as he approached the final year of the contract he signed as a rookie four years ago.

By the time the show debuted in September, Decker had a gold ring on his finger but no extension in hand.

On Wednesday, he insisted his mind this season hasn’t been on his bank account but on the business of football.

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“Yeah, it’s natural before the season to want security, to want to know what your future’s going to be, but once the season comes around, it’s something that you just have to forget about because that will just take care of itself,” Decker said. “In the end, my focus was leaning toward becoming a better football player, becoming a better teammate, and hopefully with all that hard work, with all that determination, it pays off in the long run.

“It’s something that obviously is present, it’s there, but it’s nothing that is flustering me or is on my mind a lot.”

What did have him flummoxed See DECKER, Page B3

Denver’s Eric Decker (87) makes a TD reception while Kansas City’s Brandon Flowers defends during their game, Sunday.

Jags look to slow down Johnson Prosecutor: Sex JA C K SO NV ILL E, F la. ( AP ) — T h e J ac kso nville Jaguars would love a repeat performance against Houston receiver Andre Johnson.

The Jaguars held the five-time Pro Bowler to two receptions for 36 yards in their first meeting 11 days ago, Johnson’s worst day in more than a year.

But the Jaguars (3-9) realize there’s little chance it happens again when the Texans (2-10) come to town for the rematch Thursday night. After all, this is the same inexperienced secondary that got torched by Arizona’s Michael Floyd for 193 yards last month, and by Cleveland’s Josh Gordon for 261 yards last week.

“You definitely don’t want to see those kind of performances on your secondary,” Jaguars cornerback Alan Ball said. “We have to put it behind us, learn from it and go from there.”

Sounds simple, but Johnson has a history of success against Jacksonville. He has 106 receptions for 1,470 yar ds and seven touchdowns in 18 car eer games against the Jaguars. And the best game of his 11-year career was a 14-catch, 273-yard performance against Jacksonville last year.

Johnson offered no reasons for his lack of production less than two weeks ago. Houston struggled all day, finishing with a season-low 218 yards.

“They came in and had a great plan defensively, and they did a great job of executing,” Johnson said. “You have to give them credit. They went out, did a great job.

Hopefully we’ll be able to go out and make some plays against them Thursday night.”

Others have.

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investigation of Winston is over TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegat ion s again st Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston said Wednesday that it is completed.

State Attorney Willie Meggs has scheduled a news confer ence at 2 p.m. Thursday in his office to announce his fin d in gs. M eg gs s ai d in vest igat or s h ave lear n ed as m u ch as t h ey can ab ou t t h e Decem b er 2 0 12 in cident. “ We t h in k we h ave exhausted all investigative tools,” he said.

Winston has led the Seminoles to the No. 1 ranking, and they will play for a confer ence title Saturday, with a sh ot at t h e n at ion al crown.

The quarterback also is the leading candidate

for the Heisman, and many voters are waiting to see whether Winston will be charged with a cr im e be for e cast in g their ballots. The deadline for Heisman ballots to be turned in is Dec. 9.

ESPN has previously r ep or t ed t h at D NA belonging to Winston was found in the underwear of the accuser. A lawyer for Winston has suggested that the star qu ar t er b ack an d th e accuser had consensual sex. But the family of the victim has accused the 19-year-old of rape.

M eggs h as said h e wan t ed to m ak e su r e prosecutors completed a thorough investigat ion b efo r e m ak in g a final decision. He has also said several times that it’s up to prosecu-

No. 8 Wisconsin Tar Heels upset Michigan St. 79-65 stymies Virginia Houston’s Andre Johnson works to stay inbounds after making a catch during the Texans’ game against New England, Sunday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Josh Gasser scored 11 points and No. 8 Wisconsin won a defensive struggle against Virginia 48-38 Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, giving coach Bo Ryan his 300th victory with the Badgers.

The Badgers (9-0) extended their best start since opening 11-0 in 1993-94. They limited Virginia to 23 percent shooting (11 for 47), including a stretch of nearly 22 minutes spanning halftime in which the Cavaliers managed just three field goals. The Badgers won going away despite shooting only 29 percent (15 for 52).

London Perrantes led Virginia (7-2) with eight points.

The Cavaliers tried to make a run by speeding up the slow pace midway through the second half, but came up well short.

Joe Harris, Virginia’s leading scorer, finished 1 for 10 from the field with two points. Fellow starter Malcolm Brogdon was 1 for 7 and Anthony Gill went 1 for 3.

Harris was called for a charge after a steal with Virginia trailing 43-36, and after Gasser made a free throw for Wisconsin, the Cavaliers missed three shots from within 3 feet on their next trip.

Wisconsin used a 10-5 run over the last 7 minutes of the first half to lead 25-20 at the break.

The Badgers also scored the first five points of the second half as Virginia’s string of missed shots stretched to 13. After Dario Atkins hit a free throw for the Cavaliers 4:23 into the second half, a putback by Frank Kaminsky and a drive by Traevon Jackson pushed Wisconsin’s lead to 34-21, and Virginia took a timeout.

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(AP) — J.P. Tokoto had 12 points and a career -high 10 rebounds to help North Carolina beat No. 1 Michigan State 79-65 Wednesday night, giving the Tar Heels another impressive victory in their inconsistent season.

The Tar Heels (5-2) have been talented enough to de fea t t h e t op- r an ked Spartans and then-No. 3 Louisville this season, but they’ve also lost to Belmont and UAB. “You can’t tell in college basketball what’s going to happen,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “ A t o n e p o in t, w e h ad three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior on the court.”

Michigan State (7-1) fell to an unranked nonconference team at home for the first time in more than a decade.

The Tar Heels took control from the start, never trailed and used a 12-1 run to take a 65-52 lead with 6:02 left.

“Michigan State did not want it that much more

t h an w e d id ,” Wil liam s said.

Kennedy Meeks scored 15 points for North Carolina and Brice Johnson had 14 . M ar c us Pa ig e an d N at e B r it t a dd ed 1 3 apiece.

Ga ry Har r i s ha d 1 7 points and Keith Appling scored 13, but both Michigan State guards missed 10 of 15 shots. Adreian Payne had 16 points and eig ht r ebo un ds f o r t h e Spartans, whose last loss at h om e a gain st an unranked nonconference team was Toledo on Dec. 30, 2002.

The Tar Heels beat a No. 1 team for the first time since March 4, 2006, at Du ke, a nd t h ey h a ve a nation-high 13 wins over top-ranked teams. They’ve won seven st r aig ht again st t h e S p ar t an s, in clu din g in t h e 2 0 0 9 NCAA final.

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North Carolina's J.P. Tokoto (13) dunks during the first half of the Tar Heels’ game against Michigan State, Wednesday.

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1987 — Tim Brown is awarded the Heisman 1972 — Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska wins Trophy. the Heisman Trophy beating out Oklahoma’s 2007 — Allen Iverson scores 51 points in Gregg Pruitt and teammate Rich Glover. The all- Denver’s 111-107 loss to the Los Angeles purpose back gains 5,586 yards and scores 45 Lakers.

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Tigers agree to deal with Joe Nathan

DETROIT (AP) — Joe Nathan expects to fit in just fine in Detroit — and now the T igers don’t have to face the closer who has dominated them more than perhaps any other in baseball.

Nathan agreed with Detroit on a two-year contract with a club option for 2016, enabling the Tigers to accomplish one of their main objectives this offseason by adding one of the game’s most accomplished closers to the bullpen. The three-time defending AL Central champions announced the deal Wednesday, two days after trading righthanded starter Doug Fister to Washington. Terms were not disclosed.

“Why would I come here?”

Nathan asked rhetorically. “I think the question is, why wouldn’t I? This team is ready to win.

They’re ready to win now. ... It’s not just about getting to the postseason. For me, it’s about getting to the big one.”

Nathan, who turned 39 last month, has never pitched in the

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NMMI had two players score at least 20 points, but it wasn’t enough as Western Texas came away with the win, Wednesday.

Western Texas led 39-35 at the half and held on for the win by outscoring the Broncos (9-3) 39-37 in the second half.

Joseph Biron led NMMI with 24 points, while Tariq Carey added 21.

MLB

Red Sox sign C Pierzynski to 1-year deal

BOSTON (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury went to the New York Yankees.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia is gone, too.

The Boston Red Sox began rebuilding for their World Series title defense Wednesday when they signed free agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski to a one-year contract.

“It’s not every day you get a chance to play for the defending World Series champions. Looking at what they have coming back, there’s definitely a chance to do it again,” Pierzynski said in a conference call with reporters.

“It was a place that you always want to go to because they win and they try to win every year. When they called, it was hard to say no.”

A two-time All-Star, Pierzynski will take over for the switch-hitting Saltalamacchia, who agreed to a three-year, $21 million deal with the Miami Marlins on Tuesday at about the same time the Yankees pried Ellsbury away from their rivals with a seven-year, $153 million contract.

“We wish Jacoby well,” general manager Ben Cherington said. “He was obviously a real good player here. He was a big part of two World Series teams and we would have loved to keep him. But we felt that there was an area or range that we were willing to go to, and the market just went past that.”

The best candidate to replace Ellsbury in the Red Sox system is Jackie Bradley Jr., who batted .189 in 37 games in the majors last year and .275 with 10 homers in 80 games at Triple-A Pawtucket.

Cherington said it was too early to say whether there would be other candidates brought in through free agency or trade.

“We feel good about some of the inhouse alternatives, and one of those is certainly Jackie Bradley,” Cherington said. “We feel fortunate that Jackie is in our organization, and we will feel good that he is playing center field, if that’s the way it works out.”

Pierzynski, who has played for four teams over parts of 16 seasons, said he talked to several former teammates who were on the Red Sox this year, including David Ortiz, Matt Thornton and Jake Peavy.

He also bumped into Mark Kotsay while on vacation in Hawaii.

“They all said, ‘If you get an opportunity to come, you’ve got to take it,”’ Pierzynski said. “Every person I talked to has had a positive experience there. I was grateful that Ben reached out and gave me an opportunity.”

Saltalamacchia had been a solid catcher in Boston. But his last play in a Red Sox uniform was the ill-advised throw to third base that led to the obstruction call against Will Middlebrooks, which gave the St. Louis Cardinals a victory in Game 3 of the World Series. David Ross took over, and the Red Sox went on to win the Series in six games — their third title in 10 years.

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By The Associated Press All times Mountain Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts.

Thursday, Dec. 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m.

ESPN — Louisville at Cincinnati GOLF 1 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, World Challenge, first round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

10 p.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, second round 2 a.m.

TGC — Nedbank Challenge, second

World Series. He had 43 saves in 46 chances for the Texas Rangers last season.

It’s been a busy of fseason already for Detroit, which traded slugger Prince Fielder to Texas for Ian Kinsler in a move that, coupled with the trade of Fister, gave the Tigers more financial flexibility.

Detroit’s bullpen was unsettled for much of last season. Joaquin Benoit eventually performed well as the closer, but he is now a free agent.

“A very big part of what we were trying to accomplish was to get a closer,” general manager Dave Dombrowski said. “This was always a goal of ours.”

Nathan posted a 1.39 ERA last season, then declined a $9 million option that would have kept him with the Rangers. Nathan wanted at least a two-year agreement, and the Tigers were willing to give it to him.

Now that Mariano Rivera has retired, Nathan is baseball’s active leader with 341 saves. He’s

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Boston . . . . . . . . . . . .8 12 Philadelphia . . . . . . . .7 12 Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . .6 11 Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . .5 13 New York . . . . . . . . . .3 13 Southeast Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 4 Washington . . . . . . . . .9 9 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . .10 10 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . .8 11 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . .6 12 Central Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 10 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . .7 9 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . .6 12 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . .3 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L San Antonio . . . . . . . .15 3 Houston . . . . . . . . . . .13 7 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 8 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . .9 8 New Orleans . . . . . . . .9 9 Northwest Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Portland . . . . . . . . . . .15 3 Oklahoma City . . . . . .13 3 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . .11 7 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . .9 10 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 16 Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L L.A. Clippers . . . . . . .12 7 Golden State . . . . . . .11 8 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . .10 9 L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . . .9 9 Sacramento . . . . . . . .4 12

Pct .400 .368 .353 .278 .188

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Pct GB .778 — .500 5 .500 5 .421 6 1⁄2 .333 8

Pct GB .895 — .474 8 1 .438 8 ⁄2 1 .333 10 ⁄2 .167 13 1⁄2

Pct GB .833 — .650 3 .600 4 1 .529 5 ⁄2 .500 6

Pct GB .833 — .813 1 .611 4 1 .474 6 ⁄2 .200 12

Pct GB .632 — .579 1 .526 2 .500 2 1⁄2 .250 6 1⁄2

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 126, Orlando 125,2OT Denver 111, Brooklyn 87 Boston 108, Milwaukee 100 Detroit 107, Miami 97 Memphis 110, Phoenix 91 Dallas 89, Charlotte 82 Oklahoma City 97, Sacramento 95 Golden State 112, Toronto 103 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 98, Denver 88 Atlanta 107, L.A. Clippers 97 Phoenix 97, Houston 88 Detroit 105, Milwaukee 98 Dallas 100, New Orleans 97 Indiana 95, Utah 86 San Antonio at Minnesota, ppd.

Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games New York at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Washington, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

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round, at Sun City, South Africa MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m.

ESPN2 — West Virginia at Missouri FS1 — LIU at Seton Hall 6 p.m.

FSN — Texas A&M-CC at Oklahoma 7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Mississippi at Kansas St. FS1 — High Point at Georgetown NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m.

TNT — New York at Brooklyn 7:30 p.m.

TNT — Miami at Chicago NFL FOOTBALL 6 p.m.

NFL — Houston at Jacksonville

pitched for San Francisco, Minnesota and Texas — and he’s been particularly dominant when facing the Tigers, converting all 36 of his save chances with a 1.44 ERA. That’s more saves than any other pitcher has against the Tigers. Nathan even helped hand Detroit one of its most crushing losses in franchise history — he pitched in relief when the Twins beat the Tigers in extra innings of a one-game playof f for the 2009 division title.

“Probably the best game that I’ve ever been a part of,” Nathan said. “Sorry to bring it up.”

Nathan missed the 2010 season with the Twins following surgery on his right elbow. He struggled in 2011 but pitched well for the Rangers the last two seasons.

Detroit went into last season without a set closer, and after the T igers brought Jose Valverde back and that didn’t work, they went with Benoit. He finished the season with 24 saves in 26 chances, but in Game 2 of the AL

championship series, he allowed a tying grand slam by Boston’s David Ortiz that was a turning point in the series. The Red Sox went on to win in six games, rallying against the Detroit bullpen again in the finale.

Besides trading Fielder and Fister, the Tigers hired Brad Ausmus to replace manager Jim Leyland, who stepped down. The changes will be clear on the field next season.

Dombrowski said Wednesday that Miguel Cabrera will move from third base to first — a switch that seemed likely from the moment Fielder was traded.

The T igers are hoping Nick Castellanos can take over at third.

After trading Fister, the Tigers are prepared to move promising left-hander Drew Smyly from the bullpen to the starting rotation.

The bullpen will look a lot different next year, especially since Dombrowski says Benoit is unlikely to be back. Detroit declined an option on right-han-

SCOREBOARD

New England . . .9 Miami . . . . . . . . .6 N.Y. Jets . . . . . . .5 Buffalo . . . . . . . . .4 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W Indianapolis . . . . .8 Tennessee . . . . .5 Jacksonville . . . .3 Houston . . . . . . .2 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W Cincinnati . . . . . .8 Baltimore . . . . . . .6 Pittsburgh . . . . . .5 Cleveland . . . . . .4 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W Denver . . . . . . . .10 Kansas City . . . .9 San Diego . . . . . .5 Oakland . . . . . . .4

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322 252 189 267

PF 285 264 174 230

PF 292 249 263 231

PF 464 298 279 237

261 248 310 307

PA 274 267 352 323

PA 216 235 278 297

PA 317 214 277 300

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct PF PA Dallas . . . . . . . . .7 5 0 .583 329 303 Philadelphia . . . .7 5 0 .583 300 281 N.Y. Giants . . . . .5 7 0 .417 237 297 Washington . . . . .3 9 0 .250 269 362 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans . . . .9 2 0 .818 305 196 Carolina . . . . . . .9 3 0 .750 285 157 Tampa Bay . . . . .3 9 0 .250 217 285 Atlanta . . . . . . . . .3 9 0 .250 261 340 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct PF PA Detroit . . . . . . . . .7 5 0 .583 326 287 Chicago . . . . . . . .6 6 0 .500 323 332 Green Bay . . . . .5 6 1 .458 294 305 Minnesota . . . . . .3 8 1 .292 289 366 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct PF PA x-Seattle . . . . . . .11 1 0 .917 340 186 San Francisco . . .8 4 0 .667 297 197 Arizona . . . . . . . .7 5 0 .583 275 247 St. Louis . . . . . . .5 7 0 .417 279 278 x-clinched playoff spot

Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, Green Bay 10 Dallas 31, Oakland 24 Baltimore 22, Pittsburgh 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 23, Chicago 20, OT New England 34, Houston 31 Indianapolis 22, Tennessee 14 Jacksonville 32, Cleveland 28 Carolina 27, Tampa Bay 6 Philadelphia 24, Arizona 21 Miami 23, N.Y. Jets 3 San Francisco 23, St. Louis 13 Atlanta 34, Buffalo 31, OT Cincinnati 17, San Diego 10 Denver 35, Kansas City 28 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 17 Monday’s Game Seattle 34, New Orleans 7 Thursday, Dec. 5 Houston at Jacksonville, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Washington, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at New England, 11 a.m.

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

Tennessee at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 9 Dallas at Chicago, 6:40 p.m.

NFL Injury Report

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice): HOUSTON TEXANS at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: RB Greg Jones (knee). PROBABLE: CB Kareem Jackson (ribs), CB Johnathan Joseph (groin), S Shiloh Keo (neck), LB Joe Mays (knee), CB Brice McCain (hamstring), LB Whitney Mercilus (hip), LB Mike Mohamed (hamstring), C Chris Myers (elbow), T Derek Newton (knee), LB Darryl Sharpton (knee), DE Antonio Smith (not injury related), G Wade Smith (knee), S Jawanza Starling (foot), S D.J. Swearinger (foot), LB Jeff Tarpinian (groin), RB Ben Tate (ribs, ankle).

JAGUARS: OUT: WR Stephen Burton (con-

cussion), S Josh Evans (shouder), RB Justin Forsett (foot). PROBABLE: DE Andre Branch (knee), WR Mike Brown (shoulder), CB Mike Harris (hip), LB Geno Hayes (knee), TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), DT Roy Miller (shoulder), G Austin Pasztor (shoulder), G Will Rackley (elbow), WR Cecil Shorts III (groin), LB Nate Stupar (chest).

MINNESOTA VIKINGS at BALTIMORE RAVENS — VIKINGS: DNP: LB Larry Dean (knee), RB Adrian Peterson (groin), QB Christian Ponder (concussion), CB Josh Robinson (chest), TE Kyle Rudolph (foot), S Jamarca Sanford (ankle). LIMITED: DE Jared Allen (finger), LB Chad Greenway (wrist). FULL: RB Matt Asiata (shoulder), DT Fred Evans (knee), DE Everson Griffen (toe), S Andrew Sendejo (toe). RAVENS: DNP: LB Elvis Dumervil (ankle), S Brynden Trawick (ankle). LIMITED: DT Chris Canty (shoulder), CB Asa Jackson (thigh), CB Jimmy Smith (concussion), WR Brandon Stokley (knee), CB Lardarius Webb (abdomen).

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS — CHIEFS: No Data Reported REDSKINS: DNP: S Reed Doughty (concussion, shoulder), S Brandon Meriweather (chest), TE Jordan Reed (concussion), T Trent Williams (foot). LIMITED: LB London Fletcher (ankle), CB DeAngelo Hall (hip, back), RB Darrel Young (hamstring). FULL: TE Niles Paul (illness).

BUFFALO BILLS at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — BILLS: DNP: DT Kyle Williams (Achilles). BUCCANEERS: DNP: WR Vincent Jackson (hamstring), G Davin Joseph (knee), G Carl Nicks (foot), CB Darrelle Revis (chest, shoulder). FULL: DT Akeem Spence (wrist).

MIAMI DOLPHINS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS — DOLPHINS: DNP: G John Jerry (concussion), CB Jamar Taylor (hamstring), RB Daniel Thomas (ankle). LIMITED: S Chris Clemons (knee, hamstring), TE Michael Egnew (neck), RB Lamar Miller (pectoral), CB Dimitri Patterson (groin).

FULL: QB Ryan Tannehill (right thumb).

STEELERS: OUT: DE Brett Keisel (foot).

DNP: G Kelvin Beachum (knee), G David DeCastro (foot), NT Steve McLendon (ankle). LIMITED: LB LaMarr Woodley (calf). FULL: T Mike Adams (ankle), RB Le’Veon Bell (concussion).

DETROIT LIONS at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — LIONS: DNP: RB Reggie Bush (calf), S Louis Delmas (knee), WR Calvin Johnson (knee). LIMITED: CB Chris Houston (foot). EAGLES: DNP: DE Clifton Geathers (not injury related), LB Najee Goode (hamstring), WR Jeff Maehl (concussion), S Earl Wolff (knee). FULL: TE Zach Ertz (shoulder), DT Bennie Logan (neck), DE Damion Square (back).

CAROLINA PANTHERS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — PANTHERS: DNP: DT Dwan Edwards (not injury related), T Jordan Gross (not injury related), G Chris Scott (knee), LB Jordan Senn (hamstring), RB Jonathan Stewart (ankle), G Travelle Wharton (not injury related). LIMITED: TE Ben Hartsock (knee), DE Charles Johnson (knee), RB Mike Tolbert (knee), RB DeAngelo Williams (quadriceps). FULL: T Nate Chandler (knee). SAINTS: DNP: NT Brodrick Bunkley (ankle), S Rafael Bush (ankle), LB Keyunta Dawson (calf), DE Glenn Foster (knee), T Zach Strief (ankle).

FULL: T Bryce Harris (thigh), CB Keenan Lewis (hamstring, abdomen).

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at CINCINNATI BENGALS — COLTS: DNP: S Sergio Brown (hand), DT Ricky Jean Francois (foot), T Jeff Linkenbach (quadriceps), LB Robert Mathis (not injury related), G Hugh Thornton (neck). LIMITED: WR T.Y. Hilton (shoulder), CB Greg Toler (groin). FULL: LB Kavell Conner (ankle), CB Josh Gordy (groin). BENGALS: DNP: G Kevin Zeitler (foot). LIMITED: LB Vontaze Burfict (ankle), TE Tyler Eifert (knee), WR A.J. Green (groin), WR Andrew Hawkins (hamstring), CB Adam Jones (hip), T Andrew Whitworth (calf).

CLEVELAND BROWNS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — BROWNS: DNP: QB Jason Campbell (concussion), QB Brandon Weeden (concussion, knee). LIMITED: LB Tank Carder (shoulder), TE MarQueis Gray (hamstring), LB Craig Robertson (knee).

FULL: LB Paul Kruger (finger), P Spencer Lanning (left knee), RB Willis McGahee (knee), T Mitchell Schwartz (toe). PATRIOTS: DNP: T Marcus Cannon (ankle), WR Aaron Dobson (foot), LB Brandon Spikes (not injury related). LIMITED: CB Kyle Arrington (groin), CB Marquice Cole (shin), CB Alfonzo Dennard (knee), S Steve Gregory (finger), TE Rob Gronkowski (back, forearm, hamstring), TE Michael Hoomanawanui (knee), T Will Svitek (ankle),

der Jose Veras, and the Tigers got left-hander Ian Krol in the deal this week with Washington.

Dombrowski said he wouldn’t think the T igers would be involved in any other major moves in free agency, although Detroit has been known to pull of f an occasional surprise, whether it’s a free agent signing or a trade.

The general manager was asked if the team is now better positioned to sign somebody to a long-term deal, such as Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer, who won the American League Cy Young Award this year and is a free agent after next season.

“Well I wouldn’t use any specific names, but I’d say — yes, we are,” Dombrowski said. “You try to win in the short term, which we’re trying to do. We’re doing everything we can. But you’re also trying to maintain long-term success, so you’re always trying to work on both of those things.”

CB Aqib Talib (hip), WR Kenbrell Thompkins (hip). FULL: WR Danny Amendola (groin), QB Tom Brady (right shoulder), WR Matthew Slater (wrist), RB Shane Vereen (wrist).

OAKLAND RAIDERS at NEW YORK JETS — RAIDERS: DNP: G Mike Brisiel (ankle, knee), LB Kaluka Maiava (ribs, calf), RB Darren McFadden (ankle), WR Denarius Moore (shoulder), RB Jeremy Stewart (ankle, knee), S Usama Young (neck). LIMITED: S Tyvon Branch (ankle), LB Miles Burris (toe), DE Jason Hunter (foot), RB Rashad Jennings (concussion), T Menelik Watson (illness). JETS: DNP: TE Kellen Winslow (knee). LIMITED: CB Antonio Cromartie (hip), WR Santonio Holmes (foot, hamstring), WR Jeremy Kerley (elbow), DE Muhammad Wilkerson (wrist). FULL: G Willie Colon (calf), DT Kenrick Ellis (back), WR Stephen Hill (knee), RB Chris Ivory (ankle), C Nick Mangold (wrist), LB Garrett McIntyre (knee), CB Dee Milliner (wrist), WR Greg Salas (finger), QB Geno Smith (right wrist).

TENNESSEE TITANS at DENVER BRONCOS — TITANS: DNP: P Brett Kern (back), TE Craig Stevens (concussion), T David Stewart (shoulder), TE Delanie Walker (concussion). LIMITED: WR Damian Williams (hip), WR Kendall Wright (ankle).

BRONCOS: DNP: TE Joel Dreessen (knee), WR Trindon Holliday (shoulder), QB Peyton Manning (ankle), DE Derek Wolfe (illness).

LIMITED: CB Champ Bailey (foot), DE Malik Jackson (knee), RB Knowshon Moreno (ankle), CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (shoulder), WR Demaryius Thomas (shoulder), TE Julius Thomas (knee), LB Danny Trevathan (shoulder). FULL: S David Bruton (shoulder), T Winston Justice (finger), G Chris Kuper (ankle), C J.D. Walton (ankle), CB Kayvon Webster (ankle).

ST. LOUIS RAMS at ARIZONA CARDINALS — RAMS: DNP: LB Daren Bates (concussion), T Jake Long (concussion), CB Brandon McGee (foot), C Scott Wells (fibula). LIMITED: DE Eugene Sims (neck).

FULL: G Harvey Dahl (knee). CARDINALS: DNP: RB Andre Ellington (knee), WR Michael Floyd (ankle). LIMITED: LB Marcus Benard (shoulder), TE Jim Dray (back), TE Rob Housler (ankle), S Rashad Johnson (ribs), LB Kevin Minter (shoulder), QB Carson Palmer (right elbow), P Dave Zastudil (right ankle).

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: No Data Reported NEW YORK GIANTS at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — GIANTS: DNP: DE Jason Pierre-Paul (shoulder), CB Terrell Thomas (knee). LIMITED: RB Brandon Jacobs (knee), CB Trumaine McBride (groin), CB Corey Webster (ankle). CHARGERS: DNP: C Nick Hardwick (neck), WR Eddie Royal (toe, chest). FULL: T King Dunlap (neck), T D.J. Fluker (ankle), DE Lawrence Guy (toe), WR Lavelle Hawkins (knee), LB Jarret Johnson (hand), DE Corey Liuget (knee).

ATLANTA FALCONS at GREEN BAY PACKERS — FALCONS: LIMITED: TE Tony Gonzalez (toe), C Peter Konz (ankle), S Zeke Motta (hand), LB Sean Weatherspoon (knee). PACKERS: DNP: LB Mike Neal (abdomen), DE C.J. Wilson (ankle). LIMITED: C Evan Dietrich-Smith (knee, ankle), LB Nick Perry (foot), QB Aaron Rodgers (collarbone). FULL: TE Brandon Bostick (concussion), LB Jamari Lattimore (quadriceps).

DALLAS COWBOYS at CHICAGO BEARS: No Data Reported

NHL

National Hockey League At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Boston . . . . .27 18 7 2 Montreal . . . .29 17 9 3 Detroit . . . . .29 14 8 7 Tampa Bay . .27 16 10 1 Toronto . . . . .28 14 11 3 Ottawa . . . . .28 11 13 4 Florida . . . . .28 7 16 5 Buffalo . . . . .28 6 20 2 Metropolitan Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Pittsburgh . . .29 19 9 1 Washington .28 14 12 2 N.Y. Rangers 28 14 14 0 Philadelphia .28 13 13 2 New Jersey .29 11 12 6 Carolina . . . .28 11 12 5 Columbus . . .28 11 14 3 N.Y. Islanders28 8 15 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Chicago . . . .29 20 5 4 St. Louis . . . .26 18 5 3 Colorado . . .25 19 6 0 Minnesota . .29 16 8 5

Pts 38 37 35 33 31 26 19 14

GFGA 75 55 80 62 81 79 76 67 77 77 82 92 61 95 48 85

Pts 39 30 28 28 28 27 25 21

GFGA 89 66 83 82 62 71 63 68 64 71 61 79 68 80 74 96

Pts 44 39 38 37

GFGA 105 80 91 60 76 52 70 67

Dallas . . . . . .26 13 9 4 30 74 76 Winnipeg . . .29 13 12 4 30 78 82 Nashville . . .28 13 12 3 29 63 78 Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Pts GFGA San Jose . . .27 19 3 5 43 96 62 Anaheim . . . .30 18 7 5 41 93 80 Los Angeles .29 18 7 4 40 76 62 Phoenix . . . .27 16 7 4 36 91 86 Vancouver . .30 15 10 5 35 80 78 Calgary . . . . .26 9 13 4 22 70 93 Edmonton . . .29 9 18 2 20 75101 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, SO San Jose 4, Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Carolina 4, Washington 1 Columbus 1, Tampa Bay 0 Ottawa 4, Florida 2 Dallas 4, Chicago 3 Vancouver 3, Nashville 1 Phoenix 6, Edmonton 2 Wednesday’s Games Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, SO Philadelphia 6, Detroit 3 Phoenix at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Detroit at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Transactions

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL MLB — Suspended New York Yankees catcher Ryan Baker 50 games for refusing to take an offseason drug test in violation of baseball’s minor league drug program.

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Signed C A.J. Pierzynski to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with 1B Paul Konerko on a one-year contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Nathan on a two-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Signed LHP Scott Kazmir to a two-year contract.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Named Jay Bell bench coach and Don Long hitting coach.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed RHP Ryan Vogelsong to a one-year contract.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Signed INF Charlie Mirabel.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Assigned G Dennis Schroder to Bakersfield (NBADL).

CHICAGO BULLS — Recalled G Marquis Teague from Iowa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 for interfering with play against Baltimore during a Nov. 28 game.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released RB Tashard Choice. Signed TE Tony Moeaki.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Brian Tyms from the practice squad. Placed DL Desmond Bryant on the reserve/nonfootball illness list. Released LB Justin Staples from the practice squad. Signed DB T.J. Heath, DL Cam Henderson and LB Johnathan Stewart to the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed LB Julian Stanford.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Announced the resignation of vice president of sales and marketing Tim Connolly, effective Feb. 1, 2014.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released TE D.J. Williams.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed LB Tim Fugger to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed LB Jonathan Casillas on injured reserve.

Signed LB Danny Lansanah from the New York Jets’ practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled Fs Jeremy Morin and Joakim Nordstrom from Rockford (AHL). Reassigned F Brandon Pirri to Rockford. Assigned D Michael Kostka to Rockford on a conditioning assignment.

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this season, he admits, was a balky shoulder and constant press coverage.

After ranking second in the league with 13 TD catches last season, Decker had just three touchdown grabs through the first 11 games this year — and none in November — while Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker and Julius Thomas were regularly

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spiking the ball in the end zone.

Decker had just nine catches last month and he got absolutely no love from the officials who turned a deaf ear to his complaints that he was getting mugged by cor nerbacks intent on slowing down Denver’s turbo-charged offense.

Against New England two weeks ago, Decker caught just one of five passes thrown his way, for 5 yards.

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t o r s t o d et er m i n e wh e t he r there is a “reasonable” chance of conviction.

T h e f act th at M e g g s h a s scheduled a news conference — as opposed to getting a warrant for Winston’s arr est — could be seen as a sign that he will not file charges.

Meggs said earlier Wednesday that the end of the investigation should answer some lingering questions about how the investigation was handled and why it took 11 months before prosecutors were notified.

“When you all look at this, when the dust all settles, you’ll

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said Decker kept his head down and his chin up, however, as evidenced by the way he kept drawing accolades for his key blocks that kept springing teammates for big gains.

“Yeah, it’s not fun” getting shut down, Decker said. “But again that’s sometimes how the game goes.”

Decker set a franchise record Sunday with a fourtouchdown flourish at Kansas City as the Broncos (10-2) took control of the AFC West and stayed in

s ay ‘ M an , th e r e we r e so me things that could have been done back in December of ’12 that could have cleared this up a whole lot easier than November of 2013,” he said.

Timothy Jansen, the attorney representing Winston, said he does not know what Meggs will announce.

But Jansen said he hopes that following Meggs’ Thursday announcement, Winston will finally address the investigation.

“If he looked at evidence we did, we feel confident he will find that Mr. Winston did nothing wrong,” Jansen said.

Patricia Carroll, the attorney representing the accuser, did not immediately respond to a

through the air.

Tennessee’s Ryan Fitzpatrick came off the bench and threw for 264 yards and two scores. Arizona’s Carson Palmer finished with 419 yards and two touchdowns. And Cleveland’s Brandon Weeden ended up throwing for 370 yards and three scores.

So it’s become clear that teams are picking on Jacksonville’s young secondary, which includes rookie cornerback Dwa y n e G r at z a nd r o o k i e s af e ti e s Johnathan Cyprien and Josh Evans.

Evans (shoulder) is out this week, leaving second-year player Guy Winston to make his first career start.

“In the NFL, you get humbled very quick,” defensive coordinator Bob Babich said. “I think the guys, they’re just looking at it as a challenge of playing against a great player. I’m sure they’ve seen him fo r m an y , m an y y e a rs m a ki n g g r ea t

the driver’s seat for the top seed in the playoffs.

The slump-busting perfor mance, which ear ned him his first career AFC Of fensive Player of the Week honor, did wonders for his image and his morale — and maybe even his future financial worth.

“It’s funny how people start rolling around. One day they hate you, the other day, they love you,” Decker said. “But a lot of love’s been given out. And it’s been fun to talk, I guess, about it and relive

request for comment.

The alleged sexual assault was first reported to police in December. The family has said the victim did not know the identity of her attacker until early January, when she identified him as Winston.

The family has been sharply critical of the way Tallahassee police have handled the case.

The family says they pushed to have a DNA sample taken from Winston only to be told by a police detective that it would alert Winston and make the case public. The family said Carroll was warned by police that Tallahassee is a “big football town, and the victim needs to think long and hard before pr oceed in g ag ain st h im

plays, and for them, I’m sure they’re saying, ‘Hey, I’m playing against Andre Johnson. This is neat.’

“The good thing about being a rookie is sometimes you’re young enough where you don’t understand. You just go out there and play.”

In a d d it ion t o J oh n so n t ryin g to rebound, here are five things to know about the Texans and Jaguars:

BRIDGEWATER BOWL? The loser of the game, especially if it’s the Texans, would have the inside track to the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL draft.

If the Jaguars lose and finish the season with three wins, they likely would get the top pick based on weakness of schedule.

And with both teams looking to draft a quarterback, this could be a deciding g am e f or wh o g et s fi rs t sh ot at Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater, widely considered the top quarterback available (if he enters the draft) since Oregon’s Marcus Mariota is returning to college for another year.

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because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable.”

T al la hassee p olice h ave defended their handling of the case and said it was placed on inactive status in February a ft e r p ol ice wer e t ol d t h e alleged victim did not wish to prosecute the case. Carroll has denied that the woman wanted to drop the investigation.

The alleged victim was an F SU st ud en t du r in g th e December incident, but she left school after Carroll was told by police that information about t he ca se was ab ou t t o b e released to the media.

Associate athletics director for communications Rob Wilson said the university did not

JAGUARS AT HOME The Jaguars have lost six in a row at home, a streak coach Gus Bradley pointed out in meetings this week. Jacksonville has won three in a row on the road, including the last two weeks, and needs to carry that momentum into EverBank Field on Thursday night. The team’s last win at home came Nov. 25, 2012, against Tennessee. “Can we stay true to the last couple of weeks how we got to this point?”

Bradley said. “Our players felt like we had the recipe all year, but we saw the results.

Let’s stick to the recipe and see if we can.”

KUBIAK’S FUTURE There’s already plenty of speculation about Texans coach Gary Kubiak’s job security. His team has lost 10 consecutive games, the longest streak in franchise history. Getting swept by Jacksonville surely would intensify it. The Jaguars have swept Houston just twice in the 11 years since the creation of the AFC South. “I’ve got too many other people to worry about and things to worry about,” said Kubiak, who

Bledsoe leads Suns to 97-88 win over Rockets HOUSTON (AP) — The Phoenix Suns did something against the Houston Rockets they had not done in their previous two games.

Every time the Rockets made a run at the young Suns on Wednesday night, Phoenix responded.

Eric Bledsoe had 20 points and seven assists to lead Phoenix to a 9788 win over Houston on Wednesday night that snapped the Suns’ twogame losing streak.

PJ Tucker added 18 points on 8-of13 shooting with six rebounds.

Channing Frye had 14 points on 6of-12 shooting and grabbed six rebounds, and Goran Dragic chipped in 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting for the Suns, who shot 45.6 percent from the field, including 45.8 percent from behind the arc.

“Throughout the year, we have had games where we have the lead in the fourth quarter,” Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek said. “We have blown some, and as a young team, that happens.

You want to see the progress where that doesn’t happen. They cut it down, and we could have gotten panicked where we forced shots, but we didn’t.”

Dwight Howard had 15 points and 18 rebounds, Aaron Brooks added 17 points and six assists, and Omri Casspi had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets, who lost their second straight game.

James Harden, who was guarded

by Tucker, finished with 14 points, hitting 3 of 17 from the field and going 0 for 10 from behind the arc.

Patrick Beverley had 12 points and eight rebounds.

Houston shot 35 percent from the

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out because of NCAA eligibility concerns.

The 6-foot-5 T okoto, who is from Wisconsin, made some friends and family members in the s t an d s at t h e B r es li n C e nt er h ap p y w h il e g r ee n- a nd - w h i te c l ad fans didn’t have much to get excited about.

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Houston’s Patrick Beverley, right, and Phoenix’s Eric Bledsoebattle for a loose ball during the first quarter of their game, Wednesday.

floor and turned the ball over 23 times.

Houston coach Kevin McHale said the Rockets did not play very well.

“In the first quarter, Phoenix came up and got real aggressive with us and were denying us around the court,” McHale said. “We didn’t handle that very well, and then you compound that with shots not going. We had no flow tonight. . I just thought the 13 assists, 23 turnovers, some really errant passing. We gave up 25 points off our turnovers, so we just fed them.”

The Rockets opened the fourth quarter with a 13-2 run to cut the Suns’ lead to 75-74 on Brooks’ 3pointer with 7 minutes remaining.

As they did throughout the game, the Suns responded, going on a 13-0 run over the next four minutes to

early in the second half, got to a loose ball and t h r ew i t to Ap p l i ng — while the Spartans player was standing out of b o u n ds — a n d m ad e three straight shots later in the half to help the Tar Heels pull away.

“J.P. was really active,” Williams said. “He did a lot of things.”

Michigan State pulled into a 32-all tie at halftime after an awful start, struggling to take care of

expand the lead to 14 on Marcus Morris’ 3-pointer with 3 minutes remaining.

Houston tried to answer, closing within 88-82 on an 8-0 run capped

by Brooks’ 3-pointer with 1:49 remaining.

“Playing on the road against the No. 1 offensive team in the league, you know they are going to make a run,” Tucker said. “It’s just one of those things where you keep playing hard and keep taking those shots. We started missing some shots, but we wanted to stick with it and pushing the ball back up.”

Again, the Suns would have an answer as Morris connected on a 3pointer from the corner followed by two free throws from Dragic to push the lead to 11 with 1:15 left.

the ball or make shots.

The Tar Heels scored the first six points of the game and led 16-4 while holding the Spartans to 1-of-7 shooting with four turnovers.

On the bench, North Carolina freshman Isaiah Hicks implored his teamm at e s t o k eep p l ay in g and avoid looking at the s cor ebo ar d. T he T a r Heels seemed to do that, building a 20-6 lead midw ay th r o ugh t h e f ir s t

it, but now it’s on to next week. It’s in the past. It’s forgotten.”

Decker’s dominant day — he set up Denver’s fifth TD with a 42-yard catch to the Chiefs 3 — was the kind of performance that can erase a season’s worth of frustrations and give a guy a big confidence boost for the stretch run.

“I certainly hope so,” quarterback Peyton Manning said. “Eric had an outstanding year last year, and he’s definitely a huge part of our of fense. You

half as Michigan State missed 9 of 11 shots and turned the ball over six times.

Th e S p ar t an s got a sca r e la te r i n t h e h al f wh en A ppl in g la nd ed h a r d o n h i s r igh t h ip after defending a shot.

He hobbled off the court, but was able to return to action before halftime.

M i ch ig an S tat e outscored the Tar Heels 13-2 over the last several minutes of the first half.

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know sometimes these wide receivers, you kind of never know when it’s going to be your day, and I know probably a couple games where Eric may have been frustrated he maybe wasn’t scoring as many touchdowns as he had (last season or) as some of the other guys (have this season). Then, all of a sudden you catch four in one game. So it’s a credit to him for he was focused and kept working hard in practice.”

have any comment Wednesday.

The university is expected to address the matter sometime after Meggs’ news conference.

Florida State policy dictates that a student-athlete is suspended fr om game action if charged with a felony until the ch arge is r esolved “ ab sen t extraordinary circumstances as determined by the administration.”

Winston was named Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, of fensive player of the year and rookie of the year this week after setting ACC freshman records with 3,490 passing and 35 touchdowns.

suffered a mini-stroke last month but returned to coaching soon after. “I don’t worry about myself.”

MJD’S MATCHUP No team has given up more touchdowns to Jaguars running back Maurice JonesDrew than the Texans. MJD has found the end zone 11 times in 12 games against Houston. He also has 828 yards rushing.

But all the talk this week was about Jones-Drew’s arm. His TD pass to tight end Marcedes Lewis was the first by a non-QB in franchise history. Asked whether he’s a better passer than teammates and college QBs Denard Robinson or Mike Brown, he said: “The stats speak for themselves.”

MINCEY RETURNS Jaguars veteran defensive end Jeremy Mincey, inactive the last two games after oversleeping and being late to a team meeting, will return against the Texans “unless something unforeseen happens,” Bradley said.

No. 25 Dayton shakes off Delaware State DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Matt Kavanaugh scored 11 points and No. 25 Dayton overcame a sluggish first half, poor free-throw shooting and a late slump to defeat Delaware State 56-46 Wednesday night.

Dayton (7-1) finally found some rhythm in the slow-paced game with a 14-2 run that pushed its lead to 50-30 with 7:51 to play. Delaware State (26) r esponded with consecutive 3-pointers by Tyshawn Bell to spark a 9-0 run. The Hornets cut the lead to 54-46 with 1:32 left before Dayton finished it off.

Dayton (7-1) played its first game as a ranked team since 2009 and looked jet-lagged from its trip to the Maui Invitational last week. It was the Flyers’ first game back home since a third-place finish in Maui, and it was that tournament performance that elevated the Flyers into the Top 25. They defeated then-No. 11 Gonzaga and California and were a tip-in away from beating then-No. 18 Baylor.

Delaware State succeeded at slowing the game to a crawl compared to the pace Dayton is used to playing. The Hornets worked the shot clock to 20 seconds before attacking the defense. Most of their shots came with under 10 seconds left.

Dayton entered the game shooting 72.9 percent from the free-throw line but went only 14 of 27.

The Hornets shot 31.6 percent from the field in the first half but trailed only 28-21 at halftime.

Eight points and a pair of 3-pointers from Casey Walker kept them close.

Dayt on j um p ed ou t t o a 1 0 - 0 l e ad , w it h Kavanaugh running the floor for two layups to spark the run. Delaware State countered with a 10-2 spurt to cut Dayton’s advantage to 12-10 with 10:56 left in the half.

The Hornets’ 2-3 zone was difficult for Dayton to penetrate and shoot over throughout the half. The Flyers, who entered shooting 42.7 percent from 3point range, missed all six attempts in the half.

When the Flyers did get near the basket, the Hornets sent them to the foul line. It turned out to be a good strategy, as Dayton made only eight of 17 in the half.

Bell and Walker led Delaware State with 14 points each.

Delaware State’s two victories are over NCAA Division III schools. The Hornets were picked to finish seventh out of 13 teams in the MEAC preseason poll and did not have a player selected to the preseason all-conference team.

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ENTERTAINMENT/FINANCIAL

White House Christmas decor unveiled

Left: A gingerbread White House is part of the holiday decorations in the State Dining Room of the White House. Right: Press photographers photograph the White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room.

“During this holiday season, as we gather with our loved ones, I’d ask every American to remember what our military families and service members often experience during this time of year,” Mrs. Obama said. “Let us all remember the sacrifices they make to proudly serve all of us.”

An annual highlight of the decorations is the of ficial White House Christmas Tree. This year it’s a towering 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir from Lehighton, Pa., that fills the ovalshaped Blue Room. It honors military families, a holiday tradition of Mrs. Obama’s, and among its trimmings are photos of their joyous homecomings.

This year’s White House Christmas theme, “Gather Around: Stories of the Season,” focuses on stories behind American holiday traditions.

“Our goal is for every room and every tree to tell a story about who we are and how we gather around one another to mark the holidays,” Mrs. Obama said.

Wednesday’s event ushers in a month of holiday entertaining at the White House, with the president and first lady playing host at parties for volunteers, members of Congress, White House staff, Secret Service,

‘Game of Thrones’ used to promote Northern Ireland

LONDON (AP) — “Game of Thrones” has drawn in millions of viewers. Can it bring in tourists, too?

Tourism officials in Northern Ireland say they are looking at ways to capitalize on the success of HBO’s fantasy TV series.

Much of the “Game of Thrones” is filmed in Northern Ireland, which provides a backdrop of castles and rugged coastlines for the series’ fictional land of Westeros.

Northern Ireland’s Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster announced the tourism strategy Wednesday but gave no details.

Foster said she wanted to attract more than 2 million visitors a year to Norther n Ireland by 2016, compared to some 1.8 million people in 2013.

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Dec 13 132.57 132.90 132.45 132.72 Feb 14 134.00 134.45 133.97 134.42 Apr 14 134.85 134.97 127.82 134.95 Jun 14 128.82 129.30 128.70 129.27 Aug 14 127.00 127.50 126.90 127.50 Oct 14 129.22 129.40 129.20 129.40 Dec 14 130.00 130.15 129.85 130.10 Feb 15 130.50 130.55 130.50 130.55 Apr 15 131.80 131.80 131.80 131.80 Last spot N/A Est. sales 36648. Tue’s Sales: 43,809 Tue’s open int: 339909, up +551 FEEDER CATTLE 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

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White House reporters and others from around the country. There will be a reception practically twice a day, every day, until just a few days before Christmas, Mrs. Obama told Ladies’ Home Journal in a holiday-themed interview.

Visitors will see a total of two dozen Christmas trees on display, all of them exquisitely decorated by some of the 83 volunteers who flew in from around the country to participate in the annual weekend marathon of tree trimming, wreath hanging and other decorating.

Somewhere, in the midst of all that hustle and bustle, the Obamas, including daughters Malia and Sasha, will take time to decorate a 25th tree: their very own upstairs in the residence on the second floor.

“One of the things the kids always request, because we have dozens of trees all over the White House that are decorated by volunteers, is that they decorate one of the trees themselves. Usually it’s the tree in the Yellow Oval Room,” Mrs. Obama told Ladies’ Home Journal. “We’ll have hot chocolate, light a fire no matter what the weather is, get out a basket of decorations and then I’ll put on the first holiday music of the season.”

Digital music service Beats Music to launch in January

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beats Music, the digital music spinoff from the maker of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, is set to launch in January.

The launch date was announced by CEO Ian Rogers in a blog post Wednesday.

Rogers didn’t offer details on the Beats Music model. It will likely compete with streaming subscription services like Spotify, Rhapsody and Rdio.

Beats Music is based on the platform of MOG, a subscription music service that was bought in July 2012 by Beats Electronics LLC, the headphones maker founded in 2008 by hip-hop producer Dr. Dre and music executive Jimmy Iovine. Beats Music became a stand-alone company in March after a $60 million investment led by Access Industries, which also bought Warner Music Group Corp. in June 2011.

MOG costs $10 a month for unlimited playback of more than 15 million tracks on mobile devices, or $5 a month for ad-free listening on computers.

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NEW YORK (AP) _ Spot nonferrous metal prices Wed. Aluminum -$0.7686 per lb., London Metal Exch.

Copper -$3.1499 Cathode full plate, LME. Copper -$3.2715 N.Y. Merc spot Wed. Lead - $2035.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch.

Zinc - $0.8421 per lb., London Metal Exch.

Gold - $1227.50 Handy & Harman (only daily quote).

Gold - $1248.20 troy oz., NY Merc spot Wed. Silver - $19.355 Handy & Harman (only daily quote).

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Chestnuts replace cream in truffles Who doesn’t love chocolate truffles? They are the essence of chocolate, and a sure-fire mood enhancer.

Pop even one into your mouth and see if you don’t get happy.

Given the richness of a chocolate truffle — a blend of chocolate, sugar and cream — it’s nice that chocolate has been found to be good for us. Still, assuming you wanted to jettison some of the calories in this treat without sacrificing a molecule of its lush flavor, where would you start? Cutting the chocolate or sugar would be a bad idea. Both are needed. But how about the cream?

The trick to cutting cream is that you don’t want to sacrifice the creaminess of the truffle in the process.

The solution? Chestnuts.

Discovered years ago by Sally Schneider, the author of a great healthy cookbook called “The Art of Low-Calorie Cooking,” she learned that roasted and pureed chestnuts provide a super-creamy texture for treats such as truffles.

And because chestnuts don’t actually taste like much, they don’t compete with the truffle’s chocolate essence. Added benefits? Unlike most nuts, chestnuts are low in fat and high in complex carbohydrates.

Though street vendors selling roasted chestnuts have disappeared from 21st century New York, peeled and roasted chestnuts are now widely available in grocers everywhere during the holiday season.

You’ll notice instant espresso in the list of ingredients.

It’s there to amplify the chocolate flavor while adding a hint of coffee flavor. Likewise, I suggest adding a couple of teaspoons of any of several different liquors, but feel free to swap in any of your favorites.

——— SPIKED MOCHA CHESTNUT TRUFFLES Start to finish: 4 hours (25 minutes active) Makes 20 truffles 5.2-ounce package roasted and peeled chestnuts, medium chopped 3/4 cup water 1/3 cup low-fat evaporated milk 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, medium chopped 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or 1 tablespoon instant coffee Pinch of table salt 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 2 teaspoons Tia Maria, Kahlua, Baileys, brandy or rum 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the chestnuts and water. Bring to boil, then reduce the heat to maintain a simmer, cover and cook until the chestnuts are very tender and all the water has been absorbed, about 30 minutes.

Add the milk and heat the mixture until it just comes to a simmer. Remove the pan from the heat, add the chocolate, then recover the pan. Let stand off the burner until the chocolate is melted, about 3 to 4 minutes.

Stir and transfer to a blender along with the espresso powder, salt, corn syrup and liquor. Blend until very smooth.

Transfer to a bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill until very firm, at least 3 hours. Form the mixture into small balls (about 2 teaspoons each) and roll the balls in the cocoa powder until they are coated, shaking off the excess. Chill until ready to serve. Will keep, refrigerated, for 2 weeks.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two life-sized replicas of the Portuguese water dogs — old-timer Bo and the new puppy rival Sunny — made from black satin ribbon, are one of the first things people will see this month as an expected 70,000 visitors stream in to the White House for tours and holiday functions. Both dogs wag their tails and Bo gives a high-five. They are surrounded by Christmas trees made of books.

The pets’ dark chocolate miniature versions are also part of the annual gingerbread White House display.

Both dogs hang out near a functioning replica of the fountain on the North Lawn. The illuminated, edible White House sits on top of a life-sized fireplace fashioned from more than 1,200 Springerle cookies. The entire display weighs about 300 pounds and is trashed after the holidays due to its prolonged exposure to so many people.

Michelle Obama, who has emphasized support for military families, gave some of them a first look at the decked-out White House halls on Wednesday. She asked Americans gathering with friends and family for the holidays to also remember the men and women in uniform.

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DEAR ABBY: I’m the proud mother of four beautiful children — a daughter, a son and 8-yearold twin boys. I am having a hard time getting people to understand that my boys, whom I rarely refer to as “twins,” are two SEPARATE people! Every year at Christmas some family members buy gifts for our daughter and our eldest son, and then ONE gift our younger boys are expected to share. Abby,

they once received one T shirt, which was meant for both of them. This also happens on their birthday.

Yes, they share a room and they are twins, but they deserve the same respect as their siblings. We have never dressed them alike. They are individuals who should be treated as such like their sister and brother.

Christmas is around the corner, and I don’t know how to tell my family members to please buy gifts for both the boys. I realize we have a large family. I don’t expect anyone to go broke. The gift can be a small one. Can you please help me find the right words without sounding greedy?

MOM OF FOUR IN OTTAWA DEAR MOM: Your relatives don’t appear to be particularly sensitive, or

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they would already realize that children are individuals whether they happen to be wombmates or not. Their “frugality” puts a damper on what are supposed to be happy occasions. It would not be “greedy” to tell them that if they can’t afford a gift for each child — regardless of how small it might be — it would cause fewer hurt feelings if they sent none at all for any of your children. ##### DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend’s daughter, “Heather,” came to me the other day and told me a girl at school is having sex with a 36-year-old. Abby, the girl is only 13. When I told Heather I wanted to tell a counselor, she begged me not to because she’s new in the school and doesn’t want to be

labeled a snitch.

I am torn about what to do. I don’t want her mad at me, but I can’t just stand back and let this continue to happen. Heather and I are nine years apart, so I don’t really come across as a parental figure. I don’t know if I should tell her dad or not.

Please help.

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DEAR DON’T KNOW: The girl in question is being raped. The 36-year-old is a predator. What you should do is find out the girl’s name and then let her parents know what is going on so they can possibly inform the police. If you can’t locate the parents, talk to a counselor at the school, because a counselor is ethically and legally required to report a crime like this.

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KING FEATURES SYNDICATE Dear Heloise: I love to solve the SCRAMBLED-WORD PUZZLES in the paper. The Sunday solution usually is very long, and writing the letters out in a row still is hard to figure out. I use my word-game tiles and select the letters from the puzzle words. It’s easy to move them around and come up with the right answer. Hope this helps keep the brain working!

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It certainly will! Plus, it’s a nice way to spend some time on a hopefully slow Sunday.

We all need a little downtime doing what we enjoy.

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Dear Heloise: Could you please reprint your recipe for your corn bread dressing? I want to make it for the holidays.

A Reader, via email

Happy to reprint it! This is Heloise’s Corn Bread Dressing, and it’s great for the holidays. It’s an old family recipe that my grandmother and mother, the original Heloise, made. Yes, it’s Southern-style, and I love it!

Here is what you need: 6-8 slices of stale bread (torn into pieces) 1 1/2 packed cups of crumbled corn bread 1 cup turkey broth from cooking giblets and neck, or turkey/chicken bouillon 1/2 to 1 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 stick butter or margarine 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1 tablespoon sage Place bread pieces and corn bread in a large bowl and pour broth or bouillon over it until the bread is moist. In a large skillet, saute the celery and onions in the butter. Combine onions, celery, bread mixture, beaten eggs and seasonings. Mix well. Place mixture in an oiled casserole dish, cover and bake for 35 to 45 minutes at 325 F. You can get all of my family favorite main dishes in my pamphlet Heloise’s Main Dishes and More. To order, send $3 and a long, selfaddressed, stamped (66 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Main Dishes, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Do you like your dressing a little drier?

Uncover the dish 15-20 minutes before it is supposed to be done, then finish cooking.

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Vernon makes Miami’s defense stronger

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Olivier Vernon isn’t on the Pro Bowl ballot, doesn’t do a sack dance and expressed surprise Wednesday to be chosen the AFC defensive player of the week.

“I’m not a big accolades guy,” Vernon said.

Even so, the Miami Dolphins’ second-year defensive end is winning acclaim for making their strength even stronger. The front four is the Dolphins’ deepest, most dominant unit, and Vernon’s no longer considered a weak link.

He struggled in the first month of the season but has six sacks in the past three games, increasing his team-high total to 10 1/2, which is tied for fifth-best in the NFL. In last week’s win over the New York Jets, Vernon had three sacks and 10 tackles, both career highs.

Coming from a player who didn’t start as a rookie last year, such success has been unexpected. Or maybe not.

“When you watch him in practice, it’s not a surprise to see him having the success that he had, because he has been a demon in the one-on-one pass rush since training camp,” defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle said.

Vernon may benefit from being overlooked. He lines up in the Dolphins’ 4-3 scheme opposite twotime Pro Bowl end Cameron Wake, and the pass rush of first-round draft pick Dion Jordan also distracts opponents. In addition, tackles Paul Soliai, Randy Starks and Jared Odrick provide plenty of push up the middle.

When they chase quarterbacks toward Vernon, he has been ready.

“I’m just capitalizing on opportunities that come my way,” he said.

“I just try to get better, make plays for this team and be a role player. A lot of guys on this team have contributed a lot, and I’m just trying to add.”

Defense has kept the Dolphins

(6-6) in the playoff race. They’ll go into Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh tied for fifth in the NFL with 37 sacks, which puts them on pace to tie the franchise record. Opposing quarterbacks have a passer rating of 72.7, which is second-lowest in the league. Miami ranks ninth in points allowed.

Now Miami is preparing for the pass-happy Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger, who has thrown for 21 touchdowns and 3,375 yards.

“We’ve got to be sound in our pass-rushing lanes,” Vernon said.

“As long as we can contain him, it will be a good game for us. But you’ve still got to finish the tackle, because he’s very elusive and can break out of a lot of tackles.”

If Vernon has been under the radar in previous games, that won’t be the case against the Steelers, who are well aware of his recent performances.

He’s playing so well he added a half-sack Wednesday, when the

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league made a scoring change in last week’s game. That increased Vernon’s sack total against the Jets to three.

“He’s a high-motor guy, a guy who gets after it,” Roethlisberger said. “He’s somebody who is probably not getting as much attention as he deserves. He’s playing at an extremely high level right now, and we’re going to have to have eyes and attention on him.”

Vernon said much of his improvement has resulted from learning how to study opponents and teammates. He follows the example of the veteran Miami linemen, especially Wake, whom he still considers a mentor.

“I’m learning from the older guys,” he said. “I watch film on those guys even in practice to see what they do, and try to get better every day. Being better at watching film and taking notes helps with play recognition — seeing what’s coming your way and learning

what to expect.”

Wake beamed when talking about Vernon’s player of the week honor, saying it was good to see his teammate thrive.

“I’m happy not just for him, but for selfish reasons as well,” Wake said. “To have different weapons to keep offenses on their heels with guys coming from everywhere, it’s going to help your team as a whole.”

A third-round draft pick from the University of Miami, Vernon saw significant playing time off the bench as a rookie last year and had 3 1/2 sacks. He’s small for an end at 6-2 and 268 pounds, and there was concern at first about his ability to defend the run.

But he wins praise for his professionalism, ranging from his careful eating habits to the consistent effort he puts forth. And he’s tough to block one on one.

Fourth quarter hasn’t been kind to Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fast starts have helped the Philadelphia Eagles overcome slow finishes.

The Eagles (7-5) have survived poor fourth quarters during a four-game winning streak thanks to building big leads early. They’ve been outscored 33-0 in the final quarter in the four games, and haven’t scored an offensive touchdown in the fourth quarter since Week 6 at Tampa.

“Part of being a good football team is you have to learn how to finish games,”

coach Chip Kelly said. “It’s something we’ve got to continue to work on. Like everything, there’s got to be things to work on every week, and that’s something we’ll address this week.”

The stat is somewhat misleading because the Eagles haven’t needed to score points in the fourth quarter during their winning streak.

They’ve built leads of at least 17 points in the third quarter of each game.

They effectively ran out the clock in a 27-13 win at Green Bay on Nov. 10 by

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------Publish November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 2013 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CHAVES FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. D-504-CV-2013-00209

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, vs.

Plaintiff,

ROSARIO DURAN,

Defendant.

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that on December 18, 2013, at the hour of 11:30 am the undersigned Special Master, or her designee, will, at the west steps entrance of the Chaves County Courthouse, at 400 N. Main, Roswell, NM 88202, sell all of the rights, title and interest of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash. The property to be sold is located at 100 East 3rd Street, Dexter, New Mexico 88230, (if there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control) and is more particularly described as follows: LOTS ONE (1) THREE (3) FIVE (5) and EIGHT (8) in BLOCK NINE (9) of ORIGINAL TOWN OF DEXTER AMENDED PLAT, in the Town of Dexter, County of Chaves and State of New Mexico, as shown on the Official Plat filed in the Chaves County Clerk's Office on June 15, 1905 and recorded in Book A of Plat Records, Chaves County, New Mexico, at Page 76.

including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes.

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 Defendant upon entry of an order approving sale. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on November 6, 2013, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the above-described property.

The Plaintiff's judgment is $107,050.63, and the same bears interest at the rate of 4.6250% per annum, which accrues at the rate of $13.56 per diem, commencing on December 17, 2013, with the Court reserving entry of final judgment against said Defendant Rosario Duran for the amount due after foreclosure sale, for costs and attorney's fees, plus interest as may be assessed by the Court. The Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale all of its judgment amount and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. The sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master.

The Court's decree, having duly appointed its Special Master to advertise and immediately offer for sale the subject real estate and to apply the proceeds of sale, first to the costs of sale and the Special Master's fees, then to pay the above-described judgment, interest, and costs of sale, and to pay unto the registry of the Court any balance remaining to satisfy future adjudication of priority mortgage holders;

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that in the event that said property is not sooner redeemed, the undersigned will as set forth above, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, the lands and improvements described above for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment described herein and decree of foreclosure together with any additional costs and attorney's fees, costs of advertisement and publication, a reasonable receiver and Special Master's fee to be fixed by the Court. The total amount of the judgment due is $107,050.63, plus interest to and including date of sale of $27.12 for a total judgment plus interest of $107,077.75. Sale is subject to the entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of this sale.

Witness my hand this 12th day of November, 2013.

/s/ Bernadette F. Gutierrez - Electronically Filed BERNADETTE F. GUTIERREZ, Special Master PO Box 91988 Albuquerque, NM 87199-1988 Telephone: (505) 433-4576 Facsimile: (505) 433-4577 E-mail: bernadette@ancillaryls.com

keeping the ball the final 9:32. But they couldn’t sustain long drives in the fourth against Washington and Arizona, and the defense needed a hold at the end in both games.

The Redskins nearly overcame a 24-0 lead and were trailing 24-16 with the ball at the Eagles 18 when Brandon Boykin intercepted Robert Griffin III’s pass in the end zone with 24 seconds left two weeks ago.

Last Sunday, the Cardinals rallied from a 24-7 deficit and were trailing 24-

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Keep the money no questions asked. Put it in my mailbox.

008. Northwest

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------Publish December 5, 12, 2013 Notice of Sale to Satisfy Lien Minnie Davidson

The above named persons are hereby notified that the goods/merchandise left by them in South main Self Storage will be sold by said company at public sale if not claimed by 2-15-2013. The purpose of the sale is to satisfy the lien of said company for storage of said goods, together with incidental and proper charges pertaining thereto including the reasonable expenses of the sale all as allowed by the laws of the State of New Mexico.

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The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents will meet on Thursday, December 12 at 1:30 p.m. on the ENMU-Roswell Campus, Administration Center, Board Room, 52 University Blvd., Roswell, NM. Regents will act upon business so presented and may meet in the executive session. Agendas for the meetings are available at the President’s Office located in the ENMU-Portales campus Administration Building.

The public is invited to attend the regular meeting.

Eastern New Mexico University is an EEO/AA institution.

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The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District is scheduled as follows: Date:

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 2013

Location: Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District 2303 East Second Street Roswell, New Mexico 88201 Suite 100

Time:

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

For additional information, including a meeting agenda, please contact the PVACD office at (575)-622-7000. If you are disabled and require assistance, auxiliary aids and services,(Voice & TDD), and/or alternate formats in order to further your participation, please contact the office at (575)- 622-7000 one week before the meeting or as soon as possible.

21 before the defense forced a turnover on downs in the final minutes.

“I don’t know if there’s a common thread,” offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur said. “In a couple of games we were playing, we were trying to melt the clock.

There’s been times when we’ve been ahead and we’ve done a better job of chewing the clock and moving the ball, and there’s been a couple games that we didn’t.

And so that’s what you work on.”

The problem could be the

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Eagles change their approach when they have leads in the fourth quarter.

The fast-paced, hurry-up offense works well when the Eagles run plays quickly, keep the defense off-balance and don’t allow opponents to rest or match up properly.

Kelly still has the offense run without a huddle with a lead, but players stand at the line of scrimmage and let the clock run down before quarterback Nick Foles takes the snap. That allows the defense more

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THOUGHT OF driving Big Rigs the oil fields are going strong and Companies are looking for CDL Drivers. In less than 2 months you can have your Class A License and making the money you deserve. Classes are forming now. Artesia Training Academy is VA approved, you can call Artesia Training Academy for more information. Or visit our web site.

Phone # 575-748-9766 or 1-888-586-0144 Web site: www.artesiatraining.com Check us out on Facebook ADMIRAL BEVERAGE is currently hiring Class A CDL drivers. Position must be filled immediately.

Local delivery, excellent pay, hourly and overtime, 4 day work week, affordable health insurance.

Great opportunity for someone looking for long term employment. www.admiralbeverage.com “Overhead Door of Southeastern New Mexico” Has positions open for Commercial & Residential garage door installers and installer trainees. Valid New Mexico drivers’ license with a clean driving record required. We are a drug free work place a pre-employment drug test is required. Apply in person at Overhead Door Co. located at 200 S. Hemlock Avenue, Roswell, NM. Applications are available weekdays 8:00am-12:00 & 1:00 pm 4:30 pm or by appointment.

CLASS A CDL Driver needed for Roswell, NM terminal. 5 days per week.

Guaranteed pay. Benefits include insurance plan, paid holidays, and paid vacation. Moderate regional travel involved. All out of town expenses paid.

For more info please call 575-622-6228 or send resume to P.O. Box 5937 Roswell, NM 8202 $1500 SIGN-ON Bonus for experienced CDL-A drivers.

Get home often & earn 38 cpm. Excellent benefits & CSA friendly equipment.

Call 855-430-8869. Paid training for CDL-A school recent grads and drivers with limited experience.

Apply online at AverittCareers.com Equal Opportunity Employer.

time to rest, to see what the formations are and it changes the tempo.

“I think we’re used to playing fast at times and then we’re used to playing for us what is normal speed, being into a no-huddle operation,” Shurmur said. “I think we effectively in a couple of times did a really good job of really slowing it down where we are in four-minute mode. The challenge for us is to be efficient no matter what we try, whatever pace we try to play at.”

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Employment Opportunities

Avon, Buy/Sell. Become Ind. Sales Rep $10 to start Sandy 317-5079 ISR MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED! Train to become a Medical Office Assistant !NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online training at SC Train gets you job ready! HS Diploma/GED & PC/Internet needed!

1-888-926-6073 FRONT DESK ATTENDANT Come Grow With Us! As we expand we are looking for front desk applicants who can work flexible schedules and have reliable transportation. Apply in-person @ 2803 W 2nd

HOUSEKEEPING ALL POSITIONS Come Grow With Us! As we expand we are looking for applicants who can work flexible schedules and have reliable transportation. Apply in-person @ 2803 W 2nd

LINCOLN, NM Small irrigated livestock farm/ranch seeks top notch farm hand (prefer non-smoker/drinker) with strong skills in livestock (cattle and horse) management, barn management skills, welding, fencing and general mechanic. Must have valid NM Drivers license and two references.

Housing available for right person/couple. Call 575-653-4041 WITH references for an interview.

DIRECT CARE workers wanted for disabled adults.

Applications available at 602 E. College, Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm. Males encouraged to apply.

Sunshine Cab seeking Responsible Drivers. Must be min. 26 yrs. old clean driving recd, be avail. Nts/ wkds/Hdys, Pass Drug test & DOT Physical. Serious Inquires Contact JJ 575-578-8819 FT/PT car wash help wanted for car rental company, clean driving record and drug free a must. Applications available at Avis Rent a Car inside airport.

PAR FIVE ENERGY SERVICES, LLC is accepting applications for experienced Equipment Operators. Call our dispatch office at 575-748-8610 for more information, ask for Lloyd Dollar.

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HELP WANTED, sales clerk, e-cigarrate, knowledge a plus, call 575-910-2995 for an appt.

KYMERA NEW MEDICAL OFFICE POSITIONS:

As a growing Independent Physicians Office, Kymera and is now seeking Qualified Applicants for:

Registered Nurse and Cert. Medical Asst. or EMT-I: FT: Applicants must possess the ability to work with multiple patients in a high volume office setting, background in chart prep, EMR knowledge, familiarity with injections & drawing lab-work.

Multi-tasking and patient service skills essential.

- For EMT-I or MA: Cert required & 1-2 yrs exp. in Med Off. - For RN: BS & 2-4 yrs Med Off exp. or equivalent.

Phlebotomist: PT: M-F Applicants must possess communication & documentation skills.

Dependable, flexible with work-schedule, and knowledge of EMR req.

Certification Preferred / Prior Med Off exp. req.

Fax Resume w/Cover Ltr to: Kymera HR 627-9520

SERVICES

140. Cleaning

JD CLEANING Service, Licensed and bonded.

References. 623-4252 SUNSHINE WINDOW Services. Free estimates.

575-626-5153 or 626-5458

195. Elderly Care

EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER looking to do home health care, and, or house keeping. Have references.

575-317-6350

200. Fencing

M.G. HORIZONS free estimates for installation.

Chainlink, wood, metal & block. 575-623-1991 Rodriguez Construction FOR WOOD, metal, block, stucco fencing, Since 1974.

Lic. 22689. 420-0100

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Firewood/Coal SEASONED MOUNTAIN wood. (1) 4’Tx8’Lx1.6’W stack, split & delivered $120. 575-626-9803 CORDOVA CHIMNEY Sweep. 575-623-5255 or 575-910-7552 MOUNTAIN WOOD for sale, Delivery available.

575-420-5124 FIREWOOD, oak, pinon, cedar, fur, elm, well season, full or half cord, you pick up or delivered.

Call Buz 575-420-9751 or Graves Farm 575-622-1889.

220. Furniture Repair WE BUILD and repair furniture. 840-7849 or 626-8466

225. General Construction

Alpha Construction New Construction, remodels, additions, concrete & painting. Lic. & Bonded Call Adam 626-2050

229. Gutters

We power wash gutters and clean carpets (575) 973-1019

230. General Repair

MINOR REPAIRS can make major changes in your home, Call Home Solutions 575-420-9183.

230. General Repair

I DO cement jobs as in driveways, sidewalks & footings. 420-9986

232. Chimney Sweep

CHIMNEY SWEEP Have your woodstove, fireplace, or pellet stove inspected and cleaned.

Dust free Guarantee.

39 yrs Exp., 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 RWC. BACKHOE, skid steer, dump truck, bom lift, services. Insured. Call Hector 575-910-8397. www.rancheroswelding.com

270.

Landscape/ Lawnwork

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

Call Joseph, 317-2242.

KEEP IT clean service, grass, mowing, trimming, pick up leaves, haul off trash, cut down trees 910-2033

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Miscellaneous Services

285.

Miscellaneous Services

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Our licensed Canadian mail order pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90 percent on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800-661-3783, for $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping.

NEED YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS done on a budget?

Call Dave at 575-317-7153.

Available for other landscaping needs.

310. Painting/ Decorating EXTERIOR/INTERIOR, INSURED. Call Hector 575-910-8397.

www.rancheroswelding.com

Professional !!!Holiday Lighting!!!

Installation and Takedown (575) 973-1019

330. Plumbing

GAS LINES and plumbing specials, best prices, licensed, 840-9105

CLASSIFIEDS

345.

Remodeling

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

CONCRETE, STUCCO, cabinets, floors, painting, drywall, welding. Call Gerry 575-420-3825

We remodel and make repairs inside and out (575) 973-1019 NO JOB too small, repair, remodeling, etc. Reasonable rates, quality work.

Licensed and bonded. 5-C Const., Inc. 626-4079 or 622-2552.

350. Roofing

RWC SHINGLE Roofings.

Insuranced. Hector (575)910-8397 www.rancheroswelding.com

GENERAL CONTRACTOR Professional Roofing, Landscaping, Irrigation, Stucco, Tile, Painting, Concrete and Fence Work (575) 973-1019

395. Stucco Plastering

M. G. Horizons All types of Stucco and Wire lath. Free Estimates 623-1991 RWC Lath and Stucco.

Insuranced. Hector (575)910-8397

www.rancheroswelding.com

410. Tree Service

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

623-4185 TREE TRIMMING AND REMOVAL, free estimates, super clean up, 840-9105 Allen’s Tree Srvc. Trim top removal, good clean up.

Free estimates. 626-1835

435. Welding

RWC On site repairs or fabrication. Insuranced.

www.rancheroswelding.com

Hector (575) 910-8397

490. Homes For Sale 2BR/1BA, 503 S. Kansas, carport, storage sheds, $69k w/$5k down or trade for ?? 575-973-2353, owner financing available.

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY home on 5 acres, 5037 W. Berrendo Rd., pictures & information on forsalebyowner.com listing #23966971.

Call 575-626-2280.

FSBO: 3/2/1, This home is unique because of its interior design & features.

Fireplace, covered patio, separate cottage, private yards, plenty of storage space & more. It’s in very good condition & is energy efficient. Great home for relaxing or entertaining.

Sorry no owner financing. $89,500. 700 S. Richardson Ave. Call for appt., 575-622-1204.

3BR, 1 3/4ba, north part of town, 3110 N. Bandolina, 1 car garage, all new carpet, paint & roof, 2 blks from swimming pool. Priced to sell, $108,000. Owner may finance w/large down payment. 622-5031 or 420-1022 FSBO: 3/2/1, close to ENMMC & Lovelace, schools & shopping, $110,000. 606 Mimosa.

Call 910-1605.

2BR/1BA, LARGE living room w/laundry room, 409 W. Summit, 912 sqft, gross living area. 806-729-2383 JUST IN time for Christmas, house for sale by owner, MOVE IN READY, 216 W. McGaffy living room, dining, 3bd, laundry room, 2 ba, patio, 2 car garage and cart port, price reduced $74.9K. CASH. Zone residential or commercial, Call 575-637-1985 Connie or 575-637-1964 anytime for appt.

FSBO: WEST side, 407 W. Forest, $39,500, down payment negotiable, 575-623-4893.

BRIAR RIDGE 3/2 very clean, fenced backyard, fire place, wash room, 2 car garage, $149K. Call for appt. 707-694-4382 211 S. Pennsylvania Ave for sale by owner. Clean lot no liens, $8500; $2,000 dn, $200 mo, 0% int.

575-887-5915, 361-3083.

492. Homes for Sale/Rent

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495. Acreages/ Farms/ Ranches/Sale

16 ACRES +/-, fenced, underground electricity, domestic water well (3 ac. ft. per year), well house, private entrance gate, excellent homesite/great views, 5037 1/2 W. Berrendo Rd. 575-626-2280

510. Resort-Out of Town

ADVERTISE YOUR VACATION PROPERTY, to more than 284,000 New Mexico newspaper readers.

Your 25-word classified ad will appear in 32 newspapers around the state for only $100. Call this newspaper for more details or visit www.nmpress.org for more info.

520. Lots for Sale

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

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

74’x100’ RESIDENTIAL Lot, Southwest Roswell. $12k. (575) 910-5749 Mobile Home Lots for sale: Lot size 50x134 $19,500.

Owner financing w/ $4000 down. 50 lots to choose from. On Washington & Brasher. 420-1352.

RENTALS

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Apartments Furnished

1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 Small apt. all bills pd, $450 mo, no pets/smoking, references 317-9565 after 5pm or 575-808-9690 anytime.

1 BDRM Furnished, $400mo. $100 dep. Bills pd, only sober, older, adult.

Need call 625-0718

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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.

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490. Homes For Sale 5BR/3BA, 2 car garage, nestled away on Old Clovis Hwy, or could use as a 3br/3ba w/hobby rooms.

Comes w/6 acres & water rights & many trees.

Mobile home/RV hookup, outbuildings, sheds, $377k, $35k down. Owner financing available, 575-416-1454 or 575-622-6786

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EFF, 1 & 2br, wtr paid, No pets, laundry fac, stove/ref.

Mirador Apts, 700 N. Missouri. 627-8348.

PICK UP A LIST OF AVAILABLE RENTALS AT PRUDENTIAL ENCHANTED LANDS, REALTORS, 501 NORTH MAIN. 1 or 2bd, furnished-unfurnished, no smoking/Hudpets all bills pd. 623-6281 HOLIDAY SPECIAL ON DEPOSITS!!

Better living is within reach!

2br/1ba $592 deposit $200.

3br/2ba $674 deposit $250.

5br/2ba $812 deposit $425.

Central H/C,fridge, stove, DW,GD,W/D hookups, 2 refreshing pools, Section 8 Vouchers accepted, Villas of Briar Ridge.

623-7711

HUMAN RESOURCES CLERK

Leprino Foods Company, the nation’s premier manufacturer of mozzarella cheese, is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong administrative skills to fill this entry-level position. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing part-time clerical support to the HR department with an emphasis on assisting the clerical needs of the plant’s training and development initiatives Qualifications: • Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Kronos, Groupwise, Print Shop, Internet etc.

• Knowledge of office operations, i.e. knowledge of operating printer, copier, fax etc.

• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.

• High degree of detail orientation and accuracy.

• Must have strong organizational and communication skills.

• Must be able to work independently.

• Must be able to work with a high degree of confidentiality and within HIPPA regulations.

Responsibilities/Duties • Hardcopy document filing (safety training, job training, personnel information, medical information & legal information) • Data input in the Learning Management System.

• Creation and maintenance of various spreadsheets.

• Special projects/requests as assigned by HR team.

• Run job training and safety reports from the LMS. • This position serves as the backup for the Staff Management Secretary.

If you meet the qualifications and are interested please apply online at www.leprinofoods.com.

Leprino Foods is an equal opportunity employer supporting a drug and tobacco free workplace M/F/D/V

540.

Apartments Unfurnished {{{RENTED}}} 300 W. 9th, 2br/2ba, laundry room.

1BR Apt. ctrl Air, appliances, laundry facility, quiet. $495/mo + Dep. 2550 Bent Tree. 317-6408.

545. Houses for Rent-Furnished

WORKERS- NEED an extended stay rental, all bills paid? Furnished homes $990-$2550/month, pet yards, washers, dryers, BBQs. Credit cards, bi-weekly payment welcome! Call anytime (575) 624-3258, 626-4822. www.cozycowboy.com 2BR/2BA, 1 car garage, townhouse, fully furnished, close to Lovelace & ENMMC, secluded area. $1000/mo, $300/dep, 575-910-1605 STONE COTTAGES all utilities included, 1-2 bedrooms, $1295-$1500.

575-637-8467

EFF, 1,2 BR, downtown, clean, wtr pd. Stove & frig.

No Pets/HUD. 623-8377

1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331

Very nice condo 2br 1 bath duplex 1 car garage No Hud no pets or smoking, Avail. Jan.1st $675 mo.

575-200-9558

2BR 2BA 2 car garage in Enchanted Hills, luxury, all utilities pd. 3 mo lease min., deposit required, no Hud. 622-4470, 626-4666

FIRST MONTH FREE 3br/2ba, $753, 1000 sqft, all bills paid, cold central AC, newly remodeled, 502 S. Wyoming, 622-4944.

2br/1ba, stove & refrigerator. Call 840-4333 or 910-8170.

ALL BILLS PAID 1BR $544, 2BR $653, 3br/2ba $753/mo., ref air, newly remodeled. 502 S. Wyoming. 622-4944 Very nice 2br/1.5ba, Apartment. North location, garage, $800/mo, $400/dep, 1 yr lease, no HUD or pets, 420-4535.

OUR RETIREES call this fourplex home and we have 1 apt available for you 2406 1/2 N Grand D 2/2/1 extremely nice and under rent market for retiree at $600 wtr pd 575-317-8854

1&2Bd, 3 locations, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331

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FIRST MONTH FREE 3br/2ba, $753, 1000 sqft, all bills paid, cold central AC, newly remodeled, 502 S. Wyoming, 622-4944.

1704-C W. 1st, 2/1, NO PETS, wtr & gas pd, $525/mo. American Realty & Mgmt, 575-623-9711.

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Apartments Unfurnished

2403 S. Sunset, Mountain View Apartments, 2br/1ba, carport, laundry rm, utilities pd, no pets/HUD. 910-6161

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

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

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2 BDR apt. South location, 6 mo lease. $600/mo, utilities pd. $300 dep. No pets, 420-4535 Roswell Apartment 2br/1ba, stove & fridge, a/c, heating air, washer/dryer hookup, water paid. 1-626-864-3461

550. Houses for RentUnfurnished

$850/MO, $750/DEP, 3br/1.5ba, No HUD or pets, 575-420-5930 SAFE QUIET area near Mountain View school.

3br/1ba. Large shady yard.

East Charleston Rd. $610 mo., water pd.

575-527-0875 or 480-276-0399 600 S. Lea, 3br/2ba, ref. air, w/d hookups, no HUD or pets, $750/mo, $600/dep, 914-5402.

2BR, 1BA, 606 A. S. Wyoming $550 mo., $400 dep.

Call Julie 505-220-0617 or 575-840-4749 GOOD, SAFE, quiet neighborhood, nice, clean, 3br, 1.5/ba. Call 420-8706.

305 S. Evergreen, 2br/1ba, coverd carport, shed, appliances, fenced yard, $750/$500 dep, dogs w/fee, no HUD or utilities pd. 575-405-0163 or kilok9s@gmail.com 34 H St., $550/mo, $550/dep, 2br/1ba, fenced yard, wtr pd, min. 1yr lease, 627-9942.

605 S. Montana, 2/1, $700/mo, NO PETS. American Realty & Mgmt, 575-623-9711.

2&3Bd, 1&2Ba, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 3 BR - 1 bath w/den, stove & refrigerator, washer & dryer hookups, central heating & air, fenced in back yard with shed, $950 mo, $600 dep. no bills paid.

420-2831 609 S. Kentucky 4br/2ba, No HUD, $650/mo, $300/dep. Call 317-1371 1BD 1BA house, in the country, 306 Monksdale.

575-910-1316 114 W. Oliver St. 3br/2ba, $950/mo. $950/dep. newly remodeled, new appliances,Granite counter tops, ref. air, sky lights. No smoking/pets! Leroy (702)232-7578 NE HOMES DEBORAH, 3BR/2BA close to schools, attached garage, large fenced back yard, appliances, central air, pet on approval. $1075/mo + Deposit. No HUD. LA PALOMA, 3bd/1.5ba close to schools, attached garage, fenced backyard, stove, ref, W/D hookups, centrail air, pet on approval. $1050/mo + Deposit, No HUD NORTHWOOD, 3br/1.5ba close to schools, bonus rooms, stove, ref, dish washer, W/D hookups, screened b/yd patio, fenced b/yd, detached garage, central air, pet on approval. $975/mo + Deposit, No HUD CALL 575-578-1264

B8 Thursday, December 5, 2013 550. Houses for RentUnfurnished

TIRED OF Landlord Headaches? We can help! Prudential Enchanted Lands Realtors Property Management 575-624-2262 1516 N. Pontiac, 2 br, 1 ba, near parks, new stove & new ref, W/D hookups, hardwood floors, completely remodeled, fenced yard, very clean and cute, $625 monthly, plus dep., No large dogs (small or medium okay), No HUD. References and Rental History required. Call 578-3034 213 N. Michigan, 2/1/1, $750/mo, wtr pd + $750/dep; 105 S. Ohio, 1br/1ba, $550/mo + $300/dep, utilities included.

Call 840-6451.

3BR/2.5BA, NICE house, nice area, fenced backyard, $1350/mo, avail. 1/1/14.

575-637-0777 2BR, $550/mo, $450/dep, no pets/Hud. 575-317-7373 {{{RENTED}}} 3br near ENMU-R, HUD approved, w/garage, ldry rm, new carpet, very clean, $650/mo.

580. Office or Business Places 200 S. Union. Two suites, approximately 1200 sqft & 810 sqft. Great location.

Will remodel to suit tenant.

Call Jan at 625-2222.

1139 S. MAIN Over 2200 sqft, all new plumbing, electrical, ref. air, wired for individual offices. $2000/mo. 626-6765 FOR LEASE, space in Sunwest Centre Office Complex at 500 N. Main St. Various size spaces.

Owner-paid utilities and janitorial. Suite customization available. High floor space available for larger tenants. Call Ed McClelland, Broker or come by Suite 606. Office 575-623-1652 or mobile 575-420-2546 GREAT DOWNTOWN local, 3 plus offices with full kitchen, wtr pd, 1419 sq. ft., $600mo. Please call American Realty & Mgmt at 575-623-9711

MERCHANDISE

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

NEED FURNITURE Shop Blair’s for the best prices on used furniture, beds, dressers, table & chairs, living room sets, patio sets, bookshelves, appliances, antiques, collectibles, home decor & housewares, saddles, tools, movies, plus lots more. Open daily 9-5, closes Wed. 627-2033 Pwr wheelchair, hospital bed, lift chair, Invacare patient lifter. 622-7638

Contour chair recline & vibration, walker, elevated toilet seat, 622-7638.

4 REGULAR file cabinets $30 each, 2 fire proof file cabinets $100 each, small metal desk $50, queen mattress set $50, queen headboard $25, full mattress set $50, 1 chair with ottoman $75, Hover Round electric chair rebuilt never used $1000. misc. items.running boards for GMC ACADIA 575-623-7678.

STOP AND SHOP Blair’s Indoor market, 1400 W. 2nd. For great deals from A to Z. Large selection of NFL items, body jewelry, $1 jewelry & bows. Smoke pipes, hookahs, clothing, shoes, boots, caps, toys, antiques, collectibles, tools, stereos, herbs & remedies, Avon, plus a snack bar. Open everyday from 10-8, 575-623-0136.

SPORTS SHOP Tammy’s Sports Shop, 1400 W. 2nd, has the largest selection of NFL logo items in SE NM. We have T-shirts, bedding, jewelry, purses, wallets, caps, signs, clocks, toys, baby items, cups & mugs, flags, game day items, plus lots more. Open everyday, 10-8, 623-0136.

DISH TV Retailer. Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.) SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 1-800-315-7043 DIRECTV - Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Call Now! Triple savings! $636.00 in Savings, Free upgrade to Genie & 2013 NFL Sunday ticket free!! Start saving today! 1-800-264-0340 INVENTORY SALE after closing my store, buy in bulk or by the piece, body jewelry (tongue, eyebrow, lip, belly, gauges and more) NFL items, collector signs, jewelry, hair accessories, knives and lighters, many alien items (shirt, totes, sun glasses, toys, mugs, and more) Some displays available, call 910-1536

Just in time for Christmas! One each man’s and woman’s new bicycles with helmets, NEVER USED. $65 each, 575-578-9674

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

HEAVY DUTY flatbed trailer, 6 brand new tires, $3900. 622-6786 or 575-416-1454 QUEEN SIZE pillow top mattress. 575-624-2850 THE TREASURE Chest Oh no, another estate!!

Sofa sets, dinette sets, floral, tables, chairs, Christmas decor, trees.

1204 W. Hobbs, 914-1855, Weds-Sat, 10-5.

JOSIE’S, 1600 E. 2nd, Thurs-Sat, 10-5. Vintage Xmas decor, wood crosses, holiday dishes, nice lrg platters, bulbs. Too much to list.

USED FURNITURE for sale, dining room, living room set, few items.

575-208-8959

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 rings and Silver coins. Get the highest prices in Roswell, 317-2011.

620. Wanted to Buy Miscellaneous

TOP PRICES paid for household items, furniture, appliances, antiques, collectibles, tools, saddles, plus anything else of value. We buy compete household & estates.

623-0136 or 910-6031 AH Nuts is buying pecans starting November 25th, Monday thru Friday 9am-11:30am, at 4402 N. Brown Road, 575-208-9575.

WE BUY PECANS, Top Prices Paid. Beginning Dec. 9. 512 W. McGaffey

635. Good things to Eat

FROZEN GREEN Chile, dried red chile & chile powder, local pinto beans, peanuts & pecan, ristras, jams & jellies, fountain drinks, fresh eggs, Alfalfa Hay, Wheat, Sudan & Oat hay, small & large bales, we accept credit cards & EBT. GRAVES FARM 622-1889

700. Building Materials

ROOF METAL, blue color, 10,000 Sq ft. Hail damage.

575-653-4647

705.

Land/Gardening/ Fertilizer

QUALITY MOUNTAIN Top soil from Ruidoso now available to Roswell Residents. Please call Guardiola Construction at (575) 937-3015 for pricing and delivery options.

715. Hay and Feed Sale

ALFALFA BALES 4x8 $225, Sorgum bales 4x8 $75, Oat bales 4x8 $100.

Call Janet at 575-626-0159

720. Livestock & Supplies PONIES & HORSES for Christmas. Free delivery. 575-973-1825

745. Pets for Sale

ADD A PICTURE OF YOUR PET FOR SALE FOR JUST $5!

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745. Pets for Sale

790. Autos for Sale

DASCHUNDS, AKC registered, puppies, 2F, 3M, four very rare dapple colors, males $500, females $600 obo, 1st shots, ready by Christmas (8 wks). 575-626-1900

RECREATIONAL 775.

Motorcycles & Scooters

2001 FORD Explorer, automatic, low miles, $1000 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

2003 OLDSMOBILE Alero, excellent cond., 4 cyl., $1500 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

1999 PLYMOUTH Breeze, runs great, $1000 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

HARLEY SPORTSER 1200 custom, 5700 miles, excellent condition, $6000 OBO. 575-914-3162

780. RV’s & Campers Hauling

2008 FORD Crown Victoria, V8, low miles, excellent cond., $2500 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

FOR SALE 2005 Lincoln Town car, low miles, great condition. Asking $14,000 Call 420-3151 after 5pm

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

795. Pickups/ Trucks/Vans

‘97 CHEVY S-10 4x4 pickup, great 1st car, $1500 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

2008 FORD F150, ext cab, heavy duty 4x4, tow package, only 88k miles, $14,850. 420-1352

790. Autos for Sale

1999 FORD Van, Handi-capped equipped. power lift, power drivers’ seat, hand controls. $7,500. Meg 575-317-8659 1996 CHEVI, 1 ton pickup 120,000 miles crew cab, goose nick hitch, good pickup. $7000. 626-4173

796. SUVS

SHOW US WHAT YOU’RE SELLING! INCLUDE A PICTURE IN YOUR AD FOR JUST $5!

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‘01 FORD Expedition XLT, 4 wheel drive, excellent cond., $4350, 420-1352.

2008 NISSAN Pathfinder LE, 4x4, 74,000 mi Fully loaded 575-910-1988

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CLASSIFIEDS INDEX

Announcements

005 Special Notice 010 Card of Thanks 015 Personals/Special 020 Transportation 025 Lost & Found

Instruction

030 Education 035 Music – Dance/Drama 040 Instructions Wanted

Employment

045 Employment Opportunities 050 Salesperson/Agents 055 Employment Agencies 060 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 Window Repair 441 Window Cleaning 445 Wrought Iron 450 Services Wanted

Financial

455 Money: Loan/Borrow 456 Credit Cards 460 Insurance Co. 465 Oil, Mineral, Water, Land Lease/Sale 470 Investment: Stocks/Sale 475 Mortgages for Sale 480 Mortgages Wanted 485 Business Opportunities

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