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RFD investigating cause of house fire Mark Wilson Photo

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Firefighters performed clean-up operations, pictured above, at a house in the 600 block of South Kentucky Avenue that was completely consumed by a blaze, pictured left, that began around 5 a.m.

Tuesday.

According to fire officials on scene, the house appeared to be vacant.

The house was not hooked up to any utilities, but it has been used by homeless people in the past as a place to sleep. No one was injured

by the fire.

The residence qualified as a historic building and was valued at $100,000.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Roswell Fire Department.

RISD Board approves new high Ban on medical school graduation requirements pot shops moves to City Council TESS TOWNSEND RECORD STAFF WRITER

The Roswell Independent School District Board of Education approved changes to district high school graduation requirements at its regular meeting Tuesday.

District Superintendent Tom Burris also announced during the meeting that the district will begin negotiations with educators’ union Roswell Education Association concer ning the entire contract between REA members and the district.

The contract as a whole goes to collective bargaining every three years, though parts are up for discussion during interim years.

As part of changes to the district graduation policy, students will be allowed more opportunities to show competency in the subjects of reading, math, writing, science and social studies.

The board instated the changes in response to the New Mexico Public Education Department delaying implementation of statewide graduation standards.

Last month, PED announced it would permit districts to determine their own requirements for this school year.

“All of the flexibility that we’re receiving from the Public Education Department is helping us to have more and more of our seniors eligible for graduation,” Burris said after

the meeting.

The district will now grant students “alternative demonstration of competency” for passing scores on certain standardized subject tests, in substitution of failing scores on other standardized tests of the same subject.

Students who fail a subject test in the state’s Standards Based Assessment test will be allowed to substitute a passing score in the same subject on the End of Course exam created by the state.

The SBA and EOC tests do not overlap on all subjects. SBA does not test social studies and writing, while EOC does.

Those who still do not demonstrate competency through state tests of a

Thefts of water meter vault covers pose safety hazards TESS TOWNSEND RECORD STAFF WRITER

The City of Roswell Utility Department has reported that several water meter vault covers have been stolen over the past year.

The thefts violate federal law and pose safety hazards.

“People can trip and fall.

They can damage their vehicles,” said City Water and Wastewater Manager Art Torrez.

Torrez said that more than 15 covers have been taken. In the past two months, the city has replaced four or five covers at a total cost of roughly $1,200, he said.

Two covers are missing

on the 100 block of East Deming Street, near Saint Peter Church, according to Torrez.

Theft of meter covers violates the Federal Bioterrorism Act of 2002 and perpetrators “may be considered to be tampering with a water system and are to be reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” according to a press release from the city.

Torrez said he did not have a number for the quantity of vaults still open. Open vaults have been barricaded, he said.

City water meter covers are made of steel and may interest thieves wishing to trade the items for cash at recycling locations and

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steel dealers.

Donald Ensor, owner of Quality Recycling on South-east Main Street, said that recycling centers are legally prohibited from purchasing gover nment property without documentation from a government entity permitting that the item be sold as scrap.

The recycling company purchases steel at 4 cents a pound, according to Ensor.

Torrez said a water meter cover can weigh up to 200 pounds.

The rash of meter cover thefts is not the only pilfering this year of steel street covers owned by the city.

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subject may take an EOC exam written by the district for the subject.

Burris said the district EOC tests have yet to be written, but will cover the same material as state EOC exams.

The board will amend graduation requirements again next year to align with state guidelines.

In other business, the interim principal of Del Norte Elementary School was introduced to the board. Andrea Edmondson is taking over for Curt Tarter, who recently retired from the district.

Military Heights Elementary School also has an interim principal, Heidi Shanor.

Former principal of the See BOARD, Page A3

JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

RUIDOSO — Customers streamed in at a steady pace to Mandy Denson’s shop in Ruidoso Tuesday, much like any other retail establishment. But instead of buying trinkets or gifts, they were mostly selecting blends of marijuana by the bagful.

After a lively exchange across a bar top that included a quick rundown about how many ounces of “Cherry Kush,” “Diamond Diesel” or “Mystery Bud” was on hand, customers would show their stateissued identification cards and pay for their supplies.

The dense, pungent atmosphere sparked a

Cheech and Chong flashback with every inhalation.

Everybody seemed especially happy.

But not just for the goods. As Compassionate Distributors is the only medical cannabis distributor licensed by the New Mexico Department of Health in Southeast New Mexico, many customers drive for several hours to purchase a month’s supply at the shop.

The heavily regulated store is located inside an of fice building near an attorney’s office and across the way from the New Mexico Environment Department’s district office.

The retail store was a

Wreaths Across America

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New Mexico Military cadets stand at attention during a Wreaths Across America ceremony, which honors the fallen and those who serve, Tuesday afternoon. National Wreaths Across America Day 2013 is Saturday, with wreath laying ceremonies taking place at South Park Cemetery and around the nation.

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GENERAL

Legal group: Farm laborers covered for injuries

The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty on Tuesday applauded a ruling by the state Court of Appeals directing the Workers’ Compensation Administration to follow an Albu-

querque judge’s ruling in favor of agricultural workers.

A state district court judge in 2011 declared unconstitutional a state law provision that excluded laborers at farms, ranches and dairies from workers’ compensation coverage for back wages and medical expenses for injuries on the job.

constitutional question in its decision last month, but said the workers’ compensation enforcement agency is bound by the Albuquerque judge’s ruling because it didn’t appeal the constitutional issue. The agency’s appeal had focused on legal procedural matters.

The Court of Appeals didn’t directly decide the

Efforts have failed in the Legislature over the years to change state law to require workers’ compensa-

ty Sheriff’s Office was out in force.

“There are not enough numbers for of ficers to cover all the accidents.”

Last weekend was a reminder that winter is with us no matter what the calendar says. People should drive accordingly.

Snow is the most common cause of icy road conditions. Statistics indicate that most accidents occur following a light snowfall because people are lulled into a false sense of security.

Freezing rain is even more treacherous because it creates black ice. Black ice is not necessarily black — the color of the ice reveals the color of the road surface and generally looks like wet roads.

This black ice layer means no friction for tires.

Correcting a skid on black ice is nearly impossible.

Losing control on ‘black ice’ occurs even at slow speeds Sleet is similar to freezing rain. However, sleet happens when the raindrops freeze into ice pellets in mid-air before hitting the ground. Both result in black ice.

The best recommendation for dealing with freezing rain and icy roads is to wait for conditions to

improve.

In both snowy and icy conditions, take it slow.

In fact, take no fast actions, such as slamming on the brakes. The slide will turn into a spin if the brakes are applied. Likewise, accelerate slowly.

Pressing on the gas pedal when trying to get started after a stop may cause fishtailing. Sometimes the best way to accelerate is by simply taking your foot off the brake.

Always wear a seatbelt.

It’s the law and when driving in bad road conditions, it may be the dif ference between life and death.

Plan ahead. Be aware of the road conditions all along the proposed route.

Prepare to take extra time during a long road trip. If necessary, check areas, such as towns along the route, where it might be safe to stop and check into a hotel. Better to arrive late than not at all.

Dickman said: “There’s nothing sadder than going to the scene of an accident and seeing all the Christmas presents scattered across the ground.”

Carry a safety pack with food, snacks or candy, water thermos, a blanket or sleeping bag. A road hazard kit with reflective triangles

An additional $185 million can be spent on new capital improvements with money from bonds supported by severance taxes.

Other bond proceeds will provide $175 million for public school projects.

Nearly $29 million in financing must go toward water projects and $28 million for infrastructure improvements on tribal lands and in colonias, which are poor communities usually near the border with Mexico.

become the second person to die of Hantavirus this year.

The state Department of Health says the boy’s home in McKinley County is being checked to help reduce the risk to others.

Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva.

People can contract the disease when they breathe in aerosolized virus.

According to the department, the deer mouse is the main reservoir for the Hantavirus strain most commonly found in New Mexico.

tion coverage for agricultural laborers in New Mexico.

Some large agricultural producing states, such as California, Arizona and Colorado, provide those protections, according to the legal advocacy group that filed the lawsuit challenging the workers’ compensation exclusion in New Mexico.

“This decision should be a wake-up call to New Mexicans. The working poor in

When there’s ice or snow, drive slow JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

On Saturday, the New Mexico Highway Department closed Hwy. 285 between Roswell and Vaughn. Buddy Dickman of Remco Towing said his company was on call in Chaves County.

“We had three trucks running and between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., we towed 11 vehicles — 10 from 285 North and one from 70.”

He spoke of two rollovers that occurred. The second narrowly missed hitting Dickman as he was attempting to right the first vehicle.

“We had to get three women out of the pickup (the second vehicle) while the motor was still running. That is a dangerous situation.”

Dickman could not say how many people had run off the side of the road into a ditch. The conditions were among the worst — a sheet of ice across the highway, combined with freezing rain and fog.

Even after Hwy. 285 was closed, law enforcement had to continue making trips into the area to help stranded motorists. Dickman said the Chaves Coun-

STATE BRIEFS

NM has $600M available for capital improvements

SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico will have about $600 million available next year to finance capital improvement projects.

Officials in Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration told the Legislative Finance Committee on Monday that nearly $167 million will be available from general obligation bonds, which must be approved by voters.

The Legislature typically finances capital improvements at colleges, senior citizen centers and libraries with proceeds from the bonds backed by property taxes.

Boy’s Hantavirus death is state’s 2nd in 2013

SANTA FE (AP) — A 12year -old boy from northwestern New Mexico has

or flares can alert others to your presence. Flares should be used sparingly, and only if another vehicle is visible.

Stay with the vehicle.

Getting out to walk to find help can mean getting lost in a remote location. Also don’t get out of the vehicle to flag down another motorist who also may not be able to stop.

Conserve fuel. It may seem better to keep the car and heater running to stay warm, but once the fuel is gone, that resource is lost.

There’s also a possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning, particularly if the vehicle has become buried in snow.

Experts recommend turning on the vehicle long enough to get the car warm and then tur ning it of f.

Vehicle batteries also need to be conserved. Light inside the car may seem comforting, but it’s better to carry a flashlight.

Cell phones may be useless in these conditions.

Try calling or texting, but conserve phone batteries, too. Let people know your route, the time you’re leaving and the estimated time of arrival so they can contact authorities.

Ex-officer gives up police certification

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A for mer Albuquerque police of ficer recently acquitted of killing his wife has voluntarily relinquished his New Mexico police officer certification.

The New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy says Levi Chavez recently gave up his certification but he declined to give a reason why.

Chavez can reapply for his certification in three years and must take a course.

our state are too often the victims of discrimination and abuse,” said Maria Martinez Sanchez, an attorney for the Center on Law and Poverty.

The Workers’ Compensation Administration isn’t planning to challenge the Court of Appeals decision, but spokesman Van Cravens said the agency is trying to sort out the effects of the ruling. He said there are questions of whether

the Albuquerque judge’s ruling will be binding on other district courts across New Mexico.

The agency is based in Albuquerque and has administrative law judges that resolve disputed claims for medical expenses and back wages for injured or disabled workers. State law requires employers to have workers’ compensation insurance coverage.

Fireplace, copper wires removed from home Burglary / Larceny

• Police were dispatched to the 1200 block of North Michigan Avenue after subjects entered a residence which was being remodeled and removed a metal fireplace and a weight set.

In addition, copper wires were stripped from the walls. The victim reported that the incident took place sometime between Dec. 3 and Dec. 6. Losses were assessed at $700.

• Police were called to the 2600 block of North Kentucky, Monday, where subjects entered a residence and stole a ceiling fan, a 6-foot ladder, paint, drop cloths and a microwave.

Found property

Police obtained documentation about the ashes stolen on Thursday from Motel Six and confir med that those recovered were the same as those taken. The ashes will be sent to a family member in California.

Criminal damage

• Police received reports about three

cases of criminal damage, Monday. The first incident occurred near the intersection of Union Avenue and 11th Street where a vehicle driving on Union was struck with a rock, shattering the windshield. Repair costs were estimated at $300.

During the second on Union and Ninth Street, a vehicle was struck and a side panel dented causing $500 worth of damages. A third took place at Union and Eighth Street. Officers discovered rocks and broken eggs scattered along Union Avenue.

• Police responded to a shots fired call in the area of Union Avenue and Poe Street, Saturday. When of ficers arrived, they discovered bullet holes in a stop sign. The victim was listed as the City of Roswell, and damages to the sign were estimated at $100.

Anyone with information about these or any other crimes is asked to call Crime Stoppers 888-594-TIPS (8477). Callers may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward.

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magnet of activity for the small center. The swinging glass door framed in wood clinks against a bell, cheerfully alerting the others inside who are busy discussing amazing blends or products.

“I could go somewhere else, but these are the ones who saved my life,” said customer Varen Daughrity of Portales.

Daughrity had a broken back and was in a wheelchair until recently. He was taking up to 300 milligrams of Oxycontin and other narcotics a day, he said. After a tragic event, when he lost a best friend to a methadone overdose, he said he wanted to change his life. That was when he decided to make the switch to medical cannabis.

“I said the hell with it,” Daughrity said. “I dropped all the pills because things were just a mess. I was dead when I came in here.”

Denson, an attor ney, said she had no problem obtaining a city license when opening her shop in October 2011.

“I have a city per mit,” Denson said. “Everything was so much more confidential. It wasn’t like it is now.”

Denson considers she and her husband to be in the same business as an herbalist, alternative healer or a consultant.

“They don’t have any zoning for this issue,” Denson said.

The City of Roswell is expected to hold a public hearing on banning statelicensed medical marijuana

distribution centers, such as Compassionate Distributors, from city limits at its regular meeting at 7 p.m.

Thursday.

The city’s Planning and Zoning Committee, made up of Councilors Jason Perry, Jimmy Craig and Savino Sanchez, made no changes to the proposed amendment Tuesday and passed it through to City Council for Thursday’s hearing. Planning Director Michael Vickers said Tuesday he expects staff will present some changes to the amendment at the meeting.

“I’ve received several phone calls,” Craig said. “I assume there will be discussion about the medical marijuana.”

Denson said she plans to attend the hearing. Compassionate Distributors is already licensed to deliver

to the Roswell area and regionally, to its customers.

“As it is right now, we’re able to keep up with our own patient base, but what we serve is substantially smaller than what people up north serve,” Denson said.

Most of her customers are older with post traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, cancers, neuropathy and HIV treatments, she said. “They tend to be the older crowd,” she said.

“I wish we could have something in Roswell. It is quite a drive. A lot of these people in Roswell are sick.

We do what we can with the restrictions we are under.”

The NMDOH required Denson to file an addendum to its 5-pounds of paperwork that it has to submit yearly for its license

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the family of a New Mexico woman who died in 2002 when a tractor -trailer struck her car and buried it in sand, suffocating the woman as teachers and students at a nearby school frantically tried to dig her out.

Laura Miera of Albuquerque had just dropped off her 14-year-old daughter at Jimmy Carter Middle School and was waiting at a traf fic light when the semi exited Interstate 40 and came barreling toward her.

The Albuquerque RediMix truck pushed her car to the curb, it rolled, and Miera was trapped as the semi’s open load of sand poured down on her.

Counselors, teachers and students on their way to the school tried to dig out the 48-year-old woman by hand. One counselor tried to comfort Miera as the car filled with sand.

“It was devastating,” said Jacob Vigil, the attorney who has represented Miera’s family in their 10year legal fight.

“The school counselor was holding her hand, praying while the sand just rose above her head, and the counselor just kept saying ‘Squeeze my hand if you can hear me.’ She squeezed for a while until she died.”

Accor ding to the lawsuit, the semi involved in the crash had an expired registration, three brakes out of adjustment and a driver with two DWI charges befor e he was hir ed by Albuquer que Redi-Mix. Vigil said Tuesday that the judgment of fers no consolation. What he and the family hope is that their case will lead to tougher regulations and r eal consequences for trucking companies that ar e cited or fined for unsafe operations.

“This is a chronic problem across the country,” Vigil said. “There are thousands and thousands of trucking deaths every year. It’s 25, 50 tons of moving metal at highway speed. They’re dangerous.”

New Mexico District Judge Shannon Bacon enter ed the judgment Monday to Laura Miera’s estate and her husband, Jose, and now-gr own daughter, Cassandra. It includes $60 million in punitive damages.

Bacon entered the judgment against Albuquerque Redi-Mix; Quintana Enterprises Inc.; the companies’ owners, John and Barbara Quintana; truck driver Truman Bahe.

In a response to the lawsuit, the Quintanas denied violating any state or fed-

school Nancy Hill spoke during the public comments period of the meeting. She said she had been unhappy that the district moved her to the position of reading coach, and so she resigned.

She thanked the district for hiring her as an administrator, but said she had needed more support in her position

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as principal.

“I did everything that was asked of me,” she said.

Public comments also addressed concer ns about a new teacher evaluation system being rolled out across the state by PED.

Burris said after the meeting that the district will advertise the two open principal positions in early 2014.

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Mandy Denson, co-owner of Compassionate Distributors Inc. in Ruidoso, serves customer Varen Daughrity, of Portales, Tuesday afternoon. Seen here are products sold at the statelicensed medical cannabis distribution center, including marijuana, hot cocoa, infused drinks, chocolates and rub-on medications.

renewal, in order to begin delivering to its customers outside of Ruidoso. The provisions approved by the NMDOH were written to ensure safety measures were in place and remain confidential, Denson said.

“There hasn’t been one incident,” she said.

Even if Denson were approved by the state to open a center in Roswell, she would need to submit a new application for approval. Part of the application is to prove the location is safe, not within 300 feet of a school, church or day care, and the facility is equipped with several security measures.

“I would still have to go to the Department of Health with a bundle of paperwork and see if they will approve me,” she said.

Judge awards $80M in sand suffocation death

eral regulations and said the crash and r elated injuries resulted from the action of others.

A message seeking comment left Tuesday at Barbara Quintana’s office was not immediately returned.

In her order, the judge wrote that the Quintanas’ conduct and that of their companies continues to endanger the public and caused Miera’s “slow and painful death.”

Vigil said her death took an incredible toll on the family. Miera’s husband was devastated, and her daughter, an A student, dropped out of school a few months later.

“A day doesn’t go by when they don’t think about this,” Vigil said.

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A water meter vault missing its cover is barricaded by Saint Peter Hall at Saint Peter Church on the 100 block of East Deming Street.

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At least three manhole covers were stolen in March, according to the Roswell Police Department. Another was stolen in October.

They city has not reported the meter cover thefts to law enforcement and is working to replace

covers as soon as possible, according to Torrez.

New covers will include locks to prevent thefts, he said.

He said the city is considering installing nonmetal covers in the future, to minimize trade value.

One story relates the tale of two Mandelas A4 Wednesday, December 11, 2013

OPINION

When John Lofton of The Washington Times and I were granted an interview with Nelson Mandela inside Pollsmoor Prison near Capetown, South Africa, in August 1985, it was a rare occurrence, personally approved by then-South African President P.W. Botha over the objections of his foreign minister.

Mandela gave us a tour of the prison. The guards, apparently, allowed him to roam almost at will.

He showed us a small garden he tended of which he seemed proud.

The first thing we noticed about him was his gentle spirit. Whether this was the result of more than two decades in prison that had robbed him of the fire that raged in his revolutionary belly as a younger man, I could not say. When we sat down in a sparse room to interview him, guards would not allow any recording, only handwritten notes.

The Mandela celebrated by world leaders following his death was not the Mandela we interviewed. He

Edward Kennedy. I said I did. Perhaps he assumed that made me a political ally.

Mandela denied he was a communist. The Daily Telegraph in London, however, reported in 2012 that Professor Stephen Ellis, a British historian, found “new evidence” proving that during Mandela’s early activist years he held a “senior rank in the South African Communist Party, or SACP. ... to enlist the help of the communist superpowers for the ANC’s campaign of armed resistance to white rule.”

Mandela told us communism is “better” than apartheid because communism has no color bar and gives “equal opportunity to everybody.” Under communism, he said, “everybody would be living better.”

Not exactly.

In an address just days before our visit, President Botha told an audience in Durban, South Africa, about a court document in Mandela’s handwriting which read, “We Communist Party members are the

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received a life sentence in 1964 for attempting to sabotage the apartheid government, but had been offered his freedom several times. He only had to promise not to engage in any more violence.

Mandela told us, however, that if he were released from prison he would be back “in a day,” because he saw “no alternative” to violent revolution to end apartheid. There’s no room for “peaceful struggle,” said the man who would upon his release engage in peaceful struggle that would result in his becoming the first black South African president.

Strangely, he asked if I knew Sen.

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most advanced revolutionaries in modern history ... the enemy must be completely crushed and wiped out from the face of the earth before a communist world can be realized.”

When asked about this, Mandela admitted writing those words, but claimed they had been taken “out of context.” He denied in court that he was a communist.

Since the end of apartheid in 1994, some violent crimes, such as murder and armed robbery, have declined, but according to Young People in International Affairs, an organization that helps African youth interested in international affairs, South Africa, dubbed in various media reports as “the rape capital of the world,” estimates that 360 women are raped every day.

Unemployment is high (25.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012), according to Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society, and economic growth has been sluggish. The post-apartheid record in

South Africa is mixed.

Many violent revolutionaries became peacemakers once their oppressors were removed from power. Whether Mandela experienced a “conversion” after we met him, or simply adapted a more pragmatic path to his goals, I cannot say.

Let us charitably assume the best about a man revered by many who ended an evil and gave his country an opportunity to build something better.

In this quest, Mandela worked with Botha’s successor, President F.W. de Klerk, who reciprocated the graciousness Mandela had extended to him. In a statement following Mandela’s death, de Klerk said South Africa had lost one of its founding fathers and “greatest sons.”

No person could ask for higher praise or a better epitaph.

(Readers may e-mail Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.)

Mandela met challenge of power History, it is often said, gives a man but one sentence. Washington founded a nation. Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln freed the slaves.

Only someone of surpassing consequence can be described so concisely. Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at age 95, surely belongs among that group. He brought equality to a nation.

Mandela’s election to the presidency of South Africa in 1994 marked not only the first time that a black man held that nation’s highest office, but also the end of the institutionalized racism known as apartheid. Under that regime, such basic elements of life as housing, marriage, education, and health care were segregated by race, with South Africa’s minority whites getting by far the best treatment. The black majority lost political representation and was eventually stripped of citizenship, made to live on ramshackle reservations dogged by poverty. During a 27-year stint in prison, Mr. Mandela became a symbol of opposition to apartheid — and as president, he helped to dismantle it.

When such an iconic figure sheds his mortal coil, there is often a rush to bestow upon him the secular equivalent of sainthood. In Mr. Mandela’s case, this would represent a demotion. Both his admirers and the vast majority of the global media regarded him as something of an angelic figure for decades prior to his death. We take a more mixed view, but one that is, in some respects, more reverential toward what the man truly accomplished.

Any candid consideration of Mr. Mandela’s legacy must weigh his great virtues against an array of vices. Foremost among the latter was his acceptance of violence as a legitimate political tactic. While it’s something of a cliche to mention Mr. Mandela in the same breath as paragons of peace such as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., it is also deeply mistaken. Mr. Mandela directed the militant wing of the African National Congress (which bombed gover nment targets) in his youth and embraced the idea of guerilla attacks and terrorism. Indeed, it’s often overlooked that the years he spent in prison were not as a prisoner of conscience. He was jailed for plotting the violent overthrow of the South African government — and he refused to renounce violence throughout his imprisonment, even when it could have gained him his freedom.

Time to fight for citizen ‘responsibilities’

BY MARK SHIELDS

In the historic struggles to extend and guarantee civil rights for African-Americans, women, workers, gays and lesbians, those with disabilities, and immigrants, American liberals have provided truly indispensable public and political leadership. Because of their efforts, the United States is today a fair er, better and more humane place.

But along the way, when almost every disagreement turns into each side asserting and insisting upon its

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rights, the national debate has sadly become impoverished. When was the last time you heard a national leader talk about the responsibilities each of us has as an American citizen?

Perhaps your memory is better than mine.

We l i v e t o d a y i n a n increasingly stratified country, where young Americans can go all the way through school without meeting or knowing anyone from outside their own social and economic classes. Americans are disconnected from each other and nowhere is this

disconnect more alar ming and more obvious than between those in the U.S. military and their civilian contemporaries. In spite of all the “Support Our Troops” bumper stickers on SUVs and the unvarying mantra of how “proud” all our public officials, irrespective of party, are of “our brave men and women in uniform,” the American upper class is happy to have all fighting and, yes, all dying done not by its own, precious children but instead by the sons and daughters of waitresses, secretaries and firefighters.

Back when Ronald Reagan was a pr esidential candidate, 412 members of the House and Senate — 77 percent of Congress — had worn their nation’s uniform in military service. Today, just 108 out of 535, barely 20 percent, have served.

Interestingly, the two female House members in that group are both combat veterans.

L yndon Johnson was the last president to have a son — or in his case, two sonsin-law — serve, both in wartime. Franklin Roosevelt

reserved for people with Type 1 diabetes.) A diabetes educator will teach you how to measure, prepare and administer the injections.

The equipment available today makes injections virtually painless. The needles are very small; you barely feel them when they pierce your skin. Most people use syringes or insulin “pens.” A pen injector uses disposable needles and insulin cartridges. It’s portable and discreet, and it provides multiple accurate doses without your needing to measure and fill syringes.

There are several formulations of insulin. They vary based on how quickly they start working, how long it

takes for the insulin to peak and how long it remains active. Dif ferent types of insulin can be used alone or in combination.

The type of insulin and how much and how often you use it varies from person to person. You’ll work with your doctor or diabetes educator to develop an individualized insulin program. Your goal is to maintain a blood sugar level that’s as close to normal as possible without having your blood sugar dip too low.

Low blood sugar can have dangerous consequences of its own. If the sugar goes too low, you can become tired, confused and disoriented. You

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Mr. Mandela also had questionable taste in friends. He was a lifelong admirer of Fidel Castro and a partner of Moammar Gadhafi, two men not usually mentioned in the same breath as great champions of human rights. Indeed, the same radicalism that propelled him to take up arms in his youth also led him to romanticize communist and socialist ideas of the kind that have wreaked untold havoc on the African continent over the past century.

Mandela the activist and Mandela the president, however, were two very different men. Given the reins of power, he conducted himself with the restraint and grace of a statesman. Despite a lingering (and understandable) resentment among South Africa’s black population, he did not undertake a punitive campaign against the country’s whites in the aftermath of apartheid.

Rather, he encouraged the development of a “rainbow nation” of racial harmony. Nor did he succumb to the leftist desire to address South Africa’s economic travails through nationalizing industry, deciding, instead, to pursue liberalization. Given profound responsibility at an important historical moment, he proved himself equal to the challenge.

He was a flawed man who transcended his shortcomings to become a great one. In our estimation, that only underscores his heroism. May he rest in peace.

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DEAR DOCTOR K: I have to start taking insulin for my Type 2 diabetes. It sounds complicated. What do I need to know before I start?

DEAR READER: The first thing you need to know is that it is simple to learn and do, and the discomfort is minimal. Tens of millions of people all over the world do it every day — and probably most of them were afraid that it would be complicated and painful before they actually started taking insulin.

Insulin is a natural hormone that lowers blood sugar in all of us. In people with diabetes, the body no longer can make enough insulin to keep the blood sugar level normal.

Doctors usually recommend

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insulin for people with Type 2 diabetes when diet, exercise and pills cannot keep blood sugar levels low enough.

Insulin lowers blood sugar levels more effectively than any other available diabetes drug.

Insulin can’t be taken as a pill; it must be taken by injection or with an insulin pump.

(Insulin pumps are generally

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Meaning of the season

To the Editor of the Roswell Daily Record: As I write this, the Christmas season of 2013 is upon us. What do we celebrate besides marketing, black Friday, spending money? We celebrate that Jesus, the Son of God, became a man, and was born to bear the sins of you and me. He died on the cross to save us from our sins.

I must confess that much of the message of the Gospel was lost on me until our first baby was born. We were happy and excited as most new parents are. There was nothing we wouldn’t do for our newborn.

Then the thought occurred to me. God must love His Only Son far more than we could ever love our infant. I cannot imagine loving anyone enough to stand by and watch our child tortured to death to save that person. God loves us that much. The penalty had to be paid for our sins if we are to avoid a terrible, eternal hell and enjoy a heaven that is wonderful beyond description. Jesus paid that price when He died on the cross. God the Father, tur ned His back on His Son, because He wanted that penalty paid so that we can be saved.

I Corinthians 2:9 “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, no mind can imagine what God has in store for those who love Him.” How do we obtain this pardon? We simply ask for it. I John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Thank You, Russell A. Scott Roswell

Taking back the country

Dear Editor: This is OUR COUNTRY! We don’t have to accept the trash coming out of Washington DC that’s being presented to us as “the fruit of the government of the greatest nation on Earth.” The president’s approval rating is 37 percent and that of Congress is about 9 per-

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can even lose consciousness.

Your blood sugar level is affected both by what you eat and how much insulin you take. Most people on insulin or other diabetes medicines check their own blood sugar levels with simple home kits. The doctor may recommend adjustments in the dose of insulin based on these blood levels.

You’ll learn to manage your blood sugar by testing your blood once or twice a day to determine

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cent. Collectively those we have elected to govern us are unfit to do so. It’s time for “change that really matters.”

The president will be replaced no later than 2016. Approximately one third of the senate is elected every two years; some 33 in 2014. The 435 members of the US House of representatives are another matter; they are all elected every two years! So of the 535 members of both chambers of congress, some 468 of them could be replaced in 2014!

Everyone gets to vote for 1 representative and at most 1 senator. Patriotic citizens MUST “take care of business” at the 2014 ballot boxes in their state and congressional district for “change that really matters” to occur.

Finally, due to the states’ congressional district gerrymandering, ef fective change WILL ONLY happen in the primary elections. So, in order to save the republic YOU must get busy now.

Do it for our kids and grandkids.

Glen E Terrell Arlington, Texas

Cost of living

Dear Editor, Will somebody please explain to me how all this economic and monetery system is suppose to work.

In 1972, I was looking at houses in Pico River, Calif., for $16, 000. That same house now is probably selling for around $300,000. Every single thing under the sun has gone up in price 3, 4, or 5 times higher. The Federal government needs more money, taxes, tariffs, etc., the state needs more money, more taxes; the city needs more money, more taxes. The utility companies need more money, raise the prices. If everything is costing a lot more, shouldn’t salaries and wages be going up also? Wages have been stagnant for the last 20 or 30 years. Isn’t something terribly wrong with this picture? How can a household possibly keep up with accelerating costs when wages have stayed at the same level for 20-30 years.

Are we in some kind of feudal or sexitude syndrome where some workers only work for the corwhether you need to adjust your insulin dose.

You’ll use a glucose meter to do the testing; that’s standard equipment for most people with diabetes.

You can refrigerate insulin or store it at room temperature. But don’t freeze it. Also, discard insulin that has expired or looks cloudy or otherwise strange.

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

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Hanukkah

Rudy Sanchez Roswell

Editor, Hanukkah is the Feast of Dedication. Hanukkah is the Helerais word for dedication forced 13 times in the Bible. Twelve in the OT and one in the new.

John 10:22 “Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem.

It was winter. (i.e. rainy season — pouring rain.

Thayers Grech and English Lexim of the N.J.).

Hanukkah, an annual feast celebrated for eight days, starting on kislea 25 lunar calendar. Eight because the number eight represents a new beginning.

Many believe that Hanukkah was the time when Mary was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit.

Yeshua, Jesus, was born approximately nine months later during Sukbot Tishrei 15, the Feast of Tabernacler (mid September, year 2013 Tishrei 15 was September 19-25) also known as the Feast of Booths. Levitues 23; 2 chr.

8;12-13.

Hanukkah is also known as the Feast of Lights, Yeshua is the light of the world. John 8:12; 9:5; 1 John 1:5, et al.

(John 1:5) Other scriptures of the Bible give us insight into this, e.g. when Mary visited Elizabeth, she Elizabeth was 6 months pregnant with John the Baptist. Luke 1:1-80. Also Luke 1:5 course of Abiyah.

(1 chr. 24:1, 10) All this from a teaching heard on our local TV station 7-10 years ago by one of their programmers.

Be a Berean — check it out!

Also check out the ‘former rain’ and the ‘later rain’ scriptures. (Hos. 6:3; Jer. 3:3, 5:24; Deut.

11:14; Zech. 10:1; Joel 2:23; Job 29:23; James 5:7. Yeshua said ‘the volume of the book is written

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of me. Ps. 40:7; HEB. 10:7; Deut. 18:18-22 When Yeshua said this there was no N.J. It wasn’t written until many years later.

J. Bryant Roswell

Thank-you

Dear Editor, I’d like to thank all the great organizations who helped out during our Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Friday, Oct. 25.

While innumerable hours were spent in preparation it was done with love and caring for our fellow vets.

Orlando Padilla of the American Legion Post 28 and Antonio Nunez of the Roswell Workforce Connection and we of The South East Veterans Transportation Network including president Magil Duran and Diane Stallard who provided ferry service for the homeless vets needing rides.

The following local and state organizations were invaluable in helping provide our vets with the needed services. In no specific order were Patrick Aicken of Pepsico., Mike Rodgers of Frito Lay, Sam’s Club, Jim Cochran of Goodwill, Gretchen Jaramillo and her great team from the NM Public Health who gave flu shots, and Debra Alvarado and her gracious crew from Lovelace Regional Hospital. Additionally, Dorothy Hellums from the Sportsmedicine Clinic provided orthopedic specialists, Oshawna Garcia, Owner and Lynette Wilson of Roswell’s own Fabulous Style gave the Vets great haircuts. Not to be forgotten were Jacki Morris of the NM Aging and Long Term Services who registered people for potential employment opportunities, and Barabara Yale of Grace Community Church who provided needed counseling to the troubled vets.

David Sena from the NM VA Health Care System and Nash Sisneros of the NM Vocational Rehabilitation were on duty to register vets who were not yet in the VA system.

Finally, a big shout out goes to the NMMI Cadets who helped set up Thurs-

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had four sons. All went to war. Elliott Roosevelt enlisted in the Army Air Corps and flew 300 combat missions. Jimmy Roosevelt joined the Marine Corps, and in combat in the Pacific, earned both the Navy Cross and the Silver Star. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Franklin Roosevelt Jr.’s bravery saving the lives of crew members when under heavy enemy fire was rewarded with a Silver Star. And Navy Lt. John Roosevelt earned a Bronze Star during World War II. It’s not just about who is in today’s all-volunteer military but also about who is not. The last major star to serve from the entertainment world was Army draftee Elvis Presley. Because the country’s political leadership failed to draft upper class youth during the Vietnam War, the draft lost its legitimacy.

Here is the challenge to my fellow liberals. Let us lead by reminding our fellow Americans and ourselves that our citizenship, while priceless, is not

day and the NM Youth Challenge Cadets who worked diligently all day Friday. Last, but surely not least was Jaynan McKelvey, Director of the Roswell Boy’s and Girl’s Club who generously donated the use of their entire facility so we could serve our vets.

Greg Neal, VP SENM Veterans Transportation Network

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Dear Editor: For the past 35 years the Assurance Home and the James Ranch Youth Shelter have been helping make a difference in the lives of adolescent children who need caring support and a safe place to live.

One of the favorite Christmas traditions we have developed over the years is to ask those of you who send out Christmas Cards to remember our young people in their mailings.

We would be so thankful if everyone would send one additional card this year addressed to “The Young People of Assurance Home and the James Ranch Youth Shelter” and mail it to: 1000 East 18th Street Roswell, New Mexico 88201.

Please know that this simple gesture means so much to us and to the homeless and at-risk children we serve.

Thank you!

With kindest regards, Ron Malone, Executive Director Assurance Home, Inc. James Ranch Youth Shelter

Thank You from Holly-Day Magic

To Whom It May Concern: The 33rd Annual HollyDay Magic Art and Craft Show was a huge success, raising nearly $8,000 to benefit the youth of our area. These funds have been distributed to the Roswell Police Athletic League, the Assurance Home, the First Tee Program of the Pecos Valley and to Roswell’s high schools.

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tributed to the success of the show. First, a special thank you goes to the artisans, artists and crafters who exhibited at the show for providing such an excellent array of creations. Thanks also to the Roswell Daily Record Vistas Editor Vanessa Kahin and Vision Editor Rey Berrones for publishing articles about our event.

We also thank KBIM TV, KOBR TV, KBIM Radio, Majestic Communications and newspapers in Roswell, Carlsbad, Artesia, Las Cruces (Ink Magazine) and Ruidoso for their care with our advertisements.

And we thank the many organizations, businesses and individuals who graciously supported our ef forts in many ways, including: Officer L.J. Harrell and other volunteers from the Roswell Police Department, the kind staff of the Roswell Civic and Convention Center, Bobby Goode, Pat Hittle, Cattle Baron Restaurant and Roswell Community Little Theater (all of whom contributed such wonderful items to help with our fundraising, making our prize winners so happy!), Cheryle Pattison of RE/MAX Real Estate of Roswell, Enchanted Lands Storage, the property and business owners who allowed the placement of our signs, Southwest Printers LLC., Robert Giles, ABC Distributing, Lawrence Brothers, Tuesday Morning, the volunteers whose help with the set-up and the running of the show was invaluable, and the representatives from the First Tee Program and the Assurance Home who worked so hard helping the vendors during set-up and take-down.

Our vendors and our area’s youth appreciate the tremendous support provided by local shoppers. Braving this year’s snowy weather took extra effort, and because of the extraordinary turnout, we were able once again to meet our goals to support our beneficiaries.

All of us at Holly-Day Magic want to express our deepest gratitude and wish you all a joyous holiday season!

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free. We have responsibilities, beyond paying the taxes we owe, to each other and to our country. Universal national service and two years of training and service with no exemptions for every young American could be the liberals’ summons to collective sacrifice for the common good.

With a son or daughter in uniform, foreign policy — along with serious questioning of any future president’s rush to war — would become the central concern of every family. Beyond military service, other important national tasks include cleaning up our country, bringing hope to children at risk and help to the helpless, and providing company to the lonely. We’re winning the fight for citizens’ rights. Now it’s time to lead the fight for citizen responsibility.

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The local veteran community has been increasingly nervous over the future of our veterans’ health care, and recent events over the past two months indicate we have good reason to be “afraid, very afraid!” We are constantly being assured by Obama and his Senate that there will be positive change due to the “Affordable” Care Act, which has become obviously very “unaffordable” to middle-class Americans who can’t afford to keep their current health care coverage (due to increased monthly premium costs, increasing deductibles and increasing co-pays). Others are having their current policies totally canceled due to their policies not meeting Obamacare standards! So, you have seen right up front, the promise “if you like your current policy, doctor, hospital, etc., you can keep them” was clearly, without a doubt, a boldface lie! That may be why the non-Republican, non-Independent and non-Libertarian (senators) carved themselves out of Obamacare, continuing to keep their current health care insurance. If Obamacare was the great plan Reed, Pelosi, and all congressional Democrats keep telling us it is, why have they not signed

current veteran health care copays, deductibles, cost shares and catastrophic caps has been and continues to be widespread among politicians who voted-in Obamacare. Also, a for m of monthly premiums paid by veterans (excluding 100 percent disabled vets) is being widely discussed.

Second, children/young adults who can continue on their parents’ insurance policies until age 26 (under Obamacare regulations) does not include retired military veterans’ children. A real example of this is a local retired, 100 percent disabled veteran who recently received notice from the Department of Defense that his 23-year -old son would lose his T riCare coverage (allowed by son’s status as a student under chapter 35-VA educational benefits) on his 23rd birthday. When the VA was asked why he couldn’t continue coverage until age 26 (Obamacare law), the response was that retired veterans’ dependents are not covered by the new ACA regulations. Instead, they could purchase T riCare Young Adult (TYA) health care until age 26. When researching the cost of TYA, it was found to be almost $300 a month (only up

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up for all of the cost savings themselves? We all know why and should remember that next November (midterm Congressional elections)!

Why should we veterans fear Obamacare, which we have been told will not affect current VA benefits? Several reasons. First, when America is forced into Obamacare (government controlled health care), the government will then “decide” running four separate government health care programs is too much work to maintain. Why not combine VA, Department of Defense (retired military), Medicare and Medicaid into one national health care program? That is precisely where we are headed. The effect of that change will be tremendously damaging to veterans’ health care. Discussions on increasing

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to age 26). That is certainly not what Obama said his law would allow (continue on parents’ current health care plan until age 26)!

Third, an increasing number of physicians, hospitals and other medical providers are not accepting TriCare/CHAMPUS patients.

The reason is extremely low pay by the government for medical services, and an increasing number of medical procedures not approved by Medicare and TriCare insurance providers. A rapidly increasing number of “free care” patients (Medicaid and Expanded Medicaid) without monetary support from “paying customers” is putting a severe financial drain on medical providers.

There are several other “unintended consequences” changing veteran and Medicare patients’ health care benefits, but space is limited for this column. However, one glaring caution to veterans, as well as to all Americans (except for Congress, the president and all his staff) is that government cannot run a “business” without serious damage to its “customers.” Liberals (the left) say that is not so. Let me give you a few examples.

The VA has a tremendous backlog of veteran claims, yet they award bonuses to administrators and general staff, regardless of gross inef ficiencies or incompetence. As an example, in 2012, a year in which the claims’ backlog ballooned by 155 percent, more than two-thirds of claims processors shared $5.5 million in bonuses, according to salary data from the Office of Personnel Management. The VA spent $150 million on performance-pay awards to doctors and top administrative staff in 2012.

Still think the government can handle national health care? God bless.

NMMI Music Department to present winter concert Thursday

Th e N M MI M us ic Department will present its annual Winter Concert on Thursday at 7 p.m. in NMMI’s Pearson Auditorium. While admission is free, seating is limited.

Those planning to attend the concert are encouraged arrive early.

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This adorable female puppy is a 4-month-old beagle cross. She is mostly a warm brown, with some black and a white blaze on her chest. She is calm, easygoing and would make a great lap warmer on a cold winter night. You can meet her at Animal Services, 705 E. McGaffey St., kennel cage 16. Anyone interested in this puppy or any other potential new pet may also call Animal Services at 624-6722.

‘Tardeada’ to include fun, food, toy drive

The U.S. Postal Service has extreme problems with on-time delivery except for local (state) service and “priority mail express.” Priority mail is stated to be delivered in one, two or three days (not guaranteed), versus Priority Mail Express, which will be delivered in 1 to 2 days (guaranteed) at an increased price. I personally have had (in one year) three priority mailings get stuck in an endless loop (not being delivered until after a for mal complaint was filed). Go figure!

The concert will open wit h an a cap pel la ar r an gem en t of t h e national anthem by the N M M I Vo cal E ns em b le .

Th is sm a ll se le ct voc al gr o up , l ed by N MM I C h or a l D ir ect or Li eu t en an t C ol on el S t eve Thorp, will continue their concert segment with a jazz rendition of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” and a vocal arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of t h e S ug ar Plu m F a ir y.”

Then the NMMI Concert Choir will join the Vocal Ensemble for “O Come, O C om e, E mm an u el” an d the traditional Ukrainian folk song, “Carol of the B el ls .” Th e c on cer t ’ s choral segment will con-

clude with the moder nday classic, “Christmast im e,” an d a m ed ley of seasonal favorites entitled “A Wreath of Carols.”

The instrumental port ion of t h e con ce rt will begin with some upbeat selections per for med by t h e Head qu ar t er s Liv e!

Jaz z B an d u nd er t h e direction of NMMI’s bandm a st er, C ap t ain B ill Lamb. The audience will travel back to 1939 with the Glenn Miller band as HQ Live! get s “ In t h e Mood” for Christmas. The group will then play an up-beat arrangement of an old Welsh Air entitled “Decking the Hall.” A coup le of vin t age classi cs, “Silver Bells” and “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” will set the stage for the closin g n u m b er, a jaz z arrangement of the Broadway tune “Feeling Good,” featuring Cadet vocalist Herman Fluitt.

The Regimental Concert Band will open its portion of the concert with a new

com posit ion en t it led “Flourishing Noels,” a recognizable version of the t r ad it ion al car ol , “ T h e First Noel,” followed by the rousing C. E. Duble march, “Bravura,” and the Latin sizzler, “Los Cuervos.” The band will finish it s segm en t wit h R ob R om eyn ’ s “ A n d A ll t h e Bells Shall Ring,” based on holiday favorites “Ding, Dong, Mer r ily on High ” and “The Ukrainian Bell Carol.” The concert will conclude with the traditional audience “Christmas Sing-A-Long” led by the combined NMMI Concer t B an d an d C on cer t Choir.

For concert information contact LTC Steve Thorp at 624-8443.

Additionally, the NMMI Concert Choir, FacultyStaf f Chorale and Vocal Ensemble will also perform in the annual First Sergeant’s Candlelighting Service at 5:30 p.m. on S at u r d ay in t h e N M M I Alumni Chapel.

Come join us for a fun, free event while helping our local foster children to have a Christmas this year.

The Hispano Chamber of Commerce is hosting a food and toy drive tardeada (after hours) event Thursday at the American Legion Post 28 Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 N. Montana Ave. Everyone is welcome and a toy or non-prepared food item is encouraged. We will have refreshments from Tia Juana’s, live music from Blacita and Bobby, a book signing by local author Veronica Arias, and many different items to be given away from local merchants to include: Walmart, K-Mart, Margaritas, Chili’s, Cattleman’s, Center City Bowling, Tracy’s Nails and Spa, USA Nails, Encore Flowers, Galaxy Car Wash, SouthWest Cash and Carry, L&F Distributors and more to be announced at the event.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays,

Your Hispano Chamber of Commerce board of directors

CARRIE TINGLEY CLINIC TO VISIT ROSWELL

ALBUQUERQUE—Children in the Roswell area with orthopaedic problems can be scheduled for an outreach clinic on Friday. Physicians from Carrie Tingley Hospital at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will examine patients at Children’s Medical Services, 200 E. Chisum St. Children and young adults up to the age of 21 with chronic physical problems or difficulty with bones, joints and/or muscles, may be scheduled for appointments. Doctors, rehabilitation therapists specializing in seating needs and orthotists specializing in support braces will evaluate and treat patients.

Medicaid and insurance are accepted for payment. Written pre-authorizations and referrals from the patient’s primary care physician are necessary. For appointments, call 1-800-472-3235 option 2. Advance scheduling is requested.

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Carriage rides

The Mid-Day Lions Club will be conducting their annual horse drawn carriage rides for viewing selected Christmas lights in Roswell. Carriage rides will be between 6-9 p.m., Friday through Sunday, departing from the Boy Scouts parking lot at 2603 N. Aspen. Donations go toward buying eyeglasses for disadvantaged youth in Roswell. Rides will fill up, so call Mollie at 317-8211 for reservations.

Dress warmly.

Altrusa

Altrusa Inter national Inc. of Roswell meets every second and fourth Wednesday at noon at the Elks Lodge, 1720 N. Montana Ave. President is Joan Blodgett. Contact Donna Oracion, 624-7403 for more information.

Toastmasters

Toastmasters’ final meeting of the year will be Wednesday from 12:151:15 p.m. Please plan on joining us at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church on the cor ner of Union Avenue and 19th Street. The next meeting will be Jan. 8, 2014. Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and happy New Year!

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 Saturday at St. Peter so please drop off your donations by Thursday. 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.

Morning Garden Club

The Morning Garden Club will meet on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico. The program will be presented by Michelle Olson and the Star Gazers of Goddard High School. Members are to bring donations for the Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults.

Coyote hunt

Larry’s Gun Shop will be hosting a coyote hunt on Saturday and Sunday. The coyote hunt is open to the public; teams must be composed of two hunters. Entry fee is $300 per team and members must register on Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., at Larry’s Gun Shop, 2708 ½ N. Main St. A holiday open house will be held that day from 3-6 p.m. with specials throughout the shop as well as food and refreshments. The coyote hunt will be between sunrise and sunset on Saturday and all coyotes must be turned in by 3 p.m. at LGS. There will be

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prizes for teams with the most coyotes killed as well as prizes for “big and little dog.” Team prizes are, AR15s for first place, rifles for second place, shotguns for third and Larry’s gift certificates for fourth & fifth places. LGS is hosting the Coyote Hunt to help local farmers and ranchers with the primary concern regarding coyotes, predation on livestock, mainly sheep and lambs.

Spay and neuter clinic

Animal Welfare Alliance will hold its next spay and neuter clinic on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Give yourself a Christmas present and take the stress off yourself and your animals due to unexpected pregnancies and unwanted litters and spay and neuter your animals at the next clinic. Call 317-7439 and leave a message.

Sertoma

The Roswell Sertoma Club welcomes new members. For more information about this club, drop by during one of its meetings. The Roswell Sertoma meets Fridays at noon at the Roswell Elks Lodge, 1720 N. Montana Ave.

Hoop Shoot

Roswell Elks Lodge no. 969 is proud to host its annual Hoop Shoot free-throw contest, for ages 8-13, at the Boys & Girls Club of Roswell, 201 S. Garden Ave. The event will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. with registration and a warm-up. Contest begins at 10 a.m. Please bring birth certificate to verify age groups of those children registered for the contest. Age groups are 8-9,10-11 and 12-13. The top three kids will be given awards in each gender and age class at the Roswell Elks Lodge after the contest. A lunch will be provided for all the contestants. Come out and support these kids by attending, bring your kids, grand-kids, even neighbor's kids. Please call John Besing, Leading Knight, if you have any questions at 420-8882.

Chapter B, P.E.O.

Chapter B, P.E.O. members will meet for their annual Christmas luncheon on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the home of Barbara Whitfield, with social committee members serving as co-hostesses. For more information call 622-5069.

Texas Tenors

Texas Tenors are coming to Roswell this holiday season. The Tenors will perform their holiday show, “Deep in the Heart of Christmas,” Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at Pearson Auditorium on the campus of New Mexico Military Institute. The Roswell Symphony Orchestra is hosting the group as part of the 2013-14 Romancing the Pecos season. The concert is sponsored in part by Xcel Energy, Pioneer

Roswell Folklorico to perform

Bank and the Alcorn family. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the symphony office at 623-5882, online at roswellsymphony.org, or at the door the night of the concert. Prices are $30, $35 and $40 per ticket.

Lear n more about the Tenors at thetexastenors.com.

Board elections

The East Side Little League will have its board elections on Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. at the cafeteria of the Roswell Boys & Girls Club, 201 S. Garden Ave. Parents and guardians who are interested in the East Side Little League are encouraged to attend.

Christmas party

Toys are needed for the Community Volunteer Program’s children’s Christmas party. Will you please make Christmas special by giving a toy to a needy child? For more information, write the CVP, care of Johnny Gonzales, PO Box 2790, Roswell, NM, 88202, call 624-7579 or email gonzalesjohnny@hotmail.com.

21 Days of Prayer

We are making preparations for the 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Kickoff Celebration on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at the Roswell Convention Center.

This is a joyous time when our community comes together in prayer for Roswell and our nation. We endeavor to entreat God’s favor at the beginning of 2014. Everyone from all denominations is welcome to join us as we offer prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. We are looking for 10 sponsors for this event. Sponsors will receive advertising for their ministry, business or organization in exchange for their generous giving. Last year’s budget to host this event was about $1,500. Prayerfully consider lending your support to this community-wide event sponsored by Mackey Ventures LLC. To become a sponsor, contact Natasha N. Mackey at 1-855-421DAYS.

Master gardener classes

The Chaves County Cooperative Extension Service is offering a 13week Master Gardener course which will be held every Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., from Jan. 10 through April 4, 2014. Classes will cover topics pertinent to gardening in New Mexico and Chaves County and will be presented by specialists in horticulture and agronomy. The course will be held at Chaves County Extension Auditorium, 200 E. Chisum St. Cost is $90. Applications are available at the Chaves County Extension Of fice or online at chaves-extension.nmsu.edu. Class size is limited.

Registration deadline is Jan. 2, 2014.

Please call the Chaves County Extension Office for more information, 6223210.

LAS VEGAS—Two big small-town issues are being advanced by Susana Martinez. One is her proposal to sink $112 million into water needs around the state.

She wants to spend most of the money on infrastructure needs, but she also wants to ensure the water quality concerns are addressed, and that all communities have enough water for the years ahead.

That’s a lot of money but it will seem too little once lawmakers gather around the public trough to divvy out the funds. For Martinez, however, it’s easy to see how this can win her votes in small communities that benefit from the capital outlays.

Then there’s her proposal to add nearly $2.4 million to next year’s state budget to increase the number of medical professionals in rural communities around New Mexico. The proposal seeks to boost the University of New Mexico’s residency and training programs in New Mexico’s small towns.

It’s nothing new — New Mexico and other states have for decades offered incentives, especially to physicians, to get them to move into rural and underserved areas.

It’s been an effective approach that benefits both the doctors that sign up for the program and the small towns that get their services. Paying one’s way through med school is quite expensive, so offering to help a young doctor retire his or her student loans in exchange for two or three years in a small town is advantageous to all involved. The state wins by keeping rural people healthier, the physicians win by retiring their debts earlier, and the small towns win by, well, staying alive.

The fact is, small towns must have doctors, hospitals and health clinics if they are going to stymie, or at least slow, the population shifts from rural to urban. Most rural communities in New Mexico are seeing their young people move away because of a decline in economic opportunity, but older people are more stationary. Take away the hospital, the longterm care facilities, the clinics and the private medical practices and some small towns could turn into ghost towns. Without localized health care, even the old folks are inclined to move to where the services are available.

Hospitals all over the state are making headlines because of quality-of-care, financial and management concerns. There’s a debate in Grants over whether Cibola County should continue to run its own hospital or turn its management over to an outside entity. Clayton is wrestling with quality-of-care concerns as well as the fiscal viability of its Union County facility. Holy Cross Hospital in Taos County has cut staff and beds — it’s downsizing. Those are just a few of the small-town facilities that are struggling.

Of course, there are exceptions — Lovington’s NorLea General Hospital, for example, is in the midst of an expansion (and so is the town) — but mostly, small hospitals are the odd-ones-out in a growing and thriving health care industry.

A big ingredient to small-town hospitals’ survival is the Sole Community Provider program, which reimburses hospitals for indigent care through the state’s Medicaid program. This money is critical to keeping small hospitals fiscally solvent, but it doesn’t appear to be a consideration in Martinez’s rural health care agenda. Instead, she’s focusing on getting more doctors and nurses walking the floors of these hospitals.

For a lot of lawmakers, Martinez’s rural health and water proposals will be hard to oppose. Still, the devil is in the details. It’s easy to propose legislation, but it takes finesse and compromise to get the votes from lawmakers — and so far, after three legislative sessions, Martinez has demonstrated nothing of the sort. That’s a big reason why her back’s against the wall.

Tom McDonald is editor of the New Mexico Community News Exchange (CNEx) and owner-manager of Gazette Media Services LLC. He may be reached at 505-454-9131 or tmcdonald@gazettemediaservices. com.

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The Roswell Folklorico will be performing its annual holiday show at the Roswell Mall on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m., next to Bealls. Regions to be represented through performance are: Guerrero, Yucatan, Chihuahua, Michoacan, New Mexico, and the very popular Jalisco. Bring your chairs because seating is limited. Six excited children will be performing for the first time as members of the Roswell Folklorico. Roswell Folklorico is under the direction of Frank Herrera and the program is offered at the City of Roswell’s Yucca Recreation Center. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Herrera at 6242724. Hope to see you there!

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Bipartisan negotiators reach modest budget pact WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators reached a modest budget agreement Tuesday to restore about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon, with votes expected in both houses in the next several days.

Of ficials said the increases would be offset by a variety of spending reductions and increased fees elsewhere in the budget totaling about $85 billion over a decade, leaving enough for a largely symbolic cut of more than $20 billion in the nation’s $17 trillion debt.

The deal “reduces the deficit by $23 billion and it does not raise taxes. It cuts spending in a smarter way” than the ones in ef fect, said Rep. Paul R yan, the Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House Budget Committee and was his party’s negotiator in several weeks of secretive talks.

His Democratic counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, said, “We have broken through the partisanship and gridlock” that could have produced a government shutdown in January.

The of fsetting deficit cuts include a requirement

for newly hired federal workers to make larger contributions to their own pensions, as well as an increase in a federal airport security fee that would add $5 to the cost of a typical roundtrip flight. Also included were unspecified savings from military retirement programs.

Officials said Democrats had failed in their bid to include an extension of benefits for workers unemployed longer than 26 weeks. The program expires on Dec. 28, when payments will be cut off for an estimated 1.3 million individuals.

Congressional aides predicted bipartisan approval in both houses, despite grumbling from liberals over the omission of the unemployment extension, and even though tea party-aligned groups have already begun pushing Republican conservatives to oppose it.

Officials said that under the agreement, an estimated $63 billion in automatic spending cuts would be restored through the end of the next budget year, which runs to Sept. 30, 2015.

Officials who described the details did so on the condition of anonymity.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement on a government spending plan, at the Capitol, Tuesday.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two adults and four children who were stranded in subzero temperatures in a Nevada mountain range for nearly 48 hours were found alive and well on Tuesday by search crews, authorities said.

The discovery came after a cell phone forensics team picked up a signal from the missing woman’s phone and diverted rescuers to the area.

A searcher with binoculars spotted the group’s Jeep about the same it was seen by Civil Air Patrol crews, Civil Air Patrol Col. Tim Hahn said.

A ground team then retrieved the couple and four young members of

their families.

Authorities said the Jeep had rolled over but it could not be immediately determined if the engine still worked. However, the group was able to build a fire.

Their decision to stay with the Jeep probably saved their lives, said Paul Burke, search and rescue coordinator who directed the effort Tuesday for the Nevada Department of Public Safety.

“They stayed together and that was the key that allowed them to live through this experience.

You don’t see that, that often in search and rescue,” said Burke, who has worked search and rescue in Alaska. “They did some

pr etty unusual things, heating up r ocks and things. Staying together, that was a big deal.”

The six people wer e taken to Pershing General Hospital, where about 100 well-wishers lined the str eet and br oke into cheers and applause when two of the smallest children were taken from an ambulance. Others in the group walked into the hospital on their own.

“The mood wher e I’m at’s ecstatic,” said Hahn, who commands the Nevada Wing of the patrol, which deployed six planes to search for the group.

“We are thrilled beyond words.”

About 200 people had

scour ed the wilder ness from the air and on the ground in search of James Glanton, 34, his girlfriend Christina McIntee, 25, their two children Evan and Chloe Glanton, and Shelby Fitzpatrick and Tate McIntee, a niece and nephew of Christina McIntee. The children ranged in age from 3 to 10.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A modest snowstor m pushed through New England on Tuesday, causing messy travel conditions and widespread school and government closures along the Easter n seaboard despite bringing less accumulation than expected.

With snow totals measured in inches instead of feet, the storm turned out to be more nuisance than menace.

Hundreds of transportation crews treated and cleared highways in New England, where up to 3 inches of snow fell in places. State police in Connecticut reported scores of

vehicle crashes and at least eight minor injuries.

Public schools were closed in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and parts of Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Some schools in Connecticut were closed, while a few districts in Rhode Island and southeaster n Massachusetts canceled afternoon activities.

Flights were delayed in Philadelphia and New York City airports.

In Washington, snow was falling at daybreak, but traffic problems failed to materialize as many workers stayed home. Non-

emergency federal employees were granted excused absences, and others were told to telecommute, the U.S. Of fice of Personnel Management said.

The snow ended before the evening commute in Philadelphia, which was socked by a surprise 8inch snowfall on Sunday; the new stor m br ought about 2 inches.

In Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the snow persisted throughout the day, with some flakes falling during the evening drive, making for slick road conditions.

In central and southwest Ohio, over night

snowfall made the morning commute slow and messy.

Julie, of Denver, Colo.; sister, L ynn Gardner, of Roswell; grandchildren: Michelle Baker and husband, Brendt, Michael and Mark Johnson, all of Roswell, Bill Davis and wife, Kim, of Weatherford, Texas, Nathan Arnold, of Omaha, Neb.; Keira Michelle Citty and Scarlett Johnson, both of Roswell; great-grandchildren: Navy and Eath Johnson, of Roswell; and Delia and Colt Davis, of Weatherford, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.

Christi, Texas. Graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.

Sheri was born April 2, 1955, in Roswell, to Berry F. Heine Jr. and Virginia Kathryn Stephenson (both preceding her in death).

She is survived by the love of her life, her husband of 20 years, Tommy Magill; her three brothers, Keith (Ione) Heine, of Mesa, Ariz., Craig (Nicole) Heine, of Carlsbad, and Paul (Louise) Heine, of Santa Fe; and numerous aunts, uncles, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Sheri was a very caring person and loved helping others. She was a registered nurse, having achieved a master’s degree of nursing and spent more than 30 years nursing. She spent 15 years as a surgical nurse in the U.S. Army, serving in Desert Stor m and Kuwait, before retiring with the rank of major.

Sheri served as a school nurse for many years in various school districts and was loved by many for her ster nness, caring nature and positive and happy disposition. She was an example to all.

She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in numerous positions. Sheri loved teaching others about Jesus Christ and lived as

an example.

Arrangements entrusted to: Charlie Marshall Funeral Homes and Crematory 2003 W. Wheeler Ave. Aransas Pass, Texas 78336 361-758-3221

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GM names Barra Missing adults, children found alive in Nev. CEO, 1st woman to head auto co.

DETROIT (AP) — Mary Barra has spent the past three years as General Motors’ product chief, making cars that drive better, last longer and look good in showrooms.

Now she will take on an even bigger job. On Tuesday, the board named the 33-year company veteran CEO, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. car company.

Barra replaces Dan Akerson, who moved up retirement plans by several months to help his wife, Karin, battle advanced cancer.

When Barra starts her new job Jan. 15, she will lead a company that’s made nearly $20 billion since emerging from bankruptcy in 2010, much of it from the cars and trucks she helped develop. But she still faces challenges of paring down GM’s costs and winning over buyers in inter national markets such as India and South America.

Akerson, 65, said he had planned to stay at least until spring, but his wife’s diagnosis changed that. He said the board unanimously

OBITUARIES

Madeline Whitley Ison

Madeline Whitley Ison entered into rest on Saturday, Nov. 30. At the time of her passing, she was living in St. Joseph, Mo. Madeline was born at home in Green’s Bayou, Texas, to Jef f and Marie (Moyer) Whitley, on Dec. 9, 1939.

She is now at home with them, as well as her brothers, Donald, N.J., and Ronald Whitley. She asked to be cremated and

Barra

picked Barra from several internal candidates because of the breadth of her experience, her management record, her people skills and her understanding of GM’s operations.

“This is an executive who has a vision of where she wants to take the organization,” he said.

Since February 2011, Barra has held what many say is the most important job at GM — senior vice president for global product development. She joined the company in 1980 as an engineering student and became a plant manager, executive director of engineering and head of human resources.

retur ned home to her beloved New Mexico.

Memorial services are scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 500 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Roswell.

She was a kind and gentle, loving spirit. Though she was quiet, Madeline thoroughly enjoyed the people she met working as a people greeter at Walmart in St. Joseph. She also loved the meticulous detail work of embroidery, needlepoint and crochet.

She excelled at sewing and was a seamstress for Levi Straus at the Roswell plant. Madeline worked for several restaurants in the Carlsbad, Clovis area. She loved her customers and took the same level of meticulous care and pride in providing service to them. She worked a number of places during her lifetime and always brought the work ethic of her generation to her work.

Those left to cherish and honor her memory are her husband, Jerry L. Ison, of St. Joseph, Mo.; daughters: Cheryl Alexander Johnson and husband, Walter, of Roswell, Twila Sills Davis and husband, Dave, of Weather ford, Texas, Madeline J. Arnold, of Omaha, Neb., Jerri IsonCitty, of Roswell; brothers: Herman Whitley, of Napa, Idaho; Charles Whitley and wife, Edna, of Silver City; James Whitley and wife,

Officials said the group had gone to the Seven Troughs area on Sunday to play in the snow. Rescuers wer e dispatched when they didn’t retur n and at one point saw overnight temperatures in the nearby town of Lovelock dip to 16 degr ees below zero.

Eastern snowstorm brings closures, delays

Sheri Heine Magill

Sheri Heine Magill, 58, of Ingleside, Texas, passed away at her home Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center, 6630 Wooldridge Road, Corpus

Norma Struwe

Nor ma Struwe, 84, passed away Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. She was born Oct. 22, 1929, in Virden, Ill., to John and Mae Irene Jombock. Nor ma married John H Struwe, Aug. 20, 1949, they both loved one another very much. They owned The Dal Acres Dog Kennel. She helped John show dogs at American Kennel Club Registered shows and enjoyed every moment of it. Norma and John had five cats which were strays before being rescued. She was an avid bird watcher and golfer. She and John have always been very generous

Outside Washington, traffic was light Tuesday mor ning. With temperatur es hovering ar ound freezing, highways that had been plowed and treated were passable, but conditions began to deteriorate after 8 a.m. as the pace of the snowfall increased.

The usually bustling Springfield Metro station was nearly deserted.

Those who did have to work said the lack of traffic made the slushy roads easier to navigate.

to many charitable organizations.

Norma is survived by her husband, John, of the family home and several family members across the United States.

The family would like to give special thanks to caregiver, Tahra Slade, for all the love she gave Norma, also to neighbors, Allen and Betty Teel for their loving support, and to the staff of La Villa and Gentiva Hospice.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Roswell Humane Society, 703 E. McGaffey, Roswell, NM 88203.

Interment will be held in the Elmwood Cemetery in Greenview, Ill. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register at andersonbethany.com.

Cremation was under the direction of AndersonBethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

Joe S. Soliz

Services will be held in Hereford, Texas, for Joe S. Soliz, 81, of Roswell, who passed away on Dec. 8, 2013.

Condolences can be made online at lagronefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements are under the personal directions of the professionals at LaGrone Funeral Chapel.

BUSINESS REVIEW

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ROSWELL’S THE UPS STORE DELIVERS HOLIDAY HAPPINESS

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“Whether it’s helping you personalize and send out your holiday greetings, packing and shipping your gifts so they arrive safely or having someone sign for all your holiday packages, we’re a convenient one-stop shop that can handle many of our customers’ holiday logistics,” said Debbie McDougal, The UPS Store manager.

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With only 9 shipping days between now and Christmas, good timing is critical. Mondays are typically the busiest shipping days and Dec. 16-20 is expected to be the

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Roswell Seven-day forecast Today

Tonight

Sunny, but chilly

Mainly clear

Thursday

Friday

A shower in the afternoon

Saturday

Mostly sunny and warmer

Sunday

Times of clouds and sun

Mostly sunny

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Monday

Plenty of sunshine

Tuesday

Sunny and mild

High 47°

Low 21°

47°/29°

64°/31°

54°/28°

54°/27°

59°/31°

64°/23°

W at 4-8 mph POP: 0%

SSW at 3-6 mph POP: 0%

SSW at 3-6 mph POP: 55%

NNE at 6-12 mph POP: 5%

NNE at 4-8 mph POP: 0%

NNW at 7-14 mph POP: 5%

S at 6-12 mph POP: 5%

SSW at 4-8 mph POP: 5%

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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Temperatures High/low ........................... 44°/17° Normal high/low ............... 55°/27° Record high ............... 81° in 1939 Record low ................... 1° in 1978 Humidity at noon .................. 31%

Farmington 35/13

Clayton 31/20

Raton 29/11

Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Tue. . 0.00" Month to date ....................... 0.18" Normal month to date .......... 0.21" Year to date .......................... 9.18" Normal year to date ........... 12.48"

Santa Fe 33/17

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DEXTER — Unlike (most) college sports and the professional realm, one sports season can impact another at the prep level.

Whether it be injuries or extended playof f runs, early-season winter and spring sports teams oftentimes aren’t at full strength until a few weeks into the season.

That is the case for the Dexter boys basketball team.

Although the Demons forced a typical 28 Lovington turnovers and put up 26 3s, they shot an uncharacteristically low percentage and had 16 turnovers.

More importantly, however, Dexter wasn’t able to apply its trademark fullcourt pressure thanks to

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“We battled as tough as we could for not being at full strength.”

— Dexter coach James Voight

missing players due to injury and that was a key reason for the Demons’ 6354 loss to the visiting Wildcats, Tuesday.

“We aren’t at 100 percent and, if we had been able to do full-court pressure and our press, I think this game would be a whole different story,” Dexter coach James Voight said regarding the impact of his missing players. “Today, we had to play half-court defense because we were limited in numbers and we weren’t all the way healthy. We still put pressure on in the half court.

We still got the turnovers, but as you know, we (thrive) on pressure defense.

“We had four games last week and it showed whenever we were pressing teams up there. When we aren’t at full strength pressing, we would get worn out quick. We battled as tough as we could for not being at full strength.”

To the casual fan, it would have been difficult to tell Dexter wasn’t at full strength at the start of the See DEXTER, Page B3

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Dexter’s Kevin Paez, center, penetrates the lane between Lovington defenders Gilbert Gomez, left, and Stephen Lennox during the Wildcats’ win, Tuesday.

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NMMI’s Trent Foster, left, goes up for a shot as Hagerman’s Jose Bejarano defends during their game, Tuesday.

Jones wants gimmicky ‘D’ back

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Jerry Jones fired Rob Ryan last season because his former defensive coordinator’s scheme was too gimmicky.

Now the Dallas owner says gimmicks are what the Cowboys need with a defense that may go down as the worst in franchise history.

Monte Kiffin’s new 4-3 alignment and the players trying to run it simply couldn’t stop backup quarterback Josh McCown in Chicago’s 45-28 win over Dallas on Monday night.

McCown had four touchdown passes and a rushing TD and the Bears scored on their first eight possessions before McCown took a knee to end the game.

“We’ve got to look for ways to come up with whatever gimmick, whatever plan that we can to get us the ball and get some turnovers and get some possessions,” Jones said. “Did we ever stop them one time tonight? They scored every time. That says it all.”

Jones offered support for Kiffin on his radio show Tuesday, but the mounting evidence suggests the owner’s biggest change of the offseason isn’t working.

Dallas became the fifth team since 1991 to allow an opponent to score on the first

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Adjusting to what your opponent is doing is critical in every sport, but it’s especially crucial in the sport of basketball.

Not making the proper adjustments could put you in a hole from which you can’t climb out.

The Hager man boys basketball team was in danger of finding itself in that hole on Tuesday during its game with NMMI at the Cahoon Armory.

But the Bobcats made the right adjustments and rallied back from an eight-point deficit en route to a 62-55 win over the Colts.

“We had to bring some guys off the bench and we had to go to a zone because they were killing us in that man-to-man right off the bat,” Bobcat coach Anthony Mestas said about the changes that sparked his team’s run. “We just had to mix it up and then, at halftime, we adjusted as well and ran some different offensive sets.”

The switch to the zone

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Bobcats pick up win over NMMI

NMMI’s Lia Herrera, right, drives to the basket around Hagerman’s Kemberley Mendoza during their game, Tuesday.

Lori Gossett scored a game-high 12 points to lead Hagerman to a 37-30 win over NMMI on Tuesday at the Godfrey Athletic Center.

Gossett had five of Hager man’s 11 secondquarter points as the Bobcats pulled out to a 20-13 lead at halftime. The two teams deadlocked at 17 apiece in the second half for the final margin.

Hagerman improved to 23 with the victory.

eight possessions, according to STATS. The previous three teams won five games combined.

Somehow, the Cowboys (7-6) still control their playoff fate with Green Bay visiting Sunday, although they’re a full game behind Philadelphia (8-5) in the NFC East for the first time this season.

“It feels like you’ve got to win out is what it feels like,” quarterback Tony Romo said. “It’s felt like that for a few weeks.”

With five games of at least 490 yards allowed, the Cowboys have tied the 1965 Houston Oilers and 1950 Baltimore Colts for the most since 1950. They’ve set NFL records by allowing four quarterbacks to pass for more than 400 yards and surrendering 40 first downs to New Orleans in another humiliating loss, 49-17 a month ago.

In a twisted way, Dallas is used to bouncing back from horrid defensive games.

The Cowboys beat Washington after giving up 517 yards in a 51-48 loss to Peyton Manning and Denver, rallied past Minnesota after Detroit put up 623 yards. They pro-

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Lia Herrera paced NMMI (4-3) with 11 points, 10 of which came in the second half.

Bianca Walker fell just two points shy of recording a triple-double for the See BRIEFS, Page B3

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The Cowboys had trouble stopping Chicago’s offense on Monday, which is why Jerry Jones said he wants his team to try some gimmick defenses to force turnovers.

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SPOTLIGHT 1971 — The Los Angeles Lakers set an NBA record with 21 straight wins by beating the Atlanta Hawks 104-95, breaking the record of 20 set by the Milwaukee Bucks the previous year.

1972 — Joe Namath of the New York Jets passes for 403 yards and Don Maynard sets an NFL record for career receptions in a 24-16 loss to the Oakland Raiders. Maynard, with seven catches, breaks Raymond Berry’s record of 631 by one catch.

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1977 — Philadelphia’s Tom Bladon scores four goals and collects four assists to set a record for defensemen with eight points in the Flyers’ 11-1 victory over the Cleveland Barons.

1983 — John Henry becomes the first racehorse to surpass $4 million in career earnings when he wins the Hollywood Turf Cup with jockey Chris McCarron at Hollywood Park.

1992 — Gary Bettman, the NBA’s senior vice pres-

ident and general counsel, is named the NHL’s first commissioner.

1999 — Rowan ends Mount Union’s NCAA-record 54-game winning streak, beating the Purple Raiders 24-17 in overtime in a Division III semifinal game.

2005 — Ronde Barber becomes the first cornerback in NFL history with at least 20 sacks and 20 interceptions when he gets one of each in Tampa Bay’s win over Carolina.

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duced a clutch winning drive at the New York Giants after having their bye week to ponder Drew Brees and the Saints going for 625 yards.

Now Dallas has a short week to get ready for the Packers, who could have Aaron Rodgers back. He has missed six games with a left collarbone injury.

“We’ve had a couple of these games this year,” coach Jason Garrett said on his radio show Tuesday. “Whether it’s what we’re doing with our scheme, our personnel, what we’re asking guys to do, we’ve just got to make sure we get that done and we’ve got to get that done quickly.”

Healthy or not, the Cowboys couldn’t stop the Bears. Chicago scored touchdowns on its first two drives with Sean Lee back at

Prep basketball

Tuesday’s Scores The Associated Press Boys Basketball Alamogordo 41, Santa Teresa 28 Artesia 66, Ruidoso 44 Belen 51, Los Alamos 43 Centennial 80, Hot Springs 37 Faith Christian 48, Oñate 44 Gadsden 61, Deming 46 Goddard 61, Portales 47 Grants 61, St. Pius 57 Hagerman 62, NMMI 66 Lovington 63, Dexter 54 Rio Rancho 76, Gallup 74 Santa Fe Prep 57, Escalante 41 Shiprock 69, Aztec 58 Tierra Encantada 48, Santa Fe Waldorf 43, OT Tularosa 72, Socorro 51 Valley 65, Valencia 42 Volcano Vista 58, Atrisco Heritage 51 West Mesa 60, Cibola 54 Girls Basketball Bayfield (Colo.) 43, Bloomfield 30 Cibola 76, West Mesa 11 Clovis 67, Lovington 44 Goddard 52, Alamogordo 35 Grants 41, Kirtland Central 35 Hagerman 37, NMMI 30 Hope Christian 50, Los Alamos 33 La Cueva 68, Rio Grande 20 NMSD 40, Monte del Sol 23 Piedra Vista 54, Cleveland 37 St. Pius X 63, St. Michael’s 51

College basketball

Top 25 Capsules The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — James Young scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half and No. 11 Kentucky used solid defense to hand Boise State its first loss, 70-55 on Tuesday night.

The Wildcats (8-2) dominated the Broncos (8-1) 43-27 on the glass. Kentucky held the nation’s No. 2 offense 37 points below its average, limiting Boise State to 8of-35 shooting in the second half and 22 of 69 overall (32 percent).

Kentucky 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein matched his career high with nine blocks.

Julius Randle had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats, while guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison each scored 13 points and combined for seven rebounds.

Kentucky’s 27-of-51 shooting (53 percent) helped deny Boise State its first 9-0 start.

Anthony Drmic scored 18 points and Derrick Marks had 14 as the Broncos made just five 3-pointers after averaging 8.2 per game coming in.

No. 19 FLORIDA 67, No. 13 KANSAS 61 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Wilbekin scored a career-high 18 points and Dorian Finney-Smith added 15 for Florida.

The Gators bounced back from a buzzer-beater loss at No. 9 Connecticut last week and extended their home-winning streak to 21 games.

Wilbekin, who injured his right ankle against the Huskies eight days ago, made 7 of 12 shots and added six assists.

Freshman Andrew Wiggins led the Jayhawks (6-3) with 26 points and 11 rebounds — his first double-double and both career highs. Kansas, which had 24 turnovers, has lost two straight.

The Gators (7-2) went on a 21-0 run and led by as many as 18 points in the first half, but Kansas made it 60-55 on a 3-pointer by Wiggins with 55.8 seconds remaining. It was his second 3 in the final 1:20.

Florida’s lead was 65-61 with 10.9 seconds left. Freshman Kasey Hill ended any chance of a comeback by draining two free throws.

No. 20 GONZAGA 80, WEST VIRGINIA 76 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Przemek Karnowski scored a season-high 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Kevin Pangos added 18 points as Gonzaga rallied from 10 points down for the win.

Gary Bell Jr. added 15 points and Sam Dower had 11 for Gonzaga (9-1), which won its fifth straight since a Nov. 25 loss to Dayton in the Maui Invitational.

Pangos had 11 points in the final 6 minutes as Gonzaga rallied from down 53-43, its only double-digit deficit this season.

The Bulldogs held West Virginia (6-4) to one field goal over a 7-minute stretch late in the game.

Eron Harris led the Mountaineers with 23 points while Juwan Staten added 17 and Terry Henderson 15.

Playing on an opponent’s court for the first time this season, Gonzaga matched its season low for points. The Bulldogs entered the game with the nation’s best field goal percentage at 54.9 but were held to 44.3 percent (27 of 61).

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College Football FBS Bowl Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque) Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-6), noon (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4), 1:30 p.m. (ABC)

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Wednesday, Dec. 11 GOLF 9:30 p.m.

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ESPN — Chicago at New York 8:30 p.m.

ESPN — Dallas at Golden State NHL HOCKEY 6 p.m.

NBCSN — Philadelphia at Chicago SOCCER 12:30 p.m.

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middle linebacker after missing two games with a hamstring issue. He went out later with a neck injury and his status is uncertain for the Packers game.

Health hasn’t always been a gauge for the Cowboys.

Dallas won both games without Lee and shut down one of the league’s best running games in a victory over Oakland. Philadelphia’s only game without a touchdown was a 17-3 loss to the Cowboys when Dallas was missing defensive end DeMarcus Ware.

So the Dallas defense is hard to figure, but there is one brutal bottom line. With three games left, the Cowboys are just 138 yards shy of the team record of 5,549 yards allowed last season.

“The system’s there,” Lee said. “It has everything to do with just executing properly. Gave up way too many big plays. Didn’t get off the field on third down. Basic stuff.

Didn’t do it.”

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho) Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 23 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), noon (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu) Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (Detroit) Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego) Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl (Annapolis, Md.) Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl (Houston) Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco) BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 7:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl (New York) Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), 10 a.m.

(ESPN) Belk Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.) Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 1:20 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 4:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, Ariz.)

Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas) Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4), 9:45 a.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.)

Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 1:15 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, Texas) Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 4:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl (San Diego) Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl (Shreveport, La.) Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), noon (CBS) Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.)

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 2 p.m.

(ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 6 p.m.

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Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas) UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), 10 a.m.

(ESPNU) Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.) Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), 10 a.m.

(ESPN2) Capital One Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 11 a.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.)

Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.)

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 6:30 p.m.

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Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl (Miami) Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas) Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 11 a.m.

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Sunday, Jan. 5 GoDaddy.com Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship (Pasadena, Calif.)

Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic (St. Petersburg, Fla.) East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFLN)

Saturday, Jan. 25 Senior Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) South vs. North, 2 p.m. (NFLN)

NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain First Round Saturday, Nov. 30 New Hampshire 45, Lafayette 7 Furman 30, South Carolina State 20 Coastal Carolina 48, Bethune-Cookman 24 Fordham 37, Sacred Heart 27 Tennessee State 31, Butler 0 Sam Houston State 51, Southern Utah 20 South Dakota State 26, Northern Arizona 7 Jacksonville State 55, Samford 14

Second Round Saturday, Dec. 7 Towson 48, Fordham 28 Coastal Carolina 42, Montana 35 New Hampshire 41, Maine 27 Eastern Illinois 51, Tennessee State 10 North Dakota St. 38, Furman 7 Eastern Washington 41, South Dakota State 17 Jacksonville State 31, McNeese State 10 Southeastern Louisiana 30, Sam Houston State 29

Quarterfinals Friday, Dec. 13 Towson (11-2) at Eastern Illinois (12-1), 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 14 Coastal Carolina (12-2) at North Dakota State (12-0), 10 a.m.

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Seahawks still on top of AP Pro32 The Seattle Seahawks are still the clear favorite in leading the Associated Press power rankings, with commanding home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs there for the clinching with a couple of wins.

The San Francisco 49ers served notice, though, that they haven’t disappeared.

Thus, after a grind-it-out NFC West division victory by the 49ers over the Seahawks on Sunday, the top of the NFL is a little more

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Jacksonville State (11-3) at. Eastern Washington (11-2), 2 p.m.

New Hampshire (9-4) at Southeastern Louisiana (11-2), 5 p.m.

Semifinals Friday, Dec. 20 TBD, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 21 TBD, noon

Championship Saturday, Jan. 4 At FC Dallas Stadium Frisco, Texas TBD, noon

NCAA Division II Football Playoff Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain First Round Saturday, Nov. 23 Winston-Salem 27, Slippery Rock 20 West Chester 38, American International 7 Carson-Newman 37, Newberry 27 Grand Valley State 40, Saginaw Valley State 7 West Texas A&M 27, Indianapolis 14 North Alabama 30, Tuskegee 27 Minnesota-Duluth 55, Emporia State 13 St. Cloud State 40, Henderson State 35

Second Round Saturday, Nov. 30 Shepherd 7, Winston-Salem 0 West Chester 40, Bloomsburg 38 Lenoir-Rhyne 27, Carson-Newman 20 North Alabama 37, North Carolina-Pembroke 13 West Texas A&M 34, Ohio Dominican 27 Northwest Missouri State 45, Minnesota-Duluth 21 St. Cloud State 54, Minnesota State-Mankato 48 Grand Valley State 34, Colorado State-Pueblo 30 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 7 West Chester 28, Shepherd 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 42, North Alabama 39 Grand Valley State 35, West Texas A&M 28 Northwest Missouri State 59, St. Cloud State 21

Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 14 West Chester (13-1) at Lenoir-Rhyne (12-1), 10 a.m.

Northwest Missouri State (13-0) vs. Grand Valley State (12-2), 1:30 p.m.

Championship Saturday, Dec. 21 At Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, Ala. TBD, 10 a.m.

NCAA Division III Football Playoff Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain First Round Saturday, Nov. 23 Mount Union 34, Washington & Jefferson 20 Wittenberg 58, Lebanon Valley 17 Ithaca 20, Framingham State 17 Wesley 29, Johns Hopkins 24 Franklin 17, Washington (Mo.) 10 Hampden-Sydney 42, Maryville (Tenn.) 34 Hobart 34, Gallaudet 7 St. John Fisher 25, John Carroll 16 Rowan 24, Endicott 0 North Central (Ill.) 63, Albion 7 Wisconsin-Platteville 54, Concordia (Wis.) 20 Wartburg 41, Illinois Wesleyan 7 Bethel (Minn.) 70, St. Scholastica 13 Wisconsin-Whitewater 31, St. Norbert 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor 35, Redlands 7 Linfield 42, Pacific Lutheran 21

Second Round Saturday, Nov. 30 Mount Union 56, Wittenberg 21 Wesley 23, Ithaca 15 St. John Fisher 27, Hobart 6 North Central (Ill.) 52, Wisconsin-Platteville 24 Bethel (Minn.) 34, Wartburg 27 Wisconsin-Whitewater 33, Franklin 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 59, Rowan 8 Linfield 31, Hampden-Sydney 21

Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 7 Mount Union 62, Wesley 59 North Central (Ill.) 41, Bethel (Minn.) 17 Mary Hardin-Baylor 45, St. John Fisher 23 Wisconsin-Whitewater 28, Linfield 17

Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 14 North Central (Ill.) (13-0) at Mount Union (13-0), 10 a.m.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (13-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (13-0), 1:30 p.m.

Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Friday, Dec. 20 At Salem Stadium Salem, Va. TBD, 5 p.m.

Golf

World Golf Ranking

By The Associated Press Through Dec. 8 1. Tiger Woods . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 2. Adam Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . .AUS 3. Henrik Stenson . . . . . . . . . .SWE 4. Justin Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . .ENG 5. Phil Mickelson . . . . . . . . . . .USA 6. Rory McIlroy . . . . . . . . . . . .NIR 7. Matt Kuchar . . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 8. Steve Stricker . . . . . . . . . . .USA 9. Zach Johnson . . . . . . . . . . .USA 10. Brandt Snedeker . . . . . . . .USA 11. Jason Day . . . . . . . . . . . . .AUS 12. Graeme McDowell . . . . . . .NIR 13. Jason Dufner . . . . . . . . . . .USA 14. Ian Poulter . . . . . . . . . . . . .ENG 15. Dustin Johnson . . . . . . . . .USA 16. Luke Donald . . . . . . . . . . . .ENG 17. Charl Schwartzel . . . . . . . .SAF 18. Jim Furyk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 19. Sergio Garcia . . . . . . . . . . .ESP 20. Keegan Bradley . . . . . . . . .USA 21. Webb Simpson . . . . . . . . . .USA 22. Jordan Spieth . . . . . . . . . . .USA 23. Hideki Matsuyama . . . . . . .JPN 24. Lee Westwood . . . . . . . . . .ENG 25. Thomas Bjorn . . . . . . . . . . .DEN 26. Bubba Watson . . . . . . . . . .USA 27. Ernie Els . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SAF 28. Jamie Donaldson . . . . . . . .WAL 29. Bill Haas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 30. Nick Watney . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 31. Hunter Mahan . . . . . . . . . .USA 32. Victor Dubuisson . . . . . . . .FRA 33. Ryan Moore . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 34. Louis Oosthuizen . . . . . . . .SAF 35. G. Fernandez-Castano . . . .ESP 36. Graham DeLaet . . . . . . . . .CAN 37. Francesco Molinari . . . . . . .ITA 38. Miguel Angel Jimenez . . . .ESP

12.34 10.00 9.01 7.53 7.44 6.82 6.47 6.04 5.71 5.52 5.50 5.28 5.28 5.26 5.02 4.87 4.82 4.81 4.68 4.55 4.52 4.29 4.01 3.94 3.81 3.76 3.75 3.72 3.55 3.45 3.40 3.30 3.28 3.22 3.06 2.97 2.91 2.84

39. Martin Kaymer . . . . . . . . . .GER 40. Rickie Fowler . . . . . . . . . . .USA 41. Jonas Blixt . . . . . . . . . . . . .SWE 42. Matteo Manassero . . . . . . .ITA 43. Billy Horschel . . . . . . . . . . .USA 44. Kevin Streelman . . . . . . . . .USA 45. David Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . .ENG 46. Thongchai Jaidee . . . . . . . .THA 47. Jimmy Walker . . . . . . . . . . .USA 48. Peter Hanson . . . . . . . . . . .SWE 49. Branden Grace . . . . . . . . . .SAF 50. Richard Sterne . . . . . . . . . .SAF 51. Joost Luiten . . . . . . . . . . . .NED 52. Scott Piercy . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 53. Bernd Wiesberger . . . . . . .AUT 54. Boo Weekley . . . . . . . . . . .USA 55. Harris English . . . . . . . . . . .USA 56. Bo Van Pelt . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 57. Gary Woodland . . . . . . . . .USA 58. Brendon de Jonge . . . . . . .ZIM 59. Thorbjorn Olesen . . . . . . . .DEN 60. Chris Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 61. Kiradech Aphibarnrat . . . . .THA 62. D.A. Points . . . . . . . . . . . . .USA 63. Hyung-Sung Kim . . . . . . . .KOR 64. Stephen Gallacher . . . . . . .SCO 65. Peter Uihlein . . . . . . . . . . .USA 66. Angel Cabrera . . . . . . . . . .ARG 67. Nicolas Colsaerts . . . . . . . .BEL 68. Koumei Oda . . . . . . . . . . . .JPN 69. Tim Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SAF 70. Marc Leishman . . . . . . . . .AUS 71. Roberto Castro . . . . . . . . . .USA 72. Ross Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . .ENG 73. Patrick Reed . . . . . . . . . . .USA 74. Chris Wood . . . . . . . . . . . .ENG 75. Michael Thompson . . . . . . .USA

NBA

2.83 2.77 2.75 2.74 2.74 2.70 2.69 2.59 2.58 2.54 2.41 2.40 2.40 2.39 2.36 2.36 2.35 2.32 2.29 2.21 2.17 2.15 2.14 2.11 2.09 2.09 2.08 2.06 1.99 1.94 1.93 1.92 1.91 1.90 1.87 1.86 1.84

National Basketball Association At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB — Boston . . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 .435 Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . .7 13 .350 1½ 2 Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . .7 14 .333 Philadelphia . . . . . . . .7 15 .318 2½ New York . . . . . . . . . .5 15 .250 3½ Southeast Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB — Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 6 .727 5 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . .11 11 .500 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . .10 11 .476 5½ Washington . . . . . . . . .9 11 .450 6 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . .6 15 .286 9½ Central Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . .19 3 .864 — 9 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . .10 12 .455 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . .8 11 .421 9½ Cleveland . . . . . . . . . .8 13 .381 10½ Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . .5 16 .238 13½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L San Antonio . . . . . . . .16 4 Houston . . . . . . . . . . .15 7 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 9 Memphis . . . . . . . . . .10 10 New Orleans . . . . . . . .9 10 Northwest Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Portland . . . . . . . . . . .18 4 Oklahoma City . . . . . .16 4 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . .13 8 Minnesota . . . . . . . . .10 11 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 19 Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L L.A. Clippers . . . . . . .14 8 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . .12 9 Golden State . . . . . . .12 10 L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . .10 11 Sacramento . . . . . . . .6 13

Pct .800 .682 .591 .500 .474

GB — 2 4 6 6½

Pct .636 .571 .545 .476 .316

GB — 1½ 2 3½ 6½

Pct GB .818 — .800 1 .619 4½ .476 7½ .174 14½

Monday’s Games L.A. Clippers 94, Philadelphia 83 Denver 75, Washington 74 Charlotte 115, Golden State 111 Memphis 94, Orlando 85 Portland 105, Utah 94 Sacramento 112, Dallas 97 Tuesday’s Games Indiana 90, Miami 84 Cleveland 109, New York 94 San Antonio 116, Toronto 103 Brooklyn 104, Boston 96 Oklahoma City 101, Atlanta 92 Minnesota 121, Detroit 94 Milwaukee 78, Chicago 74 Phoenix 114, L.A. Lakers 108 Wednesday’s Games Orlando at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 6 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

PF 515 343 316 264

PA 345 224 291 337

Pct .615 .538 .385

PF 334 357 251

PA 301 348 334

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Philadelphia . . . .8 5 0 Dallas . . . . . . . . .7 6 0 N.Y. Giants . . . . .5 8 0

PF 334 278 291 257

10 0 .231 279 407 L 3 4 9 10 L 6 6 6 9

T 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 1 1

Pct .769 .692 .308 .231

Pct .538 .538 .500 .269

PF 343 298 244 282

PF 346 368 316 315

PA 243 188 291 362

PA 321 360 326 395

L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .846 357 205 4 0 .692 316 214 5 0 .615 305 257 8 0 .385 289 308 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Thursday’s Game Jacksonville 27, Houston 20 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 22, Atlanta 21 Baltimore 29, Minnesota 26 Kansas City 45, Washington 10 Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 6 Miami 34, Pittsburgh 28 Philadelphia 34, Detroit 20 Cincinnati 42, Indianapolis 28 New England 27, Cleveland 26 N.Y. Jets 37, Oakland 27 Denver 51, Tennessee 28 San Francisco 19, Seattle 17 San Diego 37, N.Y. Giants 14 Arizona 30, St. Louis 10 New Orleans 31, Carolina 13 Monday’s Game Chicago 45, Dallas 28 Thursday, Dec. 12 San Diego at Denver, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15 Philadelphia at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

New England at Miami, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona at Tennessee, 2:25 p.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 16 Baltimore at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

AP Pro32-Power Rankings The Associated Press Pro32 NFL Power Rankings, as voted by a 12-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 10, total points based on 32 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 32nd-place vote, and previous ranking: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pts Pvs 1. Seattle (10) . . . . . .11 2 0 382 1 2. Denver (2) . . . . . . .11 2 0 371 2 3. New Orleans . . . . .10 3 0 352 5 4. New England . . . . .10 3 0 346 3 5. San Francisco . . . .9 4 0 339 6 6. Carolina . . . . . . . . .9 4 0 325 3 7. Kansas City . . . . . .10 3 0 312 7 8. Cincinnati . . . . . . . .9 4 0 307 8 9. Philadelphia . . . . . .8 5 0 286 10 10. Indianapolis . . . . .8 5 0 259 9 11. Arizona . . . . . . . . .8 5 0 257 13 12. Baltimore . . . . . . .7 6 0 247 14 12. Chicago . . . . . . . .7 6 0 247 16 14. Detroit . . . . . . . . . .7 6 0 239 11 15. Miami . . . . . . . . . .7 6 0 222 15 16. Dallas . . . . . . . . . .7 6 0 206 12 17. Green Bay . . . . . .6 6 1 187 21 18. San Diego . . . . . . .6 7 0 186 17 19. New York Jets . . .6 7 0 151 23 20. Pittsburgh . . . . . . .5 8 0 149 18 21. St. Louis . . . . . . . .5 8 0 144 19 22. Tennessee . . . . . .5 8 0 130 22 23. New York . . . . . . .5 8 0 124 19 24. Tampa Bay . . . . . .4 9 0 107 26 25. Jacksonville . . . . .4 9 0 104 29 26. Cleveland . . . . . . .4 9 0 88 26 27. Minnesota . . . . . . .3 9 1 68 25 28. Buffalo . . . . . . . . .4 9 0 57 24 29. Oakland . . . . . . . .4 9 0 54 28 30. Atlanta . . . . . . . . .3 10 0 52 30 31. Washington . . . . . .3 10 0 26 31 32. Houston . . . . . . . .2 11 0 12 32 National Hockey League At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Boston . . . . .31 21 8 2 Montreal . . . .32 19 10 3 Detroit . . . . .32 15 9 8 Tampa Bay . .30 17 10 3 Toronto . . . . .31 16 12 3 Ottawa . . . . .32 12 14 6 Florida . . . . .32 10 17 5 Buffalo . . . . .31 7 22 2 Metropolitan Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Pittsburgh . . .32 21 10 1 Washington .31 17 12 2 Carolina . . . .32 13 13 6 N.Y. Rangers 32 15 16 1 New Jersey .32 12 14 6 Philadelphia .30 13 14 3 Columbus . . .31 13 15 3 N.Y. Islanders32 9 18 5

National Football League At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain AMERICAN CONFERENCE East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct New England . . .10 3 0 .769 Miami . . . . . . . . .7 6 0 .538 N.Y. Jets . . . . . . .6 7 0 .462 Buffalo . . . . . . . . .4 9 0 .308 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct y-Indianapolis . . .8 5 0 .615 Tennessee . . . . .5 8 0 .385 Jacksonville . . . .4 9 0 .308 Houston . . . . . . .2 11 0 .154 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct Cincinnati . . . . . .9 4 0 .692 Baltimore . . . . . . .7 6 0 .538 Pittsburgh . . . . . .5 8 0 .385 Cleveland . . . . . .4 9 0 .308 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct x-Denver . . . . . .11 2 0 .846 Kansas City . . . .10 3 0 .769 San Diego . . . . . .6 7 0 .462 Oakland . . . . . . .4 9 0 .308

PF 313 292 201 250

Washington . . . . .3 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W New Orleans . . .10 Carolina . . . . . . .9 Tampa Bay . . . . .4 Atlanta . . . . . . . . .3 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W Detroit . . . . . . . . .7 Chicago . . . . . . . .7 Green Bay . . . . .6 Minnesota . . . . . .3 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W x-Seattle . . . . . . .11 San Francisco . . .9 Arizona . . . . . . . .8 St. Louis . . . . . . .5

NHL

NFL

PF 349 286 226 273

crowded.

After two straight weeks as a unanimous first choice by the 12-member panel of media regularly covering the league, the Seahawks (11-2) received 10 first-place votes this time. The Denver Broncos (11-2) got the other two and came in second, in results released on Tuesday.

ESPN analyst Herm Edwards and ESPN.com reporter Jeff Legwold switched their first-place

PA 287 276 337 334

PA 316 318 372 350

PA 244 261 312 324

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Chicago . . . .33 22 6 5 St. Louis . . . .29 20 6 3 Minnesota . .32 18 9 5 Colorado . . .29 20 9 0 Dallas . . . . . .29 14 10 5 Winnipeg . . .32 14 14 4 Nashville . . .31 14 14 3 Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Anaheim . . . .33 21 7 5 San Jose . . .31 19 6 6 Los Angeles .31 20 7 4 Vancouver . .33 18 10 5 Phoenix . . . .30 17 8 5 Calgary . . . . .30 11 15 4 Edmonton . . .32 11 18 3

Pts 44 41 38 37 35 30 25 16

GFGA 86 62 85 71 87 85 85 76 86 87 92105 73106 53 92

Pts 43 36 32 31 30 29 29 23

GFGA 98 71 98 90 75 91 70 84 73 82 68 78 78 86 80111

Pts 49 43 41 40 33 32 31

GFGA 122 91 100 67 77 75 83 68 83 86 83 90 71 89

Pts 47 44 44 41 39 26 25

Monday’s Games Ottawa 5, Philadelphia 4, SO Pittsburgh 2, Columbus 1 Vancouver 2, Carolina 0 Anaheim 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Tuesday’s Games Buffalo 2, Ottawa 1, SO Washington 6, Tampa Bay 5, SO Florida 3, Detroit 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, San Jose 2, SO Columbus 5, New Jersey 4 Los Angeles 6, Montreal 0 Nashville 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1

GFGA 106 86 103 78 85 62 88 81 97 94 79100 89109

selections this week.

The New Orleans Saints (10-3) moved back up two spots to third after a decisive victory over division foe Carolina. The New England Patriots (10-3) were fourth, following their third comeback win from a double-digit deficit in a row. Doing so again without star tight end Rob Gronkowski will be a difficult feat.

The Panthers (9-4) were sixth and Kansas City (103) seventh.

Chicago 6, Dallas 2 Phoenix 3, Colorado 1 Boston 2, Calgary 1 Edmonton 5, Carolina 4, OT Wednesday’s Games Los Angeles at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

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

Montreal at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

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

Toronto at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Calgary, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Boston at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Webb on a two-year contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Acquired OF Adam Eaton from Arizona for LHP Hector Santiago and a player to be named or cash considerations. Agreed on a six-year player development extension with Charlotte (IL) and four-year extensions with Kannapolis (SAL) and Great Falls (Pioneer).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Released OF Eric Thames.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Named Phillip Wellman manager Arkansas (Texas).

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with C J.P. Arencibia on a one-year contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded LHP Hector Santiago and LHP Tyler Skaggs to the Los Angeles Angels for INF-OF Mark Trumbo and a player to be named or cash considerations.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Acquired LHP Brett Anderson and cash considerations from Oakland for LHP Drew Pomeranz and RHP Chris Jensen.

MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with 1B Garrett Jones on a two-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G/F Stephen Jackson.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed S Tyrann Mathieu on injured reserve. Signed S Curtis Taylor from the practice squad.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed WR Brandon Stokley on injured reserve. Resigned RB Bernard Scott.

BUFFALO BILLS — Activated DB Jonathan Meeks from injured reserve/return.

Released LB Jamaal Westerman.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived FB Chris Pressley.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Edwin Baker from the practice squad of Houston. Waived QB Caleb Hanie. Resigned LB Justin Staples to the practice squad. Released LB Jonathan Stewart from the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Activated C/G JC Tretter from the PUP list. Placed WR Myles White on injured reserve.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed CBs Dimitri Patterson and R.J. Stanford on injured reserve. Signed CB Justin Rogers. Signed S Michael Thomas off San Francisco’s practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Terminated the practice squad contract of DT Spencer Nealy.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed RB Brandon Jacobs on 0iured reserve. Signed LB Marcus Dowtin from the practice squad.

Released LB Darin Drakeford from the practice team. Singed DE Kendrick Adams and DB Chaz Powell to the practice team.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed OT Rashad Butler on the reserve/left squad list.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed G Ryan Seymour to a three-year contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Re-signed OL Kevin Matthews. Released TE Visanthe Shiancoe.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed RB Jawan Jamison from the practice squad.

Signed RB Miguel Maysonet to the practice squad. Placed RB Evan Royster on injured reserve.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Toronto D Dion Phaneuf two games for his hit from behind on Boston D Kevan Miller during a Dec. 8 game.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Mutually agreed with Springfield (AHL) to exercise their 2014-15 affiliation option. Reassigned D Thomas Larkin from Evansville (ECHL) to Springfield and D Austin Madaisky from Springfield to Evansville.

MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled F Jason Zucker from Iowa (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Loaned F Pierre-Marc Bouchard to Bridgeport (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Gilbert Brule from Portland (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Patrick Wey to Hershey (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS — Announced the retirement of M Pablo Mastroeni.

MONTREAL IMPACT — Traded M Davy Arnaud to Washington for 2014 and 2015 international roster spots.

NEW YORK CITY FC — Named Jason Kreis coach.

TORONTO FC — Traded G Stefan Frei to Seattle for a conditional 2015 first-round draft pick.

National Women’s Soccer League PORTLAND THORNS FC — Named Paul Riley coach.

LACROSSE National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTH — Released F Carter Bender, T Dom Sebastiani, D Jarett Park and D Patrick O’Meara.

COLLEGE NCAA — Placed Southeastern Louisiana on probation for four years and fined it $25,000.

BOWLING GREEN — Promoted special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Adam Scheier to interim football coach.

CARSON-NEWMAN — Announced women’s volleyball coach Shannon Mincey will not return next year.

FLAGLER — Named Ashley Martin women’s interim soccer coach.

FORDHAM — Signed football coach Joe Moorhead to a contract extension through the 2021 season.

MISSISSIPPI — Signed football coach Hugh Freeze to a one-year extension through 2017.

OREGON — Suspended TE Pharaoh Brown for the Alamo Bowl.

WAKE FOREST — Named Dave Clawson football coach.

SPORTS

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game.

The Demons forced four turnovers on the first five Wildcat possessions, but only led 3-2 at the end of that stretch thanks to a Kevin Paez triple.

Dexter (4-1) wouldn’t score again until a free throw by David Lopez with 7 seconds left in the first quarter that cut the Lovington lead to 15-4.

The Demons started the second quarter on a tear, as Jacob Sanchez hit a jumper and a 3 off of two Wildcat turnovers that cut the lead to 15-9.

Two possessions after Sanchez’s triple,

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worked like a charm for the Bobcats, fueling a 146 run over the final stretch of the first and the early part of the second.

The run put them on top 27-26 and they would hold that lead the rest of the way, save a brief time near the midway point of the third when NMMI grabbed a one-point edge.

“I think it was because we were spreading the floor and we were reading their defense,” NMMI coach Pilar Carrasco said about the early advantage. “When they didn’t rotate on that backside, or they were just a little bit slow, we made the extra pass.

“We stopped doing that. ... Those Hagerman kids, they’re competitors. Their coach is going to make adjustments and they adjusted to that.”

Hagerman had its lead

Briefs

Paez nailed a trey of his own that cut the lead to three.

Lovington regained control in the final 4 minutes of the half, however, closing on a 14-8 run that made it 29-22.

The Wildcats lead grew to as many as 12 in the third quarter, but Dexter once again responded with a 11-2 run that was capped with a David Lopez 3.

Lovington had the final momentum swing of the quarter, however, when Quantel Nash hit a 3 from the top of the key with 4 seconds left.

Dexter never got closer than four the rest of the way as Lovington pulled away in the final half of the fourth quarter.

Lopez led the Demons with 19 points, while Paez added 14.

out to 39-31 in the early part of the third quarter, but NMMI, behind Mac Brown, ran of f nine straight to grab a 40-39 lead.

Brown scored seven of the nine in the run, including a free throw with 4:56 left in the period to complete a four point play that gave NMMI the lead.

The Bobcats took the lead back two possessions later when Jessie Rodriguez knocked down a triple from the wing.

NMMI tied things with a basket from Matt Damele, but Hagerman took the lead for good on a layup from Bryan Barela late in the third.

The Colts closed to within three late, but Alejandro Ramos made four straight free throws to seal the win for Hagerman.

The story behind the story was the battle in the post between Hagerman’s Jose Bejarano and NMMI’s Blade Allen.

Bejarano scored 14

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points and grabbed 19 boards, while Allen had nine points to go with 11 rebounds.

Both coaches were happy with the way their big man played.

“J.B., he rebounds the ball very well and he gets some good putbacks,” Mestas said about Bejarano. “J.B. came up huge.

Every time we needed a stop, he had a block.

Every time we needed a rebound, he got a rebound.”

Carrasco was equally pleased with the play of Allen.

“That was one of the most promising things. I know how good Jose is, so the fact that Blade and him had such a good battle (bodes) good for us because we need Blade to play like that.”

Rodriguez led all scorers with 15, while Ramos added 14 and Bryan Barela chipped in 10.

For NMMI, Brown had 13, Aldo Elias had 11 and Trent Foster added 10.

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Stephanie Kolker led Goddard with 15 points, while Bianca Morones added 10.

Goddard 52, Alamogordo 35 Goddard improved to 2-4 with a home win over Alamogordo on Tuesday.

Leading by one at the half, the Rockets took control of the game by outscoring Alamogordo 15-7 in the third and closed out the win by taking the final stanza 17-

Goddard 61, Portales 47 POR TALES — Josh Wagner scored 26 points as the Goddard boys basketball team improved to 4-2 with a win over Portales on Tuesday.

The Rockets led 11-7 after one, but blew the game open by outscoring the Rams 219 in the second.

Clint Johnson scored 11 points and Derek Najar added 10 for the Rockets.

Colts. She had eight points, 13 rebounds and 10 blocks.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Boys basketball

NBA: Pacers beat Heat

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roy Hibbert threw all the inside body jabs Tuesday night. Paul George finished it off with the knockout blow.

Together, the Pacers’ devastating one-two scoring punch did it again to the champs.

Hibbert finished with 24 points, George made two big 3-pointers during a 15-point second half scoring spree and Indiana rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to take Round 1 against Miami 90-84.

“It was fun, a real intense game,” George said. “Both teams were playing at a high level. You could see an urgency to win this game tonight.”

While Indiana extended its franchiserecord home start to a perfect 10-0 and took a three-game advantage over Miami in the early chase for home-court advantage, this was no ordinary regular season game.

During pregame media availability, Indiana’s Lance Stephenson said this game felt like a championship matchup. Two of Miami’s big three, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, tried to downplay that sort of talk by explaining this was not a win or go home night.

The hometown fans didn’t care what the Heat thought. They were already in postseason form, booing loudly at the officials, chanting “He’s a flopper” on some contestable foul calls and eventually serenading Miami players with those familiar chants of “Beat the Heat.”

But the Pacers (19-3) also understood this would only be the start of a season-long quest that could pit the two best teams in the East in the conference finals for a second straight year.

First, there’s the rematch in Miami on Dec. 18. They won’t meet again until March 26 in Indy, then head back to Miami on April 11 before what most expect to be a third straight meeting in the playoffs. If those games have as much intrigue and pizazz as Tuesday night’s showdown, they may be the most compelling all season.

And the Pacers can’t wait to show how much they can improve — even on a win over the two-time champs and four-time MVP LeBron James.

“It’s just one game,” Hibbert said. “We’re going to learn from it. It’s a learning experience. It’s still early in the season. We have a lot more work to do.”

To the average fan, it looked a lot like last season’s playoff series, which Miami won in seven games.

Hibbert dominated the middle, scoring nine of Indiana’s first 11 points and making a season-high 10 baskets — most from point-blank range — despite playing in the second half with cotton in his nose. David West added 17 points, nine rebounds and four assists including a left-handed 4-foot runner that gave Indiana an 88-81 lead with 38.9 seconds to go.

James’ defense and Miami’s physical double-teams frustrated George most of the night, but when George finally got free late, he made three big 3-pointers to help the Pacers pull away. George, the NBA’s No. 4 scorer, finished with 17 points, three rebounds and four assists.

“I knew it was going to be a night when I was going to explode offensively,” George said. “I knew I had to move the ball and share it.”

Chasing George all night apparently took a toll on James and the Heat (16-6).

While James, the league’s No. 2 scorer did get 17 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, he was just 3 of 11 from the field with nine points over the final 36 minutes — three quarters when Miami failed to top the 20point mark and had five turnovers. Wade also finished with 17 points, while Bosh added 12.

It was Miami’s third loss in five games.

SPURS 116, RAPTORS 103 TORONTO (AP) — Manu Ginobili scored 16 points, Tony Parker had 15 and San Antonio beat Toronto for the sixth straight time.

Tim Duncan scored 14 points and Aron Baynes had a career-best 14 as the Spurs overcame a 14-point first quarter deficit to improve to 26-9 all-time against Toronto.

San Antonio has won three of six since its 11-game winning streak was halted with a loss at Oklahoma City on Nov. 27.

Danny Green had 14 points for the Spurs, while Marco Belinelli had 12 and Patty Mills 11.

DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points and Amir Johnson had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who lost for the sixth time in seven games.

NETS 104, CELTICS 96 NEW YORK (AP) — Deron Williams scored a season-high 25 points in his return to the lineup, Brook Lopez added 24, and Brooklyn See NBA, Page B4

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SPORTS

AP study: Hits to head still prevalent in NFL

Almost once a game, an NFL player absorbs an illegal blow to the head or neck that could put his career — or worse — at risk.

The NFL has been trying to prevent such blows over the past four years, targeting improper technique and making a point to penalize and fine players for hits that leave them and their opponents vulnerable. Yet an Associated Press review of penalties through the first 11 weeks of the season found those hits are still prevalent.

The AP reviewed 549 penalties, 491 of which fell under the category of major infractions: unnecessary roughness, unsportsmanlike conduct, roughing the passer, face masks and roughing the quarterback.

Of the penalties charted over the first 162 games of the season, the AP identified 156 involving contact with the head and neck — an average of .962 per game. Of those, 38 were for head-wrenching face masks, 25 were for horse collars and 93 were for hits to the head. Quarterbacks (40) and receivers (38) shared the brunt of those hits almost equally, with

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beat Boston in the first matchup for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett against their former team.

Garnett had 11 points, just his third time in double figures for the Nets this season, and grabbed nine rebounds. Pierce finished with four points and seven rebounds in his first appearance off the bench in six years after making a quick recovery from a broken right hand.

Avery Bradley scored 22 points and Jeff Green had 19 for the Celtics, who have been competitive after trading away two of their most important players from their 2008 NBA champi-

players at other positions absorbing the other 15 blows.

The numbers can be interpreted a variety of ways.

The league declined comment, though it made a statement of sorts in the offseason when it decided against the 5 percent hike in minimum fines, as allowed for in the union contract, after determining players were adjusting to the rules.

A sentiment among the players the AP spoke to on offense was that they appreciate all the NFL has done to protect them. But, in the words of Titans running back Chris Johnson, they know that “sometimes you just can’t control where you hit somebody.”

Defensive players acknowledged they have to do their part to make the game safer.

“The face mask, that’s going to happen. The pass interference, those things are going to happen.

The stupid fouls, hitting the quarterbacks late and doing all the other stuff we’ve done, we have to eliminate it,” said Titans safety Bernard Pollard, who has been fined $62,000 this season.

But the defenders also reiterat-

onship team. Boston had a three-game winning streak snapped and its Atlantic Division-leading record fell to 10-13 record.

CAVALIERS 109, KNICKS 94 CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 37 points and Jarrett Jack added 17 points, leading Cleveland past sinking New York.

Irving added 11 assists.

The All-Star point guard had 12 points in the third quarter, when the Cavs outscored the defenseless Knicks 33-20 and pulled away. Tristan Thompson added 12 points and nine rebounds as Cleveland won its fourth straight at home.

New York, coming off an embarrassing 41-point loss at home to Boston, dropped

AD: ‘No decisions’ made about Brown

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Athletic Director Steve Patterson says no decision has been made about the future of Longhorns coach Mack Brown.

Texas released a statement by Patterson several hours after Orangebloods.com reported, citing two unidentified sources, that Brown will announce he is stepping down by week’s end.

“We continue to discuss the future of Texas Football,” Patterson said. “Mack Brown has not resigned. And, no decisions have been made.”

Joe Jamail, Brown’s longtime friend and attorney, told The Associated Press on Tuesday: “Mack Brown has not resigned.” He says Brown’s future with Texas is still up to the coach.

Horns247.com, a Texas recruiting website, reported that Brown denied the report in a text from Florida, where he was recruiting.

Brown wrote to Horns247: “I have not decided to step down.”

Texas just completed another regular season that didn’t meet expectations. The Longhorns went 8-4, recovering from a 1-2 start and beating Oklahoma, but still finishing with lopsided late-season losses to Oklahoma State and Baylor.

There has been speculation about Brown’s future in Austin since even before the season started, and it became rampant after blowout losses to BYU and Mississippi in September.

Brown fired defensive coordinator Manny Diaz after the BYU loss and replaced him with Greg Robinson. The move seemed to help. The Longhorns played better, and the season peaked with a 36-20 victory against rival Oklahoma in October.

Texas is set to play Oregon in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 30.

Longtime Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds announced that he would be stepping down earlier this season, and former Arizona State AD Steve Patterson has already been hired to replace him.

The future of another powerful ally of Brown’s could also be decided later this week in Texas.

The University of Texas system Board of Regents is meeting Thursday and they are scheduled to discuss and possibly vote on whether Bill Powers will remain the university president at Texas.

Powers has had a tenuous relationship with the board for several years and is believed to have a slim majority of support among the nine members.

No decision on Brown was expected to come until after Power’s future at Texas was decided.

Brown is 158-47 at Texas, including a national championship in 2005 and another BCS title game appearance in 2009. Since that season, the Longhorns are 30-20 and 18-17 in the Big 12.

If the Longhorns job comes open, expect more speculation about Alabama coach Nick Saban replacing him.

The AP reported last month that after last season Texas regents had spoken with Saban’s agent about the possibility of replacing Brown and approached Brown about stepping down.

ed a long-held belief that they’re held to a different standard than their offensive counterparts.

“No doubt,” Packers cornerback Tramon Williams said. “Guys are still getting penalized for clean shots, getting fined for clean shots, and there’s no other explanation to it. Just like they’re holding us accountable for trying to make that right hit, they’ve got to hold themselves accountable for making the right calls on the field, and making the right decision on who to fine and how much to fine.”

T rue to the defenders’ complaints, the AP review tallied 224 major infractions against the defense, with only 69 going against the offense.

Similarly, penalties for low hits, which many thought would rise when defenders were forced to focus away from the head and neck, were relatively low — only 35. That small number included illegal cuts, chop and peelback blocks against the offense for hits on defenders — penalties the defensive players argue are called far too rarely and put their careers at as much risk as the above-the-

to 5-15 and made coach Mike Woodson’s future even more uncertain.

Carmelo Anthony scored 29 and Amare Stoudemire 15 for the Knicks, who erased an early 18-point deficit, gave it all back, fell behind by 19 and lost for the 11th time in 13 games.

TIMBERWOLVES 121, PISTONS 94 AUBURN HILLS, Mich.

(AP) — Kevin Love had 26 points and 16 rebounds to lead Minnesota.

Love only played 30 minutes, sitting out the fourth quarter with the big lead.

Detroit was unable to sto.p him inside, outside or on the break. Several of his seven assists came on his trademark 70-foot outlet passes off missed shots.

Nikola Pekovic and Kevin

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Titans safety Michael Griffin, top, was penalized and suspended for this hit on Raiders tight end Mychal Rivera on Nov. 14.

shoulder hits.

“The way offenses are playing now and the way running backs block now, I think it’s almost every play,” Broncos defensive tackle Terrance Knighton said when asked how often a defensive player’s legs get targeted.

New England tight end Rob Gronkowski’s season ended

Martin added 18 points each for Minnesota, which finished with six players in double figures.

Brandon Jennings had 20 points for Detroit, but Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond were held to a combined total of 18 points and 10 rebounds.

The Pistons have relied heavily on their frontcourt this season, but didn’t have the advantage in that matchup against Minnesota.

THUNDER 101, HAWKS 92 ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 30 points and Oklahoma City won for the 11th time in 12 games.

Shelvin Mack scored 17 points off the bench to lead an Atlanta comeback but finally cooled off at the end.

abruptly Sunday with a knee injury when he took a low hit from Cleveland safety T.J. Ward. No penalty was called. Ward said he knows he can’t go for the high hit.

“But we have to play this game,” Ward said. “We have to play it the way that they force us to, and unfortunately, it incurred an injury for him.”

Coming off an impressive 118-94 home victory over Indiana, the Thunder had more trouble on the road against the Hawks. But the result was the same: another Oklahoma City victory, despite a tough night for Russell Westbrook. He was held to 14 points on 6-of-21 shooting, though he did sink an impressive reverse layup with 1:41 remaining to help finish off Atlanta.

Durant made 9 of 21 from the field and 11 of 15 free throws.

Paul Millsap led the Hawks with 23 points.

BUCKS 78, BULLS 74 CHICAGO (AP) — John Henson had 25 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots, and Milwaukee beat Chicago in a matchup of injury-riddled teams trying

to break out of a slump.

Brandon Knight added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee, which had dropped three of four. O.J. Mayo was just 2 for 12 from the field, but had seven assists and made a couple of big plays in the fourth quarter.

Chicago used only eight players after Joakim Noah was sidelined by a bruised right thigh. Carlos Boozer was the only starter in the lineup from the season opener at Miami.

Mike Dunleavy scored 18 of his 24 points in the second quarter, but the Bulls struggled on offense in the latter part of their fourth loss in five games. Boozer finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

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Athletics trade Brett Anderson to Rockies BASEBALL WINTER MEETINGS

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics found a trade partner for pitcher Brett Anderson and his big salary.

The A’s dealt the left-hander and cash to the Colorado Rockies for lefty Drew Pomeranz and minor league right-hander Chris Jensen on Tuesday.

Two-time AL West champion Oakland had been looking to move Anderson, who is due to make $8 million this season and has a $12 million contract option for the 2015 season. That includes a $1.5 million buyout.

The 25-year-old Anderson was the Athletics’ starter on opening day this year. He went 1-4 with a 6.04 in five starts and 16 appearances, finishing up as a reliever in an injury-interrupted season.

“Thanks to the A’s Organization and Fans for everything,” Anderson posted on Twitter. “I’ll nothing but fond memories of my time there.”

Of his move to Denver, he added: “Peyton Manning and I are going to become best friends...fact.”

This marked A’s general manager Billy Beane’s fourth trade in just over a week.

“We had a lot of starting pitching, and in the acquisition of Pomeranz, it allows us to turn back the clock a little with another very talented left-hander,” Beane said at the winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. “Brett’s been with us for several years, and someone obviously with that kind of talent we think very highly of, but with the amount of guys we have, we knew we could use that to get younger guys with less service time, and that was attractive.”

Anderson, a second-round draft pick by Arizona in 2006, has been plagued by injuries in recent years.

He returned in the summer of 2012 after missing 14 months following Tommy John elbow surgery. During his lengthy rehab, Anderson worked to improve his fitness and lost more than 20 pounds. He then missed four months this past season with a sprained right ankle and stress fracture in his right foot.

“Great talent and certainly moments of brilliance,” Beane said. “From the Rockies end, they’re probably getting him at a great time. He’s been through the

Roger Angell wins Spink Award for baseball writing

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The New Yorker’s Roger Angell won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award on Tuesday for meritorious contributions to baseball writing, the first writer to earn the honor who was never a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

“I’m very, very happy,” Angell said during a telephone conference call. “I’m stunned. Very touched.

Very grateful.”

The 93-year-old will be honored during the Hall of Fame’s induction weekend July 25-28 in Cooperstown, N.Y. He will attend the ceremony, joined by retired managers Joe Torre, Bobby Cox and Tony La Russa, who were elected Monday by the expansion era committee.

“I got oceans of copy from those guys,” Angell said.

“Cooperstown in the middle of summer is great. I can’t wait.”

The BBWAA announced the Spink vote at the winter meetings and said he was named on 258 of 451 ballots cast. The late Furman Bisher, who wrote for 59 years for The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, received 115 votes. Retired syndicated columnist Mel Durslag received 74.

Angell received the George Polk Award for Commentary in 1980 and the first PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing in 2011.

CATTLE/HOGS

NEW YORK(AP) - Cattle/hogs futures on the Chicago Merchantile Exchange Friday: Open high

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Dec 13 131.65 131.75 131.10 131.67 Feb 14 132.92 133.05 132.25 132.65 Apr 14 133.70 133.97 127.82 133.85 Jun 14 128.35 128.80 128.25 128.80 Aug 14 126.80 127.45 126.70 127.37 Oct 14 129.67 129.67 129.65 129.65 Dec 14 130.30 130.35 130.30 130.32 Feb 15 130.60 130.60 130.60 130.60 Apr 15 131.50 Last spot N/A Est. sales 35612. Mon’s Sales: 49,276 Mon’s open int: 325586, off -3480 FEEDER CATTLE 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Jan 14 165.02 165.67 164.85 165.55 Mar 14 165.15 165.50 164.87 165.47 Apr 14 166.25 166.40 165.95 166.37 May 14 166.75 167.07 166.60 167.05 Aug 14 167.92 167.95 167.30 167.77 Sep 14 166.77 166.90 166.77 166.90 Oct 14 166.50 Nov 14 166.20 Last spot N/A Est. sales 7003. Mon’s Sales: 6,296 Mon’s open int: 39632, up +891 HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Dec 13 81.35 81.50 80.57 80.82 Feb 14 89.95 89.95 82.45 88.72 Apr 14 93.20 93.20 92.20 92.30 May 14 98.62 99.05 98.15 99.05 Jun 14 100.40 100.57 99.85 100.17 Jul 14 98.70 98.85 98.50 98.65 Aug 14 96.50 96.75 96.05 96.67 Oct 14 83.15 83.15 80.00 83.10 Dec 14 78.65 78.65 78.35 78.45 Feb 15 79.90 79.90 79.90 79.90 Apr 15 80.25 Last spot N/A Est. sales 35828. Mon’s Sales: 43,981 Mon’s open int: 270225, up +24938

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NEW YORK(AP) - Cotton No. 2 futures on the N.Y. Cotton Exchange Friday: Open high

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COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Mar 14 80.44 80.79 79.76 80.69 May 14 80.65 81.05 80.09 80.97 Jul 14 80.45 80.72 80.05 80.64 Oct 14 77.95 Dec 14 76.26 76.80 76.25 76.75 Mar 15 76.95 May 15 76.85 Jul 15 76.75 Oct 15 76.75 Dec 15 76.75 Mar 16 76.75 May 16 76.75 Jul 16 76.75 Oct 16 76.75 Last spot N/A Est. sales 13151. Mon’s Sales: 14,638 Mon’s open int: 160770, up +1832

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CHICAGO(AP) - Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday: Open high

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Trumbo to Diamondbacks in trade

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Arizona general manager Kevin Towers had been talking trade with Chicago White Sox GM Rick Hahn for a month when he arrived at the winter meetings last weekend and sent a text to Angels counterpart Jerry Dipoto.

“Can I get your attention in that Trumbo deal for Skaggs and Eaton?” he remembered writing.

“Sure, why don’t you come down and talk?” Dipoto quickly replied, according to Towers.

Two days later, a three-team trade fell into place.

Chicago acquired outfielder Adam Eaton from Arizona for left-hander Hector Santiago, and the Diamondbacks then sent Santiago and lefthander Tyler Skaggs to the Angels for slugger Mark Trumbo. Arizona also will receive player to be named or cash from each of the other clubs.

“It’s nice when you’re able to have three clubs up here all feeling good about things,” Hahn said Tuesday during a news conference. “Obviously, as Jerry pointed out, it does hurt a little bit, but it costs something to get

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Tommy John. He’s always been motivated. He’s a hard worker, and this is the time to get him, because the cost of acquisition a couple of years ago on Brett, well there really wasn’t one. He was an untouchable.”

The power -armed Pomeranz was on the disabled list late in the season with left biceps tendinitis. He went 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA in with four starts and eight outings for 21 2 ⁄ 3 innings. He went 2-9 in 22 starts the previous year. Beane envisions keeping him as a starter at this stage, but eventually could work into a bullpen role.

Jensen went 5-8 with a 4.55 ERA in 152 1⁄3 innings for Class A Modesto. He had 136 strikeouts to 39 walks in 28 starts.

In less than 24 hours last week, Beane completed three trades while also working to deal Anderson. The A’s acquired new closer Jim Johnson from the Orioles to replace All-Star closer Grant Balfour. Then last Tuesday, they traded for San Diego righthanded reliever Luke Gregerson for Seth Smith and acquired outfielder Craig Gentry from Texas for top prospect Michael Choice.

OIL/GASOLINE/NG

NEW YORK(AP) - Trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday: Open high

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NEW YORK (AP) _ Spot nonferrous metal prices Tue. Aluminum -$0.7931 per lb., London Metal Exch.

Copper -$3.2385 Cathode full plate, LME. Copper -$3.3015 N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Lead - $2085.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch.

Zinc - $0.8668 per lb., London Metal Exch.

Gold - $1266.25 Handy & Harman (only daily quote).

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Eaton, a 25-year-old speedy leadoff hitter, was sidelined from spring training until July 9 by a sprained left elbow. He hit .252 with three homers, 22 RBIs and 44 strikeouts in 250 at-bats for the Diamondbacks this year.

Skaggs, 22, went to Santa Monica High School, was taken by the Angels with the 40th overall selection of the 2009 amateur draft and was dealt to the Diamondbacks in August 2010 to complete the trade that brought Dan Haren to Los Angeles.

Skaggs made his big league debut in 2012, when he had six starts, but spent much of this year in the minors. He was 2-3 with a 5.12 ERA in seven starts this year for Arizona, leaving him with a 3-6 career mark.

All four players have low salaries for now. Trumbo and Santiago are on track to be eligible for salary arbitration after next season, Eaton following 2015 season and Skaggs after the 2016 season.

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Trumbo, 27, hit .234 with 34 home runs and 100 RBIs this year, playing first base in 123 games because Albert Pujols was hurt. Despite hitting 95 homers during the last three seasons, the sometimes outfielder was deemed super fluous by Los Angeles, which craved starting pitching behind Jered Weaver, C.J. Wilson and Garrett Richards.

“Right now we’d line up with both guys as starters,” Dipoto said.

After finishing last in the AL Central with their worst record since 1970 at 63-99, the White Sox were looking to make changes.

“We lacked a little bit of energy and a little edge,” Hahn said. “We weren’t a real balanced lineup. And adding a guy like Adam Eaton at the top of the order, who is going to bring that energy, hit left-handed, play solid defense and get on base for us for the next five years is an opportunity that was too good to pass up.”

Santiago, 25, was 4-9 with a 3.56 ERA in 23 starts and 11 relief appearances. His fastball velocity has dipped from 93.8 mph in 2011 to 92.8 in

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Constellations Light Our Way For thousands of years, the night skies have sparkled with reminders of magical creatures. Ancient people told stories about the patterns they saw in the stars. These star patterns are called constellations.

To learn more, The Mini Page talked with an expert from the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Reaching for the stars The best time to view Orion is during the winter.

In early December at 8 p.m., it will just be rising in the east. Look north to find the Big and Little Dippers.

Starring the real stars

Star qualities A star is a big ball of gases crammed together in a cloud. The gases are mostly hydrogen, with a small amount of helium.

New stars are formed when the pressure of the gases and dust gets so great that the heat at the core of a cloud reaches millions of degrees.

The star begins to shine when the hydrogen atoms are fused, or joined together, to form helium atoms.

The three stars making up Orion’s belt are blue supergiant stars. They are hotter and much larger than the sun. This photo was made of several photos put together.

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3. Heat until just boiling; reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

4. Top with chopped avocado, crushed tortilla chips, sour cream and cheese.

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Supersport: Justin Houston Birthdate: 1-12-89 Hometown: Statesboro, Ga.

*USTIN (OUSTON GIVES THE +ANSAS #ITY #HIEFS A BIG lift by knocking opponents down. The former Georgia All-American is a defensive demon at linebacker and a leader of the Chiefs’ sack attack.

Muscling past blockers, Houston recorded 11 sacks in the first eight games this season. A third-round draft pick in 2011, he has rapidly risen to NFL stardom. He won the Chiefs’ top rookie award in 2011 and last season was a Pro Bowl selection.

Houston, who also enjoys video games, studying football film and instructing at camps, is known for his humility as well as his hitting.

(E S A TEAM FIRST PLAYER AND A CHIEF REASON +ANSAS #ITY IS HAVING A big season.

Starring: Ancient Greeks Starring Greek myths

Ancient Greeks were stellar!

Today, astronomers from all over the world use the names that the ancient Greeks gave to constellations.

In 1925, the International Astronomical Union decided to keep the names used by so many for so long.

To make things easier, modern astronomers have divided the whole sky into 88 regions. Each region contains one constellation. These regions in the sky are somewhat like our country borders here on Earth.

The borders are jagged, like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. They have different shapes so they can include all the parts of the constellations, such as the tail of the Big Bear or the whole dragon in the constellation Draco.

More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks invented an early computer to calculate the movement of the stars, planets and constellations. This device, the Antikythera Mechanism, was made up of a complicated series of gears.

In 1902, divers discovered pieces of this machine in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera (AN-teekuh-THEER-uh).

Since then, experts have built working models of it, including one from Lego blocks.

The Big Dipper is easy to spot in the sky. It forms part of the constellation Ursa Major, or the Big Bear. The dipper’s handle makes up the bear’s tail. The Big Dipper is a common star pattern that is described in many cultures. For example, the English call it “the Plough,� or plow.

Dancing with the stars The shapes ancient people saw in star patterns don’t usually make sense to us today. For example, we wouldn’t see a hunter’s belt when we saw three stars in a row. We might see a lightsaber, though.

The best way to find constellations is to look for shapes that make sense to us.

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Jeffrey grew up in New York City. He said: “I remember the moment I fell in love with music! The fourth-grade music teacher came into our classroom to demonstrate all the instruments that we could choose from. ‌ When she picked up a shiny alto saxophone and leaned back and started to blow, I was hooked! It was magical. ‌ It was then and there that I knew what I was going to do with the rest of my life!â€?

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Different cultures made up different stories to go with the same star patterns. For example, a row of three bright stars shines especially brightly in the winter night sky. To the ancient Greeks, these stars looked like the belt worn by a mighty hunter named Orion (uh-RIE-uhn) in one of their myths (miths), or stories. The constellation containing these stars is called Orion.

Other cultures have seen those same three stars as being the rod of Jacob from a Bible story, a yardstick, a wand, the three magi from the Bible story about Jesus’ birth, or the three Marys in Bible stories.

In some cultures, such as ancient China, people did not make up stories to go with the star patterns. Star patterns with no stories attached are often called asterisms (AS-tuh-rizums).

Asterisms are usually smaller patterns than constellations. For example, the Big Dipper is an asterism inside the bigger constellation Ursa Major, or the Big Bear. Orion’s belt is an asterism in the constellation Orion.

Sometimes, “asterism� is just another name for “constellation.� Both mean groupings of stars that can be seen as a design from Earth.

Experts X-rayed the Antikythera Mechanism to see how it works.

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Stars in Our Eyes

All the following jokes have something in common.

Can you guess the common theme or category?

Seeing stars

Early travelers used stars and constellations to help them find their way. Modern spacecraft also use the stars to navigate.

Constellations helped ancient people plan their year. They noticed that different constellations were visible at night during different times of the year.

Ancient people used these apparent changes to help them figure out when to perform certain tasks, such as planting crops. For example, ancient Mayan people watched for the spring constellations to predict the return of the rains.

Clear winter nights when the moon is dark are the best times to view the stars.

The best stargazing is out in the country, away from city lights.

Stars are always in the sky, but we do not see them during the day because the sun shines so brightly that it blots them out.

As the Earth moves around the sun, we get different views of constellations.

If the Earth did not move, we would see the same sky night after night.

Each constellation has a time when we can see it best, when it is highest IN THE SKY &OR EXAMPLE THE 3QUARE of Pegasus is most visible during the autumn.

The constellation Cassiopeia (KAS-eeuh-PE-uh) looked like an Ethiopian queen from Greek mythology. She is sitting on an upside-down throne. To us, the constellation looks like a W.

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Star signs

When photographed, the Orion Nebula looks like a fuzzy, bright cloud.

Star search Modern people can use constellations to locate objects in the universe. For example, the star-forming region closest to Earth is called the Orion Nebula.

From Earth with the naked eye, the nebula looks like the brightest star in Orion’s sword. It is not actually one star, however, but a region with about 1,000 young stars.

Astronomers have given all the stars within a constellation certain coordinates (ko-OR-duh-nuts), or numbers that tell a position. That way, they can tell where objects are in connection with other items.

The Mini Page thanks David DeVorkin, space history curator, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., for help with this issue.

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Words that remind us of constellations are hidden in the block below.

Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: ASTERISM, ASTRONOMERS, BEAR, BELT, BIG, CONSTELLATIONS, COORDINATES, DIPPER, GAS, GREEKS, LITTLE, MYTH, NIGHT, ORION, PATTERNS, PEGASUS, PLOUGH, SKY, STARS, WINTER.

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The constellation Square of Pegasus.

Next week, The Mini Page is about stained glass.

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Cory: Climb up the star-case!

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Charlie: The Big Diaper!

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DEAR ABBY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

DEAR ABBY: I’m considering marrying a man who is divorced. We get along great, and I love and trust him.

Is it ever appropriate to call the ex and discuss her side of the story? Or should I ask my boyfriend what she’d say if I were to contact her?

COVERING MY BASES IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR COVERING YOUR BASES: If you call the ex, you can count on hearing something negative about your boyfriend or they wouldn’t be exes. Also, the things

the ex might consider to be flaws may be the qualities you love best about him.

That you would say you love and trust your boyfriend, and in the next sentence indicate you’re considering a chat with his former wife, makes me wonder how deep your level of trust is. However, if your gut tells you to do some digging, then you should listen to it — even if it results in an argument, which it probably will. ##### DEAR ABBY: I’m proud of my daughter, “Celia.” She has a master’s degree, a successful career and is soon to be married to a wonderful man.

Through three moves my wife and I have cared for our daughter’s one-ton-plus of “stuf f,” which includes the big dollhouse her grandpa built, her doll collection, high school and college memorabilia, her diaries, dishes for her future home, etc. When she visited, I’d ask her to sort through the boxes and throw some things out.

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Didn’t happen.

My wife and I have downsized to a condo. The room that was supposed to be my “man cave” is halffilled with Celia’s things. It is TIME! Should I request that our daughter pay for storage, or rent a U-Haul so I can deliver a one-tonplus “wedding gift”?

DISGRUNTLED DAD IN WASHINGTON STATE

DEAR DAD: I can think of few things that would destroy the ambiance of a man cave more than a dollhouse.

With a successful career, your daughter can afford to pay for a storage unit for her memorabilia.

Set a date by which it must be out of your condo, with the understanding that if it isn’t, YOU will dispose of it. You should not have to deliver it to her. You have been patient long enough, and the responsibility is hers. ##### DEAR ABBY: I am a longtime practicing

Pagan. Because of the media, Pagans are considered to be evil devil-worshippers instead of the nature-loving people with knowledge of home remedies we are. This makes it difficult in the dating world.

Family Circus

A friend of mine wants to hook me up with a friend of his. When is it appropriate to tell the gentleman that I’m a practicing Pagan? I dress like everyone else, so at first glance you wouldn’t suspect my religion isn’t Christian.

LOVER OF NATURE

DEAR LOVER OF NATURE:

Nothing compels you and a stranger to get into a discussion about religious beliefs on a first date, but you should mention it when the opportunity arises. If the man seems to be put off by it, suggest he consult patheos.com, an online library on the subject of religions, in which there is a section describing Paganism, its practices and origins. It should make for a stimulating discussion.

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Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Dear Heloise: I enjoy your column in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald. Here is a hint for LEFTOVER CANDY CANES. I make holiday cookies and use crushed candy canes in some recipes.

Last year, I bought a box of 60 candy canes and had plenty left over.

Instead of putting them out plain, I dipped the straight end in melted chocolate and let them cool off. After the chocolate dried, I put each into its original wrapper. The hook part was out, so the guest could pull out the candy without touching the chocolate. They were a hit, and looked festive and attractive.

Sue B. in Nebraska Your hint is a yummy moneysaver, too!

Heloise ##### Dear Heloise: I am an avid reader of your column in the Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal. Heloise, I love to bake, especially cream pies, but I can’t find the ingredient cream of tartar at any grocery store. Do you know how to make a home version of cream of tartar for use in pie meringue? I would appreciate it.

Sadie R., Mansfield, Ohio

For meringue, substitute the same amount of white vinegar or lemon juice for cream of tartar. For example, if the recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar, add 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice.

Check out my pamphlet for more money-saving hints using vinegar for cooking, cleaning and beauty tips.

For Heloise’s Fantabulous Vinegar Hints and More, please send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (66 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Add 1/4 teaspoon of white vinegar to three egg whites if you want to make the meringue extra fluffy. You should be able to find cream of tartar in the spice section at the grocery store. If not, just ask the manager.

Heloise ##### Dear Heloise: Every pasta recipe calls for 4 to 6 quarts of water for each pound of pasta. Why do we need to use so much water?

Ellen in Washington, D.C.

There are a couple of reasons to use that much water. It makes it easier to fit larger, longer pastas like spaghetti into the pot. It also helps keep the pasta from sticking together, since there is a lot of room and water.

An additional hint for helping the sauce to stick to hot pasta is to NEVER rinse it. The starch left on the pasta helps the sauce adhere.

Rinse if making a cold pasta dish.

Heloise ##### Dear Heloise: My wife and I bought a fairly expensive bottle of wine, and I had a hard time removing the cork. I couldn’t get all of it out; the bottom crumbled and dropped fragments into the wine, many too small to pluck out. I discovered that the cork could be separated by filtering the wine through a coffee filter.

A.S. in New York

A good way to save a bottle of wine!

Heloise

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What will NBC do for a ‘Sound of Music’ encore?

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s halls are alive with the sound of sequels.

After the triumph of last week’s “The Sound of Music Live!” NBC understandably is now planning more live musicals.

This is welcome news for anyone who likes seeing a network get of f the beaten path. Few observers have failed to cheer NBC for raw ambition in presenting a live musical more than a half-century after the previous one aired. Attaboys even came from the loudest critics of the broadcast and its leading lady, Carrie Underwood, who played Maria.

“I think we can do this again — and again and again,” NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt told The New York Times this week, while allowing, “There may be a little bit of a phenomenon to the first one of these. Who knows what happens Year 2, 3 or 4?”

Who indeed? Can the interest, excitement and nearly 19 million viewers scored by “The Sound of Music Live!” be matched a year from now by another such TV event? Or was “Music” a one-note wonder?

The answer might lie in determining why so many viewers tuned in.

Was it Carrie Underwood who served as the big draw?

Was the main attraction “The Sound of Music” itself, a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic that, largely thanks to its 1965 film version, is one of the most recognized and popular family enter-

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This image released by NBC shows Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, foreground center, and Carrie Underwood as Maria, second row center, with fellow castmates, on the set of The Sound of Music Live! in New York.

tainments in the world?

Or did the audience simply rally to the anything-could-happen unpredictability of live TV, something no viewer had experienced with a musical since Eisenhower was president?

Odds are, all three reasons help explain why “The Sound of Music Live!” made such a splash.

But a year from now, can

NBC’s follow-up strike a similar chord? What manner of star could equal Underwood’s drawing power? And, maybe most important of all, is there any other musical that could grab the attention “The Sound of Music” automatically claims?

Although NBC isn’t saying which musicals may be under consideration, it’s easy enough to

play a guessing game.

Maybe “Peter Pan” or “The Music Man” (though both have been revived as filmed TV productions).

Perhaps mega-star Hugh Jackman could reprise his triumphant performance in a TV revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” (Except his 1998 Royal National Theatre

appearance was filmed and has previously aired.)

What about “Mame” with Cher? Bette Midler in “Hello Dolly”? Reba McEntire in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”?

But do any of these projects come close to “The Sound of Music Live!” and its provocative appeal, as it dared to reimagine — and, in the minds of some fans, tamper with — the film version held sacred by so many?

In short, is there another filmed musical everyone has seen and has such deep feelings for?

Of course. It’s time for NBC’s star-studded staging of “The Wizard of Oz Live!”

Sign Lea Michele of “Glee” to play Dorothy. Meryl Streep as the Good Witch. Anne Hathaway as the Wicked Witch. Tina Fey as the Wizard. Neil Patrick Harris as the Scarecrow. Alan Cumming as the Tin Man. Will Ferrell as the Cowardly Lion.

“The Wizard of Oz,” with Judy Garland as Dorothy, reigns as a piece of pop culture that viewers would be thrilled or outraged — but most important, compelled — to see restaged for live TV. They would watch with bated breath for technical screw-ups (beware that flying house and melting witch!). They would scorch the Twitterverse with comments, flattering and snarky.

Before, during and after it aired, this show and its songs would be on everyone’s lips. A year from now, the yellow brick road could prove to be a straight shot to Must-See TV.

Drew Barrymore is busy juggling work and family BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Drew Barrymore isn’t exactly feeling the pregnancy glow.

“I feel so lucky to make healthy kids that I will never complain about anything because I just know how lucky I am,” the 38-year-old actress said at a recent event for her beauty brand, Flower. “But I definitely don’t feel superhot. I feel more like an Oompa Loompa.”

Barrymore and her husband, Will Kopelman, are expecting their second child. Their daughter, Olive, is 14 months old.

Legals

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CHAVES FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

No. D-504-CV-2012-00517 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, vs.

Plaintiff,

HOMER WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, if living, if deceased, THE ESTATE OF HOMER WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, Deceased; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES OR LEGATEES OF HOMER WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, Deceased; SUSAN SPEERS MOLYNEUX aka Susan S. Molyneux, and if married, JOHN DOE A (true name unknown), her spouse, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 7, 2014, at the hour of 11:45 a.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the south door of the Roswell Police Department, 128 West Second Street, Roswell, New Mexico, sell all the right, title and interest of the above named Defendants in and to the hereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash. The property to be sold is located at 2501 Cortez Court, Roswell, and is situate in Chaves County, New Mexico, and is particularly described as follows: LOT TWELVE (12) in BLOCK ONE (1) of REPLAT OF CORONADO SUBDIVISION, an addition in the City of Roswell, County of Chaves and State of New Mexico, as shown on the Official Plat filed in the Chaves County Clerk's Office on June 7, 1962 and recorded in Book D of Plat Records, Chaves County, New Mexico, at Page 17.

THE FOREGOING SALE will be made to satisfy a judgment rendered by the above Court in the above entitled and numbered cause on November 14, 2013, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the above described property. The Plaintiff's Judgment, which includes interest and costs, to January 15, 2014 is $201,949.88. Due to the sale being held prior to January 15, 2014, a credit of $92.00 is being applied, making the judgment amount $201,857.88. The Plaintiff and/or its assignees has the right to bid at such sale 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.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due. Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one month right of redemption.

Electronically signed /s/ A. D. Jones A.D. Jones, Special Master P.O. Box 1180 Roswell, NM 88202-1180 (575) 622-8432

Her top pregnancy style tips include “a really tight bra and a really loose blouse,” great lipstick and a supportive partner.

“He’s always so complementary,” she said of Kopelman, an art consultant. “He’s always very encouraging when I get myself ready. He always makes me feel really good about it.”

Barrymore has taken a break from the big screen to focus on motherhood and various business ventures, which include Barrymore Wines; her production company, Flower Films; a new photography book, “Find It in Everything”; and her

GARAGE SALES 005. South

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Academy, 1 DAY ONLY SALE, 500 S. Main (in the Valley Christian Academy Building), this Saturday, Dec. 14th from 7am-2pm. Leather sectional couch, china cabinet, 3-bed-bunkbed, Coca Cola items, antique style tin signs, 2 electric guitars, 32” flat screen TV, baked goods & lots more. If you would like to see/purchase any items before Saturday, please call, 575-840-8663

008. Northwest 1006 KINGS Dr., Fri-Sun, 9am-4pm.

Furniture & misc. items.

205 CALLE Del Sol, Sat-Sun, 7am-3pm.

Antique furniture, yard tools, clothes, TVs. Multi family sale.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 025. Lost and Found FOUND 4 month old puppy, call to identify, 575-840-9100.

FOUND 6 month old pup.

South side of town. Call to identify 840-9100 FOUND CAT, in the area E. 5th St. must found home, cannot keep.

317-6113

INSTRUCTION

030. Education & Instructions

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

EMPLOYMENT

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Employment Opportunities

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 MAKE A 40% commission by selling beautiful original paintings from a large private collection in Roswell. 578-0805

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.

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

beauty brand for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. “I have a very male side of me that just loves business. I love producing. I love the rules. I love how to achieve getting financing for things, you know, staying within budget, on time, going into boardrooms and like fighting the good fight for things I really like,” she said. “But I’m at a stage in my life where I really appreciate the womanly creativity more than ever. Being a mom and making babies and thinking about what women want and what they need, what they deserve. So it fulfills that creative, sensitive side as well. So it’s a

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Employment Opportunities

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.

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 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

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NEED CASH? Be your own boss & build your business at Blairs Monterey indoor market at 1400 W. 2nd. Booths start at $75 mo Call 623-0136

perfect business for me to be in, and I get to go home at night and be with my family, which is everything.”

Juggling a busy career with a growing family isn’t easy, but the self-proclaimed overachiever said work has been her “savior.” “(It) always put me on a really good, diligent and responsible path in my life,” she said. “But I swear, I’m making choices all the time not to do things or making sure my priorities are in the right place and that my family is coming first.

“But yeah, I’m a little bit of a busy bee.”

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IT SPECIALIST Paid training in the U.S. Navy. $ for school. Medical/dental, 30 days vacation/yr. HS grads ages 17-34. Call Mon-Fri (800) 354-9627 Avon, Buy/Sell. Become Ind. Sales Rep $10 to start Sandy 317-5079 ISR

PUT GRAPHICS IN YOUR AD! ADD A PICTURE OF YOUR PET, YOUR HOUSE, YOUR CAR, YOUR COMPANY’S LOGO!

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9 Temporary Workers The Star Ranch, Felix Venegas, 5955 FM 2083 Ozona TX. 76943 Occupation: Farm workers, Farm, Ranch, and Animals 1/10/2014 - 11/10/2014 Pay rate $10.18 per hour Farm workers Guaranteed 3/4 of contract hours.

All tools, supplies, equipment and housing will be provided at no cost to the worker. Duties consist of cattle working vaccinating ,branding, herding. Transportation and subsistence expense reimbursed.

Interested applicants can send resumes nearest State Workforce Agency office (512)475-2571 using job listing TX 6272255.

PART TIME help wanted.

Work up to 30 hours per week. Must be able to write editorials and good with spelling. If interested applicants please send resume & references to: ROSWELL DAILY RECORD Attn: Vonnie Fischer, 2301 N. Main, Roswell, NM 88201 or e-mail to: addirector@rdrnews.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

LOOKING FOR 15 people to lift 35+ lbs.

575-578-4817 THE ROSWELL Daily Record is now accepting applications for the Full Time position of: OUTSIDE SALES The ideal candidate must possess excellent customer service skills, superior organizational skills a self-starter and strong work ethic. Bilingual preferred.

Experience or background in advertising also helpful.

Must be computer literate.

This is a full time position.

Interested Applicants please send resume & references to: ROSWELL DAILY RECORD Attn: Vonnie Fischer, 2301 N. Main, Roswell, NM 88201 or e-mail to: addirector@rdrnews.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

A FAMILY Friendly Industry is NOW HIRING. Looking for a CHANGE? Try moving from OIL to SOIL.

Delivery Drivers & Custom Applicators Competitive Wages, full benefits package, 401K with company match and paid time off.

Pre-employment drug test required. Drivers must have current CDL w/Hazmat Endorsement & DOT Physical.

Serious Inquires apply at: 103 East Mill Road, Artesia, NM 88210 Call 575-748-3510 for directions to our warehouse.

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FALL RUSH we need 15 people to help with the fall rush, if you are looking for a flexible schedule, holiday bonuses, potential earning up to $1600/per month per written agreement. Call us immediately for all departments, no experience required, 575-578-4817 CALL CENTER REP This Position performs duties necessary to assist all areas of the bank with Customer Service relations.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY: •Answer phones professionally, Route calls to proper departments Respond to customers inquiries, and follow up with customers when necessary.

• Research required information on accounts.

•Maintain confidentiality of customer's information.

• Provide product and service information to customers.

• Handle and resolve customer complaints.

• Complete call logs and reports.

•Perform other duties as may be assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: • Minimum education: High School Diploma or equivalent • Personal computer knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite • Basic math skills, problem solving skills, with attention to details • Customer Service experience preferred Submit employment applications to: First American Bank 111 E 5th Roswell, NM 88201

Interested candidates must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment credit, background and reference check.

Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Employee

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Firewood/Coal SEASONED MOUNTAIN wood. (1) 4’Tx8’Lx1.6’W stack, split & delivered $120. 575-626-9803

ADVERTISE YOUR DRIVER JOBS in 33 New Mexico newspapers for only $100. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 288,000 readers. Call this newspaper to place your ad or log onto www.nmpress.org for more information.

WE ARE COMFORT KEEPERS

EXPERIENCE THE JOYS AND REWARDS Of Being A Comfort Keeper

Quality of life is important to everyone. Helping seniors maintain their independence is what being a Comfort Keeper is all about. We provide many services such as, meal preparation, light housekeeping, running errands, medication reminders and personal care. Our Comfort Keepers come first, that is second to none in the area. We are looking for days, nights and weekend hours with competitive pay. If you want to learn more about becoming a Comfort Keeper, stop by our office today to learn more. EOE 1410 S. Main St

CORDOVA CHIMNEY Sweep. 575-623-5255 or 575-910-7552 MOUNTAIN WOOD for sale, Delivery available.

575-420-5124

MILK TESTER wanted, work on site at dairies, must be good with hand held computers, be physically fit, have good driving record, drug tested, bilingual a plus. Will train. $10/per hour to start.

Please call 575-420-5246

SERVICES

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.

100. Babysitting

FIREWOOD, ANYTIME, anywhere, any amount, any kind, Jim, 208-2870.

140. Cleaning

FIREWOOD, $125 per cord, cut & split, in Roswell.

Call 624-1611. Best wood in town!!

WILL DO babysitting at my home for reasonable rates, any shift, 317-6350 JD CLEANING Service, Licensed and bonded.

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

575-626-5153 or 626-5458

Roswell, NM 88203 Ph. 575-624-9999

WWW.COMFORTKEEPERS.COM

195. Elderly Care

Over 650 independently owned & operated offices worldwide.

The Law Office of Hennighausen & Olsen, L.L.P., has an immediate opening for a full-time legal secretary/legal assistant.

Candidate must have at least one year experience and be proficient in Word and WordPerfect. Send resumes with cover letter to: Hennighausen & Olsen, L.L.P., Attn: Manager, P. O. Box 1415, Roswell, NM 88202-1415. No telephone calls will be accepted.

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

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

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230. General Repair

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

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

285.

Miscellaneous Services

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Miscellaneous Services

Professional !!!Holiday Lighting!!!

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

www.rancheroswelding.com

TIME TO PAINT? Quality int./ext. painting.

Call 637-9108.

330. Plumbing

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

345.

Remodeling

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

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

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

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

350. Roofing

RWC SHINGLE Roofings.

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

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 TREE TRIMMING, cutting, and removal. Professional yard care. 910-4581

435. Welding

RWC On site repairs or fabrication. Insuranced.

www.rancheroswelding.com

Hector (575) 910-8397

FINANCIAL

REAL ESTATE

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

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

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PROPOSAL ANNOUNCEMENT The Artesia General Hospital Secondary Primary Electrical Service. Sealed proposals are to be delivered to Kenneth Randall at 702 North 13th Street, Artesia, NM 88210 for the project described herein no later than 1:00 p.m. MST on December 17, 2013, at which time the public opening and reading of proposals received will begin. The sealed proposals must be marked on the outside "SEALED PROPOSAL ENCLOSED". Delivery of the proposal is the sole responsibility of the Proposer. The proposals will be considered by the Hospital following the opening of the proposals, and an award of the Contract, if made, will be within seventy-five (75) days after the Proposal Opening. There will be a pre-bid conference on December 10, 2013 at 11:00 MST at the project site. Proposal documents (instructions to proposers, proposal forms, and other contract documents, including plans, etc) to be used in connection with the submission of proposals may be obtained from The Reproduction Company at 2102 Ave. Q, Lubbock, TX 79405.

Phone 806-763-7770. www.thereproductioncompany.com.

A $150.00 refundable deposit will be required for each paper copy of Proposal Documents. The Owner will comply with all In-State Preference Provisions, as set forth in NMSA §13-4-2(B). The Owner can only accept proposals from contractors who provide proof of registration with the Labor Relations Division of the Workforce Solutions Department. Preferences will be given to the use of New Mexico materials. In addition the New Mexico criminal statutes impose felony/penalties for illegal bribes, gratuities and kickbacks. The Artesia General Hospital reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive all formalities.

Description of Work: The Artesia General Hospital necessary electrical work for installation of Owner furnished generator. Name and Address of Architect: Condray Design Group, Inc., 1402 Ave N, Lubbock, TX 79401

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

490. Homes For Sale BRIAR RIDGE 3/2 very clean, fenced backyard, fire place, wash room, 2 car garage, $149K. Call for appt. 707-694-4382 FSBO: CUTE, clean, remodeled 2br/1ba, large laundry room, all appliances, washer/dryer & dishwasher included, large fenced front & backyard, $35k OBO. 575-624-1627 for appointment.

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.

OWNER FINANCE, terms, you finish, needs painting, $55k, 1210 N. Union, $4k down. 575-622-6786 LARGE HOME, 3br/2ba, basement, new metal roof, also has nice 1br house.

Can be rented or mother-in-law, $105k, price reduced if you paint it yourself. New sheet rock, many trees, $10k down payment, $1000/mo, #7 Morningside, 575-622-6786 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.

Immaculate custom home in Briar Ridge, 3yrs old, 3br/2ba, 81 Bent Tree Rd., $132,900. 831-915-0226 JUST IN time for Christmas, house for sale by owner, MOVE IN READY, 216 W. McGaffey 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: 3/2/1, close to ENMMC & Lovelace, schools & Del Norte/Goddard, $110K. 606 Mimosa.

Call 575-910-1605.

492. Homes for Sale/Rent

SELL OR RENT YOUR HOUSE FASTER! INCLUDE A PICTURE FOR JUST $5!

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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 LENDER SALE. 20 acres $14,000 BORDERS STATE LAND! 2 hours east of Albuquerque, 2 miles to Sumner Lake. Good road access, power. Only one available! 1-888-676-6979

515. Mobile Homes - Sale

NORTH SENIOR Park beautiful 2bd/2ba spacious triple wide. 1500 sqft. All NEW flooring, fixtures & toilets. Appliances & NEW window coverings included. 626-5353

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.

NICE LARGE lot on the base, 33 W. Wells, $5500; also nice residential lot at 1200 W. Stone, just West of N. Union, $7000. Terms.

575-416-1454

RENTALS

535.

Apartments Furnished

1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 1 BDRM Furnished, $400mo. $100 dep. Bills pd, only sober, older, adult.

Need call 625-0718

540.

Apartments Unfurnished

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

FIRST MONTH FREE 3br/2ba, $753, 1000 sqft, all bills paid, cold central AC, newly remodeled, 502 S. Wyoming, 622-4944.

PICK UP A LIST OF AVAILABLE RENTALS AT PRUDENTIAL ENCHANTED LANDS, REALTORS, 501 NORTH MAIN.

OPERATIONS REPRESENTATIVE/SR Job ID 1632 Artesia, NM

NMGC has an immediate opening for an Operations Representative/SR to join our team in our Artesia office.

This is a series post and successful candidate and position level will be based on experience. Successful candidate performs a wide variety of operations duties, not limited to one particular department or function.

May perform meter-reading activities, credit & collection duties, customer service functions, field service work, line-locating requests, storekeeping and warehousing duties, distribution/transmission construction, maintenance, installation and emergency response. Must have high school diploma or GED and a valid NM driver’s license with acceptable driving record. To be considered go to the careers page of www.nmgco.com to review the position description. Then, register, upload a resume, apply and answer all posting questions. You must complete the online application process no later than December 11, 2013 New Mexico Gas Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Women, minorities, disabled individuals and veterans are encouraged to apply.

B10 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 540.

Apartments Unfurnished

EFF, 1 & 2br, wtr paid, No pets, laundry fac, stove/ref.

Mirador Apts, 700 N. Missouri. 627-8348.

1 or 2bd, furnished-unfurnished, no smoking/Hudpets all bills pd. 623-6281

EFF, 1,2 BR, downtown, clean, wtr pd. Stove & frig.

No Pets/HUD. 623-8377

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

Very nice condo 2br 1 bath duplex 1 car garage No Hud no pets or smoking, Avail. Jan.1st $675 mo.

575-200-9558 ALL BILLS PAID 1BR $544, 2BR $653, 3br/2ba $753/mo., ref air, newly remodeled. 502 S. Wyoming. 622-4944

FIRST MONTH FREE 3br/2ba, $753, 1000 sqft, all bills paid, cold central AC, 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.

1&2Bd, 3 locations, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 2 BDR apt. South location, 6 mo lease. $600/mo, utilities pd. $300 dep. No pets, 420-4535 1BR Apt. ctrl Air, appliances, laundry facility, quiet. $495/mo + Dep. 2550 Bent Tree. 317-6408.

2br/1ba, stove & refrigerator. Call 840-4333 or 910-8170.

{{{{RENTED}}}} 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.

VERY NICE, 2br/1ba duplex, stove, fridge, W-D, central air, no smokers, no pets, adults preferred, $850mo. includes utilities + yard care, $500dep.

106 W. 13th 626-0387 712 S. Washingtonduplex, 2bd/2ba $525.

2407 S. Sunset, 2bd/2ba, water pd. 1/2 off 1st month rent $525. 3853 S. Hobson Apt. A, 1bd/1ba, water pd. $400. 91 B Bent Tree 2bd/2ba, Duplex $1000.

Century 21 Home Planning 3117 N. Main 575-600-0021.

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE from $300-600 HUD Approved, Call Ron 575-694-8077 for more information.

1704-C W. 1st, 2/1, NO PETS, wtr & gas pd, $525/mo. American Realty & Mgmt, 575-623-9711.

2403 S. Sunset, Mountain View Apartments, 2br/1ba, carport, laundry rm, utilities pd, no pets/HUD. 910-6161 2br/1ba, w/d hkup + carport. $450/dep, $750/mo, 2311 N. Grand Apt B, 910-0099 for info.

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 1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 STONE COTTAGES all utilities included, 1-2 bedrooms, $1295-$1500.

575-637-8467

2BR 2BA 2 car garage in Enchanted Hills, luxury, all utilities pd. 3 mo lease min., deposit required, no Hud. 622-4470, 626-4666

RENTING HOUSE, 716 S. Cedar, 3bd/2ba and office, close to schools. No smoking no pets. $800mo. $350dep. 623-2617

550. Houses for RentUnfurnished 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

550. Houses for RentUnfurnished

$850/MO, $750/DEP, 3br/1.5ba, No HUD or pets, 575-420-5930 2&3Bd, 1&2Ba, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 600 S. Lea, 3br/2ba, ref. air, w/d hookups, no HUD or pets, $750/mo, $600/dep, 914-5402.

2BR/2BA, 1 car garage, townhouse, fully furnished, close to Lovelace & ENMMC, secluded area. $800/mo, $300/dep, 575-910-1605 {{{RENTED}}} 3br near ENMU-R, HUD approved, w/garage, ldry rm, new carpet, very clean, $650/mo.

2BR, $550/mo, $450/dep, no pets/Hud. 575-317-7373 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.

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 3BR/2.5BA, NICE house, nice area, fenced backyard, $1350/mo, avail. 1/1/14.

575-637-0777 406-A E. 3rd, 2br/2ba, wtr pd, no pets, $550/mo, $300/dep. 910-9648 BEAUTIFUL 2/2/1, senior condominiums available at 310 W. Mescalero complete w/fireplace, full kitchen, w/d hook-ups.

Amenities include lawn service, maintenance, housekeeping, wtr & elec pd, cable paid. $1795 for single resident. $300 extra for 2nd person, 625-8426.

3 HILCREST, 2bd/2ba. $800. 3305 Trailing Heart, 3bd/2ba, $1300. 518 W McGaffey 2bd/1ba, 1/2 off 1st month rent, $600. 2401 W. Alameda, 3bd/2ba, 1/2 off 1st months rent, $900.

105 Linda Circle, 3bd/2ba, $850. Century 21 Home Planning, 3117 N Main, 575-622-0021. Please Call or stop by for more listings.

3BR NEAR ENMU-R, #20 Murphy Place, HUD approved, w/garage, ldry rm, new carpet, very clean, $670/mo. 623-6999 or 317-2945 605 S. Montana, 2/1, $675/mo, NO PETS; 423-D E. 4th, 1/1, $350/mo.

American Realty & Mgmt at 575-623-9711.

504 W. Deming. 2 br, appliances, water paid, central heat & ref. air. $650 mo/ $500 dep. 626-5423 2/1, FENCED yard, 304 S. Kansas, $550/mo, $500/dep. 575-420-5516 or 623-1800.

713 N. Plains Park 3bd, 1 1/2 ba. $765/mo., $400 damage deposit, all appliances, No utilities, With utilities $965.Background check 505-980-4430

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

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.

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.

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.

HEAVY DUTY flatbed trailer, 6 brand new tires, $3900. 622-6786 or 575-416-1454

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

745. Pets for Sale

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 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 Power wheelchair, hospital bed, lift chair, Invacare patient lifter. 622-7638 WASHER & dryer, $450.

Small microwave, $50.

575-317-3703 OLHAUSEN POOL table, full size with accessories, great condition! 624-1614

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.

PRICE REDUCED on 25ft flatbed trailer, dual wheels, $1950; also cast iron wood heating stove $250; overhead camper shell $300.

575-416-1454

TIRED OF Landlord Headaches? We can help! Prudential Enchanted Lands Realtors Property Management 575-624-2262

POWER WHEEL chair, invacare pronto M91. HD 400 lb. capacity. Seat 20”x 20” Like new, new batteries, New $4340. Asking $2900 624-2256 FOR SALE Oak TV cabinet 56x56, $150; Zenith 25” TV, $50.

575-627-5497

Chotties (Scottys/Chi-X), 2F $100, Chi-Pins (Min-Pin +Chi-X), 2M, 1F, 11 wks old w/1st shots, $100 ea.

910-8311 POMERANIAN PUPS, perfect X-mas gift, $500 or OBO. Call or text 420-4764

RECREATIONAL

775.

Motorcycles & Scooters

2009 SUZUKI LT-R450 Quad,new tires, great condition, $4000 OBO. 420-0431

780. RV’s & Campers Hauling

MAIN TRAILER Sales Inc. New & Used Travel Trailers & 5th Wheels. Parts & Service. 2900 W. 2nd St. 575-622-1751.

Mon-Fri, 8-5:30, Sat. 9-2. maintrailersalesinc.com

TRANSPORTATION 790. Autos for Sale

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.

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

715. Hay and Feed Sale

ALFALFA BALES 4x8 $225, Sorgum bales 4x8 $75, Oat bales 4x8 $100.

Call Janet at 575-626-0159

745. Pets for Sale

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2003 OLDSMOBILE Alero, excellent cond., 4 cyl., $1500 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

2008 FORD Crown Victoria, V8, low miles, excellent cond., $2500 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

2001 FORD Explorer, automatic, low miles, $1000 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.

‘96 TOYOTA Camry, runs great, $2000.

Call 420-9541

795. Pickups/ Trucks/Vans

2008 FORD F150, ext cab, heavy duty 4x4, tow package, only 88k miles, $14,850. 420-1352

USED FURNITURE for sale, dining room, living room set, few items.

575-208-8959

3BR NEAR ENMU-R, #20 Murphy Place, HUD approved, w/garage, ldry rm, new carpet, very clean, $650/mo. 623-6999 or 317-2945

3br/1ba w/den, stove & fridge, washer/dryer hookups, central heating & air, fenced in backyard w/shed, $950/mo, $600/dep, no bills paid. 420-2831

CLASSIFIEDS

‘97 CHEVY S-10 4x4 pickup, great 1st car, $1500 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

1996 CHEVI, 1 ton pickup 120,000 miles crew cab, goose nick hitch, good pickup. $7000. 626-4173

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

796. SUVS

‘01 FORD Expedition XLT, 4 wheel drive, excellent cond., $4350, 420-1352.

2008 NISSAN Pathfinder LE, 4x4, 74K mi, fully loaded, $18K, 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