12-25-2010

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CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy converged on Bethlehem on Friday as the town of Jesus’ birth prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve. - PAGE A2

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A gift of tax breaks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive new tax bill signed into law by President Barack Obama is filled with all kinds of holiday stocking stuffers for businesses: tax breaks for producing TV shows, grants for putting up windmills, rum subsidies for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

There is even a tax break for people who buy race horses.

Millions of homeowners, however, might feel like they got a lump of coal.

Homeowners who don’t itemize their deductions will lose a tax break for paying local property taxes.

The business tax breaks are part of sweeping legislation that extends Bush era tax cuts for families at every income level through

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T O P S E C R E T S A N T A Early Christmases See TAXES, Page A6

Santa greets his young fans with their last-minute Christmas requests Thursday afternoon at the Roswell Mall.

in Chaves County JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

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GRIDIRON KING Hagerman High School’s Ryan Gomez earned the crown as the Roswell Daily Record Gridiron King based on his leadership on and off the field and his play on it for the Class 1A state runner-up Bobcats.

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In this image provided by noradsanta.org, the official NORAD tracking of Santa Claus is shown on a satellite map of the world, Friday.

NORAD mum on how it tracks St. Nick PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.

(AP) — Lots of military secrets are hidden behind the gleaming walls of NORAD’s headquarters building, including this one: Just how do they get Santa’s flight path onto their computer screens every Christmas Eve? Tracking Santa’s travels is a celebrated tradition at the North American Aerospace Command, and it unfolded Friday for the 55th year.

NORAD insiders drop hints about how they do it — “ultra-cool, high-tech, highspeed digital cameras,” radar, satellites and Canadian Forces fighter jets. They happily release a flurry of facts: They answered 74,000 phone calls and 3,500

e-mails from around the world last year, all asking for Santa’s location.

But any inquiry into the technological particulars is met with a polite rebuff and a cryptic explanation involving the magic of Christmas.

NORAD T racks Santa, the official name of the exercise, began in 1955 when a Colorado Springs newspaper ad invited kids to talk to Santa on a hotline.

The phone number had a typo, and dozens of kids wound up dialing the Continental Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs, the predecessor to See NORAD, Page A6

According to Elvis Fleming, city historian, the first recorded celebration of Christmas in Roswell occurred in 1879.

However, this does not mean that it had not been celebrated before it was documented.

Chaves County barely missed being the home of the first celebration of Christmas on New Mexican soil by a matter of days.

In July 1590, the unapproved expedition of Gaspar Castano De Sosa started out from Nuevo Leon, which is located in the northeast corner of Mexico just below McAllen, Texas. The group arrived at the intersection of the Pecos River and present-day Highway 385 around Dec. 8, 1590.

The expedition then traveled to an “area of fissures” — probably somewhere around Bitter Lake — ending up near Bosque Grand where they were able to restock their larder.

By Dec. 10, they had arrived at a point near the Pecos, about 1 mile south of the Chaves County line.

By the end of the year they arrived at Pecos Pueblo near Santa Fe. From Dec. 10 to 31, the expedition covered about 175 miles in 21 days, a rate of 8.3 miles per day.

This would have placed the first Christmas marked by a Christian population in New Mexico somewhere in San Miguel County.

In 1879, only a handful of people lived in Roswell, about a dozen, says Fleming in his book “Treasures of History II.” Nothing was documented about the early Christmases.

Yet the early festivities are the forerunners of the traditions which were established by the 1890s. Christmas celebrations back then were centralized, often put on by prominent members of the community.

Christmas trees put in an appearance in the history books in 1892, before the advent of the railroad.

The first trees were carted into Roswell by mule teams, and their arrival was an event marked by the community.

Georgia Redfield, who spent her childhood in the 1890’s Roswell, described how the school children would gather

Perez brings culture, faith to his work with the less fortunate

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JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Capt. Beau Perez, 53, a native of Guam, has brought to Roswell a world of culture, knowledge and understanding as the new Corps Officer at Roswell’s Salvation Army for the past year.

Perez said he naturally incorporates values of faith and traditional beliefs from his jungle roots on the island Guam into his job. “(Guam) is kissing island,” he said. “On Guam, you kiss your elders’ hands. After church, young people, when the elders walked out of church they would wait to get a blessing from their elders. It’s all about family.”

Much of what Perez does as an administrator, “delegator,” pastor and teacher at the Salvation Army is centered around family values and helping others mend the fences of their lives back together.

He said that growing up in Guam taught him about the responsibilities that others have to their loved

ones and their community.

“Nobody ever goes hungry on Guam,” he said. “There will never be a convalescent home on Guam, because no matter how old your grandparents get, you take care of them ... it requires that somebody be at home all day.”

During the week, Perez makes his home at the Salvation Army, 612 W. College Blvd., where he leads Sunday services and programs like Life’s Healing Choices.

Life’s Healing Choices is a 12-step rehabilitation program for individuals struggling with addictions.

Perez works with addicts from all walks of life, who suffer from various addictions, which require a certain meekness as prescribed by his Christian faith.

“People who have been hurt are very cautious or skittish, they don’t

Capt. Beau Perez Salvation Army

want to be hurt anymore,” Perez said. “If you approach them with humility, that’s kind of disarming, then you can have a conversation and accomplish what the goal is.

(You have to explain to them]) ‘I’m really just like you, except my circumstances are different.’”

Perez graduated from United States Military Academy at Westpoint in 1982 with a bachelor’s of science degree. During that time, Perez also served in the U.S. Army as a mechanic and infantry officer.

He continued his service through 1988. In 1992, Perez earned his theology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary.

While in the military, Perez’s tenure took him back home to Guam, Germany and cities all over the U.S., where he said he learned how to become a planner. He credits his acquired skill of planning with helping him on a mission he completed with California’s Salvation Army branch before moving to Roswell.

“Doing disaster work, you’ve got to do the best you can with what you have,” he said. “During Hurricane Rita ... we spread out the map See PEREZ, Page A6

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Pilgrims, clergy come to Bethlehem for Christmas

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy converged on Bethlehem on Friday as the town of Jesus’ birth prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve. Boy Scout marching bands played in Manger Square, just outside the Church of the Nativity, which Christian tradition identifies as the site of Jesus’ birth in a stable two millennia ago. Pilgrims lit candles inside, and Palestinian policemen deployed around the town to keep the peace.

“This is where Jesus Christ was bor n and walked the earth. So I just want to walk the same earth,” said Mary Healy, a tourist from Independence, Missouri, who said she was in Bethlehem for the fourth time.

The Roman Catholic Church’s top clergyman in the Holy Land arrived in Bethlehem in a traditional procession from Jerusalem just past midday. Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal was to celebrate Midnight Mass later at the church, the peak of the holiday’s events in the town.

As he entered Bethlehem, Twal expressed his traditional wishes for “peace, love and unity among us.”

But on an unseasonably war m winter day, when temperatures approached 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius), he added another wish to his list, “which is to ask God to send us rain and winter besides peace and justice and dignity for all.”

The nor mally rainy

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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, center, waves to the press before entering the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, for Christmas celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday.

autumn and winter season in the Holy Land has been warm and dry — raising fears that the water shortage plaguing the parched region could worsen next year.

Twal, wearing a purple robe and matching black and purple hat, waved to a large crowd of tourists, clergymen and residents as he marched through Manger Square into the Church of the Nativity.

N.M. university gets math grant LAS CRUCES (AP) — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to New Mexico State University’s Mathematically Connected Communities Leadership Institute for Teachers.

The Las Cruces-based university says the grant will benefit teachers and students ar ound New Mexico.

The institute enables teachers to improve class-

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room practices to increase student learning in math and to develop expertise in working with colleagues and administrators in a school system.

The program also allows teachers to ear n a K-12 mathematics coach certificate and a master of arts in teaching.

Thirty-one teachers were chosen earlier this year to be the first group to participate in the program.

With a steep drop in Israeli-Palestinian violence, the number of tourists visiting Bethlehem has been steadily rising in recent years, and the town’s 2,750 hotel rooms were booked solid for Christmas week. More hotels are under construction.

About 90,000 visitors are expected in the town during the Christmas season, up from about 70,000

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last year, according to Israeli government figures.

Many visitors enter Bethlehem from neighboring Jerusalem.

But the bloodshed has left its mark. Visitors to the town must cross through a massive metal gate in the separation barrier Israel built between Jerusalem and Bethlehem during a wave of Palestinian attacks inside Israel.

Walking through the

gate, Twal said that Christians who make up just 2 percent of the Palestinian population, feel “the same suf fering and more” of their Muslim compatriots.

“It’s our responsibility altogether. God willing, we will give an honorable image to the world looking toward unity, love, hope and steadfastness,” he said.

Dampening the holiday cheer, Israeli authorities

said two Italian pilgrims were killed Friday afternoon when their car crashed into an electric pole near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.

Three other Italian women in the car were hospitalized, said Zaki Heller, spokesman for Israel’s rescue service.

Officials said the women, in their mid-50s, were in the Holy Land to celebrate Christmas.

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Robot waiters in China never lose patience Roswell Daily Record

JINAN, China (AP) — Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant, where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips.

The restaurant, which opened this month in Jinan in northern Shandong province, is touted as China’s first robot hotpot eatery where robots resembling Star Wars droids circle the room carrying trays of food in a conveyor

belt-like system.

More than a dozen robots operate in the restaurant as entertainers, servers, greeters and receptionists. Each robot has a motion sensor that tells it to stop when someone is in its path so customers can reach for dishes they want.

The service industry in China has not always kept up with the country’s rapid economic growth, and can be quite basic in some restaurants, leading customers in

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the Dalu restaurant to praise the robots.

“They have a better service attitude than humans,” said Li Xiaomei, 35, who was visiting the restaurant for the first time.

“Humans can be temperamental or impatient, but they don’t feel tired, they just keep working and moving round and round the restaurant all night,” Li said.

Inspired by space exploration, robot technology and global innovation, the restaurant’s owner,

Zhang Yongpei, said he hopes his restaurant will show the world China is a serious competitor in developing technology.

“I hope this new concept shows that China is forward-thinking and innovative,” Zhang said.

As customers enter the dimly lit restaurant lined with blinking neon lights to simulate a futuristic environment, a female robot decorated with batting eyelashes greets people with an electronic “welcome.”

During the meal, crowds of up to 100 customers, are entertained by a dancing and talking robot that looks more like a mannequin with a dress, flapping its arms around in a stiff motion.

Zhang said he hopes to roll out 30 robots — which cost $6,000 each — in the coming months and eventually develop robots with human-like qualities that serve customers at their table and can walk up and down the stairs.

Making art from the contents of the refrigerator MICHELLE LOCKE FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Seven Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17 look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin, on Monday.

German dog to be spayed after 17-puppy litter BERLIN (AP) — Ten weeks after giving birth to 17 puppies, the Rhodesian Ridgeback mother is to be spayed while her cute offspring leave for new homes, the dog’s owner said Thursday.

Ramona Wegemann said the 26hour labor was very tiresome for the mother, Etana, and she does not want to endanger the dog’s health with another pregnancy.

Wegemann said she had to personally feed the eight female and nine male puppies with a bottle filled with special milk for several weeks, because Etana’s nine nipples couldn’t cope with the demand.

Caring for the puppies has “turned out to be a full-time job,” she said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that was at times interrupted by the din of puppies joyfully barking in the background.

Etana gave birth to the puppies on Sept. 28 in Wegemann’s house in

Ebereschenhof near Berlin.

Wegemann, a 32-year -old freelance animal psychiatrist, said she has been feeding the dogs at least five times a day. And when the puppies are not hungry they constantly want to be entertained inside their giant box in the family’s living room.

“Now they sometimes also play with each other. But we still play with them. We also make them listen to CDs with noises from traffic, construction work or yelling kids to prepare them for real life,” she said.

“All the puppies are well,” she said. “We play with them in the snow and have started teaching them how to sit still.”

The dog family, however, has started to shrink as one by one the puppies have left for new homes.

Wegemann and her husband plan to give most of the puppies away.

“We usually have only three dogs, Etana and two others. But now our living room is full of them,” she said.

Martinez announces nominee for N.M. Higher Education

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico Gov.-elect Susana Martinez has nominated a professor from New Mexico State University to head the Higher Education Department.

Martinez on Thursday described Jose Z. Garcia as a talented educator who will help her streamline the state’s higher education system.

She says Garcia will be charged with ensuring that New Mexico universities and colleges provide students with all they need to be competitive here and abroad.

Garcia has been a professor at NMSU since 1975 and served as the director of the NMSU Center for Latin American and Border Studies from 1991 to 2003.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College, a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a doctorate in political science from the University of New Mexico.

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Two of the puppies — which are now about 16 inches (42 centimeter) big — were given to friends and five others have been sold for about 800 ($1,050) each, Wegemann said. The price only covers vets fees, and expenses for vaccinations, food and mandatory paperwork, she added.

“Ten of them are still up for grabs,” she said, but adds they will only be given to families with children, not to breeders.

“We’ve already turned down families where it didn’t feel right, where the puppies were just regarded as objects.”

Wegemann said even with so many dogs at home, it’s still difficult to let one go.

“It’s really hard. Every time one of them leaves the house we’re close to crying then.”

The litter was Etana’s second — she gave birth to just eight puppies in her first pregnancy, all of which were given names starting with ‘A.’

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Carl Warner never told his kids not to play with their food.

“They’d make smiley faces from onion rings,” says the London-based photographer.

“It’s a wonderful thing to do.

I do it all the time.”

In fact, he’s made a living from it. Warner, whose new book is “Food Landscapes,” constructs lush forests from broccoli, evocative seascapes from salmon, and pastoral Tuscan farm scenes from pasta and Parmesan. Clouds of soft bread or mozzarella float in the sky, rice pebbles scatter walkways, potatoes become boulders. By combining the techniques of classical painting and the sensibility of Salvador Dali with some basic Photoshop, Warner delivers still life art that is haunting, playful and audaciously real.

It started a decade ago with a stroll through the market and a realization that Portobello mushrooms look a lot like trees on an African savannah. Since that first photo, Warner has created a body of work that hovers somewhere between art and commercial food photography.

“The jury is still out on whether this is art or not, for me as well as others,” he says. He regards his work as a celebration not only of food, but of the human imagination. “If I can take the contents of my fridge and make a little world out of it,” he says, “what can people do with a whole world full of stuff?”

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tricks of perspective. Parsley fronds and spinach plants frame the foreground, while diminishing pathways lead the eye to the back of the scene. He shoots in close, using a lens that foreshortens the scene, creating remarkably 3-D shots that look exactly like what they depict — and what they’re made of.

“If I’ve got something in there that people don’t recognize then it defeats the object,” he says. “They’ve got to be able to realize that everything’s made of food.”

Indigenous ingredients also contribute to the effect.

A scene of a Chinese boat and dock uses soy beans, mushrooms, fortune cookies and other Asian items.

Warner conjures the American dustbowl with meat, cereal and a loaf of bread, the region’s iconic ingredients.

“There’s something about the authenticity of it,” he says. “If I had some strange kumquat in the middle of an American landscape, it doesn’t fit.”

Scene construction and photography can take anywhere from a couple of hours to several days. For Fishscape, a photo made entirely of mackerel, bass, whelks and other seafood, shooting had to take place in one day, for obvious reasons (fish at day two under the lights? not a good idea). The London skyline — think Big Ben’s tower out of green beans — took days to construct.

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OPINION

When it comes to state agencies, size matters The New Mexico Economic Development Department employs fewer than 100 people and has a pretty simple business model: it promotes economic development.

The New Mexico Health Department employs well over 3,000 people. It operates eight residential medical facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, has about 45 field offices and runs an alphabet soup of programs dealing with public health, nutrition, prevention of diseases, mitigation of bad behavior such as addiction, and more.

The Tourism Department has fewer than 100 employees to market New Mexico as a tourism destination, coordinating what might otherwise be less effective marketing by separate communities and businesses.

The Children, Youth and Families Department employs close to

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2,000 people. It is the corrections agency for underage offenders and at-risk youth, operates several residential facilities including — according to comments from those who have been inside — scary places housing extremely scary teenagers. Among its other programs are a few that look suspiciously similar to programs of the Health Department or the Human Services Department.

You want to save money in state government? Don’t consolidate the small agencies. Break up the big ones.

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Several agencies are sized between 100 and 1,000 employees, among them: Environment, Energy and Minerals; Public Safety; Workforce Solutions; State Engineer; and Workers’ Compensation. Whether they are currently well managed or not, these agencies are of manageable size.

If very small agencies (like Economic Development and Tourism) are combined, administrative costs could be saved. Otherwise, it’s hard to see how the state could save anything by slamming agencies together. Instead, combining forces the bureaucracy to grow. The Cabinet secretary can’t possibly know what’s going on in the far flung outposts unless he or she has a regiment of deputies whose job is to find out what the heck is going on out there, report back to the boss, transmit the boss’s orders, then go back out to the boonies and find out why

those orders won’t work.

In a smaller agency, the secretary might speak directly to employees and find out that his brilliant, brand new management concept has been done three previous times under three previous secretaries and didn’t work, for reasons that could be enumerated by anyone with institutional memory, which will not include the aforesaid deputies.

The boonies, you understand, include not only the Maxwell and Pie Town field offices but work stations 20 feet from the secretary’s office. In New Mexico state gover nment, commonly, rank and file employees are told very little about what other employees do. Employees are not encouraged to talk to each other across bureau boundaries, or to make recommendations outside their own narrow specialization. This is logical for an institution in which training for rank and file

employees to develop expertise in their subject area barely exists.

(Note the word “expertise.” I don’t mean how to use spreadsheets.)

To save money in state government, somebody has to look in detail at specific programs and figure out what can be reduced or eliminated. If the new administration wants to make a sincere effort do that, it doesn’t make sense to start out by overwhelming its Cabinet secretaries.

And while you’re at it, please change the name of Workforce Solutions (give me a break) back to Labor. It won’t save any direct taxpayer dollars but it will reduce the consumption and cost of Tums for thousands of New Mexico taxpayers; and I can vouch personally (I have looked) that some back pages on its website still say DOL, four years after that ridiculous name change. © New Mexico News Service 2010

Santa is real

DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.

Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

Papa says, “If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.”

Please tell me the truth; is ther e a Santa Claus?

VIRGINIA O’HANLON

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong.

They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except (what) they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus.

He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.

We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and pictur e the super nal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

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DEAR DR. GOTT: I believe you did your readers a disservice in your Nov. 13 article on colonoscopy. You should have indicated that it’s not as safe as you may have your readers believe. I personally know of two men who underwent this operation and had their colons cut. This caused one to undergo massive surgery at a local hospital, and he ended up with a colostomy. The other spent many months in rehab over this “simple” surgical procedure.

I am 71 and will not undergo a colonoscopy for any reason! It’s nowhere as safe as one is led to believe. You should have mentioned this to your readers. I’ll take my chances with cancer versus walking around for the rest of

A political rebound, but can it hold?

JIM KUHNHENN ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, whose first two years were marked by staunchly partisan votes on his signature initiatives, finds himself at a crossroads.

In the seven weeks since the election, Obama negotiated with Republican leaders on taxes and left angry liberals on the sidelines. On a major nuclear treaty with Russia, he sidelined GOP Senate leaders and negotiated with likeminded Republicans. And with a landmark repeal of the ban on openly gay military service, he delighted liberals, won Republican rank-and-file support and left conservatives

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my life with a bag attached to my body.

DEAR DR. GOTT: In 2007, my 77-year -old sister had a colonoscopy. I dropped her off at the hospital in the morning, and she never came home. Her colon was per forated, she developed an infection, her colon was removed, her kidneys shut down, and she ended up with a colostomy

fuming.

Obama is rebounding from his party’s midterm drubbing with the kind of lame-duck victories any White House would want. And his legislative partners have not come from his usual roster of allies — they were Republicans like Senate leader Mitch McConnell on taxes and foreign policy stalwart Richard Lugar on the New STAR T treaty, and independent Joseph Lieberman on ending the Pentagon’s don’t ask, don’t tell policy.

Each achievement represents a different approach at deal-making, but none alone offers a clear path to governing in a divided capital over

bag. She was in ICU for 30 days on dialysis and a respirator. Because she didn’t want any “heroic measures,” she was taken off the respirator and died two days later.

In the next week, two friends called to say they each had a relative die after a botched colonoscopy. Up to that point, I never knew this could happen. I think you owe it to your readers to tell them that there is risk in this procedure. I will never have one done.

DEAR DR. GOTT: I don’t know why you, with any kind of good conscience, can refer to colonoscopy so casually. It ruins three days of a person’s life, costs a lot of money even with insurance, and the quality and safety of the procedure depends wholly on someone

the next two years.

Faced with an ascendant GOP and a restless electorate, the White House is happily holding up the president’s recent successes as a sign of new outreach.

“This won’t be a model for everything over the next two years, but it provides a strong foundation to build on,” Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, said.

During his 2008 campaign, Obama offered two visions of change. One was in policy: He would overhaul the nation’s health care system and provide universal insurance. The other was tone: His was a purple nation, not a red or blue America riven by partisan-

who doesn’t care about you and will never see you again.

You need to tell any person who is being coerced into it to tell the truth.

You will spend at least two days fasting and drinking a gallon of sweat-flavored liquid or a phosphate that can cause severe cramps and heart irregularities. You will be charged a minimum of $400 and a maximum of more than $1,000 up front because once the trauma is over and you survive, they worry you won’t pay. You will be humiliated and degraded.

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ship. For most of his first two years, he managed to accomplish the first while sacrificing the latter.

In a shift dictated in part by urgency and by opportunity, Obama has shown a willingness in the past few weeks to bend and pull votes from the other side to get results — at some cost within his party.

Yet, as remarkable and surprising as those results are, the lame-duck congressional session is not a clear template for the future.

Next year Republicans will take over the House and gain seats in the Senate. The

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Dec. 25, 1985 • An exhibition of the paintings of Pomona Hallenbeck, a Roswell native, will be held at the Wiggins Galleries in Roswell this month. She lived for a time in Texas and had a studio in the bell tower of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She now paints at her studio-home in East Grand Plains.

• Jerry Salazar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Salazar; Matt Medina, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Medina; and Craig Baca, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baca have been named Superstars of the month at the Roswell Boys Club.

The boys are now eligible to compete for the Superstar of the Year award, which will be announced in January.

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VONNIE GOSS GUEST REVIEWER Saturday, Dec. 18, brought clear, cool weather to Roswell, perfect for a visit from a “Musical Santa,” who brought a delightful evening of holiday music. The setting was the First Baptist Church, one of several temporary locations being used by the Roswell Symphony Orchestra pending refurbishment of Pearson Auditorium on the NMMI campus. The talent was provided by director John Farrer, and members of the RSO, plus the El Paso Brass Quintet, joined by three additional musicians who comprise their rhythm section.

As is customary, the concert opened with a formal fanfare signaling its beginning, and was followed by the national anthem.

Serving as a master of ceremonies for much of the evening was James Shearer, tuba specialist with the Brass. As if wonderful music was not enough, there was much goodnatured ribbing by Brass members.

The audience responded with gales of laughter to encourage such repartee.

The other four members of the quintet are: Sam Trimble, first trumpet; Kenneth Capshaw, trumpet; Allan Kaplan, trombone; and Richard Lambrecht, French horn.

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of each member is impressive. Most have also been associated with jazz, and are well known in that musical arena.

The program was varied, from traditional Christmas carols such as “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” and “Silent Night,” to lesser known carols, and to some unknown ones. Many had been specifically arranged for the Brass by such arrangers as Bob Letherman, Harrison Roper, Kenneth Friedrich and others.

On a few compositions, the horns were muted; in others they were at full strength, with the trumpeters often triple-tonguing their instruments. There was no mistaking the skill of these musicians. What was also amazing was that the RSO played many numbers with the Brass, expertly lending musical support, but never overwhelming them with sound despite their greater number.

The members of the Brass’ rhythm section were next introduced. Their instruments included a guitar, drums, and a different style of bass viol. Each member of the group is an expert performer on his instrument, and they delighted the audience when they played. Curt Warren on guitar was able to produce sounds very much like a full-sized harp.

The Brass did some additional good-natured teasing of French Horn player Richard Lambrecht. Also, at one juncture, the tuba player marched out into the audience with his horn, and quietly puffed a few “notes” at a lady, to the laughter of the audience. The lady indicated that she’d never been kissed by a tuba before, but that was the sound the horn had made.

The musicians presented “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” “Feliz Navidad,” “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” and other popular seasonal hits. Audience favorites included the Brass’ rendition of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” and the popular and patriotic “God Bless the USA.” Closing the program was “Let it Snow,” and a beautiful arrangement of “Greensleeves Fantasy.”

At the conclusion, the audience stood quickly, and applause was great as the El Paso Brass Quintet recognized Maestro Farrer and the orchestra for their cooperation with them. Quickly, they broke into “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and the crowd responded by singing along.

The concert was an entertaining, and beautiful, Christmas present.

Many thanks, Santa!

It’s time to reflect on the year 2010

This week’s Roswell SAFE Coalition safety column is brought to you by Roswell Neighborhood Watch and the Roswell SAFE Coalition.

This Roswell Safe Coalition safety column will be the final one for 2010 and I have decided to take this opportunity to reflect back on the year. Not only has it been a learning year personally, but it has been rewarding as well, and I am grateful for the total 2010 experience.

Among the biggest rewards I have been given is an understanding of the tremendous volunteer effort which we as a community are given. I think of many of our Neighborhood Block Captains who work hard to make their neighborhoods safe. People such as Kaarina Jager, Pat Hittle, Sue Heckman, Charles Berry, Julie Morrow, Shirley Simon, Robert Willis, Sandra Madero, Abdel Ibrahim and others who give extra effort. I have observed the interest of Roswell SAFE Coalition members including Judy Armstrong, Susie Russell, Betty Long, Jimmy

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Masters and Rob Coon, all of whom have other jobs but give time and effort to an organization that has a single mission — to make Roswell and Chaves County a safer place to live and work. Additionally, I have been blessed to work directly with the board of Chaves County Crime Stoppers, a group of community leaders who are taking direct action to improve our crime situation.

We at the Neighborhood Watch office, 426 N. Main St., in the historic Conoco building, have a wonderful volunteer lady as well.

“Miss Shirley” Nesse, a retired person from the aviation industry gives us several hours a week and would gladly give more time

issues that lent themselves to compromise in the lame duck session were easier than the hurdles the White House, Democrats and Republicans will have to clear in the months ahead. And the next two years also lead inexorably to the 2012 presidential elections, where confrontation, not cooperation, will dominate politics.

What’s more, Obama and Congress merely postponed key moments of reckoning. The tax cut agreement extended all Bush-era tax rates for two years. That leaves unsolved the question of what tax rates should be made permanent and which ones should be allowed to increase. That debate may well dominate the presidential election year.

Congress also was unable to pass a major spending bill to keep the government operating, settling for a short-term, stop-gap measure that maintains current spending into early March. That means a new and contentious debate with a GOP-controlled House over money to implement new health care and bank oversight laws that many Republicans oppose.

And the Senate failed to advance an immigration bill that would have given a path to legal status to many young illegal immigrants who join the military or attend college. The legislation will be far more difficult to pass in the new Congress.

Congress and the White House also have vowed to tackle sky-high deficits and the growing national debt, challenges that Obama himself acknowledged last week will be far more difficult than the tax deal he was signing.

“There will be moments, I’m certain, over the next couple of years in which the holiday spirit won’t be as abundant as it is today,” the president said Friday as he signed the tax legislation with McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, at his side.

To many liberals, the end-of-year session marked Obama as a pushover and Republicans, in the words of Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., as “better poker players.”

To some Republicans, Obama emerged as a self-interested pragmatist.

“When faced with the specter of committing either political hara-kiri or doing the right thing, he’ll do the right thing,” said Republican consultant John Feehery, a former senior House Republican leadership aide. “He can be politically ruthless when he has to be.”

And yet to others he showed himself to be an agile and graceful politician.

“He’s very supple and very smart,” said Fred Green-

if only we ask. And then there is Cathy Burch, an extraordinary artist within the community — lots of banners are hers — who helps us with the children’s fingerprinting, and is the usual “gatekeeper” at Neighborhood Watch organizational meetings!

As an “old soda pop salesman” with zero law enforcement experience, every event may become a personal learning experience. In our jobs within the Conoco Building, Richard Lucero and I are exposed to multiple facets of community safety and crime prevention.

Of course, Neighborhood Watch and the False Alarm Administration are the two primary functions. As such, we have conducted many organizational and follow-up meetings for Neighborhood Watch. In addition, we have been privileged to give programs to many clubs and organizations across the community. We have participated in large convention center activities, and have organized and participated in National Night Out 2010.

All of these things have been hugely educational for me. However, without question, the most personally rewarding has been the fingerprinting of small children. This project provides parents with a clear means of identifying those children should it be necessary and we pray that there will never be a need for these cards! I can tell you, however, that seeing that little child look up at you, wondering what in the world you are doing, but with absolute trust on his or her face makes it worth an untold fortune.

We’ll get back to safety topics next week. But meanwhile, I’m glad to have this platform where I can say “thank you” to a wonderful city, a great county, and to all the giving residents of Roswell.

Thinking about setting up a Neighborhood Watch? Call Richard and Steve at 622SAFE (7233) for information. And don’t forget, the number for Chaves County Crime Stoppers is 1-888594-TIPS (8477).

stein, the presidential historian and emeritus professor at Princeton University. “People are welcome to underestimate him. I’m sure it doesn’t bother him at all.”

To achieve the tax deal, he abandoned his demand that tax rates for the wealthy had to go up and signed off on an estate tax rate that Democrats opposed. But he managed to win billions of dollars in jobless benefits, a payroll tax cut and breaks for businesses that were far more ambitious than many thought he could obtain to stimulate the economy.

The deal avoided a tax increase for all. But while bargaining with McConnell, the lead GOP negotiator, the White House marginalized liberals, and they were livid.

On the nuclear arms treaty, the White House saw the lame-duck session as a final opportunity to avoid a protracted debate next year. That could have doomed a treaty the administration sees as essential to establishing credibility abroad. But McConnell and his second in command, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, insisted on more time and decided to oppose it.

To win support, the White House found an ally in Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana. Lugar is a foreign policy expert whom Obama first sought out during his early days in Washington as a senator from Illinois, more than four years ago. As senators, the two had traveled to the former Soviet Union together and sponsored legislation on nonproliferation of conventional weapons and on fuel economy.

Systematically, the White House lobbied Republicans with a bipartisan array of foreign policy elders. They won the backing of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former President George H.W. Bush and they kept their own contacts with GOP senators private.

By Tuesday, they had won the stated support of 11 Republicans in the Senate, more than enough to win the two-thirds majority needed to ratify a treaty, expected Wednesday.

“The president would admit that he spent more time reaching out to Republicans recently than in previous times,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

Winning the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” was less about bipartisanship than about finding the opening in the lame-duck calendar. Still, the measure passed with the type of Republican support Congress had not seen for two years.

For the White House, it was also a welcome fulfillment of a campaign promise — and proof to liberals that Obama was not throwing them under the bus.

Jim Kuhnhenn covers the White House for The Associated Press.

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you ask them to, and if anyone tells you not to worry, run as fast as you can.

DEAR DR. GOTT: You omitted two things in your recent response on colonoscopy. I went for my first and had the IV placed. My doctor said she would be back in a couple of minutes to get me. She came back indicating there would be a delay. I asked about the risks. She said that about one in every 500 procedures could result in perforation. When I asked if it could just be sutured back together, she said no, it must heal on its own. When I asked what happens if it does nOt heal, I was told the colon must be removed. I said I like my colon and want to keep it.

She went on to say the benefits outweigh the risks. She ultimately removed three polyps that tested pre-cancerous, and I’m glad I had it done. I will go back as recommended. The thing is -- everyone I talk to now who has had one was never told of the risks involved. There should be informed consent.

DEAR DR. GOTT: Catching cancer early is good, so I am not suggesting a colonoscopy be skipped or put off. My own experience has been that the “twilight” sedative has a known memory-loss component that is said to wear of f. In people over 60, I am not

sure its effects completely disappear.

My anal muscles don’t seem to function as well, even years after having the tube inserted and removed. I don’t know if this relates to the colonoscopy or my age.

Consequently, panty liners and wash up following bowel movements is necessary.

Having a good doctor and good hospital now may be a ticket to a longer life, despite some risks and side effects.

DEAR READERS: Overall, colonoscopy is generally safe; however, as with any invasive procedure, complications can and do occur. It is estimated that problems occur in 0.35 percent of colonoscopy cases. When a polyp is discovered and removed, the risk increases to about 2 percent. Each year, more than 50,000 people die from colorectal cancer, a condition that is preventable. Colonoscopy does save lives, but I apologize for not stressing the possible downside. I can only recommend that patients be under the care of a qualified gastroenterologist who can answer all questions prior to any procedure being scheduled.

Dr. Peter H. Gott is a retired physician and the author of several books, including “Live Longer, Live Better,” “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet” and “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Cookbook,” which are available at most bookstores or online. His website is www.AskDrGottMD.com.

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EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for new power plants and oil refinery emission standards over the next year.

In an announcement posted on the agency’s website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with pollution contributing to climate change.

“We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful way to reduce GHG pollution that threatens the health and welfare of Americans,” Jackson said in a statement. She said emissions

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from power plants and oil refineries constitute about 40 percent of the greenhouse gas pollution in this country.

President Barack Obama had said two days after the midterm elections that he was disappointed Congress hadn’t acted on legislation achieving the same end, signaling that other options were under consideration.

Jackson’s announcement came on the same day that the administration showed a go-it-alone approach on federal wilderness protection — another major environmental issue. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his agency was repealing the Bush era’s policy limiting wilderness protection, which was adopted under former Interior Secre-

2012. Obama signed the $858 billion measure a week ago. It also provides a new payroll tax cut for wage earners and extends jobless benefits to the long-term unemployed.

Most of the business tax breaks — about 50 in all — are part of a package that expires each year, creating uncertainty for tax planners but lots of business for lobbyists. Many of these tax breaks have been around for years but expired at the end of 2009 because lawmakers couldn’t agree how to pay for them.

The new law extends most of them through 2011, some through 2012. They will be paid for with borrowed money.

Nearly 1,300 businesses and trade groups formed a coalition urging Congress to extend the business tax breaks. Others lobbied for specific provisions, including a generous tax credit for research and development and subsidies to produce alternative energy.

There is a generous tax break for banks and insurance companies that invest overseas, a tax credit for railroad track maintenance, more generous write-offs for upgrading motorsport race tracks, and increased deductions for businesses that donate books and computers to public schools and libraries.

Many of the tax breaks are designed to encourage economic activity. But passing them each year at the last minute, or skipping a year and passing them retroactively, isn’t terribly efficient, said Clint Stretch, a tax expert at Deloitte Tax LLP. “It gives it a lot of dignity to call it a ‘system,’” Stretch said.

Every year, taxpayers risk losing their favorite tax breaks, if they are not renewed. That’s what happened to millions of homeowners. For 2008 and 2009, homeowners who didn’t itemize their deductions were able to get an extra deduction — on top of the standard deduction — for paying local property taxes. Individuals could reduce their taxable income by as much as $500, couples could cut theirs by $1,000.

The provision, which has saved homeowners about $1.6 billion a year, expired for 2010 and was left out of the new tax law.

“A lot of Americans don’t make so much money that they itemize their tax returns. But those same Americans own property,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., who sponsored the original tax break. “It seems to me that they, too, should have the ability to deduct it. It’s a matter of equity.”

Taxpayers who itemize will continue to be able to deduct local property taxes. About two-thirds of tax filers don’t itemize.

Among the provisions in the new law: —A tax break that allows profitable companies to write off large capital expenditures immediately — rather than over time — giving some companies huge tax shelters.

The tax break, known as bonus depreciation, benefits

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to watch the mule teams arrive laden with Christmas goods.

Another old-timer, Flora Whiteman Miller, said in a presentation given to the Historical Society in the 1960s that she witnessed the first tree brought into the town.

The tree was erected in the Masonic Temple, located around the 200 block of North Main Street.

Nathan Jaffa and Will Preager established a store, located in the 100 block of North Main Street, around 1886.

Jaffa and Praeger supplied the gifts for nearly 50 residents. When discussing these early celebrations, Miller commented that Santa, who distributed the gifts, looked suspiciously like Will Praeger.

As Roswell grew, families eventually had individual trees, created by cutting side branches from cedars, so the branches could grow back.

Trees were decorated with strings of popcorn and red paper or cloth, which families saved for the occasion. Eventu-

tary Gale Norton.

On climate change, legislation in Congress putting a limit on heat-trapping greenhouse gases and allowing companies to buy and sell pollution permits under that ceiling — a system known as “cap and trade” — stalled in the Senate earlier this year after narrowly clearing the House.

Republicans assailed it as “cap and tax,” arguing that it would raise energy prices.

But the Senate in late June rejected, by a 53-47 vote, a challenge brought by Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski that would have denied the EPA the authority to move ahead with the rules.

Jackson noted in Thursday’s statement that her agency and several state and local

automakers, utilities, heavy equipment makers like Caterpillar Inc., and John Deere, air freight companies like Fedex Corp., and wireless companies like Verizon and AT&T, said Anne Mathias, director of research for the Washington Research Group, which provides research to institutional and corporate investors. It will save companies nearly $21 billion over the next decade.

“It helps companies that use expensive capital equipment, that spend a lot of money,” Mathias said. “It also helps places where the economy is growing, like wireless infrastructure, because there is a pretty big wireless build out right now.”

The tax break is also available to people who buy race horses and farmers who buy cattle for breeding or dairy, according to a depreciation list produced by the Internal Revenue Service.

—An exemption that allows banks, insurance companies and other financial firms to shield foreign profits from being taxed by the U.S. through 2011. Cost: $9.2 billion.

The tax break is important to major multinational banks and financial firms, such as Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and to the financing operations of other international companies, Mathias said.

—A tax credit for research and development, benefiting a wide range of industries, including pharmaceutical and high tech companies. The law extends the tax credit through 2011, at a cost of $13.3 billion.

“The House and the Senate are in the holiday spirit and giving U.S. companies a present of $13 billion in potential R&D Tax Credits!” says a press release by Braithwaite Global Inc., a firm that advises companies on applying for research tax credits.

—Increased tax rebates to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from a tax on rum imported into the United States. The U.S. imposes a $13.50 per proof-gallon tax on imported rum, and sends most of the proceeds to the two U.S. territories.

Previously, the rebate was $10.50 a gallon. The new law extends a more generous rebate of $13.25 a gallon through 2011. Cost: $262 million.

—Extends a grant program for the production of wind, solar and other renewable energy through 2011.

Cost: $3 billion.

“This is a great holiday present for the 85,000 American workers in the wind energy industry, tens of thousands of whom will now be able to get back to work in a sector that has been a bright spot in the recession so far,” Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, said in a statement.

—Extends a 50 percent tax credit for expenses related to railroad track maintenance through 2011. Cost $331 million.

—Enhanced deductions for companies that donate food to the needy, books to public schools or computers to public libraries, through 2011. Cost: $537 million.

—A tax break that allows TV and movie productions to more quickly write off expenses, extended through 2011. Sexually explicit productions are ineligible. Cost: $101 million.

ally cranberries replaced paper.

Dinners could be lavish. The menu served in the home of Martin W. Corns, who lived in East Grand Plains in 1879, included quail, ducks, turkey, beef, mutton and goat.

In the after noon they held horse races. In the evenings, a dance where no liquor was allowed.

Although many flasks made it into the festivities, no good girls danced with a man who had been drinking, said May Corn Marley, daughter of Martin W. Corn.

The Christmas stocking had also made its way into Chaves County by that time.

Gifts were simple, but no less cherished, said Redfield.

Presents might include gloves, stockings, a bag of popcor n, an apple or candy. Girls often received dolls made out of socks since nothing was wasted in that early era.

Candy consisted of stick and rock candy. The latter had medicinal uses as a cough syrup when the rock candy was dissolved in whiskey.

And, it was said, everyone got something. j.palmer@roswell-record.com

New Years Eve Dance Dec. 31st, 8:00 pm – 12:30 am $8.00 per person.

Finger foods and refreshments will be served.

Tickets are available at 807 N. Missouri.

Anyone 18 and older is welcome.

For information call 624-6718.

Hosted by: The Roswell Adult & Senior Center and H & H Group

REGISTRATION FOR THE RASC WINTER CLASSES Saturday, January 8th, 9:00 – 11:00 am at 807 N. Missouri.

Over 40 classes offered.

Call 624-6718 for information.

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and executed Vietnam battle tactics — only with food. Instead of search and destroy, it was search and feed. The military does that for you.”

This holiday season, Perez is doing exactly that. Through the Salvation Army, in partnership

governments and environmental groups had sued EPA over the agency’s failure to update or publish new standards for fossil fuel plants and petroleum refineries.

Two days after the midterm elections, Obama served notice that he would look for ways to control global warming pollution other than Congress placing a ceiling on it.

“Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way,” he said. “I’m going to be looking for other means to address this problem.”

The EPA was at the center of the battle in Congress over climate change policy, especially in the wake of a 2007 Supreme Court ruling giving the agency the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases.

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NORAD. The officers on duty played along and began passing along reports on Santa’s progress. It’s now a cherished ritual at NORAD, a joint U.S.Canada command that monitors the North American skies and seas from a control center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs.

“It’s really ingrained in the NORAD psyche and culture,” said Canadian Forces Lt. Gen. Marcel Duval, the deputy commander of NORAD, who pitches in to field Frenchlanguage calls on Christmas Eve. “It’s a goodwill gesture from all of us, on our time off, to all the kids on the planet.”

It’s also one of the few modern additions to the centuries-old Santa Claus story that have stuck, said Gerry Bowler, a history professor at the University of Manitoba and the author of “Santa Claus: A Biography.”

Most embellishments never capture the public’s imagination because they tend to be ad campaigns or movies that try to “kidnap” Santa for commercial purposes, Bowler said.

NORAD, by contrast, takes an essential element of the Santa Claus story — his travels on Christmas Eve — and looks at it through a technological lens, Bower said.

“It brought Santa into the 20th century,” he said.

And into the 21st century. Santa T racks NORAD now has a Twitter account, a Facebook

with Golden Corral, he’s distributing holiday cookies to about 40 churches in the community. He characterized the Salvation Army’s work as the servitude that Martha, of the Bible’s New Testament, displays. He said that the organization’s responsibility is to serve and help others become happy.

“As many people as I

page, a Youtube channel and apps for mobile phones, along with a website, www.noradsanta.org, and the phone line, 877-HI NORAD. More than 13 million unique visitors went to the website last December. NORAD T racks Santa has more than 470,000 “likes” on Facebook this year and more than 30,000 followers on Twitter.

It takes four months of planning to marshal the 1,200 volunteers, 100 telephones, 30 laptops and two big projection TV screens the exercise requires, NORAD spokeswoman Joyce Frankovis said. All the labor is volunteer. Google, Verizon, Air Canada, defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and others chip in.

The phone line is still at the core of NORAD Tracks Santa. Volunteers answer calls in two-hour shifts from 2 a.m. Mountain Time on Christmas Eve until 3 a.m. Christmas Day. “It is tremendously fun,” said Jim Jenista, NORAD’s deputy chief for joint training exercises who has volunteered to answer the phones for nearly a decade.

Sometimes the line is silent until a parent’s voice encourages a shy child to speak up, Jenista said.

“Or sometimes they’ll put us on speaker phone.

Sometimes it’s an overnight and all the cousins are there. They get so excited,” he said.

The phone volunteers don’t get specific about Santa’s ETA, Jenista said, but they do encourage kids to get to bed soon. can influence to become reasonably happy — supremely happy, I want to return the maximum investment ... in lives that have discovered Christ.”

Perez, a father of five, has been married to his wife, Mandy, for 29 years.

His hobbies include blogging and playing Xbox with his sixth-grade son Daniel. j.entzminger@roswellrecord.com

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Vietnam vets gathering photos for memorial Roswell Daily Record

SANTA FE (AP) — When Henry Urioste was asked to help with a project to locate photos of all New Mexicans killed in Vietnam, he quickly volunteered, thinking it would be a simple, quick task.

Instead, tracking down 400 photos of the fallen turned out to be very emotional work.

“We thought it was going to be easy, and it was hard the hardest, most heartbreaking and emotional thing,” he said.

A local group of Vietnam veterans, part of the Northern New Mexico chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, has collected about 350 of the veterans’ photos since February. The group is assembling them to send to a veterans memorial in Washington, D.C., and to the Vietnam Veterans National Memorial in Angel Fire as well.

Veterans in each state are working on the project, as a way to put a face with each name listed on the Vietnam Wall in Washington.

To collect the rest, the group is seeking the public’s help. Many of the missing photos are of soldiers from Southern and Western New Mexico. The group has found pictures of all 17 of the Santa Feans killed in the war and of most others who were from Northern New Mexico.

One of the Santa Feans killed in the war was Joseph “Tudy” Jacques. He had just turned 21 when his aircraft went down in an accident as he was on his way home from Vietnam, said his brother, Mike.

During his time overseas, Joseph Jacques bought a camera and sent photos to his family.

The one that will be sent to the memorial is a double exposure, with two images of Joseph.

“In half of the photo, he was sad. In the other part, he was really happy,” Mike Jacques said.

The family cut the photo in half and sent in the happy side.

Joseph Jacques, in Army clothes, is leaning on a water tank.

To get the photo on its way to the memorial, Mike Jacques recently met with a member of the group to deliver a copy, something he called a “great honor for the families, and especially the parents.”

The photo has served as a connection for the family to their son, one of two boys and six sisters.

It also will help those who visit the memorial to put a face on the war, in which more than 58,000 Americans died.

Another Santa Fean who was killed in action was Ray Griego, who went to Santa Fe High with Urioste.

Urioste, 65, was in Vietnam more than 40 years ago when he found out his friend had been killed. Seeing his photo again after all this time was tough.

“It’s a hard process, but a healing process,” he said. “It’s like putting a puzzle together.

Every opportunity we get is another piece that fills our

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hearts.”

The remaining missing photos are proving the most difficult, those involved in the project said.

Many of the family members of those killed have moved away or have died. Photos of members of the state’s tribal nations are especially difficult to locate, the veterans said. So far, the veterans have done Inter net sleuthing, hours of phone-calling and some in-person visits to get the photos. Participants say they won’t stop until they have all 400 photos. So far, New Mexico has the highest percent of located photos among all the states.

Being involved in the project is a source of pride, family members say.

Patty Anaya, whose brother-inlaw Michael Anaya was killed in 1970, said she’s glad to see the sacrifices of the fallen and their families acknowledged.

“It really is an honor,” she said.

“It’s about time these boys came back and are honored the way

Obama plans for restful Hawaiian retreat HO NO L U L U ( A P ) — P r e s id e n t B a r ac k Obama has Hawaiian vacation plans for plenty of private time with his family, walks on the beach, rounds of golf and leisure reading.

But a high-speed police chase that went through a security checkpoint near the neighborhood where the president is staying was one more reminder of how hard it is for the president to truly get away from it all.

Officials say the incident was unrelated to the president’s visit and never posed a threat to the first family.

Obama has no public events scheduled during his 11-day vacation and he began his vacation Thursday with a familiar routine during his trips to Hawaii — a morning workout at a gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and a round of golf with longtime friends.

On the president’s reading vacation reading list: “President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime,” Lou Cannon’s biography of the Republican president.

But the president’s vacation won’t be all rest and relaxation.

He was to be briefed by advisers daily, and he also planned to spend time working on his State of the Union address, scheduled in January, and a staff review headed by interim chief of staff Pete Rouse.

Obama spoke by phone Thursday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and one topic was the Senate’s ratification of a U.S.-Russian nuclear arms pact. The White House said Obama, while in Hawaii, may also sign the 9/11 first responders health care bill that Congress passed this week.

Security near Obama’s home was briefly heightened Thursday afternoon when a man led officers on the high-speed chase. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the man was arrested a short time later.

Honolulu police said the chase began after of ficers went to a Kailua home to arrest the man on five warrants for alleged driving violations and he fled. The chase continued on nearby roads until he was stopped. Police said officers used a stun gun to subdue him when he refused to get out of his vehicle.

The president was golfing at the time of the incident.

Christmas in Hawaii has become a family tradition for the Obamas, who were spending their third straight year in Kailua.

Obama delayed his departure this year while Congress wrapped up its lame-duck session. He also was forced to delay his departure last December due to action on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers worked until Christmas Eve to pass his signature health care overhaul legislation.

At the time, Obama spokesman Bill Burton told reporters traveling to Hawaii with Obama that the president’s Christmas wish

they are now.”

Michael Anaya, from Galisteo, was 18 when he died three months into his tour. In December, he will have a bridge in Galisteo named after him; a place where he and his best friend would listen to an AM transistor radio. Local Vietnam veterans are also working on that project.

Veterans involved with the photo compilation said the work has a great deal of meaning for them.

Jerry L. Martinez, a Vietnamera vet whose military service included time stationed off Vietnam, but not in the country itself, said the call for photos helped fill a personal void.

“When I came back, I had a lot of friends, brothers, (who were) killed or lost, who didn’t come back ... I always felt something empty within me that I never got there. This is my way of remembering them and their families so that they will not be forgotten.”

OBITUARIES

Grace Buffington

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Grace Buf fington, age 94, of Roswell, who passed away Dec. 24, 2010. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Memorial Park.

A complete announcement will be made when the arrangements are finalized.

Friends may give their respects online at www.lagronefuneralchapels .com.

Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.

James Neal Carney

Services are pending at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for James Neal Carney, age 88, of Roswell, who passed away Dec. 24, 2010.

A complete announcement will be made when the arrangements are finalized.

Friends may pay their respects online at www.lagronefuneralchapels .com.

Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.

Archie Langford

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President Barack Obama golfs the Klipper Golf Course on the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Thursday.

for the press corps was to “relax and to not anticipate any public announcements or news-making events.”

It wasn’t to be.

Last Christmas Day, a 23-year-old Nigerian man allegedly attempted to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit. The incident consumed Obama’s vacation, with the president receiving thrice-daily updates from the White House Situation Room and national

5 golden rings returned to home for Christmas

JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — Five golden rings have made it home to a western Pennsylvania family in time for Christmas.

Jennifer Maf fit and her husband, Raymond, noticed the rings missing Dec. 16 after opening their Jeannette home to a man who had been released from a drug rehabilitation program.

The rings included Jennifer Maffit’s engagement ring and her husband’s wedding band. The band has special significance for the family because it was the ring the couple slipped onto their son’s wrist after he was born 12 weeks premature.

The Maffits tell the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review they found the rings at a nearby pawn shop. Jeannette police soon arrested the former houseguest and charged him with theft.

Thirty-two-year-old William David Hays is being held on $7,500 bail. It was not clear if he had an attorney.

security staffers briefing reporters, often at a moment’s notice.

On Obama’s first extended presidential vacation, an August 2009 trip to Martha’s Vin ey ar d , n e ws o f S en . E d wa r d M .

Kennedy’s death required Obama to leave the island for the senator’s funeral. Also while on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama renominated Ben Ber nanke as Federal Reserve chairman.

Services are pending at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Archie Langford, age 65, of Roswell, who passed away Dec. 24, 2010.

A complete announcement will be made when the arrangements are finalized.

Friends may pay their respects online at www.lagronefuneralchapels .com.

Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.

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Germany welcomes EU probe on Hungarian media law

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has called on Hungary to respect freedom of the press and welcomed an investigation by the European Commission into the country’s new media law that expands the Hungarian government’s power to penalize independent media.

German deputy foreign minister Werner Hoyer said the passage of the law does not bode well for the European Union as Hungary takes over the 27-nation bloc’s rotating presidency for six months on Jan. 1.

“It is a reason for serious concern if there’s only the smallest suspicion that media freedom in a member state of the EU is subject to a control of its content,” Hoyer said.

Britain also urged Hungary to

respect media freedom, and a prominent EU lawmaker said the commission must not rule out sanctions against Hungary.

On Tuesday, Hungary’s parliament approved the contentious new law that will greatly expand the state’s power to monitor and penalize private media, drawing protests from opposition parties and civil society. Publications deemed to be unbalanced or offensive in their coverage may face large fines.

German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, meanwhile, interrupted his Christmas vacation to call his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi to discuss the “possibilities of changes in the media laws,” a German ministry spokesman said. The call’s

atmosphere was “friendly,” he added, but declined to elaborate.

Hoyer, in turn, also said that Germany welcomes the investigation by the European Commission on whether the law violates the EU’s legal standards.

In a reference to the EU’s motto, he added the measures “certainly do not represent the idea of a union that is built on unity in diversity.

“As incoming EU president, Hungary bears a special responsibility to represent Europe’s values and interests in the world,” Hoyer said.

Officials in Germany voiced unease about the new law earlier this week, but Hoyer’s statement was the sharpest warning toward Hungary yet.

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Germany — a political heavyweight in the EU — was paying “close attention” to the matter, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, and the country’s human rights commissioner separately urged Hungary to stand up for media freedom.

British officials also seemed concerned. “Freedom of the press is at the heart of a free society,” a Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement.

“We hope that the Hungarian government will soon resolve this issue satisfactorily and that it will not impact adversely on the successful delivery of the Hungarian EU presidency.”

The Green party’s European Parliament caucus leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit, meanwhile, told

Cuba to release two prisoners

AP Photo

Johan Martinez, 12, wearing a T-shirt with a photo of his father, Pvt. Jose Martinez, stands at his home in Pasto, southern Colombia, Wednesday. Jose Martinez was kidnapped on Dec. 21, 1997, by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and is the group’s longest-held captive.

Another lonely Christmas for hostage BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Not until Johan Steven Martinez began school at age 4 did he learn why he had never met his father.

“I realized that all my friends were arriving with both parents,” he said.

“I didn’t understand so I asked my mom and she told me everything.”

Martinez was in his mother’s womb 13 years ago this week when his father, Pvt. Libio Jose Martinez, was captured in a dawn rebel raid on a frigid mountaintop called Patascoy in southern Colombia.

Now the father is the longest-held captive of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Yet he is not among five captives who the FARC recently announced

it plans to release in the next few weeks.

There is no explanation for why these particular captives are to be freed. The longest-held among them is police of ficer Guiller mo Solorzano, seized by the FARC on June 4, 2007.

Colombia’s hostages now number just a few dozen and include no foreigners or big-name politicians.

They are getting limited attention these days, especially with the country suffering from record flooding.

The anniversary of the capture of Johan’s father on Dec. 21, 1997, was barely mentioned in the local media. And that angers him.

Deutschlandfunk radio the commission must consider sanctions against Hungary, including stripping Budapest of its voting rights and its EU presidency if the law is found to violate EU treaties.

The law amounts to the creation of a “censorship authority,” the French-German politician said in the interview. “Hungary is moving backward toward a communist surveillance dictatorship,” Cohn-Bendit said.

Cohn-Bendit predicted that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will face a “stormy” session at the European Parliament when he will present the program of his country’s EU presidency next month.

“I don’t see that they’re doing anything for him. I don’t see them fighting for his release,” he said of the government in a phone interview with The Associated Press from his home in the southern city of Pasto.

President Juan Manuel Santos has demanded that the FARC free all its captives as a condition for initiating a peace dialogue, continuing the previous administration’s hard line.

But the rebels, who lost their military chief in September in a government bombing raid, have shown a preference for piecemeal releases.

Those get them a few days of headlines.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is to release two prisoners, the archbishopric of Havana said Thursday, though the men are not among 11 high-profile prisoners slated to be freed under a deal between the government and Roman Catholic Church.

Under the informal agreement, the government of President Raul Castro is to free 52 peaceful dissidents jailed in 2003.

Forty-one have been released so far but 11 are still behind bars, and there has been speculation about whether the government would release them before Christmas.

Orlando Marquez, spokesman for the Havana archbishopric, said Miguel Angel Vidal Guadarrama and Hector Larroque Rego are to be released “shortly” and will be sent to Spain. Thursday’s brief statement did not provide any further details about the men or their convictions.

Both appear on a list of people jailed for committing crimes against Cuban state security, compiled by Elizardo Sanchez, who heads the Havana-based Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation.

According to the list, both Larroque and Vidal were convicted of violent acts against state security.

Vidal was convicted on terror charges in 2003 and sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to the Commission. Arrested in 2000, Larroque was convicted on charges including robbery, illegally possessing arms and piracy.

“We are still very worried because the government is freeing people by drips and drabs,” Sanchez told the AP in a telephone interview. “Also, they’re freeing those who used force while peaceful prisoners remain in jail.”

The 52 prisoners named in the government’s deal with the church are among 75 activists, social commentators and opposition leaders jailed following a 2003 crackdown. None committed acts of violence.

The agreement was announced following a July 7 meeting between Castro, Havana’s Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega and then-Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.

It wasn’t clear whether the agreement stipulated that the prisoners would be required to move to Spain in exchange for their release, but all but one of the 41 freed so far are now living there.

Those still behind bars have said they want to remain in Cuba — a demand widely interpreted as a stumbling block to their release.

Ortega has continued to insist the government intends to make good on the deal — even after the informal Nov. 7 deadline for the prisoners’ release came and went.

Venezuelan students protest against university law

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Police and soldiers fired water cannons and plastic bullets Thursday as thousands of students protested against a law passed by Venezuela’s congress that increases the government’s powers over the country’s universities.

At least four people were injured, including a news photographer who was treated for a cut to the head after being hit with an object.

Dozens of police and National Guard troops in anti-riot gear blocked protesters including students and professors outside the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, firing plastic bullets into the air and also at demonstrators.

The law governing universities was approved by the National Assembly before dawn Thursday, and students denounced it as an attempt by President Hugo Chavez to clamp down on autonomous state universities that have been a bastion of opposition to his government.

Chavez condemned the protest, accusing the group of “trying to lead us into violence.”

“We don’t want violence. We want them to let us work in peace,” Chavez said on state television as he visited a hospital.

The law gives Chavez’s higher education minister broad powers to decide on academic programs and university operations, and says universities should promote education that reinforces the government’s aim of building a “socialist homeland.”

Anti-Chavez protesters say the law gives too much power to the national government and also seeks to impose socialist ideology.

“They won’t take away our right to protest,” the protesters chanted. “Long live the university! ... Out with the military boot!”

The students had planned to march to the National Assembly but were turned back.

Later, hundreds of students managed to

continue the march through Caracas on another route, evading authorities who were firing plastic bullets and a water cannon, and shouting: “People, listen! This is a dictatorship!”

The protest ended peacefully once they circled back to Plaza Venezuela near the university.

“We came out to protest against this unconstitutional law, and as is customary under totalitarian governments, they didn’t let us leave,” said Diego Scharifker, student federation president at the university.

Scharifker said the law “imposes socialism as the sole ideology, does away with university autonomy because it concentrates all powers in the higher education minister.”

The law is the latest in a series of controversial measures enacted in the final days of a solidly pro-Chavez National Assembly before a new legislature takes office Jan. 5 with a bigger opposition contingent capable of hindering some types of laws.

University rector Cecilia Garcia Arocha said two of those hurt during the protest included Chavez opponent Antonio Rivero, a retired general who was injured in the back with plastic bullets; and a professor from another university who was hit in the head with an object. An AP journalist also captured footage of a student injured in the back with plastic bullets.

Two students were briefly detained, then released.

“We don’t agree with the way they passed this law without consultation,” said Ivan Gomez, a 17-year-old political science student who said he was grabbed and taken away by two National Guardsmen, then later released. His clothes were soaked from the water cannon.

More protests are planned in the coming days, said Garcia Arocha, who called the law unconstitutional and said the university plans to maintain its autonomy.

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Under water sprayed by a water cannon, demonstrators gesture during clashes outside the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday.

University autonomy has been an emotional issue in many nations, especially in Latin America, where students and professors long struggled to maintain some independence from dictatorial conservative regimes — seeing the school as an island where critical thought is allowed. The concept usually involves allowing universities to choose their own administrators and forbidding outside police or troops from entering campuses.

Chavez’s socialist government has defended the law saying it seeks to make the universities more inclusive and democratic.

Earlier this week, pro-Chavez lawmakers also pushed through a law barring foreign funding for political parties or nongovernment organizations that promote “political

rights,” adding to a series of measures that critics say aim to stifle dissent.

The U.S. State Department said in a statement Thursday that it is “deeply troubled” by the law. “Under the Inter-American Democratic Charter and other international instruments, the Venezuelan government has made a commitment to act in accordance with democratic values that include freedom of expression, pluralism and openness,” it said.

Other newly approved laws boost the Venezuelan government’s powers to intervene in the banking sector, bar some types of messages on the Internet, make it easier to revoke the licenses of TV or radio stations and give the president power to enact laws by decree for 18 months.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year got off to a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad start.

There he was, on New Year’s Day, on vacation with his family in Hawaii, stuck on a secure phone with counterterrorism officials, trying to figure out what screwups had allowed a would-be terrorist to board a Christmas Day flight with explosives in his underwear.

Things only got worse for Obama when he returned to Washington in between a pair of epic winter storms.

From the start, 2010 delivered a string of setbacks that built up to an electoral shellacking come November, to use the president’s own word.

No matter that the recession was officially over. That sweeping health care changes at last had been enacted. That combat operations in Iraq ended. That General Motors was making money and hiring again. That banks paid back most of the billions they’d borrowed from the government.

And that Obama’s terrible, horrible year ended not so badly after all, with an unexpected trio of victories in the twilight hours of the departing Congress.

Obama achieved a landmark arms control treaty with Russia, signed a law to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces and struck a deal with Republicans that extends Bush-era tax rates for two more years, cuts payroll taxes and ensures jobless benefits to the unemployed for another year.

“This is what change looks like,” Obama said proudly, after the health care law passed.

But. The economic recovery was too slow. The oil gushed for too long. The health care law was too complicated. The unemployment rate too high. The political discourse too raw. The tea party too loud.

Americans were in a foul mood, and Democrats got the blame.

——— JANUARY Unemployment rate: 9.7 percent. Presidential approval rating in Associated PressGfK poll: 56 percent. Congressional approval: 42 percent.

The Jan. 19 election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Obama’s ally and friend, Ted Kennedy, delivered a jarring result. Republican Scott Brown’s victory, in liberal Massachusetts no less, deprived Democrats of their 60th vote in the Senate, the number needed to overcome GOP delaying tactics on legislation.

AP Photo President Barack Obama listens during the bipartisan health care summit of Republican and Democrat leaders at the Blair House, across the street from the White House in Washington.

FEBRUARY Unemployment rate: 9.7 percent.

Bipartisanship came briefly into fashion, as lip service. Early in the month, Obama invited Republican leaders to the White House for the first time in two months, even as the capital was all but shut down by snow and ice. The meeting simply made clear Washington was polarized to the point of paralysis — in government as well as on the streets.

——— MARCH Unemployment rate: 9.7 percent. Presi-

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SEPTEMBER Unemployment rate: 9.6 percent. Presidential approval rating: 49 percent. Congressional approval: 26 percent.

Restive voters were not waiting for November to have their say. Republican nomination races gave them their bullhorn and they were using it with dramatic effect.

In one of the year’s biggest upsets, Joe Miller, backed by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express, defeated GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, adding her to a column of incumbents pushed aside.

Murkowski conceded a week after the Aug. 24 primary as the ballot count went against her. She later set about a long-shot campaign to win as a write-in candidate in November.

——— OCTOBER Unemployment rate: 9.6 percent. Presidential approval rating: 49 percent. Congressional approval: 23 percent.

Obama campaigned largely in urban areas in liberal states, his unpopularity such that many Democrats wanted to keep their distance from him in the home stretch. Former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden stepped in to fight for the cause in places where the president could not.

Democrats had little doubt they were in for a drubbing Nov. 2.

AP Photo President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his presidency on Capitol Hill in Washington.

dential approval rating: 53 percent. Congressional approval: 22 percent.

It was a month of passion and poison, a cry of “baby killer” from the House floor, roiling tea party protests, ugly shouts at lawmakers and sometimes by them. In the fierce maneuvering for a health care law, Democrats rained favors in back rooms to placate deep-pocketed special interests and wavering lawmakers. Spring arrived like streaks of mud on the carpet.

It was a mess.

——— APRIL Unemployment rate: 9.9 percent. Presidential approval rating: 49 percent. Congressional approval: 28 percent.

At first, it was just another tragic accident. On April 20, an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killing 11 crewmen and injuring 17 as the massive structure sank into the Gulf of Mexico.

Four days later, oil was found leaking nearly a mile below the surface.

Another circumstance had forced itself upon the presidency and the nation.

——— MAY Unemployment rate: 9.7 percent. Presidential approval rating: 49 percent. Congressional approval: 28 percent.

The oil slick was massive and growing.

Americans were becoming conversant with terms like blowout preventer, static kill and top kill. A live video feed from the ocean floor constantly reminded Americans that the government and the industry could not staunch a disaster unfolding before everyone’s eyes.

“This man is working hard,” Michelle Obama told a meeting of Democratic women early in the month.

——— JUNE Unemployment rate: 9.5 percent. Presidential approval rating: 50 percent. Congressional approval: 24 percent.

Where’s the outrage? If coolness in a crisis is a virtue in the Oval Office, people also want to see leaders channel their anger and frustration.

Obama absorbed that lesson as the oil still gushed. He told Americans his talks with Gulf fishermen and oil and environmental experts were “so I know whose ass to kick.”

An Associated Press-GfK poll during the crisis found that Americans had become just as dissatisfied with Obama’s work on the Gulf oil spill as they had been with President George W. Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina.

———

JULY Unemployment rate: 9.5 percent.

The administration called it “Recovery Summer” but people didn’t seem to be buying it.

Yes, economic growth was coming back from the year before. But the $814 billion stimulus package was supposed to wrestle down unemployment, and that was still perilously close to 10 percent. Democrats who had gone to the wall for the health care overhaul were hearing voters tell them to fix the economy.

The vastly complicated health law may be as far-reaching as Social Security in the 1930s or Medicare in the 1960s. But it is different. Most people aren’t suddenly getting a check from the government in the mail. The promised gains unfold in many stages spread out over years.

Joblessness is now.

——— AUGUST Unemployment rate: 9.6 percent. Presidential approval rating: 49 percent. Congressional approval: 24 percent.

Vacations are rarely just vacations for a president and his family. This year was no exception.

Michelle Obama’s five-day trip to the south of Spain with daughter Sasha touched off a mini-firestorm stoked by questions about the wisdom of such a glamorous trip and over-the-top speculation about who was footing the bill. Suddenly the popular first lady was being labeled a “material girl” sponging off taxpayers.

AP Photo President Barack Obama walks off stage after speaking at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Interior Department in Washington.

AP Photo President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

NOVEMBER Unemployment rate: 9.8 percent. Presidential approval rating: 47 percent. Congressional approval: 26 percent.

Obama was reflective the day after. He was not looking for asses to kick. Republicans won the House from the Democrats, shaved the Democratic majority in the Senate, picked up governorships and surged in state legislatures.

“You know,” Obama said, “this is something that I think every president needs to go through.”

“Now,” he went on, “I’m not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like I did last night. You know, I’m sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons.”

——— DECEMBER The year drew to a close with the government in a defensive crouch against the drip-drip-drip of WikiLeaks disclosures.

The first hundreds to be released, in a cache of more than 250,000 State Department cables coming out, proved a huge embarrassment for Washington in its dealings with other nations, and followed the leak of nearly half a million documents from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

But Obama moved aggressively on the foreign policy front, winning congressional ratification of a treaty with Russia that caps nuclear warheads, resumes weapons inspections and advances U.S. credibility abroad.

A burst of bipartisanship came back, this time with teeth. Democratic leaders found enough Republican support to repeal the military gay ban. After 17 years, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule on the sexual orientation of troops is giving way to one that says it doesn’t matter.

Fewer people apply for unemplo yment benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the second drop in three weeks.

That’s a sign the job market is slowly healing.

The number of people seeking benefits edged down by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 420,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Weekly unemployment applications at around 425,000 signal modest job growth. But economists say applications would need to dip consistently to 375,000 or below to indicate a significant decline in unemployment. Weekly applications peaked during the recession at 651,000 in March 2009.

The four -week average, a less volatile measure, rose slightly to 426,000. The average had fallen for six straight weeks to the lowest level in more than two years.

Weekly applications are a realtime snapshot of the job market. If

they continue to move down, hiring is more likely to pick up.

Applications reflect the level of layof fs but can also indicate whether companies are willing to add workers.

The recent decline in the number of people seeking benefits has encouraged economists. Applications have fallen by more than 20,000 in the past month. That should translate into more hiring in December than the previous month, according to most economists. The economy added a net total of only 39,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent.

In addition, fewer people are receiving unemployment benefits.

The total unemployment benefits rolls dropped by 103,000 to little more than 4 million in the week ending Dec. 11, the department said.

That doesn’t include millions of additional laid-off workers who

are receiving emergency aid under extended unemployment benefits programs set up during the recession. About 4.7 million people are receiving extended benefits for up to 99 weeks. All told, about 8.9 million people obtained unemployment benefits during the week of Dec. 4, the latest data available.

That was about 150,000 fewer people than the previous week.

The economy is expected to pick up next year as consumers spend more freely. But growth probably won’t be fast enough to rapidly reduce unemployment. Most Americans will have more cash to spend because of a cut in Social Security taxes, which was approved by Congress earlier this month.

Many analysts are predicting that the economy will grow at a AP Photo 3.5 percent to 4 percent annual pace next year. That would be up Angela Harrington waits in line to attend a job fair, in New York. Slightly from an expected 2.8 percent pace fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the second this year. drop in three weeks.

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New Mexico lands Marvel Studios’ super hero movie SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has landed what Gov. Bill Richardson’s of fice is billing as the largest movie production in state history.

Richardson and Marvel Studios’ co-president Louis D’Esposito announced this week that the comic bookbased adventure film “The Avengers” will be shot primarily in New Mexico.

The film is expected to employ hundreds of New Mexico-based cast and crew, and use hundreds of local service and supply vendors.

Its all-star cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Robert

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The governor’s office says preproduction is already

under way. Principal photography is scheduled to run from April through September.

Richardson says the

announcement is a good example of the job creation, economic impact and visibility the movie industry has brought to the state.

This holiday season, we’d like to acknowledge all the folks who’ve been so good to us this year, and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year.

For your generous support, we are deeply grateful.

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LOCAL SCHEDULE MONDAY DECEMBER 27 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Goddard Holiday Classic Varsity Bracket 1 p.m.

• Carlsbad vs. Los Alamos 3 p.m.

• Robertson vs. Ruidoso 5 p.m.

• Roswell vs. Gadsden 7 p.m.

• Goddard vs. Santa Fe Junior Varsity Bracket 1 p.m.

• Dexter vs. Grady 3 p.m.

• Carlsbad JV vs. Gateway Chr. 5 p.m.

• Goddard JV vs. Ruidoso JV 7 p.m.

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Hagerman High School’s Ryan Gomez earned the crown as the Roswell Daily Record Gridiron King based on his leadership on and off the field and his play on it for the Class 1A state runner-up Bobcats. The senior running back and defensive back led the Bobcats in scoring, rushing yards, total yards, touchdowns and total tackles and was second on the team in passing yards and sacks. He ran for 1,378 yards and 17 TDs, threw for 227 yards and four TDs on just eight completions and caught 16 passes for 243 yards and four scores. He also scored 134 points and had 22 total TDs on the year. On the defensive side, Gomez recorded 40 solo tackles and 103 assists for 143 total tackles and was tied for second on the team in total sacks with five, while leading the Bobcats to a 10-2 record.

BASEBALL CLINIC SET FOR JAN. 8-9

The New Mexico School of Baseball will hold a pitching and catching clinic on Jan. 8-9 at Canutillo High School in El Paso. The camp for 9- to 13year-olds will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the camp for 14to 18-year-olds will run from 2-4 p.m.

Florida Marlins scout Sam Chavez and Colorado Rockies scout Darrell Carrillo will serve as instructors for the camp.

The cost is $55 for both days or $35 for one day. The camp is limited to 30 players per age group.

For more information, call 505-463-2122 or e-mail ddc22@msn.com.

NATIONAL BRIEFS COLTS RB ADDAI RETURNING

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts running back Joseph Addai expects to return Sunday at Oakland after missing the past eight games with a nerve injury in his left shoulder, the first positive news on the injury front for Indianapolis in quite a while.

“I feel like it’s a great chance. I feel like I’m heading in the right direction,” Addai said Thursday, one day after participating fully in practice. “I felt good. I didn’t set myself back.

Really, I’m just happy to put on a uniform and just get back into it.”

Addai has 5,280 yards from scrimmage and 46 touchdowns in five seasons. He rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown against Washington this season before hurting the shoulder.

“He understands all the nuances,” coach Jim Caldwell said. “He is very, very smart. He’s a guy that can make you miss, but also has power and catches the ball out of the backfield. He’s also a very good pass protector.”

The Colts average 95 yards rushing with Addai and 78 without him. Indy also has a higher average per carry and generally controls the clock better when Addai plays.

SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTS 1971 — Garo Yepremian’s 37-yard field goal at 7:40 of the second overtime gives the Miami Dolphins a 27-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the AFC playoffs. At 82:40, it’s the longest game in NFL history.

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1999 — Hawaii beats Oregon 23-17 in the Oahu Bowl to cap a remarkable turnaround for the Rainbow Warriors. Hawaii improves from 0-12 in 1998 to 94 — the greatest single-season improvement in NCAA history.

2002 — Katie Hnida becomes the first woman to play in a Division I football game when she attempts an extra point following a New Mexico touchdown in the Las Vegas Bowl. Hnida, a walk-on junior, has her kick blocked in the 27-13 loss to UCLA.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Tiger Woods’ humbling return to the public eye, from his televised confession to a winless season on the golf course, was voted the sports story of the year by members of The Associated Press.

The fallout from Woods’ admission of infidelity edged a very different sort of story: The New Orleans Saints winning their first Super Bowl championship, giving an emotional boost to their hurricane-ravaged city.

It was late 2009 when Woods’ pristine image unraveled after he crashed his SUV into a tree outside his home, unleashing salacious revelations of extramarital affairs. The story was a late addition to last year’s voting and wound up fifth.

But the twists and turns weren’t over for Woods.

Many more developments were still to unfold in 2010.

There were 176 ballots submitted from U.S. news organizations that make up the AP’s membership. The voters were asked to rank the top 10 sports stories of the year, with the first-place story getting 10 points, the second-place story receiving nine points, and so on.

The Woods saga received 1316 points, with the Saints’ title getting 1215 and the NBA free agency frenzy coming in third with 1085.

Major League Baseball’s ongoing travails with performance-enhancing drugs was the top story last year.

Here are 2010’s top 10 stories: — 1. TIGER WOODS: Woods returned to public view with a 13 1/2-minute statement in February, then came back to golf at the Masters in April with a fourth-place finish. That would be one of his few highlights on the course — Woods went winless on the PGA Tour for the first time in his career and lost his No. 1 ranking for the first time in years. In August, he and Elin Nordegren divorced.

— 2. SAINTS WIN: New Orleans residents loved their Saints for not abandoning the city after Hurricane Katrina, but it was hard to imagine the team bringing much joy on the field after 42 mostly losing seasons. Then Drew Brees and Co. upset the mighty Indianapolis Colts in their first Super Bowl, to the delight of French Quarter revelers and fans nationwide who adopted the Saints.

— 3. FREE AGENCY FRENZY: NBA fans were captivated by the mystery of where MVP LeBron James and other marquee free agents would land. Few would have guessed that three of them would sign with the same team: the Miami Heat, who became basketball’s Evil Empire by adding James from Cleveland and Chris Bosh from Toronto to Dwyane Wade.

— 4. WORLD CUP: A World Cup of firsts ended gloriously for Spain and for Africa. South Africa hosted

the continent’s first World Cup without the pitfalls many predicted. And the Spaniards brought home the first World Cup title to the soccer -mad country with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in extra time.

— 5. GIANTS WIN: The Giants hadn’t won the World Series since they moved to San Francisco in 1958 — and since 1954 overall. This didn’t seem to be the year to end the drought when they barely squeaked into the playoffs.

But with dominant pitching and clutch hitting, they beat the Texas Rangers in five games.

— 6. NFL CONCUSSIONS: New posters distributed to teams before the season warned of concussions’ dangers in much harsher language than before. Another sign of how big the issue had become: increased reporting of concussions by players. Midseason, the NFL cracked down on helmet hits with huge fines and threatened suspensions.

— 7. JIMMIE JOHNSON: The NASCAR driver extended his record with his fifth straight Sprint Cup title.

Perhaps most impressively, he did it despite not being in top form all season.

Johnson became the first driver in the Chase’s sevenyear history to overcome a points deficit in the finale.

— 8. BRETT FAVRE: This comeback was nothing like last year’s magical run to the NFC title game for the 41-year -old quarterback.

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struggled badly, and the NFL launched an investigation into whether he sent lewd photos of himself to a Jets employee. After voting began, his record streak of 297 starts ended.

— 9. UCONN WINS: The Huskies’ women’s basket-

ball team extended their record winning streak to 78 games with a second straight national championship in April, becoming the first team to post consecutive unbeaten seasons.

And Connecticut is a powerhouse again this season.

— 10. WOODEN DIES: The Wizard of Westwood died June 4 at the age of 99. John Wooden coached UCLA’s men’s basketball team to 10 NCAA championships, including seven in a row from 1967-73 and an 88-game winning streak.

Looking back on 2010: The quirkiest of quirky in the world of sports Maybe Lindsey Vonn will have something else on the menu for the 2014 Winter Games.

In 2010, however, her choice was strictly dairy. In the days leading to the Olympic downhill, Vonn was aching so badly from a bruised shin she wondered if she would be able to race.

She tried numbing cream and painkillers, and then came the blue-plate special — cheese. She smeared it over her wounded limb as a home remedy, giving cheese connoisseurs the world over reason to celebrate. So as race day approached, the talk was not only of Vancouver gold but Austrian curd.

Cheese was not the only unusual side dish in sports in 2010. This was a year, after all, when Mike Tyson took to pigeon racing, a fake national soccer team from Togo played a match in Bahrain, a New Zealand lawn bowling team was found guilty of match-fixing and a New Jersey Nets promotion offered fans free assistance filling out income tax forms.

Vonn injured her leg in Austria, and perhaps felt some allegiance in her cheese selection. No run-ofthe mill cheddar or provolone for her. She chose topfen — an acidic, semisoft cheese common to Austria but not likely found at your local deli counter.

Her unorthodox treatment set off conversations in cheese shops

Basketball

National Basketball Association At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB Boston . . . . . . . . . . . .23 4 .852 — New York . . . . . . . . . .17 12 .586 7 Philadelphia . . . . . . . .11 18 .379 13 Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . .10 19 .345 14 New Jersey . . . . . . . . .9 21 .300 15 1⁄2 Southeast Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 9 .710 — Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . .19 12 .613 3 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . .17 12 .586 4 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . .9 19 .321 11 1⁄2 Washington . . . . . . . . .7 20 .259 13 Central Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB Chicago . . . . . . . . . . .18 9 .667 —

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Saturday, Dec. 25 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, third-place game, teams TBD, at Honolulu 7:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, championship game, teams

from Vienna to Manhattan, and raised the possibility she might rinse the cheese from her leg with a vintage Bordeaux.

Vonn indeed proved a big cheese in Vancouver. She won the downhill, although a few days of rest because of the weather may have done more for her than all the topfen in the Alps.

The next Winter Olympics is in Sochi, Russia, and perhaps Vonn will have diversified her treatments by then. If injury strikes, maybe this skier can skip the cheese and go right to a prime cut of sirloin. (Fries and grilled onions, however, could lead to skin abrasions.)

In any case, Vonn is now talking more about cheese than ski wax.

The other month she went to an elementary school in Denver. And the kids clearly were ready for lunch.

“That was the No. 1 question,” Vonn said. “What’s the cheese?

How do you get cheese to heal injuries? Where can we buy it?

What kind of cheese was it. It’s hilarious.”

There were food issues elsewhere in sports. In Pittsburgh, the Pirates fired their pierogi — the man who races around the stadium in a dumpling costume.

Andrew Kurtz was dismissed for his online criticism of the contract extensions given to the manager and general manager. He was

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ESPN — Chicago at New York 12:30 p.m.

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ESPN — Denver at Oklahoma City 8:30 p.m.

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immediately offered work as a hot dog by a minor league team, but Kurtz is happily a pierogi again.

The Pirates rehired him because he had not been dismissed in keeping with company procedures.

The animal kingdom was well represented in sports, and not just

by Tyson’s pigeon racing and the TV reality show in which the former heavyweight champion is to participate in 2011.

Two deer smashed through the glass doors of a Wisconsin restaurant while customers were watching a basketball game on TV featuring, who else?, the Milwaukee Bucks. The intrusion gave new meaning to the team’s rallying cry of “Fear the Deer.” One deer was wrestled to the ground by patrons.

The other deer fled to a private room, although it’s not clear if he had reserved it for a party.

In Germany, Paul the Octopus, who uncannily predicted the results of this year’s World Cup, died in his aquarium tank, an oracle silenced.

“He will be sorely missed,” Sea Life manager Stefan Powell said.

Politics and sports were entangled again in 2010.

There was little holiday cheer for Mohammad Mansour Azimzadeh Ardebili, a spokesman for Iran’s soccer federation. Iranian media reported he resigned after mistakenly e-mailing a New Year’s greet-

ing to Israel’s soccer federation.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter apologized for saying gay fans should abstain from sex during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar because of the country’s harsh laws on homosexuality. Blatter, it should be noted, offered no advice on how fans should conduct their sex lives at other soccer tournaments.

The Pakistan parliament fined its men’s national field hockey team after photos surfaced showing players hugging a female liaison at a tournament in Argentina.

“It is not our culture to hug a lady,” said Jamshed Dasti, chairman of a parliament committee.

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett didn’t go that far, but he did say no to the Lingerie Football League playing in his town. The women wear halter tops and tight shorts with their tackle football gear. Why the veto? Cornett said “there are too many problems to list.”

Sports brought forth a burst of honesty this season. After Game 7 of the NBA finals, the Lakers’ Ron Artest dispensed with the litany of praise for the usual suspects and got right to the point.

“First, I want to thank everybody in my ’hood,” he said. “I definitely want to thank my doctors. ... My psychiatrist, she really helped me relax a lot.”

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Thursday’s Games Orlando 123, San Antonio 101 Milwaukee 84, Sacramento 79 Miami 95, Phoenix 83 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Chicago at New York, 10 a.m.

Boston at Orlando, 12:30 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Lakers, 3 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Washington at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 6 p.m.

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By The Associated Press All Times Mountain AMERICAN CONFERENCE East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct x-New England .12 2 0 .857 N.Y. Jets . . . . . .10 4 0 .714 Miami . . . . . . . . .7 7 0 .500 Buffalo . . . . . . . . .4 10 0 .286 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L T Pct Indianapolis . . . . .8 6 0 .571 Jacksonville . . . .8 6 0 .571 Tennessee . . . . .6 8 0 .429 Houston . . . . . . .5 9 0 .357

PF 446 295 239 273

PF 381 319 322 333

PA 303 259 261 353

PA 342 365 282 386

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PF 322 388 353 292

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Thursday, Dec. 23 Pittsburgh 27, Carolina 3 Saturday, Dec. 25

eren Hejelmeset was even more forthcoming after his poor showing left Norway with the silver medal in the 4x10-kilometer relay at the Olympics. He acknowledged at a news conference he was sidetracked in his preparations.

“I think I have seen too much porn in the last 14 days,” he said.

But for true, uninhibited selfexpression, consider amateur English soccer player Joseph Rimmer. He became so enraged at the prospect of a referee failing to award a penalty kick that he stormed off the field. All that would have been fine, except he returned by driving his Range Rover onto the field and pointing it at the ref. People scattered. The ref, though shaken, was not injured. Rimmer drew a six-month jail sentence.

Sports reminded us in 2010 that diamonds are not only a girl’s best friend, but an NFL player’s as well. At least nine Miami Dolphins players raked the field and crawled on the grass in search of a diamond belonging to defensive end Kendall Langford. It seems he forgot to remove his earrings before practice and one got lost — nearly 2.5 carats and possibly worth more than $50,000. The search ended, the grass was mowed and the gem never found.

“It’s a fat diamond,” defensive end R yan Baker said. “It’s a shame.”

Dallas at Arizona, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 26 Tennessee at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

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

Baltimore at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Miami, 11 a.m.

Washington at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego at Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

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

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 2:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 6:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 27 New Orleans at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 2 Chicago at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Miami at New England, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

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

Dallas at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 2:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 2:15 p.m.

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

————— NFL Playoff Scenarios

By The Associated Press Week 16 AFC CLINCHED: New England (playoff spot) and Pittsburgh (playoff spot) ELIMINATED: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Cleveland, Houston, Miami.

NEW ENGLAND — Clinches AFC East and homefield advantage with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) N.Y. Jets loss or tie PITTSBURGH — Clinches AFC North and a first-round bye with:

1) Win OR 2) Baltimore loss or tie KANSAS CITY — Clinches AFC West with: 1) Win and San Diego loss or tie OR 2) Tie and San Diego loss BALTIMORE — Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) Kansas City loss and Jacksonville loss or tie OR 3) Kansas City loss and Indianapolis loss or tie OR 4) San Diego loss or tie and Jacksonville loss or tie OR 5) San Diego loss or tie and Indianapolis loss or tie N.Y. JETS — Clinch a playoff spot with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) Jacksonville loss or tie OR 3) Indianapolis loss or tie

NFC CLINCHED: Chicago (NFC North) and Atlanta (playoff spot) ELIMINATED: Carolina, Detroit, Washington, Dallas, Minnesota, Arizona.

ATLANTA — Clinches NFC South and homefield advantage with: 1) Win or tie PHILADELPHIA — Clinches NFC East with: 1) Win OR 2) Tie and N.Y. Giants loss or tie OR 3) N.Y. Giants loss — Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) Tie OR 2) Tampa Bay loss or tie CHICAGO — Clinches a first-round bye with: 1) Win and Philadelphia loss and N.Y. Giants loss or tie NEW ORLEANS — Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) Tampa Bay loss or tie N.Y. GIANTS — Clinch a playoff spot with: 1) Win

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B4 Saturday, December 25, 2010

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ARE YOU BUSY?

It seems our pace of life gets faster and faster. We feel like we are being pulled in a hundred different directions. This affects us in so many different ways. We sacrifice family time, we lose sleep, we work 50 hours a week and unfortunately, we sometimes place God and his people on the back burner. Often God is moved down the priority list. After all, when do we have time to study, pray and meditate? When do we have time to join with other Christians in worship and fellowship? When we put God on the back burner, we have lost our two greatest sources of strength. The first source of strength is God himself, and the second source of strength is our Christian family.

It is interesting to watch Jesus when his life is busy; he always does a couple of things.

First, he gets away from the crowd and spends one-on-one time with God. Luke is constantly reminding his readers about Jesus going off to pray. Is there anything more important in our Christian lives than spending one-on-one time with God? Second, he finds a place where he and his disciples can go to encourage each other. For the Christian, the gathering of his people, whether it is in a church building, a home or around a restaurant table, is a perfect opportunity to strengthen and to be strengthened.

ANGLICAN

ST. FRANCIS ANGELICAN CHURCH (@ Church of God Seventh Day) 18th & Kansas, 420-3573, Bob Jordan Min.; W.S. 10:00 a.m., Wed. 6:00 pm ST. STEPHEN’S 1500 S. Main (Chapel @ 1st Christian Church); 9109706; Fr. Bob Tally, Min; W.S. 9:00 a.m.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 1224 W. Country Club, 622-2171, Melvin Suttle, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6:00 pm., Wed. 7:00 pm.

MIDWAY ASSEMBLY OF GOD 63 Yakima Rd., 3475309, S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10:15 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m

TEMPLO BETAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD 221 E. Jefferson, 623-6852, Paul & Toni Herrera, Mins.

S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 5 p.m.

Tues. & Wed. 6 p.m.

TEMPLO LA HERMOSA FIRST SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1305 South Garden, 625-0885, Oscar Guerrero, Min. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 5 p.m.

Tues. & Wed. 7 p.m.

BAPTIST

BERRENDO BAPTIST 400 W. Berrendo Rd., 6221372, Troy Grant, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

BETHEL BAPTIST N. Garden & East Country Club Rd., 622-8182 Richard Grisham, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:40 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 6 p.m.

BYKOTA BAPTIST 2106 E. Pine Lodge Rd., 622-3399 Don Johnson, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

CALVARY BAPTIST 1009 W. Alameda,Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 6 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST 500 N. Pennsylvania, 623-2640; Matt Brooks, Min., S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11:00 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST – HAGERMAN 211 N. Cambridge, Hagerman, S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST OF DEXTER 101 W. 3rd St., Dexter, 734-5673, Jackie Thomas, Min., S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Wed. 6:30 p.m.

GALILEE BAPTIST 513 E. Matthews St., 662-8534, W.W. Green, Min. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Doug Austin – Country Club Road Church of Christ

HIGHLAND BAPTIST 2001 S. Lea, 622-9980, Dr. Ed Meyers, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

IGLESIA BAUTISTA EL CALVARIO 600 E. Tilden, 623-8135, Roberto Mancillas, Min. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. 6 p.m.

MIDWAY BAPTIST 134 Yakima Rd., Leo Pennington, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

MORNING STAR BAPTIST 1513 Mulberry Ave., W.F. Wagoner, Min. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Wed. 7:30 p.m.

MOUNTAIN VIEW BAPTIST 206 E. Charleston, 622-1019, Richard Smith, Interim Min. S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Wed. 6:00 p.m.

MT. GILEAD MISSIONARY BAPTIST 700 E. Summit, 623-0292 Pastor Allen. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11:00a.m.

PRIMERA BAPTIST 417 East Wildy, 623-5420 S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA OF DEXTER 388 South Lincoln. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

ROSWELL BAPTIST TEMPLE700 E. Berrendo, Bill Whitehead, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 am. & 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

SOUTH MANOR BAPTIST 1905 S. Main, 622-6072, Butch Neal, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed 6 p.m.

TABERNACLE BAPTIST 115 W. 11th, 622-7912, S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

THE FRIENDSHIP MISSIONARY BAPTIST 1220 Johnson St., 623-6484, Michael K. Shelton, Sr., Min.S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. Wed.7 p.m.

TRINIDAD COMMUNITY BAPTIST 1707 W. Juniper.

S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. Wed. 6 p.m.

VICTORY BAPTIST 1601 W. McGaffey, 622-0114, Dan Holt, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.

WARE TABERNACLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST 900 E. Deming, 622-0546, Richard Gorham, Min. S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 & 11 a.m., Wed. 6 p.m.

WASHINGTON AVE. BAPTIST 1400 North Washington Ave., 840-1144, Randy Reeves, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC 2808 N. Kentucky, 6229895, Bill McCann, Min. Masses: Sat. Mass 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Sun. Mass 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.; Mon-Fri Mass 12:10 p.m.; Thurs Mass 8 a.m.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH Dexter, Sat. Mass 6 p.m., Sun. Mass 11 a.m.

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Lake Arthur, Sun. Mass 8 a.m.

ST. CATHERINE’S Hagerman, Sun. Mass 9:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC 506 S. Lincoln, 622-3531, Juan Antonio Gutierrez, Min.; Sat. English Mass 5:30 p.m., Spanish Mass 7 p.m.; Sun. English Mass 10 a.m., Spanish Mass 8 a.m. & Noon.

ST. PETER CATHOLIC 805 S. Main, 622-5092, Charlie Martinez, Min.; Sat. Mass 6 p.m. Sun. Mass 8 a..m. & 11 a.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST 101 S. Lea, S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m., Wed. 7:30 p.m

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST 114 E. Hobbs, W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 1212 N. Richardson, S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 10:50 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 1500 S. Elm, 622-4675; John Early Cannon, Min. S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 6 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 1512 South Main St., 6224426 S.S. 10:30 a.m.; W.S. 9 a.m., Wed. 6:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 700 W. Country Club Road, 622-1350, Doug Austin, Min. S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m. & 5 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST West Alameda & Balsam, 622-5562 W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd Sun. 1:30 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 200 S. Union, Suite C, 3472628; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

IGLESIA DE CRISTO 801 N. Washington, Horoaio de Servicios: Domingo 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Miercoles 6 p.m.

SPANISH CHURCH OF CHRIST 3501 W. College, 622-3618 S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

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SPANISH CHURCH OF CHRISTMulberry & Buena Vista, Joe Villa, Min. W.S. 9:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 6 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD

NEW COVENANT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF GOD 2200 N. Garden, 6241958,S.S. 9:30 a.m. W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IMMANUEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1000 N. Union, 622-6352, Louis Accardi, Min., S.S. 10:30 a.m.; W.S. 11:30 a.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.

ST. PAUL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 321 E. McGaffey, 623-1568, Joe L. Dawson, Min. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Tues. & Fri. 8 p.m.

DISCIPLES OF

CHRIST

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST Christian Fellowship, 1413 S. Union, 627-0506, Mark E. Rowland, Int. Min.; W.S. 1:30 pm.

EPISCOPAL

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL 505 N. Penn.

622-1353 Father Frank Wilson Min. Principal Service. 9 a.m.

11:00 a.m.; in church Wed. 7 a.m. in the prayer garden. http://standrews roswell.org

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Kingdom Halls 205 W. Gayle

Mesa Park Cong. Sun. 10 am; Tues. 7 p.m.

Buena Visa Cong.

(Spanish) Sun. 1:30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

1718 N. Atkinson

Mountain View Cong. Sun. 1 p.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.

Spring River Cong. Sun. 10 a.m.; Tues 7:30 p.m.

1421 S. Garden

Rio Pecos Cong. Sun. 10 am; Thurs. 7 p.m.

Dexter- 411 S. Lincoln Dexter Cong. Sun. 10 a.m.; Thurs. 7 p.m.

Lic. #365901 575-623-2011

Reading Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. 217 E. McGaffey

CHURCH PAGE Recipe idea: Chocolate bourbon butterscotch souffles Roswell Daily Record

Start to finish: 45 minutes, plus chilling Servings: 8 Butter and sugar, to coat the ramekins; 6 tablespoons jarred butterscotch sauce; 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter; 6 ounces semisweet chocolate; 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate; 6 eggs, whites and yolks separated; Pinch of salt; 2 tablespoons water; 3/4 cup sugar, divided; 3 tablespoons bourbon; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar.

Lightly coat the inside of 6 ramekins with butter. Coat them with the sugar, tapping out any excess. Place 1 tablespoon of butterscotch sauce in the bottom of each ramekin.

In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the butter and both chocolates.

Microwave on high in 20-second bursts, stirring between each, until melted and smooth.

In another large bowl, combine the egg yolks and salt. Use an electric mixer to beat until slightly thickened and pale. Set aside.

In a small saucepan over mediumhigh, combine the water and half of the sugar. Bring to a boil.

Resume beating the egg yolks. With the mixer running, drizzle in the hot sugar mixture. Whip on high until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Fold the egg yolks into the chocolate mixture.

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Stir in the bourbon, then set aside.

Thoroughly clean the bowl and whisk of the electric mixer. Whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar until frothy. Slowly add the remaining sugar while continuing to beat, beating until the whites hold a stiff peak. Gently fold into the chocolate and yolk mixture.

Spoon into the ramekins, smoothing the tops and wiping the rims.

Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.

When ready to bake the souffles, heat the oven to 350 F. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until risen and puffy with a soft-firm top and a set center. Serve immediately.

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JEWISH

CONGREGATIONAL B’NAI ISRAEL 712 N. Washington, 622-7295, W.S. 2nd & 4th Fri. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN 1405 N. Sycamore at College, 622-2853Daniel Praeuner, Min., S.S. 10:20 a.m.; W.S. 9 a.m.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN 2525 N. Spruce Ave., 6277157; W.S. 10 a.m.

ST. MARK EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 2911 N. Main St., 623-0519, Bill Bruggeman, Min.; S.S. 9:15 a.m.; W.S. 10:15 a.m.

METHODIST

ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST 915 W 19th St, 625-2855, Jim Bignell, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 9 a.m.

DEXTER UNITED METHODIST 112 W. 3rd St., Dexter, 734-6529, Jim Bignell, Min. S.S. 9:30a.m.; W.S. 11:00 a.m.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST 200 N. Pennsylvania, 6221881 Gorton Smith, Sr., Min.; S.S.9:15 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m.

IGLESIA METHODISTA UNIDA 213 E. Albuquerque; Raul Dominguez, Min.; W.S. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 6:30 p.m.

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST 1413 S. Union, 622-0119, Ruth Fowler, Min.; S.S. 10 a.m.; WS. 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

MORMON

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2201 West Country Club Rd. First Ward: Hank Malcom, Bishop 623-2777; W.S. 9 a.m.; S.S. 10:10 a.m.

Second Ward: Ignacio Luevano, Bishop, 623-4492 W.S. 11 a.m.; S.S. 12:10 p.m.

3ra Rama (en EspaĂąol): Presidente McClellan; W.S. 2:15 p.m.; S.S. 12:15 p.m.

NAZARENE

CENTRAL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 901 E. Country Club, 420-2907 Randy Elftman, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 501 N. Sycamore, 624-2614; Steve Sanchez, Min. S.S. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. 6 p.m.; Sat. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1019 S Lea; 623-0201; Hector Torres, Min.; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.; Spanish Service 12:30 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

PENTECOSTAL

APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY OF THE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST 1721 N. Maryland, 624-2728, Ismael Chavarria, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 5 p.m. Thurs. 7 p.m.

APOSTOLIC BIBLE 2529 West Alameda, 625-8779, Rod Foster, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 6:30 p.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.

APOSTOLIC FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER 1103 N Union; Joel Martinez, Min., 627-2258; W.S. 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL 602 S. Mississippi, 347-2514, J.E. Shirley, Min. W.S. 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.

GOD’S MESSENGER 3303 W Alameda; 625-0190; R. Dixon, Sr., Min.; S.S. 8:45 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.; Wed. Noon HOUSE OF PRAYER 412 E. Matthews, 746-6699, Mike Valverde, Min. W.S. 5 p.m. Wed. & Fri. 7 p.m.

IGLESIA DE DIOS 317 East Wildy, 627-6596, Catarino Cedillo, Min. Escuela Dominical 9:45 a.m., Servicio de Domingo por la tarde 5 p.m. Martes: Oracion y Estudio Biblico 7 p.m., Jueves: Servicio Ninos, Jovenes, Damas, Varones 7 p.m.

LIFE MINISTRIES FOURSQUARE CHURCH 409 W. 16th, 622-3383; Wayne & Janice Snow, Mins.; W.S. 10:30 am,Wed. 7:00 p.m.

NEW APOSTOLIC 813 N. Richardson, Ste. A, W.S. 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE APOSTOLIC 1800 W. Bland, 622-2989, Emnauel Norfor, Min.; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN DEXTER 201 West Fifth St., 734-5797, Stephen C. Deutsch, Min. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN HAGERMAN 310 N. Cambridge, 743-5797 Stephen C. Deutsch, Min. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 9:30a.m.; Mon. 4:30 p.m.

IGLESIA PRESBITERIANA HISPANA 300 North Missouri, 622-0756, Adam Soliz, Min. W.S. 11 a.m.

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN 2801 W. 4th St., 622-2801; Dr. Harry A. Cole, Int. Min..; S.S. 10:45 a.m.; W.S. 9:30 a.m.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

BEULAH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 106 S. Michigan Ave., 243-6203; Alex Horton, Min. Sat. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

Wed. 6 p.m.

IGLESIA ADVENTISLA DEL 7 DIA 500 S. Cedar, 9106527, Noel Dominguez, Min. Sat. S.S. 11 a.m.; W.S. 9:30 a.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

ROSWELL ENGLISH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Jaffa & S. Union, 623-4636, Ken Davis,Min. Sat. S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 am.

Wed. 7 p.m.

OTHER

ALBUQUERQUE/ ROSWELL FAMILY 501 Cagua S.E., 266-4468, Fritz Schneider, Min.

GRACE COMMUNITY 935 W. Mescalero, 623-5438 Rick Hale,Min.; W.S. 9 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

GREATER FAITH WORSHIP CENTER 2600 S. Union Ave., 317-7629; Larry D. Mills, Min.; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

H.I.S. HOUSE 300 W. 3rd, Dexter, 734-6873 Ron & Jeri Fuller, Mins. W.S. 10 a.m.

Wed.6 p.m.

NARROW WAY 2200 N. Sycamore, 623-2511, Lyman Graham, Min. W.S. 2 p.m.

ORTHODOX BAHA’I FAITH obfusa@rt66.com 622-5729 ROSWELL CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES 412 E. Mathews; Joe Diaz, Min. W.S. 11 a.m. Wed. & Fri. 7 p.m.

ROSWELL PRAYER CENTER 622-4111/317-3867; Sat. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 6 p..m. to 9 p.m.

SALVATION ARMY 612 W. College, 622-8700 Beau & Mandy Perez, Mins. S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m.; B.S. Thurs. 6:30 p.m.

THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY 2322 N. Sherman; Lawrence S. Sanchez, Min. S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.

CHRIST’S CHURCH 2200 N. Sycamore, 623-4110 S.S. 8:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:00 am.

WASHINGTON CHAPEL CHRISTIAN 110 S. Michigan St., 623-3511 Rev. Abukusumo, Min.; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

CALVARY CHAPEL OF ROSWELL 2901 W. 4th, 623-8072, W.S. 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

CHRISTIAN COWBOY FELLOWSHIP 3103 W. Alameda John Sturza, 6250255, 2nd and last Friday

PRESBYTERIAN

THE UNITED CHURCH OF ROSWELL 123 W. 3rd. St. Service 10 am Bob Maples, Pastor

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 400 W. 3rd St., 622-4910, Hugh Burroughs, Min. S.S. 8:30 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.

24-Hr Daily Inspiration Hotline 623-5439

GATEWAY 1900 Sycamore Ave., 623-8670, Rick Rapp, Min. W.S. 10:30 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

BEOD MOED HEBRAIC BIBLE CENTER 928 W. McGaffey, 840-6120, Sat. Hebraic Dance 1 p.m.; Torah Study 2 p.m.; Wed. Pray & Dance Practice 6 p.m.

TRINITY APOSTOLIC FAITH 611 W. 17th, 6241910, Frank & Pearl Moser, Min. W.S. 11 a.m.

TRINITY HOUSE OF PRAISE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD 510 S. Montana, 623-2710, Bobby Barnett, Min. W.S. 9:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FIRST CHRISTIAN 1500 S. Main, 622-2392, S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10:15 a.m. Wed. 6 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD 7TH DAY 1722 N. Kansas, 6237295, Sat. W.S. 9:45 a.m.

CHURCH ON THE MOVE 901 W. Brasher Rd., 6227011, Troy Smothermon, Min. W.S. 9 & 11 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.

THE DOOR 129 E. 3rd St. 781-0360; Gabriel Rubi, Min.; W.S. 10:30 am & 6 pm. Wed. 7 pm

WAYMAKER 202 S. Sunset, 627-9190 Mike & Twyla Knowlton, Mins.; W.S. 10 a.m.; J12 (8-12 yr. olds) 4 p.m.; Revolution Youth Service 6 p.m.; Wed. Core Home Groups 7 p.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST 101 S. Lea, S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m., Wed. 7:30 p.m

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DEAR ABBY: I really need some help. One of my friends and her boyfriend, “Jake,” have been having problems and he wants to break up with her. I have had a crush on him since I first met him. My friend knew it and dated him anyway.

Jake has been flirting with me for a while now, and I feel uncomfortable because I flirted back. I’m afraid my girlfriend will think he broke up with her for me. Please help!

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE DEAR STUCK: Be warned. Jake appears to be someone with a roving eye and a short attention span.

While he may have his eye on you, play it cool and hold off dating him until he has first dated one or two other girls.

Even then, your girlfriend may not like the idea of your seeing him — but she won’t be able to accuse you of having had any involvement in their breakup.

DEAR ABBY: My husband started smoking two years ago, and it’s driving me crazy — especially the wasted time and money. I try not to nag him, but it’s hard.

Because most restaurants are now non-smoking, when we go out to dinner, instead of smoking right before he goes in, then after we leave, he’ll get up a few minutes after we order to go

Dear Readers: POINSETTIAS are bright, beautiful red, white or pink holiday plants, but are they harmful to pets? Well, they can cause stomach upset and diarrhea, but that’s about it.

Yes, the myth continues. Poinsettias are not deadly, but they should be kept from animals and small children anyway.

Lilies are different. Whether stargazer, Asian or tiger, they are extremely dangerous to animals. A cat’s kidneys can fail with just a small nibbled amount. Suspect your pet has eaten a holiday flower? Call your veterinarian right away!

Heloise

DEAR ABBY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

outside and smoke — leaving me alone for five to 10 minutes.

Sometimes he does it more than once.

It makes me really uncomfortable. I feel like people are staring at me. I have asked him repeatedly not to leave me sitting there, but he won’t stop. I told him it’s rude and he should respect me enough to remain with me through an entire meal, but he refuses. Please tell me what you think about this.

SMOKING MAD IN VIRGINIA

DEAR SMOKING MAD: Your husband isn’t being willfully disrespectful. He is so addicted to nicotine that he cannot sit through an entire meal with you because he must have another “fix”! While your suggestion that he have a cigarette before entering the restaurant is logical, he is UNABLE to go without smoking for that relatively short length of time.

It’s very sad. Because you can’t convince him to recognize

HINTS

FROM HELOISE

KING FEATURES SYNDICATE

Dear Readers:

Judi Clark of Fillmore, Calif., sent us a picture of her two Chihuahuas, Callie and Jack, sitting under the decorated Christmas tree on a festive flowered tree skirt. To see Callie and Jack, and our other Pet Pals, visit www.Heloise.com, and click

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he has a problem, ask his doctor to help him quit. Then all I can advise is to appreciate him while you can, because his habit will eventually compromise his health.

DEAR ABBY: I am an intellectual giant. I have nothing in common with my peers. I am smarter than all of them. I am in a gifted-and-talented program in my school, and I am still unable to carry on a conversation that everyone in the room can understand.

Please help me.

HEADS ABOVE THE REST IN IDAHO

DEAR HEADS ABOVE THE REST: Being intellectually gifted is an asset — unless it isolates you because you can’t relate to others. If you’re as smart as you say you are, you should try to do what other “intellectual giants” have done — learn to analogize what you’re trying to communicate so that others of lesser intelligence can understand you. It is a skill and it may take practice, but the alternative is being unable to share your valuable insights with others.

If you cannot manage what I am suggesting on your own, you may need some pointers from a psychologist to gain the tools you need.

on “Pets.”

Heloise

Dear Heloise: My grandson came up with a new no-cost toy for our dog. He took a 16-ounce empty water bottle and removed the cap. Then he put the bottle into an old sock and knotted the end of the sock. The dog loved it, and the crunchy sound kept him busy. It lasts about three to four days — by then, he gets it flat, and it’s time to change bottles.

Brandon Williams in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

Dear Heloise: I would like to share a simple hint for those of us who have parakeets. Their soft, puffy feathers tend to fly all over and end up out on the floor. I take clear packing tape (about 2 inches wide) and lay strips along the lowest part of the cage wires with the sticky side facing in. The sticky side traps most puffy feathers and some seed hulls. Simply lift off and apply new strips as needed. Makes a huge difference!

Judi B. in Balch Springs, Texas

Dear Heloise: Canned-pet-food manufacturers need to know that it is very frustrating to try to get all the cat and dog food out of a can when it constantly gets stuck in the ridges around the top of the can and crevices in the bottom.

Why not make a smooth interior so that you don’t have to dig the food out that is stuck?

A Reader in Monroe, La.

Hagar the Horrible

Blondie

Zits

Snuffy Smith

Dilbert

The Wizard of Id

The ridges on all metal cans do serve a purpose. They make the can stronger and more rigid, and help to prevent it from collapsing.

Heloise

Dear Heloise: My neighbor’s cats get into my plants. I put mothballs in the flower beds and flowerpots, and this helps to keep the cats out. The squirrels were eating my iris bulbs, so I put mothballs around those, too. It worked — the mothballs kept the squirrels out of my bulbs!

B.H. in Mississippi

As long as there is not a chance a child might get hold of the mothball, this hint works for many people Heloise

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---------------------------------------Publish Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2010 FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF CHAVES STATE OF NEW MEXICO JUANITA ANN STERLINGPARKER, Petitioner, vs.

DAVID ALLEN PARKER, Respondent.

PYRAMID SERVICES at FLETC Artesia, NM is seeking qualified personnel to act as Spanish Speaking Role Players in Part Time positions.

Case#: DM-2010-769 Case assigned to; Judge Ralph D. Shamas

RE: DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: GREETINGS: Notice is hereby given you that an action has been brought in the District Court of Chaves NO. County, in which DM-2010-769 Juanita Ann Sterling-Parker is the Petitioner, and you are Respondent, rethe questing a Dissolution of Marriage. Unless you enter an appearance in said cause on or before 7th, 2011, February judgment will be renin said cause dered against you by default.

Petitioner’s Address is: 1208 1/2 West 8th Street New Mexico Roswell, 88201

KENNON CROWHURST of the Clerk Court

District

By: s/Vincent Espinoza

Role Players assume characters associated with various given scenarios. Duties and Responsibilities: • Able to understand both written and spoken English • Able to adapt to varying environmental conditions • Able to dress according to prescribed role/scenario • Able to take directions Physical Requirements: • Good Physical Condition • Able to climb stairs • Able to pass drug/alcohol test and criminal background check

For applications contact the Department of Workforce Solutions, or fax resumes to 575.748.7395.

Pyramid Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer who values diversity in the workplace. Please visit our website at www.pyramidservicesinc. com.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Publish December 11, 18, 25, January 1, 2010 FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF CHAVES STATE OF NEW MEXICO No. CV-2010-982

PIONEER BANK fka PIONEER SAVINGS AND TRUST, F.A., Plaintiff,

v.

KAREN ANN SWENSON, deceased; and UNKNOWN HEIRS, or LEGATEES OF KAREN DEVISEES SWENSON,

ALL

ANN

Defendants.

NOTICE OF SUIT

STATE OF NEW MEXICO to the above named Defendants, Karen Ann Swenson, deceased; and All Unknown Heirs, Devisees or Legatees of Karen Ann Swenson.

GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled case and cause, the general object thereof being to foreclose a mortgage on property located at: SURFACE TITLE ONLY: Lot 43A, of the Replat of Lots 34 thru 45, Briar Ridge Unit D 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 April 30, 1980 and recorded in Book H of Plat Records, at page 17.

(a/k/a 18D Bent Mexico 88201).

Tree

Road,

Roswell,

New

Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days from the date of first publication, judgment by default will be entered against you.

Respectfully submitted:

MARION J. CRAIG III, Attorney At Law

Issued by:

________________________________ Marion J. Craig III PO Box 1436 Roswell, New Mexico 88202-1436 575-622-1106 Attorney for Pioneer Bank

WITNESS the Honorable Charles C. Currier District Judge of said Court of the State of New Mexico, and Seal of the District Court of said County, this 30th day of November, 2010.

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CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Maureen J. Nelson Deputy

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REHABCARE IS immediately interviewing PT, OT, SLP for staff positions and lead PT for MSU setting, for our SNF/Short-Term Rehab Units in Roswell, New Mexico.

*Sign on bonus available* We offer excellent pay, a generous comp package, I-touch technology, and more!

For consideration, call Chris Hellman at 800-677-1202 ext. 2263, E-mail: cdhellman@rehabcare.co mEOE.

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Competitive salary and benefits. Application available at 515 N. Virginia, Roswell, NM 88201 from 12/10/10 to 01/07/11.

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RESOLUTION AND PROCLAMATION OF THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY ROSWELL BRANCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD AUTHORIZING AN ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE (3) BOARD MEMBERS

WHEREAS, the Eastern New University Roswell Branch Community College Board (herein the “Board”), in the County of Chaves and State of New Mexico, determines that a College Board Election, (herein, the “Election”) will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in accordance with NMSA 1978, §§ 1-22-1 through 1-22-19; and

WHEREAS, the Board determines that the terms of office for the Board members serving for Election District 1, Election District 4, and Election District 5 will expire and come up for election on February 1, 2011; and WHEREAS, the Board determines that an election shall be held to elect Board members for Election District 1, Election District 4, and Election District 5 on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, the Election, in accordance with NMSA 1978, §§ 1-22-1 through 1-22-19.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY ROSWELL BRANCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD, IN THE COUNTY OF CHAVES AND THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO THAT THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION IS HEREBY ISSUED: PROCLAMATION

Section 1. On Tuesday, the 1st day of February, 2011, there will be held an election for Election District 1, Election District 4, and Election District 5, of the Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Branch Community College Board, in Chaves County, New Mexico.

Section 2. One Board member shall be elected from Election District 1, one Board member shall be elected from Election District 4, and one Board member shall be elected from Election District 5, for a total of three Board members. Positions shall be designated on the ballot as Position One (1), Position Four (4), and Position Five (5).

Declarations of candidacy are to be filed with the Chaves County Section 3.

Clerk, at One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, New Mexico, on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 1-22-8. In making a declaration of candidacy, the candidate shall submit a sworn statement of intent in substantially the following form:

“DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - STATEMENT OF INTENT I,_______________________________, (candidate's name on certificate of registration) being first duly sworn, say that I am a voter of Precinct No._______ of County of Chaves, State of New Mexico.

I reside at the _____________________________________ and was a resident at that place on the date of the Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Branch Community College Board's proclamation calling the election for which I am a candidate; I am a qualified elector of the State of New Mexico residing within the Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Branch Community College District Number _______; I desire to become a candidate for the Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Branch Community College Board, Position No. _______________ at the Eastern New Mexico University/Roswell Branch Community College Board election to be held on February 1, 2011; I will be eligible and legally qualified to hold this office at the beginning of its term; and I make the foregoing affidavit under oath, knowing that any false statement herein constitutes a felony punishable under the criminal laws of New Mexico. _______________________________________ (Declarant) _______________________________________ (Mailing Address) _______________________________________ (Residence Address) Subscribed and sworn to before me this____ day of________, 20___. _______________________________ (Notary Public) My commission expires: _______________________________”.

Section 4. Declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate are to be filed with the Chaves County Clerk, at One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, New Mexico by 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, December 28, 2010.

Section 5. Precincts shall be consolidated for the Election pursuant NMSA 1978, §1-22-6, all as hereinafter set forth.

The precincts, including consolidation precincts, and the location and designation of each polling place shall be as follows: Polling Places

Consolidated Precinct No. 1 Eastern New Mexico University Roswell District No.1

Boys and Girls Club 201 S. Garden Ave. Roswell, NM 88203

Consolidated Precinct No. 2 Eastern New Mexico University Roswell District No. 1

Yucca Recreation Center 500 S. Richardson Roswell,NM 88203

Consolidated Precinct No. 3 Eastern New Mexico University Roswell District No. 1

Pecos Elementary School 600 E.Hobbs Roswell, NM 88203

Consolidated Precinct No.1 Eastern NewMexico University Roswell District No. 4

Sierra Middle School 615 S. Sycamore Roswell, NM 88203

Consolidated Precinct No. 2 Eastern New Mexico University Roswell District No. 4

Roswell High School 400 W Hobbs Roswell, NM 88203

Consolidated Precinct No. 3 Eastern New Mexico University Roswell District No. 4

Monterrey Elementary School 910 W. Gayle St. Roswell, NM 88203

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 51.1, 51.2, 61.1, 72.1, 72.3, and 72.4

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 24.1, 25.1, 32.1, and 42.1

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 62.1, 63.1, 63.2, 71.1, 71.2, 72.2, 72.5, and 72.6

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 33.1, 34.1, 35.1, and 35.2

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 81.1, 82.1, 83.1, 84.1, 85.1, 93.1, and 93.2

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 90.1 90.2, and 91.1

PART TIME Independent Contractor Position to complete commercial and personal lines Insurance Inspections and Premium Audits in Roswell and surrounding area. Position is immediately available.

Prior insurance related loss control or premium audit experience required.

Volume of work varies but is steady and is a great supplemental income.

Some overnight travel could be required. Qualified contractors must be able to complete all assignments timely and have computer with high speed internet, dependable transportation.

Confidential resume along with references can be submitted by email to rkelly@pcs-sw.com.

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Precincts and Districts

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For more information, and an application, please stop by the Roswell Daily Record Monday thru Friday 8am - 5pm.

No Phone Calls Accepted.

WANTED FULL-TIME and Part-time EMT’s for night positions at Chaves County Detention Center Medical Services. Days and weekends, competitive salary & benefits. Contact Susan at 627-4322

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MEDICAL OFFICE Position: KYMERA Independent Physicians Primary Care Clinic Is seeking a Qualified Applicant for: Full-Time RN/BSN:

Experience in Family Practice/Internal Medicine required. 2 - 3 years working in a medical office setting preferred.

Please fax resume with cover letter to: (575) 627-9520

Consolidated Precinct No. 1 Eastern New MexicoUniversity Roswell District No. 5

Goddard High School 701 E. Country Club Rd. Roswell, NM 88201

Consolidated Precinct No. 2 Eastern New Mexico University Roswell District No. 5

Military Heights Elementary School 1900 N. Michigan Roswell, NM 88201

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, and 11.2

Community College Board Member Election Precincts: 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 11.3, 14.1, 15.1, and16.1 Absentee

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County Clerk's Office #1 St. Mary's Place Suite 110 Roswell, NM 88203

Section 6.

A person is a qualified elector if he or she is a citizen of the United States, at least eighteen years of age, and a resident of either Election District 1, Election District 4 or Election District 5 on the day of the Election. In order to vote, qualified electors must have previously registered with the County Clerk of Chaves County or any voter registration agent in accordance with law. Any qualified elector of District 1, District 4, or District 5 who is not now registered and who wishes to vote at such Election should register during regular office hours prior to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, that being the twenty-eighth day immediately preceding the Election at the of the County Clerk of County, at One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, New Mexico, or by any registration agent at a designated agency as provided in NMSA 1978 §§1-4-47 and 1-4-48.

Only residents of Election District 1 may vote for candidates runSection 7.

Only residents of the Election ning for the Board position for Election District 1.

District 4 may vote for candidates running for the Board position for Election DisOnly residents of the Election District 5 may vote for candidates running trict 4. for the Board position for Election District 5.

Section 8. The polling places will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on the day of the Election, Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

Section 9. Absentee voting will be permitted as authorized by NMSA 1978, § 1-22-19, and the Absent Voter Act of the Election Code, NMSA 1978 §§ 1-6-1 through 1-6-18.

Application for absentee ballots may be obtained from the office of the County Clerk of Chaves County, at One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, New Mexico; however, at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Monday, January 31, 2011 (the Monday before the election), the County Clerk is required by statute to Therefore, completed applications must be redestroy unused absentee ballots. turned to the County Clerk prior to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Friday, January 28, 2011. Absentee ballots of District voters may be marked in person at the office of the County Clerk of Chaves County, One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, New Mexico, and delivered to the County Clerk from Friday, January 7, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time until Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

Mountain Standard Time. At any time prior to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Monday, January 31, 2011, any person in the District whose absentee ballot application has been accepted and to whom an absentee ballot has been mailed, but who has not received the absentee ballot, may execute, in the office of the County Clerk of Chaves County, a sworn affidavit stating that he or she did not receive or vote his or her absentee ballot. Upon receipt of the sworn affidavit, the County Clerk shall issue the voter a replacement absentee ballot.

At any time prior to 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on, Tuesday, February 1, 2011, any voter in the District who has applied for, but not received an absentee ballot, may present himself or herself at his or her assigned polling place and execute an affiUpon execution of such affidavit, such davit of non-receipt of absentee ballot. voter shall be permitted to vote on an emergency paper ballot.

Section 10.

The County Clerk of Chaves County, New Mexico is required by law to close the registration books for the election at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 and a person will be allowed to vote only if he or she is an elector of the Community College District and currently registered to Any qualified elector of the vote in the Community College District at that time.

Community College District who is not now registered and who wishes to vote at the election should register during regular office hours at the office of the County Clerk of Chaves County, at One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, NM prior 5:00 p.m.

Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, January 4, 2011.

For federal qualified electors and overseas voters, the County Clerk shall accept a certificate of registration by electronic transmission from a voter qualified to apply for and vote by absentee ballot in the Community College District if the transmission is received before 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on January 28, 2011, the Friday immediately preceding the election.

The President of Eastern New Mexico University Roswell is diSection 11. rected to publish or cause to be published a copy of this Resolution and Proclamation in a newspaper of general circulation in the District at least once a week for three consecutive weeks, with the last insertion to be not less than thirty days prior to the date of the Election.

Section 12.

The President of Eastern New Mexico University Roswell is further directed to file a copy of this Resolution and Proclamation with the County Clerk of Chaves County.

Section 13.

The President of Eastern New Mexico University Roswell is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Resolution and Proclamation.

Section 14.

All actions heretofore taken by the Board, the President of Board, the Secretary of the Board and the President of Eastern New Mexico versity Roswell or his agents to facilitate and effectuate the Election that are inconsistent with law and the provisions of this Resolution and Proclamation hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.

the Uninot are

Dated at Roswell, New Mexico, this 23_____day of November, 2010.

Eloise Blake _________________________________________________ President, Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Branch Community College Board

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Assest:

Mireya Trujillo _________________________________________ Secretary, Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Branch Community College Board RESOLUCIÓN Y PROCLAMACIÓN DEL CONSEJO UNIVERSITARIO COMUNAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD EASTERN NEW MEXICO SEDE ROSWELL AUTORIZANDO UNA ELECCIÓN CON EL PROPÓSITO DE ELEGIR TRES (3) MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO

DADO, que el Consejo Universitario de la Universidad Comunal Eastern New México Sede Roswell (de ahora en adelante el “Consejo”), en el Condado de Chaves y el Estado de Nuevo México, determina que la Elección del Consejo Universitario (de ahora en adelante la “Elección”) será llevada a cabo el día martes 1 de febrero de 2011, de acuerdo a los Estatutos Existentes de Nuevo México (N. del T. NMSA en sus siglas en inglés) 1978, §§ 1-22-1 al 1-22-19; y

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Seeking reliable, experienced caregivers for immediate F/T or P/T work days or week-ends. This will be the best job you ever had! Call Carol @ 624-9999 and apply at 1410 S. Main St. Roswell www.beacomfortkeeper.com.

DEAN BALDWIN Painting has immediate openings for permanent/FT Lic. A & P Mechanics. Commercial a/c exp preferred. Pay rates $18-$22/hr based on past exp. Exc benefits. EOE. Call 575-347-4168 Mari Ext 23, email resumes deanbaldwinpainting.com.

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Customer service experience preferred. Apply in person at 4 Military Heights Dr. EXPERIENCED CHEF or line cook, apply in person at Roswell Country Club, serious inquiries only. 2601 N. Urton Rd, ask for John.

Tues.-Fri. from 9am-4pm.

LINCOLN, NM, Full-time year round Children’s Learning Center seeks experienced & mature individual, trained in early Childhood Education, Program Development & Management. Fax references and resume to 575-653-4028 or call 575-653-4041 for more information and job requirements.

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If you are an energetic person and want a rewarding career in the mental health field come be a part of our team. Bachelors degree in Human Services, Education or related field required. Salary DOE. An EOE. Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.

Please send resume to: Counseling Associates, Inc. Attn: Samantha Reed PO BOX 1978, Roswell, NM 88202.

DADO, que el Consejo determina que una elección debe ser llevada a cabo para elegir a los miembros del Consejo para el Distrito de Elección 1, Distrito de Elección 4, y el Distrito de Elección 5 el día martes 1 de febrero de 2011, de acuerdo a los Estatutos Existentes de Nuevo México (NMSA) 1978, §§ 1-22-1 al 1-22-19.

UNIVERSITARIO DEL DISTRITO AHORA, DEBIDO A ESTO, EL CONSEJO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD COMUNAL EASTERN NEW MEXICO SEDE ROSWELL RESUELVE QUE SE EMITIRÁ POR VIRTUD DE ESTE ACTO LA SIGUIENTE PROCLAMACIÓN: PROCLAMACIÓN

Sección 1. El martes, en el primer día de febrero de 2011, se llevará a cabo una elección en el Distrito de Elección 1, el Distrito de Elección 4, y el Distrito de Elección 5 del Consejo Universitario Comunal de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell, en el Condado de Chaves, Nuevo México.

Sección 2. Se deberá elegir un miembro del Consejo en el Distrito de Elección 1, un miembro del Consejo en el Distrito de Elección 4, y un miembro del Consejo en el Distrito de Elección 5, por un total de tres miembros del consejo. Los puestos deberán ser designados en el voto como Puesto uno (1), Puesto cuatro (4), y Puesto cinco (5).

Sección 3. Las declaraciones de candidatura deben ser presentadas en la Oficina del Condado de Chaves, en One Saint Mary's Place en Roswell, Nuevo México el día martes 21 de diciembre de 2010 entre las 9:00 AM y 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña, según lo acordado en el Estatuto Existente de Nuevo México (NMSA) 1978, § 1-22-8. Al hacer una declaración de candidatura, el candidato debe someter una declaración jurada de intento siguiendo en forma substancial el siguiente formato: “DECLARACIÓN DE CANDIDATURA - DECLARACIÓN DE INTENTO Yo, _______________________________, (nombre del candidato/a en el certificado de registro) habiendo jurado en forma apropiada, establezco que soy un(a) votante del Precinto de sufragios N°_______ del Condado de Chaves del Estado _____________________________________ y de Nuevo México. Yo resido en he sido residente de este lugar a la fecha de la proclamación del Consejo Universitario Comunal de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell llamando a elección en la cual soy candidato(a); Soy un(a) sufragista calificado(a) en el Estado de Nuevo México que reside en el Distrito Universitario Comunal de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell número _______; Yo deseo convertirme en candidato(a) para el Consejo Universitario Comunal la Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell, Puesto N° de _______________ en la elección del Consejo Universitario Comunal de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell que se llevará a cabo el día 1 de febrero de 2011; Reuniré los requisitos y estaré legalmente calificado (a) para cubrir el cargo al comienzo del mandato; y Yo hago la precedente declaración jurada, sabiendo que cualquier falsa declaración aquí constituye un delito grave penado por las leyes criminales de Nuevo México. _______________________________________ (Declarante) _______________________________________ (Dirección de correos) _______________________________________ (Dirección de domicilio) Suscrito y jurado ante mí el día ___ de________de 20____. _______________________________ (Notario público) Mi servicio vence: _______________________________”.

Las declaraciones de intento para ser un candidato inscrito deben Sección 4. ser presentadas con la Oficina de Chaves County en One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, Nuevo México antes de las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día 28 de diciembre de 2010.

Los precintos de sufragio deben ser consolidados para la Elección Sección 5. según lo prescrito en los Estatutos Existentes de Nuevo México (NMSA) 1978, §1-22-6, en la forma en que se describe más adelante. Los precintos de sufragio, que incluyen la consolidación de precintos, y la ubicación y designación de cada lugar de sufragio como sigue: Lugares de sufragio

Precinto consolidado N° 1 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N° 1

Club Boys and Girls Avenida Garden Sur 201.

Roswell, NM 88203

Precinto consolidado N° 2 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°1

Centro de Recreación Yucca Richardson Sur 500 Roswell, NM 88203

Precinto consolidado N° 3 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°1

Escuela Elemental Pecos Hobbs Este 600 Roswell, NM 88203

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 51.1, 51.2, 61.1, 72.1, 72.3, y 72.4

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 24.1, 25.1, 32.1, y 42.1

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 62.1, 63.1, 63.2, 71.1, 71.2, 72.2, 72.5, y 72.6

Precinto consolidado N°1 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°4

Escuela Intermedia Sierra Sycamore Sur 615 Roswell, NM 88203

Precinto consolidado N°2 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°4

Escuela Secundaria Roswell High Hobbs Oeste 400 Roswell, NM 88203

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 33.1, 34.1, 35.1, y 35.2

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 81.1, 82.1, 83.1, 84.1, 85.1, 93.1, y 93.2

Precinto consolidado N°3 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°4

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 90.1 90.2, y 91.1

105. Childcare

NEED CHILD care? Find the widest range of available childcare for your children and their needs. or 1-800-691-9067 www.newmexic okids.org. You may also call us; Family Resource & Referral 622-9000 and we can help you navigate the system.

140. Cleaning

CLEANING Service, JD Licensed and bonded. References.

623-4252.

HOUSE CLEANER 20 yrs experience. 623-8563

Legals

DADO, que el Consejo determina que los términos de los cargos de los miembros del Consejo que están de servicio para el Distrito de Elección 1, Distrito de Elección 4, y el Distrito de Elección 5 vencerán y estarán disponibles para elección al 1 de febrero de 2011; y

Precintos y distritos

CLASSIFIEDS

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

195. Elderly Care

ADVANCED HOME Care.

All caregivers are licensed bonded & have passed federal criminal back-ground checks. Loving care since 1994. 627-6256

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

Precinto consolidado N°1 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°5 Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, y 11.2

Precinto consolidado N°2 Distrito Universidad Eastern New Mexico Roswell N°5

Elección de miembro del Consejo Universitario Comunal Precintos: 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 11.3, 14.1, 15.1, y 16.1 Voto en ausencia

210.

Firewood/Coal

230. General Repair

GRAVES FARM oak and elm. Cord and 1/2 cord delivered. 622-1889

T-LEVEL CONSTRUCTION Inc. Call John 317-1477

FIREWOOD Seasoned cedar & juniper: split, stacked & delivered, 1/2 cord $125, full $225.

575-910-4842

232. Chimney Sweep CHIMNEY SWEEP Have your woodstove or fireplace inspected and cleaned. Dust free Guarantee. 35 years Experience, Licensed, Insured.

Bulldog Janitorial Services 575-308-9988

220. Furniture Repair REPAIR & Refinish furniture, build furniture, firewood. Southwest Woods. 1727 SE Main.

623-0729 or 626-8466 By appointment only.

Cordova Chimney 623-5255 or 910-7552

235. Hauling

Escuela Secundaria Goddard High Camino Country Club 701 Este Roswell, NM 88201

Escuela Elemental Military Heights Michigan Norte 1900 Roswell, NM 88201

Oficina del Condado St. Mary's Place # 1 Depto. 110 Roswell, NM 88203

Los locales de sufragio estarán abiertos entre las 7:00 AM y las Sección 8.

7:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día de la elección martes 1 de febrero de 2011.

Sección 9. Los votos en ausencia se permitirán como lo autorizan los Estatutos Existentes de Nuevo México (NMSA) 1978, § 1-22-19, y el Acta del Sufragista en Ausencia del Código de Electoral como indicado en los Estatutos Existentes de Nuevo México (NMSA) 1978 §§ 1-6-1 al 1-6-18. La Solicitud para los votos por correo pueden ser obtenidos en la Oficina del Condado de Chaves en One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, Nuevo México; no obstante a las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día lunes 31 de enero de 2011 (el lunes antes de la elección), el funcionario de la Oficina del Condado debe, por estatuto, destruir los votos de ausencia que no se hayan utilizado. Por ello los formularios de solicitudes llenos deben devolverse a la Oficina del Condado antes de las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día viernes 28 de enero de 2011. Los votos en ausencia de los sufragistas del Distrito pueden ser marcados en persona en la Oficina del Condado del Condado de Chaves en One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, Nuevo México, y entregados en la Oficina del Condado desde el viernes 7 de enero de 2011 a las 8:00 AM Hora Estándar de la Montaña hasta el martes 1 de febrero de 2011 a las 7:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña. A cualquier hora antes de las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día lunes 31 de enero de 2011, cualquier persona del Distrito cuya solicitud de voto por correo haya sido aceptada y a quién se le ha enviado por correo su voto en ausencia, pero que no haya recibido su voto en ausencia, puede hacer, en la Oficina del Condado, del Condado de Chaves una declaración jurada de que él o ella no recibió ni hizo uso de su voto en ausencia. En cuanto se reciba la declaración jurada la Oficina del Condado puede emitir un voto de reemplazo del voto por correo. A cualquier hora antes de las 7:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día martes 1 de febrero de 2011, cualquier sufragista en el Distrito que ha solicitado, pero que no ha recibido un voto por correo, puede presentarse en su local de sufragio asignado y hacer una declaración jurada de no recepción del voto en ausencia. Al recibir tal declaración jurada, a aquel votante se le permitirá votar en una boleta de papel de sufragio de emergencia.

Sección 10.

La Oficina del Condado del Condado de Chaves de Nuevo México, debe por ley cerrar los registros electorales a las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña, el día martes 4 de enero de 2011 y a una persona se le permitirá votar solamente si es un sufragista del Distrito Universitario Comunal y está actualmente inscrita para votar en el Distrito Universitario Comunal en ese momento.

Cualquier sufragista que cumple los requisitos del Distrito Universitario Comunal que no esté inscrito ahora y que desea votar en la elección debe inscribirse durante las horas de oficinas habituales en la Oficina del Condado del Condado de Chaves en One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, NM antes de las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña del martes 4 de enero de 2011. Para los electores que cumplen los requisitos federales y a los votantes en el extranjero, la Oficina del Condado deberá aceptar un certificado de registro transmitido en forma electrónica de un sufragista que cumple los requisitos, para solicitar y votar por medio de un voto en ausencia en el Distrito Universitario Comunal si la transmisión es recibida antes de las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el 28 de enero de 2011, el viernes que precede en forma inmediata al día de la elección.

Sección 11. Al rector de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico de Roswell se le indica publicar u ordenar la publicación de una copia de esta Resolución y Proclamación en el diario de mayor circulación del Distrito al menos por una vez por semana por tres semanas consecutivas, poniendo el inserto la última vez no menos de treinta días previos a la fecha de la elección.

Sección 12. Al rector de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico de Roswell se le indica además que debe presentar una copia de esta Resolución y Proclamación en la Oficina del Condado del Condado de Chaves.

Sección 13. El rector de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico de Roswell queda aquí por la presente autorizado, y se le indica que tome todas las acciones necesarias o apropiadas para llevar a cabo las estipulaciones de esta Resolución y Proclamación.

Sección 14.

Todas las acciones tomadas hasta este momento por el Consejo, el Presidente del Consejo, el Secretario del Consejo y el Rector de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico de Roswell o por sus agentes para facilitar y efectuar la elección que no sean inconsistentes con la ley y las estipulaciones de esta Resolución son por la presente ratificadas, aprobadas y confirmadas.

Fechada en Roswell, Nuevo México, en este día _23____de noviembre de 2010.

______Eloise Blake___________________________________________ Rector de la Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell del Consejo Universitario Comunal

Mireya Trujillo ___________________________________________ Secretaria, Consejo Universitario Comunal Universidad Eastern New Mexico Sede Roswell

TEE TIME Construction Commercial/Residential Construction - Framing, cement, roofing, drywalln painting, New Construction of Homes, Additions, Remodeling, and Metal Buildings. Licensed & Bonded.

Call 575-626-9686

RANCH MIX, cedar, pinon, juniper seasoned & split, delivered & stacked $250, full cords only.

575-653-4140

Sección 7. Sólo los residentes de la elección del Distrito 1 pueden votar por los candidatos que postulan al puesto del Consejo para la elección del Distrito 1.

Sólo los residentes de la elección del Distrito 4 pueden votar por los candidatos que postulan al puesto del Consejo para la elección del Distrito 4. Sólo los residentes de la elección del Distrito 5 pueden votar por los candidatos que postulan al puesto del Consejo para la elección del Distrito 5.

Atestigua:

225. General Construction

SEANSONED MOUNTAIN wood $100 1/2 cord. Free delivery/stack. 626-9803.

Sección 6. Una persona es un sufragista que reúne los requisitos si él o ella es ciudadano de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, con al menos 18 años de edad, y residente del Distrito de Elección 1, Distrito de Elección 4 o Distrito de Elección 5 al día de la elección. Para votar los sufragistas que reúnen los requisitos debe haberse inscrito en forma previa con la Oficina del Condado del Condado de Chaves o cualquier agente de registro electoral de acuerdo a la ley. Cualquier sufragista que reúne los requisitos y pertenece al Distrito 1, Distrito 4, o al Distrito 5 que no está inscrito y que desea votar en tal elección debe inscribirse durante el horario de oficina habitual antes de las 5:00 PM Hora Estándar de la Montaña el día martes 4 de enero de 2011, lo cual es veintiocho días precedentes a la elección, en la Oficina del Condado, en One Saint Mary's Place, Roswell, Nuevo México, o a través de cualquier agente de inscripción de la agencia designada como previsto en los Estatutos Existentes de Nuevo México (NMSA) 1978 §§1-4-47 y 1-4-48.

[SELLO]

Escuela Elemental Monterrey Calle Gayle Oeste 910.

Roswell, NM 88203

Roswell Daily Record

PROPERTY CLEANUPS Will tear down old buildings, barns, haul trash, old farm equipment.

347-0142 or 317-7738

270.

Landscape/ Lawnwork

270.

Landscape/ Lawnwork

MOW GRASS, Trim Bushes, Flower Beds, Clean Ups, Pull Weed, Leaf Raking, Pecan pick up, Tree Pruning, Rock Yards.

Call Pedro or Virginia 575-910-5247 or 623-1826

285.

Miscellaneous Services DOCUMENT PREPARATION, desktop publishing, proofreading, writing services and much more!

TypeTech Assistant Services 575-308-1236

THE NEW MEXICO SEED LOAN PROGRAM is available to small businesses owned by individuals with diabilities and provides low interest loans for the purchase of equipment and related supplies need to expand or start a business. Contact the New Mexico Seed Loan Program at 1-800-866-2253 or www.nmseedloans.org for more information. A low interest loan program of DVR State of New Mexico.

305. Computers

LAWN SERVICE & much more work at low price.

914-0803 or 914-1375 Roswell Lawn Service rake leaves, trim trees, general cleanup, 420-3278 MOWING EDGING clean garden spots, trim bushes, sm. trees rototill & pick pecans on 1/2’s prompt/good work. Call Kay 627-6513, 993-3293 Greenscapes Sprinkler Systems Lawn mowing, field mowing, gravel, sod-hydro seed, pruning, tilling, For dependable & reliable service call 622-2633 or 910-0150.

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

COMPUTER DOCTOR Microsoft Certified 50% off any repair (Labor only) 575-208-9348 Call Billy

345.

Remodeling

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

NO JOB too small, repair, remodeling, etc.

Reasonable rates, quality work. Licensed and bonded. 5-C Const., Inc. 626-4079 or 622-2552.

Legals

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Publish December 11, 18, 25, January 1, 2010 FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF CHAVES STATE OF NEW MEXICO CV-2010-1036

ROE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIAM D.L. BROWN, MARGUERITE R. BROWN, AND TILLIE CAMPOS, IF LIVING, IF DECEASED, THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS; STATE OF NEW MEXICO (DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE), CITY OF ROSWELL, and ALL UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF SUIT PENDING

THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

TO: WILLIAM D.L. BROWN, MARGUERITE R. BROWN, AND TILLIE CAMPOS, IF LIVING, IF DECEASED, THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS;

ALL UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF

You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named Plaintiff has filed the above styled action in the District Court of Chaves County wherein you are named or designated as a defendant. The general object of said action is to quiet Plaintiff’s title to the property being located in Chaves County, New Mexico, which is commonly known as 2310 North Texas, Roswell, New Mexico and being more particularly described as follows:

Lot 6 in Eakin’s Subdivision of the E/2 of Lot 13, Military Heights 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 May 5, 1939 and recorded in Book B of Plat Records, Chaves County, New Mexico, at Page 09.

You and each of you are further notified that unless you enter your appearance or file an answer in said cause within thirty (30) days after the date of last publication of this Summons and Notice of Suit Pending, judgment will be rendered against you by default. The name, address and telephone number of Plaintiff’s attorney is set forth below.

WITNESSETH my hand and seal of the District Court of Chaves County, New Mexico, on this 7th day of December, 2010.

(SEAL)

KENNON CROWHURST CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By:s/Maureen J. Nelson Deputy

SUBMITTED BY: JENNINGS & JONES L.C.

By:s/A.D. Jones PO Box 1180 Roswell NM 88202-1180 575-622-8432 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Roswell Daily Record

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Announcements Special Notice Card of Thanks Personals/Special Transportation Lost & Found

Instruction

030 Education 035 Music – Dance/Drama 040 Instructions Wanted

Employment

045 050 055 060

Employment Opportunities Salesperson/Agents Employment Agencies Jobs Wanted – M & F

070 075 080 085 090 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 224 225 226 230 232 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 269 270 280 285 290 293 295 300 305 306 310 315 316 320 325 330 335 340 345 350 355 356 360 365 370 375 380 385 390 395 400 401 405 410 415 420 425 426 430 435

Agricultural Analysis Air Conditioning Alterations Appliance Repair Auto Repair Babysitting Childcare Blade Work Bookkeeping Carpentry Carpet Cleaning Carpeting Ceramic Tile Cleaning Clock & Watch Repair Concrete Counseling Crafts/Arts Ditching Drafting Drapery Drilling Electrical Engraving Elderly Care Fencing Fertilizer Firewood – Coal Floor Covering Furniture Repair Garage Door Repair General Construction Waterwell General Repair Chimney Sweep Hauling Horseshoeing House Wrecking Insulation Insurance Ironing & Washing Janitorial Excavating Landscape/Lawnwork Masonry/Concrete Miscellaneous Service Mobile Home Service Monuments Musical Oil Field Services Computers Rubber Stamps Painting/Decorating Pest Control Pets Photography Piano Tuning Plumbing Printing Radio/TV’s/Stereo’s Remodeling Roofing Sand Blasting Satellite Screens/Shutters Security Sewer Service & Repair Sewing Machine Service Sharpening Slenderizing Steam Cleaning Stucco Plastering Tax Service Telephone Service Tractor Work Tree Service Typing Service Upholstery Vacuum Cleaners Video/Recording Wallpapering Welding

Services

350. Roofing Guaranteed Shingle Roof jobs. Locally owned. Licensed and bonded. 5-C Const.

626-4079 or 622-2552.

440 441 445 450

Window Repair Window Cleaning Wrought Iron Services Wanted

455 456 460 465

Money: Loan/Borrow Credit Cards Insurance Co. Oil, Mineral, Water, Land Lease/Sale Investment: Stocks/Sale Mortgages for Sale Mortgages Wanted Business Opportunities

470 475 480 485

Financial

Real Estate

490 Homes for Sale 495 Acreage/Farm/Ranch 500 Business for Sale 505 Commercial Business Property 510 Resort Out of Town Property 515 Mobile Homes/Sale 520 Lots for Sale 525 Building Transfer 530 Real Estate Wanted 535 540 545 550 555 560 565 569 570 571 575 580 585 590 595 600

Rentals

Apartments, Furnished Apartments, Unfurnished Houses, Furnished Houses, Unfurnished Mobile Homes – Rental Sleeping Rooms Rest Homes Mobile Home Lots/Space Mobile Home Courts RV Parks Resort Homes Office/Business Rentals Warehouse & Storage Farms/Acreage – Rent Miscellaneous for Rent 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 790 795 796 800 805 810 815

Transportation

Automobiles for Sale Trucks & Vans SUV’s Classic Automobiles Imported Automobiles Auto Parts & Accessories Wanted – Autos

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

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

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

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T-LEVEL CONSTRUCTION Inc. Call John 317-1477

395. Stucco Plastering

For stucco traditional or synthetic, also block, brick & stone work. Rodriguez Const. 420-0100

405. TractorWork LANGFORD TRACTOR work. Septic tanks installed/inspected. Blade work and backhoe work.

Gravel, topsoil.

623-1407.

410. Tree Service

STUMP GRINDING. Big Stumps & back yard stumps. Tree and shrub work. Free estimates. 623-4185 ALLEN’S TREE Service.

The oldest tree service in Roswell. Million $ ins.

626-1835

435. Welding RANCHERO’S WELDING and Construction On site repairs or fabrication.

Pipe fencing, Wrought iron, Work, Roofs, Shingle, Metal, Stone, Concrete, Drywall, Tape, Frame, Block, Lath, Stucco, Tile. Bobcat Work Services.

More Info www.rancheroswelding.com

Hector (575) 910-8397

440. Window Repair AQUARIUS GLASS For Less. Screens, Patio & Shower Drs., Table Tops & Mirrors. 623-3738.

T-LEVEL CONSTRUCTION Inc. Call John 317-1477

FINANCIAL

485. Business Opportunities DO YOU earn $800 in a day? Your Own Local Candy Route! 25 Machines and Candy All for $9995. 877-915-8222 All Major Credit Cards Accepted!

REAL ESTATE

490. Homes For Sale EQUAL HOUSING NOTICE All real estate advertised in the Roswell Daily record is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to adany preference, vertise limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion or sex, family status and handicap or national origin or an intention to make any such preference limitation or discrimination. The Roswell Daily Record will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

ADVERTISE YOUR HOME ALL OVER NEW MEXICO. CALL THEDAILY RECORD FOR DETAILS. 622-7710

490. Homes For Sale 3BR 1 bath at the base in culdesac 70 Vanderslice $38,000 $5k down owner financing. Available January 1st 420-1352

OPEN HOUSE Call 622-7010/910-6104.

3305 Riverside, 2222 sq. ft., 4/3/2, will negotiate 1% finders fee.

3 for 1 (49,900) Capitan property Sierra Blanca view 3 lots 2 homes large shop paved access, city water. 317-2285.

3 BR,1 bath 1 car garage 210 E.Ballard, $85,000 420-9072 2 HOUSES-2BR/1BA, $60k each , owner will finance w/$6k down.

623-0459 Best offer or $103,000, Brokers welcome. #3 Forest Dr. OPEN HOUSE DAILY 1PM TO 6PM, 2050 square feet. 4 Bedroom, 1 3/4 bath. Esquibel Real Estate. 575-626-7550 CISCO 575-312-3529 4Bd, 1 Ba, new paint, carpet, doors,fncd yrd, $59,500, M-Th 624-1331

REDUCED Must sell charming 2/1, located at 601 S. Missouri. Basement, huge lot, new fencing. $64,900, owner financing avail. 637-5530

917 W. Forest. 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bth, refrigerated air, new carpet, stove, microwave, dishwasher, disposal. Bonus room. $80,000-owner financing to qualified buyer with $4,000 down. 623-4416

495. Acreages/ Farms/ Ranches/Sale COUNTRY HOME HORSE PROPERTY W. of Roswell, 5ac, 1800sf home, 4br, 2ba, fl. sz arena w/roping chutes, covered runs, metal barn, tack hse, shop, trees - ready to sell.

623-2538

5 ACRE land for sale w/1500 sq. ft. shop, mountain view/city view, #40 Tamarish Rd (West on Pine Lodge to Tamarish). $45k Call 910-0115.

505.

Investment/ Commercial/ Business Property Restaurant bldg, $275K cash/trade for Ruidoso prprty, M-Th 624-1331

5.26 ACRES commercially zoned, east of Allsup’s at RIAC entrance. $60,000. $7,000 down/$745 mo. @ 8% int. for 8 yrs. John Owen, Inc., Owner/Broker 623-3322.

515. Mobile Homes - Sale 1997 MOBILE home, all set in nice adult park, nearly new, refrig. air.

Call 575-317-6489.

WE BUY used mobile homes. Single & double wides. 575-622-0035 D01090.

520. Lots for Sale

OWNER FINANCING for a limited time. Ready to build 5 acre lots w/ great views & good covenants. Located 9 miles West of Roswell @ the Club House Banquet Facility. Free land maps and at entrance.

575-623-1800. www.BuenaVidaLand.com Mobile Home Lots for Sale $18,000. Owner financing w/ $4000 down.

50 lots to choose from.

On Washington & Brasher. We Take Visa and Mastercard!

625-9746 or 420-1352.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

520. Lots for Sale PREMIUM 5 Acre tracts, Owner will finance with 10% down, New Construction only (no mobile homes), , Pecan Lands West on Brown Rd. between Country Club & Berrendo Rd. 622-3479, 624-9607, 626-6790, 626-6791, 626-4337

RENTALS

535.

Apartments Furnished 1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, appt M-Th 624-1331

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.

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

Friendly managers on-site.

Seniors 55yrs plus, will receive discount. No HUD. Good credit? Pay less rent! 575-623-2735 1BR APARTMENT all bills pd, 1506 W. 2nd, 637-2753 2 BED, 2 ba, 1 car garage, central air, fenced yard, 26-A Bent Tree Rd, $700/mo, $700/dep., 627-9942 PICK UP A LIST OF AVAILABLE RENTALS AT PRUDENTIAL ENCHANTED LANDS, REALTORS, 501 NORTH MAIN. ALL BILLS PAID 3br, 2ba, $680 mo., brand new everything.

1br $480. 502 S. Wyoming. 622-4944 3 BEDROOM, 2 Bath, 930 sf, $559 plus electric.

502 S. Wyoming. 2 bedroom, 1 bath $480 or 1 bedroom $380. Call 622-4944.

BEST VALUE IN TOWN 3br/2ba, $559+elec, newly remodeled, only a few apts left, 1br $380, 502 S. Wyoming.

622-4944 1BR, 650 sq ft, $380 + elec. Central heating, ref air, new carpet, paint & tile. 502 S. Wyoming.

622-4944 EFFICIENCY 2 BR, downtown, clean, water paid. Stove & frig. No Pets/HUD Call 623-8377 EFFICIENCY 1 br, wtr paid, No pets, laundry fac, stove/ref. Mirador Apts, 700 N. Missouri.

627-8348.

510 S. Sycamore. 3 bd/2 ba. 1 car garage. Laundry room. 910-4225.

CUTE 2br/1ba, all electric, w/d hookup, $575/$350. 910-0827 SPACIOUS 2br/2ba, all electric, w/d hookup, pets ok $600/$350. 910-0827 LARGE 3/2, unfurnished w/ref. air, 1212 N. Washington, no HUD. 623-8240 SUPER NICE 2/2 central Ht-master suite-recent remodel $595 317-1078

540.

Apartments Unfurnished

1 BD, all bills pd, no pets, no smoking, no HUD 623-6281 DUPLEX- 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, washer & dryer hookups + carport. $350/dep., $675/rent.

2311 N. Grand, 910-0099 for info.

1&2Bd, wtr pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, appt M-Th 624-1331

545. Houses for Rent-Furnished FLETC Homes for rent.

Long & short term rentals.

5 minutes from FLETC. Brand new & beautiful! Visit our website: www.lgrentalhomes.com or Call 420-0519 or 910-7670

COZY COWBOY Rentals can house you! Bills paid, 30-days minimum. Credit cards, pets, workers, FLETC welcome.

575-624-3258, 626-4822, 626-4848. www.cozycowboy.com 5404 CACTUS Ave., North of Mall, Clean Sm. Furnished 2 BR, 1BA, W/D, Utilities Paid, Yard Care, Carport, Couple or Single, No HUD, No Pets, $700/mo, $500/dep.

625-0684 or 626-2545

DARLING 2/2 casita in NW location close to hospitals/shopping. W/D, utilities & alarm system pd. $1200 mo., ref. required.

Owner/broker 626-7663.

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

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

3 BR 1 bath garage located at 4 W. Eyman Hud OK $595 mo. $500 dep.

575-623-1800 or 420-5516 NO PETS, No HUD, 3br, $650 mo., $500 dep.

914-0101 2BR, 1ba, Stove, Frig, Carport, w/d hookups heat pump. By Cahoon Park. No pets/smoking.

References Required. $680/mo, $600/dep.

410 N. Kansas Ave. 623-8186

409 LA Fonda - Nice and Clean 3 bedroom, 2 bath, one car garage - $1,100 a month. Call 627-7595 or 840-7411.

TIRED OF Landlord Headaches? We can help! Prudential Enchanted Lands Realtors Property Management 575-624-2262

200 S. Washington Ave. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, detached garage on an extra large lot. $700.00 per month with 1 month security deposit. Renter pays all utilities. No indoor pets, no smokers.

Available Jan. 1, 2011.

Call 575-317-5322 or 575-625-8627.

GOOD LOCATION Large 2 bedroom - appliances, w/d hookups, $550 mo., $450 dep. HUD ok, no pets.

623-6200 or 840-8630, 914-0531 CALL AFTER 6pm 818-235-3904. 2/1ba, adults only, $600/$500, 3/2ba, kids ok, $900/$500, stove, fridge, w/d hookup, wtr pd.

LARGE 3 bedrooms 2 bath w/d hook ups appliances. No pets or HUD $700 mo. $500 dep.

840-8630 or 623-6200 Dan, 914-0531

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550. Houses for RentUnfurnished 705 S. Union, 3br, garage, w/d hookups, heat pump, no pets, $750 mo., $500 dep. 637-8234

5 HOMES rent-sale $500 + $1k dn + $250dep. Al 703-0420, 202-4702

3/2, REFRIGERATOR, stove, w/d hookups, lots of upgrades, 1108 Purdue, $900 mo., $800 dep.

Call Jim 910-7969 504 W. Albuquerque, 2br, w/d hookups, heat pump, no pets, $550 mo., $500 dep. 637-8234

3/2, REFRIGERATOR, stove, w/d hookups, over 2000 sq. ft., all wood floors in this Historic home @ 709 N. Pennsylvania, $1100 mo., $700 dep. 910-7969 3 BR 1 ba 1 car garage 210 E. Ballard no Hud $400 dep. $700 mo.

420-9072

114 W. Oliver St. 3 bdrm/2bth, $1100 mo. $500 dep. newly remodeled, new appliances,Granite counter tops, ref. air, hot tub, sky lights. NO SMOKING,NO PETS! Leroy (702)232-7578 2BR 1ba, stove, frig, w/d hkup, fenced, storage.

1710 N. Maryland $475mo $475 dep. 626-0935 2 BR 1 3/4 bath, basement $650 mo. $500 dep.

Terry 420-5111 3 BD/1 ba. 1 car gar.

66 G St., ref air, RIAC $650 mo., $650 dep.

627-9942.

3 BR nice home $850 mo. $300 dep. 1600 N. Kansas Hud ok 624-6770 #142

BEAUTIFUL MODERN country house, 3br, 3ba, heat pump, North of town, computer room, all electric.

6033 N. Atkinson, $1000 mo., $1000 dep.

575-420-3167 or 420-4038

3 BR 2 bath $650mo. $300 dep. No bills paid. No Hud N. Michigan 420-5604 3/2/2, DW, fridge, micro, all elec., quiet neighborhood, $1050 mo., $500 dep. 403 Saucedo, 626-5252 AVAIL. JAN. 1st, 3br, 2ba, new carpet & tile, $900 mo., $600 dep., no HUD, no pets. 420-5930 2&3 Bd, 1&2 Ba, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, appt M-Th 624-1331

555. Mobile Homes for Rent 2BR, 1BA, $500 mo., $400 dep. Call 575-623-3105 for details.

569. Mobile Home Spaces/Lots

EASY LIVING community - 1337 McCall Loop, Roswell. Long term RV’s welcome. 624-2436

570. Mobile Home Courts

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

580. Office or Business Places OFFICE SPACE for Rent.

Prime downtown area, 2,061 sq.ft. Please call 622-8711.

JUST IN time for Christmas. Booths for rent at Blairs Monterey Flea Market 1400 W. 2nd. Inside starting at $50 per mo. Call Debbie 910-1536 FOR LEASE - Space in Sunwest Centre aka the Bank of America Building. Various size spaces available. Owner-paid utilities and janitorial.

Suite customization available. Call Ed McClelland, Broker or come by Suite 606. Office 623-1652 or mobile 420-2546.

STOREFRONT/Retail/ 2500 sqft 58 ft frontage at 3106 N. Main 1200/month 627-9942

EXECUTIVE OFFICE SUITE for lease: Newly decorated, private rest room, covered parking at 1210 North Main. Contact David McGee, Owner / Broker 622-2401

STOREFRONT - Retail Or Customized professional office suite. Everything new inside & out, 105 W. 6th, across from Peppers. 575-420-6050

MERCHANDISE

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

ROLL ENDS. Use for packing, mulch, art projects and other uses.

Buy day old paper by the bundles, also boxes 15x12x10. Roswell Daily Record Circulation Department.

622-7710.

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Miscellaneous for Sale NEED FURNITURE? Shop Blair’s Trading Post for the best prices in town for your household items.

We buy & sell furniture, appliances, home decor, collectibles, electronics, saddles, jewelry, tools, fishing & camping items, movies plus everything else from A-Z. Including many hard to find items. Serving Roswell for 40 years.

Open daily 9-5. Accept Visa & MC. 5611 Hummingbird Ln. 627-2033

ATTENTION ROCKHOUNDS I have quality rocks and fossils at discount prices. 622-8945 NEW QUEEN rust color sofa sleeper, 6’x6’ oak entertainment center, china cabinet, Amish heat surge heater, dining table, chairs.

Call for appointment 910-1277 3 BATTERY powered wheelchairs, wheelchair lift, comode chair 622-7638 CEMETERY PLOT for sale. Contact Richard 830-249-7338 MAYTAG & Kenmore washers & dryers.

Reasonably priced.

626-7470 PAINTBALL GUN Package, Bob Long semi with 2 bbls, 2 bottles, coiled remote, light use, $150 cash, 317-5936.

PLAZA MOVIE Center, 301 W. McGaffey, 623-4816. Mon-Sat, 2-8pm. New releases every Tuesday.

DOGHOUSES, PLAYHOUSES & swings. Call or come by, 339 Capitan Rd, 317-1014.

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

620. Wanted to Buy Miscellaneous WE BUY Home furnishings, furniture, appliances, collectibles, tools and everything else from A-Z including personal estates and whole house fulls.

627-2033 or 623- 6608

WE BUY PECANS Top Prices Paid. On Grand Ave. between 4th & 5th St. Behind Courthouse.

715. Hay and Feed Sale

ALFALFA - EXCELLENT quality: Small & Large square bales and round bales. Occasional availability for striped or cow quality. Also wheat hay.

Roswell, NM. The Hay Ranch 575-973-2200 Alfalfa Hay- small bales, oat hay & sudan all grades $4.50-$9.50 per bale. Big bales available $110-$140 each. Open 8:00-5:30 MonSat.1:00-5:00 Sunday, Graves Farm & Garden 622-1889 Credit Cards Accepted

745. Pets for Sale OLD VICTORIAN Bulldogge Pups! Ready Now! 575-495-1015

AKC GERMAN Shepherd puppies. 910-1730 or 622-9983

SELL THOSE Pecans Haley Farms paying up to $1.75 per pound for your pecans. Monday-Friday 2:00 to 5:00 Sat. 9:00-2:00 5018 W. Country Club Rd.

PUPPY LOVE Grooming Large Dogs Welcome, Cats also - 575-420-6655

WILL BUY your good used washers & dryers.

626-7470

FREE CATS! Some young, old, some spayed, neutered, most are loving & friendly, some wild barn cats, all need good homes. 626-4708.

BUYING PECANS N. Main & Berrendo Rd. Mon. & Weds.

575-399-2212

635. Good things to Eat GRAVES FARM & Garden Frozen green chile, extra hot, regular hot, big Jim & mild. Dried red chile pods. New crop in January. Convenient store items available. We accept EBT, Credit cards and debit cards, we ship anywhere. 7 1/2 miles South on old Dexter Hwy. 622-1889 hours Monday thru Saturday 8-5:30 Sunday 1-5

RED CHILE & corn husk new crop, 16 oz., $3.00.

222 E. McGaffey 627-6436

YORKSHIRE TERRIER puppies, 8 wks, 4 boys, 1 girl. 575-420-6655

1 YR old Rottweiler $200 call Richard 317-6045 or 347-2051

CHOTTIES READY Christmas Eve. Small (8-10lbs.), fuzzy cuteness $100. 622-6190 AKC GOLDEN Retriever puppies. Pick one for Christmas. 4 wks. old, $500. Ready to go mid January. 627-7282

CHIHUAHUA PUPPY, male, 7wks, 1st shots, $150. Also 4mo. females $200. 623-2897

CLASSIFIEDS

745. Pets for Sale

CHIHUAHUAS, TINY T-Cup & Toy, long haired & short haired, 6wks up to 6mo. $150-$500. All colors, registered, shots, health guaranteed & potty pad trained, payment plan, credit cards/paypal.

308-3017 text 4 pics.

TINY RED mini daushund, $400, registered, shots, 308-3017 text 4 pics FREE OLDER adult outdoor Beagles, 703-5893 or 575-687-4187.

SHI TZUS $600, only 2 left, registered & shots, 308-3017 text 4 pics.

TINY WHITE fluffy Maltese, $950, hybrid Maltese (Morkies) $800, registered & shots, 308-3017 text 4 pics.

2 FEMALE Hybrid Min Pins, $400, 1 black & 1 chocolate, registered & shots, 308-3017 text 4 pics.

YORKIE POOS $800, look like Yorkies! Registered & shots, 308-3017 text 4 pics.

FREE CHRISTMAS GIFTS (6) kittens, seven weeks old, Trained to litter box 3 Tabby, 1 Calico, 2 Grey Please call 575-627-6763

TINY CHORKIES, Chihuahua/Yorkie $500, registered & shots 308-3017 text 4 pics.

“CATS & kittens” of all colors to a good home.

910-6052

IT’S NOT too late to give your sweetheart a Pom. Puppy for Christmas!

1 female left! $300 & up.

623-313-5884

RECREATIONAL 765. Guns & Ammunition

WINCHESTER MODEL 1400 12 gauge shotgun, Poly choke, synthetic stock, good condition. $225 cash 317-5936.

775.

Motorcycles & Scooters FOR SALE 2002 Yamaha R1

Custom Paint Molded Fenders Steering Dampener Upgraded Exhaust Rear View Camera Suede Driver and Passenger Seats Runs like a dream, 30k Miles.

Must provided license with endorsement & proof of insurance to test ride.

$3500 OBO

Call 575.405.7127 AFTER 5PM

780. RV’s & Campers Hauling

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795. Pickups/ Trucks/Vans

Dennis the Menace

2004 KIA Sedona sliding rear doors, 3rd seat, 84k mi, excellent cond. $3650 w/1k down owner finance. 420-1352

800. Auto.

Antique/Classic 1970 LINCOLN Mark 111 $4800. Call 575637-4400. Obtained from an estate.

810. Auto Parts & Accessories 20-INCH WELD Racing Wheels. Fits GM 8-lug SUV & trucks 2000+.

Dodge 8-lug 2002+. Set of 4. $1,700. Call (575)637-4400.

MAIN TRAILER Sales Inc. Your dealer of choice. Sales, parts, service, consignments, purchases, propane, dump station. 2900 West Second. 622-1751, 1-800-929 0046

FOR SALE or trade, 1977 Dodge motor home, 32ft long, $5000 or will trade for smaller RV or travel trailer.

626-7550 or 575-312-3529

TRANSPORTATION 790. Autos for Sale FORD CONTOUR 83k miles, runs great, $2850, no financing. 420-1352

1994 BUICK L, 80k miles, very good condition, $1942. Call Jim 910-7969

Well-cast “True Grit” is a must-see for moviegoers

Foster’s rating — 4.5 out of 5 UFOs

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3Average; 2-So-so; 1-Diffi- JACQUELINE cult

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Others seem to fuss. You might feel as if no matter what you do, you canYOUR HOROSCOPE not make certain people happy. Realize that it might not be you, but rather the expectations others put on this day. Tonight. Relax, watch TV or visit with friends.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The splendor of Christmas could have a unique quality this year. Watching a child’s or loved one’s reaction to his or her gifts could be a delight. Express your appreciation. Tonight: OK, join in; be a kid again.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You feel very comfortable close to home. Helping a child enjoy a new toy or visiting with a roommate who might need a pep talk feels right. A loved one or special friend pulls in closer than he or she has in a long time. Tonight: Don’t move far from your castle.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Others express depth and caring. Be smart — ignore a person’s sarcasm.

The movie hype machine is a tricky beast to figure out, particularly in this era of the internet and a 24/7 news cycle.

There are movies such as “The Dark Knight,” that more than live up to the hype and then there is “Snakes on a Plane.”

Enough said.

Does “T rue Grit,” a remake of a beloved 1969 John Wayne film of the same name, fall victim to the hype machine?

Absolutely not.

It is important to point out that director’s Joel and Ethan Coen, were more true to the novel of the same name, than the original film version.

The movie is about a 14year -old head-strong, intelligent and sharptongued Mattie Ross’ (played by new comer Hailee Steinfeld) quest to avenge the murder of her father by T om Chaney (Josh Brolin).

In her need of vengeance, Ross seeks the aid of a gritty U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogbur n (Jeff Bridges in a memorable performance).

The two of them, accompanied most of the time by the cocky, yet loveable

T exas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon), set out to find Chaney, who has fallen in with Lucky Ned Pepper (the aptly named Barry Pepper) and his gang.

While on the allentheatresinc.com website “True Grit” is listed as an action film, in reality it is more of a character piece.

The interaction between Ross, Cogburn, LaBoeuf and Chaney is where this film shines.

What made all of those scenes work was the performance of Steinfeld as Ross.

Steinfeld, a relatively newcomer, easily could have been lost between the performances of her wellseasoned co-stars.

Instead, when Steinfeld is on screen, she commands and deserves just as much, if not more, attention than the other bigname actors.

With the intricate dialogue of the film, Steinfeld’s performance could have come off as robotic.

Her performance however, was anything but and has gar nered the young actress some well-deserved Oscar buzz.

The scene that displays Steinfeld’s mastery of the

Let go and help others enjoy themselves. Make a favorite snack or join in on a game. Tonight: Surrounded by great people!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Somehow you have the right answer or solution to the moment. You express many different qualities. If someone close becomes difficult, could it be that he or she is jealous? Avoid a difficult situation, if possible. Remain nurturing. Tonight: Kick back and relax.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The responsiveness of people right now can only add to the quality of your holiday. A child or loved one’s actions or thoughts make Christmas. Allow an innate playfulness to emerge.

Tonight: Find an excuse to get under the mistletoe.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Even you have off days, and unfortunately this could be one of them. A change within your immediate circle or family seems necessary. Chill. This, too, will pass. Watch a game on TV with a loved one. Tonight: Just don’t make it a late night.

You need sleep.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Communication is starred. You might have difficulty returning all the calls or catching up with each person you want to share holiday tidings with. A neighbor has a lot going on. Be sensitive to his or her needs. Tonight: Hanging out is fun.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Events propel

dialect comes with her negotiation with Col. Stonehill (Dakin Matthews). Their back and forth bargaining was hilarious and one of the best scenes of the film.

In my opinion, the toughest role was that of Jeff Bridges, who had to step into the large boots and eye patch of Wayne.

Cogbur n was Wayne’s only Oscar winning role and for Western aficionado’s, Wayne IS Cogburn.

Bridges is no slouch himself and, with due respect to Wayne, Bridges is a better fit as Cogburn.

Wayne’s version of the one-eyed hero was essentially a spoof of himself and that’s why Bridges’ version of Cogbur n is superior.

What I didn’t expect, although with the Coen brothers at the helm I shouldn’t have been surprised, was how funny this film would be.

As is the case with most Coen films, the humor doesn’t come from toilet or sex based jokes, it comes from witty dialogue.

The most uproarious line came from, surprise, Cogburn.

At one point in the film,

Ross and Cogbur n are searching for shelter on a cold winter’s night. After a brief shootout with the current inhabitants of a cabin, our heroes find themselves with food, shelter, a fire and two prisoners.

One thing leads to another but the prisoners end up dead and before one of them dies, Cogburn promises him a proper burial if he gives the U.S. Marshall some infor mation.

As is to be expected, Cogbur n starts to leave without giving the man the burial he promised. Ross reminds him of his promise and Cogbur n replies with the memorable line: “Them men wanted a decent burial, they should have got themselves killed in summer.”

This remake of “T rue Grit” is a must watch for all movie lovers. I am not a Western fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I haven’t enjoyed a movie as much for a long time. The performances of the main characters, sharp dialogue and tone-setting musical score combine to make one of the best films of the year.

you into the limelight once more. You step in because someone has to. Bring people together. You naturally do the right thing. Do be careful with spending. You could do some damage, even at this late date! Tonight: Slow down. Take time for yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You are coming from a very dynamic perspective. This holiday, perhaps, has more symbolism and caring than many in the past. If you are away or simply surrounded by loved ones, kick back and enjoy. Tonight: Make it OK for your mind to wander. It will anyway.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your mind keeps drifting back to a key person, whether he or she is a new friend or an established loved one seems to make no difference. Hopefully this person is with you. Otherwise, call. Tonight: Be a duo.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Others come forward with requests and invitations. What you can count on is that you are no wallflower, under any circumstances. Make your choices, but don’t step on another person’s feet. Be careful about letting go of a need to control. Tonight: Just don’t be alone.

BORN TODAY Singer Jimmy Buffett (1946), actress Sissy Spacek (1949), screenwriter Rod Sterling (1924)

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ROSWELL FORD’S YEAR-END CELEBRATION 0% APR Financing –– plus –– $1500 toward your first three payments!

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ROSWELL’S BEST PRE-OWNED VEHICLES Every one has passed a rigorous 141-point inspection and has been thoroughly reconditioned.

These are the cleanest, nicest used vehicles anywhere. Come down and see for yourself.

3 to choose from!

2010 Hyundi Elantra 4 dr.

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2010 Mercury s Grand Marquis LS #17332

#17338

$13,900

$19,900

2010 Ford Escape 4x4 XLT

2007 GMC Yukon XL 4x4 SLT

#17334

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$21,900

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2007 Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Super Crew

2008 Ford F450 0 4x4 Crew Cab b Lariat with Service Box.

#17329

Diesel #17189

$27,900

$44,900

1999 Volswagon Beetle Diesel #17319

$

7,900

2009 Mercury Milan Premier#17208

$ 19,900

2010 Lincoln Navigator 4x4 #17297

$ 43,900

1999 Buick Park Ave. #17135

$

7,900

2007 Ford Mustang GT #17172

$ 20,900

2005 Ford F250 Super Cab Diesel #17196

$ 18,900

2004 Lincoln LS #17221

$ 10,900

2010 Mercury Grand Marquis LS #17299

$ 20,900

2007 Ford F150 Super Cab XLT #17171

$ 18,900

2004 Mercury Grand Marquis 4 dr. #17326

$ 11,900

2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500#17232

$ 35,900

2008 Ford F250 Super Cab XLT #17195

$ 19,900

2003 Nissan Pathfinder LE #17327

$ 11,900

2008 Ford Escape XLT V-6 #17311

$ 16,900

2007 Ford F150 Super Cab Flareside #16774 $ 19,900

2007 Ford Fusion SEL V-6 #17322

$ 14,900

2005 GMC Yukon SLT#17288

$ 17,900

2008 Ford F150 Super Cab #17101

$ 20,900

2007 Toyota Camry LE

$ 14,900

2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited #17137 $ 22,900

2008 Ford F150 Super Crew #17229

$ 22,900

2008 Ford Fusion SE 4 dr. #17179

$ 15,900

2009 Ford Explorer 4x 4 XLT #16935

$ 24,900

2007 Ford F250 Crew Cab Diesel 4x4 #17177 $ 24,900

2008 Chevy Malibu LT #17264

$ 16,900

2010 Ford Flex SEL AWD

$ 26,900

2010 Ford F150 Crew Cab XLT #17097

$ 26,900

2008 Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited #17279

$ 18,900

2010 Ford Expedition EL 4x4 Eddie Bauer #17295 $ 38,900

2008 Ford F250 Crew Cab XLT #17187

$ 29,900

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*72 months at 4.99%, 0 down. On approved credit.

Must finance through Ford Motor Credit. May not qualify for all rebates. All prices are plus tax, title and license.

All units are subject to prior sale. Not responsible for typographical errors.

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